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THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1926.

TO THE LAST ROCK.

ABDEL-KRIM'S LAST STAND.

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FRANCO-SPANISH MOVES."

(Reuter's Service,)

London, May 19. Like a wild boar defending its mountain home to the last rock is the description applied by Reuter's Paris correspondent to Abd-ef

Krim'a posiltan in face of the joint ...Franco-Spanisha offensive now

Jaunched in Morocco.

Whereas the pressure last year was practically entirely from the South to the North and during the Riff offensive from the North to the South the France Spanish fores are now active un four sides of a hage parallelogram, two of the longer sides of which are represent ed by the Mediterranean Coast and the French fimtier, and the two shorter sides Brom the North to the South by lines drawn from Tetuan to Lanche and from, Melilta southward along the Wedkert..

MOSLEM CHIEF.

WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE KHALIFAT

DEFENCE OF ISLAM.

(Reuter's Service)

Cafro, May 19

The Khalifat Congress discussed the report of the Committed on the definition and necessity for the Khalifat.

THE CHINA MAIL.

FALLING FRANC.

ARE FOREIGN SPECULATIONS

RESPONSIBLET

APPEAL TO CREDITORS.

(Reuter'a Servios.)

Paris, May 19.

Mr. Peret has Informed Pressman that he visited M. Boumergue and conferred with My Briand and the Governor and Directors of the Bank of France. They had agreed to certain measures to restore the franc as soon as possible, but the measures, to be effective, must be kept secret,

INDIANS IN AFRICA.

CONFERENCE TO SEEK A SOLUTION.

DATE NOT YET FIXED..

(British Wireless Sarvice)

Rugby. May 19,

Lord Birkenhead announced in the House of Lords that a con- ference had been arranged be- tween representatives of the Gov- The report defined the Khalifat

ernment of the Union of South as the office of the spiritual and

Africa and of the Government of temporal chief of the Moslems, and

India with a view to an amica- doclared that the Khalifat must

ble solution of the problema con- nected with the residence of per- embody spiritual and temporal

converantions with Mr. Sons of Indian descent in the tar- powers, both of which went to-

The Khalifat must be Winston Churchill were only adritories of the Union of South gether. paramount, free, and capable of de-urned. They are seeking a com- Africa. funding Isam and applying the pre- promise and he will return

London very shortly.. cepts of the Kown, etc.

The Khalifat must always exists. but Islam must have only one Khall, who could be appointed by his predecessor. That is, he could

succeed as her to the Khalifat. He could also be nominated by high representatives of fulam, such as princes, ulemas, and nther notables.

Finally, the Khalif could, with- conditions, out falfling" other reach the supreme offer by con quest and victory, always provided that he was a Moslem

REBELS IN WRONG.

REMOVAL OF COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.

"AMERICAN PROTEST, (Reuter's American. Service.)

Managua. May 19

The American Collector-Clomerad

of Customs has protected to the State Department against the re- moval by the revolutionaries of the American Collector of Customs and his deputy at Bluefields because he efused to hand over the colle

SATISFIED.

M. Peret and His London

Visit.

(British Wireless Service,)

to

Rugby May 19. . Before leaving London. to-day on his return to Paris M. Raoul Fere. French Finance Minister, the expressed his satisfaction with the rouult of his visit to London in con- nection with the French Debt. He déclared that he and Mr. Winston Church had been working steadily toward, a merging of their respective viewpoints.

EARLIER CABLES.

(Rihter's Service.)

FARED of BIRKENHEAD

Shadows Before.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAITA?!

„Entertainmentsi

May 20-Quean's Theatre: The- Ten Commandments:"

May 20--Star Theatre: "Reckless Romance."

May 20-World Theatre: ""Chip of the Flying U

May 22 Whitsuntide Eva. Em-"

pire Celebration at Repulse Bay

Hotel

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Juno Danca, display by Miss. v. Capels puplis at City Hall, 9

p.my

June 9 The pupils of Miss

City Hall, at 5.15 p.m. Violet Capoll will dance at the

Sports

May 22-24 Royal Hongkong Golf Club holiday matches at. Faniing.

MAY 24-Funing Hunt Stoople- cranon, p t race

May 20-Opening Baseball match of this season between South China. (champions), and Japanese Base- ball Club

Juna" -Third Race Meeting of the Hongkong: Jockey Club, at thei Race Course, Happy Valley.

Company Meetings.

May 22-Mbating of creditors of the Oriental Navigation Co, Lidi at the offices of Messra. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming, 6 Des Voeux Road Contral,. noon.

May 28-Fifty-third Meeting of Union Insurancs Society of Canton Ltd in Union Building, 11 a.m. The time and place of the May 28 Sixtieth Meeting of conference was at present the sub-British Trader's Insurance Co., in jeets of discussion between him-Union Building, 11.16 a.m. self and the Viceroy of India.

May 28-Fifty-seventh Meeting of Paris, May 19:

Lord Birkenhead added that China Fire Insurance Co., in Union The spectacular fall in the franc would be premature to say that Building,, 11:20 am.. is the chief topic. The "Petit the holding of the conference car- May 28-Annual meeting of the Parisien. referrinx. bo the red with it the certainty of an Peak Tramways Co., Ltd., at Hong- Charchill-Puret conversions, asks agreed or compromised conclusion.Kong Hotel, 11 am how can it be hoped to conclude When a controversy such as this a permanent agreement in the faer between two constituent elements of the disastrous fall in the franc, of the Empire had reached an The paper adds operations on the acute stage, it was not for His Paris Bourse cannot account for Majesty's Government to suggest the slump, and concludes that for and still less to dictate a solution. The seizure of the Customselge speculations must be respon- The Government of South Africa had made sacrifices in consenting: "Heuses on the Atlantic Coast is a

The "Echo de Paris" says M. to the conference, and the Govern- violation of the financial plan of the Government of which the State Briand as consulted financial ex- ment of India was indebted for perts, who have urged the necessity the consideration and patience The interior of the parallelogram Department in Washington, approx of a truce between the parties with which the Government of South view to restoring confidence | Africa had shown in a matter is traversed by wild mountained, and a violation of contracts be-

The "Echo de Paris" is of the opin which deeply concerned many gorges and ranges, from which hattween Nicaragua and the Bond-

helders of the 1900 London Loan.

jon that not a minute is to be lost elements of its population. year Abdel-Krim Sent down his

im taking effective measurer. Harkus to

the attacking Ferces.

Abd-el-Krim.

עיןילתן:

The Objective. Now. The first Franco-Spanish move- ments are directed to losing the eastern exits from the parallelo- gram. Their troops are now advancing with a view to effecting a permanent junction which will separate the two blocks of tribes- 323672.

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. The Spaniards In the Ajdir sector have occupied Tamasint, Abdul-Keim' winter residence. head and Targuist. his recent quarters.

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Detalls of Advances.

Fus. May 10.

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GERMAN POLICY.

DECLARATION BY THE NEW CHANCELLOR.

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THE RUSSIAN TREATY, ..

(Reuter's Service.)

Ndibile.

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Paris, later.

The "Figaro" reproaches the previous. Government for neglecting the country's finances, and d'e. ¦clines to bélieve that the position.

fa d'esperate.

"L'Avenir" complains of the Government's weakness in yielding to the demands of voracious for. |- eigners, who from Washington and London'swoop down on the French: pockess like birds of prey.

ENGLISH SPIES.

GOOD FAITH. OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT..

IGNORANT OF ESPIONAGE,

(British Wireless Servicn.)

May 29-Yearly meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. in. Roof Garden of Hongkong Hutel, Tedder Street, 11 am.

Miscellaneous,

May 21 Meeting of members of the Hongkong Jockey Club, in the Jockey Club Room, Hongkong Club Annex, 5 p.m.

May 23-Opening ceremonies in connection with Chinese Catholic Young Men's Society, 15. Caine Road, 2 pm.

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May 21-Adjourned general meet- ing of Marine Engineer's Guild of Chine, at Sallora, Home: West Point, 5 p.m.

Blay 26-Extraordinary meeting of members of the Kowicon Bowling Green Chab, in the Club Houre.

June 3-King's Birthday parade at Happy Valley.

NOTICE.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LTD."

Rugby, May 19. Replying to a question in the House of Commons Sir Austen Berlin, May 19. "Le Gaulois alleges. that Chamberlain. Secretary of State Marx, British and American speculators for Foreign Affairs, said that In the Reichstag Dri Chancellor, declared that the are deliberately responsible for a Lord Crewe, the British Am-

THE FORTY-FIFTH ORDINARY "Ere Nouvelle says that it him of the sentences passed upon unchanged He emphasised that

wasis in the interest of France's credi three English subjects for alleged Company will be held at the Offices the Russo-German Treaty merely

a link in the chain of tors to help the frant, but only espionage. He then read the de, of the General Managers, Messrs.

France The Franch-Spanish attack on Treaties in the interest of the as an aet of friendship. the Riffs on the eastern flank has paciäcation and consolidation of will never submit to a financial pro-menti issued by Lord Crewe last Jardine. Matheson & Co. Ltd,

December, when the men.

Street, Hongkong, were Pedder tectorate. We cannot let the for arrested, declaring that no de- THURSDAY. the 10th June, 1926, resulted in an Advance of sen Europe."

The Reichstag, by a large eigner cccupy the Banque

partment of the British Govern-at 12 noon for the purpose of re- kilometres on a front of 30 kilo-

majority, adopted a resolution ap-France.

ment had any connection with or ceiving the Report of the Directors, metres.

proving of the declaration of the

knowledge of the activities of the passing the Accounts, and electing Government, only the Communists and Extremists opposing

British wireless firm in whose Directors and Auditors. whilst the German National Party abstained

Government's foreign policy was campaign to force down the frantbassador in Paris, had informed GENERAL MEETING of the

The French have nerupled the heights 44 miles east of the Riff stronghold at Targuist."

it.

The Reichstag was adjourned

The Franco-Spanish troops now command the Valley of Nkar, up which the Spaniards and advancing to June 7. from Aidir. The junction of the two forers is expected shortly. This will lead to the submission of the tribes east of Ajdir and enable the Franco-Spanish east front to be straightened out till it follows a direct line from. Ajdin to Faza, thus

i'n Abd-e-Krim:

the blocking Yntains.

French Report.

(Havus. Agency.)

Fez. May 19.

A large offensive has started in the eastern sector. The French are progressing favourably every where.

CAIRO PLOT.

EGYPTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH.

(Reuter's Service.)

Cairo, May 19. The conspiracy trial has closed and the Court announces that the with papers in connection Mohamed Fahmy All will be sent to the Mufti which indicates that he alone will be sentenced to death. other Judgment un regards the accused will be annotinced on the 25th inst.

PRANEAN.

AFRICA

Scene of the Franco-Spanish offensive against. Abd-el-Krim.

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London, May 19.. M. Raoul Peret has left for Paris. In a conversation, with Reater he said he was satisfied with the re- sult of his conversations with Mr. Churchill nothing definite yet, but it is better perhaps to go slowly where each party has to make concessions.

"We have arrived at

SHANGHAI TRIAL.

YOUNG EUROPEAN SENT TO PRISON.

(Reuter's Service.)

Shanghai, May 19, The trial was 'concluded here to-day, of Mr. F. H. Johnston, who was arrested in Hongkong on Mag"] 9, and brought to Shanghai to face

a charge of fraud...

Accused was found guilty, and

was sentenced to six months impri-· sonment with hard labour

The accused, who is 21 years old, belongs, to a well-known family, He installed himself in offices as the Johraton Trading Company and bought Tis. 3,000 worth of socks“) from a local Chinese factory, which, he mortgaged with another Chinese for $1,500, afterwards abacondiag without paying for the consign- ment. →

He was tried by Judge Grain and A. Jury..

SYRIAN REVOLT.

DRUSE VILLAGES SUBMIT TO

·FRENCH.

(Havas "Agency »

Beirut, May 19.

It is reported that 20 villages occupied by Djebel Druses have cunde subasisalon,

service the men were.

Sir A. Chamberlain added that he had not seen a report of the trial, but he had no reason to suppose that the judgment of the tribunal indicated any doubt of the truth of the statement made on behalf of the British Govern- ment.

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