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HONG KONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927.

WHY GENEVA FAILED.

Divergent Views On Naval Equality.

AMERICA AND TONNAGE.

Mathematical Parity Not Acceptable To Britain.

RIVER FIRING.

Machine Gun Burst At *Kong Ning."

WORK OF BANDITS?

Junk Replies With Cannon and Scatters Smipers.

PRAISE FOR “REDS.”

British M.P. at Trade Union Meeting.

MANY BREEZY PASSAGES,

Success of International Federation Right Wing.

Paris, yesterday.

London, yesterday. A report that his vessel was

The Congress of the Interna- In a speech at Haslemere Mr. fired at repeatedly from the banks

the of the West River has been made tional Federation of Trade Unions Churchi!! declared that fundamental cause of the Geneva by Capt. McCarthy, of the 8.8.

incidents. Strong exception was breakdown lay in the different "Kong Ning," a steamer on the concluded after a series of lively views of what constitutes naval Hong Kong-Wuchow run.

The firing occurred whilst the taken at the outset by several equality. Britain favoured the broad principle of naval equality "Kong Ning" was on her way to delegates to a part of Mr. Purcell's extolled the Bolsheviks. The with a consideration of special Wuchow from Hong Kong on presidential address in which he needs, but America insisted on August 8 and was kept up from

attempt to bring the Soviet into equal tonnage expressed in terms the starboard bank for a period of speech was regarded as a British

twenty minutes, machine guns the Federation, of mathematical parity.

He declared that the scattered being used from emplacements on

Later the British secretary of British Empire was unable to shore. Fortunately, no one was the executive accused this con- bind itself to the principle of injured, although the ship was mathematical parity, and If the holed in several places and spent special needs of the Empire had bullets were found about the deck. The first burst of firing occur not been recognised at the Wash- ington Conference it would have failed as Geneva had done.

Mr. Churchill emphasised that Britain would not be offended if America builds the cruisers she desires, and hoped the purposes of the Geneva Conference would be achieved in the next few years, not on paper, but in practice.-- Reuter.

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London, Saturday. Alluding to the Geneva Confer- ence, Earl Balfour, speaking at his country residence, said that Mr. Gibson had inadvertently misquoted a statement made by red whilst the ship was off Tit himself (Earl Balfour) at the Ngao Kok at 9.20 a.m, and shortly Washington Conference when after it ceased, when the ship had Britain and America agreed that arrived off San Chau, there was accessory vessels to battle fleets another burst of machine gun might be limited in each case to firing from the port bank. Again, 450,000 tons. Ear! Balfour com- the firing was not attended by plained that he had been re-casualties on-board the vessel. pestedly misquoted. The state-

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tinental colleagues of intriguing tives and read a letter allegedly against the British representa written by M. Oudegeest, of Holland, the principal secretary of the committee, to M. Jouhaux of France, the vice-President, urg- ing a counter-attack against the proposal for the admission of Russian trade unions. The out- come has been that M. Oudegeest unexpectedly resigned the secre- tariship. Dissension amongst the Anglo-Continental delegates came to a climax at the final sitting, when the Continentals outsed Mr. Purcell and Mr. Brown from office and headed by the Germans, elected Mr. Hicks in the former's stead (the President is by the regulations British) despite strenuous British objection.

These incidents generally mark- ed the success, of the right wing of the Congress over the left, of which the British form the ad- vanced section.-Reuter.

ment he made with regard to The firing was apparently the think the proportion between the cruisers auxiliary to battle fleets work of bandits or other irrespon- various forms of auxiliaries is had been interpreted as meaning sibles, as the master of the "Kong acceptable and the limitation of the whole force of cruisers re-Ning reports that shortly after the amount is reasonable.

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its commerce and communications they observed an armed Chinese firmly believe it will be accepted." might be met by 450,000 tons.. launch with an armed junk and Lord Balfour continued: "You Earl Balfour read the text of five cargo junks pass the spot and observed therefore, that on be his speech at Washington in 1922, they too were subjected to heavy half of the British Government I accepted 450,000 tons as a rea pointing out how he agreed that fire.

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450,000 tons was a reasonable The junk replied with her sonable and equitable amount for amount for ships auxiliary to canon and one ahot fell near to the auxiliary ships of fleet and that I battle fleets. He added that he emplacement from whence the made no reference at all either in no way referred to the num-firing originated. Several men suggestion or in any other way to barless, purposes for which other were seen to scatter.

numerous purposes for which

auxiliary ships had been required Throughout the firing, the Bri- other cruisers or auxiliary ships for such an Empire as ours, and tish ensign was flying at the would be required for such Em- declared that that was the pivot stern of the "Kong Ning.” whereon the whole thing turned.

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inadvertently have omitted the battleships should do their work whenever It is quoted in words which modify the whole The Americans, and ourselves the American Press and in the sense of the passage from which agreed that accessory cruisers of shape apparently in which Mr. they had been extracted. His battle fleet might well be put both Gibson saw it, these words are lordship vividly contrasted Amer- in the case of America and in the left out, "Taking these two, ica's self-contained geographical case of Great Britain at 450,000 namely battle ships themselves position with Britain's situation, tons. But, of course, that state and the vessels auxiliary and with her close neighbours, her ment, was only made with regard necessary to a battle fleet.

Lord Balfour added: "That is overseas responsibilities and the to the accessory ships of the the pivot on which the whole 4 p.m.

necessity to assure supplies of battle fleet and not with regard to spm food, and raw material from all the naturalous and manifold thing turns. They comprise the 5 p.n 6 pm

Overseas. He concluded with an duties of the sea protection of an essentials of the distinction that eloquent appeal for an Anglo- Empire stretching over the world. we draw. That explanation is very 12.30 p.m. American understanding.. 1 have been repeatedly misquoted. Important and on it indeed turns Rugby, yesterday. The statement regarding cruisers in the main the contention of that were accessory to battle feets the American case. I have every Lord Balfour, who was the has been interpreted as meaning hope the subject will be re-opened chief of the British delegation to that the whole force of cruisers and will lead to a remedy which the Washington Naval Conference required to protect the British will promote the two great ob- in 1922, made an important pro-Empire, the commerce of Empire Jects which the president of the nouncement on the subject of the and the lines of communication United States had in view recent naval limitation conference between the different parts of the economy and diminution of

armaments with security, at Geneva in a speech at East Empire should be met by 460,000 8.30 pm Lothian yesterday. Its chief fea- tona.

Coolidge's Opinion. ture was a piecemeal statement

Rapid City, Saturday. which he made in reply to Mr. Gibson, head of the American de actual text of what he said at the President Coolidge has inform-Dentist, legation at Geneva who, he said, second plenary session of the ed the usual Press gathering that had inadvertently misquoted Washington Conference regarding he will not call the Disarmament what he had said at Washington the 450,000 tons allowance for Conference in 1929 because he in- 8.80 am in accepting the 450,000 tonnage auxiliary vessels proposed by the tends to retire on March 4 in that

United States. It was as follows: year for auxiliary ships of battle fleets.

Lord Balfour asid the main sub they have, as we think rightly, This has clarified the meaning taken the battlefleet as an of his recent announcement re fect that the Washington Confer-aggressive unit which they have garding his intended retirement. ence dealt with were battle fleets.the main to consider, and in the The President thinks that the But you have to remember that battle feet you must include those fallure of the Geneva Conference a battle fleet does not merely con- tuxiliary ships without which ought not to influence the peace of sist and cannot ely consist of battleships in the full sense of the modern battle fleet has neither the world or the friendly relations term. A fleet which consisted even nor ears, has little power of between America, Great Britain

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