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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1927.

FREIGHT WAR.

African Ship Owners and

Wood Buyers.

GOVT. STEPS IN.

ANTI-SEMITISM.

Cause Celebre Opens In Paris.

ECHO OF STREET MÜRDER.

Union Castle Line's Illegal Offer Of Ex-Russian Jew Who Shot Ukraine

Rebate.

To Death.

INDUSTRIAL PEACE.

Capital and Labour Meet.

LONDON CONFERENCE.

Series of Confabs To Seek Better Relationship.

London, Yesterday.

A meeting of representatives

Capetown, Yesterday.

Paris, Yesterday, An acuté stage has been reach.

Alleged anti-Semitism is the ed in the freight war which broke chief issue in the cause celebre of capital and labour which was out last April between the Con- opened in a crowded court at the held yesterday in London under ference Lines, of which the Union Seine Assizes. A Russian Jew, the presidency of the Lord Mayor Castle is the leading member, and now a naturalised Frenchman, to discuss informally the question the British and Continental South named Schwarzbart, is charged of industrial peace African line, headed by

was of a Sir with murdering Petlura Hetman, stimulating character. Robert Thomas, M.P.

On both This was a Ukraine, in the street in Paris sides speeches were made favour- due to the Union Castle offering in May 1926, when he shot himing better relations between em-| to grant shippers of wool and down remorselessly, firing seven ployers and employed. similar produce a rebate of 16 per cent. on current rates pro- vided they exclusively used Con- ference, steamers.

shots with an automatic.

Schwarzbart declared he killed Petlura owing to his anti-Semitic atrocities.

The prosecution contend that

They included a suitable contri- bution by Sir Alfred Mond, head of the big chemical combine. He urged the establishment of a league of industrial peace on the, same lines as the League of Na- tions. It is now announced, that this meeting is to be followed by

The wool buyers met at Port Schwarzbart déclared he killed Elizabeth and strongly condemn-Petlura owing to his anti-Semitic ed the Conference tactics.

A atrocities. repercussion of events was felt! at Roubaix, France, where wool Petlura did his best to prevent a larger conference of captains of importing interests refused to pogroms and allege that Schwarz- industry and trade union repre sign contracts with the Confer-burt is a tool of Moscow.

sentatives, and that Sir A. Mond ence Lines.

At the Schwartzbart trial it is will probably preside. It is hoped The Union Government has now proposed to call a host of witness, that the exchange of views at the intimated that the Union Castle's including Professor Einstein and conference may result in some offer of a 15 per cent. discount is Maxim Gorky, Russian, Ukranian steps being taken towards estab- a breach of law and violates the and terms of the Government mail been retained in view of the industrial peace.

Yiddish interpreters have lishing the suggested league of contract with the company and polygplot character of the wit- It is understood Sir Josiah threatens the possibility of giving nesses.

Stamp, President of the London,

n year's notice to terminte the Schwarzbart, replying to the Midland and Scottish Railway, contract unless the offer is with- President, who pointed out it was whose plea for co-operation has drawn; also to enforce the exist- said that Pethura was a friend of led to several important confer- ing legislation enabling a differ- the Jews, declared that Pethurs ences between the railway trade entiation in harbour charges. It was as fond of Jews as Haman union leaders and those engaged is surmised that the latter would Titus when he sent them to in directing railway policy, will consist of a surcharge equivalent Heaven. He ordered pogroms attend. The coal owners will send to the discount offered on the then, like Pontius Pilate, he wash-a representative and so will other shipments concerned. Reuter.

ed his hands of them.

Important industries. Railway,

FLAG DISPUTE.

BITTERNESS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

DEBATE OPENS.

Capetown, Yesterday,

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It was mentioned that mining, steel and other trade Schwartzbart won the Croix de unions will send delegates. Guerre fighting in the French tish Wireless Service. Foreign Legion in the war. The police testified that his conduct in Paris after the war was irre- proachable. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in Vienna 1908 as an Anarchist but denied he over served in the Red Russian army-Reuter.

A LABOUR GAIN.

NORWEGIAN ELECTION

RESULTS.

Oslo, Yesterday.

WORLD TRADE.

NEW CONFERENCE AT GENEVA.

TACKLING IMPEDIMENTS.

London, Yesterday. The "Diplomatic Conference" at Geneva mentioned earlier is the outcome of the World Economic Conference of six months ago at which was passed a series of re- solutions dealing with impedi- ments to international trade, but

force.

The momentous debate on the Flag Bill opened in the Assembly with General Hertzog moving re- solutions, of which he had given notice, appropriating private members' days and providing night sittings thrice weekly as evidence of the Government's de- termination that the Flag Bili and also the contentious Iron and Steel Bill and the Precious Stones A Labour gain of ten seata, the decisions were of no executive Bill will become law before the chiefly at the expense of the Con- end of the year.

The present conference aims at "All the Bills have been read a pected as the result of the elections drafting a convention providing, servatives and Communists, is ex-giving them practical effect by first time despite vigorous pro- for the Storting, which were con-with reservations, for the "aboli tests of the Opposition, headed by ducted on the Proportional Repre- tion of prohibitions and restric General Smuts, who declares that sentation system. The Norwegian tions on imports and exports." General Hertzog's motions violat-Labour Party, with which the The Conference will not deal with ed the rights of Parliament. Socialists united last year, stands tariffs at this stage, but will first

Mr. Malan, Minister of the outside of both "Internationals.” Interior, intimated that no conces Conservatives and Liberals have aions on the Flag Bill would be been generally co-operating in the made in the Assembly but that elections.-Reuter. General Smuts would have an op- portunity in the Senate where he far to show that the Conservatives had a majority, and that any rea- have lost 19 seats while Labour has sonable proposals, with a view to gained 20. A number of results are 3.30 p.m. agreement, would be seriously oustanding-Reuter. 3.30 p.m. considered by the Government.

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The results of the elections so

tackle the disorganisation of mar- kete owing to the many hamper- ing restrictions that have grown up after the war.-Reuter.

Draft Agreement.

Geneva, Yesterday. on trade barriers concluded with The International Conference

a general discussion of a pre- liminary draft agreement prepar- ed by the League's economic com- mittee. The consensus of opinion vention for the abolition of im- port and export prohibitions and restrictions.

8.30 am. ed in all three bills, the most note-FLYING BOAT TOUR. favoured the adoption of a con-

worthy being the Iron, Steel, and Diamond Bills which passed the 2.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m. Assembly last session but were 3.80 p.m. rejected by the Senate. The first: 3.80 p.m. seeks to establish a South African

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FLOTILLA ARRIVES IN FRANCE.

London, Yesterday.

The first article of the draft agreement provides subject to cer- tain exceptions that the contract-

TURKISH OIE,

9.30 a.m.ment auspices; the second em- The Four Royal Air Force flying states will undertako_within 10.80 a.m. powers Government to regulate ing boats which arrived at Hourtin six months to abolish all such

the production of diamonds ac-seaplane station yesterday after prohibitions and restrictions cording to market conditions, but noon after the first stage of the Reuter. both are over-shadowed by the 25,000 miles cruise to the Far Flag Bill which threatens a seri-East had an excellent. Journey ous cleavage on racial as opposed without incident.

They were given an enthusiastic welcome to Party lines.-Reuter,

and were the guests of honour last night of the French naval and military officers. The Jour- ney is being continued on Wed- nesday across land to Marseilles. The fight will continue to India via the Suez Canal and Peralan GulfBritish Wireless Service

BIG STEEL MERGER.

·CONCERNED.

· OVER 60 AMERICAN MILLS 1.80 p.m. 5 p.tu 5. p.m. Youngstown (Ohio), Yesterday, A twenty million dollar merger 8.80 am. of steel and tinplate companies in 9am Northern Ohio is announced. 9 a.m.

This brings together: 61 sheet

·5.p.m.

mills, producing half a million tons annually, with a diversity of Noon

products, including full finished sheets for automobiles. Reuter's American Services

THE RHINE ARMY.

ALLIES. COMMENCE TO

REDUCESS

Wiesbaden, Yesterday,

In accordance with the Allies' decision to reduce the Army "of

NOT READY TO TAKE SUPPLY.

London, Yesterday. Sir Adam Ritchie, manager of the Turkish Petro- general leum Company, Informs Renter that the new oil well at Kirkuk had to be closed owing to the ab sence of transport. Nothing could be done till a pipeline had been fixed to a convenient seaboard, probably the Mediterranean Reuter.

NEW NSW MINISTRY.

Six tons of Burplus Army Cordite Occupation in the Rhineland, the new will be burnt at Stonecutters Range, first Battalion of the Oxford and been Stonecutters, Island, on Thursday Bucks Light Infantry has left with next, 20th Inst, by the

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