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HONG KONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1928.
LATE EARL HAIG.
Personal Views of the War.
SECRET UNTIL 1940.
Body Lying In State At Edinburgh.
London, Yesterday.
PAN-AMERICANISM.
The Question of Intervention.
"MAGNA CHARTA.”
States' Right To Absolute Autonomy.
Havana, Yesterday.
LAWS OF TRUTH.
Remarks By U.S.A. President.
PRESS FUNCTIONS.
Government's Change Of Foreign Relations.
Washington, Yesterday. It is estimated that 150,000) The long expected raising of Dedicating the National Press people yesterday passed the body the question of intervention by Club, President Coolidge, in the of Earl Halg, lying in state in one American State in the affairs course of interesting observations St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. of another occurred on the 4thm the duties of newspapers, de- It is announced that "Earlinst. in committee of the Pan-clared that the Press should co- Haig's views of the conduct of American Conference oh a report perate with the Government in the great war will remain a close from Senor Maurtua of Peru de-nternational affairs, secret for the next 12 years. Docu-Aning the sovereignty of Ameri- He laid down the principle that ments written and compiled by can nations and declaring that "no the Government itself had charge him have been deposited with the State may interfere in the affairs of foreign relations and suggested frustees of the British Museum of another." The report was en- that when the Press undertook to and will not be opened until 1940, dorsed by Mr. C. S. Hughes, U.S. exert its influence on behalf of Mr. Gilson, keeper of manu-ex-Secretary of State, who called foreign interests the "candour of scripts at the British Museum, it the "Magna Charta of the the situation would greatly in- says that nobody knows what the Western Hemisphere."
rease if their foreign connections documents really are, or what Senor Maurtua, in presenting were publicly disclosed." Foreign they contain. It is known, how-the report, asserted that inde- interests were entitled to be re- ever, that Earl Haig, when Com-pendence was not an absolute presented in the United States. mander-in-Chief of the British right but was "limited by duties 'But when foreign governments Army, kept a diary in which he of international co-operation.”
vere represented here their recorded daily the chief events, Sovereignty of States, agents were required to come together with his personal views The attack was led by Senor publicly accredited and be public- of the conduct of certain phases Pueyrredon, Argentina, who de-'y received." of the war-British Wireless clared that the "sovereignty of For generations the law of the Service.
States consisted of the absolute United States had forbidden right the entire internal auto-heir citizens to enter into nego- nomy and complete external in-iations with foreign govern- dependence and must be conse-nents with regard to their rela- crated in law and practised in ions with their own Government. fact or international and juridi- 3uch negotiations could only be cal harmony no longer exists." London, Saturday, The delegates of San Salvador, Mure Were Dost impressive Guatemala, San Domingo and scenes at Edinburgh on the arrival Mexico, amid much applause, sup- of Earl Haig's body at midnight ported Senor Pueyrredom. The proccasion to St. Giles was
Doctor Ferrara, the Cuban Am- watched by an immense multitule bassador to Washington, however, and the only souls disturbing the defended the right of intervention ubinight calm were the tolling of as practised by the United States holls throughout the city, the angaand attacked the critics of the sured trend of the infantry, the United States.--Reuter's Ameri- nuffled slatter of horses' feet; the tinkling of harness and the bagpipes
can Service. of Highlanders playing the "Flowers
HOME TO REST..
Earl Haig's Body At Edinburgh.
of the Forest."-Reuter.
Appreciation of Local Efforts.
The following letter from Earl Haig to Mrs. Harry Woods is of particular interest at the present in view of the recent demise of the famous Field Marshal:
"MINOR CAPITALS.”
(Continued From Page 1.)
carried on under the direction of he President. The spirit of mankind was more and more de- nanding that Government and society should be conducted under the laws of truth and those who forgot that precept were "bound for a moral explosion."-Reuter's American Service.
SUBS. TO GO..
AMERICA WILLING TO SIGN TREATY.
New York, Yesterday. the west of the railway junction.
General Chang Tsung-chang ign Affairs Committee that the Mr. Kellogg has advised the For- of the Peking Armies is reHouse of Representatives and the
I beg to acknowledge. with ported to have decided personally American Government are willing much pleasure the cheque value to direct operations againat the to sign a treaty with all the Powers £554 58. 3d. you have so kindly Kuominchun (also allies of then the world prohibiting the use of forwarded as a donation to the Nationalists).
jubmarines entirely. Reuter's Fund for the benefit of Ex-Service Two Peking armies are re-American Service. men of all ranks.
ported from Tzechow to be ad-
If I may, I would like, to con- CHINESE CUSTOMS.
The Letter.
gratulate both you and your Object of Mr. Edwardes's Trip to tentatives by Mr. Frothingham, daughters on the energy and per- severance with which you organ- ised and carried out the dance
Shanghai, Shanghai Saturday.
I have perused with much vancing eastwards to attack the Mr. Kellogg's views ол Bub- pleasure and interest the cuttings Kuominchun flank in the vicinitymarines were set forth in a letter to you forward, and am greatly of Tamingfu (about 300 miles Mr. Porter, chairman of the Com- touched by the kind references to from Peking).-Reuter.
nittee, in response to a request for myself which they contain.
statement on the attitude of the State Department to the resolution 'ntroduced in the House of Repre-
member for Massachusetts. This resolution proposed the prohibition of the construction of submarines. which you so kindly gave in aid Mr. A. H. F. Edwardes, the
The letter says there is no objec- of the Fund, and I am exceedingly acting Inspector General of the ion to the resolution provided that glad to know that the evening ed from Peking this afternoon on truction prohibited throughout the Chinese Maritime Customs, arriv-submarinca are abolished and con- was attended with the success so deserving of
world. It was impossible that one generous the "Dairen Maru."-Reuter. your
country should abolish' submarines, Change in Taxes.
and leave any other country free Shanghai, Yesterday. According to reports from operate and build them.-Reu-
Cer's American Service.
efforts..
My grateful thanks are due to you and your daughters for the
great help you have afforded me Peking, Mr. A. H. F. Edwardes,
Powers' Views.
London Comment.
London, To-day,
The diplomatic correspondent of
was
in my endeavours to ameliorate the acting Inspector General of the hard lot which has befallen Customs, will come to Shanghai the Ex-Service man, and to all to arrange for an understanding the "Daily Telegraph" believes that who assisted so willingly and with the Nationalist Government Mr. Kellogg, before intimating that whole-heartedly to make the oc- on the lines of his memorandum the United States was eager to sign casion so eminently a success. 1 to the Peking Government of treaty with all the Powers pro- would also like to thank Sir August for the abolition of the hibiting submarines sounded Tokyo Reginald Stubbs and Sir G. M. present ad valorem tax of 6 per and ascertained that Japan Kirkpatrick for the great benefit cent. on the customs duties, thte inilarly willing.
America's naval programme pro- of their patronage, which I am 22 per cent surtax, and the im- sure was, Immensely appreciated position instead, thereof of 12 ides for 35 additional submarines. per cent, ad valorem Customs pert points out in this connection The "Daily Telegraph's" naval ex- by all concerned,
To my own, I would like to add duties for all China.
that since the Washington Confer- the gratitude those whose
It is understood that Britain, has altered to America's disadvan- ence of 1921 the submarine strength sufferings we have been able in great measure to alleviate, and America, France, Italy and the tage. Japan having laid down or of those whom we hope to assist Netherlands approve the idea authorised about 60 and the United in the future. I am sure that while Japan opposes it. After States has only built six. Japan | the people of Hong Kong must de-roviding for the service of for- Bossesses many more larger sub rive a certain satisfaction from eign loans the new scheme sug-marines than the United States. the knowledge that they have gests the division of the Customs been able to pay a part of what surpluses proportionately to the they owe to those gallant men Customs houses controlled by the who suffered so grievously and various Chinese authorities.
The Peking Government ad bravely during the Great War. 1 can only express the hope that the vocates the inauguration of tariff 1.80 p.m. example that has been set may autonomy on Feb. 29.-Reuter.
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*Correspoìlence: bearing vousci's name only.
be emulated by many others who
are in sympathy with the cause
which we all have so much at
licart.
Macao's Condolences.
I have much pleasure in enclos- The following official reply has ing you an autographed copy of been despatched to the Governor my photograph in accordance of Macao in regard to his message with the desire contained in your
of condolence at the death of Earl letter.
Yours very faithfully,
HAIG,
of Bemerayde, The Officers' Assen.,
48, Grosvenor Square, London, W.i
G-Field-Marshal, (Continued on Next Column.).
sig:
"Your Excellency, I have the honour to thank you most sincerely for the expression of condolence on the death of Field-Marshal Earl Huig addressed to me by Your Ex- celloney and the Garrison of Macao: Such sentiments are the more appreciated since they come from our late comrades in arma..”
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It was noteworthy that a separate treaty forbidding submarines as commerce raiders was appended to the Washington Naval Convention of 1922, but la inoperative as France declined to ratify-Reuter.
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