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China Mail

No. 25,813

BRITAIN & EGYPT.

TREATY NOT ACCEPTABLE.

A WHITE PAPER.

Egyptian Objection To British Army The Snag.

LORD LLOYD'S ATTEMPT AT RECONCILIATION.

London, To-day.

BAT

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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1928.

MR. CHENG LOH

His Action At Geneva.

MACHINE GUN PARTS.

Thanked For His Advice To Hungary.

"

LADY CLEMENTI.

Leaves This Morning For Canton.

..THE OFFICIAL PARTY,

Sir Shou-son Chow And Dr. Kotewall

Also Depart.

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PRICE, $3,00 Per Month.

"NOT QUITE SURE

What Mr. Wilbur Can't Understand.

BRITAIN'S BONA FIDES.

America's Right To Build The Ships She Wants,

Bay City (Michigan),

Yesterday,

*Your Eyen Are Safe With Us."

N. LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

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BOXER MONEY.

For General Welfare of China.

COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS,

Useless To Give Effect To Them Without Stability, Etc.

London, Yesterday.

PIRATES BUSY.

Reports From Middle Yangtsze

STERN THREATS.

Smuggled Ammunition Seized By Commissioner.

Genava Yesterday. Lady Clementi, the Hon. Sir

Ichang, Yesterday. At a private session of the Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Dr.

In the House of Commons, in Pirates are reported to be busy Council the Hungarian General, R. H. Kotowall, C.M.G., LL.D., and Mr. Wilbur in a speech defend-reply to questions, Mr. G. Locker- on the.Middle River in the vicinity Tanczos, presented 61 documents Captain P. Perfect (or the 2nd ed the Administration's proposed Lampson (Under Secretary of of Ichang. regarding the machine gun parts Batt. King's Own Scottish Bor- $40,000,000 naval programme and Foreign Affairs) said that though Some time ago, they were re- affair.

derers), A.D.C., sailed on the 6.6: said the Administration thorough- British relations in the various sponsible for the removal of the The Council, after an hour, de- "Kinshan" for Canton where they ly endorsed Sir A. Chamberlain's regional administrations in China River Inspector and staff and now cided to consider the matter in will arrive this afternoon and will statement that an Anglo-Ameri- were greatly improved, it was not it is, reported that they intend to can war was already outlawed in yet clear that they had achieved remove the mast buoys and bam- The White Paper on the Egyptian treaty negotiations (set out public after speeches by the vari- stay at Shameen.

ous parties in the Council and ac- HLE. the Governor (Sir Cecil the hearts of both countries; but any degree of permanency c" stab- boos which serve as landmarks on below) gives the terms of the various documents that passed be- cepted a motion by Sir A. Cham-Clementi, K.C.M.G.), accom- he thought the British attitude ility or authority, It was there-the river, with the object of run- tween representatives of the two Governments and confirms that the berlain to appoint a committee to panied by the Hon. Mr. E. R. inconsistent. It was difficult to fore useless to attempt to give ning ships ashore,

deal with the matter. This will Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E. (Colonial reconcile à conviction that war effect to the recommendations of failure of negotiations was due to the Egyptian objection to the Bri- consist of delegates from Holland, Secretary). Captain A. J. L. was outlawed with British un- the Boxer Indemnity Commission Customs has taken charge of a The British Commissioner of tish army remaining in Egypt, despite a series of concessions on the Chili and Finland.

Whyte, A.D.C., and Captain B. R. willingness to recognise Ameria's as the Boxer money must be used quantity of smuggled ammuni- There was some discussion at Forster, Private Secretary, sail rights to build a limited number for the welfare of the whole of tion which was found on board an Fart of the British Government, including an instruction to Lord the private session on the action to-night on H.M.S. "Tarantula" of the type of ships she desired China.-Reuter.

upper river steamer. Lloyd to attempt to draw up an agreement with Sarwat, whereby the of Mr. Cheng Loh, the Chinese and "Cicala" for Canton, where or with British willingness to risk

Naval Wireless. British personnel of the Egyptian army might be converted to a mili- ex-President of the Council, re- they will arrive to-morrow morn- the success of the Geneva Con-

cently telegraphing to the Hun- ing. thy mission. Sir Austen Chamberlain comments it is this lack of garian Government advising the The official landing is at Tien ¡ference.

Americans at Geneva were recognition of the realities of the situation which has made a settle- postponement of their decision to Taze Ma Tau (Government Pier), never able to reconcile the concer

sell by auction machine gun parts Central Bund, at 10.30 a.m. There tion of the absolute naval needs and Mr. Cheng Loh explained his will be a reception at the head-stressed by the British with the

ment impossible.

14 articles.

FOURTEEN ARTICLES..

reasons.

Friendly Counsel.

A communique which has been issued regarding the private sit- ting of the Council states that

with

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CLOUDY.

- N.W, or variable winds, mod- erate, cloudy, is the official wea- ther forecast.

The anticyclone is stationary over south Manchuria. Depres- sfans are shown over Indo-China and to N.E. of Shanghal. The monsoon is interrupted.

negotiations for a treaty fixing limitations on a basis of mutual concessions. - Reuter's American Service.

RED HORRORS.

WHAT HAPPENED AT LEIYANG.

MASSACRE AND RAPINE.

PRINCESS DEAD.

LOSS TO JAPANESE ROYALTY.

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British

ADDRESS TO WOMEN,

DEAN ON THE MEANING OF THE BIBLE.

THIS MORNING'S TALK.

Mr. Swann's address opened

-Tokyo, Yesterday. The Emperor'a youngest child. Princess Hina, who had been sick since the latter part of February, succumbed to septicaemia at 3.38 London, Yesterday. will be stationed; if an agreement Mr. Cheng Loh's action in tele-

a.m. The Emperor and Empress A lengthy White Paper has is then impossible the question graphing the Hungarian Govern-

were at the bedside and most of

A meeting of the St. John's been issued covering the Anglo- may be submitted to the League of ment was not intended as an in-

the Princes and Princesses came held in the Cathedral Hall this Cathedral Women's Guild was function but ԱՅ а friend- Egyptian treaty negotiations be-Nations, and should the League!

and courteous

to the palace. counsel ginning on July 13, 1927, and decision go against Egypt they,

morning, when a good gathering There is no official mourning for of ladies listened to an address on view to prevent- leading to the draft treaty agreed question can at their request be

ing the Couneil having to deal

an imperial child under the age of "The Meaning of the Bible," by upon by Sarwat Pasha and Sir A. re-investigated at intervals of

Beven except for the Crown Prince the Rev. A. Swann, Dean of the Chamberlain in November, the five years from the date of the with an "accomplished fact" and safeguarding the League's moral

and also no public mourning.. ratification of which was subject | League's decision.

Hankow, Yesterday.

Cathedral, authority. The President of the

Household officials will formulate to Parliamentary approval in both

The League.

Details from Chinese sources of funeral arrangements later under Council thanked Mr. Cheng Loh countries. The treaty contains Eighthly, Egypt, when engag for his explanation.

the massacre by peasant Com- the Shinto rites, after which the with the question "What is the ing foreign officials, to give as a Sir A. Chamberlain drew atten-ernment, but no speeches.

quarters of the Provincial Gov-munists and disbanded soldiery at burial will take place at Asakawa, Old Testament?" and proceeded Firstly, an alliance is establish-rule preference to Britons. Other tion to the difficulties with which

Leiyang show that the first act near Tokyo, where the late Emperor to deal with the present per- ed for the consecration of friend-nationals only to be engaged it Mr. Cheng Loh was faced and de-meen, in the British Consulate-fire to all houses of well-to-do

Lunch will be taken at Sha-on entering the city was to set Taisho is buried.

plexity about the use of the Old ship, cordial understanding and qualified Britons are unavailable.clared it would be necessary to General-an informal affair.

The Empress, in spite of many Testament, which he said was a good relations of the parties. Ninthly, Britain undertakes to examine the powers and duties

people. All the occupants, men, sleepless nights at the child's bed-subject which was very much in Secondly, Egypt undertakes not use all her influence with capitu- of the acting President at inter-will be spent in sightseeing.

Tomorrow (Friday) afternoon women and children were forced side, is reported to be bearing up people's minds to-day. Many Intory powers to obtain a modi-vals in the sessions.-Reuter.

In to remain inside, and perished in well-Reuter.

people did not know what to think the evening Marshal Li Chai-sum the flames.

of the Bible and what to believe, will be host at a formal dinner; During the few days of Com

and the thoughtful ones found it he will welcome the visitors and munist occupation everybody in

a hinderance to Faith. It seeni- H.E. the Governor, will reply in the city showing appearance of

ed to offer weapons to attack Chinese. Ladies will be present, prosperity was massacred mostly

ficulties in the way of Jesus. Christianity with and to put dif- Saturday, the visitors after torture. will take tiffin with the Gouging out of eyes and the Mayor. of Canton City; cutting off of ears was the most London, Yesterday. go on flower-boat trip on favoured of the describable

The Air. Whole families were Following is the result of the the Canton River, dine with the tortures. Eleventhly, Britain to be repre-election of St. Ives, caused by the Chinese General Chamber of Com- thus treated. Children were com- £16,200,000 compared with £15,660, sented in Egypt by an ambassa-elevation of Mr. J. A. Hawke, merce of Canton, and then go to a pelled to watch parents and par- for the expenses of the air force in 000 last year, including £2,000,000 dor with precedence over all for- eign representatives.

K.C., to a judgeship:--

Chinese theatrical entertainment. ents to watch children being sub- Lady Clementi will lunch with jected to horrible mutilations Iraq. Provision is made for four 10:241 Madame Li Chai-sum and official prior finally to being slaughtered. more Squadrons, comprising two ladies. On Saturday the visitors The bulk of the female popula- additional ones for India, 9,478 will make an official departure tion who were unable to flee were co-operate with the navy and Mr. Hopkins (Labour)... 4,343 from Government Fier and return subjected to unmentionable tor- squadron of flying boats.-Reuter,

This is a Liberal gain.-Reuter, to Hong Kong by the evening.

to oppose in any way British

VADARWOCH A UKOLINDIR MY,

Sarwat Pasha,

fication of capitulations in order

to conform more closely with the

spirit of the times and the pre- sent state of Egypt.

Tenthly, Britain to assist Egypt's admission into the League of Nations; Egypt de- elares herself ready to accept the conditions of admission.

Twelfthly, nothing in the treaty

LIBERAL GAIN..

ST. IVES ELECTION RESULT,

Mrs. W. Runciman

(Liberal) ..

to prejudice the rights and obliga-Sir Andrew Caird (Con- tions of both contractants under the League Covenant.

The 14th provides that any dis- agreement as regards the applica tion and interpretation, of the treaty which cannot be settled by direct negotiation shall be dealt with in accordance with the League Covenant.

Note to Sarwat.

Cairo, Yesterday.

servative)

MINE FATALITY,

FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION IN GERMANY.

Lord Lloyd has handed Sarwat

Berlin, Yesterday. Pasha a Note from the British Six miners were killed and 18 Government, dealing with public entombed in a fire damp explosion assemblies and the law as recent-at Ludwigadorf.-Reuter.. ly passed by the Egyptian Parlia- ment.

The Note amounts to a British

policy in foreign countries and veto. not to conclude with any foreign The Cabinet meeting decided Power an agreement which might that as Sarwat had tendered his be prejudicial to British interests. Thirdly, Britain, subject to the League Covenant, undertakes im- mediately to aid Egypt, as a belligerent.

British Methods. Fourthly, Egypt to consult Britain if circumstances arose likely to imperial the relations of Egypt and foreign Powers threaten the lives and properties of foreigners in Egypt.

or

LORD ILOSTÍ

On

GUARANTOR SUED.

HONG KONG HOTEL VERSUS MR. J. T. DOBBIE.

MR. HAYNES' ASSURANCE.

tures before death,

Anti-Communist troops des- patched from Hangchow occupied Leiyang after the Communists

AIR ESTIMATES. PROVISION FOR FOUR MORE

SQUADRONS.

London, Yesterday.

Estimates

total

one to

LOANS.

GENEVA.

Genova, Yesterday,

There was a long period in the past, Mr. Swann said, when the Church held the view of "verbal statement in the Old Testament an eternal truth which was bind- inspiration," namely, that. every

was accurate and any page gave ing on man.

Revolution of Outlook,

In the last 100 years, however, there had been a revolution of outlook with regard to the Old Testament, and it was with the introduction of vague rumours of "higher criticism" that the truth

ished.

The reason why the old view of

"verbal inspiration" was aban-

Their The League financial committee doned was because science had

is unable to proceed with the pro- taught people to approach every

had withdrawn to the Kwungtung PORTUGUESE PROPOSAL AT and value of the Bible was abol- border, where there are reports of the further massacre of a number of foreign missionaries known to be in the, Leiyang.area. fate is unknown. Reuter.

[Tales of the massacre were posal for a Portuguese, stabilisa- thing with an open mind and try The case in which the Hong first received here on Saturday tion loan owing to difficulties not to arrive at the truth by a com- Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., last. Lelyang is only 80 miles divulged. On the contrary the parison of theory and the facts at aue Mr. Jas. T. Dobbie, formerly north of that part of the Kwang-committee agreed to a Bulgarian their disposal. They did not make of the Hong Kong Harald Publish- tung frontier which is 200 miles stabilisation loan of £4,750,000-up their mind about a subject and ing Company, as guarantor for due north of Canton as the crow Reuter.

then try to squeeze the facts into the pre-conceived idea.

Science naturally approached

MAU MOVEMENT.. JUNKMAN CHARGED. the Bible in the same manner that

order. But the failure of the Mr. L. E. Haynes in respect of flies.] negotiations left Great Britain $123.55, was down for hearing at under the terms of the declaration the Summary Court this morning. of 1922, the responsibility of pro-mitted to local practice, appeared Mr. O. E. C. Marton, recently ad- tecting foreign interests,

The Note reserves the right to for the Hotels Company. take such steps as may be neces- Mr. Haynes was in court.

Mr. Dobble did not appear but sary to meet Britain's obliga. ¡tions.

General Action.

Mr. Marton said that Mr. Haynes had consented to judgment.

BRIGHTER OUTLOOK IN

SAMOA

According to official advices from

Wellington, Yesterday.

DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL

BODY ON BOAT.

all other subjects are approached, hence the old view of exact verbal inspiration was abandoned.

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The Old Testament was library of writings and not a book, and represented a nation's

Samon the native parliament has Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the experience of God, recorded by the Haynes was not entitled to consent the vincinity of Apia on March the steersman of an Aberdeen junk, formed their own idea of God.

Mr. Justice Wood said that. Mr. agreed to convene a big meeting in Central Magistracy this morning, people of Israel slowly as they as he was not the defendant.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

manslaughter

It is learnt that the British Note does not expressly refer to the public assemblies' law but to Mr. Marton indicated that Mr.for the object of putting an end to No. 4201-HA, was charged with the

the Mau movement. general legislative and adminis Haynes had agreed to pay the debt.

of a 12-year-old |

The Other Extreme. trative action impending the Mr. Haynes: I am the original sequently visit New Zealand to master of fishing boat No. 5981-A, all these ideas were verbal in- A deputation of chiefs will sub-[Chinese girl, the daughter of the It was impossible to hold that Fifthly, the Egyptian army to

power of the executive to protect defendunt, my Lord. be trained in British methods and

foreign life and property. It may Mr. Justice Wood: He is not à learn the wishes of the Government. as the result of a collision between |spirations. As an example, Mr. if any foreign instructors are re-

also be taken to refer to outside party to these proceedings.

The Administrator's termE to the junk and the smaller craft off Swann said that God did not al- quired they must be British.

interference similarly affecting It subsequently transpired that, Mau provide they obey the law and Putoi Island, near Stanley, at 5 ways reward good character with Sixthly, in the event of Britain {

the proper authority of the execu- owing to Mr. Merton's misunder-act constitutionally in future; also a.m., on February 20

health and good surroundings. engaging in war, even if Egypt's

tive. Hence it is capable of the standing of His Honour's direction; submit matters from him through Mr. Leo "d'Almada, Jun., (in- The book of Job showed that even rights and interests are unaffect

widest interpretation and creates Mr. Dobble had not been served the Samoan district councils and structed by Mr. Leo d'Almada, at that time, the people were dis- ed, Egypt undertakes to furnish

a new and important element in with notice.

not through the European commit-Sen.) appeared for the defence. satisfied and growing out of it, as Britain in Egyptian territory all resignation the present Ministry Nevertheless, the Note is un-adjournment

the Egyptian political situation. Mr. Marton asked for a week's tee-Reuter,

The case for the Crown was con- that holy man's sufferinga. facilities and assistance possible. was unable to deal with the mat-doubtedly prompted by the law re-

ducted by Detective Inspector Lane, brought doubts on the Psalmist's Seventhly, in order to facilitate ter.

Only police evidence was taken recorded view of God, BanglA this morning, and then the case was On the other extreme, Mr. and secure the protection of the The newspapers give promin-which has not yet received the Mr. Haynes give an assurance At the Harbour Office the following adjourned unt!! to-morrow, in order Swann referred to the story of British Empire communications ence to the "grave," Note which, King's assent modifying the pre- that it would be faid within seven figures were obtained, showing re-to allow time to collect the wit Abraham being told by God to kill and.pending a future treaty in it is reported, points out that revious decree which prohibited de days. which Egypt would be entrusted cent Egyptian legislation weakens monstrations and regulated pub

turn of passenger trafic manifest-nesses in the case,

his son as a sacrifice. That was

with

Sergeant Kirby, officer, in charge also inconceivable and led to con- such, protection Egypt the authority of the executive to lic meetings.EVANT

His Honour put the case 'downed in the colony for the month authorises the maintenance in deal with the maintenance of

for March 17 and indicated that, ending Feb. 29, 1928

of Stanley Police Station, gave fusion of the mind. The new measure permits deft the settlement was no longer

Arrivals. Departures. evidence to the effect that on In this connection, the speaker Egyptian territory of armed public order and the protection of monstrations and empowers the cutstanding, I could be recorded. Ocean going

February 20, he proceeded in a row referred to the story of the little forces if Britain' considers neces-life and property...

police to intervene only when un-MAERS

51,082 sary such forces; not to constitute The Note was hitherto withheld lawful acts are committed. Par

steamers 89,124

boat, to a small; fishing - boat girl who had been so confused River steam-or

anchored close to shore in a small that it was easily understandable occupation in any wise to the pre-in the hope that a general Anglo- lament also refected the Govern

era

112,380 100,050 bay in Putof Island. On board the how she came to the decision that- judice of the sovereign rights of Egyptian agreement would be ment's attempt to empower police

Junka and

boat he saw the body of a small girl she liked Jesus and did not like Egypt; both contractants to re-reached under which the Egyptian control of demonstrations in order

launches - 9,996 6.587 which he had transferred to the God.. consider after a decade the ques- Government would assume the to minimise interference in nor

Police launch and subsequently con- tion of localities in which forces whole burden of maintainingmal life-Reuter.

The address will be cont $161,600 167,669 veyed it to the Victoria mortuary

another, meeting of the Gullä.

His Honoured when the cently passed by Parliament but money was like to be paid..

TO-DAYS DOLLAR.

The clearing

on demand: