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THÉ HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6TH, 1919,
ALLIED ECONOMIC POSITION "INCALCULABLY SERIOUS."
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LORD MILNER ON THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH.
WIRELESS FACILITIES TO THE FAR EAST.
THE POLICE STRIKE COLLAPSES.
WAR SERVICE MEDALS TO MERCANTILE MARINE.
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AMERICA ORDERS A MAMMOTH BATTLESHIP.
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH. LORD MILNER'S ÎNTERESTING
VIEW'S.
LONDON. Angust 2nd. Lord Milner, speaking at Oxford, referring to the British Commonwealth, said he did not share the fear that the independent positions of the Dominions
ALLIED ECONOMIC POSITION
INCALCULABLY SERIOUS."
LONDON, August 2nd. Presiding at a Government banquet in hunour of the delegates to the Allied Economic Council meeting in London, Lord Raert Cecil, white, deprecating unde pessimism, feared that "the econo wie position was incalculably serious. The closest consultation of the nations was necessary to solve "the difficulties.
The
and India in relation to the Mother-coun- | inter-depeädence of nations was one of the try in the League of Nations would tend products of civilisation.
to disruption.
If the Commonwealth went to pieces, | RAILWAY CLERKS THREATEN the strongest pillar of the League would
be shatterid. We must always settle our domestic diferences among ourselves. The Commonwealth had more to lose than any other State by another Armageddon, and nothing to gain.
To have the full support of the Empire our foreign policy must be broad, simple, and straight-forward,
Speaking on the colour question and the development of our possessions, Lord
Milner wand it was absurd to denounce He did not this policy as exploitation. say that Colonies and Protectorates were not often growly explaited by the Powers that possessed them, or that they had not themselves in some cases exploited their dependencies in the past, but he did say most emphatigally that their present policy was vigorously directed to the pre- vention of such abuses.
lt-was their duty to the inhabitants of then countries to make better use of the natural resources, often immense and almost completely neglected. In the pro- cess they inevitably enriched themselves, but if material advantage was derived from their trusteeship it was unquestion- able.
Was there not, also, the moral sidel
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STRIKE.
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· DELAY IN CONSIDERATION OF" THEIR DEMANDS.
LONDON, August 2nd.
The Railway Clerks. Association, parti- cularly in the North of England, threaten to crase work as a protest against the delay in the consideration of their de mands" for better all-round conditions as regards pay, hours and holidays.
TRIUMPHAL MARCH OF INDIAN. TROUPS.
PICTURESQUE PAGEANT IN
LONDON,
LONDON, August 2nd. Much interest was ventred in to-day's march past by the Indian troops, who were unable to participate in the recent Victory Pageant.
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HUNGARY.
NEW SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT
FORMED...
L'OPENHAGEN, August, 1st. A telegram from Budapest states that a Socialist Government has been formed under M. Beidel, who declares that bis chief task will be to preserve internal order and enter into nrgotiations with the
Butente:
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The new Government consists of repre sentatives of Trade Unions.
M. Bela Kun and his revolutionary governing council have resigned.
FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM.
TROUBLE AMONG RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS,
ARCHANGEL, July 30th, Yesterday's trouble, among two Russian regiments, emphasises the almost insuper- able difficulty of effectively combatting the propaganda, of the Bolshevists, whose agents are everywhere working among the illiterate Russians, although they are con pletely unsuccessful in the districts which experienced the terrors of Bolshevist rule,
Thousands of the Russian Northern
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BRITAIN'S POLICE FORCE.
NO FURTHER STRIKES.
LONDON, August 2nd. The police situation is stationary There was no further spread of the strike in the Provinces,
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RIOTING IN CHICAGO
THIRTY-EIGHT DEATHS...
LRICIGO, August 1st. The terror and bloodshed abated Inst evening, but sporadic fighting prevailed in spite of the troops and police con tinuing to patrol the city. The teral Some half-hearted demonstrations took death-roll up to the present is 35, includ place outside London, polie-stations, but ing 19 negroes... there were easily scattered. Picketing is OVER A THOUSAND CASUALTIES. practically non-existent as the picksters
Cuicoc. August. 1st. have been warned that they are liable to immediate arrest.
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OFFICIAL STRIKE FIGURES
LONDON, August 2nd.
It is officially stated that altogether" 904 policemen have struck out of 22,000 in Lon-
داریم
The city was comparatively calm thi afternoon for the Evs time since Monday, There have been over 1.000 casualtion up to the present,
GERMANY.
AUSTRALIAN "PEACE LOAN"
THREAT OF LEGISLATION FOR .COMPULSORY SUBSCRIPTION.
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MELBOURNE, August 152.
The Commonwealth Government an- nounces that it intends to issue a Peace, Loan of £93,000,000. The interest, with bonus, will average o} per cent.
Legislation for .compulsory subscrip- tions will be passed if the Loan is not Fully subscribed.
INCOME TAX.
SUCCESSFUL APPEAL OF WAR HEROES.
LONDON. August 1st.
It is vicially announced that all in- come-tax deducted in respect of woands,
don, 700 out of 2,200 in Liverpool, 60 our NEW CONSTITUTION PASSED BY disability and disablement pensions, also
of 100 in Bootle, and 88 out of 1,450 in Birmingham,
The spikers' places are being filled by new recruits.
MARLIER CABLES,
| STRIKE A COMPARATIVE FAILURE.
LONDON. August 1st.
The announcement of the Police striks on July 1st was issued by the so-called Anny, inexperienced, therefor believe the Police Union which has been responsible Wenderful cries of the agitators, who for the previous troubles, but which lost a dribble across the lines in the guise of large percentage of its members after the deserters desirous of fighting the Bol-settlement of the wages' question.
shevists.
It is quite impossible to distinguish the genuine from the false:
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The Russian and British authorities are
straining every nerve to counterattack
The Union claims that thousands bare struck, but the highest trustworthy eat- mate, at three o'clock this morning, gives
alt but 200 strikers scattered over
the propaganda by dropping anti-Bol divisions. These will be dismissed to-day.
THE ASSEMBLY.
BERLIN, August 196, The Weimar Assembly finally passed the Constitution by 212 votes to 75.
AVIATION
FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO MADRID.
MADRID, August 1st · A British aeroplane which left London at seven this morning, carrying a bag of morning papers, landed as Madrid at
three o'clock thi», afternoon.
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.
NEW TITLES APPROVED.
The A
LONDON, August 1st. Ministry announces that Hi
war, gratuities will be refunded to all dancerned. Officers should 'communicaté with the Paymaster-General, and men to ` the Inland Revenue Department
Australia House"
WAR PENSIONS.
FORTY PER CENT INCREASE
APPROVED.
At
Loxbox. August ist. In the House of Commons, Captain
Worthington Evans announced that the Government had accepted the recom mendations of the Pensions Committee.
[Reuter telegraphed on July 29th that the House of Cominous Committee has recom- nemled a 40 per cent. increase of war pra- sions, costing an extra £20,000,000 annually.)
TALKING DOWN A SUNBEAM.
shevist leaflets and despatching agents hy. The City Police bave refused to parti Majesty has assured the title of Chief INVENTION THAT CAN BE USED
aeroplane behind the Bolshevist lines,
General Ironside's Headquarters have been moved to Archangel frena Beresnik.
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MORE HRITISH TROOPS FOR
RUSSIA.
cipate.
of the Royal Air Force,'',
The following now titles for the Air
Present indications point to an ela bornte Union plan to cause a stampede Forer have been approved. taking effect mong the men. Numerous taxis carry-
from August 4th: Marshal of the Air, ing the leaders scoured London persuad Air Chief-Marshal, Air-Marshal, Air ing the men to strike, but, generally, theyVice-Marshal, Air Commodore. Group were recrived coldly.
Captain. Wing, Commander. Squadron)
ON AIRCRAFT.
College, London, has succeeded in barnes- Dr. A... Rankine, of University
sing the sun's rays and using them as a means of voice transmission.
He has completed a remarkable invention which makes it possible to talk along a beam of
It is expected that the extremists will Leader, Flight-Lieutenant. Flying-cer light, fiatural or artificial, using it as a
DISMISSED,
LONDON, August" 1st.. Although the situation of our troops in gain more adherents, but the movement North Russia is not causing immediate at present is regarded as a failure. anxiety, certain sits are being despatch | REFRACTORY POLICEMEN TO BE ed as a general reserve to meet eventuali- cim. The reserves will be at the disposal of General Rawlinson who will co-ordinate in the retirement from the two fronta,
GENERAL DENIKIN CAPTURES
POLTAVA.
LONDON, August 1st.
It is officially stated the General Denikin has captured Poltava.
LONDON, Augung lat. In the House of Commons, at question time, Mr. E. Shortt stated that a light ning police strike was attempted läkt night.
The authorities were perfectly well aware of it and made all preparations. Up to the present, out of 21,000 of the Metropolitan Police, 346 had failed to report for duty. Those unable to give` a
They arrived in special trains from Hampton Court, and, headed by the com- bined bands of the Guards Brigades, pres sented a striking and picturesque appear. SUPREME · ALLIED COUNCIL factory explanation would immed
age as they marched from Waterloo to Buckingham Palace grounds, where they' were received by the King.
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There were also present the Queen, the
He was proud to think that, as a general Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, Sir Douglas Haig and other notable per-
rule, the men of their race who had been entrusted with power over. dependent races had used is well, and had striven to raise "the people entrusted to their charge.
The nation as a whole, had gained much from their experience and their example...
ESTHONLA'S WAR,
EOVIET'S OFFER OF PEACE-
DISTRUSTED.
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COPENHAGEN, August 2nd.
HOTIN.
The King addressed the troops, thank- ing them for their devotion to the Throne
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ALLIED TROOPS ON THE RHINE.
PARIB, August 2nd. The Supreme Council has decided that, a French Coinmander will be Commander. in-Chief of all the Allied troops on the Rhine
SALE OF WAR MATERIAL
PROHIBITED..
The question of the distribution of the
iately cease to be policemen,
The strike had completely failed övery- where in the Provinces, except at Liver pool, where about 300 out 1,700 failed to répo
and Pilot-Offeer..
are
The corresponding Army ranks Field-Marshal. General, `Lieut-General, Major-General, Brigadier, Colonel, Lieut. Colonel. Major, Captain, Lieutenant, and Second-Lieutenant.
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substitute for the Blephone wire with a ̈ ̈ transmitter at one end and a receiver ot the upher..;
The invention has been approved by the Admiralty, and has the advantage over wireless telegraphy or telephony in ren- dering a conversation absolutely secret Before
the cessation of hostilities, the of secret signalling. Dr. Rankine set to Admiralty were in great need of a means
in his laboratory, and after a long work series of experiments succeeded in per- The Air Force appeals for 15,000 reeen actually in use had not hostilities fecting this invention, which would have cruits for four years' service.¦
ceased.
In on
AN APPEAL FOR 15.000 RECRUITS
LONDON, August 1st..
THE MERCANTILE MARINE. WAR SERVICE MEDALS TO, BE AWARDED,
LONDON, August 1st. The Board of Trade announces that the
British war medal will be granted to British. Dominion and Indian Mercan
months during the war.
one of the laboratories at University College. De Rankine recently gave A demonstration" of this new method of voice transmission to a Daily Newa-representa tive. The electrical instruments were placed some distance apart and a beam of lectric light was projected from one to
the other.
LONG-DISTANCE TALKS.
Dr. Rankine spoke into the voice re- ceiver which resembles & small phot graphic sound box. The beam of light was ärst of all reflected on to a small mirror about the size of a pea, the mirror the place of the needle of a phono-
LABOUR PROTESTS AGAINST THE Another, medal, to be called the Mercan element selenium, the vibrations of the
tile Mariners who saw service for sixth By means of an electrical appara- :
POLICE BILL.
LONDON, August lat. In the House of Commons, the Labour
and the Empire, for their war services, captured war material among the Allies Party opposed the main clauses of the
and for their cheerful bearing of suffer- ings and merifices.
AMERICAN
has been referred to the military experta It has been finally decided that no Gov- ernment will be allowed to sell such.
LABOUR material.
SITUATION.
A RAILWAYMEN'S STRIKE.
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RUSSIAN WAR PRISONERS IN GERMANY: Today's meeting of the Council con- sidered the difficult question of the re- patriation of 200,000 Russian war-prison- The railway shopmen have decided intra still in Germany-It is not desired
CHICAGO, August 2nd.
The Esthopian Press Bureau states that the Soviet of Russia has declared that it favour of an immediate strike. Numbers is resolved to cease war against Esthonia, in the Chicago district and the South
as it not out for conquests. The Red Arny has been ordered to respect the
frontier.
The Esthoniaus, however, cognisant of the Sorict's notorious vacillation, recog. nise that pence can be concluded only in accord with the Allies..
THE AMERICAN NAVY:
A 43,000 TON BATTLESHIP ORDERED.
WASHINGTON, August 2nd.
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Mr: "Josephus Daniels has announced that the Government has placed an order. for a 43,000 ton battleship.
POLAND.
PEACE TREATY RATIFIED.
PAR18, August 2nd. The Polish Parliament has ratified the Treaty of Peace with Germany, also the Treaty guaranteeing the rights of minori
ties in Poland, by 285 votes to 41..
Eastern States have struck, but the latest information is that the result of the move. ment has disappointed the leaders, who ignored the instructions of the Labourities of Washington against the strike.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEFERS ITS RECESS.
WASHINGTON, August, 2nd. Owing to the Labour situation, the House of Representatives bas deferred its
recces
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BRITISH BAKERS STRIKË. PROSPECTS OF A SETTLEMENT GOOD.
LONDON, August 2nd.
A national strike of bakers began to- day, but it is not expected to last beyond August stb, till when enough bread has
been baked.
The men want £4 for a 44 hour week, and the abolition of night baking. The
prospects of a settlement are good.
to retain men in captivity longer than Decessary, but the Allies are unwilling to surrender them as recruits for the Bol shevist Army." JUGO-SLAVIA WANTS HUNGARIAN
TERRITORY.
The Supreme Council discussed, to-day,
Polica Bili.
tus and the application of the wonderful
tile Marine War Medal, will be awarded voice caused corresponding vibrations of the beam of light which were reproduced end. Dr. Rankine's voice
to mariners who completed at least one at the voyage in the danger zone,
Stewardesses and other women serving aboard ship will also be eligible.
EGYPT.
Wanced as clearly and as loudly
as if he were standing at the receiving I have already had several talks with and the beam.
friends over a distance of a mile and a half using the sun's rays as the means of transmission,"
"explained Dr. Rankine, "and there would be not the lightest difficulty in hulding a conversation over
Mr. J. R. Clynes moved the deletion of the clause stipulating that the Police Federations should be associated with any COTTON GROWING SCHEME IN THE distance of seven or eight miles, that, of
person outside the Police Service. The amendment was negatived by 117 votes to
tu 29.
A motion by Mr. Clynes for the deletion of the clause prohibiting policemen from joining a Trade Union was also neza- tivid
Mr. E. Shortt, the Home Secretary.
SOUDAN,
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LONDON. Angist at
core, being about the extent to which beam of light could be thrown to the horizon. By increasing the size of the mirrors and the electrical power, greater The House of Commons unanimously distance could be traversed, Were it passed the third reading of the Govern- possible to throw a beam of light farther. ment of Soudza Loan Bill, guaranteeing | interest on the Soudan Government Loan of £6,000,000, chiefly for irrigating 300,000
the request of the Jugo-Slav Govern said that these clauses were not directed acres in the Soudan for cotton-growing. ment for the occupation of the Prekoagainst outside Trade Unions. They WIRELESS INSTALLATION BETWEEN murak' wheat region, between Hungary
aimed at those who sought to deprive the and Jugo-Slavin, on racial grounds.
It is expected that the question of community of the protection which the Thrnce will be speedily' settled, "
Police were pledged to give.
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THE FATE OF DANZIG.,
PARIS, August 1st The Supreme Council, to-day, consider, ed the recommendations of the military advisers as regards Danzig,
It was decided that the Polish troops should be forbidden to enter the town, and that the German troops should evacuate it.
The administration of the territory bas been placed in the hands of three delimi nation Committees. GERMANS TO EVACUATE MEMEL As regards Memel, it was agreed that German troops should evacuate the town, but, in view of the difficulty
LATER,
The Police Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons, after Lebon- rito protesta.
THE AFTERMATH LORD ROBERT CECIL'S VIEWS“
ON THE UPHEAVAL
LONDON, August 1st."
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
LONDON, August ist. The House of Commons bas voted £17,000 for the completion of Post Office wireless stations in Oxfordshire and in Egypt.
ALONG A SEARCHLIGHT.
The invention would prove highly use ful in the case of ships coming to anchor communication with the shore authorities outside a pórt, and anxious to get into. immediately. Ay a rule, the laying of telegraphic or telephonic cables from the shore has resulted in great delay. But this
invention would enable a
& ship to start verbal communication immediately with shore simply by focussing the sun's rays or using the searchlight And it would be absolutely impossible for anyone to tap the conversation. Nothing but the destruction or the partial destruction of the beat of light would stop the convert*- tion."
Endless possibilities are opened up by It is hoped that a commercial wirelem this invention. Becret verbal communica-
tion with aircraft is het impossible," service will be operating between those although it would require a skilful wani- pulator to keep the beam of light fixed on two points early in 1920. The service in the receiving mirror. With a slowly mov. intended to be the first link in the Iming airship it would be comparatively easy
to talk to the pilot, so long as the airship. perial wireless chain and will "greatly | remained in sight. There are a thousand"
usce to which it could be put in the Army accelerate messages to India and the Fat and Navy and Mercantile Marine, and
it would entirely displace
for signal
Lord Robert Cecil, at a banquet of the East, because it will be arranged with the heliograph, and other deum of the Centre Party, referring to industrial Cable Companies that messages for the relations, pointed out that the greatest
La Morse code.
lu sunny climates
be of great
lost sight of these possibilities, and has been in communication with the authori
war in history was bound to cause a social Far East can be sent by Government Dr. Rankine has not maintain- upheaval. He favoured groft, abaring wireless to Egypt, whence they can be ing order, when the troops are withdrawn and other methods to assure the workers transmitted by cable, thus obviating cable
is fair share of the results of their labour, | delaya k❤tweeü. England and Egypt,
the whale question was referred to the Commission on Baltic Affairs.
ties on the subject with the view to fur- ther submitting his javention to Govern- ment or private enterprise.
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