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CABLES:

LATEST ARBLES,

THROCOR SOFTER'S AGENCY.}

THE RECONSTRUCTION

PERIOD.

PREMIER'S SPEECH, IN THE

COMMONS.

LONDON, A

15th."

The Frenzier, speaking in the Honma

THE

SCOL KGE UP KOLSHEVI-M.

MAXIM GORKY SHOT DEAD. Lustes, August 19th Paroverts, announces, that Maxim orke was captured and shot by the troups of the notorious Bolshevik, Peters. BOLSHEVIK PROSPECTS IN THE

UKRAINE.

LONDON, August 18th.

that anti-Bol-

The War Oflice stater

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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2018. 181

OUR LONDON LETTER

FUTURE OF BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA.

liability of 10 per cent. was attained. This is considered good, for, apart from the weathee, the land organisation was only hastily improvised. The factor of reliability in the near future should be 30 ur 50 per cent.

EX-KAISER'S TRIAL,

The event of the week which has en grossed public attention is the ethnite | announcement that the ex-Kaiser is to Roy our owNY CORRESPONDENT]

be brought to trial in London. Some of Loxios. July 9th.

the newspapers gifted with the Faculty Mr. Liang Chi-cline, formerly Minister

The Post Office will not enter into a of intelligent anticipation" have re of Finance and Minister of Justice, who contract for the conveyance of mails gated their readers with more or less is visiting Europe quite unofficially until a service is actually in orationemplete details of the provvedings from though at the suggestion of the President," and has given proof of reliability. But start to finish. The accusef is to be given zu whom he will report enime over, here i private enterprise intends stop in p by the Dutch “äfter, a show of opposi. From Paris just before the close of thewhere" officialdom fehrs to tread. A mait

tion, he will be lodged in the Tower, places in the deck daily, and remanded, area opposite the western portion of din for Manchester. Before starting for between here and Fare as soon as the

nensidy til the truf is finished and

·Genori Denikia's front.

the Midlands he wa

his enemies (how many friends has. Be to neersary Arrangements "oun The Bolsheviks are reported to have luncheon at Prines Restaurant by Sir Experts in time there is in it. But losen driven out of Odessa by the popu-Algernon Firth, a member of the Federa-even more important is the need of lave and peasants, and are aid to be tion of British Industries and formerly prtience, which is absolutely essential people did not realise the magnitude of eating Kic and the whole of the

Ukraine:

The latter may be in optimistic can

at. Puncts this afternoon, dealt with shotik, revolte ary reported in the whole | Peace Conference, and has now left Lon and passenger servick into be established

the vers C's trade and industria! pasi- tion.

He complained that song people" ex preted industry production to be normal These as soon as the war wa

oyer.

the last ve qars' disturbanca,

The aggregate direct eust of the war

sions immediately that expendiure was I would take just as

lang ta «ndapt, the machinery of the workshops in the entry to grace as it took, to turn it to with

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entertained

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN CHINA.

mak

President of the Association of Chambers from the busines, tradpoint. of Commerces A number of well known members of the Federation weg also pres

meliding Professor Carsun” E.

I learn that the Mareon Company

Bolshevik elements, there is little that the prospects of the Bolshevik case the Southern Ckraine is not very

done

bright

SITUATION IN EUROPE.

LORD R. ECIL ON AFFAIRS IN GENERAL

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(Comunerve, anal Techniŝal Delemte of the Chinese Government to the Place *'une ference.

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appears to be assured! LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONS 3:3%,

by will have the satisfaction of heart ng tin indicted for hanifold crimes agnast laivilisation in the name of Wi tiah Eshenalleen, es, Harperer, etc,"

cording to this, there"will be no delay in bringing the e-Kaiser to trial here before & Court composed of distingaish

od representatives of the the Great Allies-

DEMAND FOR SURRENDER.

BUSINESS MEN IN OFFICE.

D

RED TAPE'S TRIUMPH. An entertaining sketch-by Govern mens otheials of the great business 109497 in a Government office is contain- ed in the report of the Select Committen on the Cippenham motor repair works, near Slough, which was issites on July 7th..

The sketch w

but forward by Sir harles Harris, Financial Adviser to the Wares, and the great business man he had in mind was clearly Bord Inverforth, who is stated by the enunit-'

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to hate disregarded the unlinary departmental limitations."

View

The quotation frens. Siri harles Barrist 1 as follow

A great business man, when he comes Flow Far all this well accord with the into the floverment service, comes faces will tell. Meanwhile, a state

from a

psition in which bis word is ment entitled to respect has hy issued acetothed to be law; he has his deci- sion as to what is to be done, and aften to the world was £10,000,000,000, how clusion, but, in view of the success of lien sent, and exerat prominent thinese, have signed a contract with the Chinen by the Press Association as the resultabar is is all over except file enring ont

Government whereby both parties agree

d his deviston y his own subordinates. could the world return to normal condi- ! Grigorieff's bands and other anti-Professor of Enternational Law at Pekig to form the Chinese National Wireless gairies, in high legal quarters."

He comes to a Goverment department. and he find that when he jus given a Fajversity: Mr. Weishin - Yang, of the with a capital of £700,00 Each

dreisidh his plan is referred to another Board of Eilention; and P."H. K.

party is to subscribe half this amount for

department, where some, quite subars Fung, of the Ministry of Agrisitare and

the purpose of serting up factories for

dinate person begins to tak it up and the maintenance of wireless equipment.

crationes afresh from anagher point of Shanghai is Fienciestud as the probable

It is understood that the demand for

**RATHER BORED, '' site of the chief Bartories, with auxiliary extradition will not be made until the called on to justify las teisin and Hds that at a later stage he may Cha Premier mentioned that archic the

(works at Peking-and_Tientsin. The Gos Thy health of Mr. Lidig was proposed paralysing moms for trade" 3mmer

ment will grant a special charter to formally but is actually in sitting. The

Court has not only heen' constituted conclusions before this body and that

body. by Sir Alvernon Firth, 'who describedl

possibly the, Treasury possibly. (some other diately after the war was the fact that

him as the acknowledged leader of the Company, so that a successful future

probability is that the Court will call it, and soft and after a

department the Army Coun istle of chis contractors hebame shy of orders owing

Lgrå Hobert Cecil, speaking at Hitghin elements which rend towards the systąpan-

upon the accused to strender to theets rather bored, and is liable to to rising prices of material of which

jon July 5ths said the economie situntun tie and peaceful development of his cour-"

British Government in order that he may

make use of picturesatie expressions about The revival of sport after the war is

rat tape and about being torpedord, t there was a shortage. There was also

(in Eurogue was as seriongens itaquid pou- | try. "His, mission way to gnuge the fogl

Be tried on the charges preferred against every turn, and that sort of thing. The general in very disferion, it in 11

him In the event of a refusal, which shortage of labour, as well as transport sthly be. "People were unable to get sub fing of Western nations towards his rouð-

Fact is that he has the to adjust department is it more marked thañ in the

has mental toets to the change in his would in effect mark the s Kaiser as a Eulen't food, and there wa5 a general try and to expound the economic posi; ease of lawn trunix. Vast browie hare Fugitive from justie, it would be aeris manner, but he is

He is no longer Fown position.

a general However, nos Cover a,sonino miss had breakdown of all transgjort and the whole tion in which China fintis herself to-das. ambled daily at Wimbledon far, the

Branch maamger, Tur He also desired te suggest in general terms championships, which have just engelud

sary to apply to the Puth Government,

something even less than thirt. I think been dubilised, of whom, only 150,000 saste of credit. A vital point was ser

it is that failure to readjust the focus and they is no reason, to suppose that that is really at the bottom of it. had not been absorbed industrially, sofiously injured or absolutely destroyeds how the peoples of the West, and parti

In the result every title bus chang-

they would refuse a request backed up that contractors could safely launch out The most urgrat"problemauf foreiga affairs cularly rent, Britain, might, with advaned hands, and England did not win even

Fly" early the whole of the civilised world, was to try and wet right the economic tage to themselves, assist in building up fore The winner of the men's singles The punishment is within the discretion, cank: a cog-wheel, and that without attri- without the is eracking under them.

fis Mr. 71. L. Patterson Australia), and of the tourt; but it is fully understood prosperous and stable enndition Benghasised the fact that an adverse position, and" for that purpose, even in

3. Suzanne Lenglei (Face) won that the death penalty would not be par oûn interests, we must be prepared fairs in China. balance of sende mud he faced, orenuse

da women's singles. Other events a

pressed for by the lovernments concern- wo child not prosper without recovering if neessary to come to the site of

sulted as follows:--Mum's doables, Capt. Did

If found guilty, exile would pruce de perfectly true that they ar `oar international trade. Tatived, without Europe, and we must in particular so

P. O'Hara Wood and M, R. V. Thomas bly be the face of the former War Lord. increasing it our adverse dance of frame our Peace policy as not to hinder

Titoling astonishing disclosure is the sennoinic recovery of Europe. If we did

Australia: Mixed doubles, Miss Ryan as in the case of Napiron:

made in the report: trade before the war was £150,000. It

a. must not be surprised if revolutionary

(America) and Mr. R. Lycett (Austra was now 800,000,00

(France) and Mis Ryan (America).

The Kinz W present at the finals yes terday July 8th), it bring his serood at tendance within a few days. The success of Australia is attributed to the fact

posess fine service. bit hard, and offenders whose delivery is de andre must all out for their shots.

be supplied by the German Government Of individual players most interest within a month. A last has been formn har centred in the famnus French com-ated by the British Admiralty, and itsible for two very serious consequences. plier. Mile. Suzanne Largien, who deas actually been submitted to the Com It feated the redoubtable Mrs. Lambert mittee dealing with acts in violation of Chambers in the singles championship.. the Inws and entstorts of war. Agile as a cat, she sees to precipitate list are Tiny, Surluding those af, On this

The delay was also the cause of the submarine cavminders whose inhumans of large sums of pubile money. She is just 21 years of age, and has been conduct brand de them with especial in

Thousands T vehicles wrot Teft to rot playing in different parts of Europe fainy.

at Kempton Park and other places wait- ing for the repair-shop which never came into being, since she was almost a child. I have

That chasin must be bridged because aut , the instem of it was pain. He reminded the Fous that there had been an almost sensational decrenses "in output, which was no less than eter in every branch of production except agriculture. We were spending more and producing less,

POLICY OF THE OPEN DOOR",

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At the same time Sir Algernon Firth printed out that if the eçonomir develape ment of China is to proceed smooth's towards the desired end, it is esential to

The suggestion that i want to make to the committee is that what we have here is the story of the Hy-wheel that be

ther the afficial or the business man, 15 double dose of original un co butting is perfictly natural that the busi man shall have thus views, and it is nevertheless

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MISSING YILES. The Committee have not been up-

ideas developed which would ultimatele maintain, for all nations, the holier of Elia); Women's doubles, Mlle. Lengien thays ago in the Commons that stern plied with the War Office les carrying

thi Open Door and equal oppor

engulf, if not ourselves, at any rate every tunity for the trade and commeres of the

her country in Europe

Speiking of Bassin. Lord Robert said the position was one of great diffexity. It was?not part of uur busines to inter-

world.

England." he said, never had an idea of "exclusive trading but "A high re"

The Prime Minister's statement a few

justice would be marted out to those guilty the history beyond the summer of 1917. of flagrant breaches of the laws and cufound. It has therefore been impossible It is stated that, the files cannot be toms of warfare applies with special to follow up responsibility for delay in force to those responsible for en out that de rages. The protorol of the Peace Treaty the policy of establishing, as a war ommittee approve the site ind

delay occurred that the armistice came the storage of

of spare parts, but so much before

works were

ready. the delay in commencement was respon-

It "is

clear,"

add the report nhật

ferein the internal affairs of foreign eputation for hobest goods and fair that all the players are young, sperds, I provides that the names of the alleged ensure, a central depot for repairs and

Indeed. I a straight-forward dealings. tries, but we were bound to keep our

gind to notice that Anglo-Chinese cor The Premier, continuing, said Take

word, and could not retire and leave inperation is beginning to find shape in conl, before the war, 987,000,000 togs were

the lurch, and without fulfilling an in many directions one of the latest evi produed annually. This year, at the

plied obligation, all those whom we haddences being. I believe, a proposal t? present rate. the figare will be 200.000,

naked to take a certain action. The prob form in Shanghai no Anglo-Chinese Club in spite of the greater number of men

Iem was to combine those two principles at which the business gen of both nations employed today. A 2012 cost 10%. to raise

in the policy we were pursuing in Russin will meet in friendly intercourse. In 1913. To-day it custs 2010. This is not

But we must look Hut," added. Lord Robert, 1 would this is to the good. only, partly responsible for the abnormal-

For beaven's forward to as even greater measure of ly high prices of other articles, but it say to the tavernment, has citienpped us in other countries, make up your minds. We recognise cooperation than that of which we have

such promising indientions to-day.” AWAKENING OF CHINA, «

where production is greater and cheaper, No tariff can remedy this."

EARLIER CABLES.

HUNGARY.

CZECHO-SLOVAKS OCCUPY

PRESSBURG.

PROCE, August 15th. Czecho-Slovak troops to-day occupied

the bridgehead of Pressburg. Crossing

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your position, and we shall not be too hard if you decide on a policy with which we may not be in agreement; but fix your policy,

pursue it unfalteringly to the end. The right Har to aim at was not dutch favouring one side or the other as to favour peace. That was what the

world needed.

All

in the course of his reply to the toast, Mr. Liang Chi-chan spoke of the immense possibilities that at British enterprise

herself rather than run over the court.

quite a number of rupe and other tro- phies now, she told

*A interviewer.

19, when I was fourteen. I had already won three, and on the Riviera last winter I added, six ngre to my end- in China in actual couration with thee, to say nothing of many trinkets nad silver prizes. line véritable bruich Chinese themselves. China's paw re

hye: 1"

A JAMP HENLEY

Touching on home affairs, his lordship said he should be glad if pre-war topics sources offered an illimitable fold for de British Mugean, comme catre te bad disappeared, but among other things, development. But, he considered that, valortunately the Irish question was still unsettled, and he did not pretend to with the vast changes in trade and trans have a specifie for its settlement. He port conditions that have been brought still thought the only way was to induce

The "weather was unkind to Henley

of which has been fully revealed in the was the cause of the failure of the scheme as a war measure, the urgency evidence taken by this Committee

the Danube at two points, partly on rafts the Erish to settle it for themselves, and shout by the war, the obvious plution gatta, the "week" being spoilt by burgh, to Long "Island. The King rightly Mr. R. V. Hopkins, a Commissioner of

and partly on a bridge, they silently tured a Magyar picket, whereupon whole garrison surrendered.

MEXICO.

THE ORDER AGAINST THE BRITISH DIPLOMAT.

the

e could do nothing more useful in that lay in working up these raw materials cap-direction. His lordship made a brief reas far as possible in Chins itself.

drence to the Women's Bill, and said The desirability of an economic policy he pledged himself to remove existing on the lines, Mr. Liang Chi-chao re inaalities, and be felt bound to vote for the bill in the Commons. The bill was marked, has been recognised by the carried, though he was sorry not with Japanese, who, while Great Britain had the approval of the Government. How her hands tied in Europe, neglected no ever,' he added, we cannot always agree, and I am sure you would wish inc opportunity to establish industrial en- to carry out whatever pledges I gave at terprises throughout the Republic. The the election, whatever the consequences Chinese, he added, have awakened to the might be in the House of Commons.'

fact that foreign assistance is necessary to |.(Cheers,)

THE WORKER'S RIGHT.

the social and economie well-being of the

LONDON, August 18th.. Reuter learns that Mr. H. Cunard Cuccins, British Chargé d'Affairen in Mexico City, has not left Mexico City. Meanwhile, the American and French 'Consuls have protested against General

Carranza's order. «

-OUTRAGE ON TWO AMERICAN -

AIRMEN.

WASHINGTON, August 18th. Messrs Davis and Peterson, two Army airmen, have written to Army Headquar ters in Texas that they are in the bands of Mexican' brigands, who are holding

them, up to $15,000 ransom, and threaten- ing them with death unless the money is received by August 10th.

It is reported that the money will be

-forwarded in order to save the aimsen,

NEW YORK TRAFFIC STRIKE. STEPS AGAINST COMPLETË DISORGANISATION,

New Yons, August 17tb. A strike on the subway and devated railway has held up traffic in Manhattan and the Bronx, where 3,000,000 passen- gers are carried daily.

The Mayor, of New York is institut ing a service of motor-buses, The War Department had Int. 200, while private motor-cari are plving, charging nominal tares.

rain and a low temperature- But des pite this, there was a return to something of the old conditions. Nothing can change the beauty of the setting for the pageant-on one side, the houses, the old church tower and gardens of the village, and lines of splendid trees showing dark against the grey-white sky; and on the other, the thickly-wooded hills and mea dows. There were, too, the familiar array of canvas tents on either side the river, the gaily-bedecked houseboats, and the merry boating parties. Execpt for the

The industrial position throughout the country; and they would espécially wel- Anericans and Colonials, who were in world was exceedingly serious,

Great

come British co-operation, because the uniform, the small proportion of the men | changes in organisation of industry were

desirable He adhered to the view that name of Great Britain stood for effin khaki was a noticeable feature. the worker had the right to voice in ciency" and integrity, and in no circum-

The rhes between Oxford and America controlling and managing the business instances implied a sinister political" pro for the King's Cup was one

of the which he was engaged, us his whole liveli

Low era."

YOTAGE OF THE R34"

After the wild excitement that arrom-these "vehicles promptly and before ex- tad it been possible to deal with panied the attempts to fly the Atlanticposure to the effects of storage under n by arroplane, the performance of the{}}

verse conditions, the cost of repair would have been minimised, and the expendi comes almost tahely as ́ a newspaper tire on new vehicles would bare en story. Yet it was infinitely more impor- reduced." iant than the fine "stunts" and wenez- tional Striving after a new record by

INCOME-TAX REÏORM, the other men. In trans-covanie travel ABATEMENTS FOR DEPENDENTS. the future in the air belongs to the air Ahip. There is, therefore, A definite

In giving evidence before the Royal value in the journey off from Edit George-street, Westminister, on June 18th. Commission en Income-Tax, at 12. Great

interpreted the meaning of this achieve Inland Revenue, explained the grud ment in his telegram to her commandersation and differentiation of the income- Your fight marks the beginning of exemption limit, which at present, he re tax. and dealt with the question of the garded as unsatisfactory! It was obvious, giants it is only a juvenile of

Although ha belengs to a family of he said, that, the difference in amuant

between the necessary expenses of 2,000,000 cubic feet with a lifting capa-dependents was not measured by £25. He so bachelor and of a married man with no city of 40 tons. Before long we are pro-uggested that the statutory abatements. mised air-liners of 10,000,000 cubic feet which now apply only to incomes not ex- with a jift of 200 tons, or, omitting the E,000 limit. He also thought that the reeding £700. might be extended to the allowance for brew and water ballast, marriage allowance might properly le carrying capacity of 170 tons for fuel granted in all cases where the income dos and cargo. These later patterns will not exceed £1,200, and the allowance for not, however," be more than twice the children and other dependents where the

income does not exceed £1,500. size of 144. The voyage to America' will provide the experts with information of extreme importance. What has still to be discovered is whether a service can be

fast, and which is capable of competing on commercial lines with the steamship, on the one hand, and the telegraph, on the

A

hood depended on its proper management, granne-which could not be said for all greatest events ever seen at Henley. The maintained which is regular as well as tamall and medium incomes. The complaint

"

When he heard of nationalisation be asked countries." But others were already in himoli-Was it going to give the worker the Grld in search of monopolies, and greater industrial freedom? He felt the Britain sight, therefore, to act without greatest possible doubt on that point. He did not say there were not forms of in delay. dustrial netivity which could properly "Mr. Liang Chi-chao will confer with belong to the State, but, speaking beer business nien in Manchester with regard ly, he had the greatest doubt whether any such proposal would be of advantage to trade questions, and will again visit to the working man, and well-sounding London, but only for a few hours, as be phrases should not mislead them to plunge intends to return to Paris. the whale country into a system of auto. cratic burennery (Cheers.) He urged AERIAL MAIL SERVICES.

"In view of the proposed inauguration

more class anity, and if that could be

was

Americans, rowing with immense vigour, gained a lead of almost a length by Pe chain, which is a third of a mile from the start: Many thought the race over, but Oxford, keeping their length the next half mile. At Fawley they were and going all out, gained by inches for still half-a-length to the bad. The Ame ricans tried hard, but Oxford put on a continuous spurt, so that at the mile they were only a foot crotwe behind Then they began to gain by feet instead

other.

A question in the House of Commons the cost of constructing an airship of the A Lew nights ago elicited the fact that

R34 type is approximately £350,000. The shed built to house her cost £100,000, and 14 officers and 400 men are required at the station. To run such a ship on the basis of 8,000 nautical miles a month down at a speed of 40 knots involves an petrol," oil, and gae.

With regard to the general question of the graduation of the tax Mr. Hopkins considered that, whilst the tar undoubted. fell heavily upon all classes of income, its pressure was especially great apon which most frequently reached the Boardi of Inland Revenue in connection with the graduation was that the income-tax at present rates fell with great severity on professional and other earned incomes within the range of between £300 and £2,000 taxation at the source was the first exten- 4 year Maintenance of the principle of

tax, and its abandonment would lead to tial to the practical success of the income- a very serious loss of revenue,

combined with a better system of later of an serial service between Hongkong of inches, and passed the post paddling Expenditure of about 22,000 monthly for £300, but a lower figure, of, say £200,

REDUCED, CABLE RATES.

Mr. F. Hughes gave evidence on behalf of the National Union of Clerka Hemb mitted that in the case of a married man the limit ought now to be not less than national government based on the League | of Nations it would lead to true progrese and Shanghai, it is of interest to note for the last few strokes, a length and a

might be justified for single persons. With "regard to the assessment of families he and the advancement of mankind.

that the Air Ministry's experimental quarter to the good. The time was 7min.. The Eastern Telegraph Company an-

suggested that the total income of the Sexton, M. P., spoke on the League of London and Paris and Folkestone and won the Cup, were the most powerful, kong, China, Japan, and the Philippines sixty to be maintained out of the com

At night Lord Robert Cecil and Mr. service for the carriage of mails between 25.

Bounce that the tariff for telegrams be family sbould be divisible by the number The Australian crew, who eventually tween the United Kingdom and Hong-f persons between the ages of ten and Nations.

Lord Robert welcomed Mr. Sexton, and said that no use of his pre- Cologne has given satisfactory results. A physically, ever seen on the river. They will be reduced by éd. per word as from bird income, and that exemption of serce there would ever be made for party detailed official report has not been issued owed their victory to their racing expert September 1st. next. The present rate abatement applicable to emption of purposes in that division if he could help yet; but it can be said that on the Falke They were short in the water, but had, I believe, 38. ed., per word, and hall income to divided. Further, an allow ence and their foarvellous uniformity for all parts of China, except Macao, should be allowed from each part of the it. He added that the League of Nation store-Cologne route in spite of phenomen- stroke. What they did they did together rate to Japan is as 11d, and this will in respect of each dependent under ten ar 1 powerful middle and finish to the that amount for deferred messages. The ance of not less than £30 should be mad was the crown of the great victory which we had our Allies had won.

ally bad weather, an average of re and with great back force.

shortly be reduced to 3a, ca:

over sixty years of age.

M