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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES,

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH LABOUR. IMPORTANT TRADE UNION CONGRESS AT GLASGOW.

THE

WAR TIME DEVELOPMENTS.

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SIE CHARLES PARSONS ON THE WORLD'S POWER

LONDON, September 4th. The Hon. Sir Charle, Parsnas, presid- ing at the British Association meeting in Bentrenamth, in the course of his inau. qural adibers, dwelt lengthily (or the, Lesbos, September 8th At the Trade Union Congress in Glaslaptants, during the war, bu tur gow. Mr. Stuart Bunsing, presiding, hines, sound-ranging, and listening de declared that a national striķe for politi-island and was allis in sngineering.

eletricity, etc. revolutiona cal ends would mes desperate gamble, with the lives of men, women and children. "DIRECT ACTION" UNNECESSARY,

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He did "hat, despair of constitutional methods There was a political reform which the workers of firitain were unable to achieve by Ballet Direct action "

confession Was Whiporssity, and

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failure. He deplored sectional strikes, 1 predicted, the early return ad Labour Government for Britain. WORKERS WILLING TO DO THEIR SHARE

NO GOLDEN RELE TOUREAPER

ELECTRICITY.

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He remarked that there was a golden rulé to seeure chrapey electricty," tiene ally speaking, the best way was by a

widesperoned network of mains

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH. 1919

DEVASTATED FRANCE

GERMANS VOLUNTEERING FOR

HESTORATION WORK,

HEETS September 8th. Forevers reports that 400,000 German worktien base volunteered for restoration work in North France,

RACING AT HOME, PROBABLES FOR THE ST. LEGER.

Viverny, (H. „Jones), Bughan (Childs).. Dominion (A. Smith), Sardie (F. Tea plen). White Kent (felliss), Porme de

Tern.

(Babbins).

MINERS FEDERATION AND THE PRICE OF COAL.

12 INCREASE UNNECESSARY

MR. SAULIE'S OFFER At a meeting of the Miners' Federation at Keswick on July 14th, the inaugural address was delivered by Mr. Smillie, who said they could not have conscription

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CANTON NEWS.

September 10th, THE GUNBOAT ** USIYATAO. **

was reported to have been towed away. The pæefterman gunboat Täinytan,a hich

by another gunboat, is in said to be ander repair in a Chinese engineering) works in Hon. She is to be related

with motor engines, and will become the flagship of Commander Laur-fu• the Defener Commissioner of Shuthing), who has obtained permission from the Tuchun. " It is states that the impairs wilt, cost about 350,000 and, will be completed in February, THE TRAMWAY SUREMS,

It is stated that the registration «i' tha Tramway Syndicate has not yet been jur

and a progressive reduction in the hours df labour by law aufer wertain condi tions, but they stated also that the pre- sense of raining stood condemned. (Elgar, hear.) There was a great outers about that, and the chairman was told. through the Press. that it was unfair go have made their declaration until the llest opportunity had begun to without intitaria Silitarism and

bring the ones against nationalisaipur Imperiation followed escription, and fully before the Commission. The ques Lospes, September Atheniseription went hand is hand within, if considered, was not merely the The following are the "probables for the Militaris and Taperialism. We could nationalisation of the nines, but also the St. Leger, to be run at Doncaster on not have standing armies and militarisnationalisation of the minerals.

They Wednesday

without war.

had a further sitting of the Commission, They all went together, no he feared when the chairman, with six other R

could not have the continuation of bers. dlared in favour of nationalisas, the capitalistic stem without militarism tion of the minerals and of the mining and without war. There were many pro-industry on the Country The landlords,

The Comittee of the Nine Charitable festisais of patriotour during the war, the real owners of the country (laugh)

Institutes yet that did not prevent profiteering, ander) and the mineowners, they knew.

and the Self-Government dit mut prevent some thousands of † would not be prepared to allow nariona Society have jointly protested to the Pro- people who professed very loudly their limation to be carried out by the Govern- Evincial Asteinbly against the contract and patriotism, taking advantage of the punt if they mild prevent it. so they have tested the matabers to persist in nation's struggle in order to rob the | started a vigorous agitation against the their demand for its cancellation, people and becon inillionaires. It did recommendation being noted upon not merely meu that those "people made their fins a "the expense of the in- dustrial classes and the mode of this Leolatry during the war; it meant that Presiding Poincårs left Paris on Fri- these militongres would keeps in slavery or generations, it might be, millions of day for Pino e de Grase, 35 miles northwerkers who mail, the mory for them.

Aross from Miras stale's that, west of, Bordeaux, and, on Saturday, laidThat was the result of profiteering. They

awing to the shortage of subsidiary moins, the authorities have restricted exporta- the founuation, stone of thelsmommment to were sold tour the vapital invested in the

sere aterpeansested Parlamettim. the Phited States irgervention in the variou, mustries was the result of

bank totes are at a discount and were joining Jogether to take Wirect niya sall amount of subsidiary ins can be obtained from the Maca bark. Tia evreining Was a vers, sidemn babestiare, bat the capital recently in

to prevent the nationalisation | The nativ, Tanks and money changers, The Presidents of the Senate and vested in this vantry was not the reward

of the mined and were going to use their

who are beleg forerd to accept tie naten of the Macais bank at face value, have dh Chamber of Deputies, as well

Los aberturace, it was the reward received own political influence with the Goerhuspended Estess temporarily, Phy people who did you pay farm wages ought to get them the refuse to accept, the WAY PROJKEY veral ministers, the Aumrican Ambas poverished. The fast of "mining had" wsader and puterans numbers of the their workers during the time they werending of the chairman and his squ A certain inerchant has petitioned the. Buch increase that, given cheup trans

dustry. 1o was the reward. gues Antican colony, in Paris were present..

Er Justier Sankey did not pro-Military Governant by perusston to jennstrari a railway From: f'aŭtom zo manage port, it might pity her letter to it FRENCH ELECTORAL REFORM

wroom. The Pequest has been pejected" as the regulations are not in orske, atal the proposed line would alert the cantons, DERATE IN THE CHAMBER OF

Maeno railway. DEPUTIES."

titled. Reysoe (Carilake). Mademoiselle Fich. (G.. Calling), and The betrificacidic of the "tradunays and fulheap Popularity, (ledsor), Sutvarkan "railways in Britain bad bera Splended Spar has been scratched,

an unfànhted success? Whäre the volone of traffic justified to frequent service, the Bourrißention „of the main hus would 15' verom, but this vermanical watervises and Csuch an enterprise wondes deputado apa Ma Babor declared that greaserbehere the sole of truthe south th output wake bly' obtainable by the leve

“to pay the working expenses ante porțiile upation of employers and workers, and,

le satisfactory peruen on capetal. the latter were willing to do their share, ((libers)..

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MIGHT PAY ENGLAND TO IMPORE HER COAL

Fe stated that, England was using up her rewdives of real more rapidă plian emont mountries, and long before any near approach of exhaustion was radisi here

hevone in Figher seams well be

He urged that the reputatimi of Trade Enion-ty for keeping theve bargajus itaast by uphelit, especially in View of the prob lability of an early establishment

Labour Gosrennent. (4 leves),

PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE"

POLICY TO BE DRAFTED The Congress passed a resolution in structing the Labour Parliamentary Can- mitter. to drafe a practical and effective [coai. policy for the control of industry which would destroy such capitalist selicines as

e partnership and dis idenfl-sharing.

- The Congress also'passid n vesolution, ly a targe" majority, in favone Trarle.

free

THE WORLIES WATER POWER.

As regards "water-pupaer, the anguins available in Briția was under 150rura horse-power, as compared with zom

in Canada, and so,con,num in the h.p

Fainder of the world.

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THE AUSTRIAN TREATY.

E agressed the union that HEMANLANS UNDECIDED) average capital required to produce eleg

WHETHER TO SIGN. ↑trical power Prom cval was done they hall

Pune, September mb. (the remainot required in the case at water The Runonian "Belegatioul has, notified power. The running tists in manestion the Supreme Connell of their intention with whter gewer were, however, greater, to sin the Austrian Pency Treaty, gube The most of harnessing all the water Jest only to reservatious concerning the power 121 thw world would

rights of minorities by which the latter | £5,000,000,000.

will be placed a yule the League of. Nations its contended that this will andyourday ffet pranian sover

The Council devided not to dispt the servations, and has requested Banania

A MONSTER SBAKT INTO THE EARTH.

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Herring to the possibilities for, bew routers of power, ajari, from molecule orgy, Sir Charles Pannas tention

to Same unecalitionally or misstain from the signing,

The Romanians have not yet decided...... JEGO SLAVS AGITATED AROUT

RADKESBURG, **.

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EABLIER PARLES

A WAR MEMORIAL.

COMMEMORATING AMERICA'S

INTERVENTION.

PARIS, September

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Paris, September 6th

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REPORT VES THE ONEAR CAMMISSION, The had heard a od deal of un demnation during the pas fen works of what was called “dires action.” Were you having TE fuck of it is the Housh ng C'aurumotas. (lauglder))

Lat owners, mitopanon, and all the rent commercial buterests in this country, who

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(Hear, beard They wanted, to established Fight away: hf refore, that the to a geet extent, of Robbery in the past. pose that the mings should be nationali-

state of things in the country, which Government should immediately pRAN would prevent this kind of rubbery in

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Tak KevBLATION, CELINE VON MISATON.

"A good maný mohs ago the fetleration claimed na mense of anger ceat on

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foil! areyting Hla Principle of nationma- lisation of the mines that there. Fears afterwards the mines' should be taken over at a fair price, but in the neantime the fivernment should take over full control | Chamber of Deputies, a Bill for dividing | wages and a retinetion of the hours of of the mines from the present„úwners Ar more populous Departments of inbourFrom eight to six als "the He sureted, what was in the mind of France into estoril sections or constituationalisation of the mins. During the Mr. Justice Sankey was that he felt, if eries was considered. An amendment by intervening period wine t them had had the foverninent merely passed a bill that M. Audio Leming providing that nu

to suffer a good deal of criticism from three years after the present time t the Press, and untuvally the otheials of "unne, would bese cation property | Department should be divide 115

the organisation were singled in for any

in the people might feel should atten the respect the chairman had for the for a pair priews, hi was afraid with ad! fatiopted by 100 votes to 137 This vote,

He did not complain mineowners and the integrity of the however, does not dispose of the Electoral Law. The debate was adjourned.

REPARATION.

FRANCE GETS PRIORITY,

Faxis, September 6th.

A flavas message say sizes

after 1923. Cuming would have pay to The [ France 200,000,000,000 francs.

the federation.

thany took.

It is stated that a certain mereliant has reqanted the antisarities to transfer the He has offered tramway contract to him. Shunga far it. or send more than the amount offered by the syndicate which has obtained the ronressiu MAMO PULTRAVY.

MORE MILITARY MOVEMENTS,

More sensational military movements". are to be seen in the erty Canton, yesterday, with a large tored chung, the Tuchun's son, returned. to Several battalions of the 1st Army have returned from Hunan by order at Come mander Ma-chai. Small platoons of other troops are to be seen on their way various "plBLEM, General Luk has again respugas Dozİ, the

Kwanasi leader, Shum Hung-ving, to return to Kwangsi with sil his torres.

Shum will depart Shortly.

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as any meuther, if the Governmeil, or The Miners' Federation wins apsinud

put, and be denied" absolutely that the pubic to have the fullest possible "out- nt owners. (Laughter)

Prime Top the war,utpot lay at the door Criticising the argument wed by the ineowners and capitalists against the 1 to 1/2.. Before such a charge wa nationalisation of the mines, Mr. Smile quiry into the whole matter. The output Buide there yught to be a toll public in-

of which THE STRIKE AT MARSEILLES standard of life in the homes of the Fars developer the mining induster and miners ther wolild do their best to put."

uggestion he made sink il shift 1 miles earth. the tinte enst would be "wongo and ibe Ein

· required 55 years. Since this suggestiun wis made, experiments land beat ronduct-

It is announeed that the Yugo-Slavs ure greatly agitated about returning Radkes-fed by Professor Adanis of the Gill, Univers burg to Austria. "They threaten to fire (sity. Montreal, showing that the whethe the town before handing it over.

THE BRITISH NAVY:

ADMIRAL LORD JELLICONS GRAVE

WARNING.

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was practicable inflimestonegy a death ởi 43 mite, and in granite to a "depth of 2

mites,

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A MORE CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE.

Paris. September Gth.'

A Havas" essage sayЯ7 →

A were conciliatory attitude is notice able in the dockers' strike at Marseilles The endogers and the strikers have con- sented to meet again on equal grounds an endeavour to settle the dispute.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, September 6th, Silver is quoted at. 61d. spot and forward. The darke is steady.

fle retaarked how little was at presin known of the earth's interior, except,, the ferent indis. He believed that his sugge tion, if varried out, wuild prove"af ind exfimalde value 16" sciences their „SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS, IN

WASHINGTON, Septerulei athe Admiral Lord Jellion, in an intervies, said that unless the pumple of thus United Kingdom and the Dominions pared to te therr han pockets mediate), it would be impost sible to retain British

were pre-

Biors and shorter hours, a proposal ['bile hati keen parried again and aggan

interests of the natin.

he only wanted to say that their contempitalist that during those intervening ence desired step by step whatever action. years the mines world not he worth, tak Their agitation for a wages ing over if they were in the hands of the increasg and Sabrter honry was not a tes man how at all: was the thing the en East dissued in the districts before it finally could be placed before the Government. They were told that ar the way this country would be a better said it showed to what depth the hat might be inerted normously if the pince for people to live in, and they in the hunt for gold and dividends.mners had an opportunity of producing The: Minister of Finance stated, in the desired an pred standard of life had the au Levity to make the coal. They had had hundreds of Chamber of Deputies, that France had They found that the wiges which had arge against thein which they made fetters from mining district ill the been given as war wages did not meetinst themselves. The ineowners decountry calling attention to the fact that obtained priority for restitutions in kind the reds of the be, and that the first and fegin to work them on behalf of the and had no opportunity for graing the flared: If you nationalise the mines then were lying in the pit for half work living was well waring, and wared pation the incentive will be taken away neaterial. They wanted an inquiry by" an beyond the wages revived. they ha alse and they will not be successful: the impartial body to find out whe was really.. put forward their Amim jor a higher

ntive to make profits out of the mine tu lume. If the blame was upon, the has kept it going, and if has incentive things right, and if the mineowners were provide gain is taken away you with fault they aught to be brought to bunk. conference during the last twenty to nil to carry i them on in the In was said that miners ought to do as scum. in Leleved that prints oween- ship of the collieries was wit in the best contemptible thing that coifiusly did in eight. The reason they

That ng thunch work in sever hours as they pre interests of this country-Chear, hear.)

suit, Hi anewer was that it they urged that the nation should either the mineowners nor the people strenuous nature of E work. They be was he shorter hours was because of the sake urer the mines and work them it who had capital invested in mines who heved by proper development, the exten the interes of the country. They were carried their on. but the managers and ion-of machinery, and the elimination

then they could not get an increase en

The mines in this country of the royalty owner, they could make an of er rett. in wake or substantial wou'd have been carried at in the enormous improvement in the output. reduction in the hours of labour, and a way if all the shareholders had been They also wanted to see the nation rerion- that the vernaat could not decide in Aurien or Tumhiictoo. (Hear, hour) structed.

nationalis the miney without full it was an insult to the managers of the nobles and higher life, ought to be The s that the people could have a inaire. The insequence was, a Con mines of this country to say the incentive abject. . all to co-operate to increase mission was set up an which the miners' gain was the only inentive that had human happiness, and they sought to representatives prosed that the housing kept them going to the present time, Hester any combination that desired for dis wader which a lucky party of expected the nation would be able to bring out such a result.

their community lived were a disgrace to sure the services of the best men Who our so-called cirinion. The nation.

The federation was behind "the Govern now manned the mines in the country.ment in what he took to be their desire he thought, for å few weeks were horrified and that they would be carried on in the carry out an implied pledge" that they at the revelations made as to the housing interests of "the nation fur better than report of the Commission, would los conditions. The Commission had put the he had been up to the present housing question and the diving coudi Bi-urd Redmayne, id the print behind the Governorat in ighting any Sir acted upon. Their body of workers was sen upremacy, He pointed out that horcholes had been

tions of the miners in such a position av ten was wasteful and extravagant enmbination of employers in the country, “ which was vital to the existence of the uk at Lardarello in Italy which had | Lark Leve

Loverisalue, int a special inter that it must be dealt with in the very (Mr. Sinillie) relared that it was at and if the Governurnt were not strong Empire.

near future. He did not want the Gov-nly wasteful and extravagant, infugl singlehanded the miners wonlit | discharged farge volumes of high-pressure View, mys:

ernment to go away with the idea that owing to the system of privately owned pledge themselves to stap work and 'e a steam which was being unilisesi "zi

ang glaring exhibition of this matter, was going "fizzle out. mines, thousands of aen and women har able them to achieve theid purpes, s

It was not. There must be a bigher out been sacrificed in the interests of gain. cortad 10,000 horse-power by a turbine, Government fitted undertake look and standard of life for the miner Under State ownership the amines could agreement with the Government. (Lanch

was not often that they would be in full Cnationalization we find in the Colophone and his family, and it would be their carried while, near Nuples, a similar project was

on better than they now ter.), But they would pledge themselves. duty to see that the recommendation of were. It was said that nationalisation to give every assistance in their power Persify

In this service the ticvernment the Coal Commission with regard to would increase very much the price of to the cabinet to overcom an unlawful afnot to supply power to great work- ja hüve broken all their previous records in better housing was carried out within a coal to the consumer, And, with the neembly of capitalists which was break the district.

reducing a successful private enterprise,

reasonable period.

miners shorter hours and higher wages. ing but in revolution against the Gover it seriost probable, said 'Sir Charles.making profits for investors which pro

NATIONALISATION.

the price of the fuel would rise to an ment (Cheers) It was said the output The question of nationalisation was extraordinary extent. Fitree fighting occurred in the direction that in volcanic regionst a very large its in ton vided a rich stream of in causing a terrible amount of agitation not be forgotten that within a period of 90.000.000 tons. That was the pre-war He hoped it would of cont should be raised by 970,000.000 or of Yaloutorovsk and Kurgan.

amount of power might be obtained direct and super- for the Govern. When the Government appointed the four years the Government and the mine meul. What he wanted the Federation ment--from this happy position to one Commission they were told by the Prime owners between them got a profit of "Admiral Koltshak's troops gained a dy or indirectlyśby boring.

01 hopeless insolvency, from the point of Ministar that they could not accede to £102.000.000, or almost twice the total only got about a tenth of its real efficiency, to know was that in laurning contes View of return on capital. This change, the request of the miners. and that they sum invested in the coal mines of the or real value. Mining and chemical en- Stamm Stere-sful enterprise to q, losing could not consider nationalisation until country. And now it was urged that it vineers knew that by treating enal in Antiprase so far as is known to the they first made fall inquiries. They the miners were to have shorter hours different way, instead of using it in a bir has been largely produced by the certainly understood from the Prime and decent pay they were going to rujnwasteful way, its heating and lighting, Government's niethod of filling, appoint Minister that if an inquiry brought the industry. atents in a telephone service.

forth facts to justify a majority of

efficiency could be easily doubled. It was SIX SHILLINGS A TON INCREASE. in one pas to which any attention the Commission in recotimending the

possible to set up great centres where.com) Alluding to the Ga. a ton increase in could be burnt scientifically, in which the has been called a man occupying a high nationalisation of the mines that the the cost of coal, Mr. Smillie charaeguses would be given off, and in which position and receiving a salary of £3,500 Government would consider it to be, their terised it as a political move on the part the residue left would be a better col per annum in the service of the Telephone duty to carry out the finding of the of someone to turn public opinion against for house purposes. The Government's WASHINGTON, September 8th.

Company prior to its Government Commission. It ought to be remembered nationalivation of the mines. The House of Representatives

(Hear attention and the attention of enzinecru nationalization, and who was considered that in the first report, six of the Com: hear.) They ought to have had an op ought to be given in the direction of authorised the Government to borrow rather underpaid than overpaid, owing to of the full claims of the miners for annd finding out whether or not it was not by throwing away our great national

by the chairman and directors to be misioners on one side reported in favour portunity of going fully into the matter waving coal by using it differently, an fhis exceptional ability, was promptly re increase of wages, demanded a reduction going to take Cs. increase to meet the asset-

placed by an Army Officer at £700 per of the hours of labour, and were also in position, caused by shorter hours and The annum. This could not have been pos favour of nationalisation. The chairman higher wages. He did not believe it was the Government full support in carrvive A resolution was adopted promising public as faithfully as its predecessor, the bers, appointed by the Government re shorter hours of labour and increase the report of the Coal Commission intu im- sible if the Government had to serve the of the Commission and three other mem necessary to put ds. a ton on coal to meet out the recommendations of the rasicity Telephone Company."

ported in favour of an increase in wagen wages given by the Government:

mediate effect.

FIGHTING BOLSITEVISM. ADMIRAL KOLTURAK RESUMES

THE OFFENSIVE.

Losos, September 8thy

A telegram from Omsk states that Ad-

- mirul Koltchak" has resumed the offensive,

series of victories and captured numerous prisoners and much bioty. The Reds are retreating.

GERMANY. ATTEMPT ON FAMOUS GENERAL'S LIFE.

BERLIN, September 8th. A revolver shot was fired at General Lettow von Vorbeck outside, a theatre at St. Argard in Pomeranin, where he Ice- tured on the war in German East Africa.

ITALY.

ASSISTING BRITAIN'S

SOLDIERS.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AUTHORISED.

£16,500,000 for the settlement ex-service men in New Zealand.

bay

"He was uninjured. His assailant was interest on the loan will be free from

arrested;

income tax.

KUIN OF THE TELEPHONE SERVICE

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