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BRITISH NAVY'S UNQUENCH- ABLE COURAGE
A. HISTORI FUNCTION AT
PORTSMOUTH,
Ros Dos. September Kürd. A memorable fanétión mok place at the
་། Portsmouth Town Hall, today, when n number of Adantrals auch refiressentatives of the lower dock dined in neighbourly- fashion at a great Naval rouníon to cele brate peace.
The affair was entirely organised by the fash clock. Four hungre guests" ant down
There were presenta scintillating galaxy of Adimaly and Naval heroes, headed by Admiral Beatty, whose car was pulled by the digempur', wun
w to the steps of the Town Wall, Where a wider ful and picturesque arkeone was arcerd wed Min.
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Admiral Beatty lead the prosession of guests amid the strains of “Rule Britanni ane kal next 20 Petty Offer.
After dinner, a presentation was made to Admiral Beatty, who, responding it his bealth, refered a the comradeship in the Navy as one of the strongest units of its efficiency. Never had a great Navy such a dilfeul task. giving a little op portunity for honour and glory. The world did not yet know all the Sary's glorious deeds.
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Admiral Beatty stirringly recalled some
of the most brilliant exploits and most glowing acts of the war, in which this sinking comrades had shown courage
which was utterly invincible, “
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THE SITUATION AT "FIUME.
A JUGO SLAY. OUTRAGE,
Bums, September #3rd. The Tempo's Trieste currespondent says than a ramber, of Jugo-Slavs threw a beule ou co a street in Fiome. One-per- sou, was killed and several injured,
AN APPEAL FROM D'ANNUNZIO,
The Popula Italia publishes in appeal
THE WAR ON BOLSHEVISM.
HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 95TB, 1919.
THE BULGARIÀN TREATY.
RELATIVE KINDNESS OF THE ALLIES.
PARI, September 22nd,
A Havas message says:--- The French papers generally point out that all the clauses of the Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria bear evidence of the refa tive kindness with which Bulgaria has
FAR EASTERN CABLE GREAT PORT IN CHINA TO
NEWS.
{FROM OUR OWN. CORRESPONDENT.]
CHINA AND EXTRA
TERRITORIALITY,
PERING, September Bird. China's reply to the L'aecho-Slovakian inquiries regarding treats, arrangements
from d'Annunzio to open a national sub-been treated. Serbia. Greece and Sumonikas aroused considerable dissatisfaction.
ngst probably will be dissatisfied that among the smaller nations. seription on behalf of Flume,
Bulgaria, which confesses that she is culp able and ready to make reparation, wants to get away from the war grater and more powerful than she was before 1914.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.:
GENERAL DENIKIN CAPTURES
KURSK,
Lostos, September shid The War Office states that General Daikin is apparently within 40 miles of Astrakhan.
A strong Bolshevik cavalry force, sup ported by armoured cars, bas crossed the Khoper River 45 miles north east of the" junction with the Hon. Heavy fighting is proceeding.
The Don Amy is progressing along the Valuikiliski railway. They have taken 200 prisoners They also captured five guns in the recent operations. "
Dieneral Denikiw, has gained another xreat success in the rapture of the im portant town of Kursk,
KOLTUHÁK RESIUMS TITLE OF
CHIEF RULER"
LONDON, September 23rd.. A Moscow telegram asserts that Ad- miral Hølichak has resigned the title of Chief Ruler in favour of General
Trikin.
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INTERESTING SPEECH AT
VANCOUVER.
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VANCOUVER.. September 22nd. The Prince of Wales was given a guent rreption here today. The city was lavishly decorated.
Replying to the civic address, he re Eerred to British Columbia as the western bulwark of the British Crown.
He was amazed how the splendid city of Vancouver had grown up in the last 30 years.
RIVAL NEW YORK.
DR. SUN'S AMBITIOUS SCHEME.
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+ The building of a system of railwayg from the great northeri port to the north- western extremity of China.
Chinu proposes to refuse extra-terri- toriality to those quations, includirig Germany and Austria, and, at the same time, to restrict the operations of their nationals to the Treaty Ports. PIC viously it, was understood that Ching would offer attractive terma to such 4. The construction of canals to con- nationals, including facilities for tradepect, the inland waterway systems of throughout China. The Government has north and central China with the great replied that other treaties acranged would northern part. follow the precedent of the Cuban Treaty.
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DEVOLUTION PROPOSALS
MAJOR ASTOR AND SOVIETS.
Major Waldorf Astor, M.P... Unders Dr. Sun Yat-sen has written Scerstary to the Health Ministry, presíd- article 01
in China with ing at a conference on locp!" governmentă progress *** plans for International develop, int the summer meeting of Fniversity ment n t the Changha Republic." Extension students, held at Oxford og The programme his proposes is to be con- Augest sthä piinted out that at the re ducted by - foreign experts, who wili
MonaL the Central Government' undertake the training of Chinese'assist-
aas grossly overburdened. The Rystem of ants to take their pinces in the future. Standing Committees might be necessary Dr. Sun Yat-seni, advocates:
as a temporary expedient; but it was not The construction of a great gugthern the sort of peringat addition to the pert on the Gulf of Prebili,
legislative unchinery that one should Unless they reconstituted contemplace. their crutral 'machinery by sinić form of legislativ devolution, he did not see how a. The colonization of Mongolia and they could possibly hope to maintain the Sinking thinese Turkestan)..
crelit of Parliamentary government. When they talked of local government they had to recognise the real solution. The big change which they had to look forward to in the near future was tha establishment of nutioane Parliaments for England, Wales, Setland and Ireland, which would deal with such services 05 were delegated to them, and not inter fer with such services as Parliament. might consider is should keep in its own hands He did not believe that what he called Federal Devolution was Colonist. If they wantel defecratic government they must have true partner ship between the Government and each individual, and the aly way way to put al responsibility on every representative holy, However small it might he of the great problems to be solved, was to bring the man in the street" into Glover gtouch with government, both legis- lative and administrative. They must not adopt any systéme of Prussianism in bealth legislation. (Cheers.) Another experiment was that of co-operation, and
3. The development of the r and coul felds in Shunsi auf the construction of an iron and steel works,
THE PREMIERSHIP...
These Eve projects will be worked out Kang Hicham has fendered his re. Esignation, which, it is believed, the Pre
as one prograinne, fornch of them will assist and accelerate the development of sidert will aggept. Chin Yung peng, the Minister for War, is regarded as his others. The great-northern port will serve as a base "of operation of this far While he is believed to bternational Development Scheme, as we
as a connecting link of transportation and communication between China and the outer world. The other four projects will be centred around, it
Successor.
He paid a tribute to the brains and jelein-barided, the appointment of, a enterprise of the great men who had militarist, in the Premiership will further linked the Atlantic and the Pacific, in antagonise the South. spite of the tremendous natural obstacirs, by means of great trans-Continental rail.
ways.
He hoped that British Columbia would always be one of the great bases of British sca-power,
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GÉRMANO -JAPANÈSE SECRET"
TREATY DENIED.
PARIS, September 2ýnd.
1 Havas message separa KOLTCHAK AND DENIKIN."
He referred to Australia and New
An aportant ferman paper the The Doily Chronicles in a leader, says Zealand, which he was looking forward Politische Nachrichten, denies the asser- has the time is ripening to adjust the to visiting soon, and which were building tion that a ser treaty has been con relations between Admiral Koftehak andap a pure British civilisation, the undercluded between Germany and Japan,
ineral Benkin. It is unreasonable for Southern Cross.
the Denikin Government, representing a. He said that the services of the naval In the Pra of "reondag which had now large part of European Russia, to before of the Dominions in the
were inevitable, hat beanbordinate to the Siberian Government. magnificent.. meg" in, “reduétiong hope thes would enary with then jus ties, and still afford adequate assurance for mer Overseas erataerprises..
Admiral Beat statek that the Navy's ethiciency, was never greater than today. He hoped it would be found possible, to, devise mennes by which the best brains from all risks could be upiliwth for the highest positions. (Load choirs.)
Referring to the unquenchable curage of the Savy, Admiral Beatty mentioned that when his undron passed the -orenmanta of the fleen Mary and the lu- rincile, in the Battle of Jutland, the survivors aboard those ships took of and waved their shirts and cheered. RECRUDESCENCE OF STRIKES AT HOME.
SERIOUS DUTLOOK IN THE MIDLANDS.
LONDON, September 3rd. As a result of the iron-faunders' strike, the outlook in the Midlands ie very
black,
It is expected that 86,000 engineers in Leeds and 10,000 workers in Wolverhamp
ton will be idle shortly.
LITHUANIAN TROOPS NEARING DVINSK.
BERNE September Bird, The Lithuanian Press Bureau states that Lithuanian troops are within three kilometres cf Dvinsk.
LITHUANIA REFUSES TO,
NEGOTIATE... Lithuania has refused to negotiate with the Bolshevists, unless the Allies and Latein and Esthonia jointly negotiate.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN
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The Durdy Yeux correspondent in. Paris states that General Etience bas arrived at Riga. It is reported that he will re- present France in the negotiations for an. urmistice between the Baltic States and
the Bolshevika.
HUNGARY.
BRITISH TO OCCUPY TRANS- "DANUBIA.
VIENNA, September 20th. The "news that Trans-Danubina. Han- gary will be occupied by British troops has been received with enthusiasm at Budapest. There was a great pro-British demonstration at the opera lust evening when General Gorton received an ovation and the orchestru played " God Save the
The strike has spread to the Southanip tun shipyards, AMERICAN LABOUR UNREST. | King."
STEEL WORKERS ON STRIKE.
NEW YORK, September 22nd.
A nation-wide strike of steel workers has begun.
The Premier, M. Friedrich, who was present, was hissed.
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DALMATIA.
A varying response is reported from AN ABORTIVE YUGO-SLAV COUP.
the principal centres: Many milly con- tinue to work with reduced staffs.
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ROME, September 22nd.
A semi-official statement says that the Yugo Slays attempt to land on the
The Steel Workers' Secretary states that 234,000 have struck, of which 60,000 Dalmatian Coast was frustrated by the are in Chicago and 50,000 in Cleveland, Italian naval and military authoriti,
The Companies claim that most of the who adopted energetic measures," strikers are et Americans."
The Unionist workers in the Bethlehem FRENCH TRADE PROBLEM.
Steel Company, are not «participating, pending a conference with the Company, The United Mine Workers of Cleveland bave decided not to strike sympatheti cally.
GERMANY'S BREACH OF TREATY TERMS. MUCH DISCUSSED ARTICLE DECLARED. NULL
NECESSITY FOR IMPORTING RAW MATERIALS.
PARIS, September 22nd.
A Havas message says:→→→ The French trade problem remains scute. Prominent members of the Cham- ber of Commerce state that the interest of French manufacturers and traders is to import only machinery and raw VERMILLES, September 22nd. materials that will enable them, in the Herr Leraner, on behalf of Germany,Dear future, to export articles de luze, signed the protocol declaring Article which constitute the greater part of
the German Constitution nuil.
France's production.
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CANTON NEWS.
War were
September 24th... relled that the great battle east THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT. "
The change of the Military Govern of Amiens in August, 1918, which was
mint to real Government is de the beginning of the victorious advance cared to be impending.
The Panton to-Germany,, was fought by Canadian Parliament, is to be re-opened next week. Australian and the old country's Dipina a qudrungis now available. The M.Ps. sions side by side. typifying the unity of will discuss Bill formulating "the the self-governing democracies of the changes which it is intended, to make. A Generalisgifùo, is to be elected to take Empire.
up the Presidential duties as the head of the new Government. PEACE PROSPECTA
In this connection, he paid a tribute to the late General Botha, whose career was a marvelous "tribute to the breadth of justice and generosity of the British graphed to the Premier in Peking that
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"He concluded by stating that he cane to Canada as a Canadian, and was doing his best, to become a Westerner,
The Military Government bas
unless the appointment of Wong Yap- tong," as chief of the Northern peace caves, is cancelled, the Shanghai Con ference will not he rehumed as the South-
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He emphasised how strongly keen theern effyoys have been ordered not to young spirit of the West appealed to him begotiate with Wing- His next visit to Canada would be as soon as pogible.
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A special miktary meeting is to be held
in the Military Governinent Chamber on Saturday to decide whether it is better THE FIRST MARNE VICTORY to declare war on or to conclude peace
with the Peking Government.
MEMORABLE FUNCTION IN PARIS,
/ PARIB, September 2nd.
A Havas message says:-" There was a crowded attendance at the
Troendero in Paris, in celebration of the
A
tre-
Shanghai reports state that Wong Yap-| tong has visited many prominent South eriers such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Tong Shiu-yi and requested them to assist in the resumption of the Shanghai Confer enec. Wong seems to have failed to per sunde the South to resume the conference
and is about to return to Peking. THE ANTI-JAPANESE MOVEMENT.
fifth anniversary of the first victory on the Marne. Ainongst those present was General Manouty, who received
The authorities have strictly ordered mendous ovation. The Minister of the students not to interfere with the Marine made a speech.
'importation of Japanese goods, or they will be severely punished. The Super FRANCO-BELGIAN RELATIONS
intendent of Police has sent forces to the wharves to arrest any who interfere with GOOD WORK OF THE SUPREME
the importation of foreign goods. ECONOMIC COUNCIL.
PARIS, September 22nd.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
A HAYING CONVERS The great northern part is to be a sheep water and ice-free harbour, aitway be tween Taku and Chiswantao, conarešed by canal with the inland waterways of north and central China. Dr. Sun thinks it would be a paging concern from the very beginning, owing to its situation at the centre of the great salt industry; and from the fact that the Kailan colliery is
in the immediate neighbourhood." * My idon," says Dr. Sun, is to develop this port as large as New York in a rea sonable limit of time. He goes by to
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As he understond it, Soviet government another form: Soving government. differed from our system of popular goy- ernment in the House of Commons in that the people who were elected into a Soviet were not elected by the inhabitants of an area, but were elected by the members of a craft or profession. They did nor have a petritorial or a voentional Ferte- sentation. It Wit i very interest- ing experimente and they ought to discuss the success or failure of Soviet The nerd of such port in this part Government without dragging into their of China goes without saying. For the study of it any personal views they provinces of ChihM, Shangi, Western might have of Bolsheviks or revolution. Shantung. Northern Honas, a part of It was a new form of government to Gt. Fengtion and the greater part of Sheast Britain up to a point, and only up to and Kans with a population of about 100 | a point, because the nearest syprunch we millions are backing a sea port of this had to Soviet Government that was to kind. Mongolia and Sinking as well as sax. representation not of the people of the rich coal and iron fields of Shansi a particular area, but representation of will also have to depend on the Chihlin profession or class-was the House of coast as their only outlet to the wa. And Lord's. (Laughter.) the millions of congested population of He had not come there to discuss tem- the coast and the Yangtze valley need perance, but it seemed to him that the an entraper to the virgin soil of the attitude of many towards the drink prob Mongolian prairie and the Tienahan vallem showed that they were in fact not ley. The port will be the shortest door facing facts It was so easy to say they way and the cheapest passage to these would not even consider prohibition-h regions."
was not a prohibitionist- because if they Plans and estimates for the construe | had it everybody would take to drugs an tion of the harbour and the building of a ↑ dones. .There might be a few confirmed city are left to the "experts."`
drunkards who might take to drugs, but. he did not believe the average inan or woman would do so if they found thems elves-in a dry country. He saw no reason why the Church should not be taking a more active part in solving the drink quation. They would never get good local government until they realised that it depended on good citizenship, and that each one should do his bit. (Cheers,)
CHINA-CAPETOWN RAILWAY, The proposed north-western railway | system (scheme 11.) begins at the great northern part and will follow the Lwan Valley to the prairie city of Dolonor, 4 distance of 600 miles. Thener lines are to radiate to Mahe (the gold district on the right bank of the Amur river), 500 miles; to the frontier, to join the Trans-Siberian fine at Chita, 600 miles; a trunk line to
Urunchi, 1,000 miles; a line westward from Urumchi to Ii, about 400 miles; then
COST OF LIVING.
"VICIOUS PRACTICES.",
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President Wilson, addressing Loogress
1 from Urumchi southeast PRESIDENT WILSON ON THE across the Tieshan gip into the Darim basin, then thrning"south-west ruzning along the fertile zone between the south- ern, watershed of the Tienshan and the northern edge of the Barim Desert, to Kashgar, and the see turning south-east
on August 8th declare that the existing to another fertile zone between the easter laws were inadequate, and averted that satershed of the Pamir, the northern watershed of the Kunlun Mountain and high prios were, in many cases, crater the southern edge of the Dari Desert, to artificially and deliberately by vicious the city of Iden or Kerin, a distance of about one thousand two hundred miles all practices. He recommended that the on level land. Sixth, a branch from the Food Control Act be extended to operate Doludor-Urumchi trunk line, which Dr. in peace-me, with substantial penaltira Sun.calls Junction A, to Urga, and thence for profiteering.
President Wilson appealed for prompt to the frontier city Kiachta, a distance of about 350 miles Seventh, a branch ratification of the Peace Treaty, saying: from Junction B to Uliassutai and be here can be no pence as long as the und N.N.W. up to the frontier, a dis whole American financial and economic tance of about 800 miles; and Instly aystem is on a war hasia" branch line from Junction to the fron- increased wages were, he said, justifieci tier, about 450 miles.
"if there is no other means enabling men
Demands for
In his vision of railway development to live.” - on this generoua scale, De Sun seen hir President Wilson urged legislation re proposed branch from li linking up with quiring that foods relansed from rald the future Indo-European line; and storage should be marked at the priers It is reported that Commander Li Lich- through Bagdad, Damascus and Cairo it prevailing when they went into storage, will link up also with the future Africah | sand also that goods in inter-State con kwan has given orders to his forces on the system. Then there will be a through merce should be marked at the prices at North horders to prepare for an attack on route from our projected port to Cape which they left the producer. Further Kiangai, as soon as the peace negotiations town. There is no existing railway com- ore the President recommended a in Shanghai are broken off. Yannanese manding such world important position federal licensing system which would troops are to be seen in increasingly large | as this,
ensure competitive selling, "to prevent numbers in Numbang and other towns of
unconscionable profity in methods of mar the North borders.
keting. He declared that some methods by which prices were increased were criminal, and these who "employed "them would be energetically prosecuted, '
Urging the ratification of the Pence Treaty, the President id:
"'" While any possibility that the Pence terms may be changed or may be held long in abey ance or not enforced because of divisions of opinion among the Powers associated against Germany, it is idle to look for
A Havas message says:— The French Minister of Industrial Re constitution said that good work had been done at Brussels by the Supreme Economic Council.
Franco-Belgian economic
More than 1,000 of Lam-fu's troops suddenly came to Canton in a number of become closer than ever. junks, from Shiubing, rest day add France wishing to reserve a regime of quantities of ammunition were loaded
into the junks. preference for Belgium, the port, of Antwerp has a great interest for French.
woald
FIDW
relations
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Although the "export of minerals has been prohibited, France wants tri make an exception in favour of Belgium,
THE SILVER MARKET.
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· LONDON,-September-20th. The silver market is steady.
LONDON, September 22nd, Silver is quoted at €215. spot and 61fd. forward The market is firm,
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↑ FELIXSTOWE AND VON BISSING.
A deputation, headed by the chairman
1
by adu
were
MR, JUSTICE, SANKEY,
5th., Sir R. Cooper asked the Prime In the House of Commons, on August Minister it, Mr. Justice Sankey, before bis elevation to the bench, held the posi sip of standing counsel to the Miners Federation; and was this fact brought to his notice when he asked Mr. Justice akoy to preside over the recent Coal
Commission.
Mr. Bonar Law: I am not aware that
permanent relief"
of the District Council called on Baron von Bissing on August 12th, at Felixstowe the suggestion represents the facts, but
Naturalisation papers by and he gave in- formation about himself the points of which have
been deputation pointed out lished: The Judge of the Realm ought not to be made. I immediata remedy could be found whit
already
that nothing ho Bir R. Cooper: Arising out of that, is the country was neither at war nor beare could say would al
alter public op
opinionit not in the public interest that rumours informal meeting, not connected with the which are very widespread should be Council, was held afterwards outside the crushed by asking deliberate questions in house. A deputy who was admitted to this House? interview Von Biasing told him that his trouble, and unless he left the town with presence in Felixstowe was fomenting in seven days something might happen,
matters worse, and he was confident thes Strikes undertaken now only" made I am quite clear that the innuendo which Labour. would realize this. The Presid it contains against "the impartiality of a rent uttered a warning that, no complete
Politically, socially, and economically
the world was on the operating table, and "
it had not been nasible to administer any anesthetic. The world must pay for Mr. Bonar Law: No. I think it is the vast wastage of war, and accent the " of this House should do their best not to battle greands, and Europe must be help in the public interest that the members results of fend Belda being turned inte spread but to crush them.
ed to regain it normal state."
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