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CABLES.

LATEST CA

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE,] DUBLIN MURDER.

POLICE OFFICER SHOT DEAD IN HEART OF THE CITY.

LONDON, January 21st. Another Dublin murder has created a great sensation.

Mr. Redmond was Second Asistant Commissioner, and was recently appoint- ed to the Dublin Metropolitan Police from the Royal Irish Constabulary at Belfast He was proceeding home at 7 o'clock in the evening. When opposite the premises of a Sean Fein Bank be was fired on by men hiding behind the gate Way. One bullet pierced his head. Death was, practically, instantaneous.

THE

THE ADRIATIQ SETTLEMENT: „JUGO-BLAYS LISTEN TO ALLIES' ADVICE.

PAB18, January Sist After the Supreme Council's decision as regards Jugo-Slav reservations in the Adriatic Settlement, M. Clemencean and Mr. Lloyd George successively urged the Jugo Blav peace delegates to accept the Council's proposals. The Jugo-Slava agreed to reconaalt their Government, *** and hoped to give a reply in four days. PEACE TREATY DISCUSSION

GLOOMY PROSPECTS IN THE STATES.

WASHINGTON, January Mat. A rupture between the Senate leaders in the conference on the Peace Treaty has been, temporarily, averted by passing As present nq arrest has been made. over the dispute on Senator Lodge's re- An earlier message stated that Mr. Red-servations in regard to equality of voting mond was found shot dead in Harcourt-street in the League of Nations, but the ultimate in the heart of Dublin.

agreement is doubtind heard.J

Two shots were

CONFERENCE OF AMBASSADORS.

SUPREME COUNCIL'S DECISION.

PARIS, January 21st. The Supreme Council met this morning,, M. Clemenceau first and then M. Milled rand presiding. Lord Curzon, Signor Di Martino, Baron Matsui, and Mr. Wallace were present; representing Bri- tain, Italy, Japan and the United States respectively.

The Council decided that the Confer ence of Ambassadora begin on January 20th, with the idea of carrying out the Treaty of Versailles and dealing with current affairs.

Big questions of policy will be left to

MR. ASQUITH.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH. 1920.

ANTI-SEDITION BILLS. AMERICAN LABOUR'S OPPOSITION.

NEW YORE, January 19th."

Mr. Gompers announces that they Federation of Labour will oppose the Anti-Sedition Bills now pending before Congrem,

**THE IRISH REPUBLIC

MR. DE VALERA'S ANNOUNCE-

MENT.

NEW YORK, January 19th, Presiding at a mecting at the Lexing ton Opera House, Mr. De Falera, the Irish Sina Fein leader, read a letter from Mr. Smith, the Governor, wishing success to the Irish Republic, and an bounced that $2,500,000 had been sub scribed in New York to the Irish Loan AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL IN

SIBERIA

DER TO RED CROSS SOCIETY.

WASHINGTON, January 19th. The Commander of the United States Red Cross Society in Siberia has been CHOSEN AS LIBERAL CANDIDATE ordered to withdraw simultaneously with

the withdrawal of the American Expedi tionary Force.

FOR PAISLEY:

LONDON, January 1st Mr. Asquith has been unanimously the Liberal candidate for chosen D Paisley.

DAVIS CUP.

VICTORY FOR AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY, January 21st. In the Singles of the Davis Cup Com petition, Patterson beat Kingscote by 6/1, 6/4, 9/0

Anderson defeated Lowe by 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10.

the conferences of the heads of GovernINFLUENZA ments,

PROHIBITION LAW PUZZLE

NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR'S INTERPRETATION,

TRENTON (NEW JERSEY), Jan. Mst. After the oficial installation as Gover nor of Mr. Edwards, who was elected as the anti Prohibition candidate, a bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly defining intoxicating liquors as those con taining over 4 per cent alcohol, instead of per cent, na fixed by the Congress.

The Bill was submitted in accordance

with Governor Edwards' contention that, under the Prohibition Amendment Act,

All women workers and men not needed to take care of stores at Vladivostock will move out with troops, and medicines and other stores will be distributed among the civilians and hospitals as rapidly as possible.

DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC

RESOURCES COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETINGS

SUGGESTIONS BY HE. THE CÓVERNOR.

The first meeting of the Committes appointed to enquire into the develop ment of the economic resources of the Colony was held yesterday evening at the Council Chamber. There were present H.E. the Governor, the Hon. Mr. Cland Robert Ho Tang the Hon. Mr. John Serom, C.M.G., Bir. C. P. Chater, Sir Johnstone, the Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Parr, the Hon. Mr. Lan Chu-Pak, Mr. Boss Thomson, Mr. R. M. Dyer, Mr. J. Reid, Mr. D. K. Mass, Mr. A. Beattie, Mr. A. Gibson, Mr. James Barr; Mr. Chan Chou. Ahh, Mr. Chan Hair, and Mr. C. M. Reynolds (Secretary).

CANTON NEWS

January 25th.

A MACAO RUMOUR, "I

A message from Macau states that the

SANDERA arrival of the Canton forces and gun boats at Chinshan has led to rumours of military activity. People in Maoso are said to be leaving the place in large numbers for the past two days as a clash between the Chinese and the Portuguese troope is expected at any moment. These are, however, only rumours and there is very prospect of an amicable settlement

STUDENTS AQITATION.

MACAO NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

January 26th.

ALARMIST RUMOURS.

There has been almost a stampede among the Chinese in the Colony

awing to rumours of an approaching conflict be ween this Government and the Canton Government over the question of the reclamation work which is provveding on the Chingchow shores. The Volunteers were called out, and patrols in the streets were doubled, it is believed as a precau- Owing to the students' opposition, Ho tionary measure against robbers who Lai-man, the new principal of the Gov infest the surrounding country Even number of armed guard to protect him. people of the good relations existing ernment Law School, has had to get a Government notifications assuring the He tried to get the students to return to between toe Portuguese and the Canton school but without avail The Civil Governments did not lull the fears of the Governor's order asking the students to populacan. return to school on or before Jannary DULL CHINESE NEW YEAR. three days' grace has been given to the 23rd has not been obeyed and another

students.

Three of the Law students, he were expelled from the school, were arrested by the police yesterday, when school-premises. They have been detained they were accused of trespassing in the

in police custody.

CITY IMPROVEMENT.

His Excellency, addressing those pre- sent, stated that he had not come to make an inaugural adddress or anything of the kind, but he wished to give his experiences of a similar committee which he started in the year 1915. They had established the Committee in Ceylon of very much the same terms of reference, and they had recognised at the beginning

According to a report of the Muni- that if they were really going to present cipality the first public market is to be possibilities of the country with which The market is divided into two parts a full report on the whole of the economic opened for business early next month. they were dealing, they would probably each with about 200 stalls. Several other all be dead before that report was submarkets are to be built in other parts mitted. For that reason they had re cognised the fact that they were not going ed a new road to be built from the city of the city. The Municipality has order. to produce in ane volume a complete re part of the investigations, but to issue suburb. Several new roads have been to the Saichuen village near the western

POLICE, VESTING. completed.

LE "FICIAL'S reports from time to time. That course

POSITION

OWING TO UNITED STATES' ACTION.

WASHINGTON, January 20th.

the Chinese New Year does not hold cut much promise of business improving. Hundreds of Chinese have left the Colony for Hongkong, Canton and other places. There is no truth in the report that the

neither vegetable and fresh water supply of this Colony has been inferrupted, as there is of fresh water shortage nor lack of supplies in vegetable.. The marketa show no abnormal aspect. Many Colony, bat these were probably the result fires, however, have been reported in the of carelessness on the part of the people.

As a result of these alarmist rumoure

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BATTLESHIPS

BE

NAVAL PROBLEM OF SEA AND AIR.

ΤΟ SCRAPPED ?

Will the great battleships be scrapped

breached in the debate on the additional This was one of the questions that were and give place to glorified submarines!

Navy Estimate.

Mr. Walter Long, the First Lord of the

the present situation of scientific inves bringing together a committee to examine Admiralty, announced that Mr. Balfour in

tigation and development, with the view out overlapping and undue expenditure. of seeing how the work can be done with

authorities have decided that all shops In consultation with the Police the making firecrackers should be located in one part of the town disting from other shops as a preventive measure against outbreaks of fires in the city. In regard to the bankruptcy of the native insurance itself1"

"Is it reasonable to ask me to state

he suggested as the most advisable. Another thing that they had found out in Ceylon was that a large body of per Fons tended to waste considerable time in talking and some of them were not in terested in the subject, and he found if Mr. Raymond Fosdick, the Under most convenient to divide the committee IN Secretary General of the League of into sub-committees, to deal with special

Nations, has cabled his resignation to Sir departments of the investigations. For offices, it is proposed that regulations for naval policy when he introduced the Eric Drummond, the Secretary General instance, one dealt with factory indus should be made to regulate the insurance He says that the lack of any decision by trics, another home industries and yet business and that insurance companies be the United States Government in regard another mining industries. The result required to deposit security before start that in the highest year before the war.

Australia retains the Davis Cup.

OUTBREAK THE STATES.

HOSPITALS CROWDED IN THE

MIDDLE WEST. “

WASHINGTON, January 21st. Au influenza epidemic has broken out in several army camps, particularly in the Middle West, and 2,514 fresh cases were reported in Chicago yesterday. The hospitals are crowded..

ROME TO TOKIO.

ITALIAN AVIATORS AT SALONIKA,

ROME, January 2lato

to the League placed him in a peculiarly embarrasing position?

DEATH OF MR. VICTOR

DEACON.

firm

affairs in Canton, many of the pro

In view of the unsatisfactory state of

was that they were really able to get through a considerable amount of working operations. At intervals of six months or so they THE POLITICAL SITUATION. could gather the whole Commission to gether and find out what had been done and what there was to do and issue in- terim reports. By that means they would minent Cantonese have requested General get things done, otherwise they might Lak Wing-ting and Tong Kai-yew (the have to wait for ten years while the Yanaan Tuchan), the Administrative commission was at work. There was

our naval policy for the future before, we know how the world is going to settla

additional Navy Estimate of £3,037,100

This was Mr. Long's answer to requesta

Mr. Long gave instructive figures. It is interesting in comparison to remember the Navy Estimates were £1,500,000-then an alarming sum. These are Mr. Lough:

Total Navy Estimates this

Year ***........

Compared with last year.

a roduction of "... Yesterday's addition to cover

increases of pay

Ships under construction.

at armistice

Cancelled since

Expenditure saved by this

cancellation

£157,000,000

107,000,000

8,037,800

1,005 611

Many old residents will regret to see one other thing which, from his experi. Directors of the Military Government, to-day the announcement of the death ofce they would find of value-he did not to come to Canton to take up their duties. wish to dictate in any way; the matter Mr. V. H. Deacon, formerly of the was entirely in their hands but as be of Messrs Deacon, Looker, Deacon and had had some years experience of the THE MACAO RECLAMATION.

January 8th.

40,000,000 Mr. Long touched on the question of matter he thought the suggestion might Haraton, solicitors of Hongkong. Mr. be useful. The Committee was a large Chinshan to stop the reclamation work might be called "a stupid old fogey." The Caproni triplane, piloted by Deacon practised in Hongkong for up one, and probably they could deal with undertaken by the Portuguese, is now It was a difficult question. He talked to Major Lo Yim-shan, who was sent to and said that if he demurred to that be the alleged obsolescence of the battleship, the States have concurrent power of Lieuta Garroni and Abba and firing towards of twenty-five years. He came out else they wished to add to the Committee negotiating with the Governor of Macaoine expert who said. "Yes, the airship enforcement with the Federal Govern-Tokio, arrived at Salonika on January in 1880 to the firm of (Messrs. Brereton be would be glad to de eo. In his ex-Major Lo was shown a map of the destroy the battleship."

everything, but if they found anybody

and Wotton), and was admitted to part perience he thought it best not to put

is going to be so effective that it will nership two or three years later, the anybody on the Committee who was an boundaries of Macna and it was explained Then be talked to an airman, and if he

expert on a particular. subject, name of the firm being changed to Brere- would then have no witnesses, and that upon Chineze territory. The Mac ship would be of no use the airman would They that the reclamation does not encroach remarked to the airman that the battle

such development of counter attack and say, "Yes, but the battleship will have defence."

ment.

THE RUSSIAN BLOCKADE

DECISION.

DOUBTS OF ITS SUCCESS.

LONDON, January 21st.

The Supreme Council has given per mission to a delegation of Co-operative Society members to proceed to Moscow

from Paris."

The Allied decision to raise the blockade In Russia has been received with much doubt in the Scandinavian and Baltic States and in non-Bolshevist Russia. It is pointed out that it is impossible to carry on trade without the approval of the Soviet,

FIGHTING BULSHEVISM. - MEASURES IN UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON, January 21st:- Mr. Lansing naked the Congress to appropriate $450,000 to enforce the Pass port Supervision Law to enable the State Department to send agents abroad to guard against the entry of undesirable aliens into the United States. LEVY ON COTTON IMPORTS TO ENCOURAGE INCREASE OF

ACREAGE.

19th.

BERLIN SILVER DEALS.

COINS DISAPPEAR FROM CIRCULATION.

BERLIN, January 21st. Bilver coins have now almost entirely disappeared from circulation in Germany owing to the extraordinary rise in the

price of silver.

With a view to withdrawing silver com pletely from circulation, the Reichsbank is offering 8.50 marks paper money for a silver mark, and 19.50 marks for a silver three-mark piecs.

THE "POWHATAN,” WIRELESS FOR HELP.

HALIFAX, January 20th. The Powhatan bas sent a wireless questing that steamers be sent which is being done.

EARLIER CABLES.

SILK MILLS CLOSED. THREE THOUSAND LOCKED OUT.

WASHINGTON, January 20th Messrs. Pattersone, New Jersey silk manufacturers having failed to reach a wage agreement with the Icom fixers and

twisters, have decided to close the mills The lock-out affects 3,000 employes.

4.

would be inconvenient.

ships the world has scen because it is said criminal to destroy the most magnificent Mr. Long asserted that it would be

that the air will displace the Navy He these things pronounced no final opinion, but said that The Admiralty are daily examining all

ton, Wotton and Deacon. A few years later it was changed to Wotton and is Excellency the Governor and the authorities, he was further told, have no Deacon. When Mr. Wotton retired, Mr. Sir Paul Chater occupied the chair.

Hon Mr. Claud Severn, then left, and intention of building fortifications. It Deacon carried on the practice in his business was to arrange a day for meet have dug a long trench in front of a Bir Paul Chater said that the first is, however, stated that Portuguese troops own name for a time, kaving in his office ing. They had all their avocations to temple on the boundary line in Macao at the time four other solicitors-Mr. perform, and the evening was most con- and the traffic to and from Macao is John Hastings, Mr. E. C. Ellis, Mr. J.ient for them all. He thought it best interrupted. Search-lights in the forts

to hold the meetings in the evening, G. Wright and Mr. K. W. Mounsey In 1897 the style of the firm was again meetings every Thursday at 5p.m.

It was unanimously agreed to hold near Chingchow are seen playing every changed to Deacon and Hastings, and in

night, but no other movements of Portu- 1904 when Mr. John Hastings started in

Sir Paul Chater then said that, at the guese troops have taken place. About 200 A CODE TO PREVENT WAR next meeting, proposals would be made Chinese troops arrived at a place near practice on his own account, the designo All suggestions made would be taken Chinshan yesterday and in addition to aa to how the work should be carried on. tion of the old firm was changed to De He thought that was the way it was done Kong Hon and Kong Koo which are in tiens Associations which was meeting a down by the Secretary and then discussed. the gunboats Kong Tai, Kong Kung, con, Looker and Deacon. Shortly after-in Ceylon. wards Mr. Victor Deacon, the senior

Chinshan, the Siu Iu and one of the partner, went home, and has not re-visited

other cruisers of the 1st Squadron are the Colony since

patrolling along, the Chingchow abores The steamers are to be seen leaving Macne with a large number of passengers daily and the people in Chinshan have left for the interior.

man having been born at Ottery St. Mr. Victor Deacon was a Devonshire

Mary. He was, we believe, one of the original members of the Hongkong Devonian Society and was for a time its President. The cable announces that Mr. Deacon died at Weymouth on January 15th. Had he lived another four days he would have attained his seventy-third

birthday.

* ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

AND

SKETCH

LONDON, January 21st. The Empire Cotton Growing Committee proposes to levy Ed. per bale on all im- posts of raw cotton in Britain, which PROHIBITION LAW IN FORCE was founded 26 years ago. A company

The Ingram interest in the Mustrated London News and Sketch has been acquir ed by Sir John Ellerman, Bt. Illustrated London News was established The by Mr. Herbert Ingram in 1842; the Sketch was formed some

Mr. Johnstone wished to know whether economic resources included everything The Government had not particularly mentioned anything they wished them to consider,

toovered everything.

The Chairman replied that he thought

to do..

The Chairman agreed to ask the Government to define the scope of the Committee's enquiry,

long Mr. Dyer, also, was of opinion that the work of the Committee should proceed

ANTI-1XCENDIARISM.

WORK OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS CONFERENCE.

...

The Conference of the League of Ne-

Brussels on December 3rd. proposes to group into one organization the various national bodies with at Brusselsi

central secretaria

ing that it considered the creation of a With regard to compulsory arbitration the Conference adopted a resolation, say special conciliatory organization useful in view of the different interpretations of the Pact of Paris

ta Be

Mr. Johnstone remarked that they actually started with nothing at all idea what the Government really wanted The Government ought to give them some

The Conference decided that the Per- them to do As it was they simply start that heavy penalties will be imposed upon draft of a convention of justice between

The Police authorities have announced manent Commission should prepare ed and ended, as it were, with the ble for the Chairman to find out what also proposed that in case of a fire, even eliminute from its text the right to alphabet. He thought it would be advise thoses found guilty of incendiariam. It is the nations, and also a draft code of In- ternational Law which is totally to Government really wanted the Committee if incendiariam cannot be proved, only a to war.dopted

ball of the insurance money will be paid

A motion in to owners of shops in which a fire mandated territories that there should originates. The balance will be used for in so far de industry, commerce, and the the purchase of fire brigade instruments: rights of import and export are concern SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.

ed, no difference between the nationals of ending to a regulated plan ng of the Shanghai conference, the filtary elective assembly the mandatory Power the mandatory Power and the nationals Mr. Moms They could tell us what Government has sent a telegram to the should take into ecosideration the right Uwing to the delay in the resumption of the Power itself. In any Cabinet or

Mr. Johnstone For instance, the will be satisfied if only Wong Yap-tong, presented, while keeping count of their was done in Ceylon, Premier in Peking saying that the Bouth of the native races to be adequately re cussed. Is that going to be considered tion, it removed from his post One of Another motion adopted proposes that

portion of the income-tax has been dis the Chief of the Northern peace delega progressive developmentalent

the M.Pa in Canton has received a pri- the executives of the permanent Labour is to increase the prosperity of the Colony the pence envoys on both sides have come agenda of the next international Confer Sir Robert Ho Tung! I think the idea vate message from Shanghai stating that organizations should place upon the by development

to an understanding.

ence proposals for an organization to con CONSULAR AFFAIRS, AND

ciliate employers and, employés and

will produce £100,000 yearly in order to REVENUE OFFICIALS SEIZE LARGE the Ingram f years ago in which by this Committee FAN

finance cotton-growing,

TUG, BOATMEN ON STRIKE

SCENE IN NEW YORK HARBOUR,

New Yong, January 20th. The tug boatmen in the harbour have struck for higher wages, and are holding opasveral hundreds of tuge.

QUANTITY OF LIQUORS..

NEW YORK, January 10th.

Revenue officials" have seized liquors valued over $3,000,000 on the piers and barges which were too late to be loaded on outgoing steamers befors Prohibition

was calorced.

held just over one third of the shares, which Sir John Eller man has just bought. The Ilustrated London News har

BWITH

held a foremost place among pictorial weekly newspapers, provements Over 40 years ago woodents and

kept well abreast with process i were abandoned for blocks from photo graphs, and the proprietors were the first Mr. Bench Ingram will retain his posi to adopt the intaglio process 12 years ago, tion as editor and Mr. George J. Mad dick that of manager.""

The Chairman: I think so.

ont some ideas

Bir Robert: Perhaps you can throw The Chairman: I have my views on hobject. I will propose certain done before matters which the Government might have

It was decided to hold the next meet ing on Thursday evening.

ท

with

Dr. Woodburned to Canton in administration and control for the a view to the participation of the employer the other day after acting as Consul Gen League of Nations to summon and admit. General at Canton, called eral at Shanghai for one tirerican Be toon as possible, any Stato desirous of Association propose to give an entertain-antees specified in Article One of the Part The members of the Chinese American membership and able to give the guar ment to the new American Consul General of Paris and according to the conditions at Canton sometime this week.

fixed in that Artides