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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

THE WABIJON BOLSHEVISM FAR EASTERN CABLE |

BIG VICTURY FOR THE VOLUNTEER

ARMY

*RCHANCEL, February 5th. A wireless from Odessa, datest February

THETRIAL OF THE EX-KAISER 4th, reperta a recent great victory for the

HOLLAND MUST RECONSIDER

HER DECISION.

PARIS. February 4th. The newspapers state that the draft of the new Allied Note to Holland in regard to the extradition of the ex-Kaiser is energetic in tone

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It refutes at Holland's arguments in regard to procedure and legal forma- and requests Holland to reconsider her decision

Volunteer Army,

The Red Cavalry, which is a Bolshevik corpa d'elite, after the capture of Rostoff and Novotecherkashi, attempted to force the passage of the Dor, but was thrown back in confusion, losing 60 gans, 150 mmebinės guns, and 8,000 men.

In another sector of Denikin's front, the Reds lost 13 gons and 1,300 mwen.

FALSE REPORT REGARDING ODESSA.

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LONDON, February 4th, Reuter learns that as a result of forced "regard in procedure and legal formule marches the Bolshevists are established

It refutes a Holland's arguments in

course of justice,

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BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE..

LONDON. February 9th.

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Si Auckland Geddes, speaking at Dover, said that the Government intended to get the "Kaiser nut cf. Holland and put him on trial. "and whatever penalty were allotted to him it would be enrried out, but if, on the basis of international law, Holland definitely said No," and "that she intended to provide an asylum for him within her territory, then we must say" that he could nos live on Dutch territory in Europe and she will have to put him on some bland belonging to ber outside Europe. ALLIED GOVERNMENTS' APPROVAL NECESSARY.

upon a line thirty versts westward of Nikolaieff.

It is now clear that the Ukrainian elnim of the capture of Odesan is "untriut, but the proximity of the Reds thercio is most serious

AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF

ATTITUDE.

ARCHANGEL, February 6th.

An extraordinary change of attitude is reflecter in the speeches M. Lenin and M. Trotsky are stated to have delivered at the Soviet Conference in Moscow on the question of national economy, and published in an official statement here.

M. Lanin emphasised the necessity of substituting autocratic for associated power in the organisation of a Govern- ment and industry, as already carried fut in the army. Ele described this as an evolutionary measure, and said that success lay in the autocracy of the Com munist leaders and in the Communist

Pants, February 4th. Le Petit Jourani states that th Council of Ambassadors, has, drafted a fresh letter in energetic terms demand ing the extradition of the Kaiser. The fetter will be presented to Holland after the tovernments of the Allies have signi- | domination of "the" people. - fied their approvať,

PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMINALS.

M. Trotsky said that the only means

of strengthening the Soviet's power was to assemble the workmen at the factories and tend thom trom place to place on the Government's instructions. The peasant BARON VON LERSNER'S AMAZING should be turned into Labour Corps un der military discipline. The arnica would requisition the peasants meas, wheat and fish in order to assure the labourers' work.

ACTION.

PARIS, February 4th," Baron von Leroner, the acting bead of the German Delegation, has resigned, having refused to transmit the Allied list of wanted war criminals for extraditiona GREAT BRITAIN CLAIMING 119

CRIMINALS.

LONDON, February 4th. According to Intransigent, Great Britain is claiming 112 German жаг criminals. BARON VON

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LERSNER RETIRES.

AMERICAN BOLSHEVISTS TO BE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY,

CHICAGO, February 2nd. A Special Grand Jury which was it vestigating Extremist activities, has turned indictments against 37 members including Mr. W. D. Haywood, ex of the Industrial Workers of the World.

Secretary, and. Mr. Thomas Whitehead, Secretary of the "I.W.W.

All will be charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Government forcibly.

LONDON TO THE CAPE. THE FLIGHT OF THE VICKERS

# BERLIN, February 4th. Baron von Lerner's refusal of the Allied list was contrary to instructions. His request to retire from the Imperial service was immediately accepted.

LIST REACHES 'BERLIN.

COPENHAGEN, February 4th. A message from Berlin shows that de spite Baron von Lersner's action, the Allied list, with the covering note, has reached the Foreign Office and will be published to-morrow. The Cabinet in con sidering it to-night,

NEW NOTE DRAFTED.

PARIS, February 4th.. The reply to Baron von Lersner's note has been drafted. It will be approved by the Council of Ambassadors this evening.

It is understood that the British Charge d'Affaires in Berlin will be instructed to present the Note and the list direct to the German Government.

VIMY.

LONDON, February 4th. " The Times announces that the Vickere -Vimy, which arrived at Cairo en route to the Cape, is being sent thither by Lord Northcliffe in order to show whether Africa can be crossed easily and safely by aircraft.

The flight will also provide & special opportunity for scientific exploration by Mr. Chalmers Mitchell, the Secretary of the Zoological Society, who is a passenger.

SOUTH AFRICAN ATTEMPT.

LONDON, February 4th. A South African Government machine named Silver Queen" piloted by South African officers, left Brooklands this moring in an attempt to fly to the Cape

via Cairo.

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AIRCO MACHINE STARTS ON THE JOURNEY.

LONDON, February 4th. The Airco Company's aeroplane No. 14 started this afternoon for the Cape. The pilota, Captain Cotton and Lieutenant Townshend, are both Australians.

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NEWS.

[THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENOT.]

RECEPTION FOR JAPANESE ADMIRAL

NAPLES, February 2nd. Admiral del Buono, Commanding the Naval Department, is making arrange ments for greeting the Japanese warships He will give a reception in honour of Admiral Horiache. Another reception will be given aboard the battleship Andrea Doria, the Flagship of Admiral Solari, Commanding the Squadron in the Near East..

It is expected that Admiral Horiache will go to Rome to visit the King, to other with his staff. He will also visit Signor Nitti, the Minister of Navy

ROME TO TOKIO FLIGHT.

ROMA. February 9th.

A 450 horsepower Caproni biplano, pilots by Lieuts. Negrini and Orisi, has departed on the Rome-Tokio Hight, and has arrived at Gioja dal Calle, which is

the first stage,

DR. SOLF'S APPOINTMENT.

BERLIN, February 9th, The Zwolfuhrhley learns that Japan has intimated that the ex-Colonial Secre tary Dr. Solf is not a peremu grala the Germana representative in Tokio,

WOLFRAM IN SOUTH CHINA.

LONDON, February 9th.

LATEST NEWS FROM VLADIVOSTOCK.

10TH, 1920,

Loxnos, February 4th Latest British news from Vladivostock, dated January 31st, shows that the to- valationary occupation was peaceful Some Military Missions are westward of Vladivostock, and it is not anticipated that the Revolutionaries will interfere

therewith..

STATE OF SIEGE IN VLADIVOSTOCK.-

THE KENNEDY TOWN FIRE MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY YESTERDAY.

THE MAGISTRATE.

CANTON'S NEW“ ROAD.

IN PEACE OF THE OLD CITY WALL

The following particular regarding the

POLICE INSPECTOR COMMANDED HY demolition of the old city wall in Canton

are given in the Far Eastern Review:-

A little over a year ago the Canton Municipal authorities began work upon the demolition of the city wall. Mr. H. the improvement of the city by tackling

At the Magistracy, yesterday, Mr. J. R Wood, in his capacity as Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Chinese

woman named Leung Fook-one of the 32L. Wu, CE, was in charge and began persons who died as a result of the disas the old wall, built about 500 years ago: operations upon the western section of trous fire at Kennedy Town'on the morn LONDON, February. Oth..

This was demolished and the work in The Times' Vladivostock correspondent.ing of February th writing on January 19th, says A state of siege has been proclaimed here.

The Japanese are guarding the State Bank at which a daring theft of several million roubles was effected yesterday."

It is reported that large Japanese reinforcements are coming. Diplomatic representatives are concerting

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Dr. Scott the doctor in charge of the tie remainder of the wall was let out from time to time to different contractors Victoria Mortuary, deposed 10 have found, after examining the body, that by open tander. Most of the wall is by this time torn down, and in a few more death was due to suffocation.

months it should be entirely replaced by a well-made modern road." By the end of June last two miles of the wall had already made way for a macatamised road and since then more has been added.

Mr. Waller Prince of the P.3.D. said that be visited the premises in question on February 4th, and prepared a jilan of the building from the records in his

for the protection of the lives and proffico perty of foreigners who constitute 60 por cent of the population, including 40,000 Chiness and 0,000 Japanese."

NAVAL TROPHIES WANTED.

LONDON, February 2nd.

The entire length of the wall, including the old section, built some 500 years ago, and the so-called new city wall, built some 300 years ago, is about six miles

Inspector Macdonald Said that at 11.40 p.m. on February ord, he was in his station when he received a telephone message about a fire in Belchers' Sreet, He rang the fire alarm and proceeded to de scene. There he found the first and The average height of the former is 24. The Admiralty in appealing for infor-cond hours of the butting on re-feet, with a width of 13 feet „t the bottom mation of the whereabouts of eight Naval

"witness arrived a minute or two alter the and 35 lest nt the top; while the latter Caps or trophies given for competition the people.

witness tried to save Larue of J;rt;u46

There was une stairway fe about 15 feet high, and 17 feet wide at among the ships of the Chinn Station serving both Nus. 26 and 27. He could the bottom and 11 feet at the top. Ther which have disappearid-namely:

not go up these stars, but went up the 1-Weihaiwei Challenge Cup. whales, engine room ratings).

-Dorward Challenge Cap.

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soared

stairway serving Nos. 28 and 20. He guttal car which had to be disposed everyone out of Nos. 23 and 20. He then of was some 799,700 cubic yards, and cung, down to the street and was inform

(Rifled that there was a dead body at No. sun has been shifted from the site mostly

He went to the stairs and found the dead on small boats plying on the numerous., body of a man. He then went to the first in waterways about the city.. With floor and found a large number of people the exception of the new city wall section on the landing, pushing und falling over | 4-Swal{"Ships' Football League (hal-gage and some bars of rice. The fire stones removed from the wall were rep ach other; the stairs were also fall of the useful material such as bricks and

astanas),

--R. N. Canteen Regülver Challenge Cap. (For lower deck ratings).

The Engineering Corrispondent, of the newspaper "Financi/" says that the wolfram fields in South China dre evi- dently very extensive and productive I: would appear that South China with her huge resources of cheap labour will short- ly hold the key of the wolfram position.

JAPAN'S AIM IN SIBERIA

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LONDON, February 8th. The Time Tokio correspondent, in an

interview with the Minister of War learned that Japan's also in Siberia was to evacuate the Czechs. Japan's whole attention was devoted to the problem of transporting Czechs to the East, and in the work of transport Japan would not tolerate opposition from any source what ever. The Minister declared it was un-. thinkable for the Japanese to withdraw from Siberia until the Czechs had eva- cuated.

THE SHIP OF MISERY.

TRIESTE February 9th, The Lloyd steamer Nippon has arrived from the Far East, having aboard 470 Italians from provinces formerly belong ing to Austria who were prisoners in Siberia. Among them there are 8 lunatjes, 35 consumptive patients, 31 have not yet recovered from their wounds, and 334 are ill. Most of the remainder are affected by rheumatism,

AERONAUTICAL ADVISER TO

CHINA,

LONDOR, February 9th. Colonel E. V. Holt, D.S.O., who hea boon appointed Aeronautical Adviser to the Chinese Government, departe shortly. CZECHS INCAPABLE OF PLOTTING.

enge Cup. (Ships with complements of up to then had not passed No. 27. Wit-turned to the Alunicipality by the various

under 300)."

5 Grit Challenge Cup Rifle as

West Rer ripats). a--Hongkong Football Challenge Shield. (Tears from ships garrison, etc., La Hongkong).

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TELE

CONETAULOTs ·

A difficulty which faced the engineers when they came to arrange for the "de- molition of the wall and construct as roadway in its place was the great dif- ference in levels of the lens within and without the wall. On one ile houses were found to be two or three feet boldw the street level while on the opposite side of the same road they were four or five nest above the street. In many places in the north-western section the ground level inside the city wall is as much as

from 13 to 99 fest above, that on the out-

When it was decided to replace the wall with a modern roadway the Municipal authorities determined to make the road ease of houses fixed the measurement at wide opent once, and despite the exist from 80 to 100 feet. This meant that more than 3,500 houses had to be condemned. As a tramway system may eventually be installed "all the street corners were de signed with at least 50 feet radii, while existing bridges and T culverts had to

ness sent for assistance, and sent word to the C.S.P. to get medical aid. He ha

many people removed as possible. 31ost of them were doid-15 adults and children. Ten injured persons were sent to the Hospital eight of them died on the way Witness stopped the panic All the bodies, had been removed before -Weibaivel. Football

Challenge the are reached No. 32. The fire even Shield. (Teams from ships and the Istually barnt down the whole block, land Guard as Weihaiwe).

·Tai Tung, occupier of, No. 32, Praya, Kennedy Town, said he lived in a cubicle

·B-Fox Challenge Clock (Tagrof. war on the second floor with his wife and teams from West River Gunboats).“ two children. At 11.30 p.m. he

Any ship or depot having any of these awakened on hearing a commotion, and side. This necessitated the demolition of went to the verandah to see what was the wall to a teneral level of the inside is requested to forward them to the the matter. He then woke up his eldest ground and the provision of steps at to forward them to Hongkong at the first younger sister on her back and go out on levels on the outside S.NO., Portsmouth, who has been asked Thughter and asked her to carry her intervals to communicate with the lower

to the street. He went with them, by convenient opportunity, and any officer

the stairs in No. 2, and then returmed able to give information in regard to the to all his wife out. When he and his whereabouts of any of them is requested wile were coming down the stairs were to communicate with the Flag Captain, cut, as she was some distance away from crowded. He did no: see his wife fall 0/0 the Commander-in-Chief, Chin him. The Police dragged bit out, and he looked in vain for his wife. Next morning he identified his wife's body.

Galab Shah, a watchman, said that the fre started in No. 2, on the side street, The smoke was issuing from four or five windows on the front. He blew bia replaced by structures of new design whistle and shouted to the people to get to carry the expected heavier trafic. out

The cost of the work per linear foot, in South Caina Commercial Trading Co., some retaining walle varies. On the eld Au Yim, Sang, the accountant of thecluding transportation excavation, and said that bia Company rented No. 26. sell it ranged from 87.45 to 802, and on where the fire started. They stored sun: the so-called new city wall from 82.25 to dry goods of all kinds-mineral ore, 84.45. The total cost of the entire work hair, bristles, rice is estimated to be $350.733.... It is inter- matting, human paper from Japan. seaweed, tallow in eating to point out that despite deplor bricks for making soap. On the day of able, existing conditions the authoriti the fire the godown was not opened were able to carry out the improvement Witness could not explain the, cause of without danger of forcible public op- the fire. Lights could be thrown in be position because it was early discovered tween the bars on top of the doors. There that with the improvements. land values were a few panes of glass broken in the rose by leaps and bounds and lots of rear of the building. No one slept, on Government land hitherto almost value the premises. The value of the goods in less have been sold for more than half a the godown on that night was estimated million dollars. at about, $30,000.

Station.

AVIATION IN HONGKONG

AND SHANGHAI

The Serretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce forwards us the attached telegrams relating to the promo tion of aviation in Hongkong and Shanghai-

SHANGHAI, February 6th. TO CHAMBER CERCE, "HONGKONG. SHANGKALARMO CLUB GREETS WITH FATIS- FICTION DECISION ORGWISE ARE CLUC HONGKONG. #CONGRATULATIONS.

HONGKONG, February 9th. SHANGRAY AERO CLUB, SHANGHAI. TRASES CONGRATULATIONS RECIPROCATED.

CHAMBER COMMERCE.

BRITISH-CHINA TRADE

BUREAU.

The British-China Trade Bureau (Publicity Bureau for South China) has bean tragelurred to the Federation of Mr. C. Montagua British Industries.

A verdict of death by misadventure was returned. The jurors endorsed the commendation of the Magistrale that Inspector Macdonald had done bis best to evert a worse disaster.

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“* WHITE - CALIFORNIA." JAPANESE SHOULD EMIGRATE ELSEWHERE.”

PROFITEERING.

THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S RICE TRANSACTION

SINGAPORE'S' LOSS—“ ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH.”

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The decision of the Indian Government te prosteer, not gently and mildly but to the full extent of its power, has come as a shock to more folk than those who dwell in the lovely island of Ceylon, mys the have heard of it in Singapore, and have Straits Times, which goes on to say: We hastily calculated how long it will take

While, the best informed cireles consider THE BOMBAY MILL STRIKE Government at Irkutsk consisted of out the four provinces of Kwangtung, coating accomplished fact we musta tendency to make one's hair stand on

that Baron von Lersners' action is entirely personal, it appears highly próbable that he, ririor to receipt of the Allied demand, consulted Berlin in regard to the attitude he should adopt.

LABOUR COMMITTEE'S ADVICE CAST ASIDE.

BOMBAY, January 20th. A meeting of 20,000 cotton mill opera- tives has decided not to resume work de spite the advice of the Labour Settlement Committee.

Moderate but Progressive politicisas, and emphatically assorted that the Cochs were incapable of intriguing with the

Bolsheviste."

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America

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PAR19, February 2nd General Gaida, in an interview, de clared that Admiral Koltebak was arrest Ede, general manager of the Union In- ed only by the Russian Revolutionary qurance Society of Canton, is responsible

NEW YORE, January 20th. forces. The Allies requcated the Czechs for inducing the Federation to assume the

Senator Phelan, of California, Bays!-- direction of the bureau in this country. to fight in order to secure the release The bureau was an organisation, set on Government has stopped the practice of It is gratifying that the Japanese of Koltchak, but the Czechs refused, as foot to provide an essential link between picture brides but there are other things they had already suffered heavy lossca the home manufacturer and the distri- which require rectification. Until these to transfer all our cherished balances ta "General "Gaida stated that the newbuting merchant in China: The burn things are set right and White California Simla and the rapidity of the process has

established its own organisation through becomes

tinue the anti-Japanese agitation. end From what we can gather, the loss, Kwangi Yunnan, and Kweichow, with immigrants to America the should be tions is about three mil

If Japan refrains from sending her at present on Government rice transae- million dollars per the result that it exercises & controlling allowed to End an outlet for her surplus month, in spite of raising the retail price influence over nearly 100 "newspapers published in the vernacular. It proposes population in Asia for the protection of to $1 per gantong. From all the informa

tion we can obtain there is no scarcity to introduce British "manufacturers at cocourage her people either in kowe to British merchants, in China, of Japan should contries other than later couponations has operated as ECHO OF RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, vice versa. The direction of the bureau's America as this would be a most effective urun, and the failure of the fiam crom activities in London will be under the way of keeping up the friendly relations is made good by abundance in Saizon LONDON, February 2nd, superintendence of Mr. Mobden, formerly betwech Japan and America, So long and the Indian ares, Quite naturally. ENTERS A NEW AND SERIOUS An official statement issued by the of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co, as Japanese continue to concentrate on the Saigon is selling to the highest bidders. and more recently of the Board of Trade. Pacific coast of America, so long it will The French Government is in no sense PHASE.

Admiralty says von Tirpitz's recently-Ladon and China Express.

give cause for excitement in American responsible for the feeding of the popula BOMBAY, January 27th.

published Memoirs state, wholly contrary

public The mill strike has entered on a new

Koren will be denounced. The Ceylon. They must look after themselves to fact, that British naval officers attach and more sinister phase.

only guarantee of friendship between But we had hoped that the Government There is evidence that the bulk of ed to Admiral Togo's staff in the Russo-

BENEFITS OF RICE SHORTAGE. Japan and America will be a change in of India would take a different view in operntives would #ladly accept the liberal Japanese War took an active and in-

the immigration policy of Japan. conditions promised by the mill-owner portant part in the decisions of the Dr. Marshall Philip, in the course of an

Medient Officer of Health War between the two countrica will feard to exclusively British possessions.

It has comsanninged the Bura not occur unices there be an incident that paying the cultivators a very moderate at the policitation of the Governor, but when work was resumed at seven mills Japanese Command in action,

interview expressed the view that the rice will cause extraordinary, national in price, and it is selling to Ceslan, and w

imagine to Malaya also, though soch. this morning, gangs of rowdien terroris

hartage had had a beneficial effect on dignation the public health The people of America welcomes such classes of things are made less public here at ed the men into leaving. They stoned a professional reputation of a most dis Colombo, he thought, ate far too much, Japaness visitors to America as scholars pronell over 100 per cent T

Recording to the Timer of Ceylous military-picket, compelling it to fire, que tinguished Japanese Admiral, the foreign and they were subject to the ills that over and students, but the incessant streaming FRAGUE, February 4th.

striker being injured.

feeding led to. Short rations had remov in of Japanese workers, who can hardly brutal nod a selfieh, and we would nda, The result is that the whole in Secretary, at the Admiralty's requested the crusy of these ills. The result had assimilate with the white people, tends to disgraceful de sien. Government ne The first Czecho-Slovak regiment from dustry is still idle, and, as there is not has informed the Japanese Ambassador been that since rationing was introduced lower the moral standards of the Ameri- leave trade alone but if it înferveurs, it

likelihood of the mill owners alter Biberin has arrived. It met with an-ng their terms, possibly the strike will that it has the Government's unqualified the death rate had been quite low, except caur which they are very taxious to main must de sout the highest sense to nevrat.

Taisho Nichi abuse of the newer conferred by accident for an entirely abnormal mortality from tain" for their existence."

ircumstances.

A TEST OF STRENGTH! Some French circles are of the opinion- that Germany is making the question a text of strength, and grave importance is attached to the incident,

CZECHO-SLOVAKS — FROM

SIBERIA.

FIRST REGIMENT ARRIVES. AT PRAGUE.

enthusiastic reception:

bo protracted,

.

As the allegation is a reflection on the

contradiation.

enteric

ing on and Japan's actions intions of Malava Java Eumaire and