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CABLES.

[TEROUGE KEUTER'S AGENOT.)

THE HONGKONG DAILY PERSS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17mm

FAR EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

LATEST CABLES.

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[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:]

SEIZURE OF THE

"SILESIA."

PEKING, March 15th.

FLIGHT ACROSS THE

PACIFIC."

OHALLENGE.

AMERICAN SCHEME AND BRITISH Chinese Minister at Bowie to nak for an explanation of the seizure of the Trieste steamer Silesia, formerly of the Austrian Lloyd.

LONDON, March 10th The Times New York correspondent says it is stated that the American Navy is constructing two giant seaplanes by which a flight will be attempted from San Francisco to Hongkong via Honolwin, Wake Island, Guam and Manila.

By is reported that a new giant Vickers Moroplane will issue a challenge for the Frans-Pacific fight.

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FLEET.

- WASHINGTON, March 10th. Giving evidence before the Naval Com mittea of the House of Representatives Mr. Daniels said that extensive improve-

If the explanation is unsatisfactory the Minister is instructed to protest to the Italian Government.

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TELEPATHIC SEANCE AT HONGKONG HOTEL BEMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION OF MYSTERIOUS POWERS. It was in a way a bewildering domba stration of telepathic powers which Pro fessor Eugena de Rubini—who is passing

HONGKONG PEACE CELEBRA-STRAIGHT TALK BY STRAITS

TIONS. COMMITTEE GIVE BALANCE FOR

WAR MEMORIAL

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Peace Celebrations and War Memorial Committees was held in the

GOVERNOR,

YOU HAVE MADE MONEY TOO

EASILY."

WHAT LORD MILNER TOLD HIM.

You have been too rich and too pros

perious to look shent," said Sir Laurence Straits, when he was entertained to din ner by the Straits Settlements. Association at the Singapore Club on March and The gathering, presided over by Mr. W. P.

Government would have to rely very largely on publia spirited help, 'and if might not always be very easy to give from the leading men of business.

A LABOUR UNREST.

And now he came to the third point, which to his mind was much the most im

portant with regard to the future of labour. The whole world was, and had been for a long time, in travail. There was

The Cabinet, has decided to instruct the through the Colony on his way to the Board Room of esses, Jardine, Mathe Guillemard, the new Governor of the Malaya, and that was the position of

United States-gave in one of the private son & Co., Ltd, yesterday at p.m. The rooms at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday Hon. Bir Paal Chater, C.M.G. (Chair evening. A member of medical men in man) presided, and there were present Hongkong had been invited but most of H.E. Major-General F. Ventris, O.B.

W. Ker, was a notable one. Before Sir were unable to Commodoro FG. Gurner, R.N., the them, unfortunately,

Laurence came out be had an oppor but the Police and the Press Hon. Mr. J. Johnstone, the Hon. Mr. E come,

living statesmen in all matters connected wote represented and there were a Halifax, QBE, the Hoo, Mr. H. Etunity of talking to Lord Milner who number of ladies in the assembly. It Pollock, K.C., the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu be thought, was the most sympathetic of could hardly be called a demonstration Pak, the Hon. Mr. Ho Fook and Messrs. with the Colonies. Lord Milner said to NJ. Stabb, OBE., F. Maitland, N. Lahim," You are going to a country which Empire, and which is bound to be more Watman, W. Nicholson, F. A Perry, LI think in many ways is the most im- Filon. Scorotary)."

Bird, T. Petrie and 5. B. C. Rose portant of the colonial possessions of the

of the Empire in the future. Mr. N. I. STARB (Hou. Treasurer) pre- and more connected with the prosperity of the Hongkong Peace Celebrations Milner's opinion at first band dated the following statement of accounts thought they would like to hear Lord Fan, showing a balance in hand of 510,715.83, which was past,

POSITION OF THE PREMIER.

"PERINO, March 15th.. It is understood that the Anfaites

[BY COURTESY OF THE "CHINA MAIT.” HUMOROUS SHANGHAI BURGLAR.

BHANGHAI, March 18th

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of hypnotism, mesmerism or telepathy, strictly speaking, but there was dominant the underlying idea of all these manifests tions of will power, namely suggestion. There were no preliminary preparations as side to concentration of thought or the transmission of suggestion between the operator and the medium; no passes, bold

ment........

RECEIPTS.

$21,470.00

15,735.85

Grans by Hongkong Govern- Pablicity Account:- Sale of Programmes,

etc.

-menta in naval facilities along the Pacific A notorious burglar has been sentenced Coast were most necessary for the Pacific Fleet which was now much bigger than to nine years' imprisonment and there the entire American Fleet which sailed after to expulsion, by the Shanghai Mixed The Court. He victimised numerous foreign pound the world before the war. tonnage of the Pacific Fleet was over half houses, his career culminating in his million, including big capital ships now sensational capture while robbing the being constructed which are said to be resident, occupied by Mr. Blackburn, the pecessary to protect the coast of Alasaka Mixed Court assessor, and by Mr. King,

the Police Magistrate. phd the Philippines.

recognise the Premier's increasing strong position. Consequently, recalcit rant Ministers are expected to attend the UNITED STATES NAVY,

Cabinet. The rapproachement between

Subscriptions Collect ENORMOUS INCREASE IN PACIFIO the old Chiaotung clique and the Chinping of hands, or the innumerable other Subscriptions, as set

tang strengthens the Premier's position devices which hypnotists employ. Ap out overleat

Celebration Peace parently, it was not necessary for thed by the Chinese

* Committes operator to possess any extraordinary powers of concentration. Anyone in the audience could impress his will upon the medium, Professor Eugene de Rubini and make him do what was required of him. It differed from telepathy in that the operator whose mental compands the medium carried out was asked to be neax the latter. The operator, or conductor Mr. de Robini prefers to schli him, was required only to think clearly of the entire action, so to say, link by lak, which be Before Professor de Eubini, entered desired Mr. de Rubini to execute the room, Mr. Koppe, Mr. de Rabini's agent, asked someone among the audience to act as the conductor, and think out what Mr. de Bubini was to do, step by step, and then follow Mr de Rubini a few paces behind him ordering him in thought to carry out the plan.

Mr. Daniels recommended the develop „ment of Pearl harbour as a supply base SHANGHAI MOTOR CYCLE CLUB. SHANGHAI, March 16th. and of Guam as a fuelling and repair station and a naval dockyard. San

A Motor Cycle Club has been organized Be Shanghai, and is arranging Francisco was capable of repairing

meeting. Capital ships He also recommended a barge increase in the Naval Reserve.

AMERICA AND THE TREATY

PRESIDENT WILSON'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS RESERVATIONS.

WASHINGTON, March 10th. While President Wilson regards the re Bervations to Article Tea, hitherto 'pro- posed, as unacceptable, apparently it is hoped that he will accept the modified tervation mentioned on March 9th. The effect of this reservation is that the United States assumes no obligation to employ forces under the Peace Treaty for any purpose unless Congress so provides by a joint resolution."

ADMIBAL SIMS RETALIATES

&... FACO

{THROUGH REUTVE'S AGENCY.]:

PENSIONS OF HONGKONG AND SINGAPORE ARTILLERYMEN.

LONDON, March 10th,

Leve Cost of Puklicity.

MAN OVITE TAKUTO

Bank Interest

Cost of :-

Fish Procession Street Decoration. Fireworks.

Sundries Dragon Boat

$37.80 329.83

Medals and Ribbons

Votes for for School Children $8,335.37 Entertaitment to Sail

to upots and Soldiers 8,050.37 4,000.00

·Children *** Entertainment

tory Celebri Ne Ter tions

The Daily Prese representative drew a synopsis of the first experiment and showed it to the China Mail representa tive and to Mr. Burlingham, the Assistant Captain-Superintendent of rolice No one connected with Professor de Rubini was allowed to see the paper on which A Royal Warrant announces that, as from April 1st, 1919, native officers and the synopsis, which was as follows, was men of the Hongkong and Singapore written" (1) Raise right hand; (2) take Garrison Artillery who have been granted two paces to right; (3) take two paces service pensions in war-time or after back; (4) advance to door on right; (b) Mr. Wright and Mr. Burlingham; (8) go February 2nd, be paid the same rates as stop; (5) return; (7) shake hands with may be awarded in similar circumstances to 1 to the table; (9) open book (there was

(10) point to cutting from Der Volk (this Indian Army officers and soldiers of the book of press cuttings on the table) and same rank, but the pension under the pay should have been Het Volk, but it proved showed how entirely the medium was warrant of December, 1914, may be drawn to be a fortunate slip of the pen as it

under the control of the operator).

if more favourable than the new rate.

COMPANY REPORT.

CHARGE OF DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK

"RESENTED.

WASHINGTON, March 10th,

Speaking before the Senate Committee Admiral Sims denied the charge of throw Ing mad at the Navy and resented the charge of divided allegiance, because he happened to have been born,in, Pasds.

Ha said that if Americans did not want Bman with British or French gympathies to sit on the councils of the Allies they -bould have sent a pro-German with a trankful of bomba.

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ČO., LTD.

The report and balance sheet for the year ending December 31st, 1918, states

The gross profit for the year

$2,584,700.58

i.......

After paying in-

terest......8278,977.30. and depreciating

plant, etc., by... 671,516.38. and paying a bonus

to staff of ..... 96,000.00

there remains a net profit of...£1,300,406.80 and addin; amount

in Bank

6:45.50

In the course of further remarks, His EXCELLENCY Baidt-

It

I am a new comer to this country and perhaps it will intereas you to know how you strike me. It is quite evident to any is a remark one coming here that Malaya is a hand ably favoured country. prosperous and lightly taxed ter.)

Oh yes ip is," added His Excellency, He knew what he was talking about They had good surpluses and there, was nothing like that in the whole family of the British Empire, You have really been spoilt children in that respect' remarked the Governor.

Не

The supreme centre was far away from spirit of unrest everywhere felt, and there were distributing centres as work these shores, but the area of disturbance. was widening in different directions every day and the first ripples of it had reached Malaya since he had landed. His hearETH and himself had to be prepared for it, state of mind, and strikes, which repre and this was how I looked at it.

Hetions of it, were two very different things, thought labour trouble, which represented

od Firat there were labour troubles which seated the outward and visible manifesta

were organised and which were intended to be destructive; they did not originate which should be very carefully distinguish

in any grievance felt by the workers. They originated from outside and were fomented from outside. Their object was definitely to create disturbance, Strikes of that sort were rare in any country 60 (Laughfar as he knew they had not occurred in this country, but they might They on scalety, really, amounted to an attack on soc and the duty both of the Government and of the community with regard to them was There was another quite (Applause.) perfectly clear they had to be resisted. different form of labour trouble which was much more common, and which in cóm That is all very well as far as it goes mercial country was bound to be met with 24.67 (be continued), but the question is, Is from time to time. These were the strikes I do not want you to that were spontaneous. They originated. With labour and they were generally doe it going to last?

I am a $70,950.52 misunderstand me, gentlemen.

230 56 very great believer in the future pros to some natural anuse very often to some perity of Malaya and a very large future har underlyine. He thought very often they

All indications point to them some grievance, $70,463.08

an increase of that prosperity and der unreal, which was imperfectly under- stood. Very often they were prompted velopment, but my belief is that the perity

and development will take place by nothing more than the desire of the in the future on different lines than in workers to better their condition, which.....

was a thing one could not possibly quartel $18,684.34 the past. The sun will still continua to

8,012.00 shine in Malya-it is a habit it has got with, but which was dangerous when 7,297.60-but there is a shadow on the wall coupled with ignorance of the conditions which governed industry. Strikes of this 1.003.80 already. The shadow has got as far as

208.09 the door of the larder, where we keep the kind wore likely to occur in any com food of the country, and is getting very munity, especially in any prosperous mer near the door of the strong room, where cantile community, and it paid any such 1 community to take a great deal of troable When it gets to avoid them. Prevention was a great we keep the surpluses. there, gentlemen, it is going to make desi better than and this sort of difference: 1 think we all agree it must strike could be avoided vary, Inrgely; in- make a difference.

deed be hoped it could be avoided alto- gether. It could be avoided if the trouble to look abcded if people took

40,205.85 30,000.00

$35,389.99

pros

"

What he felt was this--that in spite of the prosperity in the past and of the pros perity that he was sure the future held, they had a good many difficulties abead Fout here Prosperity had got its own Take an analogy from special dangers private life. If a man for many years had followed a course of very good living $94,357.33 and very liberal diet, he was not a long

dition nor training to undertake a 869,747.25 Walk uphill and down dale and possibly with towards a distant goal. Might 10,716.83

sau offence, ply that tradit Malays

from the individual to the com- $70,460.08munity

If there is anything the matter with N. J. STARD,

you, gentlemen," said His Excellency it Hon. Treasurer.

is that you have been too rich and too You have You have After discussion it was agreed unani- prosperous to look ahead. mously that the balance in hand be paid made money much too easily. also decided ananimously that the War You have thought too little and I think into the War Memorial Account. It was concentrated too much on making money.

"Applause.) Memorial should take the form of a it is very natural of securing and de fincat site a grant of which has been great community. I hope, gentlemen, that made by His Excellency the Governor in you do not simple and dignified cenotaph on the veloping the orderly progress of this

·HELP FROM THE LEADERS.

In this experiment both the operator Council for the purpose, and that in & newcomer the frank thoughts of were the true interests of Malaya and

and the medium, held a rod between the additions Chinese paildu, or triumphal upon by the Chinese The rod was made up of wires which rich, be erected fi some part of the

Colony to be docished." into a nickel disc in the middle.

The General Committee that he would hold the rod in his right

Munday next, at 6 pm, The Daily Press representative thought munk and Professor de Rubini in his left hand. wil This arrangement, he thought, would at the allow the medium to carry out the first injunction-Raise right hand but he was

told that he must hold his end of the rod

He would like to mention one or two points to which he would direct their at be had said that the Government had a tention and although with regard to them great responsibility, he felt that the com munity, all classes, all nationalities, had also a very great responsibility with re gard to them, and be felt that it was only Bs co-operation between the Government

and the community that they would achieve success. (Applause)

Böme-

His Excellency then quoted from his reply to an address from the Chinese in Fenang, in which be said that in the were rendered to Government by infeon- strikes in Singapore valuable services tial Chinese citizens in helping to find ons to it Ho was encouraged by this to bopo where the trouble lay and to put a stop that the Chinese community in Penang and throughout Malays would try to keep in touch with labour, study labour con- yook out for possible ditions and keep a look out. causes of trouble.

He happened to say that to the Chinese community in Penang because he happen- ed to be replying to an address from the Chinese community but he wished to say throughout Malaya. He said it not only to direct employers of labour but to all it to the leading men of all nationalities

were in a position to influence public (Applause) Ho men who had brains to understand what

opinion and action.

an incurable optimist. It might be that had said earlier that he was an optimist,

the disease was mortal, but one had only His friends at home told him that he was

and personally he would rather die of to die once and bad to die of something. optimism than of pessimism (Applause) His optimism led him to two beliefs. The st was that if all clasice and nationali tics would work together here the pros. He was The first point was Municipal matters perity of Malaya was assured. in his left hand. This involved a slight Andy was then asked to conduct an alteration of the synopsis on the spur of experiment. She wanted the medium to matters like housing, sanitation, etc. sure co-operation was necessary.

and, if he might speak slly fool proof remark which bo

thought very foolish. No country wa the moment. Obviously the medium could take down a placard which had a number They were questions vital to the health and body said to him the other day.

frankly, not hold up his right band as he held of the medium's photographs of it and well boing and the contentment of the Malaya was so prosperous it was praction

(Hear, hear)

That was fairly easy going. The second in these and other matters he appealed operator thought somewhat in this strain & drawer and to take out a bit of string as soon as he and the medium held the that was there and take it and place it 954,293.68 rod. We shall skip the raising of the in another place Professor de Rubina point was more difficult. It was the ques for help to prominent men of any aution right hand and taking the two pacts to had some dificulty in following the lady's tion of the high cost of living and the ality he was convinced his appeal would the right and back and make straight for mental injunctions, and another lady had consequent problem of high prices, sudaca fall on deaf ears (Loud Applause the door on the right. The result was to take up the experiment instead from the practice that was commonly called that Professor de Rubini, without hesita the point that the medium was supposed profiteering. He had been urged in some

March 16th. tion, made for the door on the right to take out the bit of string. In the end quarters to introduce legislation at once Then gentleman in the audience want he had been here so very little time that "Stop, thought the operator, and the this experiment was also a success to deal with that, and be confessed that He had been an official all his medium stopped; "Return

but he was emphatically not a The Yunnanese troops who are loyal to de Rubiai returned. Then, as in the ed to put the medium's powers to the at present he did not see the road Very THE CRISIS IN WANGTUNG.

robin, and through the vestibule, to synopsis, the medium stopped before Mre" by making him go out of the clear. Wright and took him up to the table the ladies drawing room in the hotel and bureauerat. What he meant by that was Li Lich-kwan are concentrating in the and returned and went up to Mr. Bur

Gamazement of all, Prof. de Rubini didtroducing the Government finger into the said to have arrived in the Chibing dis delicate relations that governed trade and trict According to information, received Moreover, the to military circles a very large army sent lingham and led him up to the table open the piano and strike, a note. To the that he was constitutionally shy of in-hwangoing district, and Li Lich kwan He then opened the book of cuttings, and exactly as the conductor had planned. began the search for the Dark Fole

Befors this Pro, de Hubini bad also commeres (Applause)

in the matter of, at Large reinforcements have also been sent catting, but it was, of course not there found two ordinary pins one pierced experience that he had had at Home in from the Yunnan province to join Ex there being no such paper Fall said the through a tableloth and covered by a the last two or three years had not been Lich-kwan has succeeded in its object operator to himself and tried to impress hat and the other secreted in the coat of tempts at dealing with these questions from Canton to the North River region of high prices, profiteering and the like by the Canton-Hankow Railway. Numer ous forces under the command of Shum the word on the medium's mind of course one of those present/ind mentally and the latter began a search At the end of the Beance many came He knew how difficult the problems were, for Valk. He came very near it, as he away puzzle Those who went only to how ramifying the causes were and how Hung ring sre being dispatched to Shin pointed to a cutting from a paper with have their sense of surprise stimulated difenlt it was to decide on the right kwan and Yingtak to meet the opposing. a riame beginning with "The opera came away satisfied. Others who went, to machinery to set up above all, how

video son is to demonstration beld anything

hortisol The Tuchun, Mol Wing-con thinking that he had seen a cutting from new in a paychological senso came away was between the operator and the medium cursorily.

Latest reporta state that the and, in many intricate surgical operations, felt that it was possible that they might modium dispensed with the Toy nowadays of the powers of suggestion, 2,388,045.59

thedical man and the Daily Preu repte some even employ them with advantage be driven to legislation in this matter. troops, who have evacuated Directors. In accordance with Article sentative went out on the verandah, with The spoken word carries in their case the What he felt, bis personal position, was are now approaching Shinkwa

THE ATTACK ON KWANGELS No. 00 of the Compan, Articles of out telling anyone, and there placed suggestion to the patient, or the sugges that anything in the way of legislation and other places to make mo

cigarette by ventilator. The Daily tion conveyed through the visual sense must be preceded by enquiry. (Hear,hear) on the Kwangsi troops, Association, the Hon. Si P. Chater: Press representative again acted at the or the sense of touch In Prof.de What he meant by inquiry wON 1 by rotation, and offer themselves for re- conductor, and, on this occasion, no rod Kubini's Demonstration the operator does cal form of inquiry by a committed The rebord relating to the stick on the election. The Hon. Mr. David Laudale, was used. A large number of those pre not employ the sense of sight of touch or of men trained in business and business

is rather an uncertain factor looking at the retail prices, and trying to has been confirmed by merchants who mechum shayw step by stop, rod;

does not play an important trace back through different stages the received telegrams from their agents approximate statement of traffle Mr. H. P. White and the Hon. Msent followed the operator and the heazing to convey the command The matter, taking certain definite articles and Kwangsi borders by the Yunnan from

the plan. The Stanley H. Dodwell retired from the

through the evolution

de Babini is able to discard cost of production and distinguish bow Paktik on the borders of K Board on leaving the Colony, and the Hon. modifm went without any hesitation to

in any way interfering with much was fair profit, taking everything naking the merchante to stop sen into consideration, and how much was any goods to that place. Merchants Mr. Jahr Johnstone, Mr. G. W. Barton the spot where the cigarette was placed

medium. Where

that He thought that t form of also received another telegram, and Mr. G. M. Dodwell worn invited to

nk between the mind of the not

Le Rabini mind, or is inquiry was absolutely necessary to get as Kwi 5 requesting them to have join the Boszd in place of these, Kentler and, picking it up, returned to the 100

loss or the facts before any attempt was made to delive.grof goods to Nanning os upon between the medical man and the men, and these appointments require con by the exact door which had been decided

to-morrow deal with the matter by legislation. (Ap until further notice, as Pamuk, ha rmation at this meeting

plause. Well, in such an inquiry the occupied by the Yunnan troops

bis end of the rod in his right hand. The place it on a table near by and to open communingapore was not up to date fool proof. The second belief was that if

UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR

IN LUNDON

ABKED TO BECOME CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY.

WASHINGTON, March 10th. The Parkersburg (West Virginia) Do mocratic Blato Committee has cabled to Mr. Davis, the American Ambassador in London, to ascertain his attitude with regard to becoming a Democratic candi- date for the Presidency.

"ASTOR FARM.” PRICE AT AUCTION SALE.

NEW YORK, March 10th.

Part of the Astor Estate in New York, known as the Astor Farm, was sold as an

action for $5,000,000,

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.

The

This

for the wook ending March 13th

Aggregate

Receipt

For

rootipta.

week 113760 $18,100

for 11 wooks

$156,938

158,226

680%

- brought forward as per last re- port..............$725,410.79 less interim divid- end paid Oct: 7th, 1939

239,772.00

leaves available a sum of which the Directors recom

mend to be appropriated as follows:- To pay a final "dividend at the

rate of 8 per

cent per annum

or 4 per share $240,000,00

To pay a banus

to shareholders

of $7 per share 490,000.00

To transfer to re

serve fund 750,000.00 To carry forward-

to new account 978,045.69

486,638-72 9,386,045.62

OM.G., and Mr. J.-H. Wallace retire,

and Prof

encouraging, very:

they

were

CANTON NEWS.

ka ka

the Volk when looking through the book wondering what the vehicle of suggestion officials, as in this Colony, a Yunnanese leadery, the Tuchun a decision

ment,

has sent a delegate to explain to the more especially when they were short of upon the request of the Military Govern over worked, d over-workVES TO LEGISLATION,

·But

to treat them as Infu's (bandits) if they

15 Other experiments followed in which the Medical men realise the importance, when all was said and done be do not surrender at once

The Hou Me John Johnstone has been Press repe

at foot of see! .co/

opera it a cate

unnanene

Bam