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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH 1020
BRILLIANT DERBY DAY: RECORD CROWDS WATCH GREAT EVENT FAVOURITE BADLY" BEATEN,
AMERICAN SENATE REJECTS ARMENIAN MANDATE.
GERMANY'S SECRET TREATY WITH FRANCE,
DARING SINN FEIN RAID: GUARDS OVERPOWERED AND ARMS AND AMMUNITION TAKEN.
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LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH AXDTER'S AGENOT.]
DERBY
SURPRISE.
WON BY 100 TO 6 CHANCE.
LATEST CABLES.
BRITISH FLEET IN THE PACIFIC.
QUESTION BY COMMANDER
BELLAIRS.
LONDON, June" ht
DARING SINN, FEIN COUur. TROOPS SURPRISED AT REGISTRY
OFFICE.
LATEST CABLES,
HYTHE CONFERENCE.
LATEST CABLES,
BRITISH
WARSHIPS BLACK SEA.
IN
ARMENIA'S
FRONTIERS.
WORK.
ENGAGED ON PRECAUTIONARY
Lopes," June 1st. In the Huite of Commons, replying to
NO NEW COMMISSION.
- PRESIDENT WIEŠON'S TASK. LONDON, June 1st.
LONDON, June and
LONDON, June 2nd. Since the recent raids on income-tax
In the House of Commons, replying to
In the House of Commons, replying to offices in Ireland, the property-registry Mr. Hogge, Mr. Bonar Law explained Mr. P.-W., Roffandir-Bonar-Lamitated- office in Dublin called King's Inns has that the Hythe Conference had not estab that President Wilson had accepted the Mr. Mackenzie Wood, Mr. Walter Long stated-that-British warships were protect- to delimit the borders of been constantly guarded by troops. This shed any now financial commision, but invisation
ing the sea communications to the Crimes
afternoon thirty armed men, "undisguised, had referred curtain proposals discussed Armenin 'under the Turkish Peace Treats until an armistice has been arranged be
effected a daring coup. They surprised the sentry, covered the troops in the guard-room, with revolvers, and seized and carried off in two motor cars a machine-gun, en rifles, two revolvers, steel helmets and other military accoutre
monta,
The affair lasted less than five minutes.
HUNDRED ASSAILANTS.
1
انم
LANDON, June 2nd. The assailants numbered one hundred and captured five hundred rounds of ammunition. The guard consisted of two! non-commissioned officers and nine men.
MILITARY STORE ABBAZE,
LONDON, June' lst, LONDON, June 2nd, In the House of Commons, during the
The large military store at Bero Island, Derby Day was sunny. The dry weather discomion on the Navy Estimates, Com-one of the chief military centres in South of the past few days continued ideal for mander Bellairs hoped that the Imperial Ireland, has been destroyed by fire. The the greatest British sporting event which | Defones "Committee would soon meet to damage is estimated a thousands of: is manifestly more popular than ever, consider naval policy, and asked "Was pounds. Ten thousand persons slept on the Epson Downs. From the early hours of the morn- ing railways and roads bore record crawila The road from London was packed from sad to end with the most varied possible forms of motor traffic, traumed with
Admiral Hall thought that naval policy pocupants. Many motors came from fur-should be left to the Committee of Im ther afield, even from Lancashire and perial Defence, and not discussed on the Bouth Wales. A feature was the confloor of the House."
the Fleet to be concentrated at Home, or wera we to have a great Pacific Fleet!" He said now that there was qu meance "in": the North Sen, we must have a look-out on the Pacific...
Maped diminution of horse-drawn vehicleMr-Walter-Long, who agreed_with_| The visitors pluded the blinded soldiers Admiral Hall, said that there were cer- from St. Dunstan's Institution.--
CORK HARBOUR BOARD'S AUTION,
LONDON, June 1st. The Cork Harbour Board ordered the Republican flag to be flown at the Admiral ty Pier at Queenstown and other barbour buildings, but deleted the motion relating in ships" controlled by the Board, fearing! that British forts at the mouth of the harbour would fire and sink them. SIR HORACE PLUNKETT'S TIMELY WARNING
LONDON, June 2nd. |tain matters of policy which could not be-Sir-Horace --Plankett, writing...in the Their Majesties the King and Queen discussed in the House of Commons, and Times, appeals to patriotic Watermen to were present and were greeted with deafen-mentioned that a whole series of questions ing.cheer
EARLIER CABLES.
LONDON, June 2nd,
"The Derby" resulted as follows fu
-SIGN KOP (O'Neill}
1
ARCHAIC (Belihaide).
→
Dreams (Leich)
Marshal Neil (Halme).
0
Palumetis (Burma)
0
Poltava (H.-Jones}"
Tetratems (Carslake)
0
Torelare (A. Balding)
0
Abbots Trace (Donoghne)
0
Allenby (Blade)
0
A Prince (Fox)
0
Attilus (Saxby)
0
Daylight Patrol (Childs).
10
Dynamo" (Robbins)
Firework (Wheatley).
He Goes (F. Templeman).
Joskin (Buckley).
0.
Kerasos (Bhatwell).
Sarchedor (
Tredennord (Piper)
>
0
The winner ran at 100 to 6; Archais,
which was second favourite, at 10 to 1;; and Orpheus at 50 to 1. Tetratema, who was a 3 to 1-favourite, did not finish among
the first twolve.
Nineteen ran Boranus, Paladin and Morganatic Mar. riage.acratched.
THE RACE DESCRIBED.
concerning future policy were now before the Committee for examination Such a declaration of policy as could be made would be rende as soon as the Admiralty sw its way clear.
bring moral pressure to
to
remove
bear
the
урод
between he French and the British Ministers to experte for further examina- tion, with instructions to report for the information of the French and the British Governments. The export had not yetj reported. It was no part of their duty
SENATE'S TOTAL REJECTION.
WASHINGTON, June 2nd,
tween General Wrangel's Army and Soviet Ensia. Negotiations would begin shortly. The Senate. bas rejected the Armenian The warships were intended to prevent a mandate and rejected; by 41 votes to 31, | Bolshevist' attack' along the Black Sea Senator Hitchcock's amendment%uthoris const road to Ratio and to support the to fix the amount of the German indemning an international commission for the garrison at Batam.
rehabilitation of Armenia ty. He was not sure if the report will over be published.
SECRET GERMAN AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE ONLY.
PARIS, June 1st. The Ministry of Commerce, referring to the recent
Franco-German Industrial Conference in Paris, says that the Ger mans hoped to reach a parate secret agreement with France apart fram" the other Allies,
GERMAN AGREEMENT, WITH
RUSSIANS.
FÖR REPATRIATION OR WAR PRISONERS.
BERLIN, June 195,"
An official rommuniqué states that the Russian and German Governments have ratified an agreement for the exchange of "their respective war prisQNGEN, The re
patriation and transport will proceed by alternative Burns. No detentions will be made; all those répatriated are promised -poltšient"ammaty.
SPA CONFERENCE.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH
AFRICA.
Government being of opinion that its views are airendly sufficiently known, RUSSIAN TRYDING OFFICE. TO BE OPENED IN LONDON.
able those
Tkister
LONDON, June 1st, dificulty. and advocates rin imme Reuter is informed that South Africa diate direct concession for com will not be represented at Spa, the Union ples national self-government, restricted by the strategic unity of the United Kingdom. "He urges and appen "to" Ulstermen to join in the offer to Sinn FUEL OF THE FUTURE!
Fein In united Ireland ranking equival
of a Referring to the criticisms. Mr. Walter
ent to the British Dominions, and declares Long. denied that the Admiralty was
that while the Government, ignores the spending more than it ought to on oil frish throughout the world Bian Fein fun-base-Every ship-turned-out-now effectively nasuring executive and judicial was oil-driven. Oil was the fuel of the functions." future, and our present command of sup-
plies was small. It was the bounden duty
of the Admiralty to see that our storage
w much that it was impossible for our ships to be deficient in supplies wherever they might be throughout the world.
EXCHEQUER RETURNS. COMPARISONS WITH LAST YEAR.
LONDON, June 1st,
IN
The Times comments that the warning is timely and largely justified.
ENTOMOLOGISTS IN CONFERENCE.
WORK OF IMPERIAL BUREAU.
LONDON, June 2nd,
Dr. Marshall, Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, stated that the bureau was inaugurated in 1900, in order to stimulate the study of posts; especially The Exchequer returns from April 1st blood-sucking and disease carrying insects to May 29th show receipts £923,032,418 retarding the development of Tropical and Expenditure £166,025,767, as com- Africa. In 1913 its activities were extend. pared with last year's Receipts £127,980,013 ed to the whole Empire. Two expert in Central Africa bad sent hundreds of thou and Expenditure £258,168,284.
sands blood-sucking and diseases-carrying GREAT SHEFFIELD STRIKE, specimens to the Society's Museum.
TWENTY THOUSAND IDLE.
EARLIER CABLES,
LONDON, Jung lat. LEGISLATION REGARDING PESTS,
Trade in Sheffield has almost boën
LONDON, June 1st. paralysed, owing to a strike of the Representative entomologists from all National Union of Enginemen and Fire parts of the Empire have assembled for a men against the proposal to introduce the Conference in Burlington Hoom. three-shirt system. Twenty, thousand men and Orphous, with Torelore last.
have been rendered idle, and most of the Bounding Tattenham Corner, Abbots big works are closed... Traco stili led, being pursued by Tetra
Un settling down, Abbots Trace led from Tetratema, Sarchedon, Spion Kop, Archaic
3
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
ADVISED TO TAKE WEEK'S REST..
MELBOURNE, June 2nd.
tema, Archaic, Spion Kop and Orpheus..
Close to bome, Spion Kop came to the front and won easily by two lengths, there being a length and a half between second
nd third
Abbots Tract fell when a hundred yards the conclusion" of his Victorian pro- from home. Allenby broke a blood-vesselgrade His Royal Highness arrives at
Barchedon was fourth.
Time, 2min," 34 4-5secs, constituting a
record,
Bydney on June 16th":
They
were welcomed by Lord Harcourt, as Chairman of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology: The subjects for discussion include legislation regarding plant pets and the the tee fly problem,
FIRST ARCHBISHOP OF WALES.
Under medical advice, the Prince of THE ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONY. Wales has agreed to take a week's rest at
"LONDON, June 1st. The enthronement of the Bishop of St. Asaph as first Archbishop of Wales was conducted this morning. There was 6 great gathering of Welshmen of all de- Frince Arthur represented nominations. the Royal Family and Mr. Lloyd George was present. The installation was per formed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who, in a speech, deplored the severance. of the Welsh Church.
THE AVALANCHE.
[An earlier message stated that almost all EASTERN WOMEN AND SUFFRAGE
the probable starters, mentioned, the previous
day, faced the starter, and " nineteen ran.” Bruce Lodge, Joskin and Trodennord, song the probable starters, were the only ones
GENEVA, June zad. The Women's Societies in India, Egypt,
ference at Geneva on June 8th.
Loxdos, June 1st.
AMRITSAR RIOTS.
CONGRESS DEMAND FOR REVENGE.
SIMLA, June 1st.
The Committee of the› & H-India Congress at Benares has re-affirmed the demand for
the trial of those responsible for the Amritsar disturbanes, and aber for the recall of the Viceroy.
PRESS COMMENT.
Bostar, June 2nd. The English papers in India, comment ing on the Hunter report, strongly de |fend General Dyer, declaring that be Usaved the Punjab,
The Indian papers asert that while the majority report whitewashes General Dyer, it will only drepen the feeling cansed by the happenings in the Purjab.
PAPAL : ENCYCLICAL..
BAN AGAINST KING OF ITALY
~WITHDRAWN-
ROME, June Ist.
The Papal Encyclical, while maintain. ing the Holy Bee's "claims to temporal -power rescinds-the-prohibition-against a Roman Catholic ruler visiting the King of Italy in Rome.
It is understood that King Alfonso will be the first king to visit Rome under the new conditions,
'ריח י- -
Replying to Mr. Hogge, Mr. Waltor Long denied that Britain, waa" warring agalper Soviet Russin. The Admiralty - were strictly carrying out the policy laid. down by the Premier in the House, af Commons and was only taking ordinary precautionary measures in the Black Jés, ; necesitated by the policy of the Allies.
AN AUTHOR'S ESTATE,
New York, May 31st. The late W. D. Howells, anther, lelt $13,000.
i
FAR
EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] BRITISH MINISTER TO CHINA, *.
“PERINO, JUNA Mr. Beilby Alston receives the K.U.M.G. Men who served in the war paraded this morning at the Legation Glacis, and the British Minister delivered an address to them.
JAPAN'S WAR TIME SHIPPING
ENTERPRISE.
40 NEW SERVICES, Japan, mys the Japon Advertiser, muds Kreater war time profits from the carrying of goods for traders of other nations und from the charter and sale of ships to foreigners than she did from her entire foreign commerce outside the shipping trade. The receipts of Japan's shipping trade from foreign sources only were imports for the whole war period. larger than the total excre of exparts over
The value of ships sold to foreign couns tries since the outbreak of the war and the freight and charter receipts · froz foreigners totul about Yi1,400.000.000.- Un
The Encyclical commends the policy of reconciliation between the Italian spiri- zmat and temporal powers, and urges the "the other hand, the total exce' bf exports.
This Far anlounts to Y1,085,000,000). The Evening Standard say that the nations to fraternise towards the #reduce ports sing the outbreak of the figure includes the value of this soul to Soviet will be permitted to open a central tion of military expenditure.
foreign countries, which amount to about trading office in London-with-a-vier to
Y300,000,000,———sise-excess of ordinary organising an exchange of goods.
Exports over imports being net more than Y.765,000.000 It will be seen that the total receipts from the sale of ships and from freight and charter accounts in
4-EARLIER-CABLES-
COAL EXPORTS.
CONSUMERS.
This
Beuter's enquiries fail to confirm the statement, but is is pointed, out that British goods cannot be exported to RESTRICTION TO MEET NEEDS OF foreign countries are about twice the Russia, but there is nothing to prevent M. Krassin from, opening an office in London to exchange views with the British traders
» DISPUTES IN SILESIA. RUPTURE BETWEEN POLES AND
CZECHS.
LONDON, June 1st.
It is stated that the export of coal hence- forth will be limited. to 1,700,000 tons monthly, or 20,000,000 tons yearly, as com Pared with 73,500,000 tons exported in
1013.
Coal exporters declare that the restric- LONDON, June 1st... tion will menn sacrificing eargo, which will The disputes between the Poles and the increase homeward_freights detrimentally, Czechs in the plebiscit, territory of Silesia affect the rates of exchange and drive up bave culminated in a report from Paris Home prices. On the other hand, the that Poland has decided to break off whole policy of the Government is to meet diplomatic relations with Czecho-Slovakia, the needs of the Home consumer, on the
The Foreign Minister "of Czecho
Slovakia, who is in London, bas petitioned the League of Nations to send a Commis sion to the plebiscite area to conduct an independent enquiry.
"CRISIS IN TURKEY.
TURKS PREPARING TO RESIST-
GREEKS.
ground that the first consideration is to keep Home industries going so that manu- factured goods can ultimately all cargo space hitherto occupied by export coal.
ARMY OF OCCUPATION. "
COST TO GERMANY..
LONDON, June 1st,
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 1st.
In the House of Commons, replying to Travellers from Eastern Thrace report Mr. Davison regarding the amount paid that the Turkish Army at Adrianople is by Germany in connection with the Army being mobilised, and declare that the of Occupation, Mr. Baldwin said that Turks are preparing to resist occupation approximately £4,000,000 had already by the Greeks.
excess of exports over imports. vividly illustrates the extent to which the carrying trade has been responsible for the economic development of the country during the war.
between 1914 and 1918. including all classes The Japanese ships sold to foreigners
of vessels, nabered 184, totalling 390,000
were new ships, and 123, totalling 100,000 tons, of which 56, totalling 200,000 tons, tons, oid. Following are the values of the ships sold each gear, together with total freight receipts from foreign coun
tries:-
"1914
1915 1016 1917 1918
Freight Receipts.
Ships Sold. .Y. 711,000 Y. 38,000,000-
306,000 17,178,000
97,679,000
80,060,000
58,000,000
$3,100,000
177,600,000
289,900,000
Total .I. 106,028 Y.644,400,000
Between 1914 and 1918 charter receipts totalled. Y.288,620,000, and the total of the sales and freight and charter receipts in Y.1,120,048,000," Similar receipts during 1910 and so far this year amount to about Y-300,000,000, so that the grand total slightly exceeds Y.1,400,000,000
Another evidence of the remarkable development of Japan's carrying trado during the war is furnished by the increase in tonnage in her possession and by the now occan lines opened by Japanese ship- No less than 40 new ping companies. ocean-services were inaugurated during the War. The wartime increase in tonnage amounted to 481,758 tona gross, and this been paid in local currency for the use of is excluding ships of less than 1,000 tens each, as will be seen from the following occupying forces. The balance of the tablet-- British claim to May 31st approximated
LONDON," June 1st,
£45,000,000 to which it was estimated that £2,750,000, would be added in respect of Surrey beat Essex by 4 wickets. Warwick beat Northamptonshire by 259 the rest of 1990-1. The question of pay ment rented with the Reparations Commis
TUDA.
COUNTY CRICKET.
The match between Cambridge and sion. Somerset was drawn.
--
Kent beat Leicester by 164 runs, · Lancashire beat Bussex by 10 wickets, Nottingham beat Middlesex by 161 runs.
EARLIER CABLES,
* INTERNATIONAL LAW
CONFERENCE. ".*"
CO-OPERATION WITH LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
LONDON, Jime 1st. The Portsmouth Conference on Interna tional Law closed to-day, after appoint
GAINS,
No. of Ships
.277
Grem Tonpape 961,255 116,866
Built at home Bought abroad Brought from piker
registrieses
Bold abroad
Turned out to other
registries
LOBBES.
Lost
owing to war acci- denta
31
128,417
Lost owing to ordinary
Bocidenta
120,607
· 350,525 **
11,679
Total
155
623,229.
Net Gainorg
"Brought!
401,778 tarned OF
to other registries" means the removal
150
23
over
ing & Committee to report on methods from or to registration in Korea, Kwang
scratched. A later telegram stated that China, Japan-and-Palestine-have-an Joskin and Tredenzord, were among the
The enthronement of the Archbishop of
AERIAL DEVELOPMENT. runners and that All Prince (Fox) and Fire nounced their intention to send represen St. Asaph was most impressive. Clergy from work (Wheatley) were also to be included tatives to the International Huffrage Con- every parish in Wales attended.
Many OMAHA AS BASE DEPOT.
The among the "also rans," but that the names
distinguished people were present.. of Soranus, Paladin and Morganatic Mar-
congregation sang the Old Hundredth in
OMATA (Nebraska)," May 31st. Tiage were to be omitted. Boranus, it may
Wolah greeting at the entrance to the be mentioned, was neither among the prob-
Cathedral the Archbishop's procession. Colonel Jordon, Chief Constructor of whereby international co-operation for tung, or Formosa
The vepusin of less than 1.000 tons rach ablo starters in the list in the telegram of
TheArchbishop of St. Asaph, addressing the the Air Mail Service states that within common economic, social and legal objects added to Japan's merchantile marine dur May 31st, nor in the batting. The amended
gathering at the reception at the Palace, two years. Omaha will become the base list, as given above, shows a field of twenty,
appealed for the union of all Welshmes in depot for 500 air mail planes, ench immo can be extended under the League of and it is difficult to say which bares, among
the national work, declaring that the diately convertible into fighting plane. Nations The Conference of 1921 will be those not mentioned in the description of It is believed that the Anglo Afghan con- spiritual forces of Wales were being re- He predicts that within a year mail will held at the Hague and the Conference of the race or in the amending telegram did versations-at-Humooriste-bost to organised in order to participate theba transported from conist to coast in 35
age-long war of good and evil.
not ran
AFGHAN CONFERENCE TO RE-OPEN AT MUSSOORIE.
BMLA, June 1st.
re-open.
boura.
Töz at. Buenos Aires.
"that the total net grin is over 620,000. ing the war amount to about 180.000 tons, tous-According for the latest statistic which were compiled at the end of last February, the totaï tonnage of Japanesa, steamers in DON 2,000,000 tons gross.
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