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CABLES

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1920,

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,

DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OF

GENERAL WOOD,

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CHICAGO, June 12th. EGYPTIAN BOMĄ. OUTRAGE,

The Convention nominations were accom- PREMIER'S NARROW ESCAPE.

panied with the usual tumultuous scenes. CAIRO, June 12th. At the conclusion of Mr. Allon's speech Baki Pasha was motoring to office when nominating General Leonard Wood show

■ powerful bomb was hurled at the car,sands of coloured turkey feathers, the woading the thauffeur and two passers-by-badge of General Wood's supporters, were The assailant fled, pursued by a pollen loose from the ceiling, covering the dale man who continued the pursuit, though gates. The demonstration lasted forty

ewice wounded by the asailant's automatio pistol.

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minutos,

The Convention gave an ovation to Mr. The assailant took refuge in a bonas Robinson, the late Mr. Roosevelt's sister, where be was arrested,

who seconded General Wood's nomination, The Premier was somewhat shaken, but being the first woman to perform that married on his duties, He described his scape is due to the direes intervention of Providence.

BREAD SHORTAGE.

NO JUSTIFICATION FOR PESSIMISM.

function.

The National Convention and the Ro "publican leaders are already speculating on the effect of the adoption of the League of Nations on the chances of the party's suc cese in the November elections. It in I pointed out that the Republicans favour LANDON, June 19th.

an international association providing an The Daily Telegraph's "agricultural correspondent forecasts that the European instant and general international confer bread shortage of 1921 is not justiñed by,ence whenever peace is threatened, The facts. He points out that recent reports Recana setive that the United States from America, and Canada have been more can participate in it without compromising encouraging that those of a mouth ago,

antional independence or involving it in a and believes that Amyrican Export will altitude of quarrels the merits of which equal the exports of recent years. The it may be unable to judge, winter-sown, crops in Britain, Austria, Belgium, and Egypt are"progressings The writer hopes that some Indian whout will also be available.

BOLSHEVIST INVASION OF

PERSIA.

LEAGUE OF NATION MEETS IN LONDON,

Losos, June 14th. The Colinell "of the League of Nations "met at St. James Palace this afternoon to consider, inter alia, the situation created

by the Boisbevist invasion of Persia.

Sir Erie Drummond, the Secretary-Gen eral, Lord Curzon, representing "Great Britaic, M. De Fleuriau representing France and Prince Firouz' representing Persia, and

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the representatives of ¦ Spain, Belgium, Jujos, Italy, and Greece ›

were prese£t.

Dr Se, who the been charged with | the repatriation of Allied prisoners in Siberia, was present in an advisory capacity..

MELBOURNE'S WOES. GASWORKERS COME OUT:

ELECTRICIANS THREATENING.

MELBOURNE, Jung 12th. - The gasworkers have struck and the sup- plies are the lowest possible. The electri- cians threaten to strike to-morrow, "stop- ping light and power supplies."

THE SPA" CONFERENCE.

QUESTION OF DATE.

Lostos, June Lith.

RESULT OF BALLOTS.

CHICAGO June 12th..

UPROAR IN ITALY, VIOLENT PROTESTS AGAINST DESPATCH OF TROOPS.

ROME, June 19th. Failwaymon at Cremona and Milan bave struck against the despatch of munitions takes place at Trieste as a protest against to Poland. Violent demonstrations have

the despatch of troops to Albania, civilians and Arditi participating. Revolvers wtre fired and bombe thrown. mortally wounded, and two soldiers badly wounded in' a fight near the Arditi camps. Troops restored order.

LATEST CABLES, · FAR · EASTERN WOOLLEN GOODS NOT WEARING APPAREL. DEFENCE IN PROFITEERING CASE

UPHELD.

New York, June 11th.

skarge of profiteering against the

The Federal Court has dismissed the

can Woollen Company brought by the Ameri-

CABLE

NEWS.

(FROM OF OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

SEEING WITHOUT SIGHT.

• App app

GAINING VICTORY OVER BLINDNESS.

From Sir Arthur Pearson comes a CHANG CHING YAO DEPRIVED BY special message of thanks to the readers

EIS TITLES.

PAKING, June 14th. A mandate deprives Chang Ching-ya An officer was Attorney-General, the Court sustaining the of his titles, big orders him to remain at"

objection raised on behalf of the defeòd his posts to retrieve his position, anta thas woollen goods did not constitute wearing apparel-the head under which the charge was brought.

THE MOSCOW REVOLUTION.

MYSTERY OF FRENCH WIRELESS STATIONS.

LONDON, June lath. The report of a revolution in Moscow are discredited here. It is pointed out that similar reports have been frequent and have proved unfounded..

Official circles in Paris are ignorant of the matter, hup it is stated that since June 11th the French wireless stations have received only incomprehensible messages from Moscow,

JAPANESE STORY OF WIRELESS.

TOKYO, June 10th.

NEW AMERICAN BONDS.

WASHINGTON, June 11th

NEWS FROM CHANGSHA.

PERINO, June 14th.

Telegrams from Chinese source stata

The Treasury is considering the issue of that the women and children, at Changsha | 32 and 6 per cent. Indebtedness Bondy of

aught range in the British and American the amount of $400,000,000,

Missions. Order is being restored in theị beits.

· AMERICA CUP. VANITIE BEAT RESOLUTE CHINESE AVIATION STUDENTS.

NEw Yoxx. June 11th. The Faniti defeated the Realute seeind time in a 30-mile tr

trial by 23 seconds.

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EARLIER CABLES.

AMERICA AND JAPAN. FEELING OVER ANTI-JAPANESE

LEGISLATION. ··

LONDON, June 11th,

banker, Mr. Vanderlip, who has returned A telegram from New York say that the

from Japan. declares that the utter impot-

aviation school.

PRKING, June 14th,

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of this paper for the sympathy and help they have given to the soldiers blinded in the war. The unsangn, is brought by Mr." Walter Hobbs, O.B.E., a personal friend uf Sir Arthur's, who is combining with trip round the world the pleasure of bring- ing to the latest news.of our grand blind soldiers, Mr. Hobbs was for many vers Imanager of the Ninndard and when that" paper ceased publication in the second year of the ear he becanie Controller of Supplies to the Ministry of National Service, For the past 16 years he has been a member of Pearson's Fresh Air Fund which, ince it was established 23 years ago has given over 4,000,000 a day's outing in, the country and 50,840 a fort night's holiday in the country of at the senside.

PERING, June 14th. Four aviation students have life for j

**St. Dunstan'-the hostel in London Manila for training in the Curtiss where the blinded saldiers and sailors are trained is a factory of happines,” BUM Mr. Hobbe Sir Arthur's central idea NO SUCCESSOR TO DR. MORRISON. from the first has been in înspies the men A newspaper learns that a Moscow wire

with the thought of the cheerful acceptance Tess message to Vladivostock stated that

of blindness: to help them to forget their I am officially informed that the Govern loss in the preoccupation of "becoming counter-revolution had occurred in Russia, and Trotzky was murdered, while lenin

ment will not appoint a successor to the extraordinarily capable as blind men. fled, and that General Brusiloff bad form

late Dr. Morrison,

How the men have responded to this ed a new Government,

leadership is one of the great stories of the war. Sy Arthur, himself blind, is phe The first ballet resulted in the nomina BRITAIN'S HOUSING FROBLEM

a critical internationei situation.

The

of the busiest men in London-and already tion of General Leonard Wood, 285) Mr.

ANOTHER BILL REQUIRED.

American Government does not concern it.

I nearly a thousand blinded soldiers are to Lowden, 211; Senator Hiram Johnson,

Iself with anti-Japanese legislation by in

be numbered Long the busy people of 133; Mr. Sproul, 84; Mr. Hoover, 51.

LONDON, June 19th.

dividual States and the Japanese are Lin Chen-yu, an official of the Mini-try the world!. In all parts of England you The second ballot showed four leaders, was necessary to introduce another Hous- California.

Dr. Addison, interviewed, said that it aroused over the Land Ownership Bill of of the Navy and a brother of the cele may come on little pooltry-farms run by namely, General Leonard Wood, 893; Mr. ing Bill empowering the local authorities smoothed over if the State Department wife were

Eastern problems could be b.ated novelist. Lin Wan-li, and his blind soldiers; ou cobblers' shops where Lowden, 20 Senator Hiram Johnson-to-take-over-unoccupied-hauses and calarge were to proceed courteouses.

murdered while asep last blind men are repairing boots in open com. night by a former cook who was captured petition with others in the trade; on shop, 116 and Mr. Sproul, 783

ing the powers to prohibit. Juxury.......build-

by a fifteen-old sister-in-law and handed where blind men de fram-making and over to the police.

jotner joinery; du hoine,factories "where baskets and mats are being made without aid of sight.

The rest of the third ballot was: General Leonard Wood, 503; Mr. Lowden, 989; Senator Hiram Johnson, 148. -

The[outh ballot restled as follows Generki Wood. 314); Mr. Lowden,- 998; Senator Hiram Johnson, 140).

The Convention adjourned unti]

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of the State Department has created

ing. The housing schemes, hitherto aub-j THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. mitted to the Ministry, exceeded ten thou- TO VISIT UPPER ALSACE. sand with a total of three hundred thousand

PARIS. June 11th.

THE MOSUL DISPUTE,

"EFFECT ON ANGLO-FRENCH „RELATIONS.

A Havas pesage states:--- President Deschanel, who is expected to return to Paris from Normandy for the National Hojday on July 14th, Rill, it is stated, afterwards spend, îhree weeks, in Upper Alsace.

LABOUR'S DEMANDS ON CAPITAL

Day 19th.

AN OFFICIAL AND HIS

MURDERED.

PEKING, June 14th.

THE HOY. MR. LAU CHU PAK.

PEKING, June 14th. The Hon. Mr. Lau Chn Pak leaves for Bongkong on Thursday.

[BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL"} SHANGHAI HOUSING PROBLEM.

SHANGHAI, June 13th,

***PAKLING" REFLOATED.

clock in the morning,

Losnox, June 39th. MR. QUMPERS” DENUNCIATION.

The Times Faris correspondent drawx MONTREAL, June 11th. attention to the Mosol dispute as typical Mr. Conquers, President of the emerican of a large number of questions poisoning Federation of Labour condemned the Anglo-French friendship, and says that the

tim has come for drawing up a ling of f Labour phink adopted by the Repubican

Much "questions and a statement of the The National Railway Board, consisting Convention, particularly the section of the minimum demands of each country, and te plank providing for the settlement of endeavour to reach a general agreement of four representatives of the companies, strikes affecting public utilities, like ruil-on the lines of the 1904 understanding four of the men and four of the consumers, |

Shanghai, June 15th. ways and telegraphs, by a tribunal similar which is the basis of the Entente Cordinle, is sitting in public to hear evidence on the The Pakling has been refloated, She to that provided by the American Railroad

claims of the two Railwaymen's Unions for due to-day at Shanghai for repairs, Act.

DAVIS CUP."

increased pay.

Bach withes tries to magnify his office, and impress the Board HOLLAND BEAT SOUTH AFRICA.

ARNHEY, June 12th."

IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

PLACE OF SEA-POWER."

LONDON, June 12th.

with its dangers, hardships and the great qualities required for the discharge of it

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There are blinded soldiers working "Exgkilled masseurs in the hospitals and in private practice, runding the telephone- sible business positions, doing typewriting exchanges in. big stores, occupying respon and shorthand by means of a special machine on which notes can be taken down in Braille characters" as fast as anyone can speak.

In the short time since the war the men-practically beginning life again- have come, by power of their cheerful, The Civic League has elected a repre¦inderitable spirit, so their place as useful sentative committee and decided to deal: What they can'

-citizens—lf-reliant self-supporting

do yon forget in the immediately with the Housing problem. wonder of what shey can do, living always.

darknes, Carrying un,' in the soldier's phrase, by means of the son of. feel, of" sund, and of scent. Abrand in the streets, visiting new places, the help of a guide is usually sought for-but in their immediate neighbourhoods, in their, own workshops and homes it is wonderfol with what Burated they find their way. In short they come amazingly near to doing everything for themselves, Rowing, swimming dancing-whatever recreation a blind man can enjoy they have learnt

made a special study of that. The astonishing thing is that it is not cze or two, or even a few score of exceptional.......... men who are making good in this way— practically all our men blinded in the war have come under Sir Arthur's care, and the spirit of St. Dunstan's affects them all."

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

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In the Davis Cup Doubles. Van Lennep duties in comparison with those of Home THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE at Dunstan's; many of a musical tura bave

THE MONSOON.

and Dienerkool (Holand) beat Winslow Speaking at the annual dinner of the and Raymond (South Africa)' by 6-2, Royal Colonial Institute, Lord. Selborne 7-5, B urged that the lesson of the war was the Dersity of westling 'ping of mintval Ing. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Charles Palmer, Mr. Lloyd George the League of Nations could only be majo

perial defence beforehand.

aaid that a definite date had not yet been fred for the Spa Conference, pending the tained if behind it was the British Em-

BOMBAY, June 11th,

The ideal of The Monsoon bas burst.

EARLIER CABLES.

constitution of the new German Govern Pize determined to make it good, and was MOUNTAIN OF PHOSPHATES ment, but probably it will be early in July.organised for the purpose. It was for each

LEAGUE OF NATIONS. GREAT BRITAIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO FUNDS.

LONDON, June 14th

DISCOVERY IN MOROCCO.

PAE16, June 11th A Havas-mewage states Lord Jellicoe, responding, said that he The Daily Misil (Paris Edition) states

part of the Empire to settle for itself the manner and nature of its defence which should then be co-ordinated

better paid occupation.

LONDON. Juge 30th.

In the House of Commons, replying to Cal L'Estrange Malone, Mr. Lloyd

This comparison is in fact, the keynote of this enquiry, and the thing that makes it different from ali previous vage en- quiries. The workers have made a distinct George denied that the Anglo-Japanese

2 stop in advaner în realising that when one Agreements of 1005 and 1011 infringed the

class of workers comes into the shops of

integrity of Chinese territory without the the working clas district with more money'

consent of the Chinese Government, He to spend it is at the con of other pointed out that China had not yet ratified workers, not the employers, that it benefits the Austrian Peace Treaty, of which the Covenant of the League of Nations is a One witness complained that his wife could

part. not buy what the dockers' wives could afford,

In spite of this new realisation, however the workers' representatives are stili treat

them and the employers. Meanwhile, one

When Mr. Hobbs left England there were still under training one 700 of the 1:700 men actually blinded in the war. The Hostel is busier than ever now, and unfortunately no and to its work in in blinded in the war, 23,000 were discharged sight. Besides these 1.700 men who were from the Army with badly injured eye- With regard to Colonel Malone's 588 badly damaged sight has passed, or is pass sight. In the case of many of theme this tion that before any further treaties or ing, into total blindness, and men are still agreements are made they should be re coming to St. Dunstan's as rapidly as in ferred to the League of Nations, Mr: the deadliest days of the war.

Indeed, there is no end to the work,"

"Sir Arthur

found in the Dominions a great realisa-that almost inexhaustible reserves of pho/og the question as one, wholly between Lloyd George emphasised that the Gover? Mr. Hobbs informa 1.

In the House of Commons, replying to tion of the fact that sen-power was all in phates have now been discovered, anys notes a growing general recognition of ment had every intention of strictly adher. Pearson has built up an organization for Sir Harry Brittain, Mr. Lloyd George' all to the British Empire. The use of the Louis Gentil, the well-known professor of the fact that the workers have no inten-ng to Article XVIII. of the Covenant of the After-Care of the Blinded Soldiers." It is under the direction of one of the stated that the British Government hoa sen depended on the strength of the mer-Physical Chemistry at the Sorbonne, in tign, whatever the cost of living may be the League: „

blinded officers, and its purpose is to keep the Moroccan hinterland, contributed £3,000 to the funds of the cartile marine whose deeds in the war will

come, confting to any reduction of One; hundred

[Article XVIII. of the Covenant of the in close touch with the growing army of wages, though some of their leaders have | League reads: Every treaty on interna blind workers, keeping up the spirit of nity of organising the naval defence of the 25 miles broad which is one gigantic were the macives were the first to asociate wages shall, as soon as possible, be published by what they produce, and, by the constant

migistain plateau over 40 miles long and fie will have none of it.

It is worth recalling that the workers with registered with the Socretariat and assisting them to find the beat market for ang member of the League shall be forth helping the men to get their materials, Empire, in which the views of all parts of house of phosphates. The working of with prices: the Empire must be consuited. He hoped these and other phosphate reserves in trial truce during the war they demanded meat shall be binding until no registered.] ment and amistance they want in their Alter agreeing to as indigit, No such Treaty or international engage visit of experts, giving them the encourage. that in the discussions which will take Marocco, has been set aside as a monopoly living by which they meant to enable them

War: Hongare to meet the increased cost of

work. It is a daily, even an hourly, fight place in the near future so parochialism of the Moroccan Government.

which these couragoons men must make to. will be displayed.

their victory over blindness, They picture the world about them, 'bat they see no-human face, no scena lighted with menshine, no movement, or colour,

League of Nations during the last financial ever be forgotten. He urged the recmiles inland from Casablanca there is admitted this would be just. The rank and tional engagement entered into hereafter by comradeship that began at St. Dunstan's

year. The Government has no information in regard to the amount subscribed, or

aranteed by, the other nations.

AUTUMN SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, June 14th In the House of Commons, to-day, Mr. Bdour Law announced, "that" an Automo session was inevitable.

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GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

HEAR MUELLER'S TASK.

BERLIN, June 12th.

"GOVERNMENT COAL BILL- PROVISION FOR ANOTHER NEW DEPARTMENT,

LONDON, June 12tli.

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FUTURE-OF-FRANCE-

to maintain in war time the peace time ANNAMITE TEMPLE IN FRANCE,maintain standard of living, and rather niore. That they were better off, despite the increased prices was put beyond question when the first statement made from the Labour side of the brat Joint Industrial Conference was

PARIS, Jane flth.

The Minister of the Colonies presided at they dwell in the shadows that know no

NEW YORK BANKER'S OPTIMIB that Labour. would never consent to a re the inauguration of the Annamite TempleHfting. To bring all possible, brightness turn to the conditions of 1914. War at Nogent-sur-Marne erected in memory of man's. For all the help that has come to

into their lives the work of St. Dan bonnes were continued after the Armistice France's Indo-Chinese soldiers who fell in him Bir Arthur Pearson wishes to expres on the ground that, prices being unchang

PARIS, June 11th.

A-Havas message states The Daily Telegraph understands that

The New York Herald (Paris Edition) the Government Coal. Bill has been com-basker, is going back to the United States, writes that Otto H. Kahn, the New York pleted and will be introduced in the House

after several weeks speat in a study of the

ed, the people's need was just a great the war, For the same reason the country's need of Trades Unions had agreed to drop restric maximum production remained, but the HERR SOLF LEAVES FOR JAPAN. lions-on-production only for the duration of war, and an Act of Parliament-reim-

BERLIN, June 11th

his denp-felt thanks and because, în spita of increasing "expenses, nothing must be

Jefe undone for these men whose record is to splendid, he hopes that the Herr. Ebert has catrusted Herr Mueller of Communs next week. It provides for economic situation of France, His obser posing.thom was passed,

Derous "puport will be continued,” Prior to embarking for Japan, Herr-During the way Dunstan's Home with the task of the formation of a Cabinet the establishment of a Mines Department vations have given him thorough confidence been fined more than once for employing be able to establish most useful relations mitted. Perhaps the most noteworthy cone- receive severvety substantial donation, One Member of Parliament has already Boil, interviewed, said he believed he would from the Hongkong Waz Charities Com Herr Mueller conferred this afternoon of the Board of Trade, headed by a Becre with Herr Crispien, the Independent tary for the Mines who will be supported by a realisation of the remarkable nature have been made that, az bone conflict of interests, now that Bhautung on Armistice Day.

[in the future of France, which is justified ex-soldiers in defiance of this Act. Claims with Japan with which Germany had no tribution from this Colony was the unk of $12,000 collected at the Hongkong Cinh Bocizilst leader,

by an advisory committee composed of coal-

of the resources" of her Colonies as of the and some Labour leaders are denouncing was eliminated.

shon be added to the permanent wage, The Reichstag has twenty-two women owners, minera and others concerned, is-Mother. Country, and even more by the siding scales a sliding only one way

(Contributions to the work of St deputies as compared with thirty-eiz in the cluding doctors, while subordinate con determination to preserve order, and work

Dunstan's and the After-Care of the and some sections of railway men are, ad-

Blinded Boldiers may be sent to Bir hard, which animates the French people.

fall

Arthur Pearson. Bart. St. Dunstan, Pioneer Cable F

Hegent's Park, Loudon, Engnd).

National Amembly.

mitteca will be appointed at each pit.

voting a strike, to last until, prios

Herr Bolf's fellow-passengers included seven German" missionaries and "number" of traders,