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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

TO PARALYSE GOVERNMENT

SINN FEIN PAMPHLETS REVELATIONS.

ITALIAN

S THE MINERS CLAIMS.

~ GOVERNMENT'S STANDPOINT

"DEFENDED.

Lospor, September-akh,

At to-day abortive conference between

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH.

TRADE UNION CONGRESS. SIGNIFICANT DECLARATION

LONDON, September 11th. The Trade Union Congresy at Portsmouth clude this morning, when the result of

1920

TROUBLED IRELAND FAR EASTERN CABLE, AVOWED PURPOSES OF THE

~SINN-FEINERS.

LONDON, September 9th. A captured, copy of the official organ of

EARTHQUAKE event and hiners Executive, Sir the election of the Parlamentary Com the Irish Volunteers provides an illuminat

DISASTER.

TERROR AND RUIN REIGN IN TUSCANY.

OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA:

ARABS RELEASE MRS. BUCHANAN,

ELECTRICAL WORKERS' THREAT:

TO STOP LONDON'S TRAFFIC.

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ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE,

NIGHTMARE OF DISASTER.

LONDON, September 9th.

THE OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA.

A WAR OFFICE COMMUNIQUE.

LONDON, September 11th.. The War Office has announced that" a

NEWS.

SPECTRE OF FAMINE IN CHINESE PROVINCES.

PARENTS, KILLING THEIR |

CHILDREN.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

PEKING, September

sa announced, Mr. J. H. Thomas ing insight into the avowed purposes of ded the poll with over five million the present Sinn Fein campaign and mur In significant that "Mr. des. The paper declares today that the who was not a member of the old Best line of the enemy, the chief instrument bommittee, wae elected with nearly four of the executive power has broken down and

The famine situation in the provinces, of mallion votes.

has consed to be effective. The Irish Con- Chihli, Konan and Shantung is tabulary have been driven from their out various than is generalle Believed, posts Nearly 300 of their strongholds have famine belt extends over an area of ninety ford to concentrate only in certain strong tation of thirty of forty millio been evamisted and destroyed. They are thousand square miles, and affrous a popa

The

emphasised the need of Trade Union unity

or bias to in

2

Robert Homa doprecated the punctilio ef convention which," nasized that the side which frag wked the other to meet is dis played weakness, He landed the Gov bandpoint this surples profit the export of coal thould be put at the exchequer's dispossi. He pointed out

Mr Thomas, in a striking closing speech, that Parliament itself had endorsed the Government policy to sell coal in Great in view of the difficulties impending in Britain at Its venomic price or at least the next few weeks. Ha declared the at what it pete the Government to supply must not allow prejudice. is to the householder. No section of the tunes their decisions. They were not entres where, in some parts of the entry funds required for adequate relier are con people cugly to have the right to strikemies of their country: they loved their they are in a position of a beleaguered gaservatively aimated two hundred upon any such use of common policy, country, but the country could not be made.

rison, They are no linger effective for wanted to say perfectly frankly, that great and happy by the bloodshed of the the purpose for which they were intended. million dollars, which are beyond the presen along that road ne solution was to be battlefeld, but only by confort in the namely, the maintenance of ordinary and powers of the Government. found. As regards the demands for in-cottage home During the next few civil law and order upon which every civili.

A Presidential mandato orders, the Minis. creased wages the Government had come weeks every word and action should be ation depende

tries of Finance and of the Interior co to the conclusion that it made for no good, thenght out. Whilst determined to do 8PECIAL CONSTABLES FOR ULSTER

co-operate. The Civil Governors of the "AN INDUSTRIAL COURT Iustice their own claw, they were It is stated that Mr. Bonar Low favours affected provinces

PROPOSED.

Are tablishing rice anit equally determined to keep in mind the the proposals recently submitted by Ulster cheers).

Details of the terrible tragedy which has strong column of Indian Cavalry, Artil. After pointing out the discrepancies in interests of the whale community (loud Unionists, by which, failing adequate mili Rain stores and are selling rice and grain

befallen Tuscany now coming in reveal its appalling nature, covering the Bres from Spezia to Pisa and eastward an far, a Pieve and Pistoja. The spheaval was terri. fe throughout the 700 famous marble quar- ries Pet Carrara where enormous boulders; tolled dows and destroyed everything. A agie sosus Dccurred at Marina "where

the

epart and

POLAND “AND ♂ RUSSIAL:

tary protection for the Loyalista, a force of at low prices and are exempting rice and special constables should be organised, arm-grain from Customs dues. This is, however,

by the American Minister, are organising an International Relief Commutter,

lery, and Infantry, under Brigadier the claim on which the advance for wages Conyngham, lefs Bakaba, north-east of had been bed, he urged that the subject Bagdad, on the sth ines, to operate is abo ceferred to an industrial north-easterly direction along the Persian agreed that the anomalous character of PEACE POURPARLESS TO BEGINd by the Government to assist the military insuficient, and foreign diplomats, leaded railway, reaching Abuhawn, twelve miles the coal wage situation oughs to be got rid

AGAIN. from Bakuba, without opposition.

of He recognised that many miners Another column is covering the lines of found great difficulty in understanding.

LONDON September 13th communication **

their pay when they got it, owing A Moscow wireless messige reports that numerous and varying leme making up the Russian peace delegates have gone to the amount. A revised basis of payment Riga, the Soviet Government having receiv

A lain, commanded by Linut-Colonel

to

in Ulster.

It is further stated that the Cabinet's decision on the proposal, will be made during the week end.".

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Chinem eye-witness report that in many villages fathers are poisoning their familien. with arsenic to save them from starvation.

was celebrating mass with Greer, not ont from Kizil Robat on the would probably prudge better results all foi allthe, neopstiryssurances for the safe LORD. MAYOR SUDDENLY BECOMES Fleeing families tie their children

The

numbers around him who were stricken priet continued the down. service amidst the debris und groans of wounded. The calamity brought the King of Italy, companied only by his A.D.C.. to the sme of the disaster. His Majesty personally helped in the rescue work. The scenes are likened to thow in Messina in 1908. The whole regions are a nightmare, of disaster. Hundreds of bodies remain unearthed. The mall villages auf fered the worst. There terror and ruin reign. - - Roads are obilíísted. · Here und there, by a miracle, walk remain stooding surrounded by ripped houses, pavements piled on each other, intermixed with traces,

broken furniture and housbald treasures,

ITALIAN KING AMONGST THE “SUFFERERS.

5th, with the object of operating, in south-westerly direction, towards the first mentioned column.

a

Two columns are converging on babra ban, where Mr. Buchanan and his wife were taken prisoner. The object of this double expedition is to clear the railway into Persis and bring Kerind, the Persian camp where British women and children

that the coal trade at prescût, was not caiready, gone Peace pourparlors mund. It was generally acknowledged ty of the party. The Polish delegates have will, doing all it could for the country. He doubles, begin immediate did not assign any blame at all to one

MUNITION SHIPS NOT ALLOWED sido for thal

THROUGH KIEL CANAL

SIR ROBERT HORNE'S VIEWS"

REJECTED.

He suggested that Committees

of

are into touch with Bagdad again, Miners and Coalowners should discus, the Incidentally, it should roscie Mrs, wages anomalies, Buchanan and her companions,

The Government has

BERLIN, September 11th.

WEAKER

LONDON. September th It is stated that the Mayor of Cork has enddenly weakened and is in continuous pain. The doctor declares that only hin extraordinary vitality is keeping him alive. Visitors are forbidden to converse with the patient.

"UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE

IMPOSSIBLE.

A sumage from Kiel says that the Ger- man Government has ordered the canal Bathorities not to allow munition ships to pass from the North Sen to the Baltic. Mr. Smillie, - replying? rejected Sir According to the Foisische Zeitung, the Mr. Lloyd George yesterday, in an inter Bakuba was in rebel hands a fortnight Robert Horge views and grestis, Government in the interests of neutrality, view, declared that unconditional, release

and maintained the attitude that the price reduction of 14994, was inseparable has rejected the French Government's rewas impossible. The Government held proof accepted the from the wages cinime. After he had generous offer of the Maharaja of expressed the miners views at length, the quest to allow a Danish straner with muni- thas the so-called Republican Army, and in

Executive sat specially to con-

tiam for Poland to pass through the canal. particular the Brigade of which Mr. Mc Kapurthala to place the Kapurthala insider the points raised. They then inti

POLES AND LITHUANIANS TO Swiney was Brigadier, was actively concern fantry at the disposal of the General mated to Sir Robert Horns that there was

CONFERVATA no now proposal in his statement which

ed in Police murders, Officer commanding Mesopotamia for ser they considered would lead to a satis

Police having WARSAW, September 17th. "been done to death. vice there. A unit is accordingly sailing factory settlement of the claims. from India shortly,

The Conference was nearly three bourg Palind free that the Polisband Ethan Mahilo. Sinn Fein han not replied to

"CONFERENCE FAILS,

faz delegates megh at Cawérja to discuss all Mr. Lloyd George's offer of release condi- the Folia Lithuaniau dispoten, except in tional on the murders ceasing. regard to the demarcation line which the Supreme Council laid down on December 12th, 1919-

MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MONEY

LONDON, September 9th. The King has moved thoat everywhere omforting the stricken sugyivors, His Majesty spoke to an aged woman lying on streicher sobbing “ My little grandsons," She told His Majesty that she alone mr- rived. The entire family had been lot, stvo two grandsons whom His Majesty pro mised to look after. Her Majesty found that numbers of survivors had not eaten for torty hours, and he distributed royal supplied by machine-gunsing. They succeeded plies from lá motor-cať.

in dropping medical supplica and money for the garrison, also rations" for tho vesel

BASANOTHER SHOCK.

Rose, September 10th.. Numbers vern filed in the earthquake.

*

At least the deaths excred 500 while over 30,000 persons are homeless. One cotiste declares that 1,100 persons were killed, The Government is distributing money, and foodstuffs. Doctors and nurses throughout the country are hurrying to the devastated region. The Government has established special earthquake department and is build

While the King and Queen were at Fivez-m jano, another shock occurred ANOTHER VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE-

Roy, September 8th Another violent earthquake was experi-

enced to-day in the Province of Reggio, Nellemills, The damage was serious in

various commun

LEANING TOWER OF PISA ESCAPES DAMAGE.

LONDON, September 9th, Tho are involved in the earthquake.in Italy is 100 miles by 50 miles. The author ties are concentrating on helping many hundreds of wounded and housing, thou sands of homelas people,

The famous leaning tower at Pisa, almost miraculously · escaped destruction. It was kubjected to frightful collation but with, stood the shocks because extensive founda. tion repairs had just been completed,

ITALIAN LABOUR MENACE

BOLSHEVIK FLAG FLOWN OVER FACTORIES

LONDON, September 10th.

The

·

CABINET FACED WITH TWO ALTERNATIVE SITUATIONS. The Premier has pointed out that the WRANGEL TO EVACUATE KUBAN Cabinet is faced with two alternatives in ita

REGION

them trees to prevent", "their" - followi Indescribable horrors are seen on every hand. Girls are being sold as a hundred cash per head

{THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY,

JAPANESE BEER IN ENGLAND.

Larson, September 13th. The importation of beer from Japan is increasing. An expert declares that it i a light, cheap and palatable beverage and pests it to become a strong rival of the

Lager variety.

M. CLEMENCEAU- COMING EAST,

PARIS, September 11th The Intrusing me wtute than a Clemenceau is sailing for Sing September 20th on board In Cordil. biere, after which he will procee to Calcutta

is accompanied by Dr.. Cholet and hopes to return to France at the end of the year.

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Irish policy either handing over the south to the Republican Army and leaving Ulster men to fight without intervention, or to LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. OF protect the men who are defending the flag. MORE POLICEMEN MURDERED.

Loxmox, September sih

The terrible total of policemen murdered

• FOR GARRISON.

LONDON, September 9th LONDON, September 8th.

The conference between the Miners Executive and the Minister of Labour A War Office Mesopotamia communiqué from which so much was hoped has failed. Mr. Smillie informed. Sir Robert Horne various areas and mentions tius in the Lower there was no new proposal in his state covers & number de minor operations in the that the Executive was of the opinion that

Euphrates seroplanes, reconneiring overment which, in their judgment world lead

LONDON, September 9th. Samaxsh, were heavily fired on and re-atisfactory settlement of the miners

claim, a

The Conference then terminated

Interviewed by a Russian newspaper,

STRIKE WILL NOT OCCUR

General Wrangel said that in view of the LONDON, September it change in the attitude of the Allied Powers Greenfly which has been isolated. Satis

general concensus of opinion, rend the victory of the Poles he must concen factory accounts have been received of the vealed in the newspapers, is that while the trate his forces in the north of the Province mining situation is serion, the failure of behaviour of the Arab levies and police em yesterday's conference was anticipated of Taurida so as to be able to not in the in Ireland was increased to day, when two ployed under British officers, especially in sad there never was any great chance of direction of the west. Is consequence wens shot dead and one seriously wounded

number of miners delegates at Porte

Despite yesterday's failure of this we are evacuating the Kuban region, at Tullow and one shot dead si Galway The latter's companions mouth are of the opinion that a strike here our troops, far from having suffered retired the are

returned the fire and killed three of the were a coiners leaders are defeat, have beaten two Red Divisions, andalan generally criticised. Many hare, rece takes 1.000 prisoners, captured eight guns SINN FEIN M.P. ARRESTED.

publicly. Prose our case wrong. -will-drop it. But it is pointed and increased their Effective forces two and out that the refusal of the, Industrial a half times. Court propoal means that the miters are afraid of the result of the inquiry sand their claims, but on the fighting strength that they depend not upon the equity of ters revive the question of the possibility of the federation Afeanwhile some quar

a general election

Hellas, where they carried out enterprising and gallant work at heavy los, dipite every temptation and appeal to tribal, family and

religions feelings.”

MRS. BUCHANAN RELEASED.

BAGDAD, September 9th. 4 column has arrived at Shahraban and has occupied the town, without incident. Mrs. Buchanan and some Indian prisoners have been released. On the night of Sep-of tember the imurgenta unde unstopes ful attempts to cut the wires and rush the pickets at Samaws. Elsewhere there is no change.

PECKHAM'S BLACK PASTOR. WIFE'S REQUEST FOR EXPENSES

AND SEQUEL.

LONDON, September 11th, An extraordinary story has been told in the courts. It appears that Pockham has got a Mission House with a black Pastor who previously obtained any amount of Police Court notoriety concerning the obnoxious mission ceremonial relating to

COMMUNIST FRICTION AT

PETROGRAD..

CRITICAL SITUATION DEVELOPED.

THE PREMIER'S APPEALMAR

HELSINGFORS, September the The recent Communiag friction st Mr. Lloyd George in appealing to the. country on the simple direct tasne foretrograd has developed into a critical Parliamentary Government vernis Direct ituation and at a meeting of the central Action, and constitutionalists are confident committee of Finnish Communists Et that such, a fight can have but one result. Petrograd on August 31st, at which the On the other hand it is stated that Mr. Uppostion Group consisting of officers of Lloyd George does not desire an election the Red Army appeared on the scene, an before the end of next wegión: Constercation ensiled resulting in 10 Finnish quently he will exhaustively explore every Communists being killed and 30-wounded. Alternative, but the miners may ultimately force the Premier's hands on the matter ELECTRICAL STRIKE THREAT LONDON GENERATING STATIONS INVOLVED:

Losmos, September 10th-

The milliary are active both in Dublin and Londonderry and have effected several arresta and seized a considerable number of rifles and ammunition, also seditions lite rature. Amongst those arrested, is the Binm wounded when resting arrest. Fein H.P. Mr. Callaghan, who wa

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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S DEFENCE POLICY.

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME-

MINISTER

MELBOURNE, September 10th.

INDIA

MR. A F. WHYTE BECOMES FIRST

PRESIDENT.

Mr. Alexander Frederick Whyte, M

has been appointed the First Prendent of the Logislative Assembly shortly to constituted in India under the Reform

•Act,

[Mr. Wayte MP (L) for Parth. City, and has been. Editor of “Nem Europe since April, 1917. He in years of age He was Special Commis

ionor on Industrial Insurance in Vremma and Budapest in 1908)

AMERICAN FAILS TO SWIN THE CHANNEL

GIVES UP WHEN & MILES NEAR

COAST.

LONDON, September 10th, The American Henry Sulliv Eiled to swim the Channel from being compelled to give on when 23 miles of the Fresch Cout after bein

In the House of Representatives Mr eighteen hours in the water, owing GERMANY AND THE PEACE in regard to the Government's defence serere pains in the charach,

Hughes, the Prime Minister, mado obate-

TREATY."

SURRENDERING AND DESTROY

ING ARMS

policy. He declared that the most vital

H. Kamcneff has left for Bussi,

THE BRESLAU INCIDENT. GERMANY PAYS INDEMNITY:

PARIS, September 9th A Hayas meragoya 1-

German Government d part

the

part of the Australian policy was the pre- M. KAMENEFF'S DEPARTURE. servation of Australia for Europeans and Autralia's" responsibility had been incress-

LONDON, September 11th. Swed by membership in the League of Natjóni. Lonnor, September 10th After reference to the populations, numbed In connection with the dectrical trades'

Latest official returns show that Gering 250 millions to the north and north-west white girls. Yesterday, however, it is dispute: this shop stewards of the London many is surrendering and destroying arms of Australia, head that the defence of The grave situation, which has arise in stated that when going to the mission generating nations have decided to give a in scordance with the Pease Treaty in the new territories, in the Pacify was Italy over the seizuz of 300 iron factories houss the black Pastor's wife, who "by, the metal workers is now becoming the

week's notion to cease work, sales the Engin entirely satisfactory manner, especially serious problems. It was obvious that worse. At present 600.000 workers are white, requested the Pastor to give her the lock-out notices agand the workers at the prizent rato Germany by November the Empire Money would be provided to neering Employers Federation withdraw regards guns Twenty-seven thouined national safety required Australia to taka a of the latter have been surrendered, and seziona share in the naval responsibilities of involved. Negotiations between manu- housekeeping money, upon which she was the other elecrical compations

will Bob, poseres gins beyond those allowed remedy the debotencies in heavy treillery facturers and workers have been inter thrown fourpeace. Subsequently, commun Frupted owing to the former's demand for

20.000 WORKERS AFFECTED IN by the Treaty Twenty five thousand and ammonition, also for light guns. The the immediate, evacuation of factories, ed with righteous indignation, and grasp. The manufacturers have appealed to the ing the fourpence in her hand, the wife

Hachine guns have been destroyed out training of 10,000 bors yearly on reaching for their LONDON.

five thousand Government, which, however, hesitate to went to the mission.

remain while thirteen the age of 18 years, would be rammed. Lowbox, September 11th. fiðiá öl: live

I've shells and fourteen hundred Battleships were Will the instay of naval Consulate at Breslau, gend rifles have been destroyed. Ger-defence, but circafmalances compelled the fters of rewards, is endeavour Commonwealth et present to depend on light the large numbers of riflesergisers and smaller craft. He hoped for

Fin various parts

an imporial neval scheme in which all the Reparations

dominions, would, co-operate. An Air Faroe ibazalties.

was being established under the control of Board on which the Navy shil Army were

order the mon to leave the factories, where

It appears that the electric teada erials has undergom i morio development

Mr Webb Secretary of the London branch of the Electrical Trades Union, has announced that the Union has notified the

Bolshevik fags are Bying, as it wishes to Seeing her and fearing her disclosures Favoïd hostility with the Bocialists in the pastor broke off the nervion and called Parliament and fears to test the loyalty on the worshippers to eject the woman, of the army, Meanwhile the workers.sref Bore put her out according to the law electrical undertakings, the tramways, “And”. establishing iron discipline within the factories, busily collecting arms, and forth of God the reverend black man told the the railways bat semibers of the Union fying the works. The Socialist Deputies magistrate.

be withdrawn on Beptember 18th, if the lock are now expected to demand the immediate (A faragraph in a recent English news out notipos ismed by the Engineering assembly of Parliament to urge Govern- paper referring to this mission, statel ployers Federation not ment to requisition the factories and to that the negro Pastor converte white There are 10,800 workers in the ele work them temporarily under Rtate girls by the pouring of oil on their hands undertakings, PASI

London

that recr

being turned cu

the

droperty! footed

EARLIFICABLES GERMAN CHEQUE FOR FRANCE

BERLIN, Beptember ou

The French Ambawador has received froLIN cheque for

bat represented Bix hundred thousand sterling the German Govermitent The would be allotted for aviation, including

100,000 francs

at civil and commercial branches Civil vi resin to "WEDDoss tion would be encouraged to the utmost, on the French 18 Naust expenditure included £700,000 sterz

material

ling Lor"transporta,