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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTERJER
(CRISIS IN ITALY:
SPREAD OF LAND FILCHING MOVEMENT GERMAN SHIPPING LINE. AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN COMPANY.
UNITED STATES IMMIGRANTS: GREAT RUSH FROM EUROPE.
LATEST CABLES,
RUSH OF IMMIGRANTS, QUARTER OF MILLION JEWS FROM
·POLAND.
Lowbar, September, 15th, imprecedented wave of immigrants ring into the United States and is three: iming to swamp the immigration service. The stewynship otapanies have notified thac inward bound steamers will be filled to their utmost in the steerage for months ahead.
CRISIS IN ITALY.
BIGNOR GIOLETTL HEARING BOTH
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PRESIDENT — DESCHANEL'S HEALTH BECOMES WORSE.
M. MILLERAND'S QANDIDATE.
→Fanis, Hoptember
The Acho de Paris says thus M. anda mandidate for the presidency Jommart,
RUSSIAN JEWELS SENSATION ANOTHER INTERESTING
The only opposing Raoul
nie will be M the Presidens of the
of Deputies
Edgar La Herald
REVELATION.
LONDON September 15th,
of newspapera declaro sha
Mr. Meynell bo been obtained by stefact Humian jewels, "catection" have bee
Fuell, aixo, to Mr.
SLATEST CABLES,
ELECTRICIANS' STRIKE.
INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL'S RECOM-
MENDATIONS
wax, September, 18th..
The kikatiboo frbt, the threatened extrike
among electricians has been considerably diminished the outcome of Er
resolution adopted, by the National Joint Industrial"
shary, son of the editor of the Council for the Electricity Supply Indu
MORE REVELATIONS.
FABLIER CABLES.
LONDON, Beptember 18th,
LONDON, September 18th, of M. Deschanel from. Further light has been thrown on the
pay is "imminent.
realisation of the
the Russian jeweln in Eng accident the land in a statement made to night frotti,
SIDES.
Tomix, September 18th. Signor Groletti hus sezatatiyen of the masters metallurgions industry are proceeding,
men in the
intimated. He lä acticipated this as jekter:
EXTENSION OF SYNDICALIST
MOVEMENT.
Lorner, September 18th
from cerebral
Hebane of Congzone will be cop Miller and lag deslared that he stand for the Presidener,
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE, AVITI RUSSIA.
CHINA'S ACTION.
FROM OUR OWN COLLESPONDENT-]
PELINO, September 18th. The Government has aned a communi- which says:-* In view of the contem -plated resumption, of · countercial inter- of the Electrical Trades Enion having in course with Basia by most of the Eara timated its rendinse to the Council to with pean Powers aud Americs, 12 behoove the draw the questim of the principle involved Chinese Governmens to keo la accord with
the demand that fgrenzen must be her associates in the late
The Connell recontends
શ્રે
Di to
Downing Street which gives the lie direct members of the Union, that the Engineer chaos in Siberin and the imbility of the Ha hea to wveral assertions made by M. Kamenelg Employers? Federation withdraw the old Russian official representative, in gaz It is in his letter cabled on the 13th instant lock-out notices, and the men resume work
format.
A STRANGE STORY.
Loxpos, September 18th.
immediately.
EARLIER GABLES,
MANCHESTER "GIVES NOTICE...........
LONDON. September 15th, ~ There are only three more days in which c
to find a solution of the electricians' dispute
China to carry out their fanctions, the Deconity exists for ividua perendi for the regulation of tradal relations between the two constries, particularly along the frontiers,**
1. The credentials of the Minion from the Verkline Udinsk Government having prov
-Ellen Island is unable to socommodate the week's demision, the economic crisis has the sudden rush of the Minister of additional $10,000 wold be paid to the strike notices for September 18th which provided that the Russian represDEL,
comers. Consequently, steamers are
ald up.
A message from Milan says, despite last The Daily Express Paris correspondent the Interier to Alex-les-Bains to consuls M. Millerand is due to an inciden, occur ring on Friday at Rambouillet. It is said this President Deschanel was wandering
The Chinese Gorerament has suggested to Prince Koudschoff that as the status of the Humian Legation and Consolar officials in China is anomalous and embar--
The Government says it has evidence thes botă | 36--Kamenett was actively concerned with Mtho combination of the jewel and informed will not the Bovies that £40,000 worth had been sold and the proceeds handed to the Daily Herald. He furthermore reported that he was taking steps ɛto procure a further was takin £80,000 partly from the jewels, of which in with a view to securing the withdrawal of satisfactory, negotintime will be open-
Daily Herald. Referring to M. Kamenoff' threater London's lighting, and the run-tives guarantee that there shall denful that he ever offered the Diy Hilding of the Tube railways and trams Bolshevik propaganda in China.
subsidy and the latter's denial on August Yesterday first sitting of the Court of 30th that it had nos received son, the Inquiry yielded little hope of an amicable
ays it has evidence flatly, con.settlement. Meanwhile a conference of e
London local authorities has been convened The Government, reviewing the Daily for in-morrow, for the purpose of discussing
is evidence that Mr. Edgar Lansbury,
ing Prince Fondachelf replied that he is son of the editor,, had received a part of the notes gyver for the jewels as the time Yesterday the Manchester electricians willing to comply. that the Herald encouraged an armative gave notice of Vtrike of September 21st ropily, komita question : Shall we take seventy-five thousand pounds Russian which will cause a stoppage of trams, LONDON, September. Lento doubt whether the Daily Most large towns throughout the country
t The Government mys that it eletrie trains, “and many big industries. TREATY Report from Paris of the early rig Herold would hays taken the public into ation of President Deschanel are reviving confidenes at the subject, but for the fact are expected to follow It is declared that his health has become that it was aware that Mr. Edgar Lansbury example.
had been invited by the police to explaini appreciably worse,
how he came u possess some notes forming part of the price realised by the sale of Ruinn jewele
movement is extending among the pesants for a considerable time." He was aventu
taken a fresh and grave turn and the seizure of factories on a vast scale continues, in 10 is retimited that a quarter of a million dinding the Canton Cotton Miks employ Jews from Poland will arrive in the nexsing 6,000, also Italy's principal woollen in the chateau grounds unattended when Governmenta twelve months, shout whom the authorina" facrarios as Riells, while the land fching he fell into a lily pond, where De remained tradicting both statements. fre uneasy, wing to syphus and other of Sicily and the Roman Campagnelly found and dragged out exhausted, bra Heralte denjska on the subject, - says that the possibility of a disruption of the public, the latter only cease, function-
Graver still, is the decision of the Ses his gardener. A severe perros attack ter class than those of the pre-war period's Federation to give the metallurgical foll and possess more, money and more belong works all the cargoes of raw material which ings.
spidemior raging in Poland. However, the immigrants arriving are generally of bot
GERMAN SHIPPING“ · LINE. AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP.CO.
that by Then
BERLIN, September 14th.
from Bremen statce -year agreement be Lloyd
the Nord Doutache
the United States Mail Steam- | ship Company the former will represent the lattor in Central Europe and place its en
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are not distinctly labelled with the name
of the reat persons to whom they are con signed, while the railwaymen have decided henceforth to hand over sil' merchandise sud.
Ano ang ~EARLIER CABLES.
GOVERNMENT TRAINS GUNE ON FACTORIES.
raw material in transit to the metal workers,
LONDON, September 16th
A telegram from Genou say, that the Government, has completed the installation
QUESTION OF RESIGNATION REVIVED.
services,
Manchester's
END OF DISPUTE.
LONDON, September 16th,
WEEN FRANCE AND
SIAM
September lät The newspapery state that the Foreign Office is at present negoti
with Siamese Plenipotentiary with regard to a
The statement proceeds to point out that as a remit of the Councils recommend Treaty of considerable economic import--" M. Kamene doon not attempt to deny that dation, cabled yesterday, the electricians be dekberately altered the terms of the dispute has been settled. Eepresentatives "despatch" from the Boviet containing the of the employers and the Electrical Trades Polish armistice condition to the effect test Unions at a meeting this afternoon decided they would" insist on arming Polish work-
ance, including the fixing of the frontiers of Binm and Lace, the conclusion of com mercial agreements and finally, the deter- mination of conditions of the construction of and corsettentry th 100
dennites result is imminent from pourparler lantm ing several months
tire organisation mad the establishment of batterien on the heights overlooking Persia should: link: up with the Bagde er under the control of the representatives i that "work ~ shall be resumed as soon as a railway Enking up. Saigon with Badgkok
Breman and Bremerhaven as its dispoent
Kinnon and has trained gun, upon the
of the trade unions of Russia, Poland and possible
SITUATION IN MESOPOTAMIA. RATIONS RUNNING OUT AT RAMAWA.
TELEAN, September 15th, It is stated that the British column from
Column on the 15th inst, near Shahraban,
Persis and Mesopotamis." After the rail concealed the Soviet intentions under the way has been cleared the first task will be apparently harmle phrase of Civic to spacuate the en and children from Mitis remarkable feature of the dif Lis the obvious excellence of the The position at Kufe less anxious Government favestigators "gencies which SENATOR HARDING'S ERADING OF than the position at Samaws where rations enabled it to be kept closely informed of are running out and the isolated garrison, the whereabouts of the jewed, sa whom at Samawa is 150 persons,
Norway
in view of the reviving freight and paren factories, which have retaliated by hoist thus reopening communications between The Government saerts that M. Kaniendi
ger traffe.
It is intended to start morviom-from: New York to Bremen via Baltimor, from New York to Dazing, and, also, from Boston to Bremen. The Nord Deutscher Lloyd is Allo entitled to put its own STELISTE ON
ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE, CASUALTIES NOT BO HEAVY AS REPORTED.
Ro, September 18tà,
in semi-cficially stated that the loan of life in the recent earthquake proves to have been 174 which is conarderably less than was si firot reported, That the victims are not more kumerous is mainly due to the fact that the mountainous zone grected
ing red flags and black flags.
MR
COAL CRISIS. HENDERSON CONFIDENT OF
PEACE
Losnos, September 15th. Hr Headerson, the Secretary of the Labour Party, has stated, as regards the coal crises, that he is confident that peace is still possible. Meanwhite official Sgures: from Bouth Wales, usually regarded as the extremist" comtra, show that less than 50 per, cents of the miners have tendered strike notions. In some districts the apathy, for a strike is most pronounced- PART OF THE MONEY, OBTAINED
FROM STOLEN JEWELS.
Lowbox, September 15th.
A relief column is expected to leave far Bamsws from Nasireyel a week hence.
The Cossacks are preparing fresh Hashim occupied Imemade
RESTORING COMMUNICATION WITH PERSIA,
they were disposed; i how particular, notes given in payment were traced through vari- aus hinds," said, the secret contents of the Boviet Government's messages to the dels gation in England,
THE HERALD'S” REPLY..
LATEST CABLES. MAINE ELECTS REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR:
THE RESULT
MAIOR (Ohio), September 14th. Senator Harding, on learning the result of the elections in Maine, said that Maine had inhen the lead in declaring that Americs has not been mortgaged to the Old World, but is still ready to serve humanity as the American conscience
LONDON, September 18th, The Tuy Herald, ingvering the Government went disclosures, reiterates the statement NO NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE that it had no knowledge of any deal in « PITULO (Mssachusetts), Sept. 18th_ diamonds or any propond subsidy until Mr. Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate September 8th. It declare that the Bord for the Vice-Presidency, has declared that is not on its defence and the acceptance of the rests of the polling at Maine have no subsidy would not have been dishonourable signiscence nationally. He recalled; that because, Great Britaip has been technically at peace Rusia sincs 1835. It con in 1916, when President Wilson was re- edes happens, we have not elected, Heine went heavily Republican in
the State elections.“ corpted the offer
TERKRAN September 16th, A British column from Persia shonid link up with a Bagday column to day car Shahraban, thus re-opening communica tions between Persia and Mesopotamia After the railway is cleared, the first task will be to evacuate the women and children, from Karind. The position at Kuls is less anxious than the position at Sanawa, bere rations are running out. The and a relief column expected to TestS POLAND AND RUSSIA therefor from Nasireyeh week hence. Cossacks ste preparing a fresh advance
ANOTHER POLISH SUCCESS. and have re-occupied Imamzade Habim ARABS ATTACK BLOCKHOUSES.
WARSAW, September 16th. 5 Particulgis of the renewed" Polish-Res- LONDON, Beptember 15th.sian fighting, contained in the latest com The Mesopotamian, insurgents are appare muntque how that the Foles have by ently realising the dangers lurking occupied. Kovel, taking 3,000 prisoners and
A number of newspapers declare that part very thinly inhabited and the destruction of the 250,000 werling, in the bands of wrought ir limited to the smallest places Mr. Meynell for the Daily Herald, had Kattered over the countryside. The bean obtained by the sale of stolen Russian isolated garrison at Samawn is 450 strung Government's prompt measures have re-jewels Bank notes for the same have boes sulted in normal life being already resumed. traced back to Mr. Muymally also to Mr. Everywhere the houses destroyed have been Edgar Lansbury, son of the editor of the temporarily replaced by butments.
MISS AMERICA.” CREATES WORLD RECORD.
30 Drizon, September 15th.
The möter bort Mim Amterion, which was
if eroid,
FURTHER CONFERENCES.
London, September 15th, As the conclusion of a meeting of the Minera Executive this evening
full coal-miners delegate.conferences will
BABEIER GABLES.
SMASHING DEFEAT SOF
DEMOCRATS:
WASHINGTON, September 15th Maine has elected & Republican Governor overwhelming majority. This is
SENATOR HARDING'S VIEWS ON URIENTAL IMMIGRATION:
MARION (RIO). Beptember Mih Replying to ačtegising from Uni- formia Senator Hanime declared that ther natios mitet stand belad the States" on the Koific cons to relieve them of the auteilies arising from Oriental, inmigra tion and see that only such aliens are admitted into the United States Es could be asimilated. The danger of racial cos fict must be recognised Provision muse be made to reduce it to the minimusz Such steps could be taken without raising the question of racial infer
HIS HOLINESS THE POPE'S GIFT FOR CHINESE IN DISTRESS
HOME Beptember 1712 His Holiness the Pope ha
Torph Fabregues the apostizalies Vicar of Central Chill, In Ch Hire for the relief of distress owing to thes long continual drought and the plague of Jocasta
OLTBOOK IN RUBBER INDUSTRY.
Loxnow, September 14th. The India Bubber Journal takes z hope- ful view of the "prospects of the rubbe industry. While admitting that, doubtedly, more rubber is being produces
sumption of normal conditions the mana
Hodgod the Secretary, announce that object of attack before reaching their full of material including tro armoured the worst drubbing the latter have ever had condition is temporary and with the 16
the blockhouses and are making them the capturing thirtysiz, gung, and '& quantity smashing, blow to the Democrata), and, ie / than can be need it is of opinion that thin” recently moviesful at Cowett kass, won the be held in London on the 21stand the working order Blockbouses on the rall trains for jocomotives and 300 truck Maine Democrats, hoped to reduce the facturing industry can use alf the rubber
Robert Horne on the 10th Executive Council will interview Bir way near Babylon, received their sitention This and the neighbouring, success was Republicans majority to below 20,000
early on the morning of September 1915, obtained largely by an armoured car whereas the Bapublican Governor according to a War Office communque, detachment, which took the gorge, by a elected by * margin of 60,000 vates, which further records considerable long prise and rendered escape impossible. engaged in the construction of blockhouses range aniping against our working partie,
blockBouse
Gold Challenge Cup, the American motor boat classic, claiming the world's record for 30 miles in Sámán. 37seal.
een the Poles and the
reports
was
HOME CRICKET. 803 RUNS FOR FIVE WICKETS.
LONDON, September 1815-
- DEFINITE PEACE MOVE"
Losbox, September 18th. AVIATORS, BURNT TO DEATH.The miners invitation to Sir Robert on the Felajah Railway The
~ POSITION OF LITHUANIA - Here to meet the, Miners Executive to have been completed and meaned from The pout
September 16th. MAIL CARRYING FATALITY:::
day which has met with a prompt, Abuses to Abujisrs, on the Bagdad lithuanians is vague and contradictory.
sponse, is regarded as definite peace Querita line The Thirty-Fourth Brigite While the inter that negotiations. The meten beteren Middleser and the Copy in a mail carrying the purpose of a further inter column, which last evening was reported have been opened at Kalwaria, Warsaw Best of England at the Oval was drawn,
CLEVELAND (Ohio), September 13th.
view must be a desire to make another to have gone from Sharaban to Abujiera, comeraklyve aeroplane were żucinerated. The seroplane attempt to find basis of settlement bas now readvanced to the former place détachments, despite the armistice and and declared, Hobbe making 216 run
that Lithuanian The Best scored 603 runs for five wickets crashed, near Pemberville, and caught fire. Although the path to 'n oompromise matie
fying both sides is strewn with dificulties, RETURN OF MISSING BRITISH
denly attacked and dispersed «. Polish loop AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
fresh hope lies in the belief that the miners
OFFICER AWBORN
garrison in the village of Sejny and WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN U.S.A. are shifting their position as regards the
advanced in a south easterly@direction. P UNITED STATES DISCUSSING
indivisibility of their two alsins. In this
LONDON, September 16th,.... From a third souros, namely the Council THIRTY-SEVEN STATES IN connection, it is noteworthy thas M? The Ind's Office announces that Captain of the League of Nations, it is aan onneed Billie, in a full statement of the miners Strachan reached the Military Camp at that both Governments have been invited cunde, has for the first time placed the Shabraban, with all the Indian Civil Bear to send delegaten tel Paris in order to wages claim in the foreground,
rants It is reported that all are wall, submit the diaph w the Council's meeting There are only tm days before the strikeThas all three British subjects mentioned fixed for September 16th 25 operative, and according to the rules before ea missing are now safe. of the Federation frank ballot will be #though the Miners Executive can pos necesary to nullify, thei decision to strike,
pon the strike notices.
THEIR RIGHTSTUMU
WASHINGTON, September 16th. The American Charro d'Anaires in exico City, has been summoned to
ington to confce with State Depart Heinla an rogard, in the protection right of the Americas in Mexico short which representations have recently
Mexico,
COUNT TOLSTOY,BAN
MARRIED IN AKERICA
• ZIONIST EMISSARY.
COLLECTS 290,000 IN 3 WEEKS.
WELLINGTON, Beptember 16tai. Mr Larsel Cohen, omissary of the Count Toleny, of the late Basian Zionist world orgulination, has completed
Nawisz, Sept
philosopher, has married M
Both are divorceew
MARSHAL PETAIN.
MARBIED TO MY HÄRDEN.
ACORN PAnia, September "15th.""
The fangour, adarshal, Petain, who is 64; has married: Madade Rirdess
a three weeks" tour of New Zealand, in which he raised £20,000 for the Palcetine Bestoration Bund *Mr. Cohen was given a civic reception in Auckland. The Acting Governor, General and Premier at demonstration in Wellington
TRANSPORT DEPOT FIRE
LONDON September 16th,
OMINOUS" RUSSIAN DECLARA-
STION
LONDON, September 18th,
over of the
which can be produced from the present planted acreage and in future will require more rabber that that serenge can pro duce Meanwhile however the writer estimates the unabsorbed surplus of rubber at the end of December next will be 40,000 tons, not including, the large unabior stocks in the consuring count
TRADE CONDITIONS IN CHINA,
LONDON, September 14th, Presiding a meeting of the Pekin Byndicate, yesterday, Mr. T, A. Barson expressed the conviction that Chins wil shortly settle down to peaceful-industrial developments which might astonish the "world was ZIAN
Dealing with commercial aviation HARTFORD (Convectious), Sept. 15th China, Mr. Barson was of opinion, that Both Houses of the Connecticut Legs there was a big field there for Brita
manufacturers, but emphasised the geriom Inture have now ratified the Woman
news of foreign competition, and complain. Suffrage Bill. This brings the numberso
ed that Brita manufacturers were tramp States whirit have adopted the measured by British authorities, on the gromek
that this maschines wanted by the Chin Governme ere for military use,
took z lem stazeta.
to 37, ( Thus" oven if the Tense
upset worsen's suffrage United States will not be affected.
is
FLYING PALACES."
the
Esat the
AMERICAN COMPANY'S ENTER
PRISE A
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Chi
Mail advices show that a huge mechani Telograms from: Eiga on cal tramport "depos at Bagdadwa Kurso-Polish peace neg destroyed by fire un gust 3rd. It con= |M; Joffre, the head of the tained a vast accumulation of tyres, petrol | tión" ominously, declared and spares, and the stimated damage an|thatthey? Fin £2,000,000~It is believed: £llad “A¥abin- "briginal "demand for cendiarism was the cansk
„Poljah" army, but could not guaranteo DELAYED VERDICT.ternational stuation. In this connee- Palutundanciament, owing to the general
tiod the Poles have so far: declared that. UN MURDERERS OF PREMIER
they wonby only agree to díszronment if company
contracta
BUDAPEST, September 18th:
The ez Premier Tiss Was Eiginated RUSSIAN DELEGATES ARRIVE IN at Hall two year ago, but the Court Martial try strangly endorsed the nimg the Zionisting those concerned has only, now given movement. Mr. Cohen returns to Austra | iis verdict. It has sentenced two men to
Jia for month's add honal tour, before death one to 15 years hard labour and that He Runan sailing for Chias.
one to three months imprisonment
Polish Pen
bath
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sidlared that; onless
disposed towards the British, and would
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