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THROUGH -RESTER'S AGENCY)] ITALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES. WORKERS STIEL TURBULENT.

Lonnor, Begbember 31st. The Times Milan correspondent skys

Although the

How of Libour Confe kas ordered the workers to szacu the

ered factories, turbulence con

At Turin, another chemical factory was mized on September 18th after a struggle, While a fight between the metal workers and Carabineers occurred at Brescia

LABOUR CONFEDERATION'S

ORDER

Rozs, September 20th

A conference at the Ministry of the Interior between the delegates of the em ployers and she employees, it was agreed hat the new-wager sala de retrospective from July 17th the payment of wages. sought by workmen during the period they Occupied the Factories being excepted,

The Mestagere learns that the General -Confederation of Labour has ordered the workmen to leave the occupied factories and resume work norusally. The: Con ference has also given an assurance that the order will be respected.

HONGKONG DAILY PRES

THURS

SEPTEMBER

2820

FAR EASTERN CABLE

PERING NOTES

THE BANDMAN COMEDY. CO.

POST

A WHITE HOUSE, FOR TOKYO.

THE RUSSIAN

TION:

September 19th.

A DIFFICULT PROBLE!

[FROM OUR OWN CORELAN

TEE, POLITICALA SITI

Notwi

Bouth and Wess,

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PAKING, September 2nd. China 11-nt pamest faced with a ditioul problem in relation to the Russian Tegati Prince Koudschett, who formerly:

a desire to sava China, from, embarrasiment In connection with his position, declines to close down the legation. China is, there fors, forced to consider other maar having for their object the comation of Russian Legation

prosent

China hopes to place Russians in this try in the same position nations, depriving them of privilege, thereby encour nation to shandon these pris

FRONTIER DEFENCES OF

MONGOLIA

OHINA STRENGTHENING THEM. PEKING, September 2nd. The report that Chang Teo-lin is moving MENACE.tops towards Peking is explained by the

fact that Chang, Cheng-huf, the newly up SIR ROBERT HORNE APPEALS IN pointed: Tuchun of Chahar, is moving one

MINERS STRIKE

VAIN.

LONDON, September 2015

The official report of today's coal con- ference shows that Sir Robert Horne again eloquently appealed to the miners to accept an impartial tribunal with refer eace to their wages. The miners" repro mentatives persisted in. their refusal, de claring that the Government had all the facts and was itself in a position to decide. They declared that unless the wage "de mand were conceded it would be impossible for them to recommend continuanes" "of work at tomorrow conference with the -mineral delegaton Van

division from Fengtien to strengthen the frontier defences of Mongolia in view of the Bemenoff danger,

LEY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAYE,"

TRAGEDY ON A SHIP.

SIX MEN ASPHYXIATED.

SINGAPORE, September 21st,

· continued to hop

labe reunion, Evan

SİVERSUS IS, Tos regai

any

married into

AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN E

PLAN

plica of the White Hons in the

WHY THE COALITION MUST REMAIN

PREMIER ON WEE FREE

INTRUSIONS.

ruith had been in my place „Hon. Stephen Hj Porter of he would have dogs practly, vo Chairman of the Foreign aid Mr. Lloyd George the other tailor who

Few of the Houns

eprho was entertained by Coalition Liberala quently

an Embassy of the Inach at the Savoy Hotel Family Uni States of America in Japan, Mr. The Prime Minister, defending the work negotiations which are to be ened soon," "Amusing situations.

the possi

spent considerable time in going of the Coalition, referred to the variety of presumably, at Shi ai or Nanking, abilities of keeping house in thorough),

ads of the American Embassy questions that are irritating the nation, Fit. fecunderstood: Tang Chi-yeo. good humour were taken full advantage and

of the up and said that in addition persistent efforts marely endeavouring "to then his of by the company. Mr. Carl Lawabu play Ade who accompanied him, said were made to foster discontent among the positio

exercise mor influence ed the part of the tailor in a masterly The present Embassy is a disgrace to people and endeavoura made to spread dis [At the

At the moment Fashion, Mr. O. Trine was an amusing Americans and a disrespect to the Japansarection whon disaffection is dangerous,

obabilities | baron Mim Muriel Johnston was excepte people,

After lecting the site, Mr. There is no greater tribute to national ent, bint neverthe tionally good as his wife and Mr. Leonard Porter remaid This is an ideal spot steadiness than the by-elections," said Mr. Lloyd George You, have had seventiem. credited with Stephens thoroughly realwed the part of for such an embassy as I have in mind-selectinus. The Coalition woh

and agree the son, while the daughter of the hours, replica of the White Houk at Washing Labour won five, and the Independen anblic property, who married the fallor, was admirably pre- WAY dmitted the Chinese tatasmen casionally employ language to daguise, optimistic utterance-and they are persinte

be taken at their face value. So far as Peking con cerned, nothing has occurred to retard the movement for reimion, all parties'appar- ently being prepared to accept the dir solution of both parties and to agree to the Southern leaders receiving appoint ments consistent with their dignity. THE FINANCIAL QUESTIÓN

ever-present financial question is giving the Government po little trouble, and there are constant remours that Chow

ented by Miss Bari Barraclough. Tonight the Company present Yellow Tickst..

DREAMS THAT COME TRUE

FEOOF OF THE SOUL

EXISTENCEÏ;

Liberals won one. Only one election won An Chairman of the Foreign Relations out of seventeen by the group that claime

to be the sole inheritor of Liberalism! The Committee Mr.. Porter is in a position to

UTILE METHOD. S speak with authority, as such matters come The people in their very hearts know this is a futile way of advancing Liberal directly under the supervision of his Comprinciples, and that, as a matter of fict, it mittes, and the recommendation of the is putting Liberal principles back. Whe Chairman, especially after a personal the nations are trembling on the verge Cela destruction or distraction, no man has investigation such an Hr. Porter has right, to intrude his personality inte made, will undoubtedly be accepted

situation of that kind," and the nation Mr. Porter has a plan in mind to build realises it. 165 AGNES EGERTON CASTLE,]

American Embassies for the United States With the Labour Party it is different The question of dreams is like that of of America in all the large capitals of the Labour puts forward claims which challenge resentments for the one that contraf world, modelled after the plan of the White vital principles. When you come to the with only stich minor changes as difference between the Independent Liberala a thousand are false. In a general way, the exigencies of location will impose, and ourselves on the living issues of the therefore, to attach credence to dreams

The scenic background is ideal for such Take the issue of Ireland. What is the us to open the door to all the lollies and After examination Mr Porter id: moment, where is the division of principle 1 disturbances of superstition..nak

building. The present buildinga are not difference there We propose to go through Tu-chi the Minister of Finance, is con

The dream that comes true, moreover, only an eyesore, but are so located with our measure of self-government and is of a very differunt, description from the completely and effectually to hide what to stand or fall by self-government for In templating resignation because of his

ordinary divagation of the sleeping mind.

land. But I am told the difference is be erer natural beauty the ground, contain. inability to raise funds. Those rumours it may better be described as a vision The next Session of Congress will between our Bill sad Dominion Home Bule are premature and may be attributed the received into the soul when the body's short, but it is even probable that the We proposes Home Rule 7: Mr. Asquith Anfu' propaganda” which is still opera faculties are in abeyance, there

appropriation will be made during this Those who have passed through such a session, and the Capital of Japan will does not propose Dominion Home Rule. were asphyxiate yesterday tive. His Excellency, load every visit

Domision Rule involve consor of through cargo fumes on the Allenburg to Tientsin is said to be for the purpose sace connected with something painful or foreign papital to have a White House at the Army and the Navy being handed over

fia horrible know well whaz a profound im

to Ireland. Mr. Asquith does not propose an American Embassy which is ashore near Falloden Shoul. The of raising mall loans, i docted to have pression it has made upon them, and how

A survey of the grounds will be made that deceased ware Jock Wait, the well- negotiated loans to the amount of three little it compares even with the unpleasant shortly, which together with photo The Coalition has been able to perme

mus, ness of the worst nightmare. It is very

graphs Is the grounds and buildings what I regard as a sane, consistent, mode. two French sailors, one French stoker, and inadequate to meet current expenses. In have known instances where it merely re- Foreign Relations Committee. The home Let us keep cool bead and a stout heart, two natives

the vernacular press it has been stated Produred after the event some tragic cir for the various attaches, so far as space that a loan of ten million dollars, as cumstances unknown to the dreamer will permit, will be erected in the me

A member of my own family has twice compound, and will accord in style of OUR FEMINIST DELILAHS. being negotiated a certain soon-had this latter form of phenomena.architecture with the proposed Embassy

with try, the Peking Suyuan Railway being The first instance occurred when she was buildingsngames

AUCTION pledged as security, but Chinese oficial act of thirteen visiting at a country This new Embassy when completed will NEW ADONION OF SOULS.

house in Italy, where all letters and papers sources declare that the report is untrile, were thirty-six hours old before they reach stand as a wavenir of the visit of the The sensual tendencies of society, parti-

United States Congressional party to Very probably it is, for Japan is not and their destination. She saw in a kind japan. Mr. Porter, believes that the recularly those displayed by women in their of morning dress or vision a murder calationship between the two countries is of dress, reading, and dances indicate a re- a. position to make any such advance"at noted before her. She had no clue in her such importance as to warrant a crediti lapse to Pagani a this time. In this connection the advent sleep to the identity of the stately figure able building as an Embassy, and being bin was the opinion expressed De of the god of wealth may be chronicled of the woman whom she beheld stepping an

of ideals he intend it to be Daily Express representative by Dr. down a gangway into a steamer in a blazeharacteristically. American. The focation Gailor, the stalwart Bishop of Tennessee, MrLiang Shih-y cans up from Tient

keen discussion N terday and has had interviews her were the coils and caile of wonderfal of the present American Embamy in good, whose sermon at St. Paul's has aroused with the President and the Fremier. hair which reathed in plats the back of our Porter on the ground Ample for the plans which he is determined the erectly-held

Bix men

-consumer getting cheaper coal. The re known shipwright of the Harbour Board, and a half millions, which is, of course, often prophetia in character though will be forwarded to the Chairman of the rate, sagscious policy. All we need is this z

Bir Robert Horne reminded the miners of the great interess they professed in the Femen fusal of an impartial tribunal followed by a strike, he said, would resuls is the con sumer having to pay more. Sir Robert Horns advanced other arguments; but all ware 10 vain,

NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO DECIDE.

After the tea interval the miners' Execu tive met privately for two hours at the Board of Trade and subsequently dis persed without meeting Sir Robert Horne who was awaiting

them.

more It is gonerally assumed that the whole matter will be placed before the national -conference of the miners' delegates meeting in London to-morrow, when the Excentive will put apop the delegates the repon sibility for deciding upon the character

age of future action. BITUATION IN MESOPOTAMIA GARRISON AT. KUFA BELEAGURED,

Lownox, September 20th.

The Garrison at Kufa has been beleaguer.

od for some weeks but is is inferred that

FISHERMAN MURDERED. PIRATES MYSTERIOUS

PROCEEDINGS,

The Tai O Police Station has received information of a piracy and murder which was committed on Tuesday night by a gang of pirates

A local fishing juok, wh from Hongking to attacked in Chinese waters junk, having a crow of fifter latter fred & volley, kil crew of the fishing junk and second.

a large

unding a

The mysterious part of the proceedings made to board as that no atte

pirates continuing

it is satisfactorily supplied with neces- the fishin

saries of life and ammunition by aeror on their journey.

planes, for, according to the War Office

ecmmunique regarding Mesopotamis, the

latest serial reconnaissance ascertained that

the garrison's request was only for tobacco WAR ON RATS IN PARIS

and oigarettes. The request was conveyed by a siga painted on the roof

The peril to the public health in Paris The truculent Sheikh Dbari was located used by rate, which is occupying consider 5 miles north-west of Baghdad with his able attention, seems to be even graver than followers and a thousand cameis AR aerial attack was made and inflicted con- had been supposed-One can hardy walk siderable casualties,

through many streets off the Boulevards at report that a Bolshevik aeroplane dropped night without encountering these pests

In north-west Persia, Persian Cossack

four bombs on Imamzade,

M. DESCHANEL'S SUCCESSOR.

M. MILLERAND GIVES WAY- PARIS September 20th

Ails

of sunshine and what, at first, most struck

other interesting occurrence is the depare head, suaj to put through a

A SING-JAPANESE INCIDENT.

MURDERED SEPR435.

BOLSHEVISM FOR THE

The

agent

|coun

WORLD,

ESPIONAGE IN FOREIGN. COUNTRIES.

The Pagan idea of securing all the possible pleasure on this earth, of satisfying every craving, in the belief that this life. ends, all, ing consciously or unconsciously, at the root of the matter," said the bishop. *To offset that there must be a reconstruct tion of values, the valeu of eternal happi ness as preached by the Christian religion involving sacrifice, an against those of pure- |ly-temporal-satisfaction. NEVARGYWHO IS TO BLAMEI

The feminist movement, with its inaint ence upon entire independence of women, is unquestionably responsible for much of the evil," contioned the bishop." The self-

it is of Americe, where the feminist movOS

inre yesterday of Mr. Han Un-yoan for Horror grew as the dreamer perceived a man crouching behind the traveller, and the United States in order to obtain the knew through some agonised super-sense tlance of the Wine and Tobacco loan, that he was the embodiment of a deadly

in vain Paralysed, she saw a tiny blade amounting to $15,000,000, only 88,000,000 threat. She wanted to scream, to ward having been advanced. It will be remem gleam and the blow dealt, and then the beved the exception was inkon, to this fall of the noble fgure,

The little girl told dream her: Joan, but the American contention was mother (myself) worth

machinery by which Bolshevist stil. that the transaction was not a new one white and trembling with the fear of

carry on their work in foreign *secret ries is partially disclosed by and was merely the completion of a trans he had witnessed a

“I know,'' said the child, in a tone of action entered into before the agreement conviction, that same dreadful crime has document circulated to these agents a few consciousness of women's equality with mem wan reached among the Powers than no beep-tommitted; a crime which will shake months ago. It remains of course, an has brought in its train hardening of

the world.

their finer qualitiesThey compete with Avowed object of Soviet Russia tomen during the day in business and the further loans would be advance to China

on such young lips 1 vatil North and South were united.

At the midday meal the papers arrived, every mean to promote, revolutionary affairs of life, and then at night try to each with its headline Amamination of movements in other countries. This doca- maintain their feminine are This, I the Empress of Austfia. The Sino-Japanese indident arising out The other dream happened some six ment gives some idea of the ramifications think, is much more true of England them of the arrest of an Autyeditor by Peking years later. It was a much less import of an immense espionage system on which ment has not been characterised by the

Japanese hotel is ant though scarcely few disagreeable ons such revolutionary operations may be militancy it poseen here a gendarmerie

and belongs perhaps more to the class of

The bishop is a vigorons opponent of which frequently jump out of heaps of developing. the Japanese Nete second sight. She saw a little, dog rus founded refuse to the alarm of women and children, paking, for an planation the over by a motor-car, again, passing through The Communist representatives are of women in Parliament. They are out of Professor Bardas, one of the doctors con- arrest

the torture of fore knowledge without two classes, residents and agents. The place there, on physical grounds, sions panese hotel by being able to prevent dotazzonie former are in correspondence entsche How can wonist attend to her partia cerned with the public health of the Feking police without prior notification She was awakened to find a letter on her walorganization, to whom they forward mentary duties and at the same time exer- city, says that serious and methodical war or consent, Waiohalopi has repifed

bed from a friend, excusing herself for the regular reports every five days, and ciae her functions as a motherf Women i breach of some engagement, because ofterer if important matters are being Parliament are a mistako," he said. to information furnished It is stated in the lobbies that M. fare must be undertaken against rats. He that accord

yesterday, my dear little dog was ren dealt with. The duty of the agent is to be PROFITIERING.CO

constantly gathering information, with If the gorge of Christian bishop con]Æ Millerand has agreed to stand for the pre considers cne of the walk sources of the by the police the man was arrested in over by a motor car siderty.

nuisance, consists of the bins of refuse which motor car on the street and not in the Dreams prophetin of disaster leave the an aptitude for spying. Even when be said to rise, it ald, so in the case of the Bishop of Tennessee when proffoers were M. Millerand, in the course of a state

most appalling sense of gloom. Many arrested the agent must deny his identity

It is the most disgusting. ment, expresses the opinion that nowhere remain outside every door during the night, hotel. Not unnaturally the Japanese people, myself of the number, have had if he betray the secrecy of his work he is mentioned.

gard this reply as an evasion some kind of dread pre-vision of the Great Can member in this vast, underground profiting ons of the world, halasust

considered a traitor

sight in the world, he mid could he do ich nielul work si in his office He estimates the

are eight million Legation as Premier. Nevertheless, if the majority rats in Paris, which are particularly nume of the same, and the Legation is prepa horrible to describe, the impression of which organization is kept in the dark about the The remedy for the semisuralism of the two Chambervenundered that his

gbter houses, markete, ing another note declining to accept the too long days to wear away and which actvit es of the others. The resident is the thahop believes, lies in B presence at the Ely as proferable to Tous around the the parent of the national policy he had and rag-picken quarter where refuse reply us an explanation.

were recognised with start of horror when forbidden to inform agents about his own simple living faith. He is an optimist work, or to inform one agent? about But the Church must do itu part. “I do the event was fulfilled.

Again, there are the visions which another's work. He may impart to his not believe in the rigour of the Puritan Premiership, he would not remain deal to

coincide with actual happenings, sales

own agents only such information as is neither do I believe that the dignity, End

Tasse zule, being discipline of the Church should be loweređe A friend of mine saw the sinking of the followed it is added, "work will proceed by any yielding to pasing phases in the Stella and endured the agonies of ship-without police interference

rock on the night then that ill-fated versalThe special subjects on which inform bishop I do believe that the Church direction of making if popular, and the

went down.MANDA

tion is to be gathered suggest the purposes should be in touch with the spirit of the The moral of these curious visitations is for which it is required. These ar obscure. There is no instance that I can of the instructions:Awertain what means and that sermons should not be mern. remember where they have been useful as of force the Government employs against open te intellecitaljam, but to the human

strikes and rict. What strikes, smord vital needs of the Christian com strations and anti-Government agitations are taking place! Who are the pouret and criminal police? How are the members of the Government protected 1. What is the inion of the masses in regard to the aiment policy What ships have

That ports from where, with com

Lo supplying this informa

the Bolshevist machine

ution to all de

mstances may

carried out since his assumption of the inds: Par journal is organising a It is a remarkable coincidence, to say The peal of the nation's representatives special campaign and enlisting the services the least, that just at this time the WAX

chaiopu should send a note to

It is felt that M. Millerand's acceptance of a a reteatcher, who fore the war of candidacy has solved the presidential crisis. Both the Senate and the Chamber killed at least and thousand monthly by a regard His election as a foregone conclusion, secret system,

No other candidate is officially mentioned.

The favourites for the premiership are

M. Joanare and M. Briand

POLAND'S WAR

BOLSHEVIKS IN RETREAT

LONDON September 21st

ese Government asking for

of the Japanese offenders troubles of last year a to calm the people of

of the troubles;

HOTELURITE

PTURED

August 11th

A band of bot

fis 'Altogether

as an expression kon,the

who worked on the Riviera has arrested

Been

| Foreign Affairs, Dr. W

The Bolsheviks continué a hasty retreat. The first suspicions of the police were his predecessor ever aflempted.

in the districts in the east and, south-east

of Lemberg The Poles pursuing them have reached the Galician border at Brody and Husiatym,

The Poles in the north have occupied Dubno

IRISH CRISIS,

RAILWAY SUSPENDS TRAFFIC

Lorbon Septembe

of

A serions » development

munitions dispute has been that Northern Railway has suspen from Dundalk to Enslizillen,

niles on three Triti

passager

as the direct respite totransport, ammenit

roused by the sight of an immaculately THE FAMI

drested dandy offering old clothes The Government seems ja dealer and a quantity of children's, and questions proving unsatisfactory, his hotel people in the provinces of women's clothes, Bobasquent replies to some sense of duty in

famine, which confronts thir room was searched." A 'surprisingly swort: ed collection of things was found, dainty issued instructing

and Shantung. underwear, prayer books, and boots which Finance and Inte are even still marked with Number the civil governors

in dealing wi

A mandate tha

pers brought the immediate ng foodstuff to

guer, taro man and for bused to the starving

int ne other first

Japan barat

War have bebeld în drekin scenes tool

warnings

One must take a less materia them 'and regard them se pr

ter off existence of the soul.

llions

its faculties should, given sich incontestable and feeling, independent surprise to those who are seming in themselves

with the brain

where cast of Hues" an intoxicated. ntzaalide being ejected fram- picture theatre «vis discovered seated com the door step of the back entrance with

erge:bonguet in his arms, &÷policeman

ave ally, reasón: (or)

Pred the ma

daunity**

TALKING CLOCK !