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FRESH LABOUR OUTBURST: MILAN FACTORIES AGAIN CAPTURED BY

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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH,. 1920.

TRADE WITH RUSSIA. SOVIET REPLY TO LORD CURZON'S

NOTE

LONDON, October 7th.. Reuter learns that the Soviet Govern ment's reply to Lord Curzon's Note of

THE IRISH SITUATION. SERIOUS PROBLEM OF RAILWAYS

LONDON, October sth. The Government is seriously considering the Irish railways problem arising from the refusal during the past three months

CORRESPONDENCE. EMPIRE MEMORIAL HOSTEL [TO THE EDITOR OF THE" HONGKONG DAILY PRESS"]

LONDON, September 198, 1990. Sit--Will you allow us through the

BIG AIRSHIP PROJECT: erober 8th is wholly satisfactory, but it in hanche troops, police and munitions. The its Fresident, the French delegate 11. medium of your paper to thank all thos

GERMAN PLANS VETOED.

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LORD CURZON'S

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NOTE:

SOVIET GOVERNMENT'S" REPLY.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

MINERS' VOTE.

MR. SMILLIE'S ADVICE.

LONDON, October 7th. Hf. Smillie, in a statement in Glasgow, advised the mines to vote for the accept-

measure

ancy of the owners' offer as a temporary und th" down for three months in which time an agreement satisfy- ing to the miners might be reached.

Mr. Smillie's appeal is significant in view of the fact that પ far eight impurtant local" miners councils have re commended the rejection of the owners'

·Ofer.

YORKSHIRE REJECTS PEACE.

LONDON, October 7th.

The run situation has taken a turn for. the worm, owing to the council of the Yorkshire Miners' Association overwhelm ingly recommending the members to vote against any datum live.

This is a surprising development as it had been condently anticipated that York

shire would strongly support pence. ITALIAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT

23 KILLED

MANY INJURED.

VENICE, October 8th. A serious railway nocident involving the death of at least twenty-three passengers and serious injuries to a number of others

occurred on the bridge spanning the lagoon, A train going from Venice to Bologna ran into the rear of a train going to Milan.

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PORTUGUESE STRIKE.

LEGATION DENIES REPORTS.

LONDON, October 7th. The Portuguese Legation in London staten that the reports of strikes in Portugal are exaggerated.

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A telegram from Portugal of October 8th received by the Legation merely refers to a partial railway strike of the Companhia, Portuguesa employees,"

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE. SUGGESTION OF EXTENSION OF

INSURANCE..

PARIS, October 7th. A Havas message says:- The Brussels Conference (ânancial sec- tion) has unanimously, adopted a motion of

does not give any undertaking to abatain railway are still controlled by the State Cellier toreommend to the Council of who have sent contributions for the Empirs-- from propaganda. The Soviet agrees to re- in the same way, as in England, and the the League of Nations for adoption Memorial Hostel, which is to erected in patriate all British prisoners in Russin in withdrawal of the subsidy is declared to plan for the extension of the insurance the Port of London (on a fine site already commemorate the 15,000, exchange for Russian prisoners in the be possible. It would create an acute situs-ystem "covering credits engaged in export acquired), to

trade,

Merchant Seaman who laid down their lives hands of Great Britain, but claims that tion throughout the country. Recently EXPERTS" VIEWS REGARDING

in the Grend `War. £01.000 is already the prisoners at Baku are outside its many important branch lines were closed,

EXCHANGE.

in hand towards the £150,000 required.., Wa jurisdiction. The Soviet Government des while yesterday a train from Londonderry

are mond anxions not to curtail dir schemo BRUSSELS, October 8th.

in view of the over ingreising need for this clares its willingness to send a representa was cancelled, owing to the refusal of the Reports of the four committers of the accommodation, but although our plan tive to Tiflis to urge the Azerbaijan fremen and the guard to work while six International Financial Conference deal are drawn to ensure the result at the least Government to release them, and propoers armed nien occupied & compartment. It is ing, with international trade, internationalt, the price of all building materials has increased so enormously that unless we can that Great Britain also should send a ve-pointed out that the situation in which credits, currency and exchange and public raise the sum required, we must cut tham

financs have been presented to the Con- duwp. presentative to Tifis,

Government is not allowed to use the ference which has adopted them unani- Will those friends in our grent Dominions The reply is not regarded as final. It is railways, which it subsidies, for its most mously.

The reports overlap considerably, but further effort to secure the £39,000 stall Oversena, join with us in making one understood that a further British Note vital purposes, cannot continue.

the most important is that of currency required to provide the Homel (which will will be despatched.

VISCOUNT GREY RETURNS TO THE mend the stabilisation of the value of gold, ing a contribution, and thus taking their and exchange which declines to be largely url by their own men) by send CHARGE.

and doubs whether any such attempt will keceed. It considers that neither inter-Part in this great Memorial to those who LONDON, October 8th.national currency nor an international unit died that we might live. Yours wuly, Viscount Grey, in a further communica. of account will serve any useful purpose,

BEATRICE DIMSDALE. President.

TEXT OF NOTES.

LONDOy, October 8th.

The text of Lord Curton's Note to the

the

It says that the balk of employees are Soviet Government is now published. The tion to the Festmins'er Gazette replies to and regards artificial control of exchange

remaining at their posts. Many trains are running. Order has not been disturbed.

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TWO GIANT AIRSHIPS.

GERMANY'S REQUEST TO ALLIED CONTROL COMMISSION,

1)

Note, which is dated October 1st, points out that the Soviet Government has flagrantly violated the conditions under which Great Britain was prepared to resume trade, and is still engaged in anti British propaganda, and its actions in the Caucasus Persia, Central Asia, and Afghanistan are openly and directly against Great Britain.

Mr. Asquith's letter, suggesting that the naval powers which Mr. Asquith proposes to give Ireland only are the same, on paper, as those conceded to the other Domisions and will be qualified in practice owing to the geographical position of Ireland,

operations na futile.

The other reports strongly emphasise the expenditure to the limits of the revenue 'necessity of all Governtuenta restricting and imposing taxation to meet deäcits, A Pan is also devised enabling States to facilitate obtaining commercial credits by their nationals.

SERIOUS STREET ACCIDENT, BRUSSELS, October 8th.

A shocking street accident is reported: Viscount Groy birther foels that Ireland in which two Englishwomen, wives of the can no longer be regarded as a trust" delegates attending the International adding that it is a failure. He considers Financial Conference, were knocked down that the truest way to full the trust by a motor-car which was being fariondy towards Ireland to wind up the British driven, while their husbands were attend.

ing an official reception. One way killed onlright, and the other is in a most critical condition. The names are not yet forth. coming.

WASHINGTON, October 8th. The Note insists un the release of ali Germany's belief in the future inter- British prisoners without further delay. national commercial possibilities of giant taking to which

and condudes, "We have given an under- we shall scrupulously airships is evidenced by the fact that the adhere. We shall not assist any hostile German Government, through the Zeppelin action against the Soviet, but unless, by Airship Company, bax requested permis that the conditions laid div as regards management in parely Irish affairs.

October 10th, we have definite evidence sion of the Inter-Allied Commission on Air Control in Germany to construct two the release of prisoners are being complied BUDGET OF OUTRAGES.

an airships for use in international with, we shall take whatever action we

Losos, October 8th. trade between the United States and Ger. consider necessary to cure their relense.

While there was a slight decrease in the M. Krassin, in reply, on behalf of the many. The request, according to advices Soviet Government, makes the eastomary number of serious political crimes in received in official circles here, has been changes against the British Liovernment of ireland during the week ended October. temporarily refused.

still assisting the enemies of Russia, parti- 5th attacks on forces of the Crown in ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP CO'S PLANS.gularly Poland, and points out that a num created, peording to a Dublin Castle re

LONDON, October 8th. ber of Russians are still detained in Egypt, port. It is reliably stated, following on the Persia and other places. He goes on to visit of the President of the Zeppelin Coms declare that the Soviet is ready to return pany to New York, that the Bnancing in all British prisoners still in Russia and Europe and America of an airship service will offer its friendly services as regards ITALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES commercial Zeppelins will be ready for any instructions upon the Azerbaijan. is assured. The first two specially built Prisoners in Baku, as it is unable to impose Government, on condition that the British LIGHTNING STRIKE BREAKS OUT. for the trans-Atlantic trade early Government releases all Russian prisoners

in the new year. They are described as perscus Initial fares are expected to

British Government. range from £100 to £150, but it is expected that later they will be lowered to £600. in bizarr in Gray (a of opinion that

The Zeppelin Company is

age, the fare should not much exceed the first class steamship rate. Furthermore, the fight between London and New York should average 48 hours.

·SITUATION IN MESOPOTAMIA INSURGENTS ATTACK REARGUARD OF COLUMN.

MILAN. October, 8th,'

Owing to the upfalfilment of the Rome agreement, a lightning strike broke out in the electricits works, Workmen have securing the Pastories. Tram. lighting, and water Mrvices are interrupted.

THE

HAMBURG-AMERIKA

AGREEMENT. ADMIRAL BENSON'S VIEWS.

LATER.

NOT WIVES OF DELEGATES.

"The victims of the motor accident were not wives of the British delegates but secretaries of the League of Nations employed in the conference.

FRANCE AND GERMANY. QUESTION OF DIRECT NEGOTIA

Cheques should be sent to:~~

The Dowager Lady Dimsdale; O. B-E,

Wakefield House,

32, Cheapside,

London, E.C.2.

THE SITUATION AT CANTON. ADMIRAL TANG TING-KWANG ASSUMES · MILITARY GOVERNORSHIP.

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MU YUNG-HSIEN STILL RETAINS SEAL OF OFFICE,

of

THE NEW MILITARY ADMINISTRATION. Rear-Admiral Tang Ting-kwang, Fayun, Kwangtung, formally assumed the cffice of Military Governor of Kwangting

· noon on Friday, October 8th, the inauguration ceremony taking place in the former administrative building of the Kwangtung Cement Work at Honam Canton, in the same quarters used by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, when he was Generalissimo of the Military Government. The new Tuchun took office without the seal from Yung-baien, who is still holding it. Admiral Tang arrived at the Coment Works shortly before noon. The ceremony commenced with the play of the National A message from Purs giving official con-Antken by, the Orphanage Band and Franco-German negotiatious as regards form. Lee Chi-kwe, on behalf of the reparations has not yet been forthcoming citizens, presented the new Tuchun with a the moment direct negotiations are con it with both of his hands, bowing is no An official communiqué declares that for new seal of office, Admiral Tang nccepting ined to technical questions as regards did so. exports and imports and none respecting reparations is at present envisaged,

TIONS.

LONDON, October 8th.

airliners capable of carrying fve bundred in the territory under the control of thing in couples at intervals of twenty yards frmation concerning the reported direct Admiral Tang inking his place on the plat

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POLAND'S WARS. EFFECT OF LEAGUE OF NATION'S

Eight policemen were killed and wounded as compared with 10 killed and wounded in the previous week Attacks on the police increased from 8 to 99

Seventy-two courts martials were held. There were to convictions and 52 acquittals, Officikl details of the attack on the police at Feakle, Fast Clare, show that a sergeant and five constables were proceed. when they were fired on from the upper windows of the post office and an adjoining house, also from the other side of the road. The Constabulary was thus caught in triangular fire. One constable was killed outright. The sergeant died an hour later, Another constable was severely wounded LONDON; October 7th.

But

gged himself towards safety A Polish official statement says that the

finally reached the barracks under Bolsheviks are retreating on the entire a harnsing fre the whole way, The front,

bodies of the dead were recovered later. Hostilities on the Lithuanian front from Their rifles and accoutrements were"riisa, the East Prussian frontier to Minstelliszki ing. have been ordered to cease in accordance with the League of Nations proposals,

LEAGUE OF NATIONS LINE.

REPRESENTATIONS.

UNITED KINGDOM TRADE

FOR LAST MONTH.

WASHINGTON, October 6th. Admiral Bensga, Chairman of the Ship- ping Board, stated that the Shipping. Board bas never formally sanctioned the

LONDON, October 7th. agreement between 'the American Ship and A War Office communiqué states that our Commerce Corporation and the Hamburg-relief column moving on Samarah bas

WARSAW, October 9th. Amerika Line, involving American ships reached Darraji station, 28 miles from the

In agreement with Poland, the Lithuania operating cm the former German trade town. Reconnoitring aeroplanes observed Commission, appointed by the League of "All Well" signals from the Kufa gari Nations has fixed a provisional frontier routes. He states that while he personally, endorsed the agreement which he was con- on, but the Arabs were destroying the vinced was in the best interests of American Kufa Nejef line. The rearguard of "tretching from the German frontier to the merchant marine, action by the Shipping Baghdad was attacked at Mahmudiyan, along the Niemen, as far as Uchis and column marching towards Sellab from confluence of the Ignorka and the Niemen Bourd must await the appointment of which is 19 miles south of Baghdad, by

south of Mereth, The Polish and, Lithuan insurgents who a argoured train dis ian troops are to be withdrawn six kilo-crease of £4.000.000. persed,

metres behind this line.NG TRIBESMEN SUBMIT.

full board of seven members,

BOLSHEVISM UNVEILED. ITALIAN LABOUR MISSION'S DISAPPOINTMENT,

MILAN, October 8th.

A further Mesopotamian communiqué dealing with the tribal situation reports the submission of a large number of the tribes in the Middle Euphrates the Upper Euphrates, the Shattel-Adham district, 50 Kurdistan, miles north of Baghdad, and Bouth

The report of the Italian Labour Mission on its return from Russia is an impressive and significant document coming from men originally in favour of revolutionists. ItLATE severely criticises the Bolshevist regime and declares that the pensants may be better off simply because Bolshevism in the countryside has failed to become suprême hut workmen in the towns are worse off than before the revolution. Cities have

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LONDON, October 8th. The Board of Trade returns for September record another notable increase in experts November and the lowest total imports since last

The exports total £117,500,000, an in-

The exports of cotton yarns and manu- factures registered an advance of nearly **£20,000,000, and those of woollen goods

and worsted уагла але

manufactures £3,500,000, ma

GENERAL WRANGEL MORE BOLSHEVIKS WIPED OUT.

LONDON, October B. General Wrangel, in his communique, ro ports the rout of two Bolshevik infantry and one cavalry divisions, and cisima, n' CROWN PRINCESS OF Biselnikovo, 2,000 prisoners, 4 trains, 3 thousand prisoners. In the direction of

SWEDEN.

gun and many machine-guns were taken,?

"TOGOLAND,

HANDED OVER TO FRANCE..

TOUCHING CEREMONY.

STOCKHOLM, October 5th. There was a solemn ceremony at the

fallen into moral and material misery. The side of the late Crown Princess's coffin Government is incapable of supplying the which was covered with lillies, when the minimum indispensable necessition. Spe culation is rampant.

Crown Princess Margaret Memorial Fund, All industrial and commercial organisation has been destroyed. exceeding £78,000, was handel to the Crown Bureaucracy has enormously increased. It Prince in the Storkyrkan. is iseless to cherish illusions as regards to exports from Russia, because all transport has been disorganised. Communiste number only 600,000 cut of a population of *60,000,000, but the former are masters. The political and economic regime of the capitalist regime has been destroyed "bat nothing has been substituted for it.

CHARGE OF FRAUD. AGAINST OFFICIALS OF SHIPPING COMPANIES.

NEW BRITISH LOAN.

MEDALS FOR CHAPLAINS.

· PRESIDENT "WILSON'S APPRE CIATION.

WASHINGTON. October 5th.

manner.

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Having Priced the seal on the table before him, he faced about and sainted the national flag amid the appinug of all those who were present, including a representative from Mu Yung-hsien. After the salute to the fag, Governor Tang exchanged formal greetings with the gathering by bowing twice to them, the letter returning the

courtesy in like

The representative citizens present de The Federal Council of the Churches of livered an address to Governor Tang, bo Christ of America, representing must replied that he would first make proper Protestant denominations, have presented disposal of the superfluous troops Dow to their chaplains a medal from President being scattered in different parts of the Wilson as an expresion of the appreciation province and then pay particular attention of their services in leadership in the world to the problem of reconstruction. Governor and for bringing to the world the ideals Tang declared that, from this, he would

bear the whole responsibility for the tran embodied in the League of Nations.

quillization, peace and order in Kwang- ting.

· BUMPER WHEAT CROP,

CANADA'S RECORD YEAR."

LONDON, October 8th. The Times Toronto correspondent says Canada, never had a better year agricultu rally than this. The wheat yield is estimated at 280 million bushels, as compared with 193 million bushels Inst year.

FAR

EASTERN

NEWS.

General Ngai Bong-ping and Mr. Wong Keong, on behalf of General Chen Chiong- ming, the foremost leader of the Cantoa for the Cantonese Movement, pledged the support of themselves and all Cantones troops to the now Governor in two feror able speeches, both stating that their stand at the present crisis has been actuated by a desire to preserve the manhood of the Cantonese, to restore their right of self-government, to relieve the Cantonese of their military burden and allied evils CABLE rom militarism, and to prevent a war in

Canton.

£15,000,000: 3 PER CENT.

London, October 8th.. The Timex says a prospectus is being issued of a new British loan, nominally, of £15,000.000, bearing 3 per cent, interest,

Local loans stock has been issued at fifty CONSORTIUM TO BE PERFECTED. Cantonese Military Governor, was also at for housing and other purposes.

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·Paris, October 8th.

"SHIP OF STATE.”,

MR LLOYD GEORGE 8 PICTURESQUE ADDRESS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

General Li Fook-tum, Commissioner of Defence of Kwangchow, who helped. to bring about the people's withdrawal of recognition of Mu Yung-bsien as the

the ceremony with the principal officers of the Chinese Navy in Canton."

NEW YORK, October 6th. It is announced that the international

The Navy, the Marine Corps, the Can- cortium for Enancial and economic assist tonese Army, and the Police had each sent ande to China will be perfected at a.con-company to act as guards of honour at forence of British, French, Japanese and the ceremony, while an aeroplane dropped American delegates here, beginning from Admiral Tasg offering greetings from the circulars announcing the inauguration of October 11th, following the return of Mr-Aviation Corps sad the Euro-American

Returned Students Association.

Before going to the Cement Works tha Canton Cities Committee first met at

T. W. Lamont, from the Far East

A Havas message says:- According to an official announcement, the former German Colony of Togo land, West Africa has been formal- the fund will be devoted to charitable and authorities by the

The Crown Prince, deeply moved, said that ly handed over to the French Officer Command- social purposes.

ing the British troops of occupation, who, in welcoming the French troops, ex-

Loxnon, Octobar Bih, tolled the unalterable comradeship of the Mr. Lloyd George addressed between four two armies. Then the French and the and five thousand persons at the Llandudno. British flags were hoisted side by mesting of the Welsh National Liberal CABLED TO HIS WIFE TO Dutch Folly nd in the joint headquarters side on the Government building, and were Council. The Premier was given a magni- sainted by a salvo of twenty-one guns.

Togoland produces chiefly offstuff, such speech, the Premier defended Coalition sa PRELIMINARY TO A “MARRIAGE” as peanuts and coprab, which now find in the only possible form of government, and Marseilles a large market,

NEW DENMARK. OPENING OF RIGSDAG,

COPENHAGEN, October 5th.

An exceptional coremony marked the opening of the new Rigsdag by the King, big the first session since the incorpora tion of South Slesvig in Denmark.

His Majesty, in bidding welcome to re- union to the new provinces, said that NEW YORK, October stb.

every Dane had long awaited that day, and Victor S. Fox and Williams H, Kaiser, thanked the Powers for repairing the respectively treasurer and president of injustice of 1884. He referred with special overal steamship companies which took satisfaction to the continuance of, co-op over a number of the Shipping Board ration with Norway and Sweden. vessels, have been indicted on a charge of ronspiracy to defraud the Shipping Board by falso accounts.

MEXICAN COMMISSIONER.

RESIGNS HIS OFFICE.

DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

10 KILLED: 20 INJURED.

LONDON, October 7th.

PIG IRON PRICES.

DROP IN FRANCE.

A Haves message says:-

PARIS, October, 8th- Owing to the Government's timely mea sures to provide a comparatively cheap fuel for industrial purposes, the prices of pig iron and various steel products bang dropped 50 per cent.

UNITED STATES CENSUS-

ficent reception. In the course of a long

DIVORCE HIM.

IN CHINA

of the Cantonese Army in Namsbekta, whore General Ngai had a talk with the comunities

Canton Times,

aroused his audience to enthusinam with the picturesque description of himself as

JAPAN'S WAR TROPHIES. The London Daily Chronicle of August standing on the bridge of the ship of State

MISSING AEROPLANES. through much bad weather which bleached 26th, reports: --- his hair. "We are not yet," said the man who wired from Chine to his wife Premier, out of the danger zone. There i England, asking her to institute divorce

Japan was allotted 325 German seroplanes are still breakers on the horizon, and I proceedings, was charged at Biggleswade from the spoils of war, and arrangemenin see gallant ships, like Russia, dismantled Frederick Augustus Page Patrick was the N.V.K.B. Garter which sailed from

(Beds) yesterday with bigamy.

had been made to ship these to Japan by thepugh the waves. Don't send anyone down until the ship it fe, Despite all married at Hampstead in July, 1914, and Hamburg on July 8th and arrived a misreposentations and revilings, I will do some time later went to China as manager Yokohama on September 24th. When she may iniy to the end, God beining me for the British and American Tobbaca cleared from the German port the manifest

Company (at Yunnanfu).

showed that she was supposed to have taken Hersfell in love with Jeanne Munie, on the 26 planes, but when she reached well-connected French girl and believing Yokohama and things were gone over it that his wife had begun divorce suit, was found that the had in reality only 223

her

seroplanes in her hold. Officials, who had The real wife, who had meantime inherited been delegated by the authorities to receive- $7,000 under the will of a Bassian, bad, the war trophy seroplanes at: Yokohama, however, only sued for a separation, and after, checking up the number aboard, re- when Patrick heard this, wires, & Dailyfused to accept them. After the skipper of Chronicle correspondent, he returned to the liner had been taken into consultation. England to meet the charge of bigamy. the matter of the missing machine wam "He was committed for täisi.

finally referred to the War Department

ILFORD BY-ELECTION,

LARGE INCREASE IN POPULATION RETURN OF COALITION UNIONIST

LONDON,. October 8th.

A disastrous explosina took place aboard the Canadian tanker G. R. Grove, while it WASHINGION, October 6th. was being drydocked at Brooklyn. Ten work- Senor Calderon, the Mexican High Com- men are reported to have been killed and missioner in Washington, has resigned and twenty, who were badly barned, were A New York message says the official is returning to Mexico City, it is stated, rescued by firemen wearing gas masks. One censua gives the population of the United owing, to his failure to accomplish his man miraculously escaped death, having States as 105,500,000, an increase of over 16 mission, namely, the settlement of all been blown over sixty feet. He dropped per cent. so compared with the Inst American and Mexican differences.

uninjured on the top of a shed.

census.

LONDON, October 8th, The ford by election resulted follows:

Mr. Wise (Coalition Unionist). 15,612 The ex-MP.Mr. King (Labour) 6,577 Mr. Thompson (Lil

6,575

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