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CABLES.

LATEST CABLEB.:

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

MINERS' STRIKE. QUESTION OF GENERAL ELECTION.

LONDON, October 19th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21ar, 1920,

THE KING OF GREECE.

SERIOUS LUNGS TROUBLE.

ATHENS, October 19th. The King's condition at ten this morn.. ing was stationary, bus a very grave" con- gestion of the hangs has ant jas

The question of General Election i SITUATION IN MESOPOTAMIA again being "disguneed. Some of the

Anora' leaders declare that the Govern

RELIEF OF KUFAH.

BAGDAD, October 19th. The town of Kufah, boleaguered since e tako, but the development of symJuly, was relieved on October 17th. 'pathetio strikes may make an early appeal

garrison is afe and well. maritable.

ent intend soon to go to the country "The decision, however, is not likely yet, tá

Unemployment is steadily increasing. It

estimated that 1,780,000 will be un #ayod by, the week-end.

Meanwhile, all eyes are centred sa the Bebate in the House at Commons to-day #pon which the present hopes of settlement

are contred

The

EARLIER CABLES.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFE.

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS

PIECE GOODS CRISIS

SHANGHAI.

HUGE EXCHANGE LOSSES.

SUPREME JAPANESK, EFFORT TO

OUST BRITISH, PRODUCTS.

[BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAZ"]

SHANGHAL. October 20th."-

SCOTTISH LETTER.

THE HIGHLAND SEASON,

COURT GAIETIES AT BALMORAL.

[FROM OUR OWN WHREMONDENT]

September 8th.

THE COST OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

CHINA COAST OFFICERS' PAY Mr Thos. B. Anderson, of Shangkaš CHEAPER”IN AMERICA THAN IN commenting in a letter to the NC. Daily E on a cabled summary of the specch

EUROPE

In the face of the increased prosenger of the Chairman as the audunt meeting rate the American public, which shows of the lado-China Stran Navigation Cay All the world and his wife are in the may take comfort in the fact that it is

no disposition to forego its love of travel. Ltd.. held on October 8th at Hongkong,

writes:- Highhade It is true that many of the still paying is for its

transportation moors and foresta havo falken into the handservice than any other conatry in the world, As more than one statement in the

says i San Francisco paper. A

speech is misleading, and liable, unless repudiated, to convey a wrong impression dnty as a member of the British Mercantile to the public. I feel it no more than my

Maring and of one of the Guilds, to take

on the basis of prement pasonger rates in this and foreign countries, and the results members concerned in the Indo-China His first misrepresentation, is that the are interesting.

For example, in Great Britain the pre- stemmers have demanded an increase of do went first class rate between London and percent on their prevent sahurion. I

distance of 401.30 miles therefore correct him by stating that th

of the new rich; but Society is still well

[Our contemporary's world must excinde ropresented and, sets the tone all over the dua, for it can certainly be said that rail North. The grouse moors have now been China, than in America or-Europe,ED. travelling is cheaper in India and well shot over, deer-stalking is in progers. | II.DJ] jand very shortly we shall have, a round The Southern Pavide Company, has gone Five hundred native piece goòda deglers of great fashionable gatherings at Inverto some pains to compare travelling costs the Chairman to task for his statements. Are on the verge of bankruptcy. Eighty news, Oban, and other centres. have suspended businene and others

The King and Queen are in residence threaten a stoppage in retaliation for the at Balmora), where they have been joined refusal of the British and Amerionn Chamby, other members of the Royal Family

after a round of visits in Scotland. The Glasgow, a

is old, skill, and soverei particularly fine Californian traveller may go from Los cent. With regard to the phrase "Figures gomi deal of stalking; he has lost zone of porofal rate of oxchange, is 4.70 The Stags have fallen to his rife The galetics Angeles to Stockton, 100.3 miles, for proved not only that the men were $14.50 plus $4.60 Pullman, or toral of Balmoral are always of a mild churn $19 02.

extremely well paid," I refute "this state- ter hat the customary little celebration.

The American who goes abroad will payment ns-absolutely misleading with the course, not being obmitted.

Liverpool, a distance of 103.5 miles, but

LONDON, October 18th,bers of Commeros to assist in the cancella- King, as in previous years, has done a reduced to American squivalent at the increase in question asked for is 30 per

A War Offer communique states that all the families in Mesopotamia, except hospital ossos, are now below Kui ei Amara. They

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tion of contracte. Exchange loses exere Tavels. 30,000,000.

Japanese importers are making

American products, offering wide credit for spot cargo as far less than the market price,

Train services are boing reduced by 10 are either ea roués overseas or have already upreme fort displace British and have beca_duly observed, the ball, of $1233 to go first-class from London to present high cost of living prevailing and

per cent, on October 31st, the reduction steadily rising to 30 per cent.

FRENCH JOURNAL'S COMMENT.

PARIB, October 17th,

ailed for India. This notification allaya

considerablo uneasiness which has kitharta Been felt

DOWNING STREET RIOT.

PROCESSION OF UNEMPLOYED.

LONDON, October 18th. The march of thousands of unemployed persons from the Embankment to Westmins

A Havas meisago says:— Commenting on the miners' strike, Lë Kamps writes:- Public opinion, the world ---over is behind the British people and tho Government in their fight" against those reatening Great Britain's magnificent afort to restors the normal coonomic lifefter led to exciting scenes in Downing Street, whore a depatation of fifteen, Loa don mayors was jatorviewing Mr. Lloyd George with regard to unemployment

-ef. the country."

GREAT BRITAIN'S SHIP- BUILDING.

RECORD TONNAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION..

LONDON, Ühtober 19th. A striking evidence of the ability of British ship-builders to " restore Great Britain's pre-war position as the world's grostest ship-producer is provided in

A crowd of demonstrators carrying red | flags repeatedly" tried to rush the police guarding 10 Downing Street and threw stones at the polica

Reinforcements, including mounted police, were called out and charged and dispersed the crowd. A number of-the police and demonstra ors were-injured.

The depression is likely to be felt for

KAILAN MINES TRAGEDY.

FIVE HUNDREŃ KILLED.

SHANGHAI, October 20th.

persons

As the result of an explosion at the Kailan mines, at Tang Shin, 600 were killed.

Another report states that 500

Lilled.

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An investigation is progressing.

(THROUGH RECTEE'R AGENCY-].

CHINESE CONSORTIUM.

TERMS OF AGREEMENT.

the monopoly of youth, and an old song It used to be thought that dancing was

* Ink" the buckles aff your shoon,

Bonnie sie, O!

For your dancin' days are dune.

Honnie baie," Of "

Do

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San Francisco to Red Bluff, 198 miles, forary commodities. But if the Chairman in his own country be can be whisked from the general increase in the price of neces

$10.20, including 33 Pullman...

The English rate from Manchester to

was so really in earnest, why not puba Aberdeen 383.50 miles, is 823.80, and the the statement of accounts and balance Southern Pacific rate from Ran Francisco sheet of the Indo-China S.N. Ço.. ́ Lid, to Santa Barbara, 307 miles, is $1326 for 1DID?' Is would give the public some with a Pullman charge of 83.75.

for Pullmaz.

The

to.

The aame comparison, it is said. holds informaation on judging the merits and Bus in these times, the middle-aged-and true with the rates from Paris, France. demerity of the floating staffs' request. some who are far beyond it-are quite to various points on the continent.

With the quotation "The Directors had. rendy to “shake a foot," at least in the traveller going from Paris to Antwerp; Highlands The Gillies Ball was uns 220.18 miles, pays $14.14, whereas in Amegfeed, that, come what might, a halt mut of the most sneerssful of series Thurs King did

long rien he can go from San Francisco be called to the rising costs" I aui heartily take part Fresno, 205 miles, for $7.44 plus 3 Pull- in agreement, and therefore ask the ChaE. in the dancing, bus the Queen enter man ed only into the spirit of the festivity. The first-class fare from Paris to Barceman what warranted the company recently She led off the Highland reel with Mr. lona, Spain, 753 miles, is 881.54 as com increasing the passenger fares nearly 40 were Arthur, Grant, the veteran, head game-pared with the rate from San Francisco per cent in one jump. But it is with the keeper-than, whom there is not a prouder 10 Portland, 745 miles, of 228.00 and 18.20 ed "that the policy of the Gufids was being

following quotation I am gravely concor man ip all the North this day. The Queen From Faris to Belgrade, 1937 miles, the dictated with no thought for the merrow was on the floor in seyr ou of the twelve traveller pays $05-3, while the Losnowing the Personnel of the Mercantila dances, and her other partners were, the Angeles man can go to Portland San Marine and their achievements and sacri or for British prestige in the East floor-master, two gilliers, Prince George. Francisco, a distance of 1216 miles, for a fires made in the great confiet, the gen

It should be noted that entes quoted durat pablic will accept that stateme not include the war uur in America, for exactly for what it is worth. It seems pa the reason that the European fares quoted ing strange, however, that a body of the do not include a similar tax of three Francs novos deathless fame in defending Bri on all reservations up to 50 francs, and tish prestige, chould now be doing their above, that amount 4 francs

almost to destiny it. And, further to Becond-class travel in England is now

this, am I not correct in stating that i in 1916 to the effect that the companies was necessary for the Guilds to insort a

LONDON, October 18th The Times New York correspondent says

nad one of tho'estate workers,

The Queen, Princess Mary, and Prince George were present at a sale of work on behalf of the funds of Crathie Church the parish church attended by the Royal Family when at Balmoral and the Princess took an active part in the fun of the fair. Outside the still of Princess. Mary was

total cost of $50.38,

Lloyd's Register of Shipbuilding return FRACAS LASTS OVER TWO HOURS that the Chinese Consortium, agreement ading at the receipt of custom. The swim third-class for a rate which is slightly lees agreed to re-instate those of their offer

for the quarter ending September 30th. They show that during the last eighteen months the tonnage under construction in the United Kingdom increased from 2,500,000 tons to the record figure of nearly

8,750,000 tons, while in the same period the Cornage under construction-in the United States has fallen from 4,000,000 tons 1,750,000 tons.

herve

who had left the companies to H.M. forces," in order to uphold British prestige1

admission threepence," the Princess pro amount of passenger travel which goes the notice; "Swimming match within. almost non-existent, but there is a large lause in the agreement with the compani

reads as follows:-

ming match was an ordinary wooden than the American first-class rate, but. Between 30 to 40 demonstrators in the

match blown here and there in a tub of which calls for accommodations that would Downing Street disturbance were injured, that the interests of the Chinese people Shirton, the parish minister

The national groups are of the opinion water by Capt. Ramsay, the King's Com-uot he acceptable in America, Twenty were trouted in hospital Ten

missioner at Balmoral, and the RovJohn The exit members of the police force were burta, in the existing circumstances, he best from this booth was the entrance to an served by co-operative action by the Prince George for admission, the enter other, where threepence was demanded by The fracas lasted over two hours. A num various banking groups, representing the tainment consisting of a musical chair ber of arrests were made.

investment interests in their respective which played a tune when any one sat countries, in procuring for the Chinese the chef at Balmoral Castle made a cake down upon it, "On the King's instructions.

bought for £10, and it was then offered as a prizo in a weight-guessing competition. SCOTLAND AND THE GREYA

THE GOVERNMENTS' PLANS

MOTOR TRUCKS IN SHANGHAI THE MUNICIPALITY'S EXPERIENCE."

LAZER." Government the capital necessáry for a to be sold at the provision stall. It was ber," says — motor haulage bas public will not, and which is not only in

programme of economic reconstruction and improved communications,

VILNA EPISODE.

While the rufinly element forming a BRITISH AND FRENCH NOTE TO part of the otherwise orderly demonstration

POLAND.".

of unemployed persons in Downing Street

LONDON, Cotober 19th,

was indulging in disorderliness, Mr. Lloyd Beuter learns that a Noto was banded Goorge listened attentively to representa to the Polish Government on Sunday by

tions of the mayoral deputation. the French and Britlab representatives at

In the course of his reply, the Premier Warsaw which, while is firm is friendly said that the Government had appointed to those ends to welcome the o-operation strong Cabinet committee to consider the whole prospect of unemployment. Here

ka tone and expresses the opinion that the Polish Government should completely dis

With these objects in view, the respec- tivo national groups are prepared to parti. cipate, on equal terms, in such under- takings as are calculated to assist. China to establish her great publie utilities and

of Chinese capital."

The Belgian group have a one-ninth

In conclusion, I submit that instead of man srbuit the companies' case to a fair wasting his oratorical efforts, the Chair and impartial body of men, namely, the Adjustment and Arbitration Boards which, if the company is at the end of its, tether will certainly not allow it to Works, Mr. Chas H. Godfrey, for Septem- Board has,

The report of the Commissioner of Public be victimized further. The Adjustment understand, already been refused the Guilds, which no doubt the The question of received exhaustive investigation, und strong contrast to that of employers at detailed corts and results have been kept Home, who glend for arbitration when the for comparison with pony and manual employés refuse it, but also a breach of the agreement with the Guilds made m The Department has now thirteen motor May, 1918, which stipulates that all dis vacuum tank wagons used for the removal trucks in operation, excluding, three putes be referred to arbitration

it can be said that the cost of haulage by of cesspool contents, and, broadly speaking, motor tracks is about equal to the cost of TSAO KUN CALLS MILITARY haulage by ponies or coolies."

CONFERENCE. to PLANS TO INCREASE TROOPS.

..

The financial aspect, although import ant, is however, by no means the main factor. From a traffic point of view the advantage of having a few large fast mov

The following extract is from the 'cking

The patriotic societies that flourish haulage. luxuriantly in Scotland are always ready of what they deem to be our national to take up arms upon any infringement

interference with our military traditions. privilege, and especially when there is any When, therefore, the War Office recently issued orders that the Scots Groys should proceed to Palestine, thero was 'a shower. of protests. The St. Andrew's Society of Glasgow was particularly active, and its grotty strongly worded. But the Army Council, though its reply is sympathetic wieldly, slow moving units is obvious, intorie, cannot rescind its order that the

no doubt but that a given

On account of the prolonged deadlock Greys must go on foreign service. The amount of freight moved by motor trucks in the Shanghai Peace Conference and the promise, however, that the national inflicts less wear and tear on the surface of report of the intended invision to Hupeh characteristics of the Greys will be care

the road than would be the ens if the same the Yunnan and Kueichow troope fully fostered and maintained while the amount of freight were moved by hand. General. Tsas Kun hus ived an order la

carts and wheelbarrows regiment, a rend, she leading point in Another factor is time, and the fact that instructing all military officers front.com the Greys at home new would entail hard-be obtained, and moreover, when obtain at Pacting a military conference the Army Council's refusal is that to keep handcarts and wheel-barrows cannot always manders of battalions upwards to convena disenan ship spon another cavalry regiment, which able, taire much longer than melor trucks Ways and means for the prevention of the In order to ensure the uninterrupted pro-normal turn came round.

wold have to procced abroad before its to haul the same amount of freight,

invasion of Yunnan and Keichow troops. With motor track, facilities for quick

He

points out to them the military The matter is not finished, so far as the loading and unloading are imperative, and strength of the South now concentrating OUS * Preparations to come down to

Tow the soizure of Vilna. It adds that if ferred to the fact that the Government had interest and the others a two-ninths inter letter to the London authorities was ing vehicles instead of a large number of Daily News of the 13th inst.

the situation is not quickly cleared up the made the most liberal and generous provi-est ench.

ch and the British Governments will sion that had ever been made for unemploy- It is understood that the Japanese re- have to consider what further action might ment after the way at the expense of theservations in regard to the Shartung rail be necesary,

very over-burdened taxpayers and rate- *65, like the American reservations in payers, but was fully alive to the obliga regard to the Grand Canal improvement tions due to ex-Service men, The Govern-Project, are due to small, technicalities of ment's plane would be announced in the purely ephemeral character. House of Commons to-morrow."

ADVANCE TOWARDS LETTISH FRONTIER

LONDON, October 19th.

A Warsaw communique of October 17th hronicles continued: advance towards the

Boxed line. The

and thore, is

Generals Wu Pertz, Tsau Yin and others

Lettish frontier. The Polish detachmente submitted certain schemes to the Land Plans for China's development, the agzter: hayo issued a further protest in, which the Department in motor trucks, hydraulio of Wachang, and the impossibility of the He mentioned that the Government had greas of the Consortium's wide-reachingg. Andrew's Society is concerned. They for most of the material hauled by this at Chibsien and Wanhsien making stress- in the direction of Minsk are withdrawing County Council and had offered to find ent provides joint diplomatic action at say that they cannot seo why. Scotland other similar methods of sipping the body troops in Hupeh to offer any decent

Peking in the event of competing pro regiment, when two regiments of Life should be asked to sacrifico its only cavalry posals for loans being attempted.

Guards of English origin, are retained at home. It is also pointed out that Queen Victoria bestowed upon the Royal Seats Greys the privilege that they should not be sent abroad except for setive service, TER: CORONATION STONE

detachments

one half of the cost if London-found the sporarily, occupied the town and cap-other. A similar proposal was being put ho Bared machine-gune, The latter tends to fore the other big towns. He declared that monfirm the Red claim that they have the Government was going to employ ex- socupied Minsk,

HERO OF KUT. RETIRES FROM THE ARMY.

LONDON, October 19th.” General Townshend announces that his application for permission of retirement from the Army has been accepted,

LORD MAYOR OF CORK. PRISON DUCTOR CONSULTS SPECIALIST.

LONDON, October 19th;

According to the Daily Mail, Mr. Mao

da cold and developed symptome

of his fast

SPECIALIST CALLED IN.

af

Service men on the much-needed · house building schemes, notwithstanding the build- ing trades unions objections to relax their rukes in connection with the matter. He added. "And if the building trades object they must take their chanco.)1

BURNS MANUSCRIPTS. LORD ROSEBERY AND THE AMERICAN DONOR

must be kept in motion as much as possible, of the truck are essential, as the truck For hanis of less than one mile, motor trucks are extravagant, on account of the time taken in loading and unloading.

A GOLFING MIRACLE

the

presses the fear that should the Southern sistance to the combined forces. Ha troops succeed in capturing Wuchang all the provinces in the North will be seriously affected, and shows the necessity of taking precautions in time, etc. The question the reorganization of troops under his In the course of an exhibition-game with mand will also be thoroughly discussed. The question has often been raised an Mitchell at Follok, near Glasgow, Duncan and he has arranged the questions to the place from which came that famens made some of his firework shots, One of

follows:-1,The Brigades under Mr. John Gribbel, of Philadelphia, who relic, the Cormation Stone, enclosed in them was at the 24th green, where he respective Commands of Generals Wa has given the Burns Glenriddell manners, the die Pictish Capital to get fand, and to the astonishment of averyone, the should be increased to full Army Divi the Coronation Chair, and brought from played's mathie shot from about 130 yards, Cheng-ping, Sin Yu-nat and Tano Zis scripts to the Boottish nation, was enter to its present bome in Westminster Abbey ball, without touching the turf, dropped sions: 2. The rest of the Brigadey should tained to luncheon by the City Council of by King Edward L in 1200. The latest into the hole, between the pin and the be reorganized into four Vized Brigade Edinburgh recently. He mentioned that investigator of the evergreen problem is hottom, and remained there. Duncan, An Army Discipline Department should the papers were offered to him by a broker that man of many interests and curiosities, accepted the applause without undue els be established in Paoting, and General

Pai-fa should be appointed Director-Ga at the same time that a Boottish com Lord. Bryce, and be summaries the results on and Mitchell smiled in that grim oral of the Department, who shall mittee was looking for them with a micros of his researches in, a letter to the Times fashion which effects,

Having obtained permission from the Dean the shot came from a lady spectator, who troops are to be stationed and to performa

The most delicious remark made about eto. The districts where the Cha

responsible for the work of army reform, made Roseboro them Rosebery, in a letter of apology of Westminster to inspect the stone, he had just arrived at the scene of play the task of "Winter Defence should be for his absence, said:

writes," examined it carefully along Dear me," she naively said, he must fixed; and 5.The method of raising com The war has pot obliterated for a with an eminent mineralogist, We have practised that for a long time tributions among the troops for the relief NEW YORK, October 18th.. moment the debt that all Bootland owes to pared itt is a block of greyish, alightly The New York Tribune publishes & meeBurns books from the unworthy holders, rock which I procured from Beone, and Edinburgh, on September 1st, David Mr. Gribbel for his rescue of the famous reddish sandstone with pieces of sandstone

MARRIAGES.

of famine sufferers should also be discussed At Craigmillar Park, U.F. Church,

FATE OF AMUNDSEN.

HELD BY ICE PACK.

ள்,

ice pack off Cape Serge, Amandsen ex-

Lord

PALACE HOTEL BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

Swiney is visibly weaker and has contract ge from Beattle reporting the arrival of and his name must endure for us na" long with other pieces from Dunstafinage, on Mackay, son of the late Thomas Mackay, the schooner Kamchatka, The Captain of the as the Burns books endure, which I hope Loch Etive, in 47,yllabire, whence (Tiverpool, to Ruth, elder daughter of tho

is for ever. I am sure that Edinburgh conling to a Scottish legend) it was late William Buchanan, Shanghai. sourvy. This refers to the sixty-eighth day. Kamchatka declares that Amundsen cabled honour Mrs Cribbet, and dogs brought to Reone by Kenneth MacAlpin. At the Grand Hotel, Glasgow, an honour to I sincerely the Boots Kingho ncceeded in the Beptember 3rd, A. Muie Wilson, B.Sc. on August 7th that be wie trapped in an hope that I shall have the opportunity of Kingdom of the Picte. Is proved to be of Indian Finance Department, eldest son of Billiard Tournament, M Earner (~~225) In yesterday's games in the Palace Hotst meeing bir before he leavés Great Britain,

In the cotte of his remarke Mr. Gribbel diferent from either of these apare Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wihon Tate of beat A. Rowe (-100), the scores being zách pressed the opinion that he would probably aid the world's greatest need was there, and so 768 presumably either Brisbane, Queenalsad, and of 123, West and 228, respectively. be delayed a year, unless in the meantimetreen Great Britain and the United States, Ciber district or carried there by hel) Macdonald Urquhart, M.A Lecture Joy (200), the final scores reading 250 and misunderstandings hould be removed be brought by men's hands to one from Princes Street, Glasgow, to fabella (Rosa G. Thomas (-125) defeated G. H. By the ship was extricated. Amandren was in nnis-a with the heart of Great Britain comicetore as to its origin is still meat vongest and only surviving daughter of This evening, J. W. Hamilton (100)

wink The heart of the United States throbbed glacier or an iceberg. Thus the field of in British History, Glasgow University, 143, respectively, ma d sccompanied by three men and one woman. They on by not to listen to the barking there and many more of Scotland whence Mr. and Min Finlay Tiranhar late af meets J. E. Clankan (125) and at 9 p The last named was an Eskimo segustrum of lie acustry," "{Ohmers.)

deg chromt vegitches to the newspaperit may have come

Ho skong. Formosa, Alincs, and 1071-Hoods (—125) plays I E. Howmen. (Couthawed at foot of neat column.) Bauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

A specialist was called in to consult with

the prison doctor at Erixton Gaol to-night Ferreequence of the Lord Mayor of Cork's sandlion changing to the worst: