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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER SED, 1920.

MINER S'B AIL LOT:

SETTLEMENT

PRESIDENTIAL

SENSATIONAL

WESTMINSTER

PROSPECTST-

ELECTION

LETTERS.

ABBEY CEREMONY:

CLAIMS OF THE NAVY

LATEST CABLES. '{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MINERS BALLOT. PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT.

LONDON, October 30th.

A number of local miser. Excentives are meeting today to discuss the terms of the settlement. So far the majority recom -mead the men to accept the offer, but the

South Wales Conference decided by a large. majority to repominéed ila „rejection, Bimilarly, the Lancashire and Cheshire Executive decided to recommend the men to decline the offer.

EFFECT OF SOUTH WALES AND

LANCASHIRE VOTE.

LONDON, October 31st.

FUNERAL OF LATE MR. MAGSWINKY, PRECAUTIONS AGAINST BREACH

OF PEACE.

BRITISH CONCESSION TO

GERMANY.:

FRANCE DIFFERS FROM GREAT BRITAIN,

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SENSATIONAL CHARGES AGAINST SENATOR HARDING:

bera, scattered broadcast in the Cutest

PARIS, October 30th..

New York. Ortober 30th. Eteps are being taken to clear up the

Sensational developments are promised stifferences which have aring between Paris for the closing stages of the Presidential and Loudon as a result of the announcement elections. Their nature is at present that tireat Britain is waiving the right shrouded in mystery, but, it appears that wader da. Versailles Treaty to wie Gersteners concerning Senator Harding have man property in Britain's

I understood that the tide of the French Government is that the treaty was elaborated by all the Allies anil aliquid nos be modified, except by tomann agreement, and Great Britain has no particning power to abandon paragraph 19 which empowers

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seizure of German property.

A RIOTOUS AMERICAN

SEAMANTM

At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. N. L. Smith, on American nomed John Gillespie pleaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a riotous manner in. Des

WEALTHY REFUGEE ROBBED.

ROBBERS THREATEN TO KILL

FAMILY,

FIVE MEN ARRESTED.

Five of six arned men were arrested by Vaux Road, Central on Monday. Defense Police early yesterday morning

Queen's Rail West after a long chase. dant expressed his sorrow and said this as the first time he had got into trouble. He was strunk at the tire. The United States Comul, he said, was looking after him during his stay in the Colony.

Inspertar Blackman said, that; after all the public bars had closed, the defendant was seen fighting with another man. When the police came the scene, the other man escaped, and the defendant was arrested, Their conduct was very disorderly.

Six mez, four of whom were armed with daggers, forced open the door at the bonse of

wealthy Cantonese refuges, and after threatening to kill him and his family if

the rained an alarm, the men thoroughly ransacked the bone. They designded from the waster the key of a safe and, opening. box: stole clothing, jewellery, auch many to the value of $173.50. The cobbèrs having gagged and bond the inmates remained in the premises for nearly an hour, carrying out a leisurely goneck, They, however, Inverlooked a young man, who had hid him. vel inside the kitchen. As soon as the Defendant said that it was the other man rubber hud Jeff, the young man raised an who caused all the trouble. Defendant alarm resulting in the speedy arrival of this the College Board demanded his readded that he was only recently paid off the Police. After a long chase five of the

|his e-cape with part of the bocity, thes. Fra, and was waiting for men wees arested. The sixth man made

State, part of the authorship of which has heen fastened on Professor Chancellor, bend of the Department of Economic, Palities, and Sociology si the College of Wooster

wig. Professor Chancellor has admitted writing a portion of the letters. Following

xiguation giving as its opinion that the letters are manifestly for the purpose of mineuring the elections.

France, she, rejects the view expressed Losnos, Ocsiber 30th,

by Mr. Austen Chamberlain în the House Hopes are infertained that the funeral of Commons that paragraph 18 implied of Mr. MacSwiney to-morrow will pass of that the respectiv, Governments had the The letters have not yet been published, quietly. While vonsiderable pession exists; right to take whatever action was con-but they are believed to contain sensational in Cork, both the military authorities and sidered necessary, puinting out, morroyer,harges, the Republiens leaders are exere'sing the| utmost restraint.-

DISORDER IN TEMPLEMORE.

Aleanwhile, „J-olated intrages continuḥ, Much damage has been done at Temple more where shops were wrecked by armed nien, while in Belfast a daring:raid as made on the mails. Stones wers thrown frout the principal thoroughfare which was crowded at the time.

A police patroi was ambushed at Castle tirly (1), County Galway. It is reported that three policemen were killed one was seriously wounded, and one is missing. No further details are available.

that it was agroed, after the Frankfur affair that one of the Allies should act without Erst consulting the others.

VIEWS OF FRENCH PRESS... Panis, October zalı.

A Havas message says;---- Commenting upon the Chancellor of Exchequer's deklaration in the House of Commous, respecting England's reuunsie Hon of part of her rights arising from the Pence Treaty, the French papers, whilo not sharing quite Mr. Chamberlain's intrr, preation of the clause as is, find in it ground for the hops that the Allies eventually will agres regarding not only the ways and means of obtaining reparations but also regarding the guarantees and The body of Mr. MacSwiney is lying in securities to be furnished by Germany, stafe at the Cork City Hall to-day There has been a continuous "procession the whole day past the catafalque. Business has been entirely suspended this afternoon, while other, athletic except Ulster; no football or events are taking place anywhere in Ire land.

The decision of the South Wales Copter enco and the Lancashire Executive came as an uriwelcome surprise. While it was - known that "extremists were working their hardest to obtain the rejection of the settle ment, it was never anticipated that their machinations could be so completely sureoss- fnl. It is significant that the derisign of | LYING-IN-STATE AT CITY HALL.“ Bouth Wales is practically unanimous and in delianes of the advies of Mr. Brace,, M.P.p President of the South Wales Miners Federation, who travelled down specially to counsel the acceptance of the offer. It appears that Mr. Brace made strenuous efforis “o reverse the decision but these were of n avail. -

It is copaidert gòrtain that if the ballet results in the rejection of the settlement, in consequence of the South Wales, and Lanca shire votes, a complete severance of the South Wales. Foderation from the parent body will follow

Messages from other big centres ridicate 4.strong "feeling in favour of peace, and

LONDON, October 30th.

The obsequies of Mr. MacSwiney passed off peacefully at Cork amid becoming pomp and ceremony.

A

Requiem was held at ile Cathedral to which the remains were removed from the City Hall The cortege was one-third of a mile long and was headed by mcm-

it is asserted that whatever the result offers of the religious orders, priests, and the ballot, the minets outside South Wales and Lancashire will return to the pits in the coming week." MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FIGHT LABOUR MAKES GREAT EFFORT TO CAPTURE SEATS:

the Irish and the Australian Prelates. Then the cor, followed by representatives of the Dail Eireans and other Republican organizations, proceeded on a three-mile low march to St. Finbarr» cemetery, where Irish Volunteers fired a volley, on the grave.

The roule was thickly crowded and was throughout lined by Volunteers mufti, the orders of the authorities against the

LONDON, October 31st. Considerable interest is being manifested in the municipal elections in the provinces which occur on November lat, a feature of donning of Republican uniforms and wear. these being the strong attacks made every.

GENERAL SIR HENRY RAWLINSON,

ON THE WAY TO INDIA TO VISIT AMIENS.

BETTING IN FAVOUR OF

REPUBLICANS.";

NEW YORK, October 1st

another vessel to be repatriated.

Inspector Blackman said that, defendant having spent i sight in the cell, he would DEATH OF AN OLD "CHİNA non-press the charge against him.

The Magistrate discharged the defendant| with a caution.

EUROPEAN CAUTIONED, A European named John Boutkes, was then charged with a similar offence in Queen's Road Central on Monday after

As election day approaches, the cam-oon. paign, which bas been stremous, throughout;

He wld the agistrate that he had been is incastrying. Both the Hardingites and very drink and had no recollection of what

the Lexies are heralding victory in ad-hede. He had been out of work for over four month; now and was in a very vanoc, but the betting in favour of Senor had way. He bad tried to find work, Harding is quoted as high as 1.

but sever seemed to succeed. He was

The general verdict of the newspapers penniless Monday be met a friend a certain victory for Senatoy Harding, who failed as to drink. He had not though by not a large majority as recently drinking for a long time, and got there has been an undoubted sing favour of Mr. Cux.

The betting in favour of Senator Hard- jing is "stated to be the longest odds on a

Presidential candidate since 1888.

TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

PLANS OF UNITED STATES.

New York, October 31st.

A message from Washington says that the Department of Commerce is consider Losnus, October 30g plons fupening made relations he General Sir Henry Rawlinson departs treen Russia and the United States with for India on Noveraber ist to assume the international clearing house at Copen- duties of Commander-in-Chist. He breaks hagen. Recommendations regarding pay journey at Amiens ro presen: Union ment to American exporters are nomplete fuck to Amiens Cathedral.

FOR SUAPA FLOW.

GERMANY TO DELIVER DOCK

MATERIAL.

PARIB, October 30th.

As compensation for the sinking of the German warnsins at Scapa Flow the

so far.

MOSCOW MYSTERY.

HAS THE CLIMAX COMET

LONDON, October 30th, While news from Russia is accepted with great reserve, the ever-growing reports of the seriousness, of the situation indicate

drunk.

The Magistrate You should have been wiser than to do that.

HAND."

MR. JAMES S. FEARON.

We record with very deep "regret the death of Mr. James S. Fearon, which

ocurred at Tientsin on October 28th:-

The late Mr. J. S. Fearon was one of China's oldest hands and during residence of many years in Shanghai play- a great part in the organization of the well-being of the Settlement. He first arrived in Shanghai ahout the year 1870, from Australia, te join the staff of an American firm, Messrs, Augustin, Heard & Co., in the tea department, and when,

ter a few years, that firm censed its busi news connection with Shanghai, he entered into partnership with Mr. E. G. Lowe, whe had been a book-keeper in the same firm, had began bosiness nuder the Arm namo of Fearon, Love & Co. Upon the death. of Mr. Lowe, Mr. Fearon was joined in partnership by Mr. Daniel, who had come int a chaste to eas, Ghh. Livingston & C, and the fir of Fearon. Daniel & Twenty Co. was established about 1880).

Defendant; I admit I was silly. Magistrate; By getting drank, you con-years later Mr. Fearon left Shanghai for New York and was presently instrumental siderably minimise whatever chances you in the opening of the Shanghai branch of base of finding work.

the International Banking Corporation, with which the firm of Fearon, Daniel & Co, was closely associates. About the year 1010 Mr. Fearon returned from New York and thenceforward bis business interests were chiefly centred in the firm of Fearon, Daniel & Co., at Tientsin. Upon the in corporation of the Company, which had its head offices in Wall Street, New York, ba

selected as of the presidents,

Defendant Quite so: I am sorry. Inspector Blackman told the Magistrate that this defendant also had spent a night in the coll.

The Magistrate discharged him with ZANLIGN.

QUARREL OVER A LOAN.

NEWSPAPERS SNATCHED IN

PAYMENT.

a

Two Chinese were charged at the Magis trucs, yesterday, with disorderly conduct by ighting.

In 1809 Mr. Fearon secerged the late Mr. A. R. Burkill as Chairman of the apicipal Council and Alled the position with ability, combined with dignity and | diyaretian bla

To his widow, hiyo, Mr. R. L. Fearon, abd his daughter, Mrs. CR. Burkill, the deepest sympathy is extended in their bereavement.

CHINA'S PROTECTION

RUSSIANS.

A PICTURE OF URGA""""

A letter from a trustworthy correspond

The first defendant said that second defendant owed him #5. When he met him ling Chinese newspapers in. Qaccu's Road on Monday, he asked him for the return of the loan. Second defendant refused to pay, and he (first defendant), took awayent in Peking. Kapa the Daily Sausi from him 30 newspapers worth $1.50, in gives a moving account of rome of the ro Bes of payment. They quarrelled, and eventually came to blows. A constable, was passing and arrested them.

second defendant said that when be

alt already visible of China's breaking off relations with Prince Kondacheff and taking Rusions under her protection." It

hah-

Reports indicate that conditions in

Chinese troops are shaolutely of flint a dimax may be approaching as the as usked to return the loan, he had no ha are a terrible state of disorders Council of Ambassadors bas decided to

of martial law in Moscow and money on him and told first defendant to control and insult everyona insight. Full; demand from Germany an immediate mobilisation, the object of which is not yet the newspapers.

wait He refused to do so, and snatched Russians are being led around with chaine. The rights of all The papers were worth round their necks.

foreigners including Americans are dis delivery of 192,000 tons of dock material, known, of all the Communists. The Food 16, and by taking them, the first defendant regarded. No Chinese officers are in evid

where by Labour. which is putting forward of Sinn Fein badges being obedient also the delivery, within thirty months, of commissary in Moscow has announced that was now owing him $1. The quarrel was ence and from all appearances no effort

a thousand candidates.

observed. Small bodies of troops and police, also armoured cars, were posted at

intervals, but there was no call for inter- vention. An aeroplane hovered over the

An interesting fight is promised in Coven try where a "Soviet" has recently been

stablished. There a Socialist opposes a city for a short time. Labour candidate.

THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR.

CLAIMS OF THE NAVY,

In connection with the arrangements to

MR. ASQUITH'S INDIGNANT PROTEST.

LONDON, October 30th.

a speech at Leicester,

Mr. Asquith,

further amount of dark material fixable peasants of eleven Covernments are in by the Reparations Commission. The

revolt, owing to the requisitions of corn.

General Brasiloff.

latter has fixed this supplementary It is stated that among those arrested is quantity at 53.000 toss so that the total amount claimed for the Scapa Flow - COMING BULSHEVIK OFFENSIVE dent is 275,000 tons of material.

AGAINST GENERAL WRANGEL:

SEBASTOPOL, October 30th.

LORD RECTOR OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.

It is reported that the Bolsheviks are organising on the Volga an army of 100,000

over the value of the papers. dants caused a crowd to gather, and traffe

Inspector Blackman said that the defen

on the road was stopped for quite a while. The Magistrate fined the defendants each, or ten days' hard labour. **

whatever is made to restrain the soldiers, who have arrested quite a few of the Mongols and dre keeping them in gol" without any apparent reason whatever

The Northern militarists seem, diundiged to make any effort to remedy these condi- fons and have refused to send, troops ta Mongolia, on the grounds that none are available for this purpose."

AQUARELL OVER GAMBLING DEST Two other Chinese, who were charged with p similar offence in Des Voeux Road, were similarly fined. Inspector Blackman who prosecuted aid that the quarrel was

LONDON, "October 318 entered an indignant protes against the ELECTION OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE. bayonets, comprising Chinese, Magyars, over a gambling debt.:

campaign of reprisals in Ireland, and

bory' an unknown"warrior at the Abbey as expressed amazement at the apathy of the

LONDON, October 30the

a tribute to the Army's deeds in the war, English public towards the affairs of Ira Polling for the Lord Rectorship of Edin

it is now suggested that an unknown naval

man should also be "re-interred - in the Abbey,

land, declaring that it seemed to him though the intelligence of i tha British peo ple was half asleep, as though their con- sciences were half blunted, and their souls half dead. The only remedy in Ireland was the adoption there, as elsewhere, of complete, free and unrestricted self-govern ment as it existed in the Colonies,

It is considered that in view of the Navy's share in winning the war it would be tak most fitting if the solder and the sailor lay in the Abbey side by side."!!

HELPING UNEMPLOYED. "OBLIGATION WEEK" ORGANISED.

LONDON, October 30th

M.C.C. IN PERTH.

DRAW AGAINST WESTRALIA

Paara (Australia), Octobey auth. The Marylebone Cricket Cub team has

"The Ministry of Labour is making a great effort to weitle in industry ex-Ber- vice man who are still cut of employment. The Ministry is instituting as “Obliga- tion Week" which will be held from November 7th to November 14th, when an been reistned from quarantine and has intensive campaign will be conducted opened ila bour by a one-day match against throughout the country to commemorate the

Westralia, anniversary of the Armistico, in this way. It is estimated that at presént a quarter of a million ex-Servita men are unemployed

Marylebone made 276 runs for B wickel and declared. Westralia registered 119

ruts for 7 wickets. Tha remit was a draw,

burgh University resulted in Mr. Lloyd George securing 1,704 votes, and Professor Gilbert-Murray, of Oxford, representing the Independent Liberals, 503.

GREEK THRONE.

PRINCE PAUL'S ALLEGED REPLY

TO OFFER.

LUCERNE, October 31st. The notorious Constantinist Dr. Streit mates that Prince Paul has received the offer of the Greek Throne, but Prince Pant

Germans, Tartary and other non-Russians The Army is expected to be completed in three months tram now,

It is reported that 1200 men of General Bodienay's cavalry are marching against General Wrangel.

LOAN TO CUBA.

AMERICAN BANKERS PLANS.

A SUMMONS CASE. TROUBLES OF A PORTUGUESE

FAMILY

AMERICA'S IMMIGRANTS:

CENTURY TOTAL

་་་་་ Thirty-four million immigranta-have entered the United States in the past. century. In the same time the population of the country has increased #7,000,000 Until the world war the effect of immig

ration on the population increase was very marked, amounting to more than 50 per cent, in the decade ending in 1930 I

coding with the present year, and Im-

All indications show that a big Bolshevik THE attack is imminent on General Wrangel's front. General Wrange! is preparing for Mr. H. K. Woo, solicitor, appearing on exceeded 40 per cent. in the ten years behalf of Joao Maria Gutierrez of Mosque migation Bureau officials are of the Street applied to Mr. N. Smith at the opinion that, had the war not intervened, Magistrace rosterday for a date to be fixed the percentage for this decade would ba

been greater than that of the last. for the heating of a case in which his client Of the 34,000,000 immigrants entering Se summoned by Joaquim Bernardo for the country in the last 100 years, 9,205,675, sidor nearly one-fourth of them came from (1) small, and (2) using abusive and England Scotland and Wales. Germany sulting language, and by bis wife Flors Furnished the serond largest number Laboury Gutierrez, of Robinson Roed, for (5,405,530), and Italy the third largest

(4,300.740), Austria-Hungary was next he (1) trespass anto, her house, (2) assault, (3) hind Italy with 4,068,448, while Russia was

Belgium and

bave sent the sing sbusive and insulting language, and 5th ith 3,311,406

smallest number of any of the European (4) damaging property,

76,89% and for the latter 70,292

Chinese immigrant, have numberet countries, the total for the former beste

288,398, beginning in 1653, withes, and settlement before the date of bearing peak was in 1682, when 20,570 Chines The Magistrate said that he had before Arrived. Chinese exclusion las herrane him the papers of previous case which effective about that time.

Immigration from Japan was Grytstak way settled out of Court, and also the dead note of a 1802, and reached its peak of of the separation of Mr. and Ms 30.298 in 1007 In 1019, 10,04 Japane Gutierrez. Be remanded the case until 2.30 artered the United States, while the tetes p. on November şib, for hearing,

for the 27 years Wax. 280.030.

NEW YORK, October 30th Best reports of American Sandal tesist

sibility of the case being settled out of Mr. Smith enquired if there was a pos-

Court.

a replied that the Throne belongs to King and to Cuba bays now crystallized into the Constantine whose successoris Princement that a group of banks, headed by George and neither of them hus renounced Messra. J. Pierpoint Morgan & Co., haver Woo said that he hoped to effect a virtually ending in 1583 with RT The

arranged a Joan.of.75 to 100 millim dollars only consents to send the Throne in the for the Cuban Government for the gole

vent of the Kettenic people definitely decid. purpose of financing the sugar crop. ing against the return of King Constantine

the

Prince Paul, there

and Prince George

The approval of the State Department is neersary before the k can be effected.