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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

MINERS' BALLOT: PROSPECT OF MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF PEACE

LEADER'S SENSATIONAL STEP.

"BOLSHEVIK

ATTACK:

SUCCESSES IN THE CRIMFA.

MASSACRE OF

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MINERS' BALLOT.

LEADER'S THREAT TO RESIGN FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP.

LONDON, November 2nd, Only three results bave so far been declared of the miners' ballot on the strike settlement terms, which began yesterday and ends to-day.

ARMENIANS

ARMISTICE DAY. TWO MINUTES SILENCE.

LONDON, November" 1st.

GREEK THRONE.

PRINCE PAUDS REPLY..

Prince

1990.

THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT BERMON BY THE REV COPLEY

“MOYLE.

- The following sermon was preached in St. John's Cathedral hist Sunday morning by the Rev. Copley Mayle, the Cathedral

plan

Tim 48. The life which that which is to come.

CHINA AND THE CONSORTIUM

!* DETRIMENTAL TO SOVEREIGNTY

SOF CHINA”.

The Asiatic News Agency says it is reliably reported among a certain group of the Chinese officials that after careful investigation and consideration of the policy and aims of the new Consertsum, acording to documents supplied to the in, and Peking authorities by the British, Ameri

can, French and Japaneiobankers, the Chinelo Government came to the conclusion- that certain stipulations of the Consortium are detrimental of the sovereignty of the Chinese Republic Responsible govern ment officials are of the opinion that the

BINN FEIN CAMPAIGN. FOURTEEN ATTACKS IN ONE DAY

LONDON, NOTeciber .

LUCERNE, November 1st. Paul's reply to Greece in regarded Reports from Ireland indicate the intensi- fying of the Sinn Fein campaign. A ua King Constantine's first move to regain mary of the events show that last night the throne. The Greek Minister as Bergs fourteen attacks were made upon the police cadied on Prince Pail and intimated that and the military, resulting in the murder his Government considered that Prince

It is one of the advantages of the Chris of a police, and the wounding of 8. includ Paul was called upon to ascend the throne ing a military sergeant and a naval driver, but it first desired to know whether this 10 year that we who preach are guided SIR HAMAR GREENWOOD'S ADVICE right way eccognised by his father atrasons of the year as to the subjects

to which we call your attention. We are demands of the Consortium for the supervis not left every time we preach to think outsion of China's finance the nationalisation or uallication of Chinese- railwaya, kad a subject, but the Christina ver gets dually the giving of the land taxes of our subject. So you are not likely to China for the future reorganisation loan

which form the pet theories of be bearing continually about the subjects cannot be accepted by the Chinese Govern- the lens and people without suitable modiñcs- preacher, but you and that the Christian tions by the foreign bankers. On account year brings before your thoughts the chief of this the Ministry of Finanos and the Ministry of Communications heing All Saints Day "unr

can formally

LONDON, November 1st.

TO MR. DEVLIN."

elder brother.

Prince Paul replied that he would com Some newspapers published highly comunicate the answer. Then the ex-king, aured accounts, evidently emanating from Prince Paul and Dr. Streit, who was Sinn Fein sources of damage in Temple formerly Foreign Minister, held a con

To-morrow

The Archbishops of Canterbury and of mare, County Tyrone, believed to have been sultation and drew up the terms of the points in Christian belief and practicask for a discussion of the subject York have issued, a státement strongly done in a reprisal attack by the military epif, which has been cabled earlier, as thoughts at this season are 'naturally' by the Cabinet so that Chin

the

that neither bis father nor the elder brother has ever renounced his right, but both

Further, Chinese advicen from the

supporting the proposal that the whole of for the attack on a military lorry in Tipper.

· anapend "ordinary occupa-ary on October 28th, when a soldiers wore obliged to leave Greece in obedience that which is to come"We are all for the inclusion of the Chinese bankers community tions during the two minutes silence on killed and a wounded. Armistice Day, also appointing November 14th me a day of special prayer, notably for the League of Nations which is meet ing at Geneva on November 18th, --

Two of these show substantial, bus, not overwhelizing, majorities in favour of

THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. acceptance, but the third is unmistakably

In the House of Commons, replying to upposed to the latest proposals. Hostile resolutions were passed at many centres, Sir Robert Chadwick, Mr. Lloyd Georga particularly in Wales, where the extremists said it was hoped that, as far as possible, throughout the Empire at 11 o'clock in the advocate a fight to the last barricade."

A question was raised in the House of Commons this afternoon by Mfr. Devlin, re- plying to whom gir Hamar Greenwood,

said the facts were that the local police assisted the townspeople and "succeeded in confining the flames to two houses, and the Sian Fein District Council thanked the police. He had carried out the fullest en- quiries into the matter, and he advised Mr,

to the dictates of patriotic duty. The reply insists that King Constantine has always been willing to abide by the wishes of the people.

Members of the ex-King's entourage are delighted with the reply, and hold the view that it will place M. Venizelos in a most difficult position,

The Daily Mait declares that. new plus shows wvidence of the

子

that

turned to the future life, to those who have notify the Powers of her views and desired already reached it, and to, the road which leads there, the life which now is, and, United States indicate that there is no hope travellers on the road of life. We cannot in the Consortium, though Belgian remain here. This world can never be our capitalists will enjoy some privileges. insting home. We are locis indeed if we this news has greatly disuatisfied those Seventy years a Chine bankers who organized a strong forget told there are engraation Chiness banking syndicate last year in the sat here; he no doubt told them of the capital for the purpose of joining the new shortness of life and the endlessness of Consortium ander certain conditions, Tho eternity. Now he and they alike hare Principal Chiesa barkers and capitalista passed into the world beyond the grave. are of the opinion that as the new Con- Some of them no doubt passed to that life settim has been formed by foreign bank- prepared for the change but some there ers for the development of the vast natural were who were so fall of the business of sources of Ching so that healthy re- this life that they found no time for pre

construction of this extensive country can Tino's ? paration for the next. And twenty years

be carried out peacefully with mutual ad- from now if the world Insts, there will novantages to China and her friends, it is need of doubt be a preacher here and he will speak but natural that leading and prominent to a congregation, hun none of us will be Chineso bankers and merchants who could world beyond, and our position and feelings country should be admitted on equal in that world will depend on the character terms into the Consortium by the Powers Consortium is Te acquire while we are here. This world Agitation against the is the training school for character and gradually growing in interested circles so those who are occupied only in sefish acts that it is impossible to say whether it will and thoughts, will find that the next world prove of pay real service to Cisina." Japan. is indeed en place of unsatisfied longing If we only cultivate and care for what is material, we shall find the immaterial world LONDON, November 1st.

after death very satisfying. That is perhaps the lesson of that strange play! An Armenian telegram from Mersinahe Glittering Gate, in which the spiri states that Turkish Nationalists have in the love he bears his mother.

of the bargar finds one link with Heaven A SCHEME FOR KIDNAPPING tured the town of Hadjin in Anatolia, which had been besieged since March last, and massacred about 10,000 Armenians. CONCRETE STEAMER LOST.

A marked divergence of opinion is appar. Morning of Armistice Day, there will be Devlin Dover to depend on Sina Fein in perpetual vigilance, ogáinst the Germane, berthen We shall have passed to the rain capital for co-operation, within thair ent in many other fick but it is generally two minutes silence and a complete suspen- formation in future.

The

sion of the normal business, works and locomotion.

anticipated that the final result will show a good majority in favour of peace. strike can only be continued if a two-thirds majority is against acceptance of the settle.it as his opinion that stopping motor

ment termos.

Replying to a question, the Premier gave

engines was very desirable.

"THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR." SYMBOLISING FORCES OF THE

A sensational slớp has been taken by Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, M.P., who has threatened to resign from the Miners' |-- Federation as a protest against the allega tions that he and Mr. Grace are betraying, the miners movement. Mr. Hartshorn, who was recently regarded as a probable sucessor to Mr. Smillie in the presidency, is himself credited with holding advanced views, but be is clearly not prepared to ally himself with extremists."

PROBLEM OF EXPANDING

BULLETS.

LONDON, November 1st."

In the House of Commons, replying to qavation as regards Sinn Feiners using er: panding · bullets in connection ·with which Sir William Davison, urged EMPIRE:

the proclamation of martial law in LONDON, November 1st.order to enable death penalty to be inflicted Colonel Sir Douglas Dawson, Comptroller on the powers of such bullets, Mr. Lloyd in Lord Chamberlain's Department to Hir George expressed the opinion that even i Majesty the King, writes to a correspondent martial law were proclaimed, the object in with reference to the suggestion to bury view could not be secured

without special sailor sido by side with a soldier in West legislation. The Government was considor minster Abbey pointing out that the bodying the matter." The results of the ballot will be consider which will be carried to the grave will be that of The Unknown Warrior 'symbo. ed at the delegates meeting to-morrow. BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITIONng the whole of the forces of the Empire.

FOR THE BEREAVED WIVES AND MOTHERS.

AIMS OF THE EXHIBITION:

...

a

DONDON, November: 1st. The House of Commons, by loud cheers, endorsed the suggestion of Major Hamilton that members of Parliament should surren- der their rights to the reserved seats at Westminster Abbay and near the Cenotaph on the occasion of the burial of " The Un mown Warrior in favour of the bereaved wives and mothers.

"

LONDON. November 1st. In the House of Commons, moving the. second reading of the British Empire Ex- hibition Guarantee Bill, which authorises the Board of Trade to guarantee up to £100,000 against any Loss on the exhibition, Mr. Kellaway said that the exhibition gave a great opportunity to demonstrate to the world the almost unlimited resources within the Empire. The possibilities of British trade within the Empire were not realised sufficiently. The percentage of trade donë with the Empire was steadily diminishing before the war, but, since the Armistice, IMPORTS FROM GERMANY. the percentage had rapidly increased. Tha

IN FIRST NINE MONTHS THIS exhibition provided an opportunity of in-

YEAR. sing still further the percentage,

LONDON, November 2nd

The Bill passed its second reading, by 208 votes to 30.

The Premier promised that the Govern ment would make arrangements accord

ingly..

Kingdom imported from Germany in the

EXECUTION. IN DUBLIN. MEDICAL STUDENT PAY 8. EXTREME PENALTY.

LONDON, November 1st. Despite desperate efforts to secure a reprieve for the medical student of Dublin named Barry, he was executed this mora ang, following on his conviction for parti cipating in an attack on soldiers. This is the first execution in Dublin for over n century.

NEW BOLSHEVIK OFFENSIVE. "GENERAL WRANGEL'S TROOPS RETREATING.

CONSTANTINOPLE, November 1st. The Bolsheviks are making their final

rovak and Berdiansk

LONDON, November 1st.

and declares that the Allies cannot tolerate the brother-in-law of the x-Kaiser on the throne of Grace.

FALL OF HADJIN, MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS.

NIGHT ATTACK ON KUFAH CAMP.

There k lite danger of our being too life, and neglecting the life that now is," mich occupied with thoughts of the future,

The danger is. all the sther way. But we who are Christians owe a duty to Christ

papers and Chinese journals under Japanese direction are also criticising the, Prganization of the new Consortium under existing stipulations and rules.

GIRLS.

WARNING BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.

this world We have in the past been

A encular has been sent by the Peking too much inclined to tolerate and perhaps Ministry of Education to the Kiangsu IN NARRAGANSETT BAY. to co-operate in things which we felt were Educational Association which states that unworthy, of the Christian life. We have according to an official communication from PROVIDENCE (HODKISLAND), Nov. 1st.

allowed unchristian standards to prevail | the Chinese Beretary of the British Lega in bosiness and trade and commerce. Wotion, a certain Chinese giving the name Twenty members of the crew of the coo-have taken it for granted that self-interest 1ang Chingi, has widely advertised in tho crete steamer Cape Fear were lost owing to the chief force ar human life and we that be, is enlisting, Chinese, girl students

in Peking and provincial newspapers.

to the steamer, sinking in Narragansett teaching of Our Lord who said labour on behalf of Mrs. Seller for the purpos not for the meat which perisheth." Hereof sending them to England to study, etc. Bay three minutes after colliding with the and there in the long course of the As the British Legation knows nothing City of

Atlanta."

history of Christianity - there have been about it, and does not know a Mrs. Seller attempts to carry out

big they have been not to be deceived by vicious imposters SITUATION IN MESOPOTAMIA ing of Jens Christ, by the teach in China, the Chinese public are aller short-lived and imperfect, and ng wo look: The Chinese polleo are searching for Liang upon the so-called civilisation of Europe | Chin yi who, it is believed, must be in one we must confess that though it owes very of the foreign concessions either Shang such that is good in it to Christianity, bai or Hankow. The Asiatic News LONDON, November 1st.

is has not been formed on Christian prin- Agency says his operations are be A Mesopotamia communique reports, aciples, for it is based on self-interest and lieved to be conected with the existing a heavy night attack on the Kufah camp .. is number of encounters with the insurgents; no on love," which is the true Christianide kidnapping of young girls from the interior districts for export to foreign After 1900 Srary of :Christipuhy there lands, especially to the Strait Settlements was repulsed. The enemy's casualties are estimated at över. 100.

should be love and joy and peace amongst and Hongkong by bad characters and loose all nations and all classes, but to day the women for immoral purposes. operating in the Middle Euphrates, have world is a wild chaos of contending parties the great famine in north China, wealthy Owing to captured 800 insurgents,

and classes and nations.". Instead of the natives From Canton and other cities aga spirit of Christ ruling the hearts and lives purchasing large numbers of young girls Feiten, wo bava allowed a grasping, greedy from Honar, Shantung and Chihli to serve THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA.h we have known is threatened with poor and unfortunate girls and women lan Esh spirių to rule, and so the civilisation is maid-servants but in most cases, the

ARRIVAL LAST EVENING. ruin, The message which the Church ought have been sold to brothels or as concubines to be giving to the world is the Christian to rich people in South and Central China Dessage of love and unselfishness. And the at high prices.. Church, let us remember, does not consist

steamer Soinalte

Two columns,

S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION first nine months of 1890 £17,000,000 worth The Red offensive against Genoral War home staff of the Church Missionary nations, but now it seems as though it had Communion of Saints:" And by that we

WHY PROFESSOR CHANCELLOR

WAS DISMISSED.".

LODON, November 1st.

of goods, wholly or mainly manufactured gel appear to be mecting with consider The Government is considering the ques, able suce. tion of taking action in regard to the bear-

A Bolshevik communiqué today

claims ing state of the exchange on the competithe capture of Perekop, which is the key A message from New York mys it trans tion of German goods in the British the Crines," after overcoming a fierce pirm that the reason for Professor Chou-

mellor's dismissal is the circulation of a canard to the effect that Seastor Harding is of negro descent which has been com pletely disproved

RUBBER WAREHOUSE FIRE.

KILLED ℗ INJURED.

market.

GERMANY'S DIESEL MOTORS GOVERNMENT TRYING TO SAVE THEM.

resistance.

The Right Rev. C T. Duppay, D.D., effort before Winter and have upened an the new Bishop of Victoris, arrived last of the clergy, but of every man and woman

-MAE offensive as the whole front againt General evening from England on board the P&O who has been baptised. If every pro-

fessing Christian from this time forth, life which is to come."

Let us turn our thoughts now to tha

To the faithful · lived a loving and unselfish life, all the Christian there is no doubt about a future Wrangel, General. Wrangel's troops are

The Bishop graduated from Keble problems of the world would be solved life. We have the witness of our Blessed. Tallug back. They have evacuated Alexand College, Oxford, with a second class in Let no man go beyond and defrand his Lord on many occasions to existence after

Thology in 1903 After a year at Wycliffe brother in any matter" is a rule which, if Hall he was ordained by the Bishop of it were acted on by every Christian, would death. We bave his declaration that He has conquered death and that where Enix It is officially stated that the Unit BOLSHEVIKS CAPTURE PEREKOP. Worcester to the curacy of Aston. In 1909 make this world a far better place than there His followers" will be also. Every he accepted the vicarage of Christ Church, When the war began it seemed as if time we come to Church we declare our

the evil spirit of selfishness had been belief is the life of the world to come Bradford, and two years later joined the

exorcised from many of the fighting And we declare also our bellof in thes Bociety. Since 1915 he has filled the office returned, taking with it severa of home secretary of the society, with a more wicked than itself. Amongst allbers of the family of Christ and have za

other spirits mean that the blessed dead are still mem long period of service in France as chap classes we so great efforts to get more interest in us as we in them, they pray lain to the forces. Last year he announced mone. Wo a Christians ought not to his intention of going abroad as a mission: honour a man merely because he has a able to help us in ways we do not bour. for us and we for them, and they may us rond subsequently resigned his post large income; rather we ought to bring the The Christian: does not need the torment Africa

Balisbury square to proceed to West whole of our influence to bear against the

piling up of riches, and we abould regard death. If the supposed communications of spiritualists to convince him of life after Instead, he was offered and accepted riches, if unjustly acquired, ne & disgrace said to be received from the spirits of tim appointment to the Sea of Victoria (Hong and not an honour, That is the view of dead are the means of convincing men wha The claim is substantiated by Reuter's kong). The jurisdiction of the Bishop of them that will be taken in the life to come, praviously thought that death ended all

Vistoria extends over the Church of Eng in the Times newspaper some remarks by

I was reading the other day in an article life, that they were wrong in so thinking Correspondent from Constantinople in land missions and the English congrega special correspondent of that paper abret we may be glad of the result, but we can message which states that General Wranger tions in Hongkong and South Chins, * Australia. There was no conscription int he expected to be as excited about it in falling book behind Forekop One divi North Kwangi. Dr. Dappuy is the sixth voluntarily, and those who did not wish to bat the spirits of the dead are alive and cluding the provinces of Fubkin and Australia. Those who went to Sght went as they are, for we have never doubted on suffered bear losses in attacking the Bishop of the Bee

His consecration by the Archbishop of of the attitude of those men who had gone still follow our doings with their prayer, go stayed at home. The writer was speaking conscious. We have never doubled that our

loved ones who have passed into Paradi Bolshevilo which are estimated at 140,000 Canterbury took place in St. Paul'e to fight and had returned, towards the men and look to see that we fail not in running Cathedral on June 24th last, under circum who might have gone and did not, and be the Christian race. The future life is one RUSSIAN NOTES TO BRITAIN,tance of uneral interest. Not only "said "it is an attitude of pity, as, to men about which we need to speak with reserve, were four other Bishops consecrated at the who have thrown away a great opportunity is so impossible for us to canoefte of NOT AT WAR WITH GREAT same time, but the Archbishop of Canter who have missed the experience of a life existence apart from time and space

BRITAIN. deep hury was assisted, in the ceremony by two time, whose own act has excluded them

our present life, cannot expect to he Con other Archbishops those of Capetown and from a great and gallant companionship familiar with the life beyond. But we ang LONDON, November 1st. Rupert'a Land and thirty al bishops, re far more

Words of than the richos andre be sucouraged by the knowledge that if they

life. It seems to me that life unfamiliar, we have friends ther Mf. Kramin today handed the British eng ya protinho Arch ach an attitude is the one we ought to whe up of U-boata, The reply contends that

Dr, Duppay was presented to the Arch adopt to those who might know the joy Humor will be better known the spirik who will welcome us to it Ant Our Lord this shows clearly that it was not intended Foreign Offcs a copy of the Notes from the bishop, if Cerbury on the occasion of helping the needy and succouring the life of Paradise disp. He now in this Moscow Gorerament asking, inter alia, the his predecessor in the Bishopric of Victoria the naked who might reap rich harveste The Ufo beyond the grave is certain,

AMESEMATEArea) the Bishop of Bradford and Bishop Lander,

poor, of feeding the hungry, and clothing

earthly life chan withdrawal of the British warships, orders the ceremony was attended among others of loving thanks and grateful love, but who for Jesus Christ has told us of

by the Councillor of the Chinese Legation prefer to pile up riches and to form a

life than wo are here depends on the liver Minister, Mr. Claude Bevern, C.M.G. tressed ould be only for then we are living to day. If we live, mean,

the Christian Brasal Bays that Moscow does not David-Landalo, Mrs. Stabb, the Rev. Mr. Josing tho"?"gress and galant companion ordid so'fish lives then death will be they' consider itself at war with Great Britain Featherstone of Et. Paul's College and ship !* of the sainte in order to accumulate entrance on a life of remorse, but. If we The Norwegian cotton mills have decided and the war operations of the Russian mb- † Mr. H. 8. Ls of Hongkong, and by the riches which will be of no use to them in are trying to live after the example of to work only four days In the week in marines are confined to attacks on the Bishop grandmother, who in 23 years of few years time.

ships of (keral. Wrangel and his "Allies.

Continued at foot of next column.)

BERLIN, November 1st. - The German Government has despatched a detailed reply to the demand of the LONDON, November 1st.

Ambassadors Conference for the destruc Three fromen were killed and 6 injured tion of the Diesel motors (mentioned by da a fire cared by gas explosion at a large Herr von Bimons on October 30th) pointing rubbor warehouse in Wapping The out that the Versaille Trenty does not damage is estimated at over £120,000.

MYSTERY MAN.

BENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS.

LONDON, November 2nd,

sprak of destruction but only of breeking

Whether

The mystery man, whose caso was report. NORWEGIAN COTTON MILLS to attack the Bovies anbmarines in the in the unavoidable absence of the Chinese deaf ear to the cries of the ready and dig we shall be happier or less happy that

to make them absolutely unusable.

ed on October 26th, has been sentenced að

DECIDE TO WORK SHORT TIME.

Black Bea and the Baltic

CHRISTIANIA, November 1st.

Bow Street to three menthe hard labour and has been ordered to be deported.

It is stated that bo is a Fian named Erki Veltheim.

order to reduce production by 30 per cent,

Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, Mr.

attiinde one of

Christ and the Saints" then death will: Bes for us the beginning of a larger, fulley and nobler life,