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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES.

·(THROUGH XEUTER'N AGENOT.} PRINCE OF WALES' MESSAGE STIRRING RECEPTION AT

GUILDĦALL

LONDON, December 7th.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had a great welcome in the City this after moon when he visited the Guildhall and received the "City of London Corpora tion's address of congratulation on

his

and Now Zealand. There was Large and distinguished gathering at the Guildhall, including His Royal Highness the Duke of York, other royal personages, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Premier, Cabinet Ministers, High Commissioners, and Agents-General.

THA HONGKONG DAILY

PEACE PROSPECTS IN

IRELAND.

PROFUSE DISPLAY OF OLIVE

BRANCHER.”

LONDON, December 7th The Irish situation seems to be rapidly {" changing for peace. Indeed, there is, a profuse display of olive branches. It is clear that the Government will lose no time in replying to Father O'Flanagan when it ascertains that he is able to speak for Sing Foisers.

Impertant developments are expected triumphal tour in Australia after an interview between. Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Arthur Henderson to-day Much depends upon whether the murder gang will allow Father Flanungan and other peace-seekers to pursue the path of These peace efforts have negotiations. already provoked threats from extremista.. whose activities, however, are counter acted by the undoubted general desire for peace of the mass of the Irish people. RÉFUBLICAN ARMY MUST SURRRENDER.

The Prince of Wales, who was wearing the uniform of a naval Captain, received a great ovation. Replying to the address, the Prince of Wales declared that the British peoples were never more firmly united in devotion to the Empire and to the King, its head, than at present. It had Been his good fortune to enable that devo tion to show again its atrength. -.

Mr. Lloyd George, in giving the tongt of the Prince of Wales, at the luncheon, said that His Royal Highness's visits were landmarks is the history of the Empire, strengthening the invisible.currents that kept us together. No President, or Presi- dent's son, could' bavo, done what the. King and the Prince of Wales had achieved for

the Empire.

The Prince of Wales, replying, after marrative of the tour, referred to the ex-Service men of the Empire as the back one of the nations. He wanted them always to regard him as a comrade. He considered it the greates; compliment being called a "Digger when he landed in Australia. He was convinced that the

Enture of the Empire was safe in the keep sag of the ex-Service men, and he was co- winced that the Old Country, where, the problem of employment was the hardest, would do its mimost to give the sx-Bervice men a chance. The younger nations were putting their shoulders to the work of

development with credit, and enterprise, but they needed our help and sympathy.

"They were ready to stand by us say time," the Prince of Wales said, "but we

si endeavour to appreciate their view- Į point. This country had been perilously

» mear an industrial struggle which might

LONDON, December 7th, Loud cheers greated the emphatic declara. tion of Mr. Xonar Law in the House of Commens, this afternoon, that there can be ne truce, or a successful advocacy of a truce in Ireland, until the extreme leaders of the Irish Republican Army surrendered or were arrested."

The statement was made in reply to tests from Mr. Devlin against the arrest of six members of the Dublin City Council on December Oth, on the ground that this would make Irish

pence imposible.

Sir Hamor Greenwood emphasised the fact that the arrests were carried out most All those arrested were considerately. members of the Irish Republican Army." Mr. Bonar Law also stated that no reply had yet been sent to Father O'Flanagan.

UNDERMINING LOYALTY OF

ARMY.

They in the questioner's worde “constant and insidious attempts to undermine the loyalty of the Army were being made by members of the Republican and revolution- ary organisations in Great Britain"

was admitted by Mr. Williamson in the Heute of Commons this afternoon.

Replying to Colonel Newman, Mr. Williamson said that the military, authori ties were carefully watching the attempts and necessary steps were being taken, but it will not be in the public interest to give

details

EARLIER CABLES.

PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1990.

LATEST CABLES.

ANOTHER SHOCK TO COALITION.

IN HUME RULE BILL DEBATE IN HOUSE OF LORDS.

LONDON, December Tib. The Government was again defeated in the House of Lord last night, on the Home Rule Bill, when amendment by Lord Askwith was caried against the Govern which lays down that if either of the two ment, by 51 vote to 50, deleting clause 70,

proposed Parments in Ireland have not

been propor constituted, then Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland, as the case may be, all be governed as a Crown Colony

GREEK PLEBISCITE. PROSPECTS OF RETURN OF CONSTANTINE.

7th. - ATHENS, December The Greek plebiscite show, a very large. vote in favour of the return of Constantine. The Liberals and Socialists, mostly, abstained from voting RAILWAY STRIKE IN NORWAY *PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS TILL

NEXT YEAR.

CHRISTIANIA, December 7th The Odelsting has resolved to adjourn till next year in view of the necessity of political pesce during the railway strike.

The motion for adjournment was”. oppo

Bill taxing railway shareholders and com ed by Socialists, who had introduced a

pagies to which the Government. opposed.

VARSITY RUGBY. OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE:

WEN

LONDON, December 7th. At the Queen's Club, in a rugby match, Oxford beat Cambridge by 17 to 14 points

U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT. "RECEIVES OVATION IN BENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 8th. Congress opened to-day Senator Harding was present in the

Senate and was greeted with applause. La speech forecasting, a period of closer and response to the ovation, he made a brief

more friendly co-operation between the "Wh to House" and "Congress.

SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS.

The President-elect, Mr. Harding, has stated that during a conference with Senators he asked the Senators to proceed

with all Appropriation Bills as rapidly an possible, in order to finish them for special session of Congress which will be held sa soon as possible after March 4th.

EABLIEB CABLES.

U.S. TRADE DEPRESSION.

OUR LONDON LETTER.

FRINCE OF WALES AND EMPIRE QUESTIONS.

[FROM OUR OWN. CORRESPONDENT.]

LONDON, November 4th.

THE PLINOR OF WALES.

hear that those in contact with the Prince of Wales are impressed by the ear nest attention he devotes to general matter affecting those parts of the Empire he has point of learning at first-hand from author visited. On his travels he has made a strong

ities on the spot the true bearing of local problems. He has a sympathetic car for legitimate troubles, and a keen desire to put them right without resorting to red-taps

methods.

Since his return from Australia the Prince often sees the Colonial Secretary. These interviews are quite informal. They are not arranged by correspondence His Royal Highnees prefers to use the telephone, usual ir stating that he would like to see the Minister when convenient. A time is fixed, And the Prince calla at the office. It frequent-" ly happens that the higher permanent officials are unaware of his presence in the building There is no doubt that the cutlook of our future King is not bounded by “the zarTOW sons; he possesses the true vision of Empire.

TAST NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.

Murdered by the Foreigner in Briston THE WARWICK COMEDY CO. Prison, London, England," was the insorip-

THE CASE OF LADY CAMBER. tion on Mr. MacEwiney's coffin. I do not

Last night the Warwick Comedy Com know how the death of the unhappy man strikes your readers, but I can'definitelypany added to the good reputation they state that here it is considered the enjoy in Hongkong by an excellent render martyrdom" business has been completely ing of H. A. Vachell's diams, The Case of over-done, and opinion outside the shared Lady Camber. The piece was masterfully circle of the leader writers.co a few party dramatised and abounded in dramatic papers is perfectly satisfied that Mr. situations which were opably handled by MacSwiney committed self-murder by the company. The story is of the unhappy. starring himself to death.

marriage to an netresa of Lord Cambori mosphere about a prisoner in Brixton and dies somewhat unexpectedly under It is easy to work up a sentimental at barfine. The wife developes an illness

who elected to die for cause; bas there treatment in a specialist house. The is the prosaic truth that he was tried and use in charge of Lady Camber had ap convicted of treasonable activities as a obscure affair with Camber yours before Brigadier General in the Irish Republican and a result of his machinations she is

that caused Lady Camber's death, în order Army. If British rule in Ireland was even suspected of having administered a nareckio a faint resemblance of the cruelty and op-to prevens z denouemIENÍ, The dispelling pression that Sinn Fein represents it to be, the Lord Mayor of Cork would never have gone on hunger strike at all. He would have been shot as a rebel in arms against the King

AN EXTRAORDINARY FUNTRAL.

of the suspicion and the preliminary to i the first brought the curtain down on # marriage that the audience expected from very enjoyable entertainment.

As Lady Camber, Miss

Beatrix assumed a vulgar, overbearing ballet girl's character with a fine ease and conviction that pleased everyone, As Dr. Napier, Kr. Thorpe

character-artist. Me. Tom Fenwick played Mayne sustained the impression he gave na carly in the messon, of being a capable Lord Camber a rather insipid

Part that gave little opportunity for was delighte

ability. Mayne ful as Eather Yorke Lady Camber nura

Her part gave wide scope for, emosional quite worthy scking and Mis Mayna was of the lyric. Mr. Frank Wheatly as Bir Bedford Slatter, F.R.C.P., gavo a faithful Bustering maid was made humorous by Miss Muriel old socisty doctor, Camber Aked. The minor parts were well filled by Miss Le Flowerdew (Lady Matilda Rys), and Mr. Dudley Howarth (a butler).

The play was in Your acta, · To-night. Doormats will be presented.

Euston, whence the body was conveyed to The funeral procession from Brixton to

Cork for burial, was probably the strangest scene that has ever been witnessed in the streets of London or any other city in the world. The Lord Mayor, as I have said, WILI. an officer of the so-called Irish Republic which declared war. on Flest-street is mildly excited over inquir England and yet we saw the funeral ics that are now being made for editors, demonstration conducted with the assistance ub-editors, reporters, and an anoy of of the London police and City authorities, special writers for a series of newspapers Among the processionists was a bodyguard to be started in India with a powerful of Sinn Feiners in the rebel uniform of the financial backing. No fewer than fourteen Republican Army, and the whole astounding daily and weekly journals are to be proceeding was greeted with respect by the established as mediums for spreading scop. English people. mate information about Britain and the Empire Among the people of the great Eastern land. Fabulous "salaries are being offered for the right men; and the salary of the editor-in-chief, it is said, rans into five figures..

The gentleman in charge of the pre. liminary arrangementa is Mr. Campbell Howes, who has made his headquarters in the City, and the general manager has been chosen from the Times staff. Both are comparatively young men, and appear to have "money to burn." I learn" that

Memes Tats, Ltd, famous as Merchant down half a million as something on rinpoes where India is concerned, have put

account”—and there are others!

with

ודי

A London office is to be maintained s huge staff, and the group of papers will have their own cable, service. This no doubt, will make our good friends, Reuters, sit up and take notice; and papers

Can there be stronger evidence of the MURDEROUS SINN FEIN RAID humanity and decency of the "English

LOED HAIG'S STORY." character 1 The correspondents of foreign newspapers were absolutely unable to under-first reunion dinner of the Uld Comrades of Field Marshal Earl Hal at the twenty- stand the meaning of this to them insoluble the 17th Lancers, better known as the "Death riddle. Failing any other explanation one or Glory Boys told a graphic story of the of them concluded that it was part of a recent Sinn Fein raid on Mallow military barracks when a detachment of the regiment deep scheme to belie the accounts of English was surprised.

The Hallow severity towards the Irish. He forgot that

garrison, the Field-Marshal if the English felt cause to be ashamed explained, consisted of one officer, thirty

ATO MOLL, A mad thirty-one horses. The barracks they would have obliged the Lord Mayor' were surrounded by a high wall, and on two friends to amuggle the body very quietly rides hemmed in by houses and cottages. away.

The true explanation, of course, was that third side they were fully commanded

From

hill about thousand yards who died of his own accord in prison and after the officer had left, with twenty men Lord Mayor was a political prisoner distant. About 8.15 am. on September 28,

funeral arrangements were another matter; arrived at the barrack gate and stated that that ended official concern with him: The and all the horses, on exercise, a civilian and were given the official assistance that be had letter for the barrack warden, would be accorded to any funeral which could show the same amount of public waresided in the barrack.. "He had been instructed to deliver it personally, and it interest.

DEALING WITH AGITATORS.

s.rem

On

ad

sentry," continued Lord Haig, “as Brst refused to open the dour, and raised The Emergency Powers Bill, which was passed rapidly through Parliament, received the peephole and Jouked at the letter. the Royal assent. This week. It arms the After further discussion the civilian

powers, and gested that the sentry should open the doo further Fast than” India "should in that Executive with summary

himself that the letter was satis sentry Eben opened the door that agitators and other case stand to gain something as

a result

of political trouble, can

genuine. mente means

be laid br of vigorous competition.

the heels by the police as easily as the put his foot against the door and, squeez-

and took the letter. alightly

The civilian- common ont purse or the PHILOSOPHY—NEW STYLE.

nesking it wide open, suddenly threw his arms Hitherto, these gentry were difficult to round the sentry and commenced strug-

with him. The

sentry" shouted, and peared from behind the first, thrust his N.C. O. in charge, who was running to way past, and fred at Sergeant Gibbs, the

One shot

took trance to the guard-room, where he was effect, Sergeant Gibbs falling in the en-- fired at as he lay on the ground, and murdered at short range.

Here is a mrious little anecdota which control, as they could not be proceeded glingame moment another civiliati

in told in connection with a certain West End club, A very wealthy mam, recently desirables.

at the

have impoverished us and seriously affect IRONY OF DUBLIN CORPORATION NO PROSPECT OF EARLY RELIEF elected was noticed to spend most of his deal with problems such as are suddenly "ards the guard-room.

ed.. the world. Comradeship and co-opera tion would help to solve the great social and economic problems confronting us.”.

His Royal Highness concluded: "Let us me that the work of our ancestors, who nos in evercame great difficulties, way vain."

ARRESTS.

LONDON, December 6th.

By a curious Irony when members of the (Dublin) Corporation were arrested, the two resolutions they were discussing were, firstly, urging those well disposed to call a truce for a month for the purpose of pro- moting peace and goodwill amongst all sections and the proposed establishment of s Committee to pursas a policy of recon- conciliation, and, secondly, calling on all parties to cease outrages and work for

ii

The natural delivery and sincerity of the speech evoked a storm of cheers."

Mr. Lloyd George left his seat and gratulated the Prince of Wale

BATTLESHIPS OR NO BATTLESHIPS. PROBLEM OF NEW BRITISH NAVAL PROGRAMME.

LONDON, December 7th. Battleships or no battleships in the forth coming navel programme is becoming the burning question, owing to the reported differences between the Admiralty and the Cabinet. The former has decided to ask far a programme, of battleships on the ground that both the United States and Japan are now building capital ships on a Largo scale.

- The Daily Mast says, in this connection, We must have a policy that will 'soeurs our old position at sea, but the question kas yet to be decided whether the construc tion of capital ships is the right policy. The point cannot be decided, until the facts of the Battle of Jatland are completely

ponce,

FREEMAN'S JOURNAL" CASE. Loxo, December 6th.. Two Directora and the Editor of tho Freeman's Journal have been found guilty on two charges, namely, spreading. a falso report and spreading a report intended to cause disnfection,

MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON'S

NEW YORK, December 6th. The Federal Reserve Board's monthly review does not foresee an early relief from the present business depression, which it ascribes, chiefly, to the consumers' evident determination to await the fall iz prices. The favourable elements in the immediate future are an improvement in transports- tion sad the easing of credit conditions...

STEPS TO HELP FARMERS.

WAHINGTON, December 7th. The Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives investigating the agricultural situation has approved resolution directing the revival of the War Finance Corporation, end also directing the Federal Reserve Board to extend. liberal credit to farmera.

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT. ME: COLBY'S, REQUISITIONS

WASHINGTON, December 7th Mr. Bainbridge Colby is saiding Congress to increase by nearly $3,000,000 the appro- priation for the State Department. He explains that America is finding itself in VIEWS.

keen commercial competition with other LONDON, December 8th.nations, which are reviving after the war The Right Hon. Arthur Henderson, and intensifying their efforts to gain fresh head of the Labour Party's mission to foreign marksts, esizo markets formerly He controlled by the enemy Powers and attain read, has returned to London. declared that the desire for peace had never a high degree of economic production. been so strong and widespread amongst all Therefore, an adequate staff of technical classes in Ireland as at present, and experts is needed in the American Foreign strongly urged the opening of officisi Bervice. negotiations for an armistice,

LEAGUE OF: NATIONS.

GERMANB JUBILANT AT ARGENTINA'S ACTION.

INFRINGEMENT OF

- time, with the young, members listening to their conversation. Asked by a friend why he wasted his time with boys, he rel plied that he made his money out of ideas, adding: "Ideas prefer the society of youth ath doesn't know how to hold its tongue. It pays any man of my age to listen to youth talking unrestrained. Even on days unprofitable, it costs me nothing"

AFTER / THE STRIKE.

There is talk of the agreement that was reached in reference to the coal strike as a * victory for the men," and as a "victory for the employers," according to the point of view. But the use of military tecus in struggle of this description is singularly inapt and misleading. For a "victory" pro supposes the triumph of one side over the other, and how anybody, can discover caulle for olation in a dispute which, no matter how it is regarded, means a blow to the country's prosperity is not exactly clear.

which are in

TRAITOR IN THE BARRACKS.

against under common law. The new Act changes the practice of dealing with

There are also power under the Act to

lightning strikes, raiser by reality attacks on the life of the nation The threatened railway strike is a case in point. It is no secret that the Government drafted the Bill many months ago, but is was feared the House of Cominions would "At the same moment two painters, work:

postponed again and again, because it refuse to pass it. The coal strike gave the ing in the barracks as civilians, who had Government their chance; and, in addition, been employed by the Gorernment for over the action of the railwaymen was a challenge two years, ran from their work immediately so direct and brutal that there was no option outside the but to press forward

But for the railwaymen: "butting-

Then these two men is doubtful whether Parliament would have with asses the Bill. There would have been won a revolver in each hand, held up

romsinder af

of the guard, a corporal and twe effective protest that the liberty of the men. The men had been in the habit of subject was being invaded. This argument sharing their rations with those painters could not be used when a big trade union and looked on them almost as comrades. proposed to throw the whole trade of the The arms of the whole detachment were country into chans atterly regardless of the kept in the guard-room, and further resistance

Was therefore impossible.

Nimm consequences-H. B.

Veiners appeared" over the bank

walls. Laiders had been concealed in the neigh- bouring cottages, and had been brought up for the purpose.

the

Bergeant Ginha200m window, jump d over With the men it into the guard-room? And fired & fow: shota

"GLORIOUS DEVON."

OLD STAMPS AS AN

The men of the detachment were parad INVESTMENT.,

ed with their hands above their heads, and the barrack ransacked. Arms, SENSATIONAL PRICES PAID

ammunition, clothing and bandoliers were taken and AT RECENT "AUUTIONS. the loot piled on three motor ears-com- mandoered in the neighbourhood. The An attempt has been made in certain

The high prices for which old European whole operation took less than ten

minutes. quarters to represent Mr. Smillie in a very postage stampe have been sold at auction The attack was well favourable light. He is praised for his moder-prove that there is no soundor or more larger scale, over two hundred and on a Nina Feizers ation during the negotiations that preceded portable form of security than a rare stamp being engaged. Wires were cut and trees

says Douglas B. Armstrong).

falled on all the surrounding roads. It is the final settlement between the Miners

Collections are subject to no duty, bence believed that the attack was actually car

phenome

to which standard ried out by men from the Mourne Abbey Federation - and the Government. We are

prices philatelio rarities have mounted in Ger- and Macroom districts with strong local invited to rogard him as a well-moaning many, Austria, and elsewhere. The three assistance." TRUST

person, entitled to consideration, and even pfg. stamp of Sazony (1850), valued by LAW.

English standards at £90, sold recently in sympathy, like a strong man struggling Berlin for the recoril sum of £500, US. GOVERNMENT WINS ITS! with adversity. The point is conveniently 78,100 marks.

of the igured that Mr. Emillis, as the President Mecklenburg-Strelitx stamps realised £630, are contemplating a trip, home in the neat

quarter CASE

ter groechen value of

A ray of hope for those Easterns who of the Miners Federation, was mainly in and two vertical pairs of the quarter future. The following is from a letter of BERLIN, December 7,

NEW YORK, December 8th.. The German Press is very jubilant over the action of the Argentine Republic in the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and country. That being the fact he must be if less spectacular than these, have borne down in Devon This is a delightful

The Government has won the suit against strumental in forcing the strike upon the groachen Oldenburg, stamps £400 ench

Recent prices

af London stamp suctions, a former Singapore resident, now settled connection League Nations, and speaks derisively of the Langue, which, held for relationship to the actual values of spot to settle in and conditions at home it anys, now stands revealed in all its The Court decided that the formation of

green and are very much better than we were led nakedness for the provention of a real the Lehigh Coal and Bales Company.

·and rooms 70 to expectin fact there seems to be little for Brst one

frang ver diference in this delightful corner of the re-construction in the world."?

violated, the Bhorman Anti-Trust, Law and

milion stamp of France, 1848; 278 for a old country. The shops are bursting with the railroad company, is equated the

repaired copy of the bar penn sceny their respective wares, and though prices ordered the re-distribution of the shares of

and £20 for the sixpenny grees are still high they are coming down all the Govorament

It is within the mark to say that thore

was also paid for the five time and one can live and have the luxury MUS. IMMIGRATION.

was a co-tain sense, of relief when the filings Cape of Good Hope 1882 stamp of domestics and a gardener for half the Lord Mayor of Cork diod, and the daily paragraph about his condition disppeared and £75 for a slightly defective copy of the cost existing in Singapore; and there is VIEWB OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

from the newspapers. While he lived he one pound Eritian Li Ufficial (1902) Athe joy of life which makes you feel you was a considerable asset to Flinn Fein, who pair of the first one penny Queensland can walk through a brick wall, whereas WASHINGTON, December 7th,

Kempitakontie him at housand abroad. £38 for tho

*210 for the Soupený, dullros happened, and ho is exalted as a martyr., ~| Ceylon.

The Zally Mail points out that, within few years, the United States will have at Least twelve, and Japan sixteen, ships of COTTON INDUSTRY ORISIS the post-Jutland type

M. CLEMENCEAU..

SERIVAL IN CALOUTTA

CALOUTTA, December 7th.

and British residents and Indians.

WORKING HOURS IN LANCASHIRE

MILLA."

London, December off. Owing to a crisis in the industry, the cotton spinning mills in Lancashire have “He begun zawning helftime - One hundred

waenfiliated to the railway company is merely sloppy thinking that puts the the er

was

At case differently; and the general public certainly have the sympathie associates

ER, PASSING OF THE LORD, MATOR miners leader and his chief associates.

The Immigration "Bill Committee has made an enormous amount of politics sold for £50. Mr. H. R Harmer obtained one is never equal to more than a match- thusiastically received by the French flowsand operatives pro working only, three, decided to report favourably on, immigzne Now that he has gone the expected, haN KOMBER Ben penny dark blue triangular board partition in the Straits" "Am going.

days work.

tion.

DICKT. NO unless I am through unfore seen circumstances compelled to.