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LATEST CABLES. IHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] TERRIBLE SCENES IN CORK LIKE A FLANDERS TOWN AFTER GERMAN BOMBARDMENT.

LONDON, December 19th. Following the ambush last night in which 4 cadeta were killed and 11 wounded, bombs were thrown into a motor-lorry near the barracks in Cork.

In the great are in Cork City, last night,' a great portion of the central part of the city was destroyed, including the Municipal buildings, the City Hall, the Carnegie Frea cinema Library) a number of shops, a theatre and a number of private houses.

There have bees, a number of bomb explosions and some Sring has also taken place. The population is panic-stricken. " LIKE A TOWN IN FLANDERS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 1920.

AMERICAN NAVY.

AR. DANIELS BUFPOSTS CLAIMS OF BATTLESHIP.

LONDON. December 18th.

A tologram from Washington says that, the annual report, Mr. Daniels, Sacro

AUSTRIANS FOR DUTCH INDIES.

DENIAL OF REPORT.

THE HAGUE, December 13th. The report from Vienna that the Dutch Government has offered to engage

FAREWELL TO. REV.

WILLIAMS.

SCOTTISH LETTER." AWET FLOOD IN SCOTLAND.

INTERESTING BOCTAL GATHERING || NO-CHANGE MAJORITIES IN EARLY

AT UNION CHURCH.

An interesting gathering took place at Valon Church, Kennedy Road, last, night,

when the members of the Church and con-

RETURNS.

[TEOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT: |||

EDINBURGH, November 3rd, One of the most strenuous campaigns in

"INSOLVENT GERMANY, FINANCE MINISTER'S GLOOMY SPEECH.

(FROM "THE TIKUS" CORRESPONDENT.)

BEXLEY, OCTOR 27th. The German people have to-day bean called upon to face the financial situation of the country. The Reichstag listening to ment this afternoon resembled nothing

tary of the Navy, atates that the present 3,000 Austrian State official for service in gregation bade farewell to the Rav. G. J.] the civic and social life of. Scotland is the Finance Minister's 1990 Budget state- enters the League of Nations. Otherwise, I stated that out of a very considerable num- | tenens for some months, during the absence Local Uption under the Scottish Temper insolvent concern. The utmost gloom ̧pre......... Best is adequate, if the United States the Dutch Indies is officially desied. It is Williams, who has been soting as, locum drawing to a close, The agitation over more than # meeting of shareholders of an

destroyers and 19 submarines.

11 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, and 120 nauber of the engineers required,

railed during Dr. Wirth's speech, and the facts he set forth as to the condition of public finance in Germany gava

full

scena

ho Would recommend the construction, in ber of technical and scientific specialists on furlough of Mr. Haconashis

anos Act has continued unceasingly for Mr. Williams, as many of our readers overal months; it becamo intenso during the next three years, of 3 battleships, 30 from abroad, who applied for the Dutch" feruisers, 1 battlecruiser, 8 gunboats, 18/ Indian' Service, 336 have already been know, is a former pastor of Union Church, the past few weeks. Nothing like it has warrant for it.

To those who cared to acquaint them- engaged, or will shortly be engaged, includ-entering upon that office 39 years ago. He been known during the present generation.

held the partorate from 1893 to 1909, when The number of meetings and demonstra. solved with the position of the country in general, most of the facts were already

the Berlin has been There are, at present, nader constructioning all the physicians required and a great he went home to England, and soon after- tions was enormous, the most effective being known.

wards became pastor of a Church in Hali-bald in small halls and at atrees corners this week of the

of Ger congress Lax, Yorkshire. After four year ke These minor gatherings were not addressed man bankers Herr Solmsson, president of the Schaffhausen Bankverein, Herr Urbig, became one of the secretaries at the hand-by practised orators and Trans-Atlantic of the Disconte Gesellschaft, and Herr Max quarters of the London Missionary Society spell-binders," but by ordinary citizens, Warburg, all used to facing financial truth, however unpleasant, had spent the week in in London, and went to Melbourne se including many working men. It would bringing home to their fellow bankers the Australasian Secretary of the Society.have been better for the character of the position of their country sa a going concern. The administration of the large and ever struggle, indeed, if the two parties had Though the word insolvent was not used, increasing work in Papus has been added abstained from American help, the Pussey-

auxiliary.

vessels.

Mr. Daniels still considers battleships 11 the backbone of the Fleet, and, referring to the respective merits of the capital ship and the submarine, he contends that his tory has shown that for every new weapon

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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MR. BALFOUR SOLVES A BURN- ING QUESTION.

LONDON, December 13th. The Times' Geneva correspondent says

against the battleship, a new organ of that the Assembly of the League of Nations to the duties of the position, with the foots on the one side and the Chicago lucid, and therefore a most deprossing,

defence has been invented.

In this con-

SOVIET ULTIMATUM.

lengthily discussed the report on the elec

LONDON, December 18th.

nection he mentions that Japan has laidos of four non-permanent members of the Council, as provided in Article IV of the After the dreadful night, Cork City down five capital ships since the Armistice Covenant. This is a burning question, yesterday; presonted a spectacle comparable Novertheless, he says that the submarine,

owing, inter alia, to China's anxiety to be doly to a town in Flanders after the Germless internationally outlawed, bas come given a chance of election. man bombardment. Fires blazed all day to stay and its ruthless use by the Ger•

The Assembly finally passed, by 7 voles in the basercents of the great stores, despite mens has not altered the fact that thereto 4, the recommendation of Mr. Balfour, thes efforts of the Fire Brigade, although to a large field for the legitimate use of which was supported by Dr. Wellington the brigade was reinforced from Dublin submarines.

was only The stillness in the fire area broken by the rambling of the motor-lorries and the crashings of walls. When evening fell, the city was strongly patrolled by troops with orders summarily to shoot looters and prevent gatherings. Furniture removers were busy throughout the day, removing faraiture from the threatened areas, while hundreds were making an exodus to the surrounding towns. The latest estimate states that altogether 140 housta were destroyed. The damage is beRusso-Lithuanian Fence Treaty of July. lieved to be £7,000,000. Two thousand shop workers are idle.-.

CHARGE AGAINST LITHUANIANS.

LONDON, December 13th

advocates on the other. These imported speakers did not influence the public opinion; their methods and arguments dis gusted the great mas of those who attend

it was in the minds of all of them.

Herr Salmasen, in particular, gave a most account of Germany's position. He point ed out how the debt has grown since 1913, when it was 6,400,000,000 marks," to 1930, when it was 180,500,000,000, and the service of the debt had absorbed. 45

with the consent of the Directors of the led their much advertised rallies. and He reminded than that the finditure

a demonstrations."

Very few polling results are available at the moment of writing. Although it will be well to wait for a week or two before making any dentoral analysis or arriving at any dednite conclusion, it is already apparent on what lines that conclusion will

dent of the entire

policy had been planned on the assumption of a that had already failed in 1915. He des short war, with Germany victorious, and aribed the growth of the note issue, which

risen

20. 175,000,000,000 on September 30, 2,400,000,000 marks in July, 1914, bad 18 The Rusty Lils iri circulation had risen from 1,600,000,000 on August 6, 1914, to 38,200,000,000 on December 31, 1919- Herr Urbig and Herr Max Warburg have

consoling. Before Dr. Wirth

of the Longue in Europe, and two from in its manifold contact with business man, be Ecotland is not to be stampeded into bean hardly more enn his statement Herr

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among the members on the American Con- sinents and che from among the members A Lithuanian offeinl telegram from of the Leagues in Asia and the remaining Korno states, that Soviet troops are con-parts of the world...

The GERMAN CABLES centrating in the direction of Vilna.

DISPUTE Government of Moscow has sent an

DECISION OF CONFERENCE. ultimatum to Lithuania that it cannot tolerate the presence of Allied and neutral.

WASHINGTON, December 13th. The differences regarding the distribution troops in Vilna as it is contrary to the

of the German cables were settled sta plenary session of the International Com munications Conference. The negotiations will continue on the basis of an agreement which has not been disclosed.

GERMANY'S ARMY.*

The Catholic Bishop solemnly announced NO DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOUR

in the Cathedral, that he would excommuni- cate everybody connected with the ambush." ing of the Crown. Forces.

in

BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

LATER. Three hundred buildings were destroyed

Cork by the fres

QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, December 13th.

OF PROVINCES.

and

Fehrenbach, the Imperial Chancellor, gave s general review of the political situation. He was received with great attention by the House, in which were present two former Finance Ministers, Hur Heliorish and Herr Erzberth

Dr.

& com-

result that Mr. Williams this rear entered on his fat furlough for eleven years,

Then the Church at Hongkong appealed to him in its difficulty and Mr. Williams, London Missionary Society, gave up greater part of his holiday to take up the temporary pastorate during the most try ing period of the Hongkong year. Al work at this important outpost of British Koo, in favour of the selection of three Non-conformity has been most valuable in of These members from among the members maintaining the infisses of the Church

traveller, missionary and Service man. a sudden and violent change in her licens Mr. Willians sails for China next Tuesday, ing system. The first day's results, give and thence to England on January 21st on the land. The polls were heavy,

every indication of a "wet flood through. by the P. & O steamer Plassey. He will feature was the large number of women resume bis work in Australia during 1981. who recorded their votes. In the industrial districts it is evident that the workers will Mr. McPherson, the leader of the have nothing to do with a scheme which

began his speech with a Y.M.C.A. in Hongkong, presided over last will shut the door on their only worker's plaint against the result of Spa and Brussels. night's meeting, and expressed, on behalf club. In some respects the poll was one for The Brussels Conference, he said, has been liberty. It came at a fortunate time for likened to a conterence of doctors round of the Church, its appreciation of Mr. the trade. The people are sick to death of the body of a sick man. Dat is was of little Williams's untiring and valuable work in official orders, even although these orders use for the doctors to find out what was did not pro may be for their good." The publicanthe matter with Itim if the last eight months.

not be, loved in Scotland; hat the scribe for his return to may

for 1930, Terning During the proceedings Mr. and Mrs. great majority of those who voted obviously

to the Badget

statement Williams were presented with a handsome resented interference with their individual Dr. Wirth said it was a tragedy that just silver-mounted blackwood tray on a fold-doubtless required, the time of moral sua commanding influence in the direction of

hberty Big strides in public morality are as the German workpeople had acquired ing stand, suitably engraved, as a tokension, however, is not yet past.

Hairs

the ball of the country's wealth of gratitude and esteem from the members Three options were presented to the should be flowing to the Allies. That flow print electors-No Change; Limitation of licenses could certainly not be checked by the of the Church. A representation of Union by one-quarter; and No.License and after ing of bank-notes and the raising of wages Church engraved in silver appeared upen the discussions and debates of the past and salaries. He then went on to detail months it is plain to every one that the items of the debt, which showed that the funded debt was 91,000,000,000 and the Mr. Williams, in responding, referred Act se a whole is extremely cruds in its floating debt 157,300,000,000, and to that he

machinery, and

does not meet the wishes rockoned there would have to be added in playful terms to his ostly connection at the Scottish people.

The options as with the Church, in which, he said, he presented foster

squabbling another 40,000,000,000 before the end of the served his apprenticeship, and had often instead of stimulating useful reform. The financial year. The estimate for fulfilment condict on public platform and in every of the Feace Treaty he gave at 49,000,000,000, pitied those who so forbearingly endured form of propaganda has been almost exclu. the suziby expendo, ou in000,000 hig early efforts. He thanked the Church sively outside the definite range of the Act and there was 18,000,000,000 incurred by cover the expendi- for its support and sympathy; some mem- Is the Act Prohibition has no place; in the posts and railways, and the total from bera, he believed, had never missed a service of both sides.

the controversy it has focussed the efforts taxation would.

The Temperance Party tore under the Peace Treaty obligations, during his temporary pastorate and he felt fought with a consuming zeal for No The expenses of the Armies of Occupation like reniprocating their gift to him and step towards prohibition. The other side

Liesuse on the ground than it was the first amounted to more than the interest of

debt. These, be observed, were all con- Mrs. Williams by offering an attendance has just as persistently advocated No sequences of lost war..

At this point Herr Helferich, who bad prize. (Laughter.) He hoped Union Change" because it is the only defence of been eagerly listening, interjected "No, Church would long continue to wield its personal liberty against the assault of the consequences of the revolution A uncompromising zealots who would sup mild polemic ensued, in which Here TED important influence in the Far East. press entirely the use of wines and spirits Helferich seemed not to have the beast of

During the evening songs were rendered and bears. by Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Bawart and Mr. F. H. Farthing and Mr. Williams gavo two recitations.

BERLIN, December 13th. The Intor-Allied Military Commission, in reply to the German Note regarding the FAR disbandment of the Einwohnerwahr, re fuses to grant special treatment in the case of Bavaria and East Prussis, and repeats the demand for the immediate dia- bandment of the Self-Defence Forces, INVASION OF TIBET. REPORTS OF TRADERS.

LONDON, December 13th.

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGEEST.] INDIAN OPIUM FOR HONGKONG

DELHI, December 13th. As the roquest of the Hongkong Govern mont, the Indian Government has agreed to renew the agreement for the direct supply of opium at a fixed price for 5 years, beginning from 1921.

CHINESE STUDENTS IN

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. T. P: O'Connor in regard to the Cork fre, Sit Homer Greenwood stated that the police and military gave all possible assist ance. A certain amount of looting occur red early in the morning. The police minds baton charge on a crowd of a hundred looters and arrested several. It was not known by whom the fires were started. (Labour and Independent Liberal ironical cheers)--Sir Hamar Greenwood protested anost strongly against the suggestion Tibet to enlist the sympathy of the Mon-gests following the example of the United

that the Forces of the Crown started the firos--{cheers).—Thore was no evidence to: that effect. Obviously such fires were the only possible argument used against the Government's policy in Ireland.

NO CIVILIANS SHOT.

Replying

to Commander Kenworthy, Sir

A Bombay telegram states that Tibetan traders arriving at Kalimpong report that 5,000 Chinese troops are massing on the borders of Tibet. The authorities at Lhagas are taking precautionary measures. It is also reported that parties of Turks have appeared on the northern borders of

golians.

THE KING OF DENMARK. RECEPTION IN ROME,

LONDON, December 13th. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark have arrived in Rome. Their

KINGDOM.

LONDON, December 13th. The Chinn Association, of London, în a memorandum dealing with the education of Chiness students in Great Britain, aug.

States. Great Britain, it says, should divort £100,000 yearly from the Boxer indemnity to the maintenance of such students. The memorandum emphasises

the tray

THE WARWICK COMEDY CO.

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extremist

The moderates, who represent the great it. The occasion was so serious that blaff majority of the population, unfortunately need as out of place sa at a fuacral did not attempt to organise themselves, and have consequently been wholly eclipsed

in the conflict. There is no place for them Ung of the Church's most distinguished in the three options of the Act. No scholars, he revised the Amoy version of the License will not secure a dry ares: New Testament, and is now engaged in what it will produce is discontent among revising the amby Dictionary. The esteeta the working classes, who will see their more in which he is held in the Church was prosperous fellow citizens still served with strikingly shown in the cordial unanimity. Alcohol in hotels and restaurants and able of his nomination for the office of Mode to retain and replenish their private cellars.rator.

Hamar Greenwood, declared that thore was Majesties were received by their Majesties MANY GERMAN AERODROMES charming work; ita merits are known in conditions in the public-houses aro desir. In giving the Prime Minister a majority

not an atom of evidence that thres civilians the King and Queen of Italy, the senators

bot

were dragged from their houses and. after the ambush, that the hoses of the Fire Brigade were cut and that the fire brigades

...

ore fired on. Every available policeman and soldier in Cork turned out immediately, and without their assistance the fire brigades could not have got through the

and deputies, and the Mayor of the Muni- cipality of Rome, and reviewed troops They received an ovation.

TO BE SAVED.

REPORTED INTER-ALLIED.

4 DECISION.

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. The Theatre Royal was well filled last The No-Change alternative is equally objco THE DINBURGH BECTORIAL LOTION.

tionable to the moderates. It would imply night when the Warwick Comedy Company content with things as they already are

The victory of Mr. Lloyd George over the resultant advantages to British trade. prosented the late Oscar Wilde's charming and no one, not even the trade themselves, Profesor Gilbert Murray was a foregone little dama “A Woman of no Import Bentatives of the licensed Trade, inderd University Election calls for little comment. profess this easy-going assent. The repre. conclusion, and the result of the Edinburgh, ance. Nothing need be said of this themselves admit that now and improved What significance it has is purely political. refined sircles overywhere. The appreciable. One of these bodies has formulated of 1955 on a total poll of 2273 the students scheme which contains suggestions of have remained faithful to the political tion of the audience last night shows that reform; and to its proposals the Temper traditions of their Alma Mater, and have it is not a whit less popular than when it ance men retort A death-bed repent also roffected with considerable accuracy ance!" The middle alternative, Liarite the general mind of the nation. The pre The Central News states that it hasrat appeared with its stinging astire and tion, is also unfair to the moderate man's ference for use of action rather than men It is really veiled Prohibition; of thought is nowhere more emphatically roocived the following communication from delightful wording. As "Mrs. Arbuthnot," views. Moars, Handley Page, Ltd. of Crickle Miss Flowerdew played her part excel because by its means all the licenses in expressed than in our Universities. Even district might be extinguished, one quarter & Carlyle would have no chance to-day, wood:

The Berlin correspondent, of Handire tently, and Mr. Fenwick as her 800 of them each three years. Taking broad unless he were the nominee of the domin

no denig Info Limited, reports, then, the Thief manner. My horseman (mited view of the situation, tomay be confidently biomol to ABied Aviation Commission,

wanger, Mr. Thorpe Mayno as “Lord said that the Local Option scheme will have tion of Professor Murray to remark

he is not a Carlyle. a short life because its three options can under the Treaty of Peace, has consented Illingworth" was up to his usual high not meet the moderate and overwhelming.

The cause of Professor Murray was not,

to conclude poeco with military aerodromes:Broslat, Ganda, Schleissheim, and Afghanistan. The announcement is wonderborn, roseishing Ham Wezkey was sympathetically cast comed generally in India, and the opinion Deveen, near Königsberg The following the minor characters were all well filled. seaplane stations are also. included:- is held that it will quieten Frontier un-

Kid-Holtenau, Norderner, Warnemünde, and Lift, as well as the airship harbours rest

of Nordholz, Beddin, and Friedrichshafez. Löwenthal

AFGHAN TREATY, BRITISH MISSION TO KABUL

DELHI, December 13th.

to

rowds. There was evidence to show that Kabul

An official British Mission is proceding waive the destruction of the following standard. Miss Clarke, as" Hester sentiments of the Boottish people. Bome by the way, conspicuously aided by some

the fires were started with incendiary bombs, which the Forces of the Crown in Ireland did not possess, but which the Bina Feiners possessed.

to:

"

JOURNALISTS' HOLIDAY. NO PAPERS FOR THREE DAYS. LONDON," December 13th. No newspapers whatsoever will be pub shed in England on December 25th, 28th, and 97th

Replying to Mr. Walter Guiness, Bir. Hamar Greenwood, stated that certain houses were destroyed by fire whence, the polion alleged, bombe were thrown, and which they were authorised to destroy in the circumstances. He submitted that the fires had nothing to do with the ambush.

The motion of Commander Kenworthy For adjournment was carried,

barg

Fifteen por cent, of the privately-owned aviation buildings which were wood for military purposes during the war are also to be left standing. With very few excep tions, the airship balls are to be pulled down in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Peace,

DEATH OF DWARF COUNT.

and

aan sarly date, to solve some of the most sanez legislation, is urgently required, and pressing problems of the present, hour. PUSSYFOOT FOR INDIA

Count Magri, the well-known dwarf, 37. high, the second husband of "Mrs. Tom Thumb, died in Middleboro (Mass.). on October 31st.

the

of his opponent. Mr. J. M. Keynes re ferred to the Prime Minister as of this literature published in denunciation

distinguished representative of Neolithic man, who has left the misty precipices, At the close of his whirlwind campaign cataracts and other moist influences of bis- through Scotland, Pussyfoot John-native hills to seek so Inappropriately he

North." son went south to London to continue bis suffrages of the Athena of temperance mission in England. I have This is about effective as the epithet good reason to believe that India is his which Mr. Oscar Browning, when he was next point of call, and that he will touch contesting the St Pancras Division of at the leading British settlements in the London, heard hissed at hit in the street Far East on his way back to America. by a desperate adversary" Poot !"' Only a fortnight previously Count NIGHT OF PRAZER FOR NO-LICENER LONDON BOOTTISE ANNIVERSART

One of the remarkable events in the Local Hallowe'en is a double anniversary in the Macri, having fallen on evil days, had Option battle in Glasgow was the holding calendar of the London Boottish. On the Lilliputian effects of his wife sold of an all night of prayer by the leading October 31st, 1914, the 1st Battalion made by auction. Among the furniture of their advocates of No-License. It began on their famous charge at Medgines, and on Mr. George R. Sims, who sent a rhymed pology for absence from the Optimist tiny home was a walnut four-post bed Friday at eleven o'clock at night and con. the some day three years later the 2nd

fing Club annual dinner the other night, soored presented to the couple by Mr. P. T. 'nued till five o'clock on Saturday morn- Battalion played a notable part in and To commemorate these engagements: Was botter than Mr. George Bernard Bhaw on Barnum, and a dwarf nano built specially

held at the headquarters a Buckingham One cocasion. Lady Randolph Churchill for the Countess. Count Magri had in-

The Rev. Dr. Barclay, the Moderator of Uste under the chairmanship of Colonel hid invited him Lunch and "G.B.B. tended to spend his last days at Bologna, Unoficial reports state that an encounter replied, not What have I done to rice next spring. Magri.

by wire to the following effect his birimace, and was to have left Ame the English Presbyterian Church, la Greg. Some 400 past and present mom- native of Glasgow (says the Glasgow bors of the corps paid a silent tribute to LONDON, December 13th took place between the French and the provoke such an attack on my well-known The Countess Magri," Mrs. Tom Herald). He has spent practically all his their fallen somrades

"Mrs.

The new battalion of the Scottish lends In the House of Commons, the Govern ment agreed to fix time limit for the Turks, forty miles south-east of Latakia, babit? To which her Ladyship promptly Thumb, died at Middleboro in November life at the Church's Mission in Formoss,

replied Know nothing of your habits last year. Her first husband. General going out there at the conclusion of his among the London Territorials in recruit- Gold and Silver Bill of five years. The in which Turk raiders captured prisoners Hope they are not as bad as your man Tom Thumb was 31ic, in beight, and studies in Glasgow away back in 1874. ing agures, just a little short of the full

(Continued as foot of next column.) she was slightly taller.

GOLD AND SILVER BILL. OUNCESSION BY GOVERNMENT-

Bill was read the third time.

TURKISH RAID.

UNOFFICIAL REPORTS IN PARIS.

PARIB, December 13th.

and material..

A MISSIONARY MODERATOR.

zstablishment.