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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.]

*UNEMPLOYMENT DONATIONS.

EXTENSION OF BENEFITS.

-Loypoy;-February-94th.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, FERBUARY ⠀⠀ 25TH,` 1921.

NEAR EAST CONFERENCE TURKISH DELEGATES ASKED FOR CONCRETE PROPOSALS.

LONDON, February 2rd. The rival Turkish delcgations attended this morning's conference, which adjourn fed till to-morrow after an hour's disoux

IMPERIAL EXCHANGES. ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE A PILGRIMAGE TO CANTON.

MR. BONAR LAW'S STATEMENT.

LONDON, February 23rd. In the House of Commons, replying to a question with regard to the poliar governing inter-Imperial exchanges, Mr. Bonar Law declared that is the case of

RECENT NEGOTIATIONS.

· JAPAN'S : PROPOSALS

SIBERIA.

REGARDING

We take the following article from the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune:-

The Tribune is able to furnish from a reliable source the following details

THE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING TWO POINTS OF VIEW.

[DY RODNEY GILBERT, IN THE ↔ NÚC, DAILY NEWS."]

SLUMP IN METAL PRICES.

OPERATIONS REDUCED AT

BROKEN HILL

"

Mr. Nichelson (secretary of the Com mittes of Representatives of the Barrier Melbourne on January 9th: Mines) made the following statement at mittee of Representatives of the Barrier !! The Com-

tion. A communiqué? saya that-Tewalk the Colonies-and-Protectorates-as-far-as regarding negotiations-conducted in faubjected to the city's infuences for Mines stated, that on the present price of

In the House of Commons, the Govern- Pasha and Bekirsami Bey both expound ient's Unemployment Insurance Acted the general principles for the restora Amendment Bill passed its second read-tion of peace in the Near Eust. They ing, without a division...

were invited to specify their views in a Mr. Macnamara said that the State more concrete form as to the points in provision will be increased from £4,300,000 | the Treaty of Sevres which they desire to over £5,250,000, and they had provided | modified. 82,000,000 unemployment donations for Ex-Servico men. The benefits will be ez- |

TURKISH DILATORINESS.

LATER.

possible the Government maintained the stability of exchanges in relation to sterl ing unless it was more advantageous for the Colonies to link up exchange with another area.

It is exceedingly wholesome for those us who live in Peking, and who are London in September and October, 1990, months and years at a time, to get away on the question of renewing the Anglo occasionally and lock back at the old metals and cost of working it is impos- Japanese treaty of alliance. The original text of this trenty has been secret since Tartar capital through the eyes of Chin and smelting of Broken Hill ore except sible to carry on the mining, milling. its negotiation 10 years ago.

ese other than Pekingese We Boon.come treaty was its military clauses which took to understand that not all of the sons serious position which would spise. from

The important part of the expiring

at a considerably loss. Recognising the up the condition in which England and of Han, and a very few of the sons of a complete cessation of operations, it has Japan would go to the armed assistance Tang, are convinced that all things been decided to carry on temporarily as IRISH DISTURBANCES. of each other. Such a war would in

all probability be one with Germany for Pekinges are best.

Once south of the much work as possible at Broken Hill and SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF REPRISALS England and with the United States for Yangtzekiang it is evident that if the

Japan.

Port Pirie. It is difficult to estimate. North is China; the South is not; and IN IRELAND

The engagements of the two parties that it both the North and South have what the reduced scale of operations may tended from 15 to 20 weeks in any one Dissatisfaction is expressed in British

LONDON, February Bird.

were equal i England went to war, Japan was to assure the defence of her an equally good claim to being Chinese, as the financial strength and operat year, and the weekly amount will be in-circles at the dilatoriness of the Turkish A serious outbreak of reprisals is re-interests and to fight her enemy in the we must first of all make up our minds in positions of the several mining com- creased to 188. for men and 16m. for delegation as shown at to-day's meeting ported from Ireland."

waters of the Extreme Orient and in the to allow for wide differences of tempera- field. However, work may for a time pro- panies varies considerably over the whole Pacific North of the Equator of the conference. Despite the fact that

ment, of standards, of ways of thinking, cord on about one-third of the normal Twenty houses in Bally Longford, Co the delegates had had months to consider Kerry, were destroyed by fire after two in an armed conflict with a great nation, tice of measuring the Chinese people and panies have been seriously, reduced as a If Japan were to find herself engaged and to abandon the usual foreign prac scale. The financial resources of the com- the matter, they were unable to advance Auxiliaries had been killed in an ambush. protection of her interests and of: her Chinese affairs by a common rule, if we result of the long strike, and the con- Nime houses and shops were burned nationals in the Atlantic, the Mediter are to have any understanding of their tinuance of auch & programme, will do The German delegates who are going to down at Rossien, Co. Fermanagh, follow-can and European waters. PARIS, February 24th, London on Saturday are, similarly, ating the shooting of a Unionist merchant. The report of the Chamber Committee prescat in a state of indecision, the ex- Following an ambush of Crown Forces dealing with the army estimates proposesperts on the sub-commission disagreeing at Mount Charles, Co. Donegal, there was a reduction of nearly £80,000,000 on the as regards recommendations.

a pitched battle in the streets. A girl and total of £260,000,000 put down by the M. VENIZELOS TO BE CONSULTED,

a policeman were shot dead, and a LONDON, February 24th.

number of buildings were burned down. It is announced that M. Venizlos will Business was suspended and the schools shortly confer with M. Calogeropoulos to closed, while the majority of the inhabit discuss the best means of retaining the ants led to neighbouring villages. pro-Greece advantages conferred by the IRISH CONSTABULARY OFFICER

Women.

FRENCH ARMY - ESTIMATES.

CHAMBER COMMITTEE'S SEVERE

PRUNING.

Government.

SUMMER TIME...

TO BEGIN IN APRIL.

LONDON, February 24th. Summer-time in England begias on April 2nd, and ends on October 2nd.

TROTSKY CHAGRINED,

PART OF MOSCOW: RED ARMY IN REVOLT.

I

a concrete cass.

Treaty of Sevres.

SITUATION IN PERSIA." COUP D'ETAT DIRECTED AGAINST MINISTERS.

PARIS, February 23th.

LONDON, February 24th. The Daily Telegraph's Berlin corres * Reports from Perain indicate that calm pondent says a telegram from Moscow prevalls at Teheran. The bazaar has states that the executive of the "Com-been closed. Cossacks have made a ré- munist Party, by 62 to 8 votes, has adopt | distribution of wenith A number of ed the views of Lenin in favour of arrests have been made, including the leaving Trade Unions a large measure of Fex-Ministers Momtaz-ul-mulk, Mohto- freedom, instead of making them marely sham-es-Saltaneh and the Princes Firmen the executive organe of the Soviet Gov- ernment as advocated by Trotsky:

It is rumoured that Trotsky is chagrined" and has resigned the presi dency of the Army Council; also that a part of the Red Army in Moscow has revolted in favour of Trotsky and there has been fighting in the streets

INDIAN CHILD LABOUR.

COUNCIL OF STATE ADOPTS CONVENTION PROPOSAL

DELHI, February 24th, The Council of State bas passed a re- solution ratifying the draft provisions of the Washington Labour Convention, in cluding the fixing of the age of children working in factories at 12 years.

GEORGIAN VICTORY.

TIFLIS AGAIN NORMAL.

LONDON, February 24th."

A Georgian official telegram claims that Bolshevist attack, on February 20th, was ropulsed and 2,000 prisoners and a large booty ware captured.

Tifia is entirely out of danger.

EARLIER CABLES.

FRENCH NAVAL DEBATE,

INCREASED CREDITS FOR REORGANISATION.

PABTS, February 23rd. The Chamber lengthily debated the future of the Navy. The Minister for the Navy requested increased credits for complete reorganisation, meanwhile re serving the question of construction.

EXCESS PROFITS DUTY.

NET AMOUNT OBTAINED,

LONDON, February 23rd.

Firma and Firouz The rebels declare that they respect the Shah and hold Bolshevism in abhorence. The coup d'etat

British.

MEXICAN RAILWAY STRIKE. GOVERNMENT TAKES PRECAU.

"PROTECTION ASSURED.

Great Britain was 'to assure her the

inter-relations.

walla.

The political clauses of the old treaty:

pend upon the price obtained for, pro- may be summarized as an English pro

THIS PICTURE AND THAT.

ducts balancing the cost of production, mise to uphold Japanese policy in Korea,

For a week in Canton I have been talk Men have already been warned from Sakbalin, and the Eastern part of Man- ing to people who are convinced that going to Broken Hill without ascertain- churia. A general promise of collabora Peking is nothing but a ruinous Manchu ing beforehand that work is available for to China and Russia completed this fortress, the last stronghold of conservating to Port Pirie should be warned that tion of the two diplomacies with regard

them. Similarly, men thinking of travel- section.

ism, and corruption, retained and de- there are at present more than sufficient The commercial clauses, based upon feaded by the conservative and corrupt men available at Port Pirie for the reciprocity, were designed to favour the through the support of a Diplomatic limited amount of work offering. exchange of raw and manufactured pro Body nearly as moss-grown as the city [Part Pirie. since that statement "was ducts between the two countries."

In Peking for many months I made has been very seriously affected hy Among the new circumstances engen have talked with people who regard Can- a fire. Ep.1. dered by the war and the Russian collapse ton as the home of all that is radical and negotiations for renewing the treaty. ton as the Pekingese see it. In Canton JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY. were two facta which have dominated the irregular, the breeding ground of politi

cal dippancies In Peking one seca Can- The first was the fact that England hay the Cantonese perspective upon the ing had her war with Germany did not Northern metropolis naturally becomes

DISCUSSION BY PEERS. feel herself likely to have another great the visitor's perspective. Having gained Colonel F. P. Crozier, in the letter of war for a long time, with a European both paints of view and having escaped

Addressing the Rudget Committee of The second was the from both for a moment, the student of the House of Peers, recently, the Minister power at least. resignation, declared that theft by Siberian situation with its possibilities Chinese affairs is inclined to believe that of the Navy stated that the present naval that another power than Japan (the both attitudes are slightly unjust and building programme would be completed policemen is unpardonable. "I cannot United States for example) might get that the outsider's chief responsibility is in 1997. A large proportion of the vessels associate myself with a Force in which a foothold in Eastern Siberia thanks to this land is to be exceedingly charitable would be built in private yards, despite

the reigning anarchy.

to the man or the community whose the fact that construction in the Govern- point of view he has not had an oppor tunity to share.

ment yards was 15 per cent. cheaper.

RESIGNS.

LONDON, February 24th.

such acts are condoned," states the letter. REPARATION CLAIMS.

WHAT GREAT BRITAIN AND

JAPAN DEMAND. -

PARIS, February 23rd.

mission generally confirms the figures The statement of the Reparations Com

mentioned yesterday. It shows that the claims of the British Empire total

sre

is apparently not directed against the £2,542,000,000, of which the biggest items £738,000,000 for shipping and £1,700,000,000 for personal damages, in- clading military pensions. The claims of Japan total 832,000,000 yen.

U.S. NAVAL SECRETARY. MR. HARDING SPRINGS A

TIONARY MEASURES.

MEXICO CITY, February 23rd. In anticipation of a general railway strike, in which it is estimated about 49,000 employés will be involved, the Government has concentrated troops in all important centres. The trouble is due to the railway directors refusing to recog: nise the men's Unions. The Government is strongly supporting the directors.

DISASTROUS BELGIAN FIRE.

ASTWERP, February 23rd. Damage to the extent of six million franes was done by a fire in a shed at a. Belgian naval base.

AERIAL MAIL SERVICE.

NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO,

New Yonk, February 23rd. Postal aviators have arrived at Hazel.

hurst aerodrome, Long Island, with maila from San Francisco, which, it is estimat ed, were conveyed in 33 hours 20 minutes.

'NEW YORK PUBLISHERS' ·

LIABILITIES.

NEW YORK, February 23rd:* Bankruptcy proceedings have been instituted against the publishers Lealis and Judge. The liabilities are alleged to amount to $2,210,000, with assets of $420,000...

'SURPRISE.

WASHINGTON, February 22nd.-- The choice of Mr. Edwin Denby as Secretary of the Navy is a surprise, as his name had never been mentioned in newspaper speculations. Mr. Denby, is a lawyer and businessman, and a son of the ex-Minister to China. He served in the Chinese Maritime Customs.

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN'

THE JAPANESE DEMANDU,

The Japanese expressed the desire that the following points should be introduced into the renewed treaty:

HOPES OF A SCRAP.

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Count Uchida, the Foreign Minister, stated that the distarbed conditions in the territory contiguous to Korea would make it impossible for the Japanese to evacuate Siberia in the near future. The prevention of trouble from Korean mal-. contents, and also the protection of Japanese interests, would necessitate the recognition of the Chits Government continued occupation of Vladivostock.

The Minister added that the foreign would seriously affect Japan, but such action was not contemplated at present.

Subsequently, the Anglo-Japanese alliance was discussed for an hour, but a stenographic record was not taken.

I arrived in Canton a week ago on a -Putting in writing previous oral cold, rainy morning, convinced that my declarations of England that she would coming had been very accurately timed to oppose in concert with Japan the estab- coincide with a violent conflict between ..lishment in Eastern Siberia or Han- the political factions controlled on the one churis of any new foreign power. hand by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Company, of order in Tastern Siberia of a privi-thore was the possibility of an attempt A guarantee to Japan in return and on the other, by Chen Chiang-ming for her participation in the maintenance and his political associates. Failing this, leged situation relative to the economic of the united factions to soize the Cus- development of this region, England tome under the noses of the Various engaging herself to object to any direct foreign gunboats in the river. or indirect alienation of its natural' reż. In Peking, where every one interested sources to the proat of another Power, in Chinesa affairs had been suffering whether such concessions are given by severely from ennui for many weeks prior the Soviets or by local Governments. to my departure, the prospects of witness- 3-A promise of English aid without ing something violent in Canton seemed reserve in case the accessions of very bright. The Cantonese in the North

"You know that in official gatherings, the war should be brought into dis. I promised a genuine upheaval. Io Shang when there are differences of opinion, it

hai the prophesiza of impending trouble cussion again (particularly the man were even more insistent, and Hongkong until matters have reached a point where is the custom politely to avoid the issue dates which had been confided to her). was all agog over the Customs questions fighting cannot be avoided. As a 'counter-proposition Japan offered. to make her own without restriction all

tradition we have abandoned. trying to settle all our differences at the views of the English Government what ever they might be as to:-.

1.-The application of the treaties of

our disagreements, if we fail to agree on council table and I believe that we are succeeding. After we have discussed all any vital question it will be time enough this time all forecasts of trouble i "an- to look forward to a trial by arms At

North." ton are founded upon rumour tha

peacej

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DISAPPOINTINGLY PLACID, an

The whole atmosphere of Canton was therefore disappointingly placid. One lined with huge ultra-modern Chinese could not help feeling, on the new Bund, hotels and shopa fairly exuding perity, that nothing was happening in Canton and that nothing was likely to happen in the immediate fuure.

The regulation of the Busaian question in Europe;

3-The regulation of questions in Asia Minor, Caucasus, etc.:

A week spent in much running from 4-Japan furthermore agreed to yamen to yamên, in talking and arguing sustain by her diplomacy the English night and day, of absorbing propaganda point of view in al international or from all the old radicals who that ganizations in which it is represented, unrest and are camped in Canton to including the League of Nations. cultivate it, did nothing to dispel the im To this general programme the English pression which one gets on the highly diplomats are stated to have objected Prosperous Bund. There are grave dif. that the Siberian problem is too closely ferences of opinion, one gathers, between united to the Russian question in general, the most influential people, but one die and like it, too much dominated by covers in the first few talks with the changing circumstances to be made the local folk that there are just as many. SEVERAL CHILDREN KILLED AND subject of definite agreement in advance. influential people working with deter.

AMERICA.

INJURED.

"

New Yoxx, February 23rd. Eight were burned to death and 25 injured in a collision and conflagration of two tramcars at Shelton (Conn.), following an explosion of a can of petrol on the platform of one of the cars. Several children were among the victims.

ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL. DEAN OF WINDSOR'S ALARMING

STATEMENT..

LONDON, February 23rd. The historic St. George's Chapel at Windsor, the burial place of many Eng- lish Kings, in threatened with collapse, according to the Dena of Windsor, who

Mr. Chamberlain announces that, after U.S. LABOUR CONFERENCE in a letter to the Press appeals for funda

providing £10,000,000 for refunds and approximately a million for interest, as pre-payment, the net amount of the

to restore the buildings, which, he says, will be closed for three years for repairs Already £20,000 have been subscribed,

QUESTIONS RESERVED.

mination to keep the peace and that some

This ko-ch's We are

THE CUSTOMS, TROUDLE. possibility of inter-factional difficulties When Dr. Sun hnd disposed of the with this sweeping gesture, I suggested that there had been some talk of a seizure of the Kuangtung Customs.

"There has never been any talk of sci- zure." he began.

Of occupation, then," I suggested. "No," he said with decision. The Customs service is a Chinese Governme service. We do not recognize Poking- Consequently. England succeeded in one will have to do something extremely We are the Chinese Government and in having: theke Siberian questions reserved foolish to precipitate more than a verbal this matter we rely upon the sense of as the subject of another and future 11AN AFTERNOON WITH DE. BUN YAT EEN.

conflict in the city of Canton.

justice of the peoples of America, Great Britain and other foreign Powers.

of agreement if thought wise to make one.

It is always exhilarating to meet Dr.

courte measures can be ordered from The two following points were agreed Sun Yat-sen and talk with him. No Peking without appealing to public upon for immediate incorporation into matter how often one ares him and how opinion in the Occidental democrncier. the Anglo-Japanese agreement:--

little one may think of his political views But suppose they use gunboats and shell 1-That England would support by and plans when out of his presence, it us here the ultimate judgments upon the its action the Japanese desire that all is impossible to escape coming under the issue will rest with the Occidental Siberia to the East of Lake Baikal spell of his remarkable personality while peoples. We rely upon their sense of should become or remain completely with him. And again, after one talks justice.*** Of course," he added, "wo independent from the Russian Govern with him for a time, whatever impres are not going to be rash in any measure. iment in Europe:

sion one gets of his administrative ability

A general discussion of Chinese politics 2-That English diplomacy would or of the workability of his schemes, it camed which soon brought as round ta maintain the opposition of Japan to the is difficult to doubt his seriousness or the matter of last summer's fighting in establishment of any new power (pre- his sincerity.

Peking and of his, 'Dr. Sun's, alliance" sumably the United States) in Man- The writer was received by Dr. Sun with Tuan Chi-jui. churia, Vladivostock, on the shore of the Yat-sen in his apartments in the Asia sea of Okhotsk or more to the north. Hotel-in itself a towering monument, to The great interest of these negotiations Cantonese, enterprise a few days before is to reveal the Japanese tendency to he moved into his armour-plated cottage close Eastern Siberia to other powers by on the hills back of the city. He received & sort of Monroe doctrine for the Forte with his characteristic quiet smile, ments that had grown out of them. In- which has won his many foreign ad-sistence upon this question is the chief herents. After welcoming me to Canton cause of dissension in China. When he proceeded to tell me, with perfect Tuan announced that he was prepared courtesy and with an ever sweetening ex to approach Japan upon this I was ready pression, that I wrote convincingly upon to make peace with him and to work with Chinesa affairs, that I was a force for him. We should be ready to make peace evil in China, but that I might do some with the North to-morrow if they were good if I were only to tell the truth. ready in Peking to work with us on this

and the constitutional question.

The only reason that Wu Peifu oud

East naturally to her two profit.

*KUDENESS MAKES FOR PEACE,

A CRYPTIC EXPLANATION. That is easily explained," he said. Toan pesured me that he was willing to join me in the cancellation of the Twenty-one Demands and of the age

MR GOMPERS FORECAST..

WASHINGTON, February 22nd. Two hundred delegates were present at Excess Profits Duty paid to the Exche the annual Convention of the Federation which is enough for the first year's work. states that as compared with 1914 the told Dr. Bun how dull Peking had becoded in his campaign was that Chang,

quer from April 1st, 1920, to February 9th, 1981, was 2191,000,000.

BULGARIAN PREMIER. TO ACCOMPANY KING ON TOUR.

LONDON, February 23rd.

M. Stambulinsky, the Bulgarian Pro- water, accompanies King. Boris on the visit to America in the summer.

of Labour. Mr. Gompers foreshadowed issues of a serious character, probably re ferring to extremist propaganda.

RUSSO-FINNISH TRADE RELATIONS.

HELSINGFORS, February 43rd. Negotiations for Russo-Finnish trade relations have been opened.

SQUARING THE OIRULE.

The current issue of the Inventors Annual Review announces the marvellous discovery of the quadrature of the circle by Mr. T. F. Gavnon, one of the recently elected members of the Inventors Union It is added that this took place on No

vember 12th, 1920.

Personal matters being disposed of, I

PRICE OF BOTTLES. The Sub-Committee appointed by the Standing Committee on Trusts has issued an interim report on glass bottles and jars and scientific glassware: The report price of a 1-lb jam-jar in 1020 had risen come and how I had come all the way Tao-lin, acting under Japanese instruc

to Canton on the understanding that tions, gave him permission to move by 175 per cent. alb. jar 200 per cent something interesting would como of his against Tuan. And the only reason that dispensing bottles 200 per cent, and be and General Chen Chinag-ming's mutual the Japanese arranged it so, was that verage bottles 213 to 248 per cent. With efforts to sject one another from Canton Tuan had. promised me that he would American invention, bottles could be pro-ed and said: the aid of the "Owens" machine, an He regretted that I had been disappoint work for the cancellation of the 21 De- duced almost without human cid. There There is no reason to believe

manda! thist To the mind of the Average foreigner were also British machines of the semi there is going to be an open breach here thin account leaves a great deal to bo automatic type. With regard to one par. At the same time there is no use denying explained. Nevertheless, Dr. Bun left no ticular type of machine the percentage of that differences of opinion exist. Trouble doubt in my mind that he believed what reputed pints 28.84, imperial hall-pinta ka-chi-politeness, saving effected was: wine quarts 19.41, is avoided hore, however, by abandoning he was telling me and that he had been then, sa now, acting sincerely and accord- 29.47, nips 43:86, and 1-Ib. "jam jars 38.75.

ing to his convictions.

(Onetinned at foot of next column.)