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CABLES.

LATEST JABLES. [THROUGH REUTER?" AGENCY.}

WAGES REDUCTION.

COTTON OPERATIVES OPPOSITION.

LONDON, May 28th.

All the cotton operatives' organisations have decided at Manchester to co-op rato in resisting the employers' demand for a 30 per cent. reduction in wages and in approaching the employers for re- 'opening negotiations.

POLO.

AMERICAN TEAM DEFEATED.

LONDON, May 20th, The American pelo team was again dolented by 4 to 1, by Ranelagh. The latter team consisted of Lieut-Colonel Melvill, Licat.-Colonel Ashton, Lieut. Colonel Dalmeny and Major Harrison, but Millburn, the captain, was not play- ing, having been "injured in the arm, and

THE HUNGRONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 27TH, 1921.

LATEST CABLES.

SINN FEIN OUTRAGES.

SOMBRE SCENE IN DUBLIN. LONDON, May 26th.

There is a sombre sceno in Dublin. The Customs House is still burning, and is expected to collapse Hugs crowds watch. ed the fire till they were dispersed by the police. The Customs House has now been isolated by barbed wire with troops at

LATEST CABLES."

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

LAST AMERICAN PLAYER

DEFEATED.

LONDON, May 20th. At Hoylake, in the sixth round, Bernard Darwin (Woking) best the lust American player Wright on the 18th hole.

EARLIER CABLES.

FIFTH ROUND.

INTERPORT CRICKET AT

SHANGHAI. RAIN STOPS PLAY YESTERDAY. SOME DETAILS OF SHANGHAI'S

INNINGS.

Owing to a heavy downpour of min, yesterday, Hongkong, who followed on on Weduceday, after making 80 in the first innings in reply to Shanghai's 301, did not resume play.

Lator details are now available of Shanghai's play on Wednesday. With

the back. It appears that the reports of ONLY ONE AMERICAN SURVIVES the overnight acoro of 309, Capt. Barrett the burning of Liberty Hall is incorrect. The Irish nawapapers regard the burning of the Customs House as a blow to the, prospects of peace.

LONDON, May 4th. Wright (America) beat Fowncs (Ame, rica) in the Amateur Golf Championship, at Hoylake, by 3 up 2 to play. EARLIER CABLES.

In the fifth round Wright (America) SET FIRE TO ČUSTOMS HOUSE.

beat. Ball (England) by 4 up and 3 to play.

LONDON, May 28th.

It is officially stated in Dublin "that a large party of Sinn Feiners, this after- noon. et fire to the Customs House, one the finest buildings in the country, with petrol. The Fire Brigade was pre- vented from proceeding to the scene, and Crown Forces attempting to reach the building were fired on. A fight follow.

America's Number One, Rumsey, damag ed his hand in the course of the game.ed, of which details have not yet been TRIAL OF WAR CRIMINALS.. SENTENCE AGAINST HEYNEN. LEIPZIG, May 28th. Heynen has been sentenced to ten months' imprisonment.

RIOTS IN EGYPT.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS,

LONDON, May 28th. Latest news from Egypt: shows that all is quiet in Alexandria,

Telephonic communication between Alexandria and Cairo has been partially

restored.

received. Subsequently the Fire Brigade, protected by Crown Forces, proceeded to i combat the fire, but it is doubtful whe

ther the building can be saved.

up

Darwin beat Hunter (America) by

2

and 1 to play. US. NAVAL APPROPRIATION. SENATE FAVOURS DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.

WASHINGTON, May 28th." The Senate has unanimously adopted an axendment to the Naval Appro priation Bill requesting the President to invite Great Britain and Japan to join the United States in a disarmament conference.

JAPANESE CULTURED

PEARLS.

PEARLS AS PERFECT AS

NATURAL ONES.".

A recent Reuter's telegram said:--- "Mach discussion has been raised among the dealers of precious stones by the appearance in the London market of culture pearl, which it is claimed cannot be distinguished from the natural pearl It has been introduced by K. Mikimoto, the Japanese dealer in Hatton Garden, who claims that he is not faking, but scientifically simulating nature production of pearls, and the culture pearl is quite as good as the natural

pearl."

ONLY A TRW ON THE MARKET,

:

6.700 MILES TELEPHONE. A NEW TALKING RECORD,

[FROM

THY DAILY TELKONAPH'S CORRESPONDANT.]

circuit

CD-

Mr. Thayer illustrates the importance of yesterday's experiments by saying that with a similar power of transmission o your side of the Atlantic, Mr. Lloyd George, from Dosaing street, could talk quite comfortably with the Earl of Read- ing in Bombay oliminated; or, again, with the danger of listening in

New Yoak, April 19th. It is admitted here that tremendous possibilities were opened up yesterday when President Harding, at Washington, chatted with President Menocal of Cuba

can Telephone and Telegraph Company, by direct telephone. I have talked to-day with Mr. Thayer, president of the Amen which established the new circuit, and Both word very also with his assistant who helped with the arrangementa enthusiastic about the success achieved. in the After the two Presidents had talked be- (133 not out) and Leach (10 not out)

tween Washington and Cuba by means of the land wires and the submarino wont in to face the bowling of Davies and

telephone cable, a distance of 1,500 miles.

established. direct communication was Reed. It was distinctly a nippy morning.. with the sky overcast and a strong wind.

The cultured pearls, says the Japan between the island of Catalina, in the

the product of

Factie, thirty miles from San Francisco, wireless telephone, and Washington by by century of experi- Both the Hongkong bowlers seemed to be Advertiser, are.

means of the wires across "the United off their usual form, and, the folding also quarter of a

Mikimoto culture States, and between Key West, Florida, showed signs of falling off. Capt. Barrett menting at the played with great confidence, but when stations at Ago Bay and Gokaship Bay and Havana, Cuba, by submarine tele in Miycken. Perfection of the idea was phone cable, & total distance of 6,700 be had made five rubs he gave Sayer an arst realized in 1919 and patents were miles, which is a new record for the trans easy chance at cover point, but the latter obtained, the pearls appearing at Mr. mission of the human voice by

all perfectly, afterwards. A few of them were sent wireless telephone,

no break dropped the ball. Shortly afterwards, likimoto's store on the Ginza shortly of land wire and submarine cable and Capt Barrett's partner, Leach, was miss to his store in London last year, arriv-ordinated, so that there was

whatever between the questions from ed in the slips, but he was not to continueing there in October;

Cuba, in the Atlantic. and the replien:

miss the second chance Leach gave. Leach

from Catalina, in the Pacific. long at the wickets, as de Rome-did not was able to add only 14 runs to his over night score. Wainwright took his place but was run out, thanks to Major Bag nail's quick return. Shortly afterwards Sayer made amends for missing Capt. Barrett on the first occasion the latter gave a chance, and held him at cover point. Capt Barrett deserved the ova tion he received for his brilliant perform auce, which gave Shanghai 185 runs and included 5 sixes and no less than 18 fours Shanghai, then, seemed to collapse, Hongkong bowlers making short work of the other players. Shanghai was all out at i p.m. for 391 runs, having compiled only $2 runs over and above the over- night score of 300,"

Hongkong opened its innings after bowlers. Both players exhibited signs of nervousness, and O'Hara put finis to de Romo's account with a

Mr. Mikimoto is not the sole producer tricky ball in the first over. Franks, who followed, opened cautiously, and with

of these pearls in the world as Mr. S.- Sayer playing well runs began to come in. Nishikawa of Kyushu is also producing and it was not long before 40 was telea fow of them. The honour of the dis- ever, but to Mr. L. Nishikawa, an elder O'Hara's splendid bowling. He wielded brother of the Kyushu dealer, who died EASTERN CABLE graphed. A feature of the game was covery goes to neither of the two, how-

NEWS.

the ball bke a wizard, and brought down about eight years ago. He was un wicket after wicket, having 7 wickets for employé of Mr. Mikimoto' and also asso 20 runs to his credit. Sayer and Franks ciated with his brother. Consequently he developed his idea in connection with were the only players who reached double bath of them, and when it materialized,

Titled owners of historic buildings in figures; the others collapsed completely after his death, both of them benefited England are finding themselves too poor to pay the upkeep of these castles, some Capt. Davies, with -8, had the next from it.

The above dispatch from London indi- of which date back to the twelfth century. highest score for Hongkong, the side cates that pearl dealers are becoming Thus embarrassed, the owners are offer excited over the appearance of the

State, which action might be very accept- being out for 80.

Hongkong followed on, Sayer and de round culture pearl in the market being to relinquish these buildings to the pearl but sells for about 40 per cent offered the State has not the funds avail and Allison were in charge of the bowl-less. Their interest may be taken to able to pay for the work of preserving.

mean an anticipation of a drop in the these ruins, The Office of Works is con ing. Both Bayer and de Rome were determined to give no chances, and in price of real pearls to the level of our sidering taking over Furness Abbey. Police, 100 krned and 994 wounded; JAPAN'S IDEAS FOR TSINGTAO consequence scoring was slow. Shanghaiture pearls as soon as the market be- Among the historic buildings that have

Another account says that bombs were thrown at the Customs House, where there were a number of officials, who were fired an. The fate of these in un- known.

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CRICKET. AUSTRALIANS AT OXFORD.

LONDON, May 25th.

At Oxford, in glorious weather, "before two thousand fashionable spectators, Oxford scored 180, H. Ward compiling 50

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fact that the sale of the pearls is still The newness of the industry and the more or less of an experiment bas pre vented a large quantity of them being placed on the market. Eventually, how ever, Mr. Mikimoto expects to be able to enlarge. his stations so that exporta tion of the developed peart may be made to all leading countries of the world. the British. Foreign Minister in London The difference which is claimed to could talk quite satisfactorily with Ber- If such means exist between the Mikimoto cultured in, Moscow, or Pekin. pear and the ordinary cultured pearl, of prompt private conversation had say that possibly war might not. which has been on the market for many existed in 1914, mays Mr. Thayer, who years, is that the newer ones are round, shapely as a natural pearl, and of such have been averted It is not likely that a brilliant lustre that they cannot be the long telephone circuit co-ordinating picked out when compared with the the land wires, the submarine telephone The ordinary cultured cable, and the wireless telephone will be natural ones. pearls are developed by inserting a small available for general use for a long time, substance within the shell of the oyster. but in the meantimo yesterday's experi grows, attached to meats prove that a friendly chat between and Secretaries of State Presidenta The pearl then the shell. When removed it is flat on thousands of miles away are perfectly one side and contains a quantity feasible. Mr. Thayer gently suggests that mother of pearl. The round cultured Europeans are not yet sufficiently appre pearls, as made at Mr. Mikimoto's cistive of telephone resources, and he York and San Francisco, 3,400 miles dis- tant, have been taking place for the last five years. The charge in something over 60% for the first three minutes, and the demand for the transcontinental service. has grown steadily.

in splendid style. Mailey took 7 wickets lunch, Sayer and de Rome facing the stations, are developed by inserting the mentiens that conversations between Now

HEAVY SINN FEIN LOSSES. Seven Sion Feiners were killed, 11 wounded, and 55 made prisoners; and 4. Auxiliaries, were wounded in the fight at

The Australians scored rapidly, making the Dublin Customs House, which has been practically destroyed by the incen-217 for a Macartney scored 77 by bril

liant batting, and Taylor scored 48,

diarism.

For 108..

The general uneasiness prevailing in LIBERTY HALL BURNED DOWN. Cairo is exemplified by the closing of Liberty Hall, the headquarters of the shops, owing to the fear of an attack, Irish Transport Workers, has also been FAR but the alarm is, apparently, unnecessary burned down.

It is stated, however, that no further The Customs House, which post British forces will be repatriated from £1,000,000, was entirely destroyed amid Egypt, till the situation clears, while wild scenes. The officials Red from the arseas) and railway-shop workers in building. and the military, who arrived Cairo have struck and a general railway in lorries, were greeted with bombs, to strike is threatened.

which they replied with machine-guns,

BRITISH WARSHIPS ON WAYries, and revolvers.

ALEXANDRIA, May 25th..

The British cruiser Calypso has arriv- ed. Other warships are coming.

THE SILESIAN IMBROGLIO: EFFECT OF GERMAN GOVERN- MENT'S ORDERS.

LONDON, May 28th. Beater learns that the German Govern ment's ordera prohibiting the formation of irregular bands have had the most beneficial effect in Upper Silesia, where fighting has practically ceased..

T

EARLIER CABLES. GERMAN JOURNALIST ON HIS COUNTRY'S ERRORS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LOAN FOR NETHERLANDS. EAST

INDIES.

!

THE HAGUE, May 25th. The Second Chamber: bay adopted a Bill authorising the Government to raise

particle within the body of the oyster itself, where a pearl sack forms around it out of the body of the oyster and it then grows as it would naturally.

ORIGINATOR OF IDEA" 15 DEAD.

STATELY HOMES OF BRITAIN. OFFERED TO THE STATE.

A London telegram to the American Press says:-

Sir Hamar Greenwood stated, that the loan of 250,000,000 florins at 7 per cent Home again opening the innings. O'Hara cause it cannot be told from à naturaiable if it were not that so many are being

FOUR MONTHS' CASUALTIES. casualties to the Crown Forces in Ireland for the East Indies.

from January 1st to April 30th were:-

Military, 48 killed and 113 wounded. It was impossible to estimate the civilian casualties, as the casualties of the rebels were concealed wherever possible.

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SCHEME OF INTERNATIONALI

ZATION.

WASHINGTON, May 16th Tho establishment of an international" port at Tsingtao is contemplated by Japan as soon as she can induce the Chinese Government. to undertake nego, tiations for the relinquishment of Japan- ese control of the entire province of Shantang, M

It is explained in Japanese quarters here that the internationalization of the port was insisted upon by Japan because the maintenance of a Japanese settlement at Tsingtao might invite demands from other maritime Powers for similar con- cessions which it was believed was

ULSTER ELECTIONS. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM IN OPERATION.

LONDON, May with. The counting of votes for the Ulster Elections has begun, but the extra work entailed by the proportional representa Bekus, May 3rd (delayed). Approving Herr Wirth's policy, the tion system has caused a delay in the famous German journalist, von Gerlach, declaration of most of the results until writes: The chief obstacles to the Chan the work end. The first member elected cellor's goodwill are continual enlist to the Imperial House of Commons is sufficient strength to ensure their ability

ments of volunteers by patriptic associa tions, despite Government" interdiction, and the sending of ammunition to Upper Bilesia-lavas.

MINERS' STRIKE,

AGREEMENT STILL UNSIGNED. LONDON, May 25th.

In the House of Commons, at question timo, Mr. Chamberlain announced that the agreement between the parties to the coal dispute was still unsigned. The Government had decided to make an other effort to and a solution, and to summon & conference of miners and OwBors for the 27th inst.

The announcement was received with cheers.

THE DERBY.

PROBABLE SURATCHED.

LONDON, May 26th.

Hill Country has been scratched from

the Derby,

Mr. Moles, for South Belfast, where he secured a clear quota. The indications are that the other three Unionists have

been returned.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, May 26th. The deaths have occurred of Admirals Sir Arthur Wilson and Sir James Bruce.

possible because Tsingtao was too small. The Japanese propose to settle the settlement by inviting the Chinese question of the control of the mixed Government to establish gendarmerie of to keep off the bandits who are swarming

Router. in Shantung US Navy Radio through

MR. OBATA'S' PROMISE OF LIEKRAL TREATMENT.

Note:The foregoing US Navy Radio message was received in Peking on May 17th, but was not picked up in Shanghai. On May 18th,-Reuter's Peking corres pondent telegraphed to Shanghai the official information that Mr. Obata, the Japanese Minister to Chins, prior to lis departure for Japan at the beginning of Government that Japan intended making May, had remarked to the Chinese [Admiral Sir Arthur Kyaveb Wilson, representations to the Powers concerning who was born in 1842, was First Sen the internationalization of Tsingtao, and Lord of the Admiralty from 1900 to 1912, that if the Powers concurred, Japar to that effect." Reuter correspondent China War of 1865.

o served in the Crimes and in the would make a definite proposal to China Admiral Sir James Bruce, who was added that the Chinese dovernment had born in 1846, was at one time second heard nothing of the matter. in-command on the China Station.].

DAVIS CUP. SPANISH COMPETITOR'S SUCCESS AGAINST GORDON LOWE.

LONDON May 25th

EMPIRE WAR MEMORIAL SHRINE.

The model of the Empire war memorial shrine which is to be erected at West minster was recently exhibited at the offices of the Empire war memorial league. The cost of the shrine is estim- ated at two millions of which half & In the Davies Cup singles, Alonzo beat million has beea, subscribed. It is pro- posed to start a ten shilling fund which Lowe 8-0, 6-1, and 8-6.

will especially appeal to womed. The Lycett beat Count Gomar by 0.1, 68, shrine measures three hundred feet each 7-9, 6-3, and 0-2.

way and contains 78 chapels, which may be dedicated to various regiments.

comes well stocked with Mr. Mikimoto's tried a change of bowlers, Bhoors and product. Leach relieving O'Hara and Allison. At 4.30 p.m. rain intervened and stumpa kad to be drawn for the day,

The following are the full scores:

SHANGHAI

ut Innings. H..B. Ollerdessen, b Webster ........... '64'"

11 8, J. Deeks, 1.b.w., b. Beed. Capt. E. LM. Barrett, o Sayer,

...165 b Beed

J. A. Quayle, e Bagnall, b Reed... 23 H. E. Muriel, Lb., b Sayer 49

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D. W. Leach, e de Rome, b Roed... 24 F. L. Wainwright, ran out o Dr. O'Hara, b Davies W. N. Hansell, e Reed, b Davies....

THE

YOKOHAMA HARBOUR

SCANDAL

been offered are:-

Norman Castle, near Berwick, the twelfth century stronghold of the Pala-- tine bishops of Durham.

+

Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, built in the thirteenth century and owned by the Duke of Richmond.

Linclude Abbey, Kirkcudbright, owned by the Duchess of Norfolk,

Hermitage Castle, Roxburghshire, thir teenth century, owned by the Duke of Bucoleuch.

twelfth

87 PERSONS ARRESTED: The preliminary examination in com nection with the Yokohama harbour scandal has now been completed and it has been announced that evidence had been found against $7 persons suficient

White Castle, Monmouthshire, ancient to cause their arrest and trial. The names are all Japanese and include local fortalice on which the Office of Works is and Government officials and employés, having a report made.

Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire, century offered by the trustees of the Earl of Feversham.

and members and employés of shipping Leven Caste, Loch Loren, where Mary and business concerns. No foreigners are Queen of Brots was imprisoned. This directly involved, but a number of the probably will be taken over by the men indicted are employed by foreign State.

11

2

H. W. Allison, o Stapleton, b

Davies C. H. Bhoora, not out

Extras

10

firmas.

Total Bowling Analais

391

Davies Bood Webster Bayer Farthing

39

13

"MONGKOKU.

1at Inninge.

G. R. Sayer, o Muriel; b O'Hara... 15 F. J. de Rome, b’O'Haṛs. Lieut. J. B. Franks, run out

Hara Capt. O. Olliver, o Ollerdessen, b

E. A Webstor, b O'Hara... A, A. Rumjahu, b O'Hara. .....

J. Stapleton, 6 O'Hara... Major HG. Bagnall, e O'Hara,

Allison gé F. H. Farthing, b. O'Hara...... E. B. Bood, 1.b.w., b. Allison..... Capt. P. H. Davies, not out

Extras

Totál

Bowling Analysi

O'Hara

Allison Quayle

HONGKONG. 2nd Innings.

G. R. Bayer, not out.... FJ. de Rome, not out

Total (no wickets

25

Albury Church, the ruins of an early The case is the most widespread over Norman structure near Guildford. uncovered in Yokohama and the thorough Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, axamination, covering several months,

Dunkeld Abbey, near Perth, owned by

obtained deeper and deeper evidences of owned by Lord Ilchester. corruption as it has proceeded. A climax the Duke of Atholl.

'A GYPSY'S' PREDICTIONS.

was reached in the preliminary exami nation when Mr. Yabe, Chief of the Harbour Office and president of the local Y.M.C.A., was arrested and released on bail. His name is now given as one of those under charge of having received Here is a creepy story from the Madras De Mail: Some five years ago a fair was bribes,

The trial is expected to be set for some held in a large park in Bangalore. Three time within the next two montes, and friends of mine, whom I shall refer to as an array of legal talent has been retain Mr. B Capt. W and Mr. B ed by the accused men to list the names went to the fair. While sauntering about of which says & Japan contemporary, the grounds, they came upon a tent in would mean calling the roll of the lead-which a gaudily dressed gipsy-woman was ing attorneys of both Tokyo and Yoko

bama.

pretending to toll fortunes by palmistry, As the young men were out for amuse ment, they went in and had their fortunes. told. Immediately the woman saw their AGAINST CHINESE LABOUR hands she said quite abruptly You will all three die suddenly." They, of LOWER CALIFORNIA WANTS NEW course, laughed at the woman, and I IMMIGRATION TREATY don't.suppose that any of them gave her prediction any farther thought. Scarcely The Northern district of Lower Cadia fortnight afterwards Mr. B web to fornia, recently, sent a delegation of re the town of Nunjangode on a short boli-. presentatives to Mexico City to protest day, and was drowned there while bath against the influx of Chinese labourers ing in a stream near the town. A year in the district. A reform of the imor no Inter Capt. W was killed by migration treaty with Chine is demand his motorcreto coming into vicent colli. sion with the central shaft of a tonga edi

The Lower Californians allege that the Private business took Mr. B to Bom Chinese labourera bave driven Mexican bay early last February. Last Sunday workers from profitable toil. The Chinese night I was pained and very much shock number 10,000 in the district, it was said, ed to hear he had been killed in a car- and besides these, 1,000 have gone to riage accident in that eity. So whether other-parts of Mexico, chiefly the Tamit be only a coincidence or not, that pic oil district. The Chinese are alleg gipay woman's prediction has now been od to have forced pay for labourers down fulfilled in the lives of these three un-

fortunate young gentlemen, to $1 a day?