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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 1991.
BOLSHEVIKS PLANNING EURO-
PEAN REVOLUTION.
REACTIONARY PLOTTING IN GERMANY.
SAFEGUARDING BRITAIN'S “KEY” INDUSTRIES.
SERIOUS RIOTING AT LEICESTER.
THE SITUATION IN INDIA.
AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER ON PEACE IN THE PACIFIC AND DISARMAMENT.
LATEST CABLES.
[VIROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]
SAFEGUARDING
BRITAIN'S
"KEY" INDUSTRIES.
AFFECTED.
SIX THOUSAND ARTICLES.
LATEST CABLES.
REACTIONARY PLOTTINGS IN
LATEST CABLES.
MOPLAH RISING. MILITARY OPERATIONS LIKELY TO BE PROLONGED."
jand'
LATEST CABLES.
THE RUSSIAN FAMINE. LEAQUE OF NATIONS POSTPONES FRENCH SEAMENT'S DELEGA.
TION IN LONDON.
ACTION:
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PARIS, October 1st.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.
· London, September 30th. The registered naemployed in the GEIVA, September 30th.
United Kingdom on September 3rd were.. After a long debate on the subject of A delegation from the French Seamen'i 1,445,000 compared with 1,468,000 on Russian famine relief, during which Dr. Union was cordially welcomed in London,
September 16th.
WITH AMERICA.
BERLIN, September th. The Reichstag has adopted the "Pence Treaty with the United States. The Com- munista voted against adoption.
Starta. October Tat. Addressing the Council of State, the Home Secretary said the latest reports
Nunsen made & stirring appeal for the by the British Seamen's Union. The REICHSTAG ADOPTS TREATY from Malabar showed that the Moplah League's assistance, the Assembly naani-French delegation's president, M.. Rivelli, arted fighting gangs totalled ten thoumously adopted the Committee's resola was instrumental in establishing the first men. Their resistance. was tions advising that action be postponed seamen's union in Europe.~Hava1. strengthening and their guerilla tactics pending decisions at the forthcoming were likely to prolong the military opera- International Conference" at Brussels. tions. It was impossible, therefore, to Amendments by Mr. Fisher and Lord forecast the withdrawal of martial law. Bubert Cecil were added, the latter re- "DEATH OB ISLAM" THE ALTER-questing the League not to relax interest in the subject and to intervene if neces
Ous.
NATIVES FOR HINDUS.
"CALICUT, October and The situation at elittur is most seri- Rebels are offering the Hindus the alternatives of death or Islam; if they GERMANY.
hesitate they are ordered to dig their own graves; then, if they still refuse to CHANCELLOR'S APPEAL TO GER- embrace Islam they are shot and dropped MANS TO PROTECT THE REPUBLIC,into the grave. Complete Swaraj has been BERLIN, October 1st. proclaimed, crops belonging to Hindus In the Reichstag the Chancellor severely (have been confiscated. Hindus are fleeing. The Safeguarding of industries Act trounced the-German Nationalists, declar Over two thousand refugees have arrived
es into operation today. The imme-ing, their manœuvres were not conducive at Peristalmanin. Minte efect in to impose upon certain ported goods, the manufacture of which regarded as a “key" industry, a duty fone-third their value. The new duty will apply to six thousand articles com- ing within the scope of nine key in @astries. ›
LONDON. October 1st.
SYNTHETIC CAMPHOR.
LONDON, October 1st.
to the country's welfare in the present crisis and that their attitude of aloofness was detrimental to Germany's forsign policy.
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Beactionary plottings are even serious than was feared. Secret organiza tions have been discovered, stretching from Eades to Upper Silesin, aiming at the overthrow of the Constitution.
The
EARLIER CABLES. TRIAL OF INDIAN NON- CO-OPERATORS.
EARLIER CABLES.
PLANNING A EUROPEAN
. REVOLUTION. SECRET INSTRUCTIONS TO
BOLSHEVIST. AGENTS.
Loxboy, September 30th- Striking corroboration of the reports that the Bolshevists are utilising the economic troubles of Europe for their own ende is afforded by the secret in- structions issued to the Communist agents in Europe, including Great Britain, in regard to the procedure to be adopted ia connection with the unemployment crisis. Reuter is informed that the in- atructions state that municipalities should be asked to grant unemployment relief equal to the average weekly wages, a
- MOHAMMED ALI TALKS OF AN
INDIAN REPUBLIC. *
KARACHI, September 30th. At the trial of the "Ali Brothers and other Non-Co-operators, Mohammed Ali The Fancy Goods section of the London organizations, whose headquarters are made a long statement and spoke of that the municipalities may be compelled Chamber of Commerce has decided to apparently known, recently endeavoured the question of an Indian republie as to apply to the Governments for amist request the Board of Trade to remove to accomplish another Happ insurrection, Jooming in the distance. He professed synthetic camphor
ance and Governments be compelled The Chancellor declined to give further ignorance in regard to the leaflete sent either to provide unemployment relief on from the list of
details as the problem is under investigato Moslems in the Army, and declared an intolerable scale or control industries tion. He appealed to Germans to pro- that Indian Moslems were convinced that by a body elected by labour organisa tect the Republic from downfall.
hostility to the Government was owing to tions. The document addi: “The suo REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS. its attitude to Islamic States, to breaks of this scheme will be considered, in LEAGUE OF NATIONS' RESOLUTION
ing its war-time promises in regard to timing the outbreak of the European sanctity of the Islamic holy places, revolution, which, it is now considered, The most impressive debate was on the and its condenation of the Turco-Greek must most probably wait until Germany subject of the reduction of armamente conflict. He declared that Indian Hos has become a Communist State or in VIOLENT RIOTING AT LEICESTER. Lord Robert Cecil, in presenting the re-lems, if commanded by a more effective open ally of Soviet Russia."
dutiable articles under the Safeguarding of Industries Act. They declare that is take months, perhaps years, to instal cessary plant in Great Britain and To the ław material from, Japani,
UNEMPLOYED IN CONFLICT
WITH POLICE.
Losos, October 1st. A large namber
of neemployed Leicester, armed with batons and missiles, marched to the Police station, ostensibly to demand the release of their arrested leaders, while a crowd was preparing to
rush the station...
The Police suddenly merged and tharged the crowd. Violent rioting ensued, in the course of which twelve persons were injured and twelve were arrested.
GREAT BRITAIN'S REVENUE.
BELOW LAST YEAR'S.
Lornos, October Int. The revenue for the quarter ended Sep.. tember 30th was £252,000,000, compared with £304,000,000 for the corresponding
period last year.
port, doquently urged the members of the League to enlist the support of the whole- world in their efforts to secure a reduc tion of armaments.
Mr. Bruce, of Australia, declared that the Asembly bad great hopes of the Washington Conference but asked, if the Conference proved unsuccessful, was the Assembly prepared to pursue the matter.
M. Noblemaire declared that no one desired peace more than France because she had suffered most. He added: "Wo want to live peacefully with the Germans. Moral disarmament has already been accomplished by Franco, but France do sires security for reparations."
Mr. Fisher affirmed Great Britain's whole-hearted support of the League." He sympathised with the French in their losses, and declared that France and Great
the
force, would try conclusions with the Government. They would have been obliged to-day by Islamic law to declare a holy war upon the Government.
KARACHI, October 2nd. The Ali Brothers and the other Non- Co-operators mentioned on September 30th have been committed for trial. The accused generally supported Mohammed | Ali's statement and attempted to refer to current politics, which the magistrate disallowed.
LATEST CABLES.
AERO CLUB'S SPEED RACE WON BY A FRENCH COMPETITOR.
LATEST CABLES. UNEMPLOYMENT IN U.S.A. PROGRAMME ADOPTED BY
The
CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, October lat.. Unemployment Conference has adopted programme of immediate Federal, State and Municipal relief for the workless.
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· SEPTEMBER SURVEYED. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD'S. ENCOURAGING REPORT.
A FRANCO-ITALIAN
INCIDENT CLOSED.
PARIS, October 1st.
The Italian Foreign Minister, Signor Della Torretta, has personally renewed to the French Ambassador in Rome the Italian Government's regrets for Venice incident-Havas.
the
RUSSIA AND NORWAY, COMMERCIAL TREATY RATIFIED BY THE STORTHING.
ARBUCKLE AD NAUSEAM.
CHINESE STUDENTS STRAND- ED IN FRANCE.
A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
LYONS, September 30th. As regards the indigent Chinese - dents the facts are that 110 such students recently arrived at Lyons and demanded shelter at the Franco-Chinese Institute." They were admitted, bat were informed that they must leave when a farther 19% students, expected from Marsailles, arrived. They refused to depart, so the police removed them to other quarters. The 123 students from Marseilles duly arrived on Sunday. The men were lodged
CHRISTIANIA, October 1st. The Storthing has ratified the Busso-in the Institute and the sixteen wom Norwegian Commercial Trenty,
in a municipal hostel. The 116 continuis to demand admission to the Institute and declare that they came to Fride trust ing to the promises of the French Society for the Education of Chinese, which is patronised by both the French and the Chinese Governments, and it not their fault that they are stranded. The Institute, however, has enough to do to provide for students regularly register-
Log ANGELES, October. Ist Arbuckle was welcomed by many friends on his arrival from San Francisco. A
whom several women embraced. large crowd also awaited the comedian,
EARLIER CABLES.
THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DISPUTE. RUMOURED ATTEMPT TO SET UP A SECTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
VIA, September 30th.
od.
The matter is complicated by the fact that the 118 students belong to the Federation of Chines Students in France, said to number 1,500 members, all of whom, the Federation calmly an nounces, will come to the Institute at Lyona
(A message of September 8th mid:- A Paris telegram states that the Mayor of Lyons has arrived in Paria He will endeavour to arrange with the Quai d'Orsay and the Chinese Embassy the clamation purported to have been issued depression. It appean that 200 to 400 The newspapers give the text of a pro Chinese students owing to the industrial question of the precarious situation of
by the Burgenland Council of National Chinese students from French industrial Delence taking over the disputed region claiming
centres have already arrived in Lyons
government. in West Hungary with the intention of Franco-Chinese Institute] administering it aя AD, independent
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STUPEFACTION IN ENTENTE
Stupefaction bas
CIRCLES."
LATER. been caused in Entente circles by the declaration of the independence of Burgenland. The arch plotter is the Hungarian Legitimist politician Friedrichs. The Austriana de mand the intervention of Entente troops.
OPIUM CONTROL. LEAGUE OF NATIONS, BECOM-
MENDATIONS, "
GIXEVA, September 30th has adopted a report recommending com
The Assembly of the League of Nations plete international action with a view of securing better control of the opium traffic..
LITER
assistance from the Lyons
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
[BY COURTESY OF THE "CUNHA MAH."} BIG OPIUM SEIZURE AT SHANGHAI,
SHANGHAI, October 1st. Nearly half-million dollars' worth of opium was discovered by the Shanghai police and detectives, yesterday, and con fiscated by order of the International Mixed Court. The chauffeurs and ceolies found in charge of the opium are now is custody.
HONGKONG TRADE. IMPROVEMENT IN PIECE-GOODS MARKET MAINTAINED
W
Attention was directed to the fact that the difficulties in connection with the Opium Traffic can only be overcome by an international body, and the Assembly appeals to the States which have not yet market report issued by the Hongkong The fortnightly price current and aigned the 1912 Opium Convention and the General Chamber of Commerce states:- 1914 Protocol to do so at the earliest suggested the desirability of the League our last report has been maintained and moment The principal Persian delegate Goods-The improvement mentioned in Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy Cotton
Eastern populations addicted to opium undertaking propaganda work among by means of pamphlets.
SERIOUS DRUG. MENACE.
MAGISTRATE'S HEAVY
WASHINGTON. October 1st. The Federal Reserve Board's monthly review reports & decided improvement in the credit situation, while improvement The Aero Club's speed race for the is expected, also, in the wholesale sad Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup (replacing retail trades. The advance in steel, first LONDON
ETAMPS, October 1st.
The
large business has been done. upward trend of exchange has assisted importers in their operations, Manchester prices have again advanced and higher values are,
from that quarter. Cotton Yarn.-The market hag ruled arm and further advances of 20 to 88 per
The revenue for the "six months ended Britain, despite their divergencies, aimed the Gordon Bennett Cup, which Sadi, le noted in August, has been sustained. With SENTENCE ON CHINESE FIREMAN.bale have been registered all round, in.
on September 30th was £150,000,000, com- pared with £819,000,000 for a similar
period in 1820.
AN IRISH LOAN.
SINN FEIN ANNOUNCEMENT IN
AMERICA.
but
sympathy with the Armness of producing LONDON, September 30th, centres. A limited business was transact- "Undoubtedly the drug menace ised, dealers not being prepared as yet to The becoming very serious, and there is an operate freely at the higher rates demsad organised trafo in drugs," said the d Quotations are:-No. 106 $170 te en- The Thames Police-court Magistrate to day, $209. No. 19.8180 to $215. No, 106 when a Chinese fireman was fined £100 $905 to $225.No. 208. 220 to $50. condi-sing opium-smoking utensils. He was re-mente nit. Unseld Stock 3,000 bales. Bar for concealing opium and £50 for possen- Arrivals 7,500 bales; sales, 500 bales; ship- commended for deportatiany.
Baina, 9,000 bales
at securing the Insting peson of Europe Cointe. won outright for France last increased employment many lines of and of the World.
year) was won by the Frenchman, M. textiles bare been well zustained, Lord Robert Cecil wound up the debate Kirsch, on a Nieuport-Delage monoplane, there has been less activity in silk, with another eloquent appeal and the covering three hundred kilometres in upward trend of prices continues. Assembly unanimously adopted the report 64min., 39 1-6sece. The only other com-month has been a period of distinct
PARIS, October let. petitor to finish was the Frenchman, Mcouragement and promises better The League of Nations disarmament Laate, who did the distance in 69min, tions for the autumn and wiüter. committee, of which the former Fronch 558008. Premier, M. Viviani, is provideni, is to
CHICAGO, October 1st. The American financial representative of Dail Rireann announces the suspension prepare a complete disarmament plan to of the collection of funds for the use of be submitted to all nations after it has Ireland; also the preparation of an bad the League's approval.—Hazai,
· Irish lösa of twenty million dollars, ja November.
EARLIER CABLES.
THE IRISH QUESTION. DE VALERA ACCEPTS PREMIER'S INVITATION,
EARLIER CABLES, SOLUTION OF. PACIFIC PROBLEMS.
MUST PRECEDE DISARMAMENT
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of Italy, and Le Cointe, of France, were Herbert James, of England, Brackpapa,
the other contestants. Le Cointe, on 130 borse-power Nieuport monoplane; broke his propeller in mid-air and landed, after covering fifty kilometres in 673 seconds. He was injured and was taken to hos pital Brackpapa, on a 700 horsepower Fiat monoplane, was forced to make a MELBODEN, September 30th.. landing owing to engine trouble, after In the House of Representative Mr. covering & hundred and fifty, kilometres Hughes, recapitulating the ovents of the in 1819 sooonds, unscathed. James, on s Imperial Conference in reference the Pacific
480 horse-power Bamel machine, aban Conference, emphasised that Australia wan a Pacific Power. doned the race owing to his motor break Her destiny lay in the Pacific, the ing down after he had covered hundred problem of which, es far as Australia Mr. de Valera's telegram accepting the concerned, was the problem of Japan, kilometres in 1829 seconds.
which must expand, Talk of diurm invitation to a London conference on meat was idle unless the causes of arms
ments were removed. It was impossible October 11th is a short communication into discus disarmament without raising which he repeats the non-controversial the principal phases of the Pacião ques #tatements in Mr. Lloyd George's last lotter. The only original expression of view consists of an affirmation that the respective positions of both sides have
London, September 30th. Mr. de Valera accepts the invitation
to a conference.
LATEX.
OLD POSITION REAFFIRMED.
been stated and are understood.
to
GERMANIC PEACE TREATIES. U.S. BENATE SPEECHES TO BE LIMITED.
WASHINGTON, October 1st. The speeches in the Senate on the de
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ARMISTICE DAY IN
AMERICA.
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION ON ITS OBSERVANCE.
WASHINGTON, October 1st. President Harding has issued & pro clamation urging the people to offer a silent two minutes prayer at noon on Armistice Day, when an unknown Ame rican soldier exhumed from French soil will be interred at Arlington, the tional comstery.
MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF R38.
FUND FOR INVESTIGATING
AIRSHIP PROBLEMS.
LONDON, October 1st. The Council of the Royal Aeronautical Bocioty has decided. to establish memorial fund commemorating the victims of the E38 disaster. It is proposed to invest tho capital, devoting the income
THE SILESIAN PROBLEM. GERMANY'S NEW CLAIM.
Woollens-There is a better tons in this market. Some orders have been obtained for Camlets and Lustres, bat dealers have ill their dear-bought goods to dispose of and until these have gone into consum LONDON, September 30th.
tion.
Tery
little fresh busincan will bé' The German Consul at Geneva has
placed. handed Viscount Ishii, President of the advances. Quotations are nominally:
Baw Cottons-Values show considerable Council of the League of Nations, & copy Indian description at 830 to 337 per man Government on Beptember 24th with per picul. " of the Note sent to the Allies by the Ger-pical; Chinese description at #17 to $40 memoranda from various public bodies in Upper. Silesia declaring that since the been made in 8. Ears and M.S. Plates. Metals fair amount of mainose has Upper Silesia has changed and a great from the Continent, of 15/- per ton, and taking of the plebiscite public opinion in from £5 to 35.90. majority of those who voted for Poland the rise in exchange has enabled sollers The drop in froights
Upper Silesia in Germany to partition. now prefer the inclusion of the whole of and buyers to come to term Reinow in the above lines is reported to be now offering at below 93, but don'am are hold INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ing of Wire Nails: Rome to B.ANY
kega are reported to he hooked from for the 3-Tin. specification, .50, fog 13ia. and $10.50 for the 1-3 masori menta. Galvanised Wire: fials of 18/22 galvanised are repo
from 10.75 to 811 picul.
CONFERENCE.
AN EXTENSIVE AGENDA.
Lompon, September 30th- The principal items on the agenda,of
Flour Market Block-About 140,000
the International Labour Conference, saca, Quotations: American Patent 24.39 which meets at Genera on October 25th, per sack; American Cut-off .25 por ascki comprise the regulation of bours and con American Straight 13.90 per sack; Bhang ditions of employment, agricultare, dis hai Plour $3.20 per sack. &infection of anthrax infected vool, pro-pl hibition of the use of white lead in paint ing, and a weekly rest day in industrial and commercial employment,
tion. armament until the Pacific problema had Frankly, he saw no hope of dis been settled. In regard to Imperial do lence, he said that whatever was dooided
the Washington Conference, Australia bate, beginning on October 14th, on the from is to the encouragement of inves mist have no val de pace adequate to subject of the Germanic Peace Treaties tigation into the problems connected with salety. Peace in the Pacific masat peace will be limited to an hour each under an [in the Empire
agreement resched to-night,
airships
GREEK, KING'S RETURN.
Arums, Beptember 30th. King Constantine has returned from Anatolia
Buch is the temper of the pan's toilar that any political party would be returs- ed to power if they want to the country. with promise that for two years they of waste, not with an axe but with w would do nothing except enter the jungle tank---Mr. Baldwin,
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