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CABLES

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE IRISH PROBLEM.

WHY THE CONFERENCE WAS

ADJOURNED..

-THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTODER 19TH, 1991.

WANTS TO PROTECT

GERMANY,

U.S. SENATOR'S AMENDMENTS

REIECTED.

BRITAIN'S "UNKNOWN

WARRIOR.! CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL LAIN ON

THE TOMB,"

LONDON, October 17th. General Pershing received an enthus he laid the Congressions) Meds! on the iastic welcome in London to-day when Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in ficent wreath upon the Cenotaph. Westminister Abbey and placed a magni

ULSTER VOLUNTEER FORCE. TO BE REORGANISED TO DEAL WITH SINN PEIN.

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DOCTORS, OLD AND NEW.1 FROM ERA OF MAGIC TO SCIENCE

TOO POND OF LETTING BLOOD. better in antiquity than in the Middle Medical moiance was undoubtedly far Ages. It is very interesting to And that the Romans anticipated Bir Ronald Re in connecting malaria with marsh in- sects. Varro speaks of "tiny, even ins

and columells advises that no mara vitible, animals are bred in marshos, aust enter through the mouth and nostrils -

buildings or a public road, for should be allowed to exist near far marah always throws up the

OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. Loxbox, October 18th

Sir Clifford Allbutt, the Beginn Professor It is announced from Belfast that it Volunteer Force in consequenon of the cal scholar before he took up medicine, has been decided to reorganise the Ulster of Physio at Cambridge, who was a classi--

ping with Sinn Fein, who have estab-lectures of anciant medicine, with sup inactivity of the British Government in has published, an interesting book of and are openly drilling with rides, and plementary ways on the progress of the lished camps in the Unionist quarters machine-guns,

poisonous steams during the hot wea Sir James Craig, in the course of a

art down to the present time, writes Doanther, and breeds insects armed with mis-

"

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WAR IINGTON, "October 19th. The Senate rejected the amendment to the Germán Peace Treaty proposed by LONDON, October 18th. "

the Democrat, Senator Walsh, providing Last evening's announcement of the for the United States-to-join the other postponement of the Irish Conference Powers in a pledge to protect Germany like to fancy that we should have vine die gave rise to a crop of rumours against unwarranted invasion. A second Ambassador) as they drove in open sis. Ulster counties hung together and been happier if we had lived long ago. conversion of small farms into larg Large crowd's heartily cheered General spirited reply to Sinn Fein. criticisms of inge in the Evening Standard. He some Chievous stings, which By upon usin to the effect that irreconcilable differences amendment by Senator Walsh, that the carriages from the American Embassy to tould not allow tampering with them. We do not reflect how extremely un-sheep-runa andoubtedly increased ma

The devastations of civil war and the had eventuated, making the breaking-up United States should use its good offices and five hundred American troops from Ulster was a bargaining factor in the pleasant it would have been to fall into some even suppose that the ruin of the the Abbey, escorted by mounted police He strenously countered the idea that of the Conference imminent. It is in the event of a wanton attack upon carrying rides. Fifty sailors from the nothing except to be left to work out

laria in Italy, especially in the south: the Rhine, wearing steel helmets and present generally agreed, however, that this in- Germany, was rejected by 82 votes to 6.

situation. Ulster wanted the hands of an old-time practitioner.

old civilisation was partly due to this ference is entirely unwarranted." The

American warship Olympia, which will her own destiny.

Causo. This disease, then, called, ague, convey the remains of the American Conference will probably resume, at``s

"Unknown Warrior" Iron France. to

till within living memory the chief re- was vory prevalent in the English Tens America, were drawn up outside the

medies were port wins and laudanum. vory early date. The present position

Abbey; also detachments of Guards,

The ancients were too fond of letting appears to be that the ground has been

Bluejackets, Marines, and the Air Force.

blood; but there were forse contraversion The Duke of Connaught (representing the cleared of preliminaries and that the

about the utility of the practice, and it King), the Promier, Earl Haig, Viscount

was never carried so far as it was in the ncene is met for the main discussions and

Although it was understood that Zagloul Sir William Robertson, Field-Marshal French. Viscount Allenby, Field-Marshal

early modern period, when, as Maric Twain says, if a man cut his throat, sha Pasha was proceeding direct to Kench bo Sir Henry Wilson, the Earl of Car

doctors would want to open a vein in attempted to land at Sohag, but he was Hugh Trenchard, Lord Leo, Sir Worth

some other part of his body. Mr. Winston Churchill, Air-Marshal Sir prevented by the authorities. Zagloul has ington Evans and the High Commission telegraphed to the Sultan accusing the ions were among the distinguished per- ers and Agents-General for the Domin- Government of complicity in the occur-sonages at the Abbey. rence at Assiut.

for some form of agenda, to be drawn up.

KERNEL OF THE DEBATES. It is stated in well-informed quarters that the kornel of the debates is not "the status but the unity of Ireland and that antil the latter question is disposed of little advance can be made regarding the details of the proposed new Government of Ireland Special significance "there- fora attaches to the unyielding provok~~ ment of Sir James Craig. PRIME MINISTER'S PRE-OCCUPA- TIONS.

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TROUBLE IN EGYPT, ZAGLOUL ACCUSES GOVERNMENT

OF COMPLICITY.

CAIRO, October 18th.

TROOPS ON THE RHINE. AMERICAN INTERESTS REQUIRE

NOMINAL FORCE.

WASHINGTON. October 18th. Mr. McKinley, in the Senate, urged that Americs should keep troops on the Rhine an interests in-Europe required the presence there of a nominal force of American troops.

It is undoubted that the postponements Americna. of the Conference is entirely due to the pre-occupations, of Mr. Lloyd George,

whose momentous utterance on unemploy ment was expected to be made immedi ately the House of Commons met to day. It has now been "postponed, the affeïal explanation being that, owing to the procedure of the House, it is proposed that the bills dealing with unemployment cannot be introduced until October 19th. It is unofficially asserted, however, that this is duo to differences of opinion. among experts in working out the export credits scheme.

--EARLIER GABLES-

NO DATE FIXED,

FAMOUS PORTRAITS SOLD. THE BLUE BOY" AND THE

"TRAGIC MUSE."

LONDON, October 18th. After considerable-negotiation" the Duke of Westminster has disposed of the famous portraits. Gainsborough's Blue Boy and Reynolds' "Tragic Muse" Sir Joseph Duvcen at a figure stated to be £200,000.

to

NO MILITARY "ALLIANCE, AUSTRALIAN LABOUR CONFER-

ENCE RESOLUTION.

BRISBANE, October 17th.

Federal Government to refuse to commit The Australian Labour Conference has adopted a motion calling upon the Australia to any military alliance with or against any nation,"

BERLIN MUNICIPAL

ELECTIONS.

"A SLIGHT-TOKEN OF GRATITUDE EXTREME CONSERVATIVES' GAIN.

AND AFFECTION.”

Col. Harvey, in a speech, pointed out that the Medal was the highest military honour bestowable by the Government of the United States. It comprised a mes sage of fraternity from Americans to the people of the British Empire.

General Pershing, laying the Medal British sacrifices and as a slight token on the Tomb in commemoration af of our gratitude to and affection for occasion and, under its inspiration. Britain," said: Let us profit by the pledge new our trust in God that He may guide our faltering footsteps into "the paths of permanent peace. Let us resolve together in friendship and confid ence to maintain towards all peoples that Christian spirit that underlies the character of both nations.".

Mr. Lloyd George replying, emphasis ed the Imperial significance of the tribute British dead, and said that America's to the representative of nearly a million that the fundamental aims of the two homage would be a perpetual reminder democracies were the same and a solemn were comrades in the Great War had pledge that the two mighty peoples who resolved to remain comrades to guarantee the great peace.

BERLIN, October 17th.

Without going back to the savage state, represented for us by many African tribes-among whom a good bedside Banner consists in entering the pat- ient's but with a terrifio howl, beating a tom-tom-what would have been our fate if we had been treated by an ancient Greek doctor! If it had been a surgical case we might not have fared, badly.

discovered surprisingly early. Even in Some difficult operations, nch sa tre- phining after fracture of the skull, were the Old Stone Age one of the Cro-Magnon

SPAN OF LIVE PROLONGED. skeletons, whose cranial development has modern medicine, are very interesting, Sir Clifford Allbutt's last chapters, on excited the envy of their discoverers, but naturally very technical. The pro- shows that the owner a woman, I am gross in the healing art during the lost sorry to say-had Bees treated unsuccess- fully for a fractured skull..

hfty years has been one of the chief triumpha of course, the discovery of misrobes has re- receat civilisation. Of volutionised treatment and started a new era in preventive medicine.

The are age. duration of human life in this country has increased by more than one

greas of medicine, as apart from surgery, in my lifetime. But, on the whole, one is rather surprised that the pro- was so long deferred.

The Greek surgeon had a large num bar of fairly good instruments, and could deal with cataract, calculus, and many The municipal elections have resulted

other awkward surgical troubles But in a small majority for the 202-Socialist printing remained mixed up with partica, attributed partly to public re-versally that by eating an animal we can

superstition. It was believed almost sentment at the Upper Silesian decision. transfer its special virtues to ourselves The extrame Conservatives gained a re- The Coreans to this day eat tiger's flash markable increase of votes. FRANOB'S PEACEFUL POLICY weak-sight, and the blood of a chamois to give them courage. The Greeks prescribed mashed swallows eyes for to cure vertigo:

WAB MINISTER'S SPEECH.

WONDERFUL AND HÖRBIELE REMEDIES.

PARIS, October 17th. Speaking at Metz on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to the French patriot, Paul Deroutede, the War Minister, M. Barthou, stated

We are not free from this notion Krench diplomacy, acts in the open and yet: oarsmen eat quantities of beef (or has no use for intrigues.

The French did in my young daya), not because this democracy wants nothing but peace. No diet has been proved to be good for row honestly than France at the reduction of strong animal. In ancient and medieval nation sims mero resolutely and more ing, but because the or is a proverbially

Horas. the burden of military expenditure. times, we should have had to take some wonderful and horrible remedies. Dried toads, snakes, sad spiders, rolled into enormous pills, were antidotes to every kind of poison.

Among savages this belief is often the cause of cannibalism; to eat the heart of an enemy who has been overcome with difficulty is obviously-a-wise thing to that do.

KEMALISTS TO RELEASE FRENCH PRISONERS.

PARIS, October 17th.

France and Following

anagriment between the Turkish (Kemalist) Government, Franch war prisoners are to be released immediately. batch is expected at Marseilles to-day

The first fares,

were

called respirators; consumptives

I can well remember seeing invalida wearing

those

insanitary appliances. kept out of the fresh air, and nearly always died; disasses so unlike each other as typhus and typhoid were cou. founded in the official reports; and ap- pendicitis was vaguely described

internal inflammation. The ignorance

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The

of the public is ill amazing. masses prefer secret remedies and un- licensed practitioners; they know some- thing about tre le unions, and thnk that the medical profession is under that union rules

want to

MZDICINE AND HAGIC. There are also many who restore the old connection between medi- cine and magic; wonderful cures readily. find credence Lourdes flourishes just as the ceremony of touching for the King's evil flourished, or even more, since

Our debt to the noble medical profes

Bereavement is

Nature was supposed to have stamped on medicinal plants and animals an in-powerful financial interests have grown dication of the ass which was to be made up around it. We say that this is of them. Thus orabe were good for scientific ager but the majority are very cancer, and the yellow player for jaun- science; they desire miracles, and with casily shaken out of their belief in dica; caphrasis is indicated for diseases much help from the imagination they in its corolla. It is possible that a care- of the eye, because it has a black spot And what they look for. ful search might reveal some survivalssion is incalculable. of the doctrine of " the modern pharmacopei; it is certain sigunturea" even in that it survives in popular remedice The blood-stone (heliotropium) is still employed, 1 am told, to stop bleeding at the nuse; and nettle-ten is a popular terday. The resulta were very satisfactory the weapon which caused the wound,

The Paris automobile show closed yes remedy for urticaria. One very old).courage as advisers of the natinh

superstition was to apply the remedy to all round. Many and important orders for all sorts of care wore obtained.- Hasas.

THE VICTORIA CROSS. At the banquet in honour of General Pershing, Sir Worthington Evans, at the conclusion of a enlogistic addrem e- phasising the indestructibility of Anglo- PARIS AUTOMOBILE SHOW, King's intention to confer the Victoria American friendship, announced the Cross upon America'a Unknown

VEBY SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

Warrior."

WASHINGTON....CONFERENCE. BRITAIN WILL RECIPROCATE WITH

COMPOSITION OF EMPIRE DELEGATION. "LONDON, October 17th. The Irish Gonference was resumed this

LONDON, October 18th. afternoon. The crowd in Whitchall wa The newspapers assert that the British chiedy interested in the American Empire delegation to the Washington wreaths that were laid on the Cenotaph, Conference consists of Mr. Lloyd George, but a uns!! gathering at the bottom of Mr. Balfour and Lord Lee, representing Downing Street cheered the Sinn Fein Britain; "Sir Robert Borden, Canada; delegates on their arrival.

Senator Pearce, Australia; Sir John On the termination of the Irish Con-Salmond, New Zealand and Mr. Sastri, ference Mr. Erskine Childera told an India. Mr. Smuts received a pressing interviewer that no date had been fixed invitation, but he is unable to leave for the return of the delegates to Do ing Street

LATER

LATER. "An official communiqué in reference to the Conference between the Government | and the Irish delegates states. that it lasted two hours and was adjourned.

TATER RESUMPTION DEPENDENT UPON PREMIER'S ENGAGEMENTS. Reuter leards that the failure to fix

South Africa, which is not represented: EARLIER CABLES.

BRITISH DELEGATION'S

ARRANGEMENTS.

Loxpos, October 17th.”

In the event of Mr. Lloyd George going to Washington, he and Mr. Bal- four will sail on the Aquitania, whose departure from Southampton will be

head the British military mission to the He hoped that the Earl of Cavan would Washington Conference, and so be able present the Cross on behalf of his Majesty.

self while in command of the British [The Earl of Cavan distinguished him- forces on the Italian front at the time

PARIS, October 17th.

NEWS.

of Austria's last desperate attack, and FAR EASTERN CABLE during the effective Allied operations which followed.] 4. KING'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT.

LONDON, October 18th.

{BY COURTEST OF THE "CHINA WAIL"] SHANGHAI FORT DEVELOPMENT.

· SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT FAITH HEALING.

ow & rarer visitant in most families... climbing mountains at ages when our and we are still playing tennis and grandparents were in bath chairs or writhing under attacks the doctors ought to have a little more

of gout

But

They were very slow to speak out about certain dreadful disenees which. ruin myriads of lives; and there are other matters on which Buthoritative pronouncements, like those of a religious body assembled in conference, would be very useful. Such subjects are-Health- defects as a legal bar to marriage: The certificates before marriage; Heritable, right of euthanasia in certain cases: and the medical aspect of family limitation. Medicine is a kind of priesthood, and the nation has a right to know whatever the doctors can tell us with authority..

BRITISH INDUSTRY.

A NEW TARIFF REFORM CAM- PAIGN PREDICTED.

Professor Allbutt does not mention that this was revived in the seventeenth century by Sir Kenelm Digby, who in- was to be applied to the weapon, not to sympathetic powder," which vented a "

the wound.. The weapon was anointed and dressed three times a day; the wound itself was bound up and let alone for seven days, at the end of which time it was generally found perfectly united. The King has sent a message to Pres-

This treatment was much more successful ident Harding expressing appreciation

than the orthodox method, which includ the British "Unknown Warrior as a of the gift of the medal of honour to

SHAZA, October 18th. ed pouring boiling oil into a gunahoti gesture of friendly, sympathy and good-engineer experts who last Saturday

The consulting committee of harbour wound to counteract the poison of the

lesd.. will which we shall not forget.

started a six weeks inquiry into the

As long as scianos is mainly gues The message points out that the Shanghai porta development scheme, were work, superstitions of all kinds fourish

tog so many real or imagined cases of faith- In connection with the rumours of an Lloyd Georgo's Parliamentary engage Washington on November lith. The and adds heart-felt good wishes for the chow Bay to study the question on the ports it. A good example is the super it is interesting to note, says an Indian towed upon a subject of another nation; left for the Yangtze estuary and Hang collects round superstition and sip esl campaign arranged for the autumn,

The committee have

Premier's visit, which is still dependent sterling success of the Washington Can-

stition about the King's evil, scrofuls, paper, that Mr. W. A 8. Hewins, who upon domestic affairs, will be brief inference, in which the Ministers of both"

spot.

which was supposed to be dred by the was intimately associated with Mr. Joseph iny cane. When he returns to England, countries will do all that practical states-

royal touch. Bcrofula was also treated Chamberlain's Tariff Reform Mr. Balfour will remain as head of the manship can achieve to perpetuate the

by viper's Besh and lion's blood; but to paiga, and who has disappeared from cart mission. Sir Auckland Geddes will be comradeship of war in the maintenance appointed as third delegate.

be stroked. by & King, especially by a public life for the last three years, is The reof peace. maining delegate, Lord Lee, sails on the

good King, was a more certain cura till directing the affairs of the Tarift Edward the Contentor was perhaps the Commission which intoads in the autuma Olympie with three Foreigz Office off- cials on the 28th inst.

makes Malcolm say that he has often socotics. That protecton will be one of the first to work these miracles; Thakespeare to recommeáte prewar political activi the King of England cure "mon all chief issues of any forthcoming political swollen and ulcrous, pitiful to the eye, struggle, is apparent from the speech of the mere despair of surgery."

There are

ference is due to the uncertainty of Mr. November 3rd-to enable them to reach to America; has never before been bes There is to be a meeting of the leading healing that a vast amount of eridance, election before long aid the active politi-

date for the resumption of the Con-accelerated a couple of days-namely, Victoria Crose, which Britain is sending banquetted at the Astor House last night. I and are very hard to kill."

Jaents

LATEST CABLES.

VAINESE IN JAMAICA.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ALLEGED INVASION.

THREATENED BAILWAY- STRIKE IN U.S.A. ́LABOUR BOARD'S PROPOSALS,

Warsoros, October 17th.

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SHIP-PLATE__PRICES." DRASTIC CUT TO ENCOURAGE

TRADE THEA LOADOS, October 17th. North-east Coast steel manufacturers have made a drastic cut of 708. par to on ship plates, which are now £10 10s. beginning of the year. per ton, compared with £94 10s, at the

LONDON, October 18th. - Reports from Jamaica show that the Bampaign begun by a section of the pross against the so-called Chinese invasion of Jamaica is gathering in strength. The matter will be brought before the Legisla tive Council next session. It is an nounced that the Chinese have formed a trong combine to enter various fields of of freights equivalent to the reduction the industry is not merely sacrificing enterprise, including the purchase of of wagee recommended in July; also the consting miling vessels and the acquisi-withdrawal by the railways and the profits, but is incurring big losses in tion of a wharf and premises..

operatives of the further reductions and order to encourage trade.

IMPERIAL WIRELESS. CONSTRUCTION BEING PRESSED ON SPEEDILY..

The Labour Board propoes, in order to avert a railway strike, a reduction

the strike order, respectively, pending the Board's action.

4" big manufacturer has declared that

THE FALLING MARK. A Cleveland message states that the President of the Locomotive Engineers'.

THREE A PENNY. Union has declared that the Board's pro- posals are not feasible. Mesawhile, the

LONDON, October 17th. authorities are making every prepara Lowner, October 18th.

Marks on the London market have tion to maintain food supplies and the reached the low record of 750 to the Mr. F. J. Brown, chairman of the conveyance of mails. There will be pound. This is attributed partly to Post Office Telephone and Telegraph 57.000 motor lorries available to feed Germany, in view of the impending Society, lecturing in London, dealt with New York, and cold-storage supplies, are higher taxation, selling marks for ether, the Imperial ireless chain. He any sufficient for three weeks. The fuel prob currencies, notably Dutch and Scandina nounced that

station at Cairo would lem is the gravest but coal merchants vian; and partly to enormous Contin the Gnished at me and of the year, com- declare that they are able to meet the ental speculation

leting the first link to South Africa situation...

Two further stations will be erected, în England and Egypt, forming the first link to India, Singapore and Hongkong. He stated that a commission of exporta was engaged in planning Imperial sta tions and expected to complete the work in November. Thereafter construction would be preaved en as speedily as possible.

DEATH OF COMPANY DIRECTOR.

LONDON, October 17th.

Crewdson, formerly head of Massts. Hoz. The death is announced of Mr. Alfred rocksea; Crewdson.

residents to day.

SHANGHAI TELEPHONE COMPANY

INCREASES CAPITAL.

SHANGHAL, October 18th The Shanghai Telephone Company yesterday unsaimously resolved to in Crosse its capital to two million taels necessitating the creation of 25,000 new shares of fifty taela each.

THE WARFARE IN

UPPER

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***GURES" BY THE KING'S TOUCHE

Mr. Lennox Leo at the annual meeting of the Calico Printers' Amocation at Manchester when he dweit on the injury The gift was almost continuous in Eng done to Great Britain's chief export- land from Heary II. to Queen Anne. ing industry, namely cotton, by the TE King received the patients three Governments attempt to encourage home- YANGTSZE REGION.

times a year at Easter, Whitsuntide, made dyes. Mr. Lee said the essence and Michaelmas. Each patient present of both the Dyestuffs Act and the MORE SHIPS. FIRED ON. ed a certificate from the clergyman of Bafeguarding of Industries Act was the parish, and received a maal gold or placing on certain industries privileged Ionaxo, October 11th.

silver medal to hang round the neck position, but great industries like agricul The str. Kiti! from Chungking has William. III was sceptical, and once ure, cos, cotton woel and shipbuilding been fired on, one man being killed and health, and more

said to a patient, "God

were excluded from the privilege. They

•ve you better the pilot wounded.

George Lwere to be exposed to the cold blast of refused to do it; the Jacobites draw the foreign competition. More than half the The ste Hangkang has also arrived obvious conclusion. Private virtas in output of calica printers was exported She was beavily fred on but there were the King was not essential; Charles II. to Asiatic countries.. no casualties.

touched an enormous number of scroful-

•

sonne.”

The

Ho

General tariff imports would injure When the Hungtiang, was searched the ous persons, as did Louis XIV," in the whole export industry, but calico Customs found 174 packages of smuggled Franco, to whom 3,000 persons were printers were especially penalised by cargo, which when opened wore found to brought two days after his coronation. contain opium, weighing six too, The history of this superstition is of cost of colours to the industry had risen

the duties on imported colours. record seiture with a value of nearly great interest, since the cases were under 248 per cent. compared with 1914. 8500,000.

the observation of the medical profession, declared the policy favouring the in that something like 100 missionaries and touch lasted till the change of dynasty tarif could enable an industry to forde The community of Ichang understand and the faith in the efficacy of the royal icient must ultimately fail for ao others are waiting in lower fiver ports It can hardly be supposed that Charles foreign purchasers to buy goods they II. believed in bis own miraculous could obtain better and cheaper from before taking passage for Szechuan pro- vince. Word has been received from powers, but, no doubt, he was this to foreign rivals an them asking "that these people be request.

put on the grand manner, which is not a ed to remain below Lebang untill up important in all treatment by sugges river steamers are moving again as the Poor Charles-IT

victim of the

Opium and other drugs to the value port of Ichang is without adequate ac wretched science of his time, and made of one and a quarter-million dollars, Meal, M.P., Parliamentary Becretary to the prosat unsettled condition tatoo ginng to them for taking such an un-presence of Customs officials and high Ministry of Transport Mr. Arthur safeguarding sy many foreigners during the expense of his doctors, gravely apolo furasoes at Pootung last week, in the Bir Eric Geddes bas, resigned from the commodation and the responsibility of the isat of his many excellent jokes at smuggled into Bhanghai, were burnt in

the Ministry, in carrying am texporarily great.

conscionable time in dying.

Chinese officials of Bhanghai. »

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT.

BIR ERIG GEDDES RESIGNS,,·

Lospor, October 17th.