CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. (rakocĠH AKUTEE'S AUKNOT.] THE CONFERENCE AT CANNES.
EUROPEAN RECONSTRUCTION
-CORPORATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PER
LATEST CABLES.
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE. SHANTUNG QUESTION STILL
HANGS FIRE,
WASHINGTON, January 11th.
The Conference drafting experts have now practically concluded the final shape in which the naval treaty will be present CANNES. January 11th.
ed at the next plenary session. Mr. Root, An official memorandum gives the Con assisted by members of the American Boranca decisions. As regards the inter-Delegation, is drafting the Chinese treaty. national body for European reconstruc-This docupat has not yet been put into tion, which will be described as the Cen-concrete form.
Owing to the preoccupation of the other" tral International Corporation and will be established in London where it will delegations with the Naval Treaty the have its principal office. The corporation Shantung Question still hangs are. Both a special British Act the Japanese and Chinese delegations are will be created by of Parliament, embodying suitable pro-waiting to see what the other is going to visions under British company, law ex do. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Hughes are empting foreign holdings from British continuing informal negotiations with incoran tax. The Corporation will consist both Delegations in the hope of bringing are "delaying won which will be established by all the four and Lord Lee
The minimum their departure in order to see the Con- participating capital, equivalent to twenty millions ference through. A considerable number atacting, will be provided by the national of less important members of the British corporations in their own currencies. The Delegation have already left. principal function of the new body will be examining and £tancing opportunities fer Europese reconstruction and arrang ing security for the payment of contracts.
GOLD-MINERS STRIKE IN
SOUTH AFRICA."
com-
THURSDAY, JANUARY ¡INE, 102:
DEGREE, DAY AT HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.
(Cantiñued from page 5.)
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS,
SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA.
SELPOWNERS' ANXIETY.
THE WORKERS' MANIFESTO.
LONDON, January 10th. The strike on the Rand which
A high ideas-but, be assured, no menced last night is declared by the strikers to be a struggle by white fabour to avert annihilation: The Chamber of thing leas will be adequate to serve the Mines, on the other hand, asserts that, needs of Chian or to satisfy ourselves,graphy at failing a revision in wage rates and work. In education there can be no standing ing conditions, so as to permit of the ceployment of more semi-skilled coloured stil: you must either go forward or go labour, 1 out of 39 producing gold mines back. We must, as Burke pute it, stretch The difficulties of the gold mines have and expand our minds to the compass of must close down..
strike of col the object, or suffer the humiliation of miners and the temporary cessation of been sccentuated by a diamond mining by De Beers at Kimber ring our concerns shrink and dwindle loy as a result of depression.
to the dimensions of our own minds. You a come, 'as it seems to me, to the part ing of the ways when you will have to
A lengthy struggle is anticipated.
STRIKE IN FULL OPERATION. JOHANNESBURG, January 10th.
UNDERSTANDING WITH GERMANY.
MB. CHURCHILL ON PEAUS IN EUROPE.
was in the
The Enal sousion of the International Shipping Conference was held on Novem- ber 25th at the Hotel Victoria, Sir Owan
Mr. Winston Churchill, Colonial Sacre- Philippa, the president of the Chamber:
tary was the guest at the dinner of the of sheman initiated a discussion on Braid Hotel on November 29th.
presiding
British Overseas Banka Association st Chairman
sad radio-tele appliances Sea He said the Con- Mr. Charles Cambie, chairman of the life-saving vention of London originated out of sapciation, prosided.
Proposing the health of Mr. Churchili, the circumstances which attended the
interests of this country and of the Allies inquiry into the Titanic disaster. Ship. the Chairman said that it evolving a system of regulations which that there should be in the near future owners were anxious to co-operate in would not only he practicable but eff some reconsideration or postponement of cient, and in that task British shipown the German reparations We could not afford to have anything but a prosperous ere were prepared to do their share...
Bir Alan Anderson submitted a resolu- Germany if we were to get Europe on its tion that the conference approved of cer- fect again. Germany must not be rolean- tain principles named in the resolutioned from her obligations, but the machin as the basis of any further considerationery of trade must be sat running again.
Mr. Churchill said that across the of that part of the problem of safety of life at sea which more particularly re- Atlantic one saw great and evous brilliant It hopes of an improvement in the condition of world affairs Foreign politics resolv The strike is in full operation at all decide whether your aim is to be confined lated to the life saving appliances." the gold mines, in which 90,000 men are merely local university, an amplified was set out that:-.
Safety of life at sea depends uponed themselves into a triple arrangement United understanding between the of affected; also at the Victoria Falls power secondary school, or expanded to the cou
the care of the navigator and upon the States. Great Britain, and Japan to station, where, however, there is still
type and design of the vessel. much
secure a peaceful development of the sufficient labour to produce one-third of ception of an Imper al University, corres
ponding to other universities of the home more than tipon life-saving appliances Pacific. That was in a fair way to be
The stability and seaworthy qualities
achieved. But another triple arrange the usual power for essential services.
The main point at present seems to be country, the Dominions and Colonies.
of the vessel itself must be regarded as ment was necessary to deal with Europe. the question of an agreement as to the
its professars and post graduate stud-
of primary importance, and every other It was a good understanding and friend. provision made against possible disas
ly association between Great Britain. fixed ratio of white workers to coloured.anging with them from time to time
ter must be subordinated to that France, and Germany for the rehabilita of representatives of national corpora about a compromise, although Mr. Bal. This is likely to loom large in the future ents, a university which will sot the BOARD OF TRADE R-TURNStandard of British education to affiliated colleges and schools of foreign karning
primary consideration. In regulations providing for boats and other lifesav tion of Europe and the re-creation
prosperity. People throughout China, so that, in time to comic, they will turn to the Hongkong
ing appliances it is essential that the Europe's financial
would say that they could never hope for safety of the vessel itself should not such a combination, but nothing less than be impaired, and that her decks should Univarsity as their Alma Mater for some fort and encouragement and recognition.
not be unduly encumbered, and that that combination was adequate to meat, -(Applause.)
prompt handling of those boats which the difficulties and perils of the present are adequate for all but extraordinary economic situation in Europe. They must and exceptional disasters should at cot make friends with Germany at the be hampered
by the provision of addi- expense of France. They know the great to human freedom and contribution tional boats......
That ocean-going passenger vessels, as defined in Article 3 of Contention of 1914, should carry life-saving appli- ances for all on board, which should consist of both boats and buoyancy apparatus; the number of boats should be the greatest which can be carried under davits with due regard to the safety of the vessel and the prompt bandling of such boats. It is undesir able to formulate hard and fast rules for the design of buoyancy apparatus each of which should be considered on its merits, so as to afford the greatest possible scope to shipowners, their Laval architects and shipbuilders to devise efficient apparatus and to pro- vide for the stowage of such appartus in a manner, best calculated to attain the object in view.
staica
LONDON OR GENOAL
LONDON, January Tith. London, instead of "Genot, is now Bug. gosted as the best meeting place of the ---International Economic Conference, owing to London's pro-eminence in international commerce. It? Eondon is chosen Ienia has decided to attend as Russia's representa-
tave.
.
EARLIER CABLES.
THE NAVAL TREATY.
WASHINGTON, January 10th. While the draft of the Naval Treaty, in A closely-guarded secret it is reported that one of the new features is the exten sion of the duration of the pact until 1937, although this does not affect the ten-year naval boliday..
It is understood that President. Hard- ing intends to submit all the conference treaties to the Senate simultaneously, probably a few days before the adjourn
menk.
High officials are of opinion that it is unlikely that the American merchant marine problems will come before the Con ference, but intimate that they might properly be discussed by the Genoa Con- forence.
IN 1924.
TREMENDOUS FALL IN FIGURES.
LONDON. January 10th.
The Board of Trade returns show im- ports last year of £1,086,000,000, exports £700,000.000, compared with £1,932,000,000 and £1,334.000.000 respectively in 1020. ANGLO-RUSSIAN ASIATIC CO.
LARGE PURCHASE OF SHARES BY
KRUPPS.
I beg you to believe that nothing I have said is to be taken to imply that the civilisation of China is inferior to our own, but only that it has developed
along different lines. In the West it is in the applied sciences, that the advance has been most marked. In the Bast it
is in the domain of philosophy and sociology that China has accumulated throughout the long course of her him It is reported that Krupps, in junctory vast stores of learning, as yet only tion with the Mendelssohn Bank, have partially explored, from which unexpect purchased a large number of shares d treasures of political wisdom and ex- perience may yet be gathered by the the Anglo-Russian Asiatis Company.
West. We have much to learn from each other. and surely it is here, in this con
el
.:
SUBZ CANAL "COMPANY, LORD' INCHCAPE THE NEW CHAIR MAY-OF-LONDON COMMITTEE.
of
wisdom, which France had made, and he was sure their wisdom would load them to realize that nothing less than a pros perous and contented Germany would serve for the purpose of reviving and re generating the prosperity of Europe
On the subject of reparations Mr. Chur- chill said that he was delighted to so the steady, ren orgeless march of states: men of all countries during the last few months towards financial sanity.
Not only electioneering politicians, but grave. fincaciers and august members of the Judiciary who had been speaking-non- sensical froth shout extracting twenty ception of a university in this wider sense, that East and West may profitably
thousand
millions
ons from Germany, had mert to take counsel together, to devise
reduced those vea to a much more prox ways and means, for implanting in the
tical statement of the case. He rejoiced hearts of the young British, and Chinema
to res that the simple fact that the pay- in whose hands lies the destiny of both
ment from one country to another could races the germ of a common ideal for
only be made in the form of goods or the building up of that "kind of civili
As to wireless telegraphy, the resolu-service had once more become recognized sation which consists, not in the abund- SINO-JAPANESE QUESTIONS.
ance of material things, not even in the tion pointed out that as international by the most enlightened experts in differ- Sino-Japanese conversations regarding
strength of national armaments, but in conventions became valueless if contracting ent countries. Looking from the West to Shantung will be resumed to-morrow.
the generous rivalry of two peoples pos Governments applied different rules to the East. they saw that those of their cus laster tearns from a well-informed This is undoubtedly due to the good
sessed by that pure purpose and the all ships visiting their ports, the atten- tomers who had not been killed during were incapable of continuing tion of Governments signatory to the the war lofty idealism which alone can eat Convention should be called to instances cash payments. Not only in Europe, but French source that the following scheme offices of Mr. Balfour and Mr. Hughes. It is expected that the discussion will ca
A REMARKABLE DECLINE.
nation and make it grat.-(Loud and where the international accord of the in Aria there was an enormous dimiau- of reparations and partition has been brace other problems, and if an agree ment is reached thereon, it is hoped that
Reviewing the country's foreign trade prolonged applause).
The "CHANCELLOR then declared the Convention has been disturbed by any tion in the consuming power of the great particular regulations It was essential nations. They must do all in their power Germany to pay the railway question may then be arrang for the year 1921, the Ganka Asani points upon!
market
in installations should to revive the consuming power of Europe agreed £1,750,000,000 (gold) in kind, of which ed. Among the matters still unsettled is out that the value of exports from Janu-Congregation closed.
be maintained so long as merchant ships and Asia. totalled which from Britain is to take M.100,000,000, Italy the disposal of the Shantung salt mines, ary 1st to December 25th amounted to
Japan desires to continue to
were compelled to carry wireless. Y1,225,000,000, while the imports. M2,000,000, Belgium M. 125,000,000, ship salt under some form of Chinese Y1373,000,000), an excess of importa to the The following were the names of the legal obligation to instal wireless on mer- and the West her position would be un-
EARLIER CABLES.
THE REPARATION SCHEME.
CANNES, January 10th.
Japan, M.7,000,000, France M150,000,000 and the remaining Allies M. 28,000,000.
"Of one milliard gold marky, paid last July, Belgium is, to take M.319,000,000, und Italy Britain M.150,000,000, -M310f the cash payable by Germany in 1922, Britain is credited with
·M,189,000,000, and the rest goes to Bel giun, but of Britain's share L. 130,000,000 is to be lent to France, which will be repaid in futare German payments. GERMAN DELEGATION'S ARRIVAL.
PARIS, January 10th: The German delegation to Cannes has
arrived.
A NEW DIFFICULTY.
PARIS, January 10th
The latest rock to be encountered by the Entente is Tangier, ia connection with which (according to the Temps Cannes correspondent) Britain has adopted the Spanish viewpoint and seeks to make France accept it on paper. He adds that Britain insista on linking this problem with the Fact, from which he concludes that matters are not going too smoothly. It is pointed out that Spain desires the incorporation of Tangier in the Spanish Moroccanzone, but France-maintains that Tangier has been withdrawn from Spanish influence, and placed under a special administration,
LATER.
Japan and the British Dominions_are also being invited to the Genoa Con Terence.
hitch appears to have occurred in the reperations agreement, and discussions or that matter have had to be postponed until to-morrow, pending the receipt of reply from the French Cabinet who are reported to be displaying hostility there- to. This view is supported by French newspapers, one of which declares that the Treaty of Versailles is being "cut up iccemeal in carnival setting to the strains of a jazz band.”
ieved, China desires that the wines shall be treated similarly to thoes in other pants of China,
IRELAND."
NEW. PRESIDENT OF THE DAIL A-GENERAL ELECTION TO FOLLOW,
LowDos, January 10th.
on the motion of Mr The Dail Michael Collins, elected Mr. Griffith President, and on the motion of Mr. Griffith, appointed a Cabinet including Mr. Collins as Minister of Finance. Mr. Cavan Duffy as Foreign Minister, Mr. Duggan as Home Secretary, and Mr. Mucahy, as Minister of Defence.
Sixty-five followers of the ex-President de Valora left the Chamber before the motion was voted unanimously.
Moving the election of Mr. Gribin a President of the Dail, Mr. Collins said that the Irish nation was a ship without captain. They must form a stable government to prevent the country drift ing into anarchy.
Mr. Griffith said his policy would be to give effect to the Dail's approval of the tresty, and to use the Dail's resources to keep order until a General Election for the Free State Parliament decided the acceptance of the treaty rights.
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The Dail adjourned until February
146.
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.. LONDON, January 10th.
"The Duke of York to-day cut the first turf at the entrance to the National Sports Ground at Wembley, inaugurating the work of preparing for the British Empire Exhibition.
In the course of his address, the Duke expressed pleasure that work would be found through the undertaking for a part of the vast army of London's unemploy; ed and that the gustantes fund exceeded the minimum of a million sterling. He wished this important Imperist enter prise every success. DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE STATESMAN.
LONDON," January 10th Lord Inchcape has been elected Chair man of the London Committee of the Suc to Sir Canal Company in Thomas Sutherland.
Succoee on
JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE FOR THE YEAR,
J
the corresponding period of last year, these figures show a decline of Y723,000,000 in exports and Y758,000,000 in imports This remarkable decline is attributed to the lack of purchasing power among all nations, to the
rise in the extraordinary price of various articles, the scale of in Japan, and the fluctuations in Wages exchange rates-The-papor is of the opinion that the remarkable advance in the price of commodities and labour in Japan, coupled with the inferior quality of various articles, has brought about this poor showing in the trade of the year. The trade during last year result ed in an excess of imports over exports to the amount of Y358,000,000.
THE GRIEGATES.
Bachelor of Science (Engineering).-- Fang Man Shul. H. C. Hunt Wong Ping Kwan Pih Chin Tou, Chao Kuo Liang Chin Kwan Chee, Hsu Pin Yuan, Kai Li Chen, Khoo Khoon Hunt, Kung Shib En, Pan Hui Tak, Yang Sen Chi'en.
M
that
$700
The If Britain had only to look to the East
twenty might graduates on degroca
to save life, and shipowners should be had outlets for their energy..objects which Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of left complete freedom to deal with in-deserved their financial support, great were conferred by the Chancellor
Before Surgery B. A. Basto, Yosh Hone. So, provement or amplification of wireless potentialities of development. Chiu Chu San, Lum Man Yoke, i installations. The resolution continued: they cast their money on strangers let As the introduction of wireless tele-them be quite sure there was not in the Chang, Hu To Kuen, Li Sung, Phoor Cock Wah, Hu Chain Ho, Cheah Toongraphy has revolutionised the problem British Empire some more certain means of saving. life at sea, and as it has of securing a swift and certain return. Siow, T. P. Khoo.
already ben proved that the attempt They would need more to draw from In- to maintain constant communication perial resources, and as years passed the by human agency cannot be made effes whole of this process would conduce to tive, an automatic alarm device should the greater strengthening of the British as soon as practicable be approved and position They were well advised to re permitted to take the place of the pose themselves confidently on the broad If that failed human watchers, as provided in Article security of the Empire. 34 of Convention, 1914, and, if necen- there would be little else in any part of for this purpose, the international the world." If it stood, the money invest- should be altered in order that the ed in the great overses plantations and alarm call can be by an auto Dominions would return bringing with alar case the legal obligation on it the means of future enterprise. ships which are compelled to carry wireless should be limited to the effi- cient operation of wireless for life
aving emergency, and a limited know. ledge of wireless sufficient for these life-saving duties should be a qualifies tion for a certificate to be held by a member of such ship's company, so that no idle men will have to be carried to faldi tha exceptonal duty.
Bachelors of Arts.-Tang Shu Sham, Wong Kwok In, Woo Pak Ming, Lu Chea Chung.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE" DINNER
The paper calls attention to the fact that i fasuary this year the specie of Last night HE the Governor enter the country stood at 12,183,000,000, but tained the members of the University on the 15th December the figures were Court, the honorary graduates and some reduced to Y2.101,000,000, showing of the graduates to dinner at Government diminution of Y62,000,000. The paper Hor feat's that unless a radical change is im mediately introduced into the present defective commercial methods the coun- warning to all classes, the paper publishes try may be ruined commercially. As a the following table showing the value of year and last experts to various countries during the first nine months of this
1921.
1920. year: Chias Y180,000,000 Y522,000,000 Other Asiatic
Countries 416,000,000 British India .... €0,000,000 17,000,000 Great Britain. Other European
Countries
Bäited States Other American
Htates *** Australia
20,000,000 £95,000,000
MORE STOWAWAYS, FROM MANILA,
HEAVY BENTENCE ON THREE. AMERICANS.
A committee of the Federation of British Industries, appointed to consider the question of German reparations, sug gests that, while in full, agreement that Germany. should pay to the extent of her capacity, the Allies should seek by "agreement to modify the terms in certain directions, and should even be prepared. to lighten the incidence of the barded imposed upon Germany.
Sir Alan Anderson said that every shipowner was keenly desirous of 'saving life at sea. In nineteen years to 1911 there were carried across the Atlantic 2,500,000 people and eighty five lost their lives. That way as bear complete im
The
The resolution was seconded by Dr munity as they could safely get first thing was to have good ships, good Knotterbelt (Holland), and was support. and the means at their disposaled by Mr. A. F. Moeller (Denmark), Mr. et avoiding disaster. The second line of W. F. Gibbs (United States) i defence was to get help quickly when the Gustav Beariksen (Norway), and Com disaster occurred. It was in that direc-modere Hans Ericson (Sweden). tion that the suggestions about wireless
Sir Norman Hill, dealing with critic referred. Nothing ought to be done
OL
American stowaways from Manila have been on the increase during the past for 998,000,000 weeks and Mr. Wood in passing & sharp 192,000,000 sentence of six weeks' imprisonment with 97,000,000 bided labour at the Magistracy, yester
day, on three American sailors who had 193,000,000 stowed away on the sa Pine Tree State 565,000,000 said: No matter how much sympathy I may have with you, it is my duty to 308,000,000 - 603,000,000 stop this practica. You are not the Grat
58,000,000 meu to come before me and I have been her to endanger the safety of the ship isms which had been made by some of
depling leniently with them. The prac-
or to hamper in any way the getting into the foreign delegates of the influence of tice has to cease, and I must impose a the water of the comparatively few beats British legislation, pointed out that Par-
It is a
As chairman punishment that will stop it.
Jaunched. Referring to
were responsible for it. the taking of
ice of the Merchant Shipping Advisory Com which could in most disasters be safely liament, and not British shipowners, an alarm call on an automatic devices mittes, he recalled the terms of the ro Sir Alan said they all believed there Was
He no practical difficulty in baving an auto port which was adopted in 1912. matic deviec. It was not expensive, and said that in important respects the re
10,000,000
** AN OFFICIAL VIEW.
He calle
L
In the Chuo, an organ of the Seijukai, Mr. Tsurumi, Director of the Commercial
is also a nuiance to this Colony. It Section in the Department of Agriculture save to the steamship companies. It and Commerce, arges the immediate in troduction of radical reforms in business throwing unemployed people on the re- methods in order that the Japanese may sources of the Colony. You are sentenced be able to compete with Western nations to six weeks' imprisonment. on the international market. attention to the fact that since the close Cardiff and Ernest Newhall, alf denied of the European war the trade of Japan the charge, and Wood, acting as spokes wireless installations with Bouth America has shown a decline man for the other two, said that their of 89 per cent, as cofapared with the idea was to work their passage back to period of the war, that with the Trans the States. They had been working on vaa! a desline of 82 per cent, and with the Pine Tree State and were prepared China, ·India, the United States, Europe to work their way onwards. and other countries a decline of 50 per The Fourth Officer of the vessel, Mr. cont. each. During the four years ending A. M. Hampson, stated that the vessel 1918 Japan absorbed gold specie to the left Manila on the 8th and the three men amount of Y1,400,000,000 from foreign came out from their hiding places on the countries as a result of the excess of ex- 8th and reported themselves. They were ports over importa. During the three made to work
Inspector Spear said that the idea of ending 1921, the excess of imports ever exporta totalled Y800,000,000. There the man was to stow away and after the LONDON, JAQUary 10th. thys remains a balance YC00,000,000, real had left port to come forward and death has occurred of Major Gen-which will shortly be paid off should then to be signed on as part of the crew:
country's trade show no improvement. Canvas, January 10th.bral Sir W-G-Bedford,
The price of commodities and the scale [Major-General Sir Walter G. A. Bed-
The men whose names are Eric Wood,thical difficulty in looking after the-
believed further-that-there was notions wero departed from: by
THE FRANCO-BRITISH PACT. It is understood that Italy wishes in- clusion in the Frado British pact, the draft of which has per telegraphed to London for approval of the Cabinet, but it is not likely that her wishes will be granted, since its obet is to guaranted aggression, France against deman Although the top agreement re a close secret, it is that France has given a definite seurance that she will follow no aggressiva policy
INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE
APPROVED.
Toxy January 10th This death of Prince (1) Okuma is an
DEATH OP CELEBRATED ABMY SURGEON.
The
years
The Conference has approved of the ford, KO.M.G., (Hoa.) DC.L, born 1856. of wages in this country as higher than International Syndicate for the economic was Staff Officer to the Surgeon-General. in any other country. To make the situa restoration of Europe and will appoint a Army Headquarters, South African War; Committee consisting of two British, two P.MO, South China 1908-11 Deputy French, Lian, one Belgian and one Director of Medical Services, London Dis Japanese, work out the details of the trict, 1912; Director of Medical Services scheme and proceed with the organisation Meditorraucau and Egyptian Expedition of the syndicato as quickly as possible, ary Forces, 1915-6; and Deputy Director and thereafter report to the Genos Con of Medical Services, Northern Command
19189.7 Hurenco any further recommandations.
The Straits Volunteer Force came tion worse, Japanese manufactures are legally into being on Sunday, January The Old Brigade, remarks the very rough in quality and very high in Ist, with a total strength of 558 compris price. It is therefore impossible for the od 390 Europeans, 90 Chinese and 83 Japanese to compete with Western com Malays mercial nations on the international Straits Time, have turned up well no
cilabies over the half century. market unless radical reforms are intro- tea than 48 being over the "too old at duced into-business-methods-Japan forty" mark and even 13 mors, irracon- Gaietic.
and expers advice was "It is
is with great bitterness or in training,
that I recall the number of lives which were lost during the war becaus people to use the Morse code on wireless,"
The resolutions were adopted. The just as their navigators to-day used, with fash lamps. rather slowly perhaps, the Morse code advice was ignored," he remarked.
Bir Alan also moved a resolution conference unanimously endorse Sin
That each association of shipowners Alan Anderson's motion.
Another resolution was adopted record represented at the conference should nominate representatives to serve on a ing the appreciation of the conference of committee to investigate and report the services rendered to international upon the details of such modifications commerce by the successful efforts ex in respect of life-saving appliances and tending over many years of the Comité and the Inters wireless telegraphy in the Convention Maritime
of London as might appear necesary nations).
in the light of
including the
and expreshr "the basis of the pertence-and-upon Maritime"
accepted by ing its gratitude to the presidente, mem
those bodies for the conference, and to take such steps bers, and secretaries of as might be necessary to secure
the in- the invaluable work which they had dones Frederick Lewis, in proposing thei ternational adoption and applicem resolution of thanks, ro ferred especially of such modifications hy he
ments concerned, and that the commit to the notabin work which had been doce tee should have power to secure the by Sir Henry Duke, in particular his **Lesistance
tance from time to time of techni- recent invaluable work, at The Hague, cal 185cars and others in an advisory Reference was also specially made to the capacity, and to determine the time obligation under which his Excellency Louis Frank and Dr. Q. H. Bisschop had sad place of its meetings
placed the shipping community. (Continued at foot of next column.)......
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