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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY

MORE TROUBLE IN IRELAND

TERRIBLE AFFAIR INTENSIFIES BITTERNESS.

FRANCE AND GENOA CONFERENCE

REASONS URGED FOR ITS POSTPONEMENT.

LATEST CABLES.- “(THROUGH" "RIUTER'S AGENCY.}

HORE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

TERRIBLE AFFAIR AT CLONES

INCREASES, BITTER FEELING."

THE GEDDES REPORT. ARMY, NAVY AND EDUCATION REDUCTIONS.

THE ADMIRALTY'S CRITICISM.

LONDON, February 10th. The Geddes report suggests that the War Ofice should economic over garrisons generally by withdrawing or redueing battalions and employing native instead

LATEST CABLES.

CONFERENCE" TREATIES BEFORE THE SENATE.

NO `PROVISION EXCEPT FOR

PROMOTION OF PEAGE

WORLD HUNGER FOR BETTER RELÁTIONA,

WASHINGTON, February 11th.

President Harding submitted to the Senate seven treation negotiated by the

Conference, requestad ratifiention as a guarantee of Peace. · He declared that

the trules would end contradictions, re move ambiguities and establish a clear understanding. They did not commit the United States or any other Power to any kind of alliance entanglement. They had been drawn up, like the unratified

LONDON, February 19th. The bitter feeling between North and South Ireland, arising from the "kid- nappings earlier in the week, has been of British troops. It proposes specified Treaty of Versailles, in response to a intensified by a terrible affair in changes at Malta, Gibraltar, Egypt, manifest world hunger for better rela Monaghan yesterday. Twenty Northern Palestine, Singapore and Ceylon and tions, but they, contained no provision special constables were waiting to catch declares that military reasons for station except for the promotion of penca. a train at Clones when a party of I.RA.ing two infantry battalions in North appeared and fired on them with riffes China do not exist. The proposala will and machine-guds, killing four

and result in

a reduction of twenty-eight wounding and taking prisoner the others. battalions, in twelve depots.

THE GENOA CONFERENCE.

WHY FRANCE WANTS IT POSTPONED.

PARIS, February 9th. Conversations are proceeding in a most Friendly done between the French and British Governments about the date and

ZAKLIER CABLES.

The Geddes Committee roommends the appointment of a Minister of Defence, to administer the Navy, Army and Air Forces; reductions of 35,000 in the personnel of the Navy: £1,000,000 in the Navy Estimates, exclusive of any saving

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.

M. POINCARE'S THREE PROBABLE SOLUTIONS.

Pasts, February 11th..

President Poincare's will make a state ment to the Finanes Committee of the Senate on February 13th concerning the Banque Industrielle de Chine. Meantime he his informed the presidents of the

senatorial commissions of three solutions which they can take into account; either to refloat the Bank in accordance with the

oficials. Respecting the Boxer -Indem-

programme of the forthcoming Genoa due. to. the Washington Conference; Government proposal, or the sabstitution Conference. France' is insisting upon a 50,000 in the personnel of the Army; of a new organisation to that existing definite programme being drafted before- £20,000,000

in the Army Estimates; previously, or to reimburse the most band, which means the Conference being £5,000,000 in the expenditure on the air deserving, asinely, Chinese depositors and postponed for a couple of months, where force and £18,000,000 Less on education, as Britain wants it at the beginning of March

According to L'Echo de Paris, M. Poincara also insists on an invitation being extended to the League of Nations. At any rate Parliament is unanimous in support of M. Pioncare's viewpoint

Havas

FRENCH NOTE TO FOREIGN

CABINETS."

The Note

PARIS, February 10th. The French Government has wired its zeprçsentatives abroad, for transmition to fornigr, cabinets, a Noto on the forth coming. Genoa Conference. insists upon the expediency of the Allied Governments agreeing beforehand about the Conference's scope, 'pointing out that the programme drafted at Cannes involves momentous principles whose mistaken interpretation would have far-reaching consequences. The various treaties issued from the Pence Conference arò Now Kurope's magna charts and France can not nept them to be called into ques tion. The forthcoming Conference thus calls for a preliminary understanding antailing preparatory work of some three

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months' duration.—Havas, DANISH LABOUR TROUBLE. LOCKOUT AFFECTING 170,000 MEN DECLARED.

COPENHAGEN, February 11th. The Conciliation Board's proposals for mediation in the hours and wages dispute were rojected by both parties. The Danish Employers' Association now declare that a lockout will commande on February 14th, affecting 170,000 man in- cluding 60,000 unemployed

TROUBLE IN PERSIA. TABRIZ CAPTURED BY INSURGENTS AND RETAKEN.

TE, February 11th. Telegraphio communication with Tabriz cat: The last nawe reported heavy kring in the city.

Lazz

The Governmental troops have retaken Tabriz. The insurgent leader who, cap Eared the city a few days ago has flod with some followers. The remainder

have surrendered.

CZECHO-SLAV MINERS' STRIKE SETTLED,

PRAGUE, February, 11th The strike of miners, cabled

Feb-

LATANT CABEES. MORE INDIAN TROUBLE. STRIKE ON EAST INDIAN. RAILWAY.

BoxBar, February 19th A strike, atributable to political motives, is spreading on the East Indian war Troops have been lant to do with the movement. Grossa intimidation against willing workers has been an successful. There Bare attempte at sabotage."

A YEAR'S RIGOROUS IMPRISON MENT FOR SEDITION.

the

1922.

HONGKONG HOTEL MOTOR

COACHES.

MOTOR SERVICE TO REPULSE BÄY TO BE OPENED SHORTLY.

·OFFICIAL RUN ON SATURDAY.

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THE STRIKE SITUATION. SEAMEY'S DELEGATES IN HONGKONG.

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The delegates from the seamen in Canton did not "establish contact," during the week-end, with either the At the invitation of Mr. J. H. Taggart Secretariat for Chinese Affairs or the Company, Limited, a representative of stood to have reached the Colony on General Manager of the Hongkong Hotelshipowners' committee. They are under- the Hongkong Daily Press, on Saturday Friday night and no doubt are conferring attended the official run of one of the six with their fallow workers here are taking new motorcoaches, with which the Com-stock of the situation. The partics may pany intend to maintain a regular service be expected to get together to-day. The between Hongkong and Repulse Bay shipowners' committee held no meeting Hotel, starting from next month. It is during the week-end; they are awaiting CALCUTTA, February 11th. Abalkal Amsrud, President of

probable that the first public service will move from the other party to the dis- Bengal Khilafat Committes, has beer be given during the race-week, when the Put The Hon. Mr. Hallifax has not yet met the strikers' representatives but traced to a year's rigorous imprison Company hope to use all six coaches in he states that ment for sedition.

discussions are proceed. relieving traffic congestion between town ing so it may be inferred that he is in touch with the delegates in some EARLIER CABLES.

and Happy Valley.

degree. The motor caches, which arrived about RIOT OVER INDIAN TEMPLE

the beginning of the month by the YESTERDAY'S LABOUR SUPPLIES." SUCCESSION.

Sution flafi, are now practically ready for

Owing to the fact that most of the big MADRAS, February 10th. the road. Nothing approaching this type firms were slosed yesterday, the number 4 message from Tranjore states that of vehicle has been seen in the Colony of coolies working along the waterfront serious not occurred at Tiraduthurai, and, the trial run on Saturday proved was cocaiderably less this usual. About in which the district superintendent of youd doubt their suitability, for the 800 coolies wore deepatched to various polio and the deputy magistrate were ervice for which they have been obtain jobs from the Central Police Station early Boriously injured and reserve police. No difficulty was experienced in in the morning. Applicants for jobs were wounded. The trouble is due to a dia negotiating the many awkward corners in plentiful and a large number had to bo pute in regard to the succession to getting the vehicle from the lower level turned away. At West Poing and Wan Hindu temple on the death of the priest the Caine Rond lavel, and thence to chui well, ever a 1,000 coolics were work Large crowds gathered with the objeci Repulse Bay, "Jacob "the Hotel No. ing on piece time jobs, these johs being

more or less of a standing nature. and refused to break up. The police fired voiced the general opinion at the end of obstructing the burial of the priest driver-handled the coach well and

As employers now know where to ap and three of the mob were killed, and of the journey when he said that "the the various sources of labour it is hoped eight wounded..

coach is a beauty."

that in the course of the next few days The 40-b.p. cagine pulled well, and the recruiting of labour through the police there was no jarring, or jerking on the will gradually become unnecessary. changing of clutches. The steepest

ORIGIN OF THE HONGKONG

2.

COMBATING SEDITION IN INDIA.

CLCUTTA, February 10th.

LATEST CABLES.

THE ITALIAN CABINET.

PLETE SOLIDARITY.

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The Geddes Report further recommends dirty, the question is whether the trrange a reduction of £2,500,000 in the Ministryments made by America can fit in with SIGNOR BONOMI DESIRES COM of Health and on national health invar bnt France may expert from China, an, the appointment of a committee of

President Poincare will clear up these experts to simplify unemployment insur ance and to investigata the possibility points before the Commission and will of abolishing employment exchanges and submit the Government's views the Ministry of Labour: & reduction of

THE LATE SIR THOMAS SUTHER- "AND SHANGHAI BANK.

LAND'S REMINISCENCES.

is the nag of the old London & China The China Express & Telegraph (which surro ita new form), in its obituary reproduces the following extracts from a notice of the late Sir Thomas Sutherland letter contributed by Sir Thomas Suther land to the columns of that paper in' March, 1809

A meeting of the Calcutta branch of gradient was taken on third gear, without the European Association passed a resolu. any great loss of speed. tion urging the Government to support;

But one has to remember that speed is loyal citizens and punish rebels. Citions Protection League has been coaches have been designed. In fact, the Anot the main object for which these

disobedience and other activities of the prevent the vehicles being run over a formed with the object of fighting civil engines are fitted with governors which

of eighty-four members, including Euro governed not to exceed 20 as per non-co-operators. The committed consiste given speed. On Saturday, the spood was

peons and Indians.

hour, and the time occupied during the trip was something like 40 minutes. The vehicle just glided quietly along, and on a somewhat sultry afternoon the drive along the road skirting the sea was very enjoyable.

The maximum amount of comfort for a minimum charge is really the main object I was the superintendent of the P. & O.. It is pretty well known that in the '60's of the Company and it is safe to Company in Hongkong, and had charge prophesy that coaching to Repulse Bay of its business generally in. China and Romy, February 11th..

will be very popülar during the coming Japan. It was customary for me to board The members of the Cabinet placed bot season. The wheels have broad every mail steamer as she arrived, in their portfolios in hands of the Prime pneumatic tyres, whilst the interior of order to arrange about the work which Minister in order that he might be free the couch is upholstered in limousine bad to be done. On one particular coca to reshuffle them, but Signor Bonomi de style. These three essentials effectively sion the steamer happened to be the desired the Ministry to present complete common in the smaller type of car. At who may still be remembered by a few old solidarity to Parliament.

one point of the journey the coach ran friends as cae of the most kindly and over & section of road under repair" humorous men in our service. When we and, despite the number of humps and had transacted our business on deck, the hollows, there was a complete absence of captain asked me to come to his cabin, as bumping.

had he *

something of a

a private nature to A number of Government officials were communicate. This was to tell me that present at the official run, including the the wild speculators in Bombay had just Captain-Superintendent of Police (Mr.started a bank, called the Royal Bank of

Shaw), the Superintendent of the Forestry exception of a certain limited number. E. D. C. Wolfe) a representative of the Chiza; but the shares had been taken up Public Works Department (Mr. R. P. and were at a high premium, with the Department (Mr. H. Green), and Traffic where the directors were to be found, and which were to be appropriated in China, Inspector H. G. Garrod. The Secretary the profits eventually earned!. Captain of the Hongkong Automobile Association Eastley added that a gentleman would (Mr. P. M. Hodgson) was also present shortly arrive in China for the purpose The Hongkong Hotel Company was of forming the Board, distributing the presented by Mr. J. H. Taggart, (the modest modicum of shares, and super- general manager) and Mr. Parsons intending the inauguration of the busi- (manager of the Hotel Garage). Mrs. Eness. My friend strongly advised me, in LONDON, February 10th. The general meeting of the Danlon Miss Eileen Garrod were also present securing an interest in sich a proming D. C. Wolfe, Miss Kathleen Wolfe and all good faith, to be well to the front in LONDON, February 11th Costopany was marked by pangeas critio All the officia's expressed themselves aspeculation!

isms of the Directors salaries The thoroughly satisfied and highly delighted trade and if the scope of operations was Chairman' was confident there was a with the trial trip.. prosperous futar, given" & revival of

£3333,333 on the Ministry of Pensions SHELL TRANSPORT COMPANYdlined to accept them, declaring that he insure the passenger against the jolting so Ottawa, commanded by Captain Enatley and the abolition of the Ministry, of Transport and the Department of Över Бела Trade. The Committee suggesta altogether, a reduction of £75,000,000,

SHAREHOLDERS SANCTION IN- CREASE OF CAPITAL.

Lonnor, February 11th

A meeting of shareholders in the Shell Transport Trading Co. sanctioned the

EXPENSES AT WEI-HAI-WEI., Raferring to Wei-bai-wei, the Report says that it is used, at present for the purpose of recreation and miner repairs to ships, at an annual cost of, £25,450. An average of £3 was paid in wages for increase of capital to forty-three millions every worth of material used, as starling. Half of the ten million new compared with 30s similarly paid is private shipyards. Unless coste, can be second preference shares will be issued reduced Admiralty work must be sent immediately...

ölsewhere.

ADMIRALTY CRITICISM. The first official criticism of the Geddes Report comes from the Admiralty, and is couched in strong terms. admitting the practicability of certain economies which are actually being effected, it socuses the Committee of misconcep It declares that even viewed in a most tions leading to impracticable suggestions." liberal and most unpractical light het King has approved of the disbandment The War Secretary announces that the more than £14,000,000 of the suggested

1,000,000 could be saved by the Navy of seven Irish regiments, including the It suggests that the remaining £7,000,000

IRISH REGIMENTS DISBANDED.

While KING PAYS TRIBUTE TO THEIR

DISTINGUISHED RECORD.

is merely a figment of the imagination. Connaught Rangers and the Dublin After detailedly traversing the Cou Fusiliers. The King pays tribute to mited's figures it, stigmatists the Com- mittee's methods as dangerous when ade their long and distinguished record," quate naval strength is at stake.

SALE OF THE "* ALACRİTY "

· RECOMMENDED.

LONDON, February 10th. The Geddes mport recommends that the service vessel Alacrity, which his been at the disposal of the Commander in-Chief of the China Fleet, be sold.

GUILDHALL AIR CONFERENCE.

MAIL THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE URGED.

The special Air Conference at the Guildhall concluded with the passing of a resolution calling upon the Government immediately to consider the foundation

REVENUE RETURNS.

IMFORTS DECREASE AND EXPORTS INCREASE.

LONDON, February 11th.

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NEW CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER.

OTTAWA, February 11th,

EARLIER CABLES.

RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED

BY THE KING. **

ROME, February 10th.

King has hot accepted the resignation It is semi-officially reported that the when Parliament mecta on February 16th. of the Cabinet, which will be in place

DUNLOP COMPANY MEETING. PUNGENT CRITICISM OF DIRECTORS' SALARIES.

DESCRIPTION OF THE COAGRIM.

The news of this movement had doubt- lcas been widely conveyed in the corro. come una posibility of commodity production, are each fitted with a 40-h.p. alluded to in conversation, or commented spondence from Bombay to firms in China, confined to legitimate limits, although The coaches, which are a White but to my surprise the subject was never vaines falling further. solution that das sccountant, smisted by of Packard blue, and bear on either side of a great community Ele that of China engine, and they are built on limousine on in the Press. Meantime, I myself felt The meeting unanimously passed a relines. The body is enamelled to a shade patriotic stirring of disgust at the idea a committee of three, should snquire into of the car the crest of the Hongkong being made the cat's par of a gang of the position of the Company.

Hotel. The bonnet of the car is black speculators in Bombay, and I set to work The roof is double-lined with leather and to write out a very modest prospecies of the sides, from the chasis to the roof, are a local bank for China, basing my views open. In rainy weather the sidea can be a to success on the same principle of closed by moans of leather drop curtains operation as had been so successfully fitted with celluloid windows. “

carried out in connection with the local The Nowport firm of Ashworth has broad (over all), seat: 18 passengers coming very handsome returns for the fortu The coaches, which are 7 feet 4 inches insurance societies which were then carn- secured a Chinese order to supply twentyfortably. The passengers enter the bus ante shareholders, two weigh-bridges each 40ft. long and from the back and a gangway of satli

CHINESE ORDER FOR BRITISH FIRM.

LONDON, Febranty: 10th,

OCCUR.

I subsequently showed this document to

The revenue returns for January show the exports to hayo bien £63,140,90-the | recording 120 tona highest since March-and the importe to

factory width runs down the centre. The my friend Mr. Pollard, with a view, in have been £87,488,231,-mach lower than SOUTH AFRICAN DISPUTE seating accommodation is conveniently the first place, to its legal aspect, and any month in 1921.

arranged; there are five sents taking two is with the suggestion that it would be SEVERAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS acogers each and two single seats at worth his while to make a professions

the back.

The interior is upholstered matter of promoting this new enterprise. with dark leather." Five electric domes Mr. Pollard at once warmly adopted the JOHANNESBURG, February 9th.

are fitted to the roof and boils are fixed ggestion, and in the course of two or slongsida each set of seats, so that the three days we had obtained the adhesion An outrage was committed and several passengers can signal to the driver to of the most eminent firms in China to The wealthy ton merchant Mr. P. Curprised a band of strikers marching built to suit the Colony's roads. The pectus was advertised a day or two after-

were attempted to day. A police patrol stop. The ouches have been specially our provisional committee.

The pros All the speakers previouady had emphasis mimioner in London. of an air mail throughout the Empire Larkoon he been appointed High Com towards a magazine by the Robinson same type of vehicle is very popular inwards, and the shares were subscribed

mie early in the morning. ed the failure of commercial Dying, and

Seven California, for regalar long-distance for over and over again. strikers were arrested, two of whom were rane.

A Colonial a mmber urged, the Goverment to sup

Charter was applied for and promised, armed with revolvera. Boveral violent

and when the Commissioner of the Royal port civil aviation,

dynamite explosions have occurred, thres

Bank of China arrived from Bombay he near Kleinfontein railway station.

could not place a single share or win a solitary adherent to his foredoomed entar LONDON'S GOLD MARKET.

GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO RE-ESTABLISH. IT.

Lord Gorell, Under Secretary to the Air Department, announced the formation of a Civil Aviation Advisory Board to consider the practicability of an Imperial been air mail servico,

Charge

U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY.

WASHINGTON, February 11th Mr. Alanson Bigelow Houghton has appointed Ambasador to Germany. YAP CONTROVERSY SETTLED.

WASHINGTON, February 11th. tives have signed a treaty sexiding the The American and Japanese representa prolonged Yap controversy.

Mr. Chu (the Chinesa d'Afaires) contributed to the discussions in an interesting way. He foreshadowed the extensive development of air mails in China, se circumventing the lack of rail- ways and the shifting river beds. He stanced the Peking Tsinan service, which is shortly being extended to Shanghai, and declared that China was equally in tarcted in the extension of external

INTERNATIONAL RUGBY. services for improving communications with tho outside world, which generally

LONDON, February 11th were painfully tardy, to the detriment of defeated Ireland by 1 points to 3 at In the Bugby International England the country's trade.

Mr. Chu welcomed the London-Paris Dublia. Barvien za beginning in shortening FORMER BRITISH MINISTER Anglo Chinese mail exchanges, and point- ed that the time was bound to come when

nry 4th, has been settled, the men secur- this would be extended to the greater

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ing an extension of their contracts for part of the journey to the East. He pro-

six months.

mised that by that time China's air post would cover the whole of the country.

AT BANGKOK.

His Majesty gave our audience to Mr. Richard Seymour on his relinquishing the Ministarship in Bangkok.

SLAVERY AND CONCUBINAGE

· IN CHINA.

prino.

Sir Thomas went on to state that ACTION BY CANTON GOVERNMENT. during the first two or three years of its existence, when he was the deputy chair- The Canton Timce of February 11th, man, there occurred some incidenta of a. LONDON, February 10th. states that Mr. Han, Shion, the Chief of thrilling kind. In the House of Commons, in a written the Supreme Court, recently submitted a re-establish an unrestricted gold market girls in any family. Mr. Es set forth of Canton has further suggested the declared the Government's intention to forbidding the practice of keeping alare swer, the Chancellor of the Exchequer suggestion to the President regarding

The Chief Judge of the Supreme Court in London at the earliest possible date. that inpemuch as it is laid down in the peal of the supplement to the Fenalty The question of the extent to which notes Provisional Law of the Chinese Republic, Code of China which was-arbitrarily pro- will, then be replaced by gold ultimately that the Chinese people are equal, and mulgated by Tuen Shih-kai. Mr. Hau River depends upon the action of the com- there is no difference in grades, it is says this supplement gives encouragement munity itself

contrary to law, as well as humanitarian to the existence of concubinage which is doctrine to keep slavegirls. Mr. Hsu strongly in conflict with the sentiments of advised that this bad practice on the part the civilized world. Mr. Har's anggestion of the Chinese public should be strictly was discussed in a Cabinet mosting a few forbidden by the Government, Mr Me

A Cabinet moeting on February 9th, mitte of the Presidential House for in- days ago and referred to the Law Câm- ananimously approved the recommenda vestigation. It is now reported that the tion and the matter was referred to the members of the Law Committee strongly Law Committee for the purpose of fram support Mr. Hsu suggestion and it will ing the necessary regulation

be reported for enforcement at the next. (Continued at foot of next column.) Cabinet meeting.

SYDNEY MUNICIPAL LOAN. SUBBORIBED IN A FEW HOURS. IN LONDON:

LONDON, February 10th. The city of Sydney loan of £1,000,000 at ep cent issued at 00, was completely subscribed in a few hours