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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH EXUTER'S AGENOT.]

MORE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

REVOLTS IN LIMERICK AND TIPPERARY.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, *1999.

BARLIER CABLES. BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.

M. REGNOLD FAVOURS

REFLOTATION. “

THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE, GOVERNMENT REPLY TO SEAMEN'S LATEST REPRESENTATIONS.

GERMAN FLEET AT SCAPA.

HOW IT WAS SUNK.

Admiral von Reuter's account of the Three of the four delegates from the manner in which the German Fleet in- seamen at Canton returned to the city |terned at Scopa was sunk while under his | PARIS. February 17th.

yesterday afternoon carrying with tham nharge is published in full in the Janu- When the matter of the Banque Indus the Government's reply to the proposals ary number of Cassell'("Magazine. trielle de Chine came before the Senate inace as the result of the various confer- Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Renews held at the end of last work. porter, Mons. Regnold, made a strong

Farus.

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THE NEWSPAPER AS AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIUM.“

DR. GILBERT MURRAY ON

"BABEL."

A GREAT VICTORIAN,"

INOHCAPE'S TRIBUTE TO SIR T SUTHERLAND).

LORD

Lord Inchcape, chairman of the P. Q.

At Education Conference at University Company, has written the following College on January 3rd, under the austribute to Sir Thomas Sutherland, the pics of the Lengue of Nations Union Inte chairman of the company: As early as March, 1910, the Admiral Professor Gilbert Murray delivered a Sir Thomas Sutherland will surely go mys, a shrewd suspicion arose among very interesting address of international down to history as one of the great The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, seen German officers that England did not education, in the course of which he dealt Victorians. No individual, of his time plea in favour of the acceptance of the yesterday, stated that the proposals left intend to return the ships on the conclu- with the value and the limitations of the did more

sign of pesce, and with his Chief of Staff newspaper Press. na p

to create and maintain the Government's plan to refois the Banque

before the Government and considered by

educational supremacy of British shipping and the he considered and discussed what mea- thesh during Sunday, and yesterday morn.

medium. and, referring to the obstacles high regard in which British shipowners The debate it to be resumed next week.-ing, wars as follows:

aures should be taken if this should prove with which international business was and their methods were and are held to be case.

"It would," he says, "have faced, through the curse of Babel," sug-anong foreign competitors. First, requesting the Government. to

His incid

• appoint arbitrators at once to decalo ben trenson on the part of us officers gested that the natural way out of the eatal contribution to the knitting of the with justice what the rata should bo, to hand over the German fiet to Endificulty would be for the League of fabrio, of modern British Empire was 110 on the basis of the figures proposed by land, even though the ships were out of Nations to reregnise one of the two arti menn one. In his pioneer days of the the owners and the seamen, sich deci- sion to be binding on both parties. The etion and we were unarmext.' At the Gein Languages, Esperanto or Ido. He fifties and sixties of last century, when names of the arbitrators should be ap-beginning of the war the All Highest had proved by both parties before appoint expressed the wish that no disabled shipá

proceeded:-

Englishmen and Scotsmen still went forth Eshould be allowed to fall into enemy, was:

Another question, more fundamental to the ends of the earth, untrammelled Secondly, the scamon will return to

Are we satisfied with the general Hongkong and resume work after the hands On these grounds is was our duty, at which our Western civiliantion seems by telegraphic.control from headquarters, decision of the arbitrators has been if frosh outbreak

There was no doubt and, single-handed, wrought, well or il of hostilities to set before it? made known and thereupon the Govern- threatened, to destroy-that is, to sink mentalism and national vanity, the first

thut, making every allowance for senti for their country's trade and their coun- ment will cancel the order for closing their union and return to them all the ships. The new Government had not things taken away and permit them_ta mucinded this order.” us the old name and address. remaining items to be" leit entirely to

A DRASTIC BILL.

PARIS, "February` 19th.

LONDON, February 20th. The recent assertion of Mr. Collins that a coup d'etat

was being propared in South Ireland is corroborated by à, re- markable manifesto issued by the South Tipperary brigade of the Irish Republican Army repudiating the authority of the M. Jeannency's report recommending Provisional Government and the I.R.A. the adoption of the Banque Industriella beadquartara as inimical to the republic. Bill, which was unanimously passed by A similar revolt, has broken out in East the Finang Committee, lays down the Limerick. De Valora, continuing has conditions for any acceptance of a anti-bronty campaign, spoke at Cork, definite project to refloat the Bank. claiming that the IRA. favoured his These ine'nde, according to the Malin, policy. The IRA is seizing" cattle, energetic provestion, of the guilty par motors, and other goods in South Tipper-ties, payment of the uncalled part of the acy on recount of unpaid levig The company's shares. drastic changes in the 1.RA at Cork burned Dublin' news Bank's.dirveting staff, both in regard to papers because a correspondent alleged, the Board awl the high officials, an exact intimidation in the appointmeat of dele revolution of the Bank's" liabilities, gates to the Ardfheis er All-Ireland Sind future State control of the Bank, and re Teia convration to-morrow.

covery of unpaid debta.

EARLIER CARLEN.

HINN FEINERS RELEASED.

U

Several Senators have already intimät- ed their intention to oppose the Bill at the public debate

on the 29th inst.

PRINCE OF WALES AT DELHI,

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THE HARTAL CALLED OFF...

ment.

the arbitrators.

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The

the men giving proof of freedom from Enwlessness by returning to work and removing the influence which prevents other strikers from doing the same,

OWNERS OFFER TO BE TAKEN AS A

MINIMUM.

the The shipowners have agreed to

men's request that the increases" offered by the owners shall bo regard

LONDON, February 10th. The tension in Ireland has been further relaxed by official news that the Viceroy hu ordened the release of a party of Sina

DELI, February 19th. Feiners whose arrest by Ulaterites while The Prince of Wales had an enthusiastic proceeding, it is said, to a football match recaption, the streets being decorated and packed with spectators, who were of at Londonderry, has been the cause of ficially estimated at a hundred thousand. much agitation in South Ireland. On the in the native city, which the Non-co-opsed as the minimum from which the The success of the visit broke the Hartal other hand, Mr. Collins has ordered the Frators' organisation, called off.

The Prince, who is residing in a charm arbitrators will work. In conceding this release of eighteen further kidnapped ing little house specially built for him they have not made, probably, any great n the grounds of the Viceregal Lodge, un surrender for, in the general opinion, the veiled the Al-India Edward the Seventh owners' offer tended to become a minimum Memorial amid an impressive spectacle.

His Royal Highness was entertained by directly it was' announced. the Viceroy at a State banquet of great splendour, at which he was formally wel- comed to India by the Viceroy."

Laterites

LATEST CABLES.

THE GENOA CONFERENCE.

VIEWS OF TCHECO-SLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTER.

PARIS, February 20th

la an interview with Le Journal the Tebeco-Slovakian Prime Minister, M Benes, said that nothing satisfactory was

to be expected from the Genos Center eace if it was unduly hurried. The pr gramme should be carefully, digested. In any event, no plan for Europe's recon- structions enn succeed outside of France's and Britain's cooperation Havai."

FRENCH PRESS INDIGNANT.

GREEK SEIZURE OF FRENCH

STEAMER

BRILLIANT DURBAR.

At a durbar, at which four Maharajabs delivered addresses of welcome on behalf of the Ruling Princes and Chiefs, the State Council and the Legislative Assem bly also presented an address. Immense crowds watched the brilliant cortegos stone of Kitchener College for sons of Indian, officers. A great military pageant was watched by crowds of spectators

SHANGHAI CHINESE AND THE STRIKE

& PROPOSET ORGANISATION,

At a meeting of the Cantonese Provisionu Merchants' Guild, reported in the Chinese Frese of Shanghai, it was decided to

The Prince also laid the foundation/ draft a letter to be sent to the local packet to the ships, and torpedo boats.

INDIA'S MILITARY

STRENGTH.··

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. ON ATTENTS TO REDUCE EXPENDITURE.

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impressión European civlisation made ony's flag, young Sutherland made, a re- certain Oriental was rather a shocking cord unique and successful to the vorge

of a great organisation which now domin-

it was feared that the attempt to sintom. We were, perhaps, the central pillar of romance, and returned to London, with the ships would be frustrated by malcon- ated and largely directly the world. It the laurels of unblemished achievement, enta among the German crews revealing

was probably the best now going, but that at an age when most men are still busy. The Government reply to this is: the pot to the British; and steps were

should not blind us to the fact that it On the question of opening the Union, therefore taken to secure a reduction of

the crows this remains as in the fast proclamation the Admiral," I sent a wireless message books showed a complete absence of any the foundation for greater accomplish-

At the end of May," says

was a civilisation with the most tremend-about the foundations of their life's work. ous faults and dangers Many school But in his case early so was truly Regarding arbitration, HE. the to the Admiralty in Berlin, asking them Governor will be prepared to consider to send ships to fotch away 2,700 of the sort of international consciousness about ment in the years to come. If his ently any method Dominating arbitrator crews early in June. This wireleless WAN thepople who drew them up and the success was founded on high character, for his final decision that may be submitted to the British Admiral and result was that deplorable spirit seen in bis useful and industrious public. life at agreed upon between the two parties. Bont with his consent," These men were almost all the nations during the war. homo in after years was equally, founded

fetched The important point sade in this reply and the reduction thus effected loft us home on June 15th and 17th,

People might ask what could the League on character-fur that over varied- is that the Government adheres to its with crows of soventy five on the large state of affairs.

or any private society do to remedy this experience and the sureness of hand which comes, from successful opening tilta original offer to reinstate the Union on erit

The remedy, was pub- cruisera, one fly on the battleships, twenty licity. As soon na any book or phena with the world and fortune.

cruisers; the numbers left on the torpedo boats were determined by

His work in composing the differences menon was of the sort that really did the officer commanding them. opinion of the world, people would have owners on the Suez Canal question, from seem ridiculous or vicious to the massed between French interests and British ship- June 17th when the last of the doubtful nothing to do with it. members of the crows had been shipped and mistresses were not the only educar which had no little influenen on

But schoolmastera which was bom the Pact of London, the home on German transports, the orders to Education was a sort of spiritual British position in Egypt in later scars, “ for sinking were sent out to the ships. As I feared to attract attention if Iivity continuing through the greater has her too recently commented on to sant them by my own boat, mest of thent. Part of a man's life; it was not to be need closer reference here. But the subse were despatched by the British packets.” measured by examination and timequent composition of the Suez Canal Ad-

The orders, which were addressed to "tables

ministration, which has been sustained in officers only," began as follows A

a spirit of unbroken amity and good NEWSPAPZES—AND JOURNALISTS. of the ships are to be made at anco, necessary proparations for the sinking

fellowship to the present day, is in itself There were a great many other educa 4 memorial of one of the most successful as to make sure that on receipt of an

fional influences, perhaps the most im-diplomatic-commercial negotiations ever order the ship may sink as quickly as portant, of which were the newspapers conducted in the City of Lorikou, and, possible." Precise and detailed, instrue Somebody had to solve the very great with the passage of time, has gained in tions followed as to the measures to be social problem these proserited. Ho put significance by the continued expansion of word? It is my intention to sink the papers belonged to individuals who had taken, and the order concluded with the aside the ordinary attacks that news ita consequences

His friends will remember him as a man ships only if the enemy should attempt, either sinister interests or, for one reason of fine taste, and in this taste one could without the consent of our Government, or another, distorted views. It was always discem a certain severity and dis to take possession of our fleet. On Juns known, too, that the dependeces of news like of flamboyance, which was a true ro 20th the Admiral received information from two sources that members of the salted in undesirable financial pressure mentality. In the social and lighter side of tion papers upon advertisements occasionally flection of one side only of a many-sided crews were becoming suspicious about But the essential trouble seemed to be life he was prominent, and in his daily what was

in preparation; and eventually that the newspaper's information,, upon relations with men, beneath the outward it was decided to inform the crews of the which a country depended for its most dourness which survived as a racial rather The order, already issued was amplif scheme. even at the risk of treachery." vital social and political action, had to be than as a personal characteristic, there and a lered to sat the state of mind of

provided in a farm having those twist ran always a vein of fine feeling. the crews, and this new edition was des

ings, exaggerations, inaccuracies, and,

He was a born fighter and a skilled violences which made it attractive to the patched the same afternoon by British

vast, neducated public. Of he spoke to a ponent, in business relations, both of Meanwhile news reached the Admiral journalist he had the feeling that he was the art of offence and defence perhaps that Germany was prepared, under the talking to an educated, usually well more ready to adopt the former, us some But when he read the may remember to-day, and with no doubt arcader not only the surface warships, cowspaper ho felt he was reading som tended over more than 30 years, which proviso of a financial arratgement, to informed men

ful effect. In su acquaintance which ex but all ships of the line.

thing written altogether below his stand- For the cond time, therefore, withinard of intelligence. Why? Because the early ripened into an always increasing On Monday of last week two repre- German flest had been humiliated by

a brief period," the Admiral says, "the newspaper, in order to live, had to appeal intimacy and which ended only with his to a very large number of people, all on death, I never found occasion to question sentatives of labour organizations supeing offered for sale. I was most deeply one day. How many of these would have his judgment in matters which concerned.

hurt months we had b. on upheld by the belief a huge problem the greater because the or the wider interests of his country by the fact that for all the last had even a secondary education? It was ha intereats for which he was responsible, that the Government would insist upon newspaper did reflect, perhaps more accu- which he had, so far as Eastern affairs the return of the ships. Instead of that rata'y than any other social phenomenon, were concerned, continually to visualis it had offered even more shine than the the everyday qualities of anr Western

as a part of his daily work. Entente demanded!" Admiral von civilisation, with all its faults and It is not given to every man, when his Heater accordingly wrote out a viraless dangers.

innings is declared closed, to leave his stating that the officers objected to the message to the German Government

One other problem engaging the atten-wicket with such a score to his credit, and tion of the League was the under-payment it will be a satisfaction to his earlier and in it, and demanded to be recalled; but ho believes this message was never with the manual worker. It was a very young then who come after him if the delivered.

serious situation, because it was not sale record of so useful a life should be put Then, at ten am, on June 21st," Cap

for any country to create an oppressed upon the biographical tablets of the tain Oldekop announced that the British intellectual proletariat. Any nation where Epice's great citizen. He lies beside Admiral had left the harbour,

-atroyers to neglect its higher dution. A

Sutherland, a beautiful and charming out to set with battleships and putting such a disproportion occurred would tend his companion in life for 40 years, Lady further, that according to the English ferment among a really oppressed, intel woman, who, while over 20 years younger rea, the Entente had refused to buy kotual class would be of the most daar than himself, predeceased him more than "A Hongkong telegram to the Shanghai the German ships, and demanded their gerous kind, because the means of des year ago. Among the multitude who Journal of Commerce states that unions German mail torpedo boat might be ex- portion to the means of defence, Almost in the heyday of his activities and, in the conditional surrender; lastly, that the truction had increased quite out of pro will remember Sir Thomas Sutherland of merchants in Canton held a meeting peeled in Scaps Flow the following after anybody who felt himself an enemy to gentler contact with life, which succeeded during the wock, the outcome of which noon. I gave the order to hoist the pre-society, and was ready to incur sone loss his retirement from the City, Bone, I may was the modest demand that the tariffs arranged signal:Sink ships at oor

and risk for the sake of doing some claim, will remember him with more ad In conclusion the Admiral says: gigantic damage, could now do it.

The ration and nection than the writer of be increased on the Canton-Kowloon, ves deeply moved and full of gratitude advance of science had brought us to that this short notas..

to Canton-Hankow and other railways, and who ou apena oficers and brave crews, state; the defence did not lie in material

succeeded so brilliantly, in cay- the surplus roosipts thus obtained approving out my ordera "All these magni disarmament the first thought of the MIGRAINES. In the general sampaign for printed to strike funds at Hongkong.

Lcont

Hips and topodo-boats,, once the pride of the German people, were done human race had been to remove the for sunk! How much intelligence, how notas of destruction; but that would not In unveiling memorial tables at St. much technical skill and experience had

solve the difficulty. We had to face the Columba's church, London, last month, guse to the making of these great ships fact that we could not afford to have to those who fell in the war, Earl Haig A development of unsurpassed magnitude sations, or even classes within nations, ploaded for the mity of the churches of had come to an end; it had found a permanently or desperately embittered, the Empire and asked whether on Im a watery, grava!*

because even the smallest minority in perial church was impossible. Earl Haig that state of mind now had weapons with prayed that love of country and love of which it could wreak the most awful God, by which we had conquered in the the most enormous majority (Cheers) that the clergy of all denominations havoc against the strongest executive or war, might continue to work together and

shipping companies to the effect that con- signees would hold the shippers respon sible for delay in the delivery of perish able cargo caused through the seamen's strike in Hongkong.

porting the scamen on strike in Hongkong interviewed an official of the Shanghai Municipal Police. The delegates were given to understand that the authorities would countenance the organization of various bodies in sympathy with the aims

indin. He doclared that frontier tribes, of the men, but were warned that immed, sale of the fleet, would not participate of the intellectual worker as compared later contemporaries and a boon to the

DELHI, February 19th Lord Rawlinson (Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India), in a statement to English and Indian journalists, explained the necessity of stronger armies in LONDON, February 20th. The French press is indignant at the if combined, could raise 130,000 splendid well-armed fighters, and ponted out that Greek seizured in Greek waters, of a the British troops in India, and the Indias cargo of coal on the French,steamer Cavalry had been already reduced. "The Espoir, which was bound for Mersin, on times in February to assist the police.

military have been called out twenty-four the ground that it was contraband of India's contribution to naval defence is only £100,000. He had done his utmost war. The prose points out that the incid to reduce expenditure on the Army, but ent is unfortunate as the Allies were declined to exceed the safety limit.

about to offer to mediate in the Turco- Greek War.

SHOOTING IN CAIRO.

TWO BRITISHERS KILLED IN «

"RIOTING.

The French Government in a Note to Grocce demanded the release of the

#LONDON, February 19th. Repair, Greece replying that despite her Lord Allenby is about to go to Egypt friendship towards France she cannot to communicate to the Sultan the ESP tian agreement. This is unofficially endanger the safety of the Greek army: stated to provide for the abolition of the She concludes by saying that the Espoir Protectorate and the establishment of the fullest responsible government, with safe will be released after discharging her guards for Imperial communications and

ADMIRALTY ECONOMIES,

REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ADMIRALS.

inte action would be taken against any movement threatening the peace and good order of the Settlement.

The Shanghai Labourers' League has sent a gift of $1,000 towards the relict of strikers in Hongkatig.

A CANTON COMMENT.

The Canton Times in a leading article, protection of foreigners. There has been on the strike says:-- a series of anti-British revolver attacks

As usual, the real sufferers from tho at Cairo resulting, so far, in two deaths- those of Mr. Alfred Brown, Controller strike are those who have had nothing General of the Ministry of Education, to do with it and could not prevent what and an engineer, Mr. Michael Jordan, took place. It has been pointed out time Now Zealander employed with a French firma. Two other British officials were and time again that the Chinese are the wounded, but not seriously.

hardest hit by this strike. The loss in money and the waste in onmodities has BRITAIN IN THE EAST.

been enormons When the province can LORD NORTHOLIFFE-‹ IS ill afford such losses, how can any one

OPTIMISTIO.

in his aber seine wish to prolong the

·ktriko ↑

Loanos, February 20th. In accordance with the policy of economy the Admiralty, in August, pro pose to reduce the number

of Admirala allowed on the active list from ninety-two

MAKAKILLA, February 19th.

It has been said the Chinese are always to seventy-seven. It le believed that this life declared that he was convinced,

Replying to a welcome, Lord North ready to comproime. Many

apparently atrp will not affect the three Admirals of despite serious Indian, Beypbian and Far impossible situations have been solved Eastern problems that the British Em- because of this tendency on the part of Fleet,mmely; Adinirala Jellicoe,

pire od British alaro of commerce in the Chinese, not to push things Benity and Wemyss, who are surplus to Far Eastern countries were never ima

tropies

A door is always loft open so establishment" spoolally promoted for relatively more hopeful condition. France

was the second colonising Power in the the party who gets the worst of an nagusi vicct," zino, four Rear Admirala | work. She had territories, which were ment may retreat from

vice under, Dominion and models of organisation, but as of them

were insulinidhtly known to the British gracefully, and without the complete loss

*(Continted at foot of mast ̋column.)

or to the French themselves,

"to ext-

=

of

my

NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

Bocial

AN IMPERIAL CHUROR.

might realise that in the maintenance of the bonds of Empire they had a common task and were members of one imperial church.

face." Foreigners who have had many years of experience with the Chin-

know and understand this charac teristic of our people. As long as there is possibility for negotiations a situation is never hopeless So any sat that would exclude the possbility for further negotiation should be avoided. If terms A new Triple Alliance of the trade are not acceptable, instead of meeting unions, the co-operative movement, and E, T. HOOLEY BANKRUPT AGAIN. tion of counter terms would be the na Trades Union Review, the official them with a flat refusal, the presenta the Labour party, auggested by the

Pungent remarks were made by the taral alternative This kneps alive the journal of the Trade Union Congress, Official Receiver at the meeting of the negotiations and leaves the door toward which says The Co-operative movement, creditors of the well-known Enkoeier, E. a compromise videopen. Gradually representing the workers as contamers, T. Hooley, who returned his gram the negotiators: will, fad themselves

suching a basis for an agreement, and the trade union movement as producers, Habililies at £88,000 sind. his assets at unless one of the parties to the confer the fullest expression of citizenship aby kept any books since his previous bank and the Labour party which provides for £25,000. Hooley declared that he had not noe stands out for something utterly un reasonable (which seldom happens) mat political action, must be considered as ruptcy. The Receivers observed that in ters can he readjusted amicably, three departments of the same general view of what had happatied the creditors Bo let us all work to create an atmos, working-class movement. It is quite would not be inclined to doubt. Hooley's phere conducive to the promotion of probable that during 1923 steps will be discretion in the matter.The Receiver ciram thinking... Let us frown, down taken to give elfáit to these sentiments by east doubt on ether statements of the rything that engenders bad feeling the development of a closer unity in the debtor, namely, that he had put kept age and suspicion. In 's way, we are all in direction of organised effort and samunis heating account or entered into contracts the same best so why try to wink it 1

trative control.”

in his own' name