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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS," THURSDAY, MARCHI

PRINCESS MARY'S WEDDING

BRILLIANT SCENES IN THE ABBEY. PACKED STREETS AND great entHUSIASM.

THE KING'S MESSAGE.

The King in the course of a message to the nation express his deepest thanks For the warm and affectionate good wishes of his subjects throughout the Esipies on the happy and memorable

LLOYD GEORGE DISSATISFIED occasion, The goodwill of the people

HINTS THAT HE MAY RESIGN...

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LLOYD GEORGE

DISSATISFILD.

CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE “HUMILIATED.

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LONDON, March 1st.

2ND, 1992

U.S. SHIPPING SUBSIDY PLAN

PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT HARD- ING TO CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, February 28th. President Harding presented to our

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RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF.

LONDON, March 1st, The Russian Famine Relief Fund, Savu the Children Fund and the Society of Friends three bodies at present engaged The Parliamentary correspondent of STO the shipping subsidy plan providing

in sending relief to Rusia-havo agreed- throughout the realm is appreciated all the Daily Telegraph reports that Mr. thirty-two million dollars annually, pro-

to combine their efforts. Sir Benjamin the more vividly because many are at oyd George is most dissatisfied at nos/vided principally by the diversion of ton Robertson has undertaken the direction of

receiving the loyal suppået from Parlia- per cent,

American customs recipe the operation, assisted by a representa present living in the shadow of very met to which he is entitled and has Not more than fifty per cent. of immigtive each of the three societies. An all- in magnificent vestments, then the choir great hardship'and anxiöty.

written to Mr. Chamberlain, as head of ranta may be transported in foraig British appeal in their support is being "FRENCH COMMENTS. and the Dean of Westminster preceding

the Unionista, expressing this feeling in ships. The Shipping Board's vessels will issued. the bride who walked with bead proudly

pain terms and intimating that he can be sold and the proceeds used as a con- erect and her left hand restling lightly The press devotes much spacs to Prin- no continue to submit to the present struction loare fund. The President fur- humiliating conditions. The Telegraph | ther recommended granting the mâlroads Viscountess Mary's wedding, giving minute des the King's right arm.

in an editoria says that Mr. Lloyd the right to operate steamship lines and Lascelles advanced and stood beside the Marshal Foch, interviewed on the occa-tinuanes of such treatment as he has chant Marine Act providing preferential criptions of the presents and drosace Georgs la completely justified. The con- the enforcement of a section of the Mer- Despite gloomy weather forecasts and Princess on the top of the steps of tha

sion, dweit of the British Army's received must render his signation rail and steamship rates on through ship much rain during the night Princess sacrarium, the ten bridesmaids standing heroism in the war and said it was fitting inevitable, Mary's wedding morn dawned brightly at the foot of the steps. The King was to recall tragic memories at a time when

menta by American vessels. and with the dawn a pilgrimage began. slightly behind the Princes while the Britain was proudly sounding the praises The route was crowded by seven in the whole Royal party stood within the rails of the Royal Family. Ho declared that ¦ APPROVAL EXPECTED IN A MONTH | foreign ships. He declared that he anti."

(THROUGH KRUTAR'S AGENOT.]

THE ROYAL WEDDING.

WONDERFUL SCENE OUTSIDE THE PALACE.

on

on

PARIS. February 5th.

morning, mostly by women and children, of the high altar. The Queen, whose eyes all France was happy in its homage to the but trams, busos and railways later were steadily fixed

her daughter illustrious house to which Fraama's most brought thousands all in the happiest throughout the ceremony, was, with the faithful friend, King Edward VII, the

BENATE AND TREATIES.

OR TWO.

LONDON, February 989th. Sweial progress has been made by the

Mr. Harding advised the insurance of American vessels at not greater cost than

cipated very stiff foreign mercanti'a cam- petition and urged the awakening of American pride and determination

to

: DUTCH INDIAN OIL. TAXATION,

Francis deterding denounced. Dutch

Amsterdam, February 28th.' Interviewed by the Haguepost, Bir

Indian oil taxation and declared that it would drive the Royal Dutch from the Dutch Indice.

DUTCH LOAN QUICKLY SUBSCRIBED,

New York, February 99th.

The entire Dutch Loan was subscribed in a few minutes at 940 dollara per 9,500

spirits in the spring sunshine. The out-other Royal ladies, visibly affected as the peacemaker belonged and of which King Senate: Foreign Relations Committee in carry its own commerce. He described the guilder bond issue. It matures in fifty look from Buckingham Palace at ten in Dean of Westminster began the coremony Georgo and the Prince of Wales gained considering the recommending of Confer- war-time creation of America's great ton-years with the option of reduction by te

the morning along the Mall packed with spectators was remarkable and members of the Royal Family including the bride, came to the Palace windows to gaze on the Living avenue. Invited guests going on foot to the Abbey found difficulty in got ling through the dense crowds thronging the precincts. Everywhere people were waving Union Jacks many inscribed "Long live the King." They did not find the waiting dull with troops with bands marching to take up positions and * stream of motors conveying uniformed officers, officia's and bejewelled ladies in wonderful costumes to the Abbey, long before the time fixed for the arrival of Royalties.

wila: the opening exhortation.

her sincere affection.

The Mutin commenting on the wedding Bays the Allied generalissimos tribute is n bunch of roses of France worthy of Mary. England's daughter,

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THE KEENNESS OF PUBLIO

INTEREST.

THE MARRIAGE SERVICE. The Archbishop of Canterbury, repine- ing the Dean of Westminster, conducted the service. the bride nad bridegroom making the responses in a firm loud voice. Both knelt during the final prayers. The Archbishop of Canterbury addressing the pair, emphasised the fact that they were

LONDON, February 28th - The royal bride was greeted very at present the very focus of the interest! and the prayers of millions of people cordially in this morning's editorials which unite in paying tribute to Princess all over the world. He believed that no

Mary, Viscount Lascelles and the Royal daughter of

reigning King had ever before been married in the Abbey. He House, showering felicitations and pray. referred to the war services of Viscounting for the coupe's happiness. They Lascelles nod to the services of Princess dwell with particular pleasure on the fact that the Princess has chosen an English Mary in hospital, to her leadership and

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the Royal Fanity has been in more com plete accord with national feoling, add- ing. We are all thankful to the Princess for marrying for love."

The Mail declares that no marriage in

UNRESTRAINED ENTHUSIASM. Tremendour cheering greeted the almost her disciplined English girlhood. He commoner, sisialtaneous appearance of the Queen's concluded by bidding the Godspeed on procession from Buckingham Palace and Queen Alexandra's from Mariborough behalf of the Empire and people. House. The Queen with her three sons in

There were ranowed scenes of enthusiasm glass coach wore a hat of golden tissue whea the Royal procession returned surmounted by a plume of white ostrich through the streets. fothers, а magnificent ermina "cloak covering a costume of plain gold. Queen Alexandra wore a beautiful dress of gold black brocade trimmed with old lace.

The bells of St. Margaret's crashed a merry peal on the arrival at the Abbey of Queen Alexandra's procession followed by

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A STRIKING INCIDENT. A striking incident during the return from the Abbey was that the roar of chearing in Whitehall ceased when it was noticed that the bridal pair had halted at the Cenotaph. Princess Mary handed sergeant major of the Guards who was

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The Westminster Gazette, going farther, says the fact that the Princess is marry that the Prince of Wales will marry an ing an Englishman encourages the hope

Englishwoman.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.

·PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY MAY BE SHELVED...

much satisfaction in the United States had failed at enormous cost. ence Treaties and appears to have given

nage as ap experimental venture which years. The Committee, with the one exception that the proposals aimed at returning the He added already talegraphed. has made a cionn sweep nullifying the vexatious reserva industry to private enterprise in which tions to the Pacife Treaty.President they were safeguarded against private Harding, according to the Daily Tele-Bread without discouraging the hope of graph's New York correspondent, does profitable investment.

o, believe that the reservation adopted REPARATIONS AGREEMENT. to conciliate the irreconcilables. is necessary and that its only object in

MORE TO BE PAID IN KIND Ho in

THAN CASE. uncertain whether the Senate will insist on the reservation, "but it is accepted by the administration senators on the theory that it is in line with what friends of the treaty say the treaty means and in order might jeopardise ratification. to avoid a prolonged sonate fight which

Palace, their Majesties and the bride and bridegroom occupying one table. There will be a special honeymoon .express .

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FIGHT AGAINST PACIFIC TREATY.

PARIS, February 28th. The Cabinet has decided to ask the For-

shelve the proposal for a parliamentary eign Affairs Committee of the Chamber to

inquiry into the failure of the Banque Is- dustrielle de Chine in view of the fact that judicial investigation" is to follow the normal courac

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A DEFENCE OF M. PERNOTTE.

PARIS, February 28th. M. Pernotto's counsel has drafted a ten page argument that his client's arrest

BERLIN, February, 28th. A provisional agreement has been reach and Germany. It provides for the anas ed between the Reparations Commission

payment of 720,000,000 gold marks in cash and 1,450,000,000 in kind. The former

point to the entire work of the conference for goods, which, it is expected, will sale of shares of the Societe Alsacienne be will not increuse if the latter is not reach. od. There will be simplification of the The correspondant adds that indications machinery for the distribution of orders was unjustified and that he should be provisionally relicased. As regard the being approved by the Senate within mainly compris articles not competing that the Pacife Treaty will be extensively are being taken to eliminate the middle Senator Lodge believes with the Entente's own industries. Steps debated. but he hopes to see it ratified man. unchanged. As reported, ex-Committee Spators Borah and Johnson will lead the fight against the Treaty, offering various reservations or proposing changes.

month or twa.

WASHINGTON, February 1st.

The Beaste's first action-in-connection with the disarmament treaties was the

LORDON, February 28th. Governinnat has published a declaration

FRENCH BAILWAY LOAN. VERY QUICKLY SUBSCRIBED IN

LONDON.

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UAPETOWN, March 1st. "The strike debate in the House of Assembly ended in rejection of the oppo- sition motions and adoption of the Government amendment advising immed inte return to work pending enquiry by

an impartial board.

them at the average price of three hundred. argues that the Banque Industrielle with the Banque Hollando-Americaine sold

france to a third party who actually marketed them. The subsequent rise, therefore, was in no way attributable to the Banque Industrielle.

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EDUCATION AS A SCIENCE

DR. GARNETT'S IDEAL SYSTEM.

At the annual conference of. Educa-

tion as a Science was introduced by Dr. J. C. Maxwell Garnett, lato Prin- cipal of the Technological College, Man- obeater, and Secretary of the League of Nation Union.

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so they got justice; (3) the central emos Conal element must be love: and so they.

friendliness and. kindness.

The Expresa declares that the whole

The Washington Post's political corres

LONDON, December 28th. country approves of this love match.

pondent believes the adoption of the 're the Queen's procession of minute later.

A five million sterling loan at six per News pages are largely monopolized by servation aforementioned insures ratifica cent, issued at eighty six, for the Paris Ten minutes elapsed before the bride on duty a portion of her wedding bouquet the "wedding, truthfully reflecting the tion, the only danger he sees being the Lyon Mediterrance, was subscribed in left the Palace. The King, in the uni- of white chrysanthemums and lilies of keenness of public interest. A few people well-meaning efforts which enthusiastic Loudon in a few minutes. form of the Grenadier Guards, tenderly the valley to place, on the base of the with camp stools kept an all-night vigil friends of the treaty may make to eli-80UTH AFRICAN TROUBLE. tional Associations the subject of " Educa haaded his daughter into the carriage monument. Viscount Lascelles saluted at Whit hall in order to get a good place. minate the reservation and to force the DYNAMITING INCREASING IN known as the Irish Coach because it was

gravely when the worgen or "laid the One hundred and seventy will participate Senate to vote on the pact sa negotiated." built in Ireland. He then took his scat

JOHANNESBURG. boside her. The Princess was a vision of flowers, without card or inscription, in at the wedding breakfast at Buckingham loveliness in her magnificent wedding the centre of other floral tribules.

JOHANNESBURG, March 1st. Dr. Maxwell Carnotę said that educa- «iroca. She looked pale, but she smiled FAMILY NATURE OF THE

Government has sesed" the power was a science he was sot so sure, but that tion was mission and an art. That it happily in response to a tumultuous re-

CEREMONY.

slation but volunteers have not yet got it must and would be made a science he ception. As the three carriages preceded Echolders in the Abbey were more im- to Shifnal. Weston Hall is described as rejection by 50 votes to 23, of an amend-

steam up and the city is again in dark. * quite certain." It was by education and fallowed the Sovereign's glittering pressed by the family nature of the an ideal honeymoon spot zurrounded by a moat to the Yap Treaty amplifying the

that mem. Dynamiting is increasing.

a better world was to be made. There There was no time to lose.

Educators cort the crowd vented its enthusiasm

provision that existing treaty rights were eight heavy explosions to-day; five must get togather, and when they were ceremony than even by the splendour of thousand-acre deer park. unrestrainedly and many women were

the spectacle. The Bnal touch to this

should not be abridged The Senate on the power line, but little damage was agreed on their aim, they must actively moved to teaTE,

also rejcsted a proposal to extend pro-dons. There was a fatal affray at Boks their theory in the light of naw

pursue it, always being ready to

modify A SUPERB PAGEANT.

family aspect was given at Buckingham

hibition to the mandated islanda. barg. Two strikers were killed and a The ideal citizen of our Commonwealth

What sort of a world did threy

want Shortly before the Royal processions Palace on the occasion of the departure atarted Viscount Lascelles left Chesterfield for the honeymoon in Shropshire. The

EGYPT'S FUTURE,

police officer and two men wounded

must have a single wide interest rather, than many disconnected interests. The Houat in a closed motor-car accompanied King and his sons, standing at the exit

BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S FAIR

three conditions to be satisfied by the by his best man, Sir Victor Mackenzie, archway in front of the palace, and the

single wide interests of the OFFER.. LONDON, February 28th.

of our ideal community were- (1)

Har both in the uniform of the Grenadiers.

The possibility of Russia's refusing to gleste pelted the bride and bridegroom

purpose:

so they mony of central "They were onthusiastically greeted. The

got as the open landad with four grey horses participate in the Genos Conference is

freedom; (8) a man's idete of him not be more central in his single gaiety filling the strecta was reflected even

side the Abbey, whose customary sombre enged, with rice and confetti with pach suggested in a telegram fruen Moscow addressed to the Sultan of Egypt with

wide interest than his neighbours; and ster had been transformed into a specta vigour that both had to stoop low to which says that Chicherin has declarou | regard to the future status of Egypt, isy- sle of glowing colour. A bright crimson avoid the onslaught. All wers laughing the proposal to fix a six months probationing down the following principles :—

It was the main business of all educa for Russia as absolutely inacceptable. First, the British Protectorate over Egypt surpet covered the stone floor of nave and heartily. The Queen was not present.

tion to form in the mind of every per Russia desired to treat as an equal with to be terminated and Egypt to be declared

| sơn, & single "wide interest, centred in a hoir ending at the saerarium where the She remained in the Grand Hall where

supreme purpose, and especially to form wonderful colouring of the ornamenta she had just tearfully bade farewell to equals and rejected any form of tutelage sa independent, sovereign state.

Two,

that central purpose-to kindle the undy tions on the high altar and masses of

or admision of inferiority. If such a as soon so the Egyptian Government JOHANNESBURG, February 28th!

ing

fire, to inspire with the spirit of the her daughter. The route to Paddington

Lord It Was the subordinate busi-· dimly burning candles formed ‘a superb

proposal were adopted as a preliminary passen an Act of Indemnity applying to

The city is in a most serious plight to news of education to train young people was still crowded with spectators who basis of the Conference, Russia's part all Egyptian inhabitants martial law, as night owing to the technical stalls learing their central purpose in some particular that they should be able to realize setting to the ceremony, Streams of sun- whine through the windows played upon gave the newly married couple a most cipation wou'd become probitznatical." proclaimed on November 2nd, 1914, shall work, declaring that the protection form of service to their fellows Dr. the lavish display of crimson and gold enthusiastic sendoff.

SOVIET DELEGATES AGREE TO

be withdrawn: Three, the following mat- insufficient and thus leading to the closing Garnett ilustrated the means for provid waid: Decorations and jewels were worn ON THE WAY TO SHIFNAL

REPRESENTATION,

ters aro absolutely reserved to the British of the power station The Industrial borate diagram, and said that

ing such a system in England by an ela by most distinguished reprosentatives Joľ The wedding special train from Pad-

HE.Skorona, February 28th.”

Governmente discretion until it is possible Federation in declaring the strike asked ous from the elementary school to the

national system, democratic and continu every aspect of life in the Empire. The dington to Shiful was grooled with A message from Moscow states that between the British and Egyptian Govern

to conclude agreements regarding them the stalls to join the men. The closing university, was to be realized the present arrisal of a corps of gentlemen-at-arma in tremendous enthusinsin slong the entire conference of delegaton of the Soviet re-mente, namely, security of Empire 'com

administraton of education must be alter- wartet gold and carrying halberds to take route. Whole populations turned out and publics of Azerbaijan, Amenis, White munications in Buri defe of Egypt page of trams and industries dependent such a system was obstructed by

mene depriving the city of light, stoped and improved. The development of by barriers pied the setting of the superb pagreat tumultuously cheered the paming train. Russia, Bokhara, Georgia, Ukraine, against all foreign aggression and intern power. The civic guard has been asional

jealousies and

of All railway platforms and other vantage Khorosin and the Far Eastern Republic forence either direct or indirect, protes called out. Twenty-seven arrenta followed numerous small lical education points were packed with waving throngs, has signed a protocol authorising Boviet tion of formigo intaresta is Egypt and

a collision between police and striker and made to do so. Protection of minorities, the Soudan. Two policemen were injured. Many Even if they had to wait a while for home.

till to ruller because the Board of Educa slatus, quo in all these matters will re-thin East Rand Proprietary,

tion, was not yet perfect, they ought at least to insist on the creation of provin MORE LABOUR TROUBLE cial authorities, one for each of eight or NON-FLAMMABLE FILM.

10 divisions of England and Wales, that LORDON, Föhruary 25th.

would co

co-ordinate the work and be répre

education

·BERLIN, Fobruary 28th. A' conference of engineering employers authoritice as well as of the univer

sentative of existing local

universities nowy inven.od non-inflammable calluloid possibility of a lockout, on March 11th is be able and willing up broud, high- The chemist, Schaaf, has exhibited and workers proved abortive and the and the teaching profession, that would

film which merely melts under great heat. in no way remoto..

wp their positions in the transepta com.

waiting the arrival of the bride.

THE BRIDE'S PROCESSION.

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JOHANNESBURG IN A SERIOUS PLIGHT.

to.

· mutual·

and the

who sometimes, refused authouN.

to co-operate

Count Lascolles, who was scated in Complete schools of boys and girla nasem Russia to represent them at "the Gene Pending the conclusion of agreements the arrosta were made in snother aaray at Tule for education, and even if they had

sacrarium, rose when the Boyal blad at some places. The special passed Conference. Party, including Queens Mary and Alexan Leamington, Birmingham and Walver- INGERSOLL'S TO BE SOLD. dra, arrived and remained standing hampton stations' slowly, enabling the wwaiting the bride whom entry was waiting crowds to convey cordial groot The creditors of Ingursalls have suthori-

NEW YORK, February 28th Toralded by a dar singing unaccompanied ings. The special accomplished a non-sed the sale of the property on April 10th

"Land us, Heavenly Father.” The stop run, arriving at Shifnal to the un'es an offer of 11 million dollars is Brido's procession was headed by canons minute.

received within the next ten days.

main intact.

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barriers, to open a way of education.