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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 37TH, 1992.

IRISH SITUATION GROWING| WORSE.

CANADIAN BANKING SENSATION. PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER IN COURT:

PRINCE THE

LATEST CABLAS. (THROUGH REUTHE'S AGENCY.]

SEAPLANE DISASTER.“

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF PASSENGERS.

MIAMI, Florida. March 95th. The Grat row of the terrible experiences

'IN CEYLON.

SHIPPING SLUMP.

MILLIONS OF TONS LYING IDLE.

LUNDON, March 25th. There are now over two millions tons of shipping, British and foreign, ring unemployed in the 30 principal parts of the United Kingdom, of which 1,000,000 toon of British shipping is unemployed ous of a botal of eighteen millions. The posi tion of American shipping is worse. Five million tons of American standard ship- ping out of a total of 12 millions is lying idle, in addition to a large amount privately owned.

SENSATIONAL CRIME IN

BELFAST.

UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION OF SAVAGE CRIME.

LONDON, March 5th. The murdered Belfast publican 'and his family were named McMahon and were Roman Catholics.

LATER.

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THE PRINCE OF WALES IN CEYLON.

WONDERFUL SCENES ÎN KANDY.

NAVAL ESTIMATES

APPROVE. IMPORTANT COMMONS DEBATE.

GETTING THE NAVY "OUT OF TEB WATER,

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ENGLISH FACTORY

EXPLOSION."

OWNER AND MANAGER CHARGED"

WITH MANSLAUGHTER

LONDON, March 24th:

Kisor, March 24th.

INTO THE AIR."

Mr. J. W. Knowles and Mr. E. Chil Kanily by night has been very much

LONDON, March stå. The House of Commons adopted the

wick, owner and manager respectively of more wonderful than Kandy by day,

the factory at which at which an explo during the Prince of Wales twenty Naval Estimates after's debate in whichsion recently occurred, have been charged, hours' visit.

This was not because of Admiral Suster contended that the at Tipton, with manslaughter. quaint ceremonials, dwarfed almost into Estimates were excessive, on the assump- The representative of the Publië, Pro- insignificance by reminiscences of the tion that there would be no war for ten secutor declared that the precautions for

nilian tour, but simply because it was years and the battleships now building

the safety of young girl-workers were Kandy, with which India has nothing to would be obsolete, then,

utterly, disregarded. The work of break. The

ing up ammunition was not dangerous comparn.

ment of battleships would not wenken the if ordinary care were taken, but the girl, Luminations, confined, principally to festoons, and coloured lights around the

Navy.

Naval defence could be safely were not searched and they wore nailed boots, the floor was of concrete und exquisite lake, gave just that magnificent left to submarines and airmen.

strewn with powder and there was a stove

The abandon-

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Rivalling the savagery of the worst pretrace crimes, yesterday's outrage in Belfast has provoked not only universal condemnation but alarm lost the vicious circle of reprisals and counter-reprisals will necessitate military occupation of the affected areas which, it is feared, will spell the duom of the Peace Treaty. The seriousness with which the Government touch of mystic glamour to the enchant- Col. Amery replied that the. Government in the shop in which soldering irons were regards situation is evidenced by the sum- ing picture. A towering forest of hills, did not contemplate war with America heated. The pineteenth victim of the ex-

If it did, it would be made 'plosion bar died. of five passengers, who lost their tires cons are British. Altogether a millione moning of Sir James Craig and Mr. Netting out the stars all around, toomedor.Japan.

Collins. The Dublin Press, realfing in magnified shadows through the indigo to rely on a merely One-Power standard, PAN-ISLAMIC CONGRESS. that only some sort of truce can avengicom

The sultry air was heavy with which the Admiralty interpreted in a very grave developments, renew is the fragraner of luscious plants and thought war was likely in the next ten

way they would not have done if it TO ASSEMBLE IN PARIS IN JULY. peal for an immediate coaforence between spices. The teeming crowd, always How-

PARIA, March 3rd. Fears. The maintenance of the One- North and South.

For the first time ing

An Islamic world-congress will take UN without fiminishing, looked Power standard made it essential that place at Paris next July. All Moslem the Northern Government has called up fantastically picturesque in the illusive we should not be hopelessly inferior in communities, notably the British and whole force of thirty thousand gleams from the Chinese lanterns and battleships, which were still the pivot Dutch Indian, are expected to parti- specials Destruction of property on the shade lampe,

All night long there of a naval battle, but the Admiralty were cipata-Havas frontier continues on a large scale from swolled and lulled the babble of thou. convinced of the value of airmen sad Auchnacloy to Caledon, which is an athands, whose gala spirit banished sleep: wanted more and more to get the Navy.» ed camp, and continues to be the most all night long there arose the drubbing out of the water and into the air..

in a scuplane disaator while going to Bimini, was given by the pilot, Mr. Robert Moore, the sole survivor, who was rescued at night in a delirious state after clinging for three days and nights to the wrecked machine. Ho related that the weantung was disabled and was forced to descent is the open sen Two women 'died from exposure and two other passen ges were rendered crazy through thirst) and jumped into the sea. The fifth was exhausted by the buffeting of the plane, re,

sed his hold and was drowned.

BANKING SENSATION. --

PRESIDENT AND MANAGER OF CANADIAN BANK CHARGED.

OTTAWA, March. 25th.

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DEATH" SENTENCE FOR INDIANS.

BOMBAY, March-25th. Two ladiates have been sentenced to death and four to transportation for life in connection with the murder of an American engineer on the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to Bothbay.

SIR THOMAS SUTHERLAND'S

WILL

the

dangerous district.

EARLIER CABLES.

SEVEN PEOPLE IN ONE HOUSE MURDERED.

LONDON, March 24th

A sensational crime occurred at Belfast last night, when a band of aged men broke into the house of a publican, drag- A sensation has been.caused in backing

LONDON, March 25th.

ged him, his five suns and a barman from eircle owing to the Dominion Minister of

Sir Thomas Sutherland left £721,000, their beds and shot them successively, Fiant proceeding against Sir Hugh

After numerous questa aggregating five, were killed outright and the other Montagy Allan president, and Mr. Macarow, general-manager, on a charge about £100,000, the residue is bequeathed two died later.. of wilfully misstating the financial posito the King Edward Hospital Fund. London, minus a quarter of a million for estinte duties...

tion of the Merchants Bank in the October official return by omission of mention of

a great impairment of the reserve funds,

LATEX

NURSE CAVELL'S BETRAYERS

Allan and Macarow were brought up in TWO OF THEM IN DUTCH INDIES.

The Police Court The hearing was fixed

for March that is believed that similar action is pending in other cases,

U.S. AND 'EUROPE. BENATE LEADERS INTIMATION TO THE PRESIDENT.

Growing

PARIS, March 25th.

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LATEST CABLES.

THE PACIFIC TREATY,

RATIFIED BY U.S. SENATE

AVITH RESERVATIONS. -

WASHINGTON, March 25th.

The Pacific Treaty was ratified with

and bleating of tom-toms and pipes.

DURBAR OF KANDYAN CHIEFS The Durbar of Kandyan chiefs which opened the after-dinner festivities was a striking dislay of Oriental colour and grouping, but with little of the grandeur of the Indian States.

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DUTCH INDIAN OIL.”

EXPORT DUTY TO BE ABOLISHED.

An

LONDON, March 34th. Amsterdam telegram says the Minister for the Colonies announces that the Dutch Indian expert duty on oil will be completely abolished, commencing is 1922, and that taxes on profits and in- come will be substituted therefor.

U.S. STEEL PRICES.

MUCH DEPENDS ON RATIFICA-

TION OF NAVAL TREATY, » Replying to a question, Colonel Amery explained that all the Estimates were framed on the assumption that the Naval Treaty concluded at, Washington would be finally ratified, as he believed it would be, but if by any gray's mischance it was not ratified, the whole Estimates must be The Prince 'ved upwards of a revised and the reductions very largely MANUFACTURERS ANNOUNCE AN hundred of these bejewelled and brocaded rendered impossible. Colonel Amery chieftains, who may be likened to heads mentioned that as a wrsult of the Wash- of clans. The Audience' Hall, with its ington agreement it was hoped that Wei- column-supported roof, giving the ap-Hai-Wei would be dispensed with alto-have increased prices by $9.50 per ton pearance of a substantial pandal, formed gether in a few weeks. a richly quaint setting to the slow, glitter- ing little pageant Ring past the Prime, who afterwards thanked them cordially for their loyalty.

Then, through a gally-canopied arcaile, the Prince and his staff walked to the

IRISH TREATY BILL.

LORD LANSDOWNE'S APPEAL.

LONDON, March 24th. The report stage of the Irish Treaty Bill has been completed, and the House

INCREASE.

YOUNGTOWN (Ox10), March, 24th.

The Independent Steel Manufacturers'

on slabs, $2 on small billets and sheet bars and $260 on heavy billets.

FRANCE AND GREECE.

THE ESPOIR INCIDENT ENDED.

PARIS, March 24th. Greece has accepted France's terms for of Lords has adopted an amendments settlement of the Espoir incident, pro-

A messig from The Hague states that reservation declaring that the United Ma'igawa, or Temple of the Tooth, where moved by the Clovernment, to which the riding compensation for the captain and

the Belgian Consul at Java reports that States understands that the Treaty in

wolves ro commitment to armed force and alliance and no obligation to join in any defence,

two of the betrayers of Nurse Cavell aro in the Dutch Indies. He aiks his Covo crament fo make representations

Holland.

to

LATKI. Twelve Dentocrats voted for ratifica- WASHINGTON. March 25th.

tion and four Republicans against, realisation America's INTER-VARSITY ATHLETICS

of nomalous position vis-a-vis European CAMBRIDGE EASILY BEAT OXFORD THE TIMES" CONGRATULATIONS.

LONDON, March 28th. affairs inspired the Sennte leaders' intime tion to the President that the present in-

Congratulatory editorialising tho direct method of dealing with the Allies utiletice contest, Cambridge beat Oxford Senate's ratification of the Pacific Treaty.

should be onded. It is now announced

LONDON," March 25th.

At Queen's Club, in the inter-vursity

by 9 events to one.

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LONDON, March 25th.

the Times rejoices that Anglo-Amerienti ties are strengthened while Japan be

of which the general tendency is far sighted goodwill to Chian whose present ad plight cannot obscure the certainty of her future greatness.

That Mr. Harding is considering the ap pointment of an American member to the COTTON OPERATIVES' WAGES comes a party to a series of agreements Reparation Commission."

ALLIED DEBTS TO .S.

LATER. Becretaries Mellen, Hughes, and Hoover and two others will be members of a com mission to direct the Alligd debts refund- Eng operations

COLLAPSE

Further reduction in wages have been decided upon by cotton employers in Man- chester and will operate from April 30th. The amount will not be disclosed until the operatives receive their Boticus; 360,000 workers are affected. The operativės lass year submitted to a twenty-two per cent. reduction:

U.S. MINING TROUBLE.

"WASHINGTON, March 25th

It is officially announced that the Government's efforts to secure a confer ence of mine owners and miners has fail od and that a strike on April 1 regarded as inevitable.

OF THE MARK. LONDON, March 23th. The collapse of the German mark, which touched 1,630 yesterday, recovering Rafer to 1,435, he not canal an inter sational monsation like last November when the slump led to a decision to settle Both German the reparations trouble. and foreign publics have apparently decid. ed that nothing useful can be done. The Heichsbank bas again raised the price of gold from 860 to 950 paper marks for a Twenty mark gold piece. HOLLAND AND WASHINGTON.

THE HAGUE, March 93th, In a White Book with reference to the Washington Conference Dr. Yon Karnebeek says the attitude of the Dutch delegation left the Dutch Government entirely free‡' to determine its policy as regards defence of the motherland and colonies.

CHERTSEY BY-ELECTION, .

LONDON, March 26th.

The by-election at Chartery occasioned by the death of Sir Donald Macmaster re- salted::--

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Sir Philip Richardson, Independent Unionist 11,811.

BABLIER UABLES.

WASHINGTON, March 4th The Senate has ratified the Pacific Treaty byżby 67 votes to 27.

LATEST CABLES.

his Royal Highness was received by the High Priest, who revealed to him the much cherished Tooth of Buddha, a gigantic curved incisor reminiscent of the tip of an elephant's tusk. This treasure, which reposes within seven successive caskets, is only disclosed upon yery razo and impressive occasions: The Temple itself is comparatively small and tawdry as Oriental fames go.

Irish Provisional Government previously payment for the cargo. assented, postponing the month allowed Ulster to decide whether she will join the NOTED FRENCHMAN DEAD," the Free State till the Free State Con-

PARIS, March 24th... stitution Bill is passed, instead of dating The death is announced of M. Denys from the passage of the Treaty Bill; Cochin, one of the leaders of the French

Catholics.

The alteration provoked vigorous pro- tests by Lord Carson, Lord' Londonderry and others, who complained that the Government wanted to keep the boun darica question in suspense to enable the Southern Irish to continue murdering and raiding.

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FAR

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

CHARGE.

Lord Lansdowne intervened, advising | ANOTHER BANQUE INDUSTRÍELLE Lord Carson and other friends not to insist in their opposition. KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH IRISH OPINION.

PROCESSION OF ELEPHANTS:

Then the Prince pre-eded to witness. the Perahera procession of elephants, to which each chief contributed from his private herd, so that 132 of these animals drew out the spectacle to a mile long, interspersed by several cara bearing grotesque idols of giguatic stature and other cars carrying native musicians and batches of wildly espering devil-danceration. and batches of attendanta cracking whips in endless volleys. The whole of the languidly-moving pageant was luridly lit by double rows of flambeaux-beators, an that the thronged streets of Kandy wax- ed and wined in a wonderful palpitation

THE SECOND DAY,

THE INDIAN BUDGET. GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS ASSEM BLY'S DECISION.

of huca. The Prince received a roaring Deni, March 25th..recaption whenever he was sighted. Sir W. M. Hailey announced in the Council of State that although the situa tion arising from the manner in which the Assembly had dealt with the budget was extremely unsatisfactory, the Gov: ernment had decided to accept the Assem Seventeen ar or missing through bly's decision not on, financial but general

U.S. MINING DISASTER.

Trinidad, FLORADO, March 25th.

is

Mine. in explosion in 3

THE FOOTBALL-CUP. HUDDERSFIELD AND PRESTON IN THE FINAL:

"LONDON, March 25th, The association cup semi-final matches resulted:-

Huddersfield Town beat Notts County by 3 goals to I at Burnley.

Preston North End beat Tottenham

Hotapur by 2 goals to 1 at Sheffield.

LAWN TENNIS.

New York, March 25th.

Mra, Mallory won the women's nations Sir Hubert Gough, Independent Liberal, covered court lawn tennis championship,

benting Miss Banoraft by 7-5, 6-1. 3,190.

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HARLINE CABLES,

AMENDMENT TO REDUCE DEFICIT.

A

Fi

LONDON, March 24th.?

PARIS, March 25th. The examining magistrate is enquiring another charge of fraud and abuse of confidence against M. Pernotte ex-direc- tor of the Banque Industrielle de Chine In view of the gravity of recent events According to facts now -published the in Ireland the Government has telegraph- ed requesting Mr. Collins and Sir James bonds at five hundred

thousand pangue issued execs in name of Craig to come to London for a tripartite the Societo Commerciale Maritime du examination of every aspect of the situa-Pacifique in December, 1919.

The pro ceeds from theso had to guaranteed to bondholdera by the purchase of vessels and mortgages on commercial buildings. It is alleged that this sum was actually included 30 the circulation funds of the Banque which paid appears that seven

five

cent, interest

ENGINEERING BALLOT. " HUGE MAJOBITY AGAINST EMPLOYERS.

LONDON, March 24th,

f:

to the Societe, million franca were actually expended on The engineering ballot, mentioned on vestors money was not guaranteed as it boats, but the allegation is that the in- acceptance of the employers' demand and that the Banque employed the funds for March 11th, resulted in 49,503 voting for should have been. It is further alleged 164,769 against. The result will probably various purposes. M. Pornotte replies to be a lock-out of all Unions in bulk.

"THE SHIPYARD DISPUTE.

LONDON, March 24th. A delegate conference of the Shipyard Unions has decided that shipyard workers shall cease work on Tuesday evening. pending the result of a ballot, unicas the employers extend their notices of a reduc tion in wages, which is due to operate on

Wednesday.

GRAND NATIONAL RESULT.

MUSIC HALL WINS THE BIG STEEPLECHASE...

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this that the whole of, the twelve million francs passed into the hands of the liquidators of the Banque.

میرد

PARIS, March 25th. The Tempe announcer that the examin-" ing magistrats has called on Andre Berthelot to explain the handing over to M. Philippe, Berthelot the three and a balf million franca

to

On Friday morning early, the Prince motored out to Peradeniya, claimed to be the most perfect botanical gardens in the world After inspecting the Bo tree planted by Edward VII, and the Na tree grounds.

planted by George V. the Prince himmelf After a five bours' discussion the Coun- planted a munamel sprig amidst acclama-

- A telegram of considerable interest an cil of State passed the Finance Bill with- | Bious from the dense, vast ring of specta

bearing upon the question of interna out amendment.

tional courtesies was recently received at tors His Royal Highness received as a

Shanghai by the Kuo Wen News Agency memento a silver and ebony mamotie re-

LONDON, March 24th. It said:

d: Dr. Schurmaan, the Ameri Minister The Grand National resulted: Madis Canten Government to re a salute of Peking. requested the plica of Paddy Hoe and an albam of

Hall (100-9), 1; Drifter (181), 2; 21 guns as he passed the Forgen. Forts photographs of Peradeniya planta,

Tallytus (68-1), 3. Thirty-two ran. on his departure from Cuntáiz On the way to the station the Prinon Won by twaive lengths, the third being on Chiung ming the crest Governor

another six lengths away.. Da, March 24th,

paused to watch the elephants bathing The deficit on the current year is rein the Mohawell, Ganga. duced by nearly three millions sterling, and the deficit on the coming year by about two millions, as the result of the adoption of an amendment on the final stage of the Finance Bill permitting the utilisation as revenue of certain money which would otherwise have been applied in cancellation of paper currenty,

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Beturning to Colombo, the Princo at- tended the race meeting at Prince's Club in the afternoon, when enormous crowde *wers present.

On Saturday morning, the Prince barks on the Renown and sails for Fort Swottenham,

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

and

Commander-in-Chief of Kuangtung,

rep'led that this wa impossible gatil. America had recognized the Southern TILDEN NOT TO DEFEND TITLE.tween Dr. Schumann, the

Government.

After much discussion be

American Consul-General,

General

nor of Foreign Frank Loe, the ded that a nissioner of

and

New Toux, March 24th. The United States Lawn Tennis Asso Affairs, it ciation announces that Tilder will not saluto should be gired, the American go to England this summer to defend gunboats in harbour to fire a salate to the championship title, as the Executive the Canton Government at the same time of the Association fins decided that it as the Chinese gunboats and forts fired would be unwise to send leading Ameone to Dr. Schurmann, representing the rican players abroad in view of the keen American Govorament, 48

sign of competition for the Davis Cup.

friendship."