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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES
(THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCY.).
THE DISORDERS IN IRELAND.
A CALAMITOUS PROSPECT.
LONDON, June lat
A feeling that the Government may mddenly be faced with the calamitous
TRE
LATEST CARERS.. ANGLO-AMERICAN TARIFF
WAR 2 STATEMENT BY ŠIE OWEN PHILLIPS.
LONDON, June 2nd.
. The statement that America is contenu- plating a tarif war against British and foreign shipping. is responsible for
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE SED, 1929.
GERMAN REPARATIONS. POSTPONEMENT ONLY PARTIAL.
LONDON, June 18%.
The Reparations. Nots mentioned by Reuters Faris correspondent only agrees to the postponement of a portion of Ger- many's obligations. The sama mentioned in messages of March 22nd and April 23rd are still payable.
[On March 9nd the Reparations Com- inission fixed Germany's payments for 1528 under the bends of Reparations anil Cost of Armies of occupation at.720,000,000
inarka in kind.
AND FAR EASTERN CABLE CANTON
NEWS.
[SKRONGE LEVIKER'S AGUMUT.) -
NORTH CHINA POLITICS.
PRESIDENT RESIGNS.
PAXING, June 2nd. A mandate immured this morning con
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MACAO
THE AFFRAY. MABB INDIGNATION MEETING
ORGANISED.
The Following is from the Canton Times
The recent incident, að Macro has arous ed bitter indignation among the people
LINER AS TRADE SHIP.
CARGO FOE FLOATING EXHIBITION.
FRON MAIEFING TO AHKOPLAYER,
The as. Orontes, of 9,093 tons register
and 10,000 b.p., is now lying at Tilbury, where an army of abipwrights and engineers
of the city. In respons to the notificare transforming the liner into a floating tion of the People's Diplomatic Society, erhibition. In future she will be known as in the form of hand-bille hundreds of the Britisk Trader-the name selected by
prospect of the re-conquest of Ireland, weakness in shipping curties on the cold marks in cash and 1,450,000,000 gold tains the resignation. of President Hou thousands of persons were gathered in those responsible for this new campaign for
overhangs the Irish negotiations.
CABINET NOT SATISFIED. Mr. Collin's explanations regarding the
Coalition with Mr. De Valera has only partially allayed the Government's four that the agreement threatens the whole basis of the treaty. On the contrary, the
Stock Exchange to-day.
Sir Owen Philipps presiding at a meet- ing of the Royal Steam Packet Company, while not specifying any country, durit
on
the growing tendency of certain nations, to dišeriminate against foreign shipping by heavier customs dues and a prehibition against participating in coast
wi brade.
Cabinet igno wiso satisfied with the draft of the Free State Constitution which was BRITAIN MAY BE FORCED TO ACT. submitted yesterday, and which would
He that Groat Britain had always omfor rights and powers far beyond those stood for the freestum of the seas, but it contemplated in the treaty.
might be necessary for Great Britain, in PREMIER CANCELS HIS HOLIDAY. self-protection, to reconsider the position. Sir James Craig adheres to his refusa! He said an Act of Parliament of 1883. Lo meet the southerners and yesterday empowered the British Government, at
PRESIDENT VACATES THR "PRESIDENCY..
A communique issued by the ReparaShichang, who leaves for Tientsin this Tung Yuan or East Garden on the day the capture by Britain of a grester expert Lions Commission shows that Germany afternoon, paid a milliard gold marks in 1921 and another 282.000.000 to 1st March, 100% On April 23rd the Commisjon arranged a new system for payments of M_18,000,000 due 15th April and M.50,000,000 payable each month till next ther M.60,000,000 oach in Desober:
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November and December.].
"FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY.
ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS. ...
pass thred,
of the Dragon Boat Festival, Wednesday, trule to discuss what steps should be taken-by)
On June 1st the British Trader will mail the citizens concerning this diplomatic from London on har mission round the affair. It was reported before the meet- work. From Loadon the exhibitioa |ing by officers of the Diplomatic Society
PING, Juna Sad." President Hau Shih-ch'ang vacated the that the Portuguese and African soldiers steamer make for South American porta Presidency at fifteen minutes past one at Mano assaulted Chingae-women; killed by way of Madeira—the Cape Verde Isles. this afternoon, a special train conveying 40 sad wounded, more than one hundred From Buenos Aires, calling at Tristan da bin to Tientsin leaving fifteen minutes Chinee remidents in the Colony. Corpees Cunha ex route, aho will reach Afriët; thesse of those who were killed were taken to fake goes straight serosh to Australia. : After sex and dumped," while many of them a cruiad among the South Sea Islanals, wors still lying on the streets in Maco, she is due in Japan, Hongkong, Singapore," unburied. Such action of the Portu-Puang, Bangoon, Calcutta, Mailran, guese in Macao," declared the speaker. Ceylon, and Bombay. The homeward entirely offends humanity and Inter-cruise will be by way of Alexandria, Malta, national Laws" The speaker considered Algiers, and Gibraltar. The journey will that if the Chinese eculd boar inhuman extend over nine months. treatment.given to their countrymen what Three hundred representatives of great British manufacturing bouses will make ment felt indignant at the unjust action will be transformed into an industrial exhibi- of the 'Macao Government. An offer of tion. The British Trader will also contain the Diplomatic Society saggested a Mama cinema ball (where British industrial Sims Meeting of the Citizens of the city and will be shown), a concert room, cafes for the use of visitors, offices, a bank, inter- representatives from the different dispreters rooms, and two large dining
PARIS, Jone and. 'ANFÙ· PARLIAMENT RECEIVES
42 NOTICE TO QUIT. Interpellations on foreign policy wer replied to by M. Poincare, who, in view
Li Yaan-hing is expected at Peking of the Allied negotiations, was reticent as regards the Near Eastern settlement. to-morrow, probably also the old Members
Regarding Germany, M. Poincare
of Parliament who have nétified the hoped it would be possible for France to ureid isolated action, but be pointed out Secretariat of the Anfu Parliament that the Mercantile Marine from unfair dis-ever desirable, if these mont mcrificing the exercise of Freach rights. He voiced a broad but friendly view in regard to Anglo-French relations, declaring that Various recent incidents had not estranged the two nations, and insisting upon the impossibility of there being complete identity of opinion in an Entente policy, however close the latter b
conferred with members of the Cabinet, § nay moment, to take measures to protect her inability to maintain accords, how it must vacak the Parliamentary Office else could they not bear! All those pre- | the tour, and three of the decks of the liner
atter which the Premier suddenly can welled his holiday to Criccieth.
CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES
MEASURES TO BE TAKEN... A day of anxiety closed with n Cabinet: mooling at which Liệnt-General Cavan, Chief of General Staff was present to discus ergs, to meet the menacing situation on the Ulster frontier, and also step to be taken in the event of the treaty being wrecked,
GUNMEN IN BELFAST.
LONDON, June 1st, There was much revolver shooting in The Peters Hill district of Belfast this afternoon, several people being injured and taken to the hospital.
The guamen stopped a motor-driver, sluoting him dead, and driving off with his Jerry.
A number of fires, Lelieved to be in eculiary, broke out and considerable damage was caused.
ing
EARLIER CAKLES.
BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGED.
crimination.
NEW TRADE JOURNAL,
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH AT VIENNA,
LONDON. Jude lat. With a view to promoting the rehabi- Titation of European trade. a Dep perjudical wil; abortly be published at Vienna in English, and under British auspices entitled the European Commer- cal Paper.. "It will be Kupported by moet
IMPROVED TRADE CONDITIONS.
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immediately.
TROUBLE AT -VLADIVOSTOCK.
TORTY PORTS OF CALL.
the exbibition ateamer will be open to At each of the forty ports of cal the public. Certain hours each day. will be reserved exclusively for the use of the lal traders, but the general public will have ample opportunities for visiting the reel.
TROOPS TAKING SIDES.
VLADIYOSTOCK, June 1st. Vladivostock is in the throes of an un-tricts of the province should be held at Floo
the First Public Park on Saturday. completed coup d'etat owing to the die Another suggestion was the People of the missal of the National Assembly by Province should present à petition to the -ANTICIPATED STABILISATION IN Merkulov. There are two factions striv-authorities urging that the government ing for power M. Merkulov's group and launch strong protests against the Maoso Government. Both suggestions were un, M. Samenov's Marine troops and some
animously decided upon. Other measures The recovery of the mark to 1,909, com-individual Kappel officers are on one side toward the Maçao affair will be discussed. of the European Governments who willpared with the highest of 1,40 in March,and Andrushkovitch, Shirokogorov, Gen: at the coming Maes Meeting.
Milliens coupled with the general improvement in specially facilitate the collection of industrial shares, is inspiring hopes that Baldireff, Aboimay, the National Assura trade is mending. Prices exhibit a authoritative news.
Food continues, down-bly, Verjbitaky, Moltehanor and Kappel firmer tendency, wards, but the fall is slacken.ug. Com troops are on the other. The town is modities, notably textiles, accrued to have
The journal will not conduct pro-
BRITAIN.
LoyDow, June 1st.
paganda, and is solely concerned with turned the corner, alightly rising. Ex-quiet and there has been no fighting. The tho people of the city might not be
giving business people facts and figures,perts anticipate all-round stabiliation of Japanese are neutral.
HEAVY SENTENCES FOR '
BOMBERS.
the cost of living somewhere in the region of the present" level,
COUNTY CRICKET"" HEAVY SCORING BY KENT AND
LANCASHIRE
LONDON, June lat.
TET MERKULOV GOVERNMENT.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TAKES
CHARGE.
VLADIVOSTOVE, Jane 2nd."
M. Nikolai Merkulov sought refuge
of hand bills were distributed by the different public organizations. yesterday along the mains and streets in order that ignorant of such important diplomatic affair. Circular telegram will be sent out by the Dipomatic Society advising the public organizations of the different dis tricts of the province of this inhuman treatment of the Chinese by the Macao Government.
HEREST CHARGES.
FROM FOUR TO THIRTY YEARS,
MILAN, June ist.. The trint of the men who committed a; bomb outrage at the Diana Theatre, men- At Gravesend, Kent beat Worcester by with the Japanese Staff. M. Spirdoa
For the win Merkulov remains At home, inactive The charges of heresy arising out of the tioned in & etble message dated March an innings and 236 runs.
sers, Hardinge scored 166 and Seymour
Modern Churchmen's Conference at Cam 114. 24th. resulted in two of them being son-
under the Applection of marino rifles
bridge last August have been keenly dir tenced to imprisonment for life, includby an innings and 140 runs.
At Chesterfield, Lancashire beat Derby
The National Assembly is temporarily cussed in the Upper House of Convo Derby were
cation at Canterbury. A recent anti- ing a period of solitary confinement. A dismissed in their first innings for 37, acting as a nominal Government, but heresy petition ded to a presentation Parkin waking even wicket for 15 and order is maintained by General Molt praying that if heresy charges were pre- innings took seven for 58.
This is the fourth attempt made by different companies or "syndicates in Eng- land to launch in exhibition and wail it round the world. Of the other three, two have failed, and the third (a most ambitious project, entailing the expenditure of over million sterling) has been postponed for a year or so. Some years ago a rich and enterprising wine firm chartered a yacht and took her to certain African and South American ports, exhibiting a brand of champagne-a striking, but coatly advertisement. But that was an enterpriss of French rather than British origin. The French wine houses also combined to send a small vessel round certain European and American porta to demonstrate the beauty of the produce of their vineyards udil winė lodges.
OTHER NATIONS' EFFORTS.
aad nine wounded. whilst a number of Vouth of twenty was sentenced to thirty Cook three for 15. "Parkin in the second chanor and Kappel troops. The position/ferred the accused ought to be allowed and look at them was permitted to do so.
LONDON, June 1st.
Disorders were reuewod in Belfast dur. the forenoon, when four were killed
tramcars were bombed. British troops intervened, their concentrated fire years imprisonment, while ten others momentarily silencing the gunmen, but
rebels later swept the officers sixteen years.
with a were sentenced to terms of from four to machine-gun. Two Republican were arrested during the fighting.
A true was declared last night on the Strabane Lifford frontier, where fighting has lasted for some days. The military has taken over from the specials the guarding of the frontier on the Tyrone
MANCHESTER REGIMENT FOR
BIG STEEL COMBINE.
New YoвI, June 1st. »Three steel companies, namely, the Mid- Donegal border. Two camps, such convale, the Republic, and the Inland, are taining - several bundred Republican troops, have been established on the amalgamating their capital atid reorganiz marthurn, and southern aides of Derry' Dity.
>TIK. They are also raising $25,000,000 fresh capital,
ROYAL DUTCH DIVIDENDS,
Amyrendam, June 2nd. The Board of the Royal Dutch Company has decided to "propose a final dividend of sixteen per cent, making the total
IRELAND.
LONDON, June 1st. The Manchester Begiant bus, been ordered to leave Guernsey for Ireland
June 20th. The destroyer Warwick held up a steamer voyaging from Moville to Lan-
دیکھ
where the Ulster border forms the shore
donderry at the point of Lough Foyle dividend of thirty-one per cent. and put police aboard, who searched the SIR KEITH SMITH AND THE passengers. No seizures were made. “.
CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE.
LONDON, June 1st.
WORLD. FLIGHT.
Petra, June ud.
INGREASED Value of STERLING.
HIGHEST POINT SINCE THE WAR.
New York, June 2nd, Storting registered its highest point since the war, the pound reaching $1.46 The advance is due to expectations from the German Moratorium and the propound Gerrann external loan, which would lead to a re-establishment of large credits in London in favour of Germany.
REDUCED WAGES FOR
MINERS.
+
A TEN POINTS REDUCTION.
Losos, June 1st. The Joint Wages Board of Lancashire: and Cheshire has decided that miners wages be reduced during Jaus & further ten pointa, the lowest level that can be renched under the existing agreement. A hundred thousand men are "affected, e
. OBITUARY.
The Ulster Association states that from Nix Keith Smith states that, he defined December 6th to May 29th, there were 14 to join Capt. Blake's world fight because DEATH OF FAMOUS SAVOY ACTOR.
olice and two soldiers killed and g polico and 14 soldiers wounded. Betwrenhe considered it was too late in the yout
May 20th and May 29th seventy-seven fires broke out, the destruction" being estimated at over £500,000.
"TREATY SITUATION CRÍTICAL LONDON, June 1st.
It is announced that Furl Balfour is atively participating in the London com Zerences on the Irish situation and will meet Sir James Craig and the Marquis of Londonderry at the Foreign Office to-morrow.
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There "indication that the proceed- ings at the meeting of British signatories to the Treaty this afternoon brightened the situation, which is regarded as most critical in Government quartore.
THE SHOOTING OF GENERAL
· ADAMSON - ".
LONDON, June Int.
The Court of Enquiry into the death
to avoid the Indian mogĮNOMIJIS.
EARLIER CABLES.
AUSTRALIAN LINER
WRECKED.
is still not at all clear-
The Zemstvo Board yesterday resolved to recognise the now authority.
CHINESE LABOUR EDITOR ARRESTED.
PREVIOUSLY FINED DURING HONGKONG STRIKE
SHANGHAI, June 2nd. The editor of the Workers Weekly, Li Chi-ban, has been arrested on a charge of inciting the Chines, postal employees to strike, thereby interfering with the delivery of mails. He was released on a bail of $500.
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Lệ Chi-han was previously fined for the intimidation of strike-breakers who were wurd at Shanghai, during the Hougkung seamen's strike.
Itdy also approached the idea by scuding out a ship full of samples of Italian manu factures, This was scarcely an exhibtion- the samples were brought on deck at various ports, and anyone ashore who carṛddo come Then America tried her hand. The liner St. Lonis was chartered and un attempt. was made to convert her into an exhibition to tour, Europe and the Far East. But American enterprise was Licking for once, and the St. Louis S.S. Exhibition Lever wailed. Germany has a similar project in
Course
of prepamtion-the Hamburg,
an opportunity of defence. The Bishop of Gloucester said that some of the spenk: ers at the Cambridge Conference seemed to deny the pre-existence of Chris and his olaim to eternal God-hand He moved a resolution declaring adhesion to the Nicene Creed, while recognising the gain from fearless and reverent enquiry into the meaning of the Faith and welcom- ing every aid in the results of sound his organisers anticipate being ready to call in torical and literary criticism. The Bishop the autumn of this year-and it is known of Norwich seconded. The Bishop of that plans are well under way for the London, supporting, referred to the wide formation of similar trade ships in Sun- spread distress of mind and the mix dinavia, Holland, and Japan, understandings arising from the Bishop's The advantages of this system "are" silence. The Bishop of Exeter said thatolica Apart from the gain in time, the the world was crumbling because no que representative of an exporting house can told the truth. The Archbishop of Canterbury thought it an exaggeration to wity that the discussion at the Cambridge Conference was a front line attack upon the Church of God" The resolution was carried unanimously.
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DIRECTOR.
MAY BE IMMUNE UNDER AMNESTY LAW.
T
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carry with him a much more comprehensive age of samples. Indeed, in many trades for instance, that concerned with the manufacture of beary machinery-it has hitherto been impossible for deep-ses travellers to carry any samples at all. "On the British Trader will be found samples of goods niuging from hairpms to aeroplanes, and from steam-rollers to sewing-aced es. |
CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
HIM
THE CALCUTTA SWEEP.
PARIS, June 2nd, THE THREE LUCKY NUMBERS. The Chamber of Deputies in appointing A LEGAL BATTLE OVER COPYING special committee to consider the CALCUTTA, June 1st. Public Prosecutor's request that proceed- Lossos, June 1st. The winning numbers in the Derbyings should be taken against the Seine
director of the "Charlie Chaplin's battered bowler hatu The death has occurred of the Savoy Sweep are as follows Capt. Cattle, a1920; Banque Industrielle de Chine on a charge baggy to laughter
deputy M. Calary as
his little mOWLS- actor Rutland Barrington.
[Gorge Butland Barrington-Fleet, o-le Tamar, 657786; Craigangower, 1550; the of violating the law regarding distributuchs and laughter-provoking shoes, an bruted in theatrical circles as Rutland names of the drawers are not obtainable.rity concerning the issue of the shares.
tion of Gctitious dividends and irregula a New York message, are the chief fen- tures in a great legal battle which opened Barrington, was born in 1833. After
Action has not been taken hitherto, at Los Angeles recently.
The comedian, his applied for an he Beanies at the old Olympic Theatre,
Owing to doubt regarding M. Calary's junction to restrain Brm from produs the famous Gibert and Rullivan, Company
immunity under the amnesty law, which ing certain films in which an actor called At the Bavoy. After
The evening papers give prominence to contains a special dispensation in the Charles Amador appears under the name case of them serving with a combatant Charlie Aplin, wears shoes, trousers returned to his Savey associates. In 1008 he
"WILTSHIRE ON THE CREATO James Theatre for a while,
BARRIER REEF
AUCKLAND (N.Z)., June 1st,
bo
THE SECOND PRIZE
Loxpos, June 1st,
The Federal liner Fittanire was broken the Slap" Thirty-five Years on Capt. Gilligan, now in business at Hunt-unit in war tâme.
and at one time was a reingdon, as the vicar of £39,210, the SHANGHAI ELECTRIC CONSTRUC
in half during a gale by the Great gular contributor to lunch.] Barrier Reef. It is feared that the crow
of eighty were trapped. Relief parties on the cliffs and steamers, who were ready to assist were helpless, cwing to the tem pestuous' scàs... There are no passoúgers, GOOD PROSPECTS OF RESCUE. LATER.
Despite the gale and the very difficult conditions, four men from the Wiltshire The prospects
of General Adamon, commanding the landed before darkness. A hundred re Athlone Brigade of the pro-Treaty .R.A.mais aboard the wreck. forces, who was held up by Republican of rescue are now good. troops and shot when he raised his hands.
led to a series of events accompanied by
MOTOR-CYCLE SENIOR TOURIST RACE.
· BENNETT WINS ON A SUNBEAM.
· Lozdos, June lek.... ... Bennett on á Sunbeam wen the regior Tourist Trophy Motor-cycle Race held on the Isle of Man lover a distance of £29 mile. The time was th, 6am.
Brandish, en & Triumph car, was second inth. em.
second.. prizs in the Calcutta Swip.
[It would appear from "this telegrum that the first prize must amount to nearly £120,900,000 and the third to over £99,006 as the ratio of distribution in. 40, 29. and 10 per cent.).
CHINESE VIUKERS' LOAN BOXES.
A, RISE OF TWO POINTS.
LONDON, June, 1st. The 14ouncement that the agendae
Pound that the seizure of a motor car FIRE IN DUTCH LOCOMOTIVE GERMAN COLLIERY DISASTER Chinese Vickers Loan coupons are to be indiscretions on both sides. It
ang in-
possible to determine the responsibility
FACTORY.
AMSTERDAM, June 1st.. The greater part of the Werkapoor was convinced that the shooting of Locomotive Wagon Factory has beet
burat down. General Adamson was unpremeditated.
Jur the discharge of the first shot result- ing in the outburst of fring. The Court
Bezzre, June '1st, Seventeen were killed and 2 injured in an explosion as a coal mine belonging to Krupps, rear Fesen. Right others are
Migning.
paid has caused a rise of two points in the price of the loan compous, and half to one point on other Chinese Jouts
(Udgtinued at foot of nest column.) |
TION. COMPANY.
moustache, and hat identical with his
On behalf of the firea it
own.
that urgod a moustache similar to Charlie Chaplin's was worn by George Bevan in the BIG EXTENSIONS.
character of French waiter in Chicago, in 1888, that Chaplin's hat appeared LONDON, Jane Ist the music-hall stage on the head of Chris As a special mosting of the Shanghai Lafox in 1898, that Harry Morris Grat Electric Construction Company Mr. made a stage hit with what is
now known Donald McColl, the General Manager, the Charlie Chaplin walk in 1809 1 emphnaised the urgency of extensions is further stated that the Mobee Brothers
first
introduced Chaplin's cane, Sher- He said the great development of Shang-
hai as a distributing centre, and its still mann Morrissey his shoes, and even that combination of more marvellous development ar an the complete
baggy ing cost, industrial centre, had created quito excop trousers,
boots, and cane was used
mediately they would only partly meet declares, however, that no one before him tinnal train demands, and if all the pro for many
musichalls by a posed extensions could be introduced certain Billie Richs, Charles Chaplin
the existing needa.
Sir Alfred Deal, the Chairman, on nounced that negotiations had been opened with a view to the company administering the Bingapore “Tramways,
argo
OVER utilized his facial expressions and distinctive articles of drom in film pro- ductions, and that Charies Amador, taking the name of Charlic Aplin, invading his exduriva, right.
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