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THE IRISH SITUATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 1978, 1099.
BEVAN ARRESTED IN VIENNA. PRESIDENT POINCARE AND EX-PRESIDENT TAFT IN LONDON.
· PREPARING TO WELCOME THE PRINCE OF WALES.
LATEST L'ABLES,
(THROUGE KIUTEK'S AGENCY.} "THE SITUATION IN IRELAND,
MURDERS AND OUTRAGES. »
LONDON, June lith.
M. POINCARE VISITS ENGLAND. CONFERENCE WITH MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
PARIS, June 17th.
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THE PRINCE OF WALES
" AT GIBRALTAR.
AN INFORMAL VISIT.
GIBRALTAR, June 17th.
On Saturday, the Reuben arrived here' as six o'clock in the morning.
About ten o'clock B.R.H. The Prince of Wales landed, being met by General Smith-Derrein, the Governor, with whom
• Sur[. During the morning the Prince of Wales made a tour of the rock, and was particularly interested in the famous gallerio. In the afternoon he played tennis.
The Prince dined with. Admiral Pelty,
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY'
SIGNALLING BILL
AMATEURS UNABLE TO · LISTEN IN."
LONDON, JUDE 17th,
AMERICAN RAILWAY WAGES FAR EASTERN CABLE
QUT.
HUGE SAVING EFFECTED.
Chicago, June 17th. The Railroad Labour Board announces The House of Comnices. passed the cut in the wages of clerks, station second reading of the Wireless Telegraphy | employés, signalmuen "and stationary fire- Signalling Bill, amending the Wireless men, of from two to six cents per hour, Telegraphy Act of 1991. Mr. Kellaway. from July 1st This is expected to in introducing the Bill, said that some realine a saving of $27,000,000 in the form of central was necessary to prevent anoth! wages bill, and 323,000 inen are the chaos from the broadenst distribution | affected.
of messages how pravailing in the United States.
He mentiout that up to the SOVIET REFUSES TO RATIFY
ITALO-RUSSIAN TREATY, presat 9,600 nerising and 400 transit- Ling licences had been issued.
Rous, June 17th.
The Arraing Standard states that the firms whom the Postmaster-General asked wireless broadcasting
In the Senate, Signor Schanzer said that though he had not received an
NEWS,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GIVIL WAR IN NORTH CHINA.
MANDATE CAUSES SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES.
Pakis, June 17th. The mandate resulted in the suspen aion of hostilities and the signing of an armistice at Shanhaikus after which there was no fighting but reports do not say whether the Feugtien forces retreat-
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WU TING FANG AND THE
PREMIERSHIP."
In regard to Wa Ting Fang's denial,
M.-Poincare, accompanied by Madaras after which he returned to the into formulate a ed the homestads of Protestant Invmers Poincare, is visiting London. He's likely which having taken in cil, sailmd for Ply. I wcheme, met yesterday. They were unable official communication, indirect informa.it is officially stated that the i. Yun
Ganmen, in the early morning, attack-
at the village of Altnaveigh outside to confer with Mr. Lloyd George.
Nowry. Four met and one woman were taken from their homes and shot dead. with wounded Beveral persons -bombs, and Ave houses were bombed and
barned.
Kere
The crimes are believed to be in re prisal for a recunt murder and the vis Sme iucluded an aged couple living! alone in a collage. The raiders ordered both of them out of bed and shot them side by side.
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• A platoon of specials was ambushed oa the Armaghlouth border, one being killed and one wounded."
A LIGHTNING STRIKË.
- LONDON, June 17th.
AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT. M. Poincare and Mme. Poingare haye arrived in London in connection with thr The Verdun aniversity celebrations. visit innoficial.
THE VERDUN CHALLENGE CUP
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mouth at 11 o'clock. The Gibralter visit by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales was quite informal.(From Sir Herbert Russell). THE PRINCE OF WALES' RETURN HOME. ARBANCEMENTS FOR HIS
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WELCOME
A great reception is being prepared for
tion compelled him think that the Soviet Hang Cabinet telegraphed to Wu Ting Government had refused to ratify the Fang requesting him to go to Peking to Italo-Russian agrement mentioned in a resume the Premiership. The censorship might account for the non-receipt of the cable message dated May 5th.
northern messages. SOVIET PLEDGES.
to reach an agreement, chiefly for finan- cal reasons, hence the amateurs who are listen ju are held up in- anxious to definitely.
THE COST OF LIVING,
BRITAIN. DECREASE IN GREAT
LONDON, June arm, ĮSOCIALIST DEFENDERS COMPLAIN The Labour Ministry statistics for the
OF TREATMENT. nighth of May, show that the cost of bying is still 80 per cent. zňove July, 1914. Compared with 8 per cent. in April the foregoing figures compare Javourably.
M. and Mme. Poincare, accompanied j
London on 21st inst. Iois expected that
HIGH COST IN FRANCE. by Marshal stain, this afternoon wit-H.R.II. The Prince of Wales arrival in nessed the Verdun Challenge Cup podothis will rival Princess Mary's wedding
PARIS, June 17th. England best at. Ranelagh. match
as a demonstration of popular colhusiasm. The French Government Commission Official derail" cf the arrangements, reports that the cost of living in Paris Franco by 5 goals to 6.
is 917 per cent higher than the pre-war BRITISH LEAGUE OF HELP
state that in addition to Their Majestiesenst.
DINNER
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CHEKIANG" DECLARES
INDEPENDENCE.
SHANGHAI, June 17th. The Chha Press leard that the pro- vince of Chekiang has declared its inde pendence from Peking, and is drawing → up a constitution for welf-gvernment.
PROFESSOR ROXBY ON CHINESE EDUCATION.
LONDON, June 17th.. Vandervelde, Lichknecha, and the other socialist defenders of the revolu tionaries at Moscow mentioned in a cable mesange of the 11th last, have asked the accused to relieve them of their functions, on the ground that the accord them full | Soviet's pledge to
liberty for the defence of the accused THE EVANGELISATION OF CHINA- men, has not been fulfilled.
The London Ladies Committee of the the King and Queen, Queen Alexandra PROHIBITION ON DE VALERA LISBON. REJOICES
British League of Help, in the evening entertained. them at a Banquet at the
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and the rest of the Royal Family, those welming the Prince of Wales at Pad-
SPEECIL-MAKING NOT ALLOWED IN GLASGOW.
The Irish Transport workers declared jotel Cecil presided over by the Ea-1 dinglon wit include the Premier, E
GLASGOW, June 17th. The authorities have prohibited Mr. lightning strike last night. Following of Derby, M. Poincare in a speech bers of the Cabinet, Admiral Eari Beatty,
censed De Yalers from speaking in x Earl Cavan. Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Mun- the dismissal of a member employed on referred gratefully to the adoption of p
etled his speech-making visit to Scotland the Freemon's Fouried. The paper was French towns and villages as an emblem ague Trenchard, the High Commission hall on Sunday. Mr. De Valers has can
the week-end consequently not published to-day;
the machine hands are members of the Transport Workei Union_
THE FREEDOM OF THE BALLOT?
DUBLIN, June 17th.
of British friendship.
"DISCUSSING VARIOUS INTER-
NATIONAL QUESTIONS,
LONDON, June 17th.
iers, a representative of India, the Japan-at
ese Ambassador, and a guard-of-honour furnished by the Welsh Guards.
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ARRIVAL OF PORTUGUESE AIRMEN.
LISON, June 17th.
The news of today's arrival of the Portuguese airmen at their destination, Rig-Janeiro, was received with great rejoicings.
EMPIRE GROWN SUGAR, THE COTTON CONGRESS.
COLONIAL UNDER-SECRETARY H.M. The Kang, HLR. The Prince of STILL BELIEVES IN ARBITRATION.
FAVOURS PREFERENCE. STOCKHOLM, June 17th
LONDON, June 17th. There will be discussions between Mr. Wales, H.R.H" The Duke of York and
The International Cotton Congress, has H.R. I. Princo Henry, escorted by passed a resolution declaring the forty- In replying to a deputation represent- As the Presiding Officer was about to Lloyd George and M. Pinner
who week economically unsound, ing the co-operative movement, declare the results of the polling for the Monday, after Mr. Lloyd George's the Leasehold gavalry, will drive in pro-eighbour west to the acnterests opposed the granting of preferential resion to Buckingham Palace, to which of the employers and operatives, re rates to Empire grown sugar; the, Colonial Your Dail Eireann representatives for luncheon in honour of the visitors.
The discussions will necessarily be The Queen and other members of the aiming its belief in arbitration as the Under Secretary strongly favoured coa the National University, thirteen armed
Last method of settling cotton contract tinuing the guaraskeing, for a period of Seven of limited in scope, as M. Poincare. will Royal Family "will return privately-disputes. The congress decided to ap- ten years, of such preference, especially in mea arrived in motor car.
sub-committed to draft rules the case of the West Indies. on Monday, H.R.II. The Prince of Wake, after the point a
which will be applicable, as far as poss them rushed the Senate Chanders and probably return to Paris ordered everyone to raise their hands but if is believed they will include ques completion of the ceremonies at Bucking ble, to all countries They quickly collected and carried off lions relating to the Near East, The ham Palace, 'where the King's Guard and His Majesty's Indian Orderlig will be the voting papers and election docu Hague and the German reparations. ments, but fortunately one of
the DISSIPATING PREJUDICES AND>') drawn up will drive in procession to St. fficials had taken a copy of the results, ANTI-TREATY MEMBER DEFEATED), These results explain the reasons for The incident, showing that a pro-treaty independent candidate was elected in sdend of the sitting anti-treaty member: The other three sitting members were -ze-elected, including "Mr.. McNeill,-the speaker of the Dail Eireann...
ALLEGED ABSCONDER
ARRESTED.
GERARD BEVAN DISCOVERED IN
VIENNA,
MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
James Palner.
AGREEMENT, REACHED.
The French Press is commenting o❘ MEXICO'S NATIONAL: DEBTS. the visit to-day, states that the whole of France is ardently hoping that the Premier will not miss the opportunity of dissipating prejudices and misunder stundings.
The
NEW YORK, June 17th. agreement regarding Mexico's debt is subject to the approval of President Obregon and covers securities with a face value of half-a-billion dollars gull. The interest, it appears, approxi-
Marshal Petsin, the defender Verdun, today laid a wreath on the Cenotaph at White Hall. DISCUSSING GIBRALTAR AND THE mates 200,000,000%
ANGLO-FRENCH PACT.
LONDON, June 18th.
Cash payments of current interesi begin on June 2nd, 183, from a special Growing importance is attached to fund to which will be paid the oil and
M LONDON, June 17th. to-morrow's discussions "between"
export taxes, and the surcharge on the The Vienna police bave informed the Poincare and Mr. Lloyd George, at gross receipts from the paticnial rail Hot Offee that they have arrested a which the former is credited with the way. All payments of back interest will anan believed to be Gerard Devan, ex-intention of raising the Anglo-French be waived, and overdue coupons will be Chairman of the City Equitable Fire pact, which has been in, abeyance since deposited with a trusten, and receipts
·Insurance Company, who has been miss the Cannes Conference also the ques" for the coupons will be amortized, with Ang since February 8th. The Home tion of Tangior, where France is desirous out interest, over a period of time; this Office is awaiting confirmation of his of extending her sphere of influence, but arrangement being practically a canech
into which the consideration of Britain'slation of part of the back interest. identity.
According to Vienna advices the man wish not to weaken Gibraltar enters s provided with a French passport in The name of Leon Vernier, and WAH
A four-party conference between Eng living in modest lodgings in Vienna for the past two months. He was arrested on land, France, Spain and the Sultan of
A FOUR-POWER CONFERENCE.
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Tuesday, and its alleged he admitted Morocco is foreshadowed. His identity as Bevan, and made a fulli confession Apparently he had little M. Poinenre at the Hotel Cecil Ban- money in his possession.
BRITISH MINISTER DEMANDS
BRVAN'S EXTRADITION. ¡
in Great Britain
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FALŠE MARKING
AND LAP-
PING OF COTTON GOODS.
CONTROLLING DECREE ISSUED.
Cao, June 17th. Owing to numerous cases of false lapping and marking "of cölton goods decree prescribes imported into Egypt, that such goods must "be folded in lengths of the yard, or one metre, or
Dao-third, one-half,
The mensürement of each thereal piece most be marked outside, otherwise the goods are liable to re-exportation- "TIMES" INTEREST PIR- CHASED BY LORD NORTHCLIFFE.
or
oneparter
WALTER FAMILY'S INTEREST BRINGS £200,000.
Lord Northcliffe has purchased the in-
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LONDON, June 17th. At a special missionary conference, held at Swanwick, Professor Roxby who had just arrived from China, said that the education .commission, of which be is a member, believed that n new op- ortunity had arisen for still further developing Christian schools in Chins. The ultimate evangelisation of China must come through the Chinese them- selves.
EDUCATION AN ESSENTIAL OF MISSIONARY WORK.
He declared that the Chinese, as the most practical people in the world, would judge Christianity by its effect, and he deduced from this, that education must henceforth not be an annexe, but must become one of the essentials of mis- sionary work..
THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
M. PERNOTTE INTERROGATED.
MARCONIS EXPERIMENTS. -'. ROUND-THE-WORLD WIRELESS.
New York, June 17th.
PARIS, June 17th. Marconi has arrived in his yacht from
M. Pernoite, interrogated before the Southampton, and after conducting wire. less experiments on the voyage declares Seine Correctional Tribunal, i respect that he has discovered the possibility, of to charges connected with the deal in lashing wireless messages round the tals and francs, to his alleged personal world.
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
JOURNALISTS REFUSED
ADMISSION.
Tim Hands, June 17th Yesterday the journalists were refused
advantage, and the detriment of the Banque Industrielle de Chine, defended his banking transactions. He declares that when he left, early in last year, the Banque was solvent..
M. OUTREY'S TRIBUTE TO
PERNOTTE., „
admission to the Palaeo cf Petce, where M. Outrey, the Deputy in Indo-China the conference is sitting; the police even chiefly attributed the failure to the and stated that both up
held
The economic crisis, the cars of delegates, compelling Europeans and Indo-Chinese had the
the occupants to show their cards. Vigor
cua protests secured admission for the highest esteem for M. Perrotte. premen to the gardens, and it was decid- | ACCOUNTANTS SAY M. PERNOTTE ed to sulmit them to the Palace of Peace in the afternoon. The action of the Dulch
prest
and it is reported that he paid £200,000 to terest of the Walter Family in the Times authorities is condemned by the Dutch the Walter family, who have been associat ed with the Times for one hundred and
fifty yours."
STEAMER CAPSIZES "AT
HAMBURG
The 12,000
tons,
EARLIER CABLES.
APPOINTMENT OF SUB-COM-
MISSIONS..
The Hague, June 16th. LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.
The Conference at this morning's pes- sion appointed three sub-commision's to HAMBURG, June 17th. deal with private property, debts and
Brazilian-Leod credits. The Mexican railways will be promptly steamer Avare, capsized while being Nearly fill the Governments agreed to
Aumber of participate in
the General Commission returned to private” management, and towed from the Docks.
Passengers and crew were aboard, some France reserved decision. the Mexican Government will assume all of whom are believed to have been railway debts not already guaranteed by drowned it. .
In order to give tilor for the fall rest quet, said he had found Anglo-French sumption of all cash obligations, aŭ Friendships living and strong as ever classes of band-holders will be required to agree to n temporary suspension of sinking fund rights, etc., for a period of five years.. ABGEEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL BANKERS' COMMITTEE.
The British Minister has formally de manded the extradition of Bevan who FX-PRESIDENT TAFT. VISITS was only arrested after a half-hour's des struggle with two perato
detectives.
powerful
BEVAN TAKES POISON.
VIENNA, June 17i5. Bevan most violently resisted arrest, and ratedly knocked down the deter- Lives, who were compelled to summon
stauce.
LONDON,
STUDYING ENGLISH COUBT, PROCEDURE.
LOXDOS, June 17th. Ex-President Taff and Mrs. Taft are due to arrive in London tomorrow
New York, June 17th. The Mexicau Secretary to the Senor de la Huerta, has Treasury,
signed an agreement with the Inter.
The struggle lasted for half-an-hour. and subsequently Bevan drank something The primary. Farpose of Mr. Taft't visit national Bankers' Committee, covering from a bettin, which the police suspected is to study the procedure in English all phases of Mexico's external debt. to be poison.The prisoner was hastily
stomach pumped, after which he simulated Courts in the first instance, with a view insanity.
He was in the Hospital for two days, to proposing legislation to Congress for and ultimately, it is alleged, confered the improvement of the Federal District his identity but denied that he had shatorially bonefitted, though he admitted Akat he had falsified the accounts.
A CLEVER DISGUISE.
He carried a falsified French passport, and only slightly resembles the police description, as he has grown a beard ard dyed his hair.
Courts..
LENIN'S ILLNESS.
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HIS RECOVERY POSSIBLE.
LONDON, June 17th.
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AMERICAN PROHIBITION-FOR "FOREIGN VESSELS.
THE MONROE - DOCTRINEY
WASHINGTOx, June 17th, Mr. Edmonds, a repulsiman, has intro duced to the low desenate bill refusing entrance to American ports, to any whip, foreign or American, where- on liquor is sold
LIQUOR SALES ON AMERICAN VESSELS.
WASHINGTON, June 17th." A now. Treasury Department regula tion authorises the sale of liquor aboard Shipping Board vessels outside the three mile limit.
FRENCH MERCANTILE MARINE EIGHT-HOUR DAY. -CAUSES A CRISIS.
- HORDEAUX, June 17th, -The Under-Secretary for the mer- An official announcement from Moscow, cantile marine has declared that the eight A huge programme of functions in confirms the statement that Lenin is honour of Mr. and Mrs. Taft have been compelled to withdraw from state busi-hour day is one of the causes of the crisis in the French mercantile marine, and Kė is arranged before their departure on July ness, at least till the Aptuma.
unless the eight-hour day legislation 8th, including a dinner to be attended by suffering from great Intigur and aginternationalised, it will be noeewry their Majesties the King and Queen at gravated poisoning. The doctors con- alter the law to enable French merchant the American Embassy.
sider his recovery possible..
skipping id meet foreign competition:
THE IRISH CONSTITUTION, VIEWS OF BRITISH "COM.
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EXCEÈDED HLS RIGHTS.
Expert accountants thought that Pernotte exceeded his rights in ordering the conversion of his gratuity of 200,000 francs, which was paid from Peking. although M. Pernotte was residing in France.
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IRISH PRESS VIEWS.
Losnos, June 16th. The Ulster Press' comments ironically on the new Constitution, which it declares in more ideal in theory than in practice, and says that all depends upon the Free State endeavour to interpret religious freedom, "because ›Protestants are not receiving pro- tection at preact
The Southern Prens on the contrary, is most pleased. Its pro-Treaty views and comments are epitomised by the Frisk Times as: "A magnificent charter of liberty, placing Ireland on the threshold of a splendid caser,”
WOMEN VOTEES.
Loxbox, June 16th, A feature of the Irish Elections is the number of women voting.
INDEPENDENTS KIDNAPPED. The agents of the Independent candi dates for the Orange district of Sligo were kidnapped this morning.
LONDON, June 16th. However British commentator differ on the merits of the Irish Constitution, all agree that it makes clear that Imland in her own mistress. They emplasies that Irish- men are today voting upon a document which is certified as embodying the under standing with the British people, and opine that an adverse vote in out of the question. With the exception of the Morning Post which describes the Constitution as being like the Treaty, a lie and a doception, and
QUIEF POLLING-DAY. therefore futile in view of the existing state
JO LATER, of war, the papers consider that a cursory roview of the Constitution justifies Mr. D
Reuter's correspondeat at Dublin states - Churchill's opinion that it conforms to the that the polling-day was generally un
precedentedly quiet, though gente of the Trely.
The chief criticism is in reference to the Independent candidates were kidnapped weakness of the Senate which is little more and ballot-papers barged in several dis- than an advisory body, providing the tricts. thinnest safeguards for the minority. The zorel experimental features of tho Constitu tios, which are described as calculated to make Englishmen envious, are not thought likely to work out in practice, but it is emphasised that this is solely the business of the Irish people, whose main problem in to press the disorderly elemente.
(Continued at foot of nest column.)
INCENDIARISM IN BELFAST. Beuter's correspondent at Bellast states
that the growth of incendiarism in Belfast is shown by the fact that claims for nearly a million sterling were registend in the first fortnight of Jane, the list including a hundred and thirty, business firms.
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