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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. {TALOOGA EKUTER'S ·AGENOT:]

THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. SOVIET ENDEAVOUR TO SOW DISCORD.

BERLIN, June 15th. Moscow messages from a reliable arce states that the Russian delegation to The Hague Conference, will comprise M.M.STM Litvinofi, Rakovsky, Krestinsky. will Sokolnike and Krassin: They follow the same tacties as the Russians

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 1922.

LATEST CABLES, THE SITUATION IN IRELAND. INTERESTING PROVISIONS IN CONSTITUTION DRAFT.

LONDON,"Juar 18tb.

The few supplementary" provisions to the draft of the Irish constitution that have been published, are most interesting. On of the provisions lays down that thứ

tion shall be autoinced not later than December 8th, and operate directly the Regal Proclamation is issued."

ROYAL DUTCH COMPANY- REPORT...

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

(THROUGH REUTEN'S AGENCY.] THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. THE DISBANDMENT SCHEME.

TO IMPROVE CRICKET. HINTS BY A. 0: MACLAREN.

[THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE."}

Go back thirty years, when varying conditions were met by a corresponding more variation in tactics, which were PKKINO, June 18th.

correct than has recently been the case Mandates have been issued appointing Bowlers kept a consistently good length Ching Chi-hang Civil-Governor of when the wicket assisted thein, with half

BANK OF ENGLAND RATE.

THE REDUCTION TO 4 PER CENT,

A PLEASANT, CITY SURPRISE. It is not often that the Bank of England gives the business world a dramatic sur- prise, and when such surprises do occur they are usually of an unpleasant chur-

England and Australia matches are on much highar plane, than inter-county contests, and methods employed successfully in county cricket have been confounded in Test gunies, and there los half the secret of our failure last season. Selectors must know the proper value of a man from the Test match, and not the county, point of view. I want to see a Selection Committes that, after selecting a vide that has been besten by better play, has the courage to place the same eleren in the field for Acter, writes the City Editor of the Daily the next match and not change for an Felegraph. But the reduction in the Bank. inferior eleven. It does not follow that

as it was unexpected. We have not ens pasing of the adoption of the constitn. Awangai, formally abolishing the Tuchun- [ volleys, fall pitales, and leg balls con- the captain has lost the game, or that Bate to 4 per cent, was for once as pleasunt comparatively low inte ship of Kings, and appointing Tungspicuous by their absence. Batsman when the selectors hare selected the wrong side,

they forced matters, were more or less cor. when we are beaten, for the Australians jove such a

last year were a better hide all round than we for nearly eight years, and the last were, as an old friend who used to captain, occasion when it was in force takes us back" Tsai chang Counsellor to the Cabinet.

Tung Kang Minister of Finance) and rect in their daring.

Today it is only necessary to play cor- and captain well, one of our best county to the troublous days of midsummer, 1914. ou the ore of the outbreak of the Gront, Kno Eng-hung (Minister of Communica tion) left for Pantingľa yesterday and rectly and wait for one's opportunities to elevens said to me. In the future wo tanst

guard against making confusion worse con. War. In the latter months of 1915 there returned this morning after a four-hour score, for no bowler keeps one waiting long founded. Not only the captain but the bad been a continuous shrinkage in and the above rule, high schoolbars have selectors should jossess a true valuation recurity valios, caused, as was afterward conference last evening with Tao Kun always been advised to remember, now of all the leading players, and the necessity learned, by persistent, though veiler, sales at tinon, and endeavour to accent-

und Wa Peifs, at which it was unani holds roed is entry cricket of the past,for studying our opponents at the car from Germany, where the banks and in- which necessitated a batsman waking his fist and on every opportunity, becomes dustrial magnates were preparing for what uate the differences between the great

The Royal Dutch Company's report mously decided that the provincial buderportraities, does not exist to-day. There obvious, but the importance of the latter was to come, powers in the entente, especially between

while recording a sharp decline in proûts, gets should be referred to the Central are more betamen to-day employing in necessity was somewhat overlooked in the Great Britain and France; in order to enable negotiations for separate treaties which totaled 104.000.000 guilders net Giovernment and that provincial military necessary daring thun formerly, when there early days of last summer. with individual powers. The stranks enn-against 129,300,000 previously, says that expenditure should be paid by the was sore justification for the same against the vastly superior bowling and fielding. to secure as this is owing to the Company's strong Central Govemment, no" revenues to be Nothing will improve our cricket more casions will be made

held by The provinces.for payment of than by giving more thought to the same, economic agreement with Great Britain,inancial position,

discussing the pros and cons of every game The authority to pay dividends in

plavid. We possess to-day que a num and the delegation will seek to bring up

RCT was not tol, and the proposed troops, the Central Government thi the discusion of Russian rights in the dividend of 37 per cent, is possible, owing controlling the provincial troups. ber of really good players who have not always worked on the right lines, as our coastal region of East Siberia, and also to the company, largely belieprying result of the visit was reported Australian friends made line last season,

wise policy which prevented the

when that extra bit of class in the bowling protest against the alleged support of out of plans to increase the Dutch Rast Cabinet this morning,

department was too much for our batsmen, the anti-Bolshevist Government there, by Indies production.

who found fieldsmes quick and alert and the United States, Great Britain and

always correctly placed against them.

Харин SHORTAGE IN

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COMMUNIST PROPOGANDA FUNDS.

2. GOLD ROBLES NOT ACCOUNTED. FOR

HRLINGOS, Jane isth. The executive of the Russian Com- zuunist Party, in" revising the accounts of this propugauda fund for the Third International, found that no accounts And heen kept for the sum of 30,000,000 gohl rooblex

ri

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AL. Ziauriel, who was in charge of this Tund, at liest refused to give details, and thega said that 3,000,000) gobl roubles were used connection with the Genor Con 'feroner, 7,000,000 to support the Indian

Nationalists against Great Britain, and. the renininder to subsidise revolutionisti in the border states of. Germany.

The Italian executive distrust

ALL

Zinovief's explanation, and aspect that the noner, was spent for quite different porpora

INTERNATIONAL

SOCIALIST

GATHERING,

SUBSTANTIAL DIVIDENDS,

LONDON, June" 18th.

The

to the

A suggestion has been made

that

corneet hethods by their incorrect sud un-

that someong

At Christmas, 1913, the Bank Rate stood at 5 per cent.. but after the 19 of the rear the demand for money

MRDW FACE A AND GOOD LENGTH. When I betrok myself to Lord's to slackened, there was a partial recovery in witness the Australians practising, for the the stock markets, and by the end of purpose of looking for wenirnesses and to January 1914, we had got down to 30 per at me in the disposition of my fieldsmen in cont vuce more: On that basis we re their second match of their tour at Oli paced, in spite of Balkan anxieties, until July 30th, when the rate was raised to 4 per Buckenham Hall Mr. Lionel Robinson's cent, to be followel on the two following

at length bowlers were in my opinion quired, and although Mr. Robinson was days by farther advances to 8 and 10 per made falgety by a certain excellent cont. respectively. The terrible" me-r- tainties of that frat week of August judge writing to bini we hadn't invited was a much better are still too fresh in the memories of,

the present generation to need recapitul bowler than a certain young bowler in whom tion in the legacy of currency notes had the greatest confidence, it was ad. we have an ever-present reminder. But mitted by the writer, who played in the it is not too much to any that the game, that this young bowler was a better country owes a great debt of gratitude to bowler than he imagined in this bigher the authorities for the manner in which a class cricket. It was the case of a fine financial usu commercial crisis of mu

paralleled magnitudo medium-paced bowler of length, with a light entirely his own, against a good slaw and it will always be to the credit of Mr. as Acting Civil-Governor of] show on all occasions his best possible. Our bowler with clever variations. My conten-Floyd George, who was then Chancellor of

tion was that a high-class bataman enn al-

knowledge to cope with the situation. ways Hill slow bowling by quick footwork, the Exchequer that, not having the expert but that a medium-paced bowler of perfect he placed himself wholly in the hands of length, and possessed of a flight, will keep the Committee of Bankers, and uplertak the highest-class player in his crease and

to carry out what they considered 'best. batting for his russ throughout. This young Within a few days after arrangements hail bowler was a proved sucosa in both guzes been mile for the postponement

It refers to the considerable increase in production at Sarawak, and a strong Wang Shih-chon, Chan Kinging. La dennis given to the stories of a separate Royal Dutch Company agreement with Yung-hsiang and Tsao" Kun should head the Soviet.

the commission in charge of disband LONDON

EX-icut. WELCOMES

Pending the arrival of Hsieh Yoan PRESIDENT _&_MRS. TAFT."

LONDON,

June 18th.han, the Government has appointed Ho Ex-Presideng Taft and ðírs. Taft were Kno-teh heartily welcoined on their arrival in London..

Krangsi.

OBITUARY.

DEATH OF NOTED ASTRONOMER,

LONDON, June 18th.

The death is aapounces of the noti astonomer, Herr Johannes Cornelis Kap teyn, who co-operated in the carrying oût of the great photographic survey of the Houthery heavens

· GËRMANY'S . ÑEW OCEAN LEVIATHAN.

CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES: -AGEREMEST TAKES IMMEDIATE VEFFECT,

It is far better to realise our short comings than to continually anke excuses and sign all old cricketers to the lunatic asyinm. The defeats at the bands of the Australians last season can easily be con verted into a distinct blessing, if only we will learn and each player be determined to fielding today is nowhere near the normal standard, and our Test match fielding was not up to the normal county standard of Yorkshire, Surrey, Nottingham, Middlesex, or Lancashire twenty years ago. This is a mutter easily remedied and every county captain to-day should see to it but his side as the fielding, catching, and throwing practies necessary to produce better results.

WRONG TACTICS THE WEAKNESS.

wax

surmounted,

of

had the pleasure of captaining against liabilities, and after the introductioni PEKING, June 19th.

Australia, and it is to be hoped that this of currency notes the Bank Rate was young player is not lost to English cricket, reduced to 5 per cent on August Bih, Telegrams from

as I feel certain of his success, which he 1914, and with a short interlude of 6 per Mudken slate that Generals' Sun Lielrchen and Warg Kai-|-

In our international matches of last has already proved in the past.

For the purpose of bringing my view cent. in 1916 it remained at 5 per cent season we failed to make the most of before those interested in the hope that throughout the war. EARLIER CABLESing met card HM.S. Carter on

It was not until towards the close of the conditions which must always favour they will ponder over my criticisms, I will Saturday, and reached an agreement

the bone-side, and at hone there is run through the Test games of last season, 1919 that a change in the upwant direction which provided for the inmediate cessa-Fur greater margin of profit to us, owing not with a view to fault-finding, but with was made, but in April, 1920, the business tion of fighting.

to the greater variety of weather conditions, the len of assisting to strengthen our world was startled by the imposition of

7 per cent. rate. The necessity of this than in Australin e our opponents," who cricketing bouse. At Nottingham, on The Fengur advanur guards will all stand the beat letter than our men and wicket slightly affected on the surface, but high charge was not unanimously endorse withdraw to Shanhaikuan and the Chikhli whose bowlers are never discouraged by the hard underneath, we should have bowled On the one hand, in view of the expansion erfect butting exitions, and who are not our fast and medino-paced bowlers, with of the currency and the high pries of forces wil withdraw to Chiuwangtao on.

so prone to sacrifice length in their atalipa well packed, and if the bowlers were commodities, farmed professors declar- tempt to get wickets unler these conditions to err at all it should have been on the ed that the proper rate should be 8 Our real weakness at year, not forget-short side rather than give the over toased percent-though why 8 rather than or before the 91st, inst.

Tting the unfortunate absence of Hobbe and length..

UNPROPITIOUS LAUNCHING

CEREMONY.

BERLIS. June 18th The 32,000-ton liner t'olumes, the largest vessel in the German mercantile marine, built at the Schichau Works, Danzig, for the North German Lloyd Bremen-New York service, stuck fast | while being launched in the presence of a large crowd.

This argi-cliciax was the more dis appointing as the daughter of Herr Carlson, the proprietor of the Works, in) A SCATHING CONDEMNATION OF christening the vessel, concluded a pat

riotic speech with the words: COMMUNIST JUSTICE.

now and bring bonour once more to the Gerthan black-white-and red Bag."

LONDON, June 15th. Aolution inoved by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and passed by the Conference of the Second International in London, agathed in bot terms. expresses amaze- went that the Moscow Government decid, el before the trial was ended that certain politial prisoners may he sxecuted, and calla un working-class organisations to

Go

THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE. TWO CHARGES AGAINST -M. PERNOTTE..

PARIS, June 18th. The charges against M. Pernotte. which the eventh Correctional Tribunal is investigating, relate to two differene matters; fit, it is alleged that af. Pernotte had a bonus of 900,000 francs voted to im by the Director of the Banque Industrielle de Chino on January 16th, 1920, which was credited to bix account in lack, at the special rate of MANY LIVES LOST

three fane to the tael becorded to HAMBURO, June 18th.

colonial livals, and when the tael The capizing of the Aeur (mentioned in yesterday's cable messages) seems to reached francs in April, 1999, he trans

Attempts to float the vessel were accessful, and it is expected that the floating will be a lengthy and trouble some task.

THE CAPSIZED GERMAN STEAMER.

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protest against the untence: which is have been. due to the vessel being notferred this sum to Franes; ∞o that the to the means of profiting by .carf bowl at 'the commencement of an innings of fielding put up by our men, who lacked

mothing short of murder coldly planned properly ballasted. In addition, to many By a body of men who will add one more black act of vengeauce to those already Asmirching history's pages,

Mr. Arthur Benderson declared that the difference between. British Labour and the Moscow Communista, was the "differs between a democracy and a

lictatorship.

EARLIER CABLES,

CONDEMNATION OF SOVIET METHODS.

LONDON, June 18th.

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. SHOT BY ANARCHIST IN

CATHEDRAL

At the Oval the wicket played too many for the game to be finished in two days. especially with the very moderate exbibition quickness geourally. Again, a goal wicket. keeper should not be left cut on a wicket the Oml for a good bateman who is only.a with the ball turning as at Lanchester and fair wicket-keeper. The position of wicket- un all occasions, and much more so when keeper is the most important on the field the ball is turning. I know this Australians were strongly of opinion, that in learing Strudwick-out a grave error of judgement. had been commitied.

10 or 20 per cent, they did not explain. On the other hand, it was pointed, "out. Fferue, was the utilisation of wrong tactics

TOO MANY OFF THE WICKET, that since the gold standard was in abeyance, in Test matches, although the curtailuncut if the hours of play at Manchester and the Agniu, with the wicket sure to improve, and since the huge amount of outstanding Oval made it very difficult to snatch uric or bowlers should have made the batsmen Treasury Bills "provided the holders with Lory, if the winning of the loss of both play at the outset at five balls out of six potential currency of almost unlimited occasions made us immune from heat. if they were to get full value out of the amount, the action of the Bank could not It is unfair, however, to expect experlative wicket whilst it was helping. W. Brearley, be effective, but inerely penalized legitimate. results from a man as captain of kugland, Richardson, or Lockwood would have our borrowers for trade purposes and depre- against the always didault to test and all, revelled in the conditions, and cinted existing securities, besides enormously Australians, who has not been well Hooded there would have been no change of bow increasing the cost of financing the National in these games between England adding, so far as they were concerned. Parkin Debt. Nevertheless, in spite criticis, we would have bowled very well had he had to put up with 7 per cint. for more Our than a year, though it never reflected the Australia.

County games do not come into the ree-been there, as the skipper wished. koning, owing to the Australians refusing fast bowler rather wasted the wicket by country's real trelit, and it was only at the to show their fall hand on these occasions, Lowling too wide of the off-stump end of April lut year that a downward and we inat never overlook this very im-enabling the batsman to leave too many movement began. portant point. That inside and Lalls alone during the period of the awkward. of the game and of our opponcute wicket and red ball. The skipper alone methods only comes, with the very rarest was the mau to utilise the conditions, but of exceptions, alter experiences gaino) Le went off before he had time to get really in the actual games themselves and after warm, and made way for a googir bowler, a maximum of application of thought he is the very last up on the side to prerioria mistakes and by any weaknes with the wicket slightly assisting the bowler. dock hands, a hundred of the crew were original 200,000 francs became 1,250,000 that attaches to the enemy himself. Let The left-handers were kept back for this

board, of whom are missing, also

two members of the Salection Committee at lease turned the ball without losing their thirteen workmen. Divers rescued several franes. M. Doyen, the expert appointed us hope in the fature there will always be googly bowler, both of whom would have persons who were below when the ship by the Government to examine the art l this role, men who have played length. At Lord's we were out played, in capsized. The authentie list of casual-

counts of the Bank, decided that this was successfully and who really know the Eine spite of two fine innings from the Hon. L. ties is not yet available.

points of the game; then, and only then, Tennyson and Dipper.

At Leeds on a very lively wicket, and a breach of trust and the examining shall we be in a position to assist England's OUTRAGE ON URUGUAYAN

captain, who should know everything upon which the dust flew in our slow Magistrate.concurred. ARCHBISHOP.

Secondly, 3. Pernotte is charged with about his opponents. We have signs of bowler fint over, the fast bowler was a very earnest desire on the part of conspicuous by his absence, although on the

Our England eleven never got properly swindling in connection with the Issue G. to put our house in onler, and ground. Pace was required, and length on of 12,000,000 francs worth of bonds by Sir Edwin Stockton's excellent proposal this wicket, and with Dursten left out, balanced, but it would be unreasonable pol to play more than one match in the Parkin would have been given the ball by to expect certain thistakes being made, just the Societe Commerciale, et Maritime du year, bra our best twenty two players will nine out of fen captains in the old days the as they have been made in the past; but we must proat by them and recollect that take the field has been unanimously carried, moment dust was seen to fly, but he had to Pacifique, which was to have been It produces higher class cricket than do the wait until 80 appeared on the board before we have a lot to learn yet if we are to play anteed by the purchase of ships or by inter-county games, with the probability of he got his chance, when be at once proved the game on sand lines. There are good but it is stated this was providing a better insight into the tempers his worth by beating the woll-set Macartney cricketors in plenty in the country if they three times in his first ten minutes' bowling will only cease to run off the rails. The It was an unlucky, match for us owing to captain of every county eleven should insist Bobbs's illness and the skipper splitting on his men having telding, catching, and his hand-which did not prevent him going throwing practice, and let our outfields A player of normal intelligence will al ways beoeft by playing in a class higher in to most pluckily hit up 60 odd runs with atvie: Pellow and Taylor in quickness thas that to which he has been accustomed one hand's really wonderful performance off the mark and in their gathering and The greatest pains should be taken to poleet J. W. H. T. Denglas, too, was up all night returning Lot our beat Seklamen occupy 1hs liveliest positions, Batsmen might do the best twenty-kro.. All the good that owing to illness in his family circle.

well to remember that the greatest have should undoubtedly resuls as the outcome

been those who gradually built up their tion, and even when forcing the gate did. strength from a thoroughly sound founds- not depart from orthodoxy.

Hitting across the line of the ball which apfortunately is so fashionable to-day, was never attempted. No hatemon can ever be great sed in a position to dominato the Keep the left elbow up and shoulder well for ward used to be the ultice giren, and it wass acted upon, but today the left shoulder is seldom in the picture, and this applies to our England busmen generally, which being abló to bowl throughout without a accounted for both Gregory and McDecald man in the country. Bomiers should get back to length again and never depart from it, especially when there is any belp to be obtained from the wicket.

MONTE VIDEO, June 18th. Whilst the Archbishop of Monte Vielu

was preaching at the Cathedral, the editor of the Anarchist journal Detalle fired five shots with a revolver. The Archbishop was slightly wounded.

The

mortgages)

"

The first post-war conference of the congregation attempted to lynch theplaced in the general funds of the Bangunt of the players for a big occasion.

Second International" opened in London assailant..

Industrielk, which paid the Societe five uraler the presidency of the Right Hon. BRITISH RECORD FOR THE per cent. M. Permette denies these A Henderson, M.P. All the principali Anroean countries were represented.

HUNDRED YARDS. TIME REDUCED TO NINE-THRE LONDON, June 18th,

The conference discussed the European economic situation, reparations, and the A new British repord of 9.3/bus, for Gems and The Hague conference, and the hundred yards was established by W. grassed a resolution didemning the B. Applegarth at the Dundee Hibernians

Football Club sports. Sarict Goverment's methods of trial of

DAVIS CUP MATCH."" political prisoners.

The Second International is a pre-war FRANCE BRATS DENMARK, IN FIRST

Socialist federation; the First faded out

·EOUND.

a number of years ago. At the Third

COPENHAGEN, June 18th,

International the right and left wings

of the Socialist party definitely split. In the first round of the Davis Cupi

charges.

M: PERNOTTE'S DEFENCE

As regards the conversion of the 200,000 francs, "AL P'eruolte states that he was content with a low salary uitil the bank became prsperous, and then he askel for the arrears, which are represented by the 200,000 franes voted to him. He converted this into tacls, as he always converted the rest of his salary when he As regards the second charge, Mr. Pernoite states that when he left the bank; these bonds were curered to the extent of 7,600,01 Eranes by mortgages, and by 4,000,000 frames will in the bank in cash

The majority, who were la favour of a lonbies, France (Cochet and Lorotra) was manager of the bark in Peking. Comunistia direct action programme, beat Denmark (Tognier and Worm) 9/6, were known as Bolcheviks and the mino 6/2, 2/6, 10/8, 6/2 rity, who were in favour of the old form

QUEST" ́AT CAPETOWN,

of socialist pducational propaganda, THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION we known as Mensheviks, Attempts to Fuse the Second and Third have not succeeded; the tendency has rather been to grow farther apart owing to Soviet

EXCHISED

Carbs: June 18ti. The Quest has arrived. All are well.

ABILITY THE SOLE TEST.

非

of these watches must not be allowed

ADVANTAGE NUT PRZESID HOME,

At Manchester, when runs didn't conni g to some of the wrong, methods clock anttaking no risks whatever, it was to evaporate into thin air leader with our opponents playing to beat the employed in the recent Test games, foolish for a curtain slow bowler to have by bowlers and batamen alike, and two men in the country when every induce which liould immediately be correctement ought to have been offered the bats by the captain, she should know his op men to hit. The ball was turning when penents thoroughly, to enable him to bowl our opponents had to bat on a wicket by the right man at the right time, with a no means easy and our Test bowler of situation who cannot drive into the outfeld correct setting of the fiel to rach latama. some fifteen years back would have com- More thought should be given by the pell d their opponents to play forward Instead of allowing them to play back ball players themselves to the tactics to be ene loyed for the winning of the game in after ball, which is the safe roky on this front of them. Players should inspect the type of wicket. Our futting, too was far to it imperative for this correct Emming of possible was justifiable, sinca defeat was out wicket every morning of the game, which now after a good start, when every risk the day's tactics. If the captain finds of the question. We never pressed home conditions alightly altered and gives the our advantage gamed by winning the toss password to his men, all is well, trat de sin "what wasn two-laya' match,

(Continued as foot of nest column.) be today?