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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES" (THROUGH REUTER'S AGKNOT.)

A GIGANTIC SWINDLE,

THE ALLEGED BETRAYAL OF PORT

ARTHUR.

Baasz, August 10th. The inquiry into the so-called Tillosky, affairs has been concluded and the cass has now come before the Bernese Courts. The indictment says:-Iger de Tilinsky,

who arrived in Switzerland during 1811,

claimed to hold's crediť on the Japanese

THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH,

LATEST CABLES.

STRIKES IN AMERICA,

IMPROVED SETTLEMENT

PROSPECTS.

COUNTY CRICKET.

A RE-SHUFFLE AMONG THE

LEADERS

WASHINGTON TREATIES.;

·DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS.

SUBMARINES AND LOCUSTS OF DEATH".

agreement every

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not wrecked by the last war, would be PAR-- EASTERN irretrievably ground to dust if the new war that was feared broke out. Our saving of a few millions of sovereigns would then be as mere, dust before the wind.

GERMANY AND RUSSIK

CABLE

(THROUGH"EREUTER'S AGENOT.}

ANOTHER MANIFESTO ' ‚BY DR. BUTANYATE, EMERT,

THE CANTONA REVOLT?!.

SHANGHAI, August 18th Dr. Sun Yat-sen to-day issued a mani. festo, a feature of which is his reference

to the Canton revolt." The real facts

instigated the Second Division to com are,” he says, "that Chan King-ming

mence the attack, first looting, then bom-

price of the alleged betrayal of Port other states have indicated their intention tre wickets. For the winners; Kennedy the agreement demanded that, the Gov-Treaty. Both had small, navies, but both barding and committing” incondiarism.:

Arthur. Ho succeeded in "borrowing, on this pretended, credit, large sums at Eurich, Berne and other Swiss towns, as he had already attempted to do in Eng.

of adhering immediately to the new agree ment,

Hope for the settlement of the railway strike has been renewed owing to New

out.

Lomboy, August 15th. At the Oval, Surrey defeated. Middle-

Colonel Wedgwood hoped in would ba sax (the champions) by nine wickets.

In the House of Commons, on July acted in Amerion that although America LONDON," August, 18th."'

For the victors Hobbs scored 11th, Mr. Amery (Financial Secretary to started the Conference Great Britain, at The strike situation in the United States At Leyton, Eases beat Gloucester by the Admiralty) moved the second reading any rate, had led the way: even though it 100 runs. In the losers' second innings of the Treaties of Washington, Bill-which involved some sacrifice in our own work- is greatly improved by the settlement of Smith scored 131.

had already passed the House of Lords shops, in carrying out the decisions of At Hastings, Leicester best Sussex by Es mid its object was to rest in the the Conference. He advocated the holding the bituminous coal strike. By unani- runs Gilligan, for the losers, captured Goveromant the legal powers necessary to of a Conference, similar to the Washing mous decision, at a meeting of mine eleven wickets for 100 rua.

enable it to carry out certain of the proton Conference, to deal with every one At Tanaton, Keal beat Somerset by 185 visions of the two Naval Terties agreed of the arms of service, including the Air owners and miners' leaders at Cleverans. For the winners Bryan scored 118 at Washington. The axecution of the Service, land, Ohio, an agreement was signed by in the second innings.

At Birmingham, Warwiek bent North-fur was written down in eay line - Rear-Admiral Sir R. Hall did not bo which an immediate resumption of bitu ants, by an innings and 29 runs.

Worcester, Glamorgan fed the home that respect as though the agreement had join a Conference dealing with the Air ment had thought it their duty to act in live that France could be persuaded to "minous coal production in seven states

county on the first inninga. In the been rated by all the contracting par Service. It had to be remembered that Clovernment for 343,000,000 francs, the was ordered, while the miners in several victors first innings Riches scored 128,

At Bradford, Hants defeated Yorks by s and thas to give a clear lead to other two great Powers. Germany add Butain, nations in the matter. The execution of were not signatories to the Washington captured eleven wickets for 73.

As Liverpool, Lancashire defeatedment should be given further powers had the possibilities of a very great air Chan King-wing was determined to des

184 against private persona, in order to force. Before the Treaty could be extend. Derby by eleven wickets. In the winners prevent ships being built in this countryed to cover air warfare an attemps must troy the Government and drive me into second innings Hallows scored 109 has contravention of the Treaty The bill be made to get all the Great Power to death-trap, but I escaped and he accord-

laid it down that the construction for, come in. (Hear, hear.) Pure- for sale of a ship of war to a foreign Mr. L. Malone asked what machineryingly tried to camouflage his attempted

Ficense from the Admiralty. The bill gave power to the Admiralty to see the designs and particulars of the ships for which licenses were granted, and, if necessary, to send members of their Naval Colisirue LONDON, August 15th. Bon Staff and inspection to visit the ships Reuter's correspondent at Lisbon learns in question. The penalties imposed for con- that yesterday the union leaders ordered travention of the terms of the bill covered a fresh general strike in contoquence of a wide range, and they might extend to the workmen resuming on the 11th install persons, including every director and under a mistaken impression that the manager of the corporation concerned Government had made a concession on the privy to the contravention. bread question..

Clause 3 made it clear that a license Treaty, The order has been partially, obeyed, given under the bill did not in any sense Major C. Lowther said that as a result thinks his schems of forming labour batta- but it is anticipated that a serious situa absolve a shipowner or builder from the of the signing of the Washington Treaties tion will arise if the railmen ober and obligations under the Foreign Enlistment we had lost prestige in South America, lions out of disbanded soldiers is a good thereby attract other non-striking work Act of 1870. There was further treaty It might be an excellent thing to have prescription for the national ills.- men,

to - protest: Deutrala and new-combatants close co-operation with the United States, Martial law continues. A long series at sea in time of war. One of the endea but if we allied ourselves with North of bomb outrages denotes much Cumours of the British delegation Wash America se alienated South America, be munist activity.

ington was to get rid of submarine was cause the United States were exceedingly which that warfare had been carried on tries. As a result of the Treaties we fare altogether, in view of the manner in unpopular with the Latin-American coun-

- BECOMES IMPERIALISTIC.

by our enemies in the late war. That were losing our trade, and we were losing

Periso, August 15th. particular proposal did not commend it it to Germany. German travellers were self to France, or, he thought, to some crowding to South America, and he under According to Japanese telegrams from of the other Fowers at Washington. But stood that Krupps had established twVladivostock & recent meeting called ta the feeling against the manner in which large factories, near Rio and in Chili,

land, France, Germany and Belgium. Hi, York reports, which state that the rail- | ANOTHER GENERAL STRIKE country could not take place without would be employed to assure that the assination as a moviment to force me

alleged swindling transactions totalled 90,000,000 frabes..

Tilinsky, on one occasion, in order to convince a lender, produced a document in Japanese, of which experts contest the authenticity.

executires have accepted the invita

tion of the "four railway brotherhoods, as mediators, to meat at who are acting New York on the 17th in an endeavour to reach a settlement

EARLIER CABLES.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY COMPANY.

An inquiry was also conducted diplo- matically by the Japanese, who regard the whole affair as a gigantic swindle.

END OF ITALIAN. DISTURBANCES,

MARTIAL LAW WITHDRAWIN.

Rox, August 15th. The Cabinet has decided to withdraw martial law and again entrust the main-regarding the situation... tenance of order to the civil authorities

· IMPORTANT RUBBER DEAL.

EXTENDING OVER THREE. SEASONS.

AMSTERDAM, August 15th,

- WASHINGTON, August 18th. In view of the failure of the afforts at mediation in the railway strike, it is understood that President Harding in- tends to invite the employers to operate the railways, pledging, Government back ing in their efforts to serve the pubic.

The President proposes shortly to make A comprehensive statement, to Congress

COAL STRIKE - SETTLEMENT.

CLEVELAND, August 13th.

IN PORTUGAL. ACCOMPANIED BY COMMUNIST OUTRAGES.

clauses of the Treaty relating to disarma- meat wild be carried out. The effect into political retirement.'. of the Treaty had been to some extent. As regards the present situation - in nullified by the fact that no reference was made to the limitation of aerial arma-Chinx to-day, Dr. Sun says the Constitu- ments. He saw it stated shortly after tionalist movement will terminate when the Treaty was signed that the United States had, hear Baltimore, a factory Parliament is again functioning com- capable of turning out 200 tons of poison pletely and freely. What, however, in gas a day. He desired, to know if that was a fact, and it the factory had been immediately urgent is to devise menus for scrapped in view of the provisions of the security and permanent peace. He still.

THE VLADIVOSTOCK-REPUBLIC.-

NEW ROYAL DUTCH COMPANY DIRECTOR.

AMSTERDAM, August 15th. At a meeting of the Royal Dutch Com pany, Dr. August Philips, former Nether The conference between Mr. Lewis (the lands Minister to Washington, was unGermany had employed her submarines, where it was intended to turn out agricul-elect a new head of the Government de miners' president) and the anthracite owners has been postponed to give Meanimously elected Director in succession was so strong that American Govern- tural and other machinery Lewis time to negotiate a settlement of the to Dr. Colyn, resigned, soft-coal, strike, negotiations concerning which are progressing.

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LAISH

The bituminous strike has been settled.

ALARM AND UNEASINESS ·IN

The Amsterdam and Netherlands Com- panies have sold forward, part of their 1923-24-25 rubber crops, to the General BREAKDOWN OF THE Rubber Company, New York, at prices REPARATIONS CONFERENCE, based or the average monthly. London quotation, with a minimum of ad. per lb.. and 3 maximum of 1s. sd. per pound. THE FIGHTING IN IRELAND, INSURGENT RESISTANCE BROKEN IN CORK.

GERMANY..

BERLIN, August 1th. Germany has paid £300,000 on "account of the current instalment of £2,000,000 fortnight Germany has imported 123,000 Clearing, House Debts, During the past tons of coals from England.

The breakdown of the Conference has Deproduced the utmost alarm and uneasi ness on the bourse and in business circles. The weakness of the mark removes any reliable basis of calculation," rendering business difficult and perhaps impossible, probably engendering a further increase in the cost of living,

LONDON, August 15th. Except for the personal followings of Valera nad other leaders, it la reported from Cork that the whole of the Insurgent nemy is in a state of dissolution and all - the heart and resistance has gone out of them. Numbers of Irregular are return. ing to Cork without their arms

The Insurgents lost eleven killed and forty wounded its engagement at South Cork The National losses were six killed and twenty-five wounded."

- EARLIER CABLES,

· FURTHER NATIONAL SUCCESSES.

The newspapers vigorously refute M. Poincare's assertion that Germany is stubbornly" committing bankruptcy!!! FAILURE OF CONFERENCE ASCRIB

ED TO BALFOUR NOTE.

PARIS, August 15th.

The French newspapers accuse Mr. Lloyd George of responsibility for wreck ing the Conference and generally ascribe its breakdown to the publication of the Ballout Note, which did not permit Mr. Lloyd George to take steps towards a

compromise, LowDox, August 15th,

A Limerick message states that the Nationals occupied Külarney unopposed, as the Irregulars fled.

AMERICAN APPRECIATION.

GERMANY FAILS TO PAY.

BERLIN, August 16th.

· Paris, August - 36th---

to-

ARCHDUKE'S ESTATE

CONFISCATED.

BUDA PEST, August 16th. the Kisjence estate of Archduke Joseph, The Rumanian Treasury has confiscated

comprising 20,000 hectares.

BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT. MAJOR BLAKE'S AEROPLANE SOLD IN CALCUTTA.

CALCUTTA, August 15th. Major Blake's aeroplane (which has for 1,100 rupees to European resident developed engine trouble) was auctioned aviators He will probably leave for Rangoon in a Fairey seaplane on Wednes day.

ment brought forward the second treaty, Major Sir B. Falle anid that we must clared in favour of imperial Russia, and to make it quite clear that submarines be in a position to defend our Possess passed a resolution declaring that the must conform absolutely to the ordinary sions," but we were not in a position tajiri

In the absence of a representative of the

laws of war. It laid down, further, that do so by starving the Navy and gusting power to appoint a Chief Executive in ns between the contracting Powers the the dockyards. At the first pantowe Vladivostock lay solely with the Romanoff use of submarines as commercs destroyers would have to spend thousands of millions

part of common international law: Sub-bill as a great step forward to the reduc

House should be abolished altogether, and that instead of hundreds of thousands. they should endeavour to make that s Mr. L. Barnes joined in welcoming the

fect only to some minor legislation, the tion of armaments, but he could not agree former imperial family, however, it was United States had fully implemented that the Government had been responsible their undertaking. In France and Italy for the fact that little had been done in resolved that M. Dieterichs be placed at Bills for the ratifention of the treaty regard to the limitation of air armaments, the head of the Government and the latter were now before the Foreign Relations The British delegates at Washington ex took office as dictator from M. Merkulov Committees. In Japan, he understood, pressed their willingness to discuss land {ratification was to take place almost’si and air armaments, and it was not their on August 8th,

ac, and in our own Dominions he fault that these subjects had not been

On August 10th the conference adjoura- ratification and the passing of the newer future some arrangement of the kind ined after appointing an Executive Council thought it could be assumed that both discussed. He hoped that in the near any legislation would take place without regard to the air and the land would be since ratification was unanimously agreed had done something mors in the way of that all republicans and socialiste should delays In Canada is was some weeks embodied in a bill. If after the war we of forty members and witer alia, resolving

trying war criminals this bill would have.

to in both House,

BIG" FLOODS IN INDIA.

Mr. Asquith said politicians and people had a much better chance of being made be expelled from the martime province. of all shades of opinion could unite in effective. He had not been so much con

M Merkulor has been appointed CALCUTTA, August 15th. agreeing that the two treaties were in carned about hanging the Kaiser as in Extensive floods are reported from the stramcats which commanded universal trying the Kaiser to ascertain who really represent the new Government at Wish- Midnapore district, Bengal. Over approbation and assent. (Hear, hear.) He was responsible for the war. 14 he hundred square miles are inundated. The welcomed the definition, in the first treaty, added, alter trial the Kaiser had beenington. Government has arranged relief measures.of a capital ship, as it was very necessary found guilty of causing the war, I should

INDIA'S FEAR OF THE WEST.

LORD RONALDSHAY'S PLEA FOR UNDERSTANDING,

AIE PISARMAMENT.

SHANTUNG MINES,

same people, who were demanding an The business representatives expected the

or usate alance with our near neigh present plan of organization to be bour used the air force of that neighbour

JAPANESE MILITARY/REFORM.

58,000 TROOPS DISBANDED.

Toxro, Augus 18th

The total troops of all arms and ranke

that that vague phrase should receive bave hanged him nine times over, JAPANESE-SYNDICATE TO WORK authoritative interpretation. The provi. had nine lives. We have been far too soft sions of the treaty would put a stop to the with these people who have been "guilty reckless and ruinous competition in the of acts in the war which was made ever-increasing maze of guns and ships. twenty times worse on account of the acts IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHINESE. He would like to have seen submarine war. of submarine piracy by the Germans. fare abolished altogether by the treaty.

Tokyo, August 16th. “A SCABE, (Cheers.) Even with the strongest paper Capt. W. Bern, referring to the ques

The leading business representatives Lord Ronaldshay, lately Governor of safeguards it was very difficult to prevent Bengal, was the guest on July 8th of the violations if submarine warfare was allow-on of air competition, said the matter conferred with the Foreign Minister re Central Asian Society at the annual dia-fed at all The article providing that face to face with a scars which was being garding the organization of a Japanesd

was important because the country · was nor held at the Imperial Restaurant, belligerent-suburia vore geesta The fanned by the newspapers, and supported syndicate for working the Shantung under, the presidency of Lord Peel from these, rules was very necessary.

Lord Ronaldshay said that daring his bill ought to command not only the assent by some members of Parliament. The Governorship be had had to deal with two but the warm approval of every section of care was that our air power at present mines, conjointly with the Chinese, in disti et movements aiming at the destruc- the House, and it was high time a similar very low and should be immediately accordance with the Shantung agreement The Government has addressed a-Note tion of British rule is India-the agreement was come to in regard to dis extended. It was very stranges that the A Dublin message states that six to the British, French, Italian and anarchial movement, which worked secret armament on land bear, hear) and it bundred Irregulars have attacked Dun- Belgian Governments, declaring that ly and underground, and the non-violent, the fervent prayer of the whole nation

as an argument for a large increase in pleted shortly, Halk Trains from Dublin are not run owing to foreign currency requirements non-cooperation movement of Mr. Ghandi,that that happy conclusion would not be

our air force. That seemed to be a con- ning, beyond Drogheda, which appear for urgently-needed necessaries of life, and We shuld be guilty of poor statesmanship long delayed. (Cheers.)

tradiction in terms. These people" wate, still to be in the Nationals hands. the fall in the mark, it is unable to ineet in India if we were satisfied merely with Nationals have occupied Batterunt. the Clearing House payment of £2,000,000 quelling disturbances and did not try to

in effect, demanding an air fares which Capt. Elliott said the nations which would be obsolete long before the next dud to-day, the

understand the underlying enuses of such troubles. Indian unrest was a complex agreed to the Washington Treaty ander war could take place, and fly des THE LATE LORD

FRENCH GENERALS CONFER,

thing It seemed to him that one-funda took a great responsibility for Powers Lieutenant-Commander Williams arged NORTHCLIFFE.

mectal thing behind the anarchist und outside the scope of the Treaty, such as the Government to peraande by other the non-cooperative movements, was the Spain, might find themselves in a position Powers to enter into a conference for the It is stated that Marshal Foch andevulsion felt by educated Indians against to construct warships on a scule vastly abolishment of submarines and all forms disbanded under the military reform General Degoutte have been summoned to the civilization of the West, The Indian Buperior to anything permitted under the of poisonous gas. Rambouillee in connection with NEW

YORK, August 18th.

was a contemplative, thoughtful, idealistio Treaty. There was no reason why en Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke said the Navy had scheme is 58,000. morrow's Cabinet meeting there.

person--a spiritual person and he sincers from Germany should not set up been ent to the bone" 18 & result of President and Mrs. Harding, through the

desperately afraid that his own distinc in Spain dockyards and arsenals, and con the Washington Conference, and the men British Embassy, have sent a message of

tive outlook on the universe was going to struct for say, a South American Re who had built up the Navy by their work condolence to Lady Northcliffe, expressing appreciation of Lord Northoliffe's high

be crashed out of existence by the success public ships far larger than those per- in the dockyards were being thrown out ful, aggressive, and, as he described it, mitted by the Treaty. The signatories of of employment. He regretted that the qualities, exceptional ability and domin

A LAMENTABLE" DELAY"

the Treaty should consider whether there aat personality and his services to man-

the materialistic-civilization that came

what would be the result of putting the kind. The newspapers pay tribute to

from the West. That was the root cause should not be some joint conditions of in country bad not been told at the time -- LONDON, August 15th. of the Indian discontent the clash of spection of armaments, such as bad been Washington agreement on the Statute Lord Northcliffe as one of the greatest figures a modern journalism and expe- At a meeting of the Marconi Wireless different outlooks on life. The crying enforced in regard to Germany, in the book cially praise his endeavours to promote Company, Signor Marconi said last year need of the day was for India and Enge that when the other Powers were Mr Amery, replying on the debate, gramme has been announce, by whis

got into the agreements the atmosphere Anglo-American friendship."

was unprecedentedly difficult, but this land to try to understand one another's of suspicion might be dissipated. The said the foundation of the bill was the year an improvement was already mani point of view. So long as we were treaties at Washington were largely for establishment of mutual trust and con

Loston, August 15th.

lest. The profit was £275,000, there would charged with the duty of governing India, the limitation of capital ships; the Confidence between the great nations. The the removal of their furrets, to different be a dividend of ten per cent on ordinary we must unflinchingly compel respect for ference looked at the great problems of assertion had been made that there was yards for the purpose of scrapping. Their Majesties the King and Queen, ward to credit of profit and loss account make it clear that our sole object was the by on the other side. Air disarmament the Treaty, but to build a capital ship shares nail 2666,000 would be carried for law and order, but we must endeavour to submarines and aircraft, but passed them nothing to prevent ships being built out side the countries which had agreed to Queen Alexandra Princess Victoria and The Company would shortly participate Preservation of peace and there was no was scarcely mentioned; the stato of book a long time, and it could not be the Duke of Connaught have aca mes in the opening of wireless services be desire to impose upon the Indian people opinion on submarine warfare was To cancelled from the world, and long be eages of condolence to Lady Northcliffe. tween South America and North an outlook upon life that they rejected.. afirmed as it was at the beginning of the tore it was completed the signatory

America and South America and Europe. LEAGUE OF NATIONS TREATY Similar services would shortly be opened

leted reasels are to wait till REGISTRATION,

for China and Japan

By a printer's error in the cable relations. The saving at Washington was not Powers would have made a protest Battle Cruisers Tirama

that if such a situation arose there should TOTALS THREE HUNDRED wireless chain, Signor Marconi said the the late Lord Northcliffe's career a com concerned us more than anything else was been made to a poison-gas factory in the Referring to the delay in the Empire ing to the Press tributes and criticisms af for humanitarian purposes so much aboreover, there was provision in the bill,

for economie purposes. In Europe, what

be another conference Reference had Treaty becomes consequence, might be that British comment by the Daily News was wrongly air armaments, and all over the world United States, near Baltimore The work Geneva, August Isthmore gould be handicapped by lower attributed to the Daily Mail. The com the kwa beginning to hum with these So far the League of Nations has re and doarer communication, or its wireless ment by the Daily News was that his toe sy eeth. When we found that carried on there was mainly of a research

as Washington, Certainly they wished ba gistered three hundred treaties, including messages must pass through France and genius gathered the greatest congrogation the Grst step towards limitation of character necessary in order to provide ces, to extend what had been achieved batch of sixty, just received from Ger Germany or the United States until he that ever assembled, but he had nothing to armaments was treated with levity and to deal with Power which had not near the limitation of armaments both for anti-gas measures, in case they had secure the abolition of submarines and lo many, the chief of which terminates the British high-power stations were ready say that mattered. It was doubtless cursorines by the Government of the day, war with the United States Two others. This was lamentable in view of the fact obvious to most readers that the late it made one dempair of the question whe accepted the Treaty So far as was an land and in the air.

sible his Majesty's Government meant to which came from Jaban arising out of the that Britain was the pioneer in loog Viscount's own organ (the Daily Mont)ther they were really applying themselves cuteavour by negotiations and conferme i was rond second time and to Committee of the whole SWashington decisions, concerned Tap and distance wireler and it was a very high was not likely to have published such a zo day with the knowledge, that existed, Shantung. ⠀

comment. price to pay for somebody's indecision,

that Europe which had been shaken but (Continted at foot of next column.)

ROYAL SYMPATHY.

THE EMPIRE WIRELESS

CHAIN:"

war, but these were mere paper afirma

JAPANESE NAVY SCRAPPING.

A BIG PROGRAMME.

Toxxo, August 18th.:

A preliminary navy scrapping

various warákign will be transferri

After the preparatory operations, which

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the

and Ikoma the