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[THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE RUBR.

TWO MORE RAILWAY

ACCIDENTS."

THE HONGKONG DAILY · PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1st, 1923

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RUBBER PRODUCTION.

U.S. AND BRITISH MANUFACTUR- ERS TO CO-OPERATE...

Wanatos, February, 27th. The Rubber Tyre and Automobile Accessories Manufacturers' Conference has passed a resolution favouring the re peal of the British Colonies increased COLOGNE, February 9th...

duties on rubber exports, and has also train from Aix-la-Chapelle was switched on to the wrong line and crash-agreed to co-operate with the United ed into a stationary train at Dueren. The first two couches were teleaped, and it is reported that twenty-two per-

ons were killed.

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK. FAR EASTERN CABLE

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NEWS.

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INSURANCE 60. "MERGER

SORBED BY SUN CO, OF CANADA,

LORD CURZON CONDEMNS POLICY OF A "UNIVERSAL SEEDADDLE.".

LONDON, February 27th. Lord Curzon in a speech at Aldwych: Club said he believed the peace Two CHINA COMPANIES TO BE AB- party at Angors would prevail over the Holid not conceive it possible that any nation in the long ran could reject a twaty so generous and considerate, which would enable Turkey to remme her career in Europe and Asin, The foreign situation was improving »

lowly but surely."

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party.

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SHANGHAI, February 9th. The China Press understand that the Sian Life Assurance Company of Canada will shortly absorb the Chila Mutual and Shanghai Life Insurance Companies. '.

OHINESE MILITARISTS `ACTIVE.

States "Government in ascertaining the feasibility of developing new sources of rubber in American insular possessions.

A comunistee has been appointed to co-

Referring to the Ruhr, he emphasised INVASION OF SZECHUAN PLANNED. operate with British manufacturers to that a solution of the reparations question' secure the repeal of the British restric- was an international problem, and not tive laws which, it is alleged, British reserved to France, Belgium and Italy anxious to bring alone. He looked forward to the day when it would be solved by international

Another train has been derailed pear Coblence, owing to the signals having been tampered with, but there chaualties. The signalman has been manufacturers are

arrested.

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were no

The Inter-Allied Rhineland Commis- sion has suspended the Frankfurter Zeitung for three months.

PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR GERMAN

„WORKHAN.

Bocaca, February 27th The town WAN in mourning on the occasion of the public funeral of the workannu who was shot dead by the French on February 23rd. All shops wure closed along the route, which was lined with big "crowds, despite the French measures to prevent an ingresa of people from the "neighbourhood. The French guard saluted the passing cortege.

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GERMANY. PROTESTS

AGAINST

ACTS OF VIOLENCE."

BELLIS, February 27th.

The German Government bus rent a

fresh note to the French Government protesting against the various age of violence alleged to have ben cemmitted by French and Belgian troops in the

It asserts Buhr.

that numerous that they cannot be dealt with individually, but quates various exijuples,

these are sp

LONDON, February 27th.

about,

IRISH REBELLION. COUNTING. THE COST OF REBEL

DESTRUCTION.

for the policy of

FELING, February" 27th.

It is reported from Szechuan that General Tan Hsih Ao's forces have been defeated at Kienchow. General Lin Chong Ha will now be able to take the

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[ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE TO MANILA

PAPEES.]*

The following Associated Press insages are extracted from Manila Papers:-

THE CAPE COD CANAE,

PURCHASE.

FUNERAL SERVICE BY WIRELESS.

SHIP'S CAPTAIN BURIED, IN

···MID-ATLANTIC.-

The first radio funeral at sea was co- ported by the officers of the United Statem liner President Adams, which arrived at

HOUSE FILIBUSTER AGAINST ITs Plymouth recently from New York.

The incident marked the outward trip, which was made in the stormmigt weather WASHINGTON, February 21st ever mountered by the liner, which was two days late in reaching New York. It Members of the House today started en

was the body of Capt. A. Matthews, "of apparent filibuster against the Bill pro- the American steamer Hatters, that was posing the purchase of the Cape Cod buried at sea five days after Christmas

had been celebrated.

canal.

[Th Cape Cod canal which connects Barnstable and Buzzards Bay, Massachu- setts, is approximately thirteen miles lung. It was formally opened for traffic in July, 1914. The distance between Boston and New York by way of the canal is seventy miles shorter than by the outside pamage. The waterway was built by the Cape Cod Construction Company (August Belmont, president and William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer), and $12,000.000. Vessels drawing twenty-five to thirty feet of water may pass through

the canal.}

ELABORATE COUNTERFEITING

PLOT.

cost

The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.nction. He was shocked at reading, the offensive. Wallace, has stated that the further in almost piteous appeals in the press that Representatives of General Wo Pei Fu, Vestigation of rubber growing is depen dent on the congressional appropriation, the British should withdraw from every-General Shen Hung Ying and other where the Rise, Constantinople, the military loaders are holding & conference Straits, and Bagdad. Ho had

noat Hankow. It is reported that they are discussing the invasion of Szechuan, sympathy universal skednidlo. A withdrawal It is reported that General Wu Pei Fuerer uncovered in the United States," was an expedient, Bouletines wise and has agreed to a pardon for the Anfu necessary, but not a policy. Wo must General Li Shih Hav. consider ot only the money but our obligations of honour and British in terests, also the consequences of a too hurried and irrational withdrawal and its effect upon the peace of the world. Ha

LONDON, February 27th.' In the course of a debate in the Dait Eireann, Mr. Cosgrave (President) said that the most eonservative estimate of Ireland, damage done throughout due to the disturbances was £40,000,000. The daging in Dublin amounted to £4,000,000.

CANADIAN WIRELESS. STATION TO COMMUNICATE WITH

AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN.

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OTTAWA, February 27th The Canadian Government has granted i permission to the Canadian Marconi Company to erect a wireless station at Vancouver, with a range of 7,000 miles, for the purpose of communicating with Aud fratis, Japan and Montreal.""

THE DAVIS CUP.

JAPAN 1SSUES A CHALLENGE.

TOKYO, February 28th Japan has issued a challenge in the Davis Cup Competition. The Japanese

BAILWAY BRIDGE DAMAGED.

PERING, February 29th. A break has occurred at a

bridge on

Naw Yonk, February 21st. Sixty-four persons were arrested today in what secret service agents described as the moet elaborate counterfeiting plot including aine wholesale distributors of counterfeiting money plants located in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island and New Jersey.

Two, fire, too and twenty dollar bills wore sent in great numbers throughout the United States, Cuba, the West Indies and European ports. This country was also Blooded with counterfeit gold and

Two hundred and forty miles distant was the President Adams, on which the funeral, service was read, the sentences being repeated by wireless to the freight steamer, which had neither Bible Prayer Book on board.

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a doctor, and when Capt. Matthews was Insidentally, the Hatteras did not carry, taken ill with pneumonia, the ship was in Mid-Atlantie. For four days the cargo vessel was threatened with destruction by

the wild sens, "which washed everything overboard that was not firmly secured. Throughout the stress and strain of this period the captain hold to his past on the bridge, being relieved at only rare intervals, but before the storm blew itself out he collapsed.

TREATED BY RADIO.

Then it was that the wireless equipment of the Hatteras was utilized to secure medical aid for the stricken captain." Tho Red Star liner Fisland was the first to respond, and soon Capt. Matthews wis being treated by radio. As the Finland passed out of the range of the Hatteras the President Adams got in touch, and then a little later came a message to the

effect that the patient had passed away.

would not say there were not place the Kinochow-Tainaniu railway. The silver as well as millions of counterie anxious that the usual solemnities should

where we might have to withdraw, but we must be very cautions lest we land the country in difficulties. It were better to stay a little longer than leave too

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A SUBMARINE SEAPLANE ·

DISQUIETING POST-WAR GERMAN

INVENTION.

LONDON, February 27th,

A submarine seaplane, designed to net as the eye of an oceangoing submarize or commerce destroyer, has been satisfactorily tested in Germany according to Fronch respondente în Berlin, whồ refer to the machine as "one of the most disquieting

inventions." post-war German

It is

The Rhineland "Commission has decided to Lake under its nuthority from February representatives will be Kumagai, Shimizu, nimed that sections are enclosed in a

26th the new territory occupid by the French between the Cologne and. Coblenco and Coblence and Mayance bridgeheads, Lord Kilmarnock abstained from" rating.

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AMERICAN POLITICS MINISTER TO NETHERLANDS NOMINATED,

WASHINGTON, February 27th, President Harding has nominated Mr. Richard M. Tobin as Minister to the

Netherlands.

MR FALL'S SUCCESSOR APPOINTED.

The Scante has confirmed the nomin ation of Mr. Hubert Work (Postmaster- General) to be Secretary of the Interior. in succession to Mr. Abert B. Fall.

FAILURE, OF SHIP SUBSIDY

LEGISLATION.

With the failure of the ship subsidy legislation this session, the Administra tion is likely to abandon the effort to obtain Government aid for the mercan- tile marine, but will embark on a policy of transferring vessels to private hands.

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PRESIDENT HARDING'S REQUEST POSTPONED.

WASHINGTON, February 27th, The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate has virtually decided to postpone to the sert session of Congrois any action as regards President Harding's inter- national court of justice request,

PRESIDENT ASKED FOR A

STATEMENT. and The Foreign Relations Committee has passed a resolution calling on President Ilarding to stato whether he favours an agreement obliging the governmente which signed the protocol creating the International Court of Justice to submit all disputes which are not able to be mottled diplomatically.

Kashio, and Fukuda.

FOOTBALL

SCOTTISH LEAQUE,

LONDON, February 27th. Following are the results in Scottish League matches played to-day. Celtic.. faith

1 S. Mirren 1 Alloa.

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MC.C. F..FREE STATE.

BLOEMFONTEIN, February, 27th. The M.C.C. compiled 282, Street con- tributing 68. The Free State replied. with 199, Fender taking 7 for 55. The M.0.C. won by 250 runs,

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watertight tube lashed to the dock, and can be asserobled in five minutes. The machine is equipped with wireless, and can fly five hundred milea without alighting. MOZAMBIQUE CONVENTION. PORTUGAL "ASKING TOO

MUCH

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Chinotungen (Ministry of Communica tions) has despatched an investigator. CHINESE BANKERS' CONFERENCE.

APRIL. TO BE HELD IN

PEKING, February 28th. The Chinese Bankers' Association is

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planning a conference representative of all China The conference date is fixed for April 15th. "

‚" TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS.”

PEKING, February 27th. The House of Representatives will discuss the abrogation of the "Twenty- One Demands," and enquire what Gov- ernment has done. since the provios resolution was passed

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BOXER INDEMNITY,

DEMANDS FOR GOLD PAYMENT.

PEKING, February 27th. The House of Representatives will discuss the gold frage payment of the French share of the Boxer Indemnity.

It is reported that the Spanish Am- bassador has asked that Spain's share of

internal revenue stamps.

DIES..

The chief officer of the Hatteras was

attend the burial of his skipper, and as

WIDOW OF CIVIL WAR C≈NERAL he had no order of service available he sent out a wireless call for ne The respotae came from the President Adems, the ritual being transmitted word by word by the wireless operator,

WASHINGTON, February 2nd. Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the civil war general, died today, aged eighty- four.

[Mrs. John A. Logan, since the death of her husband, General John A. Logan. in December, 1888, has edited the Home Magazine and contributed to many other magazines and news syndicates. She has also devoted much time to perpetuating the name of her hus and and after the War served one term in the United States senate from Illincis. Her only son. Major John A. Legan, Jr., was killed in battle November 11th, 1808, at San Jacinto,--P,L}}|

NEW RECORD BY HELICOPTER.

EXCHANGE AND LUNAGY.

This story comes to me all the way from Kiel, says a writer in the Evening Standard-

The other day a weathly Berliner, who had been suffering from an obscura, nervu trouble which had copt him in the seclu- sion of a sanatorium for several year was at last told he might venture forth again into the world. He put in his pocket some gold 20-mark pieces, and woat to ope of his old baunts, a well- known and not inexpensive restaurant on Unter den Linder,

felt

"Rob.

DAYTON, OHIO, February 21st.

He had an excellent lunch, and A now record was ect today by a helicopter which remained in the air two himself his own man again. He called for

forty-five seconds minutes and

and the bill. It cama 3,845 marks. reached a height of fifteen foot. It is re-bers!" said he, or words to that effect, aorted that Thomas A. Edison may aid But it's no good trying it on me." He the air service in perfecting the heli-flung down a gold 20-mark pisco. "You

can sue me for the rest."'

copter.

FOREIGN TRADE ACADEMY SUGGESTED.

SITE RECOMMENDED IN MIDDLE WEST.

CHICAGO, February 1st. Julean Arnold, Commercial Attache at

Your change, sir," said the waiter, imperturbably--and handed him 26,353

marka

The convalescent returned raving the sanatoriuin, and has since been trans forred to an asylum for the incurable,"

JAPAN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Fourary 21st. The Americas Silk Association compos

the American Legation in Peking, speak AMERICAN SILK MËN LEAVING FOR ing before the Illinois Manufacturers Association to day, advocated the estab It is stated that the Chinese Gorern-lishment in the middle west a foreign mont intends to reject this demand, trade academy modeled after the plan of the army dad naval academics. He stating that the concession to France declared that the United States did noted of ten leaders of the indastry hended was granted in return for concessions pay sufficient attention to the education regarding the Banque Industrielle de of men for the foreign trade Chine and education, and Wa not

U.S. SHIP A NECESSITY, precedent for other nations.

CAPETOWN, February 27th the Boxer Indemnity be paid in gold In the Assembly, moving the approval pesetas. of a continuanos of the first part of the Mozambique Convention, subject to six months notice, tieneral Smuts said that Portugal and South Africa had agreed that the convention to longer suited the relations of the two countries. The Portaguer asked for too much, but he did pat despair of an eventual agreement. He would prefer an arrangement regard. ing Dalagou Bay, but failing this ho would be prepared to adviso Parliament message to 150,000 to establish a port within the unions, Protestant churchmen, urging them to

WORLD WAR FEARED.

MESSAGE TO PROTESTANT CHURCHMEN.

New York, February 27th. Fearing that the world is drifting into a war calculated to eclipso civilisation, the federal coabeil of the Churches of Christ has sent

press the Government to take a larger ANOTHER CAIRO OUTRAGE. part in international problems, and advocating ap

international ooonomic BRITISH SOLDIERS INJURED conference:

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U.S. TRADE BOOM.

EFFECT OF BRITISH DEBT SETTLEMENT.

LONDON, February 27th. Interviewed on his return from the United States, Sir Eric Geddes said the Bettlement of Britain's debt had a most Excellent effect in America. There was a great trade boom there at présent, and with a feeling of returning confidenes all round, and no unemployment, trade was very good fadeed,

SOVIET CONCESSION. GRANTED NORWEGIAN

FIRM.

SEALING

Five

BY BOMB.

CAIRO, February 27th,

three soldiers and British Egyptians have born wounded, two of the former severely, by a bomb thrown in the main road at nightfall; it is believed from building. The police are rigorously searching the boyson in the vicinity, but have not effected any arrests.

SARAWAK GOVERNMENT. GOOD FOR TROPICAL PEOPLE.

LONDON, February 27th. In a lecture on Sarawak at the Royal Colonial Institute, Mr. Charles Hose declared the continuance of the fatura, CHRISTIANIA, February 27th. strong line of Rajahs imbued with the The Soviet Government "has granted a Brooke tradition and supported by public moession to a Norweging frm authorising opinion at Hans was the main thing fifty-five Norwegian ships to kill seals required to carry on the system which had within atwolve milo limit of North made Sarawak a good Government ever Russian waters, hetween February 20th a tropical people. and June 15th.

US NAVAL OIL RESERVE WASHINGTON, February 27th. Mr. Fall anerances the withdrawal of twenty million acres of land in Alaska to

forin a new paral oil reserve,

A ROCKEFELLER PURCHASE.

New Your, February 27th. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, junior, has bought in London siz Rochefoucauld tapestries, it is stated, at a price of a

million dollars -

FINANCE MINISTRY.

LIU EN-YUAN'S RESIGNATION

ACCEPTED."

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PING, February 27th. The Government has decided to accept Lia En-yuan's resignation, and to appoint Bu Hai-ti, Vice Minister of Finance.

ORICKET 150 YEARS AGO.

Carcado, February 21st.

by James A. Goldsmith, president of the Association of America, arrived to-day. en route from New York to Japan. They sail on the President Cleveland.

CHICAGO, February 21st. The women of ten denominations to-day announced that $3,000,000 had been col lectal for seven colleges for Oriental-girls as follows:

Julean Arnold, Commercial Attache at $3,000,000 RAISED FOR ORIENTAL the American Legation at Peking, speak-

GIRL COLLEGES. ing to-day before the Chicago, Association of Credit Man said American ships were necessity if our commerce to China is to thrive. He said investment projects in China wero rext in importance, "China preseats to the United States the most fertile field for the future, the rail- ways there are potential gold mines, and the purchasing power of the people is increasing."

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1.S. MINISTER TO PERU

WASHINGTON, February 19th, A century and a half ago the Bath The Senate to-day confirmed Senator Chronicle reported a cricket match play- Miles Peindextor of the State of Washing. ed at Guildford between Hambledon and ton, as Ambassador to Peru. All England. It was not by any means (Bonator Poindexter's term as United the first important game of cricket ever States senator expires on March fourth, played-indeed thoro still exists record noxt. He was a candidate for re-election of the full score of a match years ear last November but was defeated by his Hor in which All England was played by Democratic, opponent.

He served one Kent. But we believe that it is the first term as representative in Congress, from known report given in A

Washington and in 1911 was elected to For centuries, says the Daily Chronicle, the Senate. Be was elected in 1917. the game had existed in a rudimentary He is fifty-four years old.] form; and for centurios it had been under

newspaper

aloud, just as Sunday games were OIL PRODUCTION IN VENEZUELA.

undor a

dict.

NEW YORK, February 20th.

Yenching College, Peking: "Cingling Nanking; Izabella Thoburm College, College, Lucknow, India; Woman's Chris Lian College, Madras, India; Women's Christian College, Takio; North Chint Union Medical College, Peking; and the Union Missionary Medical College, Vel- lore, India.

PORTUGUESE PRINCE, INSURANCE' AGENT, DEES.

NEW YORK, February 21st. Prinen Miguel Do Braganu, eldest son of Don Miguel, pretender to the throne of Portugal, died to day of pneumonia at the age of forty-five. He was a life in- Eurance salesman.He married Anita Stewart of New York.

WOMAN HELD GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

cloud in London until the L00 zerooved its bao. The objection

New York, February 10th. to it in the later Middle Ago was not The American Institute of Mining and

Supremo court jury to-day returned a that it interferred with religion, but with Metallurgy in annual convention to-day tho, mors useful and mainly practice of was told that Venezuela will become the verdict in the caso of Mrs. Lillian Raizen

world in a few years.

stain of Brookden December 10th, 1921, archery: so it was put under an inter leading oil producing country of the who shot and killed The Abraham Gljek- finding her guilty of cond degree CHICAGO PACKER ON PLEASURE -murder: Sho was given an indeterminate

sentence of from twenty years to life,

"PRESIDENT HARDING GOLFING.

WASHINGTON, February 21st President Harding" played golf to-day for the first time since he was taken ilа with grippa arvern! weeks ago.,

TRIP.

CHICAGO, February 1st.. Louis F. Swift, the Chicago packer,

Indeed it was not till 1748-long after public schoolboys were trained to be adepts and sporting gentlemen had heavy bets on village matches-that it was decided in court of law that cricket was not an legal game. From that time. ite popu sailed to-day on the steamer Shingo Afar laxity and prestige advanced by leaps and for Hondlalu and Tokyo on a pleasure bounds. For a century and a half it has trip. boga the summer national sport.

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