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THE BUHR SITUATION. INTER-ALLIED COMMISSION'S'

ACTIVITIES.

THE

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GERMAN BUDGET.

GOVERNMENT'S

FINANCIAL. PRO- GRAMME TORN TO SHREDS."

HONGKONG - DAILY FRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 2XD, 1923.

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CABLE

THE IRISH FROBLEM.

A MARKED DIMINUTION" OF

NEWS,

CRIME

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LONDON, March 90th. At the opening of the Londonderry VICTORY FOR GENERAL WU PEI FT. Assises, Justice Wilson / manounced a marked diminution of crime in the

FIXING, March. 20th county, which is now practically normal. There has been the greatest improvement A mandate was issued at midnight ap- in the relations between the six counties pointing Generale Shen Hung Ying and and adjoining counties along the border,

THE KING'S BOXING TOURNAMENT.

FINALS FOUGHT OFF LAST NIGHT.

THE NEW ELEMENT. HAFNIUM ISOLATED IN LONDON,

The new element called bafnium has been isolated by. Dr. Alexander Scotting The King's Regimental Boxing Tournais private laboratory in Londra, On moat concluded last night when the finst February 1st he was able, to abow speci

mens of the oxide, a cinnamon-colourod roumais of the various Novices compet powder, to crowded meeting of the Cho 2ions and the open lightweights and open mical Society, to Its atomic weight middleweights were fought off. A special sud describe in chemical nature

About fortnight | agu, two young 10 rounds contest between P. O. Morgan, chemists, Coster and Hevesy, working in the H.MS. nine and Pte. Flynn, King's laboratory of Professor Bohr, at Copenhage

announced that by the method of X-Ray Regt., wa also staged. E. E the spectroscopy. then element, occups.. ascertained the bf an

BADLIN, March 19th. The representative of the Ministry of Finance has announced in the Reicharat that the Budget for 1827 showed a deficit Reporte from Cobience state that the 700 milliards paper marks, or 6,200 Inter-Allied High Commission has erdermilliards more than was estimated last ed 183 fresh expulsions of officials, and autuma. Ho mid that this was the specially Donegal, where the Free State Sun Chuan Fang tulis of Kwangtung and General Officer Commanding the Garrison No. 78 in the table of elements

PARIS, March 20th...

has suspended twenty-one German news papers in the occupied territory, in addition to eighty-two previously dealt

with.

The Commission has decided to pres enquiries regarding the attack on the editor, Smeets, and to withdraw the matter from the Jurisdiction of the German Authorities

of the deprecintion of the mark and the occupation of the Ruhr area, which had driven the Budget into billions of forced expenditure to a height against which the Government were helpless. The Go rament's financial programme had been

torm to shreds.

SOCIALISATION OF INDUSTRY.

has established its authority, and people Fution respectively. It also appointed are nor able to cross and recrons with

Yang Bhi. Min amocints chrector of mili. out their former fear" and trepidation, ANGORA'S LATEST SCHEME.tary affairs at Canton and General Chen Chinog Ming's brother commander of the RETROSPECTIVE TAXATION OF

First Division at Chaton; Wen Chi Tab admiral at Canton; and Wang Yung Chuan, associate director of military affairs in Fukien. Others followers of Wa Re Fu and Chen Chiung Ming are ap- pointed to minor positiona

FOREIGN COMPANIES.

ConstantÉMOVÉ, March 20th..

Heplying to the High Commissivos protest, Angora has insisted that foreign companies, in compliance with the saw registration law, shall supply the

In view of its relation to the safety of IMPORTANT MOTION IN HOUSE Government with a copy of their articles the occupied territory, the Commission is considering the establishment of a special, military tribunal, similar to those in- stituted in Upper Silesia. .

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GERMANY'S LATEST PEACE FEELER

OF COMMONS.

Loxbox, March 20th.. Extraordinary interest has been excited in a labour motion in the House of Commons set down by Mr. Snowden, declaring that the Capitalist system ought to be gradually superseded by the socialisation of industry. All the non- LONDON, March 20th.

labour parties have put down amead- Shortly before the discussion Speculation is busy regarding the outs chances of the latest peace feeler. The Mr. Bonar. Law arounced that in con American Government declines to disclose sequence of the importans of the subject, the contents of the recent German Note, the Government would allot an additional

of association and balance shoots, and in The Cabinet has thus entirely yielded to some cates deposit "guarantee funds, A number of companies have been ordered Wu Poi Fu's demands. to present their balance sheets since 1918 for fixation of war profits. A twenty por your income was at the very least will the Armistics. be retrospective from Failing compliance before" March 18th the companies are threatened with severe penalties, and even approstori.

PREEMINENCE IN THE PACINIU, RIVAL COMPANIES” SEIPBUILDING

PROPOSALS. ***.

Sir John (Major Geners!

Fowler, K.C.M.G.) was an interested spectator last night. At the consisian of the tournament the trophies were presented to the winners and runners-up by the Senior Begimental Offer prosent (Capt. Skinner.)

The results are as follows:

OPEN LIGHT WEIGHTS—SEMI-FINALA

Eng

rare-earth

by the brilliant young English Moseley. French chesiats had already samigned this number to a supposed eth element which they called calfinto, but Coster and Havery showed regmonk for doubting their results The element to which bo metal in the group in which titanium ey gave the name hafnium they believed to and xirconium coeur. They informed ita presence up to cent in a Norwegian

„per zirconium

isolated

Site desk but had not go ...

1913 Dr. Alexander Scott received for.

from which he extracted a cresin-

Wrigley, H.M.S. Hawkins-There wasured and containing . 75 per cent.

magnetic oxide of iron and $3 per cent.

180 and

parson

'ot

P. O. Lea, H.M.S. Hawkins Lalysis samples of black sand from New not a great deal to chose between the twa men Leaf, the elder man, tired towards the end, and Wrigley won oni poậnta, titanium dioxide. In further tests on the A. B. Eardley, H.M.S. Ambrose, v. A. titanium dioxide, he always found small B. Shearman, H.M.S. Despatch-After quantities of a highly refractory rosidue. ~ another close fight Shearman was declared He continued to collect these labelling the winner on pointa, 131

Men A

"new.

ew foxide," but, until a forte

never had time to NOVICES WELTERWEIGHTS ===REMI-FINALight

Knowing from the Corp Whiteheads. Corp. Barra clough-This fight, did not come up to similarity of the compounds it made, with

and Buorine to thous potassium atpectations. CorpL Barraclough had a fitanium and zirconium that It was a likely candidate for place 79 in the atomic LONDON, March 20th slight advantage and won on points,

Pto. Scott walk over. from Pte. Pye. table of elements he began to work as soon The Liverpool Journal of Commerce NOVICES TEACHER WEIGHT---SEMI-FINALS.

se he heard of the discovery by Caster, and CROWN, LIABILITY":

states that Clyde shipbuilders have been Pia Kinsella . Pto Bird-Kinsella Hovery. By a series of determinations, he AN IMPORTANT HARBOUR

wounded with regard to a prospective big sent Bird to the boards twice in the ascertained the atomic weight to be

approximately

the chemical RULING.

first round. The latter was counted out characters to be those which X-Ray spectros ander for the Nippon Yusen Esisha, on the second occasion,

Would aign to hafnium. It would COLOMBO, March 20th which, if it succeeds in securing the

Pie Hayter e. Lea-Corp. Hill-Hill have been easy to apply the X-Ray method The District Judge has delivered substantial subsidy for which it is had the best of the first round, but his to his oxide, but by an act of international opponent improved in the second. Hayter courtesy he has written to Canter and Petroleum Company of London, aged ernment, will be prepared to order from Lance-Corporal won on points.

Some the necessary material for the purpos the Crown - for £60,000 damages

The black and deposit in New Zealand the Clyde a fleet of liners of 23,000 Eor", OPEN MIDDLEWEIGHTS-SEMI-FINAL. the steamer British Ensign,

is stated to be over seven miles in length, and of unknown depth, so that if hainium dwing to the alleged neglect and with a speed of 18 knots, to compete creltsance of the Crown, The Judge with the fleet of the Canadian Padio B. Edwards, S. Dispatch.-Hambly turns out to have a commercial value in

can be produced in bulk From its saulo glas to titanium and zirconium, it may be held that the steamer was barthed in a

of value in the making of incandescent mantler

Bcott think it rather unfortunate that a geographical -- name (Hafnia Copenhagen) should have been to the new element, and, partly in fake, suggested that as it was Allied to titanium (Titania) an appropriate pamo

Dr. Boots would be oberonjum.

at present director of sie As research at the British Museum And Boy Peters v. Boy Brooks-Peters had specially known for his investigations on the

chemical deterioration

them. Ho eventually, won on points,

e-President of the Chemical ociety. Kad KOVICES LIGHTWEIGHTS,—SEMI-FINALE. - has been a Fellow of the Bazal Society: since

reosived, warm congratulatio

·Pta Taylor . Pte. O'Connell,-After a

1888. He poor exhibition, the referee awarded them the Chemical Society on his bellis

work, the most striking chemical event decision to Pie Taylor in the second pomaga molation of helium

notwithstanding Germany's hint that she day for the debate after Easter. Mr. Judgment in a caso in which the British | negotiating with the the Japanese Gov was punished in the third round and the 87ey offering to send them the

does not object to its publication er communication to M. Poincare. Official American circler point out that the "German" charge d'affaires at Paris can Furnish M. Poincare with information if he doaires. The movemente of Lord D'Aborton, and Mr. Montagu Norman are also being closely watched. According to the French nowspapers, Lord D'Aberton, who arrived in London to-day, bears an official message frren Dr. Cuno, although official circles in London deny that any political significance attaches to the visit. As regards Mr. Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, who at present somewhere on the Continent, the authorities are unusually, reticent. Paris mesange, announce that he arrived there yesterday and discussed torms of repayment of certain British credits, but after that his movements have been uncertain, and is is reported that he has Jaft for Berlin,

GERMAN REICHSTAG DEPUTY BELEASED.

A

BERLIN, March 20th: As the opening of the Reichstag, the President, Loobe, condemned the arrest * Quaats, the Reichstag deputy, and said that following a vigorous protest Qusaia had been set at liberty by the French yesterday evening.

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Snowden, in moving the resolution, in dicted Capitalism, and said that Labour did not propose a revolution, and was opposed to confiscation. He denied that there was any analogy between Socialism

and Bolshevism,

Sir A. Mond set the opposition ball rolling. Ho defended private enterprise, and contended that a State controlled and owned industry would inevitably prove a failure.

Mr. Snowden also introduced a Bill providing for the nationalisation of land.

BRITISH BATTLESHIPS.

to

dangerous place owing to the insufficiency Company in the Pacific. It is amed of water and the nature of the harbour that if the Nippon Yusor Kaisha carry bottom, and over-ruled an augment that at this scheme the Canadian Pacific the Ceylon Government could not be sued also will enter the market for now boats, as representing the Crown, alman argument that Culombe haber was open with a view to retaining prominence in water into which ships outer at their own the Pacific. risk

EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS. FLAG DISCRIMINATION. CONDEMNED..

Boxe, March 20th. The Congress of International Cham U,S. SECRETARY OF STATE 40bers of Commerce has unanimously passed resolutione condensing flag discrimina KNOWLEDGES AN INACCURACY.

tion, also declaring that no naučcessary restrictions should be placed on the transport of immigrants from Europe, and partionlarly, no discrimination in this matter should be made between vassola sailing under the flag of any nation,

WASHINGTON, March 20th

Referring to his speech at Newhaven in December, in which it was suggested that alterations and improvements had been effected in a number of British battle ships, since they were placed in commis- sion, Mr. Hughes today announced" the receipt, from Great Britain, of a formal denial of the assertion; therefore, both be and the Navy Department would be pleased to tonder un apology for the in- accuracy of previous advices,

EMPIRE ECONOMICS- CONTEMPLATED IMPERIAL

CONFERENCE

Losos, March 20th.

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The Clyde firms will be prepared to build at a minimum profit, but the big rim in the price of ship-plates, sections,

RS. Hambly, H.M.S.Vámbrose, m. A.

was an easy winner, Edwarda going out for the full court in the ferroneou A. B. Dyer, H.M.S. Haukilk over from Stoker Young, HLM.S" Dromato. BOTS' CLÁSD. "'4” 112 LBB. AND OVER. -- KEMI-FINALS.

Boy McDade Boy Bonham McDade has the makings of a nice boxer. He had & good right and knew how to uso it Bonham was plucky enough, but löst on points.

of

es cetera will swell the contract prices considerable advantage in reach, and and the ways of restoring |

It Is reliably learned that two motor boats have been ordered by the Nippon Yuen Kaitha on the Clyde of ten thousand tons deadweight, the engines to be sited locally,

·HONAN - BEIGANDS ROB FOREIGNERS.

PREING, March 90th. Reports from Hankow indicata" that brigandage in Henan, which was sup- pressed last year, is again becoming rampant.

Recently the American misionary, Mr. In the House of Comthone, replying to Fank, with his wife and two childreu, questions, Mr. Hear Lak said he hoped was attacked by two parties of bandits the list of subject to be included in the agenda at the Imperial Economic Confer who robbed them of $150 worth of ence would be settled in consultation with belongings. A couple of days afterwards,

the Governments of the Dominions and

round.

Pte. Ferguson, Pte. Ayre. The fight. went the full distance, both men, after a ding dong two rounda, tiring in the third and playing tip top with each other at the finish. Ayre won on points.

BOYS CLARE, ILI 188. AND OVER.

LOTUSEMI-FINAL

the taller boy, was an easy winner.

Boy Lawson v. Boy Bowker-Bowker,

THE REAL ERSKINE CHILDERS

The American diantes fidonthly for February contains a reumaskable pen-picture of Eraking Childers by Mfr. Alfred. Offivint, who had hailed with him on Baltio cruise, the year before the war. To most English Boy Lowo u. Boy New -Boy New won men it is still a profound mystery, why. om points

Childers, after living most of his life as an BOVICES MIDDLEWEIGHTS. BEMI-VII ardent patriot and doing as much as any

should at the last have embraced an is Pie Carter walk over from Pte Drena to warn Britain of her foreign enemies Pte. O'Grady

Causo which whatever its merits, animated by hostility towards this country. In the picturesque language of Mr. Ollivant, Childers was an inspired fanatie Christain ghari, drunk not witli bhang int.

nan.

Pte. Christiaa:

O'Grady retired in the second round.

NOVICES BANTAM WEIGHTS, SEMI-FINALS

ALTERATIONS PERMITTED, BY India, in time to allow the interesta con- & Miss Batalaf was held up on the said the best of the bout and won on points with the ideen Independence, and chury-

WASHINGTON TREATY.

LATER.

In connection with Mr. Hughes' speech at Newhaven on December 29th, it is declared, inter alia, that bulges or water- filled compartments were fitted to many JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES ON British warships, as a protection against

THE NEAR EAST.

THE CONFERENCE.

LONDON, March 20th.

submarine attack, and the elevation of the turret gans was increased.

The chief Japanese, representative at The reconstruction clauses of the Waals-1

ington Treaty only partially stopped this the Inter-Allied Conference, which is opening in London, to-day, to consider the stem. Naval circles in London point out that the Treaty permits of the construe Turkish counter proposals and the draft tion of bulger. of the Lausanne Treaty, will be Baron. Hayashi. He will be assisted by Mr. H. Nagaoka, Minister Crocko-Slovakia, Mr. Satau, Comcilior of the Japanese Embassy, Paris, and Mr. Nishikawa, Secretary of the Japanese Embassy, London

INDIAN FINANCE "BILLP PASSED BY ASSEMBLY WITHOUT SALT TAX.:

DELHI,March 20th.

THURSDAY ISLAND TROUBLE COMPLAINTS BY QUEENSLAND

·GOVERNMENT.

STUNEY, March 20th,

· The Daily Telegraph asserts that the Japanese pearl, divers are ruling Thurs day Island. The local whites are resent ful, but no violence has occurred.

The Queensland Government complain of the supineness of the Federal Govern thout, said a demand is being made that The Assembly, has passed the Fiunuce the latter shall take over the island, and Bill without the Salt Tax, with which the exclude all foreigners, on account of its Government proposed to meet the deficit, being a military station, but no announcement is expected that the Governor-General, Earl Reading, will sertify the salt tax

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INDIAN TAXATION. GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS

REJECTED.

Dry, March 20th: The Assembly by 80 to 44 has rejected the Government's proposals to increas the wild tax in order to moet die deficit

the Budget

EMPIRE TRADE

GOVERNMENT'S FAR-REACHING

PROPOSALS

LONDON, March 20th In the House of Lords the Duke of Devonshire said thas the Government were considering the most

most far-reaching proposals, whereby trado conditions in Great Britaka would be materially im- proved, and the natured resources of the Dominions and the Colonies greatly

developed,

Pts Hughes v. Pie Jones-Jones had

Ing magnificently down the bleak hillside Pte. Rodaway 7. Eto, Quinn Rodaway to certain death on the myonets of the own country and of opinione wo get a

tion:

of his

Brigands recently attacked Juchowwe on points after a rather wild exhoundohe same article we get a

cerned in various parts of the Empire road and robbed, to consider there before the Conference. mot. The contemplated Conference would include representatives of the Colonios and looted and set fire to the suburbs, a and Protectorates, but the form of repro- number of citizens being killed and sentation had not yet boen settled. wounded.

BRITAIN'S DEBT TO U.S. PROMPT PAYMENTS TO BE MADE.

JAPAN'S SHARE OF BOXER INDEMNITYA

TOKYO, March with. WASHINGTON, March 20th.

The Lower House pased the Bill The Treasury is informed that Britain providing for the application of the will not exorcise the five-years' option but will pay the first half-yearly interest improved relations with Chins, including provided in the debt-funding settlement Boxer Indemnity to the development of of sixty-nine milion dollars on June 16th, an appropriation for the upkeep of and the remaining twenty-three million dollars of the principal when due on Chinese students in Japan, exchange of lecturers and upkeep of schools at Tsing December 15th. BURMESE OILFIELD STRIKE

RANGOON, March 20th. Four thousand workers in the Tenang yuang oilfeld have struck work without warning..

LENIN STILL BECOVERING

Bias, March 20 Lenin, bulletin announces, shows continuance of improvement in the move- mant of his arm and leg. The derange ment of speech remision.

THE EXCHANGE MARKET. LONDON, March 20th- and Belgian to 83,15. Sterling is weaken

tso.

YUNNANESE CAPTURE KWETYANG,

PELING,

March 20th

The capture of Kwaiyang by the Yunnaness on March 12th, is confirmed Yuan Teu-ming has fled and his where

abouts are unknown.

SPECIAL 10 ROUND LIGHTWEIGHT CONIZET. Elsewhere in

P. O. Morgan, HMS Hawkins (113tion that vidly recalls certain scenes in glimpse of Childers at his best in Aitus- The) v. Po Flyn, King's Begt (131 lb) that wonderful book of his, the "Riddle of The fight opened with both men spar- the Bande. He had sailed to the Baltic ing and looking for openings Flynn was with screw of amateursy who when they standing up to his man and returning came on ma sails "The winds were con

'on board the deparde hardly know a blow for blow. Morgan was bleeding

Ollivant. “Wo beat all and south of Chris-

Some tackle,

slightly from the now in the third roundtrary writes: Morgan began to show his superiority in down the the fourth round and was getting into his tanso ran into a gale stride well, being his straight left to ad- broke away at the masthead

and had

to be Jarrod his man with a blow to the point and the eldest of us by some years, went aloft In the seventh round Morgan was the to do it. :) A little figure in a fisherman waitage. In the fifth round Flynn lashed down. Childers, already grey, Jame Engrosor and Flynn began to tire. Flynn jersey, with hunched shoulders and strain his face desperately not be tagged was cornered towards the end of the ing rain, the wind tearing through his thick Morgan looking for a knockout Flynn teeth, to master that is how I saw him eighth round. The tenth round - anw

fought with hands and feet and elements and bafling was severely punished and bad to resort achieve his end. to dropping on his kness to avoid a kad Jout Morgan won on points. A

OPEN LIGHTWEIGHTS VIRAL

1. B. Wrigley HMB Hawkins, v. A B. Shoarman, H.MS. Despatch-In the third round Wrigley refired. Els breath in aproared to be heavy and laboured It was a keen fight whilst it lasted.

NOVICES WELAZEWEIGHTS. FINAL TO: Bookt knocked out Corpi Barra claugh in the first round

ROVICES TEATHER WELORTS.—VIRAL::

than; that is how I shall always see him now-n tussling wisp of humanity," "high overhead, and swirling with the slow swich of the mast against a tumult of tempestuous was in this same yacht dagarde that I Childers ran his cargo of arms into Horta harbour one Sunday morning of July, 1014 Just 48 hours before Austria declared war on Serbia. Six months latet, we are told in the dark of the

Childers was leading the famous bombing attack from the sem against the

German feat at Cuxhaven. Then 1916, he had convinced himself that Ba

DANISH ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.

The King and Queen of Denmark will Kinsella, was the aggressor in the first and her cause Many will accept Mr. Ollivant

Pte. Kinsella, Lee Corp! Hill tainas not fighting for the liberty of the celebrate their silver wedding on April

all nuð pardon much, t

little ustions and forthwith retired from 26th at Fredensborg. On account of the dissoud, though Hill was fighting cautious charitable verdict, that Childers Intellect turbed condition of Europe

be round and won on pointa French trance havo appreciated to 71.90 the relatives of the Royal fan of Low 3. Kinsella moored freely in the third had become obscured That would explain

expected, King Haakon "of Norway the BOYS CLASS

brother and the Swedish Gustaf V. will be present. The three Bean on points. dinavisu › Kinga") have not been together sines their meeting at Malmo in 1916

King

Boy McDado v. Boy Peters-Peters won

BOTELLAYS

Boy Bowker #. Boy Now -New

The King's aunts, Queen Alexandra, and the Dowager Empress of Russia, were points, expected to attend the celebration, but it

doubted whether they will be LS. Hambly, K.M.B. Hawkins, A

present

AN OPEN MIDDIEWEIGIST

General Sir Ian Hamilton, responding to the toast of his health at the annual banquet of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, declared that, with all his gympathy and admiration for France and the French people, he must

Christian X, King of Denmark sine-1921, Dye, HALS Hawkins Dye, the was married at Cannes on April Bith, tene, bigger man, got in one heavy blows in say that thoir and our ideas of handling to the Duchess Alexandrine of Meoklenburg, the second round and sent Hambly down world problems were radically and alder sister of the Grand Duke Friedrich to his kages with a swing to the law. absolutely irreconcilable. We were be- Frans ly, of Mecklenburg Schwerin, who Hambly stayed the distamon and lost on coming rather lonely in Europe, and had abdicated in November, 1918. Her younger pointe to look out for squalla

mister in the Pressan Crown Prinouts Sidne Fontinued as foot of neat column)

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