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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENOT.]

BUBBER SALES.

ERTATION OF FORWARD MARKET IN PARIS URGED,

PAZIE, March 25th, The Chamber of Commerce has written to the Minister of Commeres urging the arnation of a forward rubber market in Paris, pointing out that Indo-China rubber planters, at present, mostly sell their produce in Singapore. The Cham Ber also urged the advantage of opening

direct charmel for French Colonial growers, and the reducing of operations. mecessitated by the arbitrage dealings, to

minimum.

DEUTSCHE BANK‹

SANCTION INCREASED CAPITAL

SHAREHOLDERS

BERLIN, March 25th.

The shareholders of the Deutsche Bank have sanctioned an increase of capital from sight hundred to fifteen hundred

million marks.

AUSTRALIAN FLEET.

D

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH SITE, 1993.

FAR EASTERN CABLE THE CHINESE IN INSULINDE,

NEWS.

(THROVOX REUTER'S - AGENCE.] CHINESE GUNBOAT. CREWS THREATEN TO STRIKE.

TEN MONTHS' ARREARS OF WAGES.

PERING, March 20th.

REVOLUTIONARY ORGÁNISATIONS

ABROAD,

In reference to the reports recently circulated concerning the" position and treatment of the Chinese In the Dutch. East Indies, a representative of the Amsterdam Telegraaf recently had an

The Hague, Wang Kwang-ky

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

ASSOCIATED, PRIĖS MESSAGES TO, MANILA PAPERA.

"THE" PRICE OF SUGAR.

OF SUG

INVESTIGATION URGED.

WASHINGTON, March 29, BM Malley, director of the People's, Legislative Bervice to-day telegraphed

$90.000 FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

CHINESE GIFT TO A MACAO PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION. Following is a translation of an article which appeared in the Portuguese news paper O Liberal, of Macao, on Sunday:

We have heard the nows that Mr. Lee Hy San, the Macao. Opium farmer, has

THE BOXER INDEMNITY: PROBLEM OF DISPUSATA

The use which is to be made of the balance of the British portion of the Boxer indemnity has not yet been decided, says one of the latest House papers, and the Federation of British Industries has set up a committed to ounsider tha subject. This question arises from th

The crews of three Chinese gunboats interview with the Chinese Minister President Harding urging a grand jury just made a gift to the Santa Casa da decision of the Government to use the

Anhai, their ten months' demanded from Ma Lien Chia, Tachus of

arreara al

6, failing which they declared their intention to strike. The captains have been instructed to pacify the men, whose attitude has created considerable anxiety. SUN CHUAN YANG STILL AT YENFING.

PEEING, March 98th.

It appears that General Sun Chaan Fang has not yet reached Foochow his main fores is still at Yeoping.

OKINA'S FINANCES.

dollars each week by the conspiracy to

The Minister considered it advisable vestigation of the recent suger price not to enter into details concerning this intresse. He said: American house delicato question, although there was no holders are being robbed of millions of donying that public opinion is China was greatly interested in the position of the Chinese, who settled in colonies belonging to friendly nations. This question S frequently dealt with in the Chie Press

The correspondent asked the Minister's opinion regarding the so-called Chinesa revolutionary organisations outside China It is possible, replied the Minister, that before the revolution in China, revolution ary organisations existed both in Insu-

increase the price of sugar and the con-

tinued manipulation."

Et

letter

Misericordia of Macno of the sum of amount for a purpose mutually bensholat $90,000, which is to be devoted by this to Great Britain and China-a batter poses in the manner it may best think particularly interested. Existing Britial benevolent institution to charitable pur in which the industry of this country

colleges in China are in need of funds, We have been informed that Mr. Lee and it might be useful, for instance, for Hy San has received an official The Commejalal agent in New York of from the Presidens of the Santa Casa Goverment to consider subsidising the Philippine Bureau of Commerce in thanking him for his generous gith, stat-them and setting up further institutions of an educational character in Chiang a report dated February 15th explains the rise in the following paragraphing also that he was going to apprise the statement made sometime shia wook H.E the Governor of this donation. He with a supplementary scheme for bringing of their course in industrial establish”. thers would be a shortage in this has also received a communication from over Chinese students for the completion besson's sugar production caused the the Government, the Chief of the Finance

poopiative fever that seized the sugar

This

market during this week, and about thres Department in the name HE the Goverments in the United Kingdom. days ago Cuban raws were selling as high nor, tendering his sincerest acknowledg would be calminted sensibly to

7.15 cents, duty paid. Interstatements for his munificons offer and are then the commercial relations between ment was made by the Department of

It is not certain, as yet, whether the Goverment will reappoint the committee

BONDHOLDERS BECOMING ALARMED. indo and British India. The fact should Commercs that notwithstanding a smaller Pressing the very high consideration and Great Britain and China

LONDON, March 25th.

outturn of raw sugars and an estimated esteem in which Mr. Les Hy Sax is beld consumption equalling that of 1822 there by bim. ;. would still be a surplus at the end of Mr. Leo By Sao is already well-known previously presided over by Sir- Jchn this year of some 476,000 tons. There for his acts of philanthropy To quote Jardas, or whether it will sef up nu has been more or less of a nervous feeling an example, it is known that during the entirely new committee to consider the in the suger markete and while general oneditions have more recently settled to Seamen's Strike in Hongkong he succeed-question. DOPRA extent the markote

In any case, the total amount of the are stilled in getting ships to bring rice and

provisions to Macao, so that this place indemnity outstanding, about £11,000,000, believed to be far from stabilized."]

was supplied with staple articles of food spread over the East 23 years, la ✩ AMERICA'S MERCHANT MARINE:

In the last general strike, with the help large sum, the committee set up by the of his representative, Mr. Fong Tsok F.B.I. will examine the question from Lam, he rendered valuable services so the point of view of industry, and make that a satisfactory settlement might be recommendations upon which the Execu arrived at

tive Committee of tho F.B.1. may tako action.

not be lost sight of, however, that the The disturbing nests with regard to members of such organisations were re the condition of Chinese finances has involutionary refugees, striving to bring crossed the alarm of holders of certain about a revolution, not in the colonies of Chinesa loans, especially the Marconi's other States, but in China. Ching had and Vickory issues both of which have no intention of exporting revolution. fallen to sixty. Marconi coupons due in The opposite was more true. It was the August, 1921, and subsequently, have not Chinese revolutionaries who had imported been paid, while the Vickers coupon dus revolution into China Sincs then the

POLICY TO BE FORMULATED. SUGGESTED INTERCHANGE WITH on October 1st last is in arrear. It is new Chinese Republio had matorialised.

IMPERIAL VESSELS.

proposed to hold a meeting of holders of There was, therefore, no reason for

WASHINGTON, March 19th. the Marooni'e issue to consider steps to Chinese revolutionary propaganda abroad.

The United States Shipping Board obtain security from the Chinese Govern- In view of this, the Minister did not ment.

believe that Chinese revolutionary or to day invited all interests identified with The Offerver's Enancial editor, com-ganisations existed in the Dutch Colonies, the American merchant marine to assist menting on this matter, points out that:

As regarded communism, and especially in the formulation of a policy which will the revision of the Chinese finances is China's relations with Soviet Russia, the make possible "the liquidation of the being taken in hand, and that Marconi Minister stated that China had no official Government fleet and the taking over by bonds will be secured on the 2 per cent relations with that country. A repre private interests such routes as show increased maritime customs revenue, to sentative of Russia had visited China, as prospects of becoming self-sustaining." be arranged at a special tariff conference it was necessary to regulate various quee- three months after ratification of the tions of interest to both neighbouring Washington Treaty. He saya it seems States. There was that holders of the stocks can only await

China, however... events, but ahdoubtedly China, with her huge population and low taxation, has ample resources to provide all her LONDON, March 25th.external debt obligations, if matters can The position created by the Washington only be administered by an international Naval Treaty is still in some doubt. committee, similarly to the administration

MILBOURNE, March 95th. It is reported that as result of a meeting of the Defines Council, the Admiralty will be asked to agree to the înterchange of vessels belonging to the Australian and Imperial Mediterranean, med "Atinatic foota

EARLIER CABLES.

WASHINGTON NAVAL PACT.

SUGGESTED REVISION OF NAVAL STRENGTH.

of the customs revenues.

8.8

"GLENBEG" AGROUND. LOCAL SHIPPERS NOT AFFECTED COPENHAGEN, March 25th.

no communism in

SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO CHINA.

GROWTH OF DOPE IMPORTS.

The many and ingenious methods em According to a Washington message,

ployed by smugglers to introduce drugs some American naval experts consider

a statement by that the relative naval strength of Great

into, China are shown Mr. Basil Mathews that is published by Britain, the United States and Japan

the League of Nations Union. During should be in the ratio of 6, 6, 4, instead

The British steamer Glenbeg, proceed-1919 tough morphine was muggled into of 5, 6, 3, as originally agreed, and if so the United States must modernise their 1g Front Dairen and London with a Chian, he states, to give at least thres cargo of soya beans, is aground near hypodermic injections to every man, capital ships so as to restore the approxi-Eprsor. A salvago steamer is in attend-woman and child of China's 400,000,000 mato standing to which they are entitled. anco and the Glenbeg is being lightened This estimate, however, is based on in She is leaking slightly in the port bilge. Complete information, and possibly the The weather is favourabla Slate Department will request the sub- wcribing Powers to furnish details of their present and future naval programmes

understood that a decision in the It is

is awaiting submission to the President, with whom rests the question of what should be done with the $1,500,000] appropriated by Congress to modernise the American warships.

population, Dr. Wu Lisa teh, director of the North Manchurian Plagne Preven tion Service, the greatest authority es the drug trafic in China, estimates the amount smuggled at about 28 tons in the

(The local agents of the Glen Line, Messrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co., state that the Glenbeg had finished the dis year above mentioned, 1919. Crude charge of her London cargo and was proceding to Copenhagen to deliver other The stranding, we are informed, cargo. in no way affects local shippers].

[BY COURTESY OF THE “DAILY BULLETIN

THE ANTI JAPANESE BOYCOTT.

SHANGHAI, March 25th.

tion

A committed of shipping men was asked to set with the Shipping Board in Washington next week.

KORWAY TO PROHIBIT HEAVY WINES.

CHRISTIANIA, March 19th. The Odelsthing (Lower House of Parlia ment) to-day voted 59 to 53, to adopt Bill prohibiting the sale of heavy wines in Norway.

STEEL MINE CORPORATION S

ZÁRNING.

NEW YORK, March 20th: The annual report of the United States Steel Corporation, shown a marked improvement in new business and output during the latter half of last year. The increase in total earnings over 1971 amounts to 29,097,638.

MÄRCH WEATHER IN AMERICA. CHICAGO, March 19th. The thermometer registered four degree below zero this morning. This is the coldest Maroh day in fifty-two years.

BIEMINGTON, Ala, March 18th. Snow begam falling hero today. The temperature was twenty-six degrees above was still going mero (Farenheit) and down this morning.

AIR MAIL RECORD.

EVEMENTS OF AUSTRALIAN

SERVICE

MANILA AS AN OUTPOST

"FOR TRADE

FREE TRADING ZONE WANTED

A step of immense significance at the

·American present moment, says

The aerial mail service between Garald- ton and Derby (1,198 miles), Western Australia, was inaugurated in November, 1911. Up to January, 1023, the pilots had travelled 120,000 miles. The aeroplanen carry mails and passengers, the service

the barrica being official report, would be a movement to a weekly one t

Since the inception of the service no injury ward the development of Mans has been received by staff or passengers entrepét for. American trade Passenger traffic is increasing, and the far-Orient. Every great commercial

ing capacity of the planes is taxed to the

EARTH

the service the of

have been.

atmost by the quantities of pacels and mail except the United Sta mattor carried. Serious relieved by prompt arrival of medical and stops to develop ma or more ommercial

Dhile

and patients bases near the great markets of surgical been carried have been Brat your

efficiency business has been During the Orient, Great Britain har He

of the Shigupare; France has Baigon servico was 97 per cent, while in the last

has encouraged the development

Holland four months it reached 100 per cent. From Foove letters have been received. Roeburn Carnarvon, and Derby equally as a trans-shipping point, a

operates conveniently from Batavia and appreciative

The chairman of the Derby Road Board Souribaya. The ability of considers that the inauguration of the

free from service and its continuance forms one of merchants to carry stocks under a ataõli the finest acts of the Federal Government goid currency,

Airways,

fluctuations at mich point Department to Australian The subsidy given by the Commonwealth

first con- and avoiding the Japanese mited, is £23,000 a year: tract expired on December 4th. It was

established between activities in China, French service haa boen reneirod for twelve months. An excellent greater welling. Fordo Charleville and Cloncurry, Queensland, and before long there will be an aerial mail Sam, Malaya, India, and the and passenger service linking up Adelaide landa East Indies. With a and Brisbane.

established at Manila to make fres moviment of goods from «11- the world, the development of service under the American flag would Prompt deliveries undoubtedly follow. from stork could then be made.

UNDERGRADUATE AT SIXTY. Mr. Harry Paintin, at the age of sixty odd, is an Oxford undergradute at lust He has waited more than forty years to gratify the ambition that brought him to

Is youth

from Burford the city of Oxford s Grammar School

not

FOR SUR CHILDREN.

opium from Turkey and Persia is made up in Britain, Japan and America at morphine crystals for injection In North China foreign agents are actually giving Away hypodermio syringes, toge ther with a dose doses of the drug,

They have not been idle years. The GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL in order to create the craving.

necessity of earning a living deprived him The finano al interests involved are

of cap and gown and made him a business DES MOINES, Iowa, March 19th.

man, "bat dia rob him of his eagerness

Mention has recently been made of the Meanwhile nicssages from Paris report

At a meeting held at the Chinese the greatest obstacle to the reduc Mr. dopatraffo,

The lowest temperature of the winter, for learning. He has become a famous- - this

antiquary

Many of the dons are his fact that Her Royal Highness The Prin that while there is no question of France's

General Chamber of Commerce, at which

Matthews says: "The whole picture is ten degrees below soro, prevailed here, and the welcome his decison to cess Mary was trained as a nurse. during failing to ratify the Washington treaty,"

over 1,000 wore preamt, a resolution was worthy of a Holbein's brush or the acid to-day. Train service is being restored enter the university as a non-collegiate years

freshman. well-informed French opinion solidly

men of my age are backs the suggestion of M. Guervier, the passed asking the foroiga Powers to give pen of A Heine or a Swift. Again after the blizzard.

rest aid Mr. Paintin. "I wish to Chisa all moral support, and in the "The civilised peoples of the name of justice asking the Japanese Britain and America, with Japan, have Texas are alarmed at the low tempera dinald incorporate in the Bill ratifying people to urge their Government to nooode enriched themselves by many millions of turps prevailing bere, fearing a destrue pounds through the moral and physical tims of crops The temperature was to the Chinese request. the treaty portal reservations, notably an

eighteen "degrees above zero this morning Two resolutions were rejected, on corruption of millions of the Chinese, with

OMAHA, Neb., March 19th article stating that the treaty shall expire,

the tragic yet natural retribution that calling for a strike on the day of the the populations of Britain, Westora das far as Fration is concerned in 1938.

Reporter of the foreign affairs committed of the Chamber, that the Government

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. RESOLUTION REGARDING FOREIGN

world,

Tris, Texas, March 19th.

long

ta

Paid

CHA Great Ormond Street, London, may be stated her favourite task with infinite tenderness and care: That Fruit and vegetable growers of East an opportunity for which I have was to bath the babies a work sho

her interest in the Hospital did not cease with her period of triming the Governors have constant and delightful proof The Princess Patroners of the Ladies Asso- cistion of the Hospital, of which Associa tion the Chairman is Lady Hope and Her Royal Highness is always eager to ren

A milk famine prevailed to-day follow-

Mr. Faintin is familiar gure in Oxford. At present bo is interesting him self in the disposal of the valuable collec tion of mannscripts left by, Henry Taunt, some of which Oxford intends to acquiro,

every posible per la PI SENTRIES

Like many other

causes this

expiration of the deum of Port Arthur Europe, and the North American

themselves ing the blizzard owing to a tie-up of the THE GENTLEMEN PAOT ABEO Hospitals Whole President is ERE. The

menaced by the same drug.

and Dalny, March 28th, and the other Contiomut are now finding themselves railroads and blocking of the highways by snow drifte. Conl dealers are cou- urging the Poking Government to addros an ultimatum to Tokyo and to prepare "Not only in China and Japan, but fronted with the worst delivery situation in the West, young men and women, uf in years. The coal yards are snow hound for war.

brilliant promise are in the grip of the and many delivery trucks are stuck in

big snow drifts.

Boycott meÅSETOS

to

WOMEN PASSED.

GEARVA, March 25th.

discussed woro The League of Nations committee on the

great length, and it was decided to refuse presion of the whit's slave traffic has to buy from Japanese or soll passed a resolution hoping that pending Japanese, to appeal to landlords not to mbolition off the system of official regula rent houses to the Japanese, newspapers not to insert Japanese advertisements, Kion, the employment of foreign women in not to export rim to Japan, and to refuse licensed hours should be forbidden, also to accept Japanese bank notes or orders. Five thousand people are participating ecommending the countries in which in today's parades, and over 100 local official regulation is practised to report organisations will be represented. en working and results of the system, and that women should be employed to super-

prostitutionë,

OBITUARY

Da, March 25th. The death chan-occurred of Bmator Bamud D. Nicholson,

TOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY

Perino, March 25th.

No snow sor has yet been found for the Minister of Foreign Affairs."

BANKS VAUTIONED IN HANDLING TOBEIGH LOANS.

Wales, suffered during the war and GATION BY SEKÁZOR

since by the fact that the gifts of the kindly rch 20th

ihearted people were diverted into channels. SACRAMENTO Calif

for the benefit of Service and ex-Service Governors United States Senator Jamuel Short-men and their dependants and ita C ridgo addressing the joint session of this are now faced with a debt of some $24,000

and an argant need

an additional income Legislature to-day, ald

£15,000 year, in order to maintain its Worki The Hospital was founded and is thus the aidest." of the children in the We United & voluntary Hospitals for

ohildren years of

do away once and for all with the so

led gentlemen'a agréancest Japanese may come into this

undera are told there is a shortage of labour but treated by itá medical, surgical and agrain

Lover have bas

the inpatients dients

I am against letting down the hars so staff and last your t the nation may be overrus

CIRCULAR - BY STATE DEPARTMENT.

WASHINGTON, March 20th The State Department to-day published desirable type.!!

Tom mile the attendance of

excoeded

totalled 109,000 Students of all ration alties atbond its medical school and nurses

are sent all

trained in the of its over

a circular distributed among banks and PRESIDENT HARDING'S RENOMINUS world and thus. financial houses a year ago, cantioning

Dr. C. T. Wang has declined the offer, but it is understood that Chang Ying han has been invited to fill the TACOLICY, them in regard to handling foreign loans, Meanwhile, the Government has granted Financial institutions are warned not to Iluang Fu, a few days' leave in the hope state or imply that loans are contingent of finding a saCORREOF,

ATION ASSURED;

Attorney-Gonors Daugherty

PRESIDENT ENTERTATTS

MR. STEVENS..

"Pezizo, "March 25th.

on an expression from the state departs today on his rocent auno

that President Barding would be a cad Fresident Li Yust-burg, taky, It is reported that Dr. 0. T. Wang ment. It is said the publication dates in 1924, dedared that his entertained to luncheon Mr. Stevens was offered the post of

upta of Biso prompted by the recent proposed German representatare of the American Banks in

Russian Affairs the Consortium

(Continued at foot of nest miumn: 3.00 Degutisting

of bond flotation, "

questions

(Continued at foot of next column.)

gun without a contest, WAS

suld be believed the

mand the Presdient's re-election

and practice are advantage of

of both

dated to the

and poor,

Job scription are urgently needed and may be. sent to the Chairman, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Wemyss Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street,

London,

W.0.1., also

The will of Mis, Margaret G. Humble de | Crafter better known as Miss Margarsu

Cooper, has been proved at 25,033.