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THE HONGKONG DAILY FRES8, MONDAY, APRIL

THE FRENCH IN THE RÜHR UNITED KINGDOM REVENUE.

THREATENED EXPULSION OF HALF A MILLION

RAILWAYMEN.

SOVIET AND THE

ARCHBISHOPS.

ONE CONDEMNED TO DEATH.

BULGARIA AND THE GREAT WAR.. GENERALS AND MINISTERS SENTENCED.

• LATEST CABLES, [XAROUCK BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE RUHR. FLENCH, OCCUPY KRUPPS AUTOMOBILE WORKS.

BERLIN, March 30th. Advice from Esson state that when the French occupied the automobile section of Kruppa, the workmen struck; and asser

ied in a crowd outside the building. The French mounted machine-guns, and whon about to withdraw suddenly fired, apparently considering the attitude of the men' threatening. They killed one and wounded several. The crowd then attack od and thrashed the occupants of a motor-car, who were removed by the are French The Kruppe steelworks oleal as a sign of mourning, and a protest

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The French have occupied the premises of the Benz Motor Company at Maan-

LATEST CABLES, BUDGET SURPLUS OF £101,500,000 ZAGHLUL PASHA. TO VISIT

LONDON, March 31st.

The revenue of the United Kingdom. for the your ending March 31st, 1923, amounted to £914,000,000; a decrease of £111,000,000, compared with the previous

year.

A SPA.

LONDON, March 30th. The British Government has given in- structions for the release of Zaghiul Pasba from Gibraltar for reasons of health. It is understood that Zaghiul proceeds to France

The principal increases were, motor for the purpose of taking a course of duties. £1,250,000; catate dution, £4,500,000; | waters. stamps, £3,500,000; corporations profits

1995.

FAR EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

(THROOGH IKUTER'S AGENCY.) BRITISH PORTION OF BOXER INDEMNITY.

CENTRAL EDUCATION

· COMMISSION.

SUGGESTED

LONDON, March 31st. The question of how to use the British

RAILWAY LOANS' FOR" CHINA. ATTITUDE OF THE CONSORTIUM.

LONDON, March 29th

| £ax £1,500,000; and telephones, £3,000,000" / ZAGHEUL'S RELEASE- WELCOMED portion of the Boxer Indemnity has been existing and future railways and that

IN EGYPT.

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In the House of Commons, replying to Sir Walter Do Frece, Mr. Ronald MoNell said he was not aware that the Consortium had received any request from China for loans for railway construction. The Government, and doubtless, the other Consortium Fowers also, would gladly de properly could to foilitate anything it railway construction in Chins on being satisfied that a reasonable standard of officianey would be maintained on both discussed in an article published in the they would be placed on a sand financial

fouting. The decreases wore, customs, £7,000,000;

LONDON, March 31st.

Observer, which advocates, the establish-

WHITE RUSSIANS IN SIBERIA. - QUESTION OF U-BOAT COM.

excise, £37,000,000; property income

Diplomatie oormepondents in Londonment of a central education commission, MANDER'S IDENTITY.

tax, £20,000,000; capes" profits duties,

JAPAN DENIES "ARMING THEM, at Shanghai or Peking, to administer BERLIN, March 31st.

£28,500,000; postal services, £6,000,000phasise the fact that ex-Premier Zaghlul has been allowed to take the cure

with local or

Losnos, March 30th. In consequence of the arrest of Stein- and woan interest, £4,000,000.

at Towi implies that he will be permitted the funds, in tauch

Mr. Hamsay Mhodonald has written to provincial education committees at the The total expenditure was £819,500,000,

to return to Egypt' brinck, alleged to be the commander of

surplus of Budget-

contres throughout China. Baron Hayashi saying he hopes for the sake of the good feeling between Japan the U-boat which sunk the Susste, the indicating

The British Government has not chang. the chief German,,Admirally announces that the £101,800,000...

fed its attitude that there must be good Foreignors and Chinose should sit in and the British working classes that no in a Russian moto to Japan protesting Tho Dustome yielded £123,000,000; } Seer was sunk by U., commanded by

East Siberia for the purpose of reopening thesa bedies; while the central commission against the arming of a White army in pasa the Indemnity Bel

Baron Hayashi, replying, the White army are Pusetkurhon, who was drowned when the axiao, £157,000,000; income tax, including sound conditions Egypt, whose Govern equal numbers, with equal powers, on all such steps will be taken as are indicated

trawler off the supertas, £379,000,000-being £30,0,000 ment must

would make grants to finiversities, and hostilities.

says the remnants above the estimate; but excess profity before he is allowed to return

CAIRO, March 31st. U.CU was sunk by a Lizard.

duties produced caly £2,800,000.

The dews of Zaghluta release is allocate sums to the local committees, in North Saghalien. The Ambassador Uchida, the Foreign Minister, as showing The total Boating debt on March 31st was £600,000,000, being a net decrease of welcomed with the utmost joy. All the which, within the limits laid down by the cited the recent statement of Baron nowspapers issued special editions an commission, would be free to subsidise that the Russian protoss is based on £200,000,000.

nouncing his relense. MANIFESTO BY BRITISH LABOUR MEMBERS. The Observer, in spite of the large

LONDON, March 31st. Additional interest is loat to the action surplus warns taxpayers against over optimism, soxing that it is not likely that of the Government in ordering the release the Baldwin Budget, for revònue," will

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A WARNING FROM THE

"OBSERVER."

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such schools and institutions in their ares, as they judged needed help.

DISAPPOINTING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GERMAN LOAN.

BERLIN, March 31st. The Ministry of Finance announces that the total subscriptions to the dollar Treasury Loan of two hundred millión marks," mentioned in a cable message dated March 28th, is not yet know, but half of the amount guaranteeil by the banks has been subscribed by the public. The banks must make good the margin.

The Ministry is satisfied, and says that £800,000,000, with the practical certainty Commons, mostly Labour urenbers, issued national system, and the working of each

The writer advocates the gathering of institutions established sporadically-ant those established co-ordinately--by British

the Chinese than £8-10,000,000 during the of the Egyptian Nationalist leader, Missions and her bodies, into a system

Zaghlul, in view of the fact that nearly girallei in grading to are adready coming year, while we

of a hundred members of the House of 料 face

expenditure obliged to

be more

misinformation or misunderstanding

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE. EXCITEMENT IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER.

PARD March 30th. An all-night sitting of the Chamber of Deputies produced an excited exchange when M. barnegary requested discussion regarding the Banque Industrielle de Chine.

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ben

heim. The workmen" immediately struck the Reichsbank will use the money to of another £20,000,000 for the suppia a manifesto on Thursday, urging a cow with the declared object of its ultimate lently attacked M. Briand. The latter

BERLIN, March 30th.

The latest advices from Esson state that six persons were killed in the shooting at Krupps.

BERLIN, March 31st.

support the currency on a considerably broader basis than hitberto..

It is estimated that the public bave only subscribed fifty million gold marks, which

It has now been ascertained that 11 the Press regards ne disappointing, point- were killed and 35 wounded in, the dising out that unless the mark is stabilized, resistance on the Buhr cannot be main turbance at Krupps

tained:

FRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE DISTURBANCES.

SOVIET DEATH SENTENCES. ONE COMMUTED TO TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT.

ESSEN, March 31st. A French account of the disturbances

Losnas, March 31st. says that a lieutenant and ten men were

Advices, from Moscow state that the execiting an order to requisition motor- car when Krupps' workmen, warned by sentence on Archbishop Cieplak has been

mentary estimates,

WORLD OF SPORT. SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION CUP FINAL

CELTIC WIN AN EXCITING CAME.

GLASGOW, March 31st.

policy in Egypt, and the release of absorbtion therein. Zagħlul, as calculated to lead to a per- manchat settlement.

BELEASE DUE TO LORD ALLENBY.

SITUATION IN FUKIEN. POSITION BECOMING MORE

CONFUSED.

PEKING, Marte 31st. CHIRO, March 31st. The Premier told the pres-men that the

The situation in Fukien bas become release of Zaghlul had been approved by Field Marshal Allenby on March 22nd, confused by reason of the uncertainty of and therefore it was not connected in the attitude of General Wang Yun Chaan anywise with the subsequently published and Admiral Liu Kwang Haiung. The manifesto of members of the House of

to the

In the Scottish Amociation Cup final, Celtic beat Hibernian by 1 to niữ. '.

The match was played in fine weather, before 60,000 spectators. It provided

latter commissioner of coastal defences stor struggle, and throughout play was Chons, but was greatly due to Field-Government is considering appointing the fast and exolting. At the interval neither Marshal Alishby himself. ·

The Premier wilded that, up

in Fukien, side had scored,

After twenty minutes play in the present, no Hecision had been reached ran out to save, but Cassidy beat him, but the Egyptian Government did not and rushing in, headed into the net. despair regarding a satisfactory result of Cellig won on their merita, as their for their representations, in the near future warts played by far the best game

M. Poincars had intervened, declared that he did not know what M Poincare had since learned, namely, that M. Barthelot received money from his brother. He stated that penal responsibility would be established, but it must be done by methods. of justice.

A ROGUE IN POLITICS.

AMAZING CAREER OF

JENNINGS.

SWINDLER AS CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT,

thefacny sirens, etoned the soldiers and computed to ten years' imprisonment, bur/second-half, the Hibernian goal-keeper regarding the deporteen at Seychelles, in-Chief of the twentytieth division of the which the following extracts are taken:-

the death sentence on Bishop Budkiewick They

has been confirmed.

decision to the fact that the carrying out of the death sentence might be construed. by Russian Catholics as a persecution of their faith.

The announcement of the confirmation of the death sentenes on Bishop Budkie wicz says that the Judge found that he had combined anti-revolutionary agitation

HOME FOOTBALLZ LEAGUE (FİRST DIVISION)..”

0 Everton

Chelsea....

0

3

LONDON, March 30th. Following are the results in the First Division matches played on. Good Friday:

Bolton W. Burnley Aston Villa

Sunderland Liverpool....... Tottenham H. 1 Preston N.E. Nottingham F... 2 Middlesbro'........ Oldham

catened them with ravolvers.

The order commating the sentence ako attempted to turn jets of steam on

passed on Archbishop Cieplak to tea 1o Frenchmen, who, as a warning, fired An the air, after which they fired on the years' solitary confinement, attributes the crowd, 6 workmen being killed and 30 wounded Subsequently, the crowd stop ped, and attacked a motor car which was Briven by a soldier, and contained two tine managers from the French devastated Broas. The car was smashed, valuables stolan, and the occupants maltreated. REPARATIONS SUGGESTIONS BY with his clerical duties.

FRENCH SOCIOLOGIST.

PARIS, March 31st. Voiding the sentiments of many French men, who believe that a definite pro- longation of French control in the Buhr area is tantamount to annexation, and therefore dangerous, the Sociologist, Georges Barnich, puldishes a

Premier Radoslavoff and five other Haddersheld T. book under the auspion of Senators De Journel and Do Menzie, explaining a new members of his cabinet wero sentenced to Stoke

imprisonment for life; General Maidenoff West Bromwich... plan for making Germany pay.

The book declares that Germany should to fifteen years; while other ministers

Ayr United..... and generals received sentences ranging Albion Clyde from ten years' to five years'. be informed immediately that France is

All those who have been convicted lose Alloa prepared to reduce her claims, and sug

Hearts gain gate that Germany, would be able to. In-their political and civic rights for life. Hamilton A....... grease the offer of reparations in kind, They are niso ordered to pay, collectively, Kilmarnock. by making deliveries to the value of war damage amounting to thirty-two 1275,000,000 within the next five years. milliards' lova

well-known

BULGARIA AND THE WAR GENERALS AND MINISTERS BE-

CEIVE HEAVY SENTENCES. » Soria, March 31st. Tao Supreme Court gave judgment in the case of Jenerals and ministers who were in office, at the time of Bulgaria's entry into the War.

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Germany could also raise a loan for the NORTH IRELAND FINANCES.

same amount this year, destined for the Allies, the receipts from the custome being assigned to the service of the loan, and controlled by the Logue of Nations FRENCH THREATEN FURTHER BIG EXPULSIONS.

GOVERNMENT SHOWS A

SURPLUS.

1 Cardiff City

2 Sheffield United...

9. Manchestor C.

6 Newestle U........

2 Aston Villa...... 0 Liverpool

1

Oldham. A.

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EARLIER CABLES.

| INDIA'S FINANCIAL CREDIT. VICEROY DEFENDS DOUBLING

OF THE SALT TAX.

DEL, March 30th.

General Yen Shih Tang, Commander Chihli army has arrived at Tungkuam, on the Shenih border. It is reported that portion of the Chikli army tre gone to Szechuan to reinforce General Yang Sen,

together with portion of the first Shenai division;

ORIENTAL (CINEMA)

ISSUE.

The story of the remarkable career of George Augustus Jennings, Liberal can- didate for North Paddington at the gene ral election. who was sentenced at the. Old Bailey last month to four years penal servitude for Erand, is told in Lon- don Evening News in an article from Bren to-day there are women in the honest ho wa afiable he really as constituanoy who have the delusion that of liberty because of some mysterions. what and that he has been roured from a life

at tha

Old called him, the Recorder

"a mere adventurer Bailey,

political plot. Bat he is exactly

He wore an eyeglass. He wore the silk the white spats of morning con arrived in the

COMPANY'S

hat

And

the

Rolls-Royca

motor-car

the blameless life. constituency in a

with a Rolls Royce manner all his own.

business.

Lord Reading has certified the Finance ENTIRELY PLACED IN AMERICA AND But he was a consummate Bill doubling the salt tax.

The Viceroy has issued a statement defending his action on the ground that it

is essential to the interests of India and the discharge of his responsibility towards

EUROPE.

NEW YORK, March 31st.

It is annourad that the issue of the

Parliament. He dwells on the necessity for Oriental Company, mentioned in a cable the rehabilitation of India's credit, and the

insistence of the Press and public on finan-mesage dated March 27th, has been quilibrium The absence of alterna-entirely placed with investors in America tivea to the increased salt tas, suggests un-

balanced budgets which would involve and Europe. dangers, for the future of India,

greater than say cousitational or izave,

while it would directly atifle

1ment in the direction of education, public

Following are the results of Saturday's First Division matches. Arsenal...... Finningham....... Blackburn IL..... Balton W. Sander and. Carif C...... Manchester Ú. Everton

1 Middlesbrough

8 Tottenham H.

I Preston NE......

3.Chelsen NATIONER.

1 Burnley geskertur

2. Nowcastle U..

• Nottingham F

4 Sheffield United... BOOTTISH LEAGUE. 2 Rangers

Partick T

3 Motherwell.... 0-Airdrieonians

Dundee Aberdeen

3 Morton.....

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NEAR EAST CONVERSA

TIONS.

LONDON, March 29th.

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health et cetera. He points out that the salt tax earlier was higher than now, and the proposed increase would have an infinite

classes, simal effect on the poorer, favourable wages and reduced food Any attack on the reforms scheme an account

with prices.

FRENCH COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL MISSION.

PAYING A VISIT TO SHANGHAI,

swindler

who had made an art of the

This "fake" Army captain who wanted to be an M.P, has been dealing in fads for twelve years. He had lots of erstgy, a keen brain and a public school education. He founded bis arts on a study of the life of one of the most famous of confirlence 1915 made the acquaintanes of Jain es Per- tricksters, Commodore Weaver, and about cival, another student of the markable criminal

same ra-

Jeaning

very

Then, in a slack season, ard up. obtained money from residents in sanitary. Galashiels posing asa inspector, and received his first sentence of 20 days hard labour.

Under the influence of Percival, Jen-

London adven ninga

into

SHANGHAI, March 31st. A French flying squadron, comprising sters who

turer, the confidence trick- and mixing unded just before the war be

the West End resorts.

of his certification could only be due to mis- the cruisers Victor Hugo and Jules service during the war was negligible, but captain, told of bad wounds he had recelyed, pprehension. He is convinced that the Micheler, carrying a commercial and when it was over he claimed rank as s

will

actually persuaded the Pensions of ultimate benefit in the political mission, has arrived at Shanghai. and

a pension. prove

him a action development of reforms and advancement of

COCAINE KRUGGLING. Indin.

AMERICA'S RHINE EXPENSES. COMMITTEES PLAN FOR

·REPAYMENT.

They were welcomed by the Consul Ministry to give General and leading members of the French Colony.

CHINA AND JAPAN.

After this Jennings obtained advertising work with a reputable firm, designed an ingenions fraud, was discovered and went to prison for 12 montha

On his release in 1991 he lived in Fowis aquaro with B B confidence man named ALLEGED ILLTREATMENT OF CHINESE Robert Fair, involved in the smug

of a good Irish family, but deeply gling of cocaine into

STUDENTS.

Tao Ma Kwan, of the recent

this. .country. death of Fair in Vienna

PARIS, March 30th. The Committee on the cost of the American army of occupation examining the American and Allied proposals for a settlement hitherto un-

of mating money. By various means Buttons y agrend to the following principles; mang moeting for the abrogation or the Zent portninge, Crab, about for some other to America with absolute priority Twenty One Demands, has telegraped to the wormed his way into the central offices of the Liberal Association in Abingdon-stroet The Italian and Japaness representatives alliart gold marks, less the malus of the Japanese Premier, Baron Kato, proth

at the Armistico. for the Near East conversations have left of a

the material handed over London for Paris. T

estimated at 30 to 40 million gold marks testing against the alleged ill-frostment ALLIED REPLY TO`TURKEY -

to be made by twelve annual of Chinese students at Tokyo, as a resalt Lounox, March 31st,

PRESENTED The North Ireland Government, în a statement of incotas and expenditure, for

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 31st.. its first complete year, shows a surplus

The Allied reply to the Turkish counter £32,042 after paying the statutory.com- tribution, approximately £8,000,000, to

British Exchequer for Imperial Proposals has been presented.

the

service,

Dusastiboar, March 31st. Half-a-million German railwaymen Bre threatened with expulsion from the ROUND THE WORLD BY joctupled territory, by na order placarded by General Degoutte, unless they resume.

AIR

ISTRE, March 31st.. The Bapt Missions, which has started an work. The strikers are still receiving payttempt to tour the world by air, includ od the aviators Picard, Gaillard and From the German Government,

Malon, with three machines. Bapt joine them af Nico.

ANOTHER LARGE HAUL OF GERMAN MONEY.

The French occupation forces at Hoochat have made another big haul of money, amounting to ten milliard marks and Hour hundred thousand francs, which was supposedly being despatched to support German resistance in the Buhr area.

NEW FLYING RECORDS.

ETAMPR, March 31st Lient, Batulier broke the world's flying rocord for 500 kilometres. His average speed per hour was 184 kilometros.

out. Carrie flow 1,000 kilometres at au average speed of 150 kilometres. This is also a record.

CARLIER CABLES. THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

FOREIGN SERVICE INCREASES

AND REDUCTIONS. --

LONDON, March 29th.:

Piments of 80 millions from Germany's

specie payments, without interest, the of the demonstration on March 20th LANSING ISHII AGREEMENT annual payments in the first four years cent of Germany's

CANCELLED. not to exceed 25 per total payments, and if such payments be below the necessary figure, the balance. is to be carried forward, but from the fifth year, America shall roceive the whole amount of the annual payments dos, irrespective of the payments by Germany.

when North Paddington wanted

along

The

was sent candidate, Free

Jendings having extracted money from the

committed became

picious of Jennings, however, when some of

has cheques were returned marked "B.D. and his borrowing of "fivers" in the

in the district me general knowledge.

became

He told, in defence, a WASHINGTON, March 30th.

The Lansing-Ishii ngroomout, whereby of the death of ho

story

and of

+

TENIN REPORTED DYING. | "pecial interests in Chins, has been committee accepted his explanation, though

refrained

Des carefultive's

United States reangaised Japan's legacy due to lim in a fow days.

eloquent was be that members of the from giving his cancelled by mutual agreement between he

name or residence. defunct

MedCaight Jennings now Beoing

towards the

George Liberals, MILITARY DIUTATORSHIP PLANNED. Washington and Tokyo,

that AMERICA'S FAVOURABLE POSITION veered

is good ground for believing There is HELSINGFORS, March 20th.

IN FAR EAST. -

2250 which he received two days before A bulletin regarding M. Lenin recorda

The cancellation of the agreement is his arrest come from a cortaintonition. Details of the Civil Servico estimates are the fact that digestive disturbance is published. The total for the foreign service causing a rise of temperaturs to 100.2.

Officially scorned by the "Weo Frees regarded as placing the diplomatic affairs organisation. is £1,231,000, being a roduction of £219,000.

STOCKHOLM, March 29th.

of the United States in a more favourable disregarded by the "LG" Liberale, who Hall of this decrease is das to s cessation of

fear East Salarica The Somaka Dagbladst has received grant to refugees in the

The Returning

marning Officer, aware of the debta and allowances have generally in raud, direurantantial story, alleged to be based on position in the Far East, than at any had how found Mr. Jennings out, he coolly and include £18,000 diplomatic and £3,000 a confidential message from Moscow to the time since the questions began to rise bood as an Independent, and polled 6,000 for goneral commilar pouts, 11,000 sterling Soviet Legation at Helingator, to the effect between the United States and Japan.

and £4,000 for Japan and Siam; but that Lenin is dying and that after his

Joanings and by staying to argue understanding, on the basis of the declined to part with the £150 Washington Nion Power Treaty,

about his own fall the refund to the Indian revenue for services death a military dictatorship will be formed The negotiations resulted in a now incurred by Jennings in the

(Coptimed on pugi 5) in China, Pergis, Arabia and Siam has been comprising Trotzky and five others. diminished by £223,000,

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