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LONDON, April goth.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1993.

THE

FAR

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.

DISCUSSION IN DUTCH · FIRST CHAMBER.

THE HAGUE. April guth.

In the First Chamber dibate on the

foreign estimates the anti-revolutionary leader Herr Anemu requested the Foreign Minister to try and secure the co-operation of the smaller Powers, especially Scandina

The conference of the miners' expen-via and Switzerland, with a view to tire and the mine owners. held in London

has fail to produce an agreement,

The mine owners rejected the demand for a reson of the national agreement in order to provide a higher minimum wage, and the miners declined to agree to a reversion to an right-hour day,

PARIS MIDINETTES RESUME

་་

WORK,

FARIS, April 9th. All but the extremists among the mid-

mettei bave, resumed work.

encouraging the idea of international justice. He expressed the opinion that the Teague of Nations had no prestige or authority of deal with great international

problems.

POLICY OF INDEPENDENCE DOES NOT IMPLY ISOLATION.

Lospos, April 26th. In replying during the debate the Foreign Minister said his policy of “in-l dependence did not imply the isolation of The Netherlands. Ever since the War The Netherinads had been co-operating with Scandinavins and other countries, but they could not afford to limit their liberty, As regards the tasks confront The Daily News lobby, correspondenting the League of Nations he associated

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

ANGLO-RUSSIAN TRADE AGREE- MENT MAY BE CANCELLED.

LONDON, April seth.

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

(TUROUGH - BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

MESSES. REISS BROS. IN

LIQUIDATION. “

PETITION FOR COMPULSORY

WINDING-UP.

[BY COURTESY OF DAILY SULLETIN."'] MAYOR OF TOKYO'S RESIGNATION. SPECULATION AS TO THE REASON,

THE POLICE TORTURE CASE AT SHANGHAI.

THE NINGPO GUILD'S ACTIVITIES.

The following is extracted from the Toxyo, April 26th, report of the proceedings of this case in Viscount Goto's resignation, which is H.M. Supreme Court on April 21st:- the topic of the hour, forms the ground-

Mr. Reader Harris (who was appeat work for broad speculation from Vising for the accused British police officers count Goto as a uprcial Envoy to negotia barrister-at-law) a document, dealing handed to witness (Mr. Alexander Ting, Messrs. Reisa Bros. Limited, of Man-ate with Soviet Russia to Viscomat Goto with the demand for the abolition of

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LONDON, April 27th.

chester, trading with China principally in cotton gonds, have announced that the Official Receiver has been appointed liquidator pending the hearing of a petition for compulsory winding-up.

as Premier.

·Viscount Guto himself asserts that the

reason for his resignation is that he had simply reached the psychological point where resignation was the wisest course, and that he desires a period of mat.

Meanwhile, the newspapers are insis

TRAIN SMASIT IN JAPAN:

TRAGEDY ON JOURNEY TO ISE"

SHRINE.

*

Amrious dimater overtook passengers Com the railway from Osuks to Ise, recently, when a train was derailed and six carriages piled up on the enginn Fourteen people were killed, 50 were seriously injured, and

alightly injured.

ordinary cars and had about 700 prs- The train consisted of 8 bugio cars ant extraterritoriality.

sengers on board when it left Minatomachi' After inspecting the document, rtation at Osaka, the number being in Ting said he had never seen it before, creused at Tennoji, Nara and Kameyama. afternoon. He bad not seen a notice in Nearly all of the passengers, says the and only heard of it on the previous the Chinese Press withdrawing the docu- Japan Chronicle, were going to the Ise Grand Shrige. The scene of the accident

iment.

The position is attributed entirely to tent that the Government is now inclined any political bearing or not, I do not who station on a down grade. There is a

Chinese markets at the time of the slump.

1020quest that Japan should open negotiaticas

His Lordship: I do not know what bearing it has on the case, whether it has about a mile and a half from Shimono. the fall in the value of goods lying into yield to Viscount Goto's insistent re-think it can alter the facts of the case.

zharp curve hore and a steep bank hides she line ahead. The train was running al the speed of more than 30 miles an hour when the engine suddenly dived its head into the sleepers and ballast, and six cars piled up in a heap with a tremendous

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SIBERIAN MAIL ROUTE. LONDON ARRANGEMENTS

"Losnox," "Aprili 27th.

the Russian Fest Office now accepts The Postmaster-General announces that

letters and post carda destined for the Far East, except Japan, for transmission

with M. Joffe, the Soviet Envoy, who is raported to be willing to negotiate far the retention of Northern Saghalien by Japan in return for the recognition of diplomatic status, and also as compensa. tion for the massacre of Japanese nationals at Nikolaievsk.

NEW POLITICAL PARTY,'

LATER. The organisation of a new political

says that tha Government is considering himself rather with the viewpoint of Me by the Siberian railway. Mails will be des parte composed of the most prominent

4 proposal to cancel the Anglo-Russian trade agreement, as a result of protesis by ministerialists against the religious

perwention, in Russia.

THE COCAINE HABIT.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT APPOINTS

The

MEDICAL COMMITTEE.

Government

Lospas. April guth.

has appointed medical contmitt to investigate possible substitutes for crecins for therapeutic purposes, which will avoid the risk of patients becoining dicted to drugs.

INTERNATIONAL. COURT.

SENATOR ROOT FAVOURS U.S. PARTICIPATION.

WASHINGTON, April 26th. Mr. Elihu. Root, endorsed. President Harding's plea for participation by the United States in the permanent. Court of International Justice.

EARLIER CABLES.

LINER'S MISSING BOATS. EFFORTS BEING MADE TO LOCATE.] THEM.

Care Tows, April 28th. The 1.6."Fort Fictor is abandoning the search for the Massomedes boats and is proceeding to Cape Town. The British gunboat Dwarf has proceeded to the vicinity of Capt Frio, and it is hoped she may possibly pick up some of the boats. Care Town, April 26th.

The Woermann liner. Muasca has been instructed to steam along the coast from Lounds and thoroughly search for the mising boats.. The Union Government has requested the police in South-West Africa, if feasible, to send an expedition to the uninhabited const, as the boats may possibly put in to Greatfish Bay or Port Alexander neither of which can be corn- municated with telegraphically.

WEAK NORWEGIAN BANK

TO BE PLACED UNDER GOVERN-

MENT CONTROL"

The

Balfour than Lord Robert Creil.

patched from London on Saturdays and should reach Pvking in about twenty-two CROWN COLONY ADVERTISE-days, and Shanghai in about 21 or 24

daya with

prospect of further acerleration if the service is satisfactory.

MENTS.

MATTER IN HANDS OF GOVERNORS.

LONDON, April 26th:

KOLTCHAK'S ARMY

NO FURTHER RELIEF FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. F. C. Linfield, the Hoa, W. G. A.

LowDos, April 20th. Ormaby-Gore said: general instructions | were nas given governing the distribution relative to the relief of remnants of Questioned in the House of Commons of official advertisements to newspapers Koltchak's army scattered in North Man the Crown Celonies. The Secretary of chuía, Mr. McNeil said that while the State would saturally lears such a subject Government sympathise with the plight' to the discretion of the Gayernur in each of the political refugees they cannot

He was

unaware of the reported undertake any fresh financial burden. action of the Government of Ceylon in His Majesty's Consul at Harbin, how- differentiating between newspapers

ap-over, would be authorised to lend his proving and criticising its policy,

good offices for the purpose of securing the return home of a portion of the refugees.

SUGAR AND TEA.

NO PRICE BESTRICTION · AT

HOME.

LONDON, April 26th,

CHINESE MINISTERIAL

RESIGNATIONS.

TO PAY.

industrialists, headed by Mr. Sanji Muto, the president of an immense in. dustry and the lending cotton operator. in the Far East, is regarded by well- informed onlookers as very significant, and, is possibly closely connected with Viscount Goto's resignation and the re- surrection of the Russian recognition question, and especially because of new developments that may occur within twelve months of the general election.

At present it is difficult to analyse the Premier, who is recuperating at the hot situation owing to the absence of the

the Cabinet being absent during the Formosan visit of the Prince Regent.

springs, and a number of members of

Mr. Reader Harris: You know D thing about this document

Witness: No

His Lordship: And I know nothing about it. It has not been translated for nay: benefit.

Mr. Reador Harris: Have you seen this notice printed in the Sinanpao It is issued by the Ningpo Fellow Pro 'rinciala' Guild.

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running to and fro, tending the wounded. Physicians, nurses, and others worn son Straw was spread on the ground, and a dozen angled bodies were laid on it. I Limba were scattered hero and there,

Witness (Kooking at the paper) : have not seen it before, It is a noties - Muny passengers who had escaped were asking people not to be stupid.

Mr. Reader Harris: Will you tran- slate it?

Witness did so as follows:-

also touding the injured. Later an ambul- ance train" arrived from the direction of Tan and carried away the wounded and . the dead.

A CROWD AND A MISTAKE Ningpo Provincial Association of Shanghai: We have recently beard the accident cocurred workers were repair- At tim section of the Sanga Ling whore several accounts of the Loh Te Whang the rails. It was prescribed that the case. There have been circulars issued. Work should be done immediately after the etc. Now Lob Tee Wha has come out passing of an express or other important of hospital and counsel have been train and the superintendent was to in.. engage in the case. The procedure form the masters of the nearest two adopted should be proper, and before stations when the line could not be used. the ease is dealt with, we request all people to wait silently for the result and never follow the practice of issu- ing circulars,"

Mr Reader Harris: Is the Ningpo ense. Guild paying for the prosecution in this

nothing to do with it when the Mixed Witness: That I do not know. I had Court proceedings were over.

not

Mr. Reader Harris: You · do know who is paying for the proseca tion?

DR. C. T WANG.

PEKING, April 26th. Dr. C. T. Wang arrived at Harbin on the 24th inst. in connection with the in-bet vestigations for the coming conference.

STORY OF FATHER'S SUICIDE.

"GIEL ADOPTED BY CELEBRATED

NOVELIST.

In the House of Commons, replying to FOLLOW GOVERNMENTS INABILITY questions, Viscount Wolmer said that legislation to restrict dealing in sugar futures was not contemplated. It could At the last meeting of the Cabinet, the not check transactions in foreign countries. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs inform-home on

PEKING, April 28th.

A London wire of April 5th says A remarkable story was told at the in- quest at Hammersmith on Alfred Sandells who was found dead of gas poisoning in his Baines, an engineer's agent of Notting Hill,

The Crown Advocate: Why should

train which had started from Osaka for Ise at 8 a.. was so crowded that the couplings snapped between two carriages. on the run between Ukawara and Shima- Consequently the tmin gahara stations.

was delayed two hours. When at ength it passed the section between Sh monosho

for an express. Immediately after it had and Ishinden, the superintendent of the repair works, Nara Fusakichi, mistook it

passed he ordered the removal of the rnil. Before he had reported this to the nearest stations, the ill-failed train rushed down to disaster.

As the track was single, the traffic was interrupted, the passengers walking the either side. The young men at the nearest damaged section, while trains waited on

villages helped the passengers to carry

Mr. Reader Harris: Do you or do you not know?

Witness: I know. "the_Ningpo Asso-their luggage. ciation pay the money. They must.

Mr. Reader Harris: Are they paying? Witness: I should say they must. I imagine they must do so.

Mr. Bender Harris: You imagine they are?

Witters: Yes.

Aaked whether he would be able to stated the Premier that he desired to resign, while Toesday. A. verdict of suicide somebody found the money for the pro-

that similar speculation was not threaten ed in tes, he replied that the course of tea prices mainly depended on labour and weather conditions in India and Ceylon,

BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT.

A MUCH BRIGHTER

OUTLOOK.

LONDON, April seth.

to co

mind was returned.

BUGGESTION OF EXAGGERATION.. His Lordship: I do not doubt that secution in the lower Court. In this Court no money has to be found because it is in the hands of the Crown Advo cate. I have no doubt a man like that He had coolie with 50 cents and a few coppers could not afford to engage & foreign lawyer:

Mr. Reader Harris: I wish to take it further and to show that the Ninggo Guild is behind this.

His Lordship: Are you going to sug gest it is improper of them?

Mr. Rendar Harris: No, not at all. only want to connect it up with this circular,

EMPIRE · POLICY.

THE VOICE OF THE DOMINIONS.

Sir George Fulier, Premier of New South Wales, was the principal guest at a luncheori given by the Empire Parliamentary Associa.... tion, st the House of Commons, on March 20th.

matters,

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Sir George Fuller sail he believed some good was resulting from the war. It had Mrs. Baines gave evidence that her

taught them to think Imperially. They were wing to the Government's inability to husband suffered from insomnia and was

taking a wider view in relation to Imperial pay the salaries of members of the gorria er 17, being tal vanger danghter

effect upon the wore considering their

Empire The

u whole. Legations and Consulates abroad. The Sheila, aged 17, taken away.

time had no financial difficulties and was of sober

thought that the Overseas Dominions were

gone when it Premier arged him to remain, and the habits Cabinet decided to raise $200,000 to for-with Mr. and Mrs W. J. Locke, the well- Sheila wont to Cannes in April, 1921,

a source of weakness to the Empire. Their response to the call when GBritain was in ward to Europe. This, however, will known novelist and his wife, for a short

danger, and when the freedom and civiliza- pay one month's salaries out of eleven holiday." Mr. Locko subsequently wrote

tion of the world were threatener, and re- mouths arrears.

to saying that no opportunity had arisen

moved any

He idea of that kind.

He had

seen that the Imperial Government was calling send Sheila back, and that he had arranged The Minister of Education resigned on for her education at Cannea He also sug

two important conferences-oro of the Pre-. Barlow, explaining the estimates for the end professors in

In the House of Commons, Sir Caccount. of lack of pay for the teachersgested that the best solation would be

micra from the Overseas Dominions to con- the Government'a Ministry of Labour, pointed out that the schools and colleges.

her to the care of the

sider policy as far as the Empire was con but nothing was further from his

cerned, and another of financial, commercial, than to alienate her from hor par

of work experts, for the unemployed had fallen to one

enta, and he was certain that such a thing sort. Dors the circular in any way affect position of affairs in regard to Great Britain

His Lordship: That is fishing of some and other

ont a policy that would uncet the quarter millions, the lowest figure since

would not come to pass.

Mr. Baines replied that he and his wife

the rights and wrongs of this casa I the Dominions, I t was not for him as a the high post in June 1981, when to

did not intend to give. Sheila ap, and in cauf un

cannot understand what the circular is State Premier to

to speak

definitely on that figure was two millions. There had been

tended to put an end to the unhappy

subject. That was n question more for Bir a reduction of forty-Live thousand during

position by having her returned to her Mr. Reader Harris: This document Joseph

represented the the past fortnight.

parenti

exaggerates what was supposed to heat Common Cook who bly repre

regard to Mr. Locke replied in May, 1921, saying happened to the complainant, and is Federal matters.

But, if he might that Mr. Baines did not take into account CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.

оріпов, he pertorial ends up by running down the foreign press the feelings and viewpoint of the party most police and demanding the Ebolition of say that the time had come when there

should be interested, namely, Sheila barwolf. Sheila, extraterritoriality. That is one reason Imperial Council of the Overseas Dominions RELIES

better representation on the FOR UNEMPLOYED

the same day, wrote to her parents, saying HOLLANDERS.

Mr. Bonar Law stay with Auntie and Uncle." It was not alleged that foreigners beat him, and than that she did not care for her parents as the expenses. much as before, but she felt that her real home had always been with the Lockes, and she would not leave them now.

and a

It is understood that the President has declined to accept the resignations, and the Cabinet has decided to borrow $100,000 with which, they intend to pay suarios.

The Cabinet hopes to borrow fands from the Busso-Asiat ́e Bank.

CHINESE GUNBOAT FIRES AT

'SHANGHAI LAUNCH

AMSTERDAM, April 20th.

SHANGHAI, April 27th. The Premier states that the Government The Chinese gunboat Yang Chih, lying is considering the emigration of unemploy off the Arsenal, on Wednesday, fired on cd to Canada. A hundred men are a launch belonging to the Shanghai Dook leaving shortly; and the Government is and Engineering Company. granting thirty thousand guilders to the Dutch Emigration League.

CHRISTIANIA, April 20th Norwegian "Foreinosbanken," Anderea's and Bergon's Kredit Bank, has decided to place its-affairs under the publio administration in accordance with the new law dealing with State support for weak banks. No loss will be sustained RETURNED EMIGRANTS, COMMIT

by depositors or creditors. The capital of

the bank will be written down from 28 to

30 million kroner. Development is expected

SIKH MURDERERS.

OUTRAGES.

SLA, April 20th, Murdere committed in certain Punjab

to take some time, and will have no serious districte by Sikhs are believed to be the

sequences on Norwegian trade or commerce,

The Centralbanken for Norge has also been placed under the public administra. tion at its own request. £

THE ROYAL BRIDE.

PERFORMS A GRACEFUL ACT,

LONDON, April 20th. The Duchess of York did not carry her bridal bouquet to the altar, but enroute thither deposited it on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior in the nave of the Abboy.

LONDON, April geth.

work of the called Babar Akalis, numbering about two hundred, composed of returned emigrants of Komagata Maru fame."

U.S. NAVAL PROGRAMME.

WASHINGTON, April 20th. Mr. Denby states that the appropriation for erecting guze on American warships will not be used. Ho intimated his inton. tion to present a now naval programme at the next mosting of Congress INCREASED N.D,L. CAPITAL

BERLIN, April 28th. At the meeting of the Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremer un May 18th an increase of

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would

that she had definitely made up her mind to why this man changed his story and than there was to that there was no

pointed out December

in that is why the Ningpo Guild are paying machinery.nld be properly repræanted: by which the Overseas Dominions

Mr. Baines' widow, replying to questions, said that the Lockes had no children, andi that Mr. Locke had nursed Sheila for four The Launch was later, seized, but was months in 1910, when she was seriously ill, returned after a few hours. The Comwhile from the beginning of: to the burst with me beginning of 1910, af enli boug pany has lodged a British Consul-General.

under the care of the Lockes, although the came home at intervala. The Lockes trea

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CONSULATE AT

· VLADIVOSTOCK

TO BE CLOSED OWING TO SOVIET'S ATTITUDE

WASHINGTON, April 26th,

ted Sheila most generously. Sheila had re cently changed her name from Baines to Locke by deed poll..

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GOODWILL AND ADVERTISING.

His Lordship: This witness is not a member of the Ningpo Guild and all he says is; he imagines they are behind the

case.

on the Imperial Council as they were entitled to be. The work of the Imperial Council should not be directed from the of view of defensive action in time point Mr. Razder Harris: That is all If war, but as far as possible those who

Old Land and represented the

the want.

Dominions should devote their thoughts and The Crown Advocate: Behind the activities towards a constructive policy for case in the lower Court,

the development of the Empire in times of pence. If that were dans properly, they days of peace, ready, in a period of peril, would have men, who had made good in to answer to the Empire's call and stand by the Bag (Cheers.)

Mr. Chang Yuan Chi, who formerly employed the complainant as assistant chauffeur, said he put the case in the hands of Mr. Ting as the result of Loh's visit to his house on the afternoon of February 5th. Following proceedings in the Mixed Court, witness took him to be examined by Dr. Cox and arranged one produced. It was not printed at thỏ afterwards for his removal to St. Luke's Commercial Press. Witnese went on to

say that Lob was in such an awful state"

Speaking on "Goodwill" at a meeting The American Consulate at Vladivo of merchants and manufacturers, held at Hospital. stock, through which the United States the Clothing, Outfitting, and Woollen Trades

In answer to Mr. Reader Harris, at the Mixed Court that he had to be bлs maintained representation with Exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall, last witness said he was not a member of the assisted. Witness thought he was in a Russia bas been closed in consequence mouth, Sir Charles Higham aid that Ningpo Guild because he was not a really dangerous condition, but would of the anticipated cancellation of the there wore hundreds of retailers who lost & Ningpo man, but he had written to the not say he believed he was sure to die. Consul's exequatur by the Soviet, but the great deal of the goodwill that they could guild on the subject--a long letter stating He preferred to keep Loh waiting for Consul may be permitted to stay if the gain in their business, because they did all the particulars. He did not know four or five beure in order to see Dr Soviet reconsider their action.

abt realise the goodwill which attached

AUSTRALIA'S EASTERN ́TRADE.

PROPOSAL TO SUBSIDISE SHIPS.

Chinese Press. Į

Mr. Reador. Harria:

was well known to him. There was no

to a good product under a good name, and that this latter had been published in the Cox, brosuse he trusted Dr. Cox, who which had been well advertised in the

Have a look at other doctor to whom he would be will daily Prom There were dealers still so

ing to take him. Witness was one of Dr. foolish that they would not stock trade this newspaper. Does it not give a Copy Cox's patients and had known him marked goods, or goods which were of your letter-There are discrepancies. long time. advertised. They thought they were help. There are allegations in this which are ing the advertiser, Newspaper advertising different from mine, created the greatest part of the goodwill

His Lordship Did you put it in the

Mezovina, April 26th. Replying to a deputation of business men, the Minister of Customs said the in any business, where the product was a paper L—No. › Government was prepared to subsidia good one and was properly advertiser. ships for the purpose of developing tradd There wer many newspapers which with Eastern parts like Bombay, Madras, goodwill to the firm who used their columas, Calcutta and Bhanghai if it could bout the onfidence of the reader in a given ficiently encouraging.

fidence to the goods advertised in its

Mr. Chang's chauffeur gave evidence that after leaving the Mixed Court Loh eat in the car for four hours. He was in dangerous condition and witness. thought he might die

In answer to further questions by Mr. Render Harris, witness said he did not In answer to Mr. Reader. Harris, know that a circular was issued by witpes said Lob appeared to be very never heard of one, and had not seen the brightness

At this point the hearing was ad (Uontinued at foot of next column.) journed.

H. M. the King has bestowed on the the capital from six hundred million to shown that the trade prospects were suf. newspaper was so great that it gave members of the Ningpo Guild, and had exhausted, he had lost his glossinea-bis

Duchess of York the dignity of Princes. then and million 'marka will be proposed.

columns,

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