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PATRIARCH TIKHOS DECLARED A "TRAITOR,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 5TH, 1928.
THE NATIONS AIR FORCES FAR EASTERN CABLE
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REINFORCEMENTS FOR SUN YAT SEN.
SUN CHUAX FANG'S
POSITION.
PRECARIOUS
Loxpo May 3rd. In the House of Commons, following question dealing with "the relative strengths of the air flects of Britain, France, Italy and the United States. Mr. P. A. Harris asked whether the Goveres ment had considered calling a conference
PERING, May 4th. The South Fukion lore, consisting of for the limitation of air forces on the same lines as the Washington Naval Contents of General Hsu Shua Chi's efference. Sir Samuel Hoare replied "Yes. army are at Amoy.
a proposal of that kind has always been in mind."
Moscow. May ard. The Soviet Church Convocation, with one diventient, declared the Patriarch Tikhon a traitor, expelled him from the
and abolished the office
Church Patriarcl
USE OF NARCOTICS,
AMERICA'S ATTITUDE DEFINED.
Wasuiraros. May 3rd. in a speech at the Anti-Narcotic (on- Ference, My. Hughes said that the United State, at the forthcoming session of the opium advisory committee of the League of Nations at Geneva, won'd take up the position that the us of narroties, other. wise than for medicinal art scientific
-REMARKABLE TRANS- AMERICAN FLIGHT.
BRITAIN AND IRAQ.
DEFINATE STATEMENT
BALDWIX.
MR.
BY
The troops of General Ingazi, formerly belonging to General Chen Chiung Ming's army, are now obeying General Li Lich Chun, and General Tsang Chi Ping's army has been formed into a federal
THE BILL.
COST OF THE RUHR TO FRAN E
A + Now ANALYSIS.
2000 PRANCS FOR JANUARY. [On February 2nd, tha Vaneløser Guardian published a pessimistic analysis by a French expeer of the prospects of material resulta from the crepation of the Babe which had lawn written for an imprint French weekly but withheld from publication at the request of the French Government. The sano correspondent now sends it the follow
ng analysis of results so far achiereil.[
So much for the direct contribution of the We said that Germany had been deliver State to the operation. Let us now considering an average monthly quantity of that of the Fisch metal-industries, which 1,100,000 tons of coal to Prince andi Luxem aro passing through one of the severest crises burg. What value did this represent in their history.
THE METALLURGICAL CRISIS, According to the Squras of the Reparation Commission, accept by the Gorman P
mul Luxemburg in 1922 totalles the iluminità coal despatches co 13,2 11,15 tons, ai the deliveries totallel 12,375,97 to, The difference is simply to the fact that the returns of the Reparation Commission are made up some days before the end of the anth so that there are quantities despatched which are not yet delivered when the Com- mission is completing its figures.
The Reparation Coannission valued it at 13,634,800 gold marks--that is, 17,068,083 goki francs. Taking the dollar at 18.50 francs, we get a valan of 54,009,483 paper fmanes, giving, aly, the about 48 paper 6 price of a ton of coal,
tranc But this is the most arbitrary of pric to carroponis neither to the world mar pricos, ket price nor to the cost of replacement. The fact is tha, if i Freach metal in dustry had had to replace the misaing 4,100,000 1011 it would leve peril, at tha average Baglish price, 27, per ten fal, plus Us. freight, or 334 With the pound sturl. ing at 77 francs toa ui
the
vol cust
Erantes ei.f. to the French port. This gives an AYETANO valor, 13,000 franes for the 1, TOO,URALE PARs.
This price of replacement is a bag way from the Reparation Commission's gold mark figure
The differenes is $4,000,000 fenne thes, the French metal industries Im replaced tla missing indounity coal bur January hy Britial coal, it would have ex pended 10x1000 francs,
Not that it lid s
I go.
For
{From a French Corrèspondeu!) It cannot be denied that the Ruhr' open-
In calculating what France receivel from tion has failed to bring in for France the Germany on reparation account, it will be of M. Poincary, she had a right to expect despatched. 13,201,103 tons, or a monthly results which according to the declarations reasonable to take the figure for quantities
it. The French Premier had brought average of about 1.100,000 tons, in roun to ixar agnst the British Fremier his gares This includes Luxemburg's share, theory of pletive pledge?" In prodativity the occupation of the German
of which ha never exceeded 150,000 tons, mining basin has been found wanting.
Te sew how much was reerived in French
January, 1923 opinion, deceived hy the gate part of the Press, does not yet The following ar
the figures of the se how the operation has worked out, Office des Fouillera Sinistroes (Daningbil Arg, of which Sun Yat Sen has appoint-bow after, the enthustasin anid which | Calieries' Barn for Frince and Luxen-fromfary, at all events, it did not draw ed General Tsang Chi Ping Commander-as un on January unle it is lead-bus (which are added those for Belgium, tica of British coal in France for January
ing now to an economic disaster. Justin View of this joint action of the two girea A more definita statement than usualin-Chief.
AS OF the clay of the first movement of smties):- regarding the British tenure of Iraq was
troops meone mentioned that General Dost, These three forces are advancing in Chief of the General Shaft made by Mr. Baldwin in the House of enlumns to the north, while General Lie mentions that the engineers of the was opposed to the plan of military occupation, so to-day no
announerd that on account of the Iraq | Commons in reply to a question. Hr |
Coste Mission were divided in opinion as to the economie plan to be pursued,
The result is that France is now faced with a grave and complex situation of which the most elementary factors are on known to the public.
LONDON, May 3rd,
· purpose is illegal, and would ako goverment's substantial strides along cartailment of the production of "opium
| the path of independent, stable existence and ene teaves,
since the treaty was signed with Emir) Frisul last year, both parties bad now signed a protocol terminating the treaty upon Iraq's entry into the League of | Nations, or anywise not later than four yers from ratification of pence with Turkey.
A RECORD FLIGHT. "TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED MILES, IN 27 HOT RS.
Sax Disco, May 3rd.
MARSHAL FOUR.
TRIUMPHAL RECEPTION IN
POLAND.
Lich Chun is despatching forces Kiaugsi with the intention of cutting off Sua Chuan Fang's retreat. It is reported that the Tuchun of Chekinng is furnish ing arms and munitions to the federal troops,
PEKING
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITUEL When M. de Lasteyrie placed before Parliament the figures for the occupation of the Ruhr be dil not tell the whole truch, in this respect, luat the gure, which he gave CABINET RESIGNATIONS. | Were only those of the expenditure tu lư borne by the State. Deliberately or not, he omitted to give details of the loss resulting. to the country from Germany's refusal to had nadertaken to make; he omittal the loss continue the deliveries in kind which she
Wieslaulen and Gillet-Rappel agreements: resulting from the non-application of the
from the crisis sufferal by the French metal and
finally, he omitted the losses resulting industries and from the depreciation of the
Paxis, May 4th.
It is reported that Liu En Yunn (Minister of Finance) intends to resign to-day. It is also reported that Premier Chang Shop Teng discussed this morn ing with Wu Yu Lin the question as to whether the latter was willing to take up the Premiership temporarily in the event
A new world reel for a long-distanc
Wight of 2.7 miles has been establisheil by Drutenants Mae Rendy and Kelly, who arrived here from New York in 96 hours 3 minutes. The monoplane had u wing spread of 976 niches, and was driven By a 400 horse poster Liberty motor."
Both the airmen were in good physical condition' when they alighted from their trip, which
He drove through decorated was pleasant and nimost Marshal.
Aowerstrew streets, lined by cheering without incident. They steered by Compass at night time, and the machine,rowds, from the station to the Premier's
WARSAW. May ard. 3archal Foch has arrived to attend the Polish national fote. He had af Chang Shou Tseng reaigning. triumphal progress from the frontier,
over
which was then lightened of much of its fond of fuel, sorrett
the Rucky Mountains like an eagle. The "aviators exchanged places at the wheel every six-
hours.
Lieutenzata MacBrady and Kelly, had already male the best previous distance record for 2,000 miles in November 1999. when they attempted a flight from San Diego to the East Coast, but were forced to land owing to engine trouble. They now contemplate a world flight.
EARLIER CABLES,
franc.
the cost to the country of the occupation of Our purpose in this neti le is to estimate the Ruhr, omitting one of the foregoing items
BEFORE THE OCCUPATION,
England the missing coal. The statis
total of 85023 tons. This is below the monthly average of imports of British coal for 1922, which was 1,007,999 tons, excluding coke.
CONCLUSION.
fur is.
January 1st to atli
41.285 tons of coal. Rohr nebes
133,793 tons of coke. Abela-Chapelle mines... 3,000 tons of coal. French metal industry has recived no Gër What conclusion are we to draw. The Aix la Chjælte mines........ 9,410 tons of coke. man coal or coke, ser no appreciable quanti Culoguemines 16,8t tons of lignitety, since the occupim of the Ruhr. Nor
briquettes.
has it demandsl make or coal frie England in replacement of its loss. Gently, it has been compelled to damp down its blastfurnaces and reduce its manufacture to 6 por cont of the volume at January 1st. This represents a loss of earnings impossibl to determine exactly, but certainly not less than the value of the coke and coal which would have been consumed in the works. At the cost of replacement this is £33,000,000 franes.
AFTER THE OCCUPATION. January Rith to 15th. Ruhr wirtes .......................
Ni Aix-la-Chapelle mines... 1,720 tons of coal. Aix-la-Clospeile mines ....800 tons of coke. Cologuemines tons of lignite briquettes
There are no official figures for January 15th to 27th, but the Office des Houilleres Sinisteves accepts the estimate of the Ger man Commissioner that the Allies did not receive more than 7,000 tons of fuel,
coke, for example, have the French blast for
Out of these general figures, how mucli
nuts Fourneaux received and delivered the naces received? The Societé des Cokes des following quantities:-
January
1-12 1-15
13
18
J'a
10-20
45%,500
16,700 4,500 1,304
ענן.
To begin with, the expenditure which M. de Lasteryrie admitted in Parliament
Nil amounts to five million franes for the art of
This fall in the deliveries is important, for maintenance of the civilian missions, tittyit constitutes the principal element in the where he received the rank of a Polish SHANGHAI POLICE PROSECUTIONS. millions for the maintenanet of this troops, crisis through which is French metal and sixty millions for milway organisation. indestries have been passing since the This is for January and February. Thus the occupation. ment expenditure for January afone must be 55,000,000 francs,
residence,
MR.
d
ROC KEFELLER, JR., THREATENED IN ASSYRIA NEW YORK, May 3rd. An Asyrian silkworker named Murad, armed with a stiletto, has been arrested front of the residence of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, junior. whose life hi threatened.
Mr. Rockefeller injured,
Way 110-
MISSING FROM THE
* MOSSAMEDES”
SAN DIEGO. May ard. Twelve
31
8,3.
CHARGES
AGAINST
CHINESE
DETECTIVES WITHDRAWN.
SHANGHAI, May 4th. In the Mixed Court, the charges against the Chinese detectives of inflicting griev ous bodily harm on a prisoner have been withdrawn.
JAPANESE JOURNALIST DEPORTED; FROM PARIS,
PARIS, March 3rd.
A Japanese journalist, who was arrested ob a charge of obstructing the police at & Communist meeting on May Day in to be deported.
(Continued on next ColumET.)
[BY COURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN."]
LOSS OF AUSTRALIAN BARQUENTINE.
The first offret of the crisis was the atop- pago
of a large number of French blast furnaces, which were still in blast on January 10th.
In
SURVIVORS TWENTY-NINE DAYS IN OPEN Out
LOẠT.
MANILA, May 3rd.
of the Turner,
3,
proportions?
*
what Let us first make one point clear. When the first symptoms of crisis appeared, the metallurgic works did not want to put out their blast furnas. They preferred to damp them down, hoping perlups, that the coke CAPTAIN AND HIS WIFE DROWNED. deliveries would recoinmance. By now the majority of the blastfurances must be put
In Mourthe-et-Moselle there were blastfurnaces in blast on January 1st (Long- wy Miceoville 3, Villerupt &, La Ghiers Four survivors, including the mate, go La Providence à Beliun + boatswain
Serielle sad two seamen,
4, Homecourt 3 Neave- Mai-801 3, Pont-à-Mousson 4). As the total Australian barqueutine Amy which sank off Guam on April 24th, who number of blastfurnaces in Meurthe-et- arrived at Masia from Surigao Bay, represented 53 per cent, of the nonant pro- Moselle is 60, the activity of 45 of them to-day, gave the following account of their duotion. JJ experiences to Reuter's correspondent :--- We left Nowcastle on March 21st for Magia with, a cargo of coal. On the 23rd, a heavy wind, which developed intó a typhoon, blew us out of our course.
On the 28th March, there were raging 20th, 23 on the 24th, 21 on the 28th. TORONTO, May 3rd,
seas afid wind, All the canvas was ped. Wo floated helpless for a mile or so. strip- Off Guam we sighted the wireless station on the cliffs. There was no harbour or shelter in sight. We flew distress signals,
CANADA AND CHINA,
ENDEAVOUR ΤΟ ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS.
binst on January 1st.
In Mosulin there were 40 klastfurnaces in
Then came the occupation.
To this loss of earnings has to be aried the loss from the increase in price of enke
repairs of blast furnaces which after damping produced in France, the loss from encelled contracts, the loss from the indispensable
fossea must be for January, they will still flow flown have gone out. And heavy as these
be less than those which the industries will have suffered in February. For the situation in regard to coal transports from the Ruhr has not improved, and such stocks of metallurgical coke as the works were able to keep wern consumed at the beginning of the week ending January 17th that is, in the first days of the occupation of the Rubr.
DELIVERIES IN KIND,
Now let us coneider the losses resulting from the German refusal to nuke. the de- liveries provided by the Versailles Treaty Tho average monthly value of the deliveries in kind made by Germany in 1922 5 31 follows:-
Gold marks.
General supplies.....414,303 River bastante 208,530 Dock material 167,800 Live stock... ... 878244 Coaltar & ammoniae 298,833 Benzol
and
Equivalent th(say)
paper İFL
1,416.7 420,538 644,5107 1,730,754
3,384,521
petroleum 564.841 - 89.184 Various deliveries.....128,297 308,376
etical
197,490
786,640
products Hailway material Agricultural ma
chinery Various.....
,13,380
62.989
-441,091
162359
18.20
84,509
12,587
49,707
The total loss through the default of Germany in regard to delfveries in kind under the above headings as e France
CAPE TOWN, May 3rd.
passengers OP the The latest remarkable feat of con- Massmedes, including two
Englishmen tinuous transcontinental flight has been named
An impressive meeting has been held to Vanc and Spring. Are presumed to be dead."
now protest against the Bill before Parlia
ment imposing further restrictions on Chinese immigrants. The meeting urged but could not attract attention. Within having down 2 at Longway-Rebon, Longwy,ictims. given under the latter agreement
achieved by Lieutenants Macready and Kelly, who have just arrived in
noplane from Hempstead, New York.
REPARATIONS OFFER. GERMAN PROPOSALS REJECTED BY FRANCE.
INTERNATIONAL GOLF.
subject.
hatterl The
manned were pumps
In Moselle the figure fell from 40 on Janu-12,161,000 francs for Janjary. Note that ory 1st to 30 on January 13th, 30 on the the valuation of these products in gold
arks is at of the Reparation Com damper down 2 blast furnaces: De Wendel valuation of cal, the valuation is much In Meurthe-et-Moselle, Knatange has mission. If the case is the same as in the has damped down at Hayange and below the actual at of replacement.
Out- Moyauve and at Joeuf, so that of their side the deliveries in kind are those total of 21 they #nished on January 25th by under the Wiesbaden and Gilete-Ruppel 7 work. La Providence has agreements. The orders from French war tho Government to delay the Bill, which an hour or two Guam was lost sight of. damped AMERICAN'S DECISIVE WIN AT has passed the second reading, and to thing its height on the morning of the Micheville 1, Pont-a-Mousson 1; this last one amounted to. 130,8 gold marks, or, say, That night the storm intensified, rea
9 a Mont-Saint-Martin, La Ghiers and executed by German contructors SANDWICH.
make further investigations of the whole 5th March, and the boat was based production of the foundries at Pont & represents one-third of the total
1742,793 paper francs.
In conman with other deliveries in kind, LONDON, May 3rd.
The chief speaker was
Sir Edmund constantly. Abmit noon. seams opened,
these antler the Gillet-Koppel gruent Ted Ray of Oxhey has won the Day Walker, who strongly advcented the ex-were launched, but the Captain, Nella duction of the French blastfuruagres,
and the ship sank quickly. Two boats
And by the cral of January the pro-ceased with the occupation of the Ruhr- PARIS. May 3rd.
whenice В further ·loss. Merrover,
France Mail £1.000 golf tournament at St. tablishment of friendly relations and a
Neilson, accompanied by his wife, remained which was about 40 to 45 per cent of the appointed official intermediaries, called The Cabinet has decided that the Ger- Anne's, over seventy-two holes, with an better understanding.
on board. They stood on the poop as the normal at the beginning of the month, had indataires agrees, for the purpose of this maan proposals are unacceptable owing to aggregate of 285.
vessel nase-dived to the bottom and were
fallen to to 65 per cent. of that.
agreement and required security for them. Len Holland of The Tronto Gabe declares that all Rever seen again.
In the Saar, Rochling has danped down the total of these securities is about 40,000,000 the conditions leid down therein and the Northampton and Abe Mitchell of North Canadian relations with China should be
One
boat containing nice persons 3 blastfurances, Burbach 4, and the Refranes, As there are no longer any Ger man deliveries, these mandataires ejects are absence of guarantees, abp the insuf- Foreland tied for second place with 289. characterised by respect and perfect swim, and he reached the remaining boat, blastfurnaces damped dows.""
capsized. Only one, Lindholm, could dange Dilling works 2.
The same situation in Laxemburg: Nino doing no more business, and their security which contained three people.
is unproductive. A sail was hoisted and a course art, the
In a word, the crisis is general It is mate navigating, heading for the Philip also terrible. To begin with, as the Ger
man coke grew rarer, the price of coke in France through the fall in her exchange, Finally, the Bahr operation has cost The boat hail canned goods and the French market soared upwards. On which has continued steady since January pines. water, and the occupants held out well.
On the fourteenth day the occupants of 1st the basic price of metal-10th, about 15 per cent on the average. the boat caught a dolphin on a line, which they ate raw, preserving their provisions.
ficiency of the surns offered..
►
RUHR WILL NOT BE EVACUATED.
Duncan had 200.
It
Société
PREMIUM ON IMPORTÀ.
recognition of equality,
Visiting American golfers scored KOREAN
f:
CHURCH MISSION. decisive victory in play for the St.
STEADY PROGRESS REPORTED. Paris, May 3rd.
George's Cup 2 Sundwich, Doctor The draft French reply to the German Willing and Francis Quimet tieing for
LONDON, May Bril
des Haute-Fourneaux, was tiefe des other works, foreign imports are coating Note, despatched to Brussels, declares
Thin Bishop of London, presiding at theThe men stood on watches, bailing and from February 16th up to 150 francs a 10th. As the French imports for January France 15 per cent, more than before January lias just been pot first place with 153. The American annuni meeting of the Korean Mission, steering tlust the offer is unacceptable, above all skipper, Gardner, had 154. There was a read a letter reporting steady progress came exhausted, and only one can of meat
On the twenty-sixth day, the water be Then, intead of the basic price of coko de-amounted to 2,114,904,000 francs, it follows
livered to the works being applicable to 40 about 341,000,00 francs.
that the premium on imports amounted to owing to Dr. Cuno's preliminary condi-record entry of 121 contestants, including in Church work there. He said he believed was left. That might it rained. Next or 50 per cent. of their capacity of consump
Moreover, y tion, it
the French balance of foreign tion for negotiations, nandy exacuation. the lending English amateurs, six of that if an income of £10,000 was assured
For the remaining 00 per cent. the price is scenfor
it is now applicable only to 10 per cent It declares that the Allies intend to keep whom thed for fourth place with 13. for a few years the Church would become
200 francs. This gives o the pledge which points out that the offer Dr. Willing and Quimet will play an
self-supporting, and could rely on the native-born ministry to carry on by them gives no definito guarantee of Germany's eighteen hole' decider to-morrow.
selves. There were now 5,000 native and good faith. The Government will to
AUSTRALIAN LAWN TENNIS Japanese Christians in Korea, but the znarrow communicate the text to London and Roma.
CHESTER CONCESSIONS.
MODIFICATION OF THE
CLAIMS.
REPRESENTATIVE.
SYDNEY, May 3rd, Mr. Anderson has unconditionally agreed to join the Davis Cup team.
EXCHANGE MARKET.
work of missionaries was confined to an Are the size of Wahs.
SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE. SCHEME MEETS WITH APPROVAL IN .MELBOURNE,
MOURNE, May 3rd
The Age says that this decision to
day they sighted land, and made for the port of Surigao, where they arrived exhausted and without any clothes.
Francs francs
In the
trade
for
1a mean pricë of 195
than
Ja setback frota
f very
imparts were less
by 2,785,000,00 The Constabulary cared for the men,
face of this soaring of prices the francs or over to per cent. The
January gave them clothing and sent them on to works are taking measures to protect them exports were less than December by Manila
men, is mading them on to Melbourze. The British Cantul, who took charge of These measures are, of two serta-
selves at the expense of their customers.
823,511,000 francs
From this study there can be only one from which port they all come and as
be bringing iu for France, it is plain, on the conclusion drawn. If it is not very easy to
what
operation in the Rufir should
600,000,000 franes for the month of January other hand, that it in costing her over
2. Contracta in process of settlement all and various losses. And this on the basis of
in Government expenditure, lost earnings have prices based for the future on the price estimates which we have kept within
which the Amy Turner was registered.
The ste saved the ship's leg, but nothing else.
CHIALI TROOPS.
TSAO KUN AGAIN."
the crisis. Not all of the works, it is true, 1. Cancellation of contracts signed before
La Chieres and the Nord et l'Est companies have demanded cancellation. But those of
liave done so,
of
AI
31.
ное
the
allurgical coké or of unrationed coke, moderate limita
supply or delivery.
the works are protected. But the customer has no knowledge of what his or- dors will cost him.
Moreover, annployment is threatening. day has been reduced
stoppage for
HEW
establish a strong naval base at Singa troops are merely due to replacing uite Already the ours. And the ironmanakers Freis Prease states, that during his
PALIB, May 3rd.
LONDON, May 3rd. Tug Petit Paristen's, correspondent at
The German proposals have depressed Lausanne reports that Mr. Grow, the
which American observer at the conference, told the foreign exchange market,
port is a significant change in Imperial General Pello that the United States however finished a little steadier. Marks polies, giving Australia intense satisfac Government will not uphold the Chester slumped to 180,000 to 185,000 and closed tion. Great Britain, for many years, has claim to the Samsoun-Sivas line, and at 174,000 to 178,000. French franes wore been strangely indifferent to the intereste while maintaining the principle of the
of the Pacific, and it would be absurd to ́ ́open door it considers the rights sequired finally quoted at
and Belgian
suggest that the Singapore base is a by France in 1914 cannot be discussed Francs at 80.65.
menace to any other power.
09.75
EXPLAIN??? PERING MA Tsao Fun has again wired to: mier saying that the movements of Chibli
KINSTEIN DISCOVERY.
Professor Enstein reports, the Vene area for purposes of re-equipment and are talking of a coming forced who have been a long time in, the Jelin to lo
o four and five further training.
one or two days in the week.
recent voyage in the Indian Ocean he Kun and Chaux Ton Lin for their recent flicted on the French metal industries by the oven greater sensation than the relativity The Premier has wired thaniging Than At what figure can we place the loss in made a discovery which will create an montages assuring him of their peaceful occupation of the Kahr, the loss resulting theory. It deals with the connection be desires, and saying that be still hopes to from the dearth of coke, from ita bigh price, tween gravitation and terrestrial magne- be able to summon the Central Nationat from the retardation of production, from the tiam. The discovery was the result of an Conference for disbandment and pencoful cancellation of existing contracts and the investigation of the proporties of amber. rounifiention.
doubt as to fature oncaf
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