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REPARATIONS PROBLEM......

BELGIAN COVERSMENT'S FAR- REACHING SCHEME.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 1093.'

U.S. SHIPPING BOARD FLEET OFFER FOR ALL ACTIVE

VESSELS.

IRISH DEPORTEES HOME SECRETARY ACCEPTS FULL

RESPONSIBILITY.

Losnox, May 29th.

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CABLE MR.

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FAR EASTERN NEWS.

(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]

CONDITIONS IN

GHINA.

DISCUSSED BY CONSORTIUM COUNCIL,

JOHNSTONE'S ADVICE TO CHINESE MERCHANTS.

"MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

In typically frank and straightforward manner, Mr. John Johnstone, head of Jardine, Matheson & Co., at Shanghai, spoke on the present grave situation in China nt a farewell tiffin at the 'nica Club given him by his Chinese friends, says the Chin Prest,

You have the knowledge and the ex perience, and you ought not to remain backward in making your vule heard and'

NEW BRITISH PREMIER. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LONDON, May 25th. WASHINGTON, May 28th.

The House of Commons resumed with a Mr. Ballwin in the House of Commons The Shipping Board has received a

nunounced that the Government had large attendance, "and Mr. Baldwin had ilelinite hat informal offer for the purcided to receive the claims of the Trish an enthusiastic reception. Mr. Chair:her chase of the entire active portion of the deporte for los in consequence of their lain was received with Opposition gheers, merchant Beet. It is statel that the arrest mad deportation, and also estab-but the Ministerialists were silent, Mesars,

Pants, May 25th. amount offered is about a billion dollar, ish a committer to consider the regula-Ramsay MacDonald, Asquith, and Lloyd tions une the 1990 Restoration of Order George paid warm tribute of Mr. Bouar ntil it is also asserted that the group Act.

The Council of thi" Chinese Consortium Law, and congratulated Me, Baldwin,

was grateful for the hold a meeting at which the present con- PARIS, May 28th making the offer have the highest finnu-

Mr. Ridgeman, the Home Boerstary, who sud accepted full visibility for his action, chivalrous welcoms on his undertaking the ditions in China were discussed. The devising inensures to cope with the present The Belgian Coverament's proposalsetal standing.

and said he hoped thos, win acted under for a settlement of the reparations ques

his direction would not suffer. The House very easy burden of Empire. B. would would pat seek to rxenerate him by blamtry his utmust to carry on the gwat Conclusions arrived at have not been Mr.dise'cal, but it is expected that they will ing the Attorney-General, whose advice he traditions tak. He emphasised that he was obliged Chamberlain said, he sincerely congrat. Ise published after the Council has receiv-

, aet because he and the Free State he lieved there was a dangerous conspiracy into his old friend! Mr. Baldwin, nud he[ed the approval of the respective groups. New You, May 5th.

tu nasist the rebellion in Ireland by supply: hoped he would guide the Government The Tone Washington correspondenting arms Train America and Germany and with the aur ecurage and ititiative as

Jelsewhere, also to commit violent ction participation in Germun cerns to the extent of 25 per cart. Pay says that a careful study of the Supress Britn. He claimed that his action he showed in the Bugs and delt-fund- He heartily wished him saved great deal of floodshed ining agreement,

(Cheers.) ment would be secured through the stah. 1 Court's liquor decision has forced the ex- 1reland and many outrages in England, Icess.

ELECTED PARTY lishment of large, compatirs throughout perts of the Treasury Department to the He was only condemned on the vary small ment in Ireland, by a majority in the Germany, in which the Allies wen'd con.conclusion that there is little if any technical legal point, namely the intern MI, BALDWIN siderably participate for the parpose of chates of meeting the desires of forgien Court of Appeal after shrew judges of controlling the production and sale of tematu, certain

U.S. LIQUOR RULING. tioù, as recently sulanites to the French FOREIGN OBJECTIONS NOT LIKELY" Government. Begeling to Z. Malik, ain

2.

Total

e1f. payment £2,500,000,000 p'us the yield from Allied

industrial con

commodities. Thi companies

TO BE UPHELD.

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the Divisional Court and the Law Officers of the Crown and Sir John Simon had The Wolf'. Washington everespondenta en any objection to the course taken. The Hora passed the second, reading the Bill, by 297 to 3. for interunify illegal arrest of the deporters to Ireland. ng the Government in respect of the it undertook, however, that the deportes would be entitled to recover in an ordinary should revive the amount of damage they

would also operate feruah Government says that Mr. A. Mellom (Sovretary of the monopolies, like the railway. Altogether, Treasury) has stated that he is trying it id estimated that the Belginu propogals to draft regulations to meet foreign would yield £120,000,000 annually : name.objection, hit theat thờ Court's decision

leaves bin but little latiturks, ly. 6 per ont, interest on £2,000,000,000,

ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT A

SETTLEMENT.

Laxnes. May 28th, Events are moving quickly towards an- olher atunet "wettle the reparations problema, Mithough, up to the present, there is confirmation of the Herlin tim German Government is report that seading-three representatives to London

in order to seek British advice.

On the other hand the German Govern- nut is argotiating with the fadustrialists' in regard to obtaining their co operation.

in making e new offer. The industrialists have oferal £10,000,000 as their share with ao aantal sum of £5,000.000 to be paid to the Allies. The German. Socialists feclare that this is inadequate.

THE DERBY. PROBABLE STARTERS AND

RIDERS.

court.

THE IRISH REBELLION.

VALERA'S PACIFIC DE

MESSAGE...

Dests, May 28th.

of the Preiniership.

LEADER.

Losos, May 29th.

A aweling of the Conservative party in the Hot Cecil ha unanimously elected Mr. Baldwin to be leader of the party,

THE NEW P.M.G. Sir L. Worthington Evans is the new Pustinaaler-General.

SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES? DESIRES TO REMAIN AT WASHINGTON.

CHINESE TREASURY BONDS.

--- HOLDERS Discuss SITUATION.

BOND

gravo condition of affairs," he tó'd tho gathing of Chinese lenders in local cam merce, banking, and industry.

This was no time for immature and should and should not be done for the rresponsible young students to say what welfare of the country. They ought to be as their school-deska, instead of usurp ing the places of men of business like yourselves, whose knowledge and lens should be utilised to remedy the ills under which the country now suffers," Mr. John--- stone insisted.

Referring to the bandit outrage on the Tientein Pakow Railway, the disorders in Szechuen and ether parts of the country, themselves to blame for tolerating such cent.abases. Mr. Johnstones expread the be said that the Chinese merchants were

Losos. May 29th. Mr. Birch Crisp presided over a crowded meeting of holders of Chinese Maroni and Vickers right per Treasury Bonds, as which they lisensted opinion that thers was no reasonable - Retion to the proposal to guard against a means of securing the interest payments. future railway outrages by policing the

trains with soldiers under foreign-traine The chairman said Th heye loan of officers, employed and paid by the rail- .. £20,000,000 secure on the surplus customs way. He deplered the present mianian- agement of the railways and the misap- talked of." but thepropriation of railway revenues by the

Tuchuns.

The Tientsin-Pakow Railway, he point cut, earned from 14 to 16 million dollars a year, and yet it could not pay for its new cars. Debts amounting to een millicus the railway proposed to have to extend over live years. Marconi

pay for only in instalments which would

On the

dues, had be figure had since been halved New York, May 28th. proposition of Mr. Jenks, who said he With reference to reports from London

was a hote holder for nearly our twentieth with regard to the change in the British

committee was Ambassadorship, the Associated Press of the whole issue, a A captured copy of a message from Decorrespondent at Washington states there Valere, dated May 24th, addressed to the is to intimation hitherto terminat by the elected, under the chairmanship for Mr. Dublin irregulars, definitely reaffirms his Embassy. Sir Auckland Geddes is ill, but Crisp, which will include two decision to abandon armed resistance, and his doctors believe he can be cured in a J. J. Brennan eclares that the Republic can no longer few weeks, and it is known that Sir and three Vickers nute holl r

Auckland Geddes desires to remain at Washington and is confident his health! win permit this.

Losnos. May sth. Following are the probable starters and

riders in the Derby:-

Bohlandbad Skins Pharos

Legality

Parth

Papyrus

My Lord

Chosroes

Portumna Kinnaird Ellangowan Twelvipinter Town Gard Knockande Dorie

H. Beasley.

be dafinil successfully by arms, and Gardner, Hulme

further sacrifices would be vain. The con tinuance of the struggle in arms is not Walker.

wise, and other means must be sought to Jellie

safeguard the nation's right. The laying V. Smyth,

G. Smith. aside of arms is now an net of patriotism. He finally suggests that the people again McGee, Whalley rally to the standard after a rest and

Elliott.recovery.

The captured order of an irregular Cara'ake,

chief of staff likewise acknowledges the Archibald

enemies' republic" has momentarily Donoghue,

Childs. Prevailed, though it intimates that arus

will not be surrendered.

Stokes, - Safety First

Riders have not been securid for Helias, For, Tranquni and Roger de Bu-i.

OBITUARY.

IRISH LAND BILL.

A. FAR-REACHING MEASURE.

POSSIBLE RAILWAY STRIKE IN ENGLAND.

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LONDON. May 28th. The difficulties of the railway world are kely to by increased by the hallot of two railway shopmen, resulting in thirds majority against acceptance of the railway companies' proposal to reduce wages by two shillings a week in May, and shilling in June, a further reduction to be reviewed before the end of the year REFUND OF CUP FINAL TICKET MONEY.

THE CHINESE FAMILY PRINCIPLE.

Where

As the railway revenue being wrongly diverted to he asked.

Continuing. Mr. Johnstone pointed our that it was impossible for foreign interests to agree to the additional Customs surtax of two-and-a-half per crat.. unless satis. factory assurance were fortheeming that the additional revenue therefrom, amount- ing to some twenty milbous a year, was not misapplied and diverted into the

tarists. pockets of corrupt officials and mili-

A SINICAL AKIENATEN. In the course of an article in the Asiatic thicks that some

In conclusion, Sr. Johnstone suid i hire the writer pularisation of ideas is desirable when talking about China as being the oldest was no kindness to glass over the defects continuous civilisation, Excavations alot Chinese merchants, for whom he had quarter of century ago in the neighbour hadmiration, and he urgell it as a hood of one of the old dynastic capitals daty on their part to come forward ond of Central China resulted in the discovery assist in rescuing the country from the of numerous bone and tortoise-shell inscriposatisfactory position which it was now tions, which have excited great interest.

Mr. Chu Pao San presided at the. among a fimited number of Chinese and DUBLIN, May 28th.

Japanesa savants. They were examined function, and through Mr. Chanz Nich introducing the Government Bill with

and described by Mr. Lionel C. Hopkins. Yun, expressed on behalf of the Chinese the object of completing the land purehuge

LONDON, May 28th.

Although some of these inscriptions have hosts their high regard for the guest of scheme commenced in 1970, Mr. Hogan

The Football Association Council has speciic value in confirming or correcting enour. They had known Mr. Johnat

of Chinese for many years and appreciated him as said that about seventy thousand tenant reported that upwards of five thousand the officially recorded names cies remained unpurchased. He hoped

ul co-operation. Mr. Johnstone" was one Led Henry Chaplin J.P.. D.L., was 157 that not a single agmtian agricultural applications by ticketholders for the Cup monarchs who reigned between 1765 and

or the original promoters of the 'nion money, have been received, representing even in suggesting spiritual er ances Blaknes, in the county of Lincol; M.P. tenant or landlord would be left in the final at Wembles, for a refund of their 1112 8.c. (second hereditary dynasty), and friend for his frunk criticism and help-

(2203-1767 a.c.). it is quite evident that, Nothing is known in authoritative Mid Lincolnshire 1888-1903; Chane Hoe Free State when the operations of the £4,100. It is proposed to make all repay-tral connection with the first dronsty Club, and his sportsmanship and fairness

ments by cheque. Duchy of Lancaster 1885-1886; President Bill had been completed. The Bill would of Board of Agriculture, 156-1602: M.Pequire twenty-five million pounds steri (Unionist) Wimbledon Division of Surreying. 1907-1018. Deceased was in, his eighty third year.],

GREAT BRITAIN'S POSITION

DEFINED.

Lobos, May 25th.

quarters in Loudon in regard to the re ported visit to London of three German Representatives in order to sound the British Government in regard to the re parations proposal.

LORD HENRY CHAPLIN.

The death is

aunounced of LORD

CHAPLIS.

Viscount,

ar. 1910. of St.

Oswalls,

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BRITAIN AND RUSSIA

ING PROPAGANDA.

LONDON, May 29th. Reuter learns that Britain will reply to the Russian note as early as possible.

It is emphasised that the British Gov- erument's position in the matter has not no" ques- changed, and there can be tion of Great Britain advising Germany in regned to an offer that may be accept able by France and Belgium, as the ques tion inys between France and Germany. The Cabinet considers the reply satisfac tory on most points except as regards pro- Great Britain, thongh anxious that w

paganda, in connection with which there satisfactory offer should be made, will not is complete divergenen of opinion between

BRUSSELS, May 29th.

interfere

London and Moscow.

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RUHR RIOTS.

FRENCH; AUTHORITIES TAKE ACTION.

Volunteer

Premier Poincare has informed the M. KRASSIN TO COMMUNICATE prated requests by the Prussian provin Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Jaspar, that he will come to Brussels on June Eth for Franco-Belgian discussions on the re-. parations question,

THE DEPRECIATED MARK.

LONDON, May 28th. Marka continued to depreciate, and closed at 281,000 to 218.000 to the pound

sterling.

"

not in

art.

MAN IN A BOX FOR 16 YEARS. MYSTERIOUS CHINA.

The following review of a pew book on China appears in London paper under the abov hendings:---

He was shut into a box too short to permit his lying extended and too low A diamond- for him even to sit orect. shaped hole was cut in the sille of the box and this was all the means of -ventilation and light he had. When I peered into his flashing eyes, for all his. energy was gathered in his eyes, he bad heen imprisoned only seven years.

at the time to which most of these incripe catreused by a Chinese who came AMERICAN TRADE REPORT. tions refer, which time about corresponds in contact with him.

to the reign of Tutankh-Amen in Egypt. Chinese writing was still is a most primi. WASHINGTON, May 28th, The Frderal Reserve Board's monthly tive stage. At the same time it has been report states that the large volume of proved by Chavannes, De Saussure, and production and trade was continued.thers, that the movements of the heavens were accurately recorded. not necessarily There was some slackening of activity last BERNE, May 28th.

Leaving this aspect we may refer to the General Degoutte has ordered the Ger- April, and early in May, partly dusin words.

While there has writer's statement that Chinese social io, Family Life," is indestructible. No DIFFERENCE OF OFINION REGARD-n railwaymen to resume work under tu sasonal causes, but insufficient to

the French authorities within forty-eight threaten prosperity. hours, otherwise all under sixty will be ex-been a diminution of activity in the the

building trade of New York, the other matter what change of dynasty, no matter whether the ruling house be native, or

Mr. J. R. Mareb, for many years an pelled and these over sixty dismissed.

Hun, Turk, Tibetan, Manchu, or what;

American official in the Chinese Customs, A message from Bochum states that is tities how increased activity.

not, the current of family life lows on in

a delightful book, The omic solubile ærum. The secret of the has written Persons, were killed and 80 wounded in the rioting on May 20th.

Mancha success as a dynasty laid in the Charm of the Middle Kingdom (Hurst police numbering two thousand, whom the

absoluta filelity of the Emperors to this and Blackett, 12s. 6d.), about his experi French supplied with arms, restored com-

He saw many strange things, he saw parative quiet yesterday morning. In

clus: 350 years ago the imperial Manchus her pinces, notably Dortmund, the local

family principle as supported by Confu caces in Moukden. Tientsin, and Mengtsz were illiterate barbarians. The following where they put out the surplus girl babies extract will be interesting to many:- to be eaten alive by dogs; he saw where French commanders offered to assist the volunteers. French, patrols after Satur

It may not be generally known that the wild women come down from the hills Jay's fighting at Wanne quickly cleared the streets and restored order. The ro HEALTH RESORTS IN CHINA the Chinese have an Akhenaten of their to dance at night; and he saw a robber A point of first-rate importance is own, and pyramidical tomb too, the lying in a email box who would have to

contents of which tight rival in literary lie there for 15 years: cial governor to allow the German

interest. though certainly WITH MOSCOW.

security polico to re-enter the danger raised in the Central-China Post, which LONDON, May 28th.

zone was again refused by General all who contemplate spending their holidays

wards called Tutankh-Amen. But not- to ponder. It was raised by a letter burial-place of the elusive monarch, after- M. Krossip had a prolonged conver Denvignes, who however permitted the in Chinese health resorts would do well those now being carted away from the withstanding repudiation of ancient be. to the Editor, anking what was in cou templation for the defence of Chikung life and the unsavoury reputation left sation with Lord Curzon and it is under-local police of the occupied zone to be

moved to the danger points.

aban, the resort adjacent to Hankow; behind him in consequence by the First stood that the latter was more or less

RESULT OF THE REICHSBANK

Destroyer of Literaturo in 213 Emperor," SEIZURE

especially as so many hands of robbers satisfied with the Soviet attitude, except

B.C., no Chinaman but would be horrifed BERLIN, May 28th. are at present cruising about. Apparentle

be M. Krassia is as regards propaganda.

An Essen message states that confisen the Editor, of the . Post is now communicating with Moscow on, this

tion of money in the Reichsbank, men at Kuling, and realizing the probability at the suggestion that his tomb should tioned yesterday has compelled private of 3,000 visitors being there at the height opened and his "mummy, taken off to a matter.

banks to close oarly, as there is insufficient of the season, he fully appreciates that musoum: M. Victor Segalen visited the 10 feet high, constructed in three slop Having cash to meet the demands of the public. there may be deep anxiety on the part of spot oight years ago. It is a flat pyramid,

the residenter for their safety.

layers, the outermost and lowest of A large part of the amount seized was

been faced with the danger he says:-

is more than 300 yards long. or intended to pay the wages of miners.

The whole situation was oddly familiar each side; situated in a mountain valley, The managers of the private banks have

it remains intact, though in no way cased to us, as we had been through decided to inform the French General

exactly similar one in Boxer year. The in by stonework: 709,000 emasculated pri- It is reported from Berlin that the

that non-payment of the wages is likely

soners were employed on the initial work, 23 years which have passed since then to lead to a catastrophe, and request a

have seen no improvement in China's and the sarcophagus was let down by the position of Herr Cuno's Government is

promise that any trish supply of bank

method of curing the safety of those engineers into a very deep hole, then at precarious. The powerful Centro Party,

He conversed with an old man who had foreigners who happen to have only the once filled with molten.copper to keep out In the House of Comtapos a questioner notes shall not be sized, otherwise no

the ooze and damp; jowels and rare cb- been an executioner for many years and protection of the Chinese officials, w headed by ox-Chancellor Wirth are

An agreement has been reached between

their native forces, to rely upon. Injects were distributed over neighbouring asked him how many people he bod tims of trouble, if the foreigners can-secret dosets, and spring crossbows were vigorously attacking the Ministry and pointed out that a British-owned andre money will be brought to Essen.

ingeniously concealed in surprise places, nos protect themselves, their outlook

might inadvertently øven the Democrats, hitherto the strongest British-manned ship registered in employers and miners whereby the Bubr British port can be kept permanently in miners' wages will be increased by fifty-

likely to be gloomy and this is true of that thieves

shoot themselves; concubines who had not the Chinese people also. ed cost of living. supporters of the Cuno Government, are foreign waters, and so cannot properly to five per cent, in order to most the increas

borno children were put to death and His belief is that the presence of even discontented.

surveyed or inspected by the Board of

a dozen armed and organized men in any buried with the Emperor: the various en Trado ofierra. He suggested that com-

of these resorts would gon great way francos were ingeniously dissimulated, and and all the workmen who know the secrets of safety, plaints had been roade that many ships,

towards socuring their knowing, from the lessons of the War, them were shut in niive when the work Several years after this particularly in Eastern wilers are

what even such a small force can do if was finished. LAUSANNE, May 28th. garded by their officers and men as

"An agreement has been reached with well led and consisting of determined men "First Emperor's death and the collapse urgently requiring such inspection rela

correspondent was calling for the rivals competing for the imperial succes for attempting to desecrate, their common enemy's tomb tive to loading capacity and general qua- regard to separations to the Allien by the one may well agtoo. Only the other day of his dynasty, one of the two popular worthiness. Viscount Wolmer replied that Turks, whereby the Allies do not claim Volunteers to be used, and this seems to ion reproached the other

may further reparations beyond suggest an opening. Why should the such complaints had not reached the million gold Turkish pounds seized at the formats chese holiday re which, however, remained, and still ro the foot of the Li Shan Hills, twenty Board of Trade either directly or through Deutsche Bank and five millions paid to morte wt offer holidays to the members maina, absolutely intues to this day, as the officers at the ports abroad. He in England for two warships built before the of the Corpe, a dozen or a score at a

Hiver Wei.' war for Turkey but not delivered owing time, in return for their work as a defoz. miles east of Si-an Fu, and south of the to the war.

sive force-N.-C. Daily News. vited further particulars.

CRISIS IN GERMANY.

PRECARIOUS POSITION OF GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

LONDON, May 20th..

COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES

INCREASING. The Communist Party is apparently in creased, and it is feared that the dis orders in the Hubz area may spread to the undecupied positions of Germany Already there have been sporadic dis orders in Saxony,, while the situation at Berlin is aid to be critical.

EARLIER CABLES.

BRITISH REGISTERED SHIPS. QUESTION OF THEIR INSPECTION.

LONDON, May 24th,

ro-

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NEAR EAST DISCUSSIONS. AGREEMENT ON REPARATIONS' QUESTION.

"

An

Bich

Bis libs were atrophied. Ho had bo.. como a mero automator, a mockery of nature. I wanted to speak with him but I did not know his tongue, so 1 merely smiled, for I thought he would" rather that I smile than do anything else. And I shall always remember bow his eyes seemed to soften as if he had rot misinterpreted my meaning. Ther. was a pitiful whining noiso and I turned away,

executed.

A LOPPER OF HEADS.

I lopped off ten thousand and thes I lost count.

Then the more business of lopping off heads meant nothing to you?

Ab, the business; that meant a 'great deal. It meant food for me and my family. But, you see, I did not allow the personal relation to enter into it. T never had dealings with friends. As for the others, I saw nothing but a little band of froh. I swung and passed on For much things I have no memory. But it must not be supposed that Mr. Marish'e book is full of horrors-far from and mystery. of China. Ho likes the it. Ha interprets for us the fascination

to have charred. Chiness; above all, the Chinese ladies seem