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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH RAUTER'S "AGENCY, ]

THE INDEMNITY BILL.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 31st. 1923.

LATEST CABLES.

FRANCE IN THE RUHR GERMAN MINER SHOT AT DUSSELDORF.

RUBBER RESTRICTION. FAR EASTERN. CABLE RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET.

STRAITS GOVERNMENT'S APPEAL

TO PLANTING COMMUNITY.

CHECK ON SMUGGLING,

The following official communiqué has An incident is reported from the Boui-ben published in the Straits papers : —

DessELDORF, May 29th.

ALL-NIGHT SITTING OF HOUSE OF facius mine, where a Frich sentry shot one of four Germana who ignored his COMMONS.

challenge and attempted to cater the

LONDON, May 29th. An alb-night sitting of the House of Commons on the committes stage of the Indemnity Bill was marked by a swift succession of Opposition mendments, | most of which were rejected by substan- tial majorition, though others of a minor character were accepted by the Govern ment and taberlied in the Bill.

SCOPE OF BILI STRICTLY LIMITED.

LATER.

The discussion on the Indemnity Bill

minc.

The rubber planting industry after several abortive attempts to bring about restriction by voluntary agreement ap- pealed to Government and on November Ist, 1929, in answer to that appeal legis-

NEWS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

TRAFFIC IN OPIUM.

SMUGGLING RAMPANT IN

PHILIPPINES,

Gestva, May 9th.

The Germany reterurd the sentry's fire. Intion for compulsory restriction was in-port of Monsignor Brent on

troduced. wounding him in the hand.

EARLIER CABLES.

FRANCE'S RI HR

STRONGLY CRITICISED.

Government had a right to expect that all members of the rubber industry would! cooperate in enforcing the law and EXPENDITURE observe not only its letter but ita spirit. In this belief the regulations were fram ed in such a way as to cause the minimum PARIS, May 29th, The Finance Committee of the Chamberof interference with the normal activities

of the industry.

efforts to suppress the abuse of aplum in the Philippines, urging the arcessity for an understanding"with other countries in order to overcone snuggling, which is

till rampant there.

BRITISH

PROPOSALS RY

REPRESENTATIVE, Sir Malcolm Delevingne, on bellf of

Sir Leslie Scott said the British Govern. ment were able to earn from £300,000 to $1,000,000 by the use of the steamers be tween (918 and 1921. The Government had recently said that they would not keep the Vessels any longer, but had declined to pay the Corporation the amount due for hire, alleging that the Corporation were a department of the Soviet Government, that the Russian Government owned this country hundreds of millions sterling and that they were entitled to set off the chartered hire in "contra account against

SOVIET FIASCO.

FAILURE ADMITTED.

NEARING A COLLAPSE.

(FROM "THE DAILY TELEGRAPU's” LOKATEFUNDENT.]

A great

In the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice recently, the Russian Volunteer Fleet and the Borneo Co., Ltd., Sir Leslie brought a petition of right. Scott, KC.. for petitioners, said the matter arose out of the use that the Crown

BERLIN, April 2itb.' had inde during the war of a large

Russia is at the menient passing through number of ateamers belonging to the crisis which may prove to be one of the Russian Volunteer Fleet. The Crown

great turning-points in her history. Lanin pleaded that their arrangement was still lives, but the rigid disciplins which The Opium Commission heard the remade with the Russian Government and only his iron will and unchallengeable ADierican not with the Russian Volunteer Fleet prestige was able to enforce on the Bolsheviks is visibly breaking to pieces. Corporation,

Those who for the past few weeks have prophesied that the dissensions smouldering within the party would, burst into flames Moscow, are being fully justified. The disas as its annual conference, now taking place in trous consequences of the experiment which has ruined Russia is now being laid bare

the by

very high priests of BORD Never has there been such a of bankruptcy by the rulers of every branch of legislation and adminis country. Complete failure is admitted in tration, and it is acknowledged by those petit methods can avert an overwhelming responsible that only a prompt change in catastrophe. Apparently we are on the remnants of Bolsevik doctrines or of a eve either of the surrender of the list desperate and crazy attempt to renssert

In them in all their pristine plenitely, party is ats acute that apparently only A mimealous recovery of Lenin can prevent Take the first fundamental point of the prophet's own programme. During the past couple of years Leain has again and again repeated that without an understanding bet vien the

pressants and workmen was lost. But Stalin, the strong main,

often been mentioned as his who has 60 Probable successor told the Communists at

conference that they

were inerely fooling themselves if they imagine that any kind of bond existed between them

und villages countryside," turned their lacks not only on us but on everything connected with the name of rity As ilustrations of Soviet that "at the last this be elections for the executive committees in rural districts unly one-third per cent.

Unfortunate the history of the past half Grust Trisain, formulated proposals with year has proved that this rolinnen was ill. founded, and that individual manbers a view to promoting the enforement of of the industry are ready to sacrifice the the second part of the International successful operation of the schemas to Convention. He recommended raising the price of prepared opinm, the registration immediate personal profit.

is.being asked to approve of supplemen tary credits of thirty-fire" and a half million franes for the Rahr operations in June, of which swelve million will be was quiet at the Opposition Parties for the railway rhgime and the remainder iscovered that the Bill. as drafted, could military expenditure. Exclusive of extend indemnity to other cases than the the twelve million, the normal cost of

Allegations arife at present that of opium smokers, the supervision and money our Government ought to pay, and any case, the clash of opinions within the deportations, although it was stated by maintenance, the total of the special Ruhr rubber is being sluggish out of the the Government that they had no iuten-credits for six months is 27 millions. tion to make use of the Bioept for

Paris, May 29th.

country on a large scale and Government

control of production. a State monopoly

that debt.

Mr. Justice Bathache asked how much Sir Leslie Scott said the amount due for hire was at the very least between £000,000 and £700,000, and, for recendi- The Government further contended that under the Indemnity Act the suppliants should have gone to the Arbitration Court.

is being pressed to stop this, whatever the for the sale of opium products and an Costu Which Clovernment recognises its international understanding for the re the purpose of indemnity for deporta The Chamber has accepted the Ruhreidigation to use all means at its disposal striction and supervision of the trade intioning the vessels £150,000 to £200,000

[credits by 505 to it votes, after strong te prevent the law being broken, there is opium. -The motion for an adjournment, to criticism by M. Turdion as to the fuadean equal obligation on, everyone connect.

tions

• enable further examination of the posi-quacy of the military organisation and tion was defeated by 211 votes to 164. incompleteness of the blockade, and

un-

but

An application for closure led to satisfactory results of the occupation.“ vigorous Labca: protests, Lord advocated a more forceful policy. Robert Ceil restored harmony by moving Premier repudiated the allegations. an amendment strictly limiting the Bill

GERMAN DYEWORKS

with the rubber industry in British Malaya të second official efforts in every possible way.

Ho

The

to deportations.

The anulat was carried 'without n

division.

EVACUATED,

BERNE, May 29th. The Frenel: have rvacuate the Hochst The third reuling of the Bill is set down dyworks. "which were cemupied on May

for June 1st.

15th, and work has been restmed.

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REPARATIONS DISCUSSIONS.

PROPOSALS BY GERMAN FINAN CIERS AND INDUSTRIALIŞTS.

Losnes, May 29th.

DISORDER IN GERMANY FURTHER UNEMPLOYED RIOTS REPORTED.

BERNE. May 20th... Although the Government of Saxony denies that there have been disorders in

CHINA'S ATTITUDE DEFENDED,

LONDON, May 29th.

a definite split.

And

In a speech delivered at a meeting of His lordship, giving judgment, said he the Opium Commitice of the League of was precluded from considering the qars

large scale can be taking place" without | coming to the notice of many persona in Mr. Chao Hsin Chu endorsed the Ame Act. He also dreided that the Russian Volunteer Firet way a separate legal the localities affreted, whose honesty isrican attitude towards the solution of entity in 1018, and that between 1918 and 1922 it was nationalised and the property not in question. Prompt information the opium problem. He said that it was given in confidence to the local officials useless to try to prevent the traffe in of the Soviet Government, but it became a would undoubtedly often tad to the de opium while production was unlimited.separate entity again in October, 1992. tection and apprehension of offenders.

It is incredible that smuggling on anyNations, held at Geneva on May 25th.tion of compensation by the Indemnity the

Volunteer Fleet.

IMPERIAL DEFENCE

In view of the circumstances under Cultivation must also be controlled, and The ships must be returned to the Russian which compulsory restriction came into the manufacture of morphia and other being. Government fairly expect the dangerous drugs iust be limited to the planters of every district to organise tegitimate requirements for medicinal and themselves into Vigilance Societies 10 scientific purposes. Mr. Chao Hsin Chu ensure the observance of the law.

on to say that the American Hitherto no such unofficial help has been afforded though it is obvious that it would delegation had stated that a number of Far Eastern Colonies si depended on be of peculiar valus,

Government feris

went.

FIRST LORD ON "OCEAN-WIDE NAVY."

i

Mr. L. S. Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at the annual dinner of the Southampton Chamber of Cuinmerce on

he

of the members chosen belonged to the ist party, that the village schools

by "the closed it a Bolshevik teacher

Одсе

战 persants

appeared in them, that all the projects of amelioration by self-taxation proposed by Government insti- tutions came to nothing, where

whereas organis tions with no offcial connections were litera Jy supported by the country population. further stated that 85 per cent of the trade with the peasants was carried on by private merchants, though the State factories offer their products 20 per cent, chenper Ludeed, peasantry avoided all connection wirks Soviet institutions, and would not even take advantage of the credit offered by the

therein treacherous design on its property.”

The report to the effect, that the German Government had sent representatives totestien, the Berlin newspapers publish that it bas right to call upon the large revenus from the opium monopoly. April 20th, saki at if the command of the Government, susperting Ludon in regard to discussion of repara despatch which describe the situation various Planters Associations of British This was not in accord with Article VI. Atlantic nu the Pacific passed out of anr

tions proposals; may be explained by the fas, that a small deputation of German financial and industrial traders are now in Lordon, headed by a director of the Darmstadter Bank.

The deputation conferred yesterday with members of the Industrial Group of the House of Commons, who contended that the German reparations proposal would met stand comparison with the burden of #axation borne by Great Britain.

E is understood that the German pro-

posal was for the catullishment of a com- mission to fix the amount that Germany would be able to pay, and for the immediate raising of a German internal gold loan of £100,000,000, as the first salment of the payment of reparations for the devastated areas, which would be handed over immediately to Belgium, Italy

and France.

SILVER PURCHASES.

US. GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE MARKET FOR TWO YEARS.

WASHINGTON, May 29th.

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Malaya to recognise even at this late hour there as serious. They say the uncaploy that purely from the point of view of tried to storm the police headquarters self-interest, it is incumbent upon them to last night, and there were casualties. The give every possible assistance to Govern rioters also demanded the closing of the ment officials in preventing-infringements Opera House, but withdrew when the of the liw directorate promised to give three hun- dred thousand marks to the unemploy ment fand, to which she municipality has granted -five hundred million marks. The shops and restaurants have been closed for Lear of plundering.

U.S. SHIPPING BOARD FLEET

MR. LASKER DUEIOUS REGARDING

REPORTED OFFER.

BIG EARTHQUAKE IN WESTERN ASIA.

Statistics

bo

of the Hague Convention. showed that the consumption of opium had steadily increased since the drawing up of the Convention in 1912, and it was apparent that most of the countries con- cerned were not carrying out the provisions of the Convention; therefore, he saw RD reason why China alone should criticised for her inability to do so. The rumour that China contemplated the establishment of an opium monopoly was quite unfounded, for on the contrary, his Government had authorised him to state that the possibility or advisability of legalising the opium traffic in China had never been considered. China was endea NEW NORWEGIAN PREMIER.vouring to carry out the Hague Conven- tion, and would continue to do her utmost with the help of the Committee's criticism and goodwill.

ALLAHABAD, May 29th. The Pioneer learns from Teheran that

an earthquake at Turbatibidari has caused

have been devastated. thousands of deaths. Several villages

CHRISTIANIA, May 29th. The Finance Minister, Mr. Beggs,

WASHINGTON, May 20th. Mr. Lasker, president of the Shipping Board, says it would be delightful if investigation proved that the billion succeeds to the Premiership vico Mr. dollar offer for the merchant Best (re Halvorsen, devused. ported in yesterday's cable messages) were boi fide. Ho pointed out that the sum was nearly thrice the present inven tory value. No cash deposit or other guarantees accompanied the bid.

AMERICA AND TURKEY. AMERICA DENIES SUGGESTION OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.

WASHINGTON, May 29th.

THE DERBY BETTING.

SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE. QUESTION IN COMMONS BY MR. C. W. DARBISHIBE

LONDON, May 29th.

In the House of Commons, Mr. O. W. Darbishizo naked what was the shortest Possible time in which the naval base at Singapore could be constructed,

Commander Eyres-Mansell replied that, pending the result of preliminary work and investigation, it was impossible to give a precise date.

"

LONDON, May 29th. Derby betting is 4/1 Town Guard. 7/1 Pharos, 5/1 Ellangewan, 10/1 Pepyrus, 100/7 May Lord and Legality, 20/1 The U.S. Treasury announces & яuspen- sion of silver purchases until it has been

Knockando, 25/1 Bold and Bad, 33/1 Twelve Pointer, Tranquil, Roger de Basti aertained whether the estimates of offers

and Parth, and 50 to 1 Daric

altendy accepted excred 200,000,000 ounces,

HOME CRICKET- RESULTS which the law authorises the Govoramont The Government denies categorically:

to purchase.

Losnox, May 20th.. that Mr. Grew, the American Minister to This announcement means that the Switzerland, has suggested & commercial The match between the M.0.0. and the United States Government has practically treaty with Treaty. On the contrary the West Indies was drawn. For the M.O.C., Johnson compiled 193 in the first innings concluded another phase of wartime proposal came from Turkey.. Definita

the first Surrey defeated. Sussex on financing, through the replacement of negotiations are improbable until the innings. For Sussex, A. E. Gilligan in almost all the silver lunned to Great broader Laususe problems have been the second innings did the hat trick, and Britain in 1918 on behalf of India, Tho settled.

General Chiang Wen Hei to accompany took 3 for 14

Cambridge beat Middlesex on the first the Foreign Military Commission which Treasury officials believe that this also

innings, For Middlesex, Hendren into proceed to Tsaochuang. menus that the Treasury will be out of

The Commission will probably start on their innings compiled 105. the allvor market as a buyer for several years.

RUSSO-TURKISH. DISPUTE. HOVIET VESSELS TO BE EXOLUDED FROM TURKISH PORTS.

CONSTANTINGFLE, May 29th. Reports from Angora indicate Russo Turkish differences. It is stated that the Turks have decided to exclude Soviet yasadig from Turkish ports, us a reprisal

"CEASE FIRE"

DE VALERA'S

ORDEK.

LATEST

LONDON, May 20th. De Valera's publicity departmezt announces that an order to cease fire and dump arias, to be completed by May 28th, was issued to the Irish Republican army on May 24th, BELGIAN RAILWAY STRIKE

SPREADING.

Derby defeated - Essex on the first inaings. For Derby. Murton' in their frat innings took 7 for 44.

Notts beat Glamorgan by ten wickets. For Natts, Rielmond took 6 four for 69 Land 3 for 36.

[BY COURTESY OF 'THE DAILY BULLETIN."] LINCHENG BANDITS. CHINESE MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE ON COMMISSION.

PARING, May Wi

hands it

and!

SOIDU

70 PER CENT. DEFICIT. it would be a matter at only a few weeks or months before our fate was scaleti.

Reports by Rykof, Bogdanoff, and other war, and, indeed, since Lord Fisher's

great are said to have produced a crushing effect on the session. They showed that the efforts There had also been a tendency since the heads of the Soviet Economic Departmets

of fore the war, to look upon the function of the Government to maintain State under- concentration in the North Sea ten years be-

with coccerned

standing

the takings of national inportancy had been the Navy as something direct defence of the coast by

a damal 1 failure A fourth of the indebtor- between us

a Continental enomy the

Itness incurred by the Government dur

ing the second quarter of this year has gone was that opinion which had encouraged the ides that, possibly with the development of to meet deficits on the raising et fuel and raw aviation, the function of the Navy would

materials. The goods produced by the textile. become a subsidiary one. That was en

trusts could nut, it w

it was stated, be disponed entirely false notion. The Navy was bount of at home, owing to the deureneed purchas in the future, as in the past, to become en

aning,

inarkets by occaa-wide Navy. What mattered to us unmold of the population, and they were I in the Eastern for who offer not the defence of the waters im- the merchants of Western Eu

round

our shores. The real Imed their wares at prices 20 or 30

per cent. I task of the Navy was the great task of lower, and

of three lo also gave credits

six

sian trade. The metal industry was doing. months, which was it possible to the Rus- nothing at all for the privats consumer, bus was entirely dependent for orders un Government Departments. The mines could not

supply

the railways in South Russia with so much as a third of the coal needed, and in consequence of lack of funds to re store plant are incapable of increasing their output.

out. Owing to the cost of production, naphtha and it products could be sold

in the home per the foreign mar ket except at a loss. The export of wood, which last year brought in a nes profit of 16 per cent, wou d this year now yield more than & In their totality the State considerandertakinga showed a deficit of 70 per cunt. Army, and on their working for 1922.

keeping free the sean of the world for and the mutual support of the Empire. our commerce and for the free intercourse Just as was the Forces of the Empire, and not the Forces of the United King dom slope, that won the war, so it was to the strength of the Empire and of the Forces of the Empire that we must look to secure the peace.

At the Conference

Napi

to

The tasks that lay ahead in the de- fence of this Empire, combined Mr. Amery

are far too great the future for this. little country alone to sustain them. Ye are shouldering a tremendous burden, but we cannot shoulder that burden unided for ever. this year we shall how best the Air Forces of the

CO Bykoff and other speakers of the Right operate in the common defence. But after wing urged that the only way to remedy all, it is not so much a question of the co- this state of things was to abandon the operation of the existing Forces of the Government monopoly of foreign trade and Empire, but rather of the strength, the make wholesale concessions to private in- man power, the potential forces which we dustry. Preobrazhenski said the principal And an can create by a true development of the object of the conference was to Empire resources.”

exis from the cul de sac in which they

thanks to "half-men- ». themselves

сап

At a meeting of school teachers the other day an old-time master was referred to who administered to his pupils $11,500 canings, 124 foggings, and 1,360 taps with the ruler. He had made 700 boya stand on peas, 600 kneel on sharp edges of wood, and 5,000 wear the fool's.cap.

Sound

sures so far adopted to restore the country's economic organism to health. the Left wing got its own pot only would it fail to save the country from the im

pending catastrople, but it would bring

about the destruction of the entire Soviet power.

BRITAIN.

& conjurer at Fort Said, after astonish THE TEA DUTY IN GREAT ing Westerners returning to the East, con cluded his show and applause by promising to demonstrate Western magic.

The

The Government have appointed Major.said the magician "have you

h cigarette was forthcoming

Thuradoy.

is

The House of Commons, on April 23rd, proceeded to the consideration of the he said again, "have you cigarette 1 Again Budget Reaclutions passed in Committee A cigarette was given, and so for a third time. of Ways and Means on April 18th. On The Egyptian bowed his way out with his the resolution continuing the tes, duty, Masters, that Mr. Pringle moved to reduce the umount three cigarettes, remarking:

of the duty from Bd. to 5d. Commander. is Western magic.”

Belizira doubted whether the consumer had got the benefit of the two reductions in ten duty made since the war, and for this reason be deprecated a reduction of duty,

TWELFTH YEAR LOAN.'

The Government is sending a large seroplane to Tsaochunng shortly. It will be armed with machine guns and capablo of carrying heavy bombe ANOTHER CONFERENCE PROPOSED,

PEKING, May 29th. THAOCHUANG, May 9th.

The Twelfth Year Loan was sent to Mr Boyd Carpenter, in reply, said the herdy The bandite have written to the gentry suggesting a conference to-morrow at Parliament to-day, but it is doubtful debate on the tea duty W26

whether it will ever be placed on the annual. The duty was less onerous than Heiachschung, 15 miles from Tsaochuang They say that their demands are simple, agenda, as both Houses have not with any other. While the duty was 8d. us drawn their vote of non-confidence; hemos regards tea of foreign source, the zotuak and that say delay cannot be blamed on

Parliamcat cannot discuss the Cabinet's amount of duty paid by 00 per cent, of tes was old. The reduction would The gentry agree to holding a con-financial proposala ference, but they suggest at Kuochiachi.

The bandits' terms appear extravagant, but it is hoped that to-morrow's conference will lead to an early settlema

(Unationed at jorj of next vlanm.)

· Hampshire best Gloucestershire on the first innings For Hants, Kennedy in the first inning took 7 for 40.-

Yorkshire ducaled Kent on the first them. BARRELS, May 20th. The railway strike is still spreading.innings For Yorkshire, Rhodes in the The signalmen at Licge and the locomo first innings took d for 37. but the telegraph and telephone employés

and sixteen rur lat Antwerp have resumed

for the Soviet attitude in regard to tive workers at Tournuith have struck; Worcester beat Warwick by na innings

Turkish ships,

The Cabinet, to-day, discussed the terms entail & lows of 23,900.000, which the Gov of the new a surplus Treasury Notes, ernment could not afford. On a division part of which may be used for the the amendment was defeated by 267 to redemption of the old $14,000,000 Treasury 179, and on a further division the duty

was carried by 200 to 182. Billa