(CABLES.
LATEST CABLES,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GLAUSANNE DISCUSSSIONS. COMPLETE AGREEMENT REACHED! ON ALL POINTS,
LAUSANNE, July 10th, Alueting crading at 1.30 this morning, complețe agreement was reached - all the remaining points,
The Powers will retain one cruiser and
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THE – HONGKONG DAILY TRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH, 1945.
LATEST CABLES,
CAPITALISM ATTACKED.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.
Loxnos, July 18th.
Babour's attack on the Capitalis:
dated March 31st,"
EX-SERVICE
ORGANISATIONS.
LATEST CABLES.
MEN'S
AY
DELEGATES RECEIVED
THE KING."
LONDON, July 16th. citadel was renewal on the resumption His Majesty The King received at of the debate in the House of Commons, Buckingham Palaos this morning, dele. on Mr. Snowden's motion in favour of gates from the British Empire Service Socialism, mentioned in neatle messagu Longue, representing all parts of the Empire Earl Haig presented the dele All parties combined to repel the gates, and His Majesty spoko a few words
various outposts of the Empire. The Mr. Clynes declared that Capitalism King chattuul for some time to Lieut. was on the defensive, Mr. Lloyd George; Palmer, V.C., from Malaya, and asked him in predicting keen competition when if he met the Prince of Wales on the European conditions were stabilised, occasion of his trip to the East. Lieat. urgel an inquiry into the causes of Palmer sid (remainder of telegram
mutilated.)
-LABOUR CONDITIONS IN JAPANESE MILLS
The result of an inquiry into "cotton" mill conditiona in Japan has been given by a Japanese Welfare Society, and ppear in the International Labour Review," In corament on the stało-
HINTS TO
CHINESE
MINISTERS ABROAD.
OFFSETTING INTERNATIONAL CONTROL SUGGESTIONS.
*FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOOLED BY JAPANESE.": The Cabinet is its capurity as they Government of China, is reported to have sent two telegrams to their Ministers in foreign countries in an attempt to sites the growing propaganda for interntional coatrol,"
two destroyers in the Straits until assault, and the motion was rejected by to each man, recalling memories of the mills, discharges were 74.11 per cent. son why the same happy, arrangemoutsplex, yet it is gradually working out a
December 31st, in the event of ratification being outstanding till that date.
It is expected that the Treaty will be
wigned on July 25th. PEACE MAY BE CONSIDERED AS DEFINITELY ASSURED.
LAUSANNE, July 16th.
A formal meeting of the whole ranfer- ence is bring held tossing for the purpose
368 votes to 121.
industrial discontent,
MR. AMERY IN FACETIOUS VEIN
Mr.
Anwiry (First Lord of tite Admiralty) was the Governavut spökes-
*H THREAT.
suggested that Socialism
EARLIER CABLES,
PROPOSED SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION...
NON, July 18th. presiding at the first
Earl Haig,
Dervior League, whier ta the outerms of the Capetown Conference of 11, said que of the principal aims is to combine exist varias parts of the Empire, Colonel Sente
Exist
Judia and represents Lituant F. W. Palmer, V.U., represents Malaya
registering the agreement, but n further difficulty is anticipated and peac may be already gasid redes definitely assured. The agreement satis would not merely involve 2-Postmasterbiemal conterence of the Brush cap fies the Turks and the settlement is the General, but "Butcher General" etectors best possible" in the circumstances. The and at Under Secretary for poultry, thorniest question, the various conces rabbits and underwear. He traverse the Seven's organisations in säons, was solved by putting the regie condition that strikes were a concomitent ginvenir, of the railways and Vickers of Capitalism, and asked whether there
Lesbos, July 18th. Presiding at a dionor of welcome to Armstrong on a footing of equality with had been no strikes in Australian and
Overseas delegate of the Empire Service any competitor for the next years five New Zealand State enterpriars...
League, the Frince of Wales recalled the kindness of his welcome throughout his years, in lieu of preferential rights. This
tours and declared that the comradeship disposes of the difficulty raised by the the debate, said that every single com of the war was still alive, helping the
Empire
overcome problems moro Chester
satisfies the modity was being cornered and trade thieu't than those of the war. concession and
Amerionn otserver.
Lieutenpur Palmer, V.C., proposed a restricteil by the Capitalist. Ho conclud-!
toast to which the Printy in responding. ed by saying that until the finë, impalp pointed out that there was hardly a able spiritaal effort ja every man was petion of the Empire which he had not visited, except South Afrin, which he ranged ou
the side of production, societyhaped to visit very shortly. Would never solve the great problem of production.
EARLIER CABLES. -CHESTER CONCESSION AGAIN
RAISED.
LAUSANNE, July 18th. Besides the Turkish demand for the withdrawal of the Allied naval forces, the Conferinge is Anding difficulties with regard to concesions, regarding which the French aert that America hng intervened and protested.ngainst revognition by the Treaty of some pre-war concessions which were" nut alsolutely legally accomplished when war bake out." notably those of the
Mr. Bamsay Macdonald, in winding up
PERSIA AND THE SOVIET.
RUSSIA
PERSIAN CONCEDES
DEMANDS.
viet
to
MOTOR GLIDER CONTESTS.
GRAND PRIX WON BY COUPET.
PARIS, July 18th. The Grand Prix for motor gliders at Bue was won by Coupet, who convered 310 kilometres in 4 hours, 47 minutes and 19 seconds. He was the only competitor at of seven starters to finish.
Barlet, when ending at the twenty wighth lap, had to give up owing to
The first prize was engine trouble.
Awarded
the
TEERAN. July 16th.
with the After several interviews Persian Council of Cammerer, the Soviet Trade Delegation accepted all the farm-humired thousaral fraues and Barbot was er's deminuds éxcept the question of the thousand. The machine had to fly over
and prize of twenty ten-kilometre circuit thirty times. Each machine had to weigh not more thas 250 kilogrammes and cover a minimum of 300 kilometree, with only twenty kilogrammes of fust and lubricants. They also had to rise height of 400 metres within half au
&
» railway region and the Turkish Petroleum | date of exchange and participation in
Company.
the Nijni Novgorod fair.
The Turk admit that the Chester „concession prejudicea - the, preferential
TO PREVENT WAR.
rights of these forcessions but say this is WORLD WIDE DEMONSTRATIONS
Naw
unavoidable, as the Angora ; Assembly approved the Chester concession, Turkey wunts to abolish 'all preference in this connection. It is painted aut that the Chester concession bristles with options and it is asked why should options be granted to one group and refused to another?
LAUSANNE, July 16th
While the concessions question is not yet settled, it appears that an understanding has been reached 'regarding the eyema. tion difficulty, under which threo inviting Powers will retain one, cruiser such in Turkish waters" instead of two pending ratification.
LATEST CABLES.
U.S. SENATE ELECTION.
REPUBLICAN DEFEATED RY LABOUR CANDIDATE.
ST. PAT, MINNESOTA, July 16th."
ARRANGED.
非
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in the first message the Ministri afe given the explanation that although tho political situation seems hopelessly un- legal order. Hence they are asked to pe their best offices with the Powers to which they are accredited to remind theru of the at the Washington Conferences which are principles of self-determination promised not at all in accord with the threats of control, which policy would but tend to injure the goodwill of the Chinese people and increase the strife in the world,
CHINA'S "NEW OPEN PORT PENCPU ON THE HWALRIVER. The Cabinet has decided to open Pragpu port. Exact's what this means is not clear, but presumably it means that Pengu
is to be made an open port in the enty made a labour correspondent of integers ns Tainanie, opened on the of the Chinese Government under the Manchester Guardian says the condi tions have a bearing in the efficients of such conditions as the Government sees it to determine. That a part opened under the industry. These conditions are of a these conditions can thrive abundantly semi-feudal caracter as to the Wage con- geen in the rase of Lanunte itself, where tract and long hours, but the chief facts in the days of Goro scendancy in are the high labour turnover and the rudi Shantung Fairey amicable arrangements KT ntary development of trade unioniam, were made for the setting apart of an The changing character of the labour is area for foreign residence, and that area was administered, from every point of hewa by the figures for 1921, when of the 220,038 workers in cotton-pinning view, admirably. There is only one rea- and engagements 90.87 per cent. Eight should not be made at Pengpu, and that The ground large factories classified the reens for is that it may be the late. Iraving employment as: perzona! reasons is probably by this time all pre-empted:
The growth of Pengpu during the past 18.7 per cent, dischargs 30.2, termination of period of contract 134, sickness 0.4. thirteen years.has been simply amazing. One-third of the male workers and half Thirtees. years ago Pengpu was an un of the female workers remained less than known place, a villege merely, and a poor year in employment, Such a high village at that, the south bank of the labor turnover, the Japanese investiga Hwai River, between Linhaikwan, and
The second cablegram deals with the tor remarks, results in a low efficieng Hwaiyuan. Then the railway came, and of the individual worker, and a low a great bridge was thrown across the river Japanese situation. It is pointed out the efficiency of the factory owing to the con- at Pengpu. Ther offct was instantaneous, Japanese boycott was brought on by the tant artesity for rearranging work; Long before the construction of the Tien- failure of Japan to release Port Arthur, casts of administration and of recruit- tsin Pakow Railway was completed Peng and Dniren. The present movement is out ment also become very high. In order top had become a river port of importaties of patriotism and has no similarity with avoid the evils many factories are im- Foreign firms were presented thers by the Boser uprising, which was one of proving the welfare provisions for the gents permanently living in motor hans ignorance. However, the foreign en- workers and are also granting various boats, and Chinese firms from Shanghai tries in America and Europes are being bonuses and allowances with the object of had squatted hore, there and everywhere, fooled by the Japanese saying that the encouraging longer service. It is natur. The agricultural resources of the region, boycott is the forerunner of a new anti- ay nautani interest that conditions many of which had been undeveloped in foreign up-rising. should be immvel, and especially that previous years cause of the difficulty of quested to make clear these facts to the which the International Labour Confer miscellaneous produce began to go down Agency.
Fruit, esamum and a grisse variety of misunderstandings. -- Chung. Hei” Yeas the of night work for women, ut transport, began to be exploited. Powers in the hope of dispelling such Tu is working for, should bring about
the
railway to Pukow
ja enormous quaīsti better work. In connection with the mill ties, and by the year 1015 the trade had industry is the question of provision of
so expanded that some of the Japanese textile machinery. Competition with commercial papers and market reports in British makes has come from German and Shanghai had a section devoted to Peng- American manufacturers, but there is
pu trade. At the present time Pengu reason to believe that British firms are has its thousands of inhabitants, with holding their own in standard makes banking and other facilities, and there is certainly in regard to quality if not in every prospect of still further and very pries During the war years British rapid growth. makars naturally lost some of their trade, but Lauenshiremade machinery is again ho ding its own in the competition.
BANK SECRECY.
A Banker writing in a Loudon paper
BUY:---
Mr. Justice' Avory has just decided that a bank is, ander certain conditions, justafi-] ed in revealing to a third party the state of a customer's account.
This decision has aroused a great deal of Business interest and even consternation. people are wondering how far this kind of thing can be allowed to go.
y
There is, however, no cause for alarm. The banking profession is quite as jealous of its reputation for maintaining secret
Lor medical professions, are the legal or me
aifairs are regarded, as
The
customers'
sacred are times, however, when a banker"
toiner.
The Ministers are f
ISZECHUAN'S EARTHQUAKE-
1,300 KILLED; 250 INJURED.
VILLAGES LEVELLED IN 70 MILE AREA.
Further details have just reached Peking of the disastrous earthquake which occur- The definite throwing open of the portred in the southern borders of Szechua to foreign trade will give the place another on March 24th. These are contained i great impetus. Long ago leading foreign letters of two missionaries who went to the firms in this country, had, through their scene in response to appeals for help from compradores and in other ways, secured a the local authorities. The "ares affected fonting in the place, and this foothold embraced about seventy miles in the re be strengthened by open permission to mote border region between Tachienlu nad trade there Pengpu has a future like Drang gu and the casualties numbered that of Harbin, before though we 1,500 kiled and 250 injured. It appears hope mot so hectic,--Fur Kadron Tume that Dr. J. N. Andrews, of the American (Peking).
Seventh Day Adventist Mission, and Mr. Edgar, of the China Inland Mission, six days after the catastrophe, received word neestet by runner that help was urgently
They wer at a place called Dräng gu. asked to proceel there with medical sup plies, the Chinese authorities undertaking to pay expenses, and furnish" transporta-
medica missionaries set out for Dlang gu Between Dawn and Drang gu they w that practically every village had been fecelled, and on
arriving
at Drang gu
TSAO KUN'S "BOSOM FRIEND"
APPRECIATION OF SUN YET SEN'S ton nud an escort. On April 2nd the two
ADVICE.
。
PEKING, July 10th. In reply to the telegram of Mr. Yang does divulge an opinion regarding, eds Tu, the Peking representative of Dr. It is now an old-abished custoin Sun Yat sen, Advising that he should for business firms to make inquiries re- an invitation Dr. Sun Yat-sen guiding the credit and standing of others, to come north to help maintain affairs These inquiries are munde through the res pending the election of a legal President, pective bankers and the replies a reguarded Marshal Tao Kun sent the following and do not give details. Beakers' re-telegram, on the 6th instant ferences are aku usually required when new tenants enter to occupation if thats or houses. MALARIA, IN RUSSIA. In giving an opinion a banker has to be
Curetul. It die gives one which is SOUTH EASTERN PROVINCES
favourable and misleads the inquirer he is hable for cinihages. On the other hand, if BADLY AFFECTED.
lich erred in the other direction his customer would bring an Ra, July 16th.
With regard to overdrafts, if a man has malaria is spreading in the south-easter been called upon to repay money he owes the princes of Russia, also at Bashkirta, lank and reluses to make a settienus the where there ars" 35,000. ISCH. There are bank is entitled to take steps to enforce pay 20.000 cnges in the Don district and ment. The man, of course, would have no mile Muscris where the legal or moral right to accuse this banker of number is increasing, Fifteen cases of cholera are reported from Rosteffondan...
New Yons, July 16th. Strong pressure is being exerted to induce the Government to enter the International Court, by nation-wide it is reported from Moscow demonstrations organised for July 6th and 29th by the National Council for the Prevention of War. Demonstration, have been arranged for thirty-six states and eight foreign countries.
ESTATE OF LATE MR.
- DOUGLAS JONES.
LONDON, July 16th,
Mr. Douglas Junts of Belmont, Hiddes- don, Hertfordshire, late of Hongkong and Shanghai, left atate valued at £181,137.
that
THE RUHR OCCUPATION. FURTHER STRINGENT. FRANCO
BELGIAN MEASURES.
LONDON, July 10th. -The latest sign of Franco-Belgian determination, to maintain pressure in the Ruhr is reported by Reuter's corres pondent at Cologne, who say, the drastic prohibition of all ordinary passenger traffe across the frontier of occupied Germany bar been summarily extender to July 28th, causing the utmost conster nation among thousands awaiting ex- The death is nanouneed of Sir Henry piration of the blockade to crom the
OBITUARY.
SIR HENRY HOWARTH.
Mr. Magnus Johnson, a farmer, who Howarth.
Roos
a Labour candidate, has been
elected to the United States Senate, delcating Governor Preas, the Republican eusdidate and a supporter of President Harding, by a heasy majority.
LOUIS
LONDON, July 16th.
COUPERUS.
THE HAGUE, July 10th. The death is announced, from blood.. the novelist, -Louis poisoning of The election attracted widespread in. Couperus, author of "Old People and terest, in riów of the fact that Senator the Things that Pass"; "The Later La Folletto, the leader of the Progressive Life"; and "Small Souls"
Bloc, supported Mr. Johnson. DESERTERS FROM BRITISH LINERS
TEST CASE AT SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTON, July 10th.
Twenty-Sys members of the crew of the Leviathan have been summoned for de- sertion from British liners in New York. defendant was ordered In the test case to forfeit the balance of wages due to him from the British line, and also his effects which he had left aboard.
The prosecuto Blagistrate by state a case. Pending decision twenty-four other summonses worn adjourned tine die,
solicitor asked the
HOME CRICKET RESULTS. LONDON, July 10th. Somerset beat. Derbyshire at Chester field by 61 runs. For Derby, Horsley took 5(wickets for 40 and 5 for 45.4-
Kont best Leicestershire at Maidstone by eight wickets. For Kent, Woolley in the first innings made 130 not out,
The West Indies at Warwickshire at Birmingham by nine wickets.
Yorkshire beat Esses at Dewsbury by 280 runs For Yorkshire, Rhodes, in tho second innings, made 102. Sussex de- feated Glocestershire at Bristol by 48 runa. In their first innings Sussex com piled 900 runs. Parker took 7 wickets for 83. Sumex, in their arenad innings, made; 147. Bennett took five wickets for 30
rung.
cordon.
BRITAIN'S REPLY TO
GERMANY.
very
he gave one
action.
breach of confidence.
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tuu
Banks are conservative institutions. "Quill peas are still to be found on the cuanters of some of the older branches in the West End, and the telephone was not in general use, even in London banks, sutil the war period
Limost
The adoption of the telege has brought quite a number of new probeds with regaad 10 inting confidence. Customers, invariably women, do not hesitate to ring up and ask for their balance or some other It is, except in rare private information. instances, quite impossible for the unker to certain it it is the custotuer speaking, so refused. in most cases the information must be
It will readily be seen that the practice of giving confidential information over the telephone is a dangerous one, and it allowed to develops would lead to grave abase. All kinds of unauthorised persons would ring up and obtain information to which they have no right.
Anutter of the troubles that have come DRAFT TO BE COMMUNICATED TO with the telephone is the man who, having
AMERICA.
taken a customer's cheque, rings up the bank to ask whether it will be met. Not the slightest information is ever given in such
uses.
Mr. Ramsay
Losnor, July 10th.. In the House of Commons, replying to Macdonald, Mr. Baldwin stated that the draft of the British Beply, to Germany, would be communicated to the United States.
WAR MEMORIAL TO AIR FORCES.
Lesnos, Inly 16th H.R.. the Prince of Wales unveiled a memorial on the Thames Embankment to officers and men of the Air Forces of the
The me Empire who fell in the war. morial is in the form of a huge brand eagle poised in light, looking towards France, with its claws embeded in n globe belted with signs of the Zodiac, on top of a pylon of Partial stone, 38 feet high.
GERMAN CONSUL FOR ANTIPODES.
MELBOURNE. July 10th. Mr. Bruce has announced that, follow-
"
found that so if the victims of the earth- qunke are still suffering from injures
A typical of officialdon: was revealed in the fact that the mission- medical supplies than were actually need- aries having taken with them more ed experienced difficulty in securing trans
portation homeward for this excess, How-
"I neknowledge receipt of your tele-ever it wax, arranged in time. gram and "appreciato your advien for the
Despatches from Chungsha indicate that tearing up of the present situation. the restoration of the dus go so far in Your words are indeed good for the coun- the Japanese are concerned has been delay- try, and for your bosom friend. Being ed by the inexpected fall in the river a militarist, I lack the ability to under which prevented two of the Japanese river stand political administration. However, beats being able to ascend the river to in view of the country frequently being Changsha. confronted with difficultice, I cannot bat: come to the fore to do my best to main- tain the situation. Hence. I am pleased to have your advice, since you are SWORDS TO PLOUGHSHARES expert on political affairs.
As to the reunification policy, it WU PEI-FU'S SOLDIERS COLUNIS- should he clearly understood and accept-
ING WASTE LAND.
ed by all circles. You are patriotic in devising means for the salvation of the Some time ago the Inspectorate-General country, and I sincerely hope that you of Hupeh and Honan placed an order with will frequently advise ma of the best an America firm for a complete set of method for furtherence of national re- agricultural machinery and implements. unification and the solution of general These have already been shipped from problems.
Wisconsin via San Franciscd on June 15th and are expected to arrive at Shanghai by the middle of this month to be trans ported to Loyang.
becoming
"In short, conditions are more critient, and the destruction of the mation faces us. In view of which I will not feel displeased at the retirement oe! promotion of one persos, This is my policy which I now submit to my dear friend for information, Signed Tsao Kua."-Chung Mei News Agency,
"TO PREVENT FOREIGN
INTERVENTION.
iu
For the anuse purpose of educating Chinese soldiers with modern agricultural implements, General Wu. Pei-fu has als
racks of the Third Division. It is his -do- purchased a piece of land near the bar aire that when the soldiers become ac quainted with wientific cultivation ther will be organized into labour brigades and sent to the north-west to colonize the vast waste land, there
The order includes og 40 hp. stenm tractor, one oh.. kerosono tractor, ploughs, disc, drills, threshers, etc The pioneer work of the adoption of western agricultural machinery will no doubt
arouse the intensive interest of the natives,
says the Chung Mti News Agency.
WU'S STRINGENT ORDERS FOR BANDIT SUPPRESSION: The Asiatic Area Agency states that General Wu Pei-fu has reported to Peking that in order to prevent foreign interven tion, he has issued stringent orders to General Tung, commander of the thir. teenth mixed brigade, General Hu, com THE SAIGON RICE FIELDS mander of the first Shensi division IRISH AGITATORS DEPORTED Honan, Major-General Ticu, commander: The Governor of Cochin-China has just of the first mixed brigada and also Gen addressed to all the heads of provinces nud SYDNEY, July 16th oral Hsiao of Hupeh to despatch troops district, a ciruinr proposing the digging The Irish Republican envoys, O'Kelly for the effective protection of the whole of numerous canals of small section with a aud Father O'Flanagan, have been do live of the Peking-Hankow Railway from View to the. further development of the ported. They sailed aboard the Peking to Hankow and they will be held cultivation of rice. He states that he at
fungulia.
responsible for any untoward happenings Cooles the highest importance to the stan [Theus envoys were recently discharged hereafter. General Wu enys in addition dardisation of rice and to the extension For the latter, muro charge of sedition but ordered to be to the above-mentioned troops, General of its production. deported.]”„
Chip Yun-bo, commander of the fourteenth irrigation is necessary, but Cochiu-China army division at Chenchow, will accept is fortunate in that great works for the IRISH DOCKERS ON STRIKE full responsibility for the preservation of control of water do not appear to be
order and the suppression of bandits along neosary. All that appears to be nec
a system of these canals of small the Lung-Hai Lie while at the same eary time, Genera Chi of Naoking has been section. These are required both to o
larger Plains and to irrigate them. to-operaty with General Chin up the instructed to
Labour to dig them would be too costly, within Kiangsu territory.
General Munthe wil complete his in- and Government proposes to employ amanl
of the
gunris of the Tientsin dredging machines. The object of the cir Railway in a few days and then cular in to obtain the misterials for a cle- will art for the inspection of the finite estimate of the requirements of ther the Peking-Mukden and provinco. It is supposed that at Inst the Peking with the arrangements of the Ministry of tivated area. For this year nam of Communications. Furthermore, railway, 100,000 piastres has been placed on the guard training department is under or provincial budget, to pay for a certain ganization in the Chisotungpu and it will amount of surveying and a number of
angchines.. be completed shortly.
LONDON, July 18th. The strike of dockers has spread to Ireland. Dockers at Dublin and Cork have struck against a reduction in wages of two shillings a day. Many vessels are held up.
GERMAN PRINCESS
ARRESTED,
ng negations with the Imperial Gor eramont, the. Commonwealth has agreed to the appointment of Dr. Baning as German
Bzaci, July 16th: Consul General for Australia, Naw Prince Hoblohe Ochzingen has been Zealand. Fiji and other Pacific islands arrested at Munich in connection with not, apezifies, with headquarters at Sydney: Ehrhardt's escape.
be
Pokiri Hanna: Linea in accordance 400,000 hectares cau, be added to the cul-
f
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