CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. [TROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE SITUATION IN GERMANY.
PROVISION FOR PURCHASE OF FOODSTUFFS.
BERLIS, August 7th The industrial and commercial banks are plasing at the disposal of the Reichs. to the value bank foreign currtney 60,000 gold marks; against dollar tre sury bills. Thus, the dollar loan will be completely subscribed. The proceeds are to be devoted chiefly to the purchase of foodstuffs and late
GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO CHECK MARK INFLATION, At a meeting of the Reichstag the party leaders endorsed the Government plans to check further inflation by vigor. ous taxation and internal loung
The Minister of Economice. Dr. Becken, interviewed by Reuter's, denied that the Government intended to abandon the paper mark as curroucy.
MARKS
THE_HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TAUESDAY, AUGUST 9r¤, 1923.
LATEST CABLES, LATE PRESIDENT HARDING. SCENAS OF IMPRESSIVE SOLEM NITY AT WASHINGTON.
WasAINOTON, August 7th. The Capital, last night, received the Body of the nation's late chief excentive with impressive solemnity.
To the strains of Nearer My Gal to
The the coffin was removed from the train and conveyed to the President's coon at the station, pussing through corridor of menthers, and followed by members of the Cabinet.
President Coolidge paid his respects to the lead as the coffin reaches the head of the aisle of soldiers drawn up in front of the President's room.
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The coffin was enshrouded with the U.,, flag, borne to the Plaza and placed on u caisson drawn by six bay. horses, when
„prcession," escarted by the
troops. started for White House.
As the cortege passed the Capital, the great dome, whose lights had been exting. nished, stood out against the moonless sky as if in mourning,
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SIMPLE HOME FUNERAL.
HOME CRICKET. KENT BATSMAN COMPILES 200
Laguos, August 7th At the Oval, Surrey beat Notes on the first sings Notts in their first k compi od 395, Payton contributing 107 and Staples 110, and in the second in- nings scored 300 for 6. and declared. Sur- rey scored 407 (Hobby 108, Fender 103) and in the second, knock 102 for %. War wick beat Derby on the first innings. For
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
[Tuïocgh racter's ́AGENET.} CHINA. RUSSIA AND
LONDON, August -8th.
says that M. Karakhan, before leaving Moscow for China, told a correspondent that his to regulate Russo- main object was Chinese relations, particularly regarding
ZA Savjet nows agency
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JAPAN AND CHINA. FOREIGN OFFICE AND NEW. POLICY.
[SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN CHRONICLE."]
HOW DEMPSEY WON." PROMOTERS LOSE £40,000:
The following extract is from a Home paper:..
Contrary to general expectation, Tom Gib bus, who is 34, stood up for 15 rounds to Dempsey, world's heavy-weight champion boxer, when they met at Sheiba, Mostuna, the verdict, on points, was awarded to on July 4th. At the end of the 18th round
The fight took place in terrific heat." Dempsey, whe thus retning his title. Everybody agrees to one thing. While thousands “will enjoy its reproduction“ va the kinema, for the fifteen rounds,
Derby Jackson in the first innings zineken the Eastern, China railway along which | Ziji End reported that, on account of the only 13,000 saw the contest hundreds of
up 100 not out.
At Brighton, Sussex beat Middlesex by nie wiegels. Für Sussex, A. E. Gil-
Essex al Worcester beat Worcestershire
ok 4 49 and 5 for 33. by 101. For Essex, in the first innings, Russel cored 147 "and Perrin 12.
In
the second innings Russell Compiled 88 and Freeman 13. For Worcester, ".' Foster scored 97 and 149.
At Canterbury" ( Hardinge's benefiti. Kont at Hampshire by au innings and 57. For Kent, J. Bryan compileil 238.
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Yorkshire at Bradford beat Lancashiré by eight wickets, Lancashire compilet 157 and 73, Macaulay in their acond innings taking 4 for 32. Yorkshire scored 213 and 31 [2. R. Tyldesley in the first in ing took for 1.
Leicester beat Terthampton at Leicester un innings and 115. For Leicester, and Astill Sharp compiled 116, not not in the second innings took 6 for ...
Glamorgan at Chrdiff beat the West Indies, by 43. The West Indian Chajon er, in the second innings scored 10. For compiled 108.
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retannuts
270
still of white armies troublesome.. Another purpose of the Mission was to settle the legal status of Soviet citizens in China, and a third the creation of conditions for an economic rapprochenient between the two epun. trics,
STRUGGLE FOR POSSESSION OF AMOY (FURTHE HOSTILITIES PROBABLE,
BRITISH COSCESSION LIKELY TO HE RE-ENTERED.
PARING. August 7th.
A struggle for the possession of Amoy is expected daily. Generaliasin Wan Yang Chunn has under his command two
TOKYO, July 3rd. Au admission that investigations are proceeding is all that I have been able to extract from officials of the Foreign Office in regard to the reported decision to begin direct dealing with the provinces As the and local groups in China.
roler mentioned last Saturday, the breakdown of the authority of the Peking Government the Japanese Government had decided that it was a matter of vital necessity to establish relations with the local powers-that-be intChina, and that, as a preliminary step, the opportunities in that direction should be investigated. The great importance of this piece of news will be appreciated by anyone who has noted how largely the efforts of the diplonints and financiers of the Great Powers in the past twelve years have been devoted to preventing any financials.edge nammer fists. dealings on the part of foreigners with the Chinese provinces and loyal chiefs or Tachus. The motive may have been as higher than to keep a single authority in China to which foreigners could look for guarantee of the return of money lent, plus interest, and to substitute a friendly
His strategy
though there was no knock-out, make excellent film material. Gibbons, weigh- ing 14 lb. less than Dempsey, proved a most elusive opponent, was superb, and not for a single second did he forget it-even when Dempsey, in Gibbona mado apparent contempt, held his gloves down inviting him to rush' tantiapt to detens the champion. He devoted ful his edects to eluding him, so away from his that when not dancing
way, which demobilised Dempsey's blows he was holding him in clinches is
crowds La Montans
were mightily pleased, and jiered the newspaper experts who bad predicted that the challenger could not snst more than four rounds. They wanted Gibbons to win-for one thing because he is a very agreeable man, a Churchman, and the father of three Gibbons sey was getting their money. nico children. For another because Demp. became a member of the Black-feet tribe a day or two ago, and the might be victorious Recailing this fact, Heywood Broun, leading writer on boxing, find, it difficult to avoid sug gesting that there was something magical in Gibbous ability to frustrate or curious in
Ho certainly frustrated the champion,
knockout completely as a hine cam, and when the fight ended his face was uninjured, and he was able to In other words China'smile. He is estimated that the promoters "Of the of the fight lost £10,000 on it Snal $20,000 guaranteed him Dempsey obtained from the gate receipts only". £8,000. Gibbons, so far as is known got
cruisers, two gunboats and 7,000 men, { sharing of the gains for the old struggle of Red to Mother Earth that
mong the Powers for spheres of in with a base at Quemuy.
Bueues. In some measure that policy is Agalust him General Tsang Chik Ping bound to contiune, as the Powers them has two to three thousatul men.
selves are in control of the Customs and It is expected that when the attack the salt tax, and have a partiäl or com-
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EIGHTEEN MILLION TO THE 5.
Lostios, August 7th..
MARION, August 7th." grotempe The remains of President Harling will Clerman marks provided a spectacle being quoted at seventeen to not be buried beside those of his mother the 10th inst. they will be placet in a vault eighteen millions to the pound sterling, and sister, but after the funeral service on This movement excited very small interest, pending the erection of a mausoleum.
Mrs. Harding retort the plans for a as the markat considers the German Government's withdrawal of regulationsational guard of cavalry at the funeral, and requested that there be no military designed to control movements, as display, saying that the State funeral atings and 70 Somerat compled 632 11). Gloucester replied with 101, Glasgow tioned on August 6th, as a confessica of Washington to-morrow will be the uation for 9, and sleclared (31. Lyon 156. Harle physical incapacity. The closing rate was tributa, after which the wish of the lute taking 6 for 60, and in the second innings have, it declared a neutral zone.
President and herself for a simple home 301, Glasgow taking 5 for 87. faneral should be respected.
New York, August 7th.
fourteen
maillons. Belgian to sirtoen francs areal 100.33 and French franes at 70:23. The lira is at 1031.
It is estimate that over a million people lined the route of the train bearing the" remains of President Harding through Illinois, Indians and Ohio.
Hundreds slept during the night on station benches and on the grass while awaiting the train's arrival.
A request has been issued that to morą flowers be sent as the train is overloaded with floral tributes.
RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS
Ginmorgan. Stone in the second innings begins the British Concession will be re- entered, because of its important landing facilities.
Somerset beas (iloucester at Bristol By an
RESPITE FOR CUNO CABINET FRENCH COAL STOCKS IN THE RUHR.
BERLIN, Angust 7th. The main cause of the collapse of the
PARIS, August 1st. mark is dus to the urgent demand of im-
The press notes that the Bourgeois porters of foodstuffs, qua', et cetera, for
in Germany are inclined parties foreign currencies. Even a demand for a
grant a certain amout of truce to the Cuno Government, Even the Catholic few hundred pounds has a gigantic effect
declare that the people must await the effect which the financial programme Shops, which are only opening six hours,
submitted to the Reichstag wilt produce The Sucintists alone appear determined to daily, are doubling their prices from
Fondat the half-men-ures The printing pressed are
declares that day day.
Formertmended by the Trade Unions have lost all confidene "Larning out eight billions of marks daily,
Herr Cunn
in the Government, RIGA, August 7th. but there is still a shortage of money.
It is reliably learned frout Moscow that serint, the French Minister of
interview, published in the and it is necessary to wait two days to
the Patriarch Tikhon is exercising extruer Public Works, M. Le Trucquer, declared get change for a ten pound cheque. The dinary influence over enormous song that the French stocks of coal in the Ruhr Heichs-baakt is issuing larger denominationtions. There are remarkable scenes of religion July 15, were 2,100.000 metric tons and ous fervour. The Patriarch is insistent on mark notes, up to fifty millions each,'
REVIVAL PATRIARCH TIKHON'S INFLUENCE
the stocks of coke 1,300,000 metric tons.
**I can
The British Consul is endeavouring
THE LINOHENG AFFAIR. NOTE FROM POWERS STILL AWAITS
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL,
PEKING, August 7th. Router's representative. has been offi. cially informed that the Note regarding the Linching affair in still awaiting the unanimous approval of the Powera co8- cerned. The Diplomatic Body is not responsible for the delay,
"DAILY BULLETIN."} [FROSI TRE ! MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
SCANDAL.
PERING, Angus 7th. Chinese circles are discussing a scandal in the Ministry of Agriculture, in which
emphasising that the Church must not the operation in the Ruhr be con about 100 labourers are alleged to have attempt to participate in politics. The glued, the Minister added. LATEST CABLES.
"Living Church, which has strong MUTUAL GUARANTEE PACT Bolshevistic tendencies, is losing ground in
DRAFT APPROVED BY LO.N. MIXED COMMISSION.
PARIS. August 7th.
some of its parishes, and bus sent representatives to do penance before the Patriarch. Influences are again working to Uring about his downfall, among the most uctive of his adversaries being the heads of the "Living Church and the former Pro. curator of the Holy Synod, V.N. Lroff."
BRITISH MOTOR LORRY SUBSIDY.
A temporary mixed commission of th League of Nations has approved of the draft of a mutual guarantee pact.
The preamble says that security, which
Cosnos, August 8th, must be the first condition of disarma
The War Office aupounces that with the ment, will be attained by a general view to encouraging the commercial use of guarantee treaty, reinforced by supple-80-cat lorries fitted with mentary private agreements.
The Chairman. M. Lebrun, who point ed out that the pact has not affected the liberty of the signatory states us regards armaments, denied the conclu- sjon arrived at by critics that separate defensive alliances meant a return to th old system of alliances, beetuse the ap- proval of the League of Nations was
necessary.
the Giant preomatic tyres, it will pay a subsidy of £40 per annum in respect of these lorries if the vehicles or chassis are of British manufacture and they are enrolled under the scheme entitling the War Office to purchase in a national emergency.
LONDON-BERLIN AIR SERVICE. AVOIDING FATIGUING" FORMAL- ITTES IN THE RUHR.
Londos, August_7th. The British air service between London Lord Robert Cecil expressed faith in and Berlin is benefitting by the trouble in the Rubr, 'every seat on the air liners being the effectiveness of the pact.
booked for the remainder of this week. RUSSIAN OROPS DAMAGED; BY RAINS.
Moscow, August 7th." Continual rains are seriously damaging Crops in the central provinces and threat ening the aufung sowings.
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RUSSIAN TRADE DELEGATION.
SOVIET REPLY TO BRITISH
NOTE.
Bro August 7th. A meage feu Morcow states that the Foreign Affairs Commissariat has sent a Note to the British Mission pro- testing against the British Foreign Office's objections to M. Bakovsky.
The Nole declares that some of the charges cannot be substantiated, and it enulende that one pumplitat complained of was written in May after the irritat ing British Note.
The demand for accommodation is un precedented, both for the direct route to Berlin and via Amsterdain, many business men flying to Germany desiring to avoid the fatiguing Customs and other formalities in the Rubr. SWIMMING
THE CHANNEL. LONDON, August 7th. The Daily Shotch has awarded Harry Sullivan its prize of 21,000 for swimming
the Channel.
An American lady, Mrs. Corson, and a Canadian, Benhault, Have abandoned their attempts to swim the Chanuel.
YACHTING.
"
RAUE FOR THE KING'S CUP.
Lorvos, August 7th. At Cowes, there were brilliant scenes, the chief evout being the King's Cup.
Six started over a course of 46 miles.
The race WIE won by Mr. Charles Johnson's Moonbeam,
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His Majesty the King, Prines Gourge the Duke of Connaught sailed the Britanis Ito victory in the second race. "
received passports enabling them to enter America and Brazil as Government dele gates to study industrial conditions.
SHANGHAI, August 7th.
Mr. Elleder, the Shanghai representative of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, has made
assure you that it will do honour to those who have garried it through resumed the
The Belgian Senate debate on the Chamber's bill, fixing the period of active service and the military obligations of nil citizens. M. Deveze, the BUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET AT Minister of National Defence, made a
SHANGHAI: speech in defence of the Government's project against the Socialists, who hold to the six mouths period of service. 31. Devez, at the conclusion of his speech, said The per of war is under estimated in time nudd strength, Germany is at our gates a hot-ixxl of hatred, Gerrepresentations to the Russian Mission at
any has moralty in no way disarmed. She has armed enders of Schup Chutzpolieri), numbering 4,000,000 veter ans of youth who are equipped for revenge, it is said that she has no more material, We knew what has been des troyed: for she has suppressed the control of arma- ments. Any international action for peace will have only the more chance of success with Germany if the latter acquires the conviction that in the event of her making war she would be beaten."- French Wireless through Reuter.
we do not know what remains.
Peking claiming the steamer Et Dorul, which arrived off Ningpo on July 1st with
numerous armest refugees from General Lebedev's army.
The Russian Mission has despatched a memorandum to the Waldaopa in em nection with the matter.
PAYMENT OF TROOPS.
PEKING, August 7th. General Feng Yu-hsiung bas informed ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE the Cabinct that the Octroi proceeds are insufficient for the payment of his troops, and he has requested, the Government provide the necessary funds.
PROPOSAL
MARSHAL CHANG TSO LIN STRONGLY IN FAVOUR
Sir Robert Ho Tung informs us that Marshal Chang Two Lin, of Manchuria, through his Chief of Staff, Mr. Yeung Yu Ting, in a letter addressed to him from Mukden, on the 30th July, expresses him elf strongly ju favour of the proposal for a round-table conference. A copy of Marshal Chang's letter follows:-
Mukden. 30th July, 1923, Nir RoRKET En Tuxo,
ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN
COFFINS.
to
PEKING, August 7th. General Ma Fuchsiang, Tutung of Sui yuny, last week, snized 18 coffins from Manchuria containing arms and ammuni tion.
Den Sin-I have received and noted
MINISTRY OF FINANCE. the contents of your letter to Morahal
PERING, August 7th. Chang with a copy of the telegram sant to you y Dr. Sun. Yat Sen which is attached to your felter. Marshal Chang's No progres is being nude with the desire has also been to secure the unl-appointment of a Minister of Finance, fication of North and South by peaceful
Chang Ha is still at Tientein with Tsaci cans, and it is exactly for this reason that he has now adopted the system of Jui. self-government in hig three provinces. Therefore, Marshal Ching expresses him- BATTLE WITH MOROS IN THE elf strongly in favour of your proposal to convene a round-table conference of the principal lexuters of North and South to terminate the dissensions which mark the present situation.
PHILIPPINES.
MANILA, August 7th Filty Moros were killed and a number We should have replied to you by wounded and three men of the Constabu telegrato, but, as we do not know your lary were wounded in at pitched battle address, we are gbliged to reply by letter. near Lake Lanno, in Mindanao, Foster day, recording to a telegram to the With kuid regards-Yours sincerely,
Governor-General's office received at noon (Sd) YEUNG YU.TING,
Chief of Stuff, to-day.
plete hold over most of the railways, and they are likely to keep these tem
centralised.
central Government, so far as any exists, is mainly a government by foreigners.
indiaus
Still it has been a common belief among Western peoples that China's indepen-only £1,500 training expenses, dence would be still further endangered other dealings with the provinces inde- pendently of Peking. Whether this view if foreignera entered into financial and
was correct or not, there was reason to be interested in the report that Japan was considering a change of policy in that. direction.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. LORD ROBERT CECIL ON ITS WORK.
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Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., addressing London County Council teachers at the Kingsway Hail recently on the subject of the League of Nations, said it used to be stated that the hand that rocked the cradle ruled the world."
Count Uchida, the Minister for Foreign Affails, declined to make a statement on the matter, declaring the time to be The Vice-Minister, Mr. inopportune. municative. He told your representative Tanaka, however, was a little more com that, while he could not reveal the natur of the Government's investisitions, it in some was true that such negotiations were pro-said. ceeding in relation to the changed condi- that tions in China. All the Powers he said, nowadays, and that if they did they would were bound to consider these circum probably get into trouble with the hygienic stances, and Japan was not without authorities of the country. But I think it regard for what was happening,
"I am not quite sure that that is not
respects out of date," h To begin with I am does rock nobody
A
told cradle
I mentioned that this opened, the in-may be said that the band that marks the teresting question whether extraterri-black-board rules the world. The teachers toriality could be abandoned gradually, have an immense power in the moulding of region by region, as good government the public opinion, not of to-day, but of to came to be established in different parts morrow, and it is for that reason-speaking ling in China some time ago had express portance--it is of vital moment that the of China, Some Japanese jurists travel on a great subject which is of world im ed the opinion that Shangsi, the model province," was quite capable of looking after foreigners without may consular jurisdiction.
The Vice-Minister said that was. of course, a private opinion, The possibility of abandoning extraterritorial privileges had been recognised by the Washington Conference, but the appropriate time for such a courge had yet to be decided. When the conference of the Powers on the subject came to be held, the ques tion of working province by province in the abandonment of the old privilege say when that conference would meet, might be considered. But he could not It might be after two years or three years, or longer.
JAPAN AND RUSSIA. REPORTED PRELIMINARY -
AGREEMENTS.
teachers should have an opportunity of in- quiring fully into it in connection with their work.
"I do believe in the importance of and the necessity for the League of Nations. There never was a time when the support of instructed public opinion for the League was more necessary than it is at the present moment, for the League is Dow in established fact in international affairs. It has had three years or rather more of existence. During that time it bas done very well, but there has been a tendency to performances of a precocious child. treat its performances much as we treat the
"But we have passed through that stage. The League of Nations can no longer be treated as a precocious child; it has got to be judged now by the standard of a grown-up man. We have got to see that the League really does operate not in smaller, minor international matters, but in the great matters. It has got to justify itself not as a minor kind of institu The Japan Tinker gives the following tion, but as a great thing, the one thing I am quite the results of the conferences between we are going to turn to as the agency of
peace throughout the world. M. Joffe and Mr. Kawakami - Russia has agreed to accept responsibility does receive the real instructed" support of With regard to the Nikolaievak affair confident that as long us and provided it and offer apology for the massacre, while public opinion, the League can preserve the withdrawing the contention that hoth Japan and Russia are equally responsible for the unfortunate incident.
Japan on her part has agreed not to preas for monetary or other compensa tion for the losses sustained by Japan through the massnere.
Respecting North Sagbalien, Russia has practically agreed to grant a 9 year lease exclusively to Japan with detaile further to be considered Ister
Pence of the world, and can be of vital and essential importance to the prosperity of mankind." (Hear, hear;)
What the League needed, added Lord Robert, was increased power in order to do increased work. This method had been tried in international affairs now for... three years and more, and wherever it had been tried fully and without reserve it bad been successful, and it was on that line Coming to the evacuation of North and on that line alone that the hope of the Saghation, the stand taken by Japan is world could be found. no firm that it is believed that, Russia in. the end, dequiesced in the Japanese view of the matter..
No accordance of view has been reach-
A group of the separatist members of ed regarding the questions of interna Parliament in a further attempt to tional obligations and the recognition of embarrass the Government are reported to have sent a telegram to the German. Soviet Russia.
At tlic last session Mr. Kawakuni Minister asking him not to negotiate Broached the question of propaganda; with the Foreign Office on Sino-German In their message they contend and M. Julle agreed mutually to forbid affairs.
that the present Government is usurping propaganda work in each other country.
The freedom of residence and travel authority since a majority of Parliament The German Minister and the security of life have also been has gone south. mutually agreed upon
Thus the preliminary parley has been productive of desired results, namely to give a fair idea of how the two Govern ruents disposed of questions to come up at a formal conference and to furnish material on the strength of which the Governments may decido whether or not such conference muy, be held not id vaju.
is advised that these members would con. sider null and void any agreements reached with the Peking Government, which they allege is merely trying to get money for the militarists. They parti- cularly object to the currying on of usgotiations regarding reparations and the re-establishment of the Sino-German
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