CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY.]
3 HOME ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
THREE CORNERED CONTEST IN MOST CONSTITUENCIES.
LONDON, November, 22nd, --- It is expected that between fourteen hundred and fourteen hundred and fifty candidates will have nominated by Mon-
day."
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Five hundred and twenty-two Conservu- tiven have already been formally adopted. The Liberals expect to have four hun- dred and seventy nominations and Labour, four hundred and twenty. There are about thirty Independents.
EARLIER CABLES,
KEEN PUBLIC INTEREST.
LONDON, November 22nd. Much applause is forthcoming for speakers of all chaudes of opinion at well- sttanded meetings throughout the country, i Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, at Aberavon, said it was fallacy to talk of Imperial Pre ference while there was as big a duty against our goods going into the Domin, ions as to some going on the Contineat,
Mr. Arthur Henderson, at Newcastle, denounced a tariff war when the paramount necessity was the establishment of interna tignal order founded on goodwill. "Sir Robert Horne, at Glasgow, imagined that the public's belief in the sincerity of Mr. · Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George was strained when it uw them embracing and ainging The Voice that Breathed o'er Eden When Labour had been in power
a wook, nobody would want to go to "Heaven (Laughter.)
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 1923.
LATEST CABLES FAR EASTERN CABLE BELGIAN BUSINESS MISSION TO SEPARATISTS ABANDON
DIRECT ACTION.
FIGHT TO BE SHIFTED TO
·DIPLOMATIC FIELD,
-DUSSELDORF, November 2nd. It is understood that the Saparatist leaders have decided not to try to seize. nay more cities but to disband the bulk of their troups and shift the fight to the diplomatic Seld.
NEWS.
(THROUGH, SKUTER'S AGENOT.)
CHINESE RAILWAY GUARDS.
A WORKING, ARRANGEMENT
REACHED
JAPAN.
THE PREFERENCE CONTROVERSY.
SIR JOHN SIMON ON A DAN,
GEROUS DELUSION.!!
BRUSSELS, November 22nd. A central committee of business men gave a reception to a mission of enquiry shortly, going to Japan. The president of the corn- mittes," M." Jules Carlier, in a speech ex-
· presed. Belgium wsympathy with Japan. Sir John Simon said Preferones as Canon Legrand, head of the mission, dis practised in the Dominicus was quite a conrmed on the incessity for developing different thing from Preference as it was It is aunounced that a working arreciprocal comeric relations, and pre recommended to be adopted in Great ALLEGED BELGIAN SPY IN rangement has been reached between the dicted that Japan will quickly reover, Britain. For the British Dominions, the
HOLLAND
Prking Authorities and General Tang The Japanese Ambasador Ádatchi, în a
new, proposals meant the pulling down of Tani Li regarding the Railway Prote brilliant speech, congratulated the mission.of a high wall with which their territory n certain number of brisks from the top
tion. Bureau of which he (General Tang) is director.
FOUR DUTCH OFFICERS. ARRESTED..
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LONDON, November 22nd. Advices from The Hague report the arrest of a Belgian nt Bar-le-Duc, alleged iy in the act of buying secret military plans from a Dutch officer. This led to
the arrest of four Dutch officers and the discovery of an extensive plot. "
WIRELESS WAVES TO STOP MOTOR-CARS.
FRENCH ENGINEER· DISCOVERS GERMAN SECRET.
H
PARIS, November 2nd.
PERING, November 23rd.
It has now been decided that the Chizatungpu (Ministry of Commanica- tions) shall control the guards as far as their disposition and sandry other details
are concerned.
PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS.
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING FIRM
FINED,
SYDNEY, November 22nd.
A shipping firm has been fined £500 for allowing right Chinesy prohibited immi-
General Wy Fei Fu ha* agreed to fur grants to land, nish one brigade of troops as additional]
MR. ASQUITH ON AN "ACT OF INDUSTRIAL SUICIDE.”
Mr. Asquith, addressing a demonstra tion at Perth, on October 19th, taunted the Governaient about what they called Imperial Preference, and described it as
Sir John Simón, M.P., gave an address. at the National Liberal. Club on October adding another storey to this "dell's 17th on The Government's Prefervave house, this little tiny, mininture-working Proposals."
model of Protection." (Laughter.) Whether or not the additions, modifica tions, or transformations which had been laid before the Imperial Conforenen amounted to a violation of the electoral pledges of the present Government he did not know, but it was a matter worthy of
however, warned them not to treat this further examination, (Cheers.) He
little adventure too lightly, hecause they would very soon see it was not merely a question of currant huns and raisin pud- dings: (Laughter.). **A policy such as this would be an act of industrial suicide for Great Britain," said Mr. Asquith
was enclosed.
Undoubtedly that gave opportunities to British manufacturers which would not otherwise have been available; but that was quite "a diferent operation from the one which the Mother "Country was now asked to undertake that of building a wall in order that there might be certain gaps in that wall through which British products might pass mure freely. To the Dominions, "Preference
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It would be a shallow fallacy to sup pose that Imperial trade can only be developed by fiscal tinkering." (Laughter and cheers.) The Liberal policy is, as it possible lines the mutual and reciprocal trade of the different members of the Empire." (Cheers.)
guards, who will be stationed along the BY COURTESY OF THE DAILY SOLLETIN." meant preference in a protected market has always been, to develop on the freest
Kinhan railway, while General Wang Chen Ping will furnish a brigade for the Tsinpu like. General Tang Tai Li will! command the whole body, subject to re
It is reported that à French engineer has succeeded in doing what has alreadyervations mentioned, and will report] bren claimed for a Genuan electrician, namely, stopping the engine of a motor- var hy waves projected from a distance,
He declares that it will be equally pos- aible to stop aircraft in full fight.
An Air Ministry oficial admits that experiments carried out in Germany and France were successful in regard to the opinion, however, that means will be motor-cars at short distances. He is of
found for protecting and isolating the magneto.
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"EARLIER CABLES,
GERMANY'S FINANCIAL
CAPACITY.
DANGER OF BLEEDING то DEATH."
BEALIS, November 22nd. A large force of police guarded overy entrance to the Reichstag on the remump tion of the debate of November 20th. Herr Stresemann dwelt on the hopeless ness of the situation so long as Germany was in danger of bleeding to death from
Ho
direct to the Cahinet.
The foregoing, Arrangement is said to be antisfactory, but there seems some possibility of friction in this divided com mand.
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"ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE.”
SIR ROBERT HO TUNG VISITS KAIFENG,
Kargo, November 21st.
WRITING THE LAST CHAPTER
OF THE EMPIRE."
Viscount Leverhulme alluded on Octo
to Great Britain it meant the abandon ment of a free market, the establishment of a Protectionist market, and then the modification of that market in the inter- ests of certain selected suppliers, Pre- ference, in Great Britain, would have the certain result of increasing prices to the her 12th to the proposal to increase the very poorest of our population.
preferential tariff in favour of the Domi- The new preference proposals fell gronions. Speaking at the dinner of the tesquely short of what was desired and London Commercial Travellers Benevo hoped for by the supporters of that fent society, he said that if we all pro policy, but it would be a great mistake to pass them by as trumpery or negligible They involved this all-important admis- It is believed that Sir Robert Ho Tungsion, that it was not possible to go one
Sir Robert Ho Tung, who arrived here yesterday from Layang, paid calls on the Civil and Military Governors, after which he proceeded immediately to Chenchow by special train..
Delay, however, seems to have been overcome and there is a prospect of Tang¦ is now en route to Peking. Taxi Li proceeding with his task.
SHANGHAI GUN-RUNNERS.
CAPTAIN KEARNEY CONVICTED;
SHANGHAI, November 23rd.
BANDIT EXTERMINATION.
AL
KAIFENO, November 21st.
Chang Fu-lai who left Kaifeng this morning, is returning to his temporary headquarters at Hsuchow in order to resume his task of exterminating the
In the United States Court, Captain Kearney has been convicted on the charge bandits. preferred against him of gun-runsing and"] sentenced to a fine of $2,500 mex.
A Renter's telegram from Shanghai, dated July 12th. reported sensational arrests in Shanghai. The telegram” rend as follows: The American Authorities
ALLEGED
INJURIES TO CHINESE
IN JAPANE
PERING, November 21st.
A Chihling mandate, issued last evening,
Sir Walter Runciman, at Brighton, "said tariffs would not help the principal industrion of shipbuilding, coal and textiles ...and could” ia no wise benefit more than
140,000 out of the 1,600,000 anemployed.
VIEWS OR LONDON
CONSERVATIVES...
the wounds of the Rhine and Ruhr. LONDON, November 22nd,
are investigating startling disclosures re-appointed Mr. U. T. Wang, Chen Chich-į declared that he would not convent to w vealing the existence of 4 widespread The City of London attitude towards pro German payments go to France's cashbook. traffic in arms and ammunition to China. chap and Liu Yen as special delegates to tection was defined by Lord Hunsdon pre-capacity." He announced the removal of quarters for the traffic with agencies
We have reached the end of our financial It is illeged that Shanghai is the head-investigate the alleged injuries to Chinese siding at a crowded meeting of the Uity the state of emergency from a number of throughout the Far East. The Authori in Japan during the earthquake period. Conservative Association, which adopted ciers had offered the German Government of Captain Kearney.
districts, and declared that foreign hoan-ties have issued a warrant for the arrest
DELEGATION TO JAPAN. Commander-in- Sir F. G. Bantry and Mr. Edward Gren. credit for at least a milliard gold marks, provided the present. Government remain fall as candidates,
d in power. The speech was loudly applauded by the majority of deputies.
The debate was adjour until tomar row when the German Nationals' vote of censure will be taken.
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Lord Huusdon said the view of the City was that protetion was not a question of principle but of expediency, The City
would like protective duties" to be con- Ridered first with regard to the indus tries affected, also, generally with regard to prevalent conditions,
Lord Hunsdon
was of opinion that one of the contributory
POWERFUL MOTOR SHIP.
ORDER PLACED BY UNION CASTLE CO.
,
Chief of the Chekinng Navy. who, it is alleged, carried out a large deal in arms with the Russian refugees under Admiral Sturk. A further development took place to day, culminating in the arrest of a journalist named Mrs. Stein and a well known local baseballer named Maloney. They were charged with complicity in the traffic.
The trint of Captain Kearney has aroused considerable interest in Treaty Ports.]
EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE
PROBLEM.
PEKING, November 21st, Mr. C. T. Wang will proceed to Japan on the 28th inst., probably staying a day at Mukden r route.
step further along the road to Imperial Preference in Great Britain unless we were prepared to put additional taxes on food..
duced to the utmost of our power under the conditions we now enjoyed of free trade Great Britain would again be placedt
paramount paition, a position, be might say, of domination in the markets of the world.
With the one exception of coal, we had no raw materials to any great extent. If The British Empire had grown up up the Liberal principle that each self. We were trying to trade with the Colonies we would have to find out from the for itself. There was not in Great Britain for our goods. We could cloud the issue governing community decided its finance Colonies what payment they would take any party or section that was anti-by talking about finding employment for Dominion, but if Preference was adopted. the memployed by migration to the unpleasant, unfair and invidious calenta Colonies, but if migration to the Colonies tions and comparisons would arise from were followed by a fall in the world's the fact that this wise principle had been demand for our panufactured goods, se departed from. Again, it was impossible should only be heginning a vicious circle to enter into a system of preference with (Cheers.). We could not start on a career out comparison arising between the con- tribution of one Domining and the other of reversing the policy which had made Great, Britain successful, Every one of to the Empire. It was essential that the there fallacies was a boomernog, and, unity of the Empire should not be under-
however much we wished the hands of mined by the setting up of these difficult Empire strengthened, he was onvinced and compliented questions. (Cheers.) they could never be strengthened on any LABOUR LEADER ON " ECONOMIC other hasos than that of brotherhood
Cheers.) So long as we kept our doors pen to the whole world, the whole world would welcome our produce. If we put these barriera round ourselves we would he writing the last chapter of the Britishr Empire. (Cheers.)
"INSANITY/",""
Speaking at Easington. Duritam, on October 17th, Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., criticized the Imperial preference proposals and said that what the Austra lian Prime Minister. Mr. Bruce, had asked for was the full programme of the Tarifi Reformer. The suggested arrange-
LEISURE THE AIM OF LIFE. raised a serious issue of principle apart ment in regard to Empire grown sugar
·Dr. Ernest Barker, Principal o from its fiscal aspect.
What the Government proposed to a King's College London, in an address at Acording to the Chingpas, Dr. Welling-was to hind Great Britain to maintain St. Alban's Church, Wood-street City. fon Koo brought the matter of the alleged the existing preference of 48. 31d. for a last nonth, raid leisure for the forkers.
period of ten years. This was a guar was a necessary accompaniment of deren ill-treatment of Chines to the attention antee that no Government was entitled cracy. Recreation was rest from works of Mr. Yoshizawa, indicating that if inves to give, and on behalf of the Labour leisure was employment in work desirable. tigations prove that the reports are correct, Party he declared that a pledge of this for its own sake, and not as a means to kind would not be held as binding on the an end-such as hearing poetry and noble China will expect the guilty parties to be Labour Government if it came into power music and the exercise of speculation and
within the period. The Labour Govern contemplation.
"To this Gue señno.”¿Dr. Barker said, and tariffs in its own way without regard to the action of its predecessors.
"causes of unemployment was the "high in the world for the South African mail |--JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL severely punished, and also an indemnity. ment would deal with all these questions we may say that we live for leisure. H
death duties and super tax.
Bir F, Berbury declared that Mr. Baid- win's proposals were identical with those of Mr. "Lloyd (ivorge in 1921.
No Liberal candidature has so far been
mentioned for the City of London,
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
VIRTUAL DISAPPEARANCE
FORESHADOWED.
LONDON, November 22nd, The Union Castle Company has ordered the largest and most powerful motor-ship
arvier. It is over twenty thousand tons STCSS, and equipped with two sets of double-acting eight-cylinder Diesel engines, developing a minimum of twenty thousand
I.H.P.
LIQUOR SMUGGLERS.
OVER ONE HUNDRED PROSE. CUTIONS IN NEW YORK.
New Your, November 22nd.
FOR SETTLEMENT,
TOKYO, November 23rd.
PROVINCIAL REBEL
PROPAGANDISTS;
PERING, November ind.
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in the essence of our being, and transcende The proposal to impose a duty on for work. The sad thing about modern Eng eign dried fruits not at present dutiahle,lish society is that there is no leisure, in The Government proposal for a settle,
in order to give. Empire products of this this sense. It is not that we work so kind a preference in our market, was a hard, hut it is rather that we play o ment of the long-pending insurance issue
The Ministry of Communications have distinet violation of Mr. Bonar Law's hard. One need not be a kill-joy or purports to be a two per cent. loan to
pledge during the last General Election puritan to talk in this strain. You must the insurance companies, amounting to the telegraphed to the military authorities in that the Parliament then being elected have books; you must know something in would made no fundamental change in order to know, more. Blank ignorance is equivalent of ten per cent of the claims Shangtung, Chibli, Aubui and Kiangsu the fiscal system of Great Britain. It was blank incuriousness. Education is really It is stated over a hundred defendants against the companies which the com- saying that according to reports from tax on food imposed with a political the preparation for life's leisure. Con
object. There was no difference in prin- templation is the end at which to aim. are under indicturit, charged with liquor panies will pay. The companies are to Pengpu rebel propagandists have recently ciple between this duty and a duty on We must. indeed, perform our social
muggling. The federal prosecuting
It was protection pare duties, but even that demands that we officers aunounce their intention to arrest LONDON, November 22nd.
create an organization to which all will been netive at Fengpu, and that two of foreign wheat.
and simple.
should retire into ourselves. The end of several well-known Britons as well as subscribe in order to guarantee redemp the leaders had been arrested and their If we granted the demands of the Brad- our lives is not doing things, but know The virtual disappearance of the ImAmericans on the same charge.
system of Iming things.". tion of the loan. Final details are ex- secret haunt discovered, at which docu-förd manufacturers for perial Instituto is foreshadow, in the
períal preference in the form of an export AMERICA'S AIR FORCE. report of the Committee inquiring into its
pected to be settled after a conferencaments referring to the movement to create duty upon wool, what would be the effect LARGE INCREASES URGED. falaro status in view of the withdrawal of
of the representatives from all the insur-n self-governing Aubui army "were dis-upon the Lancashire cotton industry if
overseas contributions. › The report recom-
ance companies this afternoon. mends that most of its functions he transferred to other agencies, the Institute heing continued" only as a clearing-house for intelligence information and be merged with the Mineral Resources Bureau.
LATEST CABLES.
UPKEEP OF RECONSTITUTED INSTITUTE
LONDON, November 22nd- The recommendations of the Committee
of Enquiry were adopted by the Imperial
Economic Conference,, :
"It appears that Great Britain's "con- tribution to the upkeep of the recon- stituted Institute will be £0,000 yearly for 5 years, the Governments of the Domi- ions, India and the Colonies contributing together £9,000
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NEW YORK, November 22nd. General Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Service, in his annual report declares that the United States Air Force is totally in adequate, He urges an immediate in- crease of the personnel, complete recon. struction of the wartime aerodromes, replacement of obsolete machines and re- search development for the advancement of commercial.aviation.
THE PRICE OF SILVER
LONDON, November 22nd.
EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION
FINANCE.
LOAN ON DOMESTIC MARKET,
Tukyo, November 23rd. Reconstruction estimates, which have received the final sanction of the Cabinet, closely approximate the figures cabled on
covered.
The Minister urges that the military authorities be alert and suppress any move ment of this kind.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ABORIGINES IN PHILIPPINES..
The
A new trend in drama has shown itself the United States retaliated with a tax in a remarkable play from Czecho on entton exports? We were told that Slovakia recently produced in Londen the Bradford manufacturers must have R.U.R." by Karel Capek The initials. productions as a consequence of the fall with the Rabr) stand for Rossum protection against the cheaper French UR" (which have nothing to do in the frane. This cheap production was Universal Robots, and the play is des at the expense of the French workers, ribed as a fantastic melodrama. whose real wages were sinking with the decline in the purchasing power of the fantasy, which is of a Wollsian type
concerns the invention by synthetie But the French money they earned. manufacturers advantage was purely tem chemistry of a race of mechanical crem- porary and the country could not intares made by man in his own image, definitely continue to stimulate its ex- able to labour and to fight, but possessing port trade from the depreciation of its no feelings of emotions. Tragedy com
when the slave-machines, like Frankeri- The way to meet such an unstable stein's monster, turn upon their masters. on anfaland and exterminate their condition was not by tariffs, but by a
ezentors, beginning with the scientist who policy which aimed at the speedy restora made them. Only one man is kept alives tion of normai economic conditions in Europe and the stabilization of European bat he, they find, does not know the currencies. It was precisely the present formula for manufacturing Rebote, and, condition of affairs which caused as they last only a certain time, they are
change in our fiscal system. Bonar Law, though a staunch Tariff Re-faced with extinction, until finally two former, to pledge himself against, any of the most perfect specimens, Rading and Helens, suddenly discover love The
MANILA, November 22nd. The constabulary who are campaigning Reporting on silver, Monttaa state the November '16th, It is expected the against the Negritos aborigines" in the currency.S highest price of the year, thirty-three and
Zimbales province killed several. five-cighths, was reached on Monday, coin amount necessary will he raised by a ciding with the lowest sterling dollar loan on the domestie ninrket which, it is
The constabulary suffered one casualty. exchange. With the recovery of the latter. selling from India and China has relapsed believed, will be able to finance this loan.
Two Christians were murdered at Lanao, te thirty two and fifteen sixteenth, according to a statement made by the Mindanao, and three merchants were mur which the market is steady.
Minister of Finance as reported by the Thirty-two Moros have been afrosted
thedored at Palawan by Morca,
NATIONAL REWARD FOR MADAME CURIE.
PARIS, November 22nd, The Government has tabled a Bill grant Madame Curio a pension of forty
thousand francs as a national reward on. discovery of radium.
A NEW BISHOP:
morning newspapera.
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If foreign loans are needed they will be and lodged in gaol at Palawan. fasued only in order to preserva the balance of trade. Such issue is con- sidered unlikely during the next two or
The cabled estimates do not include the amounts to be raised by Tokyo and Yoko hama Municipal Bond issues, but includes the interest therton. The Municipal issues for this purpose are estimated at Yen
amic Conference passed a resolution ap
[On November 2nd the Imperial Econ- the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the three years," the Minister added. proving the establishment of a recon- stituted Imperial Institute, proposing specified annual contributions for its upkeep from the Dominiona and Todia, and recommending the addition of a res presentative of the Treasury to the new appointed
The Rev. administration of the Institute,]
borough.
LONDON, November 22nd.. to the Bishoprio of Peter- Cyril Barbsley has been
173,000,000.
The preference given to us in the tariffs booking for the performance of this play of the Dominions had not increased the by the local A.D.C. opens at Anderson proportion of our exports to them; and (opposite Wiseman's) on Tuesday next. the ratio of our Imperial to our foreign being added to the illustrious roll of truth was that tariffs were an economic Acknowledging the compliment of trade remained practically constant. The
By a new system of refuse collection Freemen of the City of London or inanity, and were only tolerated because and disposal the Marylebone Borough October.. 12th, Mr. Haldwin said the City their real effects were concealed. For Council during the year ending last had conferred upon him the greatest Great Britain, with an economic system March secured a profit of £14,200.- honour, which could be given to an. Eng based upon and intimately bound up with lishman, and he hoped that, before his international freedom of trade, it would An average speed of 177.38 mile m tak was done, their act of faith would be positive madness to accept this sys-hour was made by Lient David-Ritter- be justified. I am one of thoes" ho tem. It would destroy us by imposing house, United States Navy who won the added, who would far rather wink with upon our impoverished neople a crushing Schneider Maritime Cup from Englande faith than swim without it."
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