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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-}

EXPLOSION ON LONDON

TUBE RAILWAY...

PLUCKY DRIVER AVERTS GRAVE DISASTER.

TEGN CENTS ONRIQUEY" 27TH,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 1923.

LATEST CABLES, FAR EASTERN CABLE OPIUM IN A SHIPS. MAIL

THE BRITISH ELECTIONS,

MR. CHURCHILL THINKS LABOUR WILL LOSE GROUND,

Loxtos, November 27th, Mr. Churchill, speaking at Leicester. sal: Whether we will get Mr. Baklwin off the front bench I do not know, but I feel certains we can get Mr. MacDonald off the front Opposition bench.”

PREMIER'S SON "ON LABOUR PLATFORM.

THE ONLY THING THE GOVERNMENT,,

HAS DONE"

NEWS.

(THROPOK REUTER'S AGENOY:]

GHAIRMAN OF REUTER'S "AT PEKING..

PERING, November 29th.

tot the

ROOM

AGENT AND CAPTAIN FINED AT SINGAPORE.

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AMERICAN THANKSGIVING

THE

DAY

PRESIDENT'S

TION.

PROCENIA-

Today is the United States Thanksgly ing ở Daysen day generally carved by, Ameris cuns thenughout the world.

The President has issued ile following Przclamation:-***

American people from dieir earliest days have observed this wise custom of acknowledging much sear the bounty with which listine Providerer has favourit Theni. In the beginning this acknowledg ment was a voluntary return of thanks by the uninity for the fruitfuluess of the harvest."

this custom has always aure I has made Thanksgiving. Day not only pus of the oldest, but one of the most characteristic obzeryances of our church, in family and in public gathering, the whole nation has for generations paid: the tribute due from grateful hearts for

was withdrawi. Mr. Whitley stated; believe defendant to have been implicated chag cur módles of life has

DISCHARGED ROSUN AS

A PASSENGER. “

LENDING A HÄNDO".

The ease in which the former boatswaih Two seizures of chandu (opiums) to the of thes, Lang Kwong was charged value of $11,000 on board the K.P.M. str. before Comdr. Beckwith, at the Marine Fan had a seque? is the First Court, on Tuesday, with being on board Sir Roderick Jours yesterday received blive Court at Singapore, ling week, the Lerng Krung, without permison, wi when Mr. F. Schletts, master of the Fanagah brought before the Court yesterday, anandienes with the President" and was

Clom, and Mr. E Straatencies, beal Captain Wilson, the master of the vessel cutertained at Luncheon by Dr. Welling

representativa { ke K.P.M.. were said defendant was discharged about six too Koo Today he was

charged with ofteners under the Canuda; or seven days beturer as he was suspect Anglo American Association.

Revenue Ordinance, A grave disaster was narrowly averted

ed by the police "in connection with a A similar charge was only pre haul of arms and anmunition aboard the on the City and South Ebudoa tuhe rail-

ANOTHER. FRACAS IN PEKING ferred against the second officer, but this ship. Witness audel that he did not way yesterday evening, when the driver, noticing that sand and stones were fall-

that the second offerr had the key of the in this. He did not know what defen, ing, sperseded in rushing his train

mail-ream in which the hand was found, dant was on board for en the day then country. On that day in home and in through before the walls collapsed, block-

PEXINO, November 29th so that the presumption arose that be found him. He had another boatswain ing the line, causing a' gas main above

Owing to pressure by neutral members was cuncurred in the importation of the at the time. He thought defendant came to burst and product a terrific explo who criticised the Government's inaction of Parliament W Ching Lien (Speaker) that other persons had access to the key, him permission to come aboard..

chand, but from enquiries it appeared aboard as a passenge. He bad not given

sion in the street extend where the He said the only thing the Governmentally pred on today's agenda vale and the prosecution could not go beyond thirty-foot and a great hole had done in the past year was to wrong-Lou the nomination of Sun Pao Chỉ, a case ci suspicion against the second was made in the street.

`fully arrest a number of persons and then. Upwards of two hundred members at-officer,

The only tended the House of Representatives this The reason why a serious view is taken Many people were thrown to the ground bave to pay compensation. But no one was injured.

Protection they wanted was against a afternoon." The Opposition' were strongly of this case," said the Crown prosecutor, if that the mail-zoom of a ship" is a Government like that. Handvocated a represented. Labour Goverment on the lines ruling in Georgia, South Russia, which is FIGHTING NAVY FOR THE SOVIETS, Svened by the Social Democratic Party

TROTSKY'S LATEST

PROPOSAL

Rita, November 27th.

Trotzky, through his deputy, Skliansky, has submitted to the Central Executive Committee a proposal to create" as soon as possible, a real fighting navy which, he says, 'should be efficient even if small. Ife alleges that the British and Nor. wegiaus have plundered, the northern. coasts of fish and game and the Japanese id what they liked in Soviet territorial waters in the Pacific, while in the Black Sea warships of the falcate agted as

if in

hour, waters.

ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL Co

DIVIDEND.

AFIFTY PER CENT REDUCTION.

TxDOX, November 27th

The

The Anglo-Persin Oil Company has sleclared a dividend of ten per cent, as compared with the dividend of twenty per cent for the last three years. balance carried forward is £1,177,000.

MORE TROUBLE FOR GERMANY." JUGOSLAVIA THREATENS TO TAKE SANCTIONS.

BELGRADE, November 27th. Jugo-Slavia has addrävsed a strong Note to Germany threatening to take sanctións - allowed under the Treaty of

Versailles unless the long-ordered de.

liveries in kind be made.

BRITISH FINANCIAL MISSION

TO BRAZIL.

the invitation of the Brazilian Govern

ment to study the economic situation with

Listes, November 97th, A pipant incident at a Labour meeting held at Buckingham, was aapeech by Mr. Oliver Baldwin, the Premier's son,

EARLIER CABLES.

NOMINATIONS COMPLETED,

LONDON, November 27th. The election nominations have been completed by two Conservatives and one Liberal being nominated for Oxford University, and two Liberals and one Independent, a Christian Pacifist, for the University of Wales.

THE METRIC SYSTEM.

ADOPTED BY SOVIETS.

PARLIAMENT. --

'FIGHT FÙR. THE CHAIR,

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"Mr. McCallum (for the defendant); passenger going on the ship has not to get your, vonsent to go on/

to

in

blessings bestowal

“To center our thoughts in this way up Fon the favours which we have been shown. has been altogether wise and desirable. - 14 has given appertunity justly to balances the good and the evil which we have experi- enced. In this we have never failed to find reasons for being grateful to God for, list propitious times a brad contempla A generous preponderance of good. In the tion of our whole position has never fullyd to disclose overwheiming reasons for thank. have found warrant for a more hopeful fuln Thus viewing our situatia wó and couident, attitude toward the future.

In this current year we now approach the time which has been accepted by cus tona as most fitting for the calm survey of our estate and the return of thanks. Wo shall the more keenly realize our good for tune if we will iw skip sinéerity give to it dae thought and more especially if we will compare it with that of any other come munity in the work, '-

The witness: They don't ask me. And it is quite a common practice hay tickets on board the ship itself At 1.43 p.m. the House elected Ku Chihaes which ordinarily is not reached by fict, most people do -Yes, they all do.

the reyerine offièvrs. It is regarded as a The Magistrate asked what the defen- Jna Speaker for the day. As Ku Chillace which is peculiarly under the ex-dant was doing booking the grilles if he Juni way about to take the chair Wu clusive catrol of the ship's others, and was travelling as a passenger and Mr.

it is the last place where one would ex-Motatmin explained that the defendant) Ching Lien, accompanied by his sup-pect to find contraband cind The

went on board as a passenger. Ther ot 1,120 tabils, Mr. Whitley porters and a body-gaard, entered the amount

stated, was valued at something like was some diffenty about the locks, and House and demanded to know what Ku

$14,200. He pointed out that unles«Steam-¦he was showing how they "worked. was doing. The" latter replied that the ship companies and masters of steamships Mr. McCall's statement was

appreciated the thesë particular parts | House of Representatives had elected him of the ship were kept exclusively under roborated by a watchm Speaker. We Ching Lien replied that he their control, smuggling of this kind was liable to creep in, and that was the reason was Speaker and the gate should not have why a serious view wits taken of this bšen taken; moreover, the House would ease.

Wur open at two o'clock. not earlier,

Mr. Carver, in addressing His Worship Ching Liện approached the chair and Kuchehalf of the defendants, said that in moved off.

phading guilty his clients, the agents and master, did not in any way acerpt any moral responsibility or guilty knowledge, Toe section of the Chandu Ordinance under which they were charged bad loug ago been made the subject-matter of FRENCH CATHOLIC BISHOP friendly people of Japan. This called forth

Members of the Opposition thereupon rose in a body and occupied the floor of the House, on which most of Wa's sup

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FOR THE DEFENCE...

The Privy Council, where the view was held that the causes were thrown upon the accused quifirrespective of whether they were guilty of any actual knowledge

PARIS, November; 27th. In view of a recent Soviet detrve that the metric systain be enforced immediately n far us state institutions are concerned, ana! that after January 1st, 1997, it shall be obligatory all over Russia, it is antici pated that French firms will be asked to porters were standing. A general fracastigation and the matter went as far as supply Russia, with all the new instruments, engind in' which Mo Lin, Wang Shu and which the change will entail. French instrument-makers are arranging to send

two other mumbers of the Opposition delegation to Moscow to discuss the were injured. forniation of a mixed Russo-French com pany to carry out the concessin. It is declared that the makers will have financial backing of 30 million francs. The value of the instruments to be sup plied to the Soviet State institutions is estimated at 300 million francs.

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or even careless loss.

His Worship said he was quite satisfied that defendant was travelling as a pas senger and was only lending a hand to the watchman when found by the police, He could see no reason why defendant should not have been on board.. The case against defendant would be dismissed.

BANDITRY IN CHINA.

KIDNAPPED.

The following nicesunt from Weihsien, Shantang, regarding the kidnapping or

French Roman Catholic Bishop and

There gentlemen were quite innocent of As the disturbance continued! Wa Ching Lien announced that he was unable to

any wrongdoing or knowledge of the use priests by bandits several 12 from the to which the ship was being put. The station of Changling on the Kino-t restore order and the House then gradu.cnus thrown upon them was such as to Railway on November 14th, amplifies the make a discharge almost impossible, in Tally emptied, the four members who that they had to prove that none of the cable message we have already publish

Soviet Government will advance no rupiwore dejured asserting their intention to tal but will grant facilities and claim 51 per cent of the profits. The French tiring an nation against Wu Ching Lien,

nkers propuse to equip a factory nt Moscow, but everything that cannot be made on the spot, will be sent from France.

OCCUPATION OF THE RUER. DELICATE SITUATION ARISING.

Loyboy, November 27th...

A new and delicate situation is arising:

BRITISH SQUADRON'S -

WORLD TOUR.

EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION

PLANS.

GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS ADVISORY COUNCIL'S AMENDMENTS.

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The Benon was later released by the mudits on condition that he would go to Fangts and arrange for the bandit chief and 1,000 of his men to be taken into the army, but the priest is still held elptive, The Bishop was warned not, to allow the soldiers to interfere with the bandits,

It was inpossible to call all the members ships men were in' any, way a party.ed. of the crew. And to convince the Court that none of them was a party, especially where Asiatic crews were employed He would like to make it clear that the us n the mail-room key was an infringe neut of the company's regulations, and the Second Officer, who had charge of the key, was hand by regulations which made it clear that he was under un circumstances to allow them to go out of er the priest's life, would not be safe, He (M. Carrer) could They desire no ransom money, they say, his possession" assure the Court that the company would

eternships Jaboured, and the fact that

It

The year has brought to your propje two tragic experiences which hava, deeply affected them. Die was the death of our beloved President Harding which has been mourned wherever there is a realisation of the worth of high leads, noble purpose and unselfish service carried even to the end supreme sacrifice, His loss Pecalled the. Nation to less emptious and more charit- able attitude. It sobered the whole A little later thought of the country, came the unparalleled disaster to the

from the people of the United States a lemonstration of de pand human feeling,

was wrought into the substance of gro werks ; IL

tid pes of our inter susticial friendship which is a guarantee of world-pents. It replenished the charitable By experiences impuke of the country such as these mon and nations are tested and refined We have been blessed with: much of material prosperity. We shall be better able to appreciate it if we remena- ber the privatious others have suffered atd. we shall be the more worthy of it if we use it for their rief. We will do well. then to Puder Thanks fy the good that has come to us and show by our actions that we have become stronger, wiser and truer by the chastenings which have been imposed upon us. We will thus prepare ourselves for the part we must take in a world which forever needs the full measure of service. We have been a most favourel peuple, we ought to be a most generous people, We have bera n' most blessed people, we ought to be most thankful pedpla

Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, Prusi--

A vies, to the ireer investment of English RECREATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR the wishes of the Council na far as and he imposed a fine of $3,000 in each ve effered a reward of $10,000 to any year Calvin Coolidge by the Praient

capital therd

LIQUOR. SMUGGLING: CANADIAN AMERICAN CONFER

ENCES HELD IN CAMERA.........

PERSONNEL

Loxoox. November 27th. The special service quadran of British warships was given a hearty send-off by crowds at Devonport. The squadron car- ries special hands, while 3,743 offers and men are aheard and include champion naval boxera and expert footballers, so a programme of tournanicats and football untches will he carried out aboard and shore. A staff of him experts is also being carried on the food for the purpose of making a complete cinema record of

passible..

FILIPINO DELEGATION AT

-WASHINGTON.

US PRESIDENT FAVOURS

INDEPENDENCE.

save

[BY COURTESY OF "THE DAILY BULLETIN."

SHANHAIKUAN CONFERENCE. BREAKDOWN IN THE NEGOTIATIONS,

AMAZING RESCUE,

TOKYO, November 9th. After a three days session, at which in the ease of the Ruhr occupation owing the Government's plan for reconstruction not allow carelessness of that kind, or de will not release their captive Enti dext of the United States, da Bereby is to Franco-Belgian agreement with the Ruby industrialists under which France was searchingly examined, the Advisory ristion from their regulations, to gon. they are given uniforms and the promise and designate Thursdns, the twenty sinthe and they would take disciplinary action of steady pay. Severaf priests went today of November, as Thanksgiving Day and Belgium propose to recoup themselves Council commemlest amendment against the Second Officer with a view to Fangise to assist in the negotiations. and recommend its general observando-

throughout the land. It is urge!" that for the costs of occupation from paymenta

preventing a recurrence of this kind of

Although the local Catholic authorities the people gathering in their homes an under the agreement. This was discuss to the Baby eliminating the con- With regard to the fine, he asked ed at a conference of British experts, instruction of the Tokyu-Yokulama ennallis Worship to make into consideration have receiver direct word concerning in their usual places of worship give ex cluding Sir John Bradbury, at the Foreign Office to-day. Sir J. Bradbury will report and Tokyo Harbour which, the Council the difficulties under which owners of the reported capture of n Bishop and presion to their gratitude for the benefit nud blogsings that a gracious Providence TO STUDY ECONOMIC SITUATION, the British Government's decision to the thought, should be separately dealt with there was no moral blan attaching to Priest near Changling one of the captives ay be towed upon them and seek the guid

Reparations Commission, which accoriling to the Paris newspapers is confronted also the shortening of the first period of them." This was a responsible company is believed to be Bishop Adeognt Wittner, ance of Aluaighty God that they way do

which would, in the course of its very Apostolic Vicar of East Shantung, with continuance of his favour Losos, November 27th.

Ei witness whereof I have reunto with the problem of not merely recognis- reconstruction by twelve months.

large business, take all possible gire that headquarters at Cheloo. He is supposed A British mission, iuclading Rt. Hon.ing the occupation of the,, Rubra it

He sub-to be making a tour of his district at thet my hand and caused to be affired div It is believed that by this means it will smuggling did not take plaer.

Done at ES Montagu, Sir Charles Addis and hitherto has not done, but also cf, en-

mitted that a moderate fine would meet present time. The Catholic missionaries at seal of the United States. dorsing the legality of the payments.

be possible to curtail expenditure, by the circumstances of the case...

in East Shoutung are nearly all Francis-the city of Washington this fifth day of November in the year of our Lord' one Lord Lovat, is procceiling to "Brăzii ut

Mr. David (the Magistrate) said he cums.. more than Yen 100,000,000.

thousand nine hundred and twenty three quite agred with the view of the prose

A Peking mage says: The civil and of the Independence of the United The Government to-day agreed to meet, cution that this case was a serious on and military authorities of Shantung States the one hundred and forty eight

suberiuate who succeeds in rescuing the Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of State French priest who was captured by bandits near Changli on November 13th The when he was touring his circuit actual capture was made while he was staying in the house of a convert. A number of local residents armed them- NINE "DAYS" ORDEAL IN FLOODED PIT. selves with the intention of rescuing him. but the priest beseeched them not to Few mow thrilling stories have ever. interfere as he desired to prevent blood: | Been told than flint of the rescue of five PERING, November 27th. Owing to the final breakdown of the prushed. The handits captured / another of the miners entombed in the flooded coal pasal to hold a Conference at Shanhaikuan priest, who was subsequently relensed in pit at Redding, in Stirlingshire Trapped between the representatives of the Central order to carry a message to the author by the in-Fushing water, the men wander- Government and Chang Tsolin, through ities that they wanted to be enrolled in cut about in it waist deep until they found Chang Tho-lin's demand for the stora-the regulár. Army, Various measures a dry patch in their underground, priem. tion of Shaiyuno, Chahar, and Jehel to the have been adopted with a view to expedits run on this they crouched for day, in the Manchurian Administration. Parliament ing the release of the priest. The darkness, crawling up and down to keep authorities have already located the themselves warm, Tasir only food was has come forward with a new scheme.

half a slice of bread, which they shared A group of members have formed them whereabents of the bandits. selves into a Ceneral Committee and have 7-

between them, and they drank the food discuss the possibility of a reconciliation Li Tau-kuei to proceed to Mukdeu

water to keep themselves alive, M

their spirits Yet they kept up heroically. When the rescuers retched them, supplies of hot Bovril, blankets and bot water bottles were, rushed down the mine to the spot. The nou drank the LONDON, November 27th. The Department of Overseas trade has

Driving a 12 hn. Alvis light car in the Bavril with hearty expressions of sap- 200-mile International Light Car haco at preval, but rejected the blankets unleht IMPROVED OUTLOOK.

issued a report by Mr. Bluett, the British commercial agent, on the economic situa Li Tsukule and other Manchurian mem- Brooklands, CM. Harvey attained water bottles and they insisted on crawl LONDON, November 27th. " tion in the Dutch Indies. He says that bars of Parliament appear to be sanguine speed of 13.20 miles per hour. He won for ing unaided a Tag distance to the foot An improvement in the cotton trade of although the textile trade is largely in of good results, while the Provincial A Britain "the André Gold Challenge Cup, of the shaft by which they were raised ti the "pit-bead. Having crawlden Bany Lancashire is indicated as the result of the hands of British manufacturers, semblies are eagerly cooperating in the valued at 250 guineas...

days, they said they might as well come two ballots by members of the Federation Japan is every year becoming a more scheme whereby an understanding may be

reached

through the representatives of the Addressing the Scottish branch of the plete the job and keep on crawling of Master Cottonspinners with regard to serious competitor, especially with cheaper people instead of official channels, which Boyal Aeronautical Society in Glasgow. the "continuance of short time in mills qualities. Local importers of piece hitherto have failed.

Major-General Sir F. Sykes, M.P., said using American cotton, Theee failed to goods.complain that the British mand-

In this connection it is important to re that the war left us with the finest give the necessary eighty per cent major facturer does not attempt to supply the member that Chang. Tolin holds office fighting servion in the world, but we were ity in favour of either the 24 hour or 32 inferior grade shipped by Japanese nominally through appointment by the Fra..now aerially defenerless against at least hour week. The result will be a stoppage agents No important wholesalo firm, is vincial Assemblies, of short time next week.N

importing high class British wearing apparel, British manufacturers" should | MOTOR BANDITS HOLD UP SHEOFF. NEW GOVERNOR OF MADRAS encourage the wholesale exporter to open an importing agency in the Dutch. Indies, LoNDos, November 27th. and engage local men and women who

Governor of Madras in succcasion to Lord Willinuden, who is retiring..

Ortawa. November 29th. The Conferences between the United States and Canaliza offcials, mentioned in yesterday's cable messages, are being held in Camera. It is unlikely that the results of these conferences will be an-, nounced pending

the Canadian Govern-

ment's consideration of American pro-

posals.

It is stated that the Americans have requested that boot-legging be anade, an extraditable offence

OBITUARY-

E. VAN VOLLENHOVEN.

AMSTERDAM, November 27th.

The death is announced of the pro- Eminent hanker, J. H. Van Vollenhoven.

EARLIER CABLES.

DR. J. A. ARMITAGE;.

LONDON, November 27th,

the tour,

GERMAN COMMUNISTS.

COLLIDE, WITH BERLIN POLICE.

BERLIN, November 27th. Communist demonstrations throughout the capital led to frequent collisions with the police. A considerable number of policemen and civilians were wounded, LANCASHIRE COTTON TRADE.

WASHINGTON, November 27th, In view of the arrival of a delegation of Filipinos to plead for the country's independence, President Calidge has in dicated his belief in the United States' withdrawal as soon as the Philippines are fit for self-government. He is of opinion that the islanders have hitherto excellently progressed in this direction.

BRITISH TRADE WITH JAVA. MARKET FOR CHEAP TEXTILES.

The death has occurred of Dr. Jam Auriol Armitage, who visited Peking in 1910 with Mr Rockefeller to open the Lou Caschen has been appointed know the market to sanvers the retail

Medical College there.

establishments..

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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with Chang Tso-lin himself

Danzig is about to introduce a new curs If Li Tsu-kuei's mission is successful, arency based on sterling and cheques on party, of members of Parliament will meet London. Hamburg has decided to establish the representatives. of the Provincial Asa bank for the issue of gold marks, semblies of the Three Eastern Provinces ht Mukden with the object of drawing up the terms of the agreement,

SHANGHAL, November 27th. Three bandits in motor cars yesterday afteriun, held up with resolvers a shroff employed on the Shanghai Nanking Rail way and robbed him of $20,000

one Power

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I am yearning for one word pfiapprecia tion from the nations who would be vassal States were it not for the British Fleet. Mr. Lloyd Golyr.

We have no more moral right to allow a man in industry to affect the working lives

If I had a son or daughter and could of thousands of people without proper training then to allow a medical men to not offard to send them to the university affect the lives of two or three hundred I should send them on the stage and let without adequate, training Mr. Henry & then tour 16 is the one tineation in

the worldMiss Ligence: Danc Denation