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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BATTLESHIP ADRIFT IN

GALE.

SEARCH PROVES RESULTLESS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 1924.

LATEST CABLES, [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

ARMS FOR MEXICO: SALES OF ARMS AGAINST GOV. ERNMENT'S POLICY.

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

CHINESE AND VEGE TARAINISM..

The

TROUBLE ON A MOTOR-BOAT. MAN WHO SHOT A ROBBER BUT DID NOT REPORT TO THE COXSWAIN AND A JAPANESE

POLICE

AN EXPERIMENT IN SHANGHAI, FARE.

:(THROUGH KNUZzR'S AGENCY.}

Chan So, the coxswain ! "Hoon. An inquiry was held at the Magistracy

A vegetarian diet was confued in days raker motor boat No. 7, was fined $10 into the circumstances surrounding the of Chinese yore to Buddhist priests and TIBETAN HORDES CAPTURE

with the alternative of 14 days' imprison death of a man named It Chun, who was other derout followers of Buddha. WASHINGTON, "January 8th.

BATANG.

ment by the Acting Marine Magistrate found dead under a damp post in Wan Buddhistic doctrine that the killing ot Following receipt of the repart that

(Licut Conway Hake) yesterday for chai somtime ago with a bullet wound animals is a ga has been religiously main- MISSIONARIES NOT MOLESTED.

tained in these circles for ages. Amorg Noroi VIRUNta, January 7th. General Huerta had directed his agents

unlawfully failing to allow a Japanese in his body.

According to the evidence of a man half-hearted Buddhist, it was the custom PERING, January 7th,

passenger, M." Shirosaki; "to disembark The battleship Louisiana which

was to purchase war material in the United

manel Tsang Hong, the master of a to take vegetarian meals only on the fes Advice from Chungking state that from his motor boat. being towed from Philadelphia to Balti-States, the Attorney-General notified the

Mr. F. E. Nash appeared to defend, furniture shop at No. 19, Queen's Road tival days of particular gods. But never was an entire meal of vegetables served Custom, which in more for breaking up has been abandoned Department of Justice's agents at New Tibetan Hordes captured Batang on

The complainant said that I engaged Central, who admitted shooting the mas, at social gatherings. in a gale and is drifting helplessly with Orleans that the State Department had November 17th The leaders assured the the boat at Kowloon at 3.15 p.m. on the he was walking with his wife and two China is more powerful than religion, seven min aboard. Up to the present the announted that, although there 14 no American missionaries, who were the only 3rd inst. He usually engaged the de- children along Star Street, Wanchai. On decreed that the invitation of friends to On this reaching the foot of Monmouth Path be such a repast was impossible; and if a search has been resultless. Const guards embarge on the shipment of war material missionaries there, that they would not fendant's boat by the hour.

occasion the defendant asked him to pay saw three men following them. One of pioneer had attempted the innovation in $1.20 bolore starting, which he did. The them, the deceased, came up and tried to the old days he would have been highly have instructed ships to help a lookout to Mexico, much shipments are discourbe molested.

But these are the days of changing The American Consul at Turhantu motor-boat proseded in the direction of pull the bangle off his wife's wrist. The unpopular. aged and are against the Government's

a ship at West Point and when nearing shop-keeper drew his revolver and told the received a telegram on December 3rd, the vessel the defendant asked him foran to leave his wife alone. He persin China, a China that is experimenting another $1.20 and complainant told him ed, however, and the two other robbers along the road of trial and rejection or policy.

from Likiang, saying that, bandits had to wait till the completion of the returns the fret robber refused to let go his the table have been included in this ex- eame, one of whom produced a dagger adoption. New and foreign delicacies of

captured Batang.

trip to Kowloon. The defendant turned wife's wrist he shot him and then dragged amination, Vegetarianism inevitably was the motor-boat to go back to Kowloon, A party of American missinggries reThere were further words, during which the body to the nearest lamp-post, an introduced. The explanation of this de Indian constable came along who could deviation in Chinese gastronomic taste" cently arrived at Yunnanfu with the in the defendant struck him with a bar of not speak Chinese, and he handed the is not due to an increase in the number

Case over to him.

of adherents of Buddha, but is simply tention of proceeding to Batang, but they Cross-examined by Mr. Nash, the com

The Jury returned a verdict that the part of the present desire to test estab- plamast said that he was interested in shopkeeper shot the deceased in flished tastes and institutions in a cosmo- were stopped by the Consul

Shipping and coal-mining in Formosa and Batang has for years been at the mercy that his address in Hongkong was with defence, adding that he should not politan mould.

have shot him straight away, but should of Tibetan outlaws, who are operating is the Mitsui Bussan Ras Faller have tried to frighten him before doing wished to board was the s.s. Posizi Maru,

30. They als added that the shop Chinese controlled territory, but who are She had been moved from her origina keeper should have reported the matter in nowise connected with the Tibetans of berth and he had some difficulty in find to the nearest police station, which he

ing her. Tibet proper.

The Magistrate found the case proved failed to de and imposed the fine stated.

for her."

$1

BRITISH SCHOONER SEIZED OUTSIDE THE THREE-MILE LIMIT

GALVESTAN TEXAS, January 8th The Customs Authorities captured and brought to port the schooner Muriel E. Miers, Aying the British flag, in the Gulf of Mexico outside the three-inile

limit

They allege that the manifest showed an original cargo of 3,400 eases whisky and the Captain's record showed that 800 cases were missing.

SAXONY'S COALITION

CABINET.

SOCIALIST PARTY DISSATISFIED.

• DRESDEN, January 6th. The formation of a Saxon Coalition Cabinet, including Socialist Ministers and) Socialist Premier," Herr Heldt, has been

Party, which has passed a resolution by

RIFLES

fi

EARLIER CABLES, AND MACHINE-GUNS FOR

REBELS.

NEW ORLEANS, January 6th.

the revolutionary General Huerta, leader, has directed his agents to purchase larga quantities of rifles, machine-guns and ammunition, following advice from Washington that there is no law against the purchase of arms unless of the United for conspiracy or use States as a base of operations against a friendly Power. -

PEACE PRIZE. REFERENDUM TO BE TAKEN ON WINNER'S SUGGESTION.

NEW YOEX, January 6th-

CHINESE INDUSTRIAL - MISSION IN LONDON.

LONDON, January 6th.

iron.

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PROSPECTS OF THE EGYP

The first noted vegetarian in China was the Into Wu Ting Fang, one of the first returned students and former Minister of Foreign Acaire. So keen was be to get others to share his tastes that he started a Hygienic Restaurant in Shanghai. about Mr. J. R. Wood presided over the 10-20 years ago. However, it was unsuccess quiry and the Jurors were:-Year, G. ful, the people at that time being very E. Wetson, R. L. Bridger and Wong much opposed to such a radical dietetica. Min.

change.

TO

The prize of £20,000 sterling offered by disapproved of by the Saxon Socialist Mr. Edward Bok for the best practicable plas whereby the United States might 77 votes to 16, dedaring that the co-operate with other nations with Mr. Chang Chi-en, interviewed by Reu- its staple source of revenue cotton, which port the proposal to amend the China vegetarian diet, and so far as they wero Socialist members of the Diet who voted awarded to the author of a scheme based gathered valuable data which would very short supply. Under theso ocagi. Federal tax and other penalties which are that was excuse enough to adopt it. In

For Coalition were guilty of a gross breach of party discipline, and should be cxpelled from the Party, also demanding the resignation of Herr Heldt and the "withdrawal of all Socialist Ministers from the Cabinet. As a consequence, Herr Fellisch did not assume the portfolio of economies, and other Socialist Ministers are considering their attitude.

SENATE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE

M. POINCARE'S PERSONAL TRIUMPH.

Nothing more was done until 1999. To the meantime quite a number of wealthy TIAN COTTON CROP. "AMERICA'S CHINA TRADE

Chinese merchants had ceased to eat A Chinese industrial commission head-

ment. They were eager to take up the RECORD DEMAND FOR COTTON.

ACT OF 1922.

work started by Wa Ting Fang. The re od by Mr. Chang Chi-en has arrived from France, and remains in Britain thirty-seventh ordinary general meeting of

Addressing the shareholders at the COOLIDGE ADMINISTRATION sult was the establishment of a restaurant SUPPORT AMENDMENT. by the name of Kung Teh Ling. This time thore was a better response to the three weeks. It will specially investigate the Anglo-Egyptian Back, Ltd., on Nov.

(CECNO MEI NEWS AGENCY-) experiment. The people were ripe for the coal-mining and cotton industries, 97th. Mr. R. H. Fox (the chairman) said:

the absorption of new tastes, for the Trade in Egypt is it the same condition

PERING, Decanber 21st. restaurant soon became a popular resoră. agricultural credit, and hydraulic works. as it is in most parts of the world, but

The Coolidge Administration will sup- Many Chinese found that they liked a Egypt has the advantage of producing as is, and promises to be for some time, Trade Act of 1922 so as to remove the concerned, these being republican days, tions Egypt has suffered much less than preventing, many American corporations a remarkably short time an enthusiastic

Of course, tho China from incorporating under that clientele was built up.

measure. These amendments have been prove helpful to China, as giving a cor many other countries.

Profit-making is a subsidiary object of halcyon times of 1920 are past, and re

drafted in the Department of Commerce the new restaurant, Sponsored by such rect idea of the commercial and indus-action has set in. In that year agricultural after conferences with Frank Rhea, Regimen as Chen Teb Chuen, Shik Sine Chi, land in Upper Egypt changed hands at trar of the China Trade Act in China, Cha Pao Sax, C. C. Nich and the late trial situation abroad.

£700 an nere; it is now worth anything

and will be from £100-£180. per acre, a much more

who recently visited Tobacco Co., it had two aims, first to China, will

in Congress

Fresident prove that a vegetarian diet is both taste Mr. Dyer conferred with

ful and healthful, and, second, ta culti regarding the necessity for suchvate the cult. Of course, there was an

view to the prevention of war has beco ter, stated that the commission bad

on the American Government extending its present co-operation with the League of Nations and participating in the work of the latter's Assembly and Council under certain conditions add regulations. Altogether 22,165 plans were submitted...

The name of the winner will not he disclosed until Americans have been given an opportunity to judge the merits of the plan by a very extensive publie referendum in February.

reasonable figure. Labour in price has present in a bill

which Re-Kan Chiu Nam, of the Nanyang Brothers

come down very nearly to what it was

JAPAN'S NEW. MINISTEY,

Toxro, January 7th. The Cabinet was installed this morning,ing at the Shadouf in water-raising enrn- The Prees comment is generally more ed about 6d. a day. During the war bis he will introduce will provide for exemp-

about 1od. 34, day, and now he gets tion from Federal corporation taxes of was to help in the prevention of animal favourable.

The cotton crop of Egypt is estimated ations on business entirely, within China, slaughte this year af about 6.000.000 cantare and and ale fur exemption of stockholders! I Love not so far heard that the insect pests which frequently attack cotton are

before 1914. At that time a fellah work,{ Coolidge He said that the amendments other object in the minds of the promoters,

[BY COURTESY OF THE " DMLY BULLETIN."

CANTON SITUATION.

AMERICA'S ALLEGED STATEMENT

DENIED..

the uet income of China

Act corpor

Chinese are famous cooks, and these

Vegetable of such corporations from payment of in-enrolled under this vegetarian roof are

me taxes on dividends they may.

in dishes are prepared so cunningly at the

Kung Teh Ling that they resemble fav

Come

in great evidence. In the Sudan E was provided such stockholders are resident no exception to the rule.

Mr. Elibu Root, the chairman of the jury who made the award, says there is no one approach to world peace. It is PARIS, January 6th-

necessary to recognise not merely the

PERINO, January 6th. Newspapers, commenting on the Sena-political but also the psychological and The winring plan

In reply to questions regarding the torial electious emphasise M. Poincare's economie factors.

offers very effective suggestions whereby personal triumph, and point out that the the United States map co-operate with alleged semi-official statement anent the political complexion of the Senate has other nations to achieve and preserve Canton situation, the American Legation the peace of the world. It is cur une has informed Beuter's correspondent that pot heen materially affected.

animous hope that the first fruit of mutual counsel and co-operation amongst Mr. Hughes, Secretary of State, replying the nations resulting from adoption of to enquiries on the subject; informed the the plan selected will be general prohibi tion of the manufacture and sale of all American Legation that the State Depar has the Delta between the Bine and the income and war profits tax legislation. Provision for the most fastidions of gour- / materials of war."

EARLIER CABLES,

VERY LITTLE CHANGE.

PARIS, January 6th Elections of one-third of the Senate are proceeding, The results hitherto reveal little change. . Poincare has been re-elected for the Meuse, with an enormous majority..

Speaking after his re-election, M. Poincare said: We shall determinedly parzue the reparations policy you have Approved until we Becure a peaceful triumph and the complete execution of the Treaty."

The winner receives £10,000 sterling in cash to-day, and another £10,000 when and if the plan be approved by Congreat:

Over a

SEVERE COLD IN US-

TWELVE DEATHS REPORTED.

CHICAGO, January 6th. dozen deaths have resulted from one of the most severe cold spells that has swept the country for years. The North Central part of the United States has been the greatest sufferer, temperatures there being the lowest since 1905. The coldest point was at Virginia, Minnesota, where the temperature was 30 degrees Fahrenheit, below zero. ?

ment had nothing to do with it, and knew nothing of it. The policy of the United States had in no way changed. The State Department considered that solidarity among the Powers regarding the Canton Customs was essential, and the Laited States Government refused to deal with anyone but the Posing Government

-

ago.

I

The menu lists no fewer than 200 dishes! Included are six kinds of Before the war, in the matter of sharks fax" six kinds of "duck.”

mets.

Chitra struck by the change which has come over

Other amendments will seek to reduce marite foods from the animal kingdom. that land in the four years that had elapsed since my last visit. England has the number of incorporators of each cor- Even delicacies dear to the soul (or body)

the Chinese epicurean, such come forward and supplied large sums of poration from five to three; to permit of money to be expended in the making of corporations to issue stock at par or more, sharks fins, birds nexts, Peking duck, dams, the diversion of water channels, but not at less than par to allow six and Chinese fashion chicken look the The months in which such corporations may same in the vegetable dress provided by and the construction of railways. absolute necessity of producing within make full payments of capital, and to this restaurant, and it is said, taste jurt the Empire itself cotton sufficient for its require that the President and Directors as good, needs is destined to make the Sudan with of each corporation shall be an American in a few yours a very rich country, speak of it as a whole. Of course, there Feleri taxation the American business seven kinds of "chicken, 46 scups, B are arid deserts in the centre and mia max in Ching was on a parity with other fried dishes, 12 broiled dishes, 13 iced. matic swamps on the Red Sea littoral nationals doing business in this ecuntry which must of necessity remain unfruitful, said. Mr. Dyer. With this adoption of dishes, kinds of beancurd-generous Meals may be had at prices ranging White Nile and the land near the River however, this balanco was broken

Foreign countries whose pational are Gash, that is to say, the Kassala cotton fields and that near the Barrakat at niso doing business in China are our prin from 50 cents to $20. A 820 feast would Tokar are destined sooner or later to cipal competitors recognized. the pincer provide about 37 dishes. A dried cre produce great wealth. The merchants and character of the China Trade and conis as follows: mushroom soup, fried cre-

goose, the governing classes are now confident trived to encourage it through certain quette, tomato and turnip preparation, of the future of the country in which, they inducements. They granted their nation. butter stewed vegetables, tried

example, such broiled fish gills," pudding, fruits and live, and this was not the case four years als operating in China,

exemptions from taxes which they do not coffee.

In this

The restaurant is now preparing to competics. One of the difficulties which was fore- extend to domestic seen on the establishment of cultivation country, we followed the same policy in cater for foreign customers. It is abo The promoters do not in the Sudan was the absence of labour, the settlement of our own great West in considering the abandonment of animat for the Sudanes is not by saturs a work pioneer days, and by so doing, greatly nomenclature.

that vaat

want to imitate meat dishes; they wish to ing man. However, ar unexpected source expedited the development

build up a clientele devoted to vegetar of labour supply has arisen. The Felatas, territory,

dealing with our own modern

ianism and to spread a liking for the tribe of Mohammedang from the West Cost of Africa, who for renturies have points of industry and commeres-the fare provided at the restaurant without new regard for its similarity to the courses The Chinese Chamber of Commerce been in the habit of tramping across the men, who, have discovered in Chinn Tsingtao have telegraphed to the Govern- Sudan on their way to Mecca, have found great West to be exploited and developed served at an ordinary restaurant, Thr ment drawing attention to the action of that the conditions of life are more agres. In the ways of the twentieth century-win itself shows bow successful has been the able for them, in the Sudan than else- overlooked the necessity of extending the propaganda work of the Kung. Teb Ling.

have traditionally Chinese Economie Bulletins encouragement

of pra A maximum rise of twenty-four feet has been registered at Pont D'Austerlitz, last DISCOVERY OF OLD CHURCH GLASS the Japanse Consulate there in sending where, and they are now settling in large afforded the men who blaze trails

They are numbers

ma ad. We failed to grant the night The Seine is now stationary, and

out, police patrole under the pretext of peaceable and hardworking, and it is con- Eantage through. Federal

eral tax exemptions -experts anticipate.an carly subsidence."

idered that they will go a long way to on business actually done in China, which LATER. A valuable discovery of early church protecting the Japanese merchants.

eoling the problems of labour in that other countries have given their nationals. the American business

At the Board of Trade inquiry into the The situation in the suburbs remains glass has been made in Sherborne Abbey:

before the dam at Makwar will be comman grave. The railway station of "Maison It appears that during the restoration

pleted, and it will take a considerably abilities imposed by his own. Government, seaman on the Treves, continued his Balfort resembles a town at the battle-1838 a quantity of the old glass WAR front Trains to Pariz are crowed with taken out of the windows and put away

PERINO, January 6th.

longer time before all the land destined Not only does he lack the advantages evidence.

Mr. Aspinall (for refugees Practically the whole of Cha- in a box in the muniment room, where it

but in certain instances he is Have you any complaint to make about tillon is under water. The railways are

has remained safe, but almost forgotten. Wang Xch Ming, who returned from for cotton growing in the Ghezireh can given his competitors, by their home Gay-

be brought under cultivation; but aernments

or bru cut in several districts. The sillness It happened, however, that Mr. F.C. and depth of the torrents have been Eeles, of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Loyang yesterday, attended the meeting of serious beginning has been made, and not as well off in the matter of taxation the lifeboats or their equipment of

Witness: We did not think there was paid a visit to the Abber in connection the Cabinet this afternoon, at which he feel sure that before long the world wille iemestic concerns operating here in the visions 7

it may appear and 1 do not belive it sufficient water. The barrels were not.../ with the restoration of the Lady Chapel, submitted plans for tiding over the New be all the richer for the enterprise dis United States. In other words, strange as

played by the English in the Sudan,

The intention of Congress-the Teder full and the compass was useless. For the and Mr. G. King, the verger, told him

al tax laws now impose penalties on the first three days we did not get a mouthdal commercial and industrial poincers who

THE FLOODS IN FRANCE. POSITION IN FRENCH SUBURBS STILL GRAVE

PARIS, January 6th.

responsible for a number of fatalities.

THE COST OF CURRENCY INFLATION

DEARER WHEAT IN FRANCE. ·

PARIS, January 'oth.

AT SHERBORNE.

JAPANESE AT TSINGTAO.: PEKING, January 6th.

#TREVESSA'S BLACK

CAT

CHINA "NEW YEAR FINANCES omntry. It will be at least two years In China to-day suffers die loss of the Trentesa Michavi Scully, able

of this treasured box, which, at the sug-Year.

Press reports declare that Wang Keh

WILS

in

gestion of Mr. Eeles, was sent to the Victoria and Albert Museum and care- fully examined. It is hoped, if funds Ming's visit to Loyang was most success AUSTRALIA DEVELOPING COTTON striving to establish Amer can business permit, to publish a detailed and illus

trated account of it; but in the mean ful, an understanding being reached

In consequence of the rising price of time we are told that there does not whereby there will be no Cabinet change

Beem to be anything exactly like it else whent, following adverse exchange, the where in Ergland. It probably dates to before the New Year. Government has suspended its increase wards the middle of the fifteenth cen

of import duty or corn, which varied tury. There are the heads of eight with the rates of exchange.

lights, with very beautiful roundels to

PARIS BOURSE MUST BE

PURGED."

PRODUCTION.“

The Rt. Hon. S. M. Bruce, Premier of Australis, who made a tour of inspection of the port facilition at Liverpool on November 28th, made an important re ference to Australia's intention to develop the cultivation of cotton. Australia, be said, intended to do a great trade with Great Britain on terms of mutual benefit.

in what I regard on the greatest promo tive market in the world.""

"GUZZLING AND GLUTTONY."

GERMAN. DICTATOR'S DECTZE.

dinner

of food, sad had to live on our Bunday's The compass was about sixteen points out. It was as good as stres on a bucket of water. (Laughter.) The Lifebelts were of the soon better.

the usual kind; ho bar Mr. Cathery (National Sailors mod Firemen's Union) The explain officers were quite right in so economiser the water supply as to make provision for

Strong comment was made in official

General von Seeckt, the Reich Dictator, the possibility of the lifeboats not being ft the cusps, five to cach light. Some LATEST CABLES.

time? Yes, the officers had no KEY Long are broken, but it is possible to piece them circles in Washington in November on M.

issued a decree on November 15th authors picked up or reaching the land for together. There is a large quantity of Poincare's opposition to the proposed in. In the past Australia had been badly izing local military commanders to con- water to drink than I had.

3. McFarlin, carpenter, recalled, said glass from tracery, including remsing of tornational expert inquiry into Germany handicapped in the marketing and hand- fiscate, if it is considered accessary, Bgurce of Reveral prophete, probably part capacity to pay. It was pointed out that ling of its products, but steps had been dance halls, bars, and similar establish- ho had heard the remark by sailers that of a series of the minor prophete. There while Francs has made no offer to fund taken to improve the organisation in this ments which cater purely for the needs the ship would never get home but it PABIS, January 8th."

the crew, he mention The Minister of Finance, when sub of great interest." Sherborne is now at payments of Reparations by Germanyness, and keen business at that. Australia | peonio's kitchens and other institutions that feeling fell overboard, at Fort is also a certain amount of heraldic glass her debt, and by her policy had made respect. The policy was to be one of basis of the luxurimis and turn them into was only a passing thing. To explain mitting to the Cabinet proposals to check work restoring the Lady Chapel, and it almost impossible, she has made military had the serious intention of growing for the relief of the suffering populace.

Aspinall Was it a black matt speculation, which is responsible for the is hoped, that at no distant date the glass loans of nearly £50,000,000 to small Euro- cotton to the extent of becoming an im- In Germany to day," General von Pine. fall of the frame, says that the Paris may be restored to the Abbey. Some pean nations, maintains the greatest army portant factor in the world's cotton Seerat observes, there is no room for Bourse is over run with undesirables, £30 only is required to make that poss in the world, and has constructed the most apply. It was boped before lon to pro-galine gluttony, and costly extrava

garces." duce 1,000,000 bales of cotton annually. powerful air fleet that over existed. ible. and must purged.

among

ed that

Mr.

Pare some bad luck. Laughter.).

Yes, and we thought we were guing tar