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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. (THAOFON KRUTKX'S ¡oENCY.}',

BAVARIAN ELECTION

RESULTS.

VICTORY FOR THE EXTREMISTS

MPKECH IN FAMOUS HEER CELLAR,"

BERLIN, March 8th.

the new Bavarian The elections for Diet were held throughout Bavaria yes- terday. The results, up to the present, show

that the extreme Nationalists Bit- ler, Laudendorff and their supporters, as well as the Contiumists gained consider. ally at the expense of the Moderate and Socialist Parties.

Alut righty per ent..nf the electors voted for. Ladendorff, who took a pre- minent part in the canquign. He made a speech to his followers in the famous beer vellar where Hitler and Reitelt were

suppressed.

"THE OLD GAME.”

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL STK, 1924

AN ELECTION SPEECH BY HERR STRESEMANN.

BERLIN, April 8th. Opening his electoral campaign. Herr Stresemans sriterated the impossibility

of continuing The "Micum " (Franco- Belgian Contrul Mission), contracts, He vigorously protested that Germany's in- capacity to pay was being made the starting pot for a fresh construction of passive resistance which, he declared, is

continuance of contracts. Herr Strese-

TO NORTH POLE BY AIR, FAMOUS EXPLORER TO TRY NEXT

JULY.

Moscow, April 8th.

to join the Nansen has consented Russian airman Howinsky in a flight to

the North Pole in July.

LATEST, CABLES.

ITALIAN ELECTIONS.

DARK HORSES IN THE FIELD.

Roma, April 18th.

EARLIER CABLES.

THE TURF..

LINCOLN WINNER BRATEN IN FRANCE..

Pans, April 8th. Sir Galahad 111., the winner of the colnshire Handicap, only secured third

long race.

.:

The Fascisti Are gaining sweeping victories in the Parliamentary Eletions. Disturbaners decurred at Babi, Bovico,

and Naples, but they were, mat serious. Higher Massolini's smoress is practically a foregone conchasum, largely on account of the new Electoral law which assigns two thirds of the toud seats to the Party obtaining the largest number of votes. A slight chawut of doubt, however, exÍNUM, Lowing to the provision that the winning!

A man's heart beats broadcasted fron Party must pull twenty-five per cent, of Pittsbarz were heard in Londen,

Massin", with Sharpe up, won by neck from Saint Hubert II. A length and a half separated second and third.

HEARTS ACROSS THE SEA.

Lossos, April sah.

EARLIER CABLES.

the aggegate votes grass; and some score! of Parties have taken the field,„„, "Cu the||RËFTERS, AMERICAN, SERVICE

10

KU KLUX KLAN TRAGEDY,

egler band, they are mostly small arel un. organised, only two, amely the Populars and the Unitarian Socialists, fighting all | FATAL SHOOTING FOLLOWS PLAY

WITH HOSEPIPE. the literal districts. The former are in violently antagonistic to the

LILLY (PESS.). "April stb. Government, but are disavowed by Signor. The greatest indignation has been arouse Mussolini. The latter, led by Signore, throughout the country by a tragedy Turati, are moderate "Socialists, while which occurred inst night in vnnection dark bor is the so-called Constitutional with a Ku Klux Klau celebration, when Opposition, led by x-Premier Bowoui and four men were shot and wounded. e-Minister Amendola, which claims much

AMERICAN CHILDREN IN

CHINA,

COMMON PROGRAMME OF EDUCATION,

American School are acting as hosts to

American Schools.

LABOUR AND THE EMPIRE.

NOTABLE CHANGE IN TACTICS.

THE ANXIOUS SITUATION IN INDIA.

IF WE ABDICATED,

LORD BALFOUR'S VIEW.

Government very

A round table conference had been prov

WAN IL

The Earl of Balfour, said he was one of the members of the Government res ponsible for the Act of 1918 and, although he was hot in Eugland at the time, hei had not the slightest desire to minimise his share of the responsibility in carry ing out a great and meet difficuis ex

CIVILISATION ON TRIAL

OXFORD UNION DEBATE,

A special debate by the Oxford Union Society was arranged for February 25th in honour of the centenary of the union. Some 1,100 invitations were issued, and

A GOLDEN AGE.

(x-

The Association of Schools for Ameri- ja

The course taken was cer Affairs in India were stated by Lordperiment,

tainly the best course with the knowledge from, all ports of the country ex-officers can Chikiven in the Orient is to have its Olivier (Secretary for India) in the they had at their disposal; and, with the and members came together in the Forum Conference in Peking on April 16th and

House of Lords un February 26th, to be additions to their knowledge which had of the union, under the presidency of 17th. Representatives are coming frem

since accrued-and which were not alto Mr. C. H. O. Senife, the subject for dis- Japan, Korea, and many parts of China,

giving the

great gether agreeable he did not think that cission being That civilisation has ad- including Shanghai, Tsingtao, Kulingxie Lord Olivier referred to the if it were in their power to repeat the vanced since this society Brst met."

Professor Gilbert Murray .. (Christ The Peking election manifesto-issued, by the Swaraj taperiment anyone would hesitate to da Nauking and Tientsin.

is important matters be amended for that whether civilisation had really ad- American School and the North Chianty in December, 1923, in which there did not think that the Act could Church), in submitting the motion, and said they would "carry on opposition to the better. No one was well satisfied vanced depended upon what constituted the Government of India util it was

with the way the experiment was being advance. There was a good deal to be the Conference. The officers of the Asso-radically changed in accordance with the of Indian opinion who seemed whellysation, but certainly it was less worn than carried out in India by those leaders said for the top hating a sign of...eiyili, how Paris threatens to interpret the diciation are: Mr. Julean Arnold, Ameri will of the people. He bad taken pains to have misunderstood the character of formerly. As the time when the society can Commercial Attache. President; Mr. to inform himself as well as he could the problem and the character of the was founded top hals, were word as

were the ostensible arguable

daries which our position in India threw cricket and at everything except fool- mann asked if the old game is to begin G. R. Tench, Headmaster, Canadian what

grounds for such au uncompromising anew, just when the experts reports hayo Academy, Kobe, Japan, Vice-President programmes as the Swarajs had put fer Great Britain. People in Great ball; but then football was not really a

Mr. W. W. Bartlett, Shanghai Americansard.

Britain were apt to look at this question civilised game. When during the reign He had found that the very ben presented to the United States.

School, Secretary, Confchener Commit general cause of distrust was the resin of the gradual giving of constitutional of Queen Victoria civilisation was wide

Government to India as a natural oper- | spread, those who embraced, it plunged Germany, he said, famured direct negotiatee: Mr. L. W. Menzi and Mr. M. S. tion which was passed by the House of ation: that, we were acting simply as a straight to the centre of civilisation, and Lords on the action of the Government

wore a top hat and nothing else. (Laugh- tion between State and State.

Tuttle, of the North China and Peking India in regard to General Dyer drag upon a-natural movement towards

representative institutions, which but for ter) Secondly, said Lord Olivier, there was

as would run a safe, happy, and usual The Association is endeavouring to pro- the injudicious language of Mr. Lloyd course, and that those in India who wer M. Jou Buchan (Brasenige, vide a means of initing all schools for George in his famous speech. when he hampering our policy were in reality only president), who opposed the motion, con- American children in the Orient upon a

said that, whatever might be to hastening the glorious time when free tended that civilisation had most grie common educational programme; to pro strengthen the Government of India, the institutions upon the model of the self-vously declined. Not more than forty vice for the interchange of information British Civil Service in India would not

golden age, buf and experience between schools; to stand interfered with. This was euntrary to overning Dominions would prevail in years ago there was ardise, so far as possible; curricula and the statement of August. 1939, in which India. That was one of the most pro-it came to an end fifteen years ago. In found delusions which ever possessed that age life was more interesting than methods to assist in bringing these was declared that the Civil Service schools to the highest practicable point would be modibed as we proceesied with mankind. India had one of the oldest it ever was before; men were bolder and

Pivilisations in the world. It had given more adventurous. The world was the establishment of self-government in at development and to secure and main fidia. Then there was the dissatisfne of millions of its own population but (Laughter.) He left it to some modern great religions not merely to hundreds suceulent oyster, waiting to be opened. tain the active co-operation of Glover it with the salt tax, which had pro-hundreds of millions of other Oriental - Gibbon to explain how the decline began; mental and private educational interestsduced reat popular feeling against the elations. It was absurd to say whether the inatter was tee sad u one for hint. in the United States.

Vicery The matter of the franchise.

we were superior or inferior, but we Ten years ago brightness died in the nir. top, had caused the greatest irritation i

were different.

If civilisation meant anything it meant. India, because we had established, in

Aut the world now took constitutional that youth must be well served. He Kenya a differential franchise as hetween government as it were the natural doubted if the youth of to-day were Indians and white men, neither of the flower of a forms of culture and civili hetter than the youth in the days of the boing original denizens of the country,

sation. It was nothing of the kind. I pinus founders of the ion. They knew A Special Correspondent writing in the posed by the Legislative Assembly. Some had been laboriously built up through that the world was getting smaller and It had narrower; they seemed to be moving be- Lin-1,Obierrez says:—

means for realising closer contact and centuries in dar islands. Nothing could be more significant of the better understanding must be sought, and been mare or less imitated all over the tween high walls to-day, and not in open

Western Hemisphere. We were apt to country. (Hear, hear.) place in the Prim des Sablons, a ten fur- | Labour in the English-speaking counsultation with the Government of India.onsider' that a ration was fitted for" re- ! change that is coming over organised the Government hoped,, niter dur con-

Mr. Philip Guedulla (Balliol, ex-pre-

tries generally and in

the British be able with the least avoidable delay Presentative and Parliamentary institusident), who supported Lae motion, re- Empire particularly, than the decision to decide upon the means they would tous for Government by debate and dis marked that the world was a very ples- cussion, if it showed great fertility in Sunt place in 1923 if you cappened to haun airently arrived at to hold in den size to adopt. In the meantime, they (speech muid in devising Parliamentary an income of rather more than £1,000 a during the Ericah Empire Exhibition, a appealed to the Indian constitutional remethads, not the work of the country, but year; but some progress had been made conference representative of all industrial forming party for patience, cireumspec the debates of the country. That we the all the same. A century ago we had and political labour organisations here on and co-operation. and in the Dominions, 16 will be the Marquis Curzon alluded to the Punjab, external view of the British form of discovered America, but we had not dis- first of its kind, and. apart altogether where lately a section of Sikhs had come Sovernment, which the observer took: hus covered the Americans. Bad art, for in it was a form of government which Testance, was the hallmark of civilisatine, from: the single bat outstanding fact, will into violent conflict with the forces of quired national character trained to that and at no time had there been such ap

the Government, and the release of certainly make history.

art cular kind of work to do which was palling art as there was to-day. A han The idea sprung. I am told, from the Gandhi, "and remarked that it

the Fundamental duty of all Governments, dred Sears ago, moreover, women had act nost deplorable state of affairs. In the fertile mind of Mr. Arthur Henderson, new Governor of the Punjab, said Lord which to guvern. That depended upon been presented with the twin blessings who, as secretary of the British Labour Curzon, they had a strong, fearless man.

the secular training of the people of the sewing machine and the hot-water Paris, is well aware of the lack of contut he hoped he would succeed in getting depend on qualities the very origin of battle, and it was possible to hear one- tnct between the labour organisations of

The Rev. Father R. A. Enok (Balliol, the home, and sprices contains of the Sikhs hack to the old platform of which were lost in the pre-historic period self speak in a moderate-sized house. was eagerly seized upon by them all. Toyalty and operation with his of human development. Instrutions ge the alserver who know that until a fer Majesty's Government. He had not one ending upon that could not be trans-ex-present), in opposing the motion, de

India inclared that the world had shown sy planted with perfect security. word to my hout Gandhi's character- years ago the mere mention of Empice he believed it to be above reproach-hut its memorable culture had produce toms of a sad decline to barbarism. We was anthem in the Labour movement, was nonrious that for the last four marvellous fruits in its way; it in the saw the fulfilment of that great pessimism the comparativelden change of front or five years he had been the convinced whole of its history it had to produced which was the dominant note of the may seem remarkable."

and inveterate enemy of the British Gov-contational controversy on matters Victorian literature, most any expiessed THOSE PRATERNAL DELKOATIONS. ernment, and the preaching of his doc governing debate such as filled British by Terayson, Testing our civilsation by fairly tring had led to floodshed in many parts history. Most of these modern statesmen what we ate and drank, he remarked that There is, on the other hand, a

in India took up our catchwords and there, was a great difference between easy explanation. During the past two of India. He (Lord Curzon) was told professed admiration for our institutions, England a hundred years ago and the decades organised labour at home has that Gandhi, since his release, had ex-

pressed his intention of prosecuting his withat apparently realising the present time. We are less meat and we been sending its "fraternal delegates " to conreations and conferences in the previous creed. Therefore, presently we spirit by which alone such institutious drank less drink. All the women one colonies, and those assemblies overseas might he fated with a recrudescences of as ours could properly work. Everything met were now earning salaries, and all have been returning the compliment the old agitation, and the Government which was now going on in India increas the men were looking for them. (Laugh- by appointing their representatives to had tied their hand. If they let Gandhi ed his sense of depression with regard ter.) In another half-century the women. similar gatherings here. It is fairly cer- out on these grounds, how, asked Lord to the political elements in that country would be doing all the work in order to retain that it is to the knowledge and Curzon, Were they to refuse or similar They didnt seem to have the beginnings support their husbands, and the mes nderstanding that such visits have crent grounds the release of all the other pali- of vision in this matter of constitutional would be waiting for the next ed that the notable gathering to taketical priserers? Gandhi's anconditional government. He did not doubt that their (Laughter.) With regard to art, a bus- release appeared to demand some fur-peeches were eloquent and admirably de-dred years ago England was the nursery The townsmen played a fire hose on the place some months hence will be due.

The meetings, I understand, will take ther explanation and better driefice than livered. That was not the main thing re- of Art, Dow its met was that. The of the

quired. He could not imagine anything nursery. members of the Ku Klux Klan as the pro- place in London, and will last over had yet been offered.

Mr. E. C. Bentley, examining the sub cession returned in a special train. Shot several days. They will be representa. He could not imagine, tudded Lord less suited to the efficient administra

tive not only of all the British national Curzon a more unfortunate method of tons of the affairs of the House of Com-ject from 2 practical aspect, suggested ing followed, Naur bat townsmen were bodies, but of al organisations in endeavouring to cope with the situation mous or the House of Lords than that that there was a fair charfe that dari shot.

Cannda, Australia, South Africa. New in India than what was called a round-they should he composed of ingenious or the next years the presidental chair Losboy, April 6th.

Zealand, and India. The Trades and table conference. The idea that India eloquent, oratory (Laughter.) There was might be occupied by a Czecho-Slovak, if An international conference on Chris-

The train came from Johnstone,

Lahens Council of Canada has already was ripe for self-government could not be chance of our having it in Great not by a Jugo-Slav, which was a very dis

be observed that rather more tзac m. "dian politics, economics and citizenship,

"The police "arrested members of the taken steps to select a strong delegation, entertained by any right thinking man Britain. fortunately. The British machi- Ku Klux Klan, who were carrying con-will be from Australia, where the indus- such step he ruinous and disastrous for community was determined to carry on century ago the Archbishop of Caster- but it may be taken for granted that it in England or India. Not only would any very of Goverment was that by which the net advance upon 1823. It was also to dubbed **Coper was opened at

trial side of the movement is so strong, the Government of India, but it would work in a quiet, sober, and peaceful bury was one of the hardest livers of his Birmingham today, when messages from

Our object maruer.

time, a circumstance which was hardly and where, indeed, it governed long be be fatal to India itself.

They had not shown in India that fan- possible to-day, as the present listin His Majesty the King Mr. Ramsay!

WORLD CHESS.

fare & Labour administration here seeur should be to proceed cautiously and ad possible, that the strongest detach steadfastly on the lines we had laid damental desire to make the Government guished ex president, who occupied the of their country work, without which all archbishop's throne to-day, would be the MacDonald and Mr. Baldwin were rend, CAPABLANCA'S GOOD POSITION. ment will come.

dinw.

Lord Meston said the situation in Tadia free institutions were useless, if nurst to admit. Moreover, Punch, which, expressing sympathy with the objects of

NEW YORK, April 5th.

was, almat as puzzling and difficult, as absolutely dangerous. They took not the in its first years existed to spread del

our experiments. cate scandal, had long since was its the conference,

Principal subjects for consideration, as

any that had ariced within living memory, smallest interest in The cores at the end of the fourteenth provisionally arranged, still to some One view was that we should rule India, which had slowly grown up into free entrée to the best families, and even its delegates, attend round of the Chess Tournament are:-degree parillal those considered at the by the strong right arm of the British stitutions. Their ingenuity was wholly pictures had the jokes explained in.

Imperial and Imperial Economic Con

Government, and at the other extreme destrictive, and he was not aware that brackets under them. (Laughter.) ed the conference which is probably Cat ablanca, 8.1/2 points; Reti, 8; Dr.ferences last year, and it is hoped that, they had the theory of abdication, whose they had ever suggested any new chees

Dr. H. A. James (president of St. unprecedented in its scope and purpose.

as a result of the deliberations, some

No one suspected Lord if the British rule were to come to an years since be first became a meurer of Preparations have been" in

Dr. Laker has two games adjourned thing like an Imperial labour policy on adherents said that India had no more or given a hint as to what was to happen John's) said it was little more than sty band for

these issues will be evolved. They will seed of us,

Olivier of holding the firm hand" view. end. By their own admission, all this the society. While be did not despair, three years, and the scale of the cou

but some of them had had apprehensions desire for constitutional freedom was of just now the direction of society war that he might have leanings towards the exotic growth, born in the British Isles, backward rather than forward. ference may be judged by the feet, that

abdication view. They had in India How did they mean India to be governed scarcely he maintained that there was reports on two subjects for consideration.

a bitter, ancampromising hostility on the when the expulsion of the British was more love of duty, or more genuine kre

Were they country; called themselves Swarajists, or Home 35 an outline of a scheme. Buiers. This section meant to break up going to pass a sort of Reform Bill for the whole machinery of government in India, with universal franchise? There midnight, and upon a division the motion. India, and demanded the immediate libe- never was a country where the difficulties was carried by 578 vales against. 273. ration of India from British rule. It was of constitutional government were Lalu- not a situation in which Ministers could rally greater than in Indin. They had to talk fight-heartedly of making concessions. contend with their own uclimited history.

Speaking at Juncheon of the Rotary The existence of the movement and its There never had been a vast body of defnite aims were clearly before them in mankind who were more the creatures of Club of awon on February 18th, Viseur were deliberately inserted in the Govern ligious, and political, appeared to have chairman of the British Empire Lepresy ment of India Act, which was the result blossomed naturally into the "complex Relief Association, said they had ar of a long and careful inquiry by Joint system of caste. Could they conceive a sufficient evidence to go to the public and Committee of both Houses of Parliament, soil lesa prepared for ordinary demo- say leprosy was curable in certain condi If the public would only support. Why, then, should there be any besitation cratic government1 These Indian agitatums in handling the weapons which were then tors were committing a great crime them they would be able in thirty years thought necessary? It was a matter of against their own countrymen and civil to stamp out leprosy in the British Ene congratulation that the Secretary of State sation generally if they set to work pire. had announced that there was to be no merely to, shatter what they found with- Round Table Conference. He did not out giving the least suggestion of what

worked they were not delaying free in think there was any evidence to persuade they wanted to put in its place.

Not: till we went to India was there titations, but were doing what they Parliament to overthrow the new Consti- tution, which had been set up less than any mitigation by means of free institu- could to make possible one of the most five years ago. We must either adhere to tions of the system of absolutism which difficult tasks ever undertaken. the policy of gradually fitting India for had immemorially prevailed thereiden that it could be done by a stroke of self-government, or we oust hand over we left India to herself she would relapse the pen, or if their hands were forced, the country to men who had no pro-naturally into absolate government. Wero was one of the most fantastic creeds that gramme and no considered creed of we going to show ourselves incapable of had ever occurred to the wildest pulitical national welfare. The whole basis of the carrying the burden which had gradually speculator. We could not shirk our diff- present Constitution was co-operation be- been thrown on us by leaving India's culs task The burden must be borne. tween Englishmen and Indians in the 300,000,000 to that most certain into? He It would require the utmost resolution, government of the country, and the could not believe it. There was no aller-courage; and patriotism, and a perfect gauge of success was to he found in the cative to that adopted in 1830. By in contempt for catchwords, if it were to work done by Indian leaders in that co-isting on seeing how the experiment carry it to ultimate success. (Hear, hear)

The subject then dropped. """Continued as foot of next column.) operation.

support in the country, although only of reint formation. It farks organisation.

** COPEC" CONFERENCE. MANY DELEGATES AND LENGTHY REPORTS.

Several hundred

The members of the Ku Klux Klan, who came entirely uninvited, bed their | monies in an open field.

cented weapon.

Lasker and Alekhin, 7.1/2 each.

which he is expected to win,

LATER. in the fifteenth round Alekhine, heat Yates, Bogoljubow beat Tartakower and

BCBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION.

include:-

Development of Inter-Empire Trade, Emigration" Status of subjects within the Einpire,

"

་་

It could

on the first day alone, totalled about Capablanen beat Janowski. The game bend others complementary and incidental. Į part of a section of the community who carried out? They migh; at least give between man and man, or country and

120,000 words.

D.S. CITIZENS MURDERED

IN TURKEY.

TIRANA (European Turkey),

April 8th.

LATER.

The leading position at the end of the fifteenth round was held by Capablanca with 9 points. Dr. Lasker has, 8 points,

The debate was continued until nearly

"Unknown men hare murdered two with one game adjourned, Alekhin 91, lively to give their blessing to overway 1919, and provisions for countering it their antecedents. Their culture, re- Chelmsford, First Lord of the Admiralty

American merchants

Scutari Road

on

the Tirana-

So far as emigration is concerned, tween Maroczy and Edward Lasker, was volte face seems to be in proes.

A. Lwi years age, it was cundemned with bell; adjourned.

book, and vasule, Today leaders like Mr. James Wigual, M.P., of the General Workers' Union, and Mr. R. B. Walker, general secretary of the National Union of Agricultural and Rural Workers, coma back, from Australia and Canada respec settlements as a means of social amelic Reti 8. Yates is last, with 33 points and ration:

The conference is almost certain greatly to increase understanding of these and other matters, and in view of the establishment in office of a Labour Government at home, its importance and value can hardly fail to be very great. It will, at least, be a landmark in the history of organised labour within the Empire.

"CRIME HAS POLITICAL AIM- one game adjourned.

LATER

A telegram from Tirana gives the names of the two murdered American merchants ne Belong and Coroman.

The message says the Albanian Govern ment deeply regret the crime, which is the art of this kind committed. Albania is convinced that a political sim is in-

tended with the object of discrediting

Albania.

The Government has taken strong mea sures to secure the arrest and punishment of the murderers:

U.S. WORLD FLIGHT..

SEATTLE, April 6th. The American world fiera have left for Prince Rupert,

PRINCE RUPEET, April 8th. The world flyers have arrived.

Mr. Baldwin in the House of Commons on February 18th, said no one could-ym- Sir Alfred Robbins, who has just relired pathise more than be with the lofty tone from active journalism, was entertained of the Prime Minister's speech and with Atton in the Pres Galery, dining the hopes he hund expressed, but he could room at the House of Commons, when he not help feeling that a thort term of offer was presented with his portrait painted would prove that the world, as it exista, by Mr. Tennyson Cole, by Lord Riddell was too hard for a ikurvival of the ideal on behalf of number of colleagues in ism of which the Prime Minister had Flect-street, the Press Gallery, and the always been so ablo and faithful an expon Lobby.

ent.

The