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LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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THE SELLING OF RUBBER..

HOW TO STABILISE PRICES

LONDON, May gist

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY

EARLIER CABLES.

MR. AND MRS. BROWAN

EX MINER MOVES IN REGAL

STATE

Lontiox, 3far 20th." The ex-miner Mr. Jame, Brown, in the

BARLIER CABLES. WORRYING OVER FRACTIONS

US-NAVAL STRENGTE

WASHINGTON May 20th. Admiral Butler, chairman of the navat committee has advised the House of

died and afty mub tollars must be -----

expended-on-the-

was to equal the strength of the British Navy, and that before the session ended netion must be sought for a Bill designed to establish a ratio of 1, 3, 9-so far as the United

THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.

BREAKING THROUGH THE NARROWS

CALCULATED AUDACTIVJANG

offensive.

-THE NAGARA "NET,

Thoroughly alarmed by the success of these operations the Turks sought, but sought in vain, to close the entrance ef the Marmara by laying zeross the Straits an Nagara an anti-submarine bet watch- ex by patrol vessels and defended by specully erected batteries Butt Proved, matailing, and our submarines continued their fusursions unhindered by this new, obstruction.

hit off the only gap in the net, 'n parrow

AMERICA AND THE BOXER INDEMNITY.

TEXT OF SENATOR LODGES

RESOLUTION

This resolution in identical with one

carlet uniform of the Deputy Linated Representatives that ut Ivast one hun ordinatent rufe of the militage operations Gemander Boste was the first "to #culatives on the remission of the Boxer: Premsaing the sharp decrease-of-rubeunt of dyshire, revival in oration from fer prices to below: 103. ver. Hythe_77mes the population of Edinburg's to-day when City Editor says the market does not re drove in the Royal carriage from Holy appear to he suffering froin necpto read through decurated streets to open the duction but the fall again emphasises | tieneral Avably of the Church of Scot- the need for systematic and centralised selling, which would do more than any, thing elsơ tô stabilise“prites,

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THE INTELLIGENTSIA. BEDUCED SOVIET SENTENCES

Moscow, May 21st.

The Ukrainian Executive Committee s commuted the death sentences on the Kieft intelligentia to ten years impri sonment. The other sentences have been "reduced by hall. ·

These people were a number of well known Kieff, vitizens, mostly · Social- Democrats, and they were charged with Ereason.."

and as Lord Eigh Comunissianer. He was accompanied by Mrs Brown, clad in satin.

Both seasowledged the plaudits of the multitude, by bowing and smiling. A. Royal luin of centy-one guns was fired when the proosion left St. Gile Cathedral for the Assembly, where the Ferald in magnificent uiforms, an- hounced thier entry,

While the American Legation in Peking,

BY LOND WESTEN WELY89 † A

says an American Press Agency in China, has not received official advice of the reported action of the house of Repre It will be seen that, though no co the summers waged-against-the show that was effective After A Fideimiby, it dat leechat she text enemy's lives of communication in the three weeks' rest at Mudros, he started the joint respluting which was innotee Sea of Marmers from April to December for his third cruise on huy 31st.into the Scoute by Seantor Lodge played a conspicuous part in the general Seruping past a mine near Kephas, he December that.

spite of diffentica that might well gate purposely left to allow a passage han considered insurmountable, for enums vessels, and continued his at Our Submarine Commanders succeeded tacks for another three weeks. On his in penetrating the defence of the Nat return, however, on kunst 12th, he was

and by assaults on the enemy's

less fortamate, and missing the gate, shipping created a veritable pante in charged into the art. For twenty He added that the present actual com- those waters, hitherto regarded by him seconds, which innst have seemed twenty

reales

Battleships, cruisers, gunboats, hours to her devoted crew, the sur parative strength of the British, United transports, supply vessels of every des marine, brought from a depth of 30 States and Japanese navies is five, acription all were attacked with a cool fees to 10 feet, laboured in its meshes, courage and enleulated andacity unsur and then crashed through. But even fraction over four, and three. The con passed even in the annals of our own then the dangers were not you passed. traction of eight fast craisers by 1000 naval history. Only in this theatre of She came under the fire of the batteries the war did these officers find a full out of Kalid Bair, was a target of a torpedo at an estimated cost of fifteen million let for their prowess and initiative; and from Chanak, and almost immediately maritime warfare could be effective used good fortune that surely was the due dollars each, and six gunboats for uss the veil that this latest weapon off afterwards bumped a unine but with the in Chinese waters, also the conversion of in a manner very different to that ever of so much devotion, skill, and gallantry ir mercilesson the part of her crew, she triumph- ched by the Germans in their

States wax comicsired

that was passed by one of the Hazen a 1927, but failed to get through the other because of an adjournment before it was

The resolution realism called for vete. -

Resolved by the Senate and Houses of Representatives thus the President is hereby authorized in his discretion to remit to China as an act of friend- ship any or all further payments of the "annual inztálinents of the Chinese Indemnity due under the bond for $34,410,778.81(Gold) revived from China pursuant to the Protocol of September 7th, 1901, a modified by the Executive Order of the Path of December, 1908, parsinat to authority" of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved May 23th, 19087 for indemnity. against losses and expenses incurred, by

The ceremonies of the day began with lever at Holyrood, where the Browns, seated on thrones, received the Scottish five or six battleships into oil-burners campaign against Allied and neutral antly, survived all these perils and ance reason of the go-called Boxer disturl

dignitaries. The procession through the steals was marked by the customary state, including the Lord Provod of Edinburgh. At the time of the trin . Poinefre telegraphed to 31 Chicherin declaring the Solicitor General of Scotland and his

that French public opinion gravely suite. feared that those implicated in the trial would suffer the death, perindty, and that their loss would be a cause of great sorrow and be regarded as a diminution of the world's intellectual patrimony. The French Government asked the British. and Italian Goveruments to "Make further appeal

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"RECOGNISED" RUSSIA. ASKS BRITAIN FOR, MONEY.

LONDON, May 27th A communique dealing with the Angle Russian Conference states that the Soviet delegation has handed the British delega- tion a memorandum in, which it was stated if Britain assist in the flotation of The Council of the Lawn Tennis Anse-a long-term loan the Soviet will devote a -ciation has unazimously passed a resolu tion forbidding players in international

A TENNIS EMBARGO,

FEWER NEWSPAPERMEN.

Losnos; May 21st..

matches reporting for the Press.

EARLIER CABLES. ́DUBLIN ALL AWRY: MUNICIPALITY OUSTED.

LONDON, May 20th," The Free State Government has dis- solved the Dublin Corporation and ap painted three cominissioners to perform ite duties, on the ground that these are not being effectually discharged.

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and increased egention of the suns on thirteen battleships, will be proposed in order to strengthen the navy.

U.S. SOLDIERS BONUS. POLITICIANS AT WORK

New Yonk, May 20th The newspapers in the metropolis are Eunsnimous in condemning the Soldiers' Bonus law, estimating that it entails a expenditure of about four billion dollars, and opens the way to numberless further demands for largess for the benefit of special groups at the expense of the whole people.

shipping for though our officers did not more gained the safets of Mudros Har never did so without ascertaining that hesitates to sin enemy vessels, they bour.

*A THREE WEEKS', 'HAID. On April 27th Litut-Cammamler Boyle in E13 after a passage through the Straits, in which he encountered gunfire commenced a raid that lasted for three weeks, and resulted in the sinking of a gunboat and two transports one of the latter carried no less than 4.000 meis, all of whom perished. Others he chased back into Constantinople and eventually, when she bad fired all her torpedoes, returned on Mar 10th, after having been attacked by patrol vessels so continuously as to make the possibility of recharging the batteries a matter of perpetual, anxiety,

ances in China during the year: 1900 said remission, to begin us from Deto her fit 1917 and ta bë në such times And in such manner as the President shall deem just

BLOWING UK A VIADUCT.AS they were legitimate fargets, whilst they Five days Inter E4 returned to the scrupulously respected the lives of non-hase ander the circumstancey just related

In explanation of the date 1017; it is Tcombatants.

and Ent continued her cruise. Duries not thought that the bill submitted last the next twelve days she three times December was worded that way, but attacked troops marching along the road rather that remission would begin fron to Gallipoli, scattering the columns, and future date set by the President. The causing many casualties, she torpedoed the battleship Harridin Burtaroriginal resolution was introduced while which capsized half an hour after she granted in 1917, which terminates at the

China was cajoying the five year respite had been hit; she burnt six mall sailing end of 1999, so that the United States craft: went to Constantinople, where she has heen collecting the Indemnity since sank a transport alongside the Haider that tinie and no provision would be nude Pacha railway pies bombarded a via for reimbursement of that. duct of the Bagdad Railway in the Gulf Further, the reference to the Executive: of Isunid stopped and examined two Daler of December, 1908, is to the Presi hospital ships, and was twice ineffectually dent's remission of a little more thast ball attacked by aeroplanes, to one, of which which began it that time and which was Sasmith derisively wared before diving used for sending Chinese students-tə for For Ligher education, adm Lirut. Commander Nasmith now, took

Along the north coast of the Gulf of which Tsing Hua College was subsequent up the task. His vessel, El, was armed Ismid runs the railway line conaceting y founded and is at present being unio- with a pounder gun, that considerably Constantinople with Asin linor, and tained. Consequently the power pat at increased the scope of his activities this Nasmith and Lieut. D'Oyly Eughes, the President a discretion in the present enabling him, as it did, to deal with his second in command, determined to resolution does not affect the half of the small craft without an undue expenditure render unserviceable by blowing up a payments which go to Tsing Hun College of torpedoes,

viaduct aeross a ravine not far from the and they will continue, until the time Rounding Kalid Babr point on the early seashore. To carry out this plan-Ell when the Indemnity would have been morning of the 19th May, he came across arrived in the Gulf in the evening of

Turkish battleship and several destroy August 20th, and at 8 am on the follow-G86-7.000,000 to E RETURNED.

completed. ers that immediately opened fire on his ing morning, whilst still quite lark, the periscope, afid then fed northward. Two vessel was trimmed down until the conThe other half, which is new being paik days later, having overhauled a small

slowly manoeuvred towards the shore, till tie reinitted, or in other words each month go before the country and sustain Mr. side of her, and, thus disguised; cruised her stem grounded within a few yards of it would be turned over to the Chincre

all day off Constantinople on the look

The New York Herald predicts another lump sum to cover the Russian pre-war debt to British holders of the bands four years' term for Mr. Coolidge to maturing before March 19th, 1917. The keep up the fight against such extra greater part of the loan world be spent vagance, and praises bis courage in exer in Britain for machinery and other neces-cising his reta kit

The British delegation has replied that

The Yu Fork Frees and the World on the other side of the party line,

the

In clover examination of the proposals willidicule the lawmakers, who expect to sailing ship, the lashed his vessel along-hing tower only was above water and to the, United States each month, would

THE SOVIET PLAN. The Soviet delegates stated that the So-ress,

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be necessary, but any assistance in fetation of the proposed loan must be

limited, and there could be no que

Coolidge's candidacy for the Presidency out for transports without, however the rocks at a spot where the cliffs on Government is the payment falls due. Fery

but fail to reader him foral support obtaining any success On the 23rd beither side were of suficient height to The sun thus returned would be roughly tion of a fiovernment guarantee.

torpedoed a Turkish gunboat-lying at prevent the consing "tawer being obser hetween six and seven million gold, dol where it is most needed, úanels in Co-anchor off that city who before singing, ved D'Oyly-Hughes, who hail volunteer- fare, but would he spread out in montěly ed to make the attempt, then quietly payments for at least the next ten years opened fire, and hit his periscope, neces-

The zum which will have been remitted sitating a retreat to unfrequented waters dropped into the water and pushed a to repair the damage indicted Two days small raft-constructed for the purpose for the use of Tsing Hua during the term later he returned, and, diving into the of holding the demolition charge, his of the Indemnity in Gold $10,785,286. very waters of Constantinople, torpedoed clothes, a revolver, and a sharpened a large transport lying alongside the baronet, to a spot some 60 yards distant Arsenal But in effecting his retreat he where he meant to land very nearly came to grief through the aubmarine grounding heavily and experi- ing herself from the cross currents of

viet were not prepared to repay the pay- The finir declares the Senators up ar debis at their full pre-war value, porting the bonus showed courage, but

Nit was that the interest in arrears should be

the courage o

of "fools."

U.S. HELPING SWEDENZIA

The Free State Local Government Ministry has reported that the efforts of

dividual Dublin Corporation members ignored, and the principal should be re

New York, May, 20th.

those "parrow watery

MR. SILAS "Q. SWING.

to secure efficient and economical man deed as Russian-aeth have been reduced REVOLVING CREDIT ARRANGED.eneing considerable difficulty in extricat agement of the city's business were un-in consequence of the war and civil war. availing in the absence of support from Limited payments to bond-holders should "the majority. The efficient administraRowever be made as soon as possible: The The National City Bank has arranged tion of the capital has become a matter Russians urged the British to do their with the Swedish National Debt Office of national interest, and it is proposed atmost to help the loan, which inter alia for one year it revolving credit of two to examine the problem of city govern would develop Anglo-Damian trade, hundred and twenty five million dollars zent as early as possible in the light of They submitted that the participation of for Sweden.

the Russian State Bank would solidly secure it.

modern results achieved elsewhere,

SOVIET'S RED TRAIL

STILL CHASING WHITES"

RIGA, May 2015

The British again emphasised their in- ability to guarantee the loan, though they

BASEBALL..

New York, May 26th. Baseball matches in the American

LIEUT HUGHEA HERDISM.

awam along the coast with his raft to The cliffs here proving. unclimbable he

THE NAVY'S DEAD.

MEMORIALS TO MEN WHOSE GRAVE IS THE SEA.

The Prince of Wales unveiled at

a more favourable place, scrambleral Chatham on April 28th a war memorial the cliffs, dressed, and reached the way. Nobody was about. and he walked which commemorates 8,570 officers and Daring this cruise of nineteen days along the line in the direction of the ratings belonging to Chatham who, in duration three more transports, an aviaduct for some 100 vanda, when he the words of the inscription, have *** munition ship, and a small steamer were suddenly heard voices. Three men were other grave, than the seg destroyed. In connection with the latter, sitting on the line between him and his Standing on in eminence overlooking there occurred an incident as comic as goal. Laying down the heavy and cum the town, the memorial is an obelisk of I was unexpected Examination showed bersome demolition charge, he made a Portland stone over 10ft. high. At the that she was carrying guna and other wide detour to reconnoitre, stumbling top is a large corner sphere, supported warlike stores, and before she was blown into a poultry yard on the way, only by figures representing the four winds= up the crew were ordered to abandon finally to discover the viaduct guarded.

The gry North, The fair South, her. In their haste to comply some of Any attempt to blow it up had per- the boats were capsized, though no lives force to be abandoned, and, quickly,

The cruel Enst, were lost, and, in the midst of the con-changing his plans, he placed the demoli-pa The kindly West,

Moscow message, states that thewould sympathetically regard Sosioeague were all postponed owing to rain. fusion that ensued, a figure, appeared onion charge under a neighbouring culvert, and four prows of ships carved in stone.

political department for combating any counter-revolution is active. Captain Surer, a follower of Koltchak, has been condemned to be shot at Tomsk. Ozol, of the Czarist secret police, has been sentenced to death at Leningrad, with out any right of appeal, for service car Fried out before the revolution.

HOME UNEMPLOYMENT, MPROVING THE "DOLE

"NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Pitsshurg, 12; New York,

Chicago. 7 Philadelph

the upper deck which, after proclaiming 150 yards distant from the three men Bronze panels on the base and buttresses

itself to be Mr. Silas 0 Swing, corres pondent of the Chies Sun, assured the somewhat astonished submarine Com mander that he was pleased to make his acquaintance GS

The Bill increase the men's-and-women a It is stated that a committee bearer Later he wha transferred for hervice under brought to the surface" and "by "cleation. And 'only just in time, for daylight forgotten by them.

unemployment benent and also the allow hy Senator Lodge will endeavour to His Excellency Yuan Shilkat He bad companion.

efforts to raise the loan privately.

first sighted. In spite of his attempts to of the memorial will be inscribed with deaden the sound of the firing of the the names of the dead. fuse pistol, its noise rang through the Identical memorials have been erected MALAYA IN LONDON:

stil night and arcused the watch at Plymouth and Portsmouth. ers Realising that any attempt to LONDON, May 20th:

Nor was this the only instance of absence effect bis escape over the cliffs could only Their Majesties touring the Empire

Two Chinese shopkeepers were proof hostile feeling encountered for with lead to capture. D'Orly Hughes ran sailing vessels before being forced to Exhibition, visited the Malayan section, seented at Singapore Inst week on behalf the crew of a shilling vessel whose cargo down the railway as fast as he could, dive by the return of the destroyer. The was found to be innocent, Naamith re-

stopping once or twice to turn and fire subsequent wild movements of the

who were thoroughly flustered vessels enabled him where three picturesquely dressed Malays of the Orient Tobacco Manufactory of latex that they parted with many his revolver at the three

in hot pursuit. A mile brought into a eventually to sink the broken down tu came forward learing trays with costly Hongkong, for expusink for sale cigars pressions of good will on both sides.

Minor machinery defects necessitated point where the line came out close to and one of the sailing ships, whose crem fabric and silver gong as presents to which a false trade description (viz ; return to the base on June 7th. Dar the shore, and bere he took to the of twenty men jumped, overboard at the the word Hengkong) had been aping the passage through the Narrows at water. As he did so the charge explod frat shot. They were all picked up and LATEST CABLESplied. Both defendants were convicted a depth of 70 feet a shock was felt which, ed His preconcerted signal at a long made prisoners, and later on in the day had such not been impossible in that blast on a whistle failed to reach the placed on board another ship after they [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICES and fined.

Joeality would have indicated that the ears anxiously awaiting it and he was bad willingly enough discharged her vessel had bumped the ground heavily forced to swim back to the stort to rest cargo into the sea, pleased and surprised WORLD COURT OF JUSTICE LONDON, May 20th.

Mr. Liang Tun-yen, formerly Minister On rising tot depth of 20 fect for the himself. But the day was fast breaking at their lives being spared. One of their The House of Commons has passed

WASHINGTON, May 21st. of Communications, died on the al purpose of investigation a large mine and there was no time to be lost, so number was a stout German, bank mAKE+

was found to be hung up by its moorings the second reading, without a division, President Coolidge informed the Reinat. At his residence in Peking. Mr to the stern of the aborine. To clear it once more he plunged into the sea, and ager carrying a large sum of money to submarine backed out of the little cove the attack, he had thrown overbaar. of the Unemployment Insurance Bill publican members of the Senate and the Liang was born in Shuntch, Kwangtung. whilst submerged was impossible to this time the signal was heard. As the Chantic Thin, in the first excitement of sixty-eight years ngn. He was educated come to the surface would have exposed in which she had been lying hidden the and when he realised that he was to introduced by the Government, which Foreign Relations Committée af

∙al a con-

at Yale University, being one of the first the ship to the fire of the shore batte morning mist gave her conning tower escape with his life his lamentatione Mr Tom Shaw explained, aholished the

ries; and so for a whole hour was the gap period during which,

hich unemployed

ference at the White House last nigbatch of Chinese students sent to Amerien passage continued in contact with an in and guy the appearance of two fishing over his last treasure were loud and long- hitherto had not received benefit, and that his position in regard to the world under De Yung Wing After bis return, strument of destruction that at ang boats, and D'Oyly Hughes, believing As he floated away from the submarine himself trapped, returned to the rocks, on a life buoy, his ample proportions moment might have exploded - and Quickly realising, however, bis mistake, scantily clad in a short pick silk jersey gives for the first time, benefit to boys and girls between 14 and 18 of four court was the same as was outlined in he first served in the Chinese. Telegraph brought the career of these gallant inen he went in a third time, and was even the spectacle afforded to the amused shillings and shillings weekly respective his message to Congress in December Administration. Then he was appointed in an untimely end. It was not toti tually picked up in an exhausted cond crew of Eil was one not easily to bes fy. It also provides instructional courses,

secretary to Viceroy Chang Chi-tung Kum Ko had been passed that Bli was for them when they are unemployed last

had revealed his presence to his pure Of the thirteen submarines that maneuvring freed from its unwelcome suers, who opened are before be resched time or another sought to force an

For three days only was the shipping the submarine, which, having got him trance into the Sea of Marmarn, two ance for dependent children, and removes formulate a plan harmosining with the been Castons Taotril of Tientsin, Minis nlving between. Constantinople, and the safely on, board, dived out of the sight British vessels and one French found, m. the disqualification from benefit for President's recommending adherence to ter to Amerion, Mexico, Perit, and Cuba, Peninsula to hose one respite from at of the balled enemy

glorious end in its waters. Of the re that succeeded and survived EII and workers indirectly unemployed through the present permanent court of interna- day dispute. Auricultural workers are tional justice.

then Vice-President of the Board of tack. On June 10th Boyle, now a Com A SLEMAN BANK MANAGER

are worthy of being chronicled, bat space not embraced in the benefits of the Bill.

Foreign Affairs, and finally President of hazardous passage of the Narrows for with a convoy consisting of three tags does not admit any further deser

mander, successfully negotiated the Ell's next exploit was an encounter it were not the only ones whose doings He declared that the scheme was finan cially sound. LANKA

the Warwupu He had also served as the second time, to be followed ten days and several sailing rensels in the charge tion of their act of prowess in thing Minister to Germany Under President later by Els (Lieut. Commander Brace) of a destroyer. They were met at night volume. The history of one and all com-

and E7 (Lient Commander Cochrane); and followed until daylight, when the this deeds of daring only made pas Yuan Shih-kni's administration, he was and from henceforth until the very end destroyer dropping astern to render asible by technical knowledge of the light it had been expected the Government A New Jersey Federal grand jury, in Minister of Communications. He leaves of the campaign, the Turkish maresistance to one of the tags that had degree, by courage, and endurance init had cut and dried. They contended that vestigating the transportation of films of two sons, . II. and C. C. Liang, and drum was the scene of uninterrupted broken down, Nasmith, seized the most conspicuous form, by foresight raids on shipping, of attacks on railways, opportunity of attacking the others patience, and perseverance on the part children would us prematurely employed the Dempsey Carpentier fight from New one daughter, who married 3r. M. C. riaducts, and even bodies of troops, that Rising to the surface as soon as out of of these oficers and men who, in the in Fidustry instead of being kept at Jersey to other States procedure Jeme, non of Dr. Jome Tien ym. Mir caused consternation to the enemy and range of the destroyer's guns he is face of the unknown dangers and ex- school The Caservatives persisted that which is forbidden by law, returned an drastic amendments would be necessary indictment against the Sght promote Elang was very popular and his demise very serious check to the supply and fitted severe damage on one of the two treme hazards, played part in thes

reinforcement of his army on the Penin- remaining sings, nad on several of the campaign second to nona in glory andă. will be greatly mourned by his firends.

(Opilagod at foot of next colimah). Buccess,

Opponents of the Bill declared it ex- tended the dole uyaten and did not ad- vance the unemployment schemes, which

in compeitet,

FILMS AND FIGHTING?

PROMOTER INDICTED.

• Newine, May 21st

Mr. Tex Richard, and six others.

Isola,

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