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CABLE S.

"LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S Amendy.!

IRISH BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

OOY ERNMENT PROMISE

· MOMENTOUS LONDON DISCTSSION,

LONDON, August 1st. Mr. Thomas moved in the linse of Commons that Messrs. Cosgrave and Craig had hopen invited så London and if they failed to agree as regussis the ap "poingment of a member to the Boundary Commission the Government would in troduce legislation forthwith to give effrel to the undoubted intention of the Treaty and would press-its passage regardless of the ensequences to the fioverament.

Replying to Mr. Baldwin. Mr. Thomas sail the report of the judicial committee was presented to His Majesty 'yesterday. This report held that the refusal of the Government of Surth Ireland to appoint member to the Boundary Commission was a emutingruies, not foresera at the date of the passage of the Act of Parlia mwat implementing the Treaty, if the refusal was maintained, there was no constitutional means under the existi statute of bringing the Commission into The report raised grave issues weldch Government was faland to honour "anti sreure ân carrying out the "unloabted intention of Parliament when it matised the Treaty (Ministerial vheers,

existence.

HONOURING THE TREATY.

The tiovernment rainestly hoped that

the Government of North Ireland, even

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 1924

LATEST CABLES. BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. HOME GOVERNMENT'S POLICY. LONDON, August 1st. A clear statement of the Government's policy in India was nude by Lord Chelms- Reading ford in the House" of Lords.

Mr. MacDonald's hotter to the Hindu 48 an embodiment of the present policy, he declared that full discretion would be left

EARLIER CABLES FAR EASTERN CABLE

LONDON CONFERENCE. FRENCH FORMULA PARTLY

ACCEPTED.

Losday, July lat. Reuter learn's that the first committee of the Inter-Allied Conférence has un- animously adopted the French formula

NEWS.

From Our Own Correspondent,}

OBITUARY.

AIR. CECIL HOLLIDAY,

SHANGHAI, August 1st.. There was a representativë gathering of July 29th. A British nincndment has at the funeral this voting of the late been withdrawn. The British and French | Mr. Coeit Holliday, for 47′′yaars a re to the Government of India to enforce theelegates congratulated each other. One sident of Shanghai. He took a prominent law. The British Giovernment would sup delegate said to Brut: The great in public activities and was at one port the Government if Lydia in any difficulty of the Conference is now over." tits Commandant of the Volunteers, action they felt peerssary to take to quell any revolutionary raovement.

ARGENTINIAN WORLD

FLIGHT.

BGH, August 1st. Zanni arrived at noon and left for Basra four hours later, his machine running splendidly.

If the report of the mumber three com mittee, na deliveries in kind and ensh transfers prove favourable. the Confer etice may be regarded as feished so far as the Allies are concerned, and the in- vitation to the Ciernans may be regarded as imminent. The views of the bankers is of course still awaited.

COMMITTER ACTIVITIES..

(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.] NORTH CHINA FLOODS."

PARMKIES HARD FUIT.

Pexisa, August 1st.

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A party including members of the Chihi River famize relict consission, officials, correspondents and cineputa graphers this morning flew iver the

Peking a It appears that only the first part of flooded areas. betwren BARLIER CARLES.

the French formulä as regards arbitra Tientsin in an acroplane neid avail AUSTRALIAN BUDGET.

tion has been adopted. The second part, uble by the Director of Aviation" ang PROVED DEFENCES AND dealing with the plan for military evapileted by Captain Northridge The ruse to 10.17, ation of the Ruhr proportionately as Hsiho, which" yesterday REDUCED INCOME TAX.

Germany pays her debts, has not yet the maximum ever seen, is perilously near; been considered.

the top of the dykes. The railways do not appear to be in inimédiate danger, though the water is lying a font from the embankments ou both sides for many niles Most of the villages are high hud dry, but it is evident that the farmers will be hard hit

MELMOVANE. July ist. The Federal Treasurer in his Budget

An official communique states that the statement announced Income Tax fedue Reparations Commission will henceforth officially sig in Londen to deal with ques tiong fotalling £2,000,000.

tims arising from the Dawes répert.. [

Another communique, announcing an agreement by the first committer, déclares the "efectveness of the agreement vie

He said that in addition to the two 10,000-ton, cruisers (provided? for in the Defence Equipment Bilt, the Government contemplated building two modern sea-

work of the third committee, which is con- going sulanarines, and increasing the Air peals on the successful conclusion of the Forer by four units,

sidering other parts of the French pro- pasul, and adds, that the prospects of the third committee reaching an agreement appear hopeful.

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THE WORLD'S SPORT. - BOME CRICKET.

AFRICANS AT BRIGHTON,

Loxnes, July 1st.

at this late stuge, would appoint a (om- missioner. the hope was unfulfilled; [':. The match between Sussex and the the tiovernment weshl at once introdice Sitth Africans was resumed at Brighton legislation giving effect so the undoubted in Cloudy weather, on a good wirket. The intention of the Treaty and press the attendance was goinl." passage of that legislation, regardless öf the consequences. to themselves. not merrly in hercur of the, Government, but

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Sussex scored 1 (Bowley in Yong 38). Blanckenberg took a wilkets for 102 The South Africans went in for sveoni

COUNTY CAMES,

in honour of the country, which was in-kuock, und had compiled 42 for the loss volved in, seeing that the obligation the of our wicket'when stumps were drawn. Treaty imposed in the United Kingdoth was fulfilled to the spirit and letter. His colleagues had hinseif were not prepared to omit any step necessary to place the goal. Cajth of Parliament and the people beyond question. (Ministeriakand Libera;

ahrers.)

measures

LIBERAL *SUPPORT." Mr Lloyd Georgé expressed great satin faction at the announcement of a Opposi- tim dissent. He and all his Bolleagues would support Government when it was necessary to make clear to the Empire and the world that the Gay, ernment was not prepared to shame out of a bargain on the mere question of machinery.

Amid Liberal cheers Mr. Ashley ({'où- servative) angrily asked if it was an honourable agreement with Ulster-

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It should be noted that the third com- mittee is not dealing with evacuation of the Ruhr, mentioned earlier. which a

outside the scope of the present Confers ence and will be discussed jointly with the Germans,

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H.K. & S.BANK CLERK KILLED. FATAL "MOTOR ACCIDENT AT

HOME

Lospos, July 31st. Robert Sheridan, a clerk of the Hong- Notts at Norringham beat Leivéstershire | kong au Shanghai Bank, Leino on leave, by nine wickets,, Leicester entupiled 121, has been killed in a motor accident.at Richmond taking 4 for 25, and 194, Rich Downpatrick. His companion.

and taking for so. Notts scored 261 Irvine, the son of a prominent football official, has had to be taken to hospital (George Gunn 95) and then si fur 1.

in Belfast.

Warwick best Somerset at Taunton by four wickets Somerset segrail 99. Howell

taking 5 for 26, and 97, Howell taking 9 for 35. Warwick compiled 137, White taking 4 for di, and then of for 6. White taking for

PUBLIC CHOOLS.

At Lord's. Hugby beat Marlborough by three wickets. Marlborough curl 18), and jip Rugby"seared 155, and 197 for 7.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS

AUSTRALIA DEFEATS CHIKA,

New York. July 1st.

In the Davis Cup tournament, Patter "Me Thomas replied that thing was sou (Australia) was Lark Wei (China), more disastrous to this issue than the sur, 12, 6-2 passion of feeling

At the request of Mr. MacDonald he invited Messrs. Cosgrave and Craig to peet him in London. Mr. Thonms still

O'Hara Wood heat Kong, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2,

EARLIER CABLES.

believed in the possibility of a proceful NO TIME "FOR SPECIAL BILL.

settlement.

Mr. Ronald MeNeill (Conservative) ask. ed if Mr. Thomas realised the Govern- !

tuent's assumption that this was sucrely a drafting oversight, and would be hotly

"contested.

LONDON, July 31st.

In the House of Commons, asked whether the Government had conferred

this morning with the British signatories to the Irish Treaty on the subject of the boundary clause, and "whether any de cision had been taken. Mr. MacDonald Mr. Thomas said he was convinerd that replied that. a difficulty haviaz arigen in any legislation on this question, would cunnection with the interpretation of clause number twelve, he thought it ad- be hotly contested, but it must not be visable to seek counsel from the leaders forgotten that the Treaty was merely of the parties who were signatories to ratified by Parliament but was endorsed by a General Election,

GOVERNMENT INTENTIONS.

Mr. Thoune added that legislation would not be introdured until after the meeting with

Messes. Cosgrove and Craig.

Mr. Wedgwood Benn naked that in the event of the introduction of a bill being necessary, would it be passed in all its stages before the recres,

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BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT.

NEWS AFTER WEEK..

NEW YORK. July 31st. Rejmated efforts to obtain, by wirele, information regarding Squadron heater Maclaren have failed, since the airmen reached Petropavlovsk on July 24th.

It is believed he, he has been delayed

wind and fog; and may have been able to land at his store post at Nazab and have been forced to continue the fight to Aika Island.

Tokyo, August 1st. Squad on Leader Maclaren is still at Petropavlovsk. No details have been re- ceived, but it is believed that he is weatherbound.

RUBBER PRODUCTION STANDARD:

PER CENT. FOR THIS QUARTER.

Lossos, July 31st. The standard production of rubber ex Ceylon, the Straits Settlements and portable at the minimum duty from Malay States for the quarter beginning August 1st is officially fixed' at fifty-five per cent.

Mr. Sheridan, had been in the Batavia and Sourabaya branches of the Hongkong, COURTREY OF THE "DAILY BULLETIN."') and Shanghai Bank. He first came to the East in May 1910, after serving with the British Expetitionary Force from La to 1919. He joined the staff of the Hongkong and Shangbai Banking Cor- poration on "demobilisation. Jį

WORLD NAVAL POWER. DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.

BOXING AT SHANGHAI. ARON" DEX DEFEATED.

SHANGHAI, August 1st. - Iron

Bus jost the decision on points in bis fight with Dobby Favacho.

The contest was one of eight rounds... Bux was four pounds heavier than Faracha, but he was at a disadvantage in both height and reach.

UNKNOWN GUIDES,

E PHILOSOPHER'S PLACE IN

THE WORLD.

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GEN. MAURICE ON THE CAUSE OF - WAB, ARMAMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT

OF COMMUNICATIONS," fur 7. AVELING, PR.D., D.SC, D.T

**The League of Nations has produced n There is a story told of a little boy plan, and any Government or people going for a walk with his father in the that destroys that plan without putting a country. Han animal in a Beld better ere in its pince is committing a and pointing to it, asked! What's grave internationat crime, declared Mai His father answered. That is Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice at thi cow."

And the Batle boy said, Dengue of Nations Union Conferenée int Wembley. Why I'

THE DIREIT CAUSE. Which shows that the child was a

Upon the manner in which disarmament philosopher: he wanted to know the rea-

For philosophy is no was handled dependel whether the sons of things. mate Whats and Why and Hows with the limitation of war, or whether it was to become nothing more than a useful which we interrogate Nature, " more than an attempt to answer the ulti-League was to be an effective means for diplomatic clearing house, dealing with such questions as were not likely to pro... voke armed conflicts,

All of us ask these questions at some time or another, and we expect to find a reasonable answer to them. That is why a rational man has been defined as animal. He is naturally a philosopher, His philosophy grows out of wonder, and the instinct that drives him on is Curiosity. We see this in the history of the earliest special process repeated in the case of every child who worries us with questions.

Out of the answers to such questions hazarded in the childhood of the race systems of philosophy arose. The prime cat savage found Nature Menacing. He

a stone and fashioned a club. flis did not carry him very far, but it helped! philosophy was simple but practical. It kim 10 control the situation..

Under the present system of modern direct cause of war.

vibsation, armanents had become thes

.THE DETONATOR. There had been a great change in the social life, particularly of Europe, brought about by the selopment of communisu- tions, and the effect ou armaments had been greater than most people imagined.

Because of the development of commu nientious, there was practically do limit in Eape to the umber of armed men who could be maintained in the field in war.

It was not much use asking who had hit the detonator until they first inquired Bow, it came about that, the explosives were there.

We now drew into our Army about " 30.000 rien a year.

GERAFEST ANXIETY,

THOUGHT AND ACTION.. And so it has always been. The drive. of the instinct fores men to speculate, result. It is only in those in whom th

The increase of armaments" had been but nearly always in view of a practical impulse is innably strong, and munie

exact state of Europe to-day was not as stronger by much exercise, that the prong on steadily since the war, and the tical bearing of knowledge comes to be widely known as it ought to be. There divorced from its theoretic aspect and had been increases of forces in quarters speculation is pursuell for its own sake up to the limit of capacity of the human mind. And these are the great philoso phers-Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Des cartes. Kant, and the rest-whose fames atand out in history.

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looked

The average man may know little about them, and he may care less; for he is too occupied in practical voneers to trouble about their theories. Indeed, the papa- lace have bever held the speculative repute, philosophers in very high

rather upon them dreamers und Utopians, of, little, profit to the commanity as a whole. But the average man would be astonished to know to what a great extent he is in- debted to their thought, and how pro- foundly his own guesses at the riddles of Nature have been modified by their solu- tions of thera.

East and state of South-Eastern and

the kely to cause us the greatest anxiety. Central Europe was very grave.

Some said that the League should use only moral force, but if you saw a child with a knife you did not use moral force, you took the knife away from him..

A great part. of Europe to-day was

of living in fear, and we had got to ensure that a general reduction of armaments was necompiled by guarantees security if we were to make any, progress **1914 AGAIN."

The suggestion that we should lead the way and my down our arms altogether left him almost in despair. Those who said that had really never gone into the problem.

Unless we put a check on present ten- dencies we should have 1914 over again.

The one way we could make our con- tribution to this problem was by coming in and bearing the share of the harden of guaranteeing peace to those who were raid. If we were unwilling to do that. then be saw a very gloomy future before

The men who systematically thought things out and built up theories as to the nature of the world and of, thenı- selves-theories as to how men should think if they would think correctly, and act if they are to act honestly, and Europe. lieve if they are to believe truly-re neither. dreamers nor profitless to their fellowmen. And the mould of their thought is on our own even if we do and recognise it.

Most of us have not the time nor the

Relves.

We have not the patience to opportunity to think things out for our examine all the frets Perhaps we have no even the ability to deal with them. But we must live; and, in order to live, we must act for life consists in action; and action, if it is, to be successful, must be directed by thought.

THE VALUE OF FAT MEN. MODEL HUSBANDS, PARENTS, AND

CASHIERS. #

Only a short time ago (says Dr. Woods Hutchinson in the New York Saturday Brening Post) the secretary of a great surety and bonding company declared ense, they that, though of course they made most thorough inquiries in every seklom felt mich hesitation in bonding fat men of good record und reputation as cashiers, treasurers, trustees, or holders Therefore, to supplement the, philo- of other positions of trust and respon sophy was children made for ourselves sibility. Simply because lung practient under the play of the thousand forces experience had shown that they were fur that went to shape our minds, wey all logs likely to embezzle, abscond, or de- unconsciously, accept the findings of the camp with the funds than lean, hungry, great thinkers of the past and call restless, thin men. common sense.

BIETH OF COMMON SENSE.

Those familiar with the ways of the For common sense, when all is said under-world, such as police chicís, proba and done, is but the debris of past spention officers, judges of domestic-relations lation. But it is only the really sal courts, and the like, were not much nur able fragmente of the spentation that prised by the announcement, and were have come down to us. The great sigre.

ERD OF SINGAPORE SCHEME.

LONDON, July 31st."

U.S. VESSEL IN DIFFICULTIES. The Conservatives have again attemp

8.OS. FROM - BALALAC, ted to reverse the Singapore decision.

gate of the human mind has sorted it. generally of the opinion that the percent.. Mr. Amery in the House of Commons

MANILA, July 31st.

sifted it, tested it before it has finally age of fat men among criminals, delio- quents, and mental defectives was de- moving the reduction of the naval voto |

The Shipping Board straper Stanley adopted it. as a protest against the raval pre-operated by the Admiral line, in send-

The ordinary man uses terins he often cidedly amall granine, and urged a comprehensive ing an 3.0.S." message from Balalac does not understand, and discusses prob scheme of replacement, besides a reversal in the Straits of Palawan, reportsiems of economics or politics, morais or

serious breakdown

psychology, which be really does put fally of the decision as regards Singapore, the urgently requested.

comprehend. He may be swayed by pas importance of which, fe said, did, not lie

sion or prejudice, by custoin or by babit. But deep, down in his mind he has a

He has grip of things as they are. philosophy of the things that matter And his philosophy is essentially a 'sane

in the Pacific but in the Indian Ocean.. which it would effectually cover from out- side invasion.

and rit nid

SURVIVORS.

AGUSAN"

NO TRACE,

is

MANILA, July 31st. The coastguard cutter Butnarute is one. searching the lifeboat containing the

It was declared that fat men generally were model husbands and parents, au seldom appeared in suits for divorce or desertion. Se that it would seem that the mural value of a condortable amount of adipose was almost as great as its physical

It wyak, of course, be unkind to specu~ late on how much of the superior virtue of the ultraportly might be based upon such considerations as noggested by the recent cartoon of an extremely plungi and mile on his rotund countenance, over the title," Of course, I'm good-natured; I can't fight and I can't mu?"

Comr, Kenworthy said that though the Government were absolutely right, he he heved there was a Liberal and a Demarch for that Cuisine the either a Platonist or an Aristotelian, well-nourished youth, with a beaming cratie movement in Japan which, would of which no trace has yet been found. respond to the invitation for a disarma. ment conference.

Comdr. Bellaire expressed the opinica that if we were to bear this burden of armaments, the Dominions cugki ta-help us

the treaty. No decisions had been taken. Asked whether the question would be adjourned until the autumn session and

Mr. Aramon said the Premier was fully if so, whether he was aware of the feel- ing throughout Ireland that the Govers acrupled with other matters, but as scan ment was not serious in prossing forward as posible every step would be taken convene an international conference. this case of the Irish Treaty. Mr. Muc- Donald replied there was still a week befuintime, the tirernment would, rutin tau what it eshidered, the right margin fore the House rose, and promised to make a statement to-morrow.

Reuter understands that the Govern.f safety without doing anything which ment intends to adjourn next week-end might be considered provocative. until October, therefore it is impossible. to pass any special Irish Dill to meet the dificulty, as is being suggested in

some quarters, ".

ELECTION TALK."

taken in political Agrare view circles of Mr. MacDonald's announcement that no decision has been renched to to-

Mr. Ammon sail in the course of his reply that all the Washington signatories had abided by their agreement, and body had made a greater reduction that Britain. He saw to reason for revision of the Singapore decision He denied that there was strong feeling in Austral where there was a division of opinion on the matter. He pointed out that

Mr. Thomas said he wanted nothing done to hinder the possibility of a settle ment. If he made such an aunouncement day's conference on the Irish boundary view of the distance between Australia

ایدار

PEXING, July 31st

The Japanese Governant have des- patched a Note to the Waichiaopo re- minding the Chinese Lavernment of the promise made by the latter in 1920 to Tsingtao-Tainan Railway. open eight new treaty ports along the

It has been said that every man is horn follower of Augustin or Aquinas, an idealist of realist. There is doubtless PROMISE OF NEW TREATY PORTS warrant for the division: but it leaves out of account the Sophist and the

A partly and well-laden cashier or Sceptic. JAPANESE „REMINDER,

These are the products of a warp trustee might well be helped to keep mentality and an artificial handling of within the conventional paths of rectitude of making quick get-away, or, climbing the facts. Sophistry is in origin and by the thought of the physical difficulties nature venial, for the Sophists-insincere and unpractical-were the first to writ through windows, or scrambling over their philosophy for gain, and they are roots, or hiding behind anything smaller assuming a disguise. But the simpler and de foret...

more probable explanation" would be that LIVE THE TUIT.

the accumulation of a comfortable sarplan doing it still. And seepticism is a tour than a bogshead. or even successfully

Neither system can be lived-a

is a sign of balance; of poise if not judg- matter of fact, on one ever even attempts ment; af qmet reliability and content" to live them and life in After all, the ment; of willingness to make the best of real test of philosophy, just as philosophy a pretty good world. Excellent qualities But the Sophies to have in a bank or it a family. It is is the guide to life. goes through the world preaching his antdom fat men who mesnee the peace of doctrines with his tongue in his check the world but they are the balance while the Sceptic, proclaiming his die wheels of its engine, the wheel horses of belief in its reality, still dadges the stove its couch of progress. that is thrown at him, Taus even they turn out to be at heart Aristotelians or Platonists like everybody else.

AVIATION IN JAPAN. FIVE NEW FLYING UNITS.

Toxyo, July 31st The visits of world fiers have given a fillip to aviation, laying, stress upon how far Japan is behind other first-class Powers in this respect.

According to reports, the War Offee contemplates within three years adding five aviation corps to the present six corps at a cost of between Yen 25,000,000 and Yen 30,000,000, while the Navy also

it would have this effect: but be cinphasis. question. There is talk of the possibility and Japan, it was not so easy for the plans a big air programime,

ed that no steps would be left untaken "to prove to the world conclusively, before Parliament rises, what the Government intended..

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of fa General Election in the event of the latter to impose her will ou Australia ns

of Lords reject gaye something to Conservatives in the House of Commons might be thought. He said Singatare ing, any Goverdment Bill to implement gain with, and failing a satisfactory de the Treaty, following the decision of the cision we would regretfully have to Judicial Committee of the Privy Council establish a base there. that fresh legislation will be necessary Mr. "Amery's motion was negatired by to constitute the Boundary Commission.

226 votes to 167.

JAPANESE NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

Tokyo, July 31st.

over a month will take place soon.

Extensive naval murrer extending The seat of operations will be 000 miles south-east of Kyrahu,

But most of us are a little of both, philosophy ready to our hands and are cording to our temperament or passing ing little systems for ourselves. It is mood. Nor is there anything incon- because we, and the civilisation in which stressing the one view or the other ac able to make some use of them in fran-

There is much in either philosophy taature by the high, disinterested theory of gruous in us that we should do so, for we live, have been formed in large mez is true, and good, and beutiful. those great philosophers to whom the If we know how to guide our actions world is certainly indebted for mucir towards desired goals, it is not only that maker life worth the ving; and then because we have the materiala of goals worth striving to attain.-Daily.

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