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[THEDOK REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HINDU-MOSLEM ENMITY.

THE LUCKNOW RIOT.

Lovnox, September 17th.

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A message feunt Allahabad states that three Hindus and thrre Muslims died and

THE

HONGKONG" DAILY PRESS,

GERMANY AND WAR GUILT.

CABINET DIFFERENCES

BERLIN, September 17th... Cabinet differences on the subject of proclaiming Germany's repudiation of war-guilt has led the Nationalists to issue

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THE WORLD'S SPORT.

INTERNATIONAL POLO.

SECOND U.S. VICTORY."

MEADOWBROOK, September 18th. In the polo Test America beat. England:

There was

a manifesto demanding a speedy redemp-by 14 goals to 5.. tion of the Government's promises made when the adoption of the Dawes Bills 5 mostly Hindus, were injured as depended on Nationalist votes, demand result of the Lucknow riot. Many, Hining that they Nationalists' share of the -dus were so frightewed that they chan

doned their houses and migrated to safer quarters British and Indian troops are still patrolling the City, where the curfew is proclaimed, exempting Europeans, BRITAIN AND THE SOUDAN- EGYPTIAN CONSULTATION.

Carno, September 17th. Despite a semi-official denial from Rome the Egyptian Press declares that the situation on the frontier, has developed

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1924

FAR EASTERN CABLE.

NEWS

WAR IN NORTH CHINÄ.

SEQUEL TO AN ISLAND

TOUR.

INTERESTING ARGUMENTS IN

COURT,

THE CAR'S SPEED.

Mr. Rüb went on to say, said that the cars were 10 yards apart when they Arst sighted each other and to the point Fat collision plaintiff's car had travelled There were interesting legal arguments's yards and defendant's car bad [BY COURTESY OF THE DALLY BULLETIN."yesterday morning in the Summary Court travelled 110. It was clear, therefore,

TO ATTACK CHEKLANG

SHANGHAI, September 18th. Sun Chuan Fang, who is at Puchong. on the Fukien-Chekiang horder, is making preparations to attack Chekiang on the 19th inst.

HOMBARDMENT OF LITRO.

the case' in which a letter written by Miss that the Hotel car was travelling balf

Elizabeth Councilman of Peking has as fast, again the other ear. This was been given great prominence by Mr corroborated by the fact that the Coun The case was one in eiluana had to catch a boat at three Hues, solicitor. which the Hang Lok Garage. Company o'clock. The road was is feat wide, and sued the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels

they had the statement of the two in- Company, Ltd., for #935 damages as the dependent witnesses that drivers of de- trsult of a collision between cars belong fendant's car was by no means on his proper side. It must be an appreciable distance that would impress a person" that his driver was not on his proper side and in narrow road like that three feet would make all the difference.

Twenty-five thousand prople, including the Prince of Wales, were present at the polo Test. The Britishers showed uner- pectedly sound team work, and led at responsibility of the execution of the the end of the first chukker by 2 goals

SHANGHAI, September, 17th. Dawes Bills. It asks that they do their to 1, but the Americans got into their

It is reported that the Nanking navy utmost to improve or revise the "impos.stride in the second chukker and scored

no scoring in the actively participated in the bombardmenting to these Companies. At the time of tag collision plaintiff's car was occupied sible and unbearable stipulations of the thrice. London Past," threatening that if the third, but at the end of the fourth the of Liuho yesterday.

The attack launched by the Anhwei by three European members of the Hous demands are not conceded, there will be score was 8 to 2 in, favour of the Ameri- the most vigorous 'opposition.

cans. The British players started the troops on. the Chekiang border between kong Folier Fores, whilst the defendants second halt with a brave attack, and Szean and Kwangteh on Sunday is claim. car was occupied by Dr. W. T. Council scared, but America continued to widened by a Chektang communique to have, his wife, and his daughter. Miss the margin to the end.

resulted in the conplete routing of the Counciluan in a letter to the defendants said that the plaintiff's car was occupied attackers.

Skirmishing between the Fukien hy "four drunken cockneys.”

Yesterday morning when the case was guards and the Chekiang garrison ju the resumed in the Summary Court, M# fclients were to blame, but he was to the point of justifying any uneasiness Criminal Law Amendment Act enacted caused .considerable surprise, and hinsity of Pucheng" ou the Chekinng. C. Macnamara summed up for the astounded that after having two days

CRIME IN BENGAL.,

SLA, September 17th. Despite Government opposition "the Assembly has read for the second time hy 7 votes to me the Bill repealing the

In the British team for to-day's polo Test, Major Phipps Hornby replaces Major Hurndall."

The dropping of Major Hurndall has

in 1908 which suppress anarchical crime revived rumours of dissensions in the team, which were brought to a head by in Bengal.

the departure of Lord Wimborne on Saturday. While the members of the team have always stoutly denied any

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THE LEAGUE. GUARDING THE COVENANT.

of the Governinent. Last night it was requested by the Under-Secretary of War to inform the ex-War Ministere Fathy Fisha.and Azmy Pasha of developments and to ask then to come to Alexandria Immediately for a consultation. Fathy and Aziny were présidents of "the com- missions sent to the western frontier to confer with the Italian military delega

The British and French delegations tion in regard to the delimitation of the have agreed to the terms of the protocol frontier during the Sarww-rahim as regards the application of penalties for breaches of the covenant of the League.

regimes.

SOVIET AND OTHER NATIONS AN ALL-ROUND « QUESTIONAIRE.

Moscow, September 17th. The Press is now Indignant in regard to the resolution of the League of Nations in regard to Georgia.

GENEVA. September 16th.

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Fakien border, is reported.

MAYORALTY OF TOKYO,

TOKYO, September 16th. Mr. Junnosuke Inouye, ex-Governor of the Bank of Japan, has been offered the pust of Mayoral Tokyo, vice Mr. Nagata,

who has resigncił.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ARMS FOR CHINA. SHIP HELP TP AT DERBAN,

dissension, Major Hurndall, interviewed by a New York paper; says he does not mind" being out of the team, but he considers it high-handed procedure for other members of the committee to change the team without consulting him. has cabled his views on the matter to * England, and is greatly put out over

DERBAN, September 16th. The outstanding points have the whole business. Such things have been referred to London for approval. [been proceeding ever since they started

Customs authorities, searching the The terms of the protocol were considered practice for the international matches tramp str. NoMark, from Hamburg, to-day by the sub-committee to which months ago. Many," including himself, discovered a thousand rifles, a large blamed the numerous disagreements for quantity of ammunition and a number the chairman. Benes, explained the

of machine-guns. There was nothing in views of the delegations.

the ship's papers to indicate the nature of the cargo, which, it is surmised, was intended for China. The versel was placed under armed guards and taken to Congella basin.

According to an unofficial statement, Mr. MacDonald and M. Herriot are the protocol is a very important peace blamed for influencing the Lengue there-pact, and contains tan articles and two anent, Forestin describes their action of appendices in addition to a long pram- hostility towards the Soviet Republic as able emphasising the necessity for an interference of internal affairs of arbitration ged for real georal disarma. Russia and insinuates that the resolu- ueni, The International Court at the tim proves that the Western European Hague and she Council of the League are Governments are ingested in prepara designated arbitrators, and arbitration tious for a tieorgian insurrection, - .

is made compulsory of all signatories.

the weakness of the' team.

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BRITISH RUGBY TOUR.

OUDTSHOORN (S. Africa), Sept. 17th." The British rugby team defeated the South-Western districts by 12 points to 6.

SHELL COMPANY'S NEW STEAMERS. BRITISH TENDERERS FAIL.

LONDON, September 16th. The Shell Transport Company has ng- cepted Dutch tenders for six oiltankers. regard to the reciprocat non-intervention to a dispute, commissions of military and of internal affair. Frextia asks what civilian experts neminated by the Coun-

Mr. MacDonald is accused of violating When arbitration me cephfywufffgtf

LIEUT. DOISY'S NEXT FLIGHT.

Knowing Mr. Macnamara's well-known ingenuity. he certainly expected him to put forward some reason for this ac cident to show that bis (Mr. Russ')

to consider it Mr. Macnamara had not put forward one consistent theory with- out blaming either both parties or his

defence. He said that he felt in the interests of Miss Councilman that the legal arguments should he heard in open court. Having read the accounts of the case which had appeared in the public own driver.

He submitted, without wishing to press of the attack his friend (Mr. Russ) had made on Miss Councilman, he felt dogmatise, three possible causes of the that stane reply should be made. Such a course would have been necessary had Miss Councilman been present and it was all be more necessary in her absence to make some defence to the attacks made upon her and to sum up the evidenco which had been given,

accident: First, the driver of the other car was going too fast and could not keep into his own side: secondly, he turned out a little too much in round- ing, the bend and grashed into the cida of plaintiff's ear: nnd, thirdly, be had control, but misjudged his distance. In either case, the other driver would be guilty of negligence.

ran

into him-

YOUR DIENXEN COCKNEYS.". Regarding the plaintiff's witnesses who saw tha accident, Mr. Macnsara said Miss Councilman had written an. that the defendant's car ran into it. extraordinary letter in which she blamed His Lordship had seen the site of the plaintiff. She said her driver saw the accident. There was ample room for two other car was in the middle of the rond cars to pass quite easily. When two cars but naturally expected him to get of the

so they just came into collision the occupants of each war anw let them pass, but he did not, vehicle invariably took the part of the und vehicle in which they were riding. This|(laughter.); was what was found to be in the present The police officers. continued Mr dispute. Each side said their car was Russ, had given their evidence exceed on the correct side of the road. He sub-ingly well. He did not wish to go again mitted that so far as the plaintiff's story into the indy's recriminations but when went the only fact to come out clearly she referred to three respectable polica was that the defendant's chauffeur saw officers as four drunken Cockneys, other the other car considerably before the than that he would say she laid herself plaintiff's chauffeur saw him. Each side open to criticism-(laughter.), said that the other driver was going at

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a range of the Anglositussiah Treaty in when arbitration be accepted by parties Three each will be built at Amsterdam published in the Soleil de Harseilles, tuinly the letter was open to comment, the claim. When his client was told that

and Rotterdam.

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The ships will be of new type

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Government demanded an enquiry into ceed to the two countries to organise total cost will exceed £1,200,000.

TWO BLACK BOTTLEN, an excessive speed, and he asked his Lordship to believe the writers of the The chauffeur hid said he saw two two letters because they obviously had black bottles in the car. When be at no interest whatever in writing anything tempt to show what they were like, they other than the truth. His Lordship appeared to him to have been,, kerosene The impressions of Lieut. Doisy, hero would see that they were very guarded tins-(laughter)".

Mr. Macnumara: That's misrepre of the great flight from Paris to the in their remarks and confined in their Far East, his trip as gathered from praise. They had not written to praisentation of the evidence. They were passengers who had been in daily com- their driver but to do bim justice. In Buack and White" whisky battles.

Mr. Russ Goaded by my remark, paniceship with him on board "the his comments on these letters he was Further on which he travelled home were afraid his friend had gone too far. Cer- Mr. Macnamara bas talked a lot about Smith had said the depreciation D'Oisy considers that the most difficult but when bis friend attacked it. imput | Mr. single-stage in the whole journey was that he ing motives and saying Miss Councilman was about 8, He called Mr. Smith a liar. tween Paris and Bucharest owing to the was vindictive then he was going too He did not propose to repeat vituperous

An expert witness Only of picking out landmarks in the flooded she was vindictive, Mr. Macnamara Mr. Smith was

"She said four drunken (laughter). They all knew how partial areas of Hungary, The Bangkok-Saigon added: to the great hent, heavy storms, and the honestly believed this to be true. necessity for dying at a high altitude, Americans, we are all Cockneys."

ATROCIOUS CLAIM. while the heat they suffered during the fight from Shanghai to Peking uns

Mr Macnamara went on to speak almost more than they could endure. He

Mr. MacDonal would say if the Sovieteil of the League shall immediately pro-screw Diesel driven motor-ships. Their rain, snow, and mist, and the difficulty far. There was no evidence to show that epithes-(laughter)-but he did say that

the events of Mesopotamia, Sauda, liniarised ones, aud prevent atteints British steel may be used, and no Gerina stage was also extremely trying owing Cockneys, and I have no doubt she and friendly expert witnesses were-to

innchinery will be permitted.

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To the other side. He asked for damages

amounting to 8300.

India, and Ireland, and what would be at mobilisation. M. Herriot's attitude if the Soviet de- The document provides for military

It is stated that every British firm was manded an empty into Indo-China and and economic sanctions, while the Couninvited to tender, but the prices in all cases were housands above the Dutch, cil of the League shail appoint a ein- despite the fact that the British tenderers has some very ironical comments to make about "the atrocious amount" claimed by The Penvila says "We might well ask mission to investigate. Affective means of cut out all profits and reduced establish on Chinese officialdom, as he was able the plaintiffs. The damage was nothing!

Morocco affairs

Mr. MacDonald what right a, British cruiser is threatening to bombard the Chinese “ports ?"

assuring a blockade immediately the

ment charges to a minimum.

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Caggressor be determined.

A signatories to the doctiment shal【REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.1ption acconded to him and his mechaniche claimed 8100, His car was only out

undertake to participate in "a general disarmament conference within a year by the League of Nations.

GEORGIAN REVOLT.

REPORT FROM " LONDON.

LONDON, "September 18th.

LOCATELLI ATTACKED.

His Lordship reserved judgment.

CEYLON'S REFORMED

COUNCIL.

to see it when the petty jealousy of the net 8950. It was doubtful whether the Governor of a province came near to plaintiff had suffered 405 damage. Every putting an end to his great venture. At item shown in the particulars of claim AN INTERREGNUM DEPRECATED- was false. His damages were 868 and All other points the warmth of the re-

COLOMBO, August 20th. of commission for eight days; he claimed

Responsible circles in Ceylon are in- ther THE INDIAN SERVICES.

exceeded anything, they had imagined.

sisting with increasing force" on but a competent witness said the proper necessity for the new Governor to arrive LEE REPORT · ACCEPTED.

to be called ITALIAN" AIRMAN IN NEW They were loaded with honours and for 22. He claimed $500 depreciation,

raluable souvenirs. As to the lessons to amount should be about 25. My as soon as the present Governor departs. YORK.

be learned from his trip. D'Oisy says friend's own witness," anid Mr. Mac-Apparently, it is the present intention of SIMIA, September 17th.

that it has conclusively demonstrated namaria. want into the box and my Sir Hugh Clifford, the Governor clect, "The Council of State, without a divi-

that regular non-stop Hights can. be safely inade over at least twice the dis friend talks some sort of Dutch auction to return" to Nigeria next week, and not to hima: 83001 no; $1007 no; 83001 no assume the Governorship of Ceylon until NEW YORK, September 17th. sion, carriel a Government resolution

Piance considered possible a year ago, and then witness reluctantly said it may the spring of next year. Localelli was attacked outside a theatre and, further, that France possesses air

have been $100.

The hope is expressed here that these and accepted the Lee report and simul-

It was material which is good enough to permit

a dishonest and atrocious by a mob of Italians. A patrolman who the establishment of regular communica taneously rejected "the unofficial amend-

The Soviet Embassy in London declaresdefended Locatelli was stabbed in three tions by air with her most distant claim. Had the claim heen reasonable plans are not final, in view of the fach most important periods in her history. ments aiming at the temporary stoppage that the Georgian reports of a revolt-places by a man who afterwards confessed colonies.

After resting awhile on his the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels that Cuylon has now reached one of the Co., Ltd, rather than indulge in liti The present Council ended its career the of British recruitment for, and greater tion in Transcaucasin, as cabled earlier, he was a member of Industrial Workers poses to plan an extensive fight over the plaintiff, but, in such a case, sup next few months the new Legislative return to France. Lieut. D'Oigy progation would probably have compensated day before yesterday, and within the provincialisation of, the Services,

are absolutely untrue. Georgia and the of the World.

ported by evidence which was obviously Council, larger in numbers and endowed untrue, it was the duty of the Company with considerably greater powers, will Sir Manckjee Dadahboy thought that Caucasus generally are quet. All that

to resist. the elimiuntion of the British element had happened has been a series of raids

As regards the apportioning of the come into being.

The present Governor will, it is true, blame, there were three possibilities: (1) be still Bere when the new Council is would prove disastrous to India, and be on snall towns in East Georgia, on

the plaintiff's car was to blame; (2) the inaugurated, but thereafter, if Sir Hugh considered that the degree of Indianisa- August 29th, by small bands of brigands

defendant's car was to blame; and (3) Clifford follows the present - arrange- both were to blame. It came to this, tion prpoosed went far beyond what had led by dispossessed pobles or Tsarist

beep expected and should, therefore, he thankfully accepted:

TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.

ROME, September 17th.

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MOTOR-CAR TRAGEDY.

ST. JOHNS (Newfoundland), September 14th.

Afrien.

SOLDIER LINGUISTS. ARMY NEVER SO WELL EDUCATED.

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officers, prepared by the so-called- A terrible tragedy overtook a party. That the peace-time Army was never There was an accident when two cars ments, there will be an interregnum, be administered by the recently-appoint- Georgian Independence Committee, com returning from a visit to the British better educated than it is to-day is crashed into one another, doing a small during which time the Government will posed of former nobles financed from special service squadron in a motor-car shown by the results of this year's ex- amount of damage and injuring noone ed Colonial Secretary. Such an inter- abroad: These hands were everywhere driven by n son of Sir William Reid,mination for the first-class Army edu. Plaintiff's case was supported by evi-

cation certificate.

dence which no-one could possibly be regnum in the circumstances is obviously The examination papers includedlieve, and the plaintiff must have known not in the best interests of the Colony

It is felt that even if it is essential for liquidated by the local forces within 48 president of the Newfoundland railway hours. The peasants and workers oppos It ran into and instantly killed two mathematics, geography, and map-read that his evidence was antrue. He was

to Nigeria no adequate resSODA It Tribuna learns that the report thated the adventure, the leaders of which Canadian officers belonging to the War ing, and of the 2,000 candidates, 1,156 a garage owner himself. He submitte Sir Hugh Clifford to return immediately · the Italians are preparing to occupy issued & manifesto on September 9th,

were successful, as against 738 last year. that each party should be held respon-exist for his remaining there for a matter In 1923 only six men qualified for the sible for its own expenses, and even of six or seven months, and that, strong Embassy in London reports that the situa- down their armns, Sollum is a pure fabrication. The Spanish calling upon their supporters to lay Veterans Association as they were at

"extra certificate" gained by men if his Lordship found that damages were tempting to board a bus. The motor

Bir claims of Ceylon are even greater. tion in the western zone of Morocco con. tinues to improve" I accordance with

car then overturned, and ils four occup-qualifying in a selection from the follow due to plaintiff, then be submitted that as the claims of Nigeria, may be, the ing subjects:-French, German, Latin, the plaintiff should forfeit his costs... the plan of cyncuation, the Lower Lau

ants, including two British naval officers, Urdu (Hindustani), economics, physics, Mr. Russ, replying for the plaintiff, Williams Manning leaves bero in De- and the Tiguim were effected without

Licut Comdr. Denys O'Callaghan and chemistry, history ancient and modern, said he proposed to deal with the cer-

tainties of the casc and to build the difficulty.

Lieut. Edmund Burrows, were all thrown and music. This year 25 qualified.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND URIME. Fifty years ago fewer than 50 per into possibilities. In the first place it out and killed on the spot

cent of the Army could read or write was admitted that at one o'clock on July The results of recent examinations 16th the defendant's motor-car ran into

Four youths were arrested recently show that the soldier is not behind the the off-side bind wheel of the plaintiff's Middleton, New York State, on a chargs skilled mechanic in general education, car and caused the damage complained of attempting to wreck a passenger tran of It was also clear that the accident on the New York Ontario, and Western took place on the road that was per Railway. All four are ardent photo

TROUBLE IN BRAZIL.

REVOLUTIONARY, SUCCESS.

BUENOS AIRES, September 17th..

HOLLAND'S BUDGET, "ADJUSTMENT OF TAXES.

THE HAGUE, September 16th.

The Minister of Finance in the Budget statement in the Second Chamber'estin- ated the deficit for 1925 at twenty million florias, which will be wiped out by the passage of Bills increasing the customs

The Brazilian revolutionaries have cap tariff and tobacco excise. tured the ports of Guayrn and Mendez

The Government's programme included

BRITISH TROOPS IN EGYPT. Mr. Walsh, in a written reply to Com- mander Bellairs, says: The estimated

ceraber

I have never leazed high wages it. Ifectly open for some distance, so that graphers, and it is said that their actions

on the upper "Parana river, south of the reduction of expenditare in order to total cost of the British Force in. Egypt get value for my money.-dir. James it was beyond all doubt that there must were animated by a desire to photograph

ing Co.).

have been gross negligence on the part real train wreck. They therefore piled. of one or the other. To put it in the stones on the line and then posted them troops, excepting the commander and sidered too high for development dr £2.747,200. The Extmates also allowed

language of Miss Elizabeja L Council selves with cameras in an elevated posi fourteen men who escaped over the river national prosperity; and better distritu for a contribution of £150,000 from the to Argentine, were killed or captured. tion of burdent between direct and in Bgyptian Government. No decision has The argument that a reduction of in- man who had a far superior choice of tion near, the railway. Fortunately one of Hundreds of refugees arrived latter and direct taxation was also contemplated, yet been arrived at regarding the refusal come-tax would act as stimulus to com- words, it was a most unnecessary, ne the permanent way workmen found the pate that the rebels control the western which would involve the introduction of of the Egyptian Faritament to make pro-merce and industry is exaggerated-Lord cident That was a point upon which obstruction before a train arrived, and .....

they all agreed. certain direct taxes adjudged excessive. vision for this contribution.

Parana

Arnold

the line was cleared.