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THE

CABLES.

LATEST CABLES.

BRITAIN AND

THE

BARLIER CABLES.

BOXER

INDEMNITY.

(THROUGH HLUTER'S 'JOZNOY.] «

THE LEAGUE.

JAPAN'S ATTITUDE.

GEŠTVA, September 29the

QUESTION DE ALLOCATION,

MODIFIED

VIEWS.

Lispo Septeñiber 29th. The Federation of British Industries

The mt commission headed by Sir] has issued a statement asking the Gov Littleton foom (Australia) dealing with erment to adhere to the undertaking of 31. Adatchi's amendment did not meet their predecessors that industry shall be this morning, but M. Adatchi informally represented on the comunittee establish- conversed with several members of the ed to decide the purpose to which the Committee. Up to now a solution seems etish share of the Boarr Indemnity remote. Many consider it difficult, if not shall be put. Although the Federation imjussible, for the Japanese to give way, originally advocated that the money The Japanese difficulty as regards the should be spent on educational purposes, dimynament protocol is now being it has now, modified its views, after con- gined by a small committee of dele sultation with responsible Chinese public gates of Britain, Frauen, Italy and men, and in agreement with public opins

1 in China the Federation now Гарди.

sider that the education of Chinese students on western lines is debatable

14 matter in the present state of China. Students highly trained technically will find to opportunities for utilising their training in China, and this inevitably breeds discoutent

#A, DOMESTIC MATTER."

A message from Washington says that the immigration exclusin policy is re- garded as a purely domestic issue. Oth

It is cials are closely watching Geneva believed that Japan's activity is nut "ginud solely at the United State

HOME COMMENT..

Losnox, September soit. Commenting on what it terms Japan's. impossible demand the Daily News" (London) says the amendment seriously challenges the existence" of the protect and in an admission of the leagues right to interfere in internal affairs of a

nation. This will lead to hopeless con- fusion, and probably the breaking up of the League itself. Japan is obviously out to arraight the United States because of the new American immigration laws, The arreptance of Japan's proposal will definitely and finally estrange Ameries from, the League.

FRANCE TO SIGN PROTOCOL.

PARIS. September 20th. The Government has authorised the French delegation at Geneva to sign the Disarmament Protocol with reservations. In the event of a delay it is proposed to call a confereure on the subject.

EARLIER CABLES.

DOMINION VIEWS.

GENEVA, September Both. A serious deudlesk has apparently been reached in the drafting of the Protocol. A small committer of jurists, which Bettain, France, italy and Japan ure represented, is disenssing the question of a formula, with a view to a solution. Is is understood that Mr.Asfatehi persists in his viewpoint and that the Dominion Pejaresentatives op the Japanese zwendlient because they consider Japan should not be excluded from being des

ctured an aggressor if she attacks an other, State, mi a domestic matter, which is what the ameunent menus. The Dominion representatives opine that abuse of domestic laws should be amen able to settlement without recourse sto акктерични

It is pointed out that aceptance of the. Japanese amendment would case the doc ablutely to the cutry of the Unit ed States into the League. It is at present incertain wither there will be a meeting of the selfiummitted to-day.

LATEST CABLES.

THE MOSUL DISPUTE.

LEAGUE INTERVENES.

CENEVA, putler

zh

A step towards n settlement of the Biosul difficulty was taken by the Coun- cil of the League appointing a special zommittee of there to enquire into the tutter on the spot and report to the Council Both sides undertake ta, main- tain a sectal que frontier until a decision, which they will accept, is reached by the Council of the base,

"TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.

SPANISH TROOPS ENTER

SHESHUAN

MADRID. September 30th.

It is officially reported that: Spanish troups have entered Sheshuan...

A. Gerce encounter in the Larache zone resulted in considerable longes to both sides.

CANADIAN NEWSPRINT. REDUCTION IN PRICE.

MONTREAL, September 30th: A reduction of three dollars in the price of newsprint to $70 per ton for the pext year is announced by several mills. NEW PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. GENERAL CALLES ELECTED.

Mexico, September 30th. General Elias Plutarco Calles has been elected President of Mexico.

RUSSIAN REFUGEES IN CANADA.

VICTORIA, September 30th. The liner prens uf Canada brought, 168 Russing refugees from Harbin who will settle in an irrigated area of South Alberta.

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MECCA ATTACKED BY FANATICS.

BRITISH PLANES OPPOSE WAHLARIS.

con-

Lesbos, September The fanatical fury of the Wahabi who are attempting to capture Mecca is illustrated by Saji I Assil, the repres sentative of King Hussein, who has brought an amended Angig Hediaz trenty to London for approval

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 1924

THE CIVIL WAR IN

CHINA.

(THROUGH RECTER'S' AGENCY.]

INTENSE FIGHTING,

FIERCEST OF THE WAR.

CANTON NEWS.

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDEN. IMPENDINO STRUGGLE FOL

GAMBLING RIGHTS". "

SHANGNAL. September 30th, There was most intense fighting along the whole kangtu-Liuho front yester day, said to be the fercent of the whole war, both sides" exhibiting an latensity of purposes unequalled during the pro-Canton. vious ten days. The casualties ware heavy.

The (bekiang trompa claim still to hold the positions gained in their advane

over the week-end,

EUROPEAN DIVER FINED

$200.

SEQUEL TO MIDNIGHT CRASH-

な

INTO FOLICE

UNITED STATES SILVER -PRODUCERS.

PROPOSED EXPORT ASSOCIATION."

The New York Commercial and Finn, Mr. L D'Almada appeared at the risk Chronicle of August 9th

thas: The U.S. Federal Trade Com- To guard against the possible mutiny of Generals Fan Shek Shang and Line Central Magistracy yesterday morning,mission de public on August 8th its on behalf of Charles Willinna Mackenzie, interpretation (decided by a majority) Heng Chuo of the Yunnanese mercen-chief diver at the, Taikoo Docks, who of the Webb-Pomerene Export Trade Art in so far ng it effects the formation of an aries in Cantou against Dr. Sun Yat Son, was remanded on Saturday. Defendant export association by silver prodheers was charged (1) with driving his motor-The Commission's conclusions are em- who is trying to take over the contral of

31st, to CF. Kelly, of the Silver Pro- the gambling traffic and income from them. General Hui Chung Chi of the Canyete in a dangerous manner; (2) with bodied in a letter, under date of July tourne Army is massing his forces around being under the influence of drink; and,ducers Comunitter. The Commission, () with not stopping his machine after through acting-chairman Vernon W. Yan the occurrence of an accident la which Fleet, points out that it seems to be THE MILITARY SITUATION. »

open under the terms of the Art, for two members of the Police Force were those who desire to form an association General Chen. Chiung Ming's forces are

under its provisions, to file with the Commission the declarations "required marching towards Canton and have knocked down and injured

Mr. D'Almada aid he had instructions under the Act: the preliminary assent of.

the Commission to the expárt assoc Canton is not improbable in early October, to plead guilty. arrived at Tsengshin. A conflict near

The Dr. Sun Yat Sen's mercenaries, lately The Captain Superintendent of Police tion's existence and activity under the

Act, it is added, is not required. concentrated at Sheklung, have with the Hon. Mr. F. D. C. Wolfe) said that Commission observes that if your viewas

he wished to point out the seriousness should differ from those of the Commis drawn to Shektan, a town west of Shek

in its judgment fall within the scope of hing and nearer to Canton Dr. Sun of this case. The police were going outsion and the results accomplished should appears to be conceding the Eastern die in eight files to relieve the duties, shortly the prohibitions of the Act, it would be triets wholly to his rival, General Chen after midnight, and when they passed Tái cone the duty of the Coumission to pro Chung Ming without the expected

Wau Street they were inarching two deep weed to a determination of the issues in- volved. In answer to a specific query pat to it, the Commission states that struggle. With practically the whole about four feet from the side channel.

there is nothing in the Act which pre- Szeyap. the big four, West River dis-Suddenly they were run into. The rear

from atering into any co-operativo re- COUNTER-ATTACK ON CHAOTANG,tricts withdrawn from him by the inroan, a Chinese constable, was knocked vents au association formed under it down, and, following that, the rest of Iationship with a foreign corporation for the police very wisely took cover under the sole purpose of operation in the verandah, with the exception at the sign market. The only test of legality. in such an arrangement." it says, 'would Sergeant who was marching on the left be the effect upon domestic conditions of the first file. Ile was not quick enough within the United States The Commis and the cycle got him also. Apparently [sion asserts that it was not within the no attempt was made to pull up. after pris of this Act that the operations of a Webb-Pomerene association should become n. Bevice for betterment of

KIENGPING OCCUPIED.

Toyro. September 30th. A message from Mukden states that the

Fifth Army, under General W. Kuang

sin, occupied Kicogping yesterday. (SY COURTESY OF THE DAILT BULLETIN."]

MrKDEs, September 29th. The counter-attack by the Jebol troops on Chaoyang on the 24th inst. is claimed to have been repulsed by the Second Fengtien Army,

The enemy fled to Chingshan" leaving several hundred killed and wounded.

"They defeated forces resumed the offen sive on the following day, and were gain repulsel after an all-night fight, neording to

Interviewed by Reuter, Saji described the operations he had erstly witnessed Amman, and said the Wahabi would scop down without warning and take no prisoners, and show no respect for sex. They would leave a trail of desolation behind. He mentioned the case of a sepretreated to Laohushan, near Kiengping. tuagenarian and a youth of nineteen, who Between 500 and 400% were killed and travelled on camels for fifty-four days to participate in the fighting and declared 1000 were wounded, över 100 prisoners that the only deterrent is the employ were taken, and 13 mountain-guns, ment of British armoured cars and aero-

lanes, and supported by two cars and an overth hundred rifles, and quantities of aeroplane one of the leading Sheikhs coal immediately take land's capital. amanition and military supplies were

eaptured.

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RUSSIAN FINANCIERS IN LONDON.

PREPARING THE GROUND SOVIET AGREEMENT.

FOR

Laxus. September 20th. .M. Scheiongan and Eubimor the Russian flange experts, have returned to London and already have had informal conversations with the cbject of fixing the amount of the Soviet liabilities in order to prepare the ground to expedite the conclusion of "a definite treaty when the presents treaty has received the ap proval of Parliament,

RELIGIONS OF THE EMPIRE.

"A LONDON CONFERENCE.

.

Lexpos. September 29th. A conference of religions within the Empire has in held in London during the past week, and has "heard addresses from the leaders of monerous religions, principally Oriental.

Today they listened to a paper by the Peking delegate. I su Ti-ahau, on

Tanism.

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LIGHT AEROPLANE TRIALS.

MANY MACHINES FAIL.

LANDON, September 29th. Only two light, aurapinnes and five biplanes have survived the preliminary tests at Lympne of light two-seaters. The failures have been chiefly due to the necessity for using low-wered engines.

-THE WORLD'S SPORT.

...

HOME FOOTBALL

LONDON, September 29th." FIRST DIVISION. Buruley, 1 Sunderland, 2

SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Aberdeen, 3: Queen's Park, 1. Celtie, Cowdenbeath, 1. Rangers, 4; Hearts, 1. Lanark, Purtick Thistle, 2.

for

habitants there ceasing to pay any more taxes to his followers, Dr. Sun now has but very little territory left where he may levy gambling and protection fres,

Dr. Sun's hope for à Northern Expedi- tion was shattered the other day when General Chang Tso Lin, the" Mukder militarist now directing an attack ou Peking, informed him that he would be He gathered that the defendant was domestic market. Its sole purpose was the lessening of competition between drunk To aggravate matters, the driver domestic exporters in the foreign max-

** Manifestly,' the CommissionI failed to stop, and the police had to kets.

says the arrangement must be devoid

unable to remit him any wash but would he gind to find a place for him if he had to leave @anton. Moreover, a division

lately entered Samyang. & town border- g Kwangtüng and Kinngsi, thus cut ing him, off from laud munications with Chang Tso Lin

the first man had been knocked dow

a communiqué, and they of Wu Pei Fu's pro-Peking Army has secure a taxi and give chase. In such of any concerted curtailment of produc a ease as this a home magistrate would tion or withdrawal from the domestic inflict uot a fine, but imprisonment. He, market of any part of its normał

supply however, had no desire to press for such a penalty. He hoped that no such case as this would again happen in Hongkong. He desired to stress the gravity of the case, and asked for a heavy penalty, and also some slight compensation for the Chinese constable burt

The Fongtien forces expected to täke Kiengping shortly.

CABLE

FAR EASTERN NEWS.

THROUGH ITER'S AGENCY.}

AT TIENTSIN. BRUTAL ASSAULT

EUROPEANS ATTACKED BY

TWO

COULIES.

TIENTSIN, September 30th. Nr. R. P. Sanderson, secretary of the Rave Club, and Miss Davenport, mutron of the Victoria Hospital, were brutally assaulted last night by five coalies when motoring on the outskirts of Tientsin. The attackers fled on the approach of another car. Both were taken to hospital seriously injured. Mr. Sanderson was slashed by reaping hooks.

N.Y.E. DISPUTE.

REPORT OF SETTLEMENT."..

Torto, September 30th. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha dispute has been settled.

The proposal to withdraw the re- xignations has been endorsed by both

parties.

LATER.

DR. SUN AND THE MERCHANTS VOLUNTEERS.

A PAUPER'S FORTUNE. LEIPZIG STORY OF "BURIEN,” MILLIONS.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen has enused to be cir- culated at home and abroad the inform Mr. D'Almada said no one was more Thirty good citizens of Leipzig in ation that he had already relased the sorry this had happened than the defen- 1911 formed a solemn league and coven- Jant himself. On the night in questionant to help one another to get rich quick- arms. Before Dr. Sun finally confiscated defendant had indulged too much in wine, ly in a manfer that promised some hand- the arms. he succeeded in inducing the and was unable to realise the seriousness some returus with a minimum amount of He had expressed a de-risk and effort. It was merely a matter comandants of the Volunteers Corps to of the matter. make a public statement supporting himsire to compensate the injured constable. of going about the business in hand in It was the first time Mackenzie had been the right way. The sum they expected and pledge a contribution of $300,000 for

in Court charged with an offence, in

to earn was ten per cent, on £22,000,000 his war chest with the false' assurance Hongkong or anywhere else,

that is to say, £2,200,000, so that each member expected to earn £75,000. that he would return the arms after they have done these things they fulfilled their promises, bat have not yet got their ars back. The commandants of the Volunteers are now tallaged by cer- tain newspaper's supporting Dr. Sun, to have raised $1,500.000 for General Chen Chiung Ming, a rival of Dr. Sun. Dr. Sun" now demands that the commun daits will again circulate a telegram denying the charge or their silence will be considered as admission of the accusa- tion. The Volunteers, it is understood, have ceased to bother themselers with Dr. Sno further, as his recent acts have

Mr. Lindsell, finding defendant $100 on each of the first and third charges, the second charge being withdrawn, said that defendant was fortunate that the Captain Superinendent of Police had not The Chinese asked for imprisonment. constable was awarded 810 compensation.

CROWN DROPS OPIUM PROSECUTION. APPLICATION FOR RETURN OF

SEIZED DOCUMENTS.

A startling development took place at the Police Court yesterday, when the such as to deny himself from all Crown announced its decision to drop self-respecting persons The Volunteers the case in which Wong Sic Ping, a mar. have just issued a public denial that they chant. of No. 130, Bonham Strand, was have agreed to contribute a month's charged with importing over a million rental proceeds and subscribe a loan of dollars worth of opium into China $2.000.000 to his Northern Expedition.cargo which, being transbipped through Dr. Sua's Press Bareau has simply cirHongkong. came under the provisions of culated such statements to mislead the the new Opium Ordinance). public.

TRAMCAR OFF THE LINES. LAST NIGHTS HOLD-UP ON THE PRAYA.

There had been several adjournments. of the case, no evidence being heard. The present action of the Crown is taken to indicate that nothing of a connective character was found in the documents seized by the Revenue Department from the .s. Taituck.

Their dreams have not yet been restis. ed, and they have in cousequence adopted a plan of trying to awake public interest in the ease of Bernard Gotze, formerly a labourer employed by the municipality of Leipzig, now 79 years of age and obliged to keep himself and his aged wile on z pension of marks a week. Why the thirty good citizens could not immediate ly relieve the distress of their foundling. by supplementing his old age pittance is not explained.

The story is that John Christopher Gotzu, a Leipzig citizen, joined the Dutch Army in 1816 and did continuous service and was made Governor of Batavia Braides accumulating an immense for- tune in Japat, he inherited £8,000,00 He therefore left the Dusch Civil Service

and went to South Africa.

There be

inherited another fortune in gold mines plantations, and land, which he left in 1831 to relatives in Germany: The money accumulated in the bank because it was impossible until 1887 to find any of By this time legal Liotze's relatives. difficulties had arisen about paying ever the money, "aad those have never been overcome, even though at one time the Government of Saxony and onetime British Ambassador in Berlin interested themselves in the matter,

The aged Bernard Gotze Society

Mr. J. H. Nihill, before Mr. Lindseli At about 1 o'clock last night tram-

Mr. ur No. 17 went off the links between the yesterday said the Crown were not offer.Limited agreed to. take up his case f Gotze would pay ten per cent, on what ing any evidence in this case. Wanchai Fire Station and the Sailors's. Lo, representing defendant, asked they recovered. And so the treasure Institute, resulting in a blockage of trum if he could have returned the books and mains, ways the Gotze Limited, as the The report that a final settlement has traffic for something like 20 minuter.

The car was going to the pot, and documents scized, as they were essential thirty good citizens style themselve been reached is stated to be premature, whilst crossing the points wear the Fire to the business of his client. Mr. Lind-buried in the vaults of the Bank of Eng-

no case to offer, Mr. Lo might reason- starving in the busy streets of Leipzig. though it is true that the mediators for Station the front wheels fouled the pointed out that as the Crown bad land while a penniless millionaire in

points and went off the lines. The car the company and the representative of was stranded three parts across the bly apply for their return.

Praya for some time and motor traffic the strikers have reached an agreement had difficulty in negotiating the long whereby the latter consented to withdraw string of cars held up on either side of The efforts of the drivers to their resignations on conditions including the tram. equal treatment for land and murine the back portion on to the line was witnessed by a large crowd of Chinese, staffs, the recognition by the coragany who from their giggles and laughter con

POLICE COURT PARS.

AMERICAN BASEBALL.

At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, Mr. E. W. Hamilton ordered a 14-year- WASHINGTON TOP OF AMERICAN LEAGUE

old Chinese boy to undergo twelve strokes with the cane for the theft of a side-lamp Boston. September 29th. of the principles set forth in the de-sidered the mishap a great joke, but not At baseball, Washington has won themands, and the disbandment of all cm-

so the tram passengers, who Gnally debelonging to the Hongkong and Kowloon serted the waiting trams and continued Taxi-Cab Company. American League championship, defeat-

ployers associations, except those for their journey haine by ricksha or on ing Boston by 1 to 2.

scientific purposes. While it is expected foot. that these terms will be accepted when presented to the company this morning it is indiented that some of the strikern disapprove of the action of the repre- sentatives as the terms include the tem porary postponement of questions of the the Reinstatement of those dismissed and future position of the president, whose resignation was demanded.

PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA. DUTY ON JAPANESE INSULATORS.

Meuorase, September 20th. The dumping duty has been imposed on porcelain insulators from Japan.

OBITUARY,

MR. JULIUS M. PRICE.

Lesbós, September 29th.

The death has occurred of Mr. Julius Mendes Price, F.R.G.S

Julius Mendes Price was a well known artist, author and war correspondent]

MR. HUGH CHISHOLM.

:

ARMY PENSIONS INCREASED. A Royal Warrant provides for a fur ther increase of retired pay or pensions unt exceeding £100 and awarded before August 4th, 1913. to Army officera, nurses. schoolmistresses, widows, recipients of the Victoria Cross, service of disability, The death bas occurred of Mr. Hugh gallant conduct, and special canipaigu Chisholm, after an operation for appco- pensioners dicitis.

No pension will be increased by as [Hugh Chisholm, born in 1866. was a amount greater than is sufficient to bring distinguished scholar at Oxford Univer-the total menos of the pensioner up to Bity and Inter was called to the Bar. He £150 a year if unmarried or to £200 edited the Encyclopedia Britannica.]

year if married.

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REVENUE OFFICER'S FIND. ARMS AND AMMUNITION. Yesterday Revening Officer Lanigan found on No. 5 wharf at Kowloon & are containing five Smith and Wesson revolvers and 150 rounds of ammunition. The arms and ammunition, which were unclaimed, were handed over to the Water Police.

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PIRATED LAUNCH RETURNS.

AFTER TWO MONTHS

CAPTIVITY.

FAST AIR FIGHTERS.

BRITAIN'S

20MILES-AN-HOUR

1520PLANE.

A race, has begun between the ta nations to increase the rate of ascent an

single-seater, gun-carrying speed of aeroplanes, writes British Air Texpert The United States is to test new light Jir. R. E. Lindsell at the Centraling machines which have been freed

sebleneed IL Magistracy yesterday,

far as possible from external attrags"

aerodrome military Chinese coolie to six werks hard labour At the French for trespassing in the Royal Naval Dock-Villacoublay machines which, it is said.

exceed the previous 100 miles an hour a yard on Sunday.

record for fighting craft, are being guard ed in the strictest secrecy.

In Great Britain designers have tried to combine too many different qualiti in one machine, and speed bas suffers Now, however, aeroplanes with 300-1 motors and equipment reduced to a mak mum aro to be constructed solely to ak tain the maximum rate of climb .... suk spend, at high altitudes Carrying one And a limited quantity of fuel, they will climb several miles in a few minuten while it is expected that they will travele at more than 200 miles an hour.

Two Chinese coolie were fined each at the Central Magistracy, for loading chickens, into a crate in Connaught Rond Central an Monday without providing matting.

A Chinese was fined $740, or fifteen months' hard labour in default, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. when charged in connection with 15 taels of raw opium and 5:5 taals of the prepared drug..

uan

HO 4 DOLE.

When Mr. J. N. Silos, of the United Rtates Consulate, was summoned at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, for fail The steam launch Wai Hing, which ing to have the rear lights of his motor

A big deputation, recently, asked- Mr. was pirated and confiscated outside car in proper working order on Sept. British waters on July 30th last returned 8th, His Worship (Mr. Hamilton) said, H. Farrar, Minister of Labour for to Hongkong yesterday afternoon after that he did not think-defendant intended New South Wales, to pay the unemploy

a breach of the regulations, but be would [ed i basic wage of 24 weekly. Mr. Farrar having been in the hands of pirates for two months.

imant & fine of $2.

peremptorily refused.