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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 1924

LATEST ELECTION RESULTS.

CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY

INCREASED.

WEMBLEY EXHIBITION CLOSED.

NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS FOR RE-OPENING,

LATEST CABLES,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. }, UNIVERSITY" RESULTS.

LONDON, November 1st. The Conservatives, "the Rt. Hon. J. F. P. RawHason and Sir J. RM Butler, have retained their seats for Cambridge University.

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Dr. Ernest Graham Little (Indepen- vent) gained the seat for London Waiver sity in a cour-cornered contest.

[Dr. Graham Little is a well known medical man.]

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WEMBLEY CLOSES." HUGE "OROWDS SAY FAREWELL

Lospos, November 1st.

Heavy rainfall marked the closing day at Wembley, nevertheless huge crowds arrived early, and trade was very brisk in the various pavilions. The popular programme seemed to be bargain hunting in the morning, attendance at the Stadium in the afternoon to bear the Prince of Wales deliver, the address at the closing ceremony, and amusements in the park

The latest position of the parties is: in the evening.

Conservatives

Labour

Liberals.....

Independents

409

......

152

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Two of the Conservatives and five of the Liberals are Constitutionalists.

FARLIER CABLES LONDON, October 31st. Mr. Livingstone retained the Western. Isles, with an increased majority, in a

three-cornered contest.

Among the defeated candidates in the election" is Mr. E. Macfadyen, who was beaten at Devizes by the Conservative Mr. Percy Hurd, by a majority of 4,350.

ZINOVIEFF LETTER ENQUIRY. It is announced that the Cabinet bas | appointed a committee to examine the question of the authenticity of the Zino- vieff letter,

The Cabinet discussed the Zinoviel let- ter, and it is understood one of the chief reasons for the Government's not resign. ing immediately was the intention of carrying out Mr. MacDonald's promise) to investigate the matter.. It is expected that the investigations will be completed by Tuesday.

INDIAN, OPINION.

D1, October 31st. The results of the elections in Britain have been received in India with mixed

feelings Anglo-Indians are generally pleased with the prospect of a "stable .administration, and hope that the Indian situation, which is causing increasing anxiety, will be firmly handled by the -Conservative administration.

Indian political circles and the Indian Press are almost unanimously disappoint ed, and prophesy a gloomy future for India under a "reactionary Conserva tive Government.

The extremists are pleased, and think the Conservative regime will alienate the moderates from the Government, thereby strengthening the extremist ranks.

NEW YORK, October 31st

Commenting on the British elections, the New York World hopes that "Senator Lafollette and his follower's in the

Progressive party will learn something from the defeat of a similar policy in Britain. The Conservatives' are entitled to their victory, and the confidence of the people, as long as the Liberal forces ex hibit incapacity to unite and govern them

solver.

· LATEST" CABLES.

CO-OPERATION. IN COCOA. CENTRAL BOARD FORMED IN LONDON.

THE CIVIL WAR IN

CHINA.

Lobos, November 1st Following a series of--conferences by representatives of the principal cocoa-

[BE COURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN."}

OHANG TSO LIN'S SUOCESS AT

SHANHAIWAN,

NEWS

FAR EASTERN - CABLE NEW TOWNS IN ENGLAND.

[BY EVELYN WRENCH]

The terrible evils that follow the in- discriminate growth of towns are now well understood, but people are still very baay about the remedy. It is generally

(THROUGH REUTER'A ADENOV,}

JAPANESE PRINCE TO STUDE

IN EUROPE.

Toxyo, November 1st.

It is reported that HRH Prince thought, for instance, that to build, on growing communities of the world, the 30,000 CHILI TROOPS CAPTURED Chichibu. the Emperor's second oned residential suburbs, with wide, tree the fringe of the great city, nicely plan

Cocoa-Producers Co-operative Alliance has been registered in London, as a com- pany limited by guarantee. Its object in to net as a Central Board in London for local Co-operativa Societies in cocoa producing countries, and to secure the

grower better return.

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FRENCH SOCIALISTS'. IN

CONCLAVE.. ATTITUDE TOWARDS M. HERRIOT

PARIS, November 2nd:

TOKYO, November 1st-

will visit Europe in 1925. He intends to A message from Mukden states that stay three or four years for the study of an official comuniqué claims the com- military affairs. The date of his depar. plate occupation of Shanhnikwas, Chin.ture is not yet decided. wangtao, And Peitaiho at midnight of October 30th, after two days' heavy fight ing, and the capture of 30.000 of the Chibli troops including General Yang Ching Chen, of the 24th, Division, 100 suns, and 30.000 rifles.

Chang Tso Lin and Lu Yung Hsiang have circularised the provinces recost- ending Tuan Chi Jui as Commander-in- Chief of the Expeditionary Forces against Wu Pei Fu and Teo Kun.

FOREIGN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

The National Council of the French Socialist Party are discussing their atti talle towards the Cabinet The Parlia mentary leader M. Blum stated that the Socialists will support M. Herriot's Government so long as it will do all that LONDON, November 2nd. is possible to carry out the programme The Prince of Wales, in his speech, en bloc. The Left parties have recom addressing 50,000 people in the Stadium mended voting for the Budget if the at the closing of the Wembley Exhibi-Cabinet shows that it will institute ener-

At present it is uncertain whether the tion, said that he understood that nego getic reforms, and will do so even if the tiations with a view to re-opening the Budget is not sufficient from the Socialists Laring was due to the Fengtien troops Exhibition were

now proceeding. Tor.point of view.~~(Havas). rential rain fell throughout the ceremony.

HOME FOOTBALL. “

SATURDAY'S RESULTS,

"Loxoay, November 2nd. The results of League gathes played yesterday were as follows:-.

THE LEAGUE DIVISION 1.

Birmingham,. 1; Blackburn Rovera, 1. Bolton W. 4: Arsenal, 1. Burnley, 1; Sheffield United, 1. Everton. 0; Bury, 0.

Leeds Unitel, 2: West Ham; 1. Notts County, 2: Manchester City, 0. Preston N.E., 0: Newcastle U., i. Sunderland, 3; Notts Forest, 1. Tottenham H., : Aston Villa, 3. W. Brom. A.. 1: Huddersfield T...0.. The Cardiff City . Liverpool game was postponed owing to the ground be- ing waterlogged.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE—DIVISION "I. Aberdeen, 2: St. Johnstone, Airdrieonians. 3; Ayr United,.0. Dundee, 1: Third Lanark, 2. Hibernians, : Falkirk, . Kilmarnock."3: St. Mirren, 2. 3lorton, 1; Celtic. 0. Motherwell. D: Cowdenbeath, 3. Queen's Park, 1: Hamilton A, 3

Raith Rovers, 2: Hearts, 0. Rangers, 4; Partick Thistle, 0.

**ALL BLACKS" TOUR.

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TEAM BEAT IRELAND.

LONDON, November 1st "The "All Blacks" defeated Ireland at Dublin by 6 points to mil.

There was incessant rain throughout

The Irish forwards were outweighted, and only got possession in six of twenty

scrums during the first half, but they gave terval the core was 0-0 a grand display in the loose. At the in-

GERMANY'S CREDIT,

NEW PRESIDENTIAL DECREE.

BERLIN, November 1st. For the purpose of safeguarding Ger- many's credit, a presidential decree has been issued forbidding the raising of foreign loans or credits abroad on behalf of, public bodies, etc., without the ap proval of the Imperial Minister of

Finance.

EARLIER CABLES,

[We are unable to identify the name Chichibu. The second son of the Em peror is Prince Yasuhito Atsu-no-miya. He has been studying at the Military Academy and is now 22 years of age, ED. 1

JAPAN- AND THE BRITISH

ELECTIONS.

Tokyo, November 1st.

planted agerets and plenty of garden ground, i i strp

in the right direction. Other cities, the world over, should consider, na an awful warning, the ente of London, where the addition of pretty suburbs has proceeded upon this theory for several decides past; with the result that the city is now faced with problema" of housing, transport and local govern- ment that baffle" its administrators. Tha area of bricks and mortar has spread so

In the comments on the British elec-far, and there is so vast a mass of busi- tions attention is drawn to the probableness and industry cowards the centre, that revival of the Singapore Base scheme the trams, trains, omnibuses and private

ears cannot pow cope adequately with: and Imperial Preferences, which it is said will, intimately affect Japan and her normal traffic; and to the visitor from

LEAVE CHINWANGTAO,

TIENTSIN, October 31st. is speculation also as to the new Gov The latest reports from Chinwangtaoernment's attitude towards Russia. indiente that firing occurred on the

KUBBER RESTRICTION.

EXPORTABLE PERCENTAGE AGAIN

REDUCED,

wharves.

advance or mutinous soldiers.

The foreign women and children were taken off by the Kailan Administration's steamer waaping before the fring,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CHINA'S NEW GOVERNMENT. PROBABLY RED INFLUENCE

STRONG IN IT.

PEEING, November 1st. Mandates, issued at midnight, "accept the resignations of Dr. W. . Yen (Prime Minister) and all the members

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LONDON. "October 31st.

oversens the note of London is its per- trade with India and elsewhere. There petual central congestion. The making of new underground railways still goes On, as it were, in desperate spasme, but it is always long behind the needs, and the financial difficulties of the transport industry (reflected in wages disputes and crises over passenger fares) show that, it is near the limits of its ability to deal with the daily lift- ing of the working population into and, out of the business districts. Obviously, 12s more and more suburbs are added, the

coming an insufferable burden on trade Is the expense of the daily journey be

and industry, but the time taken is deadly drain on the energy, and a waste of the leisure of the millions who live at such long distances from their work.

What is more, the blind attempts, of industry to adjust itself to these condi- [This is a reduction of 5 per cent. on tions are resulting in the ruin of all the that ruling during the last quarter. The inner and many of the outer London reduction automatically comes about | suburbs. Hardly any residential dis- because the price during the last quarter trict, however select and pleasant at the did not average Is. 3d. per lb. During moment, is safe from the sudden incur the past week the price has risen to ahout sion of some factory or workshop-from 1. d.]

its own standpoint legitimately seeking relief from the high rents and rates of ' the centre. The result is confusion, ugliness, and, in many cases, squalor and the rapid decline of a charming suburban

It is officially announced that the per- | distance travelled increases; and not only centage of standard production of rubber exportable on the minimum duty from Ceylon and from Malays for the quarter beginning November 1st has been fixed at fifty.

PEPPER AS MISSILE. PRINCE OF WALES RETURNS of his cabinet except Huang Fu, who

HIGHWAY ATTACK THAT- FAILED. did not sign the joint resignation. HOME.

The Mandate appoints:-.

Pepper thrown at the victim's eyes was HEANG Fr. who trtains the portfolio the method adopted by the perpetrators

of Education, to be concurrently Acting Premier and Minister of of a highway robbery attempt last Friday | night, which has been reported to the

"A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY."

LONDON, October 31st. The Prince of Wales arrived at South- ampton aboard the s.s. Olympic from America.

He gave a message to the Press saying he had had a wonderful holiday, but was' glad to get home again. He paid a tribute to American and Canadian hos- pitality and kindness.

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MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC. PLAGUE SUSPECTED IN LOS ANGELES.

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Los ASGELES, November 2nd.

On the resumption, in a continuous downpour, the Irish pack made deter-

The U.S. cruiser Trenton has been mined rushes, but failed to beat a scienti- ordered to the North Atlantic to search fie defence. From a serum in front of the for the missing sloop Lief Ericson,

Communications.

WANG CHEN, TING is appointed Minis-

ter of Foreign Affairs and Minister police. of Finance.

WANG YESO CHIANG is appointed

Minister of the Interior.

Arcë.

Hence the movement, now everywhere creation of new towns as a constructive rising rapidly in favour, for the definite method of providing, not only for in creasing populations, but for existing populations displaced by the continual Clear wearing out of old buildings. thinking being necessary, it is contended that the term " gardet city" should be It appears that the mess caterer that is to say, the building, 48 a rule used of this type of development alone; ployed at Lyeemun Barracks was walking on a new site (but possibly in some case along the incline leading to Shaukiwan as the enlargement of an existing village LI SA Tarsa, Minister of War.

Road, carrying $300 in a bag, when he or small town), of properly planned towns in which accommodation for in- TU SHIH KUEI, Minister of the Navy. was attacked by two men.

dustry is provided, together with houses CHANG YAO THENG, Minister of Justice, They threw a quantity of pepper at him, and all the public services and social WANG NAI PING, Minister of Commerce aiming for his eyes, but the pepper did amenities which a modern community de not reach its object, and the caterer at manda. It is also essential to the garden of Agriculture.

once gave battle to his assailants, to such city idea that the size of the town shall

be limited by the holding, as part of- purpose that they fled.

the site, of sufficient aral land to pre- Tent its growing into neighbouring towns. or losing its contact with the country. Given these conditions, a town can be brought into being which is large enough. to give all the essential urban advan Li Ying, described as a sea-faring man, tages, while every house has its own was charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton garden and remains within walking dis at the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday, tance, on the one hand, of the industrial with having extracted a five-dollar note district, and, on the other hand, of the The remainder are considered to be from the pocket of Mr. J. L. Xavier at open country, with all that that merus

the Oriental Show on the night of Octo- for bodily and mental health

Wang Nai Ping and Wang Yung Chiang are members of the Mukden party.

Huang Fu and Wang Chen Ting are supporters of General Feng Fu Hsiang.

No members of the Anfu Party are in cluded.

Tu Shik Kuei is looked upon as a staunch supporter of Wu Pei Fu.

non-partisan,"

KOWLOON PICKPOCKET

Hauch Tu Pi will act as Minister of ber 27th. the Interior until the arrival of Wang Yung Chiang, who is at present Civil Governer of Mukden.

The new Ministry begin to function this afternoon. Probably the "Red" influence will be strong in it.

the Finance Commission."

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SENTENCED,

THE USES OF TRAVEL.

AN AMERICAN'S REVISED VIEW

- OF ENGLISHMEN.

to

The Herald and Tribune states that Irish goal, Dalley passed to Cooke, who which sailed from Bergen in June, and is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister and accepted as true by writers in newsamenities, the industrial side of the town.

Mr. MacDonald could not possibly hope gave to Lucas, the latter sending Svenson now 42 days overdue.

A strange malady, with symptoms re the morning, but it ceased at two o'clock.sembling" pneumonic (query, bubonic ) 2000 people attended, and the ground plague, is baffing the city and federal medical authorities. The epide-

An immensely interesting effort to on October... 19th mic started.

with was very heavy. In the first twenty

After the evidence of complainant, two realise in practice this new ideal is the minates the Irish forwards played splen-

woman, since when

witnesses, a showman, and a Chinese con- was begun just after the War on & well- building of Welwyn Garden City, which didly, although they only twice seriously the death of A

stable, had been heard, his Worship con- threatened the visitors' line. Gradually her husband and eight mourners have

victed the defendant, who was sentenced thosen site twenty miles out of London the "All Blacks" began to hold the Irish expired. Nine other mourners are critic-

to six months' imprisonment with hard in the most delightful part of the esanty conceived of Hertford. Welwyn was labour.

defnitely as satellite town" pack. The heavy rain gave both sides ally ill. In the endeavour to check the

spread of the malady all people known [HUANG Fe, the Acting Premier, is a

London, and was therefore placed on the difficulty with a greasy ball.

old Great-Northern main line and in in to have been in contact with the nine-native of Chekiang, who received a mili teen victims have been quarantined,

tary education in Japan. After a visit

close contact with the City by an excel- to Europe and America he wrote two

lent train service. Though less than four books on Lessons of the European War

years old, it is already the most vital ADVENTURERS MISSING.

and the Future of China," "and "The

of small towns, and a centre of every World after the War" In 1921 he was US. CRUISER ORDERED OUT

sent to study economic ecnditions in Yew Fork Times, giving the impressions tical and intellectual..

An interesting letter appears in the kind of activity-sporting, social, poli

Its industrial Europe and America and joined the of a recent American visitor to England. side is attracting manufacturers of the NEW YORK, November 1st-

Chinese Delegation at Washington as High Adviser. On his return to China e frankly confesses that all his precon- most advanced and enlighted type, such ceived notions have been upset. He came as the Shreded Wheat Company, Ltd, ŒE he was appointed Director-General of over expecting to find the English "some Canada The industrial zone is strictly WANG CHEN: TING, who is appointed what like the portraits of them that had defined, and the workshop buildings are been drawn from us by many authors, designed among trees and plantations Bo far from depreciating the residential of Finance, is also a Chekiang man and is better known to foreigners as C. T. Papers, essayists, and people who write

our books, best sellers, and others" that gives a tone of reality and vigour to its The Erica is a forty-foot vessel, and Wang. He studied in the Pai-yang is to say, rather dull as to brata a social life which makes it far superior editor, and also Mr. Hildebrand, a writer teacher in the Anglo-Chinese College at perception, slow in speech, lacking in place Welwyn is unique; there is no place of sea stories, and Mr. Todahl, a marine Tientsin, and at Changsha High School, humour, and holding themselves far to compare with it for architectural style

of which he was heddmaster. He studied artist.

for four years in Japan, and was Secre- superior to anybody who could possibly or the careful adaptation of the plan to

emanate from this hemisphere.”(@

the beauties of the site. In these advan The Lief Ericson was last reported off tary of the Y.M.C.A in Tokyo. Then, Julianthaab, in Greenland, on September he went to America where he studied lawkeen, finished, alert, full of humour,

Actually, however, he found them tages the industrial workers will, of..

course, share. 8th, indicating that she had safely crossed for three years. He was General Ladepts in human touch, quick in brain of British industry and the health of Immense consequences for the efficiency the treacherous waters below the Den-Yuan Hung's Chief of Diplomatic action, poised, ahlo instantly to apply the workers will follow the general mark strait.

Affairs at Wuchang and Vice-Minister of their better training, finished speakers. Commerce and Industry in the first Be the soul of courtesy, acute to interpret, adoption of this garden city policy in publican Cabinet, He has also occupied bland in association, suave in conduct providing for housing and industrial the post of Vice-President of the Senate. altogether finished and understanding method is not only the best-it is also needs. It is bound to come," for the He joined the Southern movement in 1918 in opposition to the Military Gov. gentlemen." In fact, those whom he met the most economical. Welwyn is demon contradicted almost everything that he ernment in Feking. He was Chinese had been taught to assume about the Eng as well as socially, the method can be strating that, in a hard economic sense, Delegate at the Paris Conference in 1918; liah people all his life. He notes parti- made in payOverseas Journal. hospital as the result of an affray between became Minister of Foreign Affairs, and

NILES (Ohio), November 1st. Commissioner for the settlement of the cularly that only in one instance did he Four people were killed and 12 sent to Shantung Question in March 1922, and hear an "h" dropped or added. A

Klux Klan members and other concurrently Acting Premier for a few don tazi-drivers. One of them, who He has good word, too, for the Lon- citizens.

Johannesburg, municipality has passed weeks following December, 1822. He might have got "one-and-six for driv. the salaries of councillors at. £200 per

in May of this year LATER fingotiated the Agreement between China ing him to his hotel, advised him that annom and chairman of committees ni and the Soviet Government of Russia he would do better to take a No. 6a bus, £200 by 17 votes to 14. The discussion He signed the which would bring him right to the door was heated at times, Mr. Murphy invite docament Chenting Thomas Wang of the hotel for thrippence,"

ing Mr. Gambly to “come outside **

to survive an attack, based on the sus over. Nepia failed to convert. So has aboard Mr. William Nutting, an ex- University from 1895 to 1600. He was tion, insular.in judgments, dense as to to any mere suburb. As a residential'

picion that he was sacrificing national afterwards Nepia scored a penalty goal"

interests to Labour's" traditional senti- mental fondness for the Moscow revolu- tionaries.

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GAOL FOR DE VALERA. SINN FEIN LEADER" SENTENCED AT BELFAST.

The game was finely contested, and ended in favour of the "All Blacks". who won by 6 points to ni.

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K.K.K, FATALITY.

FOUR KILLED AND TWELVE INJURED."

M.C.C. IN AUSTRALIA.

DRAWN GAME AT KALGOORLIE..

KALGOORLIE, November 1st. In fine weather on a good wicket and before a moderate attendance, the M.C.C. LONDON, November 1st.

scored 346 for 8 wickete (declared). The Sinn Fein leader, De Valera, has

The Goldfields' XV. replied with 49. been sentenced to one month's imprison-Freeman, took 5 wickets for 18 and Kilner ment at Belfast.

LATER

The M.GO hatted a second The imprisonment is to be in the second time by special request and scored 111 for division. De Valera was charged with 3 wickets (declared), The Goldfields' entering Northern Ireland in contraven-second innings produced 52 for 7 wickets to Niles from Youngstown, also a machine A company of infantry has been ordered Match draw..

tion of a Government order.

3 for 1.

gun company.