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LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] · THE CAIRO OUTRAGE.

BRITISH DEMANDS ONLY

PARTIALLY MET.

GENERAL ALLENBY'S ACTION,

CAIRO, November 24th.

General Allenby has informed Zaghlul Pasha that as a first measure to be taken, owing to the non-acceptance of all the British demands, the British forces have been instructed to occupy the Alexandria

customa,

THE INDEMNITY PAID.

A NOTE OF PROTEST. The indemnity has been paid. With it was a Note protesting against the de- mands for the withdrawal of Egyptian, troops from the Sudan. The Note also announces the withdrawal of opposition to the wishes of the British Government in regard to the protection of foreign-in- tereas in Egypt, which action is charac terised as unjustifiable.

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CABINET RESIGNS."

The Cabinet has resigned. The King accepted the resignations and summoned Zimar Pasha, president of the Senate, who has consented to form & Cabinet. BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE GENERALLY

APPROVED.

LONDON, November 24th. The arm stand adopted by the Govern- ment with reference to the outrage meets with "practically unanimous approval in Britain and opinion is that both in sub stance and tone the communications will unquestionably be approved by British peoples overseas. The severity of the demands are considered fully justified by all the circumstances, and it is emphasis | ed that the matter admits of no foreign

participation, but that, contrariwise, Britain is defending the interests of all

civilized nations.

EGYPTIAN

THE HONGKONG ": DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TB, 1924

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THE LATE M.. JAURES.

IMPRESSIVE PARADE TO

PANTHEON.

INDIAN LEADER'S

RECANTATION.

GANDHI ADMITS LOSS OF

POWER.

BOMBAT, November 23rd. As a meeting of the All-India Congress Committee, Mr. Gandhi, moving approval of the compromise programme, made a surprising recantation of views, especi ally regarding the entry of Swarajista

to the Legislative Councils, which he hitherto resolutely opposed, and which was the main barrier between the ortho dox politicans and Swarajists.

THE CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.

(THROUGE HUYER'S AGENCY-]

MARSHAL OHANG TSO LIN IN

PEKING.

DRIVES FROM STATION IN AN ARMOURED CAR..

PERING, November 24th.

afternoon, accompanied by a numerous Marshal Chang Tao Lin arrived this

staff, and drove off in an armoured car in which a machine-gun, was mounted. He has taken up residence in the West City.

ROMANCE OF THE SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS.

HOW THE SWEEPSTAKE WINNER SEOURED HIS TICKET AT MUKDEN.

CANTON NEWS.

[MOM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT-] UNEMPLOYMENT IN CANTON

Some 170,000 persons are unemployed as a result of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's destrue "Mr. Harry K. Strachan, writing from Mukden to the FC. Daily News saya 1,--.

tion of nearly 9,000 shops and the looting It is very seldom that one cannot work by the Reds of many more. To relieve up some sort of romance in connection those needing rice badly this winter, a

more than usualle interesting, for it is sell, rice at cost, while the government with the Shanghai Champion Sweep-committee of Canton, Hongkong and stakes and this year the story is rather Macao Chinese is opening a rice depot to closely allied with China's civil war.

Committee on Reconstruction is prepar-

I left Shanghai at short notice to go to ing to give an entertainment and is issu- Mukden and find out how the war was ing subscription lists to raise funds. Tha progressing from the Fengtien side-Committee is assuring those contributing

PARIS, November 24th. The transfer of H. Jaures" remains to the Pantheon took place in solemn state: Seventy miners with lampe and coal picks wheeled the funeral chariot and were fol- lowed by the Ministers and Presidents of the Chamber and Senate, Parliament arians and representatives of the French and foreign trade unions. On reaching the Pantheon the coffin was placed in a

Gandhi sadly admitted that he had catafalque, while M. Herriot eulogised lost the power to command universal the late .. Jaures as a great poet, acceptance of his views, and exclaimed: MARSHAL TUAN OHI JUT ASSUMES venture which has not been particularly towards the relief fund that no heavy philosopher and orator whose qualities1 am not a lunatic; I am a reasonable

satisfactory owing to secrecy being a

cotton coats or rice purchased for relief were essentially French. A musical promso. I am losing ground gradually, and

fetish in these parts-and was able only purpose will go to the supply of the PEKING, November 24th, to obtain a very early Champions ticket Hunanese or the Yunnanese mereuiaries gramme completed the ceremony would not hesitate to bend before the The Acting Premier Huang Fu and before sailing. I wanted at least one who are also demanding slothing and pro Havas.

Swarajists and Liberals. If necessary the Provisional Cabinet have sent out more amongst the later numbers, for they circular telegrams announcing that the invariably win. The tables of the Muk- Provisional Government ceased to func. ap- tion today.

THE WORLD'S SPORT.

M.C. IN AUSTRALIA.

NEW SOUTH WALKS IN STRONG POSITION.

SYDNEY. November 24th. Fourteen thousand spectators assembled to witness the second day's play between New South Wales and the M.C.C. The start was delayed until 12.13 p.m. ewing to a damp wicket.

| shall bend before the Englishmen, if only

they show a change of heart.”

The committee overwhelmingly proved the 'compromise.

[According to the terms of the com- shall first of all suspend the programme promise it was decided that Congress of sea-co-operation except so far as it relates to the refusal to wear foreign cloth; and secondly, that the Swarajists shall carry on the work of the Central and Provincial Legislatures on behalf of Congress. Other pointa refer to the removal of untouchability, the question N.S.W. scored 170 for eight, Andrews of Hindu-Muslim unity, and handspinn making 3 not out."

ing by each Congressman of a certain quantity of "Kadda."]

[On the previous day New South Wales batted frst and maile $21. Hardsley scored 160. The M.C.C, scored 193, of which Hendren compiled 75 not Mailey took four wickets for 55.)

out.

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DISSENSION AMONG "RED" LEADERS.

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BOMBING A BATTLESHIP.

THE "WASHINGTON

AFLOAT.

NonFOLA (Virginia), Nov. 24th. Two bombing 'planes attacked the RIDA, November 23rd. Washington yesterday with 14 inch Political circles in Moscow are excited) armour-piercing bomba. It is not yet over the publication of numerous resolu- ascertained whether any hit the registered tions demanding netion against, Trotzky target,, but the bull of the vessel is still for alleged unorthodoxy.

afloat. #

OFFICE,

Marshal Tuan Chi Jui assumed office (as President ) at ten o'clock this morn.. 4-

(IRON THE "DAILY BULLETIN."]

WU PHI FU TO SUPPORT TUAN,

A SECRET TELEGRAM.

HASHOW, November rd. Renter's correspondent is officially in- formed that Wu Pei. Fa bas despatched] a secret telegram pledging his support to Tuan Chi Jui.

THAN CHI JUI'S PROMISED REFORMS.

PARINA, November 23rd: Tuan Chi Jui issued a circular tele gran on the 21st inst, in the usual strain enumerating the evils of former adminis- trations, and expressing his intention to

visiona. Mr. Wong Tong, a former Hongkong Chinese merchant now acting den Club were littered with sweepstakes city treasurer of the Canton Muni- lists from various clubs all over China, dipality, is chairman of the Canton, but not a single list for the biggest prize Hongkong and Macao Relief Committee. of all was amongst them. I spoke to while Dr.-C. C. Wu, Chief of the. Can several committeemen about it, but they missary for Foreign Affairs of the said they never had sent för Shanghai Kuomintang, is head of the Reconstruc lists and did not think the innovation tion Committee..

would be a success. However the result The Cantonese are fortunato that the of repeated suggestions was that a few harvest in the rice farming districts is racing men, some belonging to the Shang- most favourably reported upon. The hai Race Club, telegraphed down on their finest, rice in Canton, according to the own guarantee for 30 tickets, only a week quotation of November 22nd is $10.50, before the races. Nothing was heard local currency, a picul, while the ordinary until noon on Monday, the opening day grade, is 89.13, and the rough, $7.80. The of the races, when a telegram informed quotations from Chanchuen, a rice contre s that 30 consecutive tickets had been near Canton, where there has been no reserved.

Red interference, are about 30 cents lower than those in Cantun.

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THE LAST, TICKET. The list was taken round to the Stand- ard Oil Company, but an order for a gallon of gasoline had just arrived, the staff all were in a fever of excitement and the list was rejected with scorn. Thursday the Socony men formed a ring each other until they were tized. Else in, the club and marched around kicking

where the tickets soon were snapped up, all except one. Major Stockwell, Muk-

PIRACY OF RICE JUNKS. Two rice janks from Hongkong to Can ton, carrying 4,700 sacks of rice, worth more than $50,000, were pirated by Reds from the forts at Boccas Tigris, on the night of November 18th, according to cumiplaints by the consignees.

den's Beau Brummel, director of fashion EARLIER CABLES.

REPLY TO BRITISH

NOTE.

CAIRO, November 23rd.

New York, November 24th.

Trotzky is still president of the Mili-NEW FRENCH LOAN IN U.S. tary Revolutionary Council and Com-

$100,000,000 FLOTATION. missar of military and naval affairs, bat apparently his colleagues desire to de prive him of power. A recent conference of political oficials of the Red army and feet passed a resolution supporting Zinovieoff, Kameneff and Stalin (against

The Egyptian reply to the British Note is couched in polite terms. It agrees with the demands for an apology, the punishment of the criminals, an indemnity Trotzky.

of £300,000 and promises to prevent any It is rumoured that a military revolu- disturbance of the peace by demonstra- tionary council has been convoked to sp- tions.

Zaghlul's reply says that the demand as regards the Sudan breaks the status quo and is contrary to the constitution where- by King Fuad is. Commander-in-Chief

point. Trotsky's successor.

LABOUR RIOT IN SYDNEY, WOMEN'S ACTION AGAINST ALLEGED BLACKLEGS."

SYDNEY, November 23rd.

The Morgan group of financiers are launching the new French $100,000,000 loan at H.

institute all-round reforms, adding that a Beorgnaisation Conference will be held

TAX OFFICIALLY CANCELLED in Peking within a month, which will

BUT STILL COLLECTED. be attended by delegates from the pro-

Canton-Fatsban river traffic is being vinces, and which will discuss the situa and social life, organizer of everythinguspended by the junk masters who are tion and dreide upon the necessary niea- from baby shows to Armistice Day cele-demanding that the 20 per cent. tax on aures, while a National Conference to brations said: Who will take it retght and passenger receipts exacted be held within six months will deal with "Sutton, of course," said two or three by the authorities be abolished. The of us, "you cannot leave him out," So Generalissimo in Canton that Dr. Sun junk masters have acquainted the acting

When, the work of the latter Confer.the list was filled, some fierce financial Tat Sen, before his departure for Shang~ : ence is completed. Tusa Chi Jui will reden's many currencies, $150 in Shangbai the Reds have kept on collecting it.

calculating was done with a heap of Mukhai, had already cancelled the tax, but

fundamental questions.

FAR EASTERN CABLE tire from public life.

NEWS

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THE DUTCH FLIGHT,

ARRIVAL AT BATĄVIA...

WELTZYAKDEN (Batavia), Nov. 24th. of the Egyptian army. Zaghlu! Pasha

The Dutch airmen have arrived from considers the demand with regard to As a result of women urging the water-Amsterdam. Gezirah Irrigation premature, and says side federationists to kill." scabs." two

THE HAGUS, November 24th.

the position of foreign officials is regula hundred men attacked fifteen workers, On the occasion of the arrival of the ted by the diplomatie agreement and can- from the Ex-Soldiers Bureau, who are re-Dutch aviators in Batavia H.M. the not be modified without the consent of garded as "blacklegs.

Queen appointed, M. Van der Hoop and Parliament. He contends that the Liber-

The polion separated the combatants, officer Van Weerdene Goelman Knights alists' policy is compatible with the prin- and made three drrenta-

of the Orange-Nassau Order. The gold ciple of independenof which, has been

medal of the Order was conferred upon adopted towards foreigners, and says

the mechanic Van der Broeke. that no observations have been received from other foreign powers GENERAL ALLENBY'S REJOINDER. General Allenby has promptly replied

SUDAN TO BENEFIT."

LONDON, November 23rd. It is officially stated that the Egyptian indemnity will be devoted to benevolent objects in the Sudas, subject to the pro-

to Zaghlul that in view of the refusal vision for the victims of the outrage.

of the requirements regarding the Sudan, instructions are being" sent to the Sudan Government to carry out the withdrawal

THE NOTE EXPLAINED,

J

A

NEW ZEALAND AND JAPAN.

NO ARBITRATION.

MILITARY DISPOSITIONS.

potes which I happened to have left, Alled,

a void and a telegraphic draft was dea- GAMBLING IN KWANGSI. patched.

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Mr. Chang Yi Chi, acting Civil Gor." "It is understood that for the present At 10 o'clock on Wednesday "night, ernor of Kwangsi, haa vetoed the bill of Feng Yu Hsiang's troops will have after the race had been run, Messrs. the Kwangsi Provincial Assembly pro charge of the railway from Langiany to Stockwell, and Sutton were gossiping and hibiting gambling in that province. Mr. Peking, and will be prepared, with Hu it was casually mentioned that the latter Chang, while approving of the bill in Ching Yu's Shensi troops, to proceed had not paid. He only had Yen notes principle, stated in his message that of... Houth if necessary in the 'direction of and a coin was spun to decide whethering to the "presence of the military Wurbang. Chang Tso Lin's troops on he should pay Y.30 or Y-20. Sutton won forces, such a step is impracticable. the other band will occupy the Peking and so secured his ticket cheaply On BANK INTEREST ON SUBSIDIARY Mukden away and the northern sector Thursday morning a telegram arrived"

COINS. of the Tsinpu line, in preparation for an from Shanghai Sutton had won! For

Tho Taiwan Bank in Shameen, popular advance south to Nanking if such a step sheer, good luck, from beginning to ead, should be considered advisable. It is there can have been few better instances among the Chinese for the facilities it

in the history of the big prize."

affords accounts in local subsidiary coins, understood, that Marshal Chang's pre

UNDER A LUCKY STAR.

has announced a reduction of interest on sent intention is to concentrate about

However, Captain Sutton's lucky star such current account. Formerly it paid. 30,000 Fengtien troops in the vicinity of has been shining very brightly of late, Tientsin, and another 30,000 in the neigh-He is by profession an engineer, ha 10 tents interest daily for every $1,000 served through the war in the Royal En- deposited, but now it will give but eight bourhood of Shamhaikuan.

igneers, lost his right arm and won the cents. It is said that the native bankers Military Cross. Then he came to the Far

:

CHANG'S REGIME STILL INDEPEN- East and went in for gold mining in are now-a-days afraid to keep more than

DENT OF PEKING.

Siberia. Previous to the war he had they actually need in their own establish been engaged in mining and engineerin Replying to a question by the Leader

ments and have been lately over-loading of the Opposition in the New Zealand Chung Shih Min, chief of the Foreign projects in various parts and can

interesting tales of adventures in the Shameen foreign banks with their House of Assembly on October 10th reutice in Mukden for Manchuria, has an interitu. After a while, he came garding the Japanese amendment to the LONDON, November 23rd.

Geneva Protocol, Mr. Masecy, the Prime formally notified the foreign Consuls at with his partner to Mukden, both being important papers and valuables. Des of Egyptian military forece from the

Regarding the two important demands Minister, said: "We are not going to Mukden concerning the assumption of his perfect strangers and unacquainted with pite the announcement of the Reds to ter- the language. Without any clear object rorise the native banks no longer, very arbitrate. We simply say they cannot new duties,

in view they secured an audience with Sudan, and also, informing the Sudan of the British Notes, it is painted out come here unless we give them permis

The wording of the despatch from the Marshal Chang Tso Lin, the result of few have actually resumed operations die Government that it is at liberty to in- firstly, that the retention of British Non League of Nations or no Lexus Mukden Foreign Office" to the Consuls, which was that Captain Button reorgan- a large scale.

Nations. That the law of the country,

ized the Marshal's military arrange crenso its area of irrigation without judicial sad ɓaancial advisers relates to and that law will stand.”—Beuter. makes it clear there will be no cancella mente, perfected an improved design of NÁTIVE BANKS AT FATSHAN limit General Allenby added: Your three officials whose powers have been en.

ption of the political independence of long-range heavy calibre trench kortas To escape the terror of the Rede, who Excellency will learn in due course what croached upon under the Zaghlul regime; Captain George F. Hyde, R.A.N., Fongtien, Kirin and Heilungkang until and equipped the Fengtien army, there action is being taken in view of the refusal of requirement No. 1 regarding and secondly, that the unlimited irriga-cruiser Vindictive, which is preparing at been established in Peking with the con-ave been generous in their recogni-merciante of Fatshen, the native banky `-

to take command on October 2nd of the a stable Central Government has actually with. The military chiefs and other ex are demanding $120,000 more from the the protection of foreign interests. The tion of the Sudan, concerning which it Chatham to relieve the Diomede on the seat of the Chinese people. The Con- haps more than anything else that gave there, fearing another looting upon the reply further the paginent of the indemnity 'by noon to-morrow.

China Station.' This, says a writer in a recalled that an extensive scheme of Home paper, is the first time, under ardieuls have been informed that in questions the field and which held for him the ad- their specie elsewhere, and they are only BUFFS COMING FROM GIBRALTAR. irrigation at Gezira for the purpose of ary peace ce Dominio laries as en Mancharan Provinces, notwithstanding a time it seemed that, despite their granting loans on daily basis, according

concerning the interests of the three vantage even at Shanhaikuan, where for GIBRALTAR, November 23rd. The first Battalion of the Buffs is pro

cotton-growing, assisted by the Sudan command of an Imperial reseci. The ap the instructions and agreements of the better training, better discipline and to a report of the 72 Guilds Commercial ceeding to Egypt on the 29th.

Government, was voluntarily curtailed pointment indientes farther the degree of Waichinops in Pebing, the words of the batter equipment, the Fengtien troops Journal Interest of 44 10.6 per cent. co-operation which now exists between Muiden Foreign Office will be final and scarcely would be able to stand against ANTI-BRITISH FEELING. to 300,000 feddens by General Allenby in the Australian and the Royal Navier decisive à Peking News Agency say the tactics of Wu Fei Fu. Marshal is being charged at daily calculation,

CAIRO, November 23rd. order to placate the Egyptians, who fear Captain Hyde has had an interesting

Chang Tao Lin was so grateful that, in career in the naval forces. He began in Dr. C. T. Wang and other "Govern the presence of his chief Generals and the something never heard of before, it is The march of British troops through ed the damming of the Upper Nile would the Mercantile Marine, and became a raid- ment authorities are greatly annoyed Staff, he conferred on Sutton the honor stated. Two native banks failed in Fat- Alexandria was followed by a renewal of

shipman in the Royal Naval Reserve on by the establishment of an independent ary rank of a General in his army and shan on November 19th, but the loss to sxiall anti-British demonstrations by curtail their supplies. students this morning. Two acroplanes

February 24th, 1808, being advanced to foreign office at Mukden and Dr. Wang sent his own tailor to St him out.

tht creditors, however, did not amount from Cairo demonstrated at Tantab

sub-lieutenant, R.N.R., in June, 1901, and is endeavouring his best to induce. Mar-

to $25,000. where there was some restiveness, but

to lieutenant in July, 1902. In 1904 he shal Chang to cancel it. the country hitherto has generally been British viewpoint declare that nothing of 12 months' naval service, and while so joined the Victorious for a fifth period tranquil.

SENSATION IN CAIRO.

in the present Note will diminish the employed he won the prize offered by Lord Charles Beresford to the officers of

BRITISH VIEWPOINT.

An authoritative statement of the

The publication of the British notes Egyptian water supply and adds that last night caused a sensation in Cairo steps will be taken not to interfere with the people eagerly buying up special editions of the papers amid much excite ment

(Continued on next column.)

the declaration of Egyptian indepen dence in 1992, nor the agreement of 1809 regarding condominicam in the Badan.

in one of the Dominion Navies bas taken

that:--

AMNESTY TO POLITICAL,..

OFFENDERS.

that it was this new artillery por-

the Marshal his immense superiority, in refusal of the shops to pay have removed

& HAPPY CHANCE, When Captain Button and his partner sought their first interview with the Marshal they were refused admission to the gatekeeper's lodge. By chance, how-

ever,

A Committes of the House of Commons

the Channel Fleet for an essay on the Among those to whom the amnesty to some influence passed that way, over-world-Mr. daquiti.

an English-speaking Chinese of is one of the fairest tribunals in the Russo-Japanese War. In 1905 he was political offenders, granted by the new heard the altercation and, apparently transferred to the Royal Navy with his Peking Government, applies is Mr. Liang taking a fancy to the adventurous civilised country; for in a comparatively Comedy is possible only in a highly original seniority, and he joined the Bosal Bhih Yi, a former Prime Minister, who gineer, secured him the interview from one the people cannot bear to Australian Navy on its formation in 1910 is well known in Hongkong. Official which so much resulted. The gods of as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer ranks and titles are restored to all who chance apparently still love him, to the have their follien ridiculed Mr. Berr

are affected 'by the amnesty,

extent of 8224,000 for Y-10-

Bervice,

nard Shaw