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THE CAIRO OUTRAGE.

EGYPTIAN ARMY EVACUATING. THE SUDAN

GENERAL SITUATION. QUIET,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1924

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FRANCE AND TUNIS.

ARMY COMMANDER SUPERSEDED.

COMMUNIST AGITATION FEARED,

·PARIS, November 27th, Rear-Admiral Exelmans, the French Commander-in-Chief in North Africa, has been superseded by Vice-Admiral Jebenne on the reported ground of refusing to receive the Soviet mission en route to Bizerts to take possession of Wrangel's fleet, which Wrangel handed over to the French Government in part payment of advances made him by France, but which the Herriat Government surrendered to the Soviet.

Kuiar, November 27th. A communiqué reports the general :situation in the Sudan as being quiet, King Fund has issued instructions to the Egyptian army in the Sudan to obey the orders of the acting General-Governor and to withdraw. This accords with the is said to be due to his opinion that the requirement laid down in the British arrival of the Soviet mission would in- tensify the communist agitation: which is

Note.

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DRAMATIC ARRESTS OF · ZAGHLULISTS..

BRITISH SURPRISE AT DEAD OF NIGHT.

CAIRO, November 7th.

Dramatic arrests were carried out by

the British military authorities at night time. Three prominent Zaghlalists were surprised whilst abed and removed to an unknown destination." These Are Nak-

rashi, ex-Under-Secretary for the In terior; Abdel Rakinan Fahmy, who was imprisoned in 1921 in connection with a conspiracy case and subsequently released when Zaghiul Pasha took office; and William Makra Moheid, &

prominent Coptic Wafd-ite, who was recently in London with Zaghful.

FORTFOLIO DECLINED.

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U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT. DECLINES CABINET PORTFOLIO.

WASHINGTON, November 27th. Vice-President Dawes baa declined President Coolidge's offer to accept a Cabinet portfolio in accordance with the precedent created by the late President Harding.

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CASTING."

EXPERIMENTS IN RADIOGRAPHY.

U.S.

NEW YORK. November 28th.

THE CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.

(THROUGH IUTER'S AGENCY-} MARSHAL TUAH AND THE EX-IMPEROR

A MORE EQUITABLE AGREEMENT.

PAKING, November 27th. Marshal Taun Chi Jut, it is reported, intends to make a new and more equit able agreement with the ex-Emperor,

INDIAN CONJURING.

SOME PEOPLE WE KNOW. AN HERITAGE OF ANCIENT MARGOT ON POLITICIANS,

EGYPT !

Mrs Asquith continues her notes Following hard on the · exposure of t

Without Prejudice" in the London the rope trick, comes a tribute to the Magazine. Here are selections, mystery of Indian conjuring by a Euro- pean who assures the Forkshire Post in If you study the famous people you have met you will find they all treat them- letter that he has himself seen levita- tion performed half a dozen times by selve rather differently. Some avoid Indians under circumstances which per-

themselves, some dramatise themselves, mitted him to make the closest examina.some puraun themselves, some distrust tion: He writes:;

themselves, some control themselves, some

[FROM THE "DAILY BULLETIN.") NEW PEKING CABINET. MANY MINISTERS ABSENT.

SHANORAL, November 28th. Five of the nine Ministers who will form the new Peking Cabinet are at the start yesterday of the ambitious present in Shanghai, namely, Tang ["international radio week." consisting Shao, Yi,Minister for Foreign Affaire air without any visible means of support He is hard and unsparing, and though. being conducted in Tunis with the object of official and also amateur tests for the (who has definitely refused kis.post, at formed on the barbecue outside the fac. Mr. Lloyd George loves a crowd more.

Admiral Exelmans refusal

of inciting a native insurrection.

PROPOSALS FROM PARIS.

At an important meeting held at the Quai d'Orsay it was decided to appoint

Bad atmospherics somewhat cramped

purpose of investigating the problem of international broadcasting.

The only American station that picked: up Great Britain was Pittsburg,

The European stations arranged to

The levitation trick is quite common promote themselves, some listen to them- amongst the better class of itinerant selves, some aro tender with themselves, troups of conjarers in South India and some ceremonious with themselves, some Ceylon I myself have seen it performed pose to themselves, some are absorbed in on no less than half-a-dozen occasions. themselves, some deafened, some suffocat- On each occasion the trick was performed, and a few embarrassed by themselves ed in the open air, without any tance of "stage-effects," "and on each centred but never self-conscious, though assis Aman like Mr. Churchill.. deeply abeofbed, but seldom satisfied; self- occasion the man was suspended in the far too forgiving, is not kind to himself.

In August, 1919, I saw the trick per- and impatient that he devours himself." vigilant and confident, is so short-seeing

ing that until civilian rule could be exer- tory at Cocoawatte Estate, Luangala than himself. Enduring society, solicit eised in "the capital with full liberty, Ceylon, by a travelling tropple of South and challenged himself in the arena of ing advertisement, he chanced, changed, which at present is improbable, he does Indian conjurers, who were touring fortune. He guesses without pause and nos propose to participate in adminis Ceylon, and whom I had engaged to he is talking to is thinking; but in spite. with dazzling quickness what the person of being guided by an intelligence mounting to genius, he waylays himself and other people, and before you can

humour: vortex of his emotional impulses. He has both with fickle, and impartial good

a consultative committee to study ser-co-operate, while not merely the Unitedtrative affairs); Li Shih Hao. Minister give show to the estate, coolies. On of Finance Admiral Lin Chien Chang, this occasion, the levitating man re

tain measures to be proposed to the Bey States but Canada, Cuba, and Peur Minister of the Navy; Yang Shu Kan mained for some considerable, time su raise finger you are lured into the

of Tunis

According to Le Matin the measures

Rico were interested

A British amateur yesterday heard would have a liberal character and would Buenos Aires, and another amateur in concern a new municipal system and the Buckinghamshire succeeded in establish liberty of trade unions.

ing a two-way communication with Aus-

Le Journal anys the meeting also distralia.

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programmes.

cussed the questions of communist pro- Amateurs picked up the Paganda and the saturalization of Italian broadcast from London and Paris, and niso Rome, but less distinctly, while a Chicago amaters heard items from Ply mouth. Manchester.. Birmingham and

colonista-Havas,

[Tunis, one of the old Barbary States, lies between Algeria and Tripoli on the northern African coast, and has been a Ahmed Zulfikar, the Egyptian Minister dent-General exercises all real authority

French protectorate since 188t. A Resi- Lyons. at Rome, has declined the foreign port-in the name of the Bey of Tunis. The folio of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the present Bey in Sidi Mohammed ed Habib,

who seeeded in 1920]. new Egyptian Government

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OPIUM CONFERENCE..

FRENCH "COLONY IN EGYPT SUPPORT BRITISH ACTION. The French colony in Egypt has re- quested their diplomatic representative PLENARY SESSION POSTPONED.

at Cairo to convey their gratification to the French Government at the strong measures taken by the British authorities for the protection of foreign nationals..

NOT SEEN AT MALTA,

MALTA, November 27th The report that the two absentee blue- jackets have been seen here is now -denied.

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EGYPTIAN PROTEST TO LEAGUE.

GENEVA, November 28th The Egyptian parliament's protest has been received by the League of Nations Secretariat, who, however, are not circul- ating it to members of the League of Nations, because documents emanating from any bodies other than Governmenta are never circulated.

MISSING BLUEJACKETS.

MALTA, November 20th. The two British bluejackets who were reported as missing at Alexandria have been seen here.

The men belonged to H.M.S. Fabant, and their arrest has been ordered.

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.PING STRIKE.

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MELBOURNE, November 26th. The P. & U. ss. Maloja will sail at a. to-morrow with a full list of

· passengers and mails but no cargo. TRAGIC STORMS IN CASPIAN

SEA.

MANY FISHER FOLK DROWNED,

Moscow, November 27th.

GENEVA. November 8th. The plenary session of the Opium Con- ference was postponed till to-morrow. owing to the inability of the business com. mitte to reach an agreement regarding procedure until this evening.

ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE TREATY.

AGREEMENT IN SIGHT.

LONDON, November 26th. Reuter's Agency learns that nigrecmcat has been reached on all the important points in the Anglo-German Commercial Treaty. negotiations.

The only outstanding matters refer to the 20 per cent. reparations tax, which will probably be settled this week.

THE WORLD'S SPORT.

HOME BOXING.

NEW EUROPEAN WELTER CHAMPION..

LONDON, November 28th. At Edinburgh, in the contest for the

Milligan gained the decision on points European welterweight championship,

"Kid" Lewis, the holder of the

over

title.

TO MEET WORLD'S CHAMPION.

Milligan, a Scotsman of only 30 years of age, was too strong and, dashing for Lewis. The first 10 rounds were fought at a great pace; then Lewis tired, but held out for the stipulated 20 rounds,

Milligan will now meet Mickey Walker in New York in January for the World's Welterweight Championship.

"INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

ENGLAND DEFENTS Boute AFRICANS.

LONDON, November 28th.

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WASHINGTON, November 26th.

and Wang Chiu Ling. Minister of Edu-sonally made a close examination of him pended in the air, perfectly steady, after Minister of Agriculture and Commerce the stick had been removed, while I per more ideas than Self, and treats them ention.

and the other members of the troupe who were stationed near by I was allowed to go anywhere, and do anything

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Lord Grey has a Self that few cùn in- Euence and rose can force. He treats humour. People do not matter to him; it seriously in spite of a boyish sense of

Li Shih Hao, Lin Chien Chang and Yang Shu Kan are leaving for Peking very shortly, and Wang Chiu Ling is liked except touch the man. As his intimacies are with birds, trees and indisposed and in hospital, but it is be lieved that he will proceed to Peking when be has recovered.

VICE-MINISTERS TAKING

CHARGE.

PERING, November 26th.

way.

Any

matter of fact, I crawled underneath the man (he was suspended about four feet from the ground), and satisfied myself that he was not being started i

NO HYNOTIST. How, then, one may well ask, is the theory is that the audience is hypnotized trick performed! A generally accepted

ino believing that it has witnessed a per formants when in reality, nothing has taken place. This theory is, however,

squirrels. He is moody about his plat country pursuits, and is a man everyone form performances and proud of his

is honoured by knowing.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain is more loyal- to his friends than to his convictions. He holds himself a little too upright for his own ideas or other people's to circu-- late. He is uneven in temperament, but

friends in his youth, but for some un- even in affection.

known reason he grafted on to that

Lord Curzon's natural Self made many?

brilliant and hospitable Self a certain which estranges intimacy, and his sense ceremonious, non-conducting personality

The British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, in a broadcast address, urged structs the following Vice-Ministers to A mandate issued this morning in the teaching of American history and take charge of their respective Ministries, georgraphy in English schools and the pending the arrival of the Ministers: development of travelling, with the view Shen Jaa Lia, Ministry of Foreign to the acquisition of a greater knowledge

Affairs Chang Chen Peng, Ministry of now disproved by the photographs which of humour which is of the highest

of the United States in the cause of avv. Ma Sha Lin, Ministry of Edu-l were taken at the performance described quality has never been focussed on him-

world peace.

Aberdeen, Newcastle, Bournemouth and Amateurs heard the programmes from

Madrid.

U.S. WAR CLAIMS. TRIPARTITE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN

AGREEMENT. AN

WASHINGTON, November 28th- Mr. Hughes, Secretary of State, has concluded a tripartite agreement with the Governments of Austria and Hungary adjusting the war claims.

LONDON ETIQUETTE. NO TAN BOOTS FOR THE CITY

ALDERMEN.

City is The Corporation of the City of A mine of interesting facts about the London by Mr. "Alfred John Glasspool, Inte Keeper for the Guildhall

One is told that in the Ceremonial Book minute directiins are given as to what the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen are to wear, even on those occasions when they are carrying out functions for which no official dress is prescribed.

The Aldermen are reminded that it is not etiquette to appear on those occa ions in any other dress than that dark morning coat, with white QT

Alderman in tan boots, expept when in the. They are never to be seen in red, black Beckwear or lounge suits. An khaki, would be considered to have

com- mitted an unpardonable offence. been identified with the growth of popa- The author shows how the City has the history of the kingdom. He recalls lar liberties, and has been bound up with the deeds of its heroes from Thomas Wilkes in the 18th.A Fitz-Thomas in the 19th century to John

CIOWTH OF SOBRIETY.„,

self.

cation, and Li Chi Choa, Ministry of by a "A Returned Exile," & camera

The Cecil family have true intimacy Agriculture and Commerce,

cannot be bypnotized. Another theory is with ideals, minds and morale of distinc that the performer is hypnotized, and is tion, but have unconsciously massaged able whilst in a hypnotic condition to as some of the more active muscles of overcome the power of gravity. This may with themselves.

their conscience and are not familiar or may not be so; the fact that the per- former appears to be put into a sort of trance by one of the other members of the troupe rather inclines one to this

Kung Hsin Chan, Minister of Interior. apumed, office yesterday, and Wu Kuang Hsin, Minister of War, Chang Shih Chao. Minister of Justice, and Teh Kung Cho, Minister of Communications, also took up their posts this afternoon. will be appointed Vice-Minister of Com

It is reported that Cheng Hung Nien

munications.

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A preparatory department of the forth coming Delegates Conference is being established under Chu Yang Kuang, and also a similar department in connection under Shu Shih Ying. with the subsequent National Conference

view...

much rope, but he will never hang his Lord Birkenhead gives himself too

but his brains have gone to his head and generous-heart. He listens to "himself, he hears confused sounds.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald watches and defends himself, but, whether from strain or suspicion, he is not at ease with him-

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Sir John Simon, has not given himself enough rope. He is as grudging to him self is he is generous to his friends, and would lose nothing if he gave himself away.

Or again and this seems to me the most intriguing view-is the levitation It is reported that Tuan Chi Jui will trick performed by the assistance of self, A

force," a force of which we in our West.. appoint an Advisory Council under Linern civilisation know nothing, a force of perplexed, is unconcerned, and enjoya Mr. Stanley Baldwin, though a little Chang Min.

which these present-day Indian conjur- himself. been known to and used by their fore self. He shups advertisement, knows his ers know nothing, but which may have Mr Asquith is inclined to avoid him- fathers many, many years ago! It is world, and has infinite political patience generally believed nowadays that the In spite of complete self-mastery, his moving or levitating not only themselves nity, and for those who like hunting. Egyptian priests" possessed the secret of fundamental emotion betrays his tacitar- but masses of solid material. We know tigers he is the man to go with that the secrets of the priest and Magi were taken from Egypt to Arabia, from SHANGHAI WAR RUMOURS.

Arabia to Persia, and from Persia to India, where they appear to have been WAR LORDS DENIALS, "

lost. Nearly every trade or profession in India is taught by word of mouth and SHANGHAI, November th

handed down from father to son. Is it The N- Daily News says " Is Bhang conjurers (some of whom are high caste)

not possible that some of these Indian FAMOUS CLOCK RESTARTED bai to have another War?" and replies may be descendants of the ancient Magi. that it is now in a position to state posi-ledge (the real meaning and worth of and that they possess a faint know- fively with authority that there is abso- which they are unaware of themselves) lately no ground for such a suspicion or but which would give them sufficient com belief.

mand over gravity to perform a smell feat of levitation To anyone who has been present at one of these perform ances in the East, and who has felt that seems so very wide of the mark. evident; the above suggestion may not indescribable something" which is

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General Chang's representative has declared that all reports of impending Kung were not worth printing. He stated fighting between his chief and General that the Generals have a common aim, the preservation of peace and order, and they are toe best of friends. Chang, however, having been appointed] by the Central Government, is now in charge at military affairs locally.

General ARMED ROBBERIES IN SHANGHAI,

BOLD BANDIT GANGE.

SHANGHAI, NOTamber 28th,

AFTER 157 YEARS. MAKER'S STRUGGLE FOR £20,000 REWARD.

and

Admiralty Hydrographic Department, has Liebt Comdr. Rupert T. Gould, of the succeeded in starting an ancient marine chronometer, nearly 200 years old, which had not been working since 1767-157 years. This machine, massive and intri cate, is now at the Admiralty, in London, keeping almost perfect time. Ita error, which there are hopes of reducing, anoudź to only a few seconds a day. Comdr. Gould worked for a year, chiefly in the small hours of the morning. in cleaning repairing the clock. It has more General Kung's representative said that

than 500 parts and weighs 103ib. Ther impending trouble, which were intended are evidently growing bolder. there was no basis for the rumours of Shanghai indicate that the bandit gangs almost like gold leaf.

A further series of armed robberies in that an ingot of it could be beaten out brass in the clock is of such fine quality

General Chang's position, he said that to search two Chinese who were behaving The clock bears the inscription:** Jna. to cause misunderstandings. Regarding

Its maker, John Harrison, began life One foreign policeman, who attempted as a carpenter in a Yorkshire village while it could not be recognised by suspiciously, was shot at but missed, and Harrison Fecit Made for his Majesty General Kung, there need be no fighting the men escaped. He reiterated at General Chang's and

King George 11. By order of a com There were fire armed robberies in the mittee held the 30th of June, 1737. The tain peace and order.... General Kang's common aim was to main Settlement yesterday, all of which were committee was known as the Board of than six, all of which were also success successful, and no arrests were effected.

The day before there were no fewer made by Harrison and still possessed by Longitude. Of four marine chronometers Greenwich Observatory, this is the ful, except one in which a Chinese, who second. The maker was striving for the

Present at 50 Lord Mayors' banquets! Mr. Glasspool remembers only one total abstaining Lord Mayor. "Lord Mayor tomed to say, Will you drink with me Vesey Strong," he writes, was accus leaving out the usual word Fifty years ago there were guests who

wine required considerable assistance in put ting on their great coats, and at times found it difficult to find their cloak-room tickets." The author adds:K

Such mental clouding is never seen now, It is an understanding in the Corpore curs are silly. guests; total abstainers are not unknown there is absolute sobriety among the

tion luncheon-room that unintoxicating facility as alcoholic drinks.

is no fear of fighting, and that the rum Wen Shih Tsen has asserted that there

Very fierce, storms are raging in the ball match played at Tottenham, Eng. In the International Association fact. Thousands of fishing vesland beat the South Africans by three drinks shall be provided with the same Mr. S. K. Chen, Peking's appointee was held up by three men, who attempt £20,000 prize which Parliament offered,

Caspian sen... sels are adrift and over one thousand have been salvaged. Hundreds of others are wedged in the ice. It is reported that 125 boste have been sunk and 48 fisher- men drowned. A special expedition has been sent to assist the victims.

SOVIET AMBASSADOR AT PARIS.

Moscow, November 27th. MKrassin has left for France to take

the Ambassadorship,

goals to two.

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CRICKET,

WIN FOR VICTORIA

SYDNEY, November 27th. Victoria beat South Australia by eight wickets. South Australian scored 288 and 202; Victoria, 357 (Ponsford, 160) and 134 for two.

DECLINE OF ORATORY.

to the post, of Commissioner for Foreigned to take away his bag, resisted, and following a petition of sea captains and Affairs, has also said that he had not not only drove off the robbers but follow merchants in 1714, for any method which heard anything of trouble between Gen- eral Chang and General Kung..

"There is a sad decline in the value

ed, and, with the assistance of a passer and the oratory of the Guildhall speeches." declares Mr. Glasspool." Ob Mr. 8. K Chen informed the N-C him over to the police.

Regarding the post of Commissioner, caught one of the robbers and handed for an hour of the involved verbosity of Daily News that the reports that he had the Gladstone revelations, when he taken over office were premature, and

DR. WELLINGTON KOO IN really took the audience into his confid therefore were not correct. ence, holding them charmed by the pow

SHANGHAL. er of his voice, and the intricacy of his Wen Shih Teen explaining his position, Mr. Chen said that he had written to arguments Reaconsfield was always and that he had not attended affice he great favourite at the Guildhall, the im-cagee he wanted to avoid any misunder. with the flash of his eye and the sarcastic ed definitely whether he would accept the movable figure fascinating the audience standing. He said that he had not decid expression he threw at his opponents: position there was genuine sentiment in his de mands for peace with honour.

(Continued an nezt Column.)

SHANGHAI, November 26th.

would determine a ship's longitude withing half a degree,

With his fourth chronometer Harrison won this reward, but be received: bis maney only after a personal appeal to George

The clock now at the Admiralty took

Wellington Koo with his family is There is a little clock which will go for two years to construct, and the Board of It is reported in Shanghai that Dr the task It is a clock within a clock

Harrison £950 towards Longitude, gave

The vernacular papers assert that Dr. automatically rewinds the former every here

At moutes only, and another clock which Wellington Koo in returning to Londor, minutes, and has to be wound itself and is hoping to resume his post.

once daly