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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE SUDAN MUTINY. ECHO OF SIRBAR OUTRAGE. BRITISH DEMANDS ACCEPTED"

IN TOTO.

Extra December ist. Although up to now no afrial state merit has been issued, it is understood that as a result of the many conferences jesterday, the Government has accepted the British demands, the first inmediate consequence of which will probably be the evacuation of the customs at Alexan- dria.

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Documents have been formally ex- changed whereby the Egyptian Govern ment accepts the remainder of the British

terms.

MINISTERS RESIGN.

The Ministers of Education and Public Works have resigned. No reasons have

wen given

BARLIER CARLES.

BRITISH MUTINY VICTIMS.

CAIRO, November 30th. No further incident is reported front Kartum.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1924

LATEST CABLES, SECOND OPIUM CONFERENCE.

A DEADLOCK THREATENED,

LATEST CABLES, RED RIOTS IN REVAL

the station.

MINISTER SHOT.

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GENEVA, December 1st.

HELSINGFORS. December 1st. The conflict between the American and It is reported from Beval that the Reda Indian delegates at the second Opium bave occupied the railway station and Conference, threatens to produce a dead- have attempted to seize the telegraph tock similar to that existing in regard and telephone offices. The Minister of to the first Conference. The President Communications was shot on his way to may have to decide between the opposing views, or the matter may be referred to station and have restored order after

Government troops

recaptured the Council of the League is the Ameri-scattered fights, in which hand grenades the

cans have declined Mr. Campbell's pre- and machine guns were used. There were posal to refer the question of the inter- a number of craualties, including police. pretation of the Hague Convention to the Permanent Coult of International Justice.

Mr. Clayton, in a foreible speech" on Friday, declared that the Government of India hell that the present system of plum control in India was legitimate in the fullest sense under the Hague Con- vention. He added that Indin was pre- pared to discuss and defend that position, but not in the conference, where the sub- ject was deliberately excluded.

A very important debate is anticipated

to-morrow.

GUN-RUNNER RELEASED.

LONDON, December 1st. It is understoed that the Home Office who has been released.** has remitted the penalties on Mr. Firmiù,

The two British officers killed in the mating were Captain Maclaren, of the Argylls, and Captain Tunks, of the Leices-victed of gun-running in England a month Firmin was one of the three men con

It is understood that Zoghilal Pasha has obtained a passport to Europe, and pro- bably will take the cure at a French or Italianohealth resort

EGYPTIAN TROUPS

SUDAN,

EVACUATE

LONDON, November 30th. The genera Egyptian situation is officially described an easier and more satisfactory.

ngo.

EARLIER CABLES.

SOVIET "MACHINATIONS. ATTEMPT TO

"ROPE IN "

YUGOSLAVIA.

BELGRADE. November 30th. Commenting on the report of the dis- covery of certain documents in the Soviet Legation at Vienna. the newspaper Politik understands that they concerned Messages bitherto do aut indiente the dealings between Rafitch, leader of the real cause of the Mutiny, but it isCroatian peasants' party, and the Third: apspected that it is the work of an International for the establishment of a Egyptian opent provventens from Cairo Soviet in Yugo-Slavia, à detachment of The first batch of Egyptian

troops from the Sudan arrived at Cairo today. The

Croatia stirring up a seditious movement last Egyptian saldic. left the Sudan Moscow throughout Central Europe,

capable of riding to the domination of yesterday...

THE

---BUFFS FOR EGYPT. GIREALTAR, November 30th- The Arst battalion of the Huffs embarked on the tehuspart „Neuralia for Egypt this afternoon,

LATEST CABLES.

TRANS-ATLANTIC SHIPPING

AMALGAMATION; CUNARD AND WHITE STAR CARGO SERVICE.

It appears the revolution was to break out at the end of January, "on the eve of the elections in Yugo-Slavia, and coin cidently incursions would be made by Macedonian and Kossariot troops into Southern Serbia.

The paper

states that the Soviets, through their delegation in Vienna, were sending considerable sums of money to Raditch and his agents in Bulgaria and Albania. The Belgrade" Goverment is taking all necessary precautions. LONDON, December 1st. The Cunard and White Star American

RADIO PHOTOGRAPHY. Wines announce the completion of arrange-

TRANS-ATLANTIC EXPERIMENT ments to conduct a joint passenger and

A SUCCESS. argo service between Hamburg and New York, embracing Southampton, Cher-

Loxtos, November 30th. The marked progress in the science" of bourg and Halifax. It is not explained telephotography was demonstrated by whether the arrangements are in any the success with which the first trans tay connected with the severe rate-cutting Atinatic experiments therein were carried by the leading German" linea, especially out today. in connection with the immigrant trade to South America which in the case of Germany alone has increased from 36,000 to 115.000 in the past year.

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PEACE THROUGH JUSTICE." US AWARD FOR VISCOUNT CECIL

"Losbos, December 1st. The Morning Pour" correspondeat at Washington states that for "meritorious service in leading to the establishment of peace through justice Viscount Cecil has been chosen as the first recipient of the Woodrow Wilson foundation award of $25,000.

The fund was created by public sub- scription two years ago in recognition of the ex-President's services for world brotherhood.

Numerous topical photographs were sent by radio from London to New York. each taking only a few minutes...

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A New York, message, describes the photographs as quite recognisable. They will be reproduced in the newspapers to-morrow.

THE MYSTERIOUS "MR. A." ANOTHER WITNESS WANTED"

LONDON, November 30th. It is understood that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a second man who was freely mentioned in the Midland Bank ease.

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REVAL, December ist.

THE "CIVIL WAR IN

CHINA.

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.] THE NEW TULI OF ANHUĻ

It is officially stated that the attack of armed Communists on certain Govern. Anhui, ment and military buildings at 3.30 this morning was suppressed immediately, Order was restored and no disorder from other towns has been recorded...

THE WORLD'S SPORT. MLC.C. IN AUSTRALIA..

BRISBANE, December 1st.

PERING, December 1st.

CANTON NEWS.

"

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORALSPUNDENT:}" PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY MAKES SWATOW ITS HEADQUARTERS.

PROPAGANDA IN THE SUDAN CAUSES OF RECENT TROUBLE. Sometimes has elapsed since the Inst serious anti-British demonstration in tho Sudan, and to the calm which has follow ed the British Prime Minister: has

The Provincial Assembly of Kwang- tung, being prevented by the Kuomintang, Generali Wang 1 Tang has been up-from functioning as the legislative branch largely contributed by his declaration pointed Tuli, of Anhui in sučerasion tơ

of the government in Canton, has de. that in no circumstances could treat Britain renounce her self-imposed” trust cided to establish its headquarter at General Ma Lien Chin, who has been re-swatow where General Chen Chiung

towards the peoples of the Sudan.

bracketted in Peking rumours with Headquarters. One of the first duties of lieved of his post.

ming, of the anti-Bolshevistie forces off

"That we are at the end of our troubles General Wang I Tang had been the Cantonese Army, has his General

here is by no means cerain, writes the

Premier

Khartum correspondent of the Times, Liang Shih

a likely to becothe the Provincial Assembly from Swatow

but there does not appear to be much We do not know whether the name of will be the sending of a delegation to Gaverament handled the situation last prospect of serious danger. The Sudaa Wang Tang is correctly given in the Peking to attend the proposed, national August firmly and with a cool head.' The of the anus of Wang in the Seld of conference for the re-unification of China prompt arrest and imprisonment of tho cable. There has been another Richmond

This was General Wang P. Mr. Wang Pak Nam will probably bead ringlonders of the rioters, and the rein- whom Graern! Ma contanted Coramanders of four out of the five in vincial Assembly.

As his the Cantonese delegation from the Pro torcement of the Khartum garrison with successor. He has the support of the dependent

infantry and aeroplanes, hare, had their inevitable effect in impressing potential » revolutionaries with the treatment they may expect if they attempt to convert theory into practice. Before the arrival of the troops the situation was undoub- tedly serious. Egyptian propagandista had for some time been active. They had no scruples in exploiting minor gricy- Many of Chen's followers are desirous ances among officials of the Surianese of attacking Fukien, because the pre-Government-in many cases imaginary President Tsao. Kun, and was and a bigger valce in national politics but cause.

sumed certainty of victory will not only and in nearly all without substantial Trao Jai was the brother of the evics-give them higher prestige in South China foundation-in order to Generally held in high esteem-EDI

also help the army financially, as Fukien is a resourceful country. General Lin Fu

brigades in the province. This Ganera Wang assumed office " at Pengyu a fortnight ago, and it was reported that the new masters of Anhui had declared their allegiance of Marshal; Tann and their opposition to the Yang taze Alliance.

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DEATH OF TRAÓ JUI.

PEXING, December, 187. Tsao Jui was taken to hospital yester- day where he has since died of diabetes,

In fue weather, before 8,000 specta- tors, on a good wicket, the M.C.C. curried Saturday's score of 301 for five wickets" to a total of 322 Hendren made 168. thus making a record for an Englishman's| score on the Brisbane ground. He scored Is fours and one six, and gave a inagni- Acent display of square-cutting and off- driving. Hobbs got 31, Sandham 64, and FAR EASTERN CABLE

Chapman 80 in dashing style. in 71 minutes.

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Queensland responded with 218 for eight wickets.

EARLIER "CABLES. CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

ROLAND "ORD UKATEN.

MILAN, November 30th.

In a contest of twenty rounds for the middlewight championship of Europe Bruno Frattini (Italy) beat Roland Todd (England) on points.

EARLIER CABLES. [RECTER'S " AMERICAN SERVICE.), SHIPPING DIFFICULTIES. BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO!

GOVERNMENT.

WASHINGTON November 30th.

:

NEWS.

KWANGIUNG ÂND FUKIEN. Admiral Lin Yung-mu of the Chinese Navy at Amoy and Mr. Wang Wen-shan, personal delegate of the Military Gover, nor of Fukien, are now in Swatow arrang ing for co-operation between Kwangtung and Fukien in the maintenance of order on the South China coast."

promote their

EGYPTIAN PROMISES, The extremely small body of Sudanese

and several other influential commanders intelligentsia centred in Khartum form under General Ched, however, deplore the an excellent weapon in Egyptian hands thought of attacking Fukion; they are in They have been given to understand that [FROM THE "DAILY BULLETIN."]

favour of first attacking Canton and thus Egypt makes certain attractive political solving the local problems before parti- offers, such as that, the Sudan shall not QHINESE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

cipating in national affairs. It is under.be a dependent, but a partner sending VETOES FURTHER IM-stood that General Chen is not giving

members to the Egyptian Parliament at MIGRATION RESTRICTIONS,

encouragement to the talk of interfering attempted. on the strength of these offers, a salary of £E.600 a year, and they have with the affairs of Fakien before he is to bully the Sudan Government into able to put the Cantonese house in order making what they are pleased to call a

statement of its intentions"

GOVERNOR

MANILA, November 30th." Governor-General Wood has yetced the Bill imposing further restrictions upon Chinese inmigration, holding that it in terfered with the United States Treaties.

NATURALISED CHINESE VOTERS IN ENGLAND."

AN APPEAL FOR THEIR VOTE. In Pennyfields, about 100 Chinese, now naturalised Britons, are voters. Mr. T. B. Hoste, who has lived 15 years in Chins, canvassed them. on behalf of Mr. Heath

Chinese, would read in English: Poplar South. Mr. Houte's appent in cote Williams, Liberal candidate for

Board recommends Congress strongly to The annual report of the Shipping

reaffirm its determitation that the United "The gentleman whom I have the hon- States shall maintain permanently a mer-question the most sincere, the most hon our to assist is supremely and without needs of the country, from the standpoint serrants to assist. A man who, with cantile marine commensurate with the curable and in all ways the most bene ficent man it is possible for his humble of commerce and national defence, andre of humility, has the temerity to also recommends the creation of a joint Highest is a man totally unworthy of offer himself in opposition to the All- committee composed of representatives He, our master (Mr. Williams), is a man your respectful and affectionate support of the Board and the Inter-State Com- who will join his forefathers in the Pro merce Commission to co-ordinate rail mised Land. He is a man whose foot is at the bottom of the ladder which may

and water transportation.

lrad to universal renown and to is associated.

the

The Swatow Chinese merchants

are

subscribing to the 8-100,000 bonds of the each under-writing 83,000 to $10,000. Canton Army, and the native banks are FOMENTING ANOTHER STRIKE of SHAMEEN.

sibility of British withdrawal from the Some who have contemplated the pos

Sudan bare expressed the view that, in the event of the failure of the Egyptians The Kuomintang Workers Conference

to redeem these promises, the Sudancso is considering the promotion of another would have no difficulty in expelling labour strike ang the Chinese em then, as they did in the time of the ployees of Shameet. was said that they would take the insider the subsequent problems of main- The other day it Mahdi. They have not stopped to con- spection of passes to Shameen as a sub-taloing public order and public services pears to be applicable to foreign as well Britain; their lack of experience and ig jeet af protest, but this regulation ap without the support of Egypt or Great dissatisfied with the British authorities to the difficulties which they would be as Chinese residents there. The Reds are

Shameen because of their acceptance of called upon to face

norance of politics have blinded them goods there during the conflict betweca a Chinese request for permission to store the merchants and the Red Army.

PEKING NOTES.

MANCHU EMPEROR A PAWN IN POLITICAL CHESS GAME.

trouble which Egyptian propagands has Uther long-standing laten: sources of magnified into grievances are the control of the Geara irrigation scheme and the sugar monopoly on the part of the Gov erament Bota have been misrepresented. and lavishly bioyed as levers for paz- poses of pro-Egyptian policy

One more incentre is worthy of notice. The widespread publication of democratic [FROY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

ideals by men of the stamp of the lates President Wilson has had the effect of engaged the attention of the public in nos it may be to Western civilizatians, may The fate of the Manchu Emperor has the pursuit of which, eminently desirable

turning the Oriental mind towards goal small degree, many people believing that prove disastrous to communities in such he may be used as a pawn in the poli-a primitive state of national growth as tical chess game. The Government has those which form the various nations and re-adjustment of the affairs of the Ching Vague phrases, such as Household whose duty it will be to dis-government,”

the right to seti→

dence of his father Prince Chun, whither people themselves. tinguish between the property

and Sudan for the Suda-- which nose, which have acquired a popular belongs to the State and which belongs currency, and are utilized for anti-Britis to Mr. Pu Yi." Meanwhile the resi-purposes, may react injuriously on th he has taken up his abode panding his.

It also urges legal prohibition of 'pre-ury of both you and all with whom he appointed a Commission to carry out the still more various tribes of the Sudan.

the

ferential arrangements. between American railways and foreign shipping lines, and exemption from taxation of all earnings of American shipping employed in foreign trade, but does not enter into

details as to how these aims can be accom- plished.

WORLD NAVAL POWER. BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S REPLY TO CRITICS. WASHINGTON, November 30th. The British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, in a speech kere said he did not attach any importance to the charges that Britain was not carrying out the terms of the Washington Treaty for limit ation of naval armaments.

It is believed he is abroad, outside the States. France nor Italy had made any He pointed out that neither, the United King's dominions.

protest in London, so it was left to private citizens to make thesealarin

SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.. DRIVE FOR FIGHTING FUNDS.ing disclosures?

CALCUTTA., November 30th.

Sir Esme Howard was evidently refer- "Swaraj week begine in Bengal to ring to Mr. Shearer's recent unsucessful morrow, and will consist of an intensive application for an injunction against the campaign for raising money, which will be applied to the work in villages and destruction of the U.S. dreadnought rural districts.

Washington

HEALTHY LONDONERS. "

BED.ITIOUS, BOCIETIES.

20 YEARS ADDEN TO THEIR LIVES.

The claim of London to be one of the anticipated entry into the Summer Palace. The White Flag League, which was healthiest cities in the world is borne is guarded by soldiers, and that despite started three or four years ago, and out by the annual report on health of the "London County Council.

public the oficial pronouncements that Pu Y

is a free man. Monawhile also the move kindred organizations like the National able for having the lowest death rate ever Palace create an atmosphere of suspicion ful whether the majority of members The year 1992, it is stated. was remark.ment of laden carts aud camels from the Union Society have rapidly gained in resorded in London, 11.4 per thousand that the treasures are not being allowed could give any clear account of their influence, although it is extremely doubt population. The infant mortality rate to remain intact. Sympathy for the was even more exceptional, being only Ching Household is growing as it in revolutionaries as well as people with m airus. They have in practice employed 61 per 1,000 hirths compared with 75 the believed they have not had a square deal. year before, which was itself a record. Dr. Ha Shu, a Government University evance or some axe to grind. Some Extraordinary lengthening of the life professor, and a staunch republican, dere men who had dergone imprison comparing the average expectation of agreement as a diagzaccfal proceeding well-merited sentence for sedition, but is time of Londoners is shown in figura scribes the abrogation of the ubdication Ali Abdel Latif, who is now serving

ment at the hands of the law, such an life at birth the period 1841-50 and which will go down in history as the most bailed now by political malcontents as

years the Londoner's expectation, of 1820-22. They show that in the course of unsavoury net of the Chinese Republic. life has been extended by more than 20 who remember, perhaps feel more strongly he is in fact nothing more than s charla British people here, as well as Chinese legitimate national aspirations, though heroic leader and martyr to the cause of on the subject inasmuch

as Sir John tan....

years.

These were the tools in the hands of

The teeth of London school children Jordan exercised a mediating influence William Hamer, the school medical A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR THE ture of the dental tables," says Sir forces and the Imperial Family, are improving, and a remarkable fe in the settlement between the Republican wif-seeking propagandists, none of whom officer, is that girls in every year show boys.. a higher resistance to caries than do

POLICE.

welfare of the Badarese nation. Every was genuinely concerned with the true grievance was twisted to suit the anti- British cause, and so the flares of revolt FASCISM IN ITALY,

On the other hand. the superiority of days was payment to the police of three of popular demonstrations which came tat An interesting event of the past few were fanned. The result was the series striking POLITICAL FREEDOM "

the boys' vision over that of the girls is months arrears of wages. In releasing head in August-the revolt of the Rail DESIRED.

funds from the Customs surplus for this way Battalion at Atbira, the mutiny of Min December lat

purpose the Inspector General of Cua the Military Cadets at Khartum, and the toms took measures to ensure that the demonstrations at Port Sudan and Seventy of the opposition deputies were

RESIGNATION HONOURE LIST

money, would not be diverted into other where, together with the measures takes among the thousand participants in an

channels. Either due to misconception

for their In speech at Petrapar, Mr. Das fore- anti-Fascist meeting, Signor Turati preshadowed that the next stage of the fight.

The dissolation honours list published of this report or due to wilful malicious town bearing Bags and bariners were for Here in Khart suppression. tum, crowds which marched round the siding The proceedings were private, distred to organise operatively with

on November 8th was very brief, com- as a vernacular newspaper here pub would occur in the villages, which be

prising only five names, namely, Mr. hshed a vituperative attack upon. Sir the most part orderly, being chiefly com but according to published versions of a view to stopping "exploitation of rice,

SOUTHAMPTON DOOKS.

William Graham, formerly Financial Francis Aglen for interfering in Chinese Posed of donkey-boys and voluntary nn number of speeches, Signor "Amendola, a and other country products by the

Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Benjamin financial affairs, basing the attack

all of whom employed, upon Democrat, anid that the opposition aired foreigzer

EXTENSION SCHEME TO COST £13,000,000. ary to the Treasury, and Chief Labour General visiting the Yamen, having the Sudan torine in arms against British The Bengal Government and Eastern

Inflammatory notices Bengal Railway announce a reward of £13,000,000 is shortly to be started to the Foreign Office, who becomes a pictures of the scenes in order that they nymous

An extension

Whip both of whom become Frivy Coun- men come up for their pay and saluting tyranny were frequently posted on tele scheme involving cillers, Sir Cecil Hürst, legal adviser ten thousand rupees for information lead-give berthing accommodation at Bouth-K.C.M.G., and Mr. Walford Selby, might be exhibited for the aggrandize to various British residenta intimat

him, while a

operator took graph poles the night and anno Signor Fauchinetti, Republican, der sible for the recent outragen, indading liners, and it is clamed, that in are ter for foreign Affairs, and Mr. Charles and a pure invention: The belated pay triumph over falsehood and oppressions

the to the arrest of the persons respon ampton Decke to ten more 56,000-ton Secretary to Mr. MacDonald as Minis ment of Bir Francia, all a tissue of lies ing that truth

in Arabic were addressed. five attempts to Wreck trains in three years time Southampton will be the Duff, one of the late Prime Minister ment to the police contributes to

and justice would largest port in the United Kingdom, Private Secretarics, who becoma C.V.O.'s greater sense of security,

a complete resteration of political

freedom

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