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OUTRAGE AT BOMBAY.

PATHAN MENACE CAUSING APPREHENSION.

GAND ATTACKS MOTORCAR.

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Bombay, January 13th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1925

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FRANCE AND GERMANY. FRENCH PRESS ON COMMERCE TREATY.

PARIS, January 13th.

Commenting ou the German refusal met with by the French proposal for a Lcommercial_midus vivendi, the papers recall that all the concessions were made by the French delegates. They also state that Germany, will be responsible for the A Pathan menace is causing apprehenaventual breakdown in negotiations. Le sion. An outrage, the motive of which Journal-says pourparts were steadily is not known, was perpetrated at Mala-checked by Germany's desire to conquer bar Hill, the Tesidential quarter, last the world market. evening when a ging attacked a notor ear, containing Mr. Abdul Kadir Dawls, a wealthy citizen and Mohammedan "Member of the Bombay Corporation. He was accompanied by a lady and his English manager.

The firing attracted four British officers, who shed to the rescue. A Lieutenant though badly wounded, captured one of the assailants; the others, using their revolvers indiscriminately to prevent pursuit, escaped. Mr. Abdul Kadir Dawla died of his wounds. The lady who Was seriously wounded and also the Lieutenant and English manager were removed to hospital, suffering from re volver and knife wounds

RAILWAYMEN'S ULTIMATUM. OBJECTION TO, TECHNICAL UNITS,

FOR ARMY.

Deucre is convinced that the French Chyrrnment took all measures to prevent failure-Haran

FRANCE AND RUSSIA. FRENCH PROTEST TO MOSCOW PROBABLE

BRITAIN AND SOVIET. NEW RUSSIAN MOVE MAY SOON DEVELOP.

LONDON, January 12th. In connection with a report of a recent improvement in Anglo-Russian relations, well-informed British circles are unaware of any recent fresh development.

M. Rakowsky has gone to Moscow to submit to the Soviet Mr. Chamberlain's views with regard to dropping the 'Anglo- Soviet treaty, etc. will not be sur prising if a new diplomatie move follows M. Rakowsky's return to Loodau

BOXER INDEMNITY FUNDS. BRITISH BUSINESS INTERESTS CONSULTED,

LONDON, January 12th.

HOME FOOTBALL DRAW IN SECOND ROUND OF

F. A. CUP

LONDON, January 19th The following is the draw for the second round of the English Football Association Cup matches in which are to be played on January 31st-

Bristol City ́r. Liverpool, Sunderland » Everton: Blackburn e. Portsmouth. Sheffield C. r. Sheffield W Birmingham . Stockport. Notts C. Norwich,

W. Bromwich A. r. Preston N.E. Tottenham H. . Bolton. Swansea. Aston Villa. Newcastle. e. Leicester.

Notte Fe West Ham or Arsenal. Millwall or Barnsley. Bradford C. Bradford Blackpool or Barrow, Cardiff or Darlington . Fulham. Southampton or Exeter . Watford or

Brighton. Full or vechimpton W. Crystal

P.

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OUR LONDON LETTER. EASTERN POTENTATE IN ENGLISH LAW COURT DRAMA,'

END OF THE SENSATIONAL BANK

CASE.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

LONDON, December. 5th.

TRE £130,000 BANK, CASE,"

There has probably never been, any law suit which has excited so much in. terest as the laim by Mr. C. E. Rebin

Son

POLITICAL SITUATION IN CHINA.

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY)

سول

#MILITARY POSITION."

PEKING DISCUSSES TITLE FOR LU YUNG HSIANG.

ANXIETY LEST WAX SPREADS.

PERINO, January 13t

The Cabinet to-day has been debating the question whether Marshal Lu Yung Against the Midland Bank for Hsiang shall be appointed Tupan of £125,000, the Balance of £130,000 paid Kinogsu, which is contemplated in order into the Bank hy the mysterious Mr. to give him a military position compat-" A.; described as an Oriental poteatate,ible with hostilities against General Chi

was suppressed in Court Hsieh Yuan.

whose name

"ti

for reasons of State All the world It is understood some of the Cabinet has read the story of the intrigue be. Ministers are opposed to this appoint- tween ** Mr. A. and Mrs. Robinson,ment or the ground that it will confict and their draniatic-detection in Paris with the provisional Government's prow The case for the Bank was that the ed policy......

As the result of representations-by-the- Federation of British Industries, the Government has agreed to nominate "re- presentatives of industry and commerce #ECTERS AMERICAN SERVICE)|ing conspireer in which Mrs Robinson regarding the Shanghai situation, while

with reference to, the application of the British share of the Boxer Indemnity.

PARIS, January 13th. Le Quotidien announces that the French Ambassador at Moscow will pro- test against Mr. Zinovieff's speech, recom- mending the development of anti-mili-which tarist propaganda in France.-Havas,

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FINANCIAL CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON AND LONDON, IN AGREEMENT.

PARIS, January 12th. In view of the conflicting version of the Anglo-American arrangement with

This encouncement indicates a change of front on the part of the Government, hitherto had declined to appoint business representatives:

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MUSSOLINI'S LATEST. BILL DIRECTED AGAINST ORDER OF FREEMASONRY.-

ROME, January 19th.

A further step in the campaign for the consolidation of Fascism was taken to day, Signor Mussolini introducing in the

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AMBASSADOR TO LONDON.

MR. HOUGHTON TO SUPCEED MR. KELLOGG.

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memey was the proceeds of a blackmail- Official circles to-day are most reticent

and his wife, the A.D.C., in the servierthe public is more uneasy as regards the of Mr. A., a solicitor's clerk uned danger of hostilities spreading. Hobbs, a convicted forger named New. ton, and Mrs. Bevan, a friend of Mis Robinson, were all concerned.

WASHINGTON, January 13th.' Mr. Alanson Bigelow Houghton, Ameri ean Ambassador to Berlin, has indicated paid "hy

Frank B. Kellogg The latter has been appointed 1.S. Secretary of State in place of Mr. Charles Hughes, who has

resigned.

POLITICAL SCANDAL IN U.S.

The immense sum involved as the price Mr. A. to the blacknnifers

CHAMBERLAIN AS ORATOR.

FIVE DAYS WORK TO ONE. SPEECH.

regard to payment of the American Chamber a Bill directed against secret GOVERNOR DAVIS CHARGED. WITH fecting glimpse of the chief actors in disturbed he habitually worked far

societies, including Freemasons, forbid-

LONDON, January" 13th Twenty thousand railwaymen, repre- army costs and reparations, an authorita- sented at a meeting at Chester last, even-tive British source states that subjecting public officials to belong to secret inx, passed a resolution demanding that to Washington's approval, it has been societies, and compelling them to divulge the Railway Companies withdraw, within agreed that the American army costs, the constitution, rules, etc., of such 24 hours, their undertaking to raise amounting to a quarter of a milliard dol" organisations. technical units for the regular army sup. lars, will be refunded as a priority charge, plementary reserve which, according to on the Dawes annuities, "at the rate of the Secretary of the National Union of 62 million, gold marks "annually, from Railwayman, will be liable to be called September 1st, 1926, probably for twenty <t to aid the rivi pwer and thus years.. endanger the railwayinen even industrial dispute..

12 AD

With regard to reparations, America will receive Annually, over the whole

COMMUNIST SADOUL.

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THE EXPORT TO PRESERVE SECRACY.

a very

Mr. Austen Chumberlain describes in his willingness to accept the ambassador.for their silence, and the air of mystery

maintained concerning him, naturally the Empire Review his father's methods in the preparation of important speeches. hip to London, in "succession to Mr.invested the story astrolated in Court This article describes what is known af with a certain fascination which has the practice of leading Parliamentary gridon been equalled and has erriainly speakers, and it gives samples of

aoles used on particular occasions by Of the inosphere of the King's Bench Division. never been surpassed in the prosaic Pitt, Bright, Lord Balfour, Mr. Asquisiz

and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. the Crowds of people waited round entrance of the Law Courts all night is latter's manner of getting ready for an the hope of being able to get inside to important speech, his son says:--

"Given plenty of time--and to get it hear the case, or at all, events to catch

writing- the frame as they arrived when the doors into the right his practice was to make

a first draft of the speech in were opened. Generally speaking, the This would cover four, or, more rarely case was the only topic of conversation six or even eight, sides of potepaper

From this draft be small hand. wherever you happened to be.

made his speaking notes, and, in doing Many of the newspapers here from the so, often discarded much of what he very outset questioned the propriety of had originally writter and introduced keeping Mr. 4.s" identity a secret fresh matter. These notes, when finish- so far as publication of his name wased, he would go over at least once, concerned. As a matter of fact there more diten two or even three times, util was no secret about it in London, where I think, they were clearly fixed in bi

mind. But even so, when speaking her it was well-known to thousands, and it used his notes freely and never sought was cabled to foreign newspapers by to conceal them London correspondents. It is, however,!

"Few people, I think, who saw him just one thing for a man's name to be the

paration was done and he had resolutely subject of scandalous gossip, and another before a meeting when the work of pre- licly in a court of law. If a name is from his mind, or who listened to the suppressed before judge and jury delivery of the speech itself, so easy, so though it be shouted from the hoursteps natural apparently spontaneous it is after all only gossip: there is no without a sign of strain in voice or proof; it is merely hearsay. This was manner, could have guessed the immense evidently the idea of the authorities, and and wearing labour that went to its pre- it was persisted in until after the close piration. of the case in the High Court.

to

warrant

BRIBERY.

TOPEXA, Kan., January 13th. Governor Davis, whose temn of office expired on November 12th, appeared in court to-day in answer charging him and his son, Russell Davis, with accepting $1.950 for the pardon of RELEASED PENDING FURTHER

banker, convicted of forgery, to whom ENQUIRIES.

Mr. Davis, Sr., as Governur granted PARIS, January 19th. parole. Mr. Davis, Sr., denied any con-

pection with the transaction. He de Sadoal, the Cemanist who was arrest-clared his sou had been deceived by Mr. Davis, Sr. was on December 8th, has been released, political enemies.

cratic Convention last year.

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The Railway Companies Association, period of the Dawes annuities, two and pending a supplementary enquiry into the candidate for nomination at the Demo- thing altogether to have it stated pub banished all thoughts of speech and notes

meanwhile, ridicules the suggestion that the corps could be usel for strike-break ape. It says the army order. establish- ing a muerte of technical eraftsmen, was issued by the Labour Government and signed by the At. Hou, Mr. S. Walsh, a member of the former Cabinet.

a quarter per cent, of the total divisible among the Allies for reparations, after various "prior charges have been met, the Allies' percentage being correspond ingly reduced

The total payable to America on 20- count of army costs and reparations wil not exered $7 million gold marks in any

yea

FULL AGREEMENT WITH U.S.

Later.

[The Rt. Hon. Stephen Walsh, M.P., was appointed · Secretary of State for War ja January, 1994. He was Parlia mentary Secretary to the Local Govern- ment Board from June, 1917, to January,

1919. He worked, at one time, in Lancashire coal mins and begame miners' denite form as the result of a meeting agent He was elected as Labour M.P. this afternoon at which a full and final for the lace Division of Lancashire in Anglo-American agreement

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The Allied conversations took a more

was reach-

› 3906. He was created a Privy Couned, slightly modifying the previous ne

eiller in January, 1924.

BARON HAYASHI.

JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TU LONDON TO RETIRE.

Lopos, January 19th. The Murging Post baya it is believed Baron Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, will retire shortly and return to Japan:

core.

America Dow receives fifty million gold marks annually on account of her army costs, plus two and a quarter per cent, of reparations, not exceeding forty- five million gold marks annually and also obtains immediate possession of 215.600.00 deposited in the Federal Re- serve Bank under the Wadsworth agree

ment.

CONSENT FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, January, 12th. The Government has accepted the ten- tative

in Paris agreement reached between the American representative Viscount Ishii, Ambassador to Paris, and the Allied Finance Ministers.

and Baron Matsui (former Ambassador

to France) are mentioned as possible

"KOCCOSFOTK.

THE GERMAN CABINET. DR. LUTHER MAKING PROGRESS

"TOWARDS FORMATION.

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OPIUM CONFERENCE. VISCOUNT CECIL REPLACES MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.

LONDON, January 12th.

It is announced officially that Viscount Cecil replaces the Marquis of Salisbury at the Upium Conference. The latter is satisfactorily progressing, but will be unable to attened the opening on January A Geneva message says an informal of the second Opium Conference

BERLIN, January 13th. Dr. Luther, the Minister of Finance, 19th.

is making headway with his Cabinet-meatingly approved the adjournment `making effort. He has already secured until January 19th, in conformity with.

SULGRAVE MANOR. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA RAISE FUNDS.

i charges against him. His release follow.

which Saddult A ed today's hearing, at expressed the opinion that he had os been tried for a definite offence but for his political opinions.

A Paris message, of December 5th read: The latest sensation in Paris is the return of ex-Captain Sadout, ex-French Communist, who was sentenced to death in 1919 for giving intelligence to the enemy. He is now a naturalised Russian. Le Petit Parisien says that M. Sadoul is attached to the Soviet Embassy, which the French police are watching with the intention of arresting him immediately he emerges.

Le Journal and L. Mutin are informed that M. Sadouf in not in the Embassy, where they were told thas the Russians will scrupulously adhere to the promise not to interfere in

French domestic finis. Le Matin says M. Sadou, is not in hiding but has returned expressly to contest the death sentence.

LATER. M. Sadoul has been arrested at this lawyer's office.]

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MOSLEMS AND HINDUS. SETTLEMENT REACHED OVER KOHAT INCIDENT.

PESHAWAR, January 12th. The Hindus and Moslems at Kobat baye Bigned a reconciliation agreement satis- factorily settling the disputes arising out

of the Kohat riots

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. COURT ORDERS STRIKERS TO, RETURN.

MELBOURNE, January 12th.

NEW YORK, January 13th The National Society of Colonial Dames of America announces it has raised a fund of $100,000 to inaintain Sulgrave, Manor, Northamptonshire, the ancestral bome of George Washington's family. The manor was acquired by the British-Americao peace committee as a memorial to cele brate the centenary of the Treaty of Ghent.

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Japanese cement, a Manila paper to catch the outgoing mail the tan on publicity has been removed at the in-says, is being dumped on the Philippine stance of the Ladia Office. The identity market in large quantities, notwithstand on foreign cetnent. The Apo cement, known to be Rajah Sir Hari Singh, nep- of Ms. A. is disclosed, and be is Lowing the new law imposing a heavier duty": bew and heir of Sir Pratrap Singh, the produced by a government owned plant. is still being sold at higher prices than the Japanese cement. The new duty waN Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir, one of the most powerful personalities in

created to protect, the Apo from foreign India. The efforts to keep his name

competition. from the public in the usual way has, therefore, been futile. The result baa been exactly opposite from what was Next year delegates will be present intended. for the effect of the dis- from the British Dominions, the United closure after KO much mystery haa States, European countries, China and and repercussion round, the world Japan. End from some of the States of which could not have happened in normal South America. Sir Evelyn Ruggles circumstances.

Bris, who was until last year, when be WASHINGTON, January 12th.

There is the further effect to be noted resigned, head of the Prison Commission The resignation of Mr. Charles Hughes, that a wrong impression was created in in this country, will take the chair at Secretary of State, is interpreted by the public mind-that a man in a power the Congress. The idea of many prison ful position can be treated differently reformers in these days is to transform political observers as marking the dawn of" a new political era, in which Pre-

from a poor man before the law" for sident Coolidge will personally lead the

reasons of State," as was asserted in the Government and conduct the adminis Bank car, or for some other reason. This tration as far as possible uncontrolled by enception is wholly alien to English

MR. 'HUGHES' RESIGNATION. POLITICAL OBSERVERS COMMENT

ON PRESIDENT'S PLANS.

fuctions of Congross.,

prison into some thing more than S penal establishment or even a reforma tory, so that it may provide training for these undergoing sentence to make them decent citizens when they have paid the penalty of their offence 'what- ever it may be.

TIBETAN LAMAS IN LONDON.

Leading Senators are greatly surpris-ideas in the administration of justice. ed that they were not consulted accord-MINAL PROCEEDINGS PENDING.

There is no doubt that the result of the ing to precedent before Mr. Frank B.

case in favour of the Midland Bank with Kellogg was appointed.

Hitherto no authoritative explanation costs against Robinson satisfies the public Landon, which is the most cosmopolitan of Mr. Hughes' resignation has been mind and conscience. It accords with the city on earth, is amused and pleased by

sense of the fitness of things and the re- the presence of a dozen priests from forthcoming. Gossip suggests that it is attributable to the differences between quirements of justice. It would be in Tiber who have come here to play strange him and Senator Berah. Others state tolerable en moral grounds if money obmusic during the showing of the Mount that Mr. Hughes is ambitious to contest tained from Mr. A. as a result of Everest film at the New Scala Theatre. the Presidency in 1918, and in the mean- blackmail ere to be paid to the hus- The alleged musical instruments are time desires to replenish his exchequer band as the price of his wife's dis fearful and wonderful, including drums through law practice.

honour. The bank may have been blame-made from human skulls, and a trumpet The lamas are If it be true that President Coolidgeworthy in paying out £150,000 to same as high as a lampost. desires to free Simself from Senatorial one on behalf of a client they never saw, located in the basement of an empty fangies, he is now free to do so, hence but there is after all some truth in the house in Charlotte Street, this being observers contemplate four very interest

Mr. Justice Powers has made an ordering years with the President mainly following his own Course in public for the strikers to return, with a proviso affairs.

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STATES HIS INTENTIONS.

the conditional support of the Centrists Britain's request. A motion proposed cantile and marine offices, the dockyards

the by the Japanese delegate authorising Freeidert to despatch a message to Lord will be temporarily made picking up Salisbury, expressing hopes for his speedy places. recovery, was received. with acclamation.

and intends to select his Ministers from the Peoples and Centre and German National Parties.

Herr Stresemann' will remain as Minis

der of Foreign Affairs.

RAILWAY DISASTER.

MANY KILLED IN TRAIN: SMASH IN WESTPHALIA.

THE GOLD STANDARD. POLICY OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT.

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The Federal Attorney-General has ap plied to Court for de-registration of the Seamen's Union, e

ATLANTA, Ga.. January 13th. Mr. Hughes asked whether his resig nation foreshadowed his intention to be come a candidate for the presidency four years hence, indicated that he had no further political ambitions.

He desired to devote his time to his professional work and resume his law practice, he said, after he had taken short holiday.

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COMMENT IN JAPAN,

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a right.

where they could practice the aforesaid d maxim that two wrongs de dot make selected as the only appropriata plaen As I write Hobbs has been arrested music. The walls are adorned with gur- and charged for stealing money abroad,geous pieces of silk painted in strange and the A.D.C. to "Mr. A. has been patterns, and the visitors have been "interviewed by the bright young men of taken into custody in Paris. His name is now disclosed as Captain Charles W. the evening papers, who describe them A. Arthur, and it is satisfactory to know the most weird objects imaginable. that this man who, as Mr. Justice It seems that they sit cross-legged in a circle, dressed in bright red gowns and Darling said, had betrayed his master whose interests he should have protected, hoods and yellow sashes, gaudy brace- has never been in the Regular Forces of lets of beads, and wearing leather hats, the Crown. The pair will be prosecuted like inverted waste-paper baskets.

due course, and thereafter we shall is reported that the lamas spend their have a second edition of this amazing time mainly in eating and prayů Their devotions must have an case from a new angle with two of the ing. chief actors standing in the dock. PRISON REFORM,

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I hear that arrangements have been

It

appetising effect, for they have siz meals daily. The food is prepared by a native cook. They scarcely speak, being

Mr. Stanley Bruce, the Prime Minister, in a speech supporting this application PRETORIA, "January 12th. The Government has decided not to said the paralysis in the shipping trade The sea introduce legislation to postpone the necessitated definite action.

Tokyo, January 12th. made for holding the International apparently convinced that the roar of London is due to evil spirits. The fear resumption of gold payments beyond BERLIN, January 13th.

Mr. Charles Hughes' resignation is Prison Congress in London, next year of demons is an ebession. They seem to June 30th. Accordingly species payments men's action was tantamount to war es the whole community. They had thereby will be resurned car July 1st. or at such outlawed themselves from trade union-only commented on so far by the 171, and that great things are expected from exist in a perpetual state of terror of Many persons were killed and many earlier date as may be necessary under

The taxis which the supernatural fam. He felt confident the community which expresses regres, but regard it the deliberations in the shape of prison

laat

of n conference injured in a railway disaster in West-existing legislation.

an inevitable result of President reform.

similar character was held in 1888 at brought them to London from Tilbury The foregoing decision accords with the and the overwhelming majority of the as

trades unions would uphold the Govern- Coolidge's progressive policy. phalia this morning when the expressreommendations of the special currency

ment's action.

The paper does not think that any Washington, and it will be recalled by were they believe, undoubtedly propel- now set of ideas they will carry back from Berlin to Cologne came into collision commission, which recommended that the

Meanwhile the Sydney Waterside Work; substantial changes will be made by Mr. those interested in the subicct of the led by evil spirits. One wonders what treatment of criminals that many re- with them to the mountains of Tibet, and South African Reserve Bank should in futurs more actively perate in the openers' Federation has called off its members Frank B.. Kellogg, unless approximating forms were carried out in the prison with will be the effect of their strange

some to a move to the Soviet, but says that

tales of London on the stay-at-homes market, with a view to assisting in the working four steamers, because restoration and maintenance of the gold returned soldiers were engaged to handle Japan is grateful to Mr. Hughes for his in many parts of the world.

(Continued on next Column) there.-H.B. the 'cargoes.

unswerving friendship. standard.

with a stationary train at Herse station.

Twenty-one bodies have, so far, been extricated from the wreckage.

The