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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES,

[ROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCY.] FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. INTER-TRIBAL WARFARE MAY

INVOLVE SPAIN.

Losis, January 30th. The speech of tieneral Primo de Rivera at. Madrid emphasises the necessity of closely watching the war between Raisali and Abd el Krim. I seaws attention to the inter-tribal fighting which has broken out in Morneco aid which threatens to re-involve the Spaniards.

THE

EARLIER CABLES.

TROPICAL AGRICULTURE

LORD MAYOR APPEALS IN AID OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE.

Iasnos. January 20ch., The Lord Mayor of London presided at a luncheon at the Mansion House in connection with an appeal for £100.000 to support. the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture

A distinguished company was pre- sent, including the High Commissioners and Agents-General.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY,

M. HERRIOT'S SPEECH. PROFOUND SENSATION CAUSED

IN GERMANY."

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BERLIN, January 20th. Political and official circles are plung- ed into a sensation as a result of M. Herriot's speech; na to which profound disappointment is, expressed!

21 statesman "aggressive words of hitherto regarded as ar advocate of conciliation and peace.

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The newspapers are very bitter. For instance the Boersen Zeitung in au Mr. L. O. S. Amery, Secretary of State article hended "End of the new concilia- for the Colonies, in proposing the toast tion era" says the speech confirms the It appears that after some mintual of The College, described its duties conviction that the French Democrats, village burning by Abdel Krim's Riftinnsas world wide. The Minister of Health Socialists and Pacifists want the same had said that the College since it was as the French Chauvinists; namely "a and Raisuli's men at Jebalia, the former demanilad the latter should deliver up opened in 1999 had fully justiñed itself, Rhine frontier and Germany's veriast-

their Dis.

Subsequently they attacked and the Colonial Office recommended ing polition) military, and cohoatie im-` Raisuli's moctuary at Tarrut. Severe fighting resulted with heavy losses to hoth sides. It is reported the losses in- eladed Raisuli's son and nephew, who ware wounded. Raisuli is virtually a prisoner ut Tazerut, which Rifians have

HENDETES.

A Paris massage states that a telegram from Tangier reports that Spanish air. nn bombed Tazerut on January 27th. The message faceshadows an early re Bumption of bostilities against the

Spaniards,

.POLITICS IN FRANCE.

FRENCH PREMIER FORCED TO

COAX SQUIALISTS,

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PARIS, January 30th.

According to

the the newspapers, Chamber of Deputies' vote of confidence

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in the Government yesterday was only obainul after strong efforts by M. Herriot to avoid a split in the Socialist ranks," The Premier is said to have told the Socialiste that, if they abstained from voting as they intended, he would brcome a prisoner of the right parties and would resign.

MORE. ALLIANCE TALK. EROPOSAL TO KEEP GERMANY FROM TEMPTATION,

that opportunities and

inducements potener.

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JANUARY 31ST,

1925

POLITICAL SITUATION CHINA'S EMPRESS DOWAGER,

IN CHINA.

FROM THE DAILY BULLETIN. '']

SHANGHAI ARSENAL

FENGTIEN TROOPS TAKE OVER

ACONTROL.

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PEKING SYNDICATE,

SOME MEMORIES OF A MANCHU PROGRESS AT THE COLLIERIES.

PRINCESS..

In their report for the year ended Entensely interesting glimpses of the June 30th last the directors of the Peking life of the late Empress Dowager at the Syndicate, Ltd., state that the receipts Manchu Court were given in a lecture during the year amounted to £186,282, delivered on January 13th to the Tien-viz, interest on loans, deposit and cur- '. tsin Women's Club by Mrs, T. C. White ront weehunts, dividend on shares, cun- BHANGR21, January 29th.

-the Princess Der Ling-whose intimate mission and transfer fugs, £12,283, and Sun Chisan Fang's met this morning knowledge of those days imparted a disprofit on collieries, £113909.

piditare during the period on salaries evastated the arsenal," which was setinetly human note to her address.

After describing in brief the early and expenses of adiniuistration in Lon-. cupied by the brugtion forces, who also

history of the Manchu dynasty, with aden was £19,500, in Paris £1,331, and in bold the Woosung forts.

rapid survey of the events contemporary China €12,584, making a total of £26,504. with her rise to power, Mrs. White des cribed how the Empress Dowager pletted after transferring the amounts of £6,000 with success to place her son Tung Chi and 7,319 to reserve against shares in upon the throne. She brought up the other companies and debtors, respective young Emperor from the age of 4 to 19

There were isolated cases of resistimes when the Fengtien troops disarmed these of Chi Hsieh Yuan bere, but they were not serious.

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The ex-

when she found him a wife. He died,y, there is left a credit balance of It is understood that Chi Hsieh Yuan' however, and in order to realise her am£116,166 Adding' a credit balance of

bitions she elected her sister's Kwang Hsu, as Eniperor. Then came 18,317, being difference in exchange in troops will be repatriated.

the cap d'etal of 1808, Kwang Hau was imprisoned, and the power of the Emrespect of adjustment of Boating assets and liabilities in China.. makes a total press Dowager was firmly established

of £134,483, From this amount £25,000

PEKING CABINET,

WANG CHI KANG APPOINTED TO SHANGHAL

PEKING, January th The Cabinet, this morning, resolved to appoint Chang Tsung Jen Tapan of the Haichow Fort. Hseh Year Hinn Tupan of Kiukiang Port Administrazion, and Wang Chi Kang Taogin of Shanghai. nice Lu Chien.

COURT LIFE

The Court life was very amusing in has been transferred to reserve account many ways. Every morning, no matter for redemption of capital expenditure on what the weather was like the Court the collieries, the balános of 2100,483 The being added to the credit balance of Indies bad. rig at five o'clock. Empress go up at 8 o'clock, dressed 4.475402 on profit and loss account at Juna which amount the directors propose porridge, at which mical she was occupied should be carried forward. surely, and had a breakfast of milk and 30th, 1923, making a total of £187,883, in reading memorials,

should be given to our future agricul The opinion is expressed that the views. tural officers to obtain a full course of ❘ of mue out of teu Gérmans are reflectesi training in the College, While the Em in the Press outburst, and thus it is pire Cotton Growing Corporation was

Geared that M. Herriot's speech will sending all its officers to the College add many recruits to the Nationalists for their initial

training he hoped who asert the hopelessness of a coming that yery tropical portion of the E-understanding with Franos. pro would eventually

have its ownTO PLACARD PREMIER'S SPEECH. agricultural university

Pants, January 19th, The Chamber has passed a resolution by 341 to 39 in favour of placarding the whole of Framus with M. Herriot's speech expounding the Government's policy re- SHANSI ASSOCIATION ON AMNESTY pointments she merely asked the Eu garding Germany.

Sir Arthur Shipley, Chairman of the College. annoureed that among the number of gils, the laternational Health Board of New York had offered £1,000 yearly for five years to establish a pro- and fessorship of tropical Sanitation biggiene.

THE LIBERAL PARTY,

DELEGATES DISCUSS PLANS TO REVIVE FORTUNES.

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LONDON, January 29th. Eighteen hundred delegates attended a Liberal Party courration in London the purpose of discussing their for reorganisation with a view to reviving the party fortunes.

Mr. Asquith (who is to become the Earl of Oxford) at the junugural "public sitting said he had not yet resigned the leadership.

Mr. Lloyd George said he unreservedly Asquith's leadership. accepted Mr. which he was convinced was essential for the preservation of Liberal unity.

EMBARGO ON GOLD.. MR. LEAF SUGGESTS BANKS SHOULD COOPERATE." PARIS, January 30th.

LONDON, January 29th. M.. Iberiat's spiech, and recen: Soviet

Mr. Walter Leaf, Chairman of the Press articles, suggesting the Russo Westmuster Bauk, presiung ut the Papanese pack is a prelude to an allinner and not follow because we had reached

annual meeting of shareholders, said between Russia, Japan, China amb Gora gold parity that we could immediately remove the embargo on the export of pany, has renewed discussion of an

gold. This was due to expire at the Batente between Britain, France and confidently he hoped for.

end of 1925, and its nem-reĹgwal might

Germany.

On this subject Le Walin M. Herriot's guiding idea is that Ger- many must, at all costs, he prevented

says

from yielding to the temptation of join Bn allabe hostih in the European Powers. Le Matis declares Mr. Winston Churchill favours Augio-Franro-

an Cerman atente subject th tigrmany's giving proof of peaceful intentions..

OCCUPIED GERMANY.

BELGIAN AND PRENCH TROOPS

WITHDRAWING.

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PARIS. January 30th. A message from Duesseldorf states that the Belgian troops have évacuated Darm- stadt and Wesel.

ย The French military authorities have ordered evacuation of a large number of "public buildings at Bochum.

M.C.C. IN TASMANIA. HOME SIDE QUICKLY DISPOSED. DE BY TATE.

HOBART, January 30th. A crowd of 4,000 were present to-day to witness the return match between the MC.C., and Tasmania, which was com menced in glorious weather,

Str. Lear asked whether the time had not arrived for a conference of actional bunks to formulate a scheme of co-opera- tion as regards gold reserves, as sug- ..He sted at the Geneva Conference. added that the re-establishment of parity was of immense assistance tạ tional Trade.

intern

TEA SPECULATION. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY ACQUITTED OF CHARGE.

LONDON, January 20th. In acknowledging the statement of the Co-Operative Society on its tea market operations, which was asked for at the Food Commission, Sir Auckland Geddes acquits the organisation of buying tea beyond its legitimato requirements for the present and anticipated future needs, and he observes that the statement shows that no speculative buging had occurred.

FATE OF TROTSKY.

SOVIET EXECUTIVE ISSUE -

DECREE OF DISMISSAL

A STORMY DEBATE.

PARIS. January th The Chamber resolution to placard M. Herriot's speech was nécorded a big jority only after a stormy debate, which was once suspended

Excitement arose owing to a section of the Socalists threat to abstain in order to show disapproval of the alleged reactionary tone of M. Herriot's speech yesterday. Nevertheless M. Herriot to

ANTI-OPIUM PETITION.

MANDATE

The directors state that the excellens At 8 o'clock she repaired, to the aud

progress made at the collieries reported ience hall. A bese audiences many

in respect of the previous, year has beeri people were so scared of, her that whe

well maintained during the period under she asked them a question they could not review. The output amounted to 835, answer ber. When she decided on aptons, as against 386,005 tons last year, The sales Lan increase of 1,833 tons. peror if they were all right and he in-

were 600,637 3005. as compared with cariably assented. After the audiences 0,007 tons for the pvious year, a de she would retire, change her dress, and

crease of 2,4-D tous, due to shortage of go for a walk. It was very-amusing to

coal wagens. great difficulty having been The International Anti-Opium Associace her start of accompanied by her experienced in transporting tha: coal from ladies the Emperor never went with her the collieries to the various depots, and tion today, forwarded a petition from with a hoss of servants following be-marts, thus restricting the sales, which

hind carrying her clothes, her, powder would otherwise have been increase the Shansi Association, of which Yen puffs and toilette articles and anything wing to the political troubles in Chins Hsi Shan is president, praying that the she wanted. The last person in the pre- very little can be done to improve the be cession was a boy who carried a stool shortage of rolling stock until normal special amnesty mandate will not

for her and would put it down wherever conditions prevail again in, that coun- allowed to apply to criminals convicted she wanted to sit.

PERING, January 20th.

day succeeded in taking sufficient edge of opium and morphis smuggling.

his, specch to conciliate the recalci

The petition points out that the Shansi Provincial Assembly on thre occasions discussed the Advisability of impos

CRICKET.

VICTORIA BEAT NEW SOUTH WALES IN SHIELD GAMEL

SYDNEY, January 29th. Victoria beat New South Wales by seven wickets, thus retaining the Shefeld

New South Wales scored 611

Shield."

runs,

Rock compiled 235 runs and Kippax 219

Victoria scored 50 runs.

not out

100.

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JAPANESE DIET

-FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC "POLICIES CRITICISED.

TOKYO, January 29th. Business interests severely criticised the Government's financial and economic

policies in the Diet.

Jn

UNHAPPY. COOKS,

fancy dictated, she played a kind of At lunch, which she took anywhere her solitaire game. She always started with which she partook over freely. It was dessert and all kinds of sweetmeats, of

Waa

Liddieut obtained 132 russ and Willis New South Wales scored 152 rins, and impressive speech, while appreciating When she had done this she retired to

try.

CHINESE-ART. LECTURE BY BRITISH MUSEUM EXPERT,

Mr. Lauren Binyon assistant `keeper' of Oriental prints at the British Muscum who is perhaps better known as a poez it also as a playwright, gave an i testing lecture to the members of the

Literary and Philosophical Associa

Bath tion.

The lecturer referred particularly to the paintings of the Tang period (dating from the 7th to 10th centuries), the Sang period (10th to 13th knturies), and the Ming period 4th to 17th cen turies);

and emphasised their surprising

had only

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trant Mocialists, without alienating the Right and Centre Parties, The Premier plined that being obliged to attend a dinner yesterday evening he cut out passages from his speech

ing capital punishment upon such then announced that her funch in which he appealed to the consciences

ready. A hundred dishes were always of the free and peaceful peoples, especi- effetiders, and considers that if drug prepared for her although, of cours ally Germany, in order that through the smugglers are pardoned such action sho did дой Laste then all. She League of Nations an agreement right he reached providing an outlet from the would not only encourage smugglers, but employed a 100 cooks and some idea of present tragic situation, enabling all toonid discourage the anti-opiam workers. that there were about 700 eunuchs in the her staff could be gauged from the fact work freely and peacefully.

Sunmer Palace, Her kitchen was & Won Painently on the subject of Chines derful place with stoves all along the walls. Her cooks were the most un- happy people I have ever met." said Mrs. White, for if he tasted a dish she lid not like she would at once order the offending cook to be punished.”

After lunch she would take a long ly modern character, and beautiful cloth walk. It was a very curious thing to

Apart from the war ing and design. ber ascending steps, for a eunuch would paintings, he said, which existed in walk behind her with a yellow cushion thousands in the great time of Chinery with which he would push her up from art, but which had practically all perish ed, Chinese paintings were on silk, or the Upper House, Mr. Raita behind an that she only had to use her

Oil paintuenoc colour or ink. Fujiyama, Chairman of the Tokyo Chamfect. Also, after lunch, she invariably less frequently on paper, and in water went to see her dogs which were attend.

been practised under the ber of Commerce, in the course of aned by special eunuchs for that purpose.

the Jesuite, and had never found favour. Painting in China was considered is ber own apartment and went to bel

a branch of handwriting. The Chinese She was attended by a eunuch who was

brush, and to write them well required obliged to read to her all the time and characters, of course, were written with even after she went to sleep, and also by

trained mastery, such as few European painters possessed. Giving examples of go further in order to stave off the girl who massageti ber until she fell

Sometipies Chinese ink paintings, the lecturer sit Hoef into unconsciousness.

a wonderful subject, pending serious economic crisis. arged a

small budget by the drastic they would think she had gone to sleep Chinese paint

and the cunuch would stop reading; but

the

deepest, lustrous black curtailment of military expenditure. in occasionally she would catch hin, in the capable of "giving a indoite range of

What th to fains and silvery, ‘grey- connection with which he declared that neglect of his duty and then there was a row," said Mrs White amid laughter.

we liked to feel a painting was the only war scare facing Japan was This period of sleep was the only, time the immediate touch of the brush, so

that something of tha painter' economic. Re recommended a thorough the Court ladies got a rest.

personality was communicated to thems revision of the Customs tarif, which had

directly, just as they themselves recogniz What The Dowager Empress was very fonded in the case of handwriting. not been changed since 1938, and was

ever the limitations of Chinese painting, incompatible with the economic condi.of gambling at cards. In this connec

lion the

lecturer pointed out that he said, no one could deny its rend quu

It was a world aä yet e tions, and also the abolition of the inalthough Mah Jong is generally-regard-

not. half explored, in which they can- port duty on foodstuffs.

ed as a very ancient game, until com- paratively recently it was confined to the tinuously wondered at the freshness of coolie class. It was not until 1905, when the thoughts and feeling out of which it presented lowered, and at the suggestions and the Empress Downger was with beautiful set, that Mah Jong inspiration which it held for us to-day. became popular at the Court. indulging her passion for gambling the Empress Dowager would give money to her ladies to gamble with, but at the end of the game she always took care to collect it again.

Victoria scored 205 runs for the loss of three wickets.

Woodfull made 119 runs not out.

VICTORY FOR JOEL'S XI

GRAHAMSTOWN, January 29th.

• Mr.

Joel's XI beat the Eastern Province by right wickets.

The Eastern Province team scored 82

russ

"Geary took four wickets for 30 runs. and Kennedy six for 97.

Mr. Joel's XI scored 212 runs. Munro took seven, wickets for $1 rUES. The Eastern Province scored 165 runs, and Mr. Joel's XI replied with 10 rups. for the loss of two wickets

the Governinent's

presen *Horts

at

readjustment, demanded that it should

FOND OF GAMBLING.

a

tone

tics as pure art. LATÈST CABLES.

REITER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

ON THE ROCKS.

U.S. SUBMARINE IN DANGEROUS POSITION.

PORTSMOUTH, NH.. Jan. 30th. During a violent blizzard last evening Moscow, January 20th.

submarine C48, with a crew of twenty- The Soviet Central Excentire has issued a destes dianissing 3. Trotsky, stranded on the rocks at Jaffrey's from the most of Commissar of the Army and Navy, and appointing M. Franse

Point. She has wirelessed that her position is dangerous and vessels are un- able to reach her, owing to the blinding snow and heavy seas

to be his successor.

CAREER OF M. FRUNSE.

Efforts are being made to get a breeches Michael Frunge, appointed to succeed } body and mortar across seven miles of son of a Moldavian snow-covered roads to shoot line to the Trotsky, is the

the He participated in submarine. peasant. Moscow insurrection and was prosecuted. under the Tsarist regime five times, bc- ing twice condemned to death and finally sentenced to ten years in Siberia, whence he escaped and organised Revolutionary The wicket was tricky at the outset, Cells" in the Tsarist Army in 1915. He but latterly became easy.

Jater commanded armies aghinst Koltebak and Wrangel.

Tasmania batted first, but the innings only lasted 99 minutes during which the total reached 89.

"Tate took u wickets for 20, Kilner 1 for 22 and Freeman 9 for 31.

When play ceased for the day, the 31.0.0. had scored 217 for the lose of wickets.

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Sandham gave n delightful exhibition for a scored in 7 minutes under the two hours. He hit 7 fours. Sutcliffe bas acored 89.net out

HARLIER CABLES.

MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. SELF-DETERMINATION IN NATIVE

CHURCHES.

in the House of Representatives, Mr. Saiji Muto, President of the Kaneğa fuchi Spinning Co., Friticised the luxury tax, and urged the removal of the gold embargo.

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

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"THE

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

THE OPIUM PROBLEM,

TIMES ON EXPORTS TO

FAR EAST,

PRAISE FOR INDÍAN METHODS.

When-

The Empresa Dowager possessed Be of the most wonderful jewels in the world.

She had no liking for diamonds Dealing with the question of eunuchs but adored pearls and other precious the Tientsin Masonic Hall and was affect Mrs. White said that they were often tonen Her jewel foom was larger than recruited by kidnapping little boys with cabinets labelled with their con-

tents. She was very generous and would

YXPERIAL BACKBITER.

Generally speaking, "the "eunuchs were very wicked and were to a certain ex- tent responsible for the fall of the Man- give many presents; but she also liked ebu régime. The trouble was that the to receive gifts and, in fact had some Empress Dowager could talk freely only practically every day. with her head eunuch who consequently

Speaking af festival days Mrs. Whit came to be regarded as the power behind the throne. When an important official referred to the Dowager Empreek's fond- wanted anything done be had to see the head eunuch, who exacted heavy bribes It was he who advised the Empress Dowager......

TRADITIONAL MOTHER-IN-LAW,

uess for theatricals which had even jed her to design & stage herself: At her LONDON, January 30th.

birthday celebrations it was customary Commenting on the Opium Confer.

for her to receive and to give presents. which usually consisted of foodstuffs. ences, the Times expresses the opinion

Although the Empress Dowager wam that too much opium is still exported to WASHINGTON, January 9th.

Supper was taken at sight o'clock and really very cruel she used to make out ITALIAN WORLD FLIGHT.

The Reverend Mr. Stanley Jones. Id-Hongkong, Macao, Japan and elsewhere.

It says the Government of the Straits was a meal very much like lunch. She that she was kind. Thus on her birth- dressing the Missionary Conference on Settlements could, in the long. run, hardly always took it alone. If her son hap day, in accordance with Buddhist cus MAJOR DEPINEDO TO START IN

self-determination in the native churches. lose from the viewpoint of revenue if a pened to be there be had to stand in her tom, she would have many, enges filled

· MAY

in non-Christian inds, said the workers

more resolute face was set against the presence. As for the young Empress, in with birds, take them out and relena in India were not trying to make the

Her idea of foreigners WAR ROME. January 29th. East a pale imitation of the West, but traffic; but until China puts her house in amuch as she was the daughter-in-law them.

order it is dificult to awake much proof the Empress Dowager she had no posi The Chief of the Air Staff, Major were offering Christ for the East to

Kress elsewhere. As regards India, the tion at all and was very brutally treat-strange. When she received foreign epinedo, proposes to start on a world interpret for herself. flight in May from Rome via Athens, He said Mr. Gandhi had once told him Times says, if every State made the coned by her. At bed-time she ordered the ladies she would smile upon them grae- the next day. She was very afraid of their backs, however, she would criticism Egypt, the Red Sea, southern coast of that if missionaries came to India "astrol as efficient, the evil would soon be kind of clothes the ladies were to wear onely, and treat them kindly. Behind Asia, Tokyo, Pacific Archipelago and Christ came to the world' they would reduced to manageable proportions,

It concludes, by stating that the di assassination and when she retired for that anmercifully. a total distance of about 55.000 e irresistible.

At the conclusing of her address, Mrs. culty of the League is that international the night, in addition to the eunnch whe action at present is impossible in prac-read to her and the massenso, a court White, who was attired is the costume of tice. At any rate for the moment the lady was always on duty aid all here Manchu Princess, showed a scroll bear- ing characters, written by the Dowager British principle of local responsibility arnab

Empresa. is the chly sound one.

Stres

Major Depinedo, who will be accom- panied by a mechanic, will fly 400 horse-power machine having a flight capacity of ten hours.

Mr. J. H. Oldham, of London, pleaded for the elimination of race prejudice.

Other speakers included the Reverend Mr. McLaurin (India) and Rev. Mr. Hurlburt (Africa). |

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