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EARLIER CABLES. İTEKOCGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]. PRINCE OF WALES.

SOUTH AFRICANS EXTENDING

GREAT WELCOME,

CAPE TOWN, May 3rd.

« "The Government dinner to the Prince

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 1925

LATEST CABLES.

FRENCH ELECTIONS.

FINAL FIGURES NOT READY BUT LEFT PROGRESSING.

PARIS, May 4th. The Municipal Elections' returns' khow no change in Paris with 48 defnite re- eults and 1 second ballots required.

In the Departments numerous results

of Wales yesterday evening was a hisare yet unknown and a number of second

orient auccess.

The members of all parties say the nthusikm

unforgettable. Many Nationalist members declare it has

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brought a new era to South Africa. The Prince stood by the old Speaker's chair, which was brought there specially for thei gccasion, and shook bands with every- .body.

The speeches were on the highest level. The Prince of Wales' speech is described a very eloquent. When the Prince spoke "the cheering, lasted for several nates. On the conclusion of the sporch there was Tresh cheering, culminating in such scenes of good feeling and tre muendens enthusiasm as have never before Le Witnessed in the House of Parlia

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After the diaper the Dutch members

conversed with the Prine at some length Some of the younger Dutch'narinbers sang

is health in the Afrikaans' songs. The whole affair was the most happy and most gratifying imaginable.

LATEST, CABLES.. FELICITOUS SPEECHES.

CAPE Tows, May 4th. Be the dinner to the Prince of Wales bo Saturday night, General Hertzogi (the Premier) warmly applauded the prech, supporting the toast of the Prince of Wales He said the Prince will be arlcomed equally and sincerely on the level plains of the Free State and the bh veldt of the Transvaal.

General Jan Smuts said that the South Africans loved the Prince's simplicity, boman ways and sincerity. The people were deeply attached to him and the Throne.

TAXES ON SILK. BRITAIN'S PROPOSALS ALARM ITALIAN MANUFACTURERS. Rose, May 4 After private meetings or the Italian Silk manufacturers at Milan and Cono in connection" with Britain's proposed sil: cities &elegates have arrived in Rowe to confer with the Government, with a view to the latter approaching the British Government before the law is enacted.

The ffanufacturers pointed out that the proposed duties strike heavily at the Italian industry and also will cause grave repercussion on the Londen market itself, which hitherto has held -privileged position in the world's wilk;

warket.

ballots will take place. But so far it

looks as if the Left Bloe had rade slight

progress

POLITICAL SITUATION FAR EASTERN CABLE

IN

CHINA.

[FROM THE *** DAILY BULLETIN."]

UPPER YANGTSZE DOMMAND,

WANG AND HSIAO HAVING DIFFERENCES.

NEWS.

[randcon UTZE'S · AGENCY.)

-- SHANGHAI MAN AT BISLEY.

MR. MCKELVIE PUTS UP FINE PERFORMANCE IN TRIAL.

LONDON, May 4th. Mr. E. McKelvie, of the Shanghai PKING, May 3rd.

Scottish Rifle Cinh,, who has come to Wang Ju Chun, Commander-in-Chiel England to shoot for the King's Prize of the Upper Yangtze, is expected here fired his first shot at Bisley in a werk- to-day. It is reported that he has end match at 300 yards and 800 yards. The Lyons Mayor, M. Herriot, was resigned owing to inability to see eye to He used a borrowed ride and tied for elected with 2. Left Blog Dominerary with Hsiao Ya Nan. "In the event first place with a score of 64, of a possi- and 28 second ballots required. At Marof his resignation being accepted, Luble 70 points.

illes 29 Left Bloc nominees were elected Chin Shan, Divisional Commander at and eight second ballots are necessary, Ichang, is considered, likely to succeed;

At Bordeaux Left members were elected, with thirteen second ballots awaited.

At several large towns no definite re- selts are known. At etz and Rouen no Left nominee was elected.

Everywhere the Communists suffered severe, loɛxes.—Uuras,

Elections are

him.

GOVERNOR OF

ANKUI,

WANG I TANG ANNIOUS TO RE RELIEVED OF POST.

from

FRKING, May 3rd. A mandate issued last night meations

COMMUNIST MET-BACKS..

the receipt of a petition from Wang I

PARIS. May 4th..

Tang, praying thai he be relieved The final results of the Municipathis post of Civil Governor of Anhui,

not expected to-night at The mandate, after dwelling on Wang the earliest; but the fact orges that I Tang's past meritorious services, says the Left Cartri has gained advantages, that his resignation of the post of Tupan while the Communists have had severe had already been accepted, but the Gov set-backs. Second poils are neermary infernment relies on him to purify the local administration, "He, therefore, is direct- Da the alert as Civil

"a" number-of-cases,

[FROM THE DAILY BULISTIN

AMERICAN TENNIS STARS. EXHIBITION GAMES PLAYED IN THE PHILIPPINES.

MANILA, May 3rd. In their pre-Olympic exhibitious, the Kinsey brothers defeated Japson and Unvia 3/8, 8/4 and 6/2, **

Snodgrass and Hunt and the Aragon. brothers played an unfinished match, the scores being 3/7 and 7/5.

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KWANGTUNG ARSENAL. PLANT IN THE HANDS OF THE YUNNANESE.

FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]

By surrounding the Kwangtung“Arsenzi

SHANGHAI "RACĘS. SIR PAUL CHẤTER'S SAUCY DAHLIA WINS.

FIRST, DAY'S RESULTS,

Through the courtesy of the Hongkong Jockey Club, the Daily Press is able to

open- publish below the full results of the ing, day of the Shanghai Spring Meet ing.

Saucy Dahlia, which carried Mr. Erie

THE PRESS AND RELIGION.

VICAR - ON WRITING TO THE PAPERS.

The Rev, G. R. Lindany, in his Vicar's letter in the May issue of the St. Andrew's Church Magazine, say

I have been asked on more than one ocension recently as to whether the dis cussion of religion through the columna of the daily newspaper serves any useful purpose.

I think that such correspondence has a measure of value because the intereat it evokes proves that man is incurably. religious. "Man" is a religions being Moller to victory in the fourth event, atheism is merely the attempt not to But having said this I doubt very much. was in training for the annual meeting here, but never faced the starter. The whether one can learn much, if indeed anything at all, of real importance in the realm of religions 'truth through the

results follow:-

be so.

The Caroo HANDICAP: "A" Class-method I am considering. I noticed that

One mile and a half

Mr. G. D. Coutts' Chester

(Mr. Maitland) Messrs. McBain Bras, Grantchester

(Mt. E. M. McBain) Messrs Nash and Edward's Dunlop - (Mr. Crokani) Time: 3.16.1-5. ↑

Mr Allan's The Bright Spot

Mr. Oldham's Comedian

(Mr. O'Brien) (Mr. Sokoloff) Messrs. Winsome and Hasty's Whin-

chat.

(Mr. Dupree)

Time: 19.1-5.

A recent Correspondent was of the opin- ion that Christians objected to the public discussion of religion because they I feared either that unpleasant things might be said against what they held to be true, or that arguments might be raised, for which they would have no an- awer,

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So far as I personally am concerned it is not the publicity which I Halika

THE CHOO HANDICAP: "B" Class-but rather the particular method of letter-

One mils and a half,

writing

I am no supporter of the Hush Poligy. I would give every would-be teacher full oppurtunity to state his case. Christianity has everything to gain by och free expression of thought. In my judgment people have had a far better opportunity of judging of the weakness of Theosophy and British Israelism, for instance, by the lengthy articles which have appeared in the press than they evet could by the perusal of letters "on the subject. Letter writing is possessed by very few,

Beligion is too big a thing and covers too wide a feld to be taught through this medium. If it were possible to censur correspondence very rigidly so as to procure relevance and exclude person- alities it might ronceivably be more useful than it is. Letters tend to become bitter in tone. "Writers seem to be anxious' to maintain a position rather than to declare or discover truth. The

THE CRITERION STAKES.-Emile, Mr. Day's New "Zealand,

(Mr. A. N. Dallas) Mr. Henry Morriss's Abberfield

(Mr. Heard) (2 Mr. G. C. Partue's Coeur de Lion

(Mr. Maitland) Time: 19-ST

The only disturbing incident occureded to remain in Corsica, where shots were red inside Governor, and not to persist in resigning. Shekchens, near Canton, with a torce THX GRIFFIN'S PLATE-) mile. the polling station." Two persons were

· killed and three injured.

FARDER CABLES. GAINS FOR LEFT BLOC..

Panis. May 3rd, The Municipal elections have hitherto resulted in to change'in Paris, but slight gains for the Left Bloe in the provinces.

TROUBLE IN MOROCCO. KIFF TRIBESMEN ARE STILL

CAUSING ANXIETY..

Marshal

PA, May 3rd. yautey's laconie communi qués give very scanty details about the Rihan infiltration into the French zone) in Morogen, but it is known that the Ri tribesmen have merely entered the unde Dended-strip, en kilometres wide, ke tween the frontier and the French out post linea

The Riff tribesmen äre endeavouring to stir up the border tribesmen against the French, and already there have been minor skirmishes and slight casualties, but Marshal Lyautey is confident tha

can cope with the situation with the troops at his disposal.

He does not

BANDITS" IN HONAN.

Sir Paul's Saucy Dahlia Mr. Alexander's Sultan Mrs P. M.'

White Sarn Time: 1.30.1-5.

(Mr. Moller) '1 (Mr. A. X. Dallas) teaster and A. V. (Mr. Heard)

nearly 3,000 strong, the Yusnanëse ater- cenary commanders have succeeded final- ly in taking control of the plant, and JECHOW ONCE AGAIN FALLS INTO the arsenal will henceforth be managed

THEIR HANDS.

by a commission of army entamanders, Mr. Samuel Wong, an American returned Haxxow. May 3rd. The Central Chim Past correspondent student who was director-general of the THE CATHAY Cpp=1] "nites. says that the town of Juchow, Human, arsenal, attempted to resisthy inciting the Mr. Henry Morrisa's Warrenseki in which two Augustana Synod mission-workmen of the plant to go on Mr. Day's Borderland

strike and inviting the assistance of the aries, Miss Berglund and Miss Nystul,village volunteers of the neighbourhood, Alexander's Altai are located, has again bero captured by who were interested in the question be- bandits.

cause of the large number of villagers working at the arsenal,

TUPAN OF TSINGTAO.

KAO, EN HUNG DISMISSED BY

PEKING MANDATE."

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(Mr. Heard)

(Mr. A. S. Dallas

(Mr. Maitland) Pot-A-TING (un-) mile. Mr. Robson's The Innocent Bird

Mr. Bindraken" Sea Eagle

(LT)

art

points at issae to readily become vague

So that the readers also become con-

nfused, or disgusted.

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(Mr. Heard)

(Mz. Maitland) Mr...Comins! Stoneyhurst. (Mr. Edgar) 3

Time: 201

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THE HART LEGACY Cur-Half a mile:

(Mr. A. N. Dallas)

Mr. Day's Duke of Portland

The Yunnanese at Canton, however, insisted that the aeting Generalissime, hould promptly order the withdrawl of the village volanteers and advise Mr. PERING, May 3rd.

Wong to give up charge of the arsenal Following on the Cabinet decision tele" and the workers to resume work. The graphed on April 28-b, a Mandate issued acting generalissimo, according to re- last night dismisses Kno En Hung from ports current and subsequent orders his post of Tauan of the Tsingtao Ad-issued, Mr. Chia Sze Kap, has been up- ministration and appoints Cha Ching polated chairman of the Arsenal Com-THE KIANGAT CEP-1} miles, Lan to succeed him.

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LATEST, CABLES. intend to enter Riff, which procedure #UTERS AMERICAN SERVICE) would raise international complications.

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THE INDIAN FRONTIER. LAST OF MAHSUD TRIBES SUBMIT TO TERMS.

لوار

GIGANTIC FLOUR DEAL.

SOVIET GOVERNMENT COMPLETES RECORD PURCHASE,

wission.

REPORTS MADE ON FIREARMS.

The Kwantung Arsenal at Shokcheng,

Messrs. Fay and Seth's Christmas Mr. Toeg's Archer (Mr. Maitland)

Gift

(Mr. Heard) Time: 543-5.

Mr. Day's Bonnie Scotland

(Mr. A. N. Dallas) Mr. We Two's Young Bill

(Mr. Maitland) Mr. Crokuma)

is a profitable concern, when administer- Mr. Stamchid's Piracy

Reading such letters tends to dissipate one's thinking, and religion above all things demands concentration. I strongly arge men and women to read banks by those qualified by ability and experience. to write. The reading of one good book will do inflaitely more than any other method to help one to clear thinking and saber truth.

SHANGHAI BOY'S INJURIES.

SETTLEMENT IN CLAIM AGAINST

CHINESE CAR OWNER.

Arrangements, have been made for a settlement in the claim brought by Mr. AL. Barrett, on behalf of his son, Arthur, against Mr. S. K. Toing in the Mixed Court, at Shanghai, for Tla. 150,000 damages in connection with a motor accident in which plaistion with a motor

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down and seriously injured at the corner of Bubbling Well and Yuyaen Roads ou Sov. 2nd last by Mfr. Thing's car. De- fendant was sued as owner of the tar and as the case was hot disputed, the amount of damages was the only matter at issue. A settlement has now been cffceted, de- fendant paying the lump sum of Tia 2 18.000.

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ed honestly, According to a statement Time: 3.45.1-5. from Mr. Heia Shing, who will ultimately

THE ECLIPSE STAKES-11 miles. advance from a member to the chairman-

Mr. Liddell's Wheatcroft ship of the Commission now in charge of

"(Mr. Dupree) the plant, it is understood almost entMessrs. Winson and Hasty's The half of the selling pricees at the arsenal Ortolan (Mr. McBain!

Mr. Day's Turfand...(Mr. Maitland) 3 SM, May 3rd.

is represented ne profit. From his calen Time: 242.4-8. The Abdurrahman Khel, the last of,

TORONTO, May 4th.'

lation, it costs only 843.96 to produce a the Mahsud tribes against which the Boy- What is believed to be the largest rifle, which is selling at $120 a piece,

THE NANKING Coz-4-mile. Air Force has been operating for two THE FRENCH VIEWS. months, has submitted and fully accepted tour-milling transaction in the world's From October 25th, 1924, to March 30th. Mr. Alexander's Ataman

(Mr. Dallas) the tiovernment's terms, including the history, has been completed by the final the arsenal turned out 4,757 pieces of PARIS, May 4th

Mr. Harry White's Don Alphonso sections of tribesmen who had never pre-

It 0/8 rifles.

(Mr. Springfeid) The Silk Manufacturers' Association of Lyens, in urging . Briand to intervinusly entered into relations with the payment, of a cheque for $300,000.

was the final instalment on contract The cost to produce a machine gun is Mr. Henry Morriss's Brackenfeld

(Mr. Heard) 3 vene about Mr. Churchill's silk duty,

$1,800 and the selling price, $3,000. Some 19 machine guns were manufactured dur- Messrs. Winsome and Hasty's Rootax

Oriole

(Mr. McBain) ing the period under review. It costs

*Dend heat. shout eight-dents to turn out a round of ammunition for the rifles and it is selling Time: 1.08.1-5.

Government.

A detailed knowledge of the country the course of a protest point out that has been acquired since its occupation in covering actual shipments of 810,295,000 the export sales to Britain, last year, 1520, which bas enabled the entire isleworth of high-grade flour to the order of Lotalled Fra 1,500,000,000-equivalent totion of the offending tribes, and greatly

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tions.

SOVIET AND CAPITALISTS.

STATEMENT OF M. RYKOFF

GOVERNNENT OF BRAZIL.

20 per cent of the whole French exports enhanced the effect of the aerial opere the Soviet Government. to Britain.

that Britain will not They sugges Hasteri the Bettlement of the French debt, by affecting France's economic life..

A writer in Le Figaro argues that London is no less a transit market for manufactured articles than a cousuming market. The Churchill scheme protects the latter, and leaves the former free. The writer suggests that the rule af for warding ugent for manufactured articles be transferred to Marseilles or Bordeaux, or even Antwerp er Hamburg-

AROUSES CRITICISM.

RIGA, May 3rd.

There are signs of opposition to the Soviet's economic policy forthcoming at

at 12 to 20 cents each. In the last five months altogether 3,399,097 rounds of THE HONGKONG PLÁTK-7 furlongs. ammunition were issued from the "arsen- Mr. Liddell's Larchcroft A

Mr. Dupree)

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PREMIER INFORMS CONGRESS OF Other information adds that the arms Messza V. N. D. McBain's Grey Duck

and ammunition are usunky first issued

(Mr. McBain) BUDGET DEFICIT.

to an authorized troop unit at the selling Mr. Richmond's Bunny price mentioned, and are again sold to

(Mr. Sweeting) unauthorized persons by mercenaries at 'Time: 149. ̃ a much higher fate. On account of the profitable game of piracy and brigand- age, the arsenal has always more de mands than they cuo meet, it is said..

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4th. At the re-opening of Congress, the

the fourteenth congress of the All-Rus Premier stated that the Budget deficit sian Communist Party, notably in eon- nection with . Bykoff's statement that amounted to ap,738 cuntas. Exports had no administrative pressure most be exer:exceeded imports by £28,154,000. сія against the new capitalistic rela-

A MYSTERIOUS VISIT. FORMER GERMAN CROWN PRINCEtions arising in the rural districts, where

IN TUSCANY.

the

He pointed out the inadequacy of the this policy is beginning to bear fruit.

Various speakers criticised the new line Navy and emphasised the necessity of LONDON, May 4th. as incompatible with the Communist doc purchasing 3 cruisers, 18 destroyers and

One member was of opinion that According to a message, from Rome, it trines.

former Crown the policy was an error which would 10 submarines in the course of a number is believed that Prince of Germany paid a mysteri-cause an acute political struggle in the of years. ous visit to Arezzo, in Tuscany, at villages.

critical period of the presidential election in Germany, with which some connect his visit in view of the Catholic influence on the votes of the German Centre Party

Others are of opinion that the former Crown Prince is concerned in the pur- chaos of property.","

PRINCESS ROYAL.

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DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

BRITAIN SELECTS PLAYERS AGAINST POLAND.

LONDON, May 3rd. The following have been selected to re- present Great Britain against Poland in the Davis Cup matches at Warsaw from "May 15th to 17th: Lownox, May 4th. LA. Godfree (captain), C., H. The Princess Royal passed a gond Kingsley, F. G. Lowe, and J. DP

Wheatley night. Progress continues.

EARLIER CABLES;

AIRSHIP LOS ANGELES.'

LEAVES LAKEHURST POUND FOR

PUERTO RICO."

LAKEHURST, N. Ja, May 3rd. The United States'nirship Los Angeles started for Puerto Rico at eleven this

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Mr. F. J. Schub! (appearing for Mr. Barretty told Judge M. D. Purdy at the US Court for Chinu that an agreement had been entered into whereby Mr. Tsing would pay to Mr. Barrett, ́on- his son's behalf the sum of Tis. 18,000, out of which would he paid, hospital, doctors and lawyers' fees. Mr. Tsing was pre pared now to pay this sam into Court The Mixed Court's judgment ordered that defendant (Mr. Tsing) was to pay all medical, hospital and doctors ex peases incurred up to March 1st, 1925, addition to reasonable legal

ехрешкек,

all smiliar expenses which must necessari- ly be incurred for six maths subsequent to that date, up to the sum of Tls. 2,000, to deposit with the International Book- ing Corporation Tls. 10,000 to defray the cost of sending plaintiff to America for treatment by specialists in the event of 3 such a step being found necessary at the end of the six months mentioned, and, to depocit in the acid bank a further sum of T. 10,000 in October if the

hoy was totally disabled.

If

agreeable to the Cours.

a settlement was effected, and the Court aproved, continued counsel, the Mixed Court would dismiss the case, the Asscasor Mr. J. E Jacobs), informing) him that it made no difference to bim if the matter was settled out of court. The father being the guardian it was necessary that any settlement or Bu agreed upon in settlement should be ap- proved by the U.S. Court. Most of the In its obituary notice of the late Mr. money woud be used for the boy's bene- and he would be taken to San fit, John Prentice, the ... Daily News Francisco to be treated. recalls that he was at Miyanoshita with The Judge, said that if Mr. Schuhl and his family on a holiday at the time of According to the Shanghai Journal of the great earthquake in Japan and ads Mr. Barrett agreed the arrangement was Commerce China's diplomatic service is it was naturally & trying experience soon to be recognized and the country to one of his age, but he returned to will send six ambasadors abroad, viz., Shangbai apparently still a bale, and Dr. Alfred Sze, Ambassador to Great hearty man, although unhappily, his eye Britain; Dr. W. W. Yen, United States; sight had been affected by the trying

The British Post Office has awarded Dr. T. Wang, Russia; Mr. Tang Tsai experience. Latterly it had become worse, Rn, Italy; Mr. Chen L, France; and and it was understood that an operation the prize offered for the most suitable Mr. Wang Yung Pao, Japan. Dr. Wang to relieve cataract would have to be per- design for telephone kiosks to Sir Giles Chung Hui (Chinese member of the formed. This, however, was not to be. Gilbert Scott, architect of Liverpool International Court of Justice) and Mr. A fortnight ago he began to suffer from Cathedral.

The new kiosks will be made of cast- Tseng Hsiang (former Minister of For bronchial catarrh and although advised eign Affairs, who is now Chinese Minis to remain at home he was at office until iron sections, just over a yard square ter to Switzerland) will both be given two days before his death. Then an inside and 8ft. Gin, high The door will honorary title of ambassadors. The re- happily pneumonis set in and he died. be made of teak, and the window open signation of Mr. Wang Kuan Chi. He is survived by a widow and four ings in the two sides and door will be Minister to Belgium will be accepted step-daughters. One of these is married divided into eighteen small panes. An and Mr. Lu Tang Chi will succeed him, to Major Barnes, formerly Commandant electric lamp in the centre of the inner whilst Mr. Chu Chao Bain, Chinese of the B.V.U.; another to Mr. Peroy Crigh ceiling will light the interior of the kiosks chargé d'Affaires at the Court of St. ton. a'third to Mr. E B. Wilkinson, who and illuminate the word Telephone James, will be elevated to the post of with Mrs. Wilkinson is now at Home, on the four-sides, in dark blue letters, Chinese Minister to Spain.

while the reestris Misa Ada Law.un on an opal ground.

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