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(THROUGH, BEUTRE'S MENCY.], FATALITY NEAR LEBANON.

THREE KILLED IN. MOTOR "CAR ACCIDENT..

PARIS, May 22nd.

A motorcar in which Members of the League of Nations Malaria Committ were returning from a tour of Lebanon, crashed over a precipice. Dr. Lathian Kuery (Britain), Dr. Barling (United Stutes) and Mlle Besson, their French Secretary, were killed. Another French woman and a Dutch doctor were injured AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.

ADMIRAL COONTZ IN REPLY TO

PREMIER BRUCE.

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MELBOURNE, May 22nd.. In reply to the caessage of the R Hoa. Mr. Stanley Bruce, P.C., Prime} Minister of Australia, Admiral Coontz, USN., the American Commander, bas set the following wireless message:

"Our greetings are sincerely wel card-and-appreciated by the officers,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 21ED, 1925

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CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO

SOME TRIBES ANXIOUS FOR

TRUCE WITH, SPAIN,

MASSING AGAINST FRENCH.

Panis, Maynd. A message from Tangier states that some of the Moroccan tribes am reported to be ready for a truce with Spain.

A representative of Ahd el Krim is expected to visit Tetoun soon, in order. to meet the Spanish representative.

MASS AGAINST FRENCH Telegrame from Tangier and Casablanca report that the rebels are massing against the French lines, with a view to starting

another offensive.

AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN.

PARIS, May 22nd

According to the Madrid correspon- dent of Le Matin, former Minister Malvy has completed a special mission to Spain In the course of conversation, he said that he was most satisfyd, with the re-

sults.

It is learned that the conversations between M. Malvy and General Primo

the men, and myself. We are all look de Rivera resulted in a Frazico-Spanish" ing forward to greeting the Govern- ment and people of your great Com-Agreement on the Moroccan problems. monwealth."

giving each freedom to carry out their plans and referring to the possible collaboration of the French and Spanish Fleets.

EARL OF YPRES.

LONDON, May 22nd. This morning's bulletin states that the Earl of Ypres spent a fairly comfortable, night.

His condition, this morning, was much about the same, but he is weaker.

MAJOR DI PINEDO.

ITALIAN AVIATOR ARRIVES AT PUKET.

PUKET, May and Anjar di Pinedo, the Italian airman, arrived here to-day.

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Le Matin considers a big landing on the beach at Ajdir" is more likely than the bombardment of Ajdir, which is Abd

Krim's Headquarters and the meeting- place of the international anugglers, who are supplying the rebels with arm and munitions.

It is impossible to bombard Ajdir, be cause it contains thousands of Spanish | prisonera.

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MANNA SHARES FAVOURITISM- WITH CROSS BOW."

LONDON, May Dome?

The latest prices on the, Derby, to be run at Epsom next Wednesday, "nee":

11-2 agst Manna, t. and a 1 agst; Crossbow, and a 10-1 agst Conquistador, &, and o 100-8 agst Ptolemy II., t. and o. 100-8 ngst. Solario, and o

19-1 agst Runnymede, and o. 20-1 agst. Zionist, and o *20-1 agst Dignity, and

29-1 agst, St. Becan, t. and o 25-1 agst Bucelias, t. and a 33-1 agst. Vicat, t. and o *This price wna offered after 98-1 had';

been booked

PROBABLE STARTERS.

JForce, Aske

Bucellas....

Conquistador Constantius Cross. Bow.... Dalmagarry Dignity Ethnarch

Field d'Argent Fox Law Flying World Manna

Marksman

Dajah*** Poak Asinorni -Ptolemy II.

Roidare Sparus St. Becan Solario Sunderland

The Sirdar

Vanqueur Vicot...... Warminster Zionist Araz

Grand Pre Mint d'Or Motley

My Crackers Oakridge Priory Park Tissaphernes

Jockey, McLachlan, jr.

Jellin Weston.

.... H. Beasley. Frank Bullock. Wiater. Dempsey J. Leach: R. Jones. Evans, Thwaites. Donoghue.

Fox, Smirke Wadsworth. Stern,

Hulme. Brennan. Elliott. Heary. Perryman.

O'Neill

G... Smith. ...... Lane.

V. Smith Curslake.

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LANCASHIRE SCORE COMFORTABLE VICTORY OVER "SOMERSET,

POLITICAL SITUATION UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM.

IN CHINA.

"{THROUGK" REUTER'S 'ADENOT.]": PROFESSOR OF CHIN

DR. PERCY BRUCE GETS POST.

IN LONDON.

LONDON, May 2nd. Dr. J. Perey Bruce, former president of Shantung Christian Mission, has been | appointed Professor of Chinese; nt the School of Oriental Studies at London

University.

existence in Fact

VANISHING

WIND-MILLS.

ONE OF HOLLAND'S CHARMS

THE DANGER:

THE AIMS OF THE JEWS,

"It is "necespory, to distinguish charlý between the Jerusalem Hebrew Liniter- sity idea in the abstract and its presenter through the western part of South Until a couple of years ago the travel Now res sed spesi Holland could observe how the horison still written large all over it; and the was bordered by an almost uninterrupted solemn ceremony on April 1st, when Lord line of wind-milk. Comparatively few Balfour is formally to inaugurate the were used for grinding flour; most of university, will be mainly important as them had the far inore important task an appeal to the Jawish world to help af fighting the perpetual enemy of the the mengre beginnings to develop into Low Countries, the ever-attaking water, something more imposing.

Through their help mornas was turned.

All that the Hebrew. University now anto fertile polderland; when Booils had has to show is a site on Mount Scopus | driven the seas on to the roads and (the northern extension of the Mount of mendows, they toiled with redoubled Olives), with some buildings-formerly force. to evict the intruder. a private house built by Sie” John Geny- Hill-in procesa of enlargement and adaptation, the beginnings of a micro Hiological and a bio-chemical laboratory, Land some lecture rooma.

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Teaching activity is at present coa ained to three professors lecturing a bours a week; the lectures are given free

But electricity stùrteil as a competi- tor; it seemed as much easier to pres a button and compel the undesired water to ran away than to look after a clumsy, wind-mill, -with its manifold difficulties, each of them requiring separate and constand attention. Also, where a mil had stood a new house, à factory might in the late afternoon, and the students be built, the soil was worth money, fabout a hundred) are drawn in the main and the Dutch, not less than any other from the school-teacher class. The subnation, have a keen sense of busincas ets taught are Palestinian Topograpoy and thus the destruction of the old wind- the Rabbi Dr. Samuel Klein), Introdur mills that formed so essential a part of tion to Talmud (by Dr. Michael Gutt this classic Dutch landscape began: The mann), and Bible Versions and Ele list is still growing from day to day. mentary Greek (hy Professer Max.

Then, the society, which called itself Holland's Mills, stepped in- and roused the Dutch; pointing out that if the work of destruction was continued Holland would indeed become the dull and unin teresting country some unimaginative

THE ENGLISHMAN'S "H"

A QUESTION RAISED BY A

FRIENDLY NATION. Uncle Sam is of opinion that John Bull forgets to sound his aspirates. Apparent ly the educated American is better in this respect, but those with a sense of humour will enjoy what the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post has to say on the subject. It fearlessly states Margolis).

"It has been alleged, with some show

The Arst lecturer is the Rabbi of of evidence, that certain Englishmen often small town in Hungary and an authority use the aspirate when the language has on Palestinian place-names in the light not heen hard-hearted enough to make of Rabbinical literature, the second is a an extra breath necessary also that German professor borrowed far & few foreign travellers had been fond of des- they coolly ignore the presence of h's months, and the author of a Taimed cribing. The cry was taken up, and the where correct usage demands what encyclopedia in course of publication, timely interference of this Society juny Cockney bricklayer slightingly referred the third is

a professor of Dropsie do something to ensure the preservation to as 'more, wind.'•

College. Philadelphia, who is primarily of many mills that were in imminent. The subject is a little inflammable,in Jerusalem as "Annual Professor" of, danger. but it has always piqued American the American School of Archaeology. As curiosity. England is the home of the sociated with the Hebrew University aspirate. Why, then, do many of its in-is the National Jewish Library. habitants otherwise conservative in housed far away in an inadequate build- nature, ride roughshod over a rule, or ing in the Jewish quarter between Meah rules, which they inherited from the past, Shearim and the Abyssinian Church, and incidentally handed over to us

in

"This is a question raised by a friend-

TE "OPPISH H'

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Rotterdam, that swiftly developing city

of commerce, has taken pride in leaving uudisturbed an old mill situated in the middle of ita most important boulevard; why, then, tolerate more damage being done in the country than was necess ary 1 A MEAGRE SHOWING.

But apart from these aesthetic con- reason This is a meagre showing compared, siderations, there is another ly cation in a friendly spirit. In some with the stream of talk that has flowed why Holland should not thoughtlessly respects it would appear to be a literary unceasingly since Dr, Weizmann laid the destroy its mills. Not only can these question, having also direct connections foundation-stone of the University soon wind mille be easily converted into means |with social psychology. We feel sure we after the capture of Jerusalem. At the of producing electric power out of water are not mistaken in saying that the opening ceremony Lord Balfour will be (and thus be catirely self-supporting, answer cannot be found in a study of afforded a magnificent view eastward, without undergoing any regrettable English education. It goes deeper down over the Dead Sea towards the moun architectural alterations), but they need "We suggest that the answer is found tains of Moab, and westward over the arver be dependent on the coal supplies one word: aversion-conscious and city and hills of Jerusalem; but of which Holland has to get from abroa subconscious.

Hebrew University buildings and in To this point a distinguished Leyden stitutions he will we little, and of professor, Mr. W. J. M. van Eysinga, Boe draws the public attention: Τα "Boys and girls at English elementary Hebrew University life he will

timer virtually nothing

of international disturbance schools will learn the rules about the as-

Three competing demands have come he tears that Holland might suddenly pirate in ham and in honour. They will forward to urge the creation of a Hebrew and it impossible to furnish the elec even aapirate correctly when reading or Jewish University in Falestine. The tricity required for keping its new Lancashire heat Sumerset by aine aloud. But they will not do so in confirst is, that opportarity shall be given water-milla constantly at work. which

versation. They consider it an affectation General de Chatabrun, assumes com- wickets at Manchester. Somerset com- an effort to be uppisb. They look to the local Palestinian Jews who have would have the moat, disastrous result

piled 47 and 13 (Macdonald taking & for thing in itself; and, as the classes" sel-

down upon the "h' us a nonsensical Passed through the Hebrew secondary for the entire country. He urges that schools and training colleges in Jerus $1 case of necessity the Government 24 and Parkin 6 for 44), Whilst Lancashire dom, emit an aspirate, or misplace one, salem, Jaffa, and Haifa to proceed to should interfere on grounds of politica?

instead of either ending their education hetween two sections of society.

or "going abroad to perfect themselves" "Precisely at this point it becomes (as they say here). This demand might evident that the Englishman's hoity have been easily satisfied and without toity treatment of the aspirate is not great cost. There is abundant-material entirely matter of grammatical ignor-of a kind available for staffing such a anee. Indeed, many who transgress know university in the countless would-be pro- the rules well enough, but the same fessors at a loose end in Palestine: But they refuse obedience. Why? Because the result would have heen something in the set in which they move it is without "distinction in character or to be a much more dangerous enterprise "the "custom"to" drop the 'h," just as in calibre. ***

than is generally thought.. "A party of six"

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RAHAT. May 21st,

mayd of the forces under General Cambay and Colonel Freydenbery for the purpose

LONDON, May 21st.

I

af relieving the threatened French posts (knocked up. 130 (While taking 3 for the h' thus becomes a boundary fine-iversity studies in the country itself, xafety,

on the Zaounat heights."

Lospos, May 1st. With reference to "hottied" wirless, a British Broadcasting Company's official M. Painlévé, in a speech at Grenoble, Bays the matter is at present only in the dealing with outstanding political pro- -Experimental stage, and many processes blems, referring to Moreto emphasised are necessary. The inventort only claim that the operations did not involve alint the voice can be stored for some Colonial expansion. The Government's “tairs,” but further experiments" will pro- sole objective, which Mürshal Lyautey bably prove that they can be stored for) was faithfully carrying out, was to ohtnin .at nonth.

respect for France, and the early The system could be worked by instal-establishment of stable peace. He denied Ting a telephone line from the singer's the reports of heavy French losses. bouse to the wireless studio where the recording machine is installed. Thus re- cords.could be obtained on occasions like the King's opening of Wembley.

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THE SILK TAXES. *LACK OF AGREEMENT AMONG EXPERTS.

LONDON, May lat

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and 20. for the loss of one wicket.

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER."

PARTS May 2186, At, the Colombea Stadium, in a Soccer match before 20,000 spectators, England beat France by 3 goals to g

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COMMERCIAL AIR, 'SERVICE. LINE FROM NEW YORK-TO CHICAGO,

huntin'.

THE DASH FOR THE POLE HAZARDS OF THE AMUNDSEN EXPEDITION.'

Amundsen's dash for the Pule, which is to be attempted this spring, is likely

the smart set it is (or wie) the custom Such a university " might also, to, are to. By from near Spitzbergen in two. to drop the so that hunting becomes an extent, have satisfied the second de areoplanes fitted with boats that are also

mand-a refuge for those Continental slides, with the iden that it gires a dow "11 George, a carpenter, calls to Hurry, students and professors who, owing to the ble opportunity of landing There may saying, "Arry, and me the 'ammer, he merits clause (which drastically cure a level enough area of snow to land is speaking the proper and respected tails the numbers of Jewish students), are on there may be a temporary open lead lingo of his class. But if he said, Harry being rapidly squeezed out of the univer- Either plane. will carry six persons, so hand, the hammer, Harry would sities in Poland, Germany, Austria, and that if one breaks down the other can ature in astonishment, then shout Rumania (the numerus clausus has even bring the whole party back in safety. It to his comrades, 'Sy, fellers, strike me been threatened in certain American is calculated that the whole trip after the pink if George 'ere isn't stawied a-sound- universities). ' » ing of 'is h'.' George becomes a mark- Te is chided. A dieun collar

and care in aspirates arouse suspicion. The artificial silk interests have issueded a company to start a commercial air

a statement to the effect that Mr. Church-service between Chicago and New York

A message, dated London, May Soth. rend With referefiçe të a statement"by. an official of the British Broadensting Company that the best programmes in Europe and America will shortly here's new proposals either reduce to Jayed by means of a "ottling", device, now being perfected, it is stated that minimum or counter balance the harmful this is an invention by a German. A

effects of the original proposals; there ateelwire passing at an even speed through a magnetic field has electrical fore, they are generally acceptable. fluctuations caused by a microphone im- pressed thereon, and speech of music is thus frozen into the wire as it runs round aspool, something after the manner of a gramophone record, and this can be stor- ed and reproduced endlessly.]

MURDER OF SIRDAR.

"TWO FURTHER ARRESTS NOW

On the other hand, a meeting of the West Riding trade at Bradford passed a resolution opposing all taxes on, raw material and the excise taxes on artificial silk.

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plane starts may not take more than two to three days. The small company who will camp on the snow to see, the start will expect the return of the birds to

CHICAGO, May 2nd...

A HIGH IDEAL... Twenty prominent residents have formed mau.

The guardians of the Hebrew Univer He shows symptoms of losing his class sity idea have, however, followed: a roost on the seroud day: The advanced consciousness. That member of the re-third, more difficult, linea line which guard is now approaching "the diving gent Labour Cabinet who had trouble will call forth the respectful interest of board." with his aspirates, had to decide between the Gentile onlooker. Harking back to All this sounds delightfully simple-a again in grammar and a loss of re- the ideal of "Ahad-ha-Am (Mr. Asher plain tale. And it would be, without ore

Ginzberg, the "Philosopher of Zionism") cacy. The crucial danger is fog putation.

that would make in Palestine & Jewish Every sort of statistics of weather has THE TEAROOM "DEGG.

eultural centre,, as against the aim of been studied; but Arctic fog is outside "But we reun never quite understand. Dr. Herzl, who worked for a political the prognostic skill of any authority. It why anh should be used when there centre, they reject the mere emergency comes and goes rapidly, on slight pro- is none. An Amexican tourist, visiting measure of hastily putting up a "jerry- vocation. It may be general; it may the Bronte country in Yorkshire, decides built university without tradition at be local. The skilful use of the compass, a village mosphere, or dignity of personnel. They in inct, compensates for invisibility bas tearoom. Says the genial landlady, propose to pursue the less spectacular for over snow, as over water, deprives Will you fave a hegg? What is the course of first creating, or trying to the airman of any judgment of his dis origin of this mistake which is probably creste, atmosphere and tradition; their tance from the ground. Safe landing i quite unconscious until pointed out by her ideal is that it shall have something to almost out of the question. The dash blushing daughter when the visitors have give, some inspiration to spread, which will be a zamble with the weather. If departed. Perhaps it is an unsuccessful is something specifically and idealis-fog is avoided the explorer has absolute effort to speak in an educated manner. tically Hebrew and a contribution to confidence in the comparative ease More likely it is a failure in emphasis: the soul of Judaism, which the exile is well as success of the trip. A begg' not 'a bit of Jam'on

going so near to smothering.

The capital is $10,000,000 The service will commence operations next Autumn.

THE POLISH DEBT.

FUNDING ARRANGEMENT NOW FÓRMALLY COMPLETED.

WASHINGTON, May end. The funding of the Polish Debt has been formally completed. The US. ASSOCIATION IS SATISFIED.

Treasury has received Polish bonds, 4g The Silk Association, in its statement,

gregating $179,500,000 Repayment will says. it is quite satisfied regarding Mr. Churchill's new proposals and considerada every six months, spread over Cano, May 21st.

a period of 62 years, Ahmed Pasha Maher, Minister of Edu-that they will benefit the silk industry. cation in the Zaghul Cabinet, has been The duties on waste and spun silk give arrested in connection with the investiga- a small margin to the British manufac tion of the murder of the ex-Sirdar. It turer but sufident to save the industry is alleged that Shafik Mansour who was from extermination and will undoubtelly with Ahmed in the Office of Education at the time the "crime was committed, bas made certain disclosures: regarding

him

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PEERESSES IN LORDS.

VISCOUNT ASTOR'S BILL IS REJECTED.

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MR. JAY GOULD'S "WILL. TMPORTANT RULING REGARDING

to have some refreshments in

ever

has been

"The uneducated feel that there ought' The Hebrew University governing body to be stress somewhere, and too often is moved, vaguely, by the fact that for

Apart from the tentative beginninga it comes before a vowel, as in, I sez to the Hebrew University to justify itself 'im, Isez, Eaven 'elp im bil

it must have something to give some one or two departments of phymest spoken sentence would probably write it ture. It is all very vague and intan afiliated to the university. And this catches in The perpetrator of stich a thing of its own growing and manufac science, all that has so far been attempt ed is an Institute of Jewish Studice,'

MARRIAGE CLAUSE.

correctly, I spoken English there is hie, but a sympathetic imagination, room for improvement in every country mindful of the past, will not straightway institute itself can boast only of one NEW YORK, May 21st

where Englich is the national language.

reject the likelihood that the ability (possibly) permanent teacher and fuc "Subconscious aversion will probably which has been squandered (so far as temporarily borrowed professors of quite The referee accounting for the cubty explain the fact that an educated. Eng the Jewish race is concerned) and dis andsidiary departments of

studies."'-- This institute million dollars estate of the late Mr. Jay Ishman may fall slightly below an edu. sipated in non-Jewish fields by Einstei violently attacked from my sides. The

cated American in the percentage of pro-and his like, might, if harnessed Gould has ruled that the marriage clause nouuced aspirates. A man who privately purely Jewish tradition (with that tradi. Beveret criticism in levelled against the The arrest bas been ordered of No-

LONDON, May 21st

of the financiar's will does not apply to believes that the aspirate is on the levelion at last freed from the blank hope principle adopted by the trustees of the kushi Boy, Secretary of Interior in the

remarriage. This clause stipulated that of the Zulu click, and not half in lessness and narrow mindedness of the institute that study of the subject-matter teresting, is likely to slip occasionally, so Ghetto), create new material and spiri- of the Old Testament is to be excluded E Zughlulist régime, who was arrested after By a very narrow majority (80 votes to

any of Mr. Jay Gould's six children who that out of six uses of the word when, tual values of incalculable importance to The opponents of the institute have this grounds for complaining that the the murder of the ex-Sirdar on charge 78) the House of Lords has rejected the marry without the consent of the matwo at least will be w'en. And it must the future of the race,

initial steps of the Hebrew University MUCH YET TO BE DONE. lead straight back to the narrowest of impeding the conduct of the inquiry, second reading of a Bill moved by Visjority of the trustees, lose half the be admitted that, after all, excellence is the use of the aspirate is 'n «matter} of but was banded over to the Egyptian count Astor to enable Peeresses in their inheritance.

But that is a vision of the Hebrew traditions of conventional Jewish-ortho percentageMa judical authorities in consequence of a owo right to sit and vote in the House The disposal of thirty million dollars is If every aspirate received its due in University as seen through the rosiest doxy which for centuries discouraged. of Lords The Bill was left to a free said to hinge on this ruling of the referes, homé and helped his hoary-headed father able to attract the foremost of Jewish meats of secular learning and that this such a sentence as Henry had a happy Jewish spectacles. Jerusalem is yet un and even botly resisted, the encroach- kind of af Hebrew University”, is tha whose ruling was made orally. He has the effect would be unpleasantly staccato, men of learning and the most promising very negation of Zionism which ST. PETER OF CANISIUS.indicated that he will prepare a memoran-not pedantic. If may also he admitted of Jewish students. Endowments have cocks to open up a northal life for t

that some of the rules governing the as come in as yet only comparatively spar Jews, for whom the only alternativen dum to the above effect and will add pirate and its exceptions are not devoidingly. And the right use of these has hitherto have been nesimilation be Gon- Roxx, May 211t His Holiness the Pope has performed thereto a ruling regarding the fortunes of the ridiculous. Some day they may been a hotly debated point among both le influences, destacation within the thisinsson of Blessed Eeter if of the three children- F. Gould, barbarism. It has the honour of a longtinued on next Columa),

the university frustocs, and the interest confines of an unenlightened be simplified. But the aspirate is not a

ed Jewish public

which too ofton was 1,390 George Could and Guinevere Sinclair, and distinguished classical heritage.!

spiritual Chetla-The

Government protest and subsequenty - berated

Shank Manscour, who was arrested after the murder, was released on Decem her 14th, as there was no uplicating

vote.

Canisius..