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CABLES.

EARLIER CABLES. ITROCOR REUTER'S AGENCY"Į

F. O. ESTIMATES. ́LENGTHY DEBATE IN COMMONS,

Laspon June 24th.

On the opening of the debate on the Foreign Offer estimates, in the presence of Lord Stonehaven in the Peers' Gallery, Mr. Chamberlain emphasised that the policy outlined in the White Paper with regard to the rpoposed security pact was the policy of the unitil Cabinet: The Government desired that the policy they pursued in matters of such consequence to Britain, the Empire, and the world should Je a policy of all parties and of the whole

nation.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 26ru, 1925

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WAR IN MOROCCO.

FRENCH MAKE PROGRESS.

Frz. June 25th

The Sultan's letter has been read in all mosques, and brands Abd El Krim's sup- porters. It shorts all Moroccans to distrust false news and to await calmly the punishment of the rebels..

In the art of Terzani the Riffs, are retreating in desorderly fashion north- wards Several sections of the tribe of Ben Ime Aguilds have submitted to French control'

EARLIER CABLES CHINESE IN PARIS. DRASTIC OFFICIAL MEASURES AGAINST COMMUNISTS,

outrage

PARIS, June Sith

FAR EASTERN CABLE

-NEWS.

(THEOCON REUTER'S AGENOT.) KEXAGE, IN CHINA,

ARCHDEACON BARNETT'S

WARNING.

CRICKET PERSONALITIES.

J. "B. HOBBS, '

Lay R. D. G. LAVESON-GOWEL.]

Hohhs in the idol of cricket. No morts-

WHAT LANCASHIRE THINKS.

LONDON, June 25th. Owing to the serious effects of the dis turbances in China on the Lancashire cotton industry, a deputation of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce is to man ever more thoroughly deserved baro- meet Mr. Austen Chamberlain on June worship and nobody ever bore inbounded 26th It is understood that it will sub-popularity more gracefully. Modest, quiet, it proposals with a view to effecting rarely advancing an opinion unless asked, and then giving a shrewd, impartial one, more settled conditions in Chinm

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11,8. ASSOCIATION.

he is as, admirable in personal relations as he is also on the cricket-flold.

The chief of the Chinese Communists in Paris, who was the instigator of the

LONDON, Juna vesh outrage at the Legation on Sunday, has been arrested, The Minister for the

Addressing a meeting at Westminster, Interior has ordered the expulsion of Archdeacon Barnett of Hongkong devlar- a number of Chinese concerted in the ed that the menace in China was great.

SHANGWA, June 9th. Let us take him first as a field. The or in agitation against the Foreign propagandists were exploiting The American Association in Chinn, a roll of brilliant covers fooni Vernon Royle meeting of the executive anumittee is a long aue, hus I would put Hobbs Powers in Shanghai. Seven are bring ex-bad conditions and Bolshevist influences pelled immediately.

were spreading the students protesting adopted the following resolution which first, He never starts unless the ball is Further investigations are being carri against what they considered the humilia was sent to the Department of State at coming to him unlike many famous helds) during the course of a bombardmented out among the Chinese' in Paris, and tion of their country. The patriotic Washington and the American Asiatic and never moves in when the ball is de- livered, as, for instance, the Ashtons do. carried out by Frerich aeroplanes on other disciplinary measures will probab-spirit was at prewat running riot in Association, New York:

This Association ürger upon tho And yet he is always on it like a Hash, ly be taken shortly.

Hohip was Hayward's discovery, Re Sukkelliad.

American Government energetic co-opera- tion with other Powers and the adoption achieveik fame before the war, and has of the strongest attitude and representa-stood in a class by himself ever since. tion to the Chinese Government to suppress

A CONSUMMATE ARTIST.

The Riffs lost noo killed or wounded

At Casablanca three new railway lines "Chunblaner-Ourighs They were and arouring to conduct Casablanca-Rabit, their foreign policy in the spirit of the and Casablancu Erstar! have been in- Premier's declaration at the Lord Mayor'i augurated-fois. “

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ANOTHER GOVERNMENT." (SOMMONS" QUESTIONS ON CHINA

Banquet that the Government's one object would be th estability and continuity of all partesi, and had only one object, to secure, peace and make war impossible or at least as remote a danger as possible. No unilateral part of the Allies agninst In die House of Commons, Mr...Austen Germany could now he contemplated, by Chamberlain, replying to Captain Fair fax, said that he had evidence that the

the British Govrimineat..

LONDON, June 24th.

German.

China.

More than that, his colossal aggregato

the present state of lawlessness directed against Foreigners, which in our opinion' is due primarily to the long-existing unshows nothing like the runs of which he settled political conditions aggravated by bas heen, capable. Time after time, ha Soviet propaganda, and that Chinn be has thrown away his wirket deliberately held strictly responsible for losses of by intentionally Frekless hitting" after life, property, and business incident to the making his century. It is against the best present situation. Absolute observance of howling that he has played Best, rising

Mr. Chamberlain said the abstention of disturbances in China were fomented by stated that he is the head of the Kuo-Shanghai, stating that these are for the existing treaties is essential until modified to a big scension as though that caused

LATEST CABLES The Bishop of Winchester, who pra CANDID CONFESSION. sid aid that whatever mistakes PARIS, June 25th.British Imperialism had made in the Yen Choun Sien, Chief of the Chinese past it stood definitely, to-day for the Communists in Paris, who has been arihe ideals rested, is the director of two Bolshevist

WAICHIAOPU'S NOTES. urgaus, the i Hauge and the Rayon

PEKING, June 21th. Konge. A large number of documents

The Waichinop this evening handed and pamphlets in Chinese.

in two Notes to the interested. Powers.. French, and Russian were found in his

The first Note reiterated the thirteen roots. He admitted that he instigated the outrage at the Chinese Legation. He points which the delegates advanced in mintang in France and can command, the settlement of the Shanghai incident muly. The second Note argues at length that implicit abestierice of his followers.

unequal Treaties should be given up. It FARLIER CABLES.

PEKING, June 25th. says that when China joined the Great! TENNIS AT "WIMBLEDON.

War she was encouraged to hope for a

The demonstration to-day was a large SUZANNE LENGLEN IN FORM.definite improvement in her internasional one and included students, merchants, stutus. which, however, was still inferior workmen, Catholics Protestants, and LONDON, June titu.

is impossible to set a field against him, so great is his command over the hall, to that of conquered nations, China Mohammedans.

the Some banners were inscribed "Declare so quick the turn of his wrist. Unlike again approached the Powers * a Paris Fence Conference. again at the war against. England."

Lokpor, June 24th.

the British Empire and Britain particular-agents of another Government. Clost ty from European affairs had never served, attention was being given to the situation and never would serve, the interests of thus created, peace. No nation could isolate itself to-day. Anything seriously affecting the pence of Europe must affect every nation, belligerent or not. Our signature to the

the

Replying to Al Johnston, Mr. Chan- berlain said that the Government had no information that any foreign Power sup ported Chang Tao Lin by munitions or nioney. He gave assurance that Britain did not support any of the rival Mr. Johnston asked whether Mr. Cham. that the Hongkong and Shangbat Banking Corporation had not financed Chang Tso Li

convenant of the Lenge was incompatible | with isolation. Our safety lay not in factions in China

Bain fell at Wimbledon und play did not commence until 520 p.m. despite

through orderly processes provided by the Washington Conference."

PEKING DEMONSTRATION.

his mammoth powers.

It is written that in the old days cluhmen would dash up in hausoms in a long stream' to Lord's because W. G. Grace was in. Since then only Hobbs can congest tubes from the City.

And Hobbs is worth it. The very poetry of batting, be plays all his strokes his command. Hardly a perceptible effort beautifully, and he has every stroke at flashes the ball to the boundary, and

Que of the smaller batsmen, he has no pes stroke and no weak one, but the heel of Achilles

seeking an impossible isolation out in erlain was prepared to assure the House persistent barracking by a amail crowWashington Conference and again after logans was "Death to the English lurks in his liability to be 1.hw

wise prudent me of your influence and power to obtain peace and prevent war. The Government were of opinion that it was impossible for the British Empire or Britain to undertake any universal exten- gion of the obligations we already in curred, as members of the League and signatories of the evvetant: and therefore tney held that the special needs. of the moment must be met by special arrange ments of a purely defensive character, framed in the spirit of the covenant, work, ing in "close harmony with League and "under its guidance.

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Mr. Chamberlain asked for notice of the question and sail, he knew nothing about the banks,

HONGKONG'S GOVERNOR.

HOME GOVERNMENT HAS · KEPT

the assumption of office by the Chief Executive.

of enthusiasts in the hope of drawing out the competitors. Play opened on courts which had been covered, but 'at 5.25. p. rain again interrupted, though the doubles piaten between J. Borotra and of Trenties with other nations. their H. Lacoste and the Indian Davis Cup

The Note ways that with a 'readjustment

Briganda."

Hobbs, too, is the finest judge of a start There appeared to be less enthusiasm run ever looked un No runs are ever lost with Hobbs at the wicket. And it is al and excitement.

done with the minimum of energy, with out shouting or apparent hustling.

Hobbs ente score on any type of wickes fast. slow, gortual, quaginire, gluepo

But he never leaves any thing to chance unless he is in a mood to take chances. -

Numerous. Chino troops and polio guarded foreign "houses" and shops arki

players Lal and Dr. Tyzee, continued, & rights and interests could be better pro kept the parade under observation, good gane" saw the French, champions tected; and the satisfaction of Chinese | There was no disturbance. win. by 2-6, 6-3, 6-6, 6-3.

The

aspirations would consolidato friendly centre

relations with the foreign Powere

DRAGON FESTIVAL MEASURES

crowed then stampeded to the Adle court where they saw Lenglen and Miss Ryan detent r Lycett and Miss Colyer 6-0, 6-da,

VERY FULLY INFORMED.” Replying to Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, Mr. LS. Amery (Colonial Secretary) said that the Governor of "Hongkong had re- ported that the strike of workers there Mulle. Lenglen, who was wearing an was due to political pressure from Canton, orange bandeau, showed superh resource and was sniely owing to the disturbances he was very steady and played brilliant- in China. No economic question was ine throughout. Her serving, placing and volved. Mr. Amery said he had asked volleying were most accurate and she the Governor to report the measures displayed all her customary agility, Miss taken to deal with the situation. He had Ryan was uncertain, while the English no feason to assume that the Colonial

pair whilst making plucky recoveries were Government did not have the situation butelaased. well in hand. The Governor had kept the Imperial Government very fully informed as regards the conditions in Hongkong.

NO CHANGE AT OLDHAM.

LONDON, June 94th.

The bye-election at Oldham, caused by the appointment of Lieut.-Eol Sir W. M. Grigg to the Governorship of Kenya, re-

suited as follows:-

Both matches were in the £rst round of

HANKOW, Juno 26th..

The local situation remains quiet, but

CANTON OUTRAGE.

را

FRENCH MINISTER'S PROTEST.

PEXING June 25th. The French Minister yesterday evening

the Concession pickets are being streng-handed a Note to the Waichiaopu stating thened as a precautionary measure over that the Minister regrets to bring to the the Dragon Boat holiday.

their respective competitions, and congreased during that period.

cluded the day's programme.

or cast-iron.

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HIS FIRST TEST.

I think I was chiefly responsible for Hobbs's first appearance in a Test match in England. at Birmingham in 180, Against the Australians. I was a memo her of the Selection Couumittee that som mer. A. C. Maclaren was captain, and I urged Hobbs's claims very forcibly.. MacLaren will acknowledge that he did

knowledge of the Chinese Government not see eye to eye with me about this recommendation of mine; but finally he The Chinese guards are also being in that, following a demonstration in Canton said, "Well, after all, you know more on June 23rd demonstrators and soldiers about his cricket than I do, and if you The demonstrations. previously un-fired on the English and French Conces really think he is a Test player let us give him a chance.". I was delighted-but not nounced have been postponed until next siens at Shameen. A French merchant quite so confident when in England's first Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The dewas killed by a shot from the Chinese innings Hobbs failed. MacLaren never said, though he might have thought it, monstrators desire to hold the proceed Bund. Reports, from the Commandant I told you so, nor did I when Hobbe of the French Naval Forces clearly played a magnificent second innings, turn Tagos, June 94th."ings on both sides of the river.

round-though I did think it to the show that the responsibility falls entirely England captain and say, I told you The championship aspirants cupied to-day with the long-driving TIENTSIN TIGER FOOT POST.”

GOLF AT HOME.

DISTANCE DRIVING CONTESTS.

contests.

were oc-

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. Mr. Chantberlain emphasised that no treaty or draft treaty existed, but merely a preliminary statement of what the differ- en countries felt it would be possible for them to undertake and in what direction they thought they could make an advance. Our new obligatious would be definitely Jimited to the frontier between Germany on the one side and France and Belgium on the other, and our guarantee that the frontier could not be invoked by a wrong- doer to shield him is his wrongdoing. Our guarantee became effective only it, in dedance of the treaties of arbitaration and

CONTRARY OPINIONS. „obligations of the covenant, the wrong

doc: resorted to force. The guarantee

Kasey MacDonald suggested would then become immediately effective. that Mr. Chamberlain ought to have 11 disamanment agreement "an If one of the parties refused to arbitrate madé or carry out an arbitration award, our essential part of the scheme, just as Ger

Duncan 'did a drive of 270 yards and 3 Xio Lengue was inches, and Mitchell 207 yards. guarantee could not be invoked to protect many's entry into the him, though if he did that and no more

Americans competed. we retained our liberty, subject to our obligations under the convenant, to decide what action we should take..

Mr. Wiggins (Liberal)............. 26,325. Mr. Tout (Labour) ...................

21,702. No change.

Mr.

essential He was of opinion that the method of alliances was futile.

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Mr. Lloyd George said that all agreed regarding the aims, out differed concern ing the methods If they could got a FOR EXAMPLE,"

pact not merely including declaration Dealing with the question of the eastern from Germany regarding inviolability of frontiers of Germany the Foreign Secre- the west frontier but also one between tary said it, for example, Germany in France, Germany, Poland and Czecho violation of arbitration attacked Poland, Slovakia that all questions likely to article sixteen of the covenant came into arise between these nations should be play immediately, and France would be referred to arbiffation, it would be 2 entitled to treat this as an act of war great advance towards peace. If France against France, but Britain in such case and Germany declined to sign they did would have no obligations other than not meat peace, and in such case Britain those already incumbent on us in virtue ought not to be in it. of our signature of the covenant. If on

Mr. Chamberlain, replying to tas the other hard, Poland similarly attack debute mentioned that the association of ed Germany, neither France nor Britain Italy in the western pact guarantes. had any obligations whatever, except would be welcomed...

thoor contained in article sixteen and

other articles of the treaty.

INITIATIVE FROM U.S.

The contest for the best three out of five drives was won by Milner (Royal Porthenw), who made drives of 259 yards 286 yards and 9 inches, and 27 yards and

TIENTSIN, June 15th

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on the Chinese." The Minister is conse-so.. Hohbs, except on account of i quently compelled to protest and to bealth, has never missed a, Test match

Blace. In connection with the sympathetic reserve the right for the French Govern

How very often has the question be attitude to students displayed by certainment to demand reparations.

raised about the relative merits of famous batsmen. W. G. I omit; he must be put in a class by himself. For example: Was Stoddart the superior of T. C. O'Brien, Victor Trumper the superior of K. S Ranjitsiahji, A, G. Steel a better all-round

1 foot. Havers aggregated Hi8 yards, 1 parties in Tiratsin a meeting of the foot and sinches.

The best individual effort was Tolley's Tiger Foot Post of the American Legion (290 yards and 10 inches) which is a rehas unanimously passed the following re-

solution:- cord for the competitios.

THE IRISH DERBY. ZIONIST WINS BY A LENGTH

A HALF.

ed

LONDON, June 24th. At the Curragh, the Irish Derby result

Zionist (5/2) as follows:-

Wariminister (8/1),

Brighter London (100/3)..... Eight ran Won by a length and a half with six lengths between second and

third.

POLO AT HOME.

STUDENTS' BOMB PLOT.

OF JARGONS.

erab. in rowing."

Whereas the American Legion stands

The jargons of games and trades, are cricketer than, G. Giffen Who was the disconcerting things The great W.G., bigger hitter, Jessop or C. I. Thornton for Americaniam and whereas the senti un being, asked why a errtain ball was And to come to the county they played ments and actions of a certain local called a Yorker," replied," Well, what for now does Hayward compare with else could you call it?" The sazie Hobbs The questions are not easy to newspaper and a certain religious or might be said of astynie at golf or Hobbs must always rank with the great answer. One thing is quite certain, that ANDganisation largely supported by Ameri-n

ones, and is the greatest, batsman of cans and by ill-advised individuals, do It would be easy to multiply instances, today.

A magistrate is reported recently to not represent the true sentiments of

"GOOGLY" BOWLERS MASTERED. bave reproached a medicalitness for Americanism, be it resolved that the stating that the plaintiff was "suffering!

During the last twenty years probably Tiger Foot Post is emphatically opposed from spastic paraplegia when "ner

vous exhaustion would have been no more searching test has been applied to such sentiments, and actions by the equally descriptive. As a matter of to batsmen generally than the playing of "googly bowling. In 1903, when the majd individuals.''

fact, nervous exhaustion

has no more M.C.C. went to South Africa, such first relationship with "spnstic paraplegis:

batamen as PF. Wamer Major than an aeroplane has with 4 motor-ass, bal, Denton, and Huyes were re cycle, but the point holds good.

duced to an ordinary level. But in 1900. SHANGHAI, June 25th

Still, inasmuch as the law is by no when the M.C.C. nppointed me

captain Coinciding with disturbing reports means devoid of techral terms which of the England side that visited Southe elsewhere, the Shanghai police yesterday to the layman are as irritating and he Africa again. Hobbs was never in doubt, obtained information of a widespread wildering an anything in a scientific and if ever there was a question whether vocabulary it behoves oecapitats of the he was a batsman "of the bighest eines or student plot to bire motor cars and dash bench to be patient and tolerant when not, that question was answered for ever around the Foreign Settlement throwing technicalities from other spheres appear by the innings he played during that tour. before them. The medical witness who To mention all the achievements of described a plaintiff as suffering from Hobbs would be impossible, Surrey, Eng- an ecchymosis of the subconjunctiva land, Australia, and South Africa awe and the connective tissues surrounding him much As one of Surrey's caplamas You mean he had a black eye said the county and what his influence has The Volunteers and special constables the judge. Yes, my lud." Then why been. It is because of men like Jack didn't you say soCASALSA Hobbs that the professional cricketer of have been mobilized and distributed at

But medicine is by no means the only to-day is held in such high esteem tactical pointe. They are searching nest of technicalities which may cause young Chinese for arms, and otherwise confusion to the simple. There is for example, the story of the Scots engineer who was neked a question by the cross-

U.S. ARMY WIN. AGAIN.

LONDON, June 24th. Britain was propured to join the other The whole plan was a very large stop

At Burlingham. in the second Inter towards disarmament, by removing the Great Powers in any conference for the national Army polo match, the American

Europe still had ranged further limitation of armaments. The two hostile camps, with the dangers of initiative with Tegard to naval matters team beat the British by & goals to 4.

fear of war.

A new struggle increasing. Now per- might better come from the United States, haps was the last opportunity open for to which we owed the first decisive in

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bombs and shooting the police.

The authorities have ordered gurages

the situation of be sensibly altered by Lernational act of firmament the world · LEEUPENS AMERICAN SERVICEot to hire out cars except to well-known the drbit, no doubt merited bly rebuke. I know what he has done for the d

an exchange of views in conciliatory had seen. The Power with larger armies,

if assured of security, would probably

OBITUARY.

proposals for the reduction of the Land NOTED ANTHROPOLOGIST DEAD armaments they had hitherto considered necessary for their safety.

spirity in which had occurred, for take the initiative by making spontaneous France's spontaneous decision to exam- ple, France's spontaneous decision to evacuate the Ruhr before the fixed date.

The proposals offered a great and happy prospect of a better and more peaceful world, but would come to noth ing unicas Britain co-operated

He very careatly pleaded with his countrymen to co-operate in carrying out as a national policy the proposals on which he believed the peace of the world depended, and, for the sake of future generations, show ourselves worthy, of our great traditione (Loud cheers).

(Oontinued on next Column).

The Dominions were kept fully informed

New Yo11, June 24th.

The death is announced of Mr. William of all the proceedings by the British Farabes, the noted anthropologist.

New Zealand which had expressed com

U.S. TAXES. Government and evcept in the case of plete confidence in the British Govern- ment, with which it was to leave the de- BIG RELIEF SCHEME MOOTED. cision, the Dominions had not yet declared themselves, but po Dominion, could be. committed except by its own government acting with the support of its own

parliament

The debate was adjourned

WARHINOTOS, June 24th

It is understood that the Treasury has practically completed a scheme for taza tion relief by $300,000,000, which will be submitted to Congress in December.

customers.

taking precautiona

The shipping situation is growing worse. British and Japanese ocean going vessels are avoiding Shanghai, The N.FR has suspended sailings from Shanghai with the exception of two mallboats pending the approval of the (Japanese) Government"

gamo"in

LOCAL SPORT examining counsel and persisted in pro HONGKONG BASEBALL LEAGUEI testing that he was unable to reply At length, the judge intervening, he cried, Owing to the present disturbed

Hoots, man, ye might as well ask me tions prevailing in the Colony, the Home how far it is from Bothwell Bridge to kong Baseball League have decided Christmas Day.

do postpone their week-end games until such After all, irritating though they be, tide as conditions will wazrant, the

mimption of the fixtures jargons are necessary evils.