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HOLLAND'S PREMIER,
HERR COLIJS OUTLINES Bis
POLICY.
THE HAGUE, August 3rd
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The new Dutch Premier, Bere Colijn, is generally rigariled as a man of great tact, talent and forge of character.
Herr Colijn, in" a statement of his policy, said that, now that the Anancial position had improved and the budget. been balined; the interrupted policy of social refonas could be resumed in a careful manndy, But, as the reduction of State expenditure remained a „ques. tion of first importance, it has been ́de-
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH
INDERTEDNESS OF FRANCE.
AMAZING ATTACK, MADE ON SIR OTTO NIEMEYER
.LONDON, August and The Sunday Times says there is a co- siderable gut between the offer of the French finagriál experts who visited Lon- don last week and the British Treasury requirements as regards debt settlement."
The former proposed an annual pay-
ment computed at between six and seven
mil on Sterling but the Treasury 'refuses, ta consider anything not approximating to twenty million a year, which it holls France is well able to pay.
The Freuch March 31 was 620 deht to Britain
million.
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An amazing attack is published in what is understavil to be 3. Caillaus's mouth pirer. L'Ere Norelle, ou
Sir Otto
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
(THROUGH' REUTER'S AGENCY.}
SITUATION IN NORTE.
BLACKMAIL THREATENS CHINESE IN FOREIGN EMPLOY.
ALLEGED AID FROM SOVIET.
SHANGHAI BRIBERY CHARGE.
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CASE AGAINST GREGORENKO IS
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1025
WUCHOW OUTRAGE.
·BRITISH PRO-CONSUL'S HOUSE LOOTED.
CORRESPONDENCE.
SUBSIDIZING THE STRIKE.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."}
Almost immediately after. the British Pro-Lousul, at Wuchow, Mr J. M. Groves, accompanied by Mrs. Groves, had
Siz. It is well that you drew atten
Pampanga from which they baarded the to the methods employed by certain left the city on July 2nd by the U.S.S.tin, in it leading article this morning, 19.x, Chung thu, their residence at Wuchow Chinese shipowners in subsidizing the strike. Your remarks were confined to was ransacked,
If an in- ku account of the affair was given to river and coastwise vessels. a Daily Merge vejresentative yesterdayquiry is to be institutes, might I suggesk by residents who left the city on July that its scopë be extended and investi-
SHANGHAI, August 3rd. Gregorenko, who has been arraigned before the Mixed Court on a charge of aiding had abetting Dr. Fortunatoff, in an attempted act of bribery, was acquit- ted when the ease was resumes to day.
The Assessor stated that the Court" was satisfied that a prima facir ense had It is reported that two secret socie-been made out against another person ties, the membership of which is largely and that an attempt at bribery had been of the criminal-class, have joined forces made," but there was not sufficient evid- with labour agitators in the Chinese ence against the accused. City and sworn allegiance to one of the most notorious Labour lenders.
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It is believed that their intention is to blackmail Chinese arms and shops, dealing in foreign goods, and Chinese in foreign employ.
cided to anmigamate the Naval and Army Niemeyer, the principal Treasury expert, ["
lepartments with a view toreonomy,
The section of the War Departinent, relating to the Dutch East Indies, would, -eventually be brought under runtrol of
the Coloni Department."
AUSTRALIA" AND AMERICA. WELCOME TO VISITING. FLEET
AT MELBOURNE.
Mamane. August 3rd. The welcome to the United States naval visitors grows even more eordiak as the end of the visit approaches,
Hage rowls revisited the warships тойну
and the crush was great that fifty cases of fainting and slight injury had to be teated.
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- CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO.
SPANISH COLUMN ROUTS FOE NEAR TAUMAT.
MADRIP, August 2ud.
ECLIPSE OF SUN, ”; DUTCỶ EXPEDITION HOPE TO
Far Eastern Committee of the Third
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. FOR SMUGGLING CHINESE INTO AUSTRALIA FROM HONGKONG.
29th.
gation be made into the working of steam They state that the British Pro-launches plying within the waters of Consul's life had been threatened and he the Colony?
The fact is a significant one, that where- removed to the Standard Oil Company's
the B.A.Tas the Seamen's tuion carried their cam- Buildings and theney to Buildings. En later left for Hong-paign against the British hunches run- ning between Hongkong and Kowloon kong where he now is PORT DARWIN. August 3rd.' No sponer bad the Pampanga left the Chinese-owned hongs were felt an- but very successfully operated in fafour The Customs Authorities have discover. Waciow than a large crowd of students molestesi, It was not only carried nat of the Chinese launches If the Union A Japanese paper asserts that the ed a widespread conspirnes, with hend and workers, broke into Mr. "Citoves' re-
strike is against capitalisin much mora quarters in Hongkong and agencies at sidence. Everything was ransackeil und Internationale recently petitioned. Viadi-Australian ports, to snuggle Chinese into what could not be carried away was des rains, to be explained in a discrimina troyed. The full measure of destructiontion favouring the native as against tha vosturk for $6,000,000 roubles for pro-
Australia OBSERVE IT.
The alleged method is the use of birth which was perpetrated, cannot be more launches under European management AMSTERDAM. Angst zu,paganda purpose in China, which were
aptly described this by the following and control. – Yours, etc? errtificates of dead Chinese. A scientific expäslition is leaving Hat duly grated by the Bureau of Asiatic
sentence which appeared in a letter re- land on October 31st aboard the Retter Propaganda."
eived by, a Intly now resident is Hong- dam-Lloyd liner inalinde for the Dutch
kong from her husband in Wuchow. R ferring to the looting of the Consul's! CANTON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. Indies for the purpose of "observing the
Hardly anything was total eclipse of the sun, which will be
house, he says. visible at Palangbetoetoe, Sumatra, on
left, even the brass door kambs were wyruched away." January 14th.
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It will include Doctors Vanderkid and Pannekoek, who are the astronomers of Utrecht and Amsterdam Universities, re- spectively.
LATEST, CARLES REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICEN
A GOLF CHALLENGE. LEO DIEGEL ASPIRES TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
TORONTO, August ard. Lesi Diegel, of Glenoaks, New York.
STRIKE BREAKERS STABBED.
SANORAL, August 3rd.. Five strike breakers from. a. Japanese mill have been stabbed in a teashop by loafers, who are probably strikers. Two of the injured men, have been removed to hospital.
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DAILY TRAVELLER Hongkong, August 3rd.
"THE HONGKONG [TO THE EDITúil py
DAILY PRESS.
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Sin. In his letter to you dated July'
In wait and see" eireles it is under-
This outrageous act was committed. ae stood, says the Chian Express ami
surding to our informant, in the daytm Mr. Holyoak referred to one parti- cular member of the Staff of the Canten Telegraph, that the Government's policy
tine, No, ther residence
was attacked.
Christian College, who had signed the THE SHANGHAI AFFAIR.
is not to take isolated action against the
Representations were immediately mada
now notoribas Resolution, by the name to the Chinese authorities who professed CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER IS Soviet Government, but only to partici-
of Mr. Grayhill, pointing out that Mr.' - pate in concerted action on the part of BECOMING IMPATIENT.
regret for the occurrence and offered to tiraybill has never seen fit to satisfac- group of Powers whose interests arend two gunboats and some soldiers to torily explain, etc." being similarly menaced, and during the
protect the Foreign Settlement. But for As a matter of fact this part of the. past few weeks the Government appears the military under General Wong, our indictment brought by Mr. Holyank is to have been in consultation with other informant stated that the students and the least of Mr. Grayhill's offence. It Governments on this very subject.
PEKING, August 2nd. The Chinese Foreign Minister. Mr, Sen Fui Lin, in a Note to Signor Cerruti, the Italian Minister Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps, at Peking, says a fortnight has lapsed since the last Note in which
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strikers would have been out of hand will be remembered that "within a few some time ago. General Wong would not days of the publication to the World of
who has just won the Canadian open begged you, together with the Ministers of the British people cannat endure inch countenance any anti-foreign disturb that infamous" document, Mr. Graybill A communique says that a Spanish golf championship for the second suches of the interested Powers, to as a date more of Ruin's persistent underhand and it is stated that his sympathies had the effrontery to send
column rusted an enemy concentration bes tween Bulharil and Tauriat, after risk
fighting.
The Spanish casualties were fifty, most- ly natives. The verneity of the lines of communication in the western sector is.
now assured.
declared:
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the local Press, in which are pro-British. Recently however, his letter to
in that soldiers have shown sympathy with the while affirming his part sive year at tawa, has challenged Jim for negotintions with regard to the and, underground attack. The Earl of
declared that when Resolution, he Barnes and Willie MacFariane, holders | Shanghai incint. The country anxious "Crawford, nt Gillingham,
he signed the document in question, The time has come when the British agitators and General Wong left for Nanking a few days ago, leaving his men of the British and. United States openly awaits a fair ruling on the unhappy
he did not know that American Marines in charge of one of his majors. question. I again beg Your Excellency Government should give a clear and un-
had not taken part in the firing from championships respectively.
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Shameen, and then, in a somewhat more He asks for a contest for the "World's to request the Ministers of the Powers mistakable warning to the Russian, Gov-
orhment."
that, before w It way Championship to be played in Canada to inform me of the date as soon
decision is finally taken, the British Gov.
During the last week in July, students generous mood, further stated that he did janssible"
ernment will send a stern warning, but and strikers held demonstrations but no-not we why Great Britain should have from Russia we have learned to expect thing untoward occurred.excepting that! little of straight dealing or good faith. sorur of the signs on the B.A.T. buildings equally guilty England alors should not and it would be sheer waste of time and were torn down.
this year.
MacFarlane has sigħified his readiness to engage in the anaich.
NOVA SCOTIA MINERS. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFERS REBATE.
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FRANCE IN CHINA. TANK'S GOOD WORK.
COUNT DE MARTEL ISSUES. Frz. August 3rd.
STATEMENT TO PRESS.
A disturbance, however, necurred A French colums, while making a se
PEKING, August fod.
earlier, in which the Chinese Commission.
Boiled down, it really comes to this, commuissance Dear Wezzan, was nitarked
Count de Martel (the French Minister) by the enemy. Supported by tanks, the
Arupture of relations would not neceser for Foreign Affairs and a Japanese that Mr. Graybill holding the position cclain dispersed the nitackers and con-
HALIFAX N.S.. August 3rd. has issued statement to the Press say
With timurd operationsTM
view-to-terminate the disputeing that part of the English Press is sarily mean war, but a repra to the employed in the Chinese Maritime Cus of teacher to the youth of Canton was
position of-a-year-age The Soviet Am-toms were involved. A quarrel arose be ready, on the mere word of a no impression The increasing number of tanks has between the British Empire Steel Cor-endeavouring to create
bassador, M. Rakovsky, and his vast tween the Customs coolies and the house hysterical-pupils of his, to judge und had an excellent effect is the Frenchporation at the striking-coniminere,-that-the French are playing their own
It appears that the defence of Shanices, including his ow position-Hague.
which has completely stopped work in the game. He states, it is said, inter alio, entourage to whom this-country-bus ex coolies because the former refused to come condemn the Powers responsible for the
the countrynien. coal industry for the past five months and that French Consuls have been instructed tender! hospitality to its own detriment out on strike.
Is it any wonder, then, "with such a Crus) mich distress and disorders, the to refrain from further solidarity with for many months, would leave London, Chinese official accompanied by
The statement and the British Chargé d'Affaires would Japanese went to try, to settle the dispute. Premier, the Hon. E. X. Rhodes, P.C., their colleagues.
Canton, Christian College, that these has, proposed that the partion imardinte-Plasises that French Marines were not be recalled, from "Moscow. We would lose A mob of strikers attacked them, and the type of instrator teaching youths at ly arrange an interim contract for six sent to the foreign Settlement at Shank little by the exchange. Our interests in Chinese official was badly mauted and their most impressionable ago in the
the French Concession.
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GENERAL WALCH. OFFICIAL DENIAL THAT HE HAS RESIGNED.
PARIS, August 2nd. The Berlin correspondent of Le Petit Parisien states that General Walch, the President of the Allied Military Control Commission, has left Berlin, having signed owing to obstructionism by Ger-
man delegates.
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The Ministry of War denies Le Petit↑ Parisien's report that General Walch hasi resigned,
INSURGENTS IN SYRIA. FRENCH OPERATIONS REPORTED AS SATISFACTORY.
PARIS, August 2nd,
A message from Beirut saya that the French operations at Jebel Druse, in Byria, are described as satisfactory. For instance, eighteen insurgents were killed by an aerial bomb in operations which were a sequel to agitation on July 20th near Soncida, when a French column was attacked while bivouacking.
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months to embrace the 1924 working term.hai because their first duty is to defend China are vastly more important than had to be taken to hospital, but the students should get out of hand and caus
and the 1099 wager.
FRENCH NAVAL HELP. The Provincial Government-will grani
The French Nary at Chungking took in rebate of one-fifth of its coal royalties
for a year and institute a full eqquiry. charge of revictualling British refugees The Executive Body, representing the on British gunboats at the risk of pro- workers, has already recommended that voking a hostile movement against the the Unions should accept the proposals. French At Canton the French Navy is patrolling the viver together with British MACMILLAN EXPEDITION..
gunboats and the naval and consular EXPLORERS REACH BASE FOR
authorities of both countries are keeping POLAR FLIGHT.
elose contact.
WASHINGTON, August 3rd. French Consuls elsewhere have never The MacMillan Polar expedition has received instructions other than to us reached Etäh which will be its base insume an attitude commanded by the Greenland for the coming fight to the situation in which foreign colonies are
Tlaced Pole.
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CHILE AND PERU. PLEBISCITE WITH REGARD TO DISPUTED TERRITORY.
anything we have at stake in the land of Bolshevism, and these demand immed iate and the closest attention.
>FISHY FIGHTS. LOVELY COLOURS FRODUGED BY
SHAM BATTLE.
The Zoo Aquarium has just found a
clever solution to a strange puzzle. Here
is the points
Siamese fighting fish flush from a dingy yellow to some roost gorgeous tints if they fight, bu
If they fought they would kill `each' other.
Japanese escaped unhurt.
Feeling is very tease in Wuchow at present and the strict boycott is still being continued against British and Japanese.
etc.,
disturbances all over China?-Yours
JOSEPH COULD.
FOREIGN COMMENT ON THE CHINA CRISIS.
Adequate food, supplies have now been sent to the foreign residents. When the baycott began and the Chinese refused to
[TO THE EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG sell food to them, they were neverthe
DAILY PRESS."] less successful in getting some suppites. After dark an Indian, who could speak
Six-Under the heading Chinese Huently, was employed by the foreigners to go into the city and buy Bayonets," " American Writer's defri food. Nightly he made this expedition and nightly he returned with the neces of Chinn" you quote only the mik sities. The employment of such devices comments made by a certain John “A_ Brailaford, who, I ath reliably informal,
are now unnecessary.
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ACCURACY.
How could visiters be shown these THEFT FROM THE "KASHGAR." amazing colours without the death of at least one of the fighters?
LONDON POLICE COURT SEQUEL. tion,
1 ́ would, respectfully suggest that, ixa This is how it is being dose. Two fish
The story of a theft of banknota from
view of your healing and-commentaş gru Count de Martel declares that the re-are placed in the same little glass tank. proach of breaking solidarity.comes from They see each other, challenge, and the cabin of a lady passenger on the s.s
charge, only to find an invisible one. Kashgar, was told to the Marlborough verify your statemcht of Mr. Brailford's the same section of the Press which re thing prevents them from gripping Street Magistrate on June 24th, when a nationality-Yours faithfully. cently stated that the French Minister, each other's gills. The unseen barrier meat porter was put in the dock.
Bank of England notes to the value is a thin sheet of glass, but the fish have
(Ed. Noler According to the Directory by active participation in negotiations. not yet found out the fraud.
of £80 had been offered for sale at the
a Mr. J. A. Brailsford on the staff of was unjustifiably interfering with a case For weeks they have faced each other Albert Docks for £40 by the meat porter, and Chronicle of the For Fad, there is SANTIAGO DE CH, August 2ad.
in which British intereats were principally with grim, gaping jaws. Emutional waves who said he find won them at the races.
The money had been stolen from a the Japan Chronicle, but we do not of colour sweep over their seales and fins. The plebiscite commission, consisting of
He concludes: For the One is a passionate steely purple and the cabin in the steamship Kashgar, which know whether he was the author of the 'Mr. Brailford's article was the text por General Barrail is in full agreement Chilian and a Peruvian delegate, head-concerned,
throw in all kinds of prismatic "extras" denco stated. with the British, who have arrangeded by General Pershing, has arrived at sake of solidarity as certain people under other a furious blush crimson. They also bad mince sailed for Shanghai, the evi- article quoted by the New York World.
Arica, to preside over the plebiscite over
based a number of its own cominenta to repel, by means of armoured cars, any the disputed territory between Chile and stand it, shall we set the French Con- during the day-long sham fight until they The sporting ment porter was sentenced which apparently the New York" Warid
cession at Shanghai afiref
suggcat civil war in a rainbow. insurgents penetrating Trans-Jordania. Peru, as arranged last March..
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to two months' hard labour.
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