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CABLES.

EARLIER CABLES,

(THOUGH BRUTEX'S AGENCY.} FRENCH TRAIN DISASTER. BIG TOLL OF KILLED AND

·INSERED.

PARIS, August 13th. The Boulogne express, going at full Nine speed, left the rails at Amiens. prapim were killel, and fifty injured.

LATER.

It is so far knows that 12 people were Lilled, and 80 injured. The engine-driver

bas been arrested

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th, 1925

EARLIER CABLES, FAR

CRICKET AT HOME. LATEST RESULTS IN COUNTY

CHAMPIONSHIP.

LONDON, August/13th. Playing at Hastings, Sussex defeated Scores:-- Northamptonshire by 180 runs.

Sussex, 108 and 314. Northants. 110 and 110

· EASTERN · CABLE

NEWS.

"{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SITUATION IN THE NORTH. CHINESE VESSELS NOW. FEEL

THE PINCH.

SHANGHAI, August 14th. Another result of the promised strike

In Sussex's second innings, Bowley mule SD and Tate 12. Jupp took five Pay not being forthcoming is that all wharf roolies are now idle, including those working Chinese vessels,

wickets for 49

ruina.

For Northants, Woolley made 39, not out: Tule took four wirkets for 5 runs and Weasley six wickets for 3, whilst in Northants' | kecond innings Tate took four.wickets for

THE SHANGHAI INQUIRY.

PERINO, August 14th

BRITONS ON RIFF FRONT.

A NIGHT WITH THE FOREIGN LEGION.

The tents of the Freign Legion were pitched on slope in the centre of Tacunat chip, wrote "Mr. J. M. N. Jeffries (Daily Mail special correspon- dent) from French Headquarters on June 14th.

ETON HARROW HISTORY. MEMORIES OF SILK STOCKINGS

AND SCYTHES.

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CRICKET PERSONALITIES. MR. LH TENNYSON,

BY B. D. LEVESON-GOWER.}

After the costest at Lord's between the

Lionel Hallum Tennyson-son of a **Qxtabs" and the "Cuntabonians," Governor of Australia, standson of the great poet, and himself the most on- one of the inversion' that tickled the taste of "Old Nicholas" in his Notes, comes the conflict poetical of mini- between Eton and Harrow-the one cricket cheeziest cricketers imaginable. To bìm match of the year which is unquestionablș Fericket is a game to be approached with a "Society function, writes J.A.H,C. in the Evening Standard,

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That is prob-uile, not with griur-lipped detervination. ably the correct order of events--after the He is a very chivalrous sportsman, but

Seniors come the Juniers.

As one looked down upon them, stories of old warfare came to the mind. The monstrosities of modern superhuman

But Eton and Harrow met on the field fighting here were nowhere to be seen. Not here were flame-throwners and tanks and asphyxiating gas or the darkness of of cricket, before the universities arranged those bases where human heetles hide their first encounter. Harrovians do nut The accept the year of 1905 as the date of from human insects of the air. camp instead flickered with a thousand the first match with. Eton, the argument a holiday game The Chinese (jovernment is reported to watch-fres. dwindling from those which being that this was

smoked sad flared nearby to match-lights arranged by Lord Byron, the poet, and be considering the advisability of notify-in the distance. The stamping and neigh-J. H. Kaye, of Eton

There is little doubt that there was Playing at Stourbridge. Lancashire deing the Powers of its disapproval of saying and jingling of the cavalry, lines of the soldiery, crying their good-nights ere they lay down by the blaze. At the feated Worcestershire by eight wickets, project for a judicial inquiry regarding mingled with the calls from fire to "fire foot of their guns, painting out over the valley, the gunners rolled themselves in cloaks and settled to fitful sleep.

BACK TO THE OLD PAGEANTRY.

At such a camp must Wellington and Soult have gazed and listened, amid the outposts in the Peninsula. And in its mitist the Foreign Legion still kept, vigil: With a great laugh a bronchset legion-

SeoTEN --

The train was unmally full with a runs byliday-makers, mosely travelling third- Glows, quing to the seaside. The train was due to stop at Amiens, but entered "The station at fell speed, and the engine anned the points and dragged off the Juggage van,and seven third-class coaches, which were telesoped and splintered.

3. Briand returning from London was ball, up-in consequence of the accident, causing rumours in Paris that it was his train that was derailed. Actually, Mr. few minutes Briand's train arrived a after the disaster and was delayed out- side "Amiens while the casualties were bring removed from the wreckage. It On another was subsequently hauled slowly track into Amiens station, showing the „borrified púasingers, the results of one of the worst arenents seen in Franes for a long time.

THE DRIVER BLAMED.

"AMIENS, August 13th.

and 213

Worcester, 114 and 180. Lancashire. wickets.

64 for two

the Shanghai affair.

(Ed. Note: A message of similar pur- port was rabled by Renter's Peking Agent, some 10 days ago, and subsa In Worcester's first innings, Mardonablquently cancelled, though it was publish- topk six wickets for 68 runs, and in by at least one of the Hongkong

pagers. Worcester's second innings Parkin took six wickets for do runs, Root took five Lancashire wickets for 81 runs,

SECURITY PACT. GERMANS DISPLEASED WITH LONDON NEGOTIATIONS.

BERLIN, August 13th. The political world is disappointed at the London negotiations which, according the conclusion of a security past such as to expressed opinion. have not helped

Germany desires.

It appears that the driver of the wreck-sertion that France may be permitted

wage war against Germany ed train entered the 'station at fifty-six to railes per hour instead of at the usunt certain eventualities, while the

twenty-six, after "which, the brakes were too suddenly applied. Heartrending cries emerged from the stunshed timber, and tangled ironwork, from which the mang Ind corpses were extricated. The horror of these was increased by three coaches which became afre. The fire was extinguished thanks to the splendid work of the fire brigade.

THE CASUALTY LIST.

AMIENS, August 13th. They latest details of the railway fatality are that nine people were killed and 160 injured, of whom 71 sustained Three are not expected

serious hurts. to survive.

LATEST CABLES. DRIVER'S PITIABLE PLIGHT.

AMIENS, August 14th.

The death rod in the railway disaster is "now eleven." The condition of five of „those injured is most pecious; others are "considered the nut of danger. There have been most distressing srenes. The mutilated bodies are

at present in the hospital mortuary.

Gangs of wen are busily engaged clear- ing the track and it is hoped normal traffic will be restored infore noon to-day.

31. Laval, Minister of Public Works, de- cres that it is impossible at present, ta piake a precis statement regarding the responsibility for the accident.

He points out that the heavy casualty list contains the names of all slightly injured, many of whom have left for Paris, alter having had their wounds Iressed. The Minister says that he ordered the release of the cugine-driver after the examination of the doctor, who mule a reservation regarding the man's

in

news

that Poland and Czecho Slovakia weer

THE RIOTS AT TIENTSIN,

of

there are moments when his sense chivalry is perhaps carried to an extreme, remeniher à ense in point. I think it was a Yorkshire match, and to Oldroyd, the batsgan, an extru ball was howled so that he might reach his century, al though Yorkshire had already won tho

the eleven is a fast bowler in 1907, but been preserved prior to 1503.

Of course Lord Byron was as devotes he left without gaining much reputation, und at Cambridge he was only in re game year earlier, but no scores have math. At Eton he obtained bis place in

as a man with a club foot could he to ericket's manly what he described as toil" le certainly played-if he had sidesice nue year before joining the Cold- friend to run his strokes. Some wonderstream Guards. A few years later, how- how he could play with such physical disability, but how did he box with Genever, he made an entrance into first-class tleman Jackson, then the champion of ericket, which can only he called dramatic,

IS DRAMATIC DEBET. England, and how did he swim.

KNEE BREECHES.

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This came when, practically unknowu,

TIENTSIN. August 14th:

It must suffice for us that Byron, acting he was selected to play for the M.C.C. The Yuta mill, which was wrecked byary coat down a, grynt hanch of meat as the edge of the blaze. From the fire chey rinters, is Japanese owned. The Pas called out to him in half-heard snatches for Harrow, and Kaye for Etou, were the against Oxford University at Lord's in cheng mill, where the strike started, has of Spanish, French, German, for all founders of this annual event which was the July of 101" in the second innings nations are in the Legion, and of Ger. inaugurated on the first ground laid out of that match he scored 10-a brilliant heen partly wrecked. · It is Chinese owned mane more than a few. At a camp-fire by Thomas Lord, this being now the site display, of hitsing-and in a partnership

silk stockings, and knee minutes. near where I was standing they wers of Dorset-square. And the players up with Meyrick Payne pat on 173 in ninety For the rest of that season few other and Angrican munnaged.

all Germans, or perhaps Austrians, with peared in

batsmen stood out so prominently. "Prob the period. There were no further disturbances 10 broad, beariled faces strange above their breeches, They were like the bucks of

The first match between Oxford and ably as the result of his century at Lord's Presently, in answer to a message,

Cambridge took place on the present against Oxford, Hampshire extended to young soldier with a tin of cocon in his 's ground in June 1827, and among him an invitation to play for the county. day. A number of werkmen presented French uniforms. ably be months before the Yata mill will hand came up and made himself known. the Oxford elever was Charter Word He very soon justified that invitation with themselves at the mills, but it will prob be working. A detachment of special He was the sole British Legionary insworth, who played for Harrow in 1st-23 century, at Leyton, followed up by an Mukden that company, a corporal named Carroll, 24-25. In the eleven of Cambridge were other at Trent Bridge. Tanyon, in a born in Montreal, a real soldier of fortune Herbert Jenner of Eton (13) E. H. fortnight, became the meteur of English who enlisted in the Legion after having Pickering of Eton (1821-25), and John cricket. his hill of Gallipoli.

sent from

The report that M. Briand and Mr.gendarmerie, Chamberlain had agreed that Germany Chang Two Lin has arrived. It is stated a number of students and leaders, have must enter the League unennditionally

So has the s has caused a shock.

taken refuge in the foreign Concessions. Twenty rinters and nine police who were wohnded have been admitted to hospital in the native city. Five of the former are reported to have but little chance of recovery, while some of the police are not expected to live. It ap pears that many of the wounded were carried to the entry, fearing arrest.

Many false reports are being circulated

likely to be invited to the eventual pact ronference, has been received with su picion.

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO, SARSAR MASSIF INVESTED BY FRANCO-SPANISH.

MADRID, August 13th.

AN ENGLISHMAN: TALKS.

Diphin of Eton (1922-23-24). It does not It was scarcely to be expected that he' seen improbable that Eton and Harroweald maintain sach form, but at the end the precursor of the university of the season he stood fifth in the

averages with z was struggle.

A well-spoken young fellow was Corp. Carroll, and we had an odd talk there, in

Since he began first-class cricket Tenny- He had cowe,

CARDINAL AND BISHOP.

son has made a number of hundreds and the gathering darkness.

Charles Wordsworth, to whom, we have he has captained both his county" and bis giment over to Africa, to enlist, and his with his lieutenant in his old British re- fieutenant, Norman by name, had quickly just alluded, was & left-hand bowler and eontry, but it can hardly he said that he a right-hand batsian, and the captain has lived up to the petamise of those early of Oxford in this first match against days. Yet at his best he is a delight to won his commission and was a lieutenant of France at Sidi-Bel-Abbet.

There was an American in his battalion, | Cambridge. What is even more interest-spectators and a source of poigrant an-

noyance to bowlers, a boxer five Boston. But Kearney wasing is that. Charles Wordsworth and H. E. over them in the rough trenches on the Manning played for Hurrow 100 yours ago hill across the valles, e hill of Astar. this month.

A FIGHTING INNINGS. Tennyson is a batsman of extremes. I

Arummanigut from Morocco states among the Chinese, in which foreigners. ing. after it had fallen through native Andrews and the other the famous shall never forget a day in a certain Gen

that the combined Franco-Spanish opera- are blamed for the trouble. tions in the Loukkos sector were con tinned by the investment of the Sarsar 3. The Spaniards carried out the encirclement between, Besbas and Wed- Cedra,

MUSTAPHA KEMAL'S REASON. YOUNG WIFE'S TENDENCY TO BE

MASTERFUL.

CONSTANTINOPLE, August 13th.

THE ANTI-BRITISH BOYCOTT. LONDON "TIMES" SUGGESTS WHAT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN.

"COMPETENT EXPERT TO REPORT.

LONDON, August 14th.

the

most Drawing attention to

An official statement say that the damaging weapon "-namely the boycott Turkish President, Mustapha Kemal, of British gouts in China-The Times having decided to separate from his wife, has issued a decree of divorce as from a leader, says it is maintained by idea; ur August 5th. So reasons are given but obsession: and the definite object of

rumeur has been busy for some time,

British policy should be to dispel this obsession by ali possible ineans

1 urges the Government to send to

he stayed in some twenty minutes, was teuren e Players match at Lord's' when three times missed, was hit on practically treiuendons energy in slashing the empty every part of his anatomy, wasted air, and at the end of it all was bowled for two or three runs.

Nor shall forget a certain Test matel

The Legion had recaptured it that murn. The one became the Bishop of St Cardinal. "Their friendship founded in treachery.

When they had reached the top of the playing fields of Harrow was lifelong,

* Charles Astar, they had found the Jead French and it is well known that sergeant at his post, burnt to the knees, presented "Heury" with a hat, which was His own Danish comrade, Count Kashe, Farcompanied by an epistle in verse, and had fallen beside him then, on the hill-arknowledged in the same style.

Both schools have been blessed by the crest, a bullet through "his head, and called but one final entreaty to his British assistance of men whose names live in

ericket story. corporal as he fell

Eton in various generations have had at Leeds four years ago. Everything hasl There were many mes of family scatter. ed about the Legion, who came in and the help of M. M. Ainslie, Q. R. Dupuis, gone wrong. Australia, having already won the two previous Tests, had gathered Mitchell, C. M. Well, H. went out like that. Lawless deeds had R. A. H. brought some of the Legionaries to its Allcock, and R. A. Young," and Harrow score of 407: Huhha had been seized Ahave had the guidance, fervour, and belp with sudden illness, and Tennyson had ranks, but it was mostly willness. and he was so quiet and grave of voice, of Cardinal Manning, the sixth Earl that it seemed impossible that he could Belgian sergeant came and talked to us. of Henry Anderson, the brother-in-law split his left hand so badly when Belding brothers V. E. and I. D. Walker, A. J. Things were at their blackest, when to' the surprise of everyone he came out of seemed at once s sad and steady. I af Bessborough, Robert Grimston, the take any further part in the match.

Oh, the sergeant " they told me later: Webbe, and Manley Kömp.

the pavilion with one hand heavily fotorcycle in wondered what had fed him there.

Brussels, and he was very fond of it and

bandaged. He proceeded to bat with his the sergeant bail

scored 3 runs at the hour of his side's used to go very fast. He ran into a girl

right hand close down to the blade and and she died, and he fled-in terror of

greatest need. The pace of Gregory, the quick off-break of Macdonald, the wiles prison, and here he is.""

of Warwick Armstrong-be enjoyed them

The step is attributed in some quarters to a tendency towards, masterfulness and desire to participate in amtters out- side her sphere on the part of the young wife, who was heated in England and China, simply to investigate, and report, France, and was a lender af the Turkish a very competens "expert on Chinese]. women's emancipation movement prior to her marriage.

"A serious split was evident a fortnight ago, when the wife hurriedly left Angora

to rejoin her parents All the Commis-

LATEST CABLES. [HECTOR'A 'AMÉRICAN SERVICE }- ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS, RUNNING FIGHT WITH U.S.A.'. COASTGUARDS.

affairs.

“LITTLE "** ESU IN BRUSSELS.

IN HIS HONOUR,

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The devotion of these gentlemen has been remarkable, and to realise it let any one read the Life of Crimston," by Fred Gale, published some forty years ago.

TALE OF A LAWN MOWER. There it is told that on a day previous

HOW THE LEGION LIVES. We talked on and on, as the fires sank lower. Presently they were but voices, to one of the great matches at Lord's Mr.al, it was in some ways a slap-dash James Dark borrowed a mowing machine innings, but his splendid eye and courakt the Belgian ergeant and the British cor- poral, telling of the life and death of the to prepare the wicket. In walked Robert carried him through. Legion; how it was not so much at the Grimston, who inspected the machine, Tennyson is what might be described forlorn hopes which came so regularly but and then walked to a part of the ground as an old-fashioned hatsman.

He does

Want to earn a sovereign! The reply to be either a googly or late swerver march to positions under Hifi Sre was said to them, "Do any of you fellows that every hall sent down to him is going wars then saw her off, the President being NOTABLES PRESENT AT DINNER at the fatigue ou grumbled; how thewhere some avvies were at work, and not, like so many of the moderns, imagine Come along, then," and as a consequence step back until he bad, but it was the return, when, as often,

was very ready. they evacuated at evenfall and the Riffs said Mr. Grimston. Bring your pick-almost sits on the wicket. He is, on, the the only absenter.

Brass, August 14th.

from behind rock und trees sniped nt

nower, and were called upon to slip forward and the left elbow well up. No. The Chinese Minister gave a dicber their backs, which was worse; of how aes with you?" They came to the lawn contrary, a firm believer in the left foot. last night in honour of General Hsu Shu other British compatriots go along into it and smash that infernal machine."two-eyed stance for him: Old-fashioned,

Wilson, White, Steadinan who was also a

The ground staff intervened, and got they say? Perhaps, but it pays."

A LIGHT-HEARTED CAPTAIN," Taag (Little" su). The Belgian corporul, Dunn who had been in the Black

and Mr. Grinston passed' compliments t

Circumstances combined to give Tenny- Premier, Cabinet Ministers, many Diple-Watch and had gone after discharge to away with the implement, while Mr. Dark Dunkirk from London for a trip one day each other. This is said to be the first

son the captaincy of England in 1921 on a return birket, find when he woke up casion on which a mowing machine was mats and other prominent personages

at Dunkirk next morning found himself used at Lord's.

Dauglas, in spite of all his keenness and | wäre present..

enlisted in the Legion and of how the Some years ago I was chatting to Mr.determination, bad been an unlucky Test. Under his leadership Geruman Legionaries fought well but A. Hemby, who first played for match captain, bullied the French who were in the Legion Harrow in 1864, when he and his bat Australia had henten us in

der foreign sues; and of their general could not quite pull the beam of the schlo secutive games. The Selection Committee. after our defeat at Lord's, decided that stern in peace but human and kind in Mr. Hornby recalled the day when a new captain might alter our fortunes. Fur understanding with their officers, coli et qui

Tennyson accepted the position with war; how they played a bit of football sheep grazed at Lord's, and on the

NEW YORK, August 14th.

A table from Lauderdale, Florida, re-

mental wadition. The driver, who hasporta a running night along shore, between

good record, was found wandering an alleged bootlegger launch and a coast. along the track stupefied. Apparently he guard rutier. has lost his reason.

HOLLIGANS IN MADRAS.

الاسمية

NATIONAL CONGRESS SUPPORTERS

ARE ASSAULTED.

The result was that one of the crew of

the Infinch was Indly wounded; others were captured. The launch burst into fames when a bullet from the cutter's machinegun hit the petrol tank.

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WEAPONS FOR REDS. BRITISH EXPORTS LICENSED

LABOUR GOVERNMENT.

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at the depots, and how God knew where morning of the match between Eten and

keven

Con

In the House of Commons recently, they were going to fight to-morrow; and Harrow be told me that the bays drove that lightheartedness which plays so big over from the school un the hill, that the satisfaction of knowing that, under his A second coastguard datter has captur-Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister, President of the how you threw the tent away you carried

a part in lis character," and had the

cd the British schooner Arany, bound for Board of Trade, informed Capt. Garro even under fire in order to move more grass on the wicket was cut with a scythe reign, the Motherland had fought better MADRAS, August 14th. Belize from Naasan, The Araop'a captain Jones that 610 machine guns and parts freely and picked up another from one and that the boys, prior to playing, went than in any other matches since the war.

Thirty persons were injured, some ser-and erew of six have been detained.

iously, as the result of hooligans attack- ing a procession of National Congress suporters on the eve of further City Municipal elections.

BARLIER CABLES DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

BALTIMORE, August 13th... In the Davis Cup Harada (Japan) beat Shimidzu

The assailants are stated to have used sticks, crow-bars and mineral water bottles, besides throwing stones, Rowd- Fiam was previously reported at some Flacquer (Spain), 6-2, 6-4, 6-0, election meetings of the Congress Party, following the defeat of all four non Brahmin candidates by National Con- green candidates last week.

The police bave made seven arrests.

Alonzo (Spain) defeated (Japan) by 7-5, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3.

MONTREAL, August 13th. In the Davis Cup-Anderson (Australia) defeated Crocker '(Canada), 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.

and 1,500,000 rounds of ammunition were of the dead at the end of the engage out on the ground with little baskets to His duties as Teet match captain rested exported to Soviet Russin under licenco ment."

assist in the pieparation and cleaning up very lightly upon him. It is said that when he received a telegrain inviting him of the late Government in 1924. The Gov Then the Belgian sergeant bade me a of the outfield..

to take command of the English team be crament had no intention of granting gentlemanly adinu in his sad, give

read it with an expression of surprise, licences for the export of machine gune voice of a man of sixty, and the brave to that or any other Government.

young corporal went back to his cocoa-

And fast and furious the crickets chat-rolled it into a little ball, tossed it ap making.

So the camp-fires faded out and the tered on, the crickets at their endless task, into the air, caught it, and then, 'rising, night gathered us in, and the crickets the dry crickets whisking away mortality to his feet with a laugh, exclaimed Mr. Cyril Champkin, of the P. & chattered unceasingly Out of the dust out of the dust-into the dust-out of "Good gracious, they've asked me to Banking Corporation, at present in into the dust. Then with a roar a gun the dust-into the dust. But the legion-captain England!" In that short scena. Shanghai, has undertaken the duties of fired its red heart through the dark and aries paid them no heed, but with five there is pictured the personality of Tenny- Boy Scout Commissioner, Shanghai then another and another. The air shook, fairly sure hours of living before them, son-light-hearted, happy-go-lucky on the lay down, and the camp in the mountains surface, but vit serious purpose when

the time comes to show i fighting front. Branch, during the absence on short leave but soon was still..

slept before nétion. (Continued at foot of next Colima.} ❘ of Mr. F. C. Millington.