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CABLES.

LATEST GABLES, TELEGUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]U

THE LEAGUE ASSEMBLY. MI CHAMBERLAIN TELLS OF COUNCIL'S WORK.

PREVENTION NOT PUNISHMENT,!",

GENEVA, September 10th. Mr. Austen Chamberlain addressed the

League Assembly on the subject of the measures taken by the Council to carry out the decisions of the Assembly, He paid tribute to the great influence of the League and referred to

the spirit animating Great Britain, adding that though there were differences of opinion regabling the best menus of attaining their aime, there is no difference as to what these aims are.

He emphasised that though punishment might be necessary, the fundamental principle was not to punish thei

aggres sor, but to prevent the commission of an -effence. He declared that Britain helt that this principle seemed lost sight of in framing last year's Protocol

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Mr. Chamberlain was pále, and evidgut- ly saved by the applause greeting his perration, in which he said that if by attempting less than last year's Assembly d, as regards the Protocol, they even tually achieved more they would be eting in the same spirit as the origins Covenant framers. He added: We do not seek fresh allinnees directed against anyone. Our sole desire is the pence of the world. We hope our work in this matter will meet with the sympathy and Rapport of the League."

LANDING AT ALHUCEMAS, ABD

EL

KRIM LAUNCHES COUNTER-STROKE.

Lossos, September 10th. Abd el Krim has apparently launched counters-stroke to the landing at Alburemas, according to A 3Fadrid

which says that the enemy

in the Western sector is still obstinately

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

LATEST GABLES.

DIVING FOR GOLD,

FROM S.84 EGYPT.".

ATTEMPT TO RECOVER SPECIE

LONDON, September 10th.

BARLIER CABLES.

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO

RIFF DEFEAT AT LEKUCEMAS,

MADRID September mth. Detailed accounts of the landing:

The report in denied that Japanese Albucenas Ray and the sailors are preparing to attempt to retaver gold from the P. and O. liner Egypt, which sank in May, 1990, off Ushent

On the contrary, a French firm is under-

operations do not mention the described in a French newspaper yester, day.

On the contrary they declaro that every taking, the work and German sub-contracting worked with mathematical precision tors are carrying out the actual living operations, using special diving dress for great depths, It is noteworthy that the Erupt carried £1,090,000 of which £80,000 is in gold.

BARLIER CABLES.:

ST. LEGER

SOLÁRIO WINS KACE WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY.

LONDON, September 9th. At Doncaster, the weather was unsettled hit the going was good and there was a large attendance for the St. Leger. The was run în heavy rain and bad

-race

light.

Warden

FRIDAY,

SEPTEMBER 11TH ∙1925

“EARNER CABLEY,

SHIPPING STRIKE

ROMAN STÅR” SAILS FROM

CAPETOWN,

CAPETOWN, September 9th, Thà LL: Homan Star has sailed for Eng-

UNION CASTLE LINE'S ATTITUDE.

FAR

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS

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THE SHANGHAI ENQUIRY,

THREE POWERS DECIDE ON!

JUDICIAL C

=COMMISSION...

PEKING, September 10th

It is understood the Judicial Commis

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Mr. H. G. W. Woodheal, editor of tho China Year Book, and the Peking and Tientsin Times, has arrived in England on holiday Recently he was lecturing in the United States on China's | relations with the Foreign Powers,

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Sir Ellice Victor Bassoon, who has just bought the famous, Kingsclere stables, is CAFRTOWY, September 9th.

If a emusia of Sie Philip Sassoon and lives “The Union Castle Line, on behalf of sida tu enquire into the Shanghai incideok masily in Indin. Only a few weeks ago

a private racecourse near Poons, at a the shipowners, have declined to agree of May 30th, has been decided upon. It it was announced that he is costructing to the suggested brisis of settlement men. will consist of British Japanese and cost of, about £100,000 5

under the most efficient leadership.

The sea was calm, and the bay retioned earlier, in view of the Maritime sembled an immense lake when 119 war Board agreement. ships, including a number of French | vessels arrived at noon on Monday from Centa and: and Melilla The warships

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immediately bombarded the mountains and the hinterland.".

TO POOL MAN POWER.

SYDNEY, September 9th The local shipowners have decided to pool therr available man power, and the Grama is expected to sail shortly.

AVANTI !!.

Fifty Spanish naroplanes, French seaplanes bombed the rebel tion. The enemy replied in the moFASCIST AIRSHIP AND CREW FOR inuflective fashion.

AMUNDSEN.

The wireless apparatus of one warship. was slightly damaged by a shell, pert was quickly repaired. Otherwise no vessel was hit-

Ross, September ath. Signor Mussolini has signed an agree ment with Amundsen granting him an Italian airship.

American Judges.

Efforts will continue to be made to induce China to nominate a Judge to participate; but, in any case, the Con mission will carry out investigations. It is believed that the numes of the Judges will be officially announced very shortly:

"LANCASHIRE'S LOSSES. THE RESULT OF THE TROUBLE

CHINA

& total irrecoverable loss to Lancashire so far of £2,000,000 was the grave estimate

Railway are said to have gone on The workers of the Canton Samshuž strikes The demand of the strikers in the dismissal of the manager of the Railway Mr Chen, It is stated that" the strike is due to some friction or | disagreement among the workers of the

Railway

The King of Belginihe Argust 12h received General Hau Shu Treng, head of the Chinese Mission to Europe, who was presented by the Chinese Minister With "General Han there arrived the other members of his mission. Major General Pontus, who is attached to the miasion, conductest-the party to Linge, where they visited Port Loncin

102842 for a Polar expedition in of one of the leading Manchester shippers | was.

It will be manned by Italians, and it is proposed to fly from Spitzbergen over the Pole to Alaska.

According to the driatic News Service,

Charles T. Boyce, an American citizen,

found guilty of obtaining goods. on August 8th of the trading set-back under false pretences by Judge Purdy LANDING TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL

in the U.S. Court, Shanghai, on Septem- Orders to land were issued at 11 o'clock

which the county has suffered from theber 2nd. The charge concerned a Ural unrest in China He estimated that this in ponges silk between Boyce and Lia Foxlaw dwelt at the start, Manna on Monday evening. General Suros with column consisting of ten saaks, two

DETAILS ARE GIVEN,

Eu Tons (allegedly as manager and country's trading loss was £750,000 OSLO, September 9th,

proprietor respectively of the Chilean making the play from Picaroon, Hoidore, battalions of the Foreign Legion, three

month, of which by far the greater part Finance Co.) and a Chinese firm of silk battalions of Spanish riflemen, and threa

Details of Amundsen's Polar fight in of the Marches, Zambo, si cative soldiers, ons field battery, and Spelthorns and St. Becau for three fur-two mountain batteries, an ammunition are given by Lieutenant Riiser is directly lost to the Lanenshire cotton merchants. Sentence was reserved.

column, four companies Sappers, and Larsen, second in command of Amund-trade, la round figures about a million when the last named headed three wireless detachments, assembled by Fen's Expedition this summer. He said longs, Manna, the pair being followed by dawn without mishap except for Amundsen had bought for £18,000 a semi-pounds worth of cotton-piece gocis is Bucollas, Warminster, Solario, Piccaroon, collision, which was not serious, between disid airship from the Italian Govern-ordinarily exported to China from Lan

a gunboat and 'a destroyer owing to the tent. It has three engines capable of cashire, and the published reports for ble Japan to participate in the semi crowding of the warships, the doing is kilometres an hour, with a Sir Kenneth nad Zambo

The bombardment by war velsels and feruising speed of eighty miles. The crew. June show this to have declined to only from.

the air. was re-opened at 8 am, will consist of sixteen, including Amund £36,000 worth, and it should be noted and continued for four hours Boatsen and Ellsworth, who has secured half that this exportation concerned many con-propriation includes subsidies for Japan- Inden with troops started for the shore the capital from America, the Italian at 10 am and the landing began at The natives regulars were first ashore and advanced immediately towards the enemy positions. -

When six furlongs from home, Solario improved his position; and, racing clear in the straight, wou in a canter.

Picaroon was fourth, Sir Kenneth Efth noon. sad Manna tenth.

The time was ruin. 4.2ßsees. The place betting was evens against Solario and Zambo, and to 2 against Warden of the Marches,

FOOTBALL AT HOME.

LEAGUE RESULTS.

LONDON; September 9th.. The following are the results of foot-

endeavouring to break through the ball matches played to-day: Spanish front in the Benihozmar sector, South of Tetuan.

General Saasa's column offered string resistance, the conduct of the native troops being especially gallant. The enemy is provided with field guns.

machine-guns and hand-grenades.

General Primo Di Rivera remains at Tetuan for the present.

The Communiqué states that reports from Albuermas are most satisfactory. General Sados troops fire consolidating and provisioning the base and constructe ing defence works; the enemy's resistance is slight. The troops. of General Fernandes Perez have not yet landed.

(THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]

·M. HERRIOTS FLEA GRANTED.

LYONS; September 30th. Speaking at un important, meeting of the Conseil General of the Rhone, 31 Edouard Herriot asked the Conseil to give its support to the Government policy in Morocco.

The Conseil voted the motion: un- animously, saying that all efforts must be made for the success of the French Expolition in Morocco.

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY-] INTENSITY OF PREPARATION.

Paris, September 10th.

The correspondent of Le Malin at Taunat emphasises the intensity of the artillery preparation for the general French attack in the Wezzan sector. He says that never before have so many peroplanes been seen in the Moroccan. aky, while battalion after battalion mar-, phen along the dusty roads to the front, whence the wounded are already being sent dovra

FRANCE AND SOVIET.

MOSCOW INVITED TO SUBMIT

CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS.

PARIS, September, roth

M. Fainlevé, while in Geneva, examined with M. Briand a report which M. Krassin handed to the French Government last week

FIRST DIVISION.

Burnley, 1: Bolton W., Everton, 2; Birmingham. 2. Newcastle, 1; Blackburn R,

SECOND DIVISION. Darlington, 1; Preston N.E.,

THIRD DIVILION (SOUTH), Bournemouth, 2; Luton, 2. Bristol City, 5; Swindon, 1 "Exeter, 3; Bristol Rovers, 0.

Gillingham, 3; Merthyr, 1, Reading, ; Queen's Park Rangers, Watford, 3; Norwich, L

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). Ashington. ; Coventry, 0. Darham C., ; Accrington, 1 Wrexham, 1; New Brighton, 2

SCOTTISH LEAGUE,

Dundee' 1; Queen's Park,

In the replay in the Glasgow Cup com petition, Celtic defeated Partick by goals to 1.

K.K.K. IN GERMANY.

BERLIN, September 9th Thirty Knights of the Fiery Cross" have been arrested by the police who claim that they have discovered a dan gerous extremist organisation of a thou aand, members, babe,

The founders of the new order pro three Americans who are among the ar

The enemy resisted but were caught by the fire from the wärships and withdrew rapidly. The objective was soon occupied by the whole columns, which established bivouacs at Morro Nuevo by sunset with

out molestation.

In the course of the operation an eru plane was hit by shellfire and sank in the bay. The crew were rescued.

"OFFENSIVE PUSHED ON.

TANGIRE, September 9th Following the landing in the Bay of Cebadilla and the seizure of the heights round the Bay of Alhucemus, Spanish troops, continuing, the offensive, have begun an advance in the direction of Ajdir, the Biff Headquarters.

The operations are developing favour ably, the Riffs so far, resisting feebly.

BIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS.

PARIS, September 9th.

£400,000 bas

Colonel Nobile, Lieut. Riiser Larsen and mitments entered into before the trouble other Italians and Norwegians. It was in China began. One substantial factor planned to start from King's Bay and fly in reducing the export by across the North Police to Alaska. The airship would be ready by: Christmas and begin its trials in the New Year.

SECRETIVE PRINCE. DISAPPOINTS LEAGUE OF NATIONS"

COUNCIL

been the action of shippers and manufac turers in withholding goods rather than run the risk of losing them. Even with quick recovers, the shipper deylated, the ultimate dead loss would probably be

£9,000.000

BACKHAND BUYING,”

GENEVA, September 9th. Prince Arfaed Dowlch (Persiz), "on being invited to furnish explanations regard trade paper published during the ing the alleged illicit traffic in opium hirst week in Augast atates that the posi- in the Persian Gulf, at the League of Nations Council, merely stated that tion in China is improving Events have Persin would welcome a European comproved, it continues, that the shipping. mission of enquiry into opium cultivation strike and boycott are not so effective us in Persia. He added that as soon as con-

ditions permitted Persia would take steps a few weeks ago, and that it is now poss to curtail cultivation." *

ible to run festrict steaïver services to The Prince's silence as to the alleged some of the ports and clear a moderate illicit traffic impressed the council un-

favourably The subject of a loan to amount of enrgo. Buying for China i "nable Persia to curtail or abolish the beginning to show more life, and it only The launching of a combined Frenchwth of the opium poppy was not needs a resumption of the auctions to set

mentioned again.

demand moving briskly again. This view is endorsed in The Financial News by

and Spanish offensive in Morocco is only question of hours according to a des- patch from Fez. The first objectives will be relatively near the prescut line...

TO ABOLISH SLAVERY.

It is understood that the Spaniards will LORD ROBERT CECIL'S PROPOSAL & responsible and reliable authority in close

attack south of Tetuan where the enemy. have lately been most active. The French- wili simultaneously attack north of

SIR W. R. BIRDWOOD.

BOUND SPEECH IN INDIAN ASSEMBLY.

Committee.

TO THE LEAGUE...

GESTYA, September 9th

commercial and industrial interests of

a hundred and fifty thousand yen to en Japan, have set aside one million and

contenary international exposition at Philadelphia to be held for five month commencing from Jane, 1929. The ap

ese manufacturers besite expenses for the maintaining of the Japanese division within the exhibition grounds.

Mr. J. E Jupp, of the Hongkong ant Shanghai Bank, Shanghai, had the un- pleasant experience of being marooned all night on mountainside in the Miyanoshita district last month Lea7- ing the Fujiya Hotel ono afternoon with the intention of taking a short walk

over the mountains, Mr. Jupp ventured along a new route made unfamiliar by wash-outs and -}£nd slides, nad result of the recent henry rains. A fall of earth blocked his return, noi! he had to wait until rescuit sext day by a scarce party.

A RAILWAY TO JEHOL

CHANG TSO-LIN HAS FURTHER PLANS.

Marshal Chang Tso-lin is reported to have announced his plan to build the Peking-Jehol Railway at the “earliest possible date. Jeho is on the border of Manchuria, and has been receiving

the serious attention of Marshal Chang

for many yearn, AYS the North Chine Standard. The present. Tutung.

man and has taken orders from the General Kan Chao Hai, is & fuk Mukden Warlord ever since his p pointment last winter.

It is said that the people of both

touch with current Chinese affairs, who states that while the official boycott on

For some time past, the Fengtien British goods continues in force, it is authorities have been planning to con- Wezzan in order to clear the territory Lord Robert Cecil on behalf of Great characteristic of the Chinese as a nation struct a standard railway between Jehol Britain unexpectedly submitted pro that's good deal of backhand" trading and Mukden. Now it has been decided in the direction of Sheshuan.

posals for the eventual abolition of is being carried on Figures, which have to build a line between Chaoyang and Thus the Riffs will be between two Sres, and possibly the same tactics will slavery including domestic slavery, all been put forward from time to time as Taifeng, the two important citics of that be applied farther east, the French ad-over the world, at the League of Nations' actual losses must not be strictly treated special area, within eight months. As as such. Large stocks are carried by toon as this short line is completed that vancing north of Taza towards Ajdir,

No serious objections were raised but merchants in the principal commercial Taifeng-Chengteh section will be built and the Spaniards continuing to hara Portuguese and others emphasised the centres, and these are being worked off in the course of a year With the the Albucemae littoral."

The combined forces are catimated at importance of not moving too rapidly. gradually. British merchants with old completion of the whole line inside of It is understood that Lord Robert's pro- established connections in the Republic Jehol itself, the much-talked-of Peking- 150,000 men

posals are regarded as the most import know their China well, and if the full Jehol Railway will be started. ant of their kind since the Brussels Act extent of the backhand” trading could Peking and Manchuria have been su of 1600. They provide severe punishment he made public, it would go far to reas-fering great inconvenience from the for anyone attempting to engage in slave sure those who view the position with

Jack of sufficient communication facili- traffic in any signatory state, and would alarm. During the pust eight weeks ties as there is now only the Peking assimilate slave trading with piracy, so stocks of British, and also other European Mukden Railway, that a slave vessel shall be treated as merchandise in the country, bave been single track. With the addition of the aborbed quietly, and now that the dis- Peking Jehol line there will be two a pirate.

turbances are assuring a less serious as roads to travel. The residents of Pek- pect, the time for the full replenishment ing and its neighbourhood will be the of these stocks ennnot be far distant first to benefit by having all sorts of face & condition near to normal is cheap foodstaff from the Three East established. mach ground temporarily lostern Provinces where nature seems to will be regained. One aspect of the be particularly kind to the onle.be situation should not be overlooked. While In a telegrams to the Ministry of Britain is overwhelmed with domestic Communications, Marshal Chang Tso-lin troubles, and the operation of an official announces that he has already appointed boycott in her valuable Chinese market, Mr. Lu Chin-hsien as Managing Direc

tor of the Tritsthar Tinonen" Railway, other European countries are not letting and wishes the Ministry, to keep this are the grass grow under their feet, and it is,pointment on file. He further say in consequence, not surprsing to learn that the now line has only appointed that Geman traders in particular are pre- the Oriental Development Company paring an active commercial campaign.

SLA, September 9th." The new Commander-in-Chief, Sir W rested men. They came to Germany to R. Birdwood, in his first speech in the create an organisation on the lines of Legislative Assembly, opposed a "Bill the Ku Klux Klan in order to liberate introduced by the Indian, Mr. Ranga Germany from persons not 100 per cent.Chariar, to regulate the use of fire arma in true Germans.".

dispersing an unlawful assembly Sir W. B. Birdwood emphasised the repugnance BRIGANDS NEAR DAMASCUS, of soldiers at being called upon to assist the civil authorities, and said that tho" BAGDAD, September 9th.officers' sense of personal responsibility Brigands attacked four air cross was the best safeguard for ensuring the desert cars, not carrying passengers, proper execution of duties in aid of the eighty miles from Damascus. The drivers civil power. He deprecated anything were stripped of their clothing, but were which would tie officers hands and make not wounded The cars were badly dam- (a difficult situation more complicated. aged.

PARDON FOR SPY..

BOUNTY FOR TATA'S.

SIA, September pth. A Government resolution proposing the payment of a bounty to the Tata Steel Company for eighteen months ending in

CANADA AND HU.S.

MR. MEICHEN IN FAVOUR OF PROTECTION;

OTTAWA, Septembur Oth The Conservative leader, Mr. Meighen, opening his electoral campaign, made the Fiscal policy his chief ise, and strongly favoured protection

Drawing comparisons between the multiplication of tariffs in the United States and the Premier's reduction of the Canadian tariff, he stated that Canada would have no chance whatever in the race with the United States, where a strong traditional protective, polity is Iniraued, if she wavered timidly.

BERLIN, September 9th. Among the beneficiaries of the amnesty granted on the occasion of President. Hindenburg's election is Trebitech Lan- March, 1927, subject to a maximum of page TAXIS IN COLLISION. “ coln, the former Liberal NP., who noted sixty lakhs of rupees, was carried in the ye

MR. SZE

which has but a

HAS NOT BEEN ORDERED TO Going materials it will have no longer

PAS HOME

The government denies that Mr. A. Sze, Minister to the United States has been * * * Before M. Krassin departed for Russin, as chief of Kapp's press department. Ho Council of the State,

924 A party of three Chinese women and instructed to return home and participate M. Painlevé communicated to him a Note, is reported now to be political adviser Criticians of the bounty system were boy had a fortunate escape, last even in the forthcoming Tarifl Conference in drawn up in agreement with M. Briand, to Wu Pei Fu and organiser of mach voiced by the European members. Mr.ing, when the taxi cab in which they wore Pcking, stavce too diatic News Service. refusing to examine vague uncertain con- anti-British propaganda în China Chadwick, the Bentary for Commerce, riding cathe into collision with another In fact, Dr. Sze Laked permission to re- ditional propossis and inviting the Soviet (Lincoln was a notorious figure in the said that the bounty would help Tata's taxi, in Des Vaut Road, Central The turn to Chins to settle his personal Cloverment to subunit concrete and ex sor, acting as a spy for the Germans to turn the corner, and if the cost of arpuct buckled the bear front wheel of affairs some month ago, but on ACLOUDE plicit suggestions, not based on opening. He was implicated in the Boger Case-production' was reduced, profit was like- ons vehicle and massked the head lamps of the importance of his duty of Wasking- credita as a necessary condition.

ment plot.]

of the other.

ton, his request was not gramed, 7.

which is a joint enterprise of Chinese and Japanese as its purchasing agent The ownership is still Chinese soon as we have paid the bills supplying us with all sorts of build-

any power to inquire into our business. along this railway. Therefore, it must be understood that to appoint the Uriental Development Company neur purchasing agent is entirely different from lotting the line be owned by both Chinese and Foreigners

In this connection, the Yi Shih Pan remarks, that the purchase of materiale from a fahaman sperpes by the Trátai---

cwas made the sub-

wolaring the