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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES: (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FRENCH IN SYRIA. REPORT THAT SUEIDA HAS. BEEN ENTERED.

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PARIS, September 24th, A massage from Damascus states that the force of General Gamelin has left Mussifre. It is moving in the direc tion of Saeida,

A Havns Agency message announces French colurin has entered that 14

Sveidu.

General Gamelin's force, supported by tanks, after encountering stiff resistance

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH 1925

LATEST CABLES FAR EASTERN CABLE SHIPPING STRIKE.

MOVEMENT OF VESSELS NOW

MORE GENERAL.

END OF STRING APPROACHES,

DURBAN, September 24th. The 5.8 Sandgate Castle, the arst vessel to be held up here in the strike, sailed to-night. Several of her original crew were left behind

"EARLIER CABLES.

TRADE UNIONS “QA'CANNY." LONDON, September 23rd. The general council of the Trade Union, Congress has derlined to interelere in the seamen's strike. Seventeen shipyard participate trade-unions were invited to

on the heights south of Telaviv, occupied at 'conference which decided to approach at mulay a position, which had fallen

the Council, but the counpunication for the night before.

warded to the Council emanated from

The Druses are falling back north only six of the smaller unions, the remain-

-wards, between Telaviv and Seeida.

ALL INDIA CONGRESS. RESOLITION OF SYMPATHY FOR CHINESE.

request.

NEWS.

LTHROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.}

BOMBS IN CHINA. «

BOLSHEVIK DIPLOMATIC COURIER

PEKING, September 24th.

DUMPED GOODS.

STRIKING IMPORT FIGURES.

EFFECT OF DUTIES:

The Board of Trade, returns for July,

WHOLESALE FORGERY. JAPANESE BANKS" SWINDLED. During the past month, the leading banks in Osaka, such as the Sumitomo Yamaguchi, Namura, Hundredth, Jago.

ON PUBLIC SPEAKING.

FAMOUS ORATOR'S VIEWS,

I recall very vividly a conversation. I

vividly once had with the late Mr. Bryan, writes.

J. St. Loe Strachey in the Spectator It was during the Tariff Reform cam- to this country, and had been travelling paign of 1905. Mr. Bryan was on a visit states about England attending all the kig meet

IS ARRESTED EN ROUTE. reveal hwu the inposition of the M Konoike etc., have been defrauded of a

Kenna duties on the first day of that sum of 50.000 by a elrige to month marked the end of the frantic the Jupes Chronicle, endeavours "of foreign manufacturers in ade the schemes, for safeguarding British industries. The following tables give the position in brief

A foreign telegram from Harbin states that a Bolshevik diplomatie courier has been arrested at Pogranichnia. He was attempting to bring a large quantity of bombs and explosives into China.

է. General Yang, Yu Ting has telegraphed

July. £2,384,108

2,108,260° 1,917,958

July:

£58,804 17,950 75,988

YANGTSZE VALLEY,

PEKING TOLD THAT TROUBLE THERE IS UNLIKELY.

1090 1924

1925

PEK:SG, September 24th. General Wa Kuang Hain, Minister of War, `left for Kaigan this morning.

1903 1021

1023

SILK MANEFACTURES.

Juue. £1,6

1,768,473 3,831,004 MOTOR-CARS.

Juar

July.. £242.137 £208,157 113,080 133,534 490,179- 1,569,215

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

ing eleven refusing to be parties to the

to the Government, denying the "reports that there is bad feeling between himself | and Sun Chuan Fang.

Jane.

1923

£77,348

1994

19.249

1025

243,329

He declares that trouble in the Tang- taze Valley is not likely.

CLOCKS AND PARTS.

June.

1993

En2,709

THS ITALIAN AIRMAN,

1924

20.334

71

1023

ast,013

July. £44,703 28,ora 47,299

MAJOR DI PINEDO FORCED TO LAND' IN JAPAN.

WATCHES AND PARTS."

June.

July.

1923

£60,933

KAGOSHIMA, September 24th Major the. Marquis di Pinedo. owing to dessa fog, was forced to land, at Kushikino at 4.43 p.m. He was again compelled to descend at Yamakawa at 6.335 p.m., whền” 40 miles south of Kago shima.

1924

40.287

1925

460,883

£84,705 32,583 309,879

CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS.

1923

June. 200,320

38,540 423.767

SIGNS OF THE END.

CAPE TOWN, September Ard. There are indications that as a resuid of the cumulative effect of the departures PATHA September 24th. The All India Congress Committee of vessels from Cape Town, Durban, and Delagoa Bay the strike is rapidly breaks rejected the Commonwealth India Billing up. The majority of the men admit that they are sick of idleness and anxious proposed by Ms. Besant bat which was

the alleviate sufferings of their not seconded.

The Committee passed a resolution sympathising with the Chinese and pro- testing against the employment of Indian " movement soldiers to suppress their for freedom."

*

They also condemned the action of the United States Government, in refusing a passport to Mir. Saklatvala.

to

families.

LATEST CABLES.

CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO. · SPANISH SUCCESSES (GREAT AID

TO FRENCH.

Misain, September 24th. Morro Viejo, about six, kilometres from Ajdir, is now the headquarters of Abd'el

EARLIER CABLES.

TO MOVE SPANIARDS START

"LONDON, September 23rd. The French plans in Morocco have been hampered by the fact that the Spaniards have not advanced since they landed on the Morro Nuevo Penninsula, and Gen.

They expressed sympathy for the In-Krim. dians in South Africa and declared the Bill it was proposed to pass in the Union Parliament was, manifestly a breach of the 1024 settlement.

RIOTS IN TEHERAN.

SIR ROBEET HO TUNG.

FAREWELL LUNCHEON TO SIB LATRENCE GUILLEMARD.

LONDON September 23rd.

1924

1925

id

July.

£83,923 38,70% 100,317

"It is said, that the swindler withdrew the amount from the banks by dexter, ously obliterating the amounts written on cheques and making fresh"entries for bigger suns The police hay ascertain

ed that the counterfeiter is one Shino hara Tomijiro, aged 34, of Kyoto-fu, hut found that he has filed for Tokyo, where

they are now searching for him. As Japanese cheques ari generally made out in Chinese ink, this forger must have some remarkable sort of obliterator. But par- haps as the use of ordinary fountain pen

ink is increasing, it was cheques of this character that have been altered. In this

ease Japanese cheque-writers should go

luck to the brush."

POLITICS AND THE BAR.

THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD'S · VIEWS,

It is a political commonplace that barristers are keen upon getting into Parliament, and all parties, Conservative, Liberal and Labour, have several sup

The total decrease of imports underporters in the House of Commons who are these headings amounted to no less than members of the legal profession. The Earl of Birkenhead, in Nusk's Magazine, £6,804,009 as compared with June.. •

bas a frank article on this topic. He

TO A CERTAIN FRAME-UP.

3.

Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung gave a["A. bat of great capabilities, but

tú play cricket strokes.", farewell luncheon to Sir Laurence and [RASYFALL CHARACTER OF WELL KNOWN LOCAL Lady Guillemard who are proceeding to Singapore in a fortnight. The guests in

LACE OF BREAD LEADS TO M101 Primo di Rivera wept to confer at Melilla fuded Sir Charles Addis, Sir G. E. A

LAW.

TanzBAN, September 24th. “ On the pretext of lack of bread, a large "crowd closed the market and mobbed the Mejlish. They demolished the doors, windows and furniture. Some members were injured in attempting to escape.

The Military Governor unsuccessfully ared to pacify the rioters, but the de

ostrations contitive.

KRUPPS WORKS. PROPRIETORS NO LONGER IN FAVOUR OF TRUST.

BERLIN, September 24th. Mesare, Krupps, of Essen, have with. drawn from the proposed iron and steel trust, mentioned on September 6th, on the ground that the disappearance of such a well-known name as Krupps is not advantageous to German economic life,

PRINCE OF WALES. LARGE CROWDS BID ADIEU IN BUENOS AIRES..

BUENOS AIRES, September 24th. Great crowds gathered at the station to bid farewell to the Prince of Wales, on his departure for a ranch where ho will spend two days prior to sailing, on H.M.B. Repulse, for England on Sunday morsing.

President Alvear will attend a farewell dinner on board H.M.S.Repulse, on

· Saturday night.

BOMBAY COTTON STRIKE.

"BOMBAY, September 24th. Out of eighty-two cotton milia-only Aive are now working. In all, 145,000 Operatives are idle.

OBITUARY.

·MAHARAJA OF KASHMIR

LARORE, September 24th. The death is announced of Ident. General H.H. Sir Pratab Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur Sipar-i-Saltanat, the Maharajs of Kashmir and Jammu, G.BE GOLE 0.0.8.1, LL.D., who was born in 1830.

with the Spanish commander, General Sanjurjo as regards the resumption of the offensive.

That the Spaniards are now moving is apparent from a Madrid communiqué announcing that Spanish twops at noon to-day occupied Morro Viejo to the south of Morro Sueve, also the Malmosi ridge which is in the interior of the peninsula. FURTHER LANDING POINTS.

MADRID, September 23rd.

A communiqué announcing the occupa tion of all three objectives, with the assist. ance of fire from warships and an aerial bombardment, says that the capture of the ground before Morro Neuro makes further landing at other points possible.

COAL CRISIS.

MINERS NEW GRIEVANCE.

LONDON, September 93nl An important conference between Mr. Baldwin and the executive of the Miners' Federation was behl in Downing Street to-day, with regard to the coal truce hitch arising out of the miners' contention that the owners, by varying the district hase rates, have reached the understanding nade with the Premier when the truce was arranged, namely that wages would not be reduced from the rates existing in July, before the 1924 agreement ended

.After the conference it was officially announced that the Premier agreed to and consider the miners' arguments. would meet them again on September 24th.

It is noteworthy that the coal-owners contend that the variation of the district rates is permissible under the 1924 agree- ment, and does not infringe the terms of the settlement. It is understood that the Mines Department agrees with the cool-

owners.

.....

Mr. Cook declared that failing a satisfactory settlement, a fresh crisis would arise as serious as that, in July.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

TO BUILD NEW PREMISES.

GENEVA, September 23rd. The financial committee of the League of Nations bave decided to sell the League quarters, and build new offers, including a conference Hall, for which 11,000,000 gold marks have been voted.

FRENCH AVIATOR

HELD UP BY TURKISH VETO.

CONSTANTINOPLE, September 23rd.

The late Mabaraja, was the uncle of

M. Nogues, the French aviator attempt Mr.A," who, figured as the victim in ing a flight from Le Bourget to Teheran, blackmail ens in the English Courts arrived here last Monday, and was held last year. He was the third of his line up by the Turkish authorities refusing and grandson of the founder of the to permit him to fly over Samsoun, Sivas,

or Adeba dynasty, the Maharaja Ghulab Singh.]

Grindle, Sir Roderick Jones, Mr. Gershom Stewart, the Earl of Meath, and re. presentatives of the Foreign Office.

Sir Robert Hu Tung dwelt on the splendid work of Sir Laurence Guillemard and congratulated him on the extension of his term of office.

Sir Laurence Guillemard, in reply, said that the million and a quarter Chinese in Singapore were the best citizens and worked well for the British. He eulogised Sir Robert Ho Tung's great influence for good not only in the East hat in England. He was sure his good judgment would lead to Anglo-Chinese peace and mutual understanding in the future.

FOOTBALL AT HOME. ENGLISH LEAGUE RESULTS.

LONDON, September 23rd. Matches played in the English League to-day resulted as under-

DIVISION L West Brom. A4 Manchester C Cardiff, 0; Sunderland, L

DIVISIÓN. H. Darlington, 1; Blackpool, a Middleshoro', 6; Preston, 1.

DIVISION 111 (SOUTH)." Bourgemouth, 0; Newport, 2.. Crystal Pal.. B; Bristol C., 2. Exeter, 3 Queen's Pk. R., yo Plymouth, 4; Brentford, 0. Swinden, 1; Millwall, 1. Watford, 1 Southend, 4.

TREUTER'S AMERICAN; SERVICE]

"BETTER."

L CAILLAUX AND LS. PRESSMEN

New Yorz, September 23rd.

M Caillaux arrived and handed to the pressmen a statement declaring that he was confident that the French war debt could be settled on a basis of peace and righteousness. He had come to bring a settlement of all Francee's debts. There was no instance in history of France a failing to settle her debts. D

He recalled the fact that the United Stater and France had twice, fought side by side on the battlefld, and declared that he was convinced that through. mutual loyalty we shall be able to reach an equitable and practical agreement."

Asked whether he expected to get the same terms for France as Great Britain got, M. Cailloux replied "Better."

CRICKETER.

Lay the cricket bat aside, Pads and gloves return to store: For the game that was our pride Ha become a beastly bore, For the Diamond leave the Pitch, Seek in Baseball fame a niche.

...

Now no more the crisp late cut Draws swift clapping from the ring. That's all right for cricket, but -Baseball is a finer thing. When a homer calls forth, joy, Yell a raucous "Attaboy,"

Your's, no more to judge a run; By the coach auch freedom's bunn'd. Must you catch a lofty one?

Shove a cushion on your hand! But, all ball-game crimes are jokes Compared with playing cricket strokes.

Cricket, that enchained the sire, Cannot satisfy the son... Why should Youth's exuberant fire Pause to think" of Hambledon, When it may attain to fame. In a Redskin's native game

states:--

"To every young barrister who has

success in his profession, there coses

raped, or sees within his grasp, real

moment when he must decide whether he will adhere closely to the legal side of that profession or whether he will attempt

ings and listening to the speeches of the leaders. He told me that he had heard

and

Mr. Caziberlain, Mr. Asquith, Sir Henry Campbell Bannerinan, Mr. Balfour, 'as he then was, the Duke of Devonshire, and several ether Free Trade and Tarif Re farm speakers. F asked him what he thought of our public speaking expressed the fear that he had. probably, foxind our oratory rather dull and lifeless when compared with the vivid public speaking of America. To my surprise he winuld have nothing of this, but declares that the level of political speaking was distinctly higher here than in Anerius

I then asked him who he thought was the best of the speakers he had heard. He again surprised me by replying" with- out question the Duke of Devonshire,

I can quite understand your laying that as regards the Butter, because he is wise and moderate and all his points are good points but surely he is not a orator."

On the contrary, he is, in my opinion. one of the most impressive of speakers. Nothing could be better than his grave and distinguished style."

ENGLISH STYLE CRITICISED.

Mr. Bryan went on to niske some fur- thes criticisms on English public speaking. Though he emphasized once more how high was the generat level, he added:

There is one thing which surprises me in regard to your public speaking to large audiences. Your speakers seem to make little or no use of stories. It is a great pity, because nothing rivets attention sa well. Our speakers ways bave a sheaf of stories to tell, and no speech is com plete without them"

*No doubt," sail I, an appropriate story is excellent; hut what is the use cumstances may not permit of your using of having a reserve of stories when cir- any of them."

If you have the right kind of store, enough of them filed, you can always manage to fit them in."

TWO ADMIRABLE STORIES. · Amused and intrigued by the idea asked for examples. And then he at onc produced two admirable stories, which 'I had to agree could be used in almost any speech.

You have often to deal with the ques tion of perfection, or alleged perfection,

to unite with it a political career. The in politician. Here is a story on the perfect person which is of uni- decision is an extremely grave one, and Versal application, A Presbyterian minist

Yea

sbuuld he considered and reconsidered. ter at a semi-social gathering in his Church Rooms was dealing with per- Unless a man has a particular gift fectioniam and pointed out that in the for politics, he is surrendering the sennty case of human beings there was no sucke leisnite of a busy professional life without thing as a perfect person. Nobody had

ever seen one. Then, warming to the the certain prospect of any return at all He must live labourious days and subject, he went on, I will go further and say that no one has even heard of a perfect person. To his surpise a little tedious nights seeking to persuade a con stituency which he may never win. And old lady at the back of the half rose to if, on the other hand, he wins the seat, her feet, and said in clear firm tones: he not only has the anxiety and expense I have heard of one. The minister, of maintaining it, but much of his vacations taken aback, said. Surely there must must be given up either to protracted be some mistake. I feel sure that I quat casions in the House of Commons or to have misunderstood the sister who has a series of engagements in his conjust spoken. She cannot mean that she stituency..

ever heard of a perfect person.' Nor can the question of expense he I have, replied the lady once more. A excluded from the accounts. In one way little annoyed the minister retorted, or another most elections, even under Very well, then. Perhaps the sister will modern conditions, cost nearly £1,000 kindly tell us who was the perfect person Nor, again speaking generally, does the of whom she has heard.' 'I will with £400 a year which is now paid as salary pleasure. My husband's first wife!" (less income tax) to Members defray the charges of an ordinary constituency. Un less, therefore, the rising barrister whom we are attempting to advise has given some distinct evideneo of political, as distinguished from forensic, capacity, he RUBBER PRICES.

will, on the whale, he well advised to Mestra Carroll Bros are in receipt of write politics off the slate of his life.

"But, of course, such a one misses telegraphic advices from Singapore in- forming them that Rubber is now quoted much Every intelligent man must take at $1.32 per Th., and that the Sungei an interest in politics, whether he wishes Bagan Rubber Company has declared a or not. For politics, after all, mean only council, at which the good, lady was also

warm climate.". Final Dividend of 12%. The following the science of government. And we are present, What she wants is a good in which no man who has the slightest stake in the country will be able to afford himself the luxury of abstinence from politics and if you are interested in politics, it is, after all, at Westminster that the great game is and must be played.

E.W.H.

ETERNAL MOTHER-IN-LAW, Mr. Bryan went on to give an example of the eternal mother-in-law story, which ho insisted could. be used politically with grent success.

There was a certain man in New Jersey whose mother-in-law lived with him. Sher became very ill and the doctor was sent for, After he bad examined his patient he said to the son-in-law at the family

prices are also given (all Straits dollars). in my judgment, approaching a period Well, doctor. How would Floralar

Bukit Jelutongs Bukit Katila

Jimahs.

Kedaha

Alor Gajahs

8.1.00

Amal Malays

3.35

Ayer Moleks

2.55

Ayer Panas .....

11.00

Balgownies.

420

&

Bassetts

1.95

1.15.

1.45

Changkat Serdangs

8.50

Gleucalys

2.20

Indragiris...

9.2K

Jerams"

1.20

195

3.30.

Kempas Kuala Sirlians

7.10

1.00

Lunasatanic, Malaka Pindas

12.75

2.80.

Malakofis

4,60

Mandai Tekongs

90

Mayfields.

8.25,

New Berendinha Pajama

4.30

10.75

Parit Peraka;

3.30

Punggors

1.45

Sandycrofts Scudais Sungei Bagnas Tapaka

4.10. 2.80

3.40

21.00

Tambalaks

150

· Teluk Ansons

30.25

Termerlotis

1.15

United Malaccas

240

3.50-

(2,90.

Uten Simpans Perak Bivers

It is, of course, not less apparent that the most dazzling prizes of the profession fall to those who have proved alike their political and their legal efficacy. Ex cept by strange and infrequently recurring chances, no man becomes Lord Chun cellor who has not sat in the House of Commons. The Lord Chief Justice of England, except by the same kind cl accident, is always one who has pusse through the Parliamentary hurly-hurly And, of course, the Law Officers of the Crown, with all the dazzling possibilities which their offices afford, must from the very nature of their duties find seats in the House of Commons

do 1?

“No, no. - Not nearly bot enough She wants a real hot climate."

"Well, what about Texas?^/

No,

that something: much better than

Well, then, Southern California I "No, no, you must think of something. better than that some really hot place. * The man looked surprised for a moment, and then, as if suddenly inspired he rush- ed out of the room, and returned with the wood axe saying:

Bere, doctor, you do it. I can't." ME. Bryan went un to tell me a third story, but I can only remember that it was not up to the high level of the first. The result is that my memory has refused to recall it.

A LORD OF WORDS,

I am not attempting to pass judgment on Mr. Bryan's political, social, or re- "It may, therefore, be confidently ligious views but one cannot help berg predicted that the lure of Parliament will moved by the fact that this great lord always make an irresistible appeal to the of words, one who lived by words and most adventurous and gifted members of on words, should have died, as we learn the legal profession. But, nevertheless, that he did, with an undelivered speech, I have already indicated, unless their It is stated that he was preparing for the debating and political capacity marches Press the great oration on Evolution in equal step with their adventurous which the court had refused to hear qualities, they may easily abandon the In a word, he died not only in particular substance for an elusive thadow; drawing harness, but in his own no prize, after years of expenditure and harness, and so may be said to have bees dinillaniontent, from the political lucky felia, apačiunitate martie. Let him resta

in peace bag?