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FRENCH DEBT TO U.S.A. PARIS APPEARS DOURTFUL ABOUT

SETTLEMENT.

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LONDON, September 28th.-- While Washington despatches optimistic with regard to the prospect of Franco-American debt settlement, Faris is doubtful..

Some papers evan anticipate the failure of negotiations. Despatches from French correspondents at Washington, however; speak of the new French proposals

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

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CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO.

RIFFS SUFFER HEAVILY IN FRENCH ADVANCE.

PARIS, Boptember 28th. A message from Fea states that the enemy suffered heavily in the course of the latent- French, advance. Fifty dead were found on the scene of the fighting and 24 were taken prisoners,

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ATTACK.

PARIS, September 27th."

NEWS.

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YELLOW RIVER FLOODS. WURST FOR MANY YEARS 18)

REPORT.

PIKING, September 28th

DASTARDEY BOMB PLOT.

*TTO WRECK 9.8.

„TUCKWO.?

29TH

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OPIUM CHARGE,

GIRL'S STORY IN COURT.

LITERATURE AS A TRADE.

A BAD TIME FOR AUTHORS.

At the Central Magistracy, before Mr. In the current number of The Author, -which is the organ of the Bocisty of 8. B. B. McElderry yesterday, 12 Author, Mr. W. B. Maswell, the well-

known novelist, contributes an infornst ing article on the Trade of Authorship, and gives his reasons for believing that the rewards of literature were never mora

SHANGHAI, September 27th. When the Indo-China Steamship Com-year-old Chinese girl was charged with pany's Tuckwo, which arrived at Hankow possession, of 30-tals of opium which was this afternoon from Shanghai was about discovered in a jar of salted shrimps. two miles above Wuhu on the evening

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were never so rich,

Mr. C. A. S. Russ appeared for the precarious, although in seine sazes they There never was a period, he writer. when the trade of authorship was so Defendant said that she had beer lucrative as it can be and sometimes is

The Secretary of the China Inter of September 25th, a violent explosion, national Famine Relief Committee reccompanied by dense sinuke, occurred ports a further break on the main south in the Chinese third-class accommoda: heaten by her father for stealing two | now-w-ilays; but it used to be a very

dyke of the Yellow River, 10 miles west

of Shihlipu. It resulted in the worst flood of the river since 1887,

The effect of the first break on August A message from Fez states that opera-lath, which was announced one time tions were opened further to the South ago, was only to food an area of ap

tion.

Enquiries into the cause of the explo

Her

possibly providing for initial annual pay West near Wezan, where the French proximately 400 square miles between the contrived bomb, the cover of which father, who is a boatanen, was also ad consideration the changed value of money ments of thirty instead of twenty-recaptured the villages of Hammar and inner and outer dykes. The later dis. Was the outside container of a thermos vised to see the committer..

million dollars,” increasing in the decade Harrara, suddenly overwhelming strong. to a maximum of approximately 100 Riff positions by the use of hand- million, payable in years instead of grenades. 30. The Americans are now said to be ready to agree to maximum annuities of 120 million dollara

Caillaux is said to have assured Mix

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THE PRINCE'S TOUR.

cents. She had run away, and in Hollymuch safer trade, and every year ita security would seem to grow lemmi Fire-prevention measures were taken,wood Road she met a strange man, who Authors not only have to gain a re- and no fire resulted, and the ship con asked her to carry the jar for him. Heputation; they are forced continuously

to fight for its maintenance

You tinued her voynge.

gave her a few cents for doing so,

days a single very successful novel cam His Worship ordered the girl to be bring its author fortune-1 nisan, a fortune of respectable amount taking into sion resulted in the fading of a cunning-taken before the. Po Leung Kuk.

and the sharply graded subtractive force of the super-tax. But with the poss ibility of them great and hitherto un dreamed of prizes for the lucky few there inno- ask which had been placed in

has come instability of position and pres enriousness of reward for the less fortu cent-looking box. According to the story.

at many. Almost one might my that of the passengers, the box was brought

the old adage of "Nothing succeeds like aboard at Chinklang by a Chinese who

"SUCCESS "should now be amendest to No-

thing succeeds but sucense," At the Kowloon, Magistracy yes | People drop out of money-making with There is a bare possibility of the river left the ship at Nanking and did not entirely changing its course.

Only slight damage was done by the terday, the cast was continued in which The Executive Secretary, Mr. Mallory,

Aster

resulted in the unrestricted flow of the river southward, where pars thereof may reach the Yangtse through

the Grand Canal, ·

return

an

INTIMIDATION CHARGE. ALLEGED SCHEME TO DEFRAUD THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

terrible rapidity. One year an author

tree, eating the sun-warmed fruit of the highest branches, and a year or two later

charged with Intimidating a Chinese Mellon that no payment will be made to HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS LEAVES who with the chief engineer, Mr. Todd, explosion. Two Chinese passengers were Tang On, a Chinese Revenue Officer, is may, so to speak, be at the top of the has just returned from an inspection slightly injured, and two bunks were distiller. He is alleged to have suggested he may be at its base, gnawing the bark

Britain and no, Franco-Britisà arrange-

mcat concluded without identical pay- ment and an agreement with America.

FOR KOME,

BENOS AIRES, September 27th. -- H.BH. the Prince of Wales sailed for Mar del Plata, escorted by a squadron

trip, "announces that probably 1,000 wrecked. There had abriously been a square miles are already under water determined and well-planned attempt to

"The incident of the loan to the Bank of England on board H.M.S. Repulse from and 2,000,000 people more or less are wreck the ship, which might have had

France is reported to have been settled.

THE MOSUL WRANGLE, ESTHONIAN GENERAL IS NOW APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE.

GENEVA, September 28th The Council of the League of Nations has appointed the Esthoniau, General Leidoner, as commissioner to "inves.

of Argentine warships.

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affected. The Autumn crops are destroy

the most serious results bad the bomb ed and probably hundreds drowned, exploded anywhere else than under a wide sirshaft which gave the fame Every hour the flooded area is increasing and the Bow of the river is the only access to the open air and dissipated the limiting factor to the "extent of the force of the explosion. catastrophe, The C.I.F.R.C. Shantung Committee has opened relief work with Yuncheng as the centre. Steps are being taken to enlarge the scope of these activities as need increases..

A FINE FUNCTION. MAR DEL PLATA, September 29th. On the eve of his departure. the Prince of Wales gave a banquet in honour of President Alvear, aboards) H.M.S. Repulse, which was brilliantly tigate the Mosul deportations. He will illuminated. The function was a very be assisted by a Czech-Slovak Lieut-splendid display and attended by the *Colonel.

Argentine Cabinet Ministers, officials and society leaders who affectionately bade farewell to the Prince.

Later:

General Leidoner will have two assist ants, chosen from the League Council's Mosul Committee.

THE PERSIAN TROUBLE. GOVERNMENT IS NOW, TAKING FIRM STEPS.

The newspapers cardially pay a tribute to the Royal visit.

AGAINST THE FASCISTS. AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION

AGAINST ITALIANS.

TERKRAN, September 29th.

New Yoak, September 28th. The Mejliss Minister of Public Works

Crowds of anti-Fascists and pro-Fascists has declared that though the Government argently supplied provisions in order to met the steamer bringing Italian delegates Froove, the general alarm, it has been to the conference of the inter-par- found that the recent, troubles on Wed-liamentary union notwithstanding, police wesday, though based on the pretext of supervision. An unidentified anti-Fascist Jack of provisions, had other motives was shot and slightly wounded. Two

Fascist sympathisers escaped. The Government has decided to inves tigate the matter and punish the instiga- tors of the riots to prevent fresh out-

#breaks.

3.8.

A TEST SHIP.

ORVIETO REACHES

MELBOURNE.,

VERA CRUZ RIOTING. INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING 18 CAUSE OF TROUBLE.

VERA CRUZ, September 28th. man was killed and 50 wounded

One

WORKING FOR PEACE.

IN PEKING TO DISPEL WAR RUMOURS.

CAMPAIGN

a scheme to plaintiff by which the latter. could defraud the Revenue Department.

Mr. Whyte Smith prosecuted for the Defendant gave evidence to the effect Crown, and Mr. Hugh-Jones defended.

that money mentioned in the case was

examined by Mr. Whyte Smith sait he handed over to him as a bribe, and cross

to keep body and soul together in the hard frost of winter. In other and plainer words, he may be fully employ-. ed, well paid, well praised; and then quite unexpectedly may find that the good time is over. Although he is doing as valuable work as ever, the work i no longer valued or the market for it has vanished.

This, combined with the excellent received certain information which he re- all the money among 'n comparatively.

haviour of the officers and crew, tended to allay any tendency to panic on the part of the passengers,

LATE MISS E. L. MCKEE. ECHO OF RECENT SAD EVENT AT

SINGAPORE.»/

Singapore was startled last March, PRXING, September sth. The Government is working hard to when the news was passed around that preserve peace and dispel war rubiours. one of the young American ladies of the Mr. Wa Kuang Hain, the War Minister, world-cruising party on board the has returned from his visit to Feng Yunipress of France had been taken off Hsiang. He is now variously reported as viniting Yueh Wei Chun or Sun Chuan Fang

Yao Chen, the special delegate to Honan, has wired saying that Yuch Wei Chun has assured him of his peaceful intentions.

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ported to his senior officer in Hongkong concerning complainant's distillery. The informers were employees in the cam- plainant's wine shop.

In the book market, as I have hinted, the tendency would seem to be to cut up few successes. I believe that the number of books that make nothing for nybody 1s enormously larger than it used to

It may be noted that although readers still pretend to have their fav- His Worship again adjourned the case ourite authors they are not really faith- ful to them, as were the readers of a bygone generation."

DROWNED EUROPEAN.

BODY RECOVERED AND INDENTIFIED..

The body of the European who fell overboard from a motorboat on Sator day night while proceeding from Blake visit a friend on that vessel, was recover Pier to the as Changle, apparently to the boat seriously ill with small-pox by Water Police launch from the har writes a correspondent of the Singapore bour yesterday. Free Prin. Later, people were stunned to learn that within two hours death bad taken her from her position as the most popular member of that group. Her Middleton Hospital for a fortnight's parents were compelled to remain in the

victims of this dread disease. observation lest they too be claimed as

The body was found floating in the water near the Taumati Ferry Wharf on the Hongkong side, It has been identi- officer of the 5.a. Tangistan, which is at fied as that of Mr. T. Hining, seconi

it will be rented from the report in the present in the harbour. The deceased, After minking necessary arrangements Daily Pre yesterday, became sick while for a proper marking of their daughter's crossing the harbour and leaning over father, Mr James N. McKee (of Johnbalanced and fell into the water, where grave in the Bidadari Cemetery the the side of the motor-boat he over stown, Penn., U.S.A.) accompanied the he was drowned. Rev. Edwin F. Lee on a visit to several The body of Mr. Hining was removed institutions in Singapore, and on leaving to the Victoria mortuary stated that his interest would continue

proof of this he has just sent 85,000 (geld) toto abide in this corner of the world. As to the Methodist Mission to establish the Edith Louise McKee Memorial Scholar- ship Fund, the income of which is to be used to assist worthy poor girls in Malaya

Teng Han Hsiang, after interviewing Li Ching Lin and obtaining his peaceful assertions, has gone on to see Hsino Yao Man. The Government is reported to have instructed Sun Pao Chi, who present is recuperating at Hangchow, see Sun Chuan Fang to urge him to keep the peace..

ONE STRIKE ENDED, BUT ANOTHER ONE IS UNDER" OPERATION.

substantial way..

ACCIDENTS ON SUNDAY.

HURT.

CYCLIST BADLY

Of course, literature might be gaining while authors."were losing, but I do not think that this is the case. All thoses most competent to judge say there is lea than a certainty, scarcely a likelihood: that a really good pices of literary work will be at once recognised. It is indeed alleged that the chances of books by new now. This brings toe back to what I am writers were never so adverse as they are always saying and often being blamed for saying. We are not yet a literary nation.com

"BOOTLEGGED " ALIENS.

A PREVALENT ILLEGAL TRADE EXPOSED.

BY KATHLEEN USHER] America's bootleggers," not content with their enormous profits out of rum-

dustry. running, hage started a subsidiary in-

Forty thousand aliens, it has been officially estimated, were smuggled into America last year under a scheme, inter- national in scope, which in dramatic in terest rivals the exploits of the rum-

runners,

An official investigator who recently visited the Caribbean Sen reported to Mr. 31 Davis, the United States Secretary for, Labour, that 10,000 aliens A Chinese was seriously "Burt on

are "boot-legged" ríú Cuba alone at a "They come from all directions and Kowloon Motor Bus Company at the by all means of transportation," he says junction of Cameron Road and Nathan Huddled in the dark holds of sinagglers" collision with a bus belonging to the

Road. The man was taken to the Kwong vessels, they come with illicit rum and Wah Hospital

San Pao Chi is reported to have wired riating at the municipal elections advocating that Sun Chuan Fang and to secure an education. Mr. McKee ex- Sunday when his bicycle came cost of £2,000,000 a year.

Miss McKee had just graduated with the MALEOCENE, September 28th. ~ It is alleged that Senhor Lopez, the Red Yang Yu Ting should meet to discusses later to increase this amount in a

candidate, abstracted the ballotting their differences informally at Shanghai.

B.A degree from Randolp-Macon College, Hitherto 382 seamen, charged in con-

Virginis, one of the best Women's Col leges in America, and was supplementing

An accident occurred on the Praya nection with the shipping strike have Papers from one booth and the followers of Galvez, the opposing candidate,

this education by a trip around the world. beet sentenced.

Surely by the measure now used, defeat East on Sunday, when a car driven by began ahooting which became indig

is turned into victory, and because of her Mr. B. E. Maugham, of the Audit Office, criminate. Troops restored order. Num-

death many girls of Malaya will have the collided with a small boy riding a hers of Reds were arrested on a churge

privilege of a larger life. The first to bicycle. The bicycle was damaged, but of inciting to revolt.

re-enjoy this privilege is to be the eldest the boy was not hurt, and ran away.

daughter of Mr. Law, the hospital attend. want who gave Mr. and Mrs. McKee most careful attention during their trying days in the hospital

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The as. Orvieto, which is regarded as ship, has arrived here. Only five of the crew went ashore and conferred with the strike leaders."

SHIPPING STRIKE:

BOATS SAIL FROM CAPETOWN,

CAPETOWN, September 28th.

The Windsor Castle, Kildonan Castle both sailed with original crows.

The Kenworth Castle is now the only mail boat remaining.

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U.S. AND THE LATE WAR. M. GOUBAUD PAYS TRIBUTE,

U.S. SUBMARINE LOST. ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED FOR FINDING SURVIVORS.

BOLTON, September 28th All hopes of finding the occupants of the sunken submarine alive have been practically abandoned.

“MUCHAS GRACIAS.?

HR.H'S SPEECH IN SPANISH.

Some 200 guests sat down to luncheon on August 15th at the Park Hotel Monte Video, given in honour of the Prince of Wales by the British Colony in Monte Video The Prince created a very favour-

PARIS, September 27th Coincidently with the Franco-Ameri- da negotiations at Washington, a cere mony was held on a Champagne battle field which was the scene of Franco American co-operation in war time.

The United States Miliary Ataebeable opression by replying to the toast

was present

of his health : 35 Muchas gracias por esta linda festa. Viva el Uruguay !” (Many

SHANGHAI, September 28th. All British Cotton Mills, have opened, and the strike has ended. 1

The Chinese Telegraph Administration operators struck to-day, for increased pay and better treatment.

AN ALLEGED PLOT.

RUSSIAN SOVIET PLOT IS RUMOUR- ED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND

TOKYO, September 28th. The Jiji reports that the police dis- covered that the Soviet Labour delegates banded to the Japanese Socialista y.13,000 before coming to Japan. But the Police will not confirm or deny this statement. Most of those arrested dur ing the delegation's visit, were released but a few leaders, are still being held pending farther, ingestigat

THE NEW, LOAN;

Loxox, September 28th: The City Editor of the Tuuem, under;

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PIANO TREATMENT.

The only condition of the gift is that POINTS IN KEEPING A GOOD TONE the girls who enjoy these scholarships in Singapore, thall place fowers on Mixs McKee's grave on her birthday March 13th and on May 30th, which is Decorn tion Day in her homeland. In this way a beautiful spirit will surely contiune to live in the womanhood of the new day that is dawning for Malaya.

STUPIDLY RECKLESS MOTORIST.

The report also that the women make the short crossing from Cuba to Florida as the "wives" of officers in otherwise legitimately operated freight and passen way fare into the interior, of from £90 ger vessels at a cost, including their rail to £100 Passage ou fast motor-boxta ig provided at an average cost of £15 & passenger. As these small boats have a capacity of from 10 to 20 people, the business ip ughly profitable,

Chinese have to pay the highest fees for passage from £150 to £200 ench-because- of the case with which they can he de- tected. K

It is much easier to keep a violin free from harmful, chilly damp than to pre

Ghastly tales are current ns to the fate serve a piano from the many ills that may assail it & piano should not be of some of these unhappy aliena, Ac against an outside wall, in a direct cording to the New York Times, -- drought, near an open window, nar too Chiness in a schooner boarded by in- near a fire, soya a writer in Londonpectors was found concealed in the paper. It is very had to keep the kere engine room f

shub away from the sunlight, the ivory Still more gruesome, it is stated o turna yellow, it is equally bad to learer was the fate of Chinese who were tiet a piano always open and neglected. It

ought to have a cover to go all over it, in sacks and thrown overboard when and it must be put to bed at night cutter chased the smuggling craft."

A piano must also have its own ro galar Medical Attendant the Tuner who pays his periodical visits and can tell at once, if anything is going wrong

Canary Island half-breed, with twe accomplices, took from three to five alens every week in rowing boats behind More Castle, at Havana, under pretence of

During the holiday I observed dozens of cases of stupidly reckless driving, writes Contact in The Motor I was over taken without a warning hoot by a driver of a small car as I was approaching the It is false economy to employ a cheap getting them across to America and mor the main road, sad be was travelling piano-tuner or have the poor instrument dered the in cold blood, throwing their very fast. Cere were passing in both tuned only when by discordant squeaks bodies to the sharks after they had been directions along the main road that cross you imagine it requires attention. Above stripped of valuables

possible treatment

ed ours. Did he slow down? Did he all, a pisão must be played upon with And as skeletons, we are told, are hoot 1 Not a bit of it, he shot across the intelligence, not thumped by keep it stretched some's here on the Florida Keys M. Gouraud, unveiling tablets in the thanks for this fine reception. Long live wrypt of the monument at Fermu" du Uruguay 9). This little speech was receive stands that the Colonial Offics will pech main road at 40 m.p.h,, missing another9ght" Banted -unted is the worstall that remains of 35 aliens landed Never in commemoration of the in-ed with tumultuous applause, and the ably arrange a loan of £3,000,000 for the, by inches only, and careered on quite Neglected and uncared for, its spirit there by a smuggler with the assurance dividuals killed, extolled the American guests returned the compliment by singing relief of the credit stringency in Hong- unperturbed while I like any other ex faints, it touch becomes heavy and that another bost would pick them up and perienced motorist, brought my car to wooden, and the music in its soul din take them to New York The bout BETEL #roops contribution to the victory.

standstill before attempting to cross aw

~ For he's a jolly good fellow.!!

kong.