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CABLES.

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{TEROUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.]

·LOCARNO CONFERENCE. HOPEFUL SIGNS. FOR SPEEDY

SETTLEMENT:

Locanso, October 14th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 1925

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CAMPAIGN IN 'MOROCCO. SPANISH COMPLACENCY IN REGARD TO SITUATION,

Mansin, October 14th,

REICHSBANK SENSATION. EX CONTROLLER, ARRESTED,

NEWS.

FAR EASTERN

CABLE

BERLIN, October 13th. The ex-Chief Controller, of the Reichs- bank, who retired an pension on October

from the Charlottenburg branch.

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The negused is helieved to have had. number of accomplices, and to have dis guised the alleged frauds for a long time by false book entries.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) THE SHANGHAI ENQUIRY.

MAY 30TH....

THE WARNING TO THE CROWD,

SHANORAL, October 11th. When the enquiry into the incidents of May 30th was resumed this morning,

BOLSHEVISM IN CHINA.

SPEECH BY ARCHDEACON BARNETT,

Archdeacon Barneti (late of Hongkong) speaking at the Diocesan Festival of the

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mead, St. Austell, Cornwall, recently, said the confused condition of China is worse this was rebellion. Though it was

a Republic in name, it was really an oligarchy and possessed none of the democratic institutions associated with republics. The people had no voice in

Spanish official complacency with relat, has been arrested in connection with POLICE EVIDENCE OF EVENTS ON Church Missionary Society at Bough- gard to the situation in Morocco in the alleged embezzlement of 500,000 marks reflected by General Trimo de Rivera A communiqué issued, to-day states stating that he will shortly divest him- that, after hearing the Juridical Ex-self of the post of High Commissioner of Morocco The post will be handed perts raport, the Conference decided to ulopt the greater part of the Snal

over to General Sanjurjo, whe command rait of the Security Pact, reserving aed the operations against Adjir with few points for further discussion. An unofficial Baquncement that the Allies have given (ermany" assurances for re- cognising her special situation vis-à-v la Article XVI. of the Covenant, thereby enabling her to join the League has created confidence that the Pact will finally be signed in a few days

conspicuous sucemen.

BARLIER CABLES. AN. OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

"Fez, October 18th,

The fact that the Franco-Spanish forces have attained all their objectives, coupled with the advent of the rainy season, which will prevent any further advance, are mentioned in an official statement a marking the beginning of a new phase in the operations, which will consists in A Belin aessage states that Herr the isolation of Abd el Krima from the Kroper returns to Locarno to-day.rebel tribes. previously supporting him. The conference will be resumed this. It means the establishment of harriers

Much progress also has been registered onl minor points, like the Rhineland occupation.

erraibg.

CONFIDENCE OF CHAMBERLAIN.

Mr. custen Chamberlain announced tant such a measure of agreement hus been reached that no country could

BANK SENTENCES SEQUEL. PARIS COURT BEGINS HEARING OF APPEALS.

PARIS, October 13th."

The ninth correctional court has begun the hearing of the appeal of M. Pernotte. the manager, Senator André Berthelot, the chairman, and others, : against the sentences passed by the eleventh correc tional court in 1993 in connection with the affairs of the Banque Industrielle de Chine.

INTERNATIONAL LAW. dividing the Riff territory into compart-HAGUE CONFERENCE 'HELD AFTER

21 YEARS. INTERVAL. gents, under the supervision of occupa-

AMSTERDAM, October 13th. tion troops, thus preventing Abdel Krim from rallying his previous supporters. The fifth conference in connection with International Civil Law was opened in the Peace Palace at The Hague after an

The campaign also provides for the construction of roads and other com

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the government of the country.

The work of sinissaries from Moscow resulted in the infinence of Bolshevis in

Mr. R. M. J. Martin acting Deputy Commissioner of Police gare evidence.

Ho state that be was plating.cricket when he received

message from Inspector Everson, asking him to go to Louza Station. There he was met by the country. They took frour the country Inspector Everson, who said: "I had to do it Sir, otherwise they would bare had my station,"

Inspector Everson testified that hel joined the Shanghai Police in 1906, served four years in the Great War and

was thrice wounded,

A 1.55 p.m. on May 30th, he was in formed that à meeting of students was blocking up Nanking Road and refused to disperse. Wituess went there and saw 4 big crowd, listening to excited anti Foreign speeches. He arrested four of the leaders, who said they were carry

sent them back to sprend holshevist likely students, trained them, and the

teaching in the great student centres. Wherever the Church had failed, Bal shevism seemed to have succeeded,

The cirenlating by the Chinese Fress of false statements about the actions of European countries, especially Great Britain, fostered a great deal of pro judice against the Western nations, which Europeans were challenged to contradict. Contrary to impressions they might gain from the Press, the missionaries were not the cause of the trouble in Chind The missionaries were doing a great work in China despite the difficult state of the

Inke the responsibility of nullifying imunications to facilitate Franco-Spanish interval of 21 years. Great Britain, which ag out the orders of the Student Coan country, and were respected..

co-operation.?

They had opened a new chapter ía European History, which will be not

The statement refers to the readiness only n paper peace, but a peace within of a mimber of triles in the Eastern the Councils of Governments and district to submit, facilitating the occupa hearts of men. The Treaty of Locarnation of large tracts of territory, while the would seem to be a real water-shed be tween peace and war, even more than the tribes under the direct command of Abd el Krim were recently resisting very, Treaty of Versailles

has hitherto refrained from participating at the meetings. is now represented. although the British delegates activities will be confined to discussions of the problem of bankruptcy.

LATEST CABLES. REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

Similar groups were delivering speeches throughout the Settlement,

START OF THE TROUBLE, Witness locked up the men arrested and sent to Nanking Roni a patrol of all the available forces, consisting of 3 Foreigners 18 Indians and 12 Chinese

Mr. Chamberlain sad the mens reoffeebly, which may be due to a plan to con- ANTHRACITE MINERS' STRIKE. He tried to find Mr. McEuen (Captain factaty feature was that this measure

greement bad not been reached by the serve their forces for a big attack at a

SAKLATVALA'S OBJECT.

HOME" SECRETARY'S FRANK ̧

ANNOUNCEMENT,

Until the action of the U.S., reported in our cable columns at the time, where by the passport visa issued in London Saklatvala, was rescinded, Sir Williain to the Farsi Communist M.P., Shapurji

Triumph of one set of views over another; particular point; though it is believed UNITED STATES TAKING MATTER Superintment of Police) through the Jonson-Hicks, the "Home Secretary, way

to

r the surrender of ang delegation another, but came naturally from common interest and mutual goodwill. ile stated that he and Sir Cecil Burst had placed their services at the disposal of the delegation which was trying to reach an agreement on the question of the Eastern frontiers. He was confident that it was possible that Germany and Poland could he bound together by close ties.

It is generally assumed that the Con- ference will conclude early next week.

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HERR KEMPNER FLIES TO BERLIN.

LOCARNO, October 13:h. The German delegate, Herr Kempser, has tel Berlin by aeroplane to report to the Cabinet as to the present position of the Locarno Conference,

He will probably also see President, von Hinde burg, who is keenly interested in Herr Kempner is ex- the Conference. pected to return on Friday with the Ger Jnana alihet's views on the arbitration

that the tribes generally are losing their warlike enthusiasm.

LATEST CABLES. [THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.] FRANCE AND MOROCCO. FRENCH GOVERNOR-GENERAL IS INTERVIEWED IN PARIS.

PARIS. October 14th, "Interviewed by Le Petit Barisien, M. Steeg, the newly appointed Resident General of Morocco, declared that the ofdat of the Rifs will have the happy result of convincing them that against France does not pay.

war

A policy of order, welfare and justice

treaties and the Eastern frontiers to will bring them to a better conception which attention is now being directed.

Her Stresemann and Count Skryzinski of their real interests. M. Steeg em- had no hour's interview this morning. It phasized the necessity of encouraging and is understood that Polish and Czechy- Slovákian circles are convinced that a

settlement will be retched.

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PARTY. LEADERS TO MEET

BEELIX, October 13th. In addition to reporting to the Cabinet and "President von Hindeninirg, Herr Kompner will also attend a meeting of Party feaders, especially the German Nationalist Party, where the results so far achieved at Locarno will be thoroughly discussed.

POINTS REFERRED BACK.

LOCARNO, October 13th. The Conference for ninety minutes this afternoon examined the proposed arbitra- tion treaties, also the question of Uer- many's Eastern frontier. Several points were referred back to the experts for further consideration.;

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FRENCH STRIKE.

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supporting the effects of the French Coloniats by the creation and develop ment of eficient economical advantages. He concluded by saying that France's work tends firstly to material, economical and social restoration.

LATEST CABLES. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE. PROLONGED SHOCK REGISTERED

AT FLORENCE.

FLORENCE, October 11th. The Observatory seismographs recorded a violent and prolonged earthquake at 6.30 p.m. to-day." It is estimated at n distance of 4,000 miles froin bere, and probably took place in the East louies.

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·GUN-RUNNING CASE ECHO. CAPT. ATTFIELD RELEASED.

LONDON, October 13th. Captain C. H. Attfield, who has been The papers emphasize that the general strike of 4 hours, which the Communists for fifteen months in prison because of bis failure to satisfy a High Court order tried to launch yesterday as a protest under the Customs Consolidation Act against the Moroccan war, was a com- plete fiasco and some of the incidents involving a sum of £7,000 in connection which occurred were due to the deception with the Thames gon.running case, was of the ringleaders, infuriated at this released to-day. failure.

FAILURE OF COMMUNISTS TO STIR UP TROUBLE.

Pazia, October 14th.

Le Peuple, the paper of the non- Communist Trade Unions, writes that the strike failed quite naturally,

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WITH PLACIDITY.

WASHINGTON, October 14th. The country is completely unruled at the strike of anthracite workers, which has lasted six weeks already. The miners themselves are enjoying a prolonged holi day, fishing, camping and touring.. Some have taken temporary employment, while a number of foreigners are profiting b by the opportunity to visit their homes

The owners similarly are unperturbed. being of opinion that the strikers will return when "their money is spent

Meantire the country is carrying on with accumulated stocks, which, however, will soon disappear with the approach of winter. The Government hitherto has been reluctant "to intervene until the placidity has passed of.

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PANAMA STRIKE.

AGITATOR'S LEAP TO DEATH

PANAMA, October 13th The troops have the situation well in band. When they raided the headquar ters of the strike leaders, and scized literature and closed the place, a striker jumped from a window and broke his spine..

The fatality bas had a subduing effect on the populace.

There is no confirmation of a report that the United States troops fred on the mob. It appears that the Panama police in a fight with strikers last week shot a man, and there were disorders on the occasion of the funeral of the victim last Sunday, which led to the present Panama appeal to the United States troops from Fort Clayton, five miles

distant

When the soldiers entered Panama City they dispersed thousands of strikers at the point of the bayonet. There were no casualties.

U.S. WAR SECRETARY,

RESIGNS THROUGH JEL-HEALTH.”

New YoRx. October 13th. Mr. Weeks, the Secretary for War has resigned owing to had health. Mr. Dwight Davis, the door of the Davis Cup, who has been Acting Secretary for War for many months during Mr. Weeks' illness, has been appointed as his suc- gessor.

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MURDER BY REQUEST,

AMAZING EVIDENCE AT LONDON INQUEST,

telephone. He left a message for Mr. McEuen nt the Central Station.

Constable Cole brought in two students who had attempted to scize his (Cole's) revolver, when the latter "tried to dis Perse a meeting in Thibet Road:

Mr. McEuen" then telephoned saying: bold those arrested and clear out the station." latter's friends from the Meanwhile a big crowd forced their way into the chargeroom, where there were only six policemen,

Realizing the position was critical witness sent a message to Mr. Martin at 3.30 p.m..

NANKING ROAD AFFAIR,

Witness went to Nanking Road and saw a huge mob-excited and apparently organised-advancing from Chekiang and Thibet Roads.

,Witness ordered the police to load their carbines. The crowd pressed back the police, necessitating the officers using their truncheons. He saw one constable knocked down by the crowd, who were A short distance from a sheltering tram growing more violent. Some police ran car station to the gate. This encouraged the crowd, who cheered, and suddenly rushed towards the Station,

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Witness ordered the police to "present" rifles and shouted to the crowd in English and Chinese;."Stop or I shall give the order to shoot".

NAVAL EFFICIENCY, JAILOR. M.P.'S CRITICISM.

In the, House of Commons and outside, the speeches of Rear Adml. M. F. Sueter, P., are marked by a freshness and frankness which invariably compel atton- tion, an

Condilition of the British Narhe Prisont Infallible Admiralty Eficient" which the gallant otheer contributes to English Life is characteristically outspoken. As the title suggests, the article is decidedly critical, and although the writer does not confine himself to the policy and ad ministration of the present Board of Admiralty. his main argiments · have direct application to present-day.com- 'troversies and methods,

He deals at same length with the much- discussed question of the probable value of capital ships in any future war, and expresses the view that jo is absurd tòs. keep battleships in commission that cost many millione per year on their up-.. keep and will cust still more millions to potential value. Surely the statesmen of our Empire of the United States and replace when they have only a slight

Japan, he suggests, can agree at a round- table conferee to eliminate the battle- ship from moder Navies, make the Washington 10,000-ton cruiser the largest naral unit, then settle on a ratio for. these large cruisers, as was done with the battleships, and allow the naval Powers to build as many 5,000-ton cruisers as they like for purely police duties.

In this way, he contends, the taxpayer of all the naval countries would be saved

any millions of money, and a suicidal cruiser armament race would be provent ed. But there are other directions im which he consider there is scope for rconomy: The Admiralty staff has now grown to enormous figures, he remarks. In 1014 it was 4,388, and now it is 7,071.. The cast in 1914 was approximately £483,000, and now it is £1,246,000. The personnel of the Fleet has been reduced from 151,000 in 1914 to 103,000, and the ships have been reduced from 568 in 1511 to 349 in 1995. The Admiralty stan is out of all proportion to the require ments of the Fleet; and he proceeds to. state in what direction economy might hoffected. contending that the whate Fleet is moved under with paper work.

GIFTS FOR REDS.

WHO PAID FOR THEM? Mr. FI. Rose, the Socialist M.P. for- caused much concern by the prospect of expressions of disloyalty being made by North Aberdeen and a member of the that individual at the inter-Parliamen Amalgamated Engineering Union, has tary Union Conferences at Washington addressed a frank inquiry to the General and Ottawa and of these being accepted Conduil of the Trades Union Congress in the United States as typical of British segarting the source of the money paid for the valuable gold watches and peart Sir William, on his way to Balmoral necklaces presented at the recent Trado opinion. Castle, where he was the guest of the Union Congress to Russian and other

their King, discussing the Saklatvala question foreign delegates". "End

Mr. Roue in his letter wrote: with a representative of the, Aberdeen friends. Erening Express, said :: ·

Many trade unionists besides rayself are anxious to know whose money was so generously expended in. this instance. There appear to me.to be three possible explanations:-

I have no power to stop Saklatvala from going to America I only wish I had such power. But I have not got it, because he is a British subject. If I had the power, I would soon stop!

him.

He is going to America with the deliberate object of making mischief of making speeches he cannot make in this country.

Sir William added that he had no doubt that there is a quite definite attempt being made, in close touch with Moscow, to destroy the British Constitu tion. I am watching the movement very closely," he added, and am to make several sperches in October deal- ing with the Red campaign.”

ARMY OFFICER'S SONS. SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED,

women

That the cost was raised by volun tury contributions.

(2) That the fund for the upkeep of the Trades Union Congress Was tapped.

(a) That M. Tomsky (the Russian delegato) himself provided the neces sary funds.

If the assumption that the presents were the result of voluntary contribu tion is correct, will you kindly publish the names of the contributors and the amounts, contributed?

If the second suggestion is the cor Feet one, I venture to remind you that a much more scrious phase presents itself. I will not pursue the possibilities which may arise, and 1 it may be superfluous to remind you that there is no constity tional law or regulation in our move- ment which would justify or explain such a proceeding

But the third possibility is perhaps the most humiliating for you, and ope official colleagues would do well to re-

The War Office announce that a limited number of boys,may be nominated by The shouts of the crowd were so great the Army Council for admission to a que heard him. A competitive examination, to be held at that perhaps no minute after the warning, witness gave Brighton College on June 1st and 2nd,member that if it was not our money it was our honour and good name you. her order to fire.. The crowd was then 1028, for one Gill Memorial schoolarship

were, handing to M. Tomsky. top of the police, some attempting to of the annual value of £81, and several

Mr. Fred Bramley, the general secre- Gill Memorial exhibitions of the annual take the policemen's weapons.

value of £60. The scholarship and ex-itary of the Congress, said to a reporter

subsequently hibitions are each tenable for three years, or, on the recommendation of the head master, the period may be extended to

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, WARNING BY THE RECORDER OF

DEAL

بی ام وليد

Lostos, October 13th. Afr. William Wilson Grantham, KC (the Recorder of Deal, who recently returned to London via the Trans Siberian Railway after visiting China and Japan, writes to the Press warning intending travellers by that route to be prepared for accidents, fatal or other wise, several of which have occurred during the past six months, due to the shocking state of the railway track and rolling-stock, also the removal of bolts and pins from the rails, firstly iy counter- revolutionary soldiers anxious to rid Boviet Russia of various individuals sup posed to be travelling by certain trains, and secondly by bandits.

four years.

Candidates for nomination must be under 14 years of age next June 1st, and sons of officers of the Regular Army (serving or retired), or, if such are not available, sons of officers of the Special Reserve or Territorial Army,

**CALLING AMERICA'S BLUFF.” JAPANESE COMMENT ON WIRELESS WRANGLE IN CHINA.

No one has any business to poke his Dose into our affairs. I intend to ex- plain nothing. It is one of the busi ness of the public to know.'..

W.D. CONSTABULARY.

NEW FORCE FOR MILITARY

ESTABLISHMENTS.:

The War Office are about to establish a new constabulary for guarding Army stores, depots, and War Office materials. on the ground of economy. Hitherto War The scheme has been undertaken mainly Once depots and stores have beça guard- ed by the Metropolitan; Police both m Toxxo, October 14th.

London and the provinces. It has been" This morning's papers generally RP realized that the Metropolitan Police are plaud the Tokyo Government's proposal really too expensive a body for the work that both Japan and America should required of them by the War Office.

Preference will be given to new recruits. The writer describes his journey from relinquish their radio rights in China. Vladivostok to Moscow, when the train They construe this action as a "means who are ex-regular zoldiers or ex-police- A confession, said to have been made was thrice deliyed by the overheating of of calling America's bluff." They point men, and the rates of pay will rango up. "REPTILSE" ARRIVES AT by Alfred Kopech (18), to the effect or axle. Later. between Baikal and

The constabulary will that he strangled a woman at her own frkutak, having transferred to a freight at that America must consent to the to about 50s, with the Civil Service request, was read at the inquest on, train, the passengers were delayed ter Japanese proposal, if her objectious, to bonus added, LONDON, October 13th.

Beryl Thornton (21), whose body was hours owing to bandita interference with the Mitsui contract are sincerely based number not more than 200, and

all over the country wherever there are the rails, resulting in the derailment of on the alleged violation of the open door gradually replace the Metropolitan Police

and equal opportunity.

ordnance stores, factories, or depots. found at Kenwood, Hampstead

the train and the wrecking of eight cars

The uniform will be blue sergo, with a The bandite shot a railway guard dead,

henk cap bearing the words "War De scorched a stoker to death, and seriously wounded the 'driver.

Tpartment Constabulary

THE PRINCE NEARS HOME.

HYS.

MADEIRA

L'Oeuerr states that the Communists were backed by no actual popular forces. Je Malin says that the Bolsheviks could but show powerless tage..

Reuter's representative aboard H.M.S. Papers praise the good sense of the Repulse with H.R.II. the Prince of workers in refusing to be involved in a Wales telegraphs that the vessel arrived purely political move.

off Madeira on Monday, when she picked up th mails from the warship, Curlew which is now acting as escort.

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PARIS REPORTED QUIET.

PARIS, October 13th. After a quiet night, everything is mormal to-day, except that the tramway. men and bumen are still striking, for professional and not political reasons,

FOOTBALL AT HOME. CELTIC BEAT QUEEN'S PARK

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LONDON, October 13th

In the Scottish Cup competition to day, Celtic beat Queen's Park by 4 goals to 14

The deceased's husband said he mar. ried his wife at Bangalore when she was fifteen. Her mother, was a Eurasian, while Kopech was his nephew.

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There is no intention, as has been sug- The writer concludes by saying that he DUTCH EAST INDIES WORKS The alleged confession. stated that

gested, that this force might be utilized CLOSE DOWN.

in onse of any civil disturbance. The Kopsch and the deceased were in love received much, courtesy from the officials

Erant, October 13th.inlivid and members of this new force, no for some time past, While walking to of the Soviet in Peking, Tokyo, and Vladivostok, and did not intend writing gether on the evening of September 14th, on the subject, but his fellow-passengers, they discussed the best way out and she including French, German, Austrian, suggested that he should choke her with Dutch, Chinese and Japanese people, his tie when shohad gone to sleep. A thought that a warning way necessary, verdiet of murder was returned against

(Continued or next Column). Kopsch.

It is announced that the works of the far as joining any trade union is concern Rhine-Elbe Union at Cheribon in the ed will be in the same position as an Daich East Indies are to be closed down ordinary member of a police force, that at the end of December. All the Germans to eny, they will be free to join a polize

union. employees will be returned to Germany.