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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES.

[SAROUGH REUTER'A "AGENCY.] JUGO-SLAVIAN STUDENTS. ORGANISE ANTI-ITALIAN HIOTS IN MANY TOWNS,

LONDON, November 12th Messages from both Rolgende and Rome whow that in consequence of Italian Fascists at Trieste, on November 5th. attacking al damaging one Italian and, one Slovene newspaper' dfce, and the houses of Italians, there were serious anti-Italian outbreaks by silents ist Zagreb, Spalato, Sebeniro and at other towns, in which the Italian Consulates

were attacked,

The palice with diffeaky prevented an outbreak at Belgrade.

The Jugo-Slavian Foreign Minister has officially expressed his regrets in response to a protest from Signer Mussolini.

According to a Rome message, the Pre- fret of Zagreb has bera dismissed the senior police officials at Zagreb will be punished; and the students arrested at Zagreb will be tried. Juge-Slavia has undertaken to pay an indemnity.

TENSION IN ITALY.

•The Tiur saya that, according to private information received in London, Italy is in a state of nervous tension consequence of the vere censorship. Newspapers are prohibited from "mention- ing the destruction of the others of the Slay newspaper. Edions, at Trieste, or Brescia ani! The rrent disorders t Farma, in which offices of juominent free,

masons

were

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destroyed; individuals Leates and the office of the Catholic -x-Minister Michelle, at Parma, wrecked. "Owing to the rigour of the censor- hip, fantastic rumours are circulating The impression is gaining ground that the Zanikoni affair is being used as a pretext to destroy various organisations of the Opposition on the era of the Mateutti,| trial. It is certain that a terment is apparent, even in Fascist circles."

THE LOCARNO PACT.. GENERAL JAN SMUTS SHOWS ANXIETY.

UNITED FRONT UFPEÉTIVE

Care Tows, November 12th. At a League of Nations' Union meeting. General Jan Smuts weleined Germany's decision to join the Locarno Pact, but ne remarked that the Empire "had not negotiated" and had not signed the Pact with a yoited front and be deadted whether all the Dominions were likely

to adhere to it.

The wenkeung of the Empire, he said, would be one of the greatest disasters that could betall the world.

ALLEGED SPANISH PLOT. HUMOURED PLAN TO OVERTHROW DIRECTORY.

Sousa:

PARIS, November 19th. The correspondent of Le Matin at San Sebastian, notwithstanding the censor ship, has learned that Generals Lopez

and

two commanders of the Covadonga Regiment, Colonels Pardo and Segundo Garcia, and other officers-whose names are unknown-have been incareer- ated

in a military prison in Madrid. It is believed their arrest is in connec tion with a movemeet to overthrow the Directory, restore constitutions! guar antees and summon Parliament

There has been as agitation among the officers in connection with rewards pro- mised by General Primo De Rivera to those participating in the landing t Albucemas; but the real object of the movement is understood to be a revival of the programme of military juntas, in 1027.

SOVIET SHIPPING

FIFTY VESSELS TO BE BOUGHT FOR MERCANTILE MARINE.

Moscow, November 12th.

A Mercantile, Marine, Conunission 19 leaving Russia, on November 20th, to purchase fifty vessels for service in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and the: Near Eant Payment will he spread over a decade. Orders will be executed within twelve months

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH,

POPPY DAY IN DUBLIN.

SMOKE BOMBS RESULT IN GASUALTIES.

GERMAN DISARMAMENT. FAR EASTERN CABLE

BERLIN REPLY TO ALLIES SENT BY TELEGRAPH.

BERLIN, November 17th Loss, November 11th.

The German reply on the diurne Despite previous agitation and threats

ment question has been rushed tale by the extreme Republicans, on account of which the Civic Guards were rein graphically to the German Ambassador in Paris on the latter's intimation that forced by police, Armistier Day was

the Allies would not anounce the celebrated in Dublin very tranquilly.

alleviations to be made in the Rhineland A cross which will be erected, on

régime until the reply had been received. French battlefield, in commemoration of The Ambassador has already informed the Sistach Irish Division was tem. Briand of Germany's reply, which a (porarily placed in St. Stephen's Green report from Paris describes as “ and unveiled at simple, impressive satisfactory."

two Painutes ceremony including the silence, in the presence of an enormous crowd which cheerd and waved Union Jacks after the unveiling, and joined in singing God Save the King," started by exservice men. Many wreaths were the cross. Poppies sold placed on Tradily.

Mnud Gonne McBride and other women Republicans were removed from the crowd by the police for their own protection. They were carrying placards dealing with prisoners in jait

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CAUSE OF PANIC. Fiftees were injured during panics caused by, the throwing of smoke bombs in the course of fights between rival sections after the Armistice celebrations

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in Dublin. An excorporal named Oates has since succumbed to his injuries. After nightfall & party of Republicans organised demonstrations in the streets, and the windows of the Masonic Hall broken. Elaborate police precau- WiTe tions prevented confiets; though detec tives following the procession in a cur found it necessary to are shots over the beads of the demonstrators for the pur- pose of clearing the streets

CELEBRATION IN FRANCE.

„PARIS, November 11th.

SOVIET CIVIL CODE.

mainly

NEWS.

(THROUGH REUTEL'S ADENLY.)

WAR IN NORTH CHINA. CHIEF EXECUTIVE REPORTED TO BE VIRTUAL PRISONER.

PENG'S PUZZLING ATTITUDE s..

STASONAL November 12th. There is very little authoritative' news. probably owing to the from Peking. censorship.

The North, China Daily Nem learns from private sources that a telegram has heen received, locally, which states that Tuan Chi Jui (the Chief Executiva) is

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SCOTTISH LETTER.

VACANT SHIPYARD.

BLACK OUTLOOK ON THE CLYDE,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT]

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brought him into touch with the Ashing communities along the Morty Firth, and in each of these he paid a glowing tribute to the bravery and daring di played by fishermen during the war.

EDINBURGH, October 14th.

Throughout the whole journey Mr. Some time ago a series of valuation Lloyd George was tordially reseived- appends of Mid-Lanark revealed the un- only at Aberdeen was he subjected paralleled depression that had settled interruption-white tho welcours given upon the basic induaries of Scotland's him at Banff, of which he was made a "Black Country." Most of the great freemus, was ode of the most puistand- iron and steel making concerns were ing events of a day crowded with in hall idle, some of them were completely "cident. From Inverness to Aberdeen the tour, undertaken by motor cars, occupied idle, und in can or two cases the works of hours, and the total distance covered were dismantled. An even more lament was over 136 miles. able state of matters has been set forth THE GRAVE OF RES in the evidence given in the Glasgow

AMENDMENT MADE TO LAW OF virtually a prisoner in the hands of Valuation Appeal Court on behalf of

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INHERITANCE. ***

Moscow, November: 11t5.* The presidium of the Executive has considerably amended the Civil Code, with a view la annulling the restrictions

Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang

↑ Reports of Feng's attitude are still most contradictory, but the general belief is that there has been a deanite break between Feng and Chang Two Lin, while

as regards the right of inheritance, parti. Feng's most powerful lieutenant, the eloquent expression in the decrease in l

cularly the clans limiting the sum of ten thousand roubles. inheritanes to Property will only pass to the possession of the State in the event of absence of a will or lawful beira

BRITISH COMMUNISTS. BELGIUM'S REASON FOR THEIR

BEING RELEASED.

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BRUSSELS, November 11th. According to the Nation Belg the British Communists (Mr Palme -Dutt and a woman), who were arrested, have magisterial been released because" a

nuination showed that the action directed solely to propaganda in British of these two agents of Moscow were

India."

EXPLOSIVES' CO-OPERATION.

BRITISH AMERICAN AND

GERMAN AGREEMENT.

"BERLIN, November 11th. The British Nobel Company, American Du Pony Company, Hamburg Dynamite Company and Berlin Koelrottweil Com- pany have reached an agreement pro viding for close technical co-operation,

patents and invention

Honan Tupan, Yuch Wei Chun, is report ed to have definitely thrown in his lat with the allied forces, as announced in a cable from Tsingtao on Tuesday inst.

FLIGHT FROM PEKING,

PRXING, November 19th.

A number of Cabinet Ministers have resigned and several offcials, supporters of Chang Tsa Lin, have Bed, “

The Tariff Conference is meeting to rew, despite the thrents of wat in the hbourhood of Peking.

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GENERAL SZE SHOT...

HANKOW, November isth General Size Tson Bin. formerly De fence Commissioner of Tsinaniu, who was fighting under General Chang Toung Chang, was captured by the forces of General Sun Chuan Fang during the Fengtien rotreat, after their defeat

Kuchen.

He was sentenced to death and shot by order of General Sun, after consultation with the Anbwei Gentry.

The allied headquarters have received telegram from General Chen Wen Chao,

Major-General Sir George Richardson had been defraying it privately, nod will continue to do so during the terr of office. He felt, however, that such a casual state of things should not con tinue indefinitely. Tallima might not Aministrator, and Sir George always remain the official residenes of Richardson had been, anxious that some- thing should be done before it was too the

official and inalienable right to the latis to give Sterenson's birthplace thei custody of the resting-place of ber this- tinguished son. He thereford proposed that if the Stevenson Club forwarded annually the smalsum of mony requir

The Edinburgh Robert Louis Steven son Club has accepted an offer iron the Administrator of Western Samoa to Clyde shipbuilding and engineering make the Club the official custodians of

is now Government House, and on tak firms. The numerous instances, which Stevenson's grave in. Samosk Failima were cited of a ruinous slump in the ing up residence there Major Generat capital value of shipyards and engineer: Sir George S. Richardson, Administra ter of Western Samoa, found that nob ay was officially responsible for the cares a decline in trade which finds its most

of the grave of "RLS." and his wife. ing establishments are the reflection of

or for the upkeep of the track leading the amount of work in hand or in pros up to it on the summit of Mount Vaca pect, and in the numbers of men empley-The cost of that was not grat, and ed. It was stated that at Mesars, Weir's works the highest number of men employ ed at any period since 1914 was 6,203, that it would require from 3,000 to 8,000 men to make effective use of the premises, and that the average number One of the largest this year was 1,700. shipbuilding and enginering firms on employed during the first six months of

in order the Clyde has only one boat on hand, which is being built or spec to keep men employed, and the firm has closed its engineering shops at Stoberass and concentrated all its engineering constructions at a work further down the river which is not fully employed. The number of men employed by this same firm is only a seventh of the maximum, and within the present year it has been reduced by one half. Out of 218 berths "in the Clyde shipyards 136 were vacant in July. On the majority of shipbuild- ing contracts undertaken in Scotland recently, practically no profit has been made. While the capacity of works and yards has been very, largely increased during the last ten years, the amount of work has in most cases been below the 1914 level, and on the Clydeside en rally there has been a enlamitous shrinkage in the number of men em ployed. The greater part of the tonnage launched recently on the Clyde has co- siard of vasis which had been orders

he will undertake that he and his as the responsible and official custodians successors in office will regard the club of the grave and track. The Adminis trator also suggested that the club pre- sunt a seat for the use of visitors, sad send a suitably inscribed plate. As stated above, the club has accepted res, ponsibility as custodians of the grave and the pathway leading to it sCOTS AND THE RIFF WALL

Although to-day was a public holidar especially with regard to the change of fin à Chengelou, sturing that Tsaeed some years ago and of which the time, and are choosing, this avenue of

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the absence of rejoicing characterisse the Armistice celebrations, in quenes of the Bnancial crisis; although the streets are befagged with the Allje colours. The newspapers in their arti- cles reflect the abdued popular feeling REVERENCE IN LONDON.

LONDON, November 11th. Armistice night was marked by verence, instead of revelry as hereto fore. In the Albert Hall, where the victory" Ball was postponed, ten thousand participated in a servios of remembrance Twenty thousand were unable to get. seats, and thousands stood outside' in the bleak night aff.

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On the other hand, the leading hotels and restaurants in the West End gav gala dinners and dances,

QUOTATION OF FRANC.

M. PAINLEVE IS DETERMINED

TO DEFEND IT."

LONDON, November 11th The French franc was quoted in Lon- do to-day at 122.60.

RUSSIA AND LEAGUE.

GENEVA, November 11th." While indicating no change in Russia's attitude to the League of Nations, M. Litvinoff, Deputy Foreign Commissary, has telegraphed the Secretary General of the League announcing the intention of the Russian Government to parti- cipate in the international conference

to be convened by the Council of the League on November 20th with a view to concluding a convention regarding the measurement of boats employed in inland navigation.

BOMB FACTORY.

CALCUTTA, POLICE ARREST FLEVEN BENGALIS.

CALCUTTA, November 11th, The police have discovered a bent factory and seized the contents. They bave arrested éleven Bengalis.

OBITUARY.

DR. G. H. BONDFIELD.

Losnos, November 11th. The death is announced of Dr. Georgo Henry Bondfield, a brother of Miss Margaret Bondfeld," formerly a mission.

worker in China.

EARTHQUAKE NDAR KANILA. THEMOR AT SEA REGISTERED AT LOCAL OBSERVATORY.

MAXILA, November 12th.

Scottish ex-officers and aokitors we joining the French and Spanish For- ergu. Legions in large number for ser- vice in the war against the Riffa. 15 does not appear that their motives are wholly these usually associated with the soldier of fortune. A; large proportion. have beru unemployed for a considerable "thow was captured by General Li Chien construction, owing to difficulties of escape from the eternal tyranny of the various kinds, had been delayed. The queues. At the same time, many are San yesterday.

pessimistic view of the witnesses at the undoubtedly actuated by memories of the. Valuation Appeal Court as to the pros pleasanter side of eampaigning as they pects of shipbuilding and engineering were experienced in the years from 1914 on the Clyde is unfortunately supported to 1918. The French Consul in London by the general condition of those in admits that recruiting for the French dustries and by the position of world Foreign Legion is abnormally heary at shipping and shipbuilding. The North- present, and, although he could not gire East of England is in an even worse

the proportion of "les Ecosmis," it is plight than the Clyde; of 55 berths on certain that many of the most desirable the Wear at Sunderland only five are of the new members of the Legion are occupied. According to the chief ship from the North One of the landing big South. Coust seaport surveyor for Lloyd's Register, about officers at shipping tonnage in the world to-day is que and character are crossing the Chan- 10 million tons of the 613 millions of states that many Bestsmen of fine phy

surplus to requirements," and since nel in order to repeat the great adven the decade before the war the proportion tur, this time against Abd-el-Krim [The Royal Observatory, Kowloon, an

OBITUARY. nouseed yesterday that the earthquake of shipbuilding to floating tonnage haw was registered there, the preliminary declined from 8 to a fraction over 4 per tremors occurring at 9 hours 56 minutes cont. Unfortunately, the only deduction coala on Tuesday night. The surface that can be made from those facts and wave came through at 10 hours, 1 minute Egures is that the world demand for seconds The interval of time shows new shipping is more likely to decrease that the earthquake occurred about 2,20 than to increase during the next few kilometres, east-nor-cast of Hongkong, or years. Not only su, but our share of about 300 miles east of the Loochool what is going is likely to diminish, Islands. This would be well out at sea and no damage would therefore be caused, although the shock may have been felt by passing ships. The amplitude of the Waves showed that it was a very severe cardiquake.}

A very severe earthquake, presumably 1,600 kilometres north-east of Manila, was registered at 9 hours 54 minutes seconds on Tuesday night, and also three bogey thereafter.

MR

EARLIER VABLES.

ARGENTINE AIRMAN, HILLCOAT ABANDONS HIS

FLIGHT TO U.S.A.

L.G.'A HUSTLE AND ORATORY.

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At London, on th inst., Besin Leggat, of the China Infand Mission and Tai-ho Anhwei, China, and daughter of the late Willinin Leggat, Glasgow.

US. FILMS IN THE EAST.- UNDERMINING BRITISH PRESTIGE. Mr. Lloyd George's visit to Inverness

Speaking at a luncheon on October 13th" and his itinerary of the chief towns in

whether in the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen- the North-East of Scotland, the political results are great or amall street, W.C., to film stars, Mr. T. G was a remarkable performane. It was Elder, managing director of the Stoll a sort of whirlwind campaign suggestive Film, Studios, Cricklewood, N.W., BAIL of the hustling methods, so popular in that in the Far East millions were to-day America. The only big speech was def obtaining, through the kinema, their first livered at Javerness, where he demand- impressions of European civilisation. The ed the Highlands for the Highland peo-films shown to them were mostly Ameri- ple, and denounced a policy which had an, in which the Englishman was invari- be made and these films destroyed the prestige of expatiated the crofters in favour of deer fably shown as a cad, a crook, at a coward, and grouse. Next day spectacular rush by motor along the the white man.

It would not be long. Mr. Elder de hores of the Moray Firth From earlyclared, before British films, admittedly morning until the last speech given in for the moment on the American plane the darkness by the side of the Wallace developed into something truly Britian Statue at Aberdeen, Mr. Lloyd George, It is not our ambition to supply tripe his attendant party he rushed, from town give us a chance, you will be astounded scarcely slackened his pace. Along with to the multitule," he said. "Once you to town, stopping at times to speak to at the magnificence of British films the crowds in the market squares, and Dr. Joseph Bridges, education officer occasionally drawing up in the village for Willesden, N.W., said his criticism The airman Hillecat has left for street, where he would say a few words of the kinema was its American setting. and then press on to the next place, on Even a school was depicted on the films Villazon, ia Bolivia

the programine. The object seemed to 24 a place into which people rushed in A recent mesenge stated that the to carer the maximum amount of order to murder the schoolmistress.

He quoted this passage from the essay Argentina army airman Hillcoat has territory in the minimum of time. It started on a flight from Buenos Aixes to was a great physical feat apart from PE a schoolbay who had evidently of New York. Ho hopes to complete eight anything else, while the delivery in the the kinema: America is a place where tained his impression of America from

thousand

miles in twenty days. course of the day of about a dozen you can shoot as many people as pa carries one passenger.)

speeches--many of them differing in like without getting into theme and few bearing trace of repeti- (Langhter.) tion-was an achievement possible only

[The late Rev. Dr. Geoge Henry Bandfield, who was 70 years of age, was Pastor of the Union Church, in Hong kong, for a number of years. He was . PAINLEVE'S STATEMENT.

educated at Spring Hill College, Bir PARIS, November 11th

at Mansfield College, mingham and M. Painlevé, seaking at a luncheon by Oxford. In 1883 he came out to Amoy

the London SALT, ARGENTINA, November 11th. missionary for the Anglo-American Press Association, a

The aviator Hillcoat, who was on a said I give you my word as President Missionary Society, and it was in 1587

that he came to Hongkong, holding the l of the Council that we shall defend the Pastorship of Union Church until 1894-light to the United States, has return- franc with the same constancy as wo In the latter part of that year ho was ed. It is understood his machine was defended Verdan." He added that the appointed the Agent for China of the unable to climb the height necessary, British and Foreign Bible Society, with Government had decided to demand from head offices in Shanghai. For very many for crossing the Andes. the country a tremendous effort years, the late Dr. Bondfield was in liberate French faces, and that effort was charge of the Society's interests in China. Last year he passed through unprecedented in history.

Hongkong on his way Home, when a reception was arranged for him at the Union Church.]

HOLLAND AND ROME. PROPOSAL OF DEPUTY KERSTEŇ IS ADOPTED.

THE HACUE, November 11th.

The Second "Chamber of the States

LATEST CABLES (REUTENSAMKEICAN SERVICE] MEXICAN DEBT TO. U.S.A

LATER.

NEW YORK EXCHANGE.

Gentral by 5 to 12 has adopteda pro AGREEMENT WITH RESONATION VIGOROUS RECOVERY OF PRICES As be went along From point to point |

posal by the Protestant Deputy Kersten to withdraw the Legation from the Vatica

AL BANKERS IS RATIFIED,

NOW REPORTED.

New Yors, November 11th.

to an orator of resource and originality.

he took up a variety of subject selected.

trouble

Mr. W. R. Hearst, the American new to suit the immediate occasion, and also paper owner, has purchased St. Donate NEW Ynex, November 12th.

chosen, no doubt, with a view to pro Castle, on the Welsh coast. The London The President and Cabinet have ratified The Premier, Heer Colija, immediate the agresment between Mexico and the

After yesterday's "minor" panic on moting the underlying object of the agent reports that Mr. Hearst was so Inscinated with a description of the ly naked for an adjournment of the international committee of bankers, head the stock market, a vigorous come-back tour, which was to stimulate Liberalism castle, which he read in a magazine Budget discussion to cable the Cabineted by M. Lamont, for, the resumstion of was staged at prices largely recovering in that part of Scotland. In some cases that be instructed his representative to to consider the political situation, in payment on January 1st,'. 1920. of a large proportion of the sensational his addresses were frankly political; in purchase if Neither Mr. Hearst nor view of the fact that the four Catholic Mexico's external debt of $600,000.000 loses of the last two dayss Solid buying others be digressed into less contentious the arent has been the castle, which in Ministers had announced their inten Under the Agreement, the National support turned the trend definitely up heres, praising the beaution of High one of the most notable of Norman ar tion to xesign if Deputy Kersten's Railway will be returned to private warda. However, sales pgain reached land actory and drawing inspirationvivors It is ported that Mr. Bearst

from Scottish song and story. The tour is going to England shortly. ownership. amendment were accepted.

over millions.

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