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CABLES.

EARLIER CABLES (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] TREATY OF LOCARNO. THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY

LODGE OBJECTIONS.

LONDON, November 17th. The Labour Party has decided to move an amendment to Mr. Austen Chamber.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

FINANCES IN FRANCE. SOCIALIST PARTY DECIDED NOT TO CONTEST ISSUE

PARIS, November 17th. The Sadist party by 6 to 12 has-de- cided not to contest the Government's financial proposals at ro-day's meeting of the Chamber.

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FAR EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

"THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY. Į

PEACE IS SIGNED; AGREEMENT REACHED RETWEEN CHANO AND FENG.

SHANGHAI, Noyember 17th.

The Aecialist party's cision is in-

A message from Peking states that Portant in view of the opening of the Charaber to-day with a momentous Sran-representatives of Feng Yu Hsiang, and cial debete, which is expected to last at Chang Tso Lin have signed a peace least a month, and in which Herculean agreement, providing for the withdrawal of the Manchurian troops : imiles (caat- debate in the House of Commons.

The amendment sets forth that, while efforts, will be required, to obtain Even

lain's simple motion in favour of ratify. ing the Locarno Trenty nt to mirrow's

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 1925

HONGKONG'S - PLIGHT.

WINDFALL IN WAR STAMPS.

GOLF.

OLD LETTERS PAY FOR A LONG WHY FOUR-BALL MATCHES RUIN

HOLIDAY.

A LONDON COMMENT.

The following comment is extracted 'from the China Expresà and Telegraph | ***

(London), of October 22nd:-

mirk » UROLACAKIT,

Church

"I sent them to a reliable dealer and

which has enabled me and my family to received in exchange 'substantial chegate spend a long holiday toread.”

Turning out an old box containing correspondence, I discovered among the wong wer to the panty aces, letters half a dozen envelopes bearing the nov

Togo stamps, which bail been over popular sour Hongwell, whores priai apats to printed by the Allied armies of occupa wards the ¦' wes per which is meltion during the war icing that Colony. Mr. Maconachie has been about ave months in Angland on those who direct affairs here. He is not to furiough, and not much 13 touch with

in a very big game which has been going be blamed therefore it he failed not to at Hongkong is out one of the picco on since he let the East. His statements regarding the virtual acts of war com- vik Government of Canton. are notion of how many families, living in

fully reported hero sa in Hongkong it selt. This particular aspect of the case has been causing the Government serious concern for some time, but we take a bronger view of the situation than the do in Hongkong, and action on the drastic lines advocated in Hongkong's $1,900 telegram to the Premier has not Mr. Muconachie's commended itself.

THE GAME.

[SY J. H. TAYLOR,]

It may not be no exaggeration to assert that the deteriotion of British golf enn be traced to the time when four-ball- matches came into popularity. Like other fashiola in golf it made its way." slowly and insidiously like many others it was a departure from the usual, and, because of this, it became popular.“ I that it camo

The Westminster Gasette has received will not be dogmatic and say this interesting story from a reader, who from America. It may be only a coincid-

agreeing with ratification and expressing & narrow, majority for the Government's ward of the Pekine-Hankow line and the 'mitted against the Colony by the Bolshe adds that his experience raises the ques-euce, but four-ball matches became the satisfaction as "the impending entry of Proposale in both Houses. The Govern establishment of a joint office. in Peking disputed. Indeed, they have been a comparative poverty, have in their seriously into the sphere of goling

Germany into the League of Nations and "the improvement in international relations erinced at Locarno, the Housa upines that the real test" of the Treaty depends on whether it is followed by disarmament

ment's difficulties are increased by the fact that the most controversial proposal must be voted by December 8th, when 21 milliards of Treaty bonds will fäll due for epayment. Having no funds to re

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to discuss the Premiership, the recon- struction of the Cabinet and the election of a President:

FENGTIEN WITHDRAWAL.

Pazisa, November 17th. Chang Tso Lin has informed foreigners.

and regrets it does not containn deâaiterran the bonds, and in order to avoid that the Mukden and Fengtien forces allegation that the Colonial Office has

provision in that connection. The House is further invited to express the view that the Treaty should be followed by pesi tive stepe to secure the adhesion of Russia to the League and European agreement.

artisipation in

GERMAN CABINET ORDERS.

BERLIN. November 17th, The Cabinet this merring authorised Herr Stresemann to denft Bille to give effect to the Lowatne Treaties. The Bills will be submitted for the approval of the Federal Premiers on Thursday and sub- sequently submitted to the Reichstag

THE INDICATION.

The Cabinet's decision regarding the Locarne treaties indicates that the Glov ertment and President will approve of the Locarno, Agreement and intend to sign It on December 1st, which the "Federal Prenders and Reichstag will certainly sanction. The Governuient is convinced that Locarno signifies the beginning of a new prolifical era in Europe. On the contrary, the newspapers do not enthase over the Alleviations." The Rhineland Nationalist journals point out that the Allied Notes do not mention the regime in the Sarre region, the revision of the Rhineland agreement, or the restrictions on German civil aviation.

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DEBTS OF WAR. LATEST ARRANGEMENTS MADE- BY BRITAIN.

LONDON, November 17th. Speaking in the House of Commous, Mr.. Winston Churchill said he had re-

ceived a letter from M. Caillaux during the recess, intimating the acceptance of the principle of the arrangement to dis charge the French debt by annuities of £1,000, over sixty-two years, subject' to the settlenient of some outstanding important points, the discussion of which will shortly be resumed.

The Italian Government has been in- vitcil, to send representatives to Britain to negotiate the funding of their war deos. Those discussions will start very shortly.

Mr. Churchill also announced that a

resorting to indation, the Government propors to suspend payment and give th h The other bonds in exchange.

LORD D'ABERNON. PUBLIC STATEMENT OF HIS INTENTION TO RESIGN.

BERLIN. November 17th. Lord D'Aberon authorises Renter to coning the report that he intends to resign the British Ambassadorship to Germany immediately the Logano Treaty (towards which successful conclusion he, played no small part) has been signed in London.

SEAPLANE DISASTER. DUICH PILOT AND OKSERVER. KILLED.

Apie Amer. November 17th.

A neval seaplane has crashed near Helder. The pilot and observed were killed.

[Holder is a small coast town about, 30 iniles from Amsterdam, and has an soul and garrison.[

CRISIS IN SYRIA.

C November 17th

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The Syriac newspaper, if earus that peaec negotiations have been opened between the French authorities at Jebel Druse and the Sultan of Elátrash.

[FUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] ABOLITION OF SUBMARINES. POLICY, OF UNITED STATES 18

NOT. CHANGED.

WASHINGTON, November 17th. A statement issued from White House says that while President Coolidge is prepared with an open mind to listen to suggestions for further restriction in the use of submarines, the American policy na laid down as the Washington Confer. ent's remains enchanged."

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are being, withdrawn from shantung ang part from Chibli. Nour will be station ed south of Lutal

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been apathetic towards the representa tions of British residents in Hongkong is hardly in accord with the facts. There has been almost daily communication between the Colonial Ofee and the Gov From Tsinanfu, it is learned that there errer since the beginning of July, as.

result of which the arrangements for a has been a sudden change in the situa£3,000,000 loan, which involved exten- Troop trains instead of going sive negotiations, were pushed through. The object of the loan is to restore the southward' are all going northward, confidence of the loyal Chinese, and some queers in this direction has already been achieved. Indeed, the mere There is also an exodus of officials-

Li Ching, Lin's troops are evacuating ment of the loan had an immediate moral effect, and the Governor is now under stocd to consider it unnecessary to raise the Pshan The-

any more than the £1,000,000 which Sin- gapore so promptly advanced, As for the Foreign Office, it has also been very much on the alert, and Hongkong has undoubtedly received its full share of netice in the close attention which Mr. Chamberlain and those associated with him have given to the position in China generally

TARIFF IN CHINA. A sign states that afternoon's meeting of the Tarifi Con-

at this

ference Sub-Committer, complete agree ment was arrived at with regard to the formula on the subject of tariff autonomy and the abolition of likin, which will be submitted to the fall Committee Thursday.

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SOVIET PROPAGANDA.

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Moscow, November 17th. In consequence of M. Karnkhau's de parture. for Peking, the management of the eastern affairs department of the Foreign Office has been entrusted to M.

Araloff, a inember of the collegium of the

Foreign Office

EARLIER CABLES,

STEAMERON FIRE.

NEW YORK, November 17th. The coasting steamer Lenoje en route to Jacksonville with 200 passengera is afire endeavouring to reach Delaware breakwater. Numerous vessels have gone to her assistance. It is stated that the flames are visible from Atlantic City. there.

announce-

MR. MACONACHIE'S LETTER.

la his letter to the Lily News. Mr. Maconachie (who has this week returned to Hongkong) wrote;-

Mr. Baldwin spoke at Brighton for ani hour and a quarter. One minute of the The devoted to China-that is to say,

about a hundred words.

or

possession valuable stock in the form of action. war stamps,

The manager of the Philatelic Stores, Ltd., Mayfair, expressed the view that many people no doubt possessed valuable stamps without being aware of their good fortune.

War stamps, however, he pointed out, have been speculated in rather too eagerly, and the thing has been overdone, though there are still rare varieties that will sell at high figures

People do not realize that there is money in certain other kinds of stamps, The first stamps were printed in 1840, and that was before envelopes were in use. The stamps in those days were merely There must be a number of those stuck on the letters. stamps in existence, and they would find Quite recently & British tradesman a market is Jerusalem found Colonial stamp of a rare sort, and our purchase of it ran into three figures."

3,000 VARIETIES.. In all something like 3,000 distinct kinds of stamps were used during the war and nearly half of these were issued by the enemy countries.

The first war stamp "appeared on September 3rd, 1914, in the former Ger. man South Sea Colony of Samoa Curiously enough an error was made in ever printing this set "I Shillings appearing on it instead of 1 Shilling." but the stamp bearing the error is more plentiful than that with the accurate sur. charge and therefore is not worth ns

much.

On August 7th, 1914, Togo, in West Africa, was captured, but no stampa could be found, and until September 18th, letters bind to be marked "No stamps available."

Hongkong was not one of those words. No one could gather from this address British Prime Minister that there British colony which is not part of China, but whose interests, and even less.

bour.

existence, are gravely imperilled at this

The Premier did not mention that an overflowing and unanimous public meet- ing of British residents had sent urgeat representations to the Colonial Office on or about July 24th, and that these had mained unacknowledged until the date of a second soch meeting, summoned al- most in despair on (I think) August th--more than a month later in any case. At the latter meeting. 91,200 was subscribed to cable, not a mere resoln- tion, bus a reasoned representation of the utterly serious position, to Mr. Bald. wir personally. This also, incredible though it may appear, remained without acknowledgment for many days.

Since then, indeed, £3,000,000 have been lent to the Colony, with a view to restoring public confidence," and. Mr. Amery has remarked that the Home Government sympathise with the suffer- ings of Hongkong. I do not know what is being done with the money, but I do know that old-established firms are facing ruis, and that some of them have already gone over the brink-this in a colony which a few months ago was lead- It is believed that all passengersing the world for weight of tonnage in its harbour, and was enjoying an over- Bowing revenue. aboard the rape were rescued.

LATER.

The Lenape belong to the Clyde "line and had a full complement of passengers

and, cargo.

LATEST CABLES.

ALL PASSENGERS RESCUED.

LEWES DA., November 17th.

The Lenape was anchored in the road- stead when the fire broke out. Soon it was ablaze from stem stern. Passengers

A number of eum- masts had fallen," runners helped in the rescue,

LATEST CABLES. GOOD IN PRINCIPLE",

Tokyo, November 17th.

sub- Interviewed

Reuters by marine abolition, Vice-Admiral Takarahe stated personally that he considers the proposal good in principle, but fears gestlement had been reached with that it is unpractioni ne it is impossible Rumanin and he h ped an agreement unless all the Powers agree, which is hung over the bows until picked up from would be teachid on the war debts of Portugal, Greece, and Yugo-Slavia within most doubtful. Referring to Mr. Hani- the lenge' hoats some passengers fell into the water on leaving the ship, whose hara's statement on the same question the next few months.

at the Washington Conference, Admiral Takarabe pointed out that the Japanese delegate" emphasised that the submarine was no crveller than other weapons against warships, but should not be per- LONDON, November 17th. "Labourite allegations that the Governmitted against merchantmen ment is discriminating against the Com mudists in favour of the Fascisti were vented in the House of Commons, when Mr. J. H. Thomas asked for an explana tion of the action of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the case of four National Fascisti who were recently bound over for forcibly taking possession of a Labour newspaper var: Mr. Thomas declared that the action would destroy public confidence in the impartial ad ninistration of justice."

.COMMUNIȘTS IN BRITAIN.

NO DISCRIMINATION OF ANY SORT FROM GOVERNMENT.

The Attorney-General, Bir Douglas Hoge, in reply, said the Director of Public Prosecutions was of opinion that the evidence was not suficient to support charge of larceny. Fir Douglas Hogg added that he was satisfied that this view was right. No political pressure of any "kind and had been put on the public Pro secutor, whereas in the case of the with drawn prosecution of Mr. Campbell, of the Workers Weekly, a year ago, the then Attorney General, on behalf of the Labour Cabinet, had instructed the Public Prosecutor.

Though less effective against blistered verecla, he discredits the opinion that the submarine is useless against warships.

It is understood that the naval and military circles regard, gas more cruel than submarines; therefore it is more im- portant to abolish gas first

U.S. SHIPPING.

NEW YORK, November 17th It is understood that President Coolidge does not intend to recommend a shipping subsidy in his annual message to Con- gress, which he proposes to transmit in writing.

LATEST CABLES.

-BOOM IN FLORIDA.

NEW YORK, November 16th..

Recently all boats and trains to Florida are filled to capacity, owing to the great business boom there,

U.S. LOAN TO ITALY,

New York, November 17th. Conferences are being held between American bankers and the Italian Debt Commission to prepare the way for the flotation of a fifty million dollar loan to Italy in the course of the next week or two. Morgans, who have already ad vanced another fifty million dollars to absorb the exchange stabilisation credit, are at present standing out at the head of an underwriting syndicate, «¿

U.S. DOCKS DESTROYED. THREE MILLION DOLLARS LOST

AT NEW ORLEANS. -

NEW ORLEANS, November 17th. A portion of the Mississippi Docks was destroyed by fire to-day. The minimum damage is estimated at $3,000,000."

NEW COMET WILLIAMSBURG, WIS, Nov. 17th, Yerks Observatory has announced the discovery of a new comet in the constel- lation Hunting Dog, brightly visible with a small telescope."

Two other extremely rare sets are

ence.

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£100,000 METEORITE. MISSILE WEIGHING SEVEN TONS

rage at about the time America entered

They were certainly known some 20 years ago. Previously, the two-ball foursome held pride of place in the affections of British golfers, and I am sure it was real pride that placed it there. The two-ball foursome has a charm and dignity that four-ballers will never usurp, and I hope the day is at hand when it will be restored completely and effectively. In my judgment, which, I feel certain, thousands share, the four- baller has nothing to recommend it from. a real golling point of view. The fascina tion of the game lies in the fact that the successful playing of it imposes a sense of reliability upon the individual. Everyone must rely upon himself to pull through.

Any form of the game that tends to resl detracts from its destroy this

one's partner is the keynote, and mis- merit. Responsibility to oneself or to

Carry takes should

just punishment. Accept this principle, and the four-baller is knocked off its legs. There cannot be any responsibility in a four-baller when each one is secretly hoping that his part- ner will do something heroic to win a hole. Each plays a solo hand, and trusts to luck that something may turn up. My grouch against the four-baller is a vital

one. It

DESTROYS THE SENSE OF PROPORTION

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and prompts each particiant to try for something that is unnatural and foreign to his real game. Because one side wins in a four-baller it does not denote that it is a better side. One player may carry The glory is the whole of the burden. entirely his, but his partner shares it, often with sense of shame. The honest, foursome stands on the broad pedestal of collective endeavour. The winning of it carries real pride in the knowledge that each one has contributed an equal share in the victory, I want the whole golfing The provisional issue which then ap. community to realise this fact. When peared contains some of the greatest in 1905, Vardon and I played against overprint Braid and Herd in the big foursome over

the rapities, those bearing the

match aroused the Franco-Auglaise" being almost price four greens,.

keenest attention all over the country. Each one of us was striving for the. those of Marshall Islands and New honour of his country, and felt that this Britain, surcharged G.B.I.." which honour depended on a partnership basis. were issued in October, 1914. These were We had to merge individuality into a followed by Australian stamps bearing common pool, and were made to realise the words "NW. Pacific Islands," very that any mistake made by one was shared Caution and steadiness were the watchwords; blind bitting and few.complete sets of which are in exist by the other.

reckless abandon

outside our reckoning. At Mid-Surrey I saw perfect co-operation in foursome play. The bro thers furray, winners of the London Amateur Foursomes, are steadiness per sonified. They play together like a piece FOUND IN UREENLAND.

of well-oiled machinery. They did not fuss over each other, but were content Weighing no less than seven tons, a

that each should play his shot as if the Danish schooner, hole depended on it. This, in ita turn, corse when rom nowhere was brought by Soxongen, to Aberdeen. The stone, which engendered a feeling of absolute confid is valued at £100,000, was discovered by fence in each other, and carried them reximos and taken on board the Danisa easily to victory in every match. It was. Away with the four-baller! Restore the four- ship at North Star, Greenland. It was foursome play at its very best. first found in 1918 on the edge of a

some to its time-honoured position, and rock 400 feet high, 18 miles inland. I am sure it will do much to retrieve the Owing to the transport difficulties and

fessional play lack of appliances, is lay for some time downward pull in both amateur and pro- where it was first found. Two years ago: an endeavour was made to remove it to the coast, where it only recently arrived. On being lowered from its pinnacle it was placed ou a big siedge, but owing to its weight it was always breaking the ice. Although 170 dogs were used to con- vey it, the stone was only got to the. I am about to return to Hongkong to

coast with the greatest difficulty. Capt do what may be possible in one's own sphere to keep the flag flying. But I can P. M Pedersen, of the schooner, states of the Game were discussed at a meeting Remaining Passive in Law in Great Britain. The new store is be- 10 was meant to imply that the opponents only confirm the view of every other that there are only two others in the of the Rugby Union Committee, who de is that the English public does not

ing taken to the mineralogist tousenm at should not interfere in any way with the Colonist I have met in England, which world bigger one in America and one cided that know and does not apparently wish to

unusual movements, and that players be told how vast are our Imperial in Copenhagen. On leaving North Star kicker by distracting his attention by were not allowed to extend their arms two of her crew were drowned while try above their heads in the case of penalty terests in the Far East, and how gravely Bay the Sukungen met with misfortune; they are threatened,

Hongkong is an island as truly a part ing to take a hawser to land during a kicks, as it was not a natural position of the Empire. as New Zealand, and the severe storm. The meteoric stone affected for players to take up when standing Empire is faced just now with a deter the compass, and difficulty was experi- about the Seld.

When a ball thrown out of touch (Law mised and deeply plotted attempt to raced in steering a course for Aberdeen, drive us out of it. Chinese vessels bat despite this the passage was accom-19) does not reach the five yards line ity. carrying provisions or live stock to plished in 11 days instead of the usual Hongkong are seized by the Bolshevik three weeks. Government of Canton. In the city foreigners are compelled to wear armlets to show they are not British. Such are a few of the insults and injuries which on which he builds his hopes is already are being heaped upon our fellow-coun- being discounted by the real rulets of China the military and provincial authorities trymen there..

RUGBY LAWS. INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ALTERATIONS,

The various alterations to the Laws

should be thrown out again by the same side, and intentionally throwing the ball less than five yards should be dealt with under persistent infringement of the rules"

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The making of a broken line ten yards. from the touch line should be ditron- tinued, and a broken line five yards from the touch line substituted. Yet they have, built hundreds of

Whatever settlement may be reached Shouting when a kick at goal is being schools and colleges for Chinese; and when flood or famine comes they are the as to municipal questions in Shanghai,taken" will be in future an offence frat to be appealed to, and the most the tariff and other general matters, coining under the heading of miscon

PROPOSED IMPERIAL ADVISORY BOARD generous in response. They have changed Hongkong stands by itself. It is a duet. a. barren rock in two generations into colony of the British Crown, and has

The Committee agreed to deal at some ond of the leading commercial centres been subjected to what are virtually acts

of war on the part of the armed mayor future meeting with a report from the of the world, whore Chinese thrive by hundreds of thousands and find refuge alty in Canton assuming independent New Zealand Rugby Union, who express from the insecurity of their own country sovereign rights with the backing of the ed regret that the formation of the pre Bolsheviks. The position is intolerable, The British community there feels

ly had been relinquished in favour of. slighted and deserted, its claims neglect and if tolerated much longer will do our posed Imperial Advisory Board apparent ed by Government, Press and public country irreparable harm throughout Triennial Conferences, which would not have the authority or powers of the I- alike. This I know from the Hongkong the whole of the East.

One is not suggesting that we should perial Advisory Board, as contemplated: newspapers and from the letters of able and cool-headed correspondents. Mr. go to war with China-indeed, there is during last season, when a meeting of Baldwin "trusts the clouds are lifting," so China" at the moment with which representatives of home and overseas at. Cantou could and should be brought leas informally various questions affect but we have heard all that before. 116 could go to war but the Bolshevik gang unions had been held to discuse more for it is the other way, for the Conference harply to heel; Canton itself is pretty ing. the game in this country and its

Dominions. (Continued on next column.)

sick of them by this time.