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L BRIAND AND THE PREMIERSHIP.

PARIS, November 24th:

One of M. Briand's-main objections to the Premiership is his desire to remain at the Foreign Office to finish the work connected with Locarno,

The Radicals are agitating for Herriot Cabinet to include Socialists, but "thirty Socialist Deputies are opposed to participation in the Government, hepce the Left.Cartel is threatened with a split.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NÓVEMBER 25TH, 1925

GERMANY AND THE LEAGUE, RIGHT TO COLONIAL MANDATES.

SCOTTISH SPORT.

STEWART'S STIRRING RUGBY, SURPRISES IN THE LEAGUE. [VROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

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EDINBURGH, October 21st..

WAR MEMORIALS IN SCOTLAND. RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE.

A RUSH OF UNVEILINGS.

PROGRESS

OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

EXALLY, November 23rd. In the Reichstag. Herr Luther, in 'polating out that Germany was sure of a seat on the Council of the League of Nations, said that Germany's right to Colonial Mandates had been ackhow. they have lately come bad croppers Last culminating point in a whole series o

Glasgow High School stock is going down; both in the East and the West

The King's recent visit to Aberdeen for the formal opening of Cowdray Hall and the city's war memorial, remarks the London Observer, has been but the

THE EARLIER CREDITS, LEAGUE'S ACHIEVEMENTS. The following very interesting lettar on this subject appears in The Tinies

In the leading article on "European Reconstruction in your issue of to-day

you may-

THE INDIAN VICEROYALTY.

LORD READING'S SUÇCESS.

Sir EDWARD ATKINSON, toasting the Viceroy" at the dinner at the United Services Club, at Simla recently, said:—

ledged and the Government expected it week they did not show the improvement naveilings of Scottish war memorials were co-ordinated under the guidance of themselves in disruption, had recont

claims to be conceded.

BRITISH SCHOONER SEIZED. ALLEGED TO BE A RUM RUNNER:

Briefly reviewing the past five years I ask could anyone have said politically in 1091 where to find firm ground in India'l Before the efforts of 12 foreign States! Yet, to-day, the disruptive forces are the Financial and Economic Commission of the League no less than £25,000,000 sterling had been poured into the Aus- tria nancial abyss, by foreign State acting independently, without any appre ciable result.

events have shown signs of a change cư heart which we welcome as possibly the beginning of more reasonable action in constitutional spheres.

Within a period of less than a month important monuments have been opened, unveiled, or dedicated at Dunfermline, the Orkneys, Aberdeen, and Galashiels Although exact comparison is not po ible, it can entely be said that some of

May I put the case in a slightly dif

"Looking round now, in all respects the town, or city memorials of Scotlu are of such a character as far to exceed forent way? If it had not been for the in importance those erected in many 25,000,000 sterling poured into the dus we may say without undue optimism that trina daancial abyss in 1919 and 1920 towns of the same size or rank in Eng thero would have been no Austria for the there, is now movement and hope where. land, and the recently opened buildings League to help. Incidentally, the foreign five years ago there was stagnation and form a very noble group.

States who provided that money were not pessimism. acting independently, but with daily and rather tiruscae co-ordination through the Supreme Economic Council on which the United States, France, Italy, and

'Fortu- tives with ministerial powers. nately for Europe, Mr. Hoover was

New Losbox, Cox., November 23rd. The British schooner Ocean Maid has been seized outside the twelve mile limit, but the coastguards maintain that the seizure is permissible as she is with in one hour's sailing distance from the I coast. The schooner was taken after theed havoc with the kicking and passing, open side-in a position conspicuous for Great Britain bad each five representa especially desirous this evening of pay- either a Carte! Cabinet or a Concentra. capture of the "speed boat" Helen for the victory, which they owed to the Orkneys-monument is the obelisk and Director-General of Relief. When this of India. They have had in the last

The solution of the crisis, therefore, is likely to be delayed, owing to the diffi culty of Lading a stable majority on which

tion Ministry could be based.

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PARIS, November 23rd. The Chamber by 234 votes to 44 has adopted the emergency Bill authorising' un increase of, one-and-balf milliard francs in the limit of the Banque de France's advances to the Treasury.

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M. Briand has refused the Premiership for the moment, but has promised to explore the possibilities of forming a combination with a stable majority. The prospect of success is doubtful.

THE SENATE'S APPROVAL.

LATER The Senate, by 170 votes to 103 adopted the Bill with regard to the Banque do France advances to the Treasury,

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which was conveying liquor, allegedly from the Ocean Meid. There men on the Helen and eight on the Ocran Maid have

been arrested.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. SOUTHERNERS' WIN EASILY.

ADELAIDE, November 23rd.

South Australia scored 201" for 9 and declared. Pritchard knocked up 167.

West Australia replied with 177 (Grimmett taking 6 for 75), and followed on with 155 (Wall taking for 40 and Grimmett for 51).

South Australia, going in to bat again. compiled 32 for the loss of one wicket, thas gaining the victory by nine wickets.

THE FLA. CUP.

REPLAYED GAMES.

Loxnox. November 23rd. Replayed matches in the final qualify

expected of them, and they went under in a game in which Stewartonians were worthy winners. The battle was chiedy between the forwards, the Edinburgh lot being superior. Heriot's for the fourth Saturday in succession had Border op ponents, but Gala fared no better than the others The better form on the part of Heriot's has evidently come to stay, and Gala found them in one of their ram- confined pant moods. That the score was to such reasonable limits was due to atout defence on t part of the Bor derers. The chief f are was the bril laney of the Heriot acks. The game between Watsonians and Edinburgh Wanderers was looked forward to with interest, but the strong westerly gale play-

Watsonians were

perhaps hardly valua ability of the backs to snap up chances When one considers that Wanderers spent at least three-quarters of the game is Watsonian territory, and yet lost, there is something wrong. That something is certainly not with the forwards.. Wan- derers have a pack second to none in Scotland. They are big and heavy, and must be the fastest forwards playing. The meeting between those Edinburgh clubs, University and the Academicals. held little that was worthy of note. One saw two good packs whose work was nullified by the feeble efforts of their threequarters. Nens of the Glasgow engagements were of much importance. Principal results:-

Heriot's (F.P.), 20; Gala, 8. Stewart's College, 8; Glasgow H.S., 0. Watsonians, 14; Edin. Wanderers, 3. Elia University, 9; Edin. Acade.

micals. 3,

Glas. Academicals, 38 Edin. Institu

tion, 5,

Selkirk, 14; R.H.S. (F.P.), 6. Jedforest, 3; Howick, 9. Kelso, 31; Langholm, 8. Kelvin Academicals, 8; Greenock

Wanderers, S.

West of Scotland, 24; Hillhead H.S.,

ASSOCIATION. LEAGUE,

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The

and administered through the Inter. national Committee for Relief Credits, which included representatives of every Government interested, with Lord Brad bury as chairman. So much of vital im. portance to the world has happened in Europe since those critical days that it is small wonder the details have escaped memory.

TRIBUTE TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Lord Readis, replying, said :-" I am

ing my tribute to the great Civil Servigan

They found that the conditions of work were changed, the outlook was different, the methods were no longer the same, and there was a greater tendency to public critician..

"It therefore became necessary for members of the service to adjust them. selves to the changed conditions

"For a time a wave of pessimism

The monument at Dunfermline consists of an imposing cenotaph, somewhat on the lines of that in Whitehall, rising from the contre of a large balustraded stone platform, deeply stepped on its its importance and prospects, crusaders cross, designed by Sir Regi-Council whs dissolved the credits for tow years to face very diBoult conditions. nald Blomfield, and erected by the Austria and other countries were granted War Graves Commission in the naval cemetery at Lyness, on the island of Hay. The great granite crescent, with its classical pillars and its figure of the British lion on guard, which forms the open front of the Aberdeen memorial. adds an imposing feature to the street architecture of the city. The monument at Galashiels is a noble and characteristic сде It consists of a clock tower with

To recall the conditions under which projecting upper storey, crowned by the credits were given I may perhaps a steeply sloping roof, somewhat on the be permitted to quote from an official swept over the service. There was a fear fed, that old standards would lose their lines of the very beautiful clock tower report on Central Europe presented to that the old traditions would be engul nt Newington in South London. 4 Parliament early in 1920 which it was my validity, and that old ideals would be deeply recessed arch in the lower tate duty as British Director of Relist to eerves as background for a bronze statue write. I then said that food was prac dimmed, but that fear has now disap- of a mounted moss-trooper, very vigorous tically the only basis on which the Gav peared, if not entirely-that may, pex- ernments of the hastily created States haps, be too much to say-at least suf- and alive in conception and execution. FINE MEMORIAL AT KIRKCALDY could be maintained in power and recit ficiently, to give place to the realization Probably none of these need defer in the admitted fact that half of Europe that the more difficult the position, the importance to a memorial opened a little had Lovered on the brink of Bolshevisms. greater the opportunity for discharging earlier in July last at Kirkcaldy. It If it had not been for the £137,000,000 in high duty, and the greater, the opporis- must be admitted that Kirkcaldy relief credita granted to Central and pity the greater the necessity for high "I am glad to And that the wave of rather a grim, town, but the war memo Eastern Europe between 1919 and 1921 it would have been impossible to provide rint has been so successfully designed tod and coal, and the sea and land pessimism which prevented the British and completed as to charm at once all who enter the town from the station. A transport for them. Without food and youth from joining the services as here. ccal and transport, Austria, end prob- tofors is disappearing, and that the old open space of adme acres has been con- verted into Hower gardens of that beauty ably several other countries, would have traditions are toing re-established. The

that then prevailed the problem was not again. and colour for which Scots gardeners gone the way of Russia. in the chace old families seem to be taking their part are famed. In the midst of these ex-

to draw up irreproachable Protocol for

INDIANIZATION PLANS. quisite gardens there have been erected currency stabilization and financial con- We are embarked definitely upon a A museum and library and a balustraded trol, but to find an engine to take you to

ideals.

THE ACTIVITY IN THE RUBBER -ing round of the Football Association and Motherwell retained second place platform, on the outer face of which are the country and to find a Government policy of extensive Indianization. There

MARKET.

LONDON, November 24th.

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The rubber share market remains the centre, of attraction of the Stock Ex- change but while conditions in this "sec tion are most, active dealers are exercising a little more restraint, and two places prices although in one or Inve given way slightly, the tone gene- rally remains very firm.

GERMAN INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS

IN DIFFICULTIES.

BERLIN, November 24th..

The Richard Kahn Trust, consisting of

Cup resulted as follows:-

Barnet, 2; Redhill, 2.

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Sittingbourne, 1; Sheppey Un., 0. Wellington, 6; Burton, 1.

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OBITUARY. WIDOW OF EX-KING THEBAW.

RANGOON, November 24th. The death is announced of Supayalat, widow of the ex-King Thebaw.

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a score of machine-building firms in Berlin ROWDY AMERICAN STUDENTS. and South Germany, has applied for official supervision" on account of the

Simultaneously, the Stinnes A.F.A. Motor Car Company bas Snally announced its bankruptcy after a long fight to keep

going.

EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATIONS.

EVANSTON, November 24th, worsening of the economic situation and Celebrating the past year's football the scarcity of credit.

achievements of their team, students of the North Western University here yes- terday evening burned down the un- occupied Fraternity Chub" and started several other amall fires, and fought the police and firemen who attempted to interfere. Several were injured on both sides. The Police finally had to resort to tear gas in order to disperse a thon- sand men and girl students.

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IRISH BOUNDARY COMMISSION. PROF. MACNEILL'S RESIGNATION A SURPRISE.

The feature of the League is the form shown by the leading clubs. St Mirren not only maintained their position at the top, but relatively are now clearly ahead of Rangers, Celtic, and Airdrieonians; with a similarly good title to the distinc tion. There is nothing freakish about the positions of either, and if further proof were called for as to the merit and ability of these clubs it was forth coming when alone of the competitors they secured victories on the grounds of opponents. At Kilmarnock, where Air- drieonians were defeated the previous week, St. Mirren disposed of their Ay shire opponents by a display of all round excellence. At Hamilton Motherwell won similarly against their country rivals, ine half-back played and the craft and Enish of their forwards giving them, the advantage. Rangers atoned for their defeat in the Glasgow Cup by defeating Celtic, but the game was a poor one all over. Airdrieonians went further behind by losing at Falkirk Doubtless the Lanarkshire team will regain some of their lost power, but they were beaten by opponents more incisive and enter prising in attack Aberdeen seem to go from bad to worse. Everything in the scoring line was in their favour when they led by two goals against Dundee, but the Dark Blues of Tayside suddenly rounded on the Dons and never led up until they were a gool in the lead. Aber deen have now lost half of the games played. Dundee United showed up poor. ly when they lost to Queen's Park. Re. sults:-

Hibernians, 0: Heart of Midlothian, D Cowdenbeath, 2; Raith Rovers, 1. Clydebank, 3; Partick Thistle, 2. Dundee, 3; Aberdeen, 2. Falkirk, 2; Airdrieonians, 1 Hamilton Academ., 0; Motherwell, % "Kilmarnock, 9; St, Mirren, 3. Morton, 3; St. Johnstone, 1. Queen's Park, 2; Dundee United, 1. Rangers, 1; Celtic, 0.

WELSH DAM DISASTER.

The main

is a programme, well known to you, which recorded the names of Kirkcaldy's sons when you got there. who were killed in the war.

Two and a half years after the Armis will be carried through, but with a re building is of store, and is of a tice and after the back of Belshevism induction in numberá

"I look forward to the time, I hope not restrained and dignified design. Both Central Europe had been broken, largely from its entrance and from the memorial by relief credits, the League of Nations far distant, when there will be an end platform there is a solacing view, down began to tackle Austria. It took their of the racial hostility which has to some the lower-clad slopes of the garden to over two years of hard work and fine extent characterized discussions in the the grey houses which overlook the Firth endeavour to which The Times gavs un last few years, when it will be recognized of Forth The whole grouping of gardens, forgotten support to reach the point that with the assistance of both, of buildings, memorial and shelters is where an Austrian reconstruction loan Britisher and Indian, a great work lies extracrdinarily charming introduction could be issued, and another year in ahead to be achieved in India." to an industrial town which must in- which to complete it. That only illustrates fallibly colour the visitor's impressions that after a war and a peace of the kind we suffered, reconstruction had to move by xlow steps and, at first, crudely. But intimate and perhaps affectionate watch- But the chief war memorial in Seat Writing now after the events, and after land is, after all, the great monumenting on the spot of the results of each step now in progress within the castle walls and therefore just beginning to realize on Edinburgh's mighty rock. Very con- one's own blunders-1 am still of the siderable progress has been made with opinion

and recollections. ·

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newspaper.

"For the past six months I have been rung up, sometimes three or four times

a day, by firms, some of whose names azo household words, to boost their goods

or offer a trial.

"If the canvassers call at the door can be turned away, but they overcome they can be dealt with by the maids, and this difficulty by ringing up the si seriber and asking for her by name.

Lest this withdrawal of relief may lead to misconception on the part of

"The practice in increasing, and if all Parliament or the public as to the seeds firms are going to do business in this way of Southern and Eastern Europe, the privacy of the home will disappear, reiterate the urgent need for substitat and will result in many people giving up ing for relief some comprehensive the telephone." scheme of credita, in order to remedy the situation which I have endeavoured to project.

“TOUTING? BY PHONE. HOW THE ANNOYANCE -15 INCREASING AT HOME. Touting for orders by business firms that, the expenditure of and shops over the telephone is so much en the increase as to be a daily source this, and the work has recently been £137,000,000 was probably one of the best inspected by the Queen and Princess international investments, from a fan of annoyance to subscribers, remarks a Mary, but it is not anticipated that it cial and political point of view, ever re London paper."

"I do not think it is a justifiable use will be ready for dedication before 1927, corded in history. In the human suffer- when no doubt it will be opened by the ing it alleviated and saved it unques King. This great monument, to the tionably was the one really fine, imagina. of the telephone," says Mrs. Hilde Prit- design of Sir Robert Lorimer, A.B.A, tive thing the Allies of course, includ chard, of Moore street, Cadogan-square, in which many Scottish artista and ing America, by far the largest contri-S.W., whose experiences have caused her craftsmen are co-operating, is a very butor-did after the Armistice; but that. to write a letter of protest to a morning For fear it may be thought that I am noble conception. An old and disused is not the point I want to bring out. ing gutted and reconverted into a gallery advocating consumption credits as eppes part of the barracks in the castle is be- of honour and shrine. The gallery of ed to systematic financial and economic honour will consist of a central hall reconstruction I venture to quote again and two wings, with the shrine forming from my 1920 report when, after stating a sort of transept chapel projecting from that I had withdrawn the British Relief the central hall and entered by a great Missions from all centres expect. Vienna arch, which is already completed. The and Budapest, I added:~• outer walls of the gallery will be ornamented with bays or. niches for memorials to certain historic Scottish regiments, and these bays are already visible above the surrounding scaffolding, ready for the insertion of the individual memorials. The shrine walls are carrieu almost to the height for "vaulting and roofing, and the design of its windows

COST OF EDUCATION, A thrilling experience was undergone is now apparent. Of these there are

Such a comprehensive scheme, I said in by several Delgarrog villagers, xays a seven-tall and narrow lights, each to be that report, should provide for the re-

Lord Merrivale, speaking recently at moval of existing trade barriers, in order London wire of November 4th One of filled with stained-glass windows. the most remarkable escapes was that of Other features of the memorial are the to ensure fall, and free interchange be- Queen's College, Taunton, contrasted a man and his family who lived in a windows-one at each end of the Gallery tween the newer nations in the funda- public expenditure ou education twenty

go with the present wooden bungalow. The man was going of Honour, to the memory of the Navy mental necrsities of national existence. years home from work when he heard the on- and Air Force, and the bronze freize of Which is, in substance, what I under £73,000,000 yearly. Whether they were stand you to advocato in your issue of getting their money's worth and doing rushing water and just managed to get the shrine, The gallery windows are

the best for the country, be said, was an his wife and child into pafety when the nearly ready, and they consist of appro- to-day.

and problem Dot flood struck the bungalow which was car priate subject panela set in a silvery In any reference to events which led old controversy came to them as a complete surprise as AMERICA'S AERIAL DEFENCES.ried 70 yards and then turned a complete diaper background. The bronze fricz up to the usefulness of the League in yet settled. When it came to be po Prof. MacNeill had previously clearly COL MITCHELL IN WITNESS-BOX somersault. The chargeman and three will be at a good level for sight, forming Austrian reconstruction it seems to me tled he trusted that that school, which companions at Dolgarrog works were an ornamental band, four foot dorp, only fair and of some historical and drew no money from rates 21 taxes, trapped in the building and stood waist below the shrine windows. On this, in economic importance that two things would serve to remind people of tale stated his intention of joining them in

-WASHINGTON, November 24th

deep in water throughout the night, amid bas-relief, will be represented types of should be remembered: one, that first sacrifices of parents and original foun- Colonel Mitchell giving evidence in bursting boilers. In another case, & man all who served in the war, men and task was to keep Austria alive and Beldara Addressing the boys, Lord Mer- signing the award embodying the boun-

beard a rumbling, and rushed inside animale, and it should prove to be one of shevism out; two, that until 1003 Austria rivale advised an early decision of tho dary line whose general features were his own defence at the Court-martial his house, snatched up his youngest the most individual and arresting and all its assets were in pawn to the field into which their energies should be approved and recorded in the Minutes reiterated the charge that Ameri. daughter, and told the other members of features in a monument which is unusual Reparation Commission. To the credit

the family to follow him up the hill where and striking, alike in its situation, its of the Reparation Commission it should directed, because pursuit of knowledge on October 17th. The whole work of the can Government Departments were he thought he was safe, but the avalanche general form and conception, and its be recorded that it was on their initiative at a random was a waste of time Well-

of water swept them down 500 yards into

and mainly on their original plan that the applied energies never failed of gaining Commision since October 17th had proguilty of almost treasonable negli the valley. The little daughter was torn

Their aim should not be to become Prime from the man's greep and drowned. The

reconstraction of Austria was undertaken success when directed to tran objecte and that without their subsequent ap Ministers, political leaders or capitalistäy creded on the basis of the definite under gente," because they had not provided father was stunned by a stone, and on

proval and co-operation it would have but just to do their duty in that stats been impossible for the League, to prove of life to which it pleased God to calk anding that the award would be adequate aerial defence against foreiga recovering climbed up the electric stand

ard to escape the flood. Many casualties

ite usefulness. In Hungary, also, the in- Unanimous the Commissioners having aggression: He gave it as his opinion were avoided in consequence of the large

tervention and subsequent success of the them differences of that an enemy seroplane a hundred miles attendance at the local cinema, where a

League only became possible because the new film was being shown when the dam

Reparation Commission eventually took asane view of Hungary's capacity to pay. Reparation Commission, but the League out at sea could drop bombs wirelessly burst. The cinema had its own lighting equipment. An earlier report that a

Both in the case of Austria and Hungary is surely old enough by now not to avo and her nine children were

the energies of the League, and parts to say. I did it." There is glory enough, drowned turns out to be incorrect os fon

cularly of Sir Arthur Salter, contributed for all in the success of the two recon of the children were subsequently found

to the favourable decisions taken by the struction schemes. I am Bit, etc, among the refugees,

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LONDON, November 23th,

Subsequently the students started to The two other Irish Boundary Com- burn an old wooden stadium, but desist missioners, Mr. Justice Feetham and ed when the University football captain Mr. Joseph R. Fisher, have issued, a explained that the new stadium would statement on Prof. MacNeill's announce probably not be ready until next autumn. ment. They say that the resignation

ingreed to sink their

opinida.

Mr. Justice Feetham and Mr. Fisher directed at will within an area as large womnu reserve a fuller statement until the time as, New York City, and never miss a comes to issue their report.

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separate features

Although the monument is not open to casual inspection, it has reached the point at which all visitors are able to mark its progress and to gather some idea of its ultimate appearance, ex- ernally at any rate, and it can already be judged how nobly its old stone in its modern design will rise above the tiny Hittle Norman chapel of St. Margaret surely the smallest complete and detach ed church in Great Britain and form a new element in the wonderful styling grouping of masonry and roofs on Edin- burgh's castled rock.

WILLIAM GOODL

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