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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES, LIHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MOSCOW AND TURKEY.

́RYKOFF. PROMISES MORAL SUPPORT OF SOVIET: "..

Real, December 4th. A message from Moscow states that M. Bykoff, President of the Council of

Peoples' Commissaries, received Sabri Rey, Turkish Minister of Agriculture.

M. Rykoff declared that the League of Nations Locarno Troaties were equally direated against Soviet Russia and Turkey. He assured Sabri Bey that the Soviet entirely agreed with Turkey's views on the Mosul question and pro-

ised the Soviet's moral support.

MR. KIPLING BETTER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 1925

NEWS AGENCY MERGER.

BEUTERS AND THE PRESS ASSOCIATION AMALGAMATE,

LONDON, December 3rd.

It is Announced that "Bit Roderick

Jones, as chief proprietor of Reuter's has completed arrangements by which the Press Association of the United Kingdom and Router's Trust, the latter comppaed of the hitherto existing proprietors of Reuter's, will become joint owners of Reuter's Agency. Sir Roderick will oc- cupy the position of chairman and managing director in the new, sa under the old, régime and the majority of the board will consist of representative news- papermen.

NEW SPANISH REGIME".

KING OF SPAIN FAVOURS CIVILIAN- DICTATORSHIP.

MADRID. December card." :

The King of Spain has approved the new civil ministry, of which General Rivera will be Premier King Alfonso in a message to De Rivera emphasises that the Directory has formed a power ful political party replacing these parties of the old regime whose corruption anil weakness blocked the work of national reconstruction.

CHANGE IS NEEDED. The military dictatorship must not con- tinue until worn out, therefore it shouli be replaced by a civilian dictatorship, with more adequate but equally vigorous organisation.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, PROSPECTS, FOR GOOD RACING THIS AFTERNOON.

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fAY ARGUS,] A6 Happy Valley, this afternoon, the Hongkong Jockey Club brings its season to an end with a programme of seven events, which promises to provide some open racing.

PROPERTY VALUES AT SHANGHAI

BRITISH POST OFFICE SITE. SOLD.

IRON DUKE

BATTLESHIPS,

TO BE USED FOR TRAINING BOYS AT SEA.

The Admiralty has decided to redues class-Iron Duke (built in 1912), art the four battleships in the Iron Dute bough (1918), Zenbau (1913), and E- £5,000 tons displacement-from full com- perar af Indin (ex-Delhi, 1913), all of

employ them, under the orders of the mission to a special complement, and ta

Fless, for training boys at sea. Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantio

will take place next spring is the result In the redistribution of ships which of this decision, the battleships Renola tion and Royal Oak will be transferred From the Atlantic Fleet to the Mediter- rancan,

The composition of the three battle squadrons on completion of the redis tribation will be as follows:

FIRST, BATTLE SQUADRON (Mediterranean). -Queen Elizabeth, Barhum, Malaya, Faliane, Refolution. Royal Oak (Falient to be relieved by expate). SECOND BATTLE SQUADRON (Atlantic Fleet). -Acreage, Kamüllies, Royal Sover cign.

Stress is laid upon the fact that there will be no change in the management of Reuter's or in the Agency's policy of de- The civilian elements must contribute tachment and impartiality in imperial to the work of reconstruction. It is in and foreign affairs, consistently pursued dispensable to assure complete purifica Mr. Rudyard Kipling is progressing throughout the eighty years of its existion of political morals that the constitu. Hailsham or Jambu might spring a sanid that this district will prove to be the THIRD BATTLE SQUADEON (Atlantic Fleet).

LONDON, December 4th,

quite satisfactorily, and the improvement in his condition is maintained.

ja message, dated December 3rd, read. It was announced this morning that Mr. Budyard Kipling, who is seriouslys ill at his residence, Bateman's Burwash, Sussex, passed a fairly good night.

He is suffering from a chronic attack of bronchitis, necompanied by carly symptoms of parumonia. His condition took a turn for the worse last evening, when Lord Dawson, the King's physician, was summoned. Reuter was informed this morning that Mr. Kipling is slight ly better. The doctors seem satisfied, but the disènse must take its course.}

FARLIER CABLES.

THE IRISH SETTI SMENT."

TERMS OF BOUNDARY NOW AGREED UPON.

LONDON, December 3rd:

A triangular conference was held at the Treasury to-day on the subject of the Irish Boundary. A basis of agreement was reached by the three parties con- cerned.

POLITICS, IN HOLLAND,

QUEEN INVITES DI VISSER TO FORM MINISTRY

tence, and that plans for development tional guarantees should continue sus abroad laid down and put into execution pended, and that legislation should be

inca the war will continue to be advan-conducted by decrees. ced. Sir Roderick Jones ever since he succeeded the late Baron De Reuter, the son of the founder, ten years ago, bas aimed at joining the newspapers of the United Kingdom in the ownership of the agency, in order to place Heater's above variations in ownership and control that would result from its continued depen donce upon the life of an individual, and also to ensure both the permanence of the Agency's relationship with the British Press and its inviolabilité LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE NOT against outside influence beyond the period of his own personal adminis tration.

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THE HAGUE December 3rd. The Queen has asked Dr. De Visser, ex-Minister of Education and President of the group of historic Christina Pro testants, to form a Government.

BANKRATE.

MATERIALLY AFFECTED.

old British Post Office at Shanghai, to The land on which formerly stood the gether with the buildings, were sold by suction on November 20th, the highest 3,000 higher than the upset price. The 16 bidder offering Tia 293,000, or

purchasers were the Shanghai Land In. vestment Co., Ltd. The holy other Proceedings commance at 2.30 p.m. with bidder was Mr. V. Priestwood. the Kilmarnock Handicap "B" class by auction of the property on which the The Y Daily News says:-The sale (a furlongs), for which the following will old British Post Office stands shows that probably necept: Two Pairs (Ms. Doyle), land values in Shanghai have by no meana" deteriorated. A few years ago Jambu (Mr. Pollock), Mowgli (Capt. some property in the same. vicinity as Hall), Nugget (Mr. Reidy), May Leaf this was disposed of for Tls 60,000 a mow, and the latest Municipal assess (Mr. da Roza), Hailshani (Lt.Cdr. meat places it at Tis. 85,000, while yester Thompson), Solly (Mr. Brodie), Uncle dag's price was about als 123,000 a mo

There are certain qualities about that Tain (Mr. Buck)

district which account for the steadily increasing value of land there, and not On recent form Nugget looks tempting the least among them is that Peking at the weights, but he has not been mov-Road and its adjoining thoroughfares Engwell of late and I faney Two Pairs ing the Chinese banking centre, and this at its eastern end, of course are becom- and fully will finish in front of him. not for Shanghai alone but it may be

centre for Chinese banking in the whole: prise, but neither are too honest when country. The Chinese obviously believe it comes to a close struggle.

so, otherwise they would not be erecting great seven-storeyed buildings such as have recently gone up

Of course, there are other factors which all tead to enhance the value of property in this special area. When the old Chinese Post Office came down a much-needed roud widening project was embarked upon, principally affecting. Szochaan Road,, it is true, but at the same time improving the general access to this part of the Settlement. Then the old Chapoo Road Bridge has seen its last days and is being replaced by a wide structure which will add greatly to the importance of Museum Road as an artery for traffic. The British Post Office site is a corner one having "frontages both to Peking and Museum Roads, and in view of the con- siderations we have mentioned above its ding which took place on the occasion value is very great. Hence the keen bid- of the auction. The principal thing, shown by the auction is the continued however, apart from these special points

high value of land here.

The second event, the Troon Handicap (1 mile) may attract: Chicago (Mr. Pollock), King Emperor (Mr. Brodie), September (Lt. Cur. Thompson) and possibly King of the Plains (Mr. Davies) though I fancy he will start in the next event

·DECT

Iron Duke, Marlborough, Emperor of India, Benbow. P

Rear-Admiral F. H. Mitchell, Reur Admiral of the Second Battle Squadron, will be transferred from Resolution to From Duke, and will take command of the Third Bastle Squadron on its trans ference to the Atlantic Fleet

U.S. AND RUBBER CONTROL. MR. HOOVER'S INVITATION.”,

Mr. Hoover, the United States Secre- tary of Commerce, in a speech before the Chamber of Commerce at Erie, Pennsy-. Ivania, Las month, issued a significant *** invitation" to foreign' Governments to

abandón control of production in raw

materials.

The race would appear to be a good thing for Chicago, though. September can be relied upon to make him gallop. The last named has proved himself a real up to mx furlongs, but a mile has generally been considered a little too

He declared that the United States is far for him, though he has ten or more

spending £180.c00,000 for imports which LONDON, December 3rd.

victories to his credit over this distance

rubber, coffee, silk, nitrates, potash, are subject to such control. He instanced The Stock Exchange has not been in moderate company.

quinine, fodine, tin, sisal, some dyestuffs, MATTER OF MAGNITUDE.

materially affected by the Bank - Rate Between October 24th, 1952, and June.

quicksilver, and certain tanning extracts as being subject to price control by Sir Arthur Pickering, chairman of the decision, as the advanced rate was anti-6th, 1924, September started times on

Government action, and he declared that if these practices continued they would Press Association, speaking at a meet-cipated in view of the recent large gold courses in North China and was only un-

inevitably set up "'great' malignant cur- ing of members of the Press Association, withdrawals now amounting to £18,000,000, placed on e occasions, and had 16 wins to

MR. MACOMBER'S WIN OF £30,000.rents of international ill-will and lead

to trade wars." when the new arrangements were un since the rate previously stood at five per his credit, seven of them in succession. A cheque for £30,000 was sent at the "animously confirmed, said: We con-

cent. on June 8th and since the return to Last year he started four times at Shang-the United States oil magnate, whose trolled by governmental action within He drew an alarming picture of the end of October to Mr. A. K. Macomber, possibility of the wool trade being con horse Masked Marvel won the Cam- the British Empire, and said that the what is claimed to be the greatest

double

THE AUTUMN "DOUBLE"

The Irish agreement was signed in the sider this a matter of great magnitude the gold standard shows a loss on balance hai and twice at Kiangwan, only oncebridgeshire at Newmarket and.completed United States, the strongest of all

AGREEMENT SIGNED."

Premier's room of the House of Commons eight this evening. It embodies the complete, settlement of the boundary question, with the fall consent of all

parties. The existing boundary is in

nowise changel

Mr. Baldwin read the terms of settle ment in the House of Commons, and added that obviously legislation would be necessary. He said he hoped it would lo possible to pass it speedily before

Parliament rose.

THE TERMS.

of over £10,000,000. To-day's advance, although disappointing, is considered if evitable as a precauțicnary measure.

[An earlier message stated that the Bank of England discount rate was 3.per

and of vital importance to the Press of this country. Our action has not been dictated by any motive other than that of securing for the British Press of which we regard ourselves in a measuresent. as trustees, the control of this most important foreign news agency. Our primary object, like that of Sir Roderick Jones, has been to ensure continued safe- guarding, beyond the lifeline of any

FOOTBALL AT HOME. FURTHER RESULTS IN FA. CUF

• COMPETITION. •*.

LONDON December 3rd. 2

The following are further results in the first round of the English Football Asso.

e proprietor, of the sources of our foreign news from the possibility of cociation Cup: tamination and from exploitation."

SAFEGUARDING INDUSTRIES.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, ADOPTS

The Irish agreement revokes the powers conferred on the Boundary Commission by the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 8th, 1921. It states that the extent of Northern Ireland for the purposes of the Government of Ireland Act of 1990 and of the Treaty shall be such as fixed by to 54 that Act.

MORE RESOLUTIONS.

LONDON, Décember 3rd. The House of Commons has adopted the cutlery tax resolution by 149,

votes

The House of Commons by 176 to 57

Southbank, 1 Stockton, 4. Kettering, 0; Worcester, a Queen's Park R., ; Northfleet,, 0.

[RECTER'S AMERICA SERVICE

WAR DEBTS T TO U.S. WASHINGTON RECEIVES FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, December 3rd. Mr. Andrew Mellon (State Treasurer has adopted a resolution; imposing has received a communication from M

Loucheur hoping that the negotiations fer.

resumed.

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gaining place money.":

His record at Tientsin this last Spring

in the history of the Turt. nations, could retaliate "by controlling follows:-Ran second to Rambler in the Mr. Macomber cabled from Paris two prices of cotton, oil, and copper. Trini Plate (1 mile) carrying 140 hs.weeks before the Cesare witch, run on So far the United States, as a Govern- Time: 2.09.3-5; wan (149 lbs.) the Visitors October 14th, making a bet of £100 with ment, had set up no such controls, and Cup (6 furlongs), the time being 1.38. Messrs. Ladbrooke & Co., turf commis through the action of the Sherman Aes Second (156 lbs.) to Gobi Wind (146 lbs.)sion agents, Old Buflington-street, W., had prevented her citizens from doing so. in the Eclipse Stakes (1 mile), time being backing Forseti and Masked Marvel to But were she to do so, an incalculable 05.1-5; won the Poppy Stakes (6 Tar win the Cesarewitch and the Cambridge-impetus would be given to forces of longs) carrying 150 lbs., the time beingshire respectively. He accepted odds of evil in the commercial world which gene

tatians could not remedy." BOTH HORSES WON.

30.3-5.

500 to 1.

Next comes the Kilmarnock Handicap

AN AMERICAN TARIFF A cinas (6 furlongs) for which the Mr. Macomber's success meant that a

Adierican consumers to-day, he stated, following may he saddled: King of the lot of the English bookmakers' money was are being victimised to the tune of Plains (Mr. Davics), The Regent (Mr. transferred to France, Masked Marvel's £60,000,06 by artificial prices established Pollock), Arabian Parrot (Mr. da Roza), victory had quite an international by foreign governmental control over the Loch Bannoch (Lt.Cdr. Thompson), flavour, thus: Horse, French owner, production of raw materials. Gymp (Mr. Brodie), and possibly Bothe American'; jockey, Australian; trainer, say (Mr. Reidy):

English Arabian Parrot is certain to find any

Mr. Macomber, who won the Cesare purtate, but he meets King of the witch two years ago with Bose Prince, ains on 16 lbs worse terms than in the racca in many countries and has more Stanley Plate at last meeting, which he horses in training than any other owner, won, and Mr. Dynasty's pony may turn

"

Mr. Hoover's speech appeared simul taneously with the publication in Demo- cratic newspapers of significant, allusions to the immense balance of trade favour- able to the United States. Cuba alone,

His feat in winning the Cesarewitch it is pointed out, has lost in the past" the tables. The Regent is a consistent and the Cambridgeshire in the same year £16,000,000 of her exports to the United States by America's cut-throat tformer, but, I fancy, scarcely class year with different horses is not unique, enough for to-day's field. Should it as the late Mr. John Hammond did so in sugar tariff.” decided to start September here, instead 1894 with St. Gotien and Florence re- of in the previous race, he must be backspectively. Mr. James Smith won both ed each way.

races in 1878 with Rosebery, as did Mr.

The Irish Free State is released from daty of six shillings per gross on gas funding France's debt will shortly be / Stakes (1) miles) for which the following. H. Bouy with Plaisanterie in 1885,

the obligation under article five of the mantles, and fifty-four pence a pound on Anglo-Irish. Treaty to contribute a pro the material from which mantles are portion of the public debt of the United made. Kingdom and of war pensions, but the Free State nagumes all liability under aken by the British Government in res pect of malicious damage done since January 1st, 1919, to property in the

e State, and the Free State Government will repay to the British Gocisions'! the monies already paid by the British Government in respect of such damage, or liable to be so paid under the obliga tions already incurred.

The House of Commons by 218 to 129 has carried the resolutions providing for the imposition of a duty of 334 per cent. on gloves, for five years.

FRENCH FINANCE BILL. THE ENTIRE MEASURE PASSES CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

BRITAIN.

SIR H. MAYBURY ON ROAD PROBLEMS.

The fourth event is the St. Andrew's JR. Keene with Foxhall in 1881 and M. MOTORING INCREASE IN GREAT are expected to be saddled: Grep Knight

that Jugo-Slavin is sending a delegating Paper (Lt.Cdr. Thompson), Wimference to the previous event.

The Treasury has also been advised (Mr. Pollock), Spotted Sand (Mr. Davica), Uncle Chick (Mr. Doyle), Blut-

Again, Saracen may run bere in pre- to Washington in the next few weeks to

mera (Mr. Brodie), Persian Parrot (Mr. The final event is the Autumn Cham discuss Debt Funding

da Roza). Spotted Sand won this event, pions (1 miles) for which there are not last year, carrying 162 lbs-3 lbs. less likely to be more than the following three than his impost to-day and, unless he starters: Local Option (Mr. Pollock), finds the going too hard, he will be dif- Grey Morn (Lt.Cdr. Thompson), Saligia fcult to beat. To my mind his two most (Mr. Doyle). dangerous opponents will be Grey Knight Though Saligia can be depended on to and Persian Parrot. The chances of lend the said a merry dance for the Wimmera are strongly fancied in some greater part of the journey, I fancy the quarters, but I should be misleading my order at the finish will be as above." readers if I advised them to do more than take a sporting chance" about his

SELECTIONS FOR TODAY

MEXICAN LAND LAW.

THE UNITED STATES LODGES: PROTEST.

NEW YORK, December 3rd.. A newspaper despatch from San An- tonio (Texas) states that it is learned authoritatively that the United States Ambassador in Mexico has presented, winning PARIS, December 3rd.

the Mexican Gdfernment i diplomatic The French Chamber of Deputies has note protesting.gelost the new land

legislation passed the whole of the Finance Bill by

now before the Mexican Senate. 287 votes to 299.

Despite the slenderness of the majori ties, the Government intends to remain in office. M. Briaud, in a stirring appeal before the critical and final division, declared that he would appeal to the country over the heads of the Deputies.

The Government of the Free State agrees to promote legislation for increse ing by ten per cent, the measure of com popsation under the Damage to Property Compensation Act of 1923, in respect of

When the figures were announced, the malicious damage to properly in the Deputies of the Left and Centre burst Free State between July 11th, 1921, and into thunderous cheers for M. Briand and Jiny 19th, 1923, and providing for the the Republic. -payment of such additional compensation

by the lane of five per cent... compensa tion stock or bonde The powers with regard to North Ireland, which by the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 are made powers in Council for Ireland, are transferred to: Parliament and the Gov- ernment of Northern Ireland, nad the Governments of the.Free State and North

GREEKS AND BULGARS.

COMMISSION SETTLES BUMDUE

BY ATHENS GOVERNMENT.

GENEVA, December 3rd.

BIG FIRE IN IOWA.

DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT

"MILLION DOLLARS.

NEW YORK, December 3rd. A million dollars worth of damage to the business quarter of Council Bluffs, Iowa, has been sustained, in consequence of a fire, originating from a boiler ex. plosion.

The death is recorded in Northern papers of Mr. C. J. Bell, of Masers. David Baseoda & Co, Lid, Hankow. Mr. Bell entered the International Hospital cently for treatment of typhoid TM from which he was suffering. Heart com Sir Horace Rumbold's Commission of plications set in and his condition become Ireland shall meet together as and when Enquiry into the recent Greeco-Bulgarian highly critical, Mr. Cyril Bell, called by necessary for the purpose of considering frontier fighting has decided that Greece telegram from Shanghai, arrived only just matters of common interest arising out shall pay Bulgaria 20,000,000 leva for in time to see his brother and be re of, or connected with, the exercise and material damage and 10,000,000 leva for cognized by him before the latter died administration of the said powers, loss of life incurred through Greek fiction. Mr. C. J. Bell was a very well known and The agreement in subject to confirma The Commission's decision is final, both popular member of the Hankow com tion by the British and Free State nations having previously agreed to abide unity and his loss will be deplored by Parliaments.

by the Andings

many.

The fact that Blotting Paper is to be entrusted with the “red, and white stripes" is worth noting; but I have received no pointer showing that he is genuinely expected to win, And, until he wins over a distance of ground, I prefer to allow him to run loose."

The fifth race, the Seamill Plate ( mile) is for novices and at the time of writing a very definite arrangements have been made. I fancy, however, the following will go to the post : Grey Streak (Capt. Oxspring), Beldorney Star (lr. Reidy), May Leaf (Mr, Goodfellow), Two Pairs (Mr. da Roza unless he wins earlier in the day), Saracen (Mr.

Bolly (Mr. de

en (Mr. Buck), Baracen should win, but in bis absence, Beldorney Star may prove the best-bet. & The Age Plate 1 pe 1 yard may tact King of the Plains (Mr. Davies),

Reidy) Demon: Boy (LA-Cdr. Thompson). Fairs (Mr. Doyle) Nugget (Mr. rck Alt (Mr. Buck), Arabian Parrot (Mr. de Bozu)

The composition of the field largely depends on the result of the A-class 6 forlong handicap, as if either King of the Plains or Arabian Parrot win, the victor is unlikely to start for the Ayr Plate, while the vanquished in nearly certain to be saddled a second time. (Continued on, nets Column).

My selections for this afternoon are 1-KILMARNOCK HANDICAP B.

Two-Pairs .. Solly Nugget

IL-TROON HANDICAP.

Chicago

September

King Emperor IIL-KILMARNOCK HANDICAP

King of the Platas Arabian Farrot The Regent

IV ST. ANDREW'S STAKES

Spotted Sand. Grey Knight... Persian Parrot AVSEAMILL PLATE-13

Saracen Beldorney, Star - Grey Streak VI~ATE PLATE.—IM., 185

Arabian Parzot *Saracen -Demon Boy

VIL AUTU CHAMPION

Local Option

Grey Mora

Saligia

If not started in previous race,

Sir Henry P. Maybury, Director General of Roads, Ministry of Trans port, speaking at Button, Surrey, said that the number of motor vehicles on the highways of Great Britain was more

than 1,500,000. de

This traffic was going to increase, and unless we had sufficient imagination to. see what was going to happen we should get even a bigger block in the traffe than we now contemplated. What we must aim at was an improvement and na

largement of the highways

In his view, we should have a motort car to every 20 of the people in Great Britain in the next ten years, compared with 1. to 87 now.

Arrangements should be made in the vicinity of big towns, to have garages provided by private individuals or by municipalities and to see that they were, self-supporting ____

The roads must keep pace with the re- quirements of the motor industry if that industry was to fourish, and it was to the interest of the country that it abould flourish.

* Mesers. Lane, Crawford, Ltd, have just published their general catalogue for 1920. It is a book of 225-pages and a regular, mine of useful informatica for- all house- bolders. Without it one does not realiss the wide range and variety of the goods on offer by this big departmental store, and, moreover, it is an exceedingly use-- ful publication for checking prices. A copy should be in the possession 82 every family and Messrs. Lane, Crawford will be plenaed to supply them on applica tion The

of the business covers all sections with the exception of the grocery department. The groceries price, bist, owing to the constant factuations; is issued monthly.