CABLES
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ANOTHER FRENCH CRISIS.
FINANCE MINISTER, RESIGNS.
HITER IN TAXATION PROGRAMUK
PARIS, December 13th. Notwithstanding the Chamber Fiennes Commission's rejection of certain of M. Loucheur's financial proposals, the Cabinet, including M., Louchour, will remain in office. M. Loucheur will seek a compromise with the commission.
M. Loucheur has resigned.
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M. Loucheur himself, was present in
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THE MOSUL QUESTION.. SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
GENEVA, December 13th. Matters appear to be shaping towards A settlement of the obstinately contested Mosul question between, Britain and Tackey. Conferences are proceeding, and a general rumour bears out the anticipation that the Brussels fine will be adopted as the frontier, with possible economic adjustments. TURKISH ATROCITIES AT MOSUL,
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DEUGMBER", 17în 1925
SIR EDWARD STUBBS ON
HONGKONG'S TROUBLES. CONFIDENCE IN HONGKONGS
FUTURE.
City luncheon.
LONDON, December 15thi, Sir Edward Stubba, until lately Gover nor of Hongkong, was the guest of the Colonial Institute at In a speech, Sir Edward eruphasised that the troubles in Hongkong were started by Russian agitators at Canton who made no secret of their intention to ruin the Colony,
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CHANG TSO LIN'S TROOPS
IN RETREAT.
FOREIGN RESIDENTS PANIC. STRICKEN.
JAPAN'S WARNING,
WORKER.
SIR H. THORNTON'S" "SLOGAN FOR SUCCESS.
PASSENGER QUESTS."
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GUIDANCE IN READING.
A NEW LIBRARY SCHEME AT WILLESDEN.
A novel method of encouraging young folk to read has just bera initiated at Willesden. The authorities at the muni Sir Henry Thornton, President of the sipul libraries there, finding that boys, Canadian National Hallways, on bis on leaving school, lose much of their arrival in London recently to the first help them to fad out what to read. They passion for reading, have determined to time since he left this country in 1929, and was entrusted with the gigantic task of setting the Canadian railways 04 their feet, discussed his work in an
interview with a. London newspaper
representative.
TOKYO, December 18th An official message from Mukden states tha: Chang Tso Lin's forces, retreating Sir Edward contended that his counter from Hsiaminfu and Mukden, are engaz- strike GENEVA," December 15th
methods
were not unpopularing in toating, and foreign residents are Further evidence of the atrocities in amongst those they were meant to pra in consequence paule-stricken.^... Mosul is contained in additions to test. He did not think the trouble would
A later message states that in view of and loyal staff.
BINDING OF THE COMMISSION,
have issued a handbook, compiled by the chief librarian, which touches on, everyd weiter, from Epictetus to Walt Whitman:
Every boy and girl leaving school is to bo presented with a copy, as a reminder of
matter-of-fact tones of what is in effect
A genial giant of a man, he spoke in what can be had for the asking from the
municipal Bbrary shelves.. one of the most remarkable feats in rail them at it," Mr. F. E. Chennell, the "Bors are great renders--if you keep way reorganisation ever accomplished author of the book, explained. **The The figures he gave showed that he trouble is that when boys have left school practically succeeded in a year, but that they imagine they have had enough read- is not the way he put it. He was mainly ing. The seventh standard boy often concerned with references to his devoted thinks he knows everything. When he is let loose in the world he finds other The change that has come about hap pleasures and recreations, and the period Office anounces its immediate întration had been in office-not a word under a schoolmaster's vigilance is end tention of bringing up the garrison to fail to suggest that it was he who was the ed
the Chamber Finance Commitee which General Laide-er's report. The Com-last much longer. He had great faith in the situation in Manchurin, the Japanese|pened" a year after the present aluminis of good solid reading he has been doing confirmed last night's decision regarding missioners place the responsibility on the fresh taxation and a sinking fund. The shoulders of the Sixty-Second Regiment discussion centred on the issue whether of Turkish infantry. the Commission would ask the Govern
They depict the horrors of forced, ment to submit new proposals or the hurried deportations and massieres, committee itself: draft a scheme.
Subsequently Messieurs Malvy and Lamoureux. respectively chairman and
and relate incidente of women being violated and buried alive ander stones They state that at Baijo alone forty
the common sense of the Kwangtung Chinese, who, before long, would purity Canton of the "Red" element.
When the situation was normal, he added. Hongkong would have a future far exceeding the past. There was no possibility of Hongkong being cut out by any other port. The Cantonese were
strength by sending a thousand troops from Korea, following this up with 2.300 from Kurume. When the latter, arrive, the original thousand will return to.
Кога
The Commander of the Kwantung
rapporteur of the Finance Committee men were taken from their families and talking wildly of developing Whampoa Garrison has again notified the warring |
called on 3. Briand and explained the exact signiäeance of the committee's decision to refer back the whole of the Government's fiscal proposals, which were in Dowing aimed against M. Briand, M. Louchour then called on M. Briand and tendered his resignation.
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LATEST CARLES. NEW FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER.
PARIS, December 18th. M. Paul Doumer has been appointed Finance Minister.
(M. Doumer was born on March 22nd, 1837. He was elected deputy in 1988 and 1902, and appointed Minister of Finances in 1805-06. He was Governor-General of Indo-Chine in 1802-5.". He was elected
assassinated in a remete building by The port would require much dredging Turkish soldiers who were anxious not, and it had other drawbacks. If competi. tion game it was not to be doubted that tab, disturbed during the orgies.
Hongkong would win.
Columns were marched for six or ten days without food, several falling out and being immediately massacred.
Generals that no fighting will be allowed within gun-range of the railway or near the Japanese zone interests.
TIENTSIN QUIET.
origin of the success."
At about eighteen a youth begins to realise how little be knows, and what a great deal he must know if he is to. make headway in the world. The remil is a rush to the libraries and a cram to make up for lost time.
GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING. It was only when he was asked if, dar ing the whole of his carer in railway work as draughtsman, ganger, and the rest, he had ever had a tougher job, he "We believe that the period immad- shook his head and smilingly said, o. iately after leaving school is one of the and with some to spare, though it has most vital in a man's life. Then he has had many pleasant sides.”
enthusiasm and an impressionable nature. What the services of this feriaer general Why blame him for not reading good mean to the Canadian National Rail him what is good and what is indifferent, manager of the Great Eastern Bailway stuff when there is no one at hand to tell ways may be gathered from the fact that and when he is too young to form his not only at 10,000 was he before per own opinion! haps the highest paid railway official of the position in the world, but that he bas just had rise, his contract be ing renewed it an increased figure of further £3,000 a year.
With girls the question is different. From observation, I should say there is
The really important question was the completion of the railway from Canton
period in a girl's life when she is com- TESTSIN, December 15th.
pletely divorced from the sentimental or to Irkow. He feared that Dr. Sun Yat
inarriago theme. Some girls wander. The Commissioners draw attention 10 Sen misunderstood him during the recent
News from the front is very scanty, the fact that the Christians were not ill-hortive negotiations with a
With the exception of the German rally when you find the latter swearing
over a field as varied as boys, but gepe view to but apparently Li Ching Lia is now past railways now brought into one group, by Dickens, Stevenson, and John Buchan," treated by the Kurds, who protested to financing the Canton line from Hongkongngaun. The city is very quiet. Most said Sir Henry, the Canadian National you will find the girls already well no the Turks and refused Turkish orders funds. The result of Sun Yat Sen of the shops are displaying posters enterprise of the kind in the world. The Dell, Ruby M. Ayres, and similar writers, Railways are the largest State-owned quainted with the works of Ethel A. to massacre the deportees, whereupon the death was that the power had passed scribed Down with Feng!" and "Down mileage is somewhat more than 2,000 and their admiration never falters." Turks shot several Kurdish chiofs. A into the hands of certain persons who with the Bolsheviks."
There operates on the railway an number of Moslem chiefs on the Irontier had neither his interest nor tolerance of
express company and a telegraph com expressed a desire to be placed within the Britisli grip. This was the beginning
pany with 100,000 miles of wire, whilst the Iraq frontiers, to procure their of the Bolshevik movement in South
just to make sure that we do not idle about, the Government have turned over safety,
to us the merchant marine Beet of some 60. vessels.
COUNTER ALLEGATIONS.
GENEVA, December 15th. The Turkish delegation has written ta Senator in 1919, and was Minister of the Secretary-General of the League Finanees again in 1921-22.1.
EARLIER CABLES,
protesting against accusations of Turkish atrocities, alleged to have been made by
THE SOVIET AND THE LOCARNO Chaldean ecclesiastics, as inventions, and
PACT"
citing a passage in "the Commission of Enquiry's report purporting to show THE LEAGUE OR THE DEVIL that the British authorities distributed ninetren hundred rifies and ammunition PARIS, December 15th, Bombarded with questions in thmong the Assyrian tribes.
China.
JAPANESE TROOPS FOR MANCHURIA,
Toxyo, December 18th.
It is learned from the War Offles that
SLAVERY IN NORTHERN BURMA part of the troops transferred from Korea
HUMAN SACRIFICES TO BE
SUPPRESSED.
RANGOON, December 13th.
A small official expedition has been despatched to effect the release of all slaves in the Hakwang Valley [Northern Burma]. Arrangements will be made to compensate the slave-owners generously.
The expedition will meet the Naga chiefs and express the Indian Govern ment's abhorrenes of human sacrifices It is anticipated the expedition will result in supplies of victims for sacrifice from this side of the frontier being com- pletely cut off.
RUSSIA AND NORWAY.
miles.
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THE USE OF LIBRARIES. Mr. Edward Green, Chief Librarian at Halifax, writes: "This interesting ac count of the enterprise of one London borough could no doubt be multiplied by similar activities in other metropolitan arens. The needs of the adolescent that STATE OTWNERSHIP.
great army which leaves our elementary schools each year, and 80 per cent of There is a good deal of misapprs which do not take advantage of continua- hension," continued Sir Henry, anout, tion schools-are occupying the attention the Canadian National Railway system. of educationista and others. in no small A great many people imagine that the degree. One line of advance appears to creation of a State-owned system in be a greater provision of evening in- Canada was because the Canadian people stitutes where the individual preferences bad examined and expressed approval of of young folk can be discovered and turn ed to account, not in any formal manner, that the milenge, which now represents seinl lines.
The actual situation was, however, but rather persuaded on educational and In any such effort books the Canadian National immediately after must play an important part, but to reap the war was in a state of threatened the fullest bences some preliminary in- bankruptcy. The Government had such troduction toy and instruction in the use a stake in it that partly for that reason of libraries is necessary. and partly because they wanted to main- tain an effective transport instrument they thought it wise step to take over the property
have already left for Manchuria and the remainder will follow immediately: hut the troops from Karume will probably not be leaving till December 18th...
It is understood that the troops from Korea will consist of infantry and arti-State ownership. fery only whereas those from Kurum will form a composite brigade of all arms under Major-General Saito, with an auto- mobile Wireless section attached."
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S Pangang pad, vienu"CREƉO.
This aspect of the matter is under- stood in some places, and at Halifax during the past twenty years an attempt has been made to create a library ladder I was simply given the baby to bring beginning in the elementary school and up, and I am glad to say that it is ending in the public libraries.. Every increasing in stature, and scerns in a fair school has its juvenile library containing
from 100 to 600 volumes, carefully select-- way to become a lusty citizen.
Our net earnings have increased from cd and renewed as often as necessary, slightly less than three million dollars in and placed freely at the disposal of young The Russo-Norwegian commercial and I believe in Australia's future as a 1022 over the whole system to slightly readers. This is supplemented by or entering the League earlier, thus shorten shipping treaty has been signel at great self-governing Dominion of the ever 23 million dollars in 1993, which ganised visits of leaving scholars to the
course of an interview in the Russian" THE IRAQ MANDATE. Embassy by pressmen from all over the
GENEVA, December 15th. world, M. Tehitcherin reiterated: bis 1 is understood, that Sir Austen opinion that the, Locarno treaties were Chamberlian has assured the Council part of the British policy, against the that Great Britain is willing to extend Soviet crusade. The Soviet desired an the mandate in Iraq twenty-äve years| immediate conference an disarmament, and pointed out that this period is the but maintained its anti-League of maximum. Nothing could prevent Iraq Nations attitude, though it was the
Soviet's duty to attend conferences with humanitarian objects, whether sumon ed by the League of the Devil himself." He explaioni (hat the Soviet aimed at separate treaties of friendship regarding #its debts.
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He summed up the attitude of the Russian peasants and workers in the words of a peasant woman who told him: I lost three was fighting against Denikin. Now they want our money."
IRISH TREATY.
RATIFIED BY DAIL EIRANN.
LONDON, December 18th... The Dail has passed all the stages of the London agreement, after an eight hours debate, with several division, on All sections of the Bill; but the Govern. ment majority averaged over thirty.
SAFEGUARDING OF BRITISH INDUSTRIES.
ing the British obligation.
LATEST CABLES.
GREAT TRIUMPHS FOR THE LEAGUE.
İSIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN ON ITS SUCCESSES.
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! GENEVA, December 18th, Austen Chamberlain said that three things made the present meet.
Sir
Moscow.
COMMERCIAL TREATY
CONCLUDED.
Osto, December 15tb.
BARLIER CABLES. {REUTER'S AMÉRICAN 'SERVICE]". FATAL TENEMENT FIRE IN NEW YORK.
TRAPPED INMATES JUMP TO STREET.
"
SIKI."
BODY FOUND IN STREET.
the
AN ELECTION DECLARATION, In the recent election campaign in Australia Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, defined his policy in the following terms:
Fear of the present public libraries for instruction in and ex
ploration of, the resources of the adult
British Empire; I believe in the policy was the first of a White Australia and the preservation administration. of our racial purity. I believe in the In 1924, owing partly to indifferent Libraries. Following such visita, amail rapid and progressive populating of Aus crop conditions, the net earnings were numbers of students viait the libraries un- by men and women of the British reduced to 17 million dollars, but this attended by teachers, and there pursue research work unaided. Each child is race, in accordance with the absorption year, with an excellent crop, I think the allowed and encouraged to dig from books power of the nation. I believe in con 1023 figure will be exceeded. stitutional Government and democratic Our battle-cry is The passenger institutions, and the maintenance of law the guest of the company. and order. I I believe in the adequate
Sir Henry, the renewal of whose con- defence of Australia. I believe in the tract reccatly, was for three years, will standards of living we have established
be in this country for about a fortnight. for our people, and desire to see pro- gressively advanced. I believe in indus trial peace and the safeguarding of the rights and privileges of our workers by the peaceful settlement of industrial dis putes within the law. I believe in sane finance, orderly development, and pro- LATIN NO LONGER COMPULSORY. gressive legislation for the advancement of the social and economic conditions of
our people.
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ENTRANCE TO SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.
information on topics of individual in terest, and the results have been most ratifying. One result has been a much larger number of readers, but most im Portant of all has been the better and more intelligent use of the facilities pro- vided, It is of tremendous importance to equip a child with the knowledge that be can help himself from books, unaided, in later years when schools and teachers are far removed from his daily life.
New York, December 11th. Five were killed and several injured ing of the League important: firstly, then a fire at a tenement house in Eastside,
gecapled by sixteen families. settlement of the Graeco-Bulgarian dis-
The fire broke out in a lower hall, pute which might have had calamitous shutting off the escape of the people in consequences; secondly, the Mosul settle the upper floors, some of whom were
New regulations governing entrance to TWO NOBLEMEN RESTORED TO ment which Britain accepted and wel-injured by jumping in the street.
the Scottish Universitica have been
JOCKEY CLUB. comed, though he was at present unaware THE MURDER OF "BATTLING
framed by the Universities Entrance Bourd. The most important chango is A WAR-TIME DECISION REVERSED, of the entire terms of the decision. With
SCHEMES TO AID EMPLOYMENT. that entrance to a Scottish University regard to Iraq a mandate of twenty-five.
has ceased to be obtained by the merc The Jockey Club has re-elected Prince £1,400,000 IN STATE LOANS. passing of an examination in so many Festetics and Count E. Batthyany, as years was the maximum mandate, and would cease when an independent Iraq
jubjects All normal applicants must honorary members of the club. New Yons, December 18th.
Schemes to provide additional employ- 'have undergone an approved school joined the League. It had been imposs-
At a meeting of the Jockey Club in The body of Battling Sik whose ment during the winter months have' curriculum, and must faraish proof that larch, 1915, the chairman, Captain Greer, ible to hold conversations with the Turka urder in a low quarter of New
York was reported yesterday,
reached the Unemployment Grants Com, the course bas been successfully under-said. there was no rule which gave the as there was no commin ground. We found lying face downward on wamittee during the past few months to a gone by showing passes in four subjects, stewards power to deal with honorary mem- are anxious to create good relations and pavement at four o'clock in the morning the value of 23,500,000, submitted by the the leaving certificate of the Scottish stewards, however, took upon themselves value of £12.700,000, including these to recording to the scheme faid down. Thus bers who had become enemy aliens. The if Turkey is now willing to accept t by policeman who hail met and Port of Londen Authority.
Education Department will now furnish to leave out of the list of honorary mem. exchanged greetings with the boxer LoxDos, December 18th.
decision of the League, we shall be happy shortly after midnight. Near to where schemes of local authorities or public University.
Three hundred and eighty-nine work the normal entrance certificate to abers in the club's calendar the names
of the Khedive of Egypt, Count E The Safeguarding of Industries Custo convers with her. Thirdly, the de- the body was found a revolver lay in the utility bodies have been approved, in
It was explained by Mr. A. Gemmel, Batthyany, Prince Festetics and Prince torals Duties Dill, a cause of which pasit of the Locarno agreement with the Butter. Ted chambers were expy and volving Government loans of £1,400,000, however, in his statement to the Glasgow Kinsky
it is believed that the weapon was thrown and a further 295 schemes, in which the University Council in explanation of Prince Festetics belongs to an old Secretariat rendered the session memor- provided that Empire-produced cutlery,
away by the murderer when he fled. able. gloves and gas mantles "thall pay only;
Siki was well-known in the neighbour There remains 32,500,000 to be spent on tificates would admit to the Universities, which have held high office in Hungary
Government helps to meet the wages bill the regulations, that not all. leaving cor-Hungarian family, some members of hood and it is suggested that he had been road and bridge building schemes pro for the school leaving certificate must others are allied by marriage to wealthy two-thirds of the duty, has passed the
to one of the numerous night clube and moted by the Ministry of Transport. In be wider than the university entrance American families. Committee Stage without alteration.'..
had become involved in a dispute which addition work is likely to be started next certificate. The Board had therefore de was continued into the street, ending in year on the Mersey Tunnel at an est signed the Lind of leaving certificato title created in 1911-married Lady Mary The Arst Prince Festetics of Tolna-Z hia murder. Siki was last July knifed mated expenditure of £5,500,000, at the same spot,:
they would accopt, which raised the Hamilton, daughter of the eleventh Duka - There still remains balance of question of compulsory subjecte. In no of Hamilton, who was often a hostess to $10,000,000 unused credit in the hands of one subject, however, would a pass now King Edward. She died three yesia ngo. the Trade Facilities Committee, and in be absolutely compulsory, Compulsory
Member of the wealthy Batthyany the last few months about £4,500,000 Latin has, therefore, gone, but the family have also held high political office guarantees have been given, including 21050,000 for shipbuilding, £1,450,000 for minimum basis required of applicants in Hungary
"NEW BILL PASSED:
PRICE OF TEA.
FOOD COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE INCREASE:
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LONDON, December 18th. In the House of Commone replying to a questioner who suggested that the recent rise of six pence per lb. in the wholesale price of tea was due to the restriction of supplies, Sir Cualite Lister promised to ank the Food Council
BARLIER CABLES.
TRAM-CAR ACCIDENT IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, December 15th. Beven people were killed, and "42 seriously injured as the result of the
a bouse.
LATEST CABLES.
HOCKEY.
deterailment of a iramear, which wrecked CANADIANS DEFEAT AMERICANS. Electrical development, and £850,000 for will include passes in higher English |
HOME FOOTBALL.
CUP REPLAY RESULT.
LoxDow, December 15th.
sugar machinery and factories fast and lower mathematics, after which the- month the committed bad before them a number of schemes involving orders for electrical machinery, rajiway mats rials, and other heavy iron and steel
New Yozy, December, 18th The Canadian hockey team from Montreal won the Prince of Wales trophy, defeating New York Americans by a to 1 in Madison Square Gardens machinery
Fifteen thousand spectatore listened to
nor-General's footguards.
In the Cup replay, Grimsby boas selections played by the Canadian Gover to inquire into the causes of the increase. Kettering by 5 goals to 1.
Under the Export Credits scheme the
amount of £20,430,000 was still available, the amount then in use being £4,202,000.
applicant may complete the whale group short of the Board's requirements in, say, with or without Latin. The normal one subject, powers are given in a special leaving certificate obtained with four regulation to set up a preliminary passes, two or three being highers, would examination of their own, and admit admit to the University
Lo it any applicant who, owing to With regard to a leaving certificate exceptional circumstances, haa been gained by an applicant. which falls unable to comply with the generat
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