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U.S. AND RUBBER.

HOW STEVENSON SCHEME KEPT PRICES UNDER CONTROL

LONDON JOURNAL'S COMMENT.

Loxtos, December 30th. The Daily Telegraph, discussing the United States' altitude in regard to rubber prices, stresses that fact that if it had not been for the Stevenson scheme, prices would have been incalculably higher to-day in consequence of reduced supples, which would have ensued as the result of non-cultivation.

THE WIESBADEN ZONE.

BRITISH TAKE OVER FROM FRENCH.

WIESBADEN, December 30th. The official exchange of authority froin French to British in the Wiesbaden zone was made this morning, the only outward and visible sign being the lowering of the .Tricolour and the hoisting of the Union Jack in its place. The event was marked by a simple military ceremony in the Schlossplatz, where two companies of French infantry, two squadron of cha1- seurs and a detachment of 100 men trom the 2nd Camerons, which is the only regiment hitherto transferred to Wies baden from Cologne, paraded and the guard was changed. The Tricolour was lowered to the strains of the Marseillaise and the Union Jack hoisted to the play ing of the British National Anthem. A march-past concluded the ceremony.

SWEDISH ROYALTY. CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS

MAY VISIT EAST.

STOCKHOLM, December 30th, It is rumoured that the American trip, niznad for the Crown, Prince and Princess of Sweden, many be extended to Japan and China.

So far, however, no definite decision has been reached.

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THE FRENCH FRANC. NOTABLE RECOVERY ON LONDON MARKET.

Laspos, December 30th.

The settlement of the French Govern ment's Ebancal proposals has resulted in a notable recovery of the French "frane in London, this morning, to 1275

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BRIAND AND CANNING..

Panis, December 30th.

the newspapers, M. According to Briand is informing 31. Cunning that it is impossible to have any relations with him (M. Canning).

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BRITAIN AND ITALY. IMPORTANT MEETING HELD AT RAPALLO.

RAPALLO, December 29th, Importance is attached to a meeting between Sir Austin Chamberlain, who is spending a holiday here, and Signor Mussolini, who broke his journey to Rome Sir Austin Chamberlain gave a dianer in honour of the Preuit, with whom he is believed to have discussed international events

LATEST CABLES CONVERSATIONS CORDIAL

Roxe, December 30th. Beyond the broad statement that the conversations were cordial and "proved the possibility of efficaciously pursuing the collaberation at present existing be tween the two countries with a view to harmonising the various interests for the consolidation of peace in Europe," little light is thrown on the Rapallo con- versations by the official communifvé.

It is believed that the imminent nego tiations in London for the settlement of Italy's debt to Britain were one of the chief topies discussed.

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INDIAN LEADERS, APPEAL MADE FOR BETTER ADMINISTRATION,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY,

NEW FRENCH BUDGET.

M. DOUMER IS AUTHORISED TO TABLE HIS PROPOSALS.

PARIS, December 29th., The Ministerial Council has reached an agreement, and M. Doumer has been authorised to table bis Anancial pro posals in the Chamber.

M. Deumer estimates. a deficit in the 1998 Budget of nine thousand million for francs, including 9,500 million amortisation of the public debt and two thousand million for repayment of the Bank of France's advances to

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CRICKET AT ADELAIDE. FAR EASTERN CABLE

TWO HIGH SCORES MADE BY A. RICHARDSON.

ADELAIDE, December 29th The match between South Australia and New Zealand, played her was drawn. The scores were:

South Australia, 351 and 293 for five

wickets (declared).

New Zealand, 339 and 192 for seven

wickets

...In South Australia's first innings, A.

Richardson made 77,, and Alexander" (an) eighteen-year-old University player) 130.

NEWS.

FROUGH BETTER'N "ADENCY.]

WARFARE IN THE NORTH.

MURDEN SITUATION NOT QUITE

SATISFACTORY.

HEARTBURNING OVER AWARDS.

PEKING, December 30th. Despite the defeat of Kuo Sung Lin, the situation at Mukden is stated to be It appears. not entirely satisfactory.

Treasury. M. Doumer proposes to meet. In South Australia's second knock, that there has been some heartburning the deficit by a special tax of one Richardson was again a big contributor, twentieth per cent. on all business pay- ments estimated to produce 3,800 million making 104. francs, by applying the increases of income tax voted on December 4th to the Budget instead of reabsorption of indation, estimated to produce three thousand million francs, and by an increase

of the tobacco, duties, pro ducing one thousand million franes.

TAX EVADERS.

M. Doumer alse hopes to recover thres hundred millions from tax evaders, to Bave two hundred millions out of Govern ment expenditure, to obtain six hundred millions from a tax on exporte, and one hundred millions from an increased tax on stock exchange operations

over the handing over of rowards to the successful troops; and Chang Stek Liang is still being criticised for his misplaced confuente in Kuo Sung lin.

For New Zealand" Lowry made 123.7 A. Richardson was successful in the bowling, taking four wickets for 41 runs.

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MR. HOOVER ON ATTITUDE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT.

On Sunday, Chang Tao Lin called to gether his principal military advisers and mtube of the Provincial Assembly and aghin declared his intention to resig

Owing, however, to general opposition. he again changed his mind. From a re- Table Foreign source, it is learned that NEW YORK. December 30th.

Kan Chao Hsi (ex-Governor of Jebol), The Evening Post, in a dispatch from whe stood aloof during the recent hos NEW INDIRECT TAXES.

Washington, states that Mr. Herbert tities, has revolted. At present he is The new taxes proposal by M. Loumer Hoover has declared that the administra-north of Tiehling with 6,000 troops. a direct taxvy. pers of the Cabinet are opposed to antion will not sanction measures in any increase in indirect axation," ground that it bears anfairly upon the way savouring of trade reprisals against poor. Doumer holds the opinion nations now accused of extorting exces that three milliards of M. Loucher's taxes, which he is incorporating in, the sive prices for raw materials-notably 198 Budges, will form the high-water rubber and coffee. mark of direct taxation, and direct taxer

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not be collected quickly, whereas the money is needed immediately. The Laz on parments, whereby M: Doumer pro- poses to obtain nearly fifty per cent of his estimated Budget deficit of nice milliards, appears to be simply a dia guised tax on business turnovers, which was opposed by a Radical, who however agreed to the tax in order to avoid, a Cabinet split on the eve of the Parlia dentary recess M. Doumer in exchange promised to introduce a Bill for the ro.

form of direct taxes in conformity with democratic principles, thus meeting the Radical demand for widening the income

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NEW RADIO STATION. WORLD'S BIGGEST TO OPEN NEAR RUGBY,

LONDON, December 23. The world's biggest radio station has been erected at the Post Office at Hil Morton, near Rugby, and will be open for traffic on Friday. It will work on a wave-length of 18,000 metres, and the range is such that a full circumference of the globe is well within its limits.

The station cost £500,000 and covers 900 acres. There are twelve masts, each 820 feet high, and an electric lift to accommodate three men runs up the in- side of each. Test transmissions carried out during the past two months to all parts of the world have been most

aatisfactory.

COMMUNIST CONGRESS. MERCILESS OPPOSITION TO PRIVATE CAPITAL

Moscow; December 29th. The Congress of the Russian Com- munist Party has passed a resolution urging a continuation of the fight against the Right in an ultra-Left endeavour to create unity in the international Labour

movement.

MEXICO'S EXTERNAL DEBT.

AGREEMENT FOR SETTLEMENT. SENATE, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES

Mexico City, December 30th- The Seaste has unanimously approved the agreement for settling Mexico's

external debt.

A New York message, dated November 17th, stated that the President and Cabinet have ratified the agreement be

tween Mexico and the international com mittee of bankers, headed by Mr; Lamont, for the resumption of payment,

RUSSIANS IN RANESI

TRINGTAO, December 28th. Aa official despatch from Tainan "declares that Shantung troops have effected function with Li Ching Lin's Achkhí The former captured on Euo minchun prisoner, large number of rifles bearing the initials U.S.S.R. 1995," and hundreds of Russians were GENERAL LI CHING LIN seen in the Kuominchan Divisiona

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PEKI30, December 29th.

CHINA AND GERMANY, BERLIN AND WASHINGTON:

AGREEMENT.**

ENDORSEMENT NOW PROBCALE.

Bratis, December 20th, Subject to ratification by the Reichstag, the German Government has endorsed the Washington Agreement of February 8th, 1029, concerning the principles of policy to be followed in Chinese affairs.

PEKING POLITICS. MANDATE APPOINTING "NEW BREMJER.

BORDER INCIDENT. WOMEN ROBBED AND ROBBER SHOT.

Another: incident on the border has como to light through a report con- cerning the occurrence recċived at Police Headquarters yesterday,

It appears that four Chinese cressed the frontier into British territory hear Lin a Hung, which is situated between Takuling, nad Shataukok, on Monday. Their evident, intention was to intimidate the villagers and loot the house

They met two Chinese women on their way from Lim Kang to Taipo Market PexiNG, December 30th,

and after holding them up and threaten- ing them, robbed them of $20 each. A mandate datel the 26th inst, ap-

Members of the self-defence corps of points Hau Shih Ying is Pronier."

Another mandate revises the regula scouts, which the village of 'Lim Ma tions of the Provisional Government Hang has organised for its protection, and says that henceforth the Cabine heard of the robbery and surrounded the shall be responsible and shall devise and invaders, who were called upon to carry out any reforms in accordance surrender. They refused to do this and with the wishes of the people. Tuan attempted to escape. Our of their num Chi Juj will have no predilection orber was captured by the scouts, who prejudico in any measure that works for the salvation of the country and the consolidation of the Republican regime,

BANDITS AT POUKOW, INVADERS LEAVE CITY WITHOUT HARMING FOREIGNERS.

Kairisa, December 30th. A-telegram from Pochew, dated Decem- ber. 37th, reports that the bandits have evacuated the city. All Foreigners, mentioned in the cable of December 17th, have been released without coming to any harm..

proceeded to take him to Shatoukok police station, but before they resched there, the man made a bid for liberty and broke from their custody. As he was attempting to escape, he was fired at by the scouts and killed,

Two other members of the gang word also arrested and detained. The fourth man apparently got away.

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A report frein the master of the as. rook Sadg at the Harbour Office yes terday stated that a wireless message was received on the Fook Sang on

[A message from Kaifeng on December 17th read Despatches from Missionaries at Pochow report that the city has been controlled by bandits since: December 10th Two American ladies, Doctor King. and Miss Barratt, are shut inside the December 23th from the City of Baroda to the effect that she was ashore on a A consular. telegram states that Licity, but so far have not been molested. Wounded are so numerous that Red Cross Ching Lin and party arrived at Taing assistance is urgently sought., Four other reef at North Luconia, two fathoms patch

American Missionaries are in the North off the Horie Breakers. suburb, which was badly looted, but later message received the same day misionary property is safe. Brigadier

tao on Monday morning and left for on January 1st, 1996, of Mexico's Tsinantu immediately. Chang Tan external debt of $300,000,000.

Under the Agreement, the National Chang tas recalled. Pi. Shou Chen to Railways will be returned to pright Tainan from Tsingtao, and it is expected ownership.]

that a conference will be held there to determine the future attitude sik-i-zia the Kuominchun. It is stated, that rolling stock is being concentrated at

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AMERICAN PARTICIPATION.

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WASHINGTON, December 29th President Coolidge's conversations with various Congressmen have shown practically unanimously favourable at titude towards American participation at Geneva in à preparatory Commission Ne objections were on disarmament, made in voting the necessary appropria- tions for the three experts invited to be- come the American delegates

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"THE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE." SOLICITOR'S PLEA IN OPIUM CASE.

A Chinese woman was fined $10,000 or montas, imprisonment by 31t. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy, yes terday for being in possession of 100 taels of opium.

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"LITTLE", HSU MURDERED. FORMER ANFU ARMY LEADER SLAIN AT LANGFANG,

A FATHER'S DEATH AVENGED.

PEKING, December 30th. General Hsu Shu Tseng, better known Little" Hsu, was murdered after leaving here last night..

General Hsu, who' was a very ardent supporter of Tuan Chi Jui, aftet report ing to the latter regarding his recent mission, left Peking last evening, with the object of seeing Sun Chuan Fang and- other militarists.

According to railway police reports, Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Superintendent of La Cheng Wu, son of the late General The vote was taken after M. Zinovieff the Imports and Exports Department,

Invited to a banquet in Tientsin in 1918, had read a report favouring merciless prosecuted, and Mr. C. A. 8. Russ de-. Chien. Chang whom Hsu Shu Tseng opposition to private capital. M. Zino- fended.

and hot with his own revolver, threw virfi's report was the outcome of a live. hour spereh by M. Stalin last week on the work of the Executive Committee which aroused opposition and culminated in a demand that Zinaviaff, the Chair nap of the Executive himself, abould make a report.

COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA. INSULTING LEAFLET TO BRITISH ARMY.

The prosecution's story was that the defendant's residence at No. 82, Lower Lascar Road, was searched and the opium was found under a loose tile in the cook house. Defendant had stated that she was receiving 20 cents per tael for stor- ing it for a seaman, but she had failed to produce him.

Defendant, giving evidence, said she had kept the package for a man, but d not know that it contained opium.

Mr. Russ contended that it was obvious

opi that defendant did not own the G That is the worst of these cases,' LONDON, L'ecember 29th. The Army Council has circularised all added, "the more unfortunate people get caught, and the prime movers get away." Officers Commanding both at Home and is Worship said he believed the de- abroad, attaching a copy of a Communis fendant was not the principal, but im- leaflet distributed to troops throughout posed on her the penalty stated above. Britain, which it characterises ne an insult to the moral character, loyalty. and intelligence of the army. It requests that the letter be comununicated to all troops.

OCCUPATION OF RHINE. NEW PLAN OF EVACUTION 18 REACHED.

TOBACCO CONFISCATED. EFFORT TO EVADE PAYMENT OF DUTY.

bomb when the train reached Lang tang, killing Hsu, and aeveral members of his Staff. Lu Cheng Wu is issuing a circular telegram stating his motive was revenge for his father's death. Lu Cheng is a cousin of Feng Yu Hsiang (the Christian Genera}};

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A VARIED CAREER.. The late Hsu Shu Tseng was a native Eecretary to Marshal Tann Chi Jui, be Kiangau. After acting as private spent some time in Japan studying mili- tary science.

On his return to China, he became Chief Secretary of the Cabinet, but re- signed in 1916. During the armed struggle between the Chibli military leaders and the Anfu Club in the late Summer and Autuain of 1620, General He was in command of the North-West Frontier Army (Anf) and after the de- feat of the Anfu forces, he took refuge in the Japanese Legation in Peking On

the city, which the bandits are trying City of Lincoln was proceeding to the Kuo, with Pengpu troops, now surrounds by the Fook Sang stated that the as to leave. It is assumed they are Honan Baroda x assistance and that the assist- bandits, who recently looted Chengance of the Fook Sang was not required. chowful

MR. WALTER SINCLAIR. SUCCESS SCORED IN TURANDOT."

The Toronto Globe describes the pro- duction of the Oriental play, Turandot: Princess of China," by Mr. Walter Sin. clair, formerly of Hongkong, at the Hart House Theatre, Torento, of which he is a.Director, as probably the most elaborate and resplendant performance ever staged in that theatre.. The audience was held spellbound

Mention is made in detail of the won derful spectacular effects produced and The the Oriental atmosphere "created. Globe says:

A still later message on the same day from the City of Baroda to the City of Lincoln, via the Fook Sang, intimated that the City of Baroda had been flasted est the reef and was proceeding to Singa pore at half-speed and did not require. Bayistance,

The City of Baruda, which is owned by the Bauk Line, left Hongkong recently with a number of Army officers and their families on board.

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LAUNCH SOLD. "WING FAT" GOES CHEAPLY.

At Mesara Lammert's sales room yester day afternoon the steam launch Wing Fut was sold by order of the mortgagee,

The launch, which is about 71 feet in

Mr. Sinclair showed himself a true master of modern stagecraft in putting length: about 13 feet in breadth and about 10 feet in depth, has been lying on this complicated spectacle with such

and with her appurtenances and gear off the. thorough artistic excellence emerges for the first time as a real master Sam Yiek godown wharf, Messtok, foe

of his medium."

In the report of the performance, men tion is made of another forumer Hongkong man, Mr. Norman Peterkin, who special ly wrote the music for the play.

EMPIRE NAVAL POLICY. EXAMPLE OF MALAYA AND HONGKONG.:

In an article to, the forthcoming issue of Brassey's Naval and Shipping An nual," Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe outlines the naval policy of the Empire, and points out the need for co-operation between the Mother Country and the Dominions. Urging, that the latter. should shoulder more of the burden of cost, he concludes: Although many of the Crown Colonies may be as yet unable to make any substantial con be hoped that the example set by the tribution towards naval defence, it is to Malay States and Hongkong will be borse in mind. Assistance from the Colonies on some scale, however gall;. would be helpful, not only as a material factor in lessening the burden on the Mother Country, but as a testament als5 to the doctrine of Imperial unity,"

An unusual event occurred in Mr. E.

some time, and yesterday was disposed of very cheaply, bidding being "very

luck.

Bidding started at $2,500, and this was. advanced by three slow bids of $100 each. to 8,800, at which gure the Wing Fat as knocked down to Mr. Loung Ping.

MARINE COURT..

At the Marine Court yesterday, ba ford Lieut. Commander G. F. Hole, E.N., the following cases were dealt with rega

The master of the motor-boat Africa was fined $15, with the alternative of two weeks' hard labour, for failing to exhibit The master of the steam launch Wing. regulation lights while under way. fuk was fined 85, or five days' hard labour in default, for failing to observe the rule of the road.

A junk master was fined $5, with the anchoring in the Southern Fairway and alternative of five days hard labour, for thereby causing an obstruction.

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For the first time in the Police Court history of Hongkong, a man was fined yesterday for having a sceret compart nient on a junk. The man appeared be fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton at Kowloon, and was charged with being in unlawful. possession of 9,500 detonators and a nom- ter of safety fuses, and also with having- Mr. J. Lloyd, Saperintendent of the Importa and Exports Department, an

Lindsell's court at the Central Mage secret compartment on his junk On plied at the Central Magistracy yester

years, if not in the whole history of the the second $25, *** day, for an order for the confiscation of November 18th, 1921; the Japanese Minis-tracy. For the first time for many the first charge be was fined $50, and on fifty-seven bales of raw, tobacco, valued ter notified the Chinese Government that Magistracy, there were po new cars be at $2,000 which had been dumped atau had mysteriously disappeared and fore His Worship. All that came before ment of duty.

Fair more astronomers, on their way

assemblies, thereby proving that here. According to the newspapers the Anglo-Yaumati Breakwater, so as to avoid pay."" was heard of him until October, him were a couple of cases that had pre- to Sumatra' to view the total eclipse of

CAWNPORE, December 20th. An appeal to the Indian chiefs to respond to the spirit of the times and justify their title of natural leaders of the Indias people, by introducing res forme, such as the institution of popula: ditary rulership possessed all the at vantages of complete democracy without its evils, was made by Shankar Lai Kaul, presiding at the third session of the Native States Subjects Conferencs. 1 He urged all the native princes to begin a system of budgeting, to restrict personal, allowances, to uve per cent, of the State revenues, to prevent reckless ot to treat "wasto of public, funds, ad

the State Treasury as a } jate purse. Ha declared that any ruler aving like little Czar would be sowing the Reeds of Bolshevism.

BERLIN. December 20th. The British; will oficially take over Wiesbaden from the French to-morrow. French authorities have evolved a plan of evacuation under "which only two French Army Corps will remain on the Rhine after April.

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MR. COBHAM'S PROGRESS. CAIRO, December, 29th Mr. Alan Cobham, who is on a flight from London to the Cape, has arrived at

Malakal

Malakal is in the southern Anglo- Egyptian Soudan, near to the horder of Abyssinia.]

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en he was implicated in the

16th, 1926, arrived at Singapore recently, Mr. Lloyd stated that this tobacco had ainst the Tuchan of Fukien and remanded before the court, and stool the sun which is to take place on January Two Chinese youths who appeared and left for Bumatra. Dr. H. T. Stetson, of Harvard University Observatory, And information had been received that 24 he came under suspicion of an apparently been brought down by junk, mandate was issued for his arrest. an endeavour had been made to sell the attempt to start a war in the vicinity before Mr. E. E Lindsell at the Central loads the party and Dr. W. W Coblentz tobacco in Hongkong without paying of the International Settlement, Shang Magistracy yesterday, were fined $10 of the bureau of standards of San Fran duty. A man who described himself as hai. He was arrested by the police of for being in possession of seditious cisco, Mr. Weld Arnold and Mr. W. A. a travelling, trader later stated that he the Settlement and deported. The Hong pamphlets. His Worship told the youths Spurr are his assistants They ars had authority from another person to kong Government refused to allowed him that this sort of seditious nonsenso was taking with them several types of to larid here, and he continued the composed by people for their own ends, apparatus for photographing, comparing, sell the tobacco, and he had been told that he would have to attend court and voyage to Europe. During this visit, he and should be treated with contempt. To measuring, etc. This is the second party was appointed a Succial Industrial Envoy was prepared to believe that their, dction of astronomers from America to pass make an application. This man did not

by the prenent Government in Peking was due rather to foolishness than de through Bingapore recently on their way appear...

fe had only recently returned from his liberato crimian) intention, and there to Sumatra to view the eclipse, in addi

fore would only fine them $10. trip abroad.

tion to two parties from England.

FR. E. Lindsell, the Magistrate, sented the order..