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WIRELESS

CABLE AND

NEWS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND, - 1826

[BRITISH WIRELESS SHAVICE.] of Portland cement. Stnice openings are lined with dressed ash. At the end A NOTE OF OPTIMISM.

of the masonry portions, the dam is con- MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL IN

tinued on both cast and west sides by an SPEECH AT LEEDS.

earth embankment with a heavy concrete PROSTÉRITT ON TUR PHRESHOLD.`- facing wall, on the upstream side. This tremendous feat of engineering was netu Rony, January 21st. Some estimates of Britain's balance of ally Bnished just in time to catch last payments for the past year are contained year's flood. The first train crossed the in the Board of Trade Journal today.dam at the end of Juns and water was on July The broad conclusion arrived at is, that first let into the irrigation canals for the year 1925, Britain's figures show a favourable balance, representing in- come available for investment overseas of £28,000,000 Trade returns for last year showed that there was an excess of imports over merchandise and bullion- amounting to £380,000,000 and this to.

gether with the amount which represent ed an excess of Government payments made oversens brought an apparent 'ad! verse balance of £101,000,000.

TREASURY RETURNS.

Broar, January 1st-

BRITAIN TO ECONOMISE.

MR. CHURCHILL ISSUES

WARNING RE TAXES.

The latest Treasury return of the national revenue and expenditure shows

LONDON, January 9th. considerable reduction the amount of

If the Government was supported in the economy scheme, which they had pre- the defeit which on January 1st wspared no addition to the burden, of nearly 24 millions sterling. Last Satur taxation would be necessary, declared Mr. Winston Churchill, when speaking day it had dropped to 115 millions. A at the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, but further reduction each week until the if the economy scheme was pulled to -piece and whittled down, the bill must closing week of the financial year, which be paid. He announced that when Far ends on March 31st, may be expected as liament met, an economy Bill would be introduced, covering the whole fold of revenue is always in excess of the ex- expenditure Every department would penditure in (this quarter 1]. It is hoped be asked to make sacrifices. that little of the deficit will remain on March 31st.

15th Construction of those canals prITALIAN DEBT COMMISSIONERS. ceeded concurrently with the erection of the dam and necessitated excavation of

RUGBY, January gist.

FAR EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.] POLITICS IN JAPAN.

DIET RE-OPENS AFTER NEW YEAR RECESS.

THE SINO-RUSSIAN DISPUTE.

Tokyo, January 1st. The Diet re-opened this morning, after the New Year recess. Speeches wers made by Viscount Kato, the Premier, and Baron Shidehara, K.B.E., the Foreign Minister.

TRUE ENUCNOMY. He declared that a policy of true economy would not be complete if it did not provide for wise expenditure The Following their speeches this morning Government's main constructive measure. would be a grent scheme of electrical in the Upper House, Baron Sakatani development. If this island is.to-con-

CORRESPONDENCE.

BRITISH MANUFACTURES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OFTHE ** HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

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3-Some months ago a correspon- dent, sigping himself "Ancient Briton," wrote to the North-China Daily News urging Britons to buy British goods.

It is a letter that doserves greater fittention than it seems to have received. -more especially in view of the unem ployment question in the old Country and the tremendous burden the British tax-. payer has to shoulder.

Too often the Briton abroad buys an article of non-British manufacture to dis- cover that it would have been cheaper in the long run to pay a little more for qan of British make. Especially is this the case with engines and machinery ol every description..

approximately 25,000,000 cubic metres of Count Volpi and other members of the tinue to support the present immensa / drew attention to the growing gravity of small electric light plant of non-British

earth. There are in all some 99 kilo- metres of main canals and 900 kilometres of branch and subsidiary canals. This -achievement, although in itself so notable, is but the first part of a complete scheme of irrigation which is being undertaken.

LIBERALS AND LABOUR.

LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS HIS

ATTITUDE,

Italian Deht Mission arrived at Ports, population it cannot afford to be behind the Sino-Russian situation and enquired any part of the world in scientific or mouth Dockyard today. They were paination and equipment. Science and about Government's attitude. shown over the battle cruiser Arpitat nalgoor wijt are the only two horses strong enough to pull our wagon up the hill." Mr. Churchill mentioned that the coal Nelson's old flagship Victory. UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. £2,000,000, three-quarters of which would subsidy would probably approximate go, to paying the wages of miners.

Rroay, January-21st. There was big rise of nearly 150,000 in the figures cnemployment betweep December 21st and January 4th, but a return dated January 11th shows a The total figure", of- decline of 30,300. 1,221,400 is 59.430 less than year ago.

ĮTEZOUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.]

DISASTROUS FLOODS.

PORTUGUESE E AFRICA HAS UNPRECEDENTED RAINFALL.

MANY LIVES LOST.

AIRMEN MISSING. GRAVE FEARS AS TO FATE OF DUTCHMEN.

AMSTERDAM, January 20th. Grave misgiving is felt regarding the fate of the pilot and observer of an army Fokker, which left Schiphol yesterday for coastal defenco practice. It is feared that they have been lost in a snowstorm. 3 destroyer search of the sea has proved fruitless

DANES PLAN FLIGHT.

In reply. Baron Shidebara stated that the matter was regarded purely as a

culminate in hostilities, though Govern- Sino-Russian problem and unlikely, to

ment was watching possible developments vigilantly lest future action might be required.

LITTLE PRESS COMMENT. Most of the morning papers offer; na comment on the Sino-Russian friction, though the Hachi voices the opinion that the trouble is due to Chang Tao Lin's desire to re-establish his damaged pres- tige by stirring up Chinese national settlement in his favour.

The Hachi forecasts a Chinese success, as the Soviet action is fettered by fear at damaging relations with Japan.

With your permission, Sir, I should lika to relate my own experience in this con- nection. Four years ago I purchased a manufacture at a so-called bargain" price. After three years use the storage batteries gave out, the wood" separa- cors having rotted through. The com mutator was of too, soft a material for a high-speed engine and wore down a

fitted, etc., and age have been abotiz $20 rapid rate. The engine was sent to the manufacturers to have a new commutator

list, the cost should Gold. They have forwarded a bill the amount of which is considerably greater than the original cost of the engine

A year ago Iinvested in. a. British-made lighting plant. The initial cost is heavies than other makes, but this extra cost is ». more than covered by strength and solidity of construction. In short, it is built to last, which, I believe, is the that British-made sentral reputation goods have. The running expenses of the plant are extremely low. It supplies suf- ficient current for lighting five small houses at a cost of less than $10 per

enten for fuel-kerosene, etc.

If any of your readers are thinking of investing in a lighting plant and would really care to have particulars of a reliable, British-made plant, I shall glad to supply them.I am, etc.,

H. L. BEER::: Weihaiwei, Janqury 14th, 1926.

The Board of Trade's estimates now published are concerned with so-called exports for 1835, including various ser-

Ruaar, January 21st. vices such as shipping, banking and in- Addressing a Liberal meeting at Car. narvon this evening, Mr. Lloyd George come from overseas investment They

stared his attitude towards the Labour amount in aggregate to £129,000,000 se Party which has been the subject re-

cently

much speculation end that the apparent adverse balance is con-

gossip. He began by declaring that estimated favourable the experiment of 1924 when tho verted into an

Labour Government was put into power balance of 228,000,000. The figures are without conditions, without an under- admittedly conjectural and until later in standing, without stipulating for con- the year they must necessarily remain sultation was a bad political blunder on યુ. Pust expérience, however, bas shown the part of the Liberal Party. As one who that later correction of these first esti acquiesced in that action he took his full mates usually results in an increase of share of blame. So far as he was con the amount of favourable balance. Thus,rned such an episode should not occur last year the estimate of the net balance again.

Continuing, Mr. Lloyd George said in the nation's favour was £20,000,000. In July, that figure was revised in the that no political prophet could predict light of further information and the bal that the Labour Party would acquire an ance became between forty and fifty absolute majority for many elections to million pounds. Subsequent information come. Experience had proved that there shows the Board of Trade to fix the was a rapid limit to the growth of amount of favourable balance for 1924 Socialism beyond which it could not nt £63,000,000; and it is stated that even spread. What was the duty of the Liberal -that figure may be subject to further Party in face of that contingency Oa adjustment; not, however, of a substan- full reflection and deliberation, it was tial character. In a general review of his judgment that it would not be wise the trade outlook, the Board of Trade for Liberalism at this moment to. Journal says: There is to-day a general negotiate an alliance with any Party under-current of confidence to which for Prudence dictated that Liberalism would railway bridge. The Muda River is also the Second Division, Bradford City de interviewed declared that the Russian best to remedy matters. As a result of

some time we have been strangers and although the balance of our international transactions at the end of 1025 is less favourable than it was a year ago, it is not of a character such as in itself to render impossible considerable improve. ment in our capacity for competing for export trade."

make a powerful position for itself with a view to securing large representa- tion in the next Parliament. The duty of the Liberal Party was to go on with its support for Liberal principles and Liberal ideals. They had three or four years until the next General Election in which to reach and teach the nation. He predicted that Liberalism at the next Election would count more than at any time since 1910.

"Let

Mr. Lloyd George concluded: 's rally to our standard the millions of men and women for whom Liberalisa supplies the best answer to the questions that perplex them regarding the social and economic problems of "the" nation. This must be our immediate task.

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NOTE OF OPTIMISM. This note of optimism. was also sounded last night by the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, in speech at Leeds. He said there was un- doubted though slight and slow-im provement in the industrial and commer tial outlook. The world was now peace

From ful, Harvests had been, good. many quarters come reports that trade was on the mend. Unemployment, had, apart from the coal industry, lessened in spite of the continually increasing popula-

Rucay, January čist. tion of the wage earners. None of these

Aviation can do.á great deal more for conditions were present in August the country commercially than from the There was nothing but gloom then; and

war point of view, said -Vice-Marshal now there was brightening and broaden Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil ing hope. Prosperity, that errant daugh Aviation, to-day, in connection with the ter of the household who went astray in opening of the Yorkshire Aeroplane the Great War, was now on our thres-Club. We had to become a Nation of hold.

THE ECONOMY BILL.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his last night's speech, definitely countered the suggestions that the national budget esti- mates for the current year's income were" likely to fall below the amount antici- pated. He said he knew of pe

reason

to suppose any such thing; and that, on. the contrary, he thought it quite possible and even probable that, unless some absolutely new and unforeseen event should occur, the budget. estimates will work out with even more than their usual accuracy. He emphasised the need for national economy and declared that Government were making a great effort to curb expenditure in every branch of national activity; and stated that when Parliament meets the Economy Bill will be presented to the House of Commons, making certain legislative changes which are an indispensable part of such pro- posals.

THE MAKWAR DAM. HIGH COMMISSIONER PERFORMS OPENING CEREMONY.

ROME TECHNICAL DETAILS,

BRITAIN'S DESTINY.

Airmen, he added. He visualised, thou- sands of British aeroplanes over all the Empire, Carrying British passengers, nails and goods.

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY.

COMMISSION TO EXAMINE

INDIAN CONDITIONS.

RUGBY, January 21st. H.. the King has approved the con- stitution of a Royal Commission "gezie rally to examine and report on the pre- sent condition of Agricultural and Rura! Economy in British India and to make recommendations for the improvement of Agriculture and for the promotion of the welfare and prosperity of the rural population." The Commission is parti cularly to investigate:

Firstly: Measures now being taken for the promotion of agricultural and Veterinary research, experimental demon stration and education for the compila tion of agricultural statistics, for intro duction of now, or better crops, and minor improvements in agricultural practice, dairy farming and logg and stock breed.

Secondly: The existing methoils of transport and marketing of agricultural produce and stock.

Ruony, January 21st,

Thirdly: Methods by which agricul- By means of the great dam, on the Blue Nile at Makwar, the opening ceretural operations are financed and credit many of which was performed to-day by afforded to agriculturists, and

Fourthly: The main factors concern. Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner for the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a vast region in ing the rural prosperity and welfare of the Budan is converted from a barren the agricultural population

It will not be within the scope of the steppe and enhanced by a few semi- nomad clans into a thriving agricultural Commission's Duties to make recommen country. The immediate area brought dations regarding existing systems of into cultivation is 300,000 acres of black land ownership and irrigation changes. soil, admirably suited for growing cotton, for the existing division of funds between Crops are being sown on three years the Government of India and local rotation; sail being one year under cot. Governments. The Commission, how.. ton, a second under Lubin and third ever, will be at liberty to suggest means, you of a length of 20 miles and India any best he co-ordinated and to ycal fallow. The reservoir above the dam whereby the activities of Governments in maximum height of 40 metres. It is con indicate directions in which the Govern. structed of solid masonry, granite being ment of India may usefully supplement obtained from quarries in the neighbour the activities of local Governments. hood. The major portion is composed of The personnel of the Commission will masonry set in cement mortar with facing be announced later..

BEIRA, January 21st.. Unprecedented rains in the low-lying Portuguese territory, between Umtali and Beira, resulted in serices foods which caused complete suspension of the train, nail and telegraphic services between Rhodesia and Beira. Many natives were drowned; others took refuge in trees and were brought to Beira in motor-boats. The average rainfall in the district yester day was 5 inches.

DANGER INCREASES.

SALISBURY, January 21st. The foods in Portuguese East Africa have not subsided. The Pungwe River threatens to sweep away the Pungwe in food, 413 inches of rain having fallen in ten days. Many natives have been drowned and many homes devastated.

Eye-witnessas report that crocodiles devoured the natives, who were swept from roofs of doating huts. Probably traffe with Beira will be impossible for a month at least...

FURTHER FATALITIÈS.

Berns, January 21st. A tug, chartered by the Government, to rescue a number of officials, who were cut off by the floods and had taken refuge on the railway bridge, turned turtle while proceeding to the spot.

The captain and two Portuguese were drowned.

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TROPICAL AGRICULTURE. THIRTY-FOUR STUDENTS" AT

WORK IN TRINIDAD A

LONDON, January 21st. The 1924-1925 Report of the Principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture at St. Augustine, Trinidad, states that 34 students are in residence, including "Canadians and South Africans, while enquiries have been received from India, Malaya and Australia Research. is being carried out in connection with bananas, sugar, cacao, cotton, and to bacco plant diseases and soila.

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COMMUNISM IN POLAND. SEVERAL HUNDRED SUSPECTS PLACED UNDER ARREST.“

WARSAW, January 21st During the past few days, the Polish political police have arrested several hun dred Communists. They are alleged to be connected with Communist organisa tions in Western Poland.

BANKNOTE AFFAIR.

BUDAPEST, January 20th. The latest arrest 'in connection with the bank notes affair, is that of an engineer, named M. Johann Stitz, on charge of collusion with the alleged forgers.

LATER

M. Johann Stitz. has been released. COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY..

COPENHAGEN, January 20th, Arrangements are being completed for Danish military flight to Tokyo. Spare parts are being despatched to Karachi which will be one of three main depots fer service in the flight, the others being at Bangkok and Tokyo.

FOOTBALL AT HOME. RESULTS OF MATCHES IN LEAGUE AND CUP.

LONDON, January 20th, The following are to-day's football re- sults-

In the First Division, Sunderland de teated Huddersfield, goals to one; in

frated Swansen by 3 goals to one; in the Southern Division, Gillingham defeated Southend by 3 goals to one; and in the Northern Division, Accrington Test to New Brighton by no goals to two.

In the first round of the Scottish Cup, Dundee defeated. Inverness Caledonians by two goals to nil

OBITUARY.

MR. D. L.A. JEPHSON..

LONDON, January 20th The death is announced of Mr. D." L A Jephson, the cricketer, formerly cap tain of the Surrey II. He was one of the world's greatest lob bowlers. >[BEUTER'S "AMERICAN SERVICE.7 20 AMERICAN SCULPTORS.

FEAR NUDE WORK MAY PROVE HANDICAP. CEOs

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ANXIETY OVER CATHEDRAL

New Yong, January 21at. Certain American sculptors are disturbi ed in regard to the possibility of the exclusive employment of foreigners on the work in the Cathedral of St. John the Divino, the architect of which is Mr. Ralph Cram.

Mr. Cram informed the New York Times that he fears American sculptors may be debarred from work there be cause they are trained in classical schools and do nudes, while foreigners excel in draped figures.

Mr. Cram said only one foreigner was

According to an Asahi despatch from Dairen, Chang Tso Lin ordered the arrest of M. Ivanov, President of the Chines Eastern Railway, and the. Mukden Authorities to resume the railway ser vice by force if necessary.···

A despatch to the Asahi from Harbin reports that the gravity is incrrasing and-the Chinese troops are preparing to concentrate in Harbin in greater, num

bers.

M. KOPP'S THREAT,“ According to Press reports, M. Kopp the Soviet Ambassador to Japan, when

Government is prepared to back up its demands by force; if necessary meeting troops with troops."'......

Despite all this, the vernacular papers generally indicate that the Japanese Government and people are maintaining a calm attitude.

(REUTZE'S, AMERICAN SERVICK]

U.S. AND MEXICO.

↑ MR. KELLOGG IN FORMAL

STATEMENT,

WASHINGTON, January 29th Mr. Kellogg, in a formal statement, has said that the position of the United States with regard to the Mexican land

DISCUSSION REFUSED.

MEXICO CITY, January 20th. The United States Ambassador has received from the Mexican Foreign Office a reply to his recent Note, protesting against the retroactive legislation. He declines to discuss the contents of the -reply.

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IMPRISONMENT FOR EUROPEAN MOTOR CYCLIST.

A SINGAPORE CASE.

A European named R A. Ferguson was sentenced to four months' simple impri sonment at Singapore last week for knocking down a policeman and break iag both his legs while driving a motor- cycle combination. Defendant's counsel said defendant was exceedingly sorry for what he had done and he had done his the occurrence he had been told to leave

no other alternative for him but to return his occupation and there, was practically home; so that he had already received. scvere punishment for the offence with which he was charged. So far as the injared man was concerned it was truc that there was a chance of his having a alight permanent injury, but he was now able to walk without assistance, "and, he' might make a complete recovery.

In view of the fact that the accused was without employment, and that he had: spent a large portion of the money that remained to him in compensating the, in- jured man, counsel aaked His Lordship to deal with the case by way of a fine. and, possibly, temporary imprisonment dunng the course of the day or the sit ting of the Assizes, rather than send the accused to prison, which would leave a stigma which would take a very long time to wipe out enne said that, he had

Justice Deane"

and petroleum laws was that they con tained provisions plainly retroactive given this matter, considerable thought and confiscatory in their effect." He and it had caused him a lot of anxiety added that in the absence of a reply, from because he realised that what he did the Mexican Government to the American would be a matter of great importance

His Lordship realised) representations on the subject delivered to the accused. on January 9th, he was not disposed to that accused bad done his best to com

pensate this unfortunate man who bad. comment further.

been crippled by him, and his Lordship had also taken into consideration ac cused's good record of service in the war, but the law not only avenged the injuries of private individuals but protected the interests of the community. On the night in question accused behaved in a quite irresponsible manner, and although the sentence would no doubt, have been greater had accused not made réparation there could net te one law for the rich and another for the poor, and his Lord- ship could not conscientiously make a distinction in accused's case because he happened to have been able to make reparation His Lordship thought it was necessary to do something to mark his sense of the fact that the interests of the community had to be protected, and he passed sentence of four months simple imprisonment.

AMERICA AND RUBBER..

MR, HOOVER COMES UNDER- SHARP CRITICISM

New York, January 20th. Sharp

criticism of Mr Hoover'a handling of the rubber situation is voiced by the Democratic organ, The World which contends that Mr. Hoover's actions at present employed; and he hoped to throughout have been fall of idiosyncrasies, employ four or five Americans, but if anyone tried to dictate to him he would cease to have the smallest interest in them

As the result of an agreement between DR. the Government and the Opposition, a Parliamentary Commission is being ap pointed to investigate the political side of the banknote affair. It will be entitled to summon all persons whose evidence is required. The meetings will be strictly secret

· MINING - CRISIS.

FRENCH WORKERS DEMAND

HIGHER WAGES.

PARIS, January 20th. The National Council of the Federn tion of French Mineworkers has passed a resolution declaring that unless wages are increased by January 31st, to com pensate for increased coat of living a referendum will be takes on the question of a general strike of French minera,

TREATMENT OF CANCER.

LEACOCK'S RESOLVE TO AID

RESEARCH WORK.

TORONTO, January 21et

Dr. Stephen Leacock, Head of the Department of Political Economy at McGill University, Montreal, has deter

pined to devote his fortune and pen to the promotion of strenuous campaign for the cure and prevention of cancer, in co-operation with the British Society for the Control of Cancer.N

an unsuccessful

He attacks, the British Trust but seems to forget that he belongs to a Govern- ment that believes in protecting American Trusts by the highest possible tarif Similarly, he insists that he does not wish to advise retaliatory measures," but "be recently expressed the view that public opinion would demand that American hanks refuse Joans to Britain if the Stevenson Act remains in force.^

US. NAVAL FLIGHT.

* SQUADRON LEAVES VIRGINIA

-FOR- CUBA.”

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NORFOLK, Va., January goth an asique Cube The that morning on a fight to The first section to take the air consisted of twenty-three machines.

SHANGHAI MILL STRIKES. THROUGH SPREAD OF MEN. DACIOUS REPORT.

The YO. Unity: News of Monday last says

More than 1,500 employees of the Jar dino Milla at Wetmore Read went on strike at 0 p.m. yesterday in sympathy with a comrade, whom they allege came to his death as a result of wounds and blows received at the hands of a watch- man, employed on the premises,

It would seem from the reports avail able last night that one of the labourers" died about a week ago, and some one, who it is not known, spread the rumour that he had been, beaten to death": "Dis- content smouldered among the main body of workers and broke out last night, although for the entire week, the situa tion did not look at all serious, or ap proaching a climax

FRENCH DEBT TO US.

Of course, there is not aint of truth WASHINGTON, January 29th. In the fabrication which been

Dr. Lenocek's resolve is due to the M. Henry Berenger, the new French on the workers. As a nation-imposed recent death in England of his wife, after Ambassador, told President Coolidge that autopsy was performed on the body of of Pro-France was resolved to settle her war the worker and it was found the he had

died from an enlarged P present and future possibilities would lieved that the strikers will demand com- allow.

pensation for deceased's family, 2

lessor Blair Bell's lead solution trent debts as promptly and fully as her

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