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NEWS.

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EMPIRE PRODUCE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FRENCH SITUATION..

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 11TH, 1926

QUESTION OF FACILITIES FOR M. BRIAND TO FORM A CABINET.

MARKETING.

Rucny, March 9th.

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PARIS, March 9th. There was an uninterrupted stream to It is understood that an agreement is the Elyses in the morning of parliamen in a fair way of being reached between tary leaders of all parties, who called. the Dominion's Office and the Dominions to consult President Domergue. The as to the method of utilising a sum to latter's decision at noon was still uncer- be set apart for facilitating the market-tain, bút ha is believed to favour. M. ing of and stimulating the demand for Briand. A factor to be reckoned with, Empire produce,

however, is M. Briand's aversion to re- At the last Imperial Conference in 1923 me office at the present juncture, both the Conservative Government then in because physically to needs a rest aid power, agreed to ask Parliament to vote because, politically he is disgusted at his an annual suza of £1,000,000 for a series overthrow on the eve of the meeting of of years for this purpose, but the Con- the League at Geneva. If President servative Government went out of office Doumerge falls to overcome M. Briand's as a result of the General Election at reluctance, the crisis will be prolonged the end of that year and nothing was and grow more acute. done. Mr. Amery, Dominion Secretary, has now been in communication with the Dominions' representatives on the subject, and hopes to be able to make a definite statement in the House of

Commons at an eőrly date..

M. HERRIOT'S REFUSAL.

PARIS, March 9th. In accordance with the expectation that for constitutional reasons the Fra aident would summon a statesman other

than the defeated Premier, President Dopmerge this afternoon offered the Premiership to M. Herrist, who recom- mended M. Briand. The latter was ac- cordingly summoned to the Elysee. ."

M. BRIAND ACCEPTS.

LATER. M. Briand has accepted the Premier- ship.

WAS

[TEROVOM REUTER'S AGENCY.]"" FAR

· LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

SHELVING OF GERMAN

APPLICATION DENIED..

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NEWS.

(THROUGH ABUZTER'S AGENCY.)

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

THE NORTHKEN · WAR.

BOTH PEKING AND TIENTSIN CUT OF

Paxryo, March 9th. -Paking and Tientsin are practically

LONDON, March, 9th SEQUEL TO FOREIGN CABLE COM- isolated, the railways being interrupted,

Reuter learna that. Sir Austen Cham- berlain is keeping the Government fully informed as to the proceedings f Geneva. According to his despatches, Sunday's meetings did much to remove German apprehension with regard to her position in the League. It is denied that the German application for admis- sion has been shelved, put, on the con- trary, the procedure for her admission is going on smoothly.~*

NEW: SUB-COMMITTIAL.

"PANIES ANNOUNCEMENT

The forts at Taku are Bring india criminately on all craft attempting to navigate the Faiho River,

An American cruiser is at present st Taku, and H.M.9. Foxglove is leaving for that place from Tientsin.

LATER.

A communique states that the Kuomin chun troops, have passed Haingchi en route to Tangchow, where heavy fighting is expected.

SKINGHAI, March 10 In connection with the restrictions placed on the acceptance of certain tele- grams from Chins Inland places handed in to the Great Norther, the Eastern Extension and the Commercial Pacific Cable Companies by the Chinese. Tela- graph Administration, Shanghai, the companies state The Administration is now settling accounts half-monthly, and as long as there settlements continue to CIVIL GOVERNOR ABUSES MUKDEN WARLORD. be made regularly telograma handed over

LATER GENEVA, March 8th.

to the companies will be forwarded as Four Ministers and Ave Tïce Ministers The Committee of the League Assembly caual, that is unaccompanied by cash."

attended the meeting of the Cabinet this has reported on Germany'a application has received for publication the following message from Mukdah says that

[A previous cable received said: 'Router morning. for admission and has suggested that statement regarding the Great Northern, sub-Committen be appointed to deal with Eastern Extension and Commercial. Pari the matter in accordance with the usual the Chinese Telegraph Administration's fc Cable Companies For a long time

indebtedness to the Great Norther procedure... The Committee has approved Eastern Extension and Commercial Paci of Sir Austen Chamberlain's suggestion to Companies has been steadily incress that the sub-committee be composed of ing owing to the Administration's failure to pay in full the cable charges for tele- France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Cuba, grams handed in to the China Inland Norway, Jugo Slavia, Bulgaria, Greece, reached a considerable amounts

Telegraph Offices, and this has now These and the Irish Free State, with a Chair-lt, and not only include the proper charges are collected on public companies"- Chirman. The Sub- tions due to the companies, but propor- committee, under the Chairmanship of trations taking part in the transmission tions due to other companies and adminis- Bir Austen Chamberlain, subsequently of such telegrams These latter proper tions are promptly paid by the said com met and adjourned till to-morrow, pend-panies out of their own revenues. A ing a settlement of the question of the endeavour to come to some satisfactory though ne companies have made every

man and

composition of the Council.

THE SPANISH CLAIM.

Arrangement with the Chinese Admitis tration, so as to prevent any further increase of indebtedness, 'all efforts have MADRID, March 9th. failed, and as the Administration, at Shanghai lately, have been unable to In a statement to journalists emphasis settle their accounts with the companies, ing Spain's claim to permanent seat the latter have been reluctantly com- pelled, as from midnight on February 9th, on the Council, General Yanguas, For to refuse to accept further telegrams from consigence hitherto shown by Germany and

eign Minister, alluded to the intran-the Administration, except Government Sweden opposing a further extension in

The French franc in London quoted at 134 in the afternoon and in- proved to 132.66, immediately the news of M. Briand's acceptance was known. accepted "in principle" he will

Though M. Briand has at present only his definite decision to-night. It is fidently asserted that he has already secured the necessary support, hence the personnel of the Cabinet is to be ex pected to-morrow to enable him to go to Geneva immediately.

the permanent seats and said it was

ARTIFICIAL SILK.

ADDITIONAL 'OCCUPATION FOR POPULATION.

RUGBY, March 9th. "The Timer to-day- devotes a special supplement to artificial silk. The eapple- ment opens with a leading article in which this new industry is welcomed as likely to prove of the utmost importance to this country. It is pointed out that so far. nt any rate, artificial silk has not dis placed any of the older trades. That fact, continues the article, is very gratifying, since, with over one million persons un employed and a steady increase in the

obvious that a reaction of opinion in population year by year, the vital_need of Interviewed on leaving the Elysee, M. favpur of Spain had appeared at Geneva,

Briand said he told President Doumergue and that apart from the previous reasons: the country is not to change its indus that in view of the present situation be in support of Spain's claim, a weightier tries but to find additional decupations did not consider himself justified in re- for its inhabitants Naturally the indusfusing to try to form a Cabinet.

one had now arisen, namely, in the ap try is already calling for the investment

plication of the Locarno and other pacts of a considerable amount of capital. More than £30,000,000 is already invested It is now undoubted that M. Briand between the ex-belligerent members of in British artificial silk: manufactures, will be able to present a new Cabinet to the Council. Interested parties, will not including some £8,000,000 invested last President Doumergue by mid-day to

morrow, in which case M. Briand will go be allowed a decisive voice thus increas- to Geneva to-morrow evening or in Thursday at the latest. It is generallying the necessity for the presence of an opined that M. Briand will retain in his impartial and influential element, and new Cabinet most of his retiring colleagues but it is stated be will invite M. Caillaux to take the Finance port- manufacture, of artificial silk abounds folio. within it. The base of all artificial sük

As regards the question of a majority is cellulose in some form, and the crown in the Chamber in support of the new ing advantage of the viscose process lies Cabinet, a large number of the 221 De in the fact that by this method it is pos-puties who voted for the Government in sible to utilise a form of cellulose pro- the crucial division on Saturday, met duced in eormous quantities in the Em this afternoon and decided to constitute pire under the name of sulphite pulp. permanent majority which will prob Most suitable wood for making sulphiteably be joined by those who abstained is extremely pleatiful in Eastern Canada, from voting. where important mills are devoting special The Socialist group has rejected a attention to the production of sulphite of motion in favour of supporting the new supreme purity and quality for conversion Government and passed a resolution by into artificial silk

year.

In one respect, the artificial silk indus "try compares very favourably with the cotton and silk trades. These two older trades depond to a very marked degree on sources of raw material outside the British Empire, while the material for the

PROBABLE. FINANCE - HİYISTER.

Spain is the most important of the neutral Powere." General Yanguas was of opinion that the present dark clouds were a prelude to real conciliation and well-organized peace within the League.

[BRITISH WIRESS SERVICE)

CONSULTATIONS CONTINUL

RUGBY, March ǝth. To-day at Geneva was mainly devoted to private consulations between the de- legates and to Committee work on a num & small majority declaring the policyber of subsidiary subjects. Among the Figures given in the supplement show which the group is prepared loyally and that while in 1923 the British production wholeheartedly to support, and which committees which met was one appointed of artificial silk was twenty-four million would include, particularly, financial re- pounds in weight, the production for 1996 construction. This can only be carried yesterday by the Assembly to deal with is estimated at thirty-six million pounds, while the cutput for 1997 and onwards is out by a majority based on the Radical, Germany's application. for admission to

Republican and Socialist parties.

the League. This body decided to post- pone its activities for one or two days, to permit a continuance of the private negotiations.

calculated at forty-seven million pounds. UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES. MORE SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES REPORTED.

THE NEW CABINET. ¿

PARTS, March £th. The Premier, M. Briand, will retain the Foreign Ministry in the new Cabinet which will include : Raoul Fetel (Finance), M. Malvy (Interior), "M. Ruast, March 10th. Painleve (War), M. Laval (Justice), M. The official weekly return ihows a Fur-Lean Perrier (Colonies); and M. Lamou ther decrease of 18,660 in the number of reux (Public Instruction). The last unemployed in Great Britain. In the last named has previously been Reporter eight weeks, the decline has amounted General of the Finance Commmittee if to over 145,000.

the Chamber of Deputies.

M. Briand returns to Geneva to-morrow

A FRENCH PRESS VIEW..

now

The total number of unemployed is 1,107,000 as compared with 1,230,500 a year night. ago,

(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.]

INDIAN POLITICS.

PARIS, March 10th..

Owing to the late hour at which the Cabinet completed, the newspapers have SEQUEL TO"SCENE" IN THE not had time to make comments. Gener.

ASSEMBLY.

ally speaking, however, M. Briand's resumption of the office has created an

Dai, March 9th The tension in which the Assembly sitting closed yesterday was partly owing excellent impression.

to the suddennes of Mr. Patel's an- The Figaro regards the Cabinet as a nouncement of the adjournment, and

partly owing to his remarks after the mere stopgap, to enable M. Briand to

Swarajists had walked out that the go to Geneva with renewed prestige, Assembly was no longer representativa That tension was relieved at to-day's and repair the damage which the French resumption, when Mr. Patel expressed think their case has suffered through the regret for using language which was

construable as a threat, He explained absence of an authoritative spokesman.

that what he intended to emphnaise was was that the Government should not take) advantage of the numerical weakness of the people's representatives to bring -forward, highly controversial measures, except such as were essential to carrying on the administration,

[THROUGH HAVAB AGENCY.]

CABINET'S COMPOSITION.

The new Cabinet, pot

including, the under-secretaries who will be appointed The statement was greeted by cheers from all parts of the House, but my this morning, comprises six Radical Sir Alexander Maddiman said he left Socialists, two Republican Socialists, two the Assembly yesterday suffering from severe depression, but Mr. Estel's remembers of the Radical Left, two Lolt marks had done much to dispel it

The Assembly then proceeded with the Republicans and one Independent Deputy, discussion of demands for grants. Three of the Ministers are Senators.

"TO

The inland places affected by this step telegrams, unless accompanied by cash." are the offices at Chekiang, Kiangsu and

other Yangtze provinces.]

(Continued on next column.)

FOOTBALL AT HOME.

Löwnos, March 9th.

defeated St. Mirren, by six goals to cae. Playing in the Scottish League: Celtic

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

BOXING.

MILLIGAN RENOUNCES EUROPEAN TITLE.

NEW YORK, March 10th. Tommy Milligan, the British welter- weight champion, has voluntarily for feited the right to meet Mickey Walker, for the welterweight championship of the weight. His manager states that Milli- world, owing to his inability to make the

gan is, on the same grounds, renouncing his title of European Welterweight Champion, and in future is confining himself to the middlewight class.

THE DAVIS CUP. ENTRIES FOR THE AMERICAN

ZONE.

NEW YORK, March 9th... Japan, Cuba and Mexico, have cabled their intention of participating in the Davis Cup, American zone.

AMERICAN DISASTER.

TEN MINERS RESCUED FROM DEATII

NEW YORK, March 9th." A further message from Blue Fields says that all except 28 of the entombed men have been rescued. Two are known to be dead. Those unaccounted for are

LATER.

Ten of the entombed men were rescued last night, but eight are still buried down in the mine shaft Eleven are known to be dead.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LOVE AND SERVICE.”

BE ENFORCED IN SPAIN:

trapped in Number Five mine, where MADRID, March 9th. nearly 200 were killed in a similar explo It is officially announced that the sion in 1914. President of the Barcelona Bar, recently-Septe appointed by the Government to that post, has called to see the Prime Minis ter and Minister, of Justice and inform ed them that he decided ant to accept the appointment on account of his political connections. He was told that the up- pointment was compulsory and that the Barcelona Bar must obey orders. An official announcement, adds that the Government is determined to issue a Decree that all refusing to love and serve Aptin will lose their rights of citizenship, and also the right to follow their profession and will have their pro perty confiscated.

COTTON INDUSTRY.:“ SUGGESTION FOR INCREASED

WORKING HOURS.

LONDON, March 9th.” The Master Cottontpinners Federation has decided that a ballot, will be taken of the American Section, to increase the working hours from 30 to 35 per weeks as from April 8th. The Federation strongly recommended the increase.

COBHAM'S FLIGHT,

CAIRO, March 9th. Mr. Alan Cobham has arrived at Edilum and a message has been broadcast to all ships in the Mediterranesu to keep a look out when he proceeds to Athens

to-morrow,

selves nearly two miles back in the mine The rescued men barricaded them-

is to effort to escape the deadly gas.

BOOTLEGGER BOMBARDED.

EASTWOOD " CASE REFERRED

TO BRITISH EMBASSY.

OTTAWA, March 9th The Canadian Department of External Affairs has referred the case of the British schooner, Eastwood, to the British Embassy at Washington, whither the owners protest against the alleged action of the United States revenue catter Seneca and the affidavits of the crew have been sent..

schooner Eastwood had arrived at Lun A former message stated that the nberg, Nova Scotia with its decka, para and hull splintered by shell fire, The Captain declared that the ship was "bombarded by the United States revenue cutter Seneca twenty miles off the New Jersey coast and that 200 rounds were fired, 60 of which were direct hits The crew stated that the Eastwood, bad been off the New Jersey coast several days with a cargo of liquor under the surviel fance of the Sentra American constguard oficials discredited Captain Splindler's statement 1

Marshal Chang Tao Lin has appointed General Liu Chan Chin (Commanding the Chinese Eastern Railway guards) Civil Governor of Fengtien, vice General Wang Yun Chiang,, to whom Marshal Chang has given permission to nurse his health as long as he likes

General Wang Yun Chiang has issued

Chang Tao Lin a circular, telegram roundly abusing

THE LATE DR. SUN YAT SEN.

HOW -NE" BECAME A REVOLUTIONIST.

HONGKONG-"BIS: INTELLECTUAL

BIRTHPLACE.

To-day, on Chi Kun Hill, Nanking, the ceremony of mying the foundation stons of the tomb of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen is to take place. Dr. Sun died in Peking, a year ago to-day. It is said that "his tomb will cost about a million dollars.

In view of the campaign which a" sec tion of his followers have been waging against Hongkong at present seems an opportune moment to recall the opinions of the late Nationalist leader, about Hongkong, and we reproduce the follów ing extracts from a speech which he delivered at the Hongkong University on February 18th, 1023-

he felt as though he had returned home, Dr. Sun Yat Sen began by saying that because Hongkong and its University were big intellectual birthplace. He had not prepared a speech but thought hi would like to answer certain questions which had been pat to him many times and which, no doubt, many present would also like to put to him. He had neres. before been able to answer it properly, but he felt to-day that he was in a posi tion to answer. The question was

Where and how did I get my revolu tionary and modern ideas ? The answer I got my ideas in this very place: in the Colony of Hongkong." (Laughter "LATIE. and applause) "I am going to tell you, Considerable interest is being attached | continued Dr. Sun, how I got those isstied, in which Chang Chih Chiang studying in Hongkong and spent a great to la "eircular 'telegram which has been | ideas. More than thirty years ago I was criticises students who have fouted the deal of spare time in walking the streets. family traditions by advocating a social a great deal, because there was order doctrines of Confucius and ignored of the Colony. Hongkong impressed me

calm and because there.was artistic work State not requiring moral relations be tween men and women.

being done without interruption. I went to my home in Hengshan twice a year and immediately noticed the great differ- ence. There was disarder instead of order, insecurity instead of security.

STUDENTS ACTIONS CRITICISED.

th

LATES

THE TIENTSIN BLOCKADE,

It appears that the mines sunk in the river mouth at Taku yesterday were not contact mines, the variety usually en- ployed in naval operations, but land. mines fitted with an electrical attach

ment.

་ ་ Representations on the subject weld

made by the Consuls at Tientsin yester

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· HIS OWN PROTECTOR. When I arrived home I had to be my own policeman and my own protector The first matter for my care was to ses my rifle was in crder and to make sure plenty of ammunition was still left. I had to prepare for action for the night. Each time it was like this, year after year. I compared Henngshan with Hong- kong and, although they are only 50 miles apart, the difference of the Govern ments impressed me very much. After It was arranged, however, that awards, I saw the outside world and I presentative of Lu Chung Lin should began to wonder how it was that foreign Consul the Anglo-Japanese Vice-fers, that Englishmen could do sneh things

day to both Sun Yuch and Lu Chung Lin, but it was pointed out to them that.o long as the Pobai flotilla hovered in the vicinity of the river mouth, mines and forts constituite an essential part of the Tientsin defences.

down the river this morning, with the object of devising with the Com- mandant of the Forts some.means where- by ships may enter and leave the river,

"This mission was evidently successful, as it is learned from Tientsin that ât hai now been arranged for ships to be allow. ed to enter and leave the river during daylight, and the Butterfeld & Swire steamer Liangchow "is already on her way upriver,

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as they had done, for example, with the házrén rock of Hongkong, within 70 or 80 years, while China, in 4,000 years, had no place like Hongkong,"

INTERESTING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS. After he had studied all this, Dr. Sun, continued, he went home to persuade the” village elders to do the same thing, on a small scale—at least to clear the streets and make a road to connect with the next A meeting of the Diplomatic Body this village. The elders approved, but said, morning drafted a protest to the Wai We have not got the money." He re- chinops the text of which will be tolplied, "Labour can he had. We young men can start the work" During his graphed later.

Tientsin's blockade of the river mouth stay at home he applied himself to sweep was partially lifted to-day, ships display the street and clean the road. (Ap ing special signals being allowed to pass plause.) And many young men fol- lowed him: Immediately they began work in the day time only.

outside the village, there was trouble and at last he had to give up his idea of getting Hongkong on a small scale (Laughter.) Later, he approached the magistrate of the district, who was very sympathetic and promised to help during the next vacation. But, when that next vacation came round he found that thas, there was a new magistrate a man who had paid $60,000 for the post and so the previous holder had been removed. STUDYING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

DIPLOMATS' WARNING TO CHINA.

HANKOW, March 30th. A message from Chengchow, dated March 8th says Loyang is now in the hands of Wu Pei Fu's forces, pa

THE BATTLE OF MUKDEN"

COUNTRY-WIDE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS IN JAPAN,

PEKING, March 10th. The Diplomatic Body have sent & Nate to the Foreign Office, drawing attention to the mines placed in Taku Channel. The port of Tientsin is thus completely closed to the sea. The railway between Tientsin and 'Chinwangtao has been out.

In the circumstances the communica- Such cases, one after another, impress- tions between Peking and the sea are

ed him and he retorned to Hongkong entirely interrupted in violation of the and began to attdy the government He provisions of the Protocol of 1001. The found that among the government off Diplomats demand the Government of cials corruption was the exception and China to bring about an immediate cessa- Purity the rule. (Applause.) It was tion of these acts of obstruction and open quite the contrary in China, where cor communication to the sea through: Takeruption among officials was the rule. Channel, reserving to themselves the rigi (Laughter.) He thought the Frovincial, to collaborate for the protection of Government would be better and went foreign shipping, and the maintenance of

to Canton. He found that the higher free access to the port of Tientsin should the government the more corrupt it was the Chinese Government fail to take (Laughter.) Finally he went to Peking, forthwith action to that end in fulfilment but he found things there one hundred times more corrupt and rotten than even: of the purposes of the Protocol of 1901.

in Canton, and he was forced to the opinion that, after all, village government was the porest government in China. (Applause.) He was told that the good governments in England and in Europe were not at frst natural to" those places, but that men had brought about a change themselves. In England a few hundred years ago there was just the same cor ruption, just the same forgeries in the Courts, and the same cruelty. But, he was told, Englishmen loved liberty and that Englishmen had said, “ We shall no longer and these things, we shall change them." Then the idea came into his head Why can we not change it in China? (Applause.) We must imitate the sorce thing we must change the government first, before we can start anything. Without good, government a people could do nothing and in China we had no government and were miserables for. manny centuries. Immediately after 1 graduated I saw added Dr. Son, that

t aion of healing men and take up work it was necessary to give up my profes-

A Chinese was knocked down by That is the answer to the question, where to cure the country. (Loud applause.) motor car at Wing Lok Street and redid I get my revolutionary idean; it in ceived injuries to the bead, which nece entirely in Hongkong (Laughter.) sitated his removal to the Government Civil Hospital

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TOKYO, March 10th To-day the anniversary of the Battle of Mukden is being celebrated by military parades and exercises throughout the country,

The aviation authorities are utilising the occasion to draw attention to the im portance of serial defence, sad this even ing the radio is broadcasting & repro sentation of an aerial bombardment of Tokyo" by imaginary conversation, interspersed with bombing, fring, ate.

MORE ACCIDENTS.

Yesterday police reports contained particulars of two motor accidente which occurred on Tuesday.

Another motor car, entering Landale Street from the Prays knocked down a A” Home paper publishes the story of Chinese youth who was riding a bicycle an Aberdonian who was engaged to a The boy was found to be affering from young lady employed in a telephone tex

fracture of the right leg, and was rechange. When her birthday arrived he moved to the Government Civil Hospital. - gave her a ring..