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CABLE AND WIRELESS

NEWS.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

NOT A FAILURE. LORD GREY AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS,

FuGuy, March 7th. An encouraging, view of the world outlook, following the Geneva break down, was taken by Lord Grey in a speech at Cambridge" last night. He agreed that the world was inced with & rough and gritty situation, and that the proceedings at Geneva had caused a shock to those who had set their hopes on the League of Nations. It was, how- ever, a quickening, not a deadening, shock. It had shaken them out of the

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MAKUH 30TH,

THE COAL PROBLÈM. NEED FOR CONCORD IN THE

MUSSOLINI AND THE PROBLEM OF IN A DEPLORABLE_CONDITION."

FASCISMO ANNIVERSARY.

THE CENTURY.

Rou, March 29th.

CHINA'S RAILWAYS.

FABELTIC

NEWS AGENCY.]

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SUMMARY- COURT. EUROPEAN LANDLADY SUES FORMER TENANT

Before Mr. Justice Wood in the Sum

THE WING ON CASE, EXPERTS SEEN BY DEFENCE. ANOTHER ADJOURNMENT. The hearing of the Wing On case in PEKING, March 15th, Addressing a crowd on the occasion of

According to information from the mary Court yatorday, Mr. Emily which three Chinese defendants (the Dunn, of No. 14, Seymour Terrace, sued second of whom, Fok Chuen Yusb, the seventh anniversary of Fascismo Ministry of Communications, the four Mr. J. Ollerton, of the Hongkong Small formerly sub-manager of the Man Fat INDUSTRY,

Signor Mussolini, discussing the accom Government trunk railways are in a Investors Share and Real Estate Co., rm, disappeared whilst on bail)

This is chiefly 10, Des Voeux Road, for $118, as rond plishments of the Fascist regime, said it deplorable condition. RUGBY, March 28th.

Voix Road, of $30,000 and $633 interest, Speaking last night in the Forest of is absolutely logical, that the outside due, of course, to the civil wars and the due for the ground floor of plaintif's

world of democratic Liberalism and declaration of provincial independence house.

Mr. R. Andrews represented plain-was continued at the Central Magistracy Dron Division, the Home Secretary (Sir

tiff, and Mr. O'Donoghue was for de yesterday before Mr. R. E. Lindsell. William Joynson Hicks) referred to the plutocratic clannishness which is without by the militarists.

Government's attitude towards the report of the Coal Commission.

The acceptance of the Report, he said, constituted an important move towards settlement, but there was a gecessary pre.

any country, should be against us. To responsible authorities of foreign states! we any you have go through what we have gone through. If you want to live

The Tientsin-Pukew Railway is under three directors, namely: Chang Tso Ju, Chu Yao and Sun Chang Chi, who have been appointed by the Kuominchin, the

fendant.

Mrs. Dund stated in evidence that she let the ground floor to defendant on February 1st for $100. It was also

liminary to any further action by the,you must do away with garrulous Shantung Tupan and the Kiangsu Tapan agreed that he should pay 85 for hot

Government. Unless there was concord in the coal trade, the Government could not proceed. In addressing an urgent

Parliamentary institutions, and give authority to an executive power. If you wish to live you must face the gravest

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wister, and 30 cute for breakfast. also stated that he would find his own

charged with conspiracy and attempting te defraud the Wing On Company, Des

Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, for the dafence at one of the defendants, informed His Worship that they had had an opportunity during the morning of seeing their experts who had put them wise to certain things which they wished to verity. He there- fore thought that it would be a saving of time if the case could be adjourned until Wednesday, in order that they might do

complacency which bad settled upon them! appeal to both parties to respond to the problem of the century, the relations of only. In Shantung, trains can go be vants had therefore, to attend on de- this.

after Locarno..

Last year the League of Nations had a very good year. The Locarno treaties were rightly locked upon as immensely strengthening the League and the pros- pect of future pence. The proceedings at Geneva, however, afforded disagreeable reading, and the fact that the League: Assembly had separated without accom- plishing anything looked like failure. analysed, bowever, they might find a good deal in it that was hopeful for the future. On the dark side of the scenes at Geneva, there was a tendency to in- trigue and bargain and push separate national interests to the exclusion of the common good, and to the damage of the League of Nations; but there was some- thing else that had shown itself, and that was the proot by more than one nation of devotion to the ideals of the Lengur, which made the representatives of those nations ready to sacrifice the amour propre of their nations, and, if need be, their sents on the Council, in order to preserve the ideals of the League.

Bad things at Geneva were not new, but this was a new display of such a spirit of self-sacrifice as was shown by more than one of the nations which met at Geneva. It was a concrete example, such as he did not recollect in our time. But for the existence of the League, per- haps that idea! would not have existed, i and certainly it would not have come to light as it did at Geneva. After this ex- hibition of public spirit, he could not but believe that when the nations which compose the League met again after six months of reflection, the good and nobler Bide would prevail.

The proceedings at Geneva were not so great a failure as at firs; sight appeared. If they had resulted in Germany with drawing her application" that would in- deed have been failure, but the German application still remained, and would come up again in September. If those proceedings had resulted in the Locarno treaties disappearing, these would indeed have been a failure, but there was a general consensus of opinion among the Locarno Powers that the Locarno treaties still held good, just as they did when they were first made. That again was not failure.

Locarno remained unimpaired. That was an important decision. There was Another thing worth noticing and which was distinct progress. Germany, though not a member of the League, was a mem- her, of the Commission to enquire into the composition of the Council, and he believed she was a member also of the preliminary conference to enquire into the possibility of reducing armaments, so that whilst Germany was not yet & mem- was actually ber of the League, she functioning on these very important com missions as if she were a member."

THE LEAGUE COUNCIL. LORD CECIL TO BE BRITAIN'S REPRESENTATIVE.

Busay, March 28th.

Lord Cecil will probably represent Britain on the Special Committee set up by the Longue of Nations Council at its last meeting to study the problems con .neeted with the composition, number and method of election of its members. The Committee will meet at Geneva, on May

30th,

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. FOUR BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND.

Buosy, March göth.

Government's move, he said he believed that a settlement would afford the neces sary impetus for a genuine revival of trade, which was almost certain if the present coal difficulty could be overcomac. He continued:- Trade after trade is beginning to move. The cloud is break- ing in Lancashire, Yorkshire, on the

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Capital and Labour. The problem has been completely solved by Fascismo putting Capital and Labour on equality before the common objective of the prosperity and greatness of the nation.

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PERSIAN OPIUM.

respectively, with or without the sa proval of the Chiaotungpu. From Tica tain trains can proceed as far as Machang boy, but did not do so. Her own so tween Tehchow and Linchang but pas fondant, but they objected, and threaten- sengers must change cars at Hanchuanged to leave." On February 10th defendant left for Macao, and she did not see him for Pukow.

afterwards antil February 25th when she met him in the street. He then told her that he would get some people to take) over the dat

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Regarding the Peking-Mukden Rail, way, owing to the recent raids of the Fengtich warships at Taku and Tangku, the bridge at Peitang was destroyed; but it was subsequently repaired by the

North-east Coast, in the Midlands and LEAGUE COMMISSION ARRIVE AT Kuominchun. From Tientsin to Lan

in London. Everywhere there is contid ence in trade.

Everywhere the export markets of the world are opening to British goods."

NEW POSTAL SYSTEM. INAUGURATION OF PAY ON DELIVERY FACILITIES.

Rosy, March 28th.

Post Office arrangements are now com- plete for opening up a cash on delivery postal system" in Britain to-morrow.

Under this system parcels, containing goods up to a value of £10 may be posted at any money' order office for and dress in Great Britain and the valle will be collected by the Post Oce authorities and remitted to the sender, an extra fee according to the value of the goods being charged.

[THROUGH RENTER'S AGENCY.) SOVIET CHANGES. ZINOVIEFT DEPRIVED OF HIS POST.

Lasbos, March 29th.

The Timirs correspondent at Riga states that M. Komaroff has been appointed Chairman of the Leningrad Executive Committee, replacing Zinovicff, who has been depriver of the post on account of his apposition to the policy of the Central Communist Committee.

M. Yemabanoff has been appointed Manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway.

STEELPLATES.

MANUFACTURERS FIX STANDARD, MINIMUM PRICE.

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LONDON, March 9th. The Association representing the Steel. plate Manufacturers has decided to fix a standard minimum price for steel plates in consequence of the ruinous reault of recent competition.

It is understood the new export price is £7 per ton.

THE LEAGUE AND MANDATED TERRITORY..

TEHERAN..

chow, the line is controlled by Mr. Ting, TEHERAN, March 29th.

appointed by "the first Kuomiachun, The Commission appointed by the while the Mukden-Lanchow section bo- League of Nations to investigate thelongs to Marshal Chang Tso Lin and has cultivation of opium in Persia has arrivits administrative office at Chingchow,

outside Shankaihuan..

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FRENCH ELECTIONS. COMMUNIST SUCCESSES IN PARIS: BY-ELECTION.

The Peking-Bankow Railway has prob- ably suffered more than any other Gov. ernment line from the civil wars. It is now controlled by Wu Pei Fu and Feng Yu Hsiang. Trains can only reach Changsintien from Peking and the situa

A BOTTLE OF RUM

Next day be brought a married couple

with a three months old child to me her, and they arranged to take the flat frem March 1st, as Mr. Ollerton's tenancy was not up until the end of the month. But she soon found out that the man was drunkard and that his wife and child were starving..

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"The man asked for whisky" con." tianed witness," but I told him I did wot have any in the house, but he spotted a bottle of rum, and, my Lord, within half an hour it was all gone.” ?

She was, therefore, disturbed and she

PARIS, March 29th. Two Communists have been returned to Parliament in a hy-election, in the tion beyond Changsintien is indescribapproached Mr. Witchell, of the King second sector of Paris. Socialist Executive, urged its candidates

The Radicalable. It is stated that Wu Pei Fu has appointed the former Vice-Minister of

to withdraw in favour of the Commu

nists.

OBITUARY.

THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.

PALERMO, March 28th. The death is announced of the Duke of

Orleans.

[Louis Philippe Robert, Duc d'Orleans, was bead of the House of Bourbon Orleans. He was born at York House, Twickenham, on February 6th, 1869, ec that he was 37 years of age. He was the eldest son of the late Comte de Paris He was educated at the Municipal and a nephew of the Due de Chartres. College, England, and later at Stanisins College, France.

He was exiled from Franco in 1888. In 1806 he married the who was two years his senior. He joined Arcbduchess Mario-Dorothen, of Austria, the British army and received a cominis. sion in the Goth. Rides, serving for a year in India. On visiting Paris in 1888 he was arrested and expelled from the country.]

MADRID-MANILA FLIGHT..

SPANISH PROJECT. ^e

The Madrid correspondent of the Times cabled last month:

"Preparations are being made for, a Bight frem Madrid to Manila (Philippine

GENERAL SARRAIL CRITICISED. Islands), which Captain Rafael Martinez and Captain Eduardo Gonzalez, of the infantry, and Captain Joaquin Loriga, of the artillery, propose to undertake in the spring.

Losbos, March 29th. The Daily Telegraph', diplomatic cor. respondent says the severity with which the report of the Mandates Commission of the League criticizes General Barrail's attitude when High Commissioner to wards the local creeds of the populations of Syria is unprecedented. It warmly eulogises M. Jouvenel's liberal spirit and reforming zent

From the British standpoint Mr. Unden's remarks appended to the report Mr. Unden are especially interesting agrees with the point made by Lord Curzon in 1921 when referring to the Franklin-Bouillon Treaty at Angora, not cede or otherwise dispose of mandat when he said a Mandatory Power can ed territory without the sanction of the League.

This point may have some bearing on The first session, of the Preparatory the Franco-Turkish Treaty regarding the Committee for the International Econo-Syrian boundary recently concluded by mic Conference is due to open in Geneva M, Jouvend.

on April 28th."

Sir Hubert Smith, of the Board of Trade, Sir Arthur Balfour, President of the Committee on Trade and Industries, and Mr. W. T. Layton, Editor of the Economist, are the three British experts who have already accepted the Council's invitation to take part in the discussions and, in addition, Mr. Arthur Pugh, Pre- sident of the General Council of the Trade's Union Congress, has just been nominated by the workers group of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to represent the workers' point of view on the Committee.

PRINCE OF WALES. UNDERGOES OPERATION FOR EAR TROUBLE.

The aeroplanes used will be Breguet biplanes (450 hp. Lorraine Dietrich en gine). Aeroplanes of this type are now being built in Spain under licence. The Spanish pilots will follow approximately the same route as the Marchese de Pinedo on his flight to the East and back. The steges will average about 1,240 miles a day at a speed of 137 miles an hour. The stopping places en route will probably be Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Cairo, Jeri- salem, Baghdad, Karachi, Agra, Calcutta, Rangoon, and Baidan. The total distance is about 12,000 miles, and the Spanish air- men hope to complete the fight in 25 It is proposed to make a start days." before April 15th

BIBLE PROOF?

Communications, Mr. Lao Chih Chang, as director of the Ching-Han Railway, and that an office will be opened at Hankow to control the Hupeh-Hunan section. Tho Shikchiachuang-Kantan- hsten section is being controlled by Shansi troops...

The Peking-Shuiruan Railway has been probably, the least disturbed of the rail- ways of "China, but now on account of heavy army transportation and the lack of engines, commercial transportation is also impossible, though the line is sound from Peking to Paotouchen.

The receipts of the above-mentioned. railways are all misappropriated by the commanders for military purposes and consequently, the Chiaotungpa, which was once the richest Ministry in Peking, cannot now pay its staff regularly, not to mention the repayment of foreign and native loans and obligations.

Edward Hotel, where the man had stay. ed for a few days previously. Mr. Witchell told her to ask him for the rent in advance. It was owing to what Mr. Witchell had told bez that the eventually got rid of the people. Plain. ti further stated that she was inclined to be charitable to the wife and child, because they were starving, and eventual- by the child was sent to a convent. She

Mr. J. C. Jenkin, for the prosecution,

to call for the prosecution. stated that he had no further witnesses

His Worship accordingly adjourned the case until to-morrow (Wednesday) mora-

ing.

PREPARING OPIUM IN I. & E OFFICE.

ASTONISHING CASE MENTIONED AT MAGISTRACY.

At the Central Magistracy yesterday an extraordinary case was mentioned," when a coolie, was charged with prepar- ing opium in the Imports and Exports Oface.

Chief Preventive Officer Clarke said that the preparation of this opium had been going on in the Government labora tory and is the case was one which re- quired very careful investigation he asked for a remand.

The Magistrate, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, commented that it was, astonishing and this remanded the defendant until morning.

"WORSE THAN THIEVES." PAWNBROKERS SEVERELY

CENSURED.

When a Chinese youth of sixteen was charged at the Central Magistracy

did not accept these people as tesutsterday, with the theft of some cloth from his uncle's shop. at 911, Queen' to take Mr. Ollerton's place. The fact

Road West, Mr. Lindsell, the Magistrate, was that the people were thrown on

severely censured the two pawnbrokera her.

"who had bought the cloth from the boy.

Inspector P. Grant atated that the articles had been traced to various pawn- Mr. Andrews asked whether the defence shops, and they had only paid about 10- disputed the agreement.

Replying to His Lordship, Mrs. Dunn stated that defendant had not paid her

a' cent

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per cent. of the cost price of the cloth. The master of the Sheung Lee shop, 280, Queen's Road West, had given only $2.85

Mr. O'Donoghue replied that the de- fence did not dispute it, but their case was that the material tenancy was con- for silk worth $30, and in the case of claded on February 10th when the pre-the Wing Cheong Shop, of 412, Queen's mises were vacated under a mutual ar Road West, 80 cents had been paid for

BRITISH WAR GRAVES: WORK OF THE IMPERIAL COMMISSION.

The War Graves of the A lecture on British Empire" was given by Majorrangement.. General Sir Fabian Ware, vice-chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission, in the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields recently. After relating the work which had already been accomplished in mark. ing, building, and caring for all the British war graves and cemeteries, the lecturer the people sent to her to help defendant to waive his notice. These people, how stated that. Parliament would be asked this week to establish an endowment fund

Replying to Mr. O'Donoghue, Mri. Dunn said there was no talk about com- mission if defendant found someone to take the promises. She had taken in

TIR DEFENCE.

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to provide sufficient income for permanent ever, only stayed two nights, wher she maintenance. The long duration of the got rid of them a war, and the fact that the British Empire lost over one million men made it impos

Mr. J. E. Ollerton, the defendant, sible for Great Britain to bring back their dead for burial in home cemeteries as stated in evidence that Mrs Dunn came was done in the case of the American to his office and asked him if he could dead. Even if such course could have

find a tenant for the lower floor of her been adopted it would have involved a cost at least twice as much as that now house, and someone to take over being incurred by the Commission ia difmatched at Repalse Bay. He told her ferent parts of the world and the money that he wanted 5 per cent. commission necessary for the provision of an endow ment fund. The Commission's work of and she agreed, and stated that she construction had been so carried out as wanted $125 a month na rent. He sent to provide a practical and yet economical standard of maintenance which had a two persons there, but they did not take with the approval of all who had visited the room. He eventually took the room organization of the Commission, he said the cemeteries. Referring to the Imperial bimself, at $100 a month. Plaintiff was that all parts of the Empire participated to provide a kitchen, hot water and a on February 1st and there was some in the expenditure in proportion to the room for a boy." He took the room number of their dead, and had an equal share in its control.

difficulty about getting a servant as the kitchen was not ready. Mre Dunn agreed. to provide him with breakfast also. He left on February 10th and he agreed with Mrs Dunn to send some

material worth $13.

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The shopmasters were called, and fail- ed to give satisfactory explanations His Worship said that they had taken stolen goods and acted worse than thieves, and. if any more such cases were brought be fore him, he would recommend that their licences be cancelled.

The boy was ordered eight strokes with the birch, and the goods were ordered to be returned without payment, except in the case of one pawnbroker who had give a fair price.

SOCCER CUP TIE CRUSH. 87 INJURED. Eighty-seven persons were injured last month in the crush among those seeking admission to the Woolwich Arsenal Club's ground at Highbury to see the Cup tie, A crowd of 100,000 besieged the ground, in which the home team beat Aston Villa. which is supposed to have a capacity of gled in, compelling the managers to re- 50,000, Sixty thousand, however, strug- open the gates to allow crushed specta tors to depart before play commenced"

"The 40,000 shut out inchided scores of who had fashionably-dressed women, hoped to obtain seats in the grandstand. The management previously had refuser first served." to allow booking, saying, "First come,

Describing the various cemeteries, the lecturer, with the aid of lautern slides, showed how each grave was marked with a headstone bearing the soldier's name and regimental badge and emblem of the dead man's faith, and a personal inscrip tion chosen by the next-of-kin Nearly persons up to the house, with a view to before the start, while thousands rashed

400,000 headstones had already been erect

ed, and in every cemetery where there their taking the promises. He sent were over 40 graves twe collective monu- KIRK AND SUNDAY WORK

ments stood, the Great Cross of Sacri- several persons there, but they would not with a married couple, who were entire The Commandment, Six days ahafce and the massive Stone of Remem take the rooms. Eventually he went up Brance. The gardening work had all been thou labour," is taken seriously in Glas carried out by ex Service men, under the strangers to him, but they had asked him direction of Dr. Hill, the Director of Kew to find rooms for them. Mra Duan gow, says a London' cable to Australia.

Because Norman Mackenzie, an elder Gardens, and the skill and devotion of seemed to be quite pleased with them and of the church at Partick, worked on Sun the gardeners was beyond all praise. As it was-arranged that they should pay LONDON, March 29th.

days in his capacity of deputy harbour to the missing dead, central memorials $2.25 a day. Hi

Replying to His Lordship, Mr. Oller The Prince of Wales has undergone master, berthing steamers, he was sus had been erected in situations chosen as a slight operation for recurrent ear pended by the Kirk Bession. Mackenzie far 48 possible according to the battles in ton said that he was now staying in the trouble" The pain was a sequel to in-appealed to the Free Church Presbytery, which the men commemorated fought Kowloon Y.M.C.A. fucnza. Relief followed the operation.

which urged the session to recall the sus daring the war. There was every reason. His Lordship said that defendant had pension. The session replied that if Mae to think that the Commission would have failed to establish the fact that plain kenzie's work was a necessity, they would exceeded neither the estimate of time nor till bad released him, and that there was of money approved by the Imperial War a definite renunciation of the agreement,

Judgment was given for plaintiff. have to find something in the Bible to

Conference. convince them.

LATER.

A bulletin states the Prince of Wales is making good progress, and has had some sleep. He has no pain.

The grandstand was filled two hours:

turnstiles before mounted police stemmed the other entrances and stormed, the the torrent.

WEATHER REFORT.

Last night's weather report, Lorecant and remarks by the Royal Observatory said th

The anti-cyclones over the Bonins and

S.W. China have weakened slightly,

Moderate monsoon may be expected over the There are indications of a depression cast

Northern China Sen. of the Balintang Channel.

Local forecast N, winds, moderate,

fine to cloudy.