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CHINESE SITUATION.

THE

SETTLERS OVERSEAS.

MORE STRONG COMMENT BY THE LORD CLARENDON'S INVESTIGA-

"TIMES."

WU PEL FU'S_VIEW.

(THROUGË 'KKUTTE') AGENCY.)

LONDON, July 7th Describing the dissolving seene of the shadowy avolations" of the situation in China, the Times points out that British interests cannot be neglected even in little, and while, therefore, British policy in China should be continually active China means much to British trade.",

Hitherto the British have been the heaviest losers, except the Chinese them

selves.

The Times welcomes Sir Ronald Mac leay's most recent declaration of the

TION IN CANADA.--

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Rcour, July 6th. Lord Clarendon, Under-Secretary for the Dominions, is leaving for Canada on Saturday on a long-tour of the Dominion to investigate the conditions of those who have of recent years left England to settle overseas.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY JULY 8TH, 1926

FLIGHT TRAGEDY.

COBHAM'S MECHANIO SUCCUMBS. TO INJURIES.

CONFLICTING REPORTS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BAGHDAD, July 6th. It is now established that Cobham's induction pipe burst when he was 120 The main purpose is to see the settlers miles from Basra, his mechanic Elliott who went to Canada under the special sustaining a compound commutated free scheme which applied to 3,000 families.ture of the left humerus and injuries to Settlement was spread over three years the chest. It may take weeks for him re and finishes next year. Lord Clarendon cover and Cobham's plans are uncertain.

WOUNDED BY A BULLET." is undertaking the journey as Chair-

BASA, July 8th. man of the Overseas Settlement Com-

It now appears that it was not a burst mittee and not as Unier-Secretary for the Dominions, but he will be able-to-pro- petrol pipe but a builet fired by a wan-

COUNTY CRICKET.

THE LATEST SCORES FROM HOME:

YORKSHIRA VERAUS KENT."

{THROUGH REUTER'S " AGENCY.}

LONDON, July 6th. The wonderful resource of Yorkshire Ta again demonstrated at Blackheath in the course of the last three days cricket When Yorkshire gained-first-innings points in a game which was interfered

with by rain...

Yorkshire's famous batsmen, except Oldroyd, failed, but Kilner, Wadding- ton and Macaulay, came up smiling with contributions af over fifty, and the Cham pions, declared at 429 (for wickets). they followed on, and had scored 49 with-

GOLF IN FRANCE.

AMERICAN WINS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

PARIS, July 6th

"MODESTY" STRIKE.

PLEA OF MARINERS FOR DECENCY.

AMERICAN • MEDICAL_STUNT:"

The French Open Amateur Golf Cham-

In view of the recent announcement from Americi describing the necessity-of pionship has been won in a field of one An American hundred and twenty-six. by

compelling seamen, to undergo an extra visitor, J. Anderson (Winged Foot Club, medical examination stripped naked and Gray Sprain, USA), who beat herded together, the following comment Richards by eleven up and nina to play

on the matter in Shipping and Enginter over thirty-six holes.

ing will be read with interest :--

AIR RACE.

The average seafaring man, whether he bo American or of any other nationality, will have nothing but sympathy for the

visiting New York who, in complying with

Kent's reply left them 903 behind, "and / COMING BIG EVENT FOR THE sesmen of various nationalities on ships

out the loss of a wicket when the match had to be abandoned. The scores were

as follows:

Yorkshire: 428 (for D wkts. dec.) Kent: 225 and 10.(for 0 wkt.) (63) and Washington (65) were the pria- Roy Kilner (59) Oldroyd (58) Macaulay cipal contributors to the Yorkshire total, while Waddington followed up his bat

· KING'S CUP.

Reasy, July 6th.

It is expected that sixteen competitora will participate in the race for the

Aerodrome on Friday, and Saturday King's Cup which will be held at Hendon

Instead of the usual around Britain

the latest American médical stunt,” an

it has been appositely described by the National Sailors and Firemen's Union, have to trip naked and apparently par examination before they are permitted to ada wholesale for second medical

land on American sail This imposition

British, viewpoint on the occasion of the ide first-hand information for the Goy-dering Arab which wounded Elijotting performance by taking four Kentroute, the will take place over a double of a second medical examination began

Ganada.

of fifty feet.

DEATH OF ELLIOTT.

Ashdown was again to the fore with triangular course. The first of these is towards the end of May, and is causing an innings of-78.

Herdon-Martlesham Heath-Cambridge 1 great dissatisfaction among the crews of

meeting of the foreign delegates followernment in regard to migration to when the aeroplane was flying at a height wickets for 47 runs. ing the adjournment of the Tarif Confer- ence, but opines that it falls short of the energetic policy required, at present in Chins.

PEKING, July 7th.

Marshal Wu Fei Fa, in an interview, declared the closing of the Tariff Con- ference implies a indefinite suspension. He is determined to appoint a new delegat ilon, and then if the Powers refuse to continue the conference he will proclaim Chinese Tariff autonomy forthwith.

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JAPANESE VIEWS.,

Toxxo, July 7th... "The newspapers ascribe the adjourn ment, firstly, to the chaos. in China; secondly, to the efforts of the Powers to uphold stubbornly their respective -claims, and thirdly, Japan's attempt to

exceed the scope originally intended.

FRENCH FINANCES.

H. CAILLAUX AND THE TASKS

BEFORE HIM.

PARIS,, July 6th. Opening what is widely described as the most important debate since the war. M. Caillaux declared that though the budget would be balanced for 1926, it was necessary to begin to repay the advances of the Banque de France, to consolidate the short-term debt, and to increase the salaries of underpaid State employees. These projects would require there mil- liard-francs extra révenue......

COLONIAL MANDATES.

NO PROMISE OR UNDERTAKING GIVEN TO GERMANY.

RUGBY, July 6th.

LATER Elliott died in the Hospital at Basra late last night.

(THROUGH BETTER'8 AGENCY.]

MINERS' HOURS,'» BIG SURPRISE IN HOUSE OF ›

*LORDS.

LONDON, July StE In the House of Lords there wai D dramatic intervention in the Mines Eight Hours Bill debate, when Lord Cecil announced the postponement of the further stages of the measure.

The Prime Minister, answering ques- tions in the House of Commons on the subject of" Mandates, again pointed out that this matter was not dealt with in the Locarno agreements at all. He added that it was, however, indicated to the German delegates at Locarno verbally that, Germany, when a Member of the League, would be a possible candidate for Colonial mandates like all other members It was incorrect to suggest that any promise of undertaking was given to the

Lord Cecil explained that the Govern- German Government. The recent state- ment of the Colonial Secretary that the ment had abandoned its intention of Tanganyika Mandate was permanent, re-seeking special facilities in order finally

to dispose of the Bill to-morrow. presented the policy of the Cabinet.

UNKNOWN LADY. BRITISH DELEGATE TO LEAGUE

OF NATIONS.

++ REGsy, July 6th, It is the intention of the British Government to send a woman ́as a fully accredited delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations in September. The name of the delegate has not yet been disclosed.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE N.U.R. CONFERENCE.

SOME WAGE OFFERS UNSATISFACTORY.

LAIME

He declared that the Government re- garded themselves under special obliga- tions to the miners as well as to the owners, and added that the Government was not called upon to comment on the merits of the wage rates offered by the owners, but that the proposals advanced in one part of the country would seen to them to be profoundly unsatisfactory

The House agreed to the second reading. of the Bill after a statementt by Lord Salisbury that the thid reading would normally occur on Thursday unless some thing intervenes to necessitate an alter nation of procedure.

[BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] NEW RATES OF PAY.

EUGBY, July 6th.

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TYLDESLEY'S FINE INNINGS,

LATER. Though Lancashire hit 473 (for, 7 wkts. dec.) against Sussex and forced a follow on by dismising the southern country for 238, they failed to force a victory, and had to be "satised with points for a lead on the first innings.

Ernest Tyldesley was again in bril liant form; he hit 998 before losing bis wicket, and scored freely all round the wicket Williams and Bowley batted in good style for Sussex.

The scores were:—

Lancashire: 476 (for 7 dec.)

Sussex: 38 and 160 (for 5 pekts.) Williams hit 71 in the Sussex Sest nings, and Bowley was not defeated in the second until he had contributed 79.

HOERS DOUD I CENTURY,

LATES

After Hampshire had hit up the res pectable total of 328 against Surrey in Kennedy's Benefit match at Southamp ton, Jack Hobbs and Gregory in part nership made an onslaught on the Surrey second wicket record, and it was main- tained antil Hobbs had reached the 200 mark for the twelfth time in his career.

Gregory, who is not yet 24 years of age, joined the Surrey, ground staff from the Croydon Amateurf C.C. in 1924 and has made his first century in first class cricket in a well played fanings of 134 not out.

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[EETTER'S AMERICAN" BERVICE);

DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

SOME OF AMERICA'S TEAM.

foreign ships, who rightly have taken the matter up with their various representa tive unions. It is interesting to note that in the House of Commons, on June 16th Sir Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of

Hendon, whilst Coventry and Chelten- bam are the points in the second course, competitors again startiong and finishing at Hendon. On each day two circuits of both courses will be down and the total milage is 1484 miles. Many of the best-State for Foreign Affairs, replying to n an "extremely weak answer to the effect. known pilots in British civil aviation number of questions on the subject, made are taking part in the race which is un- der handicap conditions.

that the examination "to which British Captain Barnes, who has won the Cup and other European seamen were object- on two previous occasions, is to piloting was held under the United States a new Bristol Badminton plane, which on Immigration Regulations of 1925, and that secret trials has already attained extra~.

he did not consider that a useful purpose in-ordinary speeds. The suction in the

could be served by making representa- pilot's cockpit owing to the high speed toas on the matter, although the cases. of this machine is such that a special mentioned were rather an exception to breathing mask bas had to be devised to

the usual practice." It is readily to be provide the pilot with a flow of cool sir..

understood that the United States, like The device is the Erst of its kind ever

any other country, is desirous of keeping fitted to an aeroplane,

out, even for a short period, anyone and everyone tainted with disease; but what is not easily to be understood is the so- called necessity of compelling decent and respectable seamen to undergo the in- dignity of an extra medical examination," stripped naked and herded together, after they have been medically examined (in- NEW YORK, July 6th.

the case of the ships of practically every The United States' Lawn Tennis Asso-European nation) before they left their ciation has announced the names of nine port of departure, and have also been examined by the quarantine authorities players to form the nucleus of the Davis

at New York. This extra examination, Cup team, including the Big Four," Tilden, Johnston, Richards and Williams, conducted is a manner which cannot be an idea of the immigration authorities at who will captain. The names also inchide anything but humiliating, is apparently New York, who have never been noted for their consideration of the feelings of those who pass through their bands, and whose actions have been criticised in past years quite as much by Americans as by. foreigners. The extra medical examina tion may, of course be necessary, though It is difficult to see why, after the mea bave previously been examined at the Quarantine Station at New York, and it 13 strongly to be hoped that if it cannot be done away with American public tries, bring about a change of method more in keeping with decency and the self-respect of those who have to be examined. Even during the war, when men were drafted overseas in batches of hundreds, the medical authorities some- how found time and went to the trouble to give each man, in the final inspection," a careful "look-over" in private.

Rain interfered and the match was abandoned, Surrey gaining first inning points. The scores were:-

Hampshire 7328

Surrey 401 (fär 2 wickets). Batting first. Hants, Bowell and UP. Bruttan hit out in good style, the former ting 18. The only other performance of scoring 3, and the old. Wykehamist get- merit was that of the beneficiary, Ken- zedy who held his end up throught the innings and was undefeated with 70 to Hia cricket.

Hobbs lost Sandham shortly after the all the resources of Hants failed to diminish the rate of scoring until Hobbs was defeated at exactly 200. The match was drawn.

Howard Kinsey.

U.S. TUBE STRIKE. NEW YORK TRAFFIC SYSTEM DISLOCATED.

Mr. Caillaux revealed that the Tren- MR J. H. THOMASTO RETAIN ment contemplate making a full state start, but in partnership with Gregory, Trains are permitted to run only at a cpinion, as much as that of other coun-

sury's bank balance at present only

amounted to one half milliard france which would have been less but for the

GENERAL SECRETARYSHIP.

LONDON, July 8th.

Mr. J. K. Thomas secured a great

The newspapers state that the Govern ment at an early opportunity of its views on the Coal Commission's Report. The Cabinet Coal Committee was in session to-day and a full meeting of the Cabinet was held this evening.

sale of part of the Morgan Loan Hetriumph at the Weymouth N.UR-Coning into law of the Coal Mines Bill concluded by impassioned adjuration to the Chamber not to act like an exhausted soldier, and throw down the knapsack, but to make a determined effort to restore the country's finances.

NAVAL PROGRAMME APPROVED. The Chamber has approved the Bill providing for the laying down by June 30th, 1927 at an estimated cost of eleven million gold francs, one cruiser, three destroyers, four torpedo beats, one sub marine cruiser, five first-class submarines and several minor craft, as part of the general building programme for a period

New Yoas, July 6th. An Underground Railway strike began at midnight, seriously affecting the chief arteries of passenger trafic. Some ser- vices were discontinued and other halved, snail's pace owing to the unfamiliarity of the motormen imported from other cities with the mechanism of the tubes. Thousands of usual tube passengers were forced to go by taxi, train or on foot to LATE business, heavy rain rendering the pro-

ceedings most miserable..

WHO DISCOVERED US.? NEW CLAIM BY NORWEGIAN SCIENTIST.

SOME FINE BOWLING.: Meanwhile, in anticipation of the pass-

Magnificent bowling by Geary, the ference, when a resolution was proposed which is the temporary measure that will Barwell all-rounder, in the Gloucester permit of miners working eight hours first innings, did not prevent the endorsing the attitude of the NU.R re- Presentatives on the Trades aion Con- per day instead of seven as heretofore, southern county from scoring 258 runs,

points at Leicester. gress General Council. An amendment further collieries have posted up terms: sufficient to secure them first innings was moved of no-confidence in Mr. on which men may resume work

Geary took in all 12 wickets for 100 Thomas and this was overwhelmingly re-

In the coalfields of Nottinghamshire,rans, but his six wickets in the Gloucester jected, only six delegates voting for Mr. Thomas' dismissal from the General Derbyshire and North Staffordabire the first innings were secured at a cost of

terms providet hat no reduction of wages only 6 runs apiece Secretaryship.

will be made for miners working eight Cecil Parker bowled finely for Glouces houra daily. These collieries employster and Leicester were all out in their 134,000 men. In the districte, including first innings, for 102, the complete scores

South being as follows: Warwickshire, Yorkshire and Wales, employing 540,000 men, nation Gloucester: 258 and 196. indicating that no reduction is contem-Leicester: 102 and 22 (for a wicket),scriptions telling the thrilling story of the plated have already been issued Rates Geary took a wickets for 36 runs and arrival of a Norse expedition of 24 men, of wages equivalent to ten per cent re-there was no outstanding batting perfor-seven wonten and one baby about the duction and bringing wages to the 1921 mance in the Gloucester first innings of year 1010. All, except six, were captured minimum are offered in Northumberland 258. Geary took B foz 74 and Bloodworth or killed by Indians. and Durham where over 200,000 miners scored 89 not out in the Gloucester are employed, but in both countries mar second innings of 196. Tied miners have house rent or in allow an ce in lieu thereof, and free coal.

PRESSMEN, TO`RETURN."

Mr. Thomas, kas sent a letter to the press representatives explaining that all could return to the N.U.B. Conference Weymouth without discrimination. The journalists have decided to attend the public session to-morrow.

Regarding the resolution protesting against victimisation by the railway com- panies, Mr. Cramp said the assurances given by the companies were flagrantly broken.

Qu

LATER

Parker took 7 wickets for 54 runs

WORCESTER WIN

LATER.

Miners in various districts are conven- ing meetings to discuss the new term-M. K. Foster, last year's captain of the in Monmonthshire they have expressed dissatisfaction.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.] PORTUGUESE REVOLT. NEW DICTATOR DISMISSES THREE MINISTERS.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICK"] POSITION WITH BRITAIN.

Mr. Thomas said that nothing could be more dangerous and ruinous to the future Ruany, July 8th.

of the country than to engender the minds Questioned in Parliament to-day, the of the men who desire get their own Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Win-back A resolution demanding the re- signation of Mr. Thomai with relation ston, Churchill, said he was in communi- National Wages Board Award was cation with the French Government as overwhelmingly defeated.

The Yorkshire ininers have solidly de-. he had been with former Governments

the coal-owners. clined to -resume regarding the settlement of the French terms.

SAARENTECKEN, July 7th.. Debt, but he was not in a position to

The German Miners' Union have re-

LIKEOS, July 6th.. It is semi-officially announced that the jected a proposal from Mr. Frank Hodges make any announcement.

that an international mining crisis might Premier, General Gomes Da Costa, on be solved by decreasing the working the ground that the Cabinet, as at pre- hours.

sent constituted does not satisfy the as The German miners are of the opinionpirations of the revolution, is dispensing that it is impossible to equalise British with the services of the Ministers for the German hours, owing to the complete Colonies, Interior and Foreign Affairs, différence.

these being Major Ochos, Dr. Antonia Claro, and General Carmona.-

Replying to another question, he said he had received no communication from M. Caillauz asking for assistance in stablising French exchange.

THROUGH REUYER'S AGENCY,]

ROUND THE WORLD.

FRENCHMAN IN SMALL CUTTER NEAR SUMATRA

PARIS, July 7th." The Petit Parisien amounces that the Frenchman, Alain Gerbault, who is going around the world, alone aboard a little catter, has arrived at Fora, near Sumatra, coming from Tahiti.

ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGIST. SWEDEN'S CROWN PRINCETO VISIT FAR EAST.

STOCKHOLM, July 8th. Professor Gunnar Anderson, the archaeologist, expects to start in August an another Chinese expedition with a view to acquiring material for supple entary collections to his previous ex pedition. It is understood that he will be accompanied to the Far East by the Crown Prince of Sweden, who will go to Chins from the United States in order to indulge in his well-known archaeo logical interests.

Worcestershire team, and M. F. Jewell, the present captain, were the chief actors in Worcester's 357 runs victory over. Northamptonshire at Kettering.

Worcester won the toss and Jewell and Foster contributed 159 towards the total of 973. Northampton were 77 behind when their opponents went in a second time, and finally faced with the neres sity of getting 323 to win, they failed by 157 runs, the scores being

NEW YORK, July 6th, The Columbus erpedition was in no wise the first Europeans to land in North America, according to a statement by the Norwegian Scientist, M. Opsjon, claiming the discovery, near Spokane, of huge boulder covered with rubic in-

THE SSHWAH - CHENG,"

LOCAL STEAMER CHARTERED, It is stated that the ss. Ewa Cheng (Chinese steamer) has been chartered, it is understood, to the Kuen Bang Co., of Hongkong, Mr. Chang, shipbroker, acted as agent for the charterets, and Messrs. Thoresen & Co. for the owners. The period of the charter is for six months,

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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

The present objections to the procedure to be gone through in New York by foreign seamen we are pot told whether American seamen are subjected to the examination-recalla the great strike of British seamen exactly fifteen years ago, when Mr. Havelock Wilson was attempting to form the organisation now known as the Sailors and Firemen's Union, when the famous Father Hopkins men as harbour chaplain at Calcutta in. (known and beloved by thousands of sca the nineties and the irrepressible Capt Tupper took up cudgels on wehalf of the seamen. It may be recalled by many that quite apart from the demand for increased wages which was the main cause of the strike, another demand was the ehmination of a procedure which British seamen had to undergo at certain Coa tinental ports such as Hamburg, Rotter dam, Antwerp, etc. It seemed that at duced under which, on a British seaman that time a new system had been intro- being discharged at any Continental port, his forearm was marked by the British Consular authorities, with a rubber stamp making an indelible mark. There was a great outcry from not only the seamen, but from others, the stamping being com pared with the marking of carcases of frozen meat when they enter the country, k It was, we believe, made o condition of the settlement of the strike that this The fah Cheng was built of steel detestable stamping should be stopped Mr Jewell scored fifty, and M. Kby the Naral Construction and Atha immediately. Stopped it was, and public Foster hit 100 before his wicket was ments Co., Ltd. at Barrow in 1884. Her opinion was solidly with the seamen taken." He hit a century against gross registered tonnage is 2,616 tons, Thero is a certain analogy in the present Northants at Kidderminster last year while her net registered tonnage is 1,611 trouble at New York. It is true that the Bellamy hit 52. towards the Northants tons. Her deadweight capacity, inclu- men are not being marked like the car. total of 198, Lealia Wright hit 52 for sive of bunkers, is 3,810 tons, of which cases of cattle, but they are being sub- Worcester in their second effort, and the bunkers contain 310 tons. Her draft jected to an indignity in a manner which Woolley (N.) scored 60 for Northants in fully loaded is 92 feet 7 inches and she ng self-respecting man would tolerate their second innings,

makes a speed fully loaded in fair wea without-protest. The number of seamen ther of 10 knots per hour on a consump and the variety of their nationalities who tion of about 25 tons of Japanese coals have struck against the examination is per 24 hours. Her length over all is suficient proof, if proof were needed, of 912 feet, and her extreme breadth is 40 the unpopularity and undesirability of the feet 2 inches. Her moulded depth is 24 examination being proceeded with in its feet inches. She is arranged with air present form and the average reasone scuttles, and has tween decks laid allable American, as much as the average over. A reasonable foreigner wins surely realise The ship is equipped with four holda and appreciate the position and feelings and five, hatchways. She carries 976 tons of the seamen concerned, and do what of water ballast, and is equipped with can be done to get what undoubtedly is six sideporta Her engines are triple a most obnoxious examization either expansion, and are placed amidships. The eliminated or drastically modified in such steamer is equipped with electric light a manner as to remove its most objection- all over and in also fitted with wireless.able featureĹ

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Worcester 273 and, 246. Northants: 190 and 286

[REUZER'S AMERICAN SERVICE} THE US. SUBMARINE. 8.51 ON WAY TO DOCKYARD

FOR OPENING. LA JC, dista

AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN,

→ COLLINA NOT TO PLAY IN THIRD TEST

IT LEADS.

LATER.

It is now stated that Herbert Collins, New York, July 6th the Australian captain is suffering from A message from New London says that arthitis of the shoulder and not neuritis after one thousand men have worked for as was at first thought. He will be un nine months, assisted by seven salvageable to play in the Third Test which ships, the 6.51 has been finally raised starts at Leeds on Saturday, and it is and has started for the dockyard, sup- extremely unlikely that he will parti ported by eight air-filled pontoons. She cipate in the Scottish tour,

Collins hopes to be 5t for the Fourth will be opened to ascertain the fate of the crow

Test at Manoester on July 24th

The Hwah Cheng was formerly com- manded by Capt. Einer Johannesen, whose place was later taken by Capt. W: Schreiber, who is the present master of vessel wi