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ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS.

DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF. COMMONS.

TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIP.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rooar, August.. 4th, Among various questions raised to-day in the House of Commons, was that of Anglo-American relations.

Captain Wedgwood Bonn (Liberal) said it was unfortunate that the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer had been drawn into a controversy first with Mr. Mellon

BRITAIN'S COAL

DISPUTE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST “ 618, 1926 ·

THE BISHOPS' PROPOSALS.

DEBATE IN THE HOUSE- OF" COMMONS.

[BRITISH WIRELESS HERVICE}

Roosy, August 4th. Before Parliament adjourned to-day

for the summer recess, Mr. Hamsay MacDonald, Labour Leader, naked what

the Government was going to do in re

gard to the coal stoppage. "He said that so far from the situation being nearer settlement to-day"than it was a month and later into a challenge with Senator ago, it was much further away from a Borah, on the subject of our Snancial settlement. Referring to the suggestions relations with America. · Mr. Baldwin, | put forward by the representatives of the

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HUNGARIANS.

SMARTLY DEALT WITH.

[THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.

BUDAPEST, August 5thị "A three weeks' trial, which has cited tremendous interest not merely in Hungary but throughout the world, evok ing messages urging moderation in deal- ing with the accused from British Labourites and "internationals," has ended in a sentence upon Rakosi of 8 years, Weinberger 8 years, Oery 4 years, Goegoes and Catherine Haman 3 years

penal servitude....

All were members of the Communist

group.

Rakosi was a commissary under the Bela Kun regime, and fled to Russia on the collapse of the latter. He returned

POSTAL STRIKE AT SWATOW.

FAR

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

HOW FOREIGNERS GET THEIR

MAIL.

GOOD WORK BY NAVAL COMMANDERS.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

PEKING, August Bih.

The Canton postal strike has spread to Swatów, but, the co-operation between the foreign naval commanders there is ensuring that foreigners get their let ters without interruption.

Mails are brought to Swatow by gun- beats and are landed by marines. On the

the present Premier, went to America and Churches, on which a vote was now beins later. He is now charged, with thirty other hand, Chinese residents are entirely

arranged to settle the British debt, not because we wanted favourable terms but "because of the spirit of this country, which found a very suitable mouthpiece in Mr. Baldwin who was straightforward and business-like. That motive did not go without recognition in America, and he thought it was President Coolidge who said it was an example of the highest ́standard of international honour.

MISUNDERSTANDING.

In the course of the last few years the various causes of misunderstanding with the United States had been removed, notably in regard to the Irish and liquor questions. Many people" in this country desired to see Britain and the United States working step by step, to relieve the needs of the world.

taken in various mining districts, he said he was informed that all the prospects pointed to those suggestions being ac cepted by the bulk of the miners The result of the ballot-would be declared on Saturday or Sunday next. If the ballot was in favour of the proposals, was the Government going to take any action to give the proposals a chance of being made the basis of negotiations? GOVERNMENT AND THE BISHOPS

PROPOSALS.

.

Colonel Lane Fox, Secretary for Mines, said that as the House knew very well the Bishops' proposals were brought before the Government. There were certain fundamental objections to them and those objections had not been removed by anything which had occurred since. Commander Kenworthy (Liberal) also Nothing had happened to make these pro- praised the debt settlement which Mr.posals more satisfactory now than when the Premier commented upon them a few days ago.

Baldwin had made with the United States. It was worth making on account of its effect on our national prestige ond credit.

MISREPRESENTED.

four comrades, with conspiracy to over. throw the existing regime.

The trial was parked by rigorous speeches by the accused, who pleaded that the existence of Communist parties was

tolerated in all civilised countries ex- cept Hungary.

They denied that they were subsidised by Moscow.

cat off from outside postal communica-

tion.

EGYPTIAN COTTON

BOLL WEEVIL RAVAGES.

CAIRO, August 4th.

(THROUGH `REUTER'S "İGENCY.]

TROOPH MUMINY NEAR PEKING.

PEKING, August 5th..

The villagers travelling to the towh this morning from Mentoukon brought news of a further mutiny on the part of Tien Wei-chin's troops, stationed near Chaitang. The mutineers are stated to have been suppressed this morning by the combined Shantung-Yichun troops, whose firing could be heard in Pating,

FIGHTING NEAR PEKING.

KUOMINCHUN IN RETREAT.

HANKOW, August 4th.

A telegram has been received from Military headquarters to the effect that Naakow has been captured by Allied troops and that the Kuominchur armies

are in full retreat.

Marshat Wu Peifu is now expected

CHANGSHA FLOODS.

CREATE GRATE ANXIETY.

FOREIGNERS COMPELLED TO ABANDON HOMES.

CHANGARA, July 3rd. Changsha is in a ferment of excitement and anxiety owing to the unprecedented rainfall and the consequent rising of the river. The present watermark is over 40 ft., resulting in the inundation of the Bund and many of the back roads to the depth of eight or nine feet. Hundreds of Chinese are homeless and many of the foreign residents who live on the Island have had to vacate their houses. Chinese police boats are doing good work by gathering up the refugees whose houses have, in many cases, collapsed over their heads or been swept away by the angry. food. The river rushes along at a mad' rate carrying down a tremendous amount of debris., Festerday most of the roofs which showed above the water in the werning had disappeared completely by the evening.

It is too much to hope that there will be no loss of life. Sad sights are keen on every side.

SAVED FROM HOUSETOPS..

The roads present an extraordižary spectacle. Boats ply up and down, and the congestion of traffic is quite a pro- biem. Chinese climb in and out of their

to return very soon to take up the offer-bouses by means of ladders. The water

"The Ministry of Agriculture, in a com-eive against General Tang Seng-chi, Oery was charged with organising amuniqué, states that the area devated to which is at present at a deadlock owing Communist agitation school in Vienna, at which it is alleged that Bela Kun lectured under an assumed name.

FRENCH FINANCES,

STABILISING THE FRANC.

PARIS, August 4th.

the growing of Sakellaridis cotton is nine per cent. less than it was last year. The expansion of flower is inferior in most provinces in Lower Egypt to that of last year. The ravages of the boll weevilare more extensive and more shrubs have withered.

The inspectors have unanimously de cided that it is necessary to promulgate & law-limiting the area for the cultivation of cotton to one-third of the present area.

FRECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

THE DISTILLERS.

to lack of sufficient control.

PIRATICAL ATTACES.

JAPANESE DESTROYER SENT TO 'SWATOW.

TOKYO, August 4th.

"Following on a request by the Consul at Swatow, a destroyer has been des patched from Formosa to Swatow, for the purpose of protecting Japanese ship- ping from piratical attacks,

DISASTROUS FLOODS IN JAPAN,"

GREAT DAMAGE REPORTED-

has driven them to their upper storeys (if they are fortunate enough to have two or three storeyed houses) and even on to the roof. It is a common sight to see people being extricated from perilous, positions on housetops..

Whole families are floating about on impromptu rafts endeavouring to ave themselves and their belongings. The rain keeps pelting down, making the plight of the homeless even more pitiable. The godowns and compounds of B. and S., J. M. & Co., China Merchants and the Japanese, are deeply Loaded. In the rises of the two first companies, the cargo difficulties Foreigners crawl in and out was moved to lighters, etc., under great of their office windows, for in many cases the doorways are not passable.

The food problem is yet another diff- culty, cad sampan and junk coolies are charging exorbitant prices for their ferry service.

HULK ADRIFT.

A Bill for stabilising the franc has been issued, exempting the Banque de France from the law forbidding the pur chase of national currencies at a premium. "Quating from the recent speeches made The Banque is to be entitled to issue by Mr. A. J. Cook, Miners Secretary, the notas which are not included in the legal CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AND Sir Austen Chamberlain,

Minister contended that the terms of the limit in respect of gold coinage and Foreign

state proposed basis of settlement were Secretary, replying, said that "a

un-foreign currencies which it purchases on ment was attributed to the Secretary of satisfactory as they were being presented the market, and the Government will the American Treasury which largely to the men in a form different from that maintain that sterling, and dollars thes misrepresented the character of our basin which they had been accepted by the bought will form a sort of accretion rowing and the purposes to which it was Bishops. He feared that the Bishops had to the gold reserve. Thus the note issue applied. Mr. Churchill rightly thought failed to get Mr. Cook to take a reason- that it was not in the interests of good able viewpoint, just as the Trades Union relations that such misrepresentation Congress had failed. But, if anything should prevail and he, accordingly, stated did come from the ballot on more favour the facts correctly. We borrowed the 'able lines, the Government would miss tion of a sinking fund and the manage the sale from bond of denatured alcohol, thousands of acres of rice fields and the last hundred years.

no opportunity of doing their utmost to secure a genuine and complete settlement No settlement could come, however, which did not face the economic facts. It was for the coal-owners and miners to negoti- The ate. No one could do it for them.

LIBERAL CRITICISM.

money from the United States for the purpose of the war in which they and we were engaged and we gave our promise to pay to the United States. There was no man in this country who would have decided otherwise than that promise should be honoured. The proposal of Government would do everything to make this country to wipe the alate clean of that possible, all obligations among Allied and Asso- ciated Powers did not commend itself, and we had adopted as our.policy, that from our debtors we would ask only so much as would meet the payments which we would have to make ourselves. The actual sums we are receiving or may be likely to receive will not amount to the zums which we have to pay. Be that as it may,

no British Government would think it becoming to the dignity of this country or compatible with our honour to go-cap-in-band or whining, to those to whom they have undertaken obligations

.......

and ask to be excused. We made no

complaint and we will discharge our obligations, but at least we would like it to be known in what manner that money was borrowed and to what pur- pose it was devoted."

TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIP.

He hoped the friendship of the two

eat nations, and our mutual respect and regard might not be impaired by ill- tempered or injudicious public contro- versy, whether by speeches or writings. It was a tradition of this country, long honoured, that we should preserve most friendly relations with the United States of America. We had rejoiced in every sign we had seen of an improved feeling in the United States towards this coun

try, and he agreed that the two measures which Mr. Wedgwood Benn had named had contributed to produce that feeling Long might it continue.

(THROUGH KEULER'S AGENCY.] COBHAM REACHES AUSTRALIA.

LONDON, August 6th.

A telegram from Port Darwin states that Cobham has arrived there.

OTTAWA, August 5th. The Government is suing a number of distillery and other fircos to recover moneys alleged to be due to the Treasury in connection with Customs probe dis The Chamber's Finance Committee, closures. The principal suit is against after hearing M. Poincare's exposition of the Dominion Distillers, Limited, of the Government's proposals for the cres-Montreal, for $700,000 in connection with

will not be inflated.

ment of National Defence Bonds, adopted alleged to have been subsequently con- the same by Is votes to 7--

"FRANC CLOSES AT 167.

LONDON, August 4th. French franca closed at 187 and the Belgian franc at 1701.

INDIAN CURRENCY REPORT.

ITS RECEPTION IN INDIA.

verted for beverage. purposes.

THE "BAD BOY."

TOKYO, August 5th.

It is reported that the heaviest rains far thirty years have resulted in disa trous floods in Northern Japan.

Rivers are overflowing, damaging

farmlanda, also inundating thousands of bouses, especially in Akita Prefecture..

Railway services are interrupted in several places.

It is believed that there are heavy

WHY HE MAKES A FINE MAN casualties, but these are not yet known.

[BY JOHN BLUNT.]

Dr. Jones, Principal of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, has been giving it as his opinion that bad boys often become famous men.

Mr. Lloyd George criticised the at- titude of the Government. Things were getting worse week by week.. So far as public opinion was concerned, the inter-

BOMBAY, August 4th vention of the Bishops had altered the whole position. Mr. Cook'a slogan was The India Currency Report has ad- baving a disastrous effect before that intervention. But now he and Mr. Her versely affected the Bombay Stock Ex-

No doubt, but so, presumably, do good bert Smith had gone to the country with change, particularly the Imperial Bank's boys, though the famous man who has proposals embodying what Mr. Churchill fully paid shares which dropped send a blameless youth is got so likely end public opinion would judge the disrupees. They subsequently recovered

somewhat. Pute on that basis.

and the Coal Commission recommended,

Sir Arthur Steel Maitland, Minister of Labour, expressed the willingness of the

The Report has had a mixed reception Government to take action-as-con as by the press The Nationalist Bombay there was a possibility of getting a useful Chronicle denounces it as "defrauding result by bringing the two sides together. As soon as it looked as though mediation India" but on the contrary the Tipes would be useful, they were willing and of India says that the Report is excellent ready to take it...

but that the Report's proposal to creata

Reserve Bank of India is criticised. Calcutte's European mercantile com- munity welcomes the stabilisation of the

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) LABOURITES · DEFEATED.

LONDON, August 4th.

STORY OF "A CAT.

CHINESE DICK WHITTING-

TON'S" LOSS.

BOATMAN IN CUSTODY.

to refer to the fact as the famous man A Chinese, boatman, who went out to who has run wild and been a cause of anxiety. We hear much more about the sea a few days ago, is a veritable Dick one man who has reformed than about the Whittington. He is very fond of his cat, many men who did not even backslide. which to his mind is very valuable. So

Therefore if-I were a bad boy I should'

Last night the China Merchants hulk broke from her anchorage and commenced to drift downstream. The current is so strong that it was with some difficulty that she was made secure once more. Police boxes, fences, bathtubs, hencoops, wheelbarrows are but a few of the things Lexes framework of houses, chairs,

ne sces whirled past by the river. The water is still rising, but with less rapidity. The last big food (two years ago) was considered a record, but this one has long ontrecorded any (it is said)

SOCONY DYKES SWEPT AWAY.

The Standard Oil-Installation is hav--- ing a bad time. Their dykes have been washed away and great damage is re ported.

The Italian gunboat "Ermame Carlotta left for Hankow a few days and 'H.M.S. Scarab has also gone and H.M.S. Gnat has replaced her.

Mr. Caldwell Harris, of the Standard Oil Co., has been transferred to Hankow and Mr. Nicholls has arrived to take his place. Mr. Keller, Manager of the A. P. C. will shortly leave for Chinkiang, to which port he has been transferred, and Mr. Napier is expected to relieve him-China Press.

THE “LUISE NIELSEN.”.

NORWEGIAN STEAMER SOLD.

The s.1. Luise Nielsen, a steamer of Norwegian registry, which was owned by Messrs. B. Stolt Nielsen, of Haugesund,

is understood that this company is close- Norway, has been sold to the Ocean Transport Company, of Kobe, Japan. It

sha. The Luise Nielsen, which has been

of Dr. Jones. A really bad boy probably sailing, that his pet was missing, he gave not be too much encouraged by the words much so that when he discovered, before develops into a really bad man, for character seldom undergoes a drastic strict injunctions to a fellow batman toy affiliated with the Mitsui Bussen Kai-" transformation, but let us ask ourselves search for it, and, if successful, to keep what we mean when we speak of a had it well until his return.

Such, in part, was the story told at the Central Magistracy yesterday by

boy.

Wrong Classification.

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under the command of Captain Johan Welde, was to be delivered to her new owners at Kobe yesterday.

"The House of Commons by 173 votes rupee at eighteen pence, but on the coh-spirits, careless of authority, and ready Chinese boatman, charged with unlawini her- under deck tonnage is 0,144 tons,

for the summer recess till

to 49 defeated a Labourite proposal to trary, leading Indian business men, seen adjourn August 17th instead of November 9th, by Reuter, considered this, the most dis- in view of the coal stoppage. The Labourites contended that the situation appointing feature of the repart. might change within the next three weeks

and the House should be in session in TO STUDY U.S. INDUSTRY, order to affect a peaceful settlement.

Sir Austen Chamberlain said that

If we only mean a boy full of high for adventure, then we are using the possession of a cat. Pusly was a fine word wrongly. Buch boys may cause animal and wore a brass collar. T

The their parents a lot of trouble and may always be getting into scrapes, but they police believe that it is the property of are not necessarily bad at all. In fact, a European, and they are anxious to they may possess all the qualities that go to-make a successful and popular man. make further inquiries. The boatroan

But if we mean by a bad boy a boy was remanded. who tells lies, who is underhand, and

sixteen days of parliamentary time had A DEPUTATION FROM AUSTRALIA who has, all the mean faults, then I been devoted to the coal discussions with out powerfully contributing to the solu tion of the dispute which could only be ended by the parties thereto.

Thereafter, a practically empty House.

MELBOURNE, August 4th.

Mr. Bruce has asked the employers' and the motion for adjournment, debated employees organisations to nominate the Anglo-American debt settlement, the eighteen men from each, from which the coal stoppage and other, matters.

The Commons meets for brief intervals Government will select a party of eight at the end of August, September and persons to visit America to study indus October, to renew the Emergency Regula tions, if the dispute is still in existence. trial, conditions

COAL FROM ABROAD. Col. Lane Fox, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, mentioned that the present weekly rate of arrival of imported coal in Britain was about

600,000 tons.

greatly doubt whether this type of boy often becomes a famous man. He may The Really Bad. steer his way through manhood, as through boyhood, without ever getting into positive trouble, and may even be regarded as a model of law-abiding pro- pristy, but he possesses none of the qualities that make for fame and great

reas...

The Luise Nielsen is a steamer of 4,267 nett and 6,159 gross registered tons, and

Her dead-weight is about 2,000 tons, in- cluding bunkers. She is 400.6" long, btr extreme breadth is 54′ and her moulded depth 7.1, while her draft fully loaded is 24 1 She was built in 1017 by the Skinner and Eddy Ship- building Corporation, of Seattle, Wa shington, and her engines were installed by the General Electric Co. of Schenec tady, New York: She is fitted with three Scotch boilers, having a working pressure of 210 lbs. each, and is an oil-barner, fitted with a DR geared steam turbine. She is of 507 nominal horse-power, and makes a speed of about 11 knots per hour on. a consumption of 17 tons of crude oil per day,

The boy is father of the man and the autines of character are discernible at an early age. The boy who is upright and plucky will probably develop into a

While the terms of the sale are private, it is understood to have been between fine man, whereas the boy who is mean and secretive will probably develop into B. Stolt Nielsen's agents of New York, the sort of man one avoids, G and the Mitani Bussen Kaisha, Kobe, People use words very loosely. By It is character,, above all, that one direct. bad" in a boy one may really mean ought to encourage in children, who, for The steamer was sent from New York good" for the qualities that drive & the most part, are easily influenced by to Manati, Cuba, and on her voyage from [A message from London, on July 31st, reported the Daily Mail saying that the schoolmaster to despair are often the the people with whom they come in con- Manati to Hongkong, passed through the Government has decided to send a small life. On the other hand, they may not much about boys because their spirits -very qualities that spell success in after- tact. It is unnecesaray to worry too Commission composed of leading employ. ers and labour workers' representatives be, and therefore it would be wiser, I are high, but one cannot worry too much in September to study industrial relation think, not to genéralisc. Ships in the United States.]

(Continued on next column.}

Panama Canal She had fairweather

until just before making Hongkong, when she struck the outer edge of the first about them if their ideals are low typhoon to come close to the Colony this Daily Mail.

season,