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LATEST NEWS" FROM THE NORTH.

Shanghai, May 9." Yesterday's Conference had a long discussion about the local administration question and is reported to have come to a certain definite understanding. It will now discuss the legal question.

Kong Yen-wai has sent a circular telegram strongly attacking Teo Yo-lum and Chang Chung-cheang and advocating the students' release.

In his petition begging for resignation. Tso Yu-tum declares that he has not received a single cash as commission in loans arranged by him, adding that he is afraid in future that no further loans can be obtained on such favourable terms. Teo Yu-lum's move- ments are now very secret

During the commemoration of "National Humiliation Day in Tokyo, the Japanese Police injured several Chinese students and arrested several others.

The Paris Conference having definitely settled the question of Kiauchau according to the Japanese view, the Cabinet has tele- graphed to the Chinese delegates that they must not recognise such , a settlement and are not to sign the Treaty of Peace.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

"TIENTSIN LADY COMMITS SUICIDE

Shanghai, May. 9.

Mrs. E. J. Bourne, wife of Mr. Bourne, of Messrs. Perrin and Cooper, Tientsin, has committed suicide by jumping from window.

NEW DEAN OF SHANGHAI CATHEDRAL. -

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Shanghai, May 9. The Rev. C. J. F. Symons has been appointed to succeed the Rev. A. J. Walker, as Dean of the Cathedral. The latter is leaving next Easter.

ENEMY PROPERTY SOLD.

Shanghai, May 9.

Enemy property in Frenchtown has been sold by auction.

NEW SHANGHAI ROAD.

Shanghai, May 9.

The new Shanghai-Woosung road is now open.

CHINESE PROTEST MEETING.

Shangbai, May 9." The Chinese have held a mass meeting to protest against the Kiauchau decision.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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SATURDAY. MAY 30, 1919,

WHY WILF ELM FLED.

HINDENBURG ON HIS MASTER'S DILEMMA, į

Field-Marshal von Hindenburg has issued a statement on the subject of the ex-Kaiser's flight to Holland, in which he says

When Prince Mär announced the Kaiser's abdication on Nov.

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SOME TRUTH-TELLING GERMANS.

SOMETHING WORTH

READING.

Not a few German officials and

ewspapers are just now indulg- In ins flourishes of defiance,

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Siming at an Imperialist posos, it would be “quite sõcordin pattern set by the

Ein terrific Mis setting forth ||the aromania, which Germany has furnished to her foos is 30. clear 2nd searching, that some of his remarks fairly beg to be and answer: printed in the form of question

Q. What does the French press says New York paper. "Not say when it attempts to justify its

surrender,”. affirms the Finance and the left bank of the Rhine? Minister. And in various quar-

9 without the Kaiser's previous Bill empowering Ti togonvert its an inch of territory will Germany robber claims to the Saar district declaration of assent the German silver capital into gold.

army was not beaten, but its strength had dwindled, and the enemy had fresh KURSSEN in

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His Excellency the Officer readiness for a new attack The Administering the Government conclusion of the armistice was has been pleased to appoint the directly impending. At this following gentleman to moment of the highest military Justices of the. Peace for the tension revolution broke out in Germany, the insurgents seized Colony of HongkongJohn the Rhine bridges, important Johnstone, Alexander Colbourne arsenals, and traffic centres in the Little.

rear of the army. thereby er-f dangering the supply of ammuni- tion and provisions, while the Mr. William Osborne Lambert supplies in the hands of the has been appointed to act as troops were only enough to last First Assistant Government for a few days. The troops on Marine Surveyor and Mr. Robert the lines of communication and Hunter to act as Temporary the reserves. disbanded them-Assistant Government Marine selves, and unfavourable reports Surveyor during the absence on arrived concerning the reliability leave of Mr. William Haspell or of the field army proper.

until further notice.

tars in Germany there seems to A. It always reproduces the be a stiffening up of effort to faneration programme of Ger- present an unyielding front to the man Big Business as favoured by

militarists. Allies. If the Germans think the peace terms outrageous, Q. What reply do we get when will either go Bolshevik or chal-all her promises, really support they will not sign. They we demand that America, after lange the enemy to go ahead and a milder, and juster treatment of do his worst. This may be nine- Germany? tenths bluff, but it is an increas-

ingly · frequent - attitude in A. We are reminded of the can- Germany. Particularly vocal are nibalistic outbursts of rejoicing those Germans who protest that with which Big Business fated. they will never, never agree to a the sinking of the Lusitania. peace which is not founded in "justice."

• Most of us know well enough what to think of all this, and how

Q. What do they say to us when we protest against being zobbed of our merchant fleet ?

A. We are reminded that in the to deal with it. It may be of unrestricted U-boat war we sank interest, however, to listen to the other people's merchant fleets. indignant voices of Germans

Q: What is the answer when In view of this state of affairs)

telling their complaining and the peaceful return home of the Tenders

blustering countrymen the truth. we ask to have, our prisoners of ftvited are Kaiser was

no longer to be reclaiming approximately

There is, for example, the legend war back? thought of and could only have acres

of an "enbeaten" Germany. But of the

A. We

that are told foreshore when Erzberger was defending separated the women and children been enforced at the head of loyal at Choung Sha

Wat before the Weimar Assembly of North French towns from their troops. In that case the.com- extending for approximately 540 hs conduct of the armistice families to do forced labour, that plete collapse of Germany was yards in a north-westerly direcnegotiations, inevitable, and civil war would tion from the existing reclam himself to have been added to the fighting ation bounded by Ten Chow delegate with the enemy without, who Street, Shamships, and protect would doubtless have pressed on ing. area so reclaimed by ses with all his energy.

walls.

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The Kaiser could moreover, have betaken himself to the fight-

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THE SILVER MARKET.

The silver market is standy.

LEST WE FORGET.

While being conveyed from one ladies, nine camp to another thirty English Englishmen and about forty native prisoners ware shut up in an iron railway shed. (without the slightest pretence of sanitation) for one whole night: and most of the next day. Hal drunken guards were in charge of“ of them, for a considerable time they were without food or water, and their sufferings were terrible. On another occasion a caravan of men and women were sent on a ̈ long march of ten days under escort. It was pointed out that in the interests of decency, tents must be provided for the ladies, Although these were obtainable, the officer applied to refused: permission, and replied, "What have Englishwomen to do with decency?"-Account of German * frightfulness" by Rev. E. F Spanion, principal of St. Andrew's College Zanzibar, who had been a prisoner of the Germans in East Africa, but was released when thể Belgians captured Tabora.

WHAT MAKES A HOME?

OF ESSENTIALS.

he addressed we deported Belgian workers by this point. One thousands to labour in the Ger- for too easily accepting too severe

reproached him man munition factories. terms. The German armies were

Q. What do they tell us when still intact, etc. To this Erzberger they demand the surrender of made the sufficient and crushing tools and machinery on our part ? answer: Dr. Vogler has forgot. A. They tell us that German An election by the Justices of ten, to judge by his speech, the war industry, with the approval ing troops, in order to seek death the Peace of Justice of the not unimportant fact that we have of its military friends, removed MRS. LLOYD GEORGE'S LIST at their head in a last attack, but Peace serve on the Licensing lost the war. Later on he said every machine that could be used the armistice, so keenly desired Board from the 8th May to the "I bear witness before all the from the factories of Belgium and by the people, would thereby have 31st December, 1919, during the world that Germany neither will Northern France, and been postponed, and the lives of absence of Mr. Thomas Frederick por can continue the war. Such machinery which could not be many soldiers uselessly sacrificed. Hough, is to take place in the cold douches of fact might well taken away was scientifically

Office of the Registrer of the be applied to some of the fervid destroyed. Finally, the Kaiser might leave Supreme Court on Wednesday, German orators and editors from the country.

He chose this the 21st day of May, commencing whom we are hearing nowadays told when we protest against the Q. And, lastly, what are we course in agreement with his at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The most powerful exposure of League of Nations being made advisers, after an extremely

the Germans who are to-day an instrument of oppression? severe mental struggle, and solely

whining about an unjust peace. in the hope that he could thereby

is made by the veteran Liberal, A. The answer is: "Breet. best serve the Fatherland, save

Theodor Wolff, in Berliner Germany further losses, distress, Wilhelm II was unable to make Tageblatt of February 20. He Such condemnation of whim- and misery, and restore to her up his mind to any sort of hero- roundly asserts that no peace pering Germans peace and order. It was not theism, nor was he in time to do as imposed by the Allies upon mouths of Germans is as refresh- Kaiser's fault that he was of this Herr Scheidemann requested. Germany could be halfling as it as rare.We all hope opinion Reuter.

and lay down his forfeited crown., so onerous and savage as that the peace terme laid upon, His sbdication thereby lost the the peace which German Big Germany will not be insup last semblance of voluntariness. Business, in alliance with portable. But she ought to be Truly this. monarch has played German militarists, was openly made to know that in strict justice no heroic role in the greatest proposing to dictate to their she deserves no mercy except that tragedy of the world's history.". enemies. Even if the Entente is shown to repentant criminals

Vorcherts says: "If his Majes- ty wanted to seek death at the head of his troops there was an opportunity four years ago, but

THE WELLS-BECKETT FIGHT.

Litovsk."

'out of the

Islington Town Hall on behalf of Mrs. Lloyd George spoke at the League of the Roses, the object of which is to raise funds for the maintenance of the Wo men's Surgical Wand in the Great Northern Cantral Hospital. Tá letter was read from Princess Helena Victoria, President of the League, congratulating the mam bers upon having raised £600 over and above what was collect- ed in 1917. !

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Mrs. Lloyd George said it ought to be made possible for every woman to bring up her child physically fit to begin with. To get healthy people we must. live in. Plenty of fresh air and have proper houses for them to

room, plenty of water and plenty of light,

.both artificial and natural, were the essentials

B home. Then there- was necessary the means of keeping it together. Although there must be thousands of honest industrial people who had found a difficulty to make both ends. mest of recent years, she had been told that a great many other people had been better off in WEY than in peace. For such a thing to happen there must, she said, be something very wrong in social system. Gardens.

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· necesary to a home, and she hoped that allotments. about which she had heard of action by certain local authorities would be left to the people as long as they wanted thead. They Would be of as much benart in peace as in war.

Lady Islington, who alay spate, said that every time a hes tal received a legacy the GovSB= ment ought to provide a smiler Tomm

FAR EASTERN TRADE COMMISSION.

London, May 6,

In the House of Commons Sir Auckland Geddes stated that the question of the despatch of a mission to investigate Far Eastern markets for cotton piece-goods is at present being considered. Foreign ecmpetition, including Japanese, in these markets is doubtless one. of the problems with which any such mission would deal "No definite decision bad been taken with regard to the despatch of the mission or its composition but the matter would-be discussed at a meeting in Manchester on 7th, May and if those interested in the silk industry desired to make any proposals for investigation abroad he would be very glad to carefully consider them.

JUVENILES IN GAOL

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A TOTAL OF NINE.

The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B.E, 'gave notice, on the 26th

shops; (c) instructed in's trade, and (b) exercised twice daily with a view to their physical develop. ment, in accordance with Regula tion 211?

To-day's Gazette contains the April, 1919, of the following answers to the questions, the questions→→→

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1. Will the Colonial Secretary showing that there are mine lay on the table a return showing juveniles in gaol at present. how many juvenile offenders 2. Juvenile offenders work in under the age of 16 are at the their cells and are exprcised date of the return confined in separately."

Victoria Gaol, with the age, date 3.) The "reply is in the

of conviction, term of imprison-negative.

ment, and offence of each (b.) Juvenile offenders are not prisoner?

2. What provision is made in employed in the workshops.

the Gaol for keeping juvenile offenders spart from adult prisoners in accordance with Prison Regulation No, 210?

3. Are juvenile offenders-(B)

(c.) The reply is in the negativa.

(d.) The reply is in the affirmative.

The number of juvenile offend- ers in gaol at the present time

allowed special library books and is unusually high. In the Photo: Tientsin Press, books of instruction throughout ordinary course only one or two their sentence; (b) employed with such offenders are in gaol at other juvenile offenders in work any one time.

The above is a remarkable photograph of a knock-out. by Beckett in the first round of their bout, held recently of the

shows Bombudier Wells about to “hit the boards” after a right to the jaw lborn Stadium. Wells went down five times before the final knock-outan

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY

Hoyal Hongkong Yacht Club. - Closing cruise. 3 Pin Cush

Theatre Royal-Banvard Com- pany presents "The Buffragettes

9.15 p.m. paten

Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m. 1 Coronet Theatre 5,15 and 9.15.

TO-MORROW,

Victoria Theatre -8. Coronet Theatre. 5,1

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