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EDISON LAMPS

FROM ELECTRICAL DEALERS

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED 1881).

6899 三拜禮式十月壹十英港香 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1919.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

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GERMAN VIOLATIONS OF ARMISTICE.

NEW DEMANDS MADE BY THE ALLIES

MORE CRUISERS AND SUBMARINES TO BE

HANDED OVER.

Paris, November 7. The Supreme Council's Protocol, which has been forwarded to Germany, recites a list of Germany's violations of the armistice and declares that the very grave instances of the destruction of the fleet at Scapa Flow and the destruction of a number of submarines en route to surrender are such as cannot be overlooked. Accordingly Germany must undertake to deliver within sixty days of the signing of the protocol the light cruisers Koenigsberg, Pillau, Graudenz Regensburg, and Trassburg and within ninety days floating docks, cranes, tugs and dredgers equivalent to a displacement of 400.000 Ions. The German naval men from Scapa Flow will not be repatri-

-ated until Germany has complied.

Furthermore, as compensating for the unlawful destruction of submarines, they must surrender certain U-boats, engines and motors and pay the Allies the value of the exported aeronautical material. The Protocol warns that in the event of non-compliance within the stated times, the Allies reserve the right of taking all military and other coercive measures considered appropriate.

A Note, accompanying the Protocol, invites to Germany particip- ate in the final ceremony of depositing the final ratification in Paris at an early date, after which the Treaty comes into force. The Allies. however, have decided that the Treaty will not be enforced before Germany undertakes to execute her outstanding obligations. Therefore the Allies request. the German Government to give the representative appointed to sign and deposit the ratifications. plenary powers also to sign this Protocol. The Note recapitulates the consequences which will ensue on the application of the Treaty! including the exercise of functions by the Inter-Alhed Rhine Com- mission and the. Military, Naval and Aeronautical Control Deleg- ations, as well as by the Reparations Commission, the transfer of the Memel and Saar Districts, the teinporary transfer of Upper Silesia and a plebiscite in the territories of Schleswig and East Prussia with the withdrawal of German troops and authorities from these districts.

The Note requests the despatch to Paris, by November 10 of German representatives qualified to settle these matters. Finally. the German Government is reminded that it must arrange for thei transport of Allied troops to these territories in accord with Marshall Foch.

AMERICAN LABOUR TROUBLES.

DOCK STRIKE ENDED.

Washington. November 7. The Coal Committee has ordered the discontinuance of coaling foreign ships until the end of the miners strike.

At the International Labour Conference, Mr. Gompers denied that the output could be increased by lengthening hours, and pro- posed that the whole question of hours be referred to a Commission. This was defeated by 40 votes to 30,

The Timex New York correspondent says that the Dock strike has ended, and men are resuming at former wages.

THE BOLSHEVIK FIGHTING.

Helsingfors, November 7. The Prussian Guards have re-attacked the Lettish positions near Grobin, seven miles from: Libau. They were repulsed with the help of British naval guns with heavy losses.

A Judenitch communique states that the Whites have re-crossed the line eighteen miles west of Gatchina and are concentrating for a counter-attack.

AMERICAN · POLITICS.

MANY VICTORIES FOR REPUBLICANS.

New York, November 6. The Republicans have won many striking successes in the State elections, notably in Massachusetts, where Mr. Coolidge has been re-elected Governor by a huge majority. Tammany candidates in New York were decisively beaten.

President Wilson, from his sick bed, telegraphed Mr. Coolidge, congratulating him on his victory for Law and Order. This is the first time that a President has congratulated a candidate of an op- posite party.

LEPROSY CURABLE..

GOOD RESULTS BY NEW PROCESS.

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Honolulu November 6.

It is announced that complete cures of leprosy have been effected at Kalihi Hospital. Twenty patients have been discharged in the past few months without one recurrence of the disease. The only medicine used in the treatment is Chaulmogra oil, perfected by a refining process discovered by Dr. Dean, Professor of Chemistry and President of the University of Hawaii. Blood tests of discharged patients revealed no trace of the leprosy germ.

BRITISH TREASURY BILLS.

London, November 7.

The rates for British Treasury Bills have been raised for three months and six months to five-and-a-half par cant,

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

HOW STRIKES AFFECT COMMERCE.

UNABLE TO UNLOAD CARGO.

London, November 6.

In consequence of the American strike, the s.s. Adriatic is expected at Plymouth by midnight on Thursday. After a fortnight's passage she is bringing back the cargo embarked at South ampton. being unable to unload.

The Mauretania left New York on October 29, for Halifar, where she was seriously delayed, requiring three-thousand tons of coal.

THE SILVER MARKET.

WHAT CAUSES THE HIGH PRICES.

London, November 6, Messrs.Samuel Montagu and Company silver report,dated to-day, says the stock in London is so small that any temporary pressure- for example. a considerable shipment to China this week-consider- ably affects the price. These purchases have been the initial cause of the high prices. Much business has been done for forward delivery regarding which the demand is far less keen. The pro- hibition of export except by licence is obviously a precaution against the illegal use of silver currency. The French Government has prohibited the export' of silver, but this may be only temporary.

A LICENCE REQUIRED FOR EXPORT.

London, November & The bullion market was informed yesterday that a licence was necessary before silver can be exported. German marks were quoted at 150 for £1 in London yesterday.

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.

Paris, November 7.

In a report, read before the French Academy of Sciences about experiments. Doctor Galippe has stated that the active micro- organism of Plague has been found in Egyptian papyrus dated 2,000 years ago.

Doctor Roux, Director of the Paste ar Institute, read another report recording that chloro-pierine gas invented for war purposes, could be used with great effect to eradicate weevils from wheat.- Havas

M. CLEMENCEAU'S SPEECH.

Paris, November 7.

The French papers applaud M. Clemenceau's speech at Stras- bourg, but nothing will meet with heartier or more general acceptance than his declaration of war on Bolshevism. The papers ask the Premier to conform his acts with his word.--Haras.

"REPLY TO BULGARIAN NOTE.

Paris, November 7.

In the Allied Reply to Bulgaria, made public last evening. M. Clemenceau points outthat the Bulgarian people cannot be freed from all responsibility. Therefore the decisions of the Peace Conference cannot be materially changed.-Haras.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.

Paris, November 7.

The Supreme Council has decided that the first meeting of the Council of the League of Nations will be held in Paris.Hocus.

THE FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

Paris, November 7.

The aviator, M. Poulet, Dying to Australia has arrived at Konie,

Huron.

in Asia Minor.

A FORTHCOMING INTERNATIONAL SHOW,

Paris, November 7. At the Grand Palais, Paris, work is progressing for the coming International Aeronautic Show-Harne

EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

From Our Own Correspondents.)

SHANGHAI EXCHANGE.

Shanghai, November 11. Exchange is at 76. 2d. on London and 150, on America. Large amounts in cash transactions have been dealt in.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS NEWS.

Singapore, November 11.

The Sultan of Johore left by the Yatshing for Calcutta, to witness the Peace Celebrations and the Viceroy's Cup Race at the December Races. He is travelling incognito.

An illuminated procession at Penang was a remarkable spec- From tacle, two miles long.

For the $55,000 gang robbery in Notham Road, Penang, five Chinese, including the Towkay's boy, were sentenced to ten years ́and fifteen lashes. One accuséd was soquitted.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY."

London, Nov. 7. An announcement by the Royal Society, described by the press as overthrowing the certainty of the ages and require ing a new philosophy of the universe, has aroased most in- tense interest in scientific circles in view of its all important bearing on the fundamental physical problem. Sir F. W. Dyson, Astronomer Royal, expressed his conviction that the results of recent experiments were definite and conclusive, that light from the stars as it passed the sun was deflected owing to the presence of the sun, the defection closely according with the theoretical degree predicted by Professor Einstein, namely a deflection of twice the amount laid down by New- too. The discussion which followed was most intricate, no speaker succeeding in giring a clear non-mathematical state- ment. The results of the experiments are generally accept- ed, but the theoretical bearings provoked much debate. Special interest was attached to the presence of Sir Oliver Lodge, who in February asserted that the deflection, if ob served, would follow the law of Newton. The meeting was most disappointed at Sir Oliver Lodge's leaving early without contributing to the discussion.

As far as it can be described in everyday prose the position is stated to be that the Newtonian principles assume space to be invariable: but certain physical facts suggest that space may acquire a twist or warp, as for instance under the influence of gravitation, this dislocation applying to instruments of measurement as well as things measured. The Einstein doctrine is that the qualities of space hitherto believed absolute are relative to their circum-

#tances.

THE ARMISTICE TERMS.

Paris, Nov. 7.

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The full text of the Note from the Peace Conference to the German Government regarding the unfulfilled conditions of the Armistice Contention and agreements, with the protocols which Germany is called to sign, was published Festerday evening. A certain number of these are executed or incompletely executed stipulations which were renewed in the Treaty of Versailles, which when it goes into force will render applicable the sanctions provided for. The Allied Powers expressly confirm the contents of their Notes, execution of which the protocol agrees to carry out loyally, and strictly. In the case of non-execution by Ger- many the Allied Powers reserve the right to have recourse to any coercive measures, military or other, which thes

ay deem appropriate.-Havna.

FIGHT THE FAMINE.

London, Nov. 7.

The International Economic Conference called the Fight the Famine Council was concluded in London yesterday. It pass ed a resolution on the imminent danger of widespread famine in Europe, declaring that po adequate steps had been taken to cope with the appalling situation which would menace Britain and other countries, urging the inter-Allied Commis- sions to publish the fallest information on the subject, also opining that the industrial reorganisation of the world can. not be effective until Russia is economically restored, the first step to which is the cessation of forcible intervention by Foreign Powers, and finally demanding amendment of the economic causes of the Peace Treaty as largely responsible for the disorganisation of production and credit.

FRENCH MINISTER DISMISSED.

Paris, Nov. 7.

M. Le Brun Minister for the Freed Areas, has been dis- M. Tardieu. General Commissioner for France in missed. American affairs, succeeds him. Havas.

Public Opinion

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TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, to-day was do./8 3-154

THE WEATHER. Forecast:-Fine. Baromater - 2996. Temperature 2 p.m.~~76. Humidity 2 p.m. :-54.

DAY BY DAY.

Messrs. Benjamin and Potts have received information re- garding the flotation of the Ulu Benut Rubber Co., Ltd., of which details will be found in our advertisement columns.

Ex-Senator Theodore Burton, whose departure from Shanghai was telegraphed a few days ago, has arrived in the Colony by the Kashima Maru. Mr. Burton is a prominent American states- man." He is touring the East to study the political and industrial conditions of this part of the world.

Judgment for 23 days' wages was given in a Summary Court case heard in Chambers to-day in which Chan Kan-chnen, master and pilot of the e.s. Wing Ping, claimed from Captain J. R. Braga the sum of $283.33, being the amount of wages due to him and one month's salary in lieu of notice.

A fine of $5,000 was to-day in- flicted on a Chinese arrested on the 5.5. Sai Yick in possession of 75 taels of prepared opium.

The alternative for this fine was six months' hard labour. Another man was fined $3,000, or three months, in respect of 40 taels of prepared opium which were found on his person in Connaught Road West yesterday.

A new way of concealing arms from the alert eye of the Police has been invented by a Chinese who arrived in the Colony by the 8. Eastern from Australia. This was the frame of a large mirror, in which he found accommoda- tion for two new rifles. Notwith- standing the ingenuity displayed in the contraption, it was ferreted out by the Police, who arrested the man and brought him into the Police Court to-day where he was fined $300 by Mr. R. E. Lindsell. The rifles and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, found in a box amongst his luggage, were confiscated.

| GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

November 12, 1919.

His Excellency the Governor, attended by Captain J. E. War- ner, Frivate Secretary, and ac- companied by the Hon. Mr. C. Severn, C.M.G., and Captain B. H. Taylour, R.N., yesterday paid a visit of inspection to the Waglan Lighthouse.

LOCAL WEDDING.

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An interesting wedding 100% place at the Peak Church this afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. Gustaaf Adolf Lucas Boissevain, of the Java-China- Japan Line, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Boissevain de Geer van, é Jutfaas, of Amsterdam, Holland, and Miss Constance Joanna Testas van Oud Wulven, daugh-- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Testas van Oud Walten-Laus, of The Hague, Holland. The core- mony was performed by the Rev. V. E. Copley Moyle, whilst Mr.

| George Grimble was at the organ. The bride was given away by Mr. Jhr. C. F. J. Quarles van Urford, the duties of "best man" being performed by Mr. J. J. Haver Droezs. The bridesmaids were Misses Mia Soeters and Kitty Jonckheer.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY

Theatre Royal-Frawley Com- pany presents "Turn to the.. Right-9.15 p.m.

Coronet Theatre-5.15 and 9.15 P.m.

Victoria Theatre-4,15 p.m.

TO-MORROW. Owonet Thesyre-0.15 and 9,15

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