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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

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(ESTABLISHED „1881);

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六拜禮號三月登英港香

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920.

日春十月登十

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CAPT. ROBERT DOLLAR.

THE RACES.

COL: JOHN WARD.

PROMISE OF A LARGE MEETING.

SPEECH ON RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

JAPAN'S BUDGET.

LARGE EXPENDITURE ON ARMY AND. NAVY.

London, December 29. The Japanese Budget for 1920-21 provides for replenishing national defence; the extension of railways, ports, and toads; new middle-class educational institutions; the encouragement" of land cultivation, and a plan for State afforestation. The expenditure for national defence is increased by Y.99,000,000; the Army's new programme involves an extraordinary expenditure, amounting to Y.486,000,000 spread over fourteen years to 1933: the extraordinary naval expenditure amounts to Y,863,000,000, spread over to 1927 which, including ordinary expenditure, permits a total naval expenditure of ¥.160,000,000 annually. The expenditure is being met by increased income and liquor taxes, and, a temporary suspersion of the sinking fund.

MOLLDERS' STRIKE.

HAS PARALYSED THE INDUSTRY.

London, December 30. The Boilermakers, Shipwrights and Blacksmiths Societies have telegraphed to the Premier requesting immediate action to end the moulders' strike of December 23, which, the Unions declare, bas paralysed the industry,

COTTON COMPANIES PROFITS.

London, December 30. The figures of 180 Cotton Companies of Lancashire show profits "In 1919 of £2,568,000 on a share capital £7,403,000.

THE PEACE TREATY,

THE END DRAWING NEAR.

Paris, December 30. The Supreme Council has been informed of the rapproachement of views arising out of the Allied and German conversations and of "the approval of the bases of the understanding. The Allies have consented to register the verbal assurance mentioned on December 43. It is expected that the Supreme Council will to-morrow fix the date for the signature of the Protocol. The exchange of ratifications will probably be on either January 6 or 7, at the Quai D'Orsay, at It is semi-officially which Mr. Lloyd George will participate. declared that the operation of the Treaty is now a mere matter of days, and that peace is virtually established from to-day.

EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAM.

(From Our Oun Corresponilent.)

CAUGHT IN A SQUALL.

Singapore, January 2, Colonel Boyd Moss, Officer Commanding the Garrison, and another officer have had an unpleasant experience, having to stay on a small island overnight. They were caught in a squall. Much anxiety prevailed in Singapore generally but there was relief when the two officers turned up.

1,000.000 MORE WORKERS NEEDED.

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

ON A VISIT TO HONGKONG.

D

HIS VIEWS ON U.S. SHIPPING

EXPANSION.

in his miserable little British force of 700 men. There were all sorts of people in the lot, and no law and order.

THE "GENTLE" SOVIET, Murder propaganda proceeded

ANDERSEN, MEYER & CO.LTD

TO-DAY'S "EXCHANGE

The closing rate of the däller, on Hemand, to-day was as /10948.

Colonel Ward having described the terrible condition of a part o the country which was under the Then they abolished all law, rule of a scoundrel who thought and declared that for the future he was the only person who Colonel Wedgwood, in moving nothing but commonsense was to knew how the world ought to be stated that the the reduction of the vote by make justice between man and governed, £15,000,000, asked why Britain man. They naturally abolished population of Siberis bad in- was bearing the whole expense all lawyers-(laughter) and creased from 30 to 70 millions by of the Russian policy £93,000,000. there was no close time for them the te who fled there from.

Colonel John Ward, in khaki either.. 哺 uniform, was received with loud! The other class that could be cheers, and the Prime Minister destroyed at sight if they wore and Mr Bonar. Law came in uniforms were the cadets. and joined Mr Churchill on the He had seen an officer who in actual atrocities, but he had seen Treasury Bench to listen to him.sisted on defying the regulations the results.

In the Commons on November on three lines. 5, Colonel John Ward gave å Any officer who wore shoulder deeply-interested and apprecia-straps was to be executed. That tive audience first-hand evidence was the order of the gentle demo- announced As already

the of the state of affairs in Russia. cratic Soviet Government Hongkong Races are taking place. The subject came up for discus-(Ironical cheers.) earlier this year than is usual,sion during the debate on the for instead of being held towards Army Estimates. the end of February they will take place on February 11 and Another Captain Robert Dollar, head of three following days. the Dollar Steamship Company departure this year is the bolding and his son, Mr. Harold Dollar, of the races on four consecutive who has charge of the China days, whereas formerly there

were three days with Offices of the Company, arrived

following yesterday in the Colony by the "Off Day" on the Company's ship Grace Dollar. Saturday. There will be forty- Two races, the first three days "The shipping business of the witnessing eleven races each and Americans on the Pacific has the closing day nine. Four of the gradually been growing," said the races the closing race of each venerable head of the Dollar day have been specially set Company to a representative of aside for Larsen"

these being the griffins the Hongkong Telegraph who was

were sant down by given an interview yesterday.

Larsen in August last year.

Bn

"It is going to keep growing more and more. The United As regards the prospects of the States Shipping Board will con-

meeting they are particularly tinue to turn over more of its bright, for there are more ponies down this year than there have ships for the Pacific run. American shipping business on been for many years past. It is the Atlantic has been developed expected that when the entries close next Saturday there will be to a satisfactory extent, and its attention is cow turned on the something of a record at least Pacific, hance the big number of for recent years. There are now new ships that have been alloted in trai ing nearly forty Derby to the American Companies out griffins, but there is a slight number being deficiency steadily augmented as the ships of old ponies there being about twenty of them. Of the Horse Bazaar Subscription grifius no fewer than 53 have arrived, and to the above has to be added the 30 "Larsen" griffins. It will thus

here. This

number is

leave the builder's hands. We have had about seven or eight stand- ardised ships turned over to us for operation on the Pacific. The process of turning out ships will not cease until May of this year. when it is anticipated that a sufficient number of vessels will bat operation to let the United States have a fair share in the

trade of the Far East."

+

in the

be seen that there are over 140, ponies in training, although, of course, all of these might not be entered.

wood.

right

terror of the revolution.

ATROCITIES.

He himself had not seen any

When he was at

,

Colonel Ward said it seemed with his shoulder straps screwed Perm the river was frozen over, very strange to come back from on to his shoulder before he was but there was a hole in the river where the women used to wash Russia after seeing the real executed.

Officers banded together to in a washing shed nearby, situation there and bear it as represented by Colonel Wedg-retaliate, and Hilled numbers of An old woman described to him the citizens whom they the scenes of blood that went on

for the Having lived a long time in thought responsible Russia he protested with all his murders of their comrades, and inside the shed, and the people.

calcalated that when the ice power against the hon. member's no doubt many innocent people thawed many bodies would be observation that the Russians were killed as the result

found of persons who had dis- The officers must have, how- were not a civilised people. They

appeared. were hospitable, decent men, and ever, got old of the

He was there when the river Russian workmen would compare people, because the murder of

thawed, and walked along the favourably with workmen in the officers suddenly ceased. westera countries if they had the That was the condition of banks. He saw many bodies of

affairs a year ago,

young women, children, and, what same chances of education.

There was no peace in Russia, The hon. member was wrong was more remarkable, of work- and it was no use questioning the in stating that Admiral Koltchak men taken out. policy of intervention now.destroyed the Constituent Assem- Intervention

ac bly. It was killed by the gang of complished fact, You could murderers that the hou. member not possibly go into a country was sa fond of (Cheers). and ask the people to rally round Fou and reconstruct it for your own purposes for the purpose of relieving the pressure on your

own frontiera,

was

an

The Soviet Commissioners cared neither for class nor suxX. -

In -WAS almost impossible

that imagine

anyone the House should defend

it

COLONEL WEDGWOOD ANGRY.

Colonel Wedgwood-I should to like to know what right the bon.i member has to say that I am a such a system. (Cheers) friend of a gang of murderers.

We had given our friends in You could not go and ask theme 1s talking through his hat. Rassia guarantees, and the whole to do that one minute and then (Cries of." Order.")

quzstion was what kind of assist- say, Well, gentlemen, we have Colonel Ward-If you think I

ance should we give them. “We got peace now, there is no longer have done so I have no wish ought to continue in every materi pressure on the Western Front. whatever to personally offendal way to support the organisat

will withdraw and Good-bye, we are sorry to leave you-I

jons which we had brought into apologise immediately.

existence. Colonel Wedgwood-I am quite Having disposed of the German

If, because of mere ignorant and Magyar forces, it became a ready to accept that.

uninformed clamour, the Colonel Ward, continuing, said and question of establishing some energetic and determined Govern-every man was entitled to his Government of a great Empire like this is forgetful of the past, ment to administer the conqueredown opinion. I territories.

The only thing was that it was forgetful of the difficulties that His battalion took a plunge of a misdirection to the country and desertion would involve, deserted over 5,000 miles along the railway to the House to pretend that them now and turned those pos- friends into potential to Omak, in Siberia. He found Kolchak killed the Constituent eible Omsk in a terrible condition Assembly. He was not fond of enemies, they would do an injury, Its population was increased dictatorships, but it was the only not merely to Britain, but to the (Loud and prolonged from 60,000 to nearly 700,000 thing to remedy the state of world

cheers). people, auch confidence had they affairs.

Training is now in full swing and when a representative of the What

you" (Loud cheers.) of the La Follett Hongkong Telegraph paid a visit Seamen's Act? Will it affect 'in to Happy Valley early this morn- ad adverse way the development ing there was a good attendance of American shipping interests of owners and very many gallope out here?" asked our re-taking place crer long and short distances. Both the sand and presentive,

"RAUMA grass tracks were being used. "The La Follett Act has There were not very many fast not been enforced, as the Ameri- times recorded, but it is a little can Government thought it early to expect, them. After would tie up all the American the entries the work will become ships on the Pacific run. The more serious and clockings Act was designed to prohibit the taken more notice of carrying of Asiatic crews by American ships, and it also pro-

The whole of the stands have vid ed for many other re been given à fresh coat of painf strictions which were hever and the appearance of the e enforced. The expectation has closure is undoubtedly smart. been formed by the

Training times will be given in N. S. Labour Unions that after our colums as usual when they the signature of the Peace Treaty become of more value. the Act would be enforced, but, in my opinion, it will not be, as it would be too drastic in its effects, and act B6 a handicap in the American competition with

.

Japanese.

This Américan law Bays number of years in Canada. On that the crew of an American his visit to Shanghai, after an ship must be able to speak the absence of two years, he was sur-j

Coronet Theatre-5.15 and 9.15 same language as the officers, poised to see the great increase

p.m.

Victoria Theatre 9.15.p...

TO-MORROW,

Case, Coronat Theatre-5.15 and 9.5 the

There still remained since the war a certain unreasonable ele- ment in the country that seemed incapable of understanding that, in the most literal sense of the p.m. world, industry was in a state of revolution owing to the changes resulting from the war, said Sir Auckland Geddes at the Guild-I ball recently

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6.

St. George's Ball at Theatre

the act

who must be American. If the that is taking place in law were enforced, the American American business in China. ships could not have anything That the Japanese business is but American sailors. In any lessening, Captain Dollar attribut- enforcement of ed to the economic boycott that will have 10 is being instituted by the Chinese. effect on the Dollar steamers, American shipping business has inasmuch which are owned by the Cana-] made great strides dian Dollars steamship lines of as before the war there were Vancouver. The business of the practically no American ships on Dollar Company is greater in the Chins trade.

| Canada than in the United States.

The New York Shanghai Mr. Harold Dollar, who is well Dollar Line, which

has on the way to acquiring that been restarted, was suspended reputation which, his father en- owing to the war. Our business, joys in the world of commerce, is, which is carried under the British | our representative is told. flag, is gradually growing.”. the Head of the Dollar Offices in the East. The purpose of Capt. Robert Dollar and his son in coming out here is to

The President of the Board of Royal Trade was speaking at a meeting of the Industrial League and Council, and he said a prophet was needed to deal with the in- Our only two serious competi- dústrial cutlook. The most imtors were the United States and portant fact of all was that to-day Japan, and it would be necessary wo were employing in industry to adapt our goods to meet the As to the keen competition som 300,000 more meu and necessities of the new markets, which will take place with the women than we were employing in If the industrial demand for advent of the vast number of new make their periodical inspection trade before the war; but, so far coal, which was being sold below American ships on the Pacific, of the various agencies. Captain as be could judge, it would be the actual cost, rose sharply, the Captain Robert Dollar ex- Robert Dollar was in the Colony necessary for us to employ almost exportable quantity of coal pressed

opinion that two years ago, and he commente 1,000,000 persons more in industry must fall. There was noth-the rivalry between American favourably on the commercial than we did before the war. ing that give the Government and British interests would not prospects of Hongkong:

In order to increase production greater anxiety than the fuel be so keen as between the former it was necessary to look for new position. The difficulty had to and the Japanese. The British The Graos Dollar" will leave markets in the future to absorb be met by a greater production and Americans pulled together this evening with Capt Dollar the produce. of more people in of coal, and the miners were very well and, whatever compati- | and his son with for the -industry, ever

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The area for new markets was must Eave a higher industrialism to there

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world the in industry. There must be.

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