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Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED 1881).

SOLE AGENTS-

ANDERSEN, MEYER & CO., LT”.

69084.五拜禮 號五月三英港香

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE RUSSIAN PEACE OFFER.

FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE.

TURNED DOWN BY AMERICA.

Washington, February 28. The State Department announces that Soviet Russia's peace proposal will not be considered by the American Government.

AN IMPORTANT MEETING.

Copenhagen, February 28.

A message from Riga says the Foreign Ministers of Poland. Lithuania, Latvia, Esthonia, Finland and Roumania are meeting shortly at Warsaw to discuss peace with the Soviet.

HOME RULE.

FEATURES OF THE NEW BILL.

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PART OF REVOLUTIONARY PLOT.

Paris, February 28.

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LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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(From Our Own Correspondents)

SHANGHAI SUICIDE

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FOREIGNER SHOOTS' HIMSELF.

Shanghai, March 5.

The light of in

dustrial progres—

G-B ADISON

From

ALL ELECTRICAL DEALERS.

TO-DAY'S, EXCHANGE. The closing rate of the dollar, ON, demand, to-day was 5s/79fd.

THE WEATHER. Forecast:--Cloudy. Barometer: 30.3. Temperature 2 p.m. :-56. Humidity 2 p.m. -79.

In ordering an immediate and complete stoppage of all railway work, the Executive of the Federation of Railwaymen admonishes the strikers to maintain the utmost calm and to refrain from air! provocative acts. Meanwhile the companies are receiving numer-Chinoise, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head, ous offers of help from civilian volunteers, and the Army is on the Rubicon Road. energetically preparing systematic guards.

M. Dusseldorp, the Shanghai Manager of L'Epargne Franco RECENT BURGLARY.

It is noteworthy that M. Millerand bas denounced the strike as part of a revolutionary plot.

There are grave apprehensions as regards the fate of Paris, owing to the scarcity of coal and foodstuffs. It is declared that if the strike lasts form week, Paris will be in darkness. It is stated that there is a grave danger of other big Unions, including the transport workers and miners, striking in sympathy.

A GENERAL STRIKE.

Paris, February 28. The National Federation of Railwaymen has ordered a general strike.

VICTUALLING THE COUNTRY.

London, February 28. The text of the Home Rule Bill confirms, in the main. Mr. Lloyd George's remarks of December 22, also the forecast of a clean-cut with reference to the Protestant Counties. The Northern Parlia- ment is described as consisting of the Parliamentary Counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down. Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, with

Paris, February 28. the Parliamentary Boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry.

The Government is taking steps for the victualling of Paris and It is anticipated that the second reading will be taken before the country. It has given instructions that perishables lying in the Easter.

goods yards must be sold quickly, the unbought surpluses belog The Labourites have already given notice of an amendment redistributed gratis. jecting the Bill, as not leading to a settlement of the Irish problem. It is believed that a Unionist amendment will postpone self-govern- ment until law and order is restored.

MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS.

MORE TURKISH OUTRAGES,

FIRM GOVERNMENT ACTIONS

Faris, February 28.

In the Chamber, M. Millerahd announced the decision to mo' ilise sections of the P. L. M. railwaymen and indicated that, firm measures would be adhered to. He opined that the French would be equally keen and resourceful in breaking down the strike as the British were last October. The Government would summon. an Arbitration Committee jointly composed of management and staff representatives when work was resumed. The Government's proposals were adopted by 511 votes to 270.

London. February 28... The Armenian Patriarchate at Constantinople telegraphs that

Reports to-night show that the situation is practically un- the French evarated Marash, in Cilicia, on the 9th instant, and on changed, although the mobilisation order will probably have a the following day 3.000 Armenians made their first exit and were strong effect. Postal communications are not much affected. The massacred. Fifteen hundred others succeeded in reaching Islahia, Literie states that the authorities have discovered the existence of but a great number were frozen. Out of 20,000 Armenians remain-revolutionary organisation believed to be fomenting the strike. ing at Marash, 16,000 were massacred.

The Times correspondent at Constantinople supplements the above by stating that the Nationalists have revived the policy of deportation and have massacred numerous conveys of deporteees with the usual horrors.

PRINCE OF WALES A PRIVY COUNCILLOR.

London, March 2. A Privy Council meeting was held by H.M. the King to-day, when the Prince of Wales was made a member. His introduction at the present juncture is explained by his impending departure for Kew Zealand and Australia.

THE TURKISH TREATY.

London, March 2. The Supreme Council this morning took provisional decision on questions of principle relating to the naval and financial terms of the Turkish Treats.

FOOD CONTROL TO CONTINUE.

London, February 28. According to the Daily Chronicle, the Government has, decided to continue the Food Ministry for five years and also to maintain the bread subsidy at the original figure of £50.000.000. placing the excess sub-idy on the price of the loaf.

» THE IRISH TROUBLE.

London, February 28.

The Dublin north has proclaimed the counties of Dublin, Longford. Louth, Sligo. Waterford. Westmeath and Wicklow.

RECORD BILLIARD BREAK.

London, February 28. Playing against Inman at Thurston's, Falkiner made a break of 870, which sa record under revised rules. It occupied sixty-one minutes.

INTERNATIONAL RUGGER."*

London, February 28,

la a Rugby match Scotland beat, Ireland by 19 to 1 at Edinburgh.

THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.

Augusta, U, S., February 28.

The Governor of Maine has announced that twenty-six States are co-operating against the Court action initiated by Rhode Island State seeking to have Prohibition declared unconstitutional.

BRITISH SECURITIES ON BERLIN BOURSE.

Berlin, February 28.. Foreign securities bills have again risen on the Bourse, in some cases considerably, particularly British Dominions securities. South Africa was specially favoured. They weakened at the close, owing to profit realisations.

AFRICAN AVIATION.

Cairo, February 27.

The Silver Queen arrived at. Meanza yesterday and departed for Tabora to-day.

The Service Vickers Vimy is reported to have crashed down eighty miles northward of Wadybalfa.

The D. H. 9 left Heluan for Australia and subsequently made Ramles, in Palestine, whence it will attempt a daring flight to Baghdad across the desert a distance of 620 miles.

The Times says the Vickers Vimy machine, bound for the Cape, arrived at Tabora at 12.30 on Thursday afternoon, but on continuing the journey from Tabora on Friday, the starboard engine cat out when the machine reached flying speed. It was impossible to save ahe machine, which crashed down and is beyond repair. The pilots tad passenger are safe.

STRIKERS DISMISSED.

London, February 28. are acting with equal determination to the Government Already The Timex correspondent at Paris says the railway companies over 300 strikers have been dismissed, including. number of syndicalist leaders.

WILL THE MOVEMENT FAIL?

NEW UNIVERSITY.

TO BE ESTABLISISHED IN SHANGHAL

Shanghai, March 5. A University for South Western China is to be established

at a cost of $400,000.

DANGERS OF JAPANESE LOAN.

ARRESTED MAN SENTENCED.

A surprising measure of coal- ness was indicated in a burglary carried out on Saturday morning on a Chinese residenco at No. 6 Percival Street, Wanchai. The berehouse through a window in the thieves gained adarittance to the

American and French Legations asserting that the Japanese Loan

Shanghai, March 5. Four local organisations have addressed a note to the British paves the way to a continuance of internal warfare. They charge Japan with having broken her pledges.

SINGAPORE AND AVIATION.

A GIGANTIC STATION REQUIRED.

FOOD PRICES IN HONGKONG.

UPWARD TENDENCY

EXPLAINED.

Singapore, March 3.

backyard. By boring a hole through the wooden door of the kitchen, of a sufficient size to admit the passage of a hand, they were able to lift the cross bar, which secured the door on the inside. A basket

the backyard where its contenta- carried bodily by them into placed in A passage. was

a quantity of clothing-were secured by tilting it upside dowo. The robbers then re- turned to the house, entered sleeping room, and next

pro... ceeded to pull out two drawers, from the chest. These they also carried into the backyard, and investigated the contents, which consisted of money, cloth

with a

The Aerial Derby Commission has appointed as its Commising and jewellery, to the total Sioner for Malaya Mr. W. P. W. Ker, Chairman of the Singapore value of $210. All these proceed- a Malaya have before them the most valuable problem of the age to

Chamber of Commerce. Commercial bodies and the Aero Club of ings were carried out whilst the inmates wera sleeping soundly, work-out by establishing in Singapore a gigantic station for all kinds and they were not known of aircraft.

of until the later hours of the morning. The Police were informed, and en arrest WEB effected at a certain pawrsbop necessary they had to pay very where the prisoner had repaired high wages, which was another

view to redeeming a reason. The same condition serge jacket pawned by him: on Paris, February 28.

applied on the farm as in other the previous day.” In his The spread of the French railroad strike from the ParisTHE

industries in America. The vari-pockets he had eleven Mediterranean to other lines did not result in a complete tie-up of

ous manufacturing and packing other pawa-tickets relating to those systems. Traffic was only lightly disturbed, the suburban

industries were requiting so much some of the things stolen in the services being mostly affected. Despite the general strike proclamation, numbers of men have returned to work and the general Maslin, the Maneger of Messrs, farm labourers in the old days women's trousers, and another We intervewed Mr. H. Every high for it, and wheresas were adorned with two pairs of labour that they were bidding burglary. His legs at the time

impression is that the movement will tail.

The Government's swift action in ordering the mobilisation of a Ltd., resterday. to get an expres-for a fairly low wage, they found of paper, were carried on his Getz Bros. and Co., of the Orient. were usually willing to work two pairs, wrapped up in a piece large number of workers has had a good effect. Supplies at Paris sion of opinion on the prices of it possible to secure positions in a. movement is not popular.

No disturbance is reported. The imported foodstuffs

These pieces of clothing intol Numerous resolutions have been passed all over the country three years ago, are dearer than

the cities in many manufacture were identified as being theirs by Colony, which, compared with;

industries ing

would female tenants of the burgled against it. The miners' representatives telegraphed last evening to ever. When the armistice was des was rouch higher. They would before the Court by Inspector

them

house. Evidence was produced rate which all the Unions that work is not to cease-Horas,

clared it was fondly expected naturally migrate to the cities Ken; to-day, and the arrested that foodstuffs would be cheaper. Incidentally, it may

unless the farmers could see their burglar was sentenced to six be remarked that Messrs. way clear to pay them an equival months' hard labour.

ent rate. The cost of labour has Bros. are the largest accounted for the dearness of food exporters of general food products products. Personally, I do not in America, with offices in San see any possibiliy of lower prices Fransisco, Hongkong, Canton, in the future until after the 1920 Shanghai, Kobe, and elsewhere, harvest, when it is possible that Messrs. Getz Bros. export food the demand will be sufficiently products to practically every country in the world, and in this

and other cities did not fail.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

FRANCE'S MILITARY STRENGTH..

Paris, Feb. 27.

The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a bill authorising the French Government to call up the whole of the 1920 class for military service. In the course of the debate M. Briand said"... it was absolutely necessary that France show she intended to maintain her military strength. Both France's former enemies and her friends should be given to understand she intended to play a leading part in diplomacy. She was too proud to ask her friends for charity and it was her duty to say, she must have her right-Havas.

FRENCH RAILROAD DISPUTE.

Paris, Feb. 27. M. Millerand came back from London and had conferences with the delegates of the National Federation of Railroadmen. M. Millerand said to a journalist: "I should like nothing better than to aid these responsible: I know they most stand by one another but they know the government will de its duty." The general strike order has not been iraed. Many delegates think to ask for arbitration. The strike has had little effect upon the Paris Bourse. There was, however, a falling off in orders but quotations were firma.Hava's.

N. Y. DEMOCRATS.

Albany, NY, March 3,

The Democratic State Convention has declared for im mediate ratification of the Peace Treaty without destructive reservations and adjustment of the relations of capital and labour in order to end strikes, lock outs, and speedy repeal of federal prohibition.

MR. LANSING'S SUCCESSOR.

New York, March

3," Bainbridge Colby, in an interview, said he was in thorough accord with the League of Nations and all the other views of President Wilsen.

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U. S. RAILROAD TROUBLES:

Washington, March 3 Representatives of the railway brotherhoods have depasit ed a petition with Sen. Whitehouse requesting the President to veto the compromise railroad bill

OBITUARY,

Paris, Feb. General Roques, formerly Trench War explorer Dienlafoy died yesterday.Hevas.

and

Getz

connection the remarks of Mr. Mastin should be invested with a good deal of interest for local residents. Mr. Maslin has been

pay

that

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

et, and the supply and demand nament-9.15 p.m. will more nearly equal. That is, just a statement of the general p.m. position.".

"What do you think of the

in the Colony for nearly four prices locally of food pro years and has studied the con- ducts".

ditions and the local markets to "It has been my experience in a nicety.

Hongkong.. that the local Mr. Maslin, in the course of an merchants add to their costs only

Theatre Royal-Boxing Tour-

Coronet Theatre-5.15- and 9.15

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW.

Coronet Theatre-3.15 and 9.15 p.m."

Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.

explanation of the causes the a fair rate of return. The ques-Hongkong merchant on March present high prices for food, tion of competition in many cases 1st, 1919, was $3.80 (gold) per said:There has been a tremen-regulates this. The local dous world-wide demand for food] Chinese merchants

have all dozen, fo.b. America. The price products of all kinds with the heavy stocke, purchased some of the same stuff locally now result that the 1918 crops and time ago, and in a very large is gold $5.10 per dozen fo.b. the 1919 pack of all food pro-number of instances which came America. Similar instances could ducts in America were entirely under my notice they have sold be multiplied time after time. The exhausted and left surplus to be goods much below first cost in law of supply and demand has carried into 1919. While the order to reduce their stocks. I operated. The dearness of 1919 crops were larger than the doubt very seriously if any line food products is attributable 1918 "crops, the supply was quite of merchandise has been sold at to the bigher Cost of- insuficient to meet the world wide a lower margin of profit than food labour, which is, of course, & demand, especally as the United products in Hongkong during the world-wide condition and to the States, were sending tremendous last year."

phenomenal demand." quantities of food products of all "That refers to tinned good." kinds

There to Europe.

is

"Well, it refers to all food pro- another feature which has ducts. In fact, anything that had quite 3 bearing on the come under groceries and pro- prices of all foods namely, visions." the fact that it has been so) "Do you think the compradore difficult for the farmers and the makes a lot of money"? producers in America to get I am sure he does not. Many makes it impossible for them to sufficient labour. That is for two of the local merchants had placed secure exorbtant prices. I know of reasons; one, because practically large orders in the United States a local store which purchased so all our younger men in the United and in England for goods which heavily in 1919 that they had to States were taken away for the were under strict embargo until get a suitable godown for storing Army and many hundreds of the Armistice and in some cases the goods that came in after the thousands were mot demobilised for weeks after that. These orders Armistice."

"Do you think that we are. paying higher prices than any other part of the East?"

"No. As a rule the selling prices of the retail merchants in the Eastern territories are on, an equal basis. Local competition

in time to return to the farms for were taken at the high prices Is there any possibility of food planting crops for the last season which prevailed prior to that time prices reverting to pre-war- or in packing the products of the and the goods were shipped after stendards ?"

craps produced. Although they the Armistice when the embargo cannot see any possibility were working to the fullest pose was lifted. This account in a way of prices raverting to those that ible capacity so far as they could for the high priced stocks."

ruled before the war, with the

get labour to put up the products Has there been a general cost of labour so high. Again, they could not get sufficient to drop in prices?

interest and taxes that have to

fvat on the market. And in order) None, Here is que line of be paid have to enter into the

to secure the labour which was goods on which the price to the costs.”