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Hongkong Telegraph.

(ESTABLISHED 1881).

69160 登拜雞 號八廿月六英港香 MONDAY, JUNE 28. 1920.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Y THE RISH SITUATION.

HETTER REPORTS FROM LONDONDERRY.

London, Jane 24. ↑ In official announcement from Londonderry says tha situation is easier. There was very little firing after midnight. At eight Welock in the morning, a man was shot dead in Budge Street.

Troops taking food to the gas works were heavily fired on. They replied with machism-guns.

The military stopped a Roman Catholic clergyman and three elv hana and found several hundred rounds of ammunition on the clergyman, who was provisionally released.

Later a boy was shot dead in the grounds of an orphanage. people are beginning to circulate, whilst the military bare begun All was quiet this afternoon. Shops are re-opening and

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removing sandbags.,

A QUIET SIGHT.

London, June 25.

Derry has had a very quiet night. The banks re-open to-day. Gas supplies have not been available for a week.

ULSTER'S APPEAL.

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Later. Derry has had a comparatively quiet night, although there was much saiping, to which the troops replied.

The Committee of the "Ulster-Unionist Council has passed a resolution calling on the Government to protect the lives and property of the loyal inhabitants of Ulster, or to utilise the services of loyalinta to preserve law and order.

Numerous dismissals of railwaymen are reported from the

THE CASUALTIES,

London. June 25.

An official statement shows that the casualties in Londonderry on Saturday were fire killed and ten wounded; on Monday, two killed and four wounded; on Tuesday, three killed and one wounded; on Wednesday, three killed and 14 wounded; and on Thursday, four killed and none wounded. This gives a total of 17 killed and 29 *wounded

·RAILWAY DEADLOCK SPREADING.

London, June 24.

The railway deadlock în Ireland is spreading. There are bo trains from Limerick to-day. The police, whom the railwaymen refuse to move, remain in the trains; many lines are blocked and large parts of South-West Ireland are isolated.

The Cark-Dublin mail train was held up by signal at Blarney Station last evening and an armed band sɔized and carried off two gwards, their destination being unknown."

Baren soldiers were overpowered in the streets at Ennis by a band of men sad their arma, komunition and belments carried of

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THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

OES. SMUTS ON ITS CONSTITUTION.

Cape Town, June 25,

In the Assembly, speaking in support of the League of Nations. General Smuts in dealing with the position of the British Empire hoped tha: the Constitutional Conference, if held in 1921, would frame a scheme solving the problem how to conduct the affairs of the Empire on a common basis when they no longer bad one grea Fo ver speaking for the whole, bat six independent and equal fra members of a great league. In regard to the muestion How it was possible for the Empire to speak with ong voice, Gentral 8 nu declared that Do resolutions should be taken witi wit the muanimous consent of all members of the Empire. He would never agree to the opinion that South Africa was being erced by the majority vote of the rest of the Empire, and was sure tat other Dominions would take on a similar position. Not only $15 Dominions but the Imperial Parliament should take up the common ground that no resolution, binding on any part of the Empire, could be taken without its free consent, and the only way to give effect to this view would be the adoption of the Conference system.

THE MESOPOTAMIAN MANDATE.

WHAT IT WILL PROVIDE FOR.

Bagda, June #3.

It is officially stated that the Imperial Government anticipate that the British manfate for Mesopotamia will only give them responsibility for the maintenance of internal peace and ex'erna' security and require them to formulate an organic law framed in consultation with the people of Mesopotamia, with due regard to

· the rights, wishes and interests of all communities. -The modals will contain provisions to facilitate the development of Mesopotamis 48 s self-governing State until it can stand by itself, when the man- "date will end. Sir P. Cox, who will be entrusted with the inception of the task, will be authorised to call into being as provis ́ona' Folies a Council of State, under an Arab President, and a Genera' Elective Assembly, freely elected by the population of Mesopotamia

IRISH INDEPENDENCE.

SENATOR HARDING'S SYMPATHY.

Kansas City, June 25. Mr. Frank P. Walsh, ex-Chairman of the Industrial Relations Commission, has published a copy of a letter alleged to have been written by Squator Harding (Republican candidate for the Fr-sid ency) expressing sympathy with the movement for the independence of Ireland.

Benator Harding's Secretary has declared that the letter is! undoubtedly authentic but there is no copy of it in Senator Harding's office.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

THE MOVEMEAT IN AMERICA.

Kncxrilla, June 25. esnor Roberts has announced that in compliance with *. by President Wilson bs: will call a special sesson of the are in urder to attempt to ratify the women *PENEL 19 10 Consiéntion In time, tó permik, women

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS

THE US. DEMOCRATS.

GOVERNOR COX FAVOURITE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Landon, afane 25. The Times correspondent at Chicago says this Democratic situation is confused. The Convention will be dived fate camps. a large body of Federal office-holders fauaring the Covenant and ́he Treaty, a god number of Prohibitionist Western Radicais, and an Eastern coatingsat led by bosses opposing Probisafon and the League of Nations. Other smaller questions include Ireland and the industrial policy, while there may be a row qjjar Japanese. axclusion.

The favourile at present in Governor Cox, of Ohio, who it is (Ambassador to Londonk Mr. McAdoo, President Wilson, Vice thought might carry Ohlo against Senator Harding Mr. Davis | President Marshall, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Champ Clark and Mr. W. J. Bryso follow in the order named.

FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

M. MILLERAND STATES THE POSITICEL

London June 25.

In the Chamber, in the course of a debate on freign affairs, M. Millerand denied any change in the Governo vat's polity in Syria, but said that action must be proportiouste to available meane France was not entering into political relations with the Soviet un

the latter becomes a real Government and until it understands that is cannot appear to converse with another Government and simul- taneously send a message to Bri înh workman luzītiga revolution the international obligations of preceding Russian G Miramasnis. against that Government, and also until it accepts r. desibility for

THE SUGAR SUPPLY.

NO CORNERING INDICATED.

日三十月五

& NGLE COPT: 10 cos,

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TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

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THE PEACE CONFERE! CH.

BIG BURGLARY.

MESSRS, ULLMAN'S HEAVY LOSS.

The bigg haul of jewellery

Shanghai, June 37.-- Hore than 30 societies convened a isa party on the 25th in the old German Club for the purpose of bastaning the peace conference.) ever made in the Colony fit is Besides the two chief delegates there were present consula represente | believed by that gang of highly. ing various nations and other representatives, in all 30. in member. desiernas grankameny boss auc The two chiel delegaten displayed a harmonious althode and agreed cessful operations in the h to try their best to meet public opinion.

TUCHUN IN TROUBI F.

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Shanghai, June 27. Hunan, be arrested and sent to Peking to be dealt with under

A Presidential mandate orders tha: Chan Kin-gao, Tuchun martial law regarding the loss of cities in that province.

THE SITUATION AT YÜCHEN.

Shanghai, Juna 27.

jewellery and other stores of the past two years have baffle the Polics) was affected on Saturday night or in the early hours oë. the following morning, when | Messrs." J. Ullman and Con-

immune from the attentions of in the proud position of being pany's premises, hitherto occupy="

the robbers, were broken into and valuablen to the extent of some” $200,000 stolen.

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Is in irony itself that, despita the precautions that Mr. Golde smidt, the managing partner”“dë the firm, had taken in the wafa guarding of his shop by sleeping.

the premises, on the night that en

A report from Hantom states that Yocbow has not been lost, bat the fighting baes of the Northern and Southern armies are much nearar each other.

Peking, June 27. Chang King-yao has wired from Tochow requesting money and paned, Mr. Goldsmidt wan: nok- reinforcements for the recapture of lost cities.

EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

1 From Our Own Correspondent.)

FIRE ON PACIFIC MUJE STEAMER."

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ha relaxed this precantion the burglarm shquid choose to make- thaić prosenca falt As it hap

aware that soything unusual had- happened in his absence, until, on visiting the shopon Sunday svens log, just before 6 o'clock, he noticed that the door was jammed in a peculiar way that resisted all his efforts to open it with the key. With the asiatance of a carpes... tar, be eventually managed to break open the door, and "ang going into the......shop, ...fundi his Work. fears confirmed.. The plass had been entowed by Bingapore, June 16,

the crackunen whose modos In the House of Commons, replying to Mr.Beddon, Mr. Fire has broken out on the Royal Pacific Mall steamer Matsuy-operandi was revealed in subma McCurdy said that the financial reserves of she Sage Supply Comahner, en route from the Sunds Islands to Soerabaya. The whole of quent investigations by the mission were reduced in 1918 to approximately £1,000,000 owing to the upper works of the ship have been burnt off and one hundred Britain's maintenance of the retail price of sugar below the level of and seventy horses burned to death. The Tossal'a strazing gear the world's sugar prices. The total production of Americ, includ- was interrupted, but the Captain managed to enter the barbour of ing Forto Rico, the Philippines and the Sandwich Islands, was Habocanbadji. The damage is reported to bé enormions. estimated not to exceed 1,900,009 tons, whereas the American con sumption was over four million tons. There was no ladiestion of a sugar corn Or.

A GREEK SUCCESS.

London Jane Si

London, June 15.

The Greek Legation has received an official communication from the Greek Headquarters at Smyrna, stating that a Orvek livision has occupied Salıkli and cleared out the enemy from the region of Marmara, and Salikli They have takes a number of guns and prisoners. The enemy at Akhisar had heavy losses, and is retreating in disorder.

"IHE WEEK REVIEWED.

Londos, June 25.

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(Other Telegrams on Pages 2 3, and 8.)

DAY BY DAY.

The Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak

and Mr. Ho Kom Tong have returned to the Colony by the

French steamer Porthos.

Pollon. Beblod the Bower stalla in Wyndham Etreet there Jaa little enclosure formed by a jungle in the wall and enclosed by an outer wall. By removing the pieces of glass stuck on the top of this wall, the robbers. entered the enclosure, and there, screened from observation, they knocked a bols in the brick wall-

¡YPHOON WARNING. which gave them secesa into the building itself. They then found thecomel ves Lo . workshop The telegram quoted below communicating, with the main

means of I was received by the American store by

door, Consulate General, Hongkong, which being securely lock- from the Manila Observatory sted, compelled them to punch

9 & m. to-day:—

Low pressure area extending For the possession of 50 taals from the China Sea to the An official weekly military review says that Nationalis: forces 'raw opium, a Uhinese woman, Pacifio serous Northern Luzon have reached Lapsaki in the Dardanelles. On the upper Eashtat**wio was arrested in Wellington and the Balintang Channel. A we have withdrawn towa:da Anah, which is now the must advanced į street fol owing the discovery of real typhoon may develop later.

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FINANCOL EXPERTS.

AMERICA AND THE TREATY.

London, June 25.

the drug which was tied to her waist, was to-day sentenced to Sne of 82,500, or four months' Jard la our.

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NOT FROM THE WATERWORKS,

another hole in the intervening wall Creeping through this opening, they were able to set fo... work in eamest. A number of big safes were in the shop and two of these had been inadv•ntently left unlocked. This carelessness on the part of the shop assistants placed the burglars in OLLY possession of the contents without. - (the jammy being resorted to. It It is noteworthy that Baron D'Abernon and.,M. Laurant (the

was from these sufes that the.. new British and French Ambassadors to Berlin, respectively) are both financial experts. The German press ragaris the appoin

hurglarmöblained the richerpartof Theirbaul. Their escape from the ments as foreshadowing a vigorous tutelage for Germany in Basicefom Shangbai in the Inaba boate were this morning ficed by Fe Hoe of entry was the Haw of Saturday with being a stowaway The masters of four motor | building was quite an easy matter. Maru, was today discharged Commander C. W. Beckwith retreat, as was indicated from after investigations by the Police R., Marine Magistrate, $20 the fact that the front door, isto his sorry circumstances. each, or sentenced to one month's | which had given So much rigorous imprisonment; for com-ifficulty, to Mr. Goldsmidt, had, A Chinese clerk employed at amitting a breach of the Regula been cured, on the inside Government Quarry at Tsat Sze tions of thair licences by taking the rabbers, with the catch and

from un is now in Police custody water

places other pusally with the Intention of pnding investigations

int ruption, by the than the Government water (preventing any Fo ice to collect farther evidence works. This occurred OD whilst they were at work.

The successful dreapo" of thủ & charge of embezzling Sunday.. The defendan's pleaded $1.52 from the Public Works De guilty..

robbers again raises the query, piment. It is stated that be T: Perkins, sub-inspector of that has been expressed many bmitted fa es items in the time Police, said that at abou: 6.35 fmes before, af how the burglars. a veats be handed in to the cashier am. yesterday he saw the fou ucceeded in evading attention in of the Department, and obtained defendants at the entrance ospite of the usual precaution of wages for men who were Dever Gin Drinkers Bay, filling their having a light borning in the The Great Western Petroleum Company, ten brokerage houses further alleged that he put up one the hillside. This water was, the door through which the employed in the quarries. It is water casks by means of houss t premises and a hole showing in and fifty individuals have been indicted on a charge of using the or two men to claim. the sum unknown and constituted a great watchman could peep af occasions mails to defraud in connection with the sale of oil stocks. It is tins secured. The prisoner, who leged that dividends were paid from the mozey obtained by the ras formally charged before the sale of stock."

Court this moming, was remand ad, bail being granted in the sum of $500.

MR. HOOVER URGES RATIFICATION,

New Yorky June 25.

The Erening Put publishes a statement by Me: Hoover urging the Republicans to demand the earliest ratification of the Pesce Treaty, without Article X. Mr. Hoorer contends that economic and moral pressure is sufficient to accomplish international peace and disarmament..

U.S. FRALD CASE.

New York, June 25.

GERMAN POLITICS.

A NEW CABINET FORMED.

Berlin June 25. It is officially announced that the Cabinet comprises Chancellor, Herr Fehrenbach; Vice Chancellor, Herr Heinze; Freign Minister, Dr. Simons; Finance Minister, Herr Wirth, Defence Minister, Herr Gessier.

MISHAP TO RACENOISE.

Anteülh, June 27, Whilst running in the Prix des Draga, Traytown, die winder of the Grand National, broks a log and had to be destroyed.

WIRELESS STRIKE ENDER,

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danger to the shipping.

11. periods during the night. The defendants pleaded tha" | Another query · also stīpursing they only used the water for What had the watchmaty byen do launch boilers..

"og on the night that the burglary- Commander Beckwith remark, took place? Was ba s loep? WO ed that it constituted a vary) hay öxpect soms enlightengverit

on this point from the Polo grave danger.

eto have detained the Indi watchman, employed by Mesa Ullman."

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

A Chinese who succeeded in defrauding the Wing On Company of a number of singlets, on the are ance that be made the order for his old employer, but was at length arrested after practising the triok once too often, was to day sentenced to three weeks' hard labour. Detective Sergeaní Dorling said that on the second Thestre Royal, occasion when the prisoner came Bishop to the Wing On stores to sak for a further fot, of singlets, - the uspicions of the store - people. They called for handed the prison

One arzést his beets' malay sta Northern Chinese, the interent which ké bestow investigations of the