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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921.

日六初月十

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BRITISH LEGION.

THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.

PARLIAMENT ENDORSES LABOUR MOTION.

No Hostility to 'League of Nations

A Reuter's Service.)

London, November 4.

was taxed to its utmost when the

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applause. An excellent piano | TWENTY FIVE YEARS forte solo was furnished by Mr. Eric Rice, a recitation was given by Mrs. F. C. Hall and Mr. J. S. Pearson contributed Bransby- Williams monologue. Mr. T. 0. Patterson plassingly rendered couple of songs, "The Curfew” and "Invictus."

It is understood that the British

A Glance at Our Files..

1 November 7-13.}

A HINT OF THE REVOLT.

and fact.

LOCAL FIRES.

Brigade's Busy Day.

ARMISTICE DAY.

The Two Minutes' Silence.

A spark from a ohimosy gave In the Government Gazette it is rise to a fira la Chaung Chau aunounced that the following Street at 11.27 last night. A bam- | telegrama have been received by boo structure on the roof of No. 7 Į the Government from the Sacre- was instantly ignited, and to save tary of State for the Colonies:-.

The Cabaret Dance.

About three hundred and fifty people turned up last night to the British Legion cabaret dance, and the St. George's and St... Andrew's Halls in the City Hall Legion contemplate giring a tiffa Our Canton correspondent re-the building, a portion of the His Majesty the King bas were packed. Amongst those to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales ports that the new Viceroy is roof immediately affected by the expressed a wish that on Armistice The House of Commons debate on the Washington Conference present were His Excellency the on the occasion of his fortb-bitterly hated by the masses: fxmes had to be cut away by the Day, lith November, there should opened quietly. Mr. Ciynes moving the Labour motion and Sir Governor, His Excellancy the coming visit to the Colony. Is that he messer and muddles up fremen who attended promptly be complete suspension of all Donald Maclean seconding, as Mr. Asquith was unavoidably absent. | General Officer Commanding all probability, it is understoc, official business; is firm where be under the direction of Superin-normal busines, throughout the Both mover and seconder dwelt on the world's need of disarmament. Lieut-Geo, Sir G.M. Kirkpatrick, the tifin will be at the Repulse should be easy, and exhibits tendent Moss. The procedure British Empire during two which was only possible through collective action of the great nations K.C.B, K.C.S.I.. and the Hon. Bay Hotel.

forosity when he should exercise | was successful, the building, I minutes' silence, commencing at They emphasized that the Conference, for which the United States] Mr. Cland Severn.

The full programme

was as discretion

Large which is a three storeys high 11 am. deserved the world's gratituda, was in nowise competitive with the There was a fair sprinkling of follow-

quantities of arma and areing raved, the only damage to 2.1 is proposed that in this League of Nations. Settlement of the great problems was not to be ladies, and the St. Andrew's Hall Part-song

manitions are said to be pouring the lower Boors being from country there should be askort expected after a few weeks' discussion, but the Conterence would be

military ceremony at

the most valuabe in creating an atmosphere in which subsequently

(a) The Goslings..J. F. Bridge into Kwangtong and Kwangsi water.

provinces through every available Earlier in the evening the Ganotaph, in which represent greater things could be accomplished.

(b) When Evening's

channel and the Viceroy is re- Bremen had already been called atives of detachments of the Royal Twilight

ported to be very uneasy because us to deal with a fire which took Navy, Army, Royal Air Force Messrs. Reynolds, Middleton, he has reason to believe the secret place in Stanley Street The and Ex-servics Men's Association

Hayward & Best.

societies are very wetive through-chimner of No. 15 had cauebt should take part. H-press-tatives out the South. It appears, in fact, re. After Bitenuous efforts the of His Majesty and Prims Puccini.jthat there isevery prospect of there which was kep: co fined to Minister will lay wreaths just masses rising in the southern the vicinity of the chimney was before eleven. High Cam- Song

provinces in the near future and extinguished.

missioners are being invited to be (a) In Sempathy.. France Leoni, in such a determined manner that

Two other chimney fires also present and lay wreathson behalf (b) The Ballad-Monger

the insurrection will not be easily took place in the morning. One of of their respective Dominions. Easthope Martin, suppressed.

thes being at No. 304 Des After two minutes silence com- Mr. W. B. Crow.

Voeux Road and the other at Fat] mencing at slaven a.m. the hymn, The new home for women and Hing Street These were prompi, God our help in ages past Mrs. F. C. Hall.

girls, built by the Po Leung Kukly seen to and extinguished. Society, was opened this after- noon by His Excellency the Gov.

dancing was in progress, so many floor was really a little too crowd- couples participating that the

The Hon. R. W. H. O'Neil: (Speaker of the Ulster Parliament) said that the League of Nations was an ineffective peace instrumented. Lively music was randered without the United States; therefore humanity was anxiously ex pectant that the Conference would achieve the results which they hoped at the outse: would flow from the Lesque.

Premier Still Hopes to Go.

by the Hongkong Hotel band and the ball room presented a pay appearance during the one-steps. fox-trots and waltze, of which the programme cons sted.

Refreshments, supplied by the Hongkong Hot-lunder the direc

Mr. Chamberlain said it was difficult to express the unanimity and thankfulness with which Britain welcomed President Harding's invitation. The acceptance of the invitation was in nowise hostile ortion of Mr. H. J. B. Norton, were derogatory to tite League of Nations. They should pursue every served in the rooms adjoining the path promising a rombolty of reaching the desired end. Referrins | St. Andrew's Hall. An excellent | to Mr. Clynea“ abetrolion trom going into details of the agenda, Mr

supper was put on and drinks Chamberlain salt that the purpose of the motion was to give a clear, were efficien ly served in another unmistakable, and unamimibus mewage from the Commons of earnest

room. All the arrangements in good wishes for the success of the Conference and to impress connection with the dayce and British people with the vastress of the issues involved The immusical programma were well portance which the Gov-rum nt attached to the Conference was carried out, and everything went evidenced by their uhanimous request to Mr. Lloyd George to be without a hitch. principal delegate Mr. Lloyd George sold hoped that it would be possible before long to carry out his intention to heat the British delegato

House Endorses Motion Unanimously.

Für Huusrjunanimus-ly endorsed the Labour motion on the -object of the Washington Conference after a brief acad mit debate in which representatives of all parties emphased that the mution expressed the views not merely of the House of Commons but of the country

Admiral Beatty's Declaration.

Chicago. November 4. Admiral Beats, addressing the Commercial Club at the banquet given in his honour, declared that Brutal and the United States inus stand together for fellowstup's sake. It-terring to the armamento conference, he declared that it was impossible to think that the representatives of all the great countries could discuss the questions frankly an honestly and be unable to find a solution.

TRIAL OF THE MOPLAH REBELS.

Capital Sentence on Leader and Twelve Others.

Calcutta. November 4

The special tribunal has pronounced julguent in the case in which the Moplah rebel leader, Al Mugilívar. and 37 others were charged with warring against the King-Emperor and murdering a British soldier. Thirteen, including Ali Muvaliyar, were sentenced to death and 21 to transportation for life. The property of all convicted was confiscated. The remaining three were recommended to mercy as minors..

FIRE AT ERIE RAILROAD YARDS.

Damage Estimated at over a Million Dollars.

New York, November 4. Damage estimated at over a million dollars resulted from a fire on the Erie Railroad yards at Weehawken. Several piesz, barges and freight cars loaded with goods, and a flour warehouse were destroyed The pier belonging to the Standard Oil Compaus, filled with barrels of oil, also caught fire, and the adjacent property was considerably damaged. Thousands of spectators witnessed the blaze,' which lighted up the sky for miles.

U.S. WORLD-WIDE WIRELESS.

Service to be Inaugurated on Long Island.

London, November 4. President Harding will co-morrow evening send a

wireless. message to the world from Washington inaugurating the new radio central station on Long Island, which when complete will be capable of conducting simultaneous independent commercial services in five directions, embracing European, South American, and trans-Pacific countries.

KARL'S EXCLUSION FROM THE THRONE.

Hungarian Assembly Passes Measure.

Budapest, November 4.

The Assembly has passed the Bill excluding Karl from the Throne of Hungary,

BRITISH EAST AFRICA LOAN.

London, November 4.

A British East Africa loan of £5,000,000 at 6 per cent at the price of 95 is being underwrites,

THE MARK'S FLUCTUATIONS.

London, November.4.

Marks on London jumped to 965, then went to 885, and finally closed at 920,

Song One Fine Day, (from Mme. Batterig?

Mrs. Bowes-Smith.

Recitation Selected

Plantforte Solo

Hatton

( Ballade in A flat...Chopin

(b) Old folk-song from

Song

The Student..Branshy-Williams.

Mr. J. S. Pearson.

All the items in the musical programine were pleasingly ren. dered. Messrs Reynolds. Midile Menelazue ton, Hayward and Bost were) responsible for 3 number of i contributions and their efforts met with well deserved success. Mrs. Bones-Stith's farming Irendering of "Ona Fine Day" }(from Madame Butterfly),greatly) Jol-aset those present, sad Mr. W. | B. Crow's items culled forth bearly

Part-song

(c) Sweet and Low....Barnby.

5) Who will o'er the downs

3D free"

Messrs. Reynolds. Hayward & Dest

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

BRITAIN'S WAR DEBTS.

THE PO LEUNG KUK.

MACAO AFFAIR.

Suggested Chinese Reprisals.

will be gun accompanied by massed bands. Upon ita cod- clusion, reveille will be sounded | by baglers and the ceremony will

be compt ted.".

It is further stated that His Excellency the Governor trus:s that on a signal being given by the Ering, of a gan on Murray Parade Ground at eleven o'clock all normal business will be

suspended in the Colony and two minutes' silence observed by the community.

FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF HONGKONG.

*

Co. Derry art. by Erie Rice.ernor in the presence of large THE

and representative kathering. Mr. Eric Rice.

The streets in the vicinity were (c) The Curfew...Goold fairly thronged with Chinese, and (b) Invictus ...Hohn. ja body of English, Chinese and Mr. T. G. Patterson.

under Sikh police

Inspector Markie controlled the traffic vers etsintly. A little after 3 o'clock Our special correspondent at the viceregal chair arrived. His Macao writes that two represent Excellency being accompanied atives from the Diplomat by Captain Sterling, A.D.C., and Bureau of Canton" recently Mr. F. H. May, C.M.G. In the arrived at Chioshan and called a Pearsallarance hall which was strictly meeting In the village hall for Middleford-corated with Chinese pageanthe purpose of persuading the

try of many colours, the Governer | villagers to take action ageinal | was received by the Presiden: Macao in connection with the and members of the Committee. recent harbour incident. The Among the number of leading re- meeting was very poorly attended sidents who graced the proceed and the more respectable type of ings with their presence were Hvillagers did not give it any Boxing enthusiasts in the Lordship the Chief Justice. Con support, the majority of those Colony will be pleased to learn modore Holland (A.D.C.) Mr. J.H present being medicins vendors that the first tournament of the Stewart Lockhart (olonis! S--The advice of the representatives s son, under the auspices of the crears). Hon. F.H. Whitebead, was that the villagers should not Hongkong Boxing Association, Hon. E.B. Balilios. C.M.G.. Hon. send vegetales to Macso and will take place at the Theatre Dr. Ho Kai, Hon. Wei Tuk, and that the water supply from Royal on Saturday, November Mesars. Leung Ngan Pau. Hu Nao Hang should be cut off, a 26th. Fook, Fung Ming-shan and many proceeding which they said would The maio event will be other prominent members of the Barve out Macao within a month. (contest for the Featherweight Chinese community.

In spite of much urging the Championship of the Colony, villagets maintained that to between Teddy Nexl and Leading OUR THEATRE

follow such a course would be Stoker Britt of H. M. S. Cairo. While removing the ancient equal to committing suicide be- The articles for this fight were blue and white curtain from

cause Macao. is the only nest signed this morning at the office around the stalls in the theatre marset for the farmera" produce of the Association. The workmen might have taken and even that going to Hongkong the trouble to cut off the dirty must be by way of Macao. R- ends of string which held it garding the water supply only The Hague, Nov. 4. they by no means add to the the Chinese in Macao would The Government has introduced into the Second Chamber a new beauty of our cosy little play suffer

The meeting ended with the A Disarmament Association for naval programme, aiming at defense of the motherland and the house. The application of some colonies by means of small craft, material like submarines, torpedo soap and water would also im-villagers determined to act in Japan has been organized by Mr.

their own peaceful way.

Ozaki, Mr. Shimada, Dr. Sovoda, boats, mines and aircraft, which will be supplementary to the exist prove matters. ing feet. In view of the financial position the Government has for

Representatives from some of Professor Abe and many other the present decided to confine itself to a programme for six years. Many of our readers will be the Labour Guilds at Canton have distinguished politicians, business The programme involves the expenditure of two hundred million glad to learn that Humphreys arrived at Macro and are trying men and scholars. guilders, spread over twelve years. A base will be established at Estate nad Finance Company are to persuade the Chinese labourers to go on strike in order that the Tandjong Priok,.and later Sterabaya will also be transformed into now building at Kowloon a ter an auxiliary base. The Liu archipelago will be provided with an race of bouses (eight in number) tusipess of the Colony should be auxiliary base and Macassar will be provided with a battery of which will unquestionably supply interfered with. The labourers a very long-feli want. Each house have raised the question of funds, will bave four rooms, two bath and it seems unlikely that any rooms, servants' quarters, & back conclusion favourable to the men yard, and garden in front, and as from Canton will be arrived at. the rent will only be $25 per men-

London, Nov. 4. As a further development of the campaign which has lately appeared with 'friendly reception by an influential section of the preas, a meeting of the British Committee of the International Cham ber of Commerce, has passed a resolution, moved by Mr. Walter Leaf, Chairman of the Londin County Westminster and Paris Bank, second- ed by Mr. Arthur Balfour, Chairman of Meadows & Co., Sheffield, arging upon the Government the desirability of negotiating with a view to obtaining the benefits whch will accrue if the Allied war debts to Eritain are either reduced or cancelled.

medium calibre guns.

THE DUTCH NAVY.

WHO OWNS GREENLAND?

Christiania. NOT. 4.

CAMEROS TERRACE.

A

In connection with Danish Foreign Office announcement in sem there can be on doubt about May, that henceforth the whole of Greenland would be subject to Messrs. Humphreys later coter instead of building eight houses Danish sovereignty, the Norwegian Government has refused to reprise meeting the requirement of their should be twenty-eight or

cognize the extension of sovereignty on the ground that it involves the extension of the Danish monopoly, to the prejudice of Norwegian whaling, sealing and fishing.

AMERICAN CONCESSIONS IN RUSSIA.

more.

JAPANESE DISARMAMENT ABS "CIATION.

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

Warren's haver A general advertisement showing thair" various lines-Page 3.

Wolves of the North" is the

name of the attraction at the Hongkong Theatre to-night-

Papa 12.

On November 7 there will be & sals at the office of the PW.D. of land situate at Tytam Bay Page 4.

Janderson's have an interesting announcement re the St Andrews Ball-Page

Whiteaway's bave a Sale for

many in our midst whose incomes

The are unavoidably small.

IN CAMP. small fry"-as the bigwigs

The Rifle Brigade who have style a certain section of the com manity which is daily becoming been busily erecting tents for the more numerous-bave never been last few days, went into camp to catered for by builders and con- day at Kowloon, where they tracters and they have therefore occupy quite a canvas town, neat- had to take up their abodes in ly laid out in the vicinity of the It is reported from Moscow that an American bank, with capital semi-European buildings in the hideous matsheds. Provided the of ten million dollars, has been established at Harbin and will open Chiness quarters of the city or weather keeps fine. and anakes one week only of Ladies' Over- branches, at Chita, Blagovestchensk and Khabarovsk. The Bank has been constituted for the purpose of financing American business men's operations in Soviet Siberis, where an American group holds a concession for gold mines in the Amur district.

Paris, Nov. 3.

BOLSHEVIK INTRIGUE IN ASIA.

Londen, Nov. 4. In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Lloyd George declared that a reply is being prepared to the Soviet note, denying Bolshevist intrigue in Asia, reaffirming the authenticity of the evidence whereon the British protests are based.

else seek quarters in boarding houses, and it is this section of the community that will be glad indeed to know that they are not beneath the notice of the manager of Hamphreys Estate Co., who bave done well to take, lato con- class of residents sideration a

and centipedes are not too pleat!-coats.--Page 3. ful, they will have a pleasant outing, preparatory to their close confinement on board the trooper which is to carry them to Singapore.

THE NEW PRATA At last a se appears to bave

blocks DOST new

on

Lammert's are selling Var-

Rnd Disinfectant nistes November 9-Page 4.

The T. K. K. advise consignees of cargo of the arrival in port of the Siberia Maro-Page 4

There's dancing to-night' at Kowloon Theatre-Page 7.

who will ever be with us: who been discovered for the pile of work hard for their living, bat concrete through lack of good fortune or Pelder's wharf, the sempen fülk the obstinacy of rich relations having lilized them as a fecrra- who won't die and leave them the fion ground for their fowls and means of getting out of the ruck live-stock generally. Might we are unable to live in large and propose the erection of a few cattle AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS.

costly houses. Messrs. Ham pens and pigstyne, as the rents on Washington, Nov, 4.

phrays will have so trouble in derived therefrom might serve to The American Association of University Women has petitioned Elling their little terraces with defray some of the wheless ex- the President favouring the formation of an Association of Nations, lessees and the only fault any one pense of which these. blocks have with American participation in the International Court of Justice. will find with the scheme is that been the inocut cause.

To-Day's Exchange. The closing rate of the dollar

demand to-day was 2m. 8364. Lighting-Up The Lighting-up time to-day, 544