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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1922.

NOTICE.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE PACIFIC TREATY.

Londra, Feb. 25.

It is reported from Washington that the majority in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is in favour of Mr. Brandegee's proposed reservation to the Pacific Treaty absolving the United States of any obligation, legal or moral, relating to the insular possessions or dominions of any other Powers and stating that consent of the Congress must Arst be obtained to any adjustment or understanding under Articles one and two, but no obligation is imposed to give such consent Neither President Harding por Senator Lodge appear irreconcilably opposed to the reservation in this form. Senator Johnson has tabled a reservation limiting the signatory Powers rights referred to in the treaty to undisputed rights and reserving to the powers full liberty of judgment in any dispute regarding the validity of rights.

THE GENOA CONFERENCE.

London, Feb. 23. Anglo-French relations have been somewhat clauded recently over the subject of the Genca Conference, the French press criticis- the French ing the British Government's failure to reply to memorandum of Feb. 5, requesting postponement of the Conference for three months and demanding the precise settlement of the agenda beforeband. The announcement that a meeting has been the Arranged between Mr. Lloyd George and H. Poincare on

"TDEKOFCHARGE French coast on Saturday has relieved the tension and is heartily

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welcomed by the French press as likely to lead to an agreement on political conditions at the Conference, including respect for the Peace Treaties. French newspapers congratulate M. Benes for acting as conciliator during his visits to Paris and London. They declare that M. Benes has urged the Czecho-Slovakian viewpoint that the maintenace and stability of Europe are dependent on a complete Anglo-French agreement

DEVELOPMENT OF PERSIAN OILFIELDS.

London, Feb. 23.

It is reported that pourparlers are proceeding in"New York, which, if completed, as seems likely, will make the Standard Oil. Company and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company equal partners in the development of the prospective oilfields in North Persia. The plans contemplate the formation of a Company, the capital of which they provide in equal amounts and are jointly represented on the Board. It is expected that immediately the deal is completed a geological expedition will be despatched to. Persia thoroughly to survey the fields before development is undertaken.

OPIUM SMOKING.

Yesterday's Council Meeting.

THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE BILL.

London, Feb. 23. According to a Paris message, M. Jeaaneney's report on the Banque Industrielle Bill estimates that Fres. 400,000,000 are still due to France as a share of the Boxer indemnity. It says that the basis of the Bill is that no engagement taken in the name of France should be disavowed once it has been considered valid abroad. Conditions demanded for the future include a judicial examination of the constitution of the company, suppression of all privileges attaching to the founders' shares, while personalChu-pak referred to the first sub responsibility will attach to the director of the Bank

EARLIER SPECIAL

TELEGRAMS.

(From Our Quick Correspondent.) CHINESE GUNMAN RUNS

AMOK.

SAKTA HAM

A mimplere Ang M- Sport was killed and two other worked in a stris 23, WYNDHAM STREET. tetteen the pebre ani a

Chinese Junnan nar the

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JAPANESE MASSAGE.

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COMPANY REPORT.

The Bank of East Asia, Ltd.

A discussion in regard to opium divans took place yesterday at the Legislative Council Meeting, on consideration of the Bill Ordinance of 1914- farther to amend the Opium

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you know!

They Saxisfy

-and the blend

can't be copied

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CIGARETTES

there should be no difficulty in proving it is a club.

Hos. Mr. Lao Chu-pak: What I am afraid of is that in future the Police, by virtue of this section. will interfers with these places.

Flan. Mr. Pollock: Do the

SLLER DI restaurant-keepers get a money for allowing people to smoke un the premises?

LIGOETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO.

NEW U.S. SUBSIDY PLAN.

Payment for Merchant Seamen as Naval Reserves.

JAPAN PREPARING FOR

THE PRINCE. Į

Largest War Vessels to Wel- come English Squadron.

According to an sunouncement

The establishment of a naval of the Japanese Imperial House

hold Department, a residence for Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak: No reserve, with the payment of the Prince of Wales will be est- They only get the benefit of the nual retainers to officers and men ablished at Odawara for use dur- dross, which goes to the employees on merchant ships, will be eming his stay in Japan. The bul- bodied in the U. S. Shipping letin states that the vills of His Excellency: Who provides board's recommendations to be Prince Kan-in at Odawara is to the opium in such cases?

ada to the President for direct be used for this purpose. The Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak: It is aid to shipping. The sponsors of Kasumiga defached palace had bought from outside.

the plan declare that by virtue originally been chosen, but this is His Excellency: Do se of this feature the American ship now being used by the Prince visitors bring their own?

In committe-Hos Mr. Lauas perquisites.

section of Section 3:

divus. etc.

Will

Hoa Mr Lau Chu-pak: Sors/owners will be able to meet the Regent as his residence.

Hon. Mr. Pollock: If it is not

Another Point.

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Where two or more persons ate found saving opium in any place, such persons no being residents in the said

differential caused by higher plan, it shall be presumed, do, but most of them don't.

wages and more liberal allow. until the contrary is proved. |

for subsistence to US beautiful parts of Odaware. Dur- that the said place is an opium falled for profit there is not

ing his stay there the Crown msch reason to feel afrart of The subsidy programme, Prince will have a special train. Hon. Mr. Lau Chi-pak said: mize made the definition of evolved by the Shipping Board's at his disposal between that city The report of the Directors to

as densel under commission of experts, will be and Tokyo. be presented at the third ordinary There is a point I would like tandem ivan."

char In any of the Chinese (the old tigimanes. early-meeting-of-the-Company

disclosed to the members of the

A squadron of 30 war res to be held at the Company's tele, business arms and private

U. S. Merchant Marine Joint: sels is to be sent to meet the Registered Oce. No. 10, Desciute ery often more than two or Heading the old definition of a Committee,

among whom

English Imperial squadron voeux Road Central, on Saturday, three persons are found smoking divas Hon. Mr. Polbek u the shipowners, shipbuilders, and The welcome will take place

left as only doubt was on the last operators, when the two groups near Formosa, and 4th March, states:

opum, and the dress is

with the tence, re the retention of the dras meet tomorrow bere.

exception of the Mulsu and the The Directors have pleasure in pusite for the servants,

Such place- be treated as dirane in for "halas" (smoked druss) "by Mr. Meyer Lissner, the Ship Kongo all first line vessels will in a die-hu who ra lạy was Account for the year ending 31st submitting the Proft and Loss?

future?

any person other than the smoker.ping Board Commissioner direct be dispatched to those waters in twn Sikhs on suspiria. Hepingped

The Hon. Attorney-General: Tost obviously referred to a person ing the preparation of the plan, the welcoming squadron. The from the mesh, i and rin. ring December, 1921, together with the

This new section proposes only to keeping a divan

paying stated that there would be a frank Nagato. Ie, Hiei, Kirishima, four shots at the police, who Balance Sheet at that date.

provide certain presuraption, It proposition.

interchange of views between the Tamu, Kuma, Oif and the Kis return te ndes del readers, Accounts: The Proft for the has alwngs heen "upea the defen- His Excellency: It would be two groups, and that the com will make up a part of the The special head monstable. Mr. year including $65,665,32 brought lant to prove the contrary, and in very difficult to prove that in any mission would listen to the rec- qasdron. Many auxiliary ships Hi S. Uziroz do Matador. Tel H. E. Gibson, hearing shots, ran out forward and deducting all the case of a genuine club or busi-case.

In business premises the commendation of the shipping phone No. 40. English mange can be poned from a Lerdoa Quaifel and his home in evening glothes and penses amcurts to 31.118.437.61. ese premise I think it would be caretaker or messenger would pro-interests. Criticism of the Ship Matau and the Konge are to be Certificated mawar by appointment, adivined in the chase. He wounded From this after deducting a sum quite ease in the defendant to bably collect the dress,

ping Board's plan will be invited, used as a special guard for the Floor, 10, Que's Bond, Central, Hongkous the Pasdit and captured lum. of $500,000.00 transferred to the prove that the place was not a His Excellency asked whether and it is possible that charges Imperial fleat when it enters (real to Zelland Honse).

There were others wounded among Reserve Food on 1st July, 1921, divan in the ordinary sense, but a any action had been taken against may result as the consequence of Tokyo Bay and proceeds the petator.

1921, which has since been club. or the premises of a business hotels under the existing law, and the conference.

Yokobams. capitalised, there leaves a balance firms. In the case of restaurants the Hon. Attorney General said he The naval reserve plan would A Kure dispatch states that of $618,437.61 which the Directors 1 understand the dross is retained knew of no cases.

call upon Congress to Pthe Prince will visit Itsuku-

of "propose to deal with as follows: by someone and sold to the S. I. E. Hop. Mr. Lau Chu-pak: This propriate millions

dollars shima and will inspect the Whether it is sold or collected by section says when two or more annually, in addition to the Kare Naval Station. The plans the keeper or by servants I don't persas are found smoking." proposed creation of a food to for the visit include luncheon The Hon. Attorney General re- come from the diversion of at the official residence of the know; but the proposed new sec. tion does not alter the defibition peated that such place might be certain percentage of the ravenues port commander, the visita to the deemed to be a divan until the derived from customs duties. Rep-naval arsenal, the naval officers' of a divan in any way.

The Hon. Attorney General went contrary was presed. That did not resentative Butler of Pennsyl school and other places of in-

billterest. on in porat out that a restaurant make it a divan: it only shifted the vanis, has introduced might come under the present de burden of proof, which burdes could providing for the creation of a A bundred thousand roses and finition of ditap, in use since 1011, easily be discharged by defendant in nevel reserve and it has received cherry blossoms will be distribut- 130,915.84 but it was not intended. he under the case of a restaurant or club. the indorsement of the Americaned in Tokyo upon the arrival of His Excellency: It does not Steamship Owners' Association the British Royal Heir. The stood. to change the policy with

It provides for compensation of artificial flowers are being made or create a new definition. 30,000.00 regard to restaurants, clubs

Hon. Mr. Pollock thought that both officers and men for the by the students of the various business premises. The object of

a difficulty it was enlistment in this reserve, with girls schools in Tokyo under the 200.000.00 the new section was that it should if there was

the understanding that they will direction of the Hanano Hi Kai, 77,521.77 be of some assistance to the Pulice well to remove it.

His Excellency said that would take the training prescribed by

Women's and the 5. I. E. (Superintendent of

Association for $618,437.61 Imports and Exports) in the cases mes ltering the definition in the the Secretary of the Navy.

Flower Day Observance, 1910 Ordinance, and before demgį It is understood that enlistment of prosecutions for keeping premises Auditors. The Accounts have only as opium divans and nothing that perhaps it would be better would bring about one month's been audited by Messrs. Percy else. "The two ports he would like to find out why the clause was pay to each merchant marine who to make were that the definition of put in. If the hon. member de officer and a corresponding som Mr. T. S. Perera, the idest Smith, Seth and Fleming, Portuguese resident in Shanghai,, retire, but being eligible, offer divan was not changed at all by sized that the Bill be postponed in to the men. Thus the Goveza- this proposed new clause, and norder that the point may be ment would bear about "one- investigated he had no objection;, twelfth of the amount paid has died after being ill for a week. themselves for re-election.

change of policy was intended.

but as there was zu intention to annually by shipowners in crew Hen. Mr. Lau Chu-pak: Practi- make any change in policy it wages. cally speaking it comes to this. In seemed hardly necessary.

Mr. Lasker will preside over future no visitors will be allowed to

The Hon. Attomey General said the conference between the two smoke opium in restaurants. the old Ordinance had been in force groups. The Joint Committee bas

years and he

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MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.

Shanghai. Feb. 20. Mrs FL E. Peling, wife o: & British police sergeant was found dead in the dining-room of her bome with a bullet woord in the head. The bustard WO- supfilmed unce Leen sleeping in

tc

a bertroom nearby. The wound Earlicates that the bullet was fired ! through the mouth and it is believed

To pay a dividend of $6

per share on 20,000 old shares absorbing.$120,000.00) To pay a dividend of $2

per share on 30,000 new shares absorbing, 60,000.00

a bonus to To pay

Directors, Holders of Founder's Shares and the Staf

mises Account

to be a rase of astride. The police To write of Bank Pre- are investigating. The deceased wa 29 year old and merrier in Lozion

The circumstances of the shooting are shrouded in mystery.

خرم آرا

SHANGHAI RESIDENT'S

DEATH.

Shanghai, Feb. 22.

He lived in Shanghai 4 years and was manager of the printing dle. partinent of Messrs. Brewer and Company. He was setive in all Portuguese movements.

LAW SUIT RESULT.

Shanghai, Feb. 23. "THE GOD OF WEALTH'S PLAN." The B. A. T. has won judgement According to a Tientsin tele against the s.. Hoihow in the gram, Mr. Liang Shib-gi, the re- British Supreme Court suit as the cently appointed Premier, has in-result of a collision between the lat. timated that he will not re-enter ter and the B.A.T. cargo boat politics but is shortly leaving for Whangpu. The Assessor is to fix the South Sax Zalando.

the damages.

To transfer to Reserve

Fund To carry forward

EWO MILLS MEETING.

A Loophole.

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CLAIM BY LONDON LABOUR PARTY. London Labour party is to claim representation on the com- mittee which administere Klog Edward's Hospital Fund for

London

Shanghai, Feb. 23. The Ewo Cotton Mills ordinary

not not advised the board as to its par-bardly pass both's direct subsidy meeting has been held, The Chair- The Hon. Attorney Generat: know that GUY difficulty bad Bornel, but it is reported that Mr. and such a bill at this time. reported that the book value of the The difficulty attached to putting arisen from the definition which Homer Ferguson, president of the Mr. Lasker has devoted virtual- properties was TIs. 4,312,783 and is the words "excepting clubs etc. was rot now being altered.

Newport News Dry Dock and ly all of his time, since returning the real value, Tha. 8.548,561 whilst would be that m all prosecutions Hus. Mr. Pollock thought the Bhipbuilding Company, will bead from the Middle West, to the the profits were Te 3,180,651. for keeping a divan which is purely matter might be looked tato, and the delegation. The conference anbaidy issuer and has consulted

Ma freely with the various He recommends an eight per cent. a divan and nothing else people Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak agreeing, will be private.

The proposal to create a naval The conference with dividend on preference shares and could no doubt produce signboards the third reading of the Bill was

reserye may meet with opposition interestà fe a final dividend of $2.40 per share. and other evidence, prepared be postponed. The ordinary shares and reserves forehand, to prove the place was a The Council considered Jury List from the shipping interests upon stap preceding the now total Tis. 8,600,000;

the score that Congress would 1 of the plan to the club. In the case of a genuine club, în camera,