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Hongkong Telegraph

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四拜禮

RUHR TO BE CUT OFF.

A French Governor-General.

INDUSTRIAL LEADERS FINED.

(Reuter's Service..

Berlin, January 24. Reports of important movement by the Reichswehr are semi officially denied. It is stated that the German troops are in garrison and no concentration of any kind has occurred,

Paris, January 24.

Everything indicates that the French have decided to cut off the Ruhr from Germany in a few days. The French admit that the limitation of Franco-Belgian activities to the diversion of coal trains and seizure of the State raines has not produced the desired effect and has not resulted in the despatch of more coal to France. Oa the contrary, coal is uninterruptedly moving to Germany.

號五廿月正英港警 THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1923.

THE LAUSANNE LABOURS.

Drawing Up a Treaty.

(Benter's Servies.)

Lausanne, January 24.

日九初月弐十

CANTON CRISIS.

Dr. Sun's Officials Ousted.

INVADERS TAKING

CONTROL"

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Bur Own Vazrespondent)

according to a written statement contain a clause providing for reference of the question of Mosul sa

(made by Commodore Grace to the. Canton, Jan. 24.

polica yesterday. The missing | the League of Nations. The financial part of the treaty has been drafted. It is understood that the Allies will demand reparations from

There has been little change in property includes a bale of serze Turkey reduced to fifteen millions sterling, half the original amount

1. statement to the delegation, Mr. Child says the American the situation during the last few valued at £32, a bale of Bocks representatives, although not participating in the territorial settle-days. Business is at a standstill. valued at £5 and another of ment, will be glad to associate themselves with the intent of Lord and the shops have their doors stockings worth £16. Curzan's remarks on the subject, and emphasises the American half-closed. Gambling has begun under the Government's open door policy with regard to oil concessions, all over the city and suggests that the existing conflicting claims should be settled direction of the soldiers, who support themselves on the pro- juridically.

ceeds. The merchants are much perturbed over the billetting of the troops in private houses and shops, and orders prohibiting the practice have been issued by General Ngai Bong-ping. but apparently without much effect.

Lausanne, January 24.

The French proposal seems to be to establish by means of a

The sub-commission has reached an agreement on the exchange close cordon of customs officials, protected by troops, an iron roof populations question, and a special convention will be signed separating from the rest of Germany the occupied territory, in which forthwith. The Turks under this agreement no longer insist on the the French and Belgians will establish a government under a French Governor-General, first military and later civil. The French an expulsion of Hellenic subjects. Belgians will control all the public services, but will not interfere with the normal life of the inhabitants as long as law and order are maintained. The French and Belgians will supply the food. The French expect to theet with no great resistance once the workers find they ste being paid and fed regularly.

Essen, January 24.

'INDIAN GOVERNMENT REFORM.

PENINSULA HOTEL,

Building Operations to Commence.

Kowloon residents have been

SUN YAT-SEN.

Leaving for Hongkong Shortly.

(Our Own Correspondent).

Shanghai, Jan. Hth. Dr. Sun Yat-sen is leaving for Hongkong on Saturday.

STRAITS RENT CONTROL.

Not to be Renewed. Wur Own C-pondent)

Singapore Jan. 25. The Government has publish- led the decision of the Searstary of State regarding the petition organised by the Clerical Union for a continuance of rent control. He says he is unable to differ from the view of the Governor that the Restriction Ordinanca

General Sum Hang-ying is speculating during the past few should not be renewed. strengthening his hold on the days regarding the sinking of The Union is now pressing Delhi, January 24.

situation. He is now sending light piles round the site of the forward "arrangements for a fur. In the nature of a reply to the motion passed in the Assembly troops to the North River dis-proposed Peninsula Hotel, and, as ther public meeting of protest.

General Sum.

announce that

NEW TUG BOAT.

st Mayence. The strike in the Thyssen and Stinnes mines is limited/sponsible government, a despatch by Lord Peel Exs brea isid on the before being driven out by Chanare enabled to

Developments in the Ruhr will depend on the result of the trial/urging early reconsideration of the question of extension of re-tricts, where he was in charge the result of enquiries made, we table of the Legislature declaring that the merits and capabilities of King-ming. Incidentally it may building operations on the Pacio to twenty-four hours, and the men will resume in the morning, pend the elec:arate have not yet been tested by experience, and until the be mentioned that he was quite sula Hotel are due to commence ing the result of the trial. Negotiations between miners and the foundation is more firmly laid, progress would not be assisted, but popular there before, as he kept almost at once and that the piling managements at Essen have resulted in an agreement to increase perhaps retarded, by the addition of fresh responsibilities. He de very good order. The Yunnanese now in progress is in connection For Sanitary Department. wages. Only one mine at present is definitely striking, bu: it is beclares that sufficient time has not yet elapsed to enable the new are a presant in agreement with with the erection of a boarding

Messrs W. S. Bailey sed Co.. lieved the men and the management have agreed to restrict output machinery to be adequately tested.

Ltd, have completed for the to fifty per cent. The refusal of the telephonists to make con

General Chan Kinz ming has in circulation regarding the future Sanitary Department & teak wood nactions for the French led to a number of arrests in outlying places. whare strikes are threatened. The Essen postal officials have passad

use of the old Cafe Wiseman site tug boat 79ft. overall and fitted going to Kiangsi, where, it is in Des Voeux Road, we are in with engines 19 and 24" x 17" A resolution demanding the withdrawal of troops from the post

believed, be will effect A

formed that so far

the stroke, with a working pressure office, and refusing to work under French bayonets. The railway

with General Chan Hongkong Hotel Campany of 130 lbs. strike at Oberhausen has crippled traffic in the north of the Ruhr. A

junction

was sent be concerned, nothing definite has number of officials, refusing to operate the Belgian troop-trains, he prophesied that it France and Italy failed to ratify the Washington Wong yun, who

Wa Pei-fu to assist birn have been arrested. On the contrary, the train service from Essen

yet been definitely decided on. to Dortmund sad to Duesseldorf is complete.

Britain's Attitude.

#

THE WASHINGTON NAVAL TREATY.

London, January 24.

withdrawn from Waichow and is

to do in six months"

round the site.

In connection with the rumours

AS

With reference to a speech by the Japanese Preraier, in which Naral Treaty, it would not be impossible for the other signatories to reach & certain agreement, it is stated bera that nothing is known in He will then make an attempt responsiblequarters of any understanding between Britain, the United to recover. Csatos, which be States and Japan regarding the course to be followed in the unlikely expects

time. It is believed in some HONGKONG GERMAN'S contingency of France and Italy not ratifying the "raty.

Chinese quarters that a working arrangement between Chan King- ming and Suc Hung-ying is x possibility.

London, January 24. With reference to an outcry by a section of the British Press, declaring that the arrest of the German finance official at Cologne is a blow to British prestige, and demanding an unequivocal statement of the Government's policy as regards the British occupied area, Reater learns that as a result of Lord Crewe's meeting with M. Poincare in Paris yesterday the situation" as between the British and French authorities in the Rhineland has been considerably clarified. and it is unlikely that any misunderstanding will now arise. It has been made clear that Britain is unable to co-operate in the applica- tion of any form of sanctions in the British ares and that British;s troops cannot be used to assist the French authorities, but nothingi will be done to hinder the French in the execution of what ver measures they deem necessary. Instructions have been sent to the French High Commissioner in the Rhineland to make matters easy if possible for the British authorities.

Paris, January 24.

MORE BANK PROFITS.

London, January 24. The National Provincial Bank reports a profit of £2.750,000 in 1922. A dividend of sixteen per cent. is proposed for the year, and 5931,000 is carried forward.

Lloyd's Bank shows a profit of £2,063,000. The proposed dividend sixteen and two-thirds per cent, and £499,000 is carried forward.

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE ENQUIRY.

London, January 24.

It is announced that the Government is appointing a Royal! A message from Mayence says the court-martial on six German Commission to enquire into the organisation of the Civil Services in industrialists including Thyssen and Spindler, opened in the marn-India, the general conditions of service and the best methods of ing. Four German advocates are defending, assisted by a French ensuring satisfactory recruitment of Indians and Europeats. legal expert. The German advocate Grimm at the outset question- ed the competence of the court, but it was unanimously decided that the court was competent. A French Captain, Badia, prosecuting, demanded a sentence of a fine. The sitting was then suspended.

Mayence, January 24.

A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.

Warsaw, January 24. The Foreign Affairs Committed of the Chamber has unanimously The court-martial ha sentenced the German industrialists to passed resolution that the attack on Memel, baing a breach of the pay the following fines: Fritz Teyssen 5.100 francs, Kesten 15,633. Versailles Treaty, must be firmly settled, otherwise it will constitute Wuestenhoefer 9,649, Tengelmann 6,020, Spindler 47.752, and Oloff a precedent having incalculable consequences. 224;300

"Hoch Deutschland!"

U.S. CREDITS TO EUROPE.

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Refused a Flat.

The vessel ran her ocial trials on the 22nd. Mahattajing a mean speed on .

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TIPHOON WARNING.

Sun Yat sen is said to havel

The telegram quoted below WAS left Shanghai on the 22nd. and A Chinese gunboat has been sent

A German resident writes as received by the American Con- to doogkong to welcome him. complaining of his difficulty insulate-General, Hongkong, from Damage to the amount of overlobtaining household accommods-the Macila Observatory at 9 a million dollars is reported to tion. He states that a local.m. to-day:- bave been caused in Fatshan, by im recently agreed to let him Typhoon in about 134 deg. fires started by soldiers.

as, a confirming letter was Long. E. 10 deg. Lat. N.. moving written on the same day, and he West. was asked to arrange with the The following telegram WAS

date The Kwangi and Yunoab present tenant the

of received at noon-Typhoon in

A Split.

no:

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

another correspondent, have de-fixed. Everything seemed in Lat. N., moving west. military leaders, according to removal, which was eventually about 133 deg. Long. E., 10 deg. cided to act in ugison sad to over-order and he had arranged to ride the Cantonese. The two sign a lease, having in the mean- chief commanders of these forces time bought famiture, when he are to act in full concert in all received ■letter from the matters, and at the present mo- Srm stating that

the ment they hold all the revenue-owner had returned to the departments, the Colour he did

wish

Those intending to attend the producing

"Wayfarers'" ball should book offices of which are guarded by the fist to be let. strong forces. All oficials ap-

"On verbal enquiry," states the their tickets early.-Page 4. pointed by others have been correspondent, "I was told the: A ticket inspector is required cleared out of office, and even the owner did not agree to have for the Peak Tramway Co- We Hon-man and Yang Sei- the fat let to Germans so long as Page 4 The majority of the judges admitted there were exteausting

Kaai's Royal Hawaiian Trou- -circumstances in favour of the accused. Grimm, cocasel for the

ngam, nominated by Sun Yat-sen there are English people in the Washington, January 24

are opening at the defence, pleaded that force majeure bad excluded all responsibility, The Spoate Agricultural Committee has reported favourably on as Civil Governor and Provincial Colony without accommodation." badours and appealed for the clauses of the Hague Convention relative to the Norbeck Bill proposing an appropriation of two hundred and Treasurer respectively, dare not He concludes with the following Theatre Royal on the 31st. inst.

uj their duties. the treatment of inhabitants in occupied territory. He declared fifty million dollars for credits to Europe for the purchase of American take

Ia query: "May I ask you what-Page 4.

There will be a dance at the fact. it is believed their consciences had compelled the accused men so to act. A Ger- agricultural products.

that English people would say if they the Yunnan and Kwangsi leads encountered a similar mode of Palace Hotel on the 27th. inst- man who was in the corridors of the law courts shouted "Hoch,)

intend to control the whole pro- doing business in Germany?" Pare 4. Deutschland!" and was immediately arrested.

Charlie Chaplin's latest pictura vince. Yung Sal ngam bas, how. We believe in straight dealing ever, issued an

official notice in business, and if the facts are is being screened at the Coronet atating that Sun Yat-sen, as stated by the correspondent, we Theatre.-Page 12 Generalissimo, has appointed him consider that he has been abomin- Provincial Treasurer and that he ably treated. intends to assume office.

Thyssen admitted that he disobeyed the order of the occupation authorities regarding coal deliveries, saying it was his duty to obey his country's orders and the entry of troops into the Ruhr district was legally unjustified. The other accused associated themselves with Thyssen's standpoint,

The Public Prosecutor, in requesting & fine, said he appreciated the sentiments that inspired the accused and he inclined towards indulgence.

Coblence, January 24.

RUSSIANS HAVE PLENTY OF GRAIN.

Helsingfors: January 24. The exports of grain from Soviet Rossia to Finland continue. Hitherto six thousand tons of Russian rye have been delivered. Official Soviet calculations state that the total graic exports in 1923 will amount to 320,000 tons.

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TO BAR TAX-FREE ISSUES.

The American army of occupation left Germany this afternoon.

Washington, January 24. The commander-in-chief sent a message from his troops, referring!

The House of Representatives has adopted the Green resolution to the American army's deep affection for the Allies, and hoping! the good conduct of the troops would efface all thoughts of bitterness proposing a constitutions! amandment probibiting the further issue

of securities exempt from taxation. on the part of the population.

Essen, January 24.

It is Mining

AMERICAN COAL SETTLEMENT,

hours.

A notice of interest to share- holders in the Humphrey's Estate and Finance Company, appears on page 4.

".

to Let" is being screened.-Page

As evidence of further inde pendance of action by the in- vaders, it is reported that the Salt!

LISTEN! Commissioner appointed by the they will await orders to attack.

To encered in advertising, a refused to hand over office to Wa Kwangsi chief commsader has Waichow.

Oo Tuesday, owing to an person first hus so hate something Hot-fung, appointed by Sun Yat explosion of bombe and other worth while selling. sen, saying that he will not ammunition, a big fire broke out! vacate the post until the military at the magazine just below the Five

Powell's Ltd. advertise a special It is stated on French authority that the occupied territory will

COLLAPSE OF GERMAN NEWSPAPER OFFICE. expenses of the Kwangsi troops Storey Pagoda. No attempts were be completely cut off from the rest of Germany to-morrow.

are fully paid.

made to extinguish the blaze,sale commencing on the 29th. Berlin, January 24. understood that 250 French customs officers bavo arrived.

Hitherto there are twenty dead as the result of the collapse of

All the Cantonese troops and because of the danger, and the inst. Page 7.

At the World Thestre "A Heart directorates are of opinion that a general strike is unlikely, as the six industrialists were only fized. The French and Belgians every part of the offices of the Berliner Tagblatt, burying rasny of the citizen soldiers have either been fire burnt itself out after two

forced to surrender their arms or

The naval authorities have 12- "where are meeting with uncompromising bostility, the railwaymen, employees.

have been shifted acrosSE to

recently taken control of the Brewer's give a list of new telephonists and others all refusing to have anything to do with them.

Hocam. There is now not

Bureau (which novel on page 2. The Germans to-day refused to supply coal even for local French

single Cantonese soldier on the Flower Tax

collects revenue from brothels) *The Furance" is the title of uae, and likewise are refusing to drive trains in which French or

Cauton side.

ia order. to New York, January 24.

meet Belgians are travelling.

naval the current attraction at the Kow- The bituminous agreement provides for a wage of 71% dollars, an Tigris forts have been seized by that the Kwangsi commandere

News comes that the Bocca expenses. It is now rumoured loon Theatre-Page 12.

A furnished flat is to be let Lin In-hung a commander under intend to appoint an officer as in Kowloon-Page 4. eight-hour day, and $1.03 & ton for contract miners,

General Chan King-ming. As head of this department. As a

Elsie Ferguson is appearing at! result, the former commander of result, Admiral Wan Hau-tak has the Star Theatre in "Coun the forts, Wu Lai-wo, and the sent a strong force to guard the terfeit"-Pages 4 and 12. new River Defence Commis

premises. sioner, Chan Chak, are planning| to recapture the forts with naval town in the Tsun Fa district has and military forces Heavy bean looted by a strong gang of fighting near Taiping Market is citizen soldiers. All the shops therefore expected shortly,

and houses were plundered, the Detachments of Kwangsi and magistrata was murdered and Yunnan troops have

been the guarda, numbering about a despatched to Sheklung, where hundred, were all disarmed.

Foreign Workers' Sympathy.

Amsterdam, January 24. The National Tredes Union Federation has decided financially to assist the Ruhr workers to resist the French, to the extent of some 150,000 florins.

London, January 24,

troops, of 750 men each, selected from the personnel of the French The Council of the Trade Union Congress and the Executive of rallways, leave to-night for the Rhineland in order to assure nec- the British Labour Party have jointly issued a manifesto expressing essury communications. M. Le trocouer, Minister of Works, and solidarity with the German workmen in the Ruhr district and de- General Weygand are proceeding to the Ruhr to enquire into the manding that the Government intervene diplomatically to secure situation.

A message from Essen says the French are taking complete immediate evacuation.

French Take Control of Railways.

control of the railways. They assert that if the Germans refuse to operate the trains they will have sufficient drivers to maintain the principal services. Biz hundred French drivers and firemen have already arrived.

Paris, January 24.

The Ministry of War announces that owing to a partial strike on the railways in the Rahr district, are detachments of railway

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It is reported that the principal

To-Day's Exchange.

The closing rate of the dollar on demand to-day was 3.9/16d.

Lighting Up Time. Lighting-Up Time to-day 6.05-