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THE DRAFT TURKISH TREATY.

(Renter's Service.)

EAN BEAERBY, WEDNESDAY,

JANUARY 31, 1923. ftART

FRENCH COMMANDER'S STATEMENT.

Fate of Germany in Her. Own Beping.

(Beuter's Service. }

Duesseldorf, January 30. General Degoutte, the French commander on the Rhine, in T statement to the Press declared: "The Allies do not wish to disturbi the normal life of the German people. The German Government's most provocative policy has not succeeded in baking our self- command. Moderation however does not mean weakness, and ther are mistaken who think our patience unlimited. We will break or adversaries will and impose ours We intend to use all means to achieve our ends, and nothing can turn us from our purpose. The fate of Germany lies in her own keeping."

Berlin, January 30. Germany's floating debt increased in the ten days ending January 2nd from 210 milliard marks to 1,821 milliards.

German Miners Vote Against Strike.

Paris, January 30.

THE CANTON MUDDLE.

Ngai May be Shot,

FOREIGNERS INTERVENE.

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RUSSIAN REFUGEE SHIP WRECKED.

Seventeen lives were last 63 2

ANOTHER ARMED

• ROBBERY.

Banker's Big Loss

As a teadit of a trick, a gang of robbers is said to have robbed a banker * Bouham Street ofalarge som yesterday afternoon.

two

And

Seventeen Lives Last.

Courtesy "Daily Bulletin.")

Manila, Jan. 30. The ship Paris, of Admiral- Constantinople, January 30,

The report was received by the Stark's fleet, arrived at Mariveles police to the effact that an em There is very rave apprehension with regard to the situation which may develop here in the event of a rupture at Lausanne, as

with 21 men, six women and one ployee, with another man, wES . Canton, Jan. 30.

child, including three officers and called away to a client's shop at the most probable consequenes will be war. While the British have

General Ngai Bong-ping still four men of the Ajax, which was No. 59. Jervois Street. On arrival, scrupulously observed the Mudania Convention, the Kemalists have

remains & prisoner at the Agricul wrecked off Formosa on Jan. 16.they found seven men waiting been organising their forces for the eventuality of a rupture. There

tural Experimental Station near sro twenty thousand armed Turks at Constantinople. Rafet Pasha

Tuogshan, whence he

The survivors were rescued for them on a floor almost devoid commands thirty thousand men in Thrace, and there is good reason

removed after Friday's dramatizfter clinging to the funnel for of furniture. These produced

their happenings.

revolvera to believe that considerable artillery has baen smuggled across the

It was rumoured two days in the blistering sun.

and ordered that he would be shot, but efforts

the

Lokis sea of Marmora. Importact Kemalist concentrations are located at

to keep Ismidt and Chanak. Consequently, in the event of a Turkish attack

to save tim have been made by result of the Ajax wreck, includ-quies whilst they bound the task of General Harington. with limited forces engazed

the Y.M.C.A. officials and the ing two officers, one woman and girdle of one of the victims, and gagged them securely. From the possibly on four fronts simultaneously, will not be very easy. The

Japanese Consul, and it is be- 14 men.

contained in separate parcels, force is undoubtedly the finest of its sa Britain has even possessed.

lieved, now that his troops have This makes a total of eight banknotes of the total amount of supported by the whole Mediterranean and a large part of the

all been disarmed, that he may be boats at Mariveles. Atlantic flesta and the pick of the Air Force, and can be trusted to

$18,500 were taken. The robbers Berlin, January 30. įreleased. There is, however, give a magnificant account of itself, but it will not be fair to ask for The Minister of Railways has issued a regulation forbidding still *ome doubt about bis!

Three other vessels are raport. left after having obtained posse- miracles..

German Allwaymen to transport coal and timber from the occupied face, as doring the period offed to be 150 miles off, and thersion of this money. The police received the report only when the Terms of the Treaty.

areas to France or Balzium, and offering all legitimate queasures to martial law which followed the are expected to arrive to-morrow. Paris, January 30, be used to bring to a standstill French-driven trains. Haespecially disturbance

Friday. two A woman gave birth to a child ang had made good their escape.

Later Details. The Turkish treaty provides for the freedom of the Straits, suh.excepts the British zone. The Press states that already a headred Kwangsi Generals, who were soon after the arrival of the Paris. ject to certain reservations, providing inter alix that Turkey shall be German officials have been expelled.

travelling in a motor car down

What appeared at first to be an The Paris ranashore on the coast ordinary armed robbery has turn- entitled to search neutral merchantmen, when she is belligerent.

London, January 300

the Bund, were shot by a patrol, of Formosa, and bar bow was ed out to be as clever a scheme The maximum force for which any Power shall have a right of pass.

Foreign exchange in zain depressed. Marka closed namipally who ordered the car to stop, and badly battered. The crew are eas could be conceived. The gang. age shall not exceed the strongest feet of the Black Sea Powers, but at 230.000 to 240,000. French francs at 76.70. Belgian 21 85.93, The when is failed to do so opened fire, bausted, and the Captain To the Powers in any case shall be entitled to a passage for a force not lire at 9756, and sterling on New York at 4.610.

it was revealed in the course of killing the chauffeur and occup (quested a day's rest before putting enquiries by a Telegraph reporter exceedi three warships, none exceeding ten thousand tons. These The rubber share market opened firmer, on a rise of the com.ants: Generals Lau Tai-hing and them through quarantine. reservations shall not apply to belligerents to the prejudics of their modity to 1,64j, but later was ėssist,

Wong Hung-yau,

to-day, was a well organized one, The troope rights as belligerente in the Black Sea Turkey and the Black Sea

with headquarters at Kongtadon, ander their command attribute

From their confederates their death to Gen. Ngai and Powers, including Russia. shall be able to limit the number of

this Chinese port vessels or aircraft of any Power wishing to visit simultaneously their

demand that he be shot

WAS received drawn оп

ports and serodrones.

*

A zone of fifteen kilometres on either side of the frontier from the Aegean to the Black Sen thall be demilitarised, also both shores of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus to a depth of fifteen kilometres on either side.

The Turks shall be allowed to maintain a garrison of twelve thousand at Constantinople. An International Commission consist- ing of representatives of the Great Powera. Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Rumania, Yugo-Slavia, and Russia, with a Turkish president, shall assure observance of the rules of passage, under the League of Nations. In the event of a violation of the convention the high contracting parties, and in any event France. Britain, Italy and Japan, will intervene conjointly with all the means that the Council of the League of Nations shall determine.

The capitulations shall be abrogated in principle, but temporary arrangements shall be provided with regard to the judiciary and fiscal, commercial. and customs rezimes. Turkey shall pay 15 million Turkish gold pounds as war damages, at Are per cent. interest with one per cent. as sinking fund in 37 annual payments of 900,000 Turkish gold pounds, the first payment to be on March Is

Reinforcements for Mosul.

1924.

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It is reported from Duesseldorf that all the miners' unions in the Ruhr have unanimously rejected the propasif for general strike, and bave passed a resolution against Nationalist intrizues.

Bordeaux, January 30

The general strike on the left bank of the Rhine has already very much abated. The railway traffic is normal except at Boon and Cablesz. The Union of German Miners has uganimously re- jected the proposed general strike.

Othe. Telegrame on Bu** 3.-

CHOPIN RECITAL

R.G.A. FOOTBALL,

An Amusing Match. following account of a football

A correspondent sends as the

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some

best, it is a pity tur foreigners to meddle in Chinese affairs.

gang

At draft

The city bus been quiet since though not a Christian, has been the Chinese Bank at Fo ham yesterday, but outrages on private a great supporter of the Y.M.C.A-Street for a cum amounting_to General Dezatte, receiving newspaperman. remarked that houses by odd bodies of troops and the members of the deput several bandreds of dollars. The wheres the Berlin Government ordered high officislampenly are quite frequent, and the house fation are his personal friends. The local

bad before this bel against the authorities, the French Army, in face of open pro-holders are in most cases forced opinion is expressed in vocation. had set an example of moderation and of humanity. Ite by the looters to sien a paper quarters that though the motives Californian produces merchants, announced themselves as a firm of added: "Nothing will draw France from her objser, which is to saying that they have not bees of the deputation may be of the with a fictitious signboard, on oblige the magnates of German industry to apply a portion of the skrabbest of anything.

the first floor of No. 39. Jervois normoon profits to the payment of reparations"—Canslesy

Large movements of troops in

Street. Here seven members of Fruch Fracufationeral,

the direction of the East River)

Gambling in the Streets.

the gang yesterday waited with king place, and yesterday

revolvers

for the coming. estituated that at least 8,000) *All who have the welfare of of the messengers sent from left by the Canton-Kowloon bumanity at bears wil sym. the Bank with the money. Heilway, found for Sheklang. I pathise with the citizensof Canton The custom of native banks has reported that "fighting is at this time. The leaders of the been not to cash the drafts at imminent there with soms of people are culpable, for while the sight or on demand, but st • [Chan King-ming's supporters who people undoubtedly are partly to stated date to send messengers

have collected in the vicinity. Godowsky's Fine Display.

blame, their leaders have been with the money to the shops of

lovers last night bad a fresh in.

goilty of criminal carelessness. their clients and to pay the A handful of Hongkong masić,

Will Ngai Be Shot?

Hundreds of soldiers ar now monies in personally. The rob Another correspondent writes allowed to gamble at tables along bers reckoned that yesterday the match, for the accuracy of which: sight into the beauties of Chopin'sus as follows:-" The subject on the sides of the roads, and large messengerà would have other Bagdad. January

compositions, which, for poetic everyone's lips is Ngai Bong- upbers of the working classes monies

that brought Troops from Basra and from Bagdad are contiuing to reinforce

imagery, have never been equall pirs. Some say he deserves to are enticed into the trap where round for tbe draft the garrison at Mosul with a view to eliminating the possibility of a Sookunpao between two sections second and fast performance cunning craftiness. Others re-parted. The sudden relapse into ed to be correct, when, on holding they Turk incited Kurdish raid. The main Turkish concentration is now

be sho: for his duplicity and the fool and his money are soon retained, and their surmise prov. the Theater Royal on the frontier a hundred miles north-west o: Mosal. The Tray team was exaily recognised by Leopold Godowsky, the famous in-the past and say be deserves has brought despair to the hearts not only the small eum that was vernacular papers indicate that public opinion is turning strongly the smell of embrocation. The pianist, who is regarded as one of

by call the service he has rendered this deplorable state of things up the messengers, they found anti-Turkish.

stand was tastefully decorated the world's finest interpreters of sorry for themselves and make Canton."

Kuomintang are of raercy. The Paris, January 10.

many social workers into be delivered to them but also for the occasion with strings of Chopin's music.

other monies contained in The Temps states that the French Government has written to

many excuses for Sun Yat-sen's

separate wrappers that were to It was a purely Chopin pro-failure to bring Hau Sung-chi and Angora saying the draft treaty that has been handed to the Turks, in orange peel and cigarette ends. the French view, does not not constitute the final text. The drar and all small stones had been gramme that was presented. com this army of real Cantonese back!

Further Reports.

bavə been delivered to the Bank's cleared of the field before prising over twenty of the master's

Another correspondent informs other customers. The haul effect- precaution finest and best known composi Chirg Hok Ui for their reopening to the effect that Ngai will not be against the gost keeper being tions. There was endless variety of the gambling dens. The Ching released until two

the city. They vilify the us that rumours are circulatinged by the robbers amounted to no injured by excited spectators. in the numbers given themes to Hak Ui is a somewhat mysterious $100.000 are paid to the Kwangsi The Outforts won the toss and suit all tasten-and the whole rociers, the beads of which are and Yunnan military authorities elected to, kick with the tide. performance was one of superla-aid to be Tsen Chun-hsnan respectively. Tribbitt, receiving on the left, tive excellence. Godowsky's in better known as Shum, the old states that Ngai will be banded Another report passed the hall behind bis back terpretation gave a new meaning Viceroy) and W'n Pel-fu, and it over to Sun Yat-sen when the with the tip of his nose and fell to

simply marks the present state of the negotiations, and nothing will prevent further negotiations being opened, though the French have already granted more concessions than they have obtained

IRISH OUTRAGES,

Loyalists Houses Destroyed,

London, January 30.

The rebels in Dublin carried out a series of attacks on the houses of a number of State officists, relatives of Ministers, sad directors and staffs of the Press, last night. Some of the houses were blown up and others were set on fire. The explosions shook the city.

London, January

The residence of Sir Horace Plunket, near Dublin, was burned

Locdon. January 30.

London, Januszy 30.

post office has been treated similarly.

London January 30.

CURTAILMENT OF COTTON SPINNING.

we cannot couch:-

A splendid game of football was seen Festerday afternoon ated.

of the R. G. A. The Outforts

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the match,

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The occasion

the

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sums of

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less than $18,500.

News in To-day's New Advertisements.

in a heap. He was carried off inner eaning of his composi- of the influence of the Kuomin Sun thinks it. The latest report. appear on page 4.

Notices of interest to members O bringing out the had forits object the counteracting latter arrives, to be dealt with of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club. the field in a deck-chair. Fast tions and and exciting play took place in peculiar genius. In all his work,

illustrating

his tank.

which seems more probable, is the Headquarters goalmouth, but Godowsky showed amazing tech-Ngai Bong-ping

The situation in regard fa, that Ngai will not be liberated to be let by public auction on the Severa! lots of Crown Land are without result. Kollins was ahenique, whilst in the mare dainty Kwangsi leaders hold him

is that the until all the forces to other dis-5th. of February.-Page 4. served to be looking round the pieces he caressed the keys with hostage to present the Canton of Ngai are either overpowered ing is of claims against the

astricts formerly under the control Colger then touch as of velvet. Beld for mort wird made a terrible dash for goal but he showed a deep understanding for they say that Ngai will be

Above all. Army breaking out into mutiny, or disarmed. was brought to his knees with a of all the themes which he set shot if his troops give trouble: lovely kick in the back from himself to interpret.

and there are not a fex deter work

a good time, until Lingana got

defence with clever dribbling.

A Yunnan Sphere.

A notice concerning the sand

LISTEN!

estate of the late Mr. R. E. Balilios, appears on page 4.

"The House that Jazz Built " down by armed rebels to-day, after the occupants bad baen ejected. Cox, Midfiele play followed for The biggest and finest piece of mined characters at large, well the Yunnan commanders stating Theatre, commencing today.— A notice has been issued by is the attraction at the World A column of forty-two Irregulars has been captured at Fermoy. the ball, and, working round the B Flat Minor, with which the life in revenge for the death of city are under the control of the

Wa the Sonata in armed, who are out to take Ngai's that the western suburbs of the Paze 12. Armed men burned down the premises of Major Barrow at would have scored, but accidental handled in masterly fashion, the were shot in motor car last sponsible for the maintenance of kong reason at the Theatre Royal programme opened. This was the two. Kwangai generals who Yunnan forcer, who will be re-badours commence their Horg

Kani's Royal Hawaiian Trou- Milestown. South Louth, after ejecting the family. Knockbridgely fell over the corner fig and Scherzo and March

was heard to

exclaim: The movements being wonderfully Ngai knows of the existence of region must clear out within

Funebre Friday after, the conference, order. Uther armed forces in the to-night.-Pa:84. Shield!" The exc.tement of the played. Another beautiful con- this band of would-be assassins three days, else they will be dis Five armedmen burned down the residence of Senstar Lord spectators at this time was in tribution was the Nocturns in F. and is probably in voluntary dermed. Another netice sent to Mayo at Straffan.

tens, each team being loudly Sharp, whilst the six little Pre- tention behind a guard of Yun- the Chamber of Commerce at buy what he bought once, liked Everybody has to be reminded to cheered by its respective suppor-lades were all real gems of lere. Half-time was called with artistry. It would be possible to position must be most embarre. Patshan states that that place is nieeds to buy again..

naness troope, Hin present no goals scored. The Mount Davis write at great length in praise og for him. Popular sympathy the Younan troops, and no other entirely under the protection of men refreshed themselves with of the other numbers, but we is rising in bis favour, and a forces will be allowed there.

Found! Pair of gentleman's. another good drink of embroca-will suffice with mention of deputation which includes several

black motor gloves.—Page 4. tion. The second half was very the three Etudes, all wonder- foreign missionaries has gone fo.merly serving under Ngai screened at the Coronet Theatre. Two regimental commanders "Dream Street"" is being London, January 30. exciting. McOrmack A ballot of the American section of the cotton-spinning trade hard lines is not being sent off and the Polonaise in A Fiat. Hung-ying to plead for Ngai's 1.1 command, and have!

baving fully

rendered, the Berceuse to interview General Sham Bong-ring have gone over to the-Page 12. has failed to give the necessary eighty per cent. majority required the field. Colger placed well After having heard many "mur-life and safety. for the suggested continuance of curtailment of output to four days and Lynes, running in, took derings" of the last-named, wejever, doubtless be shot if he been reappointed to their old Teath of the Tiger" is the current weekly, thus leaving the trade tree to act as it pleases. A total of a first-timer and left his mark have to thank Godowsky for an troops break out. 7316 per cent. voted in favour of curtailment and 9 per cent. on

General Yuen Tai has attraction.—Pages 3 and 12. Fuller's shins. Sparham's insight into its true magnificence. against. Seventeen per cent. did not vote. The committee, however, zoalkeeping was brilliant, and no

given op the defence of Hoaan! There will be no public per- by 37 votes to 4. decided to recommend continuance.

doubt saved his side from a severe of unalloyed enjoyment. marred

The Foreign Deputation.

in favour of the Yunasu and formence at the Kowloon Theatre Kwangsi troops and has taken to-night-Fage 18. defeat. Lucas tackled very well only by the miserably small ted General Ngai at the Agricul district. It is reported that the the store of Yee Sang Fat & Co.- "One of the missionaries visit-bia force to the Heungahan A spcial sale is proceeding at and seldom missed the ball or tendance present. sozone's ebins Morris was in a

tural Station on Sunday. Ngai, magistrate there, who is a nephew Page 8. higher class of football (5ft. 2in.)

who is not wounded, but bas of Chen. Chikus, has joined | About five minutes from the end. goal of the match. The players cold, wanted the prissionary to hands with him in order to Hill ran down the wing and cen- all swapbled at the stand and get him into the Canton Hospital, prevent citizen soldiers from com. tred to Wood, who took a flying Mr. McHugh kindly presented but whether he has been admitted ing within the district, at the kick at the ball with both feet the Shield to the successful team, is not at present known. The same time declaring his willing, The ball rebounding to Barker at the same time making nice deputation to General and this player put it in the bag. little speech. He was heartily Hang-ying is under the leader-appointed

Shum pess to surrender to any official by the proper This proved to be the winning booed by all.

Iship of the Y. M. C. & Ngai, anthorities.

M.C.C. v. NORTHERN DISTRICTS.

Newcastle, Natal, January 30. The attendance for the match between the Northern Districts and the M.U.C. was moderate. The ground was water-logged. The matob started at three o'clock, and the Northern Districts had scored 135 for 8 when stumps were drawn.

The whols performance was one

He will, how-

tank.

At the Star Theatre, "The

To-Day'a Exchange"

demand today warn 24. 3.3(lida

The closing rate of the dolla? on

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