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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

BRITAIN'S SLY DIPLOMACY!

ITALO-SPANISH TREATY.

AN AMERICAN ADMIRAL'S'

OPINION.

PROVISIONS FOR NEUTRALITY,

New York, August 12.

Madrid, Aug. 12′′ The Foreign Minister, Interview Speaking at the Institute fed by Reuter, bas stated that the Politic's at Williamstown, Mas- Italo-Spanish Treaty of August sachusets, Admiral Rogers and 10 creates a Permanent Commis that the Washington Disarmament son of five, each Government choosing ono and the remainder Conference was a piego of British to be chosen by mutual agreement strategy designed to check from foreignere not realding in. America's naval supremacy. the contracting countries and not, Admiral Rogers was one who employed by them! The Treaty served on the Citizen's Committee provides that in the event of one attached to the American delega- contractant being attacked not- tion at the Conference. He added withstanding à peaceful attitude, that Britain objected to the United the other contractant shall remain States having a merchant fleet or neutral-Reuter. navy bigger than her own and she held out as a bait the idea of relingulahing settlements in the Far East and the abrogation of the Japanese Alliance, with the result that Britain destroyed the threatened American naval supremacy, and freed herself from the Japanese". "Alllance which Canada would no longer tolerate Reuter's American Servico.

D.-C. CLOSED

DOWN.

TURKS APPLY NEW LAW.

"MANHANDLED.”

GOOD PICTURE AT THE ?

QUEEN'S.

EYES ON THE PHILIPPINES.

BRITAIN AND JAPAN SUSPECTED.

Williamstown Massachusetts,

JA August 4.--Representative. Mayhew Wainright, republican of New York, told the Institute of Politics that both England and Japan would like to rule the Philippines If the United States over withdrew.

He said that ho hoped, for the sake of world peace, the American flag would never be lowered in the Philippines.

I feel that one of the greatest assurances of peace in the Fir East" he went on," in the fact that the United States has jurisdiction in the Philippines. I feel that if this should be withdrawn it might.: be an invitation to war. England, as well as Japan, is, interested in i taking over the islands if the United States ever withdraws."

Newton W. Gilbert, acting Gov- ernor-General of the Philippines There is yet another excellent in 1912 and 1913, said that pro-

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picture being shown at the Queen's gress, ceonomically or politically HOLYOAK, MASSEY & Co., Ltd.

Theatre at present, this being in the Philippines would be im- "Manhandled," which is adapted passible as long as their status from the Saturday Evening Post remained indefinite. He said that story by Arthur Stringer.

It la something ought to be done im- noteworthy for the fine acting of mediately and suggested the for- Gloria Swanson, always a favou mation of a commonwealth with rite with cinema patrons, who is its own constitution. This, solu- agen at her very best.

tion, he believed, would give the autonomy but keep them permanently under Ameri- Filipinos

can protection.

Tom

Moore, as the hero of the romance, Constantinople, Aug. 12.

is also responsible for some fine Police Headquarters have order-work, and the whole film is full ed all foreign. Chambers of Com- of intercet.. merce to cease operations imme- dintely.

The ban has been threatened for sometime past. but it was not thought that it would ever be enforced as the Government had been considering whether to apply the Turkish laws to the foreign Chambers or to permit their opera. tions in conformity with inter- national obligations-Reuter.

OBSCURE MOTIVES.

Later.

Foreign circles are at u Toss to understand the motives for the or- der, which is attributed, partly to a desire of the Turkish Chamber to secure the fees hitherto paid to: the foreign Chamber for, set- vices rendered and partly to An- gora's aims to destroy what are.

It is a story of a New York shop girl who yearns for fine clothing and the joys of life. She be- comes the sport of men willing to give her plenty of pleasure and gets taken up in a whirl of gaiety, only to discover in the end that true love brings most happiness, There are excellent settings, and the picture is placed above the or- dinary by the forceful acting and the many human touches as the plot unfolds.

The next change of programme will be on Sunday, when "A Thiel in Paradise" will be shown,

BRIGHT LIGHTS.

regarded as the last vestiges of FISHING, IN A DANGER ZONE. the capitulations, and partly to

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Rear Admiral W. L. Rogers, re- tired, vigorously denounced the in- that the preamble of the "Jones dependence movement and said Act did not constitute a promise of independence.

"Even if it did" he concluded "it would be a bad promise and better broken than kept."..

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'CANTON LABOUR ~

RISINGS.

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of all classes shall give heed ac- cordingly,

NO ARMS:

"The regulations are as follows: 1. Except troops or the police, and carrying groups

weapons about the city aro roaming

be suppressed by mili-

the ambition to inaugurate a Caught fishing with bright lights national mercantile marine.

in a prohibited area, the master to While the Amerlean Chamber

is not particularly affected owing

of a fishing junk was fined $10, or tary force and their weapons

ten days' imprisonment in default, are to be seized and confisented.

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AMERICAN YARN PRICES.

MINIMUM SELLING BASIS FIXED.

London, Aug. 12. The Federation of Master Cot

stabilize prices and, if the firmB concerned hold fast to the prices, an end should shortly be reached to the long existing deplorable" conditions. The schema is or- ganized in conjunction with a curtailment of production which this section of the trade requires, and the position will be carefully reviewed at least once a week. at the Marine. Court this morning. "2. Ringleaders of groups mak-tonspinners Associationa has is- The Federation Committee is pro- of an French and Italian Chambers re- It was stated that the man wasing preparations for fighting are to sued details of a minimum basis moting the formation

Association" gard the matter more seriously. using glare lights in the Northern be severely punished in accordance of selling prices for standard "American Yarn with military law. The British Chamber has been Anchorage, near to Buoy A26..

counts of American yarn, to with, the object of supporting 3-Search-is-to-be-made-upon- operating for the past forty years

operate on Aug. 16 The scheme--prices. Reuter one secretly and its disappearance is pro-master of a junk who was charged passers-by. Any foundly disturbing to traders. with obstruction of the Central carrying revolvers or other weapons is supported by 98 per cent. of the Fairway yesterday. A police is to be arrested and severely dealt members concerned and the own patrol-found-him-anchored-across with."(Sgd) Chang Kai-shek. the middle of the channel.

to its reduced trade, the British,

Reuter

SAFE BRITISH RAILWAYS.

A fine of $10 was imposed on the

A robin's nest with four fledg lings was found in the hood of a ONE FATAL ACCIDENT LAST pram at Rodhuish, Somerset. The young ones are to have use of the pram until they can fly.

YEAR.

Rugby, Aug. 12.

The returna of railway' accidenta just issued by the Minis- try of Transport show that only one passenger was killed in a train accident last year throughout Great Britain,

"A passenger's' risk of death in a train accident in Great Britain is estimated to be one in 1,700,000,- · 000-British Wireless.

CHARING CROSS.

NEW STATION SOON READY.

Rugby, Aug. 12.

The new station at Charing Cross, in connection with the link under the Thames-to-Southern London, will be opened for traffic next month.

At present, passengers enter and leave Charing Cross Under- ground Station at the rate of 33,000,000 per year. It is estimat." ed that traffic in the enlarged atation will be increased to over 50,000,000 passengers per year. British Wireless.

MR.

MELLON'S HOLIDAY.

ARRIVES IN GENEVA.

Geneva,-Aug-12-

Mr. Andrew Mellon is expected this evening, accompanied by his son-in-law and daughter. He pro-. poses to stay several days excur BloningRouter.

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An Order in Council is publisk- ers of 2,500,000 spindles unaffiliated in the London Gazette making ed_with_the_Federation.

new regulations in regard to Bri-

An explanatory letter says that tish jurisdiction in civil and crimi there is no intention at the outset nal cases in Siam in the period AUSTRALIAN COTTON.

to secure full production costs and yet to elapse before, under the Melbourne, Aug. 12. emphasises that the best method terms of the protocol of July 14, The House of Representatives is to improve gradually the pre-1925, British subjects come under has agreed to the third reading of vailing prices. The object of the the jurisdiction of the Siamese the Cotton Bounty Bill-Reuter. (scheme is not only to raise bat to Courts.

AIRPLANE VIEW OF LAKE DENMARK EXPLOSIONS.

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