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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929.

"PEA-SOUPER" OVER BRITISH PUNITIVE DEATH OF M. EMILE

NEW YORK.

EXPEDITION.

· SHIPPING AT STANDSTILE- FOR FOUR DAYS.

RECALCITRANT CHIEFTAIN

CAPTURED.

LOUBET.

FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

"FORT VICTORIA" EPIC. CAPTAIN LOW IS SHOT, FATHER OF ENTENTE.

Khartoum, Dec. 20.

Now York, Dec. 20.

Paris, Dec. 20. The death has occurred, on the A dense fog has practically

The recalcitrant trial Chief; brought to a standstill all shipping Lafofa, who has his domain in the eve of his ninety-first birthday, movements in New York Harbour region of Talodi in the Nuba Hills, of M. Emile Loubet, former Presi for a period of four days.

was captured a few days ago by a den, of the Republic, and one of Shifting winds to-day, however, joint force of the Sudan Defence the originators" of the Entente give promise of clearing the air.

Force and the police, sent out for Cordiale.-Havas. The New York newspapers con- the special purpose of bringing' tinue to pay tributes to the disci-him to book. pline which prevailed on board

Tribesmen the next day fired on the British liner Fort Victoria when she was rammed and sunk the troops, killing one and wound- outside the Harbour by anothering their commander, Captain A. ship two days ago. 260 passengers on board as well ná a large crew, and their trans-Reuter. fer to a pilot boat was carried out with perfoot ordenlines remarkably quick time.

There were

and in

The Press specially commends the wireless operator, as well as the Captain and officers for stick ing to their ship until the last po sible moment. The Fort Victorin went down almost immediately after they abandoned her.

Meanwhile very severe wintry conditions prevail in other parts of the United States. Half the continent is experiencing tempera- tures below freezing point, and a number of deaths have occurred as In dirett resuit of the acute con- ditions-Renter's American Ser-

vice.

LORD PRIVY SEAL HECKLED.

(Continued from Page 1.) powers that Parliament must give before they could start n

man working.

Low,

The situation le well in hand.-

Nigerin Trouble Over..

London, Dec. 20. Router learns that Opobo in southern Nigeria, is now quiet. The situation in the whole of Calabar Province" is rapidly upproaching normality and # resident believes that the crisis is past.

-Everything is quiet in Owerri Province, except in two remote and, unimportant centres where at: early settlement is expected, -

The Colonial Office has received information to this effect from the Governor of Nigeria.-Reuter.

INSPECTION OF THE K.O.S.B.

GENERAL'S WISH FOR A

HAPPY XMAS.

G.O.C.

Later the troops marched back to barracks and laid down their kit. after which H.E. walked through the barracks wishing the men happy Christna.

The 2nd Battalion K.O.S.B. were inspected by H.E. Major General J. W. Sandilands, this morning, AL 8.45 a.m., the men marched Speel Ing Up.

from barracks, preceded. by their Whereas the schemes of munici-band, and formed up on Murray palities or public companies Anne-Parade Ground for the tioned by the Unemployed Grants inspection. Committee in the last two years of late Government had involved an expenditure of six million pounds, in the six months during which the present Government had been in office, this committee alone had sanctioned the spending of £13, 500,000 for 610 different schemes. At the present moment, there were nine hundred and twenty-three fresh achemen under "considera- tion, of a total value of £18,000,- 005."

Eight and a half millions ex- penditure had been sanctioned 'on electricity development.

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Docks and Harbours.

Was

Major General Sandilands will pay a similar visit to the Somerset Light Infantry at Shamshuipo on Monday.

HAICHING PIRACY

SEQUEL.

TWO MEN FACE CHARGË

OF MURDER.

In regard to decks and harbours,

Lam Hing and Chan Ma-ying, here again a study of the unem

both described 08 Namsham ployed problem convinced him Hoklos, made their second appear that, if we wanted to develop durance in the dock at the Central trade, more facilities and mor: Magistracy, charged with, the mur- efficient plant

required alder of Mr. Kingsley Frank Wood

ward, the Third Engineer of the many of our docks and wharvos.

He had invited a committee of pirated s.s. Halching, this morn- the dock authorities to meet himing, and were again formally re and schemes had been approved for manded in police custody for one docks in such places as Dundee, week. Milford, Liverpool, Newcastle-on- Tyne, Shoreham, Inverness, Boston and Aberdeen.

He would be deceiving the House if he did not frankly say that in

the end these schemes were only expedients.

Trade Commissioners,

"I do not believe any Government can solve the unemployment pro-1 blem by merely temporary schemes, of whatever kind they are. I do believe that, in addition to all this speeding up that I have enumerated, you have got to concentrate on your export trade,"

Chief Inspector Reynolds made application to Mr. Hamilton for the remand, and, in granting it, the Magistrate asked which of the two were found in the locker.

It is twenty-four years since M. Loubet retired from active poll- ties and he is scarcely known by the younger generation in France. He spent the evening of his days on his estate in his native Depart ment of the Drome, but for the last few years he had lived with his son in the town of Monteli mar. On December 31st, last year, when he celebrated his nine- tieth birthday, he was still in re- markably good.health,

M. Loubet was born in 1838, st Maraanne, Drome, where he prac- tised as a lawyer. He began a political life by interesting him- self in municipal affairs and while a comparatively young man he became mayor of Montelimar,

A close friendship existed be tween him and Carnot and they entered the Chamber together in 1876. Nine years later, after Loubet's election to the Senate, he, became the lender of the ex- treme Left, and on Dec. 12, 1887, he entered the Tirard Cabinet as Minister of Labour, becoming later Premier and Minister of the Interior.

It was trying time with an- archist outrages miners'.riots and the Dahomey expedition. The Radicals defented him in 1892 and he took the portfolio of the In- terlor in the Ribot Ministry, but aroused antagonism owing to his defence of Rouvier and had to re sign in 1893, because he took the side of those compromised by the Panama scandal,

In view of his blameless reputa- tlon however, he was elected in 1896 President of the Senate and M. Loubet's Presidency wan in 1899, President of the Republic.

notable for the strengthening of the Franco Russian Entente and for the Dreyfus case; it required some courage to sign the order for the re-trial of that officer. But his most important work was the Inception of the Entente Cordiale in co-operation with King Edward VII. It was the action of the latter,

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own naval escort to greet Loubet on his visit to Algiers that caused the President Lo invite the monarch to visit Paris on his way. home an Invitation which he in- sisted on accepting despite the misgivings of the then British Government.

It was M. Loubet's tact that

healed the wounds left by the French support of the Boers and by the British outmanoeuvring of Marchand at Fashoda.

"The friendship thus begun in 1903 was to have momentous consequences when Germany put it to the test

in 1914.

Another episode of Loubet's term of office was the campaign which led to the separation of church and state. He himself did not approve of the great bitterness displayed towards the clergy anil' the religious, congregations. In support of his foreign policy he re-paid visits to England and Russia. years' At the end of his. seven term he 'declined" re-dection and retired from politics of the end of 1905. His successor at the Elysee was M. Fallleres.

Mr. Reynolds replied: "The tall one, your Worship."

The prisoners were then moved from the dock under clone

guard,

THE WEST RIVER GUNBOATS.

RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL REGATTA."

re-

The West River gunboais gatta was held at Canton on Fri- day, the complete results being as follow:-Moorhen, 35

BRITAIN & RUSSIA.

AMBASSADOR PRESENTS

"He deplored the fact that the late Government had abolished trade commissioners for twenty-two, dif- ferent countries. The present Gov-

CREDENTIALS. crament proposed to restore most of these. It was engagd in reviving

London, Dec. 20. the whole of that department.

points; The Russian Ambassador, M. Dealing with the general trade Moth, 30; Tarantula, 23; Cicala. Sokolnikoff, has presented his prospecta of the country, Mr. 21. H. M. S. Searew did not parti-credentials to the Prince of Wales Thomas eaid that recent events in cipate. London and America could not be minimised. Their effect was very serious.

The officers' race was won by II. M. S. Moth.

EXCHANGE RATES:

Rationalliation of Industry, On other hand, there were bright prospects in certain industries if unification and rationalisation could take place,

Paris The motor industry offered more Brussels

Amsterdam hope of employment than others.

In the steel industry, great Berlin changes were taking place. The Copenhagen steel industry was passing through a difficult period and the cotton in- Helsingfors dustry was in the same position Bucharest. precisely...

Vienna

Lisbon.

Buenos Aires "He was applying himself, in con- Shanghai sultation with those trades and with Yokohama experts, to see how far they could New York

Geneva stimulate those industries.

In conclusion, ho repeated he Milan

Stockholm would do all he could by the ex- Oslo penditure of public monoya lo pro Prague vids employment, always provided | Madrid" it added to the efficiency and the Athens general prospects of the country as Rio a whole.

Bombay Just as his predecesor: hind put Hong Kong on the brake, he was putting on the Silver (spot) accelerator, British Wireless and Silver (forward), Rester.

at St. James Palace.

M. Sokolnikoff plunged into business immediately after pre- senting his credentials. He call- ed on Mr. Henderson and exchange- ed notes regarding propagandi.. presumably also relating to the Dominions. #

London, Dec. 20: Scenes of fervour marked a

• 128.80 | crowded demonstration to protest :84.865 against Soviet persecution of ro- .12.10 ligion in Russia, at the Albert 20.885

Hall. The audience, the majority 18.185

81.67 of whom wore women, sfood n .394 minute silently in remembrance 108,20 of those who had suffered for.

817 their faith in Russia,

.44% The main resolution was moved

.2/2 2/03/32 by Lord Brentford, who condann- ed the cruel periocution of fellow .4.88 7/82

25.695 worshippers and suppression of 93.25 religious instraction of the young .18.005 Chief Rabbi Hertz said the 18.20 Jews were the greatest aufferers .164% from Soviet religious persecution.

,85.43 Reuter.

...375

London, Dec. 20:

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It is understood that Sir Esmond 1/6 29/82

1/7% Ovey the newly appothted British (224) | Ambassador to› Russia, will pre-

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