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IMPERIAL ISSUES

DISCUSSED.

CHINA'S SILVER

PROBLEM.

EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON. ARBITRATION.

CAPT. DOLLAR ON BANKERS' *ATTITUDE.

$10,000 BANK THEFT DISCLOSURE.

FAKE HIGHWAY ROBBERY STAGED.

COMMITTEES CONFER. STABILISATION NEED. | MESSENGER GAOLED.

London. Oct. 15.

two

Shanghai. Oct. 12.

What was described at the time No meeting of the heads of the Captain Robert Dollar, head of as a highway robbery, during which delegations to the Imperial Con-the Dollar shipping interests and bank messenger was relieved of ference was held to-day, but the for more than 30 years intimately $16,000, was this morning revealed work of the Committee was connected with the Sino-American in a police' prosecution to be no- continued.

trade, declared in an addrüss here thing but a hoax on the part of s The Communications Com-to-night that China was suffering servant of the Ng Chau Bank of

from

chief maladies-too 38 Bonham Street, who, with mittee further considered various

much civil war and too much others, conspired to steal the money, aspects of Empire broadcasting.silver.

The messenger of the bank was and the Committee on Arbitration With reference to the silver brought before Mr. Williams at the and Disarmament and the General situation, particularly the inves-Central Police Court and accused Economic Committee also met.

tigation conducted by the U.S. of conspiracy with others to steal The Canadian delegate, Maurice Senate Committee headed |by|$10,000 and also of receiving a sum Dupre, presided at the Arbitration Senator Pittman, Captain Dollar of $5,000, well knowing the same Committee, at which a discussion declared:

to have been stolen or unlawfully

The defendant entered pleas" of guilty to both counts.

Detective Inspector Shannon said that on July 31 last, at about 3.30

on the General Act was com "There will be no permanent obtained. menced. It will be continued to-solution to the slump in the morrow. The Committee's agenda Chinese trade or the exchange includes three main items-firstly situation until China adopts the the general act for the pacific gold standard, eliminating silver settlement of international dis-as the basis of her currency. As p.m. a report was made at the Cen- putes; secondly amendments to result of the slump silver has tral Police Station that a highway the League of Nations Covenant: been reduced to half of its former robbery had been committed thirdly, the question of disarma-value, and China has been prac: Hillier Streets, where a bank mes- tically forced out of the world senger of the Hing Hong Bank had ment Convention.

The Foreign Secretary, Mr. markets. This has caused a drop been robbed of $10,000 which he another bank. Henderson, at Geneva in Septem- approximately 60 per cent. in was to deliver to ber, announced that the United the Sino-American trade.

Enquiries made at the time showed) Kingdom Government was prepar- the Pittman Committee is bound been no robbery at all.

"The present investigation of beyond all doubt that there had ed in principle to accept the to be futile because silver is General Act, which seeks to extend affected by the same malady that fendant had planned the robbery the field of international concilia-affects wheat-over-production-- tion and arbitration to cover not and no prospect of improvement in conspiracy with others in the merely justiciable disputes, which, in silver prices is in sight unless bank. As a matter of fact the en under the Optional Clause, are re-the miners are willing to close velope which contained the $10,000 ferred to The Bagur, but all dis- their mines, until consumption has had never left the bank but that the defendant had been given putes, subject to reservations overtaken production."

Later it was found that the de

which are known. While accepting With respect to China's autop-$5,000 and as soon as he had left the principle, Mr. Henderson re-tion of the gold standard. Captain the premises and got clear, his con- served signature until the matter Dollar -is of the opinion that it federates outside staged the rob- was discussed at the Imperial Con-will first be necessary to overcome bery in Hillier Street in the thick ference. Some of the Dominions the objections of certain banking of the crowd. The plan worked also preferied to await the Con- and financial interests which are so well that the manager of ference discussion, which is now chiefly concerned with silver bank actually thought that his ser-

vant had been robbed, speculation and hence are not

proceeding.

The General Economie Com-desirous to see a stabilized cur- mittee to-day discussed the ques-rency. tions of marks of origin of Empire

products, and shipping services

the

On Monday evening the defendant i was arrested Whilst walking in Shanghai Street, Yaumati. He had been away from the Colony and re- turned together with his family

available in various parts of the EDUCATION OF GIRLS.recently. Empire.- British Wirdess.

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GENIUS OF BOY

STIFLED..

PUBLIC SCHOOL BLAMED.

"UNVERSITIES AS GRAVE- YARD OF BEST STOCK"

Although the defendant had re- weived $5.000, he had only actually got $500 as his share.

In reply to his Worship, the pro-) secuting officer remarked that the Dr. Jon A. Minen, of Norway, other $5,000 had been left with the addressing the International confederates in the bank.

Detective Inspector Shannon said)

Federation of Eugenie Organisa-

tions Conference, which is being that the Inspector General of Police held at Hinton St. Mary, Dorset,ook a serious view of the case as Berlin, Sept. 9.

emphasised the need for training bank messengers were entrusted Dr. Robert Saudek, the eminent young girls to make them more fit with huge sums of money and re- Czech handwriting expert, whoj

ceived very small wages. for motherhood.

The defendant was given six) now lives at Gokters Green, de-

He explained afterwards to a re-months' hard labour on each charge. scribes in an interview published

porter that there WAN in the Bertiner Tageblatt the much masculine education among far too tengedy of a British by genius women to-day, and this was haw) whose remarkable promise, he de-ing serious results. clares, has been destroyed by his! "The education of women should life at a public school.

U.S. ADMIRAL'S DEATH.

'Bremerton (Wash.), Oct. 15. not be masculine,” he said. "Wo The death is announced of The boy, now about to go up to should, in the training of women, Rear-Admiral Zicgmeier, University, is described as the 18-each biology--renewal of the commanded

who year-old son of a wealthy English-family; chemistry nourishment United States troop transports to the convoying. of woman living in a provincial city the family; and hygiene protection France during the WIT who lately sent to Dr. Saudek two of the family; and similar sciences Renter's American Service. letters in his handwriting, with whch will attract the interest of the request for a description of our girls towards the home.. in- the characteristics they revealed. stead of

A Chinese pleaded guilty, before the present education Exceptional Gifts,

this "One letter," said Dr. Saudek, which is turning them away from Mr. Butters at Kowloon

morning to the possesson, of 4.305 "which was written by the boy Our present education of women pir lottery tickets valued at when he was 12, was manifestly

makes the universities grave- $1,428, Detective Sergeant. Mça- the work of genius in the inciplestards for our best stocks. Uni-dows said the defendant was stage. On that point could have had

versity women marry on an aver-arrested on the Castle Peak Road no doubt. Under my eyes I had the handwriting of age at the age of thirty and have last night. He boy who had been endowed with an average 1.6 children. In $500, ur three months' imprison-

America they have only one child.ment. extraordinary gifts. -

"I turned with a

palpitating heart to examine the letter which

the home.

It is all very wrong and should

remedied."

WRS now fined

Cree Indians invested Lord Dawson

Dr. C. G. Campbell (New York) In token of their gratitude for the same boy had written six years pleaded for eugenical instruction the recovery of King George, the later. My disappointment was immense:

In the interval, it was elementary schools. "If there plain, the boy had lost a great was a little elementary eugenics with the rank of Titular Chlef at deal of his enthusiasm and had taught in our schools the next evidently persuaded himself of the generation would be eugenical." necessity of surrendering his! earlier ideals..

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