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No. 25,839
A FREE AGENT?
DOUBT AS TO LI'S POSITION.
CABLES BUSY.
Canton Confronted With Very Many Problems.
NORTHERN WAR VICTORIES REPORTED.
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While the majority of provinces in China are interested in the long-expected revival of the war in the North, Canton and other places in the South find a part of their attention engaged by the problem of Marshal Li Chai-sum'a movements.
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HONG KONG, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1928.
“SALTED” MINE.
A Gold Dredging Company.
STRAITS REPORT..
Findings. Of Mining Institute Inquiry.
LOAN FOR MANILA.
Needed For City Programme.
TEN MILLION PESOS.
Mayor Earnshaw Favours An American Flotation.
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
SOC. JUVENIL.
Sunday's Fancy Dress Dance.
THE "CONTRA DANCA.”
Picturesque Portuguese Ceremony At Kowloon.
N. LAZARUS
Thung bong's Only European Optician.
(Established Ovor Forty Years), Managar:-RALPH a. cooper, M.A.0.A., Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam,
(Personal Attention).
"SQUALL” OVER.
The Way Of The British Navy.
PLEASING INCIDENT.
"Why It's Old Dewar," Exclaims Rear Admiral Collard.
Gibraltar, To-day..
RUBBER.
How Mr. Lloyd George Regards The Change.
VIGOROUS ATTACK.
Forward Ai Champion Of The Small Investor.
comm
Manila April 2. Singapore, April 3.
The Fancy Dress dance of the
London, Yesterday. With the experience obtained Sociedade Juvenil We understand that a cable has
at the Orlent
'A striking incident occurred at Mr. Lloyd George, in a specch Factory, been received in Singapore giving during his first four months in Tobacco
Nathan-road, the Bristol Hotel this morning. at the National Liberal Club, at- the findings of the Institute of fice to draw from, Mayor Thomas Kowloon, last night was
Rear-Admiral Collard was sittacking the Government, refer- big A ting in the lounge when a visitor ring to rubber said that there Mining and Metalurgy at the con- Earnshaw to-day is commencing auccess.
were in Britain over a million The premises were very taste-entered. clusion of an inquiry held into the the fifth month of his administra-
"Why it's old Dewar," exclaim-small investors in the rubber in- affairs of the Fontianak Gold tion of the city Government with fully decorated for the occasion, and Dredging Concession, Ltd. The definite plans to carry out the several hundreds of dancers were ed the Rear-Admiral jumping to dustry. It was not a question of whether restriction ought ór cable states that the Institute is original programme he announced present, all in fancy costumes, his feet. satisfied that Mr. Herbert Wilson, upon his induction in office in many of which were quite original "Royal Oak" had come to bid whether it ought to be removed The ex-flag-captain of the ought not be removed, or even who was responsible for the pros-December of last year.
creations. If prizes were offered on pecting work done on the pro-
soon, but merely of how it ought In this connection, he is now the job of picking out the winners farewell to the Admiral.
Both officers sat down and con- to be removed with a minimum of No Perty, was not connected with the renewing efforts to get the legis-would have been
"salting" and that "there was no lative department of the munici The principal attraction was, the versed for some minutes in the injury to honest investors and evidence reflecting on his personal pal government and the insular. "Contra-Danca" organised by the finally shook hands and parted Government had done it in such a
most friendly
They honest business 'men; but the integrity or professional recti-government as well, to give imme- Society, which took place before
diate indorsement to his proposal the dance.
very cordially. tude."
way as to inflict maximum injury Comdr. Daniel's "Compliments." upon British investors and The affairs of this company bearing upon the ten-million peso The company, all in fancy dress
Later, Comdr. Daniel called 'at traders and minimum injury on have loomed large in the, public bond loan issue to be floated in and carrying lamerne formed up the hotel to say "good-bye" to foreign investors. and traders.
months. America in order to enable him outside the when the first rumours of salting to work out his plan for the Mongkok, st 8 p.m., and headed by ter had left. Comdr Daniel wrote
President-apartment: Rear-Admiral Collard but the lat Reuter. became known there was a sensa-progress and improvement of the Sociedado Juvenil's band mar a note to be forwarded to him- tional drop in the value of the Manila. shares of the company.
There seems little doubt that hostilities have broken out two fronts, the Peking armies being the attackers on both cases. engagement between the Northerners and the Nanking Nationalists
under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been reported.
Doubt exists as to the exact position of Marshal Li Chai-sum,
Some believe that he is not a free agent in so far as returning to Canton is concerned. Anxiety is increased by the despatch to and fro of cables during the week-end.
ON TWO FRONTS.
eye
for
many
This
at
was followed by extraordinary meetings of the company,
which reports were made by other PLOT FRUSTRATED." mining engineers. After several
ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP A STUDENT.
a thankicas one.
ched to Homuntin, the procesaton halting en route to indulge in
manner.
intricate figure dances, and general TROTZKY RUMOURS.
Carnival divertissements.
Arrived at Homuntin, the troupe
of well-trained dancers made n MOSCOW REPORTS: "NOTHING house to house tour of the set-
HAS HAPPENED.” tlement which contained many Portuguese residences, performing
"QUITE UNTRUE," outaide each house, after which the procession again formed up and The attempted kidnapping of a marched to the Orient Tobacco
CASTLE PEAK BAY.
Moscow, Yesterday.
ATLANTIC LURE.
PREPARTIONS FOR. GERMAN ATTEMPT,
IRISHMAN TO PARTICIPATE.
London, Saturday. It is officially stated that the of the Irish Free State Air Force, Commandant Fitzmaurice, chief rumours of a mishap to Mr. Trotzky has received permission to accom- ed in until a late hour.
are quite untrue. Nothing has Credit for the excellent per- happened to him-Reuter. formance of the "Contra-Danca” la A recent report stated that a due to Mr. R. L. Rocha of the Har-young Communist had shot Tretzky bour Oflco who was responsible for in the back and that he was dying.] the training of the dancers, many
Reuter has confirmed the despatch) that the Nationalists meetings of this description, Mr. "China Mail" report of last week had scored a victory against the F. C. Peck was appointed as in- that Marshal Li and his senior Northerners along the Tientsin-spector. He made reports of officer (who accompanied him Pukow Railway, near Hauchowfu. various meetings held by the from Canton to Nanking), Gen- Artillery, horses and men have company and eventually 篩 eral Chen Min-chu, have arrived been poured across the Yangtsze lengthy final report. at Shanghai from Nanking. to Pukow by the Nationalists Following this report, further local student was frustrated on Factory, where dancing was Indulg-
At first it was the intention of from Nanking, and in lesser de-action we believe was conten-board a cargo junk outside the Marshal Li and General Chen to gree from Chinkiang and Kiu-plated but was not taken. Western entrance to the harbour.: sail on the "Empresa of Canada" kinang, according to week-end Finally the matter was laid before The facts, as given in a Police which has left Shanghai without wireless reports.
the Institute at the request of Mr. report, are as follows they
These troop movements tend to Wilson, who went to England to
Ho Fo, aged fourteen, the Since then the "China Mail" show that Chiang Kai-shek is attend the inquiry. — "Straits student in question, of Chung political correspondent has learn- concentrating men at his base Times."
Sam village, Castle Peak, reports of whom were quite young. ed that an organisation in for operations north of suchow- Shanghai, known as the "Natives fu, against the Peking Govern-
of the Two Kwang Provinces," ¡ment...
has sent a cable to Canton, sug-
gesting public and official de- mands for Marshal. Li's return Cable Inspired?
It is understood that this cable
by the "Kwang Natives" was in-
spired by interested parties.
From this, it is presumed that anxiety was felt in Shanghai and Nanking..
Other Views.
NAVAL “DRIVER.”
TAMPERING WITA CARS.
STOKER DETAINED.
JAPANESE FLEET.
OFFICIAL WELCOME THIS MORNING.
Add
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS. Heralded by salutes from the Another case of tampering with shore battery and HM. ships in
MR. O'MALLEY.
Question In Commons Ai To Pension.
London, March 5,
asked Captain Crookshank whether any pension was payable either to a Civil Servant who had been dismissed from the service or to a Civil Servant who has been allowed to resign in conse- quence of an adverse report.
Mr. Samuel (Financial Secre- tary to the Treasury) : No, sir. [After the recent francs quiry Mr. Gregory was dismiss ed from the Civil Service, but Mr. O'Malley was permitted to resign. It was understood that Mr. O'Malley would thus receive a pension.]
in-
The public are reminded of the open.air exhibition of the "Contra- Danca" which is scheduled to take
FRENCH FLIERS.
FRANCE.
place at Lyemun-villas this evening. THE TRIP FROM MOROCCO TO
TO-DAY'S WEDDING.
MR. W. H. NOLLOTH & MISS D. L. GATTY.
CATHEDRAL CEREMONY.
actual
Algeria,
"PARIS REACHED.
Paris, Yesterday.
Morocco.--Havan.-
pany the German Trans-Atlantic- Spindler, who has returned to Aight from Baldorinel, replacing Germany, as second pilot.
Fitzmaurice accompanied Mc- intosh in hie unsuccessful attempt. in September..
Earlier Details.
A telegram dated Berlin, March 26, reported that Captain Koehl, the famous German' aviator, left in the Junker ménoplané › “Bremon” that day for Baldonnel, Ireland, preparatory to an attempt to fly. ing the Atlantic. Koehl was AC- Cornillon and Girardot landed companied by Baron Von Huehne.. near Paris at 2.40 p.m., covered feld as passenger and a mechanic The start for about 10,000 kilometres in 65 hours named Spindler.
flight from Paris. via America was to be made on the
following day. Sudan, Senegal
and
The flight, it was stated, was a purely private one, the "Bremen"
owned boing
by.. Baron Von Huehnefeld, who is the press agent for the North German Lloyd. Cap- tain Kochi is the famous Lufthansa ¡plot who has a great reputation as an aerial navigator, and a splen- did war record. He was twice shot down without serious injury. New York, Saturday. The "Bremen" ie the identicat by Mr. W. Kent (Assistant Super-
Mr. Henderson, President of the machine on which Koehl and Vor intendent of Police), was charm- New York Rubber Exchange, inter-Huehnefeld abandoned a similar. ingly attired in a white georgette
in hia opinion the abolition sau on August 16, and after cross.
St. John's Cathedral was the scene of
a pretty wedding this morning, the parties being Miss Doris Lucy Gatty, daughter of Mr jand MrB. James Gatty, of "Rosenant," Dromedary, Tasmania;
of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Nolloth and Mr. Walter Henry Nolloth, son
of Wenharton, Suffolk,
ed.
RUBBER PRICES.
EFFECT OF RESTRICTION REMOVED.
The Very Rev, A. Swann officiat NO CHEAPER TYRES YET.
The bride, who was given away
number when a sampan contain-blossom falling from shoulder, and
cargo.
There
a motor car by Naval men was re- harbour, the Japanese fleet on an There was another cable. This, ported to the Wanchal police early official visit to Hong Kong, ar- purported to be from one of this morning.
rived at Lyemun Pass at 11 am. Marshal Li's staff, reporting that According to the Chinese driver to-day and tied up at buoys with Marshal Li had been "hindered" of public motor car No. 190, his in the harbour at 11.30 a.m. The in his projected return to Canton. car was engaged by four Naval squadron, which consists of three The Chinese wording is capable of men in Queen's-road East, at about battleships,
the "Nagato," other interpretations but the text 1.30 a.m.
"Mutso" and "Fuso," the cruiser indicates that Marshal Li is not a After the car had been driven "Tenryuu" and the fleet auxiliary free agent.
some distance, one of the sailorsTsurumi," together with sixteen Canton institutions which have who was sitting next to the driver destroyers, was escorted into har- requested Marshal Li's immediate wanted to take the wheel. When bour by three aeroplanes from the return include the Provincial Gov-the driver objected, he was alleged Kat Tack Aerodrome. crament, Provincial Kuomintang, to have been hit on the head. The arrangements for their City Kuomintang, and General
He immediately stopped the car official welcome include the pro- Labour Union.
and proceeded on foot to No. 2❘ vision of a guard of honour of that at 8 p.m. on the 5th inst; he lover charmeuse dress, embroidered Viewed by Reuter stated. that attempt last year. They left Des Police Station to make a report. the 2nd K.O.S.B.'s at Queen's On the other hand, Chinese When, the driver returned, the Pier where Capt. A. J. L. Whyte was on a cargo boat of unknown with diamante, with spray of orange of restriction was not only in the jing Kingstown and heading out to eables state that Marshal Li has car was not where he had left it.A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor, will ing six men came alongside and embroidered tulle veil with coroner best interests of the British Empire sea, they met terrific gales. They gone to Hangchow (capital of It was eventually found near the meet Admiral Kato and conduct assaulted the crew with bricks of orange blossom. She carried a but would ultimately benefit the returned owing to the heavy soon- Chekinng province) to enlist the Wanchai Market in a badly smash him to Government House. This which they took from the junk's sheaf of arum lilies.
world generally. He considered The "Bremen" arrived at Baldon- co-operation of General Ho Ying-ed condition, having been driven by will take place at 12.40 p.m. His
Miss Margaret Kent, the brides- the situation would improve to-nol on March 26. chin, hitherto a pro-Chiang Kai- one of the sailors who caused the Excellency will later return Ad- shek "diehard."
The student saw three of the maid, wore a pretty shell pink em-wards the end of the year. car to collide with # verandah miral Kato's visit with an official junk crew fall, apparently injur broidered charmeuse dress with appeared little prospect of a de Yet another source expresses pillar. Damage was done to the visit to the "Nagato." the opinion that Marshal is stay car to the extent of $500. -
ed, and to protect himself dived crinoline picture hair and carried crease in tyre prices until the H.L.J.M. Consul-General in overboard. He was in the water a bouquet of pink carnations and stocks of raw material bought at ing at Nanking as the representa-
Hong Kong, Mr. Y. Murakami, half an hour before he was picked maidenhair. tive of the Kwangsi milltary fac-
will also pay an official call on up by a fishing junk and taken Mra. Norman Donald, the Matron the prices of crude rubber held at not to be seen when the driver rethe Admiral and there will be back to Castle Peak Bay.
higher prices were used up. I TRADE AND SHIPS tion.
All in all, however, it seems turned. The fourth man was just other official visits during the
of Honour, was attired in a dress their present level there would CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH that Marshal Li is desirous walking away. The driver follow-course of the morning.
Nothing has since been heard of beige silk repp, with picture hat probably be a revision of tyre
FOREIGNERS. of leaving for Canton as soon as ed him until they came up to
of the cargo boat which is known to match, and carried a bouquet prices in midsummer. There was This afternoon, a number of! possible but is unable to do so,
Traffic Sergeant Baker who was on Japanese officers from the ships and three females.
to have a crew of seven males of blue and pink larkspur.bound to be a reduction in reclaim motor cycle patrol.
Mr. A. H. Mason was Best Man ed rubber though fairly large quan- Information will be present at the Races at was given to the Sergeant and the Happy Valley and H.E. the Coma view to returning to Chung were groomsmen.
The student was on board with and Messrs. F. Kelly and S. Smith tities were likely still to be used being created owing to the local All danger of a serious incident
Naval man, a staker, was taken to mander-in-Chief,' Vice-Admiral Sam village, his native district.
with prices ut attractive levels. Chinese Japanese dispute has now the Police Station.
Following the ceremony, many Manufacturers have every induca-passed; but there is also prospect Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, is giving
friends of the young couple were ment to seek new uses la dinner in honour of the visitors
for rubber of continuation of the boycott of.. entertained at a reception at Lane and there is every likelihood that Japanese. Crawford's Restaurant following they will succeed therein. Reu- which Mr. and Mrs. Nolloth left tor's American Service. for their honeymoon. The bride's travelling attire consisted of a powder blue silk repp dress with belge silk repp coat and powder
The bride's gift to the bride- Washington, Yesterday, groom was a gold dress watch and France and the United States that of the bridegroom to the bride
WAR NEWS.
"Christian General". Reported
to' Be In Retreat. ·
War reports from various sources point to Peking having launched an offensive against General Yen Hal-shan of Shansi
Three of the four sailors were
SUICIDE ATTEMPT ? to-night. This will be on H.M.S.
RESCUE BY “STAR”. FERRY
SEAMEN. "
"Tamar."
To-morrow the Japanese com- munity will act as the hosts to the visiting officers, who will be The coxswain of the "Star" entertained to tiffin. In the after- noon they will attend a reception
WAR OUTLAWED,
FRANCO AMERICAN JOINT ACTION.
province, an ally of the Nation forry launch "Meridian Star re- alists. An advance westward has ports that at 7.30 p.m. yesterday at Government House, while in TREATY CORRESPONDENCE. blue hat to match.
the evening the Chief, Staff and
been made along the Chengting while crossing from Hong Kong. to Flag Officers will be the guests of Taiyuan Railway.
Nationalist ally.
,
CHURCH & STATE.
TURKEY DIVORCES STATE FROM CHURCH.
BIG CHANGE FOR ISLAM.
Amoy, Yesterday,
Conditions are returning to nor- |mal and the Japanese cruisor ħas: |departed, but a destroyer remains. The American flagship and des- troyer division which arrived on the 5th inst. went northward yes- |terday-Reuter,
French in Honkow.
Hankow, Saturday. Further trouble has developeď with the French interests here, and
The object, Kowloon a Chinese woman named the General Officer Com- says Reuter, is to prevent, a flank Kong: Hang, aged 24, a widow, manding. Other officers will be have agreed to submit the Franco- a gold, armlet... attack by the "Christian Gen- jumped overboard immediately fol entertained on board several Bri-American correspondence on the Among numerous presents were Constantinople, Saturday. It is possible that economic pres eral," Feng Yu-halang, another lowed by two seamen who rescued tish warships in harbour. proposal for a multilateral treaty & silver tea service and sauce boat The separation of Church from aure will be brought to bear---Bri-
Visitors From Canton, renouncing war to Great Britain, from the staff of the A.P.C. and The vernacular Press states Germany, Italy and Japan. Reu- Westminster Chimes clock from State is soon to become a reality, tish Naval Wireless that a number of visitors from ter's American Service.
several members of the Hong Kong the People's Party having unani- [Note: A section of Chinese has mously approved of the motion by been agitating for the return of the Canton are expected.
Police Force.
-Ismet Pasha, supported by 120 de- French Concession.]
her., A Water Police launch which
A cable to the "Kung Sheung was in the vicinity took the woman
Yat Po" credits the Peking forces to the Kwong Wah Hospital.
with a victory near Nlangteze- kwán Pass, which is on the road to Taiyuan, the capital of Shanai. Other Peking armies are en- gaged in the south of Chihll pro- vince against the "Christian Gen- ́eral's": Kuominchun o
A British Naval wireless des- patch from Hankow says that latest reports show the "Chris tian General" to be retreating.
Stream of Reinforcements. Rumours were current in Nan
Saturday (says another
TOKYO-HANOI
FRENCH AVIATORS BIG ATTEMPT
NON-STOP FLIGHT,
Tokyo, Yesterday, The French aviators Costes and Lebriz, who arrived from America reek hopped of? 7.28 this
stop flight to Hanol-Renter.
A suggestion was made by the Shameen manager of Mitaui Bussan Kaisha, as president of the Japanese Residents Associa tion, to a number of públic Insti tutiong, that, a visit be made to the Japanese warships during their stay in Hong Kong harbour.
proving
LABOUR STRIFE.
TROUBLE IN SWEDEN'S WOODPULP INDUSTRYA
SETTLED SHAM
Stockholm, To-day,
An agr nent,har been?
OBITUARY.
EX-80VIET NAVAL ATTACHE.
puties, foreshadowing the suppres- sion of all clauses of the Statute.
Upper Yangleze.....
Ichang, Saturday.
on Religion. Thus the voting in River traffic appears to have the National Assembly will be a been resumed, a number of vessels mere matter of form
engaged on the Upper Yangtore
| The result of the modifications having, arrived during the past 24 erday. will be that Islam will no lon hours-British Naval Wireless.
Ad-be the State religion and deputies. [Note: Local tyrants have for- aval and president of the republic will hidden, Chinese merchants to ship; of no longer take the customar oath goods in British ship but this
London and m éral