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"FLAPPER" VOTE.
Conservative M.P.'s Opposition.
AMENDMENT REJECTED. Interesting Debate in The House Of Commons.
London, Yesterday.
In the House of Commons, the
China Mail
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1928.
No. 25,848
THE "SHAFORCE."
Why Troops Are Still In Shanghai.
"BLUE TRAIN.”
The World's Finest Express.
MORE KENWORTHY QUESTIONS.
PIONEER PASSES AWAY.
Mr. Locker Lampson Explains The Lord Dalziel, Commercial Magnate,
State Of Affairs.
London, Yesterday.
Of Motor-Cab Fame.
London, Yesterday.
"BREMEN'S" CREW
First Story of Their' Experiences.
NEARLY DESPAIRED.
Flight To New York Now Abandoned.
New York, To-day.
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
ARMOUR DEBTS.
Millionaire Widow's Action.
ENORMOUS SUMS.
Mrs. Ogden Armour - Paying Husband's Debts In Fuli.
Chicago, Yesterday.
Your Eyes Are Safe With Us.”.
N. LAZARUS
Hong Kong's Only European Optician,
(Established Over Forty Years). Manager:-RALPH A. COOPER, MA.Ŭ.A.. Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam. (Personal Attention).
TO MANILA.
Chinese Air Line Proposed.
MAIL SERVICE.
Nationalist Captain In Philippines To Further Plan.
The establishment of
an air
CANTON STABILITY.
Index In Nationalist Bank Notes.
UPWARD TENDENCY.
Effect Of Profit Taking And Speculation.
Profit taking, by speculators
In the House of Commons, re- The death has taken place of Profesnor Smiddy, Irish Free It is learned that Mr Ogden mail service and eventually of a and the absence of any official an committee handling the Franchise plying to Comdr. Kenworthy, Mr. Lord Dalziel, formerly Sir Davi- State Minister, has received a long Armour's widow and daughter passenger air line between Nan-nouncement since the return of Bill rejected by 359 to 16 votes Locker Lampson (Under-Secre- son Dalziel. He was closely distance telephone message from are voluntarily paying G$10,000,- king, Shanghai, Canton and Marahal Li Chai-sum are the con- un amendment, moved by Col. Sir tary for Foreign Affairs), said connected with many important Comdr. Fitzmaurice from Murray 000 to settle Armour's debts, Manila is being proposed by the tributory causes of a slight drop A. Sprott (Conservative) in fa- the Shanghal Defence Force oc- commercial enterprises, but best Bay stating that he (Fitzmaurice) which include G$18,000,000 to the Nationalist Government of China. In quotations of Canton National- four of raising the age of per-cupied certain posts in the re-known to the public as President was awaiting the arrival of spares 000 worth of bonds to the Sutter the aviation corps of the Chinese Prior to Marshal Li's return,
Armour Company and $17,000,- Captain Chan Kow-leung, of ist bank notes.
Parliamentary electors to 26, ex-International Settlement for the Company. Largely through his take them to Greenly Island and Armour assumed liability. sons entitled to be registered as sidential district of the Western of the International Sleeping Car for the repair of the "Bremen" to Basin Company, for which Nationalist Government, arrived the price in Hong Kong (ie., paid
us men. The feature of the de-
Sir Alexander Sprat (Conser-perty. vative) moved an amendment to Comdr. Kenworthy (Labour) define the electoral age for both asked if there was any threat to men and women as 28 except in Shanghai at present, to which Mr. the cases of voters already on Locker Lampson replied that if the register. He thought it was there were not the troops would desirable that when people were not be there. Reuter.
to be put upon the roll of voters
they should have some experi-i
ence of life. Moreover, he claim-1
for the vote from young women.
Miss Bondfield (Labour) oppos- ing the amendment, ridiculed the idea that young people, of the working class, many of whom were between the ages of 14 and 21 hud
JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT
VERSUS VARSITIES.
things Lord
PUBLIC DEBTS.
WHAT AN M.P. WANTS TO KNOW.
GOVERNMENT COLD ?
London, Yesterday.
of
NO EXCUSE.
SOLDIER WHO BROKE WINDOWS.
Manila.
Merchants and financiers are
Cecil Clementi,
Cunton Values.
Canton, Yesterday,
recently on board the s.s. "Pre-In Hong Kong money) was 52 cept in the case of voters already purpose of defending the Settle- efforts the Company has extend-fly thence to New York with his
ment and protecting British life ed its services throughout Europe, German
The newspapers
understand sident Garfield" to make a survey per cent. It rose to over 58 per registered. Reuter.
companions. Reuter's that all the negotiable securities of a field for the proposed air lines cent.. receded to 52 but, this and property there. The only one of its many achievements be-
American Service. Debate In House Of Commons other places where His Majesty's ing, the "Blue Train" to the
of the Armour estate will be fur- and to make arrangement with 'morning, there were signs of re- Fitzmaurice's Story. London, Yesterday, Forces were stationed outside of Riviera, which is considered the
ther employed in paying in full proper authorities to push the covery and the mid-day middle The House of Commons today the Concession area were at Han-finest train in the world.
price was 53.4 per cent. Clarke City, To-day.
the debts to the Armour Company proposal through. and also of furnishing capital to
Buying and selling has been in began the Committee Stage of kow and Peking, where the Legu. Among other
The erratic behaviour of the At-re-organise the Sutter Company. the Bill to give votes to women tion Guard was stationed under Dalziel introduced was the motor-lantic weather as experienced by Reuter's American Service.
Quicker Mall Service.
fairly large quantities but specu- According to Captain Chan, the lators still seem to predominate. at the age of 21 on the same terms the terms of the Protocol of 1901. cab into London, personally gur the "Bremen," has provided strongį
Nationalist Government is en- The troops would be withdrawn anteeing the £250,000 required to theories as to the fate of earlier
thusiastic over the proposition to awaiting an official statement as batc was the nttempt made by from foreign territory soon as finance the first Motor Cab Com-
westward Trans-Atlantic aspirants.
establish quicker mail and pas- to measures by the Canton Gov- some. Conservative members to there ceased to be any risk or pany.-British Wireless Service.
The opinion of Comdr. Fitz-
senger service between the three ernment for restoring the notes to make 25 the voting age
danger to British lives and pro-
maurice in a graphic account
cities of Southern China and par (in exchange for Canton sil- the light, is that he thought but
The enterprise will in- volve a considerable sum of The substantial rise since the
ver coin). Captain Hinchliffe and the Hon. Elsie Mackay were probably driven
money, according to the Chinese exchange of visits between Mar- captain, but the Nationalist Gov-shal Li Chal-sum and H.E. the into the wilds of Labrador in con-
$305 DAMAGE.
ernment has expressed willing- Governor, Sir the vicious sequence of
winds
ness to undertake the enterprise., K.C.M.G., has, however, been sus- which now lashed the machine to!
Private C. Hood of "B" Company, No action on the matter will the right and the left; then a strong King's Own Scottish Borderers, be taken until after Captain Chan
tained. The feeling of stability is headwind practically bringing it
returning. was before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at has submitted his report of his In the House of Commons, Mr. to a standstill. The craft was the Central Magistracy this morn-survey in Manila. It is under- ed that there had been no demand" STUDY & ACTION." Howard Bury drew attention to later caught in a tail wind, which ing charged with wilfully and stood that an appropriation will
the number of States in Americanullified the efforts to keep her maliciously causing damage to two be set aside as soon as the pro: In spite of the depreciation of who had defaulted, or repudiated straight. - ·
plate glass in the show window of ject has been studied.
its value in the last ten days, the their public debts and urged the But the worst catastrophe occur-Messrs. J. Ullmann's jewellery The proposed air lines will be-Central Banknote has regained a Foreign Secretary to make repre- red when the lights failed.
shop, Chater-road.
gin with mail, service between value of about 72 per cent. (in sentations to the United States
Fitzmaurice and Huchnfeld
The defendant pleaded guilty, Canton and Manila and later ex-ratio to Canton coin, not Hong Government and point out the successfully tried to hold a torch and in reply to the Magistrate said tended to include passenger ser- Kong money) this week, and in
the bondholders, hardshops to. Tokyo. Yesterday.
that he had nothing to say.
vice. Captain Chan could not the last two days its value has ships of unemployment
are British sub- Following the resignation of most of whom
Mr. Lindsell remanded Hood until state the number of areoplanes risen up to as high as 76 per cent. It is found that the number of poverty, had had no experience Professor Kawakawi on April 16, jects.
10 am, on Thursday next, fixing that would be placed in the mail of life. It was just that section the Government's strong altitude¦ Mr. Locker Lampson (Under-
bail in the sum of $50 personal service for the Canton-Manila Central Banknotes collected and of the community that interested on the question of the study of Secretaries for Foreign Affairs)
bond, and a surety of $50. route, saying that it will all de-withdrawn from circulation by itself in politics,
social science has been widely replied that after carefully con-
The police produced in Court pend upon what he finds out while the Central Bank, has amounted to over $5,000,000, and a vast Lord Hugh Cecil, who was commented upon editorially. It sidering the matter the Govern-
three large pieces of granite and in Manila.
number of banknotes is still be- among the Conservatives support-is regarded as endangering the ment had decided that no useful
several fragments of broken glass 20 Planes Now Operating, of the the amendment said the plain autonomy
univer-purpose could be served by such
ing purchased by taxpayers, and the United
half-an-inch thick, to break which
According to him regular air also by those who have not yet ught to be recognised trial lition. Sedfordally education-representation to
the stones must have been thrown mail already has been established paid their outstanding duties to people over 25 were capable of jists have urged the Government States Government.
Mr. Howard Bury pointed out
with great force.
between Canton and Nanking the Land Bureau, and is being. political judgment more mature to differentiate between study
After Hood had been remanded, with 20 aeroplanes in the service. sent day by day to the financial than people under 25. The pre-and action and cultivate sound, that these loans were used in the
Mr. Lindsell suggested that the development of the States and
Captain Chan is a graduate of organisations for transmission to. sent bill would add 5,000,000 healthy thought.
complainant should approach Head-the Ecole Aviation School of Paris the bank. The "Jiji," analysing the cause that about £78,000,000 were now to the compass while Kuehl flew quarter Office with regard to the and for quite a number of years that the value of the banknote It is most probable young voters to the electorate and would thus take away the of Communist ideas in education-jowing.
"Mr. Locker Lampson replied 400 miles in blind zigzagging in damage done to the glass, which was commander of the arsenal at will still increase. political power and diminish the fal institutions, considers that it is authority of those now exercising largely due to the re-action from that he was quite well aware of order to maintain an approximate he understood was $300.
the matter but hoped that Mr. course, thereby wasting petrol.
The police said that the amount over-much official control.
Fitzmaurice disclosed an of damage was exactly $366. The Joynson Hicks While dealing with this ques-Howard Bury would not press him Sir William
omened start at Baldonnell, the glass was broken in such a. way (Home Secretary) characterised tion it is interesting to note that at present.-Reuter.
machine taking-off striking a sheep that both plates had to be entirely CHINA AND OPIUM.partment in Canton to be sent to the amendment as a proposal to the five Government universities at of Japan total teaching staffs of
and ascending bespattered with changed. The unfortunate thing enfrancise 2,500,000 women the age of 25 and to disfrancise 1.500, while they have nearly 2.500,000 men between the ages 20.000 students.
the vole
suffered the hard-
and
of 21 and 25. He regarded that
PRESS COMMENT.
The average age of matricula-
as putting back the political tion is between 22 and 24.-Reu- clock."
The amendment
ter.
was rejected
by 359 votes to 16.-British Wire- less Service.
FLYING TO INDIA.
QUESTION OF AN AIR LINE.
QUESTSION IN COMMONS.
London, Yesterday.
CRIME IN JAPAN.
"RED" ACTIVITIES AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
PUBLIC WORRIED.
SIR ALAN COBHAM.
ANXIETY AS TO HIS NON- ARRIVAL.
FLYING-BOAT TROUBLE.
London, Yesterday.
MORE RAIN.
un-
East winds, fresh; overcast, rain, is the official weather fore- east until noon to-morrow.
The anticylone has weakened and is now central to the north of the Bonins. The depression remains over Indo-China.
blood.
First-Hand Account.
I
was that the glass was not insured,
Canton.
j
and the defendant should have to MR. CHAO ON “IMAGINARY make good the loss suffered by the firm.
New York, Yesterday, The first-hand account of the
Mr. Lindsell explained that the landing of the "Bremen" on the de- reason why he suggested that the solate ice-bound island of Greenly matter of damages be taken up at
Sir Alan Cobham who, with of the Labrador coast, has been Headquarters was because he could Lady Cobham and crew of four, given at St. John's, New Bruns-not award more then $50 damage in is making a survey flight of wick, by Miss Greta Ferris, of the that Court. Africa, failed to arrive at Free- Grenfell Mission.
"Thank God."
|J. E. Dovey, has been a patient in Kowloon Hospital for several dnya
FIGURES.".
A DENIAL.
Geneva, Yesterday.
Relief of Wailoy. A sum of $300,000 has been (appropriated by the Relief De-
the Walloy district for the pur- pose of starting the cheap sale of rice, the distribution of congee, land the establishment of a home of the for the accommodation local sufferera:
ANOTHER "QUAKE.
It is found that after Wailoy district was devastated by Com- munists, there have been over Mr. Chao in reply to M. Brenier 10,000 sufferers in the locality, declared that the latter's figures awaiting relief. We believe that regarding the production of opium further supply of funds will be He sent to them, in order that they in China were imaginary. denied the assertion that any may not be homeless "Canton
Gazette." Dr. Lillias Dovey, wife of Dr. Chinese law permits cultivation.
Huge Manufacture of Drugs. In a report submitted to the in their suffering from acute dengue. Her Opium Committee, M. Brenier climbing many friends will be glad to hear (French Assessor) showed that | BULGARIA'S CAPITAL AGAIN
SHAKEN. "Thank that she has received every atten- the opium production of China. tion and is now well on the way to had increased to 7,000,000 kilos in
1924-26 despite a monopoly in POPULATION TERRIFIED. production.
Mr. Chao objected to the state-
Sofia, Yesterday. ment and announced that he A fresh earthquake, more viol- "lent than Saturday's, occurred at A formidable increase in the 9.30 yesterday and resulted in export of opium from Persia since widespread panic, the terrified 1020 was reported while Germany inhabitants rushing out into the and France had both. increased streets.. their imports of opium.
No details are to hand of the It is estimated that the world 'damage-Reuter. The New York Flight. Colonel FitzMaurice has arrived production of morphine between
1921-26 was between at Clark City.
fifty and STERLING STRENGTH sixty tons, Germany and Switzer- News from Montreal of the land being the principal manufac Signor Cavazzoni point-
town, Sierra Leone, yesterday The details correspond in the from Ahijean on the French most important particulars with Ivory Coast, as expected.
the accounts already received. Considerable anxiety was feit Osaka, Yesterday. during the night and this morning The Japanese public is worried, but this afternoon a message{ The airman's first words on the one hand, with the recent was received from Accra that respective languages an discovery of Communist activi-Cobham had had to return to out of the plant were ties, and, on the other, with the Ahijean owing to trouble with God!" increasing physical violence-com- his flying-boat-British Wireless mitted by pro-Government re- Service. In the House of Commons, re- plying to Comdr. Kenworthy, Sir actionaries.
The latest sensation, under the GENERAL ELECTION. Samuel Hoare (Secretary for Air) said he had no knowledge latter heading, is reported from of any specific official proposals, Wakayama, 30 miles south of from the Netherlands authorities Osaka, where the local Minseito HOW THEY ORDER THESE for a Dutch Air-Service to Bata-member of the Prefectural Ås- sembly has been stabbed to death via from the British India.
Comdr. Kenworthy declared with a dagger, together with two that the project was being pre- pared and that unless we hurried
THINGS IN FRANCE,
"FARCICAL CANDIDATES."
Paris, Yesterday. The expiration of the time- up the Dutch would be flying to ed at the same time that the mult limit for lodging nominations in
India.
others.
Two were also seriously wound- jders were committed, as a result!
Miss Greta Ferris states that recovery. Baron Von Huchnfeld, cold and ex- hausted after the battle with the
elements, had been toying with a revolver in the last stages fearing ahead by re-ascending, when they would reply later. that the "Bremen" would never be sighted a light at midday
able to reach land.
sort.
+
At first they thought it was steamer, but it proved to be a light- house, and they landed, "exhausted but happy."
He was ready to shoot his com- panions and himself as a last re- 400 Miles In Darkness. A message from Quebec "four hundred miles flown in darkness" the East-Indies before we flew to of a refusal to withdraw litiga-connection with the general elec-was the laconic comment of Baron
Sir S. Hoare emphasised that tion against the police in con- tion 36 Candidates, xa Von Huehnfeld, describing to a stranded aviators states that the turre he was trying to get a line to nection with the recent General record of 3,735 Candidates, nearly wireless operator at Point Amour idea of flying the "Bremen". from ed out that the production of mor-
$1,000 more than in 1924.
how the failure of the lighting Greenly island to New York has phine had increased 100 per cent. As at least one-third of the system on the. "Bremen's" instru- been abandoned, and all three during this period, half of the The assailants are followers of a local reactionary politica! boss. candidates have not the slightest met board
on Thursday night aviators will leave for New York total being used for the manufac- change in the elections they are nearly resulted in disaster. }. Reuter.
dubbed "Farcical Candidates." . When dawn arrived it brought
Nine of the thirteen ministers SEVEN HOURS' FIRE. U.S.A. & TREATIES. among the candidates and others, with it a blizzard it
including M. Poincare, are Sena tors.-Reuter.
India in operation as soon as pos- Bible. Reuter.
Election.
SCHOOLS, BANKS, HOSPITALS, IS NEGOTIATING EIGHTEEN
CHURCH DEVOURED.
Y1,000,000 DAMAGE,
Tokyo, Yesterday.
AT PRESENT.
ITALY AGREES.
Washington, Yesterday. Mr. F. B. Kellogg, U.S. Secre-
BOMBAY MILLS
HITCH IN BIG STRIKE: 15,000 WORKERS RETURN.
and
Ottawa, Yesterday, '.
A
CAUSES RESUMPTION OF GOLD MOVEMENT.
New York, Yesterday,
The continued strength of the in the quickest manner, possible.. turo of cocaine, which was not sterling exchange is responsible
controlled. "Montcalm" Çalled Back.
A terrible situation for the resumption of the gold had been raised and the question movement to England.
The Farmers' Loan Trust Com- was whether the whole action of The Government steamer "Mont- the League should not be modi.pany are sending a million and a half dollars though sterling is calm," which has been unsuccess-fed. fully endeavouring to force a pas
M. Bourgeois agreed with Sig. still below the point at which Bage through the Icefloes to Green- Cavazzoni's
gold shipments are theoretically observations and ly Island, has been ordered to stated the Committee would be profitable.-Reuter.
The machine off its course was blown brought down dangerously low.
"Only with the greatest dificulty were we able to keep her up."
Flight Lasted 36% Hours.
Halifax, Yesterday.
return to its regular patrol.
asked later to agree to the crea Von Huchnfeld says In a wire-
Officials consider that the risk tion of a Central Control Board, FRANCE'S REVENUE. less message from Point Amour incurred by the steamer in reach-Reuter. Bombay, Yesterday. that the "Bremen's" flight lasted ing the island is unnecessary, as
WHAT THE MARCH RETURNS Over a thousand buildings have tary of State, and Signor De
REVEAL. Differences among the labour 862 hours. They climbed to 2,000 aeroplanes can safely take off the been destroyed at Hirosaki, north-Martino, the Italian Ambassador, erri Japan, including four schools, have agreed on the terms of an leaders has checked the spread of fest off Newfoundland, but were airmen.
Comdr. Fitzmaurice's Plans, The case against Petty Officer
Paris, Yesterday. two banks, six hospitals and a Arbitration Treaty to replace the the cotton strike. 16,000 operatives unable to escape the fog. Descend- have returned, and nine out of ing to 60 feet they found the high
Quebec, Yesterday, W. G. Kelsey concerning the alleg The revenue returns for March church, as a result of a fire which old Root Trenty.
francs, Commandant Fitzmaurice, on his ed manslaughter of a Chinese reached 2,687,000,000 raged for seven hours before it The new treaty is similar to the nineteen mills have resumed nor-seas shrouded In fog.
They steered throughout the arrival at St Agnes near Murray coolle whom it is alloged was showing an increase of 157,000,- would be got under control. recent Franco-American Treaty mal working.
The remainder of the strikera night in a heavy storm, and cross-Bay from Clarke City, declared that knocked over by a car driven by 000 on March, 1927, and an ex- Damage is estimated at over a and the treaties America is nego-
cerry on lede river at dawn
he intends to go to New York and Kelsey, will be heard at the Crim-cess of 251,000,000 on budget
casualties-Reuter!
Thovamiated 6 the stoppage-Reuter.
Reuter.
red a mountain 400m