MONDAY, JULY 16, 1928.
THE NATIONALISTS.
WHAT THEY WILL DO AND WILL NOT DO.
DISBANDMENT TALK.
NANKING REVENGE.
Well Known Politicians Proscribed.
Nanking, July 10. The Nationalist Central Govern- ment has decided officially to order
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Peking, Yesterday.
the arrest of Wang XI-ting, ex-Pre- The Prince of Wales recently General Fung Yu-hsiang left mior; Yao, Cheng, ex-Minister of Wore for the first time his new Peking last night for Sinhalang. Justico; Tang Chl, ex-Vice Chair-uniform as Master of the Mer- chant Service and Fishing He granted an interview to fifty man of the Upper House of Par-
liament; Tang Halang-ming, ex- Fleet, the position recently con- Chinese Pressmen
at the Wai-Ainister of Foreign Affairs; Wu ferred upon him by the King. chiaopu and recounted the hard-Kuang-hain, ex-Mialster of War: He also sailed on a vessel for the ships of the Kuominchun (his Wang Yin-chuan, ex-Minister of first time in that capacity. He was army) during the retreat from the Interior; Chung Chung-hsiang, opening the new extension to the Teao Yu-lin and Lu Chung-yu the Royal Edward Dock at Avon- Nunkow Puss when 20,000 men three noted "Fro-Japanese Trai- mouth records the "Manchester died of starvation:
tors" ousted by the May 4 Student Guardian.' Movement of 1915. These persons are alleged either to be guilty of being responsible for faults of the Anfu Party, the Chilli Party or the Fengtien Party, through which they came into office in Peking after the dissolution of the first lexal parliament of the Republic in 1917, ar for corruptions known to
He denied that the Nationalist generals had held a conference at Peking. They had merely met and talked but they had not en- dorsed or signed all of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's recommenda- tions for redisbandment or re- garding other military affairs. These will be submitted to the fifth plenary session.
everybody in China.-Kuo Wen.
Feng Yu-hsiang's spokesman
Japan's Stand. states that Feng Yu-hsiang is
Peking, July 10. staying for a few days at Puo-
The Japanese aunouncement that tingfu before going on to Sin- hsiang. It is uncertain whether their Commercial Treaty is in he will attend the fifth plenary force for another 10 years by vir- session. If he is wanted for the tue of the passage In Article 26, will attend.-which provides that, if no revision is effected within six months, the treaty stands, is interpreted in diplomatic circles as a prompt and forceful reply to Dr. C. T. Wang's note on treaty cancellation and re-
discussions he
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Peace With Manchuria.
Peking. Yesterday.
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek gave vision.
a reception to the Manchurian The assumption is that Japan is peace delegates inst evening. It again taking the lend in correcting
Ploughs, Not Rifles.
Condorsement and
The new uniform is almost identical with that of a captain of with gold rings on the sleeves. the mercantile marine-dark blue The only difference is that it has four gold rings with a diamond between the second and third bar instead of four gold rings and a curl. The Prince wore a special epaulette Indicating that he is personal A.D.C. to the King.
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The Prince proved that he has mastered the art of changing from one dress to another with a rapidity which would astound a music-hall artist. After perform-COMING ing the ceremony of declaring the new dock open, he lunched with the Port of Bristol Authorities. Within five minutes he had dis- carded his uniform and appeared before the company in a grey check suit, blue shirt and collar, and tie of perfect match.
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To-day-Queen's Theatre; "The
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is unofficially reported that nego-the Western policy of blind con- had visited the ancient port of tiations for peace between Man-cilintion, before other Powers es- the West. churia and the Nationalists are tablish foolish precedents, in the ceived told its own story. going on smoothly.Reuter. belief that strong, defensive action car was almost mobbed on two
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July 17-18-Star Theatre; "Down
Peking. Yesterday..
appreciation as to. Avonmouth. At College Green. did Japan's action at Tsinan.
July 19-21-Queen's the crowd surged round the car "Hotel Imperial.” Disbandment proposals have The argument is advanced that, and the police were severely taxed been made, suggesting that a since Nanking repudiates all diploin preventing people from jump-Three Faces East." committee for the disbanding and matic arrangements made with the ing on the foot-board. reorganising of troops be formed. Foreign Government, Japan receiv "After motoring through the Music Master." Including the Commanders of the ed nn nntlee of the revision of the city the Prince embarked upon Armies and the Navy, Chiefs of treaty in 1926. This argument is the R.M.S. "Bayano," moored at the General Staff, members of the highly appreciated by the other, the Royal Edward Docks, Escort- Military Council and of the Cen-Legations. tral Executive Committee, and
ed by tugs, the slate-coloured that it be divided into five De-
ship proceeded to the new dock. Several members of the Diploma- The Prince stood on the bridge partments, namely:-
tie Body are wiring to their Shang- and officially navigated his ship hai Consuls, asking for an explana- until she was brought safely into tion of the omission of Clauses 4 the new arm. He acknowledged and 5 in the Nanking resolution the cheers which came from the from the notes to the Powers. thousands who lined the dockside clear what and were seated on the specially
constructed grandstand.
1. For organising the training of National troops.
2. For reorgantsirn the Gendar- merie.
3. For reorganising the Pollen.
4.
and
For making arrengonients con- nerning the former Soldier Labour Cerns.
5. For planning waste land cul, tivation and similar projects.
In the statement it is suggest- ed that five million "move" of waste land could be cultivated, and each sollier provided with twenty "mow" for himself.
The Army which is be form- ed will be selected from the best trained troops and those which have rendered valuable services in actual warfare, and it will be under the direct control of the Central Government.-Reuter.
The 6th Army.
Kiukiang, Saturday. An advance by the 6th Nation- alist Army, consisting of 20,000 men, is reported in the direction of Nanchang, with the avowed intention of embarking at Kiu- kiang for Nanking, British Naval Wireless.
[Note: The 20,000 Hunanese left Hunan after their comman- der had been deposed by the Kwangsi faction.]
Curious Omissions.
***It is not quite clauses
are referred to, but ap- parently the following:-
4-Nationals of foreign coun- tries in China and Chinese citi zens shall enjoy equal rights and equal treatment under Chinese
law.
Children from local schools, led by the band of the 6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, sang "God Bless the Prince of Wales. A thunderous burst of cheering re-echoed across the water as the "Bayano," broke the ribbon plac- -6.-Pending the formulation ed across the entrance to the new and promulgation of a National arm. tarif schedule by the Nationalist | Government, the existing tariff schedule shall continue in force. "N. C. Daily News."
JUPITER FILMED.
NEW EVIDENCE FROM MARS.
July 19-21-Star Theatre;. "The
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Meetings.
Today H.K.V.D.C. promenade concert committee's meeting at Volunteer Headquarters, 6 p.m.
July 19-H. K. Football Club extraordinary general meeting, board room of Messrs. Jardines, 6.30 p.m.
July 23—H.K.V.D.C. Sports Com- mittee meeting at Headquarters, 5.45 p.m.
Miscellaneous.
GRANDSTAND MISHAP. Just as the vessel carrying the royal visitor was about to anchor a portion of the grandstand on
July 17-18-Grand Tattoo Em which the children were standing blem exhibition, City Hall, 10 a.m. collapsed and the youngsters to 6 p.m. were precipitated to the ground. Fortunately, no one was injured, although one woman fainted.
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Three hundred letters and 50 parcels were opened by thieves who The resolution altering the name broke into Canterbury General of the Royal Colonial Institute Post Officeral recently. All they to Royal Empire Society was con- slashed with knives. Eighty thou- lows of the Institute. obtained was £4,. The parcels were firmed at a special meeting of Fel- sand cigarettes and 17,000 cigars were stolen from the warehouse of Messrs. A. L. Edwards and Sons Southend-on-Sea.
The Lord Mayor, presenting an address of welcome to the Prince, recalled that a fleet of vessels fit- men sailed from the banks of the ted out and manned by Bristol Avon and discovered the main land of North America, and that the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean was built in and sailed from that port: The exten- sion, he said, provided six deep
An explosion at the fireworks water berths capable of accom-factory of C. T. Brock and Co., modating large ocean-going Sutton, Surrey, injured Miss Rose Harland, of Sutton, Mrs. Doris The Prince, in reply, reminded Edwards, of Carshalton, and Mr. them that that was his second W. Miller, of Tocting. S.W. visit to the city, and added: “I
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Dr. W. H. Wright, of the famous tended the final summer meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House recently, brought with him a film which presented an entire novelty." It gave to the spectator's eye the actual movement of one of the heavenly bodies, the belted planet Jupiter, which had been photographed as it rotated. vessels. The "North China Daily News" Jupiter is well suited for cinema atates that Mr. T. V. Soong's exhibition, as not only is it the visit to Peking was delayed a largest of our week because of the probability planets, but it has strongly marked
T. V. Soong's Mission.
Shanghai, Saturday.
sun's family of
that the military chiefs were features, and it rotates so fast that going to Nanking.
am proud as Master of the Mer- with this development of the chant Navy to associate myself
its day is completed within ten port." He also reminded them Li Chai-sum's decision to go to hours. On the screen recently that he was a freeman of the Peking made it certain that ait rotated much faster than that. Society of Merchant Ventures of decision would be reached there Individua! satellites and the dark Bristol. "I realise," he said, before the Kuomintang's plenary shadow spots they throw upon the "that the enterprise of the early session.
planet's bright disc were plainly pioneers who sailed from here Mr. Soong's task is the more visible as it moved. complicated, the representatives
across uncharted seas to explore The purpose of Dr. Wright's visit the New World not only laid the from Canton and Hankow having was to deliver the George Darwin foundations of the British Em- declared for one year's "Financial lecture.
It dealt with the photo-jire, but also of the British mer- independence." The financial graphy of planets, which he has chant navy." He congratulated conference threw out their pro- undertaken in the different colour-the Authority on their foresight posals, but it is almost certained lights, separated, that make the and faith shown in the advent of they will be carried through, as composite beam. Among scientific | better trade.
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Relief Funds.
The Prince, at the luncheon which followed, advised them to keep up the pace and to employ progressive methods as much as possible, so as to meet the great competition that was to be experi enced nowadays,
the opposition is directed against results was proof of the existence peared to be: "Provision for the the whole Nanking regime.
States the journal quoted:- of an atmosphere upon the planet future." "Soong will undoubtedly meet Mars, which had been questioned, this opposition in Peking.'
First he was tempted to compute the depth of Mars' atmosphere, at 120 miles, afterwards at sixty miles, but. Dr. Wright admitted that all Shanghai, Saturday.
such estimates must be wide. The A decision to appropriate polar capo en Mars appeared, he $200,000 from the fund for over-l'said, to be atmospherical pheno-. Chinese for the relief of mens, and here was other eyidence Peking, Shenal and the three of cloud, though he did not suggest special districts of Charhar, Jehol that upon Mars it was aqueous va-. and Sulyuan was reached at a pour, like clouds in the earth's at meeting of the Government atmosphere...
seas
Nanking yesterday. It was also The film has bean presented to decided to adopt the proposed the Royal Astronomical Society. metric system of weights and measurement for China-Reuter.
Metric System.
Detectives investigated a theft |
SINGAPORE DOCK.
THE VOYAGE RENEWED.
Gibraltar, Yesterday The second half of the Singapore Dock, which was held up by:bad' weather, is now passing through the Strafta-Reuter.
Mr. G. K. Chesterton has accept-
Shanghai, Saturday, of jewels from a car left outside a ed an lavitation from the Edinburgh
The Nationalists have decided Whitechapel, E., restaurant on a University Liberal Association bo to adopt the proposed metric sys recent Bunday night by Mr. and become a candidate for the Lord tem of weights and measures Mrs, S. Schaver, of Hampstead, Rectorship of the university, next throughout China-Reuter
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The Lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of distress in the confields of South Wales, Durham, and North- umberland - amounts to £88,300.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will leave England on July, 28, with his daughters for a two-months' holl- day In Canada.
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