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ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS RECEPTION.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.
Final arrangements for the re-
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1930. ·
NEPAL AND TIBET.
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Temporary Lull in Frontier War.
APPEAL TO CHINA.
Shanghai, Tuesday. After a severe engagement with Rugby, Yesterday.
the option to he accorded to Sir the Tibetan troops, the Nepalese The negotiations with
William Peel, K.B.E., Governor- have refrained from further pene- Egyptian delegation have con- tinued all day since eight o'clock efect of the Colony, may now betration, due to their ignorance of un interrup-made, it is learned by the Chine the topography of the country. this morning with
The Tibetan troops, while waiting tion only for lunch and dinner. Mail, through the courtesy of the
Colonial Secretariat.
for reinforcements, are still They are being resumed again at
ters,
. Efforts are being made to achieve some definite result to morrow. Mr. Henderson, the For- eign Secretary, has postponed his. departure for Paris on the way to Geneva from to-morrow morning until the afternoon.
Sir William Peel, after the visit
tains.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — Tha closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/6.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month,
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS
Ophthalmic Optician
18 Queen's Road Central.
INDIA'S HOUR OF BOGUS MASTERPIECE. TIENTSIN TO BE IN THE
TRIAL.
THREE HUNDRED KILLED IN RIOTS.
MOSLEM WISE.
CONFIDENCE IN THE VICEROY
Simla, Yesterday.
Painter's Grandson on Grave Charge.
SPURIOUS MILLETS.
Paris, Yesterday.
OVERCAST.
WAR ZONE?
PLANS FOR HOSTILITIES -BY- YEN AND FENG,
ŠEVERE FIGHTING. -
Peking, Tuesday.
..
PREJUDICES LOSE JUDGE A JOB.
"NOT FIT TO SIT IN THE
..HIGHEST COURT.”
ANTI-NEGRO COMPLEX.
Washington, Yesterday.
Jean Charles Millet, (grandson of the fumous landscape painter,
After having met and conferred The Senate, after an angry de Jean Francois Millet) and his with each other at Changtch on bate, rejected by 41 votes to 31 friend Cazeau, have been arrest the Ping-Han line, Yen Hai-shan the appointment of Judge J. J. ed in connection with the great and Feng Yu-hsiang have drawn Parker as Associate Judge of the An account of yesterday's Delhi picture forgeries scandal. Millet up the following military plans: Supreme Court. The Judge's op- The F. & O. steamer Khiva, which guarding the various passes from disturbances received at official and Cazeau are alleged to have The Shansi forces are to attack ponents urged that he was unfit ning o'clock this evening and a Sir William Peel is travelling, will the slopes of impassable moun-quarters indicates that the Hindu sold to a British customer a num- the Tientsin-Pukow line; the Kuo- to sit in the highest court, owing session until the carly hours of
and Mahomedan killed number ber of pictures purporting to be tomorrow morning is probable, the up at No. A1 bouy at nine o'clock to-morrow morning. The Hon.
Five representatives from the about 300. Of the injured 10 are the work of Jean Francois Millet, minchun to capture the Ping-Han to his hostile attitude toward or- A Cabinet meeting will he held to- merrow morning, when the posi.. F. Hole (R.N.) in his official Sihong province arrived on May in a dangerous condition, whilst but really painted by Cazeau. Ac-line; the doubtful troops of the ganised labour and negroes. This
The cording to the newspapers, one of rebels, to undertake
the front is the first nomination to the tion will come before the Minis-apacity as Harbour Master, will at Chunghing, Szechuau, where two have died in hospital.
then call, taking out the Governor's they requested General Liu city to-day, was quiet.
the spurious Millets, "The Hay- launch, Britannin.
Confidence in Viceroy. Hsiang to send reinforcements to
makers," is in Scotland's Nation- column on the Lung-Hai line. It Supreme Court to be rejected for 40 years. Reuter's An ufrcraft and destroyer escort relieve the present critical situa- A statement on the position in al Gallery in Edinburgh-Beater. was decided that hostilities are to nearly will meet s.. Khíva inside ter-
India made by Capt. Wedgewood
be opened simultaneously on the American Service. toris...
Benn in the House of Commons
(above three lines. in reply to Mr. Stanley Baldwin
Yen Hel-shan and Feng Yu-pu. The 1st Training Division and pointed out that except in
hslang arrived on May 3 at Cheng-which has been despatched to parts of the Bombay Presidency
chow, where a final military con-Hsuchow is expected to arrive at and one district on the north-
clave will be called. Shib Yu-san, its destination shortly. west frontier, the rural areas
Marshal Chiang will soon pro Sun Tien-ying, Wan Taun-tsal, ceed to the frontier of the Tsin. were unaffected by disturbances.
and other Generals of the allied Pu line and it is said that the oreover, the Moslem community had generally held aloof from the
forces have been notified accord-order of general offensive will be
issued on May 11 or 12. civil disobedience campaign and
ingly to proceed to Chengchow, the two recent labour disputes had
General Yang Yu-cheng report- After the meeting, Yen will returned on May 5 the recapture of ended. He paid tributes to the officers and men at present engag-
to Taiyuan, leaving the military Neihsiang, in the south-west of ed in the very difficult duties, and
affairs in the hands of Feng Yu-Honan, and that the enemy had retrcated toward Chingtzekuan concluded by the expression that
hsiang. This will be followed by the confidence held by the Govern-
Pass. the issue of the order for a gen-i ment in the Viceroy was shared by the House. (Cheers).
cral offensive against the National Reuter.
forces, together with the mani- festo to the soldiers and people, and the notification to the for-to Party affairs will be left to the
of the Harbour Master, will be ac NAVY LEAGUE —— SEPOY FUND. {quoted at length official reports
corded a welcome to the Colony by His Excellency the Officer Adminis-
The actual situation is that the tering the Government. The cere mutter of the Soudan is still un-mony will take place at Queen's settled and is still under discus-Pier, and afterward the Doyen of sion. At the same time. discus- the Consular Body, Mr. M. J. Quist, sion is continuing on other points, will greet Sir William Peel.
such as question of troops in the A Gubernatorial Salute of 17 Canal Zone-points which have guns will be fired from H.M.S. been raised again since the Egyp-Tamar when Sir William lands on tian courier arrived from Egypt the pier, and later, when he has with the observations of the Cairo taken the oaths as Governor, a fur- Cabinet upon the references marle ther Sainte will be fired in his to them.-British Wireless Ser honour. vice.
Another Report.
The Royal Navy will form the Guard of Honour at the Pier, and on the left will be a detachment from the 2nd. Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
After H.E. Sir William Peel has beer introduced to the Consular Rody, and members of the Legisla tive Council, the party will "Teave in three cars.
London, Yesterday. Apparently a battle royal was proceeding to-day from the re- sumption of the British and EgyP- tian treaty negotiations at the un- precedentedly early hour of eight in the morning. It is believed to have been aver the question of
Later, H.E. will be accorded a the Soudan, in connection with welcome by the public at the City which partial agreement Wa Hall, where the official Address will reached yesterday. There was a be read by the Hon. Mr. W. E. L very brief adjournment for lun- Shenton. cheon, prior to which, however.
The stage is reserved for Sir Mr. Henderson left to attend William Peel and his party, H.E. the Cabinet Council. Subsequently he Officer Administering the Govern. summoned Nahas Pasha for a pri-ment and his party (including Lady vate talk, Nahas Pasha refused Peel and Mrs. Southern), the re- to speak afterward, but looked presentatives of the Navy, Army, agitated. The plenary conference, and Royal Air Force, the Executive however, resumed at three o'clock and Legislative Council, the heads in the afternoon. -
of Government Departments, and Delegates in Good Spirits. the Reception Committee:
London, Later. The first two rows of the stalls The negotiations between Bri-will be reserved for the members of tain and Egypt have been ad-the Consular Body.
journed until 3.15 p.m. The Egyp The first two rows of the dress tian delegates drove off to their circle in the Hall will be reserved hotel in good spirits. They are for ladies.
re-assembling at the Foreign The Reception Committee will Office at 11 p.m.-Reuter.
ineet H.E. Sir Wm. Peel in the main entrance Hall.
Empire Precautions..
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HE. The Officer Administering]- The British Government's pro- the Government will introduce H.E. posals for a treaty governing the gir William Peel to the mem- relations between the Kingdom of bers. of the Reception Com- Members and Egypt and the British Empire for mittee, after which the Reception the next 25 years was published on Committee, accompanied by H.E. August 8, 1929.
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Situation in Hand.
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:-
The anti-cyclode is central to the South of Tokyo,
Depressions have formed over N. China and Indo China, Forecast:-E. winds; mo- derate; generally overcast, with rain.
Rainfall
Rainfall to 10 am. to-day 1.02 inch. Rainfall wince Janu- ary 1, 14.36 inches against an average of 18.67 inches.
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock
were:-
Hong Kong Масво
Temp. Humid.
75
98
75
98
Pratas Jaland
80
87
news
Manila
78
89
Amoy
71
95
Swatow Chefoo Shanghai
91
777
89
AMBULANCE MEN USEFUL.
eign Diplomatic Body.
:
Yen Hsl-shan.
Peking, Tuesday.
Yen Interviewed,
Hsi-shan states that all matters pertaining
direction of the Party members, with no interference on his part, Skirmishes at Lung-Hai.
and that the organisation of the After making severe charges of new Government still requires de- His present trip to May 2 and May 9, aiming at the liberation, capture of Sikshan on the Lung-meet Feng Yu-hsiang deals, how- Hai line, resulting in heavy casual-ever, exclusively with military problems, such as the solution of tles, the rebels under Wan Tsun-military expenditure, general taai retreated to Kweiteh on May troop movements and kindred 4, and consequently fighting was matters.. suspended on May 5 along the line.
Shih Yu-san is reported to have
Rewards for Rebels.
who
Rugby, Yesterday. Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the situation in India, Capt. Wedgwood Benn, Secretary for Indie read a large number of telegrams received] from India. The latest from the Punjab related to Sun. day and Monday, when all was quiet except for a partial hartal in consequence of Gandhi's arrest. At Lahore, a European Sergeant and a picket, who were sent to prevent interference with the light railway, were surrounded
arrived at Tehchow, where he The Nanking General Head- by a large crowd, but fought their way out. An Inspector and Ser-
With the assistance of three has established a new Shantung quarters have formulated the fol- geant had to fire 16 rounds, but members of the St. John Ambu Provincial Government. Tehchow lowing regulations to govern the no casualties were reported. The lance Brigade, two Chinese, of 958, was first taken by the Shansi treatment of rebel troops situation was now in hand.
Canton Road, managed to capture troops under Lá Sang-ta, who, surrender themselves to the Na- Another telegram
received another man who had been scen upon Shih's arrival, withdrew fotional forces. The Political De- partment has been instructed. to stated the necessity for the Police wearing a jacket, which was the the Shantung-Hopei border. Superintendent, to fire seven property of one of the pursuers. Shantung to Hold Against Rebels. print these regulations in pam- rounds at a crowd, and it was be- It was also found that the thief The rebels under Shih. Yu-sab, phlet form for distribution by lieved that the ring-leader was had stolen an opium pipe, valued who threatened Chin Hsiang and planes at the front.
Officers who lead their troops to hit. The Railway Police Station at $30. On his appearance before Chaucheng were repelled by the was reported to have been entered Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kow- National troops under Han Fu. surrender will be promoted to one tank higher and also given i by 500 volunteers.
loon Magistracy this morning, be chu.
According to General Chen bonus, equivalent to a month's A telegram from Bengal this was sentenced to two months' hard morning reported that all
labour.
Tao-yuan, the rebels invading pay.
Privates and non-commissioned His Worship remarked that the Shantung at present consist of quiet on the Hoogl and at Howrah.
Ambulance men seemed to have one division under Shih Yu-san officers who surrender with their At Chitagang four raiders were been very useful.
and two regiments of Shan forces, arma and ammunition will be a reward of $20 each, stated to have been killed. That,
against whom the Shantung loyal given
who surrender without forces are in a position to deal Those
arms and ammunition will be effectively.
Was
he thought, referred to the raid depot (planned by Gandhi prior a few days ago. A message from to his arrest): the Chief Commissioner dealt
with Tuesday's disorders at Delhi'
Calcutta, Yesterday. The bridge at Lutho on the given one month's pay. Howrah and other suburbs of Ping-Han line, which was destroy-
Officers or men who surrender
in one of which the demonstra Calcutta have resumed their nor-ed some time ago, has been com- with machine-guns will receive tore wrecked a train in which the mal appearance: Shops
and pletely repaired. Acting under $500 for each piece. Those who Deputy Commissioner and Super-markets are now open as usual instructions, the National forces surrender with cannon, irrespec- intendent of Police were travel-1Reuter.
32
10
26
.35
70
{ling, and other casualties are not
37
130.78
yet known, although it was report- ed that 30 or 40 had reached the service station of the hospital.
200
$14,396.08 £52-10-0 W. A. DOWLEY,
Hon. Treasurer. The donations from Bwatow and Foochow are much appre ciated, showing the practical sympathy evinced by residents of outports. The Navy League will hold a Committes mesting on Wednesday next to consider the allocation of the sum raised. There is still time for anyone desiring to send in contributions.
Quiet in Bombay.
Earlier Nows.
Bombay, Yesterday,
are pushing northward along the tive of rank, will be given a re- line. It is understood that Gen-ward of $1,000 for each piece.- crale Chiang Ting-wan and Wang Canton News Agency.
for
Other News
Nanking, Yesterday.
On the eve of their departure
the Lung-Hai front, the
officers of the newly-organised
The British Government, in the H.E. the, Officer Administering the préparation of the draft took up the Government and his party, will pro- negotiations which have been proceed to the stage, where they, will ceeding, with temporary setbacks, take up their scats. with successive Egyptian Govern-
On H.E. Sir Wm. Peel arriving at ment since 1922, when Britain, in his seat the band of the 3/15 the famous Declaration, raised her Punjabis will
play "God Save protectorate and recognised Egyp The King." tion sovereignty, subject to four re- Later, Sir William Peel will leave servations which wore to form the for the Legislative Council Cham- basis of a subsequent treaty.
ber, where he will take the Oaths of These reservations envisaged an Offee. A Guard of Honour of the agreement between the two coun- 2nd. Battalion, the Somerset Light tries on the maintenance of Empire Infantry, will be drawn up on the communications through the Suez Volunteer Parade Ground. Canal, the subjects of defence, the After the inspection, Sir William protection of foreign rights and per-Peel will enter the Council by the sons in Egypt," and the Government North Entrance, and will be duly of the Soudan, which was retrieved aworn in as Governor and Cam- from chaos by Britain at the end of mander-in-Chief by the Chief the last century and, which has been Justice, Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C., brought to a state of prosperity by C.B.E. British capital and British admini-Plans by the Broadcast Studio. stration.
Arrangements are being made The draft treaty submitted to the for Z.B.W. to relay from the City Egyptian Prime Minister (Mahmoud Hall to-morrow morning the] Faaba) by the British Secretary of speeches and address on the oc- State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Acasion of the welcome to His Ex- Henderson), who state in August callency, Sir William Peel. The that It le the limit to which Britain morning transmission will com- can go in settling the outstanding mence nt 10 o'clock, questions, is designed to protect Britain on these points and to re
Freedom This Time.".. spect the sovereign rights of Egypt.
Bombay, Yesterday The draft proposes a friendly al- Dance with support of the admis-
"As long as we don't baffle or sion of Egypt to the League of Na-starring man would take to was and that, therefore, the defeat of irritate the Government, we are dons. The withdrawal of British the remark made by Mr. T. s. the latter will also affect the for- wasting our lives. We must get creasing concern over the news forces to the canal zone is provided, Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Mamer-Canton News Agency freedom this time, declared the from India, which is being given -Speaker, Mr. Patel, addressing Frominence by the newspapers. with a defensive agreement between gistracy this morning, when he the two
Any adminis Imed a Chinese, 08 years old, or taka a pen knife out of his pocket a huge open air meeting here. He The silk concerns of Yokonama necessary is to be seven days jail in default for the and inflict two cuta on his head. appealed to his hearers to pursue are worried because of the can tish bubjects, and there theft of two fish from stall it At the Police Station, however, the social boycott of officials, not cellation of orders
"ght the Indian residents In Kobe ap- of ambassadors, the Hunghow Market, the man, whose head was bleeding, to pay land, revenue,
of the adan Divisional Insper or Stimson said that be had been deliberately Government on all fronta, pear to be greatly exercised over Surat. Yesterday the warrest of Gandhi heir Civil resisters have definitely offices, and shops were closed for Pharasan a day and they are, bolding, a therald on the salt meeting this evening. Reutering
"The Speaker has resigned, Chin-yu proceeded to Luihe on the perhaps to find a pension and a 5th and that General Ho Ching- peerage in His Majesty's jail," chun will shortly leave for the. The latest report from Bombay was the jocular remark of the front personally to direct opere dated yesterday states that, gen-ex-Speaker, Mr. Patel, when ad-tions. erally speaking, the situation was dressing a crowd on his arrival Address by Chiang Kai-shek.
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in first training divielon were given a dinner by Chiang Kai-shek, the still quiet following the arrest of from Calcatta, amid scenes of
spected the 1st Training Division guests including Messrs. Hu Han- Gandhi. A hartal meeting held in great enthusiasm - 7
Mr. Patel, urged non-violence at the Nanking Aerodrome on min and T. V. Soong and Madame Bombay was conducted peaceful- ly. The hartal started on Mon-in carrying out the programme May 5. After the inspection, the Chiang Kai-shek. The latter day and continued on Tuesday which will be framed at a meet ceremony for the taking of the presented gifts to each officer.
According to the new regula- In the mill areas, although the ing of the National Congress oath of loyalty by the troops and mills are more of less quiet, 60 working committee at Ahmedabad officers took place. This was fol- tions, any rebel officer who joins lowed by the President giving a the Government with bis entire per cent of the workers were at on May 12.
Mr. Patel told Reuter's repre-brief but stirring address in which command will be promoted one work, Troops continued to be held in readiness. In Surat sentative that, he considered a he called attention to the sediti-
atrica
tion of Tibet, on the ground that FISH FOR STARVING MAN 7
the relations between Szechuan That fish is not & food a really and Tibet are as lips to the teeth;
is gaid that the accused, after taking push over by the complainants in of the fish from the market, ran away, the chaseÜS
In in- The fokis gave chase, during which The accused stated that be store
the situation:
was quiet, boycott of British goods in genous actions of Yen Hsi-ahan and rank, while cash awards will be Feng Yu-halang against the Kuo-granted his soldiers Individually. Handbille announcing these re- and some shops were open-eral, and all foreign cloth in par- ed. A message this morn- ticular, was the most important mintang and Government, and to gulations are being distributed the mobilisation of their troops to by Government planes over the ing stated that, according to section of the programme,
British troops have been with undermine the Revolution. enemy camps. Reutar. reports received, no disturbances
e mi had occurred on Wednesday or drawn from the mill area and order to further the late leader's
· Shanghai, Yesterday, carnest desire for the peaceful re- Thursday-British Wireless Ber elsewhere
construction of the country, the It is reported that Yen Hal- This is regarded as indicating National Government was now shan left Chengchow for Shihkia- that the situation has improved. forced to resort to arms to exter-chwang on Monday evening after working with full complements, minate the rebellious elements, in a two-day conference with Feng pro Osaka, Yesterday, the end that the country might Yu-hsiang, at which it was de- The Japanese are showing in- gain prosperity and the people fded that Feng Yu-halang.
| happiness,are
hould attempt to capture Wu- "I call upon you Revoluhan and Shantung, while Yen tionary soldiers and officers" Hsi-shan establishes a provisional appealed the President, "for the government at Peking, this not supreme sacrifice, for great later than June 1..
The cotton mills generally are
and strenuous efforts on your The proposed regime will be a part, so that our country may sub-committee of seven consist attain a genuine unification, ing of Yen Hai-chan, Feng Yu thereby exemplifying the spirit hsiang, Wang Ching-wel, H of the Revolution) Chung-yen, Hsu Chung chi and A contingent of the 2nd Train-two other hitherto not selected.
Reuter Division has arrived at Peng