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NINETY-FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1935
U.S. SENATORS
EXPECTED TO
VISIT N. CHINA
Passing Through On Way To Manila
ATTENDING INAUGURATION OF PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC.
Nanking, To-day. A group of high officials of the American Government," in- cluding Mr. John Garner. Vice- President. Mr. George Dern.] Secretary for War, and several Senators, are expected to visit Shanghai in the latter part of
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA:
Fleet Auxikanes To Be
Augmen
Washington, Te-day. During the fiscal year 1937 the United States intends to construct one battleship, 12 destroyers, and six submarines, states the Navy, Department. The enlisted strength will be increased: to 100,000' meni Is the fiscal year 1996 it is planned to augment the fleet an- xiliaries, such as transports, ten- ders, tags, and ammunition ships
-Feater
this month while on their war FLOOD RAVAGE IN
to Manila to participate in the inaugural ceremony of the Phillippine Republic.
It is learned that Mr. John Garner and several 'Senators are expected to arrive in Shanghai from Washington on October 29. They will stay at the Port City for one day, following which they j
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HUPEH
-6,000,000 Needed To Repair Dykes
Hankow, To-day.
NEW CAMPAIGN
AGAINST PIRATES
IN BIAS BAY
More River Gunboats
Dispatched
NAVAL DEFENCE. MAPPED OUT
From
Our Own Correspondent?
Canton. To-day.
To augment the naval force in Bias Bay, the river gunboats! Chung Yuan and Chup Shun are now on their way to that dîs- trict The other two gunbeats! Hai Fu and Kwong Kum are already on patrol duty in that strip of water.
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The Chung Yuan and Chup Shun used to stand guard at Tungshan and the Western Out- skirts bathing beaches to pro- Mr. Hsi Teh-chiung. Director teat the swimmers against Now that the will proceed to the Philippine! of Kiangian Engineering Bureau, river bandits.
will proceed to Caungchang on swimming season is over. these Mr. George Dern is expected to
the Han River to inspect the col-gunboats are being relieved of
on or about further duty here lapsed dykes there reach Shanghai ön October 22 où
October 20.
The Anti-Piracy Office atj board a gunboat. The following}
For the repair of the collapsed Blas Bay has now ordered all day he will leave for Nanking in company with Mr. Nelson John- dykes in the whole of the Froilagers to report the where abouts of the pirates. other- vince of Hupeh, according to Mr. China. On October 25, at 3s, the sum needed is $6,000,000, wise they will be punished as
pirates.
This sort of mutual o'clock, he will call on Mr. Wang Provincial budget for repairs dur-guarantee is necessary, as it isį As the amount provided in: the ing the current year is only sometimes dificult to distin-
guished pirates from innocenti A deficit of about $4,000,000- $2,000,000, there is therefore a
fishermen.
son, the American Ambassador to
Ching-wei President of the Executive Yuan He will spend the whole of October 24 in sight- seeing, and will return to Shang- hai on October 25 to resume his journey to Manila.
Mr. Esi, it is reported, will
of the work--Central Agency.
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pression Office, has mapped out the naval defence of that loca- tion, which is about 25 miles
Apart from being the hide- shortly leave for Nanking to peti-out of pirates. Bias Bay is of The American Ambassador will allot subsidies for the completion command of the Piracy Sup- tion the Central Government to strategic importance Captain Yang Chao-lun, second-in- leave Perping for Nanking ot October 16. After arriving at the capital, he will make a brief stay to interview the high Chinese officials, following which, it is. learned, he will proceed to the Port City on October 18, in order). to accompany Mr. Dern to the capital-Central News Agency.
FINANCIAL
BOYCOTT
OF ITALY
(Continued from Page 1)
SPY WHO ESCAPED EXECUTION
Scheepers Comes To Life Again
.Capetown.
A Boer War episode has been recalled by the claim of a man in
north-east of Hong Kong. NANKING TO
RECOGNISE
MANCHUKUO?
(Continued from Page 1)
Bloemfontein to be Commandant Gideon Scheepers, a Boer spy, who deplores the abolition of Kuomin
The veteran Kuomintang leader was said to have been executed by tang organs in North China and the British at Graaf Reinet.
The man claims that when he offices will be abolished. He says expresses the fear that more party “All banking credits, intended was led out at dawn to be execut-that the South-west is the only directly or indirectly
for public ed a friendly sergeant in charge place in China where the Koomin- bodies or individuals, actual or of the firing party distributed hypothetical, established
on Ita-blank cartridges, and that he was where patriotic sentiment is pre- tang still has a firm foothold and lian territory, as well as subse-allowed to escape after simulating quent execution, through advan- death.
valent ces, overdrafts or any other means, It is known that Scheepers's to co-operate Mr. Hsiao added, of all contracts for loans, intended "grave" was opened by a commninthe South-west alone would be directly or indirectly to their ad-sion of inquiry after the war, and vantage.
that it was found to be empty.
"All issues of shares or calling
up of capital to the benefit of pub GENERALISSIMO IN NANKING
It bodies for indíviduals, actual
*If China and Japan really were
in a position to fulfil the task on
a basis of equality and recipro city":
CHINESE SCOUTS VISIT US.A.
Return To Nanking
Nanking, To-day.
or hypothetical, established on Italian territory as well as sub-
Nanking, To-day.—Generalissimo scriptions to such shares or the Chiang Kai-shek arrived here calling of capital effected in Italy from Taiyuan at 2.45 pm. yester- or elsewhere.
day in his Ford plane. He was "Governments will forbid these greeted at the aerodrome by a big operations whether they are effect gathering of Government officials. ed directly or through an interme Central News Agency, “nd
A group of 15 representatives diary of whatever nationality.
mendations of the Sanctions Com-been despatched to the United of Chinese Boy Scouts, who had "Credits, however, for hamami-mittee which they had drawn up. States to participate in the cele tarian or religious purposes are This indiscretion is attributed to bration of the founding of the not included among the operation the intention of certain Committee American Boy Scouts, "arrived [to be forbidden.” -
members to try sabotage of the here from America this morning- lie disssion before the decisions on Dr. Wang Shin-chieb, Minister sanctions plans by provoking pab- Shortly after arrival they called were announced, and working up of Education, to report on the re- an apposition outside the Geneva sults of their trip. Central News
Each Government is invited to make known with as little delay as possible to the League of Nations the steps they are prepared – to take in the conformity with the above mentioned dispositions.
Fuller Statements To Be Issued At Geneva
conclaves-Trans Ocean Service
BRITAIN AND EMBARGO Agency. Geneva: Mr. Anthony Eden in-1
formed the General Secretary of HELPING CHINA'S EXPORTS the League of Nations on behalf);
of the British Government that, Nanking, To-day.—In order to
Geneva: The Committee of in accordance with the proposal encourage Ching's foreign trade, of sanctions at the conference on the Ministry of Industries has re-
HONGKONG BENEVOLENT Eighteen issued an offcial com October 11, which had decided to cently urged the overseas Chin-
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