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THE CRISIS IN NORTH CHINA.
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THREATENED RESIGNATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
GENERAL, FENG BRINGS TROOPS INTO PEKING.
(TLROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]
CHIEF EXECUTIVE WISHES TO Į
RESIGN.
PERINO, November 27th. /
At a meeting of the Cabinet H.E. Tunn Chi Jai (the Chief Executive) expressed his intention of resigning, but was pressed
to remain.
Ilis Excellency intends issuing a maj date stating that unless peace is restored that the Conference (on the Tariff queston can continue, he will quic
General Feng Yu Hsiang is expected
hero very 8OCI,
THE CHEF EXECUTIVE AND THE CABINET.
ADVOCATING RESIGNATION.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1925
Fexiva, November 7th. Than Chi Jui summoned another special meeting at his residence inst night. It was attended by most of the members His Excellency again of the Cabinet advocated resigning and suggested the formation of a governing Cabinet under Tung Fu, as after the camp d'etat of last year.
Most of the members present opposed the suggestion and urged Tuan Chi Jui to remain as the Chief Executive for the sake of the Conference.
So decision was reached. TROOP, MOVEMENTS AT CHEFOO.
CHEFoo. November 47th.
A brigade of Shantung Feogtien troops left Weihsien to-day for Chefoo where warships are awaiting them presumably
CABLES
LATEST JABLES. [THEQUGE, RZUTER'S AGENCY.) - THE LATE QUEEN MOTHER. THE MEMORIAL SERVICE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
IMPRESSIVE SCENES.
LONDON, November 27th, As sixty-two years ago the capital greeted the future Queen in snow, so to-day it farewelled ber, fast falling flakes quickly transforming the streets into gleaming white carpets.
The echo of distant guns, farewell salves, reverberated as the fewer-inden coffin, was removed from the Chapel Royal with full military honours and borne on a gun carriage, escorted by H.M. King George, and the King of Norway, the King of Denmark and the King of the Belgians to Westminster Abbey. The streets, were lined with reverent crowds, Many braving the bitterest weather. began the cold vigil in the early hours mostly poor and humble folk.
H.M. Queen Mary, and the Queens of Norway and Spain, and the Royal Prin cesses drove direct to the Abbey
The King wore the uniform of a Field Marshal and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
Tuan Chi Jui's servants state that his belongings are packed up so us he can leave at a moment's notice. PROMINENT, ANTUITES ARRESTLU
to transport them to Dairen. It is re-walking on his left, wore the uniform of Tseng Yu Chus, the Anfuite, who has been acting us an emissary between H.E.ported that the remainder of the Shan-
Colonel of the Welsh Guards Tuan Chi Jui (the Chief Executive) and tung forces are following. the Fengtien leaders, was arrested at the Chieninen Station this afternoon when un the point of leaving for Tientsin. It is reported that Tsong Ya Chun will be sent to Protouchen to-night.
Other Anfuites are apprchensive,, fear-
ing arrest.
Wu Kuang Hsip, another intermediary, is reported only to have escaped arrest by leaving for. Tientsin yesterday.
LATEIL
H.E. Tan Chi Jui has sent his Aide- de-Camp to, see Lu Chung Lin, to say that be would take personal responsibility for political suspects and requesting the immediate release of Tseng Yu Chun. The latter was accordingly released on hail this morning...
Tupan Chang Tsung Chang asserts his intention of supporting Marshal Chang Tso Lin. whose position is reported to be weakening
The Japanese
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A party of the King's Company Grenadiers carried the coin into the Abbey.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND.
UNEMPLOYMENT. :
DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
DEFEAT OF LABOUR MOTION OF CENSURE
LONDON, November 28th. Charges against the Government for failing in the past three months to pro posa measures adequately dealing with unemployment were embodied in a vate of censure moved by the Labour opposi tion.
Sr A. Steel Maitland, the Govern. ment spokesman, declared that the state. of trade inquestionably showed a very distinct improvement at present, though very dark patches still remained,
GERMANY AND LOCARNO.
DRAFT PACT PASSES SELUND
READING.
BERLIN,November 28th.. The Reichstag by 971 to 139 has passed the second reading of the Locarno Bill, embodying the acceptance of the Security Pact, the Arbitration Treaties, and Ger- many's entry into the League of Nations, after rejecting an amendment by 242 to
100.
JAPANESE SHIPPING. NEW O.S.K. LINE TO AFRICA.
It has been finally decided, says the Japan Times that the Communication Department will subsidize Y,080,000 for the Japan-African route, which is be instituted from, next spring by the Caka Shosen Kaisha, and Y.180,000 for
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the Shangbhi-Dhiren service, undertaken by the Nisshin Swanship Company.
The tentative budget has been already The minority consisted of. Geriaan
approved by the Finance Department, Nationals, Communists and: Extreme
and is to be submitted to the coming Nationals, as well as some members of session of the Diet for approval. The Communication authorities were first to the Economic party,
have paid a subsidy of Y 750,000 for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's Japan-African- service, but later it was cut down by half in accordance with the curtailment principle.
"COMMERCIAL TREATY.
NEW GERMANO-DUTCH AGREEMENT.
BERLIN, November 28th. A Germo-Dutch Commercial Treaty has been signed; stly, supplementing the agreement of 1858; and, secondly, dealing with Germano-Dutch Customs.
Da the Japana-African wrvice, the Usual chosen ash will allocate four gross ton class of stramer, which are now operating in the Japan-Sout American "route. Thans snips will pro- "sary, the Panama Mary and the Hericu busty be the Canada Jaru, the Chicago Jaru. Three new ships, the Santos Maru, - the La Pinta Mark and one other will be substituted for the above ships. The Santos Var is to make her maiden voyage to South America, sailing from Yokohama on December 2nd, and the La Pinta will be launched in April and the other in May. Should everything go well, the Osaka Shown authorities hope
In the course at a debate, Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that whereas the volume of world's trade in 1994 had recovered to the 1923 level, the British export trade only recovered 74 per cent., while France's proportion was 110 The United States were up by ten per cent.. and Japan had more than doubled her exporta. The only country in the same, or a wores position than Britain, was Germany, and she was bound to benefit HEADS OF RIVAL GOVERNMENT to inaugurate the African service before
As a result of the Locarno deliberations
Sir A. Steel Maitland on behalf of the (lovernment emphasised that the de- pression in the coal trade extended over mady European countries. There was a distinct improvement in the cotton and wollen trades and a slight perceptible OD in iron and steel. He thought, with the expected big homeward crops, there whopefulness or the really very hard- hit shipbuilding trade. He deprecated relief schemes where they were merely patiatives. He said he hoped to get the safeguarding duties passed before
ANXIETY AT TSINGTAU.
Christmas. TSINGTAU, November 27th.
Consul-General'
has cabled to Tokyo for two more warships following an emergency mass meeting of his nationals, who regard the situation
as menacing.
Reports are continually arriving; ol looting by handitry in the interior, Foreigners, apparently, are" unharmed, but many have come here for safety.
Civil
Tsingtau is outwardly calm, but an ultimatum by the police demanding four
alarms the months back pay Authorities who have ordered the Cham ber of Commerce to raise the $300,000 that is necessary to meet the demand.
Several regiments have been despatched to Kaomi, fty miles away, to establish a defensive stronghold in order to stem the tide of Fengtien retreat if it takes
FENG BRINGS TROOPS INTO this direction. F
PEKING.
General Feng Yu Hsiang brought one division, and one brigade from. Nanyutan into Peking to-day-
LATER.
There is an unconfirmed report that Tehehow Arsenal has been captured by Honan troops advancing on Tainan.
VIEWS IN JAPANESE OFFICIAL QUARTERS.
Toxyo. November 27th. It is understood that official circles. General Feng Yu listang's Third Divi-consider that Chang Tio Lin will be sion arrived at Nanyuan from Kalgan hat virtually eliminated unless an unexpected
roup in sprang. night, half remaining at Nanyuan and half proceeding to Changsintien.
Japan is very unlikely to reinforce her Manchuria Garrison.
FAR EASTERN CABLE such as many sorely-tried Englishmen in China would greatly welcome, says The NEWS.
TRROCCH REUTER'S AGENCY,] THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON EXTRATEREITOR’ALITY. THE BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE
SHANG, November 27th, Sir Skiner Turner, Chief Judge of H.B.M. Supreme Court for Chiang bas been appointed the British representative on the Commission on Extraterritoriality which is to assemble in Peking on Decem- ber 18th,"
ANOTHER STUDENT DEMON. STRATION.
PERINO, November gili, Students are arranging a big demon- stration to-morrow at which in addition to the demand for unconditional tariff autonomy, they will urge the abolition of Tupanships, placing provincial control in" the hands of the Civil Governors, and the disbandment of superfluous troops.
been
guar-
The service was conducted by the Archbishop of Centerbury and opened with Psalm xxxiii., followed by a lesson,
Over £2,000,000 had and the hymn, selected by the King,
had ten factories working, two pro- Now the labourer's task is o'er. After anteed for the sugar beet industry, which the Lord's Prayer and Collects from thejected and eight contemplated. There was every hope of its establishment as a Burial Office, the anthem Give rest, sell supporting industry when the sub- Christ" the service concluded with the aidy ended. This success enabled us to derüte millions hitherto paid to foreign hann On the resurrection morning." countries, for sugar to other purposes which was also the King's choice.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald ridiculed this contention that the re-imposition of the McKenna duties had been followed by greater employment, and declared that the contrary was the case. defeated by: 320 votes to 133.
The vote of censure resultion
THE FRENCH CRISIS.
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On the departure of Their Majesties. the coffin remained in a position under the lantern where it will be watched by His Majesty a bodyguards of the Honour. able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and Yeomen of the Guard until to-morrow morning, when it will be removed to Windsor Castle for a private service. The doors of Westminster Abbey were opened M. "DRIANDE: FINALLY - UNDERTAKES at one o'clock, afternoon, to enable the pable to pay its last respects.
STRIKE OF WIRELESS OPERATORS.
PROTEST AGAINST CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ON BRITISH SHIPS.
T LONDON, November 27th. The Telegraphists' Association has issued strike notices in the case of all wireless operators ahoard British ships.
M. HERRIT ABANDONS TASK OF FURMING A CABINET.
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PARIS, November 20th. M. Herriot has abandoned his attempt to form a Cabinet.
LATER
the Senator Sarraut, belonging to right wing of the Radical "arty, has Iren summoned to the Elysee
LATER. M Briand has agreed to form a Cabinet.
THE SOCIALISTS' POSITION.
PARIS, November 28th.
Also a Credit Agreement has been signed providing that the credit or million florias, which Holland granted to Germany in 1929, and which falls due in 1930, shall be prolonged until 1997.
IRISH BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
IN CONFERENCE.
LONDON,, November 28th. President Cosgrave and Sir James Craig separately and lengthily con
with ferred the Prime Minister at Downing Street this morning, and Mr. Baldwin conferred with both together in the afternoon.
NO AGREEMENT.
LATER
After the interview with the Frame Minister President Cosgrave and bir James Craig agreed that no statement could be made. President Cosgrave then left for-Dublin.
Interviewed by Reuter as to whether No, I am sorry." reached, he replied: he could say an agreement had been
"M.1" DISASTER. PAINT ANALYSIS
ESTABLISHES
next May at the latest, and to make ten tripa yearly. The route will be between Kobe and Durban, and the ships will make calls on the outward voyage "at Moji, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore, Colombo, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar-es- salam, Beira and Delagos, and on the homeward voyage, leaving Durban, a Mozambique, Singapore and Moji. They will be chiedy engaged in the transporta tion of raw cotton and soda. From from Africa, and miscellaneous cargo Japan.
COMPETITION:
It is predicted that a cut-throat trade competition will take place between Japan and India after establishing the ese cargoes, which have hitherto been forwarded to Africa through Indian Japan-African service because all Japan-
perts will be directly sent there. A re port reaching official circles in Tokyo states that the Indian authorities are feeling a great deal of anxiety about the proposed direct service between Japan LONDON,, November 20th. and Afrien, which, they deem, will de prive India of trade facilities,⋅ as "well The Admiralty announces that au
he indict a severe blow upon the export analysis of the sample of paint found on the hull of the ss. Fidur. is considering trade of raw costou from India to ed to establish that the Vidar caused the Japan. loss of the f
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
COLLISION THEORY.
QUIETER TONE."
LONDON, November 28th. The Stock Exchange opened very quietly. Price movements are generally small. Business in rubbers is fairly good, but selling is again progressing owing to the end of account, and values are inclined to be easier.
LATEST CABLES. [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICR] MEXICAN LEGISLATION.
AND FOREIGN OIL
INTERESTS JEOPARDISED.
MINING
MEXICO CITY, November 27th. The Chamber passed the Anal reading
A resolution which was passed at a of the Petroleum Bill, enacting the pro- Socialist party meeting declares the visions of Article, XXVII of the Con- Party's readiness, if it takes office, to stitution, whereby foreigners owning The men are instructed not to sign for carry out its financial programme eitherland or water properties will be forced This parti further voyages pending the settlement alone or in collaboration with the parties to sell within three years, unless they of a dispute regarding conditions of serof the republican democracy, but that become Mexican citizens.
the
NEW CHINA LINE.
The Nisshin Steamship Company is busy making preparations for the open- ing of the regular service between Dairen and Shanghai, to which the Communica tion Department decided to give a subsidy of Y.150,000 annually. The com pany is to ply two thousand-top class steamers on the new route to be engaged Dairen and in the coasts trade of China, touching at Shanghai, Tientsin, Tsingtao. The shipe are now being con structed at the Osaka Iron Foundry and will be completed before next March. They will make thirty-six trips a year. In the meantime, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha has conceived another plan for putting up a regular service between Keeling, Dairen and. Hongkong. The company is appealing to the Govera ment-fleneral of Formosa for a subeidy.
BOWLER HATS FOR TURKEY. THE FEZ AN "ARTICLE OF LUXURY."
The modernization of Turkey may
Tins in a leader. it is futile to fream vice, including the proposed reduction of it is impossible to reach an agreement cularly affects oil and mining companies provide a new market for "the bowler
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of diverting and controlling the complie ated process of change in the life of the biggest people in Asia by means of a few gunboats had regiments. The Tinies declares that Great Britain is playing important part in a generous enterprise at the Tariff Conference and expressos the opinion that the stress to whigh British citizens in China have been sub- jected could be considerably alleviated if
steps
-were taken to strengthen the depleted British official personnel
(THROUGH HAB AGENCY.]
THE LATE KING OF SIAM.
FRENCH TRIBUTES.
PARIS, November 27th, In Faurant recalls how fond the King of Siant was of Western ideas and says his reign was marked by the happiest
wages by £2 23. 63. a month.
ABBE WETTERLE. REPORT OF HIS DEATH CONTRADICTED.
PARIS, November 27th. The Vatican has telegraphed a denial of the death of Abhe Wetterie, mentioned yesterday. The. Abbe, who has suffered from haemorrhage, is now convalescent
EARLIER CABLES.
M. CHICHERIN IN PARIS." POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS.
PARIS, November 26th. M. Chielerin, accompanied by M. Rakovsky, bad an hour's conversation with M. Briard and later, conpersed with M, Berthelot,
LATEST CABLES. NO NEGOTIATIONS" YET,
PAs, November 27th. M. Berthelut states that his conversa Lion with M. Chicherin was merely for the purpose of getting in touch with each were other and that no negotiations opened.
He merely took bearings on various the position of the questions such as Soviet Government in relation to Great Tly rapprochement was materialized by Britain and France; the question of debts and the Wrangel fest, Russia's entry into Fruitful agreements.
the League of Nations and the possibility. Le Petit Fisarial says of King Rama's of commercial agreements. death that the people of France wille Petit Parisien "understands that M. Chicheria, who has gone to the South remember that Siam adhered to the Allies of France, expects shortly to make a party in the great war when the issue was longer stay in Paris when official pour parlers will be opened with regard to the dobt problem, still uncertain.
It is not expected that the police pre-change in Siamo-Indo-Chinese relations, vent the demonstration.
BRITISH FOLICY IN CHINA.
TIMES" COMMENT.
LONDON, November 27th. British policy in China does not imply, and should not imply, armed intervention
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he Bill now goes to the Senate.
BRITISH AMATEUR'S SUCCESS.
on the inancial situation among all the i Mexico. parliamentary representatives of the Left, especially as regards the question of inflation. On the other hand the measure of authority and responsibility MESSAGES FROM THE ARCTIC. which the socialists would enjoy in n Herriot combination does not offer suif- cient scope for the exercise of the bold and decisive measures imperatively de nianded. Therefore, the Party is unable to co-operate with M. Herriot.
The decisive measures mentioned refer to the Socialist plan of a capital fery.
LATER
M. Doumergue's decleion to summon M. Briand to the Elysee was taken after consultation with M. Sarraut, M. De Selves, President of the Senate, and M. Casals President of the Radical Socialist group in the Chamber. “
Another notable success has been amateur wireless secured for British telegraphy by a London experimenter, who for some days maintainxi two-way communication with the leader of the Mac Millan Expedition, which is attempting to reach the North Pole.
Communication was first established at Disko Island; and messages were ex- changed while crossing the Arctic Circle
The interchange of messages went on between midnight and about 'clock in the morning, Messages were re
and the MacMillan Expedition report that the signals were thoroughly distinct; indeed, it was never necessary to repeat one of the British messages.
THE COMING EVACUATION OF ived with the utmost clearness,
COLOGNE
BE-GROUPING COMPLETED.
PARIS, November 20th.
A message from Mayence states that re-grouping has been completed as result of the forthcoming evacuation of Cologne and transfer of British troops to. Wiesbaden: The French army accupation henceforth will consist of three army corps and siz divisions, in cluding one cavalry division.
BRITISH NAVAL STRENGTH. ESS THAN BEFORE THE WA
BEGAN.
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LONDON, November 28th. In the House of Commons at question time, Mr. J C. C. Davidson stated that firent Britain had 469 effective warships on October 31st, 1925, as compared with 545 on March 31st, 1914.
hat, says the Manchester Guardian. The British trade in this unlovely article is men are taking more and more to comfortable hat of soft felt.
drooping, as everybody knows, then
In Turkey the crimson feż, hitherto the all but universal wear, has been scheduled by Kemal Pasha and bis Government as an article of luxury and subjected to a prohibitive import duty. European hat's and clothes must be worn by Government servante, and the Con- stantinople correspondent of the las chester Guardian has noted that even.“ the Moslem clergy and the Jewish rabbis Are taking to lay dress and bowler hats in everyday life. A new and promising demand for hats of European pattern seems therefore to be indicated..
So far, however, the manufacturers of bowler hats in Stockport and Denton, the centres of the English trade, are largely in the dark. An inquirer yes terday, failed to trace any orders sent direct from Turkey to either town. One or two firme bave had an isolated inquiry. from London shipping houses. In one instancs the price offered the makers waa
For some little time before he first got into touch with the expedition the
too low for the quality of hat which English experimenter had been tuning in to American stations, and while do
they turn out; in anther the inouiry: from the Arctic regions. He then set hard or soft hats which the firm did pat ing. this be picked up his first, signal was for any hats already in stock-either about sending a message to the ex-require for its ordinary trade, Efforts plorers, and immediately received are being unde to learn more definitely acknowledgment from them, together what it is that Turkey wanta mod with the request to forward mesanger
More than one representative of the their behalf to friends in the United trade found it difficult to believe that States. This was done through the medium of the stations of American
amateur wireless engineers. This record is hut another of the wonderful; long- distance achievements made by wireless amateurs through Mullard valves. The original two-way communications esta blished with New Zealand, Australia, Santh Africa and America were due to the superiority of Mullard long distance
valves.
bowlers rather than soft hate could be wanted in such a climate as that of
Turkey. "I can't see a Turk wearing a bowler hat, one said accntically. You can't suddenly, take off a for and take to a hat with a stif ́brim like bowler. But one was assured that if the Turks really want them there are plenty of unwanted howlers in stock which will be sont out to them quickly and, thankfully.