THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
THE HANKOW DISCUSSIONS. AGREEMENT ** MOMENTARILY EXPECTED."
CHINESE TROOP MOVEMENTS.
NEW YORK NEWSPAPER ADVISES "ACTION" FOR THE AMERICANS.
{THROUGH BUTKI'S AGENCY. 1
THE HANKOW DISCUS
REFUGEE MISSIONARIES.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, 1927.
THE ILLICIT DRUG REBEL TROUBLE IN SIR FRANCIS AGLEN'S
TRAFFIC.
"APPALLING THROUGHOUT THE EAST,"
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
LONDON, February ist.
THE PHILIPPINES.
PHILIPPINE. CONSTABULARY
ATTACKED.
ĮTHROUGE KEUTER'& AGENCY.]
MANILE Tebruary 1st. Philippine Constabulary were at- At a meeting of the Geneva Advisory Opium Committee Sir tasked with rifles at Teargas Fort Malcolm Delevigas pointed out ress by the rebel Datu Tahil, of that the drugs which and their way Jolo Island. Thirty-five rebels' were into the illicit trade are manufat. killed. The wounded, so far, hare About 65 évacuated missionaries tured in factories from imported not been accurately stated. Tabil AGREEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT eft, for Hankow to-day. It is not raw.material, which are under the finally fled, leaving 900 of his
followers to carry on the night. expected that may further mission-control of the Government and are
The Sultan of Sulu visited the aries will be coming from the in- distributed direct from the factories terior..
or by wholesale dealers, who are
SIONS.
EXPECTED
OHANOSHA, Jatuary, 31st,
BLUEJACKETS
PICKETS.
KIUKING, January 31st,
fore the battle.
DISMISSAL..
INSTRUCTED BY PEKING's.
· GOVERNMENT TO CON- TROL COLLECTION,
WHAT SIR F. AGLEN MAINTAINED.
THE VERNACULAR PAPERS' VERSION.
{THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOT.]
the
Inspector.
SOVIET RAILWAY CHAOS.
RAMSHACKLE CARS, SHORTAGE OF ENGINES
EXAMPLE OF STATE MUDDLING.
a condition that it will be cheaper to build new ones than to repair. them and that over 680 engines have been reduced, to scrap-iron.
According to the opinion axpress ed by "some railway experts who have passed Harbin, the railways in the U.S.9.R. are rapidly fall ing into decay and gold roubles
For the 0,00 versts of the pre- 1,300,000,000 is a conservative esti; sent Russian railway system, the mate of the sum required to restore rolling stock in working order con- them to normal conditions.
sists of 9,615 engines and 318,200 Confirmation of this statement | cars. Under normal conditiona can be found in the Soviet Press one engine is allotted to 30 GATS, and in the extremely pessimistic and, therefore, for a total of report submitted in this respect by 319,200 cars the required number of Rudrutak, the Commissar of Way engines would be 10,640. and not and Communications, at a recent 8,015, showing a shortage of about
1,000 engines, or about 10 per cent. railway conference at Moscow.
With 60,000 verata of track
CATA але therefore with only 312,000 cossible necessary and
hand only. 53 per cent, of
The traffic can be carried out. natural outcome of this situation, according to Rudzutak has been the growing underloading on all Soviet March 1920-50,000 cars).
PEXING, Jan 31st, The Finance Ministry has issued a statement that the Chinese Gor.
Good-Pré-Ravolution Services. ernment has decided to put the rebel stronghold on January 30th, Maritime Customs in charge of the revolution began, conditions of the
At the time when the Russian 600,000 equally controlled by the Govery. but failed to persuade Tahil to sr-collection of the 2 and 5 per cent.
Russian railway system (over 75,000 verits) were satisfactory. Out surtaxes which ment, yet we were still largely render; but he succeeded in ro-
of the 800,000 cars and 30,000 en- ignorant as to how the illicit traf moving his daughter, Princess General has been ordered to in- gines which constituted its rolling fickers were able to obtain the huse Tarhata, by Tabil't'fourth wife, be struct the various commissioners to ed to the stress of war-time work, railways (October 1995-10,000 CAT¤;
stock and which had been subject collect ng from February 1st. only 18 per cent. of engines and 16
per cent. of cars were undergoing Bad Bridges and Tracks......... The Ministry has published the repairs, that, is about twice the Besides the shortage of rolling correspondence, showing that the
of peace sime. The stock of
rails and sleepers was stock, another reason for the un- Inspector General,
returns of railway Sit Francis Spare part
quite
The Don coal-satisfactory
traffic are the extremely poor_con-- Aglen, maintained that his organisa Belds were supplying yearly over dition of milway tacks. On
83,000,000 tons of coal and the tion could only collect taxes per Baku, Groing and Maikop oil-fields per cent. out of the whole railway mitted by the Treaties, and that were yielding enough fuel and system, owing to their bridge and the Government replied that the lubricating oils to supply the needs track conditions, permit the cir not only of the railways but of all culation of full-lead trains But even on these lines there are sections surtaxes bad been unanimously the country.
where engines can only be employed agreed to by the Powers at Wash
with 30 per cent of their traction ington.
capacity.
SKANGBAT, Feb. 1st A telegram from Hackow, dated January 31st. states that Hankow continues to wear a tranquil aspect. There is some talk in the papers"
The Commissioner of Customs has quantities of drugs that were con- about a big mass meeting on Febru azy 4th, but there seems a good decided not to close the Customs.atantly being smuggled into China, A British naval contingent was India and elsewhere. He suggested prospect of the New Year passing off quietly, especially if, as at pre. obliged to resort to fisticuffs to that all Governments should in de- sent seems highly probable, it will drive away pickets who were inter-tail examine the transactions to be marked by the momentarily fyring with the baggage of passen trace drugs to the consumer. He expected anouncement that Mr.gers embarking on British steamers described
Some five hundred troops arrived O'Malley and Mr. Chen have reach-
here to-day from up river. ed an agreement.
SIR JOHN GILMOUR'S VIEWS.
THE SINGAPORE BASE POLICY
JUSTIFIED.
LONDON, Feb. 1st.
ז་
SOVIET STEAMER
SEARCHED.
A Chinese gunboat stopped the Soviet 8.3. Eriran and searched her, finding all papers in order.
Speaking at the annual meeting LABOUR LEADER'S VIEWS. of the Glasgow Unionist Associa tion, Sir John Gilmour said that the
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in a speech at Port Talbot, criticised the Governament's troops to Chibs. He declared that if we continued to negotiate with Mr. Chen withr the same freedom of mind as we had approached Japan, then not a single life in Shanghai would be threatened.
Chinese situation was one of great difficulty, but that the Government! was pursaing a pacific policy, déal ing with the Chinese people in the fairest and most open possible man. ner. The policy of ensuring the security of the Empire by establish ing a base at Singapore was now
Mr. MacDonald concluded that fully justified. If Britain had had that base to-day there would not he was optimistic enough to believe have been the present difficulty. that everything was going to turn British policy was not aggressive, out all right. He was glad Sir out it was not easy. The desperate Austen Chamberlain had made element existing in the world to-day that speech at Birmingham, and any help the Opposition could give him along those lines would be readily and most heartily given; let them make no mistake about
must be resisted.
BRITISH MARINES.
THE INFLUENZA
GERM!
HAS IT BEEN CAUGHT " AT LAST?
[BRITISH WIRELESS. SERVICE]
the contraband drug trade as a worldwide menses and said that cocaine and morphine were spreading into the Far East, while the Egyptians were rapidly becoming a race of drug addicts.
Sir John Campbell declared thas 41 times the legitimate consump tion of narcotics were being intra-reported discovery of what is sup
The
Ruony, Jan. 31st."" Great interest is being taken in DISMISSAL OF THE "1.-G." Forsts. scientific and medical circles in the
duced into India by illigit trafic. pased to be the influenza germ. situation was appalling Importance of the discovery, if the throughout the East. The Govern- report should prove true, it em- ments were responsible because they phasised had not carried out their definite obligations to limit the manufae
ture to medical purposes.
*
"(EARLIER TELEGRAMS.]
[SITISK WIKELESS SERVICE)
:
Recay, January 31st. In making their constructive pro- posals to the Chinese authorities of the North and South simultanects ly the British Government have followed out logically the principle of non-intervention in Chinese in- ternal affairs...
Referring to this the Manchester Guardian considers it a "Matter
PERING, Feb. Ixt.
After the secession from Rassis of Poland, Bessarabia, Finland and the Baltic States, the Russian rail- way system was reduced to 50,000 |
With a reduced mileage and the same sources of supply of fuel and oils and the same number of factories the restoration of rail- to satisfactory conditions should, it would seem, have pre
ways
The Government has dismissed Sir Francis Aglen, the Inspector.sented little difficulties. However, General of the Chinese. Maritime Soviet official figures show a quite
different picture:
Medical science has Oustoma.
hitherto suffered under a great dis. advantage from absence of thy
really definite information about the origin of influenza. It is under- stood that the attention of the Ministry of Health is to be called to the reported discovery and that medical experts of Ministry will be Icharged with the duty of investigat
ing its claims.
RUBBER RESTRICTION.
MODIFICATION WITH REGARD
TO CEYLON.
RUGBY, Jan. 31st. The Colonial Office announces that the percentage of the standard
FURTHER DETAILS.
From Rudzutak's report it will be seen that since 1920, at the end of the civil war
Patching Up.
About 40 per cent. of bridges are in an unsatisfactory condition and can carry only reduced loads. The whole railway system is divided into three categories depending on their importance land for track repairs on lines of the first category rails from 3rd category lines are used and a time will come shortly when the third category lines will
have to be closed completely con- siderably shortening the total mileage.
Bad Quality Balis.
The rails manufactured by the The total number of edgines has state factories are of a poor quality PEEING, Jan 31st.
decreased by 665 engines and the and often cannot even stand the Following the Finance Ministry's percentage of those out of commis weight of a single engine as demon- sion increased by 2 per cent. The strated on the Chinese Eastern statement, issued yesterday evening, number of freight cars is showing Railway too, when rails received mandate, issued iste yesterday an increase of 10,000 cars but at recently from Soviet Russia were night, dismissed Sir Francis Aglen the same time the percentage of not able to stand the frost and
out of commission cars has iz-bursting,
wrecks. Moreover owing to the and appointed Mr. Edwards (Mr, creased to 28 per cent. this being
due to the fact that the cars leave small production of these A. HI. P. Edwardes, Commissioner the workshops after having only only 7-8 per cent. of worn out rails
can be replaced every year.
of Customs at Canton) Acting In-been patched up spector-General of Customs.
The mandate specially lays down that all foreign loans, indemnities and the domestic loan service shall remain unimpaired.
Admiral Trai Ting Kan has to signed the headship of the Shuiwy chu (Customs Revenue Administra tion), and a mandate appoints the ex-Finance Minister, Lo Wen Kan
that. As long as the Government of elementary "fairness" that Mar- production of rubber which may be to replace him.
LONDON, Feb. 1st. To-day's London newspapers are negotiated with Mr. Chen on giving prominence to pictures show the lines of the recognition of ing the British marines and China's independence, he would be against the hostile mob at Hankow, behind them with his Party,
GENERAL DUNCAN AT MALTA.
MALTA, January 31st. The troopship Afegantic, convey- Tag Major General Duncan, Com-1 manding the Shanghai. Defence Force, has arrived.
BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM BOMBAY.
-BOMBAY, January 31st. The Twelfth Pack. Battery, of 300 men, have left for China aboard the a... Bankura, “.
[THROUGH AMERICAN SERVICE}
NEW YORK PAPER SAYS U.S.A. "MUST ACT.”.
shal Chang should receive, for the benefit of North China, concessions equivalent to those offered to the Cantonese authorities and, ip this connection, contrasts the correct diplomatic methods of the Northern authorities with some of those em- ployed in the South. The evening As well as morning press regard the proposals outlined in the For cigo Secretary's speech as construc- tive and far-renching.
exported at the minimum rate of duty from Ceylon and Malaya for the quarter beginning February 1st,
will be 10.
Ceylon's Coupons. "
LONDON, February 31st. The British Government has agreed to the decision that the limit period for exporting rubber should be abandoned as far Ceylon is concern and that bence. forward coupons in Ceylon will not have a time limit.
THROUGH REIKE'S AGENCY.] INTER-ALLIED MILITARY
白
NEW YORK, January 31st The New York Evening Post in an editorial headed “We must act
The Evening Standard considera with the British if fighting comes,"
COMMISSION. arguce that, while diplomatically that the British policy, had the "Clarity distinguishing policies
FINISH UP SEVEN YEARS' there may be differences between
WORK. the policies of the United States based on common-sense and appre
BERLIN, January 31st and Great Britain in China, in ciation of facts." It adds “Mr. practice such distinctions are likely Chen claims revision of treaties The Inter-Allied Military Com
ceases to-night to disappear in face of common
to which he cannot be entitled mission officially danger. It points out that there unless the Cantonese Government but a few officers will remain to
wind up its affairs." are some thousands of Americans
During the course of seven years, in Shanghai, and that the Chinese is, at least, in its own sphere affec-
the Commission has ordered the who are converging on Shanghai, tive, unless it can trust itself and destruction of 50,000 guns, 100,000 although historic friends of the be trusted to keep its own people machine guns, over 14,000 aero- United States, ICHANO, January 31st. trained and arined by the Feds ug under control and to prevent them planes, 27,000 nero engines, and Japanese, Italian, French and der instructions of Soviet Russia from acts of violence against for any millions of shells and small Swedish steamers have been com- and, though the threatened assault
GERMAN POLITICS. mandeered for the conveyance of on Bhanghai may be avoided, still eignars. The question whether this troops. Two American steamers are the Bolshevist ideas will persist in is so is the immediate crux of the
TWO MORE CABINET" lying at Ichang full of troops, but Chine, and may be expressed by acts
APPOINTMENTS. the
engines have been dismantled. of sabotage such as the burning of negotiations for any doubt upan factories and attacks on it would make such concessions as Three British steamers are made foreign
British and American homes in fast together and are being proti ommon danger, the Whites are proposed instantly unsafe. It tected.
The destination of the troops, should stand shoulder to shoulder is also a vital factor in the formu movements of which have been ex- ter than water, bloodiation of a policy of a wider extent. tentive, is understood to be Wu- thicker water."
[NAVAL WIRELESS.]
STEAMER SEIZURES ON THE YANGTSZE.
sung.
CHINESE TROOP MOVE-
"have been advised,
(THROUGH REUTER’1 AGENCY.] SPAIN'S ATTITUDE. MENTS.
MADRID, Jan. 21sh SRASI, January 31st. In a statement on China, General Japanese, French and Bwedish Primo de Riveria said that it wa steamers passed down river to-day unnecessary to dwell on Spain's fall of troops. An Italian steamer attitude of absolute neutrality as arrived loaded with troops, disem regards the warring Chinese face barked them,“
cm, and returned
up river. D
WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
ALL TOWNS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH AMERICA.
arins
BERLIN, January 31st. President Hindenburg has sp pointed Walter Von Eeudell and Dr. "Hergt, Minister of Interior and Justice respectively. The latter is also Vice-Chancellor. Both are German Nationals. -
"Prolonged and Stormy "**
LINTERI
WHAT THE NATIVE PAPERS SAY.
Though the refusal to collect sur- taxes is given as the reason for Bir Francis Anglen's dismissal, the ver nacular newspapers state that the Government were incensed at Sir
Aglen's visit to Hankow to sa
Mr. Eugene Chen. The newspapers also state that Chang Tso Lin has for years disliked Sir F. Aglen and, some days ago, instructed Dr. Well ington Koo to dismiss him.
have caused several
Iactories
This is easily explained by the
No wonder that Radstak's can- system of repair practised in Soviet elusions were rather pessimistic and Russia. Broken and worn-out parts that he was obliged to state that are not replaced by now, manufac there are practically no hopes for fured ones but by parts taken off an early restoration of the railway from other out-of commission cars system to normal conditions-and and engines after going to the moreover, the tremendous sum of scrap-heap.
stated that 1,500,000,000 gold roubles required. Rodruta in result of such. system over for this purpose certainly greatly
overtaxes the limited capacities 120,000 freight cars which were awaiting repairs are now in such the Soviet budget,
THE DEFENCE OF SHANGHAL
FURTHER ARRIVALS OF PUNJABIS.
About 250 additional regulars of
R.A.F. SENTENCES.
OFFICERS OF CUXFORD
LOSE COMMISSIONS..
While Flying-Officer Harold Bpott Davidson has been dismissed, and it was officially stated that the re- maining four officers had been dealt with as follows:
Sentences have been promulgated the 5th Battalion 2nd Punjabi Re- against the five officers of Curford giment (87th), ays the North-China Aerodrome court-martiailed for ir Daily News of last Saturday, ar regularities in connection with the rived at Shanghai yesterday, on officers and sergeants' mess ac- board the R.M.S. Empress of counts. Canada, which docked on the Poo tung side downstream and unload ed passengers first and the Punjabis Sir F. Aglec is at present on his somewhat later. The latter arrived way to Peking from Shanghai He on the two tenders, Alexandra and
expected to arrive on the 3rd Victorin, shortly past. 12, at the Flight-Lieut. Arthur Clunie Han fastart.
Customs Jetty where a detachment dell, D.F.C., to be dismissed the [Sir Francis Arthur Aglen. of the previous day's arrival were service. : B.E., had been Inspector General awaiting with the regimental band
Flight-Lt. Cyril Riebards Smythe. of the Chinese Maritime Customs and pipes. Inspector Bale and four since 1911. succeeding the late Bir Sikh troopers of the S.M. Police severe reprimand and forfeiture of 104 places in the gradation list of Robert Bredor, who had been were on hand to clear the streets. Acting Inspector-General since the on the march of the contingent the RAF death of his brother-in-law, Bir which lost no time in falling in and Flight-Lieut. Philippe Andrae de Robert Hart in 1908. Sir Francis, starting westward vid the Bund Fontenay, D.F.C., to be ezchiered. who is now in his 50th year, joined and Nanking Road to the Race Pilot-Oficer James Edward Wel the Customs in 1888. In 1836 he Club, where their total number of man, forfeiture of seniority as if it was a deputy commissioner, Com- missioner at Tientsin in 1887; Nan- approximately 660 are being billet, bore date August, 1996, and to
severely reprimanded. king, 1899-1900, 1901-3; Shanghai, ed.
A bright sunny day with some- 1900-1; Chief Secretary, Inspector- missioner at Bankow, 1906; Deputy day before, and the tiffin hour ar ate-General, Peking, 1903-4; Com what milder temperature than the Inspector-General, 1910-11; Official rival, accounted possibly for a fair ing Inspector-General in 1910-11 crowd of spectators on the Customs and, as stated, Inspector-General Jetty and along the route which since 1911. He has had conferred the troops took: Considerable ad- upon him many high Chinese dis miration was expressed for, the well tinctions such as the Imperial Order set up appearance of the men, most of the Double Dragon and the Order of whom are tall, unbearded men of the Chino Ho He received his with abort hair ends showing under- Death their turbans. Their war knighthood in 1018.]
whoops lent an additional air of the spectacular to their advance to the Race Coarse.
(REUTER'S
AMERICAN SERVICE.]
OBITUARY.
COLONEL RICHARD-OSBORNE.
MANILA CITY HALL
THREATENED."
Two fires of unknown origin
It was only after a prolonged
OTTAWA, February 1st. and stormy meeting that the Ger- The death is announced of Col. man: National Reichstag Party de Richard Osborns, Military Secre From Baturday afternoon all the to, led to the treaties of tary to Lord Willingdon, Governor-threatened to destroy the City Hall
the President to drop Dr. Gract as General of Canada towns in England and Wales have a candidate for a Ministerial post been admitted to Trans-Atlantic Walter Von Keudell is regarded as cruiser Don Blaster had wireless telephone service. Reports one of the most progressive mem- HANKOW, January. 31st
despatched, firstly, in case from various provincial towns speak bers of the German National. He Italian ateamers which arrived Spaniards required protection: of the success of this extension. has been a member of the Reich here full of Chinese troops have secondly, in order that the Spanish The Manchester Guardian and a stag since 1925 and in an ex-Prussian been detained. The situation re flag should be represented along long" conversation with its corres Provincial Governo Movement University of Pennsylvania's expedi
It is rumoured that a NANKING, January 31st. at those already in Chinese pondent in New York who it says
mains the same," c
tions.
The 31st been
Troops with machine guns and trench mortars left here to-day, believed being Apking.
waters; and, thirdly, because thecould be heard, with the utmost is procceding to supplant Dr. cruiser may go to Japan to return clarity Conversation was conduct Gessler at the Ministry of Defence the recent visit of a Japanese ed with more ease than one just by a member of the German squadron to Spain,
previously made with Newcastle
People's Party,
A CABARET COUNTESS.
AUSTRIAN FAMILY NAME DESECRATED F
Countess Josephine von und zu Eltz ” is the lawful title of a pretty. young cabaret dancer.now fulfilling. ad engagement In Budapest, her husband," Count Paul Eltz, boing a mener of an "Austrian family.
Her frst husband, a rich old coffee planter in Buenos Aires, left her a large fortune when he died., The young Austrian- count woord the pretty widow there and married her. Her fortune was speedily dis sipated, and she has this year, ob- yesterday morning, says the fanila tained a judicial separation from Times of January 27th. The first her husband and begun to earn her AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST, was at 7 o'clock, before employees living again as a dander, her
had entered the edifice. Sinoke was original vocation. PHILADELPHIA, Jan 31st seen rising from the entrance of the The death is annomeed of Mr. building Zacing Calle Concepcion George Byron Gordon, the archaeo This fire was extinguished by the logist, under whose supervision the reman on guard.
A few minutes later, Chief Clerk tion is co-operating with the British Yangtangco of the city treasurer's Museum archaeologists in excavat- office saw the same staire in flames, ing the ancient city of Ur-of-the-To put out this fire, however, part Chaldeer.
of the stairs had to be destroyed, 3 secration.
In Austria the title was not worth much to her, because titles are abolished there, but in Hungary and other countries she can call herself counters" with advantage.- The Elts fatally have started Jegai proceedings to protect their family- name from what they consider de