KUOMINTANG PREPARING ANOTHER NORTHERN EXPEDITION.
500,000 TROOPS TO BE RAISED IN NINE
PROVINCES.
CHEKIANG AND KIANGSU TO RAISE LOAN FOR
$14,000,000.
SHANSI TROOPS TO EVACUATE FROM IMPORTANT STRATEGIC POINT ON
PEKING-SUIYUAN RAILWAY.
The Nanking and Hankow sections, having patched up their differences, announce their intention of embarking on another Northern Expedition in the furtherance of which they hope to raise 560,000 troopa from nine provinces, while Chekiang and Kiangen will negotiate a loan for 81-4,000,000.
The Shanal leaders, having found that it will be necessary to evacuate from Suenwha,-an iniportant strategic point, on the Peking-Suiyuan Railway,-state that they will choose another ** short-cut, route" to march oa to Peking. FUKIEN'S "4 PRECAUTION-
ARY COMMANDER."
(Wah Tez Tat Pan.)
GENERAL TANG SENG CHỈ
TO SUPPORT SHANSI.
(Fah Two Tat Paa.)
!
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 1927.
SHANGHAI, October 18th:
SHANGHAI, October 16th. General Chiang Kiang Nai has General Tang Seng Chi 'has tele- taken over the whole control of graphed to General Yen Shit Shan Fukien. He desired that he is that he is prepared to support him appointed by the Nanking Govern against Chang Tao Lin, who, he ment as Precautionary Comman-says, is the only survival of the *ader."
Northern militarista."
SHANSI TROOPS AT CHOCHOW..
FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS.
(Fah Tas Fat Pan.)
:
KUOMINTANG AND UNITY.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
SHANGHAI, October 15th. Chinese official telegrams from Hankow announce that Mesars C. SHANGHAI, October 18th. C. Wu, Sun Eo, Wang Ching Wei The Peking Cabinet announce and General Tang Seng Chi, in that the Shansi troops who were at efforts to unify the Kuomintang, Chochow have fed wastward to have reached" a compromise agree- the mountains.
ment whereby Wang Ching Wei The Shanxi Government anand Tang Seng Chi recognise the that Suenwha, on the legality of the Central Special Com- Peking-Suiyuan Railway, will be mistee, pending restoration of the evacuated by the Shansi troops if Central Executive Council and the necessary, and that they will choose Standing Committee, with authori- another short-cut route to march ty and responsibility, and its scope Upon Peking..
properly defined.
nounces
A CHANNEL SWIM
HOAX.
"MONA MCLENNAN " EXPLAINS.
DESIRES ESTABLISHMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL COM
MISSION.
· [THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENTY.]
LONDON, Oct. 16th.
A sensational statement is made in the News of the World that the Channel swim alleged to have been accomplished by "Mona McLen- can (Dr. Dorothy Logan) on the 11th inst, was a hoax, and was car ried out, Dr. Logan says, in order to show the desirability of estab lishing an International Commisnon to control, supervise and certify all Channel swims,
Dr Logan, who had previously sworn an affidavit that she accom plished the
swim, was paid a cheque for £1,000 by the Yeux af the World; but she had since re- turned it to the donors.
Dr. Logan, in her statement, says she entered the sea at Cape Gris- nez at 7.40, The tide was already ebbing and it was apparent to everybody that she would never swim the Channel that night, so about 9.30 she was taken into the beat as the pilot devided that they shore to escape detection of their were then sufficiently far from the
manœuvre. She re-entered the water at 6.20 in the morning and swam for an hour before she landed
on the beach.
Prior to the swim she prepared a detailed statement of what she meant to do and the motive. This document she placed in a sealed envelope and saw it deposited in the safe of the hotel at Hythe.
AN ISLAND THAT "REAPPEARED."
FALCON ISLAND UNDER OBSERVATION.
[EUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
AUCKLAND, N.Z., Oct. 13th. The Falcon Island, which reap- Tongs Group as the result of vol peared, from out of the sea in the
came action, has been under ob The Chihli Shantung forces, who It is understood that super-servation by the warship Laburnum
with are engaging.
Feng Yn visory committee will again be
for a fortnight Hsinng's troops at the Lunghai placed in charge, with the duty of Railway, are reported to have got maintaining discipline in the ranks the better of the latter. The van of the Government and party. guard of the Chihli-Shantung It is noteworthy, however, that forces is advancing to a point reports from other sources state beyond Kweitch, which has fallen that Tang Song Chi retains com- into their hands. Feng Yu Hainng's plete control over the 'administre- „"vanguard, operating on the Lungtion in his sphere of influence.
hai Railway, is directed by General Cheng Chin Sing, who is concer trating his main forces at Kaifeng! in order to take a firm stand against the invaders,
SWATOW STILL QUIET,
NAVAL WIRELESS.]
In dealing with the Southerners,
SWATOW, October 15th. General Chang Tsung Chang has Situation
remains quiet.
The ordered his subordinate, Cheng Cantones 1.9. Hreins with about Chun Yen, to Pengyu to check a 400 troops on board, escorted by possible move of Southerners north the armed launch Manshan,,also
ards.
The reported capture of Shit chinchuang by the Fengtience is confirmed by the Toho News Agency.
FENG'S TROOPS FALLING BACK.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
carrying troops, sailed at 3 p.. and the s.8. Hunhein, also with troops sailed at 5.40 p.m.
CHINXIANO, October 15th. The soldiers here have been un paid for some months.
Two of the 14th Army have been executed for selling their arms.
Ivuasa, October 15th. "SHANGHAI, October 15th. Chinese troops ars being sent from It is reported that the Chihli Itu down the river in an Italian Shantung forces advancing west- ward along the Lung-Hai Hine have steamer to operate against bandite occupied Huiteh," and that Feng in the area between Ita and Shasi. Yu Helung's troops are falling back.
Well-informed circles) discount "the reported Northern thrust by Nanking troops, believing that the rapid victory by the Fengtien party against Shauri, combined with the dissensions and jealousies in the Nationalist Government, will prevent 11 decisive notion Against the North
KUOMINTANG'S NEW?
PROJECT.
ANOTHER EXPEDITION.
(Wah Tez Tat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, October 18th.
The Kuomintang has decided to
start
an expedition northward
against the Chibi-Shantung forces
Other Yangtze Ports:-Situation remains unchanged,
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. BRITISH BLUEJACKET-
DROWNED?
(NAVAL WIRELESS.]
1,430 yards wide, and with a crater The island is 1.730 yards long, 305 feet above sea-level bething for a minute every 20 minutes! calamus of atcam lava to a height of 3,000 feet.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND HANKOW.
{THROUGH KELTER'S AGENCY.]
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THE AMERICAN GIRL'S ADVEN- TURES.
IN THE AIR 4 HOURS.
600 MILES FROM EUROPE.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
New York, October 14th:
A connected narrative of the aeroplane American Girl's adven- tures in the Atlantic has been wire lessed, by Captain, Goos of the Barendrecht.
He tells the story of how Miss Ruth Elder and Captain Hildeman encountered storm zone, but emerged triumphant" after fighting the elements for eight hours, but they were driven far to the south- ward of their intended course.
A mishap revealed itself when the oil-pressure gauge began to drop and they discovered that the feed pipe was fractured. The aviators continued to fly as best they could for Ave hours, in momentary fear that the pistons would jam Then, when 350 miles from the Azores, they joyfully sighted the Baren- drecht and alighted alongside the yesterday morning, tanker, which they boarded at 10.30
The sailors made fast the plane, and the intrepid girl and her com- panion clambered aboard, "well but fatigued."
Capt. Goos attempted to salvage the aeroplane, which batherto was endamaged, but probably through the spilling over on to the overheated engine, the petrol tanks: ignited and two explosions follow- ed. The monoplane soon was a flames, and the captain was obliged quickly to sheer off in com. sequence of the inflammable nature of his cargo and the aeroplane was completely burned out.
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It is estimated that the American Girl was in the air for 41 hours, 26 minutes, was 600 miles away from Europe, and had covered 2,600 miles.
Miss Elder Quite Calm: Uses
10TH ANNIVERSARY
OF BOLSHEVISM.
FRIENDSHIP, AND GOODWILL.
HOW THE SOVIET PROPOSE FROM WOMEN OF THE WEST
TO WOMEN OF CHINA.
CELEBRATING IT.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LAVINDRAD, Oct. 10th
A MISSION."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
The
THE MILLIONTH
HOUSE."
A SILENT TRIBUTE.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Of
In connection with the forthcom
Reasy, October 13th. Official figures pablished today ing tenth anniversary of the Bol
show that over shevist
1,000,000 houJES Revolution
LONDON, Out,' 13th the second
Women's
have been built in England and session of the Central Executive League
International Committee of the Soviet Republic, will leave very shortly on a mis- these, 260,000 were completed in the states that two Women Wales sicce the Armistice. The from Europe and one from America actual number is 1,904,000. has been opened at Palace, M. Kalinin presiding over behalf of Western women to the year ended September 30th fast,
the Critzky 'sion of friendship and goodwill on members.
Women of China.
providing accommodation for ap The English and French dele- The city is decorated and be- gates are, respectively, Miss Ed proximately one million people and flagged and the neighbourhood and Fye and aladame Drevet, who sail to fewer than 32,261 were finished palace filled with crowds.
from Marseilles on the ith inst. in Setptember alone. These last with the They will visit Saigon and confer two figures maily outdo all previous Miss Pye worked with the Society Records. The number completed in
women of Indo-China. of Friends Kalief Centres abroad September is not and alme. Drever is a war widow. the whole yearly output of the far short al
teacher in order to go to China. who has given up her post The third delegate is Mrs. Grover extent due to the fact that the pre-war period. It is to some Clark, an American journalist, who subsidy which has been granted to speaks Chinese. The delegation builders was reduced in respect of will be Enanerd almost wholly by houses completed after the end of September so that special efforts were made by builders during that month.
The committee, in view of the approaching anniversary, resolved inter alia to reduce the industrial workers working-day from eight to seven hours within the next few years without a reduction of wages an increase by 30,000,000 roubles to building of workers' houses, to re duce taxation of peasants the Budget appropriation for the
werkers,
and pensions for the poorer peasantry and to abolish capital punishment
for State except
and military crimes and armed banditry and to reduce the sentences of prisoners, except those of the active members the overthrow of the Soviet and of the political parties aiming at embezzlers and bribetakers.
to institute old
age
GEN. FRANK SUTTON MISSING.
LOST IN BRITISH, COLUMBIA. SEARCH PARTIES, SCOURING
Montm
AN ESTATE IN
CORSICA.
A STRANGE RUMOUR,
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, October 14th. There is no foundation for the report in circulation that Sir Austen Chamberlain has bought an estate in. Corsica. The Britiab
The Times considers that the millionth house wherever it may be mast stand as a silent tribute to a détermined endeavour made by the state, by local authorities and by private enterprise to overtake arrears of housing accommodation which accumulated during the war.
Foreign Secretary has not acquir A CENTRAL AFRICAN
ed and has no intention of acquir ing any property in Corsica or elsewhere outside of Britain.
AN AVIATION TRAGEDY.
FIVE CIVILIANS KILLED.
{RROTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
DOMINION.
GENERAL NORTHEY ON THE FUTURE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.}
RUGBY, October 15th. General Northey, who command- the Northern Force in the East Andean campaign in the late war and was afterwards Governor of
THE COUNTRY,
[ZEUTER'S AKERICAN SERVICE] EDMONTON, Alberts, Oct 16th. It is reported from Hadice Hope. British Columbia, that General Frack Sutton, ex-military adviser. to Marshal Chang Tao Lin, is mies ing from his camp. Search parties are scouring the country, but it is) HORTA (Azores), Oct. 15th.
feared that he may have fallen into the fmerican Girl was picked up raging torrent. General Sutton was evening killing ave civilians includ- the campaign. He expressed the
Further graphic details as to how
a precipitous canyon on the Peace River, the bottom of which is a field, the Municipal airport, this cur At a dinner re-related by Capt. Goos when the Harendrecht arrived here.visiting the Peace River district in ing a man and wife and their four view that
sorde sort of amai- connection with his proposal to year-old daughter. was 7.45 on Thursday morning, construct a privately owned railway
gamation of East African ter. tories was bound to come Eraya, 3.21 North 21.30 West, when we said Goos, and our position was
flew up to us rapidly and dropped sighted the American Girl. She
Her Lip Stick.
message which fell on to the deck naking how far are we from land and whith way. The message, was signed Ruth Elder. We painted an answer on the deck saying we were 360 miles from Terceira, in the Azores Islands. Thereupon the American Giri alighted alongside and Mias Elder and her companion climbed to the top of the aero- plane The crew of the Barendrecht rushed to the rescue in one of the aboard. On hearing of their posin ship's boats, and took them safely tion the aviator decided that it was impossible to continue even for the remaining 300 miles, as the gauge showed that the oil pressure had dropped to 5 pounds."
SAN ANTONIO8, Texas, Oct, 15th.
A monoplane crashed at Stinson-Kuya, Was a guest of bon-
celebrating
to Vancouver, and the project had COLLISION IN NEW YORK Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, created tremendous interest, ід Western Canada.
AMERICA'S LOANS... QUESTION OF STATE SUPER- VISION.
PRES. COOLIDGE'S VIEWS.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE,]
HARBOUR.
FREIGHTER SANK.
SEVEN OF CREW MISSING.
[RKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
NEW YORK, October 13th." The Norwegian freighter Besaeg Que with
a crew of 32 sank in a collision with the outgoing liner Parit in New York harbour.
The l'aria lowered a motor-bont
rel and helped in the work of rescue and subsequently returned to the Twelve of the Besseggen's crew are mixing..
Details Of The Accident.
LSTER
WASHINGTON, Det, 15th. That drastic legislation by Con- LONDON, Oct. 13th At a recent meeting of the Far
approving of foreign kaos by greas to regulate the State Depart- ment policy of sanctioning or dis- Eastern section of the London Chamber of Commerce, it was un-
American bankers' might cause em- animously urged that in view of the disastrous results in handing over
barrassment is the opinion of Presi- dent Coolidge, who regards the the Concession at Hankow, it was
supervision as purely advisory and not desirable that the Government Leaving For Paris By Boat.
authorised by provision of the
The Besseggen was lying across should initiate or continue negotia.
Constitution, which places the con- the channel in darkness when the tions regarding the modification or and Capt. Haldeman are leaving hands of the President and well- books were thrown from davits but
It is understood that Misa Elder duct of foreign affairs in status of
the l'arit struck her amidships. Life- other Concessions or for Paris vii Lisbon aboard the known bankers who have nego- there was no time to don lifebelts. Treaty ports at present,
With reference to the
Portuguese mail boat Zima or reports Monday.
tinted foreign loace running into Most of those aboard, including British Government does not intend thereanent, Reuter learns that the
millions. He expressed the view LATER. that op
some women and children, climbed the whole Governmental All the members of the Beren-supervision, as exercised up to the and as the Besseggen listed many to re-occupy the British Concession recht's crew loudly praise Miss present had worked fairly smooth- jumped into the water and were to the upper part of the vessel, at Hankow at present. It is pointed Elder's coolness. Her first words ly, and he saw. no, regaon for any picked up by boats from the liner, out that should the necessity arise, after boarding the tanker were: change. The loans rejected repre- from shore. Britain world naturally have to re- Thank you very much." There- sented consider her position; but at pre-after, she produced a lipstick and with the huge volume of loans
Passing ferry boată a small figure compared assisted in the rescue work, sent there did not appear to be any calmly used it, apparently obli- negotiated; which amounted to one grounds to make any such action vious of the fact that she had billion of dollars a year. Beakers necessary.
just stepped out of the jaws of had adapted themselves to report death. Her sang froid made such ing to the State Department" in a deep impression on the crew that advance of the loans under con the ipstick incident was duly sideration and they were willing to noted in the official submary of the continue to cooperate with rescue given out by the ship's wirel
Government in this way.. Jess operators. Amgl
ILLICIT LIQUOR TRAFFIC. CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA.
[RIUTER'S, AMERICAN SERVICE]
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) Poochow General Arrested,
FoocHow, October 15th.. General Tang Hsu Chiang bas been arrested.
He is being taken to Nanking under excort.
Chochow Recaptured.
PEKING, October 15th. The Ankuochun announce that A wireless message has been re- Chang Hauch Liang wired stating ceived from Kiukiang notifying the that the Fongtienites have recaptur
An Explosion.
It transpires that the sea was very rough when the American Girl came down. When the Berendrechi tried broke off, the motor bumped to salvage the "plane the winga against the ship's side, and explod ship's bridge and sank Miss Elder and Capt. Haldeman's passport,
death by drowning of Able Seaman ed Chochow, taking prisoner ed. Shooting, flames high as the Charles Elderton attached to the regirnents of Shanu-ites, who had destroyer H.M.S. Witherington.
seized the city, with all their field guns Chang Hauch Liang alas de-
Elderton fell overboard by finitely announced, that he captured parachutes and luggage were all
adventure on Wednesday. He was Shihchinchuang, taking much am- unmarried and his home was at munition supplies as well as mang Forest Gate, London.
important documents. Yen Hi Shan has retreated westward to the mountains,
Disobedient Chinese Troops.
NANKING, Oct. 14th.
It is understood that the order
י.
To Command Anti-Red Force.
SHAMBY, October 15th.
·Jost.
THE BRITISH PORTION OF BRAZILIAN LOAN.,
OVER-SUBSCRIBED FIVE:
TIMES.1
PRAT212
Chu Yu Pu wired announcing given to the 19th Army to advance that he has captured Eweitch, who are operating westward against up the Pukow River has not been the Kuorinebun retreating, to Feng Yu Hsiang. The Nationalist complied with. At the moment the wards Kaifeng »
[BATTISH WIRELESS SERVICE] Army under General Ho Yiu Chu, army is stationed at Chuchow, has moved across the Yangtze, having an advance guard opposed
Rwork Otober 14th. while the thKuomintang Army to the Northern armies at Ming The "Yi Shih Pao" gives pro- the British portion of the Brazilian In quarter of an Hour yesterday, also crossed, the Yangtaze yester kwang.. The 19th Army, it is minence to a message from su Loun, amounting to £7,000,000 was day.
With regard to the Northern er troops who are badly equipped. Wu Pei Fu's delegate had arrived times.
stated, consists of very young chowa correspondent, stated that over-subscribed anore than five pedition the Hankow régime has It has been responsible for the there and was negotiating for an agreed to Mr. Sun Fo's proposal tearing up of a large section of the anti-Red campaign. The delegate ed next week for Poland It is for
Another foreign loan is expect to raise 500,000 troops nine pro- railway lins 'north of Chuchow. vinces of South China
declared that the militarists in purpose of establishing the Polish Szechuan, Yunnan and Kweichow national finances in national cur had greed to make Wu Pet Fu com- rency. The British portion will be mander of an expedition against for £2,000,000 issued in-per.conta Hankow.
Chekiang and Kiangar will be held responsible to the extent of raising & $14,000,000 Loan,
Back To Nanking. Dr. C. C. Wu and Mr. Sun Fo have returned to Nanking
Et 92.
the
WASHINGTON. "Oct. 15th. ing since July between France and Conversations have been proceed
the United States with a view to an understanding to cope with the extensive and illicit liquor traffic which utilizes the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon as a base.
FINANCIAL ADVISER TO POLISH GOVERNMENT.
EZOTER'A AMERICAN SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16th. secretary to the Treasury, in charge Mr. Charles Dewey, assistant
of fiscal affairs, has accepted the post of Financial Adviser to the Polish Government..
A telegram from Warsay Baye that Mr. Dewey will be appointed to the Board of the Bank of Poland in connection with the Polish Stabikaation Load Agreement which has just been signed.
The "Paris" 'Salis.
LATER.
Seven persons are still missing as a result of the sinking of the Anoticial enquiry has been opened, but the captain of the Besseggen.
Paris temporarily escaped this in- quisition by sailing to France within an hour-and-a-half after the disas ter, as it was impossible to hold up the mails and passengers. State- ments of the captain and others aboard the Paris will be taken when the liner returns from France.
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P. AND O BANK.
CHARTERED BANK TO
"TAKE-OVER"?
(THROUGH-REUTER'S ADENCY.]
be thought ought to be able very shortly to come to some understand- ing. It was obvious that if the working of the post and telegraphe, police, garrison and customs could be properly arranged it would be economical, and he certainly hoped it would be done. A more difficolt question was what Southern and wer Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland were going to do. Personally, he would like to see the two Rhodesias and Nyasaland joined together as soon they could decide and he would look forward in a quarter of a century to Central African Dominion. Then the old mot to about unity being strength would be proved there.
A PAGEANT OF SHIPPING.
CENTRAL FEATURES OF LOND MAYOR'S PROCESSION.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Rrary; October 13th. The central feature of the Lord Mayor's processica on November 9th will be a pageant of shipping. It is intended to give the public meane for England and the Empire. a glimpse of all that shipping
operation with the city authorities to this end. Shipping firms have promised co-
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BRITISH POLITICS. LIBERALS TO PUT FORWARD
"INDEPENDENT' CANDIDATES. (BRITISH WICKLESS SERVICE.]
་་;
REOBY, October 14th. Sir Herbert Samuel, the Liberal Party leader, announced yesterday that when the next General Election takes place Liberals will put, for- ward 600 candidates who would stand in complete independence of every party.
NEW COINAGE FOR PALESTINE.
NOW, BASED ON STERLING. {NITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
LONDON, October 15th. The Daily Express City Editor understands that the Chartered Bank is taking over the P. and Q Bank at the rate of 10-10, for ench P. and O. Bank fully-paid £10 share, plus the dividend accrued.
FAMOUS CINEMA “ STAR” GRANTED DIVORCE.
BUOBY, October 14th... New coinage will come into (THROUGH REVIZE'S AGENCY.]
operation in Palestine at the be ginning of next month. It is based LONDON, Oct. 18th... The cinema actress, Constance one thousand miles, superseding the on the pound sterling divided into Talmadge, has been granted a Egyptian coinage in operation in divorce by the Court of session in Palestine since its occupation, Edinburgh in the undefended action which is based on the Egyptian. against Captain Alastair Mackin-pound divided into 100piastres tosh...
each of ten millimere
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