THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
GENERAL CHIANG KAI SHEK TO RESUME
NANKING ARMY LEADERSHIP.
P. & O. SHARE HOLDERS.
AMERICA'S BIG SUBMARINES.
11th, 1927.
FRANCO-YUGO-SLAV REFORMS FOR INDIA. THE LORD MAYOR'S
TREATY.
INTENDS TO BE PRESENT AT FOURTH KUOMINTANG AGREE TO RECENT PROPOSAL. ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC STRONG FEELING AROUSED
CONFERENCE.
ADDITIONAL 10,000 NORTHERN TROOPS COPING WITH FENG'S-ARMY.
NANKING TROOPS LAUNCH GENERAL" „ATTACK AGAINST NORTHERNERS.
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Though it has not yet been reported that tieneral Chiang Kair Shek has actanlly arrived in Shanghai from Japan, the native Provs publishes that he intends to restune his former post in the Nanking National Army and attend the forthcoming Kuomintang Conference. Heavy fighting is reported from various points, particularly from Honan The Northerners" have despatched an additional 10,000 troops" to cope with Feng's Army, which has been making headway of late,
NANKING ARMY LAUNCH
* VIGOROUS, ATTACK.
(Wah Te Fat Pan.)
SINO-PORTUGUESE TREATY REVISION:
(Wah The Fat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, November 10th.
DIRECTORS' VIEWS UPHELD.
(THROUGH XEUTER'S ADENCY.]
LONDON, Nov. 10th.
A meeting of the Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co. has agreed to the proposal submitted recently to the board.
A Reuter's telegram, dated on- don, November 1st, stated:-- Eminent counsel, including Sir John Simon, have unanimously agreed that the Directors of the P&O. Company put the true construction 00 the Company's charter at the meeting held on September 14th, and that the re- solution will consequently have to be submitted.
COAST.
NO SIGNIFICANCE TO BE
ATTACHED TO THE STEP."
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
WASHINGTON, November 10th. The Navy Department has order- ed the Navy's three largest sub- marines, the F1, F2, and Fs to the Pacific coast for permanent station
there.
The Department explains that there is no signifiennes to be at- tachel to this.. 20
The will be launched next week. It is believed that she is the largest submersible ever construct- ed.
Mr. Wang Ting Cheng, Chinese Company, opposition was offered FLEETWOOD AGAIN
IN DANGER.
An amend HIGH TIDES CAUSE ANXIETY.
As the September meeting of the
by stockholders to the proposed în Minister to Portugual, has tele crease of capital. Lord Inchcapr. presiding, said that the company's graphed to Peking that the exist charter had not left them any ing Sinn-Portuguese Treaty will option in the matter.
ment was carried by 44. to 38 in expire next year. With regard to favour of an adjournment, to en able the board to consider the dr its revision there is vital concera
Lord ferred stockholders', views. Here Inchcape called for a poll, but sub- with reference to Maran. minds the Peking Government taxquently announced that the meet-
ing would be adjourned.] prepare for the coming treaty negotiations with the Portugarse:
SHANGHAI, November lüch General Li Chung Jan has issued a circular telègram reporting the Latest war conditions in the upper Yangtze Valley. He says that on the 7th inst, the Nanking Army launched a vigurouss attack on Tang Seng Chi's troop sat a point be tween Wu-ynet.and Tip Chia Chien, both of which are situated on the
The Nanking troops carrying an Yangtze in Eastern Hupeh. Firing | lasted the whole day long and the the Northern expedition claim to result was decidedly favourable to have takey Mingkiang, while an the Nanking. The Hankow troops other detachment has gone to Ting- yuen, some 40 miles south-east of lost heavily
Government.
Pengpu.
The Nanking troops launched a geberal attack on the Northerners
HUNGARY'S
..th
REDS."
HEAVILY SENTENCED.
WILD SCENES AT CLOSE OF TRIAL.
LLANDUDNO SWAMPED.
i
IN ITALY.
FRENCH OFFICIALS
"SURPRISED."
BELGRADE REJOICES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]|
Lossos, November 10th.
After negotiations, dating back
INDIAN LEADERS AND THE NEW COMMISSION,
LABOUR PARTY'S "COM- MUNIQUE."
SL
THROUGH AKCTER'S AGENCY. ]
DELI, Nov. 10th.
The Liberal Party leader. Sir
BANQUET.
PRIME MINISTER EXPOUNDS BRITISH POLICY.
CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Losnos, Nov. 9th.
There were traditionally enchant;
Tej Sapru announces bis intentiong scenes of pomp at the Guild- of advising the Party not to coal at the Lord Mayor's banquet, which was attended by leaders in operate with the Statutory Com all walks of public activity.
to March, 1923, a Franco-Yugo-Slav mission. Naren Dra Nath, the
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Treaty of Friendship is expected to Hindu leader in the Punjab, says Minister, was the principal speaker, that the Hindus of those provinces and he noted the profound and be signed in Paris to-day.
European
It is reported from Rome that in which they have a"majority can beneficent change in
not afford to boycott the Commis-relationship during the past year,
sion.
strong feeling has been aroused in Italy with reference to the Treaty,
British Labour Party's Attitude. as being regarded as unfriendly to
Loxos, November 10th. Italy, antagonistic to the League of
The Parliamentary Labour Party Nations, and calculated to make trouble in the Balkans where in a communiqué regrets that, the France is now, bound to Roumania procedure with regard to the ap and Yugo-Slavia, while the Treaty pointment of the Statutory Com is expected to draw Italy closer to mission does not afford the fullest
Hungary and Bulgaria.
Pais, November 10th.
opportunity for an expression Indian opinion.
He said that when the Soviets were prepared to observe the ordinary decencies of international inter- course they would and Britain ready- to meet them in a spirit of liberality and goodwill.
He regretted the lack of improVE, ment in the China situation, que to
the multiplicity of conflicting Gov- ernments and Generals, whom it
was contrary to our policy of non- interference to-recognise.
As regards Egypt, the Premier The Party intends, during the dis-declared that both parties had rea- An Authoritintive statement ex-
aon to be satisfied with the reccat presses surprise at the Italian cussion in Parliament, to get the Anglo-Egyptian negotiations:
With reference to India, he eriticisms of the treaty, and de proposals amended, anal give a'
defended. the policy of the
only of clares that no clause is directed more direct voice in the delibers non-inclusion not
In- but of anyone con- against the League. It points out tions to the Indian Legislatures dians,
nected with the Indian Government that France is not responsible for Joint Select Committees...
or commerce, on the Statutory Com- Italy's failure
mission, their sole desire being to conclude
'give' real instructed opinion and similar treaty with Belgrade, a
Indians the best chance of raking BELGRADE, November 10th,
an effective and constructive part in devising a solution.
Mr. Baldwin 'concluded" by refer ring to the slight improvement in important industries in the past few months, and the likelihood of substitute for the Statutory Com-increased activity in the nea
tr
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Rrany, Nov. 10th. Exceptionally high, tides last night raised anxiety for the safety of Fleetwood, but the wind was
our of France are being prepared |, quester, Lord Irwin (the Viceroy) slight and there was no repetition on the occasion of the signing of to urge the Home Government to of the flooding which occurred a the Franco-Yugo-Slav Fuct. fortnight" ago." Llandudno coast
An Appeal To The Viceroy.
NEW DELHI, November 10th. Ansari, the President Elect of the
· Imposing demonstrations in hen- Indian National Congress, has re-
was less fortunate. The sea swamp- ed the town and many streets and shops were flooded. There were no casualties.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BUDAPEST, Nov. 9th. Most of the accused Communists charged with taking part in Bol PRINCESS MARY IN EARLY shevist propaganda were guilty..
As regards war conditions in Pengpu. They are now attacking Northern Hotan, Chihli tropis, numbering 10,000, ́under "General Sun Tan Ying, are attempting to cross the Yellow Hiver at Hsin-sang yesterday. Heavy fighting is in order te natify Frog. Yu Hsinng's tred in the vicinity of Pengpa which pressure on the. Shangtang-Chibi has been descrted by the Norther forces now eqzing on the Lungeners General Ho Ying Chien hased to eight years and a half and ordered the mobilisation of all his
Ini Railway,
ALISTS CLAIM.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
SHANGHAI. NOV. 10th.
General Chang Tsung "Chang re- forres at Nanking. Wuhsiḥ and ports to Tainan that his Shantung. Shanghai, for despatch to the frout Chihli forces are fighting Feng Yu
WHAT NANKING NATION. Hsiang's troops. on the Eastern Honan border. His forces are also strongly defending Chachow and Tsining in South-eastern Shantung. General Chiang Kai Shek is ex- pected at Shanghai shortly, and agency claims that the forces of after bis "arrival he will resume his Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang have
vanced in the vicinity of Hsuchow former office. He is prepared to attend the 4th Kuomintang Confern, that Marshal Sun Chuan Fang ence to be ended in Nanking for
has left for Dairen, that Shanes Shanghai) to settle party problems. troops captured Siboying on the 5th and that the vanguard captured Heuanhwa
ALLEGED BELGIAN LOAN TO MARSHAL CHANG.
NATIONALISTS' PRÓTEST, --
[TROUGE RECTER'S AGENCY.] "
SHANGHAI, Nov. 10th.
The Nationalist Kuo Mui news agency says that the Nationalist"
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found
Zoltan and Sanato were sentenc
Vagi to four years and a half in prisonment, each with 10 years' loss of their political rights.
Two others were sentenced to
four years; one to three years and a half; and 30 others from eight months to two years and n ́hal":
Ten were acquitted.
Wild scenes were enacted during the delivery of the sentences. The prisoners cheered Bolshevism, inter- rupting the judge.
BRITISH TROOPS IN CHINA. national.]
NEARLY 40,000,000 SPENT.
(Turquos reuter's ADENCY. I'
LONDON, Nov. 9th. In the House of Commons, reply. Government has protested against ing to questious, Captain King said the alleged Belgian Loan of five that the official expenditure from million gold dollars to Marshal Chang Tso Lin eonditionally upon the extension of the Sino-Belgian Commercial Treaty for five years..
SINGAPORE'S NEW DOCK.
FOURTH SECTION LAUNCHED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, Nov. 19th. The fourth of the seven sections of the Singapore floating deck has
army funds on the troops eeat to China, up to September 30th, was estimated to be £2,900,000, includ
ng expenditure incurred prior to Minrch 31st.
AN AMERICAN LOAN TO
да
MORNING FIRE.
OUTBREAK OCCURS AT LORD ALLENDALE'S MANSION.
STARTS IN THE NURSERY.
MR. ARTHUR SAMUEL'S SUCCESSOR.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Nov. 8th. Captain Hacking. M.P., has been appointed. Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Oversens Trade, in succession to the Rt. Hon. A. M. Samuel, who succeeds Mr. Ronald McNeill (Baron Cushun- dun) as Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] RUGBY, Nov. 9th. Captain Hacking's Successor. - Princess Mary and her husband,
Rcony, Nov. 10th. Viscount Lascelles, had an exciting Captain Douglas Hacking has. escape early today from an out-been appointed Parliamentary
three children of Lord "and Lady
RUSSIAN COTTON
DELEGATE.
"NOT WANTED IN EGYPT.
SOVIET INTRIGUE DIS. COVERED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
to carry
mission a round-table Anglo-Indian future. He finally commended the recent exhortation by Mr. Philip Conference. He says the differences Snowden to Babour to help and between the Governments of India make the present industrial system
efficient and highly productive, cou-. and Great Britain on the one hardditionally on Labour sharing in the and the people of India on the other improvement. are too fundamental to allow of the people to stand aloof from the Com. mission's work.
EVENING SCHOOLS. IN GERMANY.
A NEW WAY TO UNIVERSITY.
THE
Popular education has received a
Nothing hitherto under the Re- publie has been done to modify the old cast-iron régime which provid ed that so many years of school life must precede any attempt to pass the matriculation examination that opened up a University career. This made any hope of advancement
¿
LATER. In the course of his speech at the Guildhall, Mr. Baldwin declared that Britain was able to recognisa none of the contending factions as the paramount Government China, "but we abide by the prin ciples Inid down in the memoran dam of December 1926"
in
A large part of his speech was devoted to the Indian commission's enquiry into a problem vital not only to India and the Empire, but also to civilisation. He appealed to all concerned to abandon sus- picions, jealousies, and strife be tween East and West, and approach. the problem with a common deter-
sarest foundations."
WAGE CONFLICTS IN GERMANY.
STRIKE-FIGHTING "PLAY. EMPLOYERS CENTRAL FUND.
BERLIN, September 25th. Reports from the chief industrial in public life impossible to the boy areas of Germany, especially from whose parents were too poor to give the Ruhr, would seem to show that him more than the free education provided by the Volks-Schule, or
a big wage conflict it threatening. There is a general desire on the.
In the course of the trial the The Nationalist Ku Min news Chief of Police denied that the pri- break of fire at Bretton Park, be- Secretary to the Department of Over great fillip "in Germany through mination to build on the best and,
somers' confessions had been extor: tween Barnsley And Wakcheld, seas Trade vice Mr. A. M. Samuel the opening of the first "Evening Yorkshire, the residence of Lord now Financial Secretary to theGymnast par1⁄4 on tim model of the aded under torture.
Reuter cabled on October 17th Allendale. They had to rush from Treasury. Colonel Sir Vivian Hen-American Evening High Schools. that the trial had opened of two their bedrooms wearing only their derson has been appointed Parlia- mentary Secretary to the Home Communists and former members of the People's Commissary, named night clothes. Zoltan. Szanto and Eugene Lan. Fire was found to have started Offee vier Captain Hacking.
in the night nursery where the drer, and the leader of the extreme left wing of labour; named Vagi, Allendale and a nurse were sleep- with. 55 associates. They werd charged with spreading Bolshevisting Lady Allendale herself dask- revolutionary propaganda
undering past the blazing day nursery was in time to rouse the children orders from the Mosco W, Inter and burse
who were taken to safety. Princess Mary's two child- ren were also in the house but, ap parently not in the danger zone.
general primary education that part of German labour to share in GERMAN FIRM:
The Princess was instrumental. in.
ends with the age of fourteen. the prolonged industrial boom saving other persons from serious
It will now be possible for those (which, so far has had little effect .G.820,000,000 FOR NORD
injury if not death. Her Royal
of any age over eighteen, employed on wages) and in the gain due to CALDO, Nov. 9th. DEUTSCHER LLOYD.
Highness, with other guests who
in no matter what office or business" rationalisation." had to leave their bedrooms, had The Ministry of the Interior has
In the Rubr additional causes are MORE AMERICAN CREDITS.
taken temporary refuge in the vent a communication to the Ameri. by day, to prepare for the Univer library, She expressed the opinion can Legation painting out that in the evenings. A five years' making for a dispute. Some time course, of four bours every evening, go the metal workers secured a (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] that the calling of the library, Seminouk, one of the Russian cot-
at a cost of ten marks a term, will shorter working day. which was * which was below the day nursery, ton delegates, who is a naturalised lead up to the University entrance awarded by the Ministry of Labour. BERLIN, Nov. 9th.
threatened to fall in and suggested American, having failed
examination. The teaching plan is in the face of opposition from the The Nord Deutscher Lloyd con- that all should leave the room and out the undertaking to refrain from based on that of the ordinary employers. But as
wages in the agreement with an told the servants, who were using Bolshevik propaganda, is considered schools, but has English as an Ruhr metal industry are paid on cluded American banking group, composed fire extinguishers, to come away. an undesirable, and should be re-obligatory language, beginning with an hourly basis the shorter, day of Kuhn. Loeb and Company and
! Lord Allendale and his guests set quested to leave the country, the lowest class, with French or meant lower wages. It is expected the Guaranty Trust Company, for to work to fight the flames pending
The Soviet delegates arrived in Latin to follow from the second that the unions will demand wages a 20-year loun of G.$20,000,000 at the arrival of the fire brigade. Egypt a few weeks ago upon what year.
at the same daily rate instead of the same hourly rate as those that 6 per cent., guaranteed by the The fire was eventually localised to
were paid before the working day Guaranty Trust Company and the the day nursery and library, but was supposed to be & purely.com. Darmstaedter Und National Bank. much damage was done by fire,mercial mission, and have bought the extent that only those able to
was shortened. smoke and water to valuable books, large quantities of cotton for ship- pasa an entrance examination have
Throughout the textile and rain- (REUTER'S AMERICAN BREVIC)
been admitted to this first schooling industries there is also a grow- ment to Russia.). NEW YORK, Now, sth.
pictures and furniture.
for grown-ups in Berlin. Over The Nord Deutscher Lloyd loan
9,000 men and women of all ages ing movement for better wages. is being offered today by a syndi
and sections of society applied, of The employers seem to reckon with whom only 124 managed to satisfy a series of new demands as DON ES cate headed by Kuhn, Loels and
the examiners. These were requirTo prepare for what may be a very current wage agreements expire. Co., at 94.
ed to answer seventy-five questions big and general confict the em within twenty minutes, and, pro ployers are taking exceptional men- viding their answers were satis factory, to write a short essay în the space of one hour. A few of to raise a fighting fund." these, chosen at random, illustrate Some interesting details are pub- the quickness of thought required according to which concerns to- lished in the Frankfurther Zeitung,
(1) Karl is three times as old as gether employing about a million a common Fritz, Fritz is ten years younger men are paying into
treasury five marks a month for than Karl. How old is Fritz?
(2) What is the proper term for every man employed. Before the expressing the opinion in which & end of the year they will thus have strike breaks out then the smaller person is held character, valua collected 13,000,000 marks. If a tion, reputation, fate, or person-
concerns will be able to draw on ality 1
this fund. The bigger concerns are (3) Ernest.is richer than Paul:contributing, but it seems they feel Max is poorer than Kurt: Ernest fully able to stand the stress, of is poorer than Max. Who possesses wage struggle.
The chief purpose of the fund most money-Ernest, Max, Paul or
is to certify, the weaker firms and Kurt?...
The youngest accepted scholar is to prevent any local or minor eighteen, the eldest fifty-oric. Many victories which the unions might other big cities are opening evening win. Apparently the larger fras schools on the same basis subsidised fear such victories, because they by the State, the municipality, and may serve as prefavourable to the various industrial associations.
unicos.Manchester. Gvardion..
AN AIR SERVICE.
FROM FRANCE TO. SOUTH. AMERICA.
. SUBSIDY FOR FRENCH
COMPANY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, Nov. 9th. The Chamber of Deputies' Fin- ance Committee has agreed to the allocation of a-subsidy of 120,000,000 francs for 1925, to the Latococra
been launched at Wallsend (on the Company, for the purpose of, estab- Tyne). It is expected that the lishing an air service between remaining three will be launched France and South America. this year.
SOUTH AFRICA'S PRECIOUS STONES. ROYAL VISITOR ENJOYS SUBMARINE TRIP.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
RUGBY, Nov, oth.
THE BILL ADOPTED.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
CAPETOWN, Nov. 9th.
Telegrams were sent to the King and Queen informing their Majes ties of their daughter's safety..
THE NATIONAL UNION OF SEAMEN.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
CRUISER PROGRAMME
DELAYED,
[BRITISH VIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Nov, 9th.
U.S. COTTON. CROP ESTIMATES CAUSE
SENDS SPIRITED REPLY TO ANOTHER BIG FLUTTER
THE .T.C.C.
Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, First Lord (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICK]
of the Admiralty, replying to a [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
question in the House of Commons, NEW YORK, Nov. 9th.
said that the following vessels were LONDON, Nov. 9th. Prices on the cotton exchanga
The annual conference of the under construction for the Navy broke from four to six dollars a' bale, after publication of the esti- National Union of Seamen has One battleship, twelve cruisers, four of the river gunboats, six submarines, two mate by the Department of Agricul unanimously approved ture showing an increase of 160,000 executive's reply to the Trade minesweepers, one submarine depôt
ultimatum of ship and one repair ship: bales compared with the October Union Congress
The following vessels were com October 26th, demanding that the" forecast.
inst twelve Union cease to support the non-pleted during the
months: One battleship, one mine. political miners union.
The reply stated that the TU.Csweeper, and one, submarine.
He was asked whether the crui- LATER. is a tainted body, and declares that
the Union is only seeking to protect sers which were to have been laid sensible miners' down this year had been delayed, the moderate, leaders from dismissal. It will con- and Mr. Bridgeman replied, that tinue this policy until it has the the cruisers in this year's pro- assurance of the T.U.C. that the gramme bad not been laid down. moderates will have the full pro- The matter was under consideration
at the present moment. tection of the Congress.
The New Orleans cotton market is also weak, and prices are declin- ing similarly.
The heavy selling is attributed to A joint sitting of the Senate and the fact that the October increase King Feisal of Irak, and bis Assembly has adopted the Precious in cotton might foreshadow a fur- Prime Minister visited Portsmouth Stones Bill, over which there was ther increase in the current month. Dockyard to day. They had a three such controversy recently, the Op- Sharp rallies followed, the mar- hours trip to Spithead in Sub- position having introduced a num-ket closing steady, after a net marine 2.22.
ber of amendments
decline of 83.99 points.
Germany differe from America to
%
aures. In the Ruhr they have hop-