A SPLIT IN THE CAMP OF THE HANKOW LEADERS.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 1927.
GENERAL CHANG FAT FUI AND MR. WU CHIE FEI ACCUSED OF COMMUNISTIC "TENDENCIES.
"FLAT DENIAL BY MR. WANG CHING WEI.
GENERAL TAN YEN KAI'S OPINION OF THE CANTON "COUP."
THE MOUNT WILL NOT MAGNIFY INTO A MOUNTAIN."
MARSHAL FENG YU HSIANG'S TROOPS NOW PRESSING FORWARD TOWARDS SOUTHERN SHANSI.
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The Hanko lenders, all of whom are now supposed to be Nan- king followers, men to be busier squabbling among theinselves than in patting right what Tang Seng Chi was supposed to have left all wrong. They are reported to have divided into two camps,cone of whom favour loyalty to the Naking Government while the other wishes to establish an Extraordinary Commnission in charge of "all Party Knomintang) affairs in Hupeh and Hunan."
General Tan Yan Kai, who probably knows as much about Mr. Wang Ching Wei's political maneuvres as any one else, likens Canton's cent cur to “a mount which need not be magnified inte a mastain."
Marshal Beng'a forces, under General Han Fu Chu, are report- ed to hate enuntered the Shantung troops at Weifei, Northern Houan. Another body of Feig's troops are now moving towards Southern Shansi,
HANKOW LEADERS',
DIFFERENCES.
now
MOVING ON TOWARDS SOUTHERN SHANSI,
(Wah Ter-Fat Pac)-·
(Wah To: Fat Pav.) SHANGHAI, November th. The Hankow leaders are
SHANGHAI, November 20th. splitting into two camps; one camp
Marshal Feng Yu Hainng's troops favouring the subordination of the Hankow regime to the Nanking assigned to be despatched to Shansi Government while the other, wants
are now moving towards Southern to establish an Extraordinary Com- mission in charge of all PartyShansi in two directions. They will affairs in Hupeh and Hunan.** concentrate at the Chingting-Tai-
Mr. Wang Ching Wei in corres-yaen Railway. pondence with Mr. Wu Chie Fei,
Another of Feng's forces under
a Kuomintang leader, Hatly denied at lian Fu Chu encountered the accusation that General Chang. Fat Fui and General Wong Kie the Shantung troops on the 26th Cheung were identified with Com- inst, at Weifei, in Northern Honan. munism,
GENERAL TAN'S VIEWS.
(Wat. Tez Yol Pan)
Marshal Feng telegraph to his re presentative, Eung Pan, at Nan- king to the effect that his forces operating in the west route had defeated those troops under: Gen- eral Lau Chi Lu and Pan Hung "Chun of the Shantung side and a large number of them were under Moreover, General Pan arrest.
GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPANESE RAILWAY
PEACE.
PRE AND POST WAR TIME 'COMPARISON,
ELOQUENT FACTS.
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ROBY, Nov. 99th.
MATERIAL.
LARGE ORDERS WITH
BRITISH FIRMS,
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE).
Rucay, Nov. 20th.
DISARMAMENT.
U.S.A. AND RUSSIA PARTICIPATING.
GENEVA ASSEMBLY AGAIN TACKLING THE PROBLEM:
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
The London representative of the
Rroar, Nov. 29th. Japanese Railways Ministry has announced that large new ordering the 6 countries participating
Most of the delegates represent
H. MORRIS'S DIVORCE.
GRANTED DECREE "NISI”
NO DAMAGES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Nov. 29th. In the Divorce Court Hayley A decree
for railway material, exceeding in the Preparatory Commission for Morris has been granted £500,000 in value, have just been the Disarmament Conference, which nisi on the ground of his wife's placed with British arms; and he resumes its work to-morrow, have alleged adultery with Mr. Dudley believed others would follow.
now arrived at Geneva.
Wood of Park Lane, London, for For the first tizno in the history whom damages were claimed. of the Preparatory Commission all The charges were formally de the Great Powers including two
AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA.
RAPID PROGRESS.
LUNITIES WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Reference to the extent to which Great Britain bad, independently of any international agreement, reduced her forces in recent years was made in a public speech by the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson Hicks last night. He painted out that Britain was the! chly country in the world which had abolished conscription imme diately the war onded." In 1914 the British Navy had 41 battleships; to-day we had 12 We had 153 Lestroyers in 1914; dow we had so In 1014 we had 80 cruisers; to-day we had 37. In that way we had given testimony of our desire and our intention of disarming. When war began we had a total of ships
Broay, Nov. 29th. of war of various kinds amounting
The High Commissioner for Aus- to 2,300,000 tons of shipping. At the end of the war we had 3,500,000 tralia, Siz. Granville Rynic, referred tons, but today we had under in a, speech at the dinner to the 1,500,000 and to-day they num-winners of the Schneider Trophy bered 100,000.
and to the progress of aviation in Australia. There were in Australia 5,000 miles of uir routes and a further 3,000 miles were in the course, of, "survey. The mileage covered last year was 510,000 and nearly 11,000 passengers were ear. ried. The Commonwealth Govern went had increased its subsidy for service by £200,000, making a total
The Minister emphasised that in practice Britain had been in the forefront of the nations who had settled dispute by arbitration and to-day Britain had 30 arbitration treaties" with different countries. The British Government, he declar ed, were doing their utmost to re- duce armaments and its policy was entirely devoted to the maintenance of peace. But in view of the reduc-| of £400,000. tions already made and the respon- a.bilities which rested où the Bi tish forces in all parts of the world.
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non-members of the League the United States and the Soviet Union -will take part in its work, the Soviet representatives sitting in the Commission for the first time.
Among the resolutions of the Assembly and Council renting to disarmament which will come be fore the Commission is one pro- viding for the establishment of Security Committee which will con- sist of the representatives of all States, members of League sitting on the Preparatory Disarmament Commission Other States which [... are not members of the League but which are represented on the Com mission being invited to take part in the work of the Security Com- wittee if they so desire.
This committee will deal with. political problems of disarmament while the Preparatory Commission
it was actually exceedingly dificult EGYPT'S PLAGUE OF conines itself to the more technien
in existing circumstances to make further changes.
FLOOD HAVOC IN ALGERIA.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
NIGHTMARE SCENES,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
Panis, Nov. 2ith. Sixty Europeans and hundreds of natives perished in the floods at the town of Mostaganeni, not Mosta“ gelem as previously stated.
The food swept the town with à roar and at a speed of a hundred miles an hour carrying everything before it. Citizens were peacefully sleeping when the burst condui discharged an overwhelming torrent in the main square, Housca col lapsed like castles of Cards and whole families were swallowed up.
In forty-five minutes the rushing waters, the Law Courts and sixty point west of Ningling, in West-Farge buildings, leaving a ravine sixty feet deep. Native houses were swept away like chaff and hundreds of occupants disappeared. It is believed that owing to a timely telephone warning not a single inhabitant remained in Per regaux when the flood overwhelmed
SHANGHAI, November 29th, General Tan Yan Kai reported Party affairs at an official meeting at Nanking. He said that fonda inental differences of opinion among different cliques in the Kuomintang had been satisfactorily settled Hong Chun had been captured by that it was highly probable that bis troops. Other Shantung forces the preliminary meeting of the 4th! Kuomintang Conference would be which bad suffered consideraute realised acording to arrangement desses in battle with his troops at With regard to the problem created by the recent roped Etat in Canton, ha considered it was a petty ob- struction to the unification of the Kuomintang breause of the fact that it was caused by a small group of militarists seeking to satisfy their local anibition and that, there fore, the mount would not magnity into mountain.
WHAT SHANSI TROOPS ARE ATTEMPTING.
4.
4.
(Wa Te Fat Pàu) SBANGHAI, November 29th, Shansi troops are attempting to retake the Pingching Pass, nud. heavy attacks have been unsuccess- fully made.
er Hon, were to fall back on The Shantung border. He said that his troops were now pushing to wards suchow and Taining.
BOYCOTT AT ICHANG.
[NAVAL WIRELESS.}
ICHANG, Nov. 29th. The Senior Naval Oficer refused to allow a General and his body- guard to take passage to Shasi in at British steaner. Following this action a boycott by lighterinen has taken place at Ichang.
HANKOW, Nov. 28th.
Xo change.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] No British Opposition.
LONDON, Nov. 28th.
the town.
TROUBLE ON THE IRAK
..FRONTIER.
SHEIKH OF KOWEIT RECALLED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BASRA, Nov. 8th. The Sheikh of Koweit has been urgently recalled from a visit ta Däsra, owing to the advance of a large force of Wahabis, under
LOCUSTS.
RA.F. MACHINES OFFERED TO COMBAT IT.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE?
Rugby, Nov. 29th.
The services of the Royal Air
Force machines have been offered to the Egyptian Government to combat the plague of locusts, which is causing great damage in certain parta of Egypt.
INDIAN REFORMS.
MOSLEMS IN FAVOUR.
[THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY.]
aspects.
The Assembly also decided that the first Conference for the redue tion and Limitation of Armaments should be convened as soon as this eparatory technical work has been completed.
THE AMERICAN FARQUHAR GROUP.
NEGOTIATES A BIG DEAL
WITH THE SOVIET
THROUGH BELTER'S AGENCr.]
nied.
Counsel for the co-respondent at the outset stated that as far as he was concerned the only issue was that of damages.
Counsel for the wife said that he was not in a position to put his client into the witness-box to deny adultery,
..
The jury did not consider that any damages should be forth- coming.
creo nisi should not be drawn up The Judge ordered that the de- immediately and the question of the wife's maintenance would be mentioned later.
POLAND AND LITHUANIA.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruary, Nov. 28th. The
Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, was asked today in the House of Commons whether his attention had been called to the grave position between Poland and Lithuania.
Mr. Locker Lampson, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, reply ing, said: The Government have watched with "grave anxiety the growing tension between Poland and Lithuania. They are, however,
cil of the League of Nations -ia about to examine this question at Gengya and they trust that a settle ment may result which will restore friendy relations between the two States. They have no confirmation of the alarmist rumours which have appeared in the Press and are cod. fident that neither Poland ROX Lithuania will be so unwise as to take any rash action while delibera- tions of the League are pending.
relieved by the fact that the Coun
BRITAIN'S FILMS' BILL.
STATEMENT BY LORD PEEL.
(BRITISH WIRELESS "SERVICE]
Rugay, Nov. 29th.
The second reading of the Cine- matograph Films' Bill was carried in the House of Lords last night.
Lord Peel (First Commissioner of Works) said the Bill was ad at- tempt to free Great Britain's in- dustry for the education of the rising youth which, as the result of the war, had been hampered by adverse conditions. It was not an exclusive bill and it would give ample opportunity for exhibition of foreign manners, customs, habits and thoughts. Four-fths of the whole range of exhibition" was left apeu
to the enterprise of the foreigner.
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STOPPED BY THE TIBETANS. PARTY OF FOREIGNERS
. REPORTED SAFE,
[THROĽGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PIRINO, Nov 29th.
It is officially learned that it is now established that a party of foreigners stopped by the Tibetan authorities at Magehuka, north- ward of Lhasza, about a month ago, consisted of an American, Mr. Plymize, of the Assembly of God Mission, a Briton, Mr. Mathewson, of the China Inland Mission, and a Germaur doctor. Dr. Filchner, who is well-known explorer,
It appears that the Tibetan off. cials were very anxious to prevent the party from entering Lhassa, and propered to conduct them to Ladakh, en route to India.
This effectively disposes of the.. fears that the party were murdered on the Tibetan border, but hitherto news of their arrival in India has been received here,
The party consisting of the families MaLeed and Duncan, whose safety was feared for in
September, are officially reported
to have crossed the border from: " China and to have arrived safely in Burma.
THE · SOUTHERN RAILWAY SMASH.
THE LOCOMOTIVE CONDEMNED AT INQUEST,
The inquest 13
Moscow, Nov. 29th. The Soviet Government and the American Farquhar Group have The Polish Government häve, CAWNPORE, Nov. 95th."
concluded an Agreement for a Six indeed, just assured the Powers The Indian session of the Trades Year Loan of G.840,000,000 for the represented on the Council of the Union Congress, at which British Trades Union Congress, delegates organisation of the Kakkeyev League that they have no designs I were present, has passed a resolu. Metallurgie Combine in the Doretz against Lithuanian political inde- railway accident on August 24th
pendence-and-territorial integrity
tion of normal relations and termination by Lithuania of the and that they only desire restora-
state of war which she maintains against Poland."
Coal-Basin
tion to demand "the revision of the
The Soviet are to spend 50,000,000 Workmen's Compensation Act, a
contract provides for the conversion 48-hour, werk, and to boycott the roubles on the project, and the Statutory Commission.
of the loan into a 20 year loan in "Enough Of Non-Co-Operation." the event of conversion within 24
CALCUTTA, Nov. 28th. There is a distinct cleavage, in Moslem opinion in Bengal with re- Kard to the proposed boycott of the Statutory Commission.
Sir Abdur Rahmin is said to be considering a re-affirmation of his retraction of a previous delcaration to support the commission.
Mr. Chuznavi, a former Minister and president of. the Central National Moslem Association, has decinred unequivocally in favour of co-operating with the commission. We Moslems have had enough of non-co-operation," he states.
[TEROVGA REUTER'S AGENJY.}{ Parliament Must Approve Of Successor.
LONDON, Nov. 29th.
rears,
The Farquhar Group will receive concessions to undertake the works
in South Russia.
VICKERS. ARMSTRONG
FUSION.
SCHEME ENDORSED BY SHAREHOLDERS.
[THNCUCK REUTER'S AGENCY.]
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Nov. 28th,
with
In the House of Commons, reply- to Mr. A. C. N. Dixey, Mr. G. Locker Lampson said that the Government had watched grave anxiety the growing Polish Lithuanian tension. They were most relieved at the fact that the Council of the League. of Nations was about to examine the question; and trusted that a settlement would result, restoring the Iriendly re-
rash action while the deliberations of the League were pending,
He concluded by quoting the Polish Government's note on the matter, which he said had been sent to the Powers represented on
CHINA, JAPAN AND
AMERICAN BANKERS. In the House of Commons, repiy-Feisal-ed-Dowish, against Koweit.
ing to a question as to "What is Every effort is being made to the attitude
His cope with the emergency wain, the adopted by (THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.]
Majesty's representatives in China tribesmen on the Kuweit frontier. PEXING, Nov. 20th.
regarding the payment of the It was previously reported that Chang Ts Lin's chief of staff, Washington surtaxes by British Feisal-rd-Dowish had concentrated Foreign pressmen this morning, said that the levy of surtaxes ac following a dispute over the con declared that he did not know worded with the policy advocated by struction of a police post at whether
the American bankers' His Majesty's Government in its Nasiriyeh, which Feisal-ed-Dowish's loan to Japan for the South Man-memorandum of December last brother attacked on November 14th, churia Railway had been signed, year, therefore the British au killing and winding five police but, be considered it provocative to thorities in China do not intervene men and 12 Inbourers. the Chinese Government and then prevent their payment.”
British bowling planes recently, have been closely watching the Chinese people. They had enough
Compensation For Mrs. Marlon
frontier. Japanese material to influence
Smith Manchuria dhrady without a loan.
Replying to Sir Richard Luce, When the Chinese people learned that the Japanese designs in Man- regarding compensation for Mrs. churia were being supported by Marion Smith, whose husband was American bankers it would an- 'murdered at Nanking in March, tagonise the Chinese people against Mr. Lecker Lampson said he was American bankers and people, so following the case with close atten- it was very ill-advised for Ameri- tion, and the Government intended en bankers to court the hostility to persist in the demand for com-
pifte reparation. of the Chinese..
Yang Yu Ting, interviewed by subjects," Mr. G. Locker Lampson 5,000 troops on the Irak border, tory Commission, as his doctor has and Vickers debenture holders also the Council of the League.
GERMAN FLIGHT.
ANOTHER MISHAP AT HORTA.
VENTURE ABANDONED.
[THROUGH ACUTER'S ADENCY.}
HORTA, Nov. 28th.
Herr Junker in the seaplane" D1230, when rising on a total flight this morning, bent the port floaters and stanchions.
The High: to Newfoundland bas been abandoned and the seaplane will be shipped back to Germany.
+.
LONDON, NOV. 28th. Armstrong's shareholders have lations of "the two States.
They had 'no confirmation of the endorsed the scheme of fusion withalamist rumours in the press, and Vickers, the Chairman declaring were confidcut that neither country that fusion was urgently necessary, would be so unwise as to take any He announced that the amount to be written off in respect of capital adjustments and losses would be at It is announced thilt Mr.least £11,000,000 sterling.· Stephen Walsh, M.P., will be Vickers.
Ordinary Armstrong unable to take up his duties shareholders ratified the agreement, as a member of the Indian Statu-
agreed to amalgamation, orily a told him that his health will not small minority voting against it.
[A wireless message of November visit to India. allow him to undertake a prolonged
19th stated:- Mr. Walsh has not yet formally
A new Company is to be formed resigned, but he has told Lord to take over the naval shipbuild It is understood that Lording and heavy and special steel and armament works of these two great Birkenhead is considering the affirms. It will have a capital of be called. pointment of his successor. The £21,000,000 and will approval of both Houses of Par Vickers, Armstrong, Ltd
Chairman The
will be liament must be sought before a
Sir change can be made.
Herbert Lawrence, Chairman of Vickers, and a prominent banker.
Ten other factories are nomin-
Birkenhead of the circumstances.
To Come Up At League Council Meeting.
GENEVA, Nov. 28th. The Baltic affair will come up
noxe
at the League Council meeting, next week, on consideration of from Lithuania accusing Poland of warlike intentions.
The Lithuaning note specifically charges Poland with repressive piensures against the Lithuanian schools in the Vina and Grodno districts,
The simultaneous presence here of
lost that on the 3 people who
has been concluded at Sevenoaks.
Mr. Neve; the coroner, in sum ming up, said:"
The chief engineer and the chief mechanical engineer have both said that an engine could run on the track at 70 miles an hour without danger to anybody. Therefore if the engine and the track were in perfect condition, and eliminating the question of suced, there would have been no Accident and these people would have been alive.
There must be some mistake somewhere. With all due respect to the chief engineer and the thief mechanical engineer there is a question of whether they took a rather too favourable view of the departments under their con- trol, and whether in one case. the mechanical engineer under- estimated the damage the engine. did to the track and whether the thief engineer under-estimated the deterioration of the track. “ "After an absence of seventy minutes the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death and added:
The cause of the derailment is not proved by the evidence..
We do not consider that this class of engine known as the River type is suitable for fast traffic on account of its rolling on this track between Dunton Green, and Sevenoaks."
We desire to exonerate the driver and fireman from all blame.
BACK TO GOLD BRAID..
RECRUITING.
Marshal Pilsudski, of Poland, M FRENCH ARMY'S PLAN TO AID Valdemaras, of Lithuania, and 31. Litvinoff, representing Soviet Rus sia, who are thus alle to converse privately, it is hoped will prove a safety valve."
PARIS. Brilliant uniforms for the French Army are to be restored gradually as funds permit, according to a decision arrived at by the French
CHINA'S SURTAXES. STATEMENT IN THE
Labour Party's Nominee, COMMONS.
At a Labour Party meeting this morning it was decided to nominate sted-four by Armstrong's and [221T16H WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, who was six by Vickers's.
The new company comes into Postmaster-General,, in the "Labour RUGBY, Nov. 28th, In the House of Commons the Government, to succeed Bir. Walsh operation on January ist.]
as a member of the Indian Com-Agreement By The Shareholders. question was asked as to the posi- mission
LONDON, Nov. 28th. tion regarding Washington surtaxes
Meears. Armstrong Whitworth's Mr. Locker. Lampson
shareholders have endorsed the replied: "The Washington aur
scheme for fusion with Mears HEALTH OF THE COLONY. War Council. With the reduction taxes are being levied and paid
Vickers. The chairman, declaring by all nationalities at all perta with
that the fusion was urgently neces the following exceptions: Acting on his doctor's orders,sary, announced that the amount to Shanghai surtaxes on wines and who have advised that h's health be written off in respect of capital rolled tobacco are not paid by the would not permit of his under adjustments and losses would be at Japanese, and Americans and at taking protracted work in the least £11,000,000.
LATER. Antung and Dairen surtaxes are Indian
ON: “PUSSYFOOT" "JOHN-in China.
SON'S FARM.
DISMANTLED STILL: SEARCH FOR BOOTLEGGERS.
[REUTER'S, AMERICAN SERVICE,]
SMITNVILLE FLATS, Nov. 28th. A dismantled still, consisting of fourteen 200-gallon copper boilers, coils, and other apparatus, was found in a clump of trees on Pussyfoot" Johnson's farm near here. The Police are searching for the bootleggers.
At
[BRITISH WINELFAR BERVICE.] Mr. Stephen Walsh Unable To Go To India.
Ruday, Nov. 29tà.
climate, Mr.Stephen
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in the time of compulsory service to one year, the French Army has to rely on a large number of volun- tary ré-engagements, and it is realised that bright colours and gold braid still form a very con- siderable attraction to the men.
The first troops to be issued with new ceremonial uniforms will be the African regiments,
SATISFACTORY RETURNS
FOR LAST WEEK. Four cares of enteric, one of which proved fetal were reported ane Indian. There was niso one the care (Chinese) of diphtheric which
The future service uniform of the proved Ictal, and two deaths from
metropolitan army will probably be influenze.
On Monday one British case of khaki, and this change will be in- cenchro-spinal fever (imported) and troduced as soon as the present one Chinese case of enteric were stock of horizon-blue uniforms dia
exhausted."
not paid on goods in the hands of Walsh, one of the Labour members Mesars Vickers' and Messrs. last, week. Three were Chinese and the Japanese. The levy of these
have Reform, has been compelled to shareholders
ratified sartaxes is in accordance with the of the Royal Commission on Indian Armstrong Whitworth's ordinary policy advocated by the British withdraw.
agreement for a fusion of the two It is understood that his position firms. Government in the memorandum of December 18th, 1928, and therefore on the Commission will be Alled by
Messrs. Vickere debenture-hold- British authorities in China, do not Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, who was ers have also agreed to the amal intervene to prevent their pay Postmaster-General in the Labour gamation, only a small minority
Government..
voting against it.
ment."
notified.