DISTINGUISHED FRENCH GUESTS AT NANKING.
ENTERTAINED BY THE NATIONALISTS.
NORTHERN GENERALS WELL SUPPLIED WITH:
MUNITIONS.
ANKUOCHUN TROOPS EFFECT-WITH-- DRAWAL OF KUOMINCHUN FRONT LINE.
The French Minister, the French Consul-General from Shang- hai and a French naval officer were, on the 8th inst., the guests of honour at Nanking of the Nationalist Government.
The Northern Army have been able to effect a withdrawal of Marshal Fong's front line, which is now between Fenglo and Tsingfeng.
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The names of well-known members of the Nationalist Govern- ment are mentioned in connection with the reorganisation of the Standing" Executive Committee
Genernu Chang Hanch Liang is making a tour of inspection along the Peking-Suiyuan Railway, Og his arrival at Paotinglu, be will, it in reported, order the Northern Army to make a general attack on Shansi and Feng Yu Hsiang's troops.
FRENCH MINISTER AT
NANKING.
(Wah Tu Tat Foo.) ·
SHANGHAI, February 6th.
On his arrival at Nanking yes terday morning, the French Minis
NORTHERN GENERALS
MOVEMENTS.
(Wah Tr: Fat Pas.),
SHANGHAI, February 6th General Chu Fu Pu, tapan of returned to Taiming. Chihli, ter was accorded an official wel-Southern Chihli, yesterday, while come at the Nationalist Foreign Sun. Chuen Fang and Cheng 'Chun Office, where a dinner was given in | Yan provveded to the front at his honour. The French Consul Yenshow from Tsinan. Both gen- General at Shanghai and n higherals carry with them very large French naval officer "also ¡ quantities of ammunition which were daled out to them from the guests of honour.
General Li Leh Chun, in a speech, big consignment recently shipped said he hoped the French Minister to Chingwangtao, for the Ankuo- would interpret to the French peo- chun Government" from abroad. ple and other friendly nations in Europe how the Nationalist Gov- crament was proceeding with their revolutionary work.
were
The French Minister expressed deep sympathy with the Nation alist Government's ambitions.
After the dimer, a visit was paid to Sun Yat Son's mausoleum oa Tre-Kin Hill. In the evening the French guests left Nanking on a French cruiser for the North.
THE MURDER OF MRS. FORESTIER.
SHANGHAI POLICE APPEAL. DEATH SENTENCE DEMANDED,
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SHANGHAI, February 2nd. The appeal made by the police against the sentence of 18 years imprisonment imposed on Taien Siau Ling, a hawker, on a charge of murder in connection with the death
of Mrs. Forestier, was heard in the Appellate Division of the Pro- visional Court, yesterday, before Judges Ziar presiding). Chiu and Tsan, and Mr. C. E. Whitamore. the Senior Consul's Deputy.
Northern-Tour of Inspection. On the 6th inst. General Chang Hsieh Liang made a tour of ins- pection along the Peking-Suiyang Railway. When he arrives at Pho- ting an order will be given for..a general attack on Shans and Feng Yu Hsiang's trops.
Kuomintang Executive Committee. As a result of a private conterence with Kuomintang leaders, Marshal Chiang Kai Shek intimated that the reorganised candidates for Standing Executive Committee of the Central Kuomintang include Tan Yan Kai, Yu Yoo Jen, Tai Chi Tu, Tang Wei Fan, T. V.: Soong and himself.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY,
No changes will be made in the existing Political Commission and Military Cancil.
THE "BIG SWORDS."| RE-SURVEYING THE
PEKING TROOPS ATTACK
TWO VILLAGES.
MASSACRE". ENTIRE MALE POPULATION ABOVE TWELVE YEARS.
"{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEKINO, Feb. 8th. · Mukden messages state that dras- tic measures have been taken by
SAHARA.
YOUNG ENGLISE MÊN MAKE MAPS IN THE DESERT,
CARRY A USEFUL WIRE- LESS SET.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, Feb. 6th. Three young Englishmen, Francis and Peter Rodd, sons of Sir Ren-
Government troops against the
On the and irrell Rodd, late British Ambassader
"Big Swords."'
Dare.
FEBRUARY 7th, 1928.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
RE-OPENING TO DAY BY H.M. THE KING.
"FOURTH SESSION.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruasy, February 6th, The fourth session of the present Parliament will be opened to-mor- row in person by HM the King who, with H.M. the Queen, will
Palace
Guards.
by accompanied
the troops rauded two villages nein Rome and Augustus Cour-drive in state from Buckingham rauld (1) have returned to England' Tungwha, known to be "Big Sword" bases and massacred the after many months spent in re- Sovereign's Escort of Royal House entire male population above twelve surveying the Sahara. They travall-
The debate on the Address, in ed by camel and their equipment
the Speech from the included a specially designed reply to portable wireless set. With this Throne, is expected to 'engage' the they picked up time signals, by attention of the House of Commons means of which they fixed the until Monday next latitude and longitudo of moun- tains and valleys and found exist lag maps in many cases
This action has exasperated the "Big Swords" who declare their attacks renewing
of intention against Tungwa.
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EARL HAIG'S WAR MEMOIRS.
TO REMAIN SECRET TILL 1940.
MANUSCRIPTS IN BRITISH MUSEUM.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
RUGBY, Feb. 3th.
It is announced that Field Mar- shal Earl Haig's personal views of the conduct of the Great War will remain a dose secret for the next twelve years.
་་་
Documenta written and
com-
piled by him have been deposited with the trustees of the British Museum and will not be opened until 1940. Mr. Julius Gilson, the the Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum, says that nobody knows what the documents really are or what they contain.
at
It is known, however, that Earl Haig, when Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, kept a dairy in which he recorded daily the chief erents, together with his personal views of the conduct of certain phases of the war.
It is estimated that 150,000 people passed the body of Earl Haig, lying in state in St. Cales Cathedral, Edinburgh, yesterday.
MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY
FROM MACAO.
H.E. The Governor of Macao, Senhor Tamagnini de Barbosa, and the Senior Military Officer of the Jolence to the Governor of Hong Kong on the death of Earl Haig.
accurate.
in-
The maps made are being present- ed to the Royal Geographical Society.
Touaregory, Ouareg, and Noman die tribes encountered by the travellers were invariably friendly,
GERMANY'S STEEL
HELMETS." F
HOLD ANNUAL PARADE.
TWO OF EX-KAISER'S SONS
PARTICIPATE.
"RED" COUNTER DEMON-
STRATION...
(THROCGX KEUTER'S AGENCY.)
BERLIN, February 6th, Four thousand police were turned out to protect 2,000 "Steel Helmets" at their annual parade.
This inonarchist and semi-military organisation included two of the
ex-Kaiser's son.
Six thousand communists held a counter-demonstration. There were minor clashes and 195 arrests.
PRAYER BOOK REJECTION.
NORTHERN TROOPS AND Colony have sent a message of con- CHURCH ASSEMBLY TO CON.
FENG'S ARMY.
WITHDRAWAL OF KUOMIN CHUN FRONT LINE
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] «
PEXING, Feb, sth..
Mr. E. T. Maitland, who appear- ed for the police, stated that this was an appeal against the sentenco
2 Chinese military circles here re- of 16 years' imprisonment on charge of murder, on the ground port that simultaneous attacks by that in a case of such a serious Fengtien troops from Tzechow and nature & brutal murder-the only by Chibli Shantung troops from adequate sentence was death. Ac Taningfu have forced a general withdrawal.. on the cused was charged: together with Kuominchun
now between another man and also a third person front line, which is not in custody, with the murder Fenglo and Tainleng. of foreign lady, Mra Forestier. The other "person charged was an ex-coolie employed by Mrs. Fores tier in her house in Avenue Haig. On the afternoon of November 2nd.
INDIAN FERRY BOAT DISASTER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
the coolie went to Mrs. Forestier's FIFTEEN PERSONS DROWNED. house, when she was alone, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. and, ac- the evidence of the coolie cording himself and also accused, he took the latter and a third party with him. There was no possible reason for accused to have gone: he was n hawker and had nothing at all to do with Mrs. Forestier, and, the evidence showed that Mrs. Forestier was attacked and injured with an axe, and that also a knife was used on that occasion.
Contention of Equal Guilt, After the murder, accused went upstairs and stole $400 from a drawer. According to the evidence of the first accused, he stated that acensed and the third man also at- tacked Mrs. Forestier.
ALLAHABAD, Feb: 6th. A telegram from Hyderabad states that 15 persons were drowned by the capsizing of a small ferry boat in the middle of the Indus, between Sewhan and Doulatpar.
Seven men and four women were rescued.
SIR ALAN COBHAM PRO GRESSING.
"
THE AERIAL SURVEY OF AFRICA.
Accused REACHES LAKE VICTORIA.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]`
RUGBY, February 6th
admitted being present, but asid that he only stood in the doorway. Counsel respectfully suggested to the Court, that, if three went into a house. murdered a woman and
Sir Alan Cobham, who is engaged stole $400, it was immaterial who in an aerial survey of Africa, and
struck the blow: they were all who is accompanied by Lady Cobham and, a crew of four, yester equally guilty.
Judge Ziar said that, according day flew from Mongalla on the Nile
The message recalls that the Portuguese Expeditionary Force to France, of 1916 to 1918, had the honour of serving under the orders of the illustrious Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.
Sincere condolences are expressed for the loss which Britain has sus tained by the death of this famous soldier whose memory is held in great reverence by the Portuguese nation and especially by those who had the honour of carving under
him in the Great War.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY,
The following message has been sent by H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi to H.E. The Governor of Macao:
Your Excellency, have "the honour to thank you most six- cerely for the expression of con- dolence on the death of Field Marshal Earl Hang addressed to me by Your Excelency and the Garrison of Macao.
Such sentiments are the more appreciated since they come from our late comrades in ana
(Sd.) C. CLEMENTI.
BRITISH WOMEN VOTERS,
HOLD
"SUFFRAGETTES "
RE-UNION.
NOTABLE FIGURES
PRESENT.”
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
ROOBY, Feb. 6th On the eve of the introduction
into Parliament of proposals which are expected to give voice to all women at the age of 21, an in-
terday, of the suffragettes who fought for the women's vote some fifteen years ago.
Actually the anniversary-was- being celebrated of the first vote. being given to "Some "women ten
to Chinese law, when any offence over mountains and across Uganda teresting re-union took place yes involved renalty above the third to Lake Victoria. His was the first dence and defendant was too poor flying-boat over to light on its to engage counsel, the Court would waters, which are 4,000 feet above aupoint a lawyer to appear for him. sea level. That had been done in the present case, but, for some unaccountable reason, counsel had not put in an appearance, so, in order zot to give defendant any grounds for objec tion, the case would be adjourned to the 15th inst
The Court requested that deceas ed's boy, and the other man already sentenced to death, should be brought up at the next hearing.-- North-China Daily Newsp
RUSSIAN-MONARCHISTS.
"PERIOD OF GRACE."
*
[TEROTAH REUTER'S AGENCT.]
CONSTANTINOPLz, Feb. 8th. The period of grace for the stay in Turkey of Russian menerchists, due to expire to-morrow, has been
extended for another year.:
years ago:
Most of the women who took A militant part in the suffragette campaign attended the reunion, and each table was presided over by a woman who had gone to pri- son for the cause. Notable figures present included Miss Sylvia Pank hurst, Mrs Pethick Lawrence and
Mrs. How Martyn.
SIDER PLAN OF BUSINESS.
'NEW MEASURE.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruoay, February 6th. This afternoon, at the spring session of the Church Assembly, the rejection of the last Prayer Book measure by the House of Commons will be formally reported and the Assembly will then consider the plan of business for consideration of a new measure as revised by the House of Bishops.
CANADIAN FARMERS.
RECEIVED BY THEIR MAJESTIES.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, Feb. 5th. The King and Queen' received yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, the party of seventy Cann dian farmere who are visiting this
country...
It was noticed with much pleasure that H.M. the Queen was wearing the maple leaf given to her on her visit to Canada as Duchess of York in 1001.
The King expressed his delight at learning that soms of the farmers who came from Alberta had met the Prince of Wales when His Royal Bigborss visited his ranch there.
TURCO-SWEDISH TREATY
SIGNED...
„[THROUGH REUTEN'S 'AGENCY.]
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. ́5th. The Treaty of Commerce and. Navigation between Turkey and Sweden has been signed.
4. "LADY", "CHAMBERLAIN-
* UNWELL.au..
[SKÍTISH WIRELESS-SERVICE)...
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will open the debate for the Opposition to morrow and will be followed by the Prime Minister.
Newspapers anticipate that Mr Baldwin will make it plain that the Government will not appeal to the country until late in the spring of names of newly next year, the enfranchised women voters having
been added to the remainder.
THE SUBMARINE PRO- HIBITION. j LONDON PRESS COMMENT ON MR. KELLOGG'S PROPOSAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGETOT.]
STEAMER SPLITS IN WORLD FLIGHT.
TWO.
CARGO OF CALCIUM-CARBIDE
CAUSES EXPLOSION,
ONE KILLED: THREE
L INJURED.
(THROCOH RITTER'S AGENCY.]
SPALATO, February 8th. A torrific explosion aboard the steamer Arala, off Sebenico, with cargo of calcium-carbide, caused the ship to split in two and sink A stoker was killed and the master and two sailors seriously injured,
in a fow minutes.
THE STATUTORY COMMISSION,
"PEACEFUL HARTAL AT
MADRAS."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}"
..
NEWALL AND VINCENT SET
OUT ON NEXT HOP..
·COMING TO CHINA.
LE BOURGET, Feb. 6th. Newall and Vincent have
I off for Rome.
[The following Reutor telegram, dated London, January sth gives particulars of the fight:
Two ax-R.A.F. flying officers,
Vincent, left the Stag Lana "Aero- Mr. J. S. Newalt and. Mr. Neville drome, London, this more for Greece, Mesopotamia, India and Singapore, returning to England world' flight rid France, Italy,
rid China and Russia.
In addition to the pilots, Nowall' and Vincent, the party which will be using two three seater acro- planea, includes a photographer, Mr. Childs, an engineer, Mr. King, and Mre Wine. Parker, who will be a passenger as far as Cairo.
The airmen intend to use the planes between India and Singa pore to pick up cargo and passen. gers for various porta.)
LONDON TO AUS- TRALIA.
ATTEMPT TO FLY THE DIS- TANCE IN 18 DAYS.
MADRAS, Feb. sth. The Propaganda Committee or- anising the boycotting of the Statutory Commission headed by Sir John Simon, has unanimously decided to call a complete, but HINKLER'S "SOLO" FLIGHT. peacefai hartal on the day of the Commission's arrival in Madrae.
No mesting or processions will be held, so as to avoid the possibility of any disturbance, s
RESEARCH AND EXPERI
MENT.
SECRECY AND TALL STORIES.
PORTON AND HASLAR.
LONDON, Feb. 6th. The diplomatic correspondent ofj the Daily Telegraph believes that Alr. Kellogg, before intimating that the United States was eager to sign & treaty with all the Powers sounded prohibiting submarines, Tokyo and ascertained that Japan was similarly willing.
The recent death of a lieutenant America's naval programme pro-in the Royal Engineers from in-" vides for 33.additional., submarines
juries received in carrying out The Daily Telegraph's raval "ex- pert points out in this connection tests at Porton serves to remind that since the Washington. Confer us that existence ence of 1991 the submarine strength mysterious enclosure is a pretty has altered to America's disadvan-| risky busn 655, -- tage. Japan having laid down or Here and at Haslar what may authorised about 50 and the United
within that
States bas only built sx. Japan be called laboratory warfare is possesses many more farger sub-being ceaselessly developed. These inarines than the United States.
Since the end of the war the five investigations are of a dual charac principal Powers bad built or order ter." As soon as a new method: of ed 180 submarineg France had scientific killing makes its appear- authorised 91, Japan 61, the United ance the inventors get busy devis States 30 (excluding the 31 men-
British Empire 16.
The Times". Comment.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. Oth Weather permitting, Bert Hinkler will take od from Croydon tö- day on a solo flight to Australia in 18 days in 30 horsepower Avro-A viac.
He hopes to cover the journey in 1,000-mile stages. The record is held by Sir Keith Smith, who in 1919 (in 720 h.p. Vickers-Rolls- Royce biplane), covered the fight ir. 28 days.
LATER.
""
Weather Causes Delay. Hinckler bas postponed his flight to Australia on" account of the weather.
LOOPING THE LOOP.
THE FRENCH NOT DOWN- HEARTED.
[TABOCOR REUTER'S ACENCY.]
The
PARIS, Feb. 8th newspapera declare that Shank's looping the loop perform- anoe does not attain the French-- man Fronvali's record of 902 loops under four hours.
[The following telegram, dated St Paul, Minnesota, February, 6th stated:Gene Shank, a law stud ent who is interested in ay ation, established a world record in aero- plane looping by making $15 loops in 4 hours, 18 minutes, beating by 200 loops Maynard's record in France.
MILLIONAIRE FLYER PREPARING
wonderful stories have gained cur tioned above), Italy 15, and the ing an antidote. Many weird and It was noteworthy, that a reparate rency of what goes on within those Treaty forbidding submarines as commerce raiders was appended to experimental stations, but probably the Washington Naval Convention there is much exaggeration in of 1923, but la inoperative as France these. Secrecy always stimulates declined to ratify..
imagination." And the desirability for extreme secrecy in connection LONDOy, Jan. eth. The Times recalls that Britain with these places is self-evident. found no support for her proposal, Chemical warfare is not to the submitted by Earl Balfour at the British taste. We do not ke it. Washington Conference, for the But, since it has been adopted by
is abolition of submarines, which now favoured by the United States. other nations, we have no choice.. and says that the expectation of in the matter, and, as it has been general support is equally hope forced upon us, we must respond less at present. France, "apan and
Rica, Feb. 6th the to what other countries may be do Italy vigorously opposed
Mr. Charles Levine, the Atlantic original proposal. The submarine, ing in this way as effectively after, has applied to the Soviet in fact, has become the weapon of poesible. the poorer Powers and there is, unfortunately, no sign of a change of outlook at present.
What A Paris Paper Talaką.
PROPOSED FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO MOSCOW.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY."]
flying department to assist in er- For a reason it is that the ranging a non-stop flight from New Admiralty nowadays employ so York to Moscow in the summer.
More than once many scientista.
RUSSO-PERSIAN AIR-MAIL
has the question been raised as to whether this is not an unnecessary PARIS, Feb. 6th.
SERVICE. Le Quotidien says that Mr. extravagance. No doubt there is Kellogg is wasting his time in much ery for little wool, relative-
(THROUGH REUTKE'S" ŞUENCY.) making the proposal is the sub-ly speaking. But that the Ad-
TEHERAN, Feb. 5th. marine is the only weapon with miralty consider their policy in which countries with small fleets this direction is justified by results
By an agreement between Russiti can defend themselves against the is certainly suggested by the em
phasis which Mr. Bridgeman laid menace of powerful squadrons.
upon research and experiment" and, Ferrin, a weekly airmail service has been established between when he presented the Navy Teheran and Paku. Estimates for the current year.")
(THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.} Renewing Bonds Of Friendship.
· PARIS, Feb. 6th
NEW AUSTRALIAN 'SUBMARINES. HIGH COMMISSIONER AT PORTSMOUTH.
The scientists naturally have to traverse a lot of barcen ground in
The
TRAGEDY OF A SURGEON. REAR-ADMIRAL
The newspapers recall that the bonds of friendship and sympathy order to reach a occasional oasis GLOVELESS POST MORTEM, between France and the United Without knowledge of what in real- States were tied 150 years ago ly being accomplished it is rather today by the signing of the Franco- unreasonable to criticise, and that American Alliance Treaty, which knowledge, as we have just pointed
LONDON, Jury oth. will be strengthened today by the out, is inevitably withheld. Bigning of the Franco-American matter is one which should figure.
The danger of conducting a post- much more prominently than it har Arbitration Treaty.
done in the deliberations of-mortem examination without gloves. Geneva. If, instead of harping was disclosed during an inquest at upon cutting down armaments, Lewisham yesterday on Surgeon there was a general movement to Rear-Admiral Sir Perey Bassett restrict the methods of warfare to Smith, aged sixty-six, who died in old and honourable methods we'be St. John's Hospital on Thursday
Bir Percy, de a member of the lieve there would be much better prospect of real progress. The staff, performed a post mortem ex idea that future warfare will be nmination without gloves, and the waged largely against civilian house surgeon, Dr. A Rabinwitz, populations by means of aerial gas said that death was from reptic attacks must be repellant to all pneumonia. following septicemia. civilized nations The poisoning The infection arose from the of wells is ruled outside of civilized-examination,
Major Whitehouse, the coroner, warfare, and yet the poisoning of the air is regarded as legitimate in recording a verdict of "Ac- The fact is that as war grows more cidental death, expressed to Mins it Constance Margaret Bassett-Smith, beastly in its methods SO grows more logical. The first daughter, his sympatry with her traditional rule of sit combats in and other members of the family
ily respected=- to fight fair."-Noual and-Ali and aid that her father was great-
"[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruday, Feb. 6th."
for The High Commissioner Australia, Sir Granville Hyric, will Australian sub visit the new marines, Geley and Otway at Parts- mouth to-morrow..
RUOBY, Feb. 5th. Lady Chambarining wife of the
The submarines will leave. Ports Foreign Secretary, who has been suffering with neuritis, has been mouth on Wednesday next for ordered to take a sea voyage and Australia under their own power,
Con April 28th will leave for South America on--and are due off Thursday Island February 15th
tary Record,