SHANSI'S GOVERNOR DENIES REPORTS OF PEACE WITH FENGTIENESE.
NATIONALIST'S ACTIVELY PREPARING NORTHERN-
EXPEDITION.",
SEVERE FIGHTING ANTICIPATED ON TIENTSIN- PUKOW AND KINHAN RAILWAY AREAS.
PROTEST AGAINST PEKING'S" LUXURY TAX.
CHIANG KAI SHEK ORDERS MOBILIZA- TION OF SOUTHERN ARMY.
General Yen Shin Shan, Shanei's Governor, has telegraphed to Nanking denying the "reports that have been in circulation for some time to the effect that peace is being negotiated between "Shansi and the Fengtienest. General Yen attributes the source- of thèse reports to Marshal Chang Teo Lin, whom he accuses of circulating them for the purpose of weakening the morale of the Xationalist troops.
The Nationalist at their Sanking Headquarters are stated to he more than ever actively engaged with their arrangements for their Northern.campaign
Heavy 5ghting is expected soon on the Tientsin-Pukow and Kin-Han Railways.
Marshal Chiang Rai Shek has ordered the mobilization of the Southern Army, in connection with his new offensive. The troops have been ordered to be ready" at a moment's notice.!"
PEKING'S PROPOSED LUXURY TAX.
BRITISH, AMERICAN AND JAPANESE PROTEST.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
PEKING, Feb. 27th.
pro-
The British, American and Japan- ese Legations have protested to the Waichinopu regarding the posed Luxury Tax on consumers in Peking, pointing out the effects that the tax would have on trade and its illegality
TAN YEN KAI'S NEW POST.
(Wah Tez Yat Pas.)
SHANGHAI, Feb. 27th. General Tan Yen Kai has con- sented to accept Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's offer of the post of Commander of the 4th Group <I the Kuomintang Army, which con sists of all existing amy corps in Hupeh and Human.
Nationalist's Political Chairman- ship.
•
General Tan will shortly proceed to Hankow to asume office, while the chairmanship of the Political of the Nationalist Commission Government, vacated by his de parture from Nanking, will be filled by come executive officer.
PEKING'S FOREIGN
MINISTER.
(Fah Ter Yat Pab.)
SHANGHAI, Feb. 27th. Mr. Lo Wan Kan, the nawy elected Foreign Minister of the Peking Government, will assume
office to-day.
SHANSI GOVERNOR'S DENIAL
(Wah Taz Ynt Pus.)
SHANGHAI Feb. 27th, General Yen Shih Shan has tele- graphed to Nanking denying the report that he had any inclination to make peace with Marshal Chang Too Lin. He said that recently Marshal Chang repeatedly attempt- ed to circulate the rumour in order to discourage the rank and file of the Nationalist Army
Severe Fighting anticipated. The Military Headquarters of the Nanking Government is fully en- gaged in arranging for the coming expedition against the Fengtienese. Severe fighting is expected to take place on the Tientsin-Pukow and Kin-Han Railwaye..
THE "SOUTHERN ARMY'S IMPENDING OFFENSIVE.
CHIANG KAI SHEK ORDERS MOBILIZATION.
[TRDODOX SELTER'S AGENCY.]
SRANGHAL, Feb. 27th.
The Kuo Min states that in view
of the impending offensive against
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 1928.
ROAD TRANSPORT
IN ENGLAND.
RAILWAY-COMPANIES'
ACTION.
FAR-REACHING BILL BEFORE THE COMMONS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruaky, February 27th. Great interest is being displayed.. in the Road Transport Bill which is bring promoted in Parliament by the Railway Companies, and which will be debated or its second read- ing in the House of Commons to morrow and probably on Wednes day evening.
THOMAS HARDY'S
ESTATE.
VALUED
AT £01,700.
MEMORIAL IN PREPARA- TION.
IBRITISH VIRELESS SERVICE)
Rodar, February 97th.
PIONEER FLYING.
WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
ALLEGED DISPUTE,
[REUTER': 'AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINores, February 27th. A dispute with the Smithsonian Institute is responsible for the des The late Thomas Hardy, the greatcision of Mr. Osville. Wright to English writer who died last send the original Wright biplane month, left estate valued at £91,700 ¦ to the British Museum. with net personalty" of £87,700.
A fund has been opened for a memorial which is to take the form of, firstly, the preservation of Hardy's birthplace at Brockhamp The principle involved in the five ten: secondly, an obelisk in the identical Bills of each of the five same neighbourhood; and, thirdly, Railway Groups is the extension of a Hardy.memorial building in the powers of Railway Companies Dorchester, containing a collection to enable them to provide road of his works and relics. transport service, and will be decid-
ed on one of these measures.
A POLITICAL TRIAL.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY, AGAINST POLISH REGIME.
2,000 WITNESSES.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
WARSAW, February 27th
FROM NEW JERSEY
H
TO PANAMA.
FIRST ATTEMPTED NON-STOP FLIGHT.
ILLUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
تذلي
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27th.
The first attempted non-stop flight by airship to the Panama. Canal is being made by the Zun Angeles which left Lake. Hurst,
A widely reproduced magazine articlo alleges that the Smithsonian officials are conducting a subtle campaign to give the credit of the Wright Brothers in acrodynamic discoveries to the late" Professor Langley, ex-Secretary of the Institu. tion."
The article says that Mr. Wright
expresses
belief that the the machine, impartially judged, will receive due credit at the British Musqu."
AUSTRO-ITALIAN DISPUTE.
PARISIAN PRESS COMMENT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY,)
Paris, February 27th. The fewspapers are élosely watch-
which the Peuple accuses Sig. Mussolini of trumping-up in order
A CONVERT.
TRADE UNIONIST'S VIEWS OF RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE.
FALLING "'OUT AND IN,”
(THROUGH REUTER'S ACENCY,}
THE R.A.F. FLYING BOATS' CRUISË.
DUE IN SINGAPORE TO-DAY.
PROCEEDING TO AUSTRA- LIAN COAST,
(ARITIER WIRELESS BERVICE.)
F
Rray, February 27th. The four large all-metal Royal
Plymouth on October 7th Air Force flying boats, which left
on *
New Dan, February 24th. At the conclusion of his official visit,
the British representing Trade Union Movement, Mr. A: Pur- garded as a Sovietophile, addressed cell, MP, who has formerly re-
the Council of the All-India Trade | 23,000 miles course to the Far East Union Congress and said that a5
and Australia, will herive in ently interfering with the work of Russian organisations were consist-
Singapore to-morrow, other national movements, it was time they. “fell with the Russian movement and fell in "
with the rest of the world.
WRECK OF THE S.S. ** ALCANTARA."
SOLE SURVIVOR'S STORY.
VESSEL DISAPPEARS IN THREE MINUTES,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 28th. Giovanni Pavon, the second en- gineer and sole survivor of the i-fated Italian steamer Alcantara, aunk in the Channel disaster on Friday "night, was interviewed by Reuter's representative at South
amptor.
He was standing gazing at the battered stem of the Russian barque Touritsch, which brought him to safety, and the remarked thas he could hardly believe that he was the only man saved of the onew of 23,"
Pavan was odling the engine when te board the bell ringing frantical-
then saw the Chief Engineer with
**We
his face as white as death," who shouted,, danger.
are in terrible
Over 2,000 witnesses have been New Jersey, enroute to Cuba, ing the Austro-Italian dispute, ly. He ran to the talegraph, and called for the prosecution in the where it will be tied up to the the Fengtieness along the Tientsin-trial of se persons allegedly mem-mooring-mast of the tender l'atuka Pakow Railway line. Chiang Kai berg of a "White" Ruthenian Com- prior to proceeding to the Canal. - Shak has ordered the mobilization munists of se organisations known of all the participating aroues n
tax Bronda," and charged with preparation for the advance at 'a
conspiring to throw over the pre- moment's notice.
ecut régime in Poland; also forcibly
ARBITRATION AND SECURITY.
BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE'S
COMMENTS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Reasy, Feb. 20th.
The Secretariat of the League of Nations publishes the British memorandum on the report of
TELEVISION.
to distract attention from an in- cident into which the League of Nations are at present enquiring, namely, smuggled machine-gun
parts recently discovered on the Austro-Hungarian frontier alleged-
to detach, for the benefit of Soviet BEING USED COMMERCIALLY. y consigned from Italy to Hun Russia, a part of Poland inhibited
by White-Ruthenians. Four ex- members of the Diet are among the accused.
The prosecution alleges that the Soviet largely financed the con- spirators.
FORD FLYING FATALITY.
DEVELOPMENT FORE- SHADOWED.
(THROUGE EEUTER'S AGENCY.]
NEW YORK Feb. 27th, Television was died for commer- cial purposes in connection with the public issue of the Buenos Aires loan, a quarter page advertisement regarding which was "Televised " | and appears in the newspapers.
The event is also interesting as foreshadowing a probable future
Monsieur Politis, reporter of the CHIEF TEST PILOT DROWNED. yndication of bonds issued by
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
com.mático on arbitration and security.
In the memorandum, Lord Cushendun criticises various sug gestions pat forward to determine an aggressor by incans of majority vote of the Council of the League. By this means, he points out, it would be possible for mem- bers of the League to be called on to apply economic or military sanctions to enforce a decision with which they individually ought not agree, and might even have voted into the sen. against. He declares such methods would eap the base of the principle
MELBOURNE, Florida,..
Feb. 27th. Harry Brooks, chief test pilot of the Ford Motor Works, was drown. ed while flying a Ford "Fliever" to Miami, the machine plunging
of unanimity and sovereign rights HINKLER'S JOURNEY
of each of the states. In con- clusion, Lord Curbendun reperita that the British Government does not wish to go any further than.
COMPLETED.
the obligations under the League REACHES HIS HOME TOWN." pact.
STATUTORY COMMISSION,
WELCOME TO MADRAS.
GARLAND FOR SIR JOHN SIMON.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MADRAS. Feb. 28th. On their way here from Cakutta. the Statutory Commission, hended by Sin John Simon, made brief halts at several towns. At each place they aret with a mixed re- ception, but, crowds lined the rail- way in the region of Madras and cheered the Commission as the train steamed in:
The Commissioners were cordially A telegraphic report from Han kow states that General Ho Chien welcomed at the Station and a is willing to surrender and declares municipal official placed' a garland. that he is prepared to withdraw his on Bur John Simon, the crowds 4 01, the Hindu equi- troops towards Western Hunan shouting pending the Nationalist Govern-valent of Welcome ment's order for the re-organisation Madras City "Very Quiet." of his army.
MARSHAL FENG GATHER- ING ROLLING" STOCK.
INAVAL WIRELE88.]
CHENGCHOW, Fch. 20th. It is reported that Feng In: Hsiang is gathering rolling stock.....
NANKING, Feli. 26th. It is rumoured that the 18th Army will join the Wahan Party
HANKOW, Feb, 26th
An effort is being made to zap- press the continued activities of bandits ir this area, and for this purpose the 16th Army is being brought back
MADRID, Feb. 27th. The city is very quiet, and there have been no disturbances; but the shops and markets are closed with few exceptions.
STABILISING THE FRANC? ANOTHER HEAVY GOLD SHIPMENT.-
freuter's AMERICAN SERVICE]'
NEW YORK, Feb. 28th." Gold bullion valued at G.87,500,000 shipped from America to. Frence to-day, brought the total despatch- ed in the past three months, to 825,000,000,0
The 10th Army now only about? It is believed that this accurau- whard of the original strength, lation of gold is the preliminary its reduction in numbers being due to the expected stabilisation of the
Erane in the Spring, to the targe number of desertions.
(THROUGH BUTER'S AGENCY.]
SYDNEY, F. 27th. Hinkler landed in his home town, Bundaberg, at 4.13 this morning, thus completing his flight from London.
ار.
BROADCASTING IN HOLLAND.
NEW BILL PASSED
THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.}
THE HAGUE, February 27th. The Second Chamber has passed Bill providing for the official re- gulation of broadcasting which will be equally divided between different Broadcasting Societies, for example the Roman Catholic, the Orthodox Protestant, Neutral, etc.
The Government have decided to drop the proposal to levy a fee for each receiving set.
gary.
The Folonté, howeyer, says that Sig. Mussolini will not succeed in this attempt but find now that be has two troublesome affairs on his hands instead of ane.
*
On the contrary, the Gauloia aces in the Austrian protests the hidden. influence of Germany working for
Austro-German union,
THE SAMOA FRICTION,
A moment later a terrific crash, a sound of crunching timbers, told its own story, and the air was fill- ed with shouts, curses and groans.
The Chief Engineer yelled:-- "All hands on deck quickly for Soured
The machines will then have down 10,000 miles. The flert has already accomplished, the longest flying boat formation flight in the bistory of aviation.
The schedule has throughout the flight been punctually adhered to and no mishap has occurred.
"
At Singapore the craft will haver reached their base where they will ultimately form a nucleus of the Far East Air Fleet designed to work in conjunction with Eastern naval forces
Before taking up these duties, they will proceed to Port. Darwin and thereafter make an Australian coast cruise.
[The boats have been at Penang for fully a week.]
OBITUARY.
NOTABLE IRISH
RULER."
"HOME
LINK WITH VICTORIAN POLITICS.
[Mr. O'Brien was very promin-
{THROUGH RESTEE'S AGENCY.]·
LONDON, Feb. 20th. The death is announced of Mr. William O'Brien, the well-known "I immediately rushed up the Irish Nationalist. companion-way," Brid Giovanni- Pavon, and saw the steara of the Tovaritsch wedged in our starently identified with the carly days board quarter with her bowsprit of the Home Hale movement. Borz stretching across the decks."
October 2nd, 1852; be was
Dits educated
Cloyne Diocesan- College and Queen's College, Cork. Early in life he took up jouan ism, being a reporter on the Cork Daily Herald from 1860 to 1875, whilst from the latter year unti
Shortly afterwards he heard two violent explosions which ilustrated how rapidly the water overwhelmed the Alcantara's boilers.
Pavon graphically described how he himself was saved. Running along the deck, he grasped the chain hanging from the bowsprit of the Russian barque, and hung on as the vessel drew apart.
The Alcantara disappeared with- in three minutes, and what happen.
American syndicates which hitherto have reserved portions of the issues 200, MORE ILLEGAL POLICE»ed after that cannot be told for separate offerings by European 'bouses.
BUENOS AIRES LOAN.
BIG FLOTATION IN NEW YORK.
·{REUIAR'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
NEW YORK, Feb. 28th. An American syndicate is offering
ارا ملل
for public subscription G8-11,000,000
worth of 6 per cena Bonds at 063 on behall of the province of Burngs Aires, where the pubbeds will be devoted to funding purposes..
"UNSINKABLE" BOAT.
ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE. TO NEW YORK.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
ROTTERDAM, Feb. 26th.
A twenty-foot sailing lifeboat, named the Schutterner, which it is claimed is unsinkable and cannot
York.
The crew includes the inventai, and a wireless operator, the latter for the purpose of carrying out experiments with short-carrying out experiments with short-wave communication to New York.
BISHOP OF LONDON. HIS SECRETS OF GOOD HEALTH AT 70.
LONDON, Jan. 20th. The Bishop of London, Dr. A. F. Winnington Ingram; celebrates his He said 70th birthday to-day. yesterday:
ARRESTED.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]
WELLINGTON, February 27th.
A further 200 members of the Mau illegal police have arrived at Apin. They were arrested and taken outside the disturbed area and released.
CHINESE ESTATE OF
$46,000.
INSTRUCTIONS TO WIDOWS AND CONCUBINES.
Hong Kong estate valued at
$40,000 has been left by a local Chinese, who, was, before" his de- mise, selling agent for the Standard Oil Company
yre.
Pavon was hanging on cariously, but he was naturally observed and one of the Russia sailors climbed along the bowsprit and threw him a life-buoy and pull ed him up.
on
1680 he was a writer on Freeman'a Journal.
In 1890, he founded, United Ireland. Later, he entered politics, being elected to Parlia ment for his native town in 1883. He also sat for South Tyrome (1685-84), and North-East Cork. (1887-02). He was prosecuted ning times for political offences, and ment more than two years in prison.]
ATHLETICS.
Paven says he saw tho Itussinns lower three or four boats in sa effort to save other members of the WORLD'S RECORD CLAIMED, crew of the Alcantara, but the calamity was so swift that appar ently their efforts at rescue were fruitless.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
NEW Yoax, Feb. 27th. Sabin Carr, of Yale University, the pole-vaulter, claims to have created a world's recard by clear
ng 14 feet 1 inch, at an athletic moching in Madison Square Garden.
FURTHER DETAILS. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)
Rucny, Feb. 28th. Late last night the Russian cadet ship. Tuvaritser, badly damaged, Wita towed into Southampton, carrying one survivor of the crew of the Italian steamer Alcantara, GOVERNMENT LAND" SALE. with which the collided in a log between Hastings and FolkestoAS L.
This survivor was found after the
LOT AT SHAMSHUIPO DIS- POSED OF.
collision, clinging to the chains of the Russian ship's bowsprit, from which he was rescued uninjured. At the offices of the Public Works Steamers and tuga searched the Department yesterday afternoon ses all through Friday night and one lot of Orown Land at Sham- yesterday, but, failed to find shuipo was sold for a term of 75 any other survivors, or floating yeare, commencing July 1sty 1888, wreckage. Acroplanes also courted with the option a renewal at a over the waters op a fruitless Crown rent to be fixed for a furs errand.
ther term of 2 years. A lifebuoy marked Alcantara, tɔ
The Lot in question is Now Kow- which was inshed dead body, loon Inland Lot No. 119, and is was picked up last night bear situated at the junction of Cheung Dungeness. An empty lifeboat of Sha Wan Road and Nan Chang the Italian ship, and two lifebuoys Street, Shamshuipo. have also been washed ashore near Rye harbour.
..
A Misunderstanding.
It has an area of 9,587 square 'feet, and the annual Crown rental
is $18.
It appears that assistance for the
There ww no advance on the abip was delayed by an unfortunate upset price of $3,850.50, and Mr. misunderstanding. The commander Fan Sik Man, of Nofl 348, Preya. of the coastguard station at Sand- Main Street, Shaukiwan East, HE- gate says that he received an 805 came the purchaser for this sum from the Russian vessel on Friday. night, and he telephoned to the lifeboats at Dungeness and Rye harbour to proceed to the scene, The SOS was followed almost im mediately, however, by a wireless message from the Russian vessel to the effect that she was all right,
b capsized, has set out on an Probate has just been granted adventurous 40-day voyage to New in respect of this estate, which con, cerns Siu Shiu Chuen (or Chun) alias Síu. Hing, alise Siu Kwong fu (or Yue) alias Siu Kíng Tak Tong, late of &, Seymour Térrace, Hong Kong, selling agent of the Standard Oil Company, who died on April 28th, 1927, at the age of 49 years. His will was made, on The day previous to his death.
Probate has been granted to Siu Chan Shi Lin Sang, Siu Chan Shi Yung Sang, Siu Chan Shi Wai Fan and Siu Fung, Shi Sau Shan, widows and concubines of deceased. It is stated that testator had been a resident of this Colony for a I play golf, tennis, and squash atter of thirty years.,
In his will be directs that all
A Chinese of about 15 years rf. rackets as hard and enjoyably as his money and property, after the
age was admitted to the Kwong I ever did. I am just back from settling in full of all his debts, Bournemouth, where I played shall go to his widows and con.
Wah Hospital, Kowloon, last night two rounds of golf the middle cubines, who are the executrix and not in need of help. "This gave at about 8.30, but upon arrival. of the storm on Tuesday anmen in the will, unicas they the impression that all was well he was found to be dead. It is I attribute my good health to shall discontinue remaining chaste and the coastguard commander had understood that the man had met a good constitution, coupled with and chops to remarry. In this no idea that the Italian ship had with an accident, but the body the facts that I am a teetotaller, event, right to administer, or share some down...
bore no external marks, except Later, a non-smoker, and take a little in the estate will be forfeited
the Peninsula and for a slight graze on the left regular exercise every day for ever. The four executrix are Oriental liner Moldavie seat a knee. The doctor was of opinion there you have what I believe to authorised to administer the estate message stating she had passed that the man had heon eri be the egrels of good health until the youngest sour of testator wreckage bearing the name Alcan only for the last three days,
tara: Then, immediately, lifeboats and that death had been due to s The only time I send for my attains the age of 21 years, when doctor now is who I invite bim the estate is to be divided into four from both Dungeness and lys violent shock. The body was re- to dinner. He is a great friend equal shares, each executrix to re-harbour put out to find only the moved to the Kowloon Martory of mine, and I have not apen him rive one, share, rich share or wreckage of the Alcantara and an and a post-moriein is to
place this morning. except at dinner for five year shares to go to their sons, if any. sign of survivors,
PAN-AMERICAN CON- FERENCE.
U.S.A.'S CHIEF DELEGATE..
PLEASED.
{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
New Yoax, Feb. 27th. Mr. S. Hughes, ex-Stale Secretary, on his return from Havent expressed satisfactidh at the success of the Pan-American Conference and appreciation of the
warm. affection shown to us,"
DEATH FROM "SHOCK?