TAX
ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTT COMMITTEE FIX TIME-LIMIT FOR UNLOADING.
RECONSTRUCTION OF HUNAN PROVINCE.
HUNANESE ARMY FIGHT FOR SOUTH.
RAID ON REDS IN SHANGHAI NATIVE CITY. CUSTOMS AUTONOMY COMMISSION AT WORK.
RENEWED HOSTILITIES EXPECTED IN WESTERN SHANTUNG.
The Amoy Chinese, still incensed regarding the recent Japanese action of the arrest (at Amoy) of two Whampoa cadeta, natives of Korea, are proceeding with their threatened boycott and nose an nounce a time-limit for the discharge of cargo from Japanese. vesials calling at Amoy....
That "Redi " are still giving trouble in various quarters in China is evident; the intest. news to hand in that respect being that "secret Communist haunt in Shanghai native city has been successfully raided. A quantity of pernicious literature was seized," and the arrest effected of the son of a well-known Chinese com munist
THE FIGHTING IN THE NORTH.
(Wak Te Fat Pas.),
SHANGHAI, March 11th. The resumption of the Northern war is expected to take place in Western Shantung. Sun Chuan Fang will proceed to Tsining to direct operations."
THE BOYCOTT AT AMOY
(Wah Tar Fai Pao.)
SHANGHAI, March 11th.
PEKING CUSTOMS COMMISSION.
(Fah Tis Yat Fas.)
The Customs Autonomy Commis- sion, neting by order of Marshal Chang Tso Lin, has announced that the imposition of the provisional revised tariff will be enforced with in a month. They further declare that the Peking Government will to float B loan amounting $200,000,000 on the security of re- ceipts from the increased tariff
rated.
DIPLOMATIC BODY AND ARMS EMBARGO.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH
THE KING OF AFGHANISTAN.
SARRIVING IN ENGLAND
TOMORROW,
BRILLIANT PROGRAMME.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE. T
JAPAN AND THE
SOVIET
12th 1928.
US STEAMER WRECKED.
RUBBER SLUMP PREDICTED.
INTERESTING STATEMENT BY 150 PASSENGERS AND 113 CREW, WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN 1930,
BARON TANAKA,
CROP DE RUMOURS.
[THROUGH'REUYEN'E'AGENCY.]
Tokyo, March 10th.
IN GRAVE DANGER.
RESCUED IN SURF-BOATS,
THROUGH ERUTER'S AGENCY:)
DUTCH JOURNALIST'S VIEWS
· [THKOFOX REUTER'S AGENCY.].
FUTURE AIR ROUTES.
BIG BRITISH-AVLATION SCHEME
INDIA AND THE FAR EAST,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY, 1.
LONDON, March 9th
The vital importance of India an the future development of air transport, was stressed by Lieut Colonel L' A. E. Edwards, the Chie ment of Civil Aviation at the Air Technical Adviser to the Depart Ministry, in the course of an ad- dress to the Royal Society of Arts kto-day
Brúry, March 10th.
LONDON, March 10th."
AMSTERDAM, March 11th Anxious hours, were passed by That there will be very grave When the King and Queen of While emphamsing that the Afghanistan, who will be accom- rumour to the elect that the 150 passengers and 110 of the crew danger of a rubber slump in 1930 panied from Dover by the Prince Russo-Japanese secret treaty is of the American steamor Robert of Wales, reach Victoria Station en entirely groundless, the Premier, B. Lee, which was wrecked on the is prophesied in a letter to the Tuesday afternoon, and are met by speaking Preemen, observed rocks near Plymouth, Maach the chief editor of the Dels Cour newspaper let Handelsblad from King George and Queen Mary they that the Soviet End Japan bed sette, go the sight of the 9th at ant, of Medan, Sumatin, who urges will be escorted to Buckingham greater need than ever of closer in a heavy most steamer Dutch companies to promote a
The first news of the Palace by a brilliant cavance. economic operation. He ex- The two Kings will ride in the first pressed the hope that the two reri was when an SOS was reternational co-operation.
He baacs his warning on the He dwelt at considerable length eatings and in the second will be counties would soon be ribe to ceived at the Navy Yard stating tremendous plantation expan on the proposed plans and router. the two Queens are condkids a treaty of commerce and that the ship was breaking up a son in Bumatra, Java and and showed concharely the siper The cavalcade will consist of a navigation for the maintenance of and that immediate asian as Malaces in 1995-96, which has con te nature of the plans proposed
required. sovereign's escort with "two stan- | proper, accuümio-relation Pre United States coast guard vessel; I vinced him that the shano of
dards of Royal Horse Guanis Six battalione of Grenadier, Coldstream, Irish and Welsh Guards will line the route to the Palace and at "various paints there will be six guards' bands, while the Royal Horss Guards band will be posted opposite Buckingham Palace. On Wednesday, the King and Queen of Afghanistan w receive an address at the London Childhas and will be guests at luncheon of the Cor- poration of London. A sovereign's escort with standard will escort them to and from the city. The state visit will conchide on March 15th The Royal vistore will then te guests of the nation for the retaining twenty days. Two entire doors of Claridge's Hotel have been reserved and have undergone elaborate preparations for their reception. Special decorations haye been undertaken for them and their suite of fifty bedrooms, drawing, and reception rooms, library and writing rooms have been equipped- to provide the maximum of.com. fort and luxury Exceptionat pub lic interest is being displayed in
The anti-Japanese Boycott Com CHINA'S INTERNAL WARS. the forthcoming visit. mittes ab Amoy has decided that time-limits for allowing Japanese steamers, due at the port from out- ports to discharge their goods, shal! bo set up and this having been fixed the boycotting of all Japanese steamers abell to drastically-en- forced
The time table" is as follows: Japanese steamers from Kobe are allowed, 12 days to discharge goods at Amoy; those from Manchuria are allowed days; from. Shanghai, days; from Hong Kong, Swatow and Formosa, 3 days HUNAN'S REHABILITATION,
4.
(Wah T Tat-Pao.)
SHANGHAI, March 11th.) The Hankow leaders will hold a Hunan rehabilitation conference at Changsha, at which resolutions for the reconstruction of the province will be discussed and passed.
HUNANESE ARMY. (Wah Ta: Tai Pao)
SHANORAL. March 11th. Generals Ching Chien, Bei Chung Hai and Chen Kah Yu decided at a recent military conference at Changaha to send the Hunanese army, under General Li Ben Hsin, who recently surrendered to the Western Expeditionary Army," to participate in the Northern ex pedition The Hunanese troops under General Sha Wei and Chow Lan will undertake defence service in the province. General Liu Hsing is assigned with a mission to study political and military conditions in Japan.
RAID ON COMMUNISTS AT SHANGHAI
(Wah Tu Tat Pao.).
SHANGHAI Mach 11th.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEKING, March 10th.
At a meeting of the Diplomatic Body it was decided to telegraph the following to the various Gov ernments:
which are
In view of the con
tinued internal wars in China now pinetically spread over the whole country and with the view of making the Arms Embargo 1919 more effective for sign Diplomatic representatives once more draw, the attention of their respective Governments to the importance of that agreement and of prohibiting the exportation of arms and ammunition from or through their territories to China, They therefore express the convie tion that thosh Powers who have not taken any measures in this re spect should be induced to do so a. soon as possible."
The arms embargo telegram was signed by the entire Diplomatic Body regardless of whether their Governments were party to the Arms Embargo of 1919
Czecho Slovakia is not a member of the Diplomatic Body and has not therefore, participated.
However, it is believed in Lega tion circles that they and also Bus a will to approached and sexed to subscribe to the Embargo Agree ment.
LOAN FOR CANTON? JAPANESE REPORT.
[THEDUGH REUTERʼA SGENCY.}
·TERRIFIC BLAZE IN TEXAS.
ALARMING OUTBREAK AT OIL WORKS
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
MIDLAND, Texas, March 11th. Lightning started a terrific blaze in a barrel tack at the Magnolia Petroleum Company's works in order to prevent the destruction of the whole of the refinery 3-inch gun was fired at the other four tanks at close range. Forty shots sufficed to drain off the tacks.
The only costs were to a man who was severely burned. There was a premature explosion of ammunition, two persons being
lightly injured.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE EXCITEMENT.
HUGE SHARE TURNOVER.
SHRIEKING BROKERS.
At the same interview, mer denied the rumour that Baron, Gio was to appointed Foreign Minister
Releasing to the rumour that the Soviet Embassy had supplied funds to the Farm Labour Party in the recent elections Baron Tanaka stated that the Soviet Ambassador had assured him that the allega tion was groundless, and he was fully prepared to accept M. Troys novsky's word."
SOVIET AGAIN ALARMED
ARREST COUNTER-REVOLU
TIONARIES.
SIX GERMANS INCLUDED.
[TUROUS RELICE'S AGENCY,
BIGA, March 11th. Acusation has been caused in Leningrad and Moscow owing to the O. G. P. U arresting a number.
Finally, ad-boats managed to reach the wreck, but the captain, frding the danger not so great as at first thought, decided to wait until daylight before undertaking the dangerove task of transhipping the passengersne returned
vainly tried Ice hours to manovre 1991-99 only a foretaste of 1530 by Great Britain in the develop alongside the sheamer but the rou when the new trees will reach are of ur routes sea and sunken freefa prevented highest tapping espacity if moly India's Climate Suitable For
memes are not taken. He Flying an them
praise the British rubber restrict the outset, he pointed out tims, which he ears have saved that Inds' climate was most suit numerous companies, including Able for Aying, especially when long In the event of an amicable Dutch, from ouilapas. Their aboli journeys had to be made by night. tion will be very serious.
The writer, who claims to be settlement with Persia, the route unbinssed and independent, sug to India would in all probability gests that rubber interests should run id, the Persian Gulf to discuss whether salvation: Hes in Karachi, while a further route to the new restriction achete with a feed India workabe designed vid clearer standard of production in Moscow, Teheran and Brekire, which the Dutch could participate or a selling centre or valorisation scheme with or without the partiel- pation of the Dutch East Indies Government. He contends that British and American interests would agree to such co-operation:
The first murf-Bont returned to the shore without any of the par sengers being turned over. Four men were drowned,
Subsequently, the weather moder ated and all the passengers wers safely landed by t-bonts
THE EGYPTIAN RIOTS.
POLICE STATION STORMED.
ITAŽOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CAIRO, March 9th.
The situation at Tantah is quiet
RUBBER CRISIS.
"MR; AMERY REPLIES TO
MALAYA.
[RETTER'S AMERIDAN BERVICE}
KULALA LUMPUR, March 10th. The local Government has re ceived the following cable from Mr of engineers, technicians and off-today, though it is revealed that L. 8. Amery, Overseas Secretary- cials at Donetz coal baza on s
a the course of yesterday's rioting The Government is impressed by fourteen shops, sight of which the representations received in re- were owned by British subjects, gard to the unsettled state of the chiefly Maltese, were plundered rubber industry and has asked the Hooligans took advantage of the Committee to report as quickly as A telegrams from Boscow states student demonstrations to create posible to report as quickly as
charge of counter-revolutionary ac tivities and plots to destroy the mines
HERLIN, March 11th.
that six German engineers are among the arrested at Donata, in cluding three who were sent to Russia by the General Electric Co. of Berlin, which states that they werd very trustworthy and that they have no doubt that the charge will be prove infounded; but it win probably the diment to induce other, engineers to go to usisa to superintend the erection of machin- ery supplied by the Company
THE IRAK TROUBLE. PARTIES LANDED FROM
BRITISH GUNBOAT. LADNO STRIATH HD0OHHL]
BABRA, March 10th.
It appears that the disturbances on the South-west frontier of Iraq are more serious than ordinary tribal forays but thanks to the Air Forer operations, which are now being carried far into the desert, country not yes retreating, there is and to the settled population of the no sign of apprehension in the towns
disturbances and they joined in a storming of the Tantah police station, where the arrested students were confined and succeeded in securing their release.
SIMON COMMISSION- MIXED RECEPTION AT
LAHORKCESO
REUTER'S AGEXOT.] «
It is inferred here that the Com mittee will conclude its labours be fore the end of March
⠀⠀⠀ Calcutta To Hong Kong,
From India, Lieut. Cal. Edwards went on to deal with an extension to the Far East,, mentioning that the route taken would probably run from Calcutta to Rangoon, Rangoon to Singapore, and thence to Australia vid the Dutch East Tadies, while it plans materiabee there wil probably be a second e from Calcutta to Mandalay which will Ink up with Hanoi and Hong Kong.
-- Canton And Shanghal.
When the service is established between Calcutta and Hong Kong. it could mobably be extended to Canton and Shanghai and there join up with a Japanese services
The speaker ætated that it was even possible that a route would he established from Calcutta vid Bramaputra to the Yangtaze and Peking,
The route entering, India meant that Karachi would clearly carry the bulk of the traf between The Chamber of Commerce has Europe and the Far East, and pamed a resolution, declaring that Calcutta would thus assume an a solution of the problem of con- importance as an aerial gateway in the Far East second only to jaa trok hes in the complete co-operation which must even tion of the Dutch East Indies and be established in Syria or Europeans and natives. If UCA“
Palestine once one has been Toume is impracticable there should
cstablished between Cairo and be no sudden abandonment of te
South Afrien striction, which should be continu- ed in a modified form. ON Impartial Enquiry Suggested,
this air juneti bring trade to Large quantities of baller
DISASTER IN BRAZIL.
SINGAPORE, March 10th The Asiatic Planters Association of Malaya has passed a resolution supporting the resolution passed by the Planters Association of Malaya on the 3rd instant, express ing the opinion that the reversal of policy of rubber contral will re- sult in acute depression in Malava 300 PERSONS BURIED UNDER and urging a full and impartial enquiry.
The Johore Planters Association have also supported the resolution.
TONS OF DEBRIS.
200 KILLED.
LAHORE, March-11th. The Simon Commission has arriv ed and received a cordial reception. They were entertained at a very successful At Home," given by the Punjab chiefs at the residence of Sir Zulfikar Ali Khan, the repre- sentative of the Eastern Punjab Moslems in the Indian Legislature
thousand persons were invited including the Governor, Sir Malcolm Bailey and Lady Bailey, ministers and judges, Punjab councillors, members of the Chambers of Com
A party held a demonstration at A total day's sale of 3,700,000
the Railway Station on the arrival INDIANISATION OF INDIAN NEW YORK, March 9th.
merce, and trade associations of the Commission, when black shares, the second largest turnover
flags and placards with the inscrip in the history of the New York A few Indian troops recently tion Simon go back" was display
cd. Stock Exchange, was made to-day moved towards Shaibah but the ne the result of a wild outburst of Iraq army remains in barracks. Subsequently, party demonstrators speculation on the Stock Market. The casualties include an Air Force attacked the house of Mr. Lalala There was fremmed trading in pilot whose machine was shot down. Chmandas, a popular Sgure who had General Motors. Common stock He managed to set fire to it before
opposed the hartal
It is believed that over 200, per- which advanced over 857. This he himself was a whose machine utes of the hotine and one dethat they had no faith in the British Bantoe. Two thousand troops
Police dispersed the crowd. Three and Mr. Srinayasaiyengar declared sons were killed in the disaster at a new high record of started the movement with the re Another pilot whose
was shot down jumped into a ros
{KKUTEN'S "AMERICAN RERVICE)
seriously.
FARMYKO
- MORE DISAPPOINTMENT,
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
New D1, March 11th.
In the Assembly, Mr. Lajpatrai
Į REUTERS. AMERICAN HERVICE: 1-
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11th.
A telegram from Santos, states: that 300 persons have been killed or crushed in their houses-under millions of tons of earth caused by a subsidence at Mount Montserrat.
Indian Army scheme. It was not an ruins. insurance of peace but an insurance
sult that scores of issues advanced cuing acroplans and was carried monstrator were injured, but not Government with regard to the working feverishly to clear the from $3 to $17 per share, po off to safety. The cruiser Emerald
Thirty stocks rose to new high the sloop Crocus and the vessel levels for the year. with bare landed parties.
Pandemonium raigned on the
SHANGHAI, March 10th The semi-final Japanese news agency, Tohn, itsmes a telegram from its Hong Kong correspondenter of the Stock Exchange ne per- saying, it is rumoured that the Bri fish authorities in Hong Kong may
piring brokers struggled furiouly to carry out the deluge of buying
Ho Troops From India,
NEW DELHI, March 11th. Reuter is authorised to contradict orders from all parts of the coun- the rumours that troops are being from in connection with 27,000,000 to complete the Hukuang throng of shrieking hosrachoved the raids on the Iraq border-
A successful raid on a secret Com- munistie haunt in the native city at Shanghai was carried out yester
A large quantity of inflam loan day literature was seized, and a syn of the will-known Chinese com- munist leader, Chen Tu Shiu, was arrested.
BIG STRIKE IN SHANGHAI 35,000 FILATURE WORKERS GRIEVANCE AGAINST CHAPEI
POLICEMENDRA
(THROUGH LEVIER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAL, March 11th Thirty five thousand operatives, mostly women belonging to 88 Blatores in Shanghai, struck yester day morning demanding severe punishment of a number of Chapei policemen who they alleged, had beaten a flature worker to death with rifle butts when breaking up
demonstration
the
Railway..
Canton Government
HANYANG COMMUNIST RAID REPULSED.
** {THROUGH BEUTEL'S "ACENOZ.].
HAYAND, March 9ib. Communists have attacked the Water Police Headquarters in an attempt to seize the arms. The attempt to seize arms The attack, however, was repulsed by the the military.
COMMUNIST UPRISING IN
HUNAN
KALKAN KAVAL WIRELESS.
HARKOW, March 9th. Communists have staged a success Delegations interviewed the Deful, though apparently, bloodless, fente Commissioners and the Chief uprising ab LabLingin the south of Staff who promised investign tion, but the strike continues.
SZECHUAN DISPUTE.
NAVAL WIRILDI.
WANHEIT Reported
voiced brokers fought end strug | gled like a crowd of women at the opening of the day's sales around the General Motors post
where 200,000 shares in their common stock changed hands in four hours. The tape machines were unable to keep pace with the quotations, this adding wide-spread confusion to the dealings M
RAILS FOR TURKEY. BIG CONTRACT FOR NEW -YORK FIRM.
(THROUGH REDTEE'S AGENCY.]
THE MACHINE GUN PARTS MORE CONUNDRUM.
VIRTUALLY SHELVED." [TRROUGH REUTER'D AGENCT.1
Casey, March 11th. The League Council have virtually "shelved the conundrum of the machine gun parts to the Austro Hungarian frontierek
A Committee of three, who have been appointed to unfold the tangled akein in evidence, informed the Council that the incident abould be elucidated to the fallest extent, and
of continuous slavery A
Mr. Mackworth Young, Secretary MEXICAN MINES IN
of the Army Department, said, the Bghting units regarded it as im Practical to put British soldiers in India under the command of Indian officers, WRACA
AN ABYSSINIAN PRINCESS. VISITS BUCKINGHAM PALACE
WITH HER NURSE. (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
BAD WAY
LABOUR DISPUTES AND UNPROFITABLE PRICES
[REUTER'S AMERICAN: BEZVICE] RMERICO CITY, March 11th
A telegram from Guadalajara states that the American-owned Piedrabols Silver and Gold Mining-
he newspapers declares that many mines in the state of Chihua bus may be forced to ckoldown unless the price of metals river.
RUGBY, March 11th, Accompanied by her nurse the Company, have closed down their New York, March 10th. The etrength of the market is at It is Ennounced that Fox Bro- that it might, therefore, be neces young Princess Yashimabet, daughworks in Annslulico in the state of
presented to the King and Queen tributed to the squeezing of large thers International Corporation ofsary to end experts to the sceneter of Ra Tallari of Abysmia, was Jalisco owing to labour disputes. short interests in the more specula New York have secured a contract of the episode. ht
to build 150 miles of railway for The committee promises to report at Budngham Palace this mora- táva stocks and also to public/en-
the Turkish Government at a cost to the council before Jane. thusiaan.
of G.880,000,000. The contract in Bession Closed. (REDTEN'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]cludes the construction of break
CANEYA, March 11th NEW YORK, March 11th waters and piers, and modern dock The ression of the League Coun Another wild orgy of speculation ing and landing- Lacilities at the cil has closed. on the Stock Exchange took place ports of Men and Samsun yesterday which resulted in break- in all Saturday trading records, the total sales in a two-hour session exceeding $2,000,000, Enormous
of Hunan, it is authentically reprost making checked the upward ported The Communists are now movement, stocks closing heavy.
in full control of the town
A number of General Chea Chien's forces were ordered to at tack tho Communiata being sent from Changahs, hat they turned over to the Communists, making the position still more tioneA GADGE Extra troops ene HUT bomg den
tched from gChangsha, but the developments are being watched in ankow with considerable: anxiety,
FRANCO DUTCH TREATY
OF ARBITRATION.
THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCY:]
GENEVA, March 11th
BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE
HM THE
OBITUARY. FRENCH MINISTER TO SIAM.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE
17th
M terat
PATRON-IN
CHIE
-PARIS,
The death
LOND
THROUGH UTEKS AGENCY 1 March 11th
Rean, the Fren Bangkok's
The Kir Patron pire Service Teap 1. Brand, and Jonkheer Yan Priae of Wa Pokland have signed the Franco- King wi Dutch Treaty of arbitration and chief of the ex conciliation
throu bout the Emp
come MR BODMAN WANAMAKER
Patron. The
US ALIEN PROPERTY ACT.
[KEUSKO'S "AMERICAN AERVICH.
NEW-Yoxx, March 11th. President Coolidge has signed the Alien Property Actual
GEN DUNCAN AT BUCKING HAM PALACE.
THROUGH BROTER
-The King confer
ADENCY
10th palace
1 Dun
alarly in Shang
the
PORTUGAL AND THE LEAGUE
WHY THE LOAN FAILED