PREPARATIONS FOR A NORTHERN OFFENSIVE
MILITARY CONFERENCE AT PEKING CONCLUDES,
JAPAN REFUSES AMOY'S DEMANDS. WHAMPOA CADETS TAKEN TO FORMOSA:
ANOTHER NATIONALIST GENERAL DESERTS?
CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S RECENT DEFEAT CONFIRMED.
The recent defeat of Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang at the hands of Fengtian troops on the Chihli Homan front is confirmed. The scans of the defeat was Changti Ho, but details are still lacking. Reinforcements for Marshal Feng are concentrating at Wu- chang. These forces have come from the Changteh, area where they are known to have been in conflict with General Ho Chan. is deduced that General Ho Chen now controla this area.
Marshal Feng has made his headquarters at Hainshang, north of the Yellow River, where he is conducting a health cam paign."
At the conclusion of a conference of northern generala in Peking, the generale returned to their respective fronts, and it is rumoured that a general attack on Marshal Feng Tu Haiang is intended.
Following on the news that General Wang Tung Kai, the Shaasi commander, had turned over, it is now' rumoured that" General Tang Seng Chi may also join the Northerners
IMPENDING NORTHERN
OFFENSIVE?
(Wah Ter Yq¢ Pao.)
Son Chuan.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 22nd, 1928
JAPAN'S REPLY TO AMOY PROTEST.
(Wah Tr Fat Pao.)
́SHANGHAI, March ŝist. Regarding the protest made by Chu......... Yu | the people of Amoy against the arrest, by the Japanese, of four Whampoa cadets of Korean nation ality, the Japanese Consul at Amoy has replied to the Foreign Commis signer of Amoy that he is unable to comply with the demands of the Chinese.
SHANGHAI, March 21st. General. Chung Trung Cha
Fang, Pu, Chang Hsueh Liang, and Yang Yu Ting, having concluded a mili tary conference at Peking, have proceeded to their respective fronts. It is hinted that a general attack on Marshal Feng Ya Hsiang is impending
It is widely reported that the HONAN HEALTH CAMPAIGN, four cadets who were arrested have
(Wah Tez Tát Pao.)
SHAFORAI, March 21st. Hoinshaug, to the north of the Yellow River in Ronan, where Marshal Fang Yu Hsiang has estab- Fahed his temporary headquarters, started a health campaign on the 186h inst. A number of high civil officials and military officers havS taken a lead in carrying on thia campaign.
Even Marshal Feng himself, with the leading members of his staff, dragged a dust car through many thoroughfares with a view to setting an example to the citizens.
TANG SENG - CHI MAY DESERT. REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVED AT NANKING.
[NAVAL WIRELESS |
NARKING, March 30th.. The latest new current here is that Tang Seng Chi has arrived, and rumours are going the round that he may desert General Ho Chen and join the Northern Exped
been taken to Formosa under guard.
"CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S" DEFEAT CONFIRMED.
DETAILS NOT AVAILABLE.
[NAVAL WIRELESS.)
CHANGTI-HO, March 20th. The report that Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang had suffered a reverse from the Fengtien forces on March 16th on the Chibli-Henan front is now confirmed, but detaï's are still lack- ing. The defeat was inflicted on the Christian General at Changt
Hom
AMERICAN TELE GRAPH MERGER.
PLAN FOR "INTERNATIONAL
RISER COMPANY.
CO-OPERATION WITH WIRELESS..
ANGLO-AMERICAN COM- PETITION.
FREUTER'S AMERICAN SERVIC
New York, March 91st. The cables merger announced yes terday is officially confirmed. Wire less services will be operated to
supplement the existing cable wa tem
cornmercial cables,
Reply To Britain,
【THROUGH REUTER'S AGINCE.]
Lampos, March 21st,"
THE SOVIET AND THE RUSSIAN PLAN.
JAPAN
WHAT A TOKYO, JOURNAL ALLEGES
IS BARON GOTO CONDUCT-
··ING NEGOTIATIONS?
{THROUÜR BRUTER'S AGENCY.;
Toxy, March 31st, Though the Foreign Office and also the representatives of Baron Goto categorically deny any truth in the story the digs avers that Baron Goto is carrying out private
negotiatione for M. Kas
BRITAIN'S GRAVE CRITICIOM.
IS THE SOVIET AGAINST:
* CIVIL WAR?
(THROUGH REUSER'S 'AGENCY.)
COTTON MILLS CLOSING.
JAPAN BUYING MACHINERY.
"AMALGAMATION: NEEDED.
"[TUROVUN REUTER'S ADESIGN, [
GENEVA, March, 20th
LONDON, March 20th. The eagerly awaited debate on
The position arising from the the Soviet proposal for complete recent breakdown in the Cotton disarmament of all countries in Conference was discussed at a meet the world, was opened today by ing of the representatives of the General di Marinis (Italy) who Master Cottonspinners Associations dealt with the proposals by saying
and the Manufacturers Association that the plan was neither accept-
at Manchester able nor rejectable as a whole.
ARMY ESTIMATES
LABOUR CRITICISM OF SINGAPORE BASE.
REPORT STAGE CON- CLUDED
[THEOUGH REUTER G AGENCY:}
LONDON, March 20th. Labour attacked the Government on conditions in Singapore at the
to-day. report stage of the Army Estimates
Mr. WT. Kelly (Rochdale, Lab.) referred to the most anset tling rumours of the conditions.
It is not considered probable that Claus, the French repro the Employers Fedoration will under which employees of the War TO DE SANTE Kforce in fase with the operatives Department in Singapore were čh- sentative at the Conference, made on the proposal to reduce wages liged to live an effective address folowing much and lengthen hours, but there exists. He asserted that the conditions a strong feeling in the trade there were a disgrace to Britain and de- the
same lines
week, not including, as at present, dard as an example to people in hould be 18-hour production dared that we ought to sub-a stan the time needed to clean the that part of the world, g machinery.
Question In Parliament, pridd, Laby Baked what propor
UMTIMardy Jones (Ponty-
ing" at "the"opening of an official the Soviet regarding parky Manchuria and Mongolia
According to the way the points The speech of the day, however, being discussed are, Arstly, the
was that of Lord Curbendua (Great establiment of spheres of in
Britain) whe spoke for an hour be fuence; secondly, "Japan's - pare 12,
fore the adjournment and severely chase of the southern section of.
criticised the Soviet plan the Chinese Eastern Railway be The League Ignored. "tween Harbin and Kwanchentze
The plan contemplates the forms tion of a new commercial postal company under the chairmanship of Mr. Mackay, The Intention is to acquire the outstanding stock of the Mackay Companies controlling
In the House of Commons, Mr. | Lion" of the money being spent in the submarine and land lines of
T. Johnston (Dundee, Lan) drew Singapore during the forthcoming the commercial undertaking, and
attention to the Glebe Mill at Old-financial year was being used on the enuseway linking up the main- ham," "which he said was sold at a eventually to form a new Interna-
Lord Curhandun argued that break-up price and the machinery land with the island. S tromal Cable Company also under thirdly, the issuance of a Soviet soms of these proposa's were quite shipped to the Far East to be Japanese Purchases? Mr. Mackay to take charge loan on the Japanese market in Impossible and he was particulars longer hours. Four hundred work was a fact that a number of Jap
operated with cheaper labour for He also wanted to know if it return for facilities, including severe on the omission of mention ers had been thrown out of employ anese planters had bought up large favourable freightage, in agreement of the League of Nations, notwith ment in England, et tracts of land which were militar 1- standing the fact that the Soviet Mr. Johnston naked whether simily of great importance from the with the South Manchuria Railway delegates had come to Genera to Lar sales of machinery, were pro standpoint of the Singapore "dev and the Chinese Eastern Radway- discuss disarmament under thejected to Indian and Japanese fences He further expressed
League of Natione,Mana
capitalists, and what steps the strong doubts as to whether local City correspondents accept the This connection, it will be remem Lord Cashendan expressed agree. Board of Trade proposed to take opisien in Singapore was very American Telegraph Merger an abered, the Fremier denied when a ment with the proposal that a small in this connection is j
strongly in favour of the Singa reply to the British cable and wire somewhat similar report was cur- examine the plan
committee should be appointed to Reconstruction From Within poro base, pok less combination scheme. They
Bir Philip Cunliffe Lister ro rent on the 10th it. ---
plied that he was not swam of the ticipate that the keenest Angie
Lord Cushendus produced a sen case cited, but it was a fect that's
He mentioned that the total ex- American competition will develop
cation in the assemblage by the number of cotton-spinning mills vigour of his castigation of the were being closed down" and "the" Soviet suberquently. He declared machinery sold as penditure incurred up to the pre- that the League had never received Some portion of the machinery £132,000 would be spent
Bont was £683,000. This year any support from Humia where sold under these circumstances, Geneva and all its works were re might be shipped abroad, but helt Employment Of Labour.- viled:
could not see what power he had The general instructions issued The Soviet delegates, he declar to probibit the exporte regarding the employment of la
ed the opinion that it was much be employed in accordance with Sir Philip Cunliffe Listér express- bourers was that the men should one purpose in their minds, to un- mack the capitalistic States and to more important that there should sabotage the League o be an amalgamation and recon- I the Article of the Russian struction of the Lancashire cotton scheme which disallowed sanctions trade (which must come from with- against an offender was accepted, so that new machinery might be it would be necessary to repeal the installed. Covenant of the League, he pointed outdrag
from it.
Radio Not Yet Involved
NEW YORK, March 21st. Mr. Owen Young, Chairman of
particu-
[Baron Goto, who is larly active Japaness politician, was recently in Moscow with a commer, cal delegation from Japan]
FRENCH SUMMER- TIME:
OHANGE
Men Vigorous Attack.
the Radio Corporation, stated that GENERAL ELECTION CAUSES ed, had come to Geneva with only the Radio Corporation was not in- volved in the merger but approved
of the action, taken. He believed: that a combination of the United
States wire and wireless systems was inevitable.
SWARAJIST MOTION
REJECTED.
COUNCIL'S MANDATE
-FLOUTED."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGINGT-]
Mannas, March 20th.
[THROUGH EXUYER'S AGENCY.]
and
Technical Advice,
PARIS, March 20th. The Government has decided that
Summer Time will come into force
The Soviet propoen's must be at midnight on April 14th, instead submitted to the Governments re of April 21st, as previously agreed presented at the Commission se they would necessarily wish to between Britain, Belgium
"confer with their technical ex- Holland.
perts. Comsequently, he argued, it would be impossible to go en The Parliamentary election takes with full discussion of the pro place on April 22nd, and the date poeals during the present Sessions,
Lord. Cushendun said he believ | of Summer Time has been fixeded that disarmament could be achieved much more easily by per severance and patience...
The Legislative Council has resight days ahead in order to avoid jected, by 69 votes to 40, the the possibility of misunderstand Swarajist motion of non-confidenceings over the closing of the polls in the Ministry.
THE DONETZ ARRESTS.
GERMANY SHOWS HER DISPLEASURE. SUA
ام
The Swarajists launched a severe itack on the Chief Minister for flouting the Council's mandate to boycott the Btatutory Commiamion, faded by Sir John Simon.
The Chief Minister expressed the opinion that the Commission took
The Concentration On Wachang
The troops under General Pei Tsung Hsi and Chen Chien, now concentrating at Wnchang app to be reinforcements for Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang. These two forces came from the Changteh aren, where they had been engaged with It would therefore, appear that the House, which he interpreted not they had hurriedly left Changter as a censore of his attitude but as to go to the help of the Christian a lead to the country General, and in the absence of any other report, Ho Chen must be in control of that area once again.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BERLIN, March 20th. Permission granted to, & number of Russian engineers to inspect the
withdrawn," the decision. being die-
* Pertinent Question.
The surprise of the attack was enhanced when Lord Cushendan poked: Are the Soviete against civil war?" He declared that they were endeavouring, to create such diril wars in other coun- tries,
THE IBSEN CENTENARY
CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT
NORWAY
(THROUGH REUTEE'I AGENCY.]**
Oso March 20th.
Sir Laming Worthing Evans, the Secretary for War, pointed out that discussion of the ban was totally outside his sphères
fair local rates, and he did not doubt that that instruction was being carried out. Nepas AND [BRITIER : WIRELESS' SERVICE]
⠀ In - introducing Estimates earlier, ing Worthington the conception
the War Office bad of. the develop ment of tanks and mechanised forces was not that they could re place the "eshock – tactics of the Cavalry
Should they be in a country where vehicles could not carry- A saluts of 21. guns was fired by guns, but where animals must do al Norwegian fortresses to day in that work, men so trained would connection with the centenary of be capable of functioning under fbeen, which is being celebrated | those circumstances....... throughout Norway, and leo m Mechanising Cavalry.png England.
With regard to the organisation Oslo decked with flags, and the of two cavalry regiments with British, representative was song armoured cars, namely the the speakers at a ceremony at the Eleventh Hussars and Twelfth cemetery where the poet les Lancers, the Minister pointed out buried
LORD BALFOUR'S ILLNESS.
CONDITION SATISFACTORY.
[TUROUGH" ZEUTER'S AGENCY.}
that they would each be mounted. in three squadrons of thirty-four armoured care, Santos de video The present estimates provided that during this year the Eleventh Husbars" which was the regiment at Home should have 34 armoured. cars, and the regiment in Egypt, the Twelfth Lancers, should shave eleven armoured cars, so that only. and other two squadrons would to mounted in the succeeding year. Ho could not do it completely in Egypt this year.
tion under Chiang Kai Shek. the troops of General Ho Cher Procedence over the boycott rate of Rhenish industrial, works has been pared to go even further than she need to cancel al engagements one squadron, would be mounted
General Tang Seng Chie troops
are now stationed in Hun2.3 72.
In Chindiang great number of junks have been commandeered to transport troops to the North Bank
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION.
NATIONAL ORIGIN CLAUSE POSTPONED,
WHOLE QUESTION TO BE REVIEWED.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WARRINGTON, March 31st. The Senate has pamed the John- son resolution, postponing for a year the effective date of the national ongin clause of the Immigration] Act, considerably increasing the quots of British manigrants allow ed. It is expected that the whole position will be further reviewed during the year and
NORTH POLE FLIGHT. SCENES AT DEPARTURE OF
BASE SHIP T
THROUGIL HEUTER'S AGENCY:
VI SPZL March 29th - The & Citta" de Milano, which "will serve na": a-base-ship for the semi-dirigible'a Italia in which the Polar light
gen,
BRITAIN'S AIR RECORD.
PROGRESS OF CIVIL FLYING
FREUTER'S LAEUTIK'S "AMERICAN SERVICE.",
LONDON, March 20th A claim that Britain is clear ahead of every country in the world in the development of civil aviation was made by Sir Samuel Hoare during the debate on the Air Estimates, which were passed by the House of Commone after a metion by Commander Kenworthy (Lab) to reduce the vote concern- ing men by 100, had been rejected by 217 votes to 90.**
ADMIRAL COLLARD'S
SUCCESSOR.
(THROUGH BEITER'S AGENCY.)
As regards navali disarmament, he said Britain was prepared to abolish submarines if other coum tries did the same, and was pre- tated by the recent arrest of Ger- had already gone in the reduction man engineers at the Donetz coal of battleship (Jap
Viscount Sato (Japan) pronounc basin, baby bed the Commission to be incou
ONE-ARMED COMMUNIST
petent to deal with the Human proposals without the consent of the Commeil of the Assembly. Ha would continue co-operation nevertheless hoped that the Soviets
ARRESTED.
SEQUEL TO FASCIST MURDER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GANG LONDÓN, March 20th.
-Bring March 20th: The Admiralty has appointed Rear Admiral William M. Kerr, to
A pone-armed Itakan Communist take command of the First Battle named Favon has been arrested Squadron of the Mediterranean car Baalt. He is inspected of Fleet in succession to Rear-Adompheity in the murder of Signor miral Bernard Collard, who has been recalled in connection with the incidents on board HMB Royal Dak
WELCOMED HOME. COLDETREAM GUARDS BACK FROM CHINA
(THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Sir Samuel Hoare, the Air
WEAVY Lospor, March 20th Minister, replying to the debate, "The 2nd Batt. Coldstream Guards claimed that from the point of have arrived from Shanghai in the view of reliability, of economy and transport Assaye, and will be wel of administration, we were doomed on disembarkation to mor- finitely ahead of any country in the -row by Lieut. General Codrington, world in the matter of civil avia the Colonel of the Regiment, tion. NON
We were making better progrERN
than any other country in making (AUSTRIA'S DEBT TO US.A divili kvistion:
Hting The
ity of the arevici was now £5 per centi: n compa
78 per cent four
years
the Bingapore®
INTERNATIONAL LOAN?
› REUTER'S - AMERICAN SERVICE1
WASHINGTON, March 2012 WAS CONOCEoed Bir
President" Coolidge has address- Samuel Hoare said that the accome edik message to
anting? tion-provided there for Aring | for ~ legislation
the {{of the general funding-of- cheme, and assuming the Unte
there obviously must be ered
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son for an AI FOTO
minted "the WarESİDE
the the Fleet.
terms:
leader, was shot down at the door
complete dis
Loxton, March 20th. Lord Balfour, who has been come owing to ill health; is reported to have passed a good might and his
dadition is satisfactory
SUZUKI & CO. LONDON BRANCH WOUND UP
PORTUGUESE- INTERPORT
BILLIARDS.
HONG KONG INCREASES
LYLEADS
There were two matches played at the Lusitano Club night the result of which Hong Kong ■ lead of 603- The first game between Mr. Boasa, of Shanghai, and Mr. Lur Hong Kong, was won
the
Umpractical Proposals.
* A compulsory order for the wind- >[BRITISH" WIRELESS HIRVICE}^
ing up of Suzuki & Co., Ltd, was Kreay, March 20th.
made by Ma. Justice Eve in the In opening Lord Cushendan said Chancery Division of the High the first principle of the Russian Court, London, on the petition of project, namely complete disarma the Equitable Trust Com of New ANOTHER EXHIBITION GAME ment would be decepted by every York, and of 10, Moorgate, E.C Savorelli m Paris's week ago ons as an ideal, and he was certain Mr. Bischod, for the Equitable signer Savogel, Fascist no-one was prepared to reply in Trust Co, and it was a creditor a of the fat of some friends, a tee to the principle that petition asking for the winding up phone message having previously of al
was the aim of a Japanese company which car. been received enquiring if Javo At the same time he thought
ried on business in this country- ght if
ME Justice Eve And properly reli was in the house
The murdered man answered theed M. Litvinoff to have shown. Bdschoff Yes
was impossible, and he would have. registered 1 door when the bos ang shortly how it might be doner. Justice Eve. Does the com- latter. His highest break was b afterwards, three thots rang on As far as Great Britain was con the Boor was slammed, and Saro corned, she was in favour of die Kinden: I appear for the gume war 30
pany appear 1 points, while his average for the relli was found dead, the tassin armaments, but there were many company. We have considered the 5.00 with a best break having disappeared.]
Sen ANGLO GERMAN CONVEN-
TION SIGNED5
THROUGH REUTERS AGENCY Mesto
LONDON, March 20th,
Convention Anglo German's for facilitating judicial procédure has been signed in London by Bir Austen Chamberlain, and the Ger -man-Ambassador.The. Convention
is subject to ratifestion:
FEWER UNEMPLOYED
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questions to be decided first, and that was the 'resson why he sug- gested the Ruman plan should ho discussed, so that all that wan sken and good in it mig made use of by
Lord Curbendum throughout their 03 Soviet did League of
position and we are satisfied that The game was won by here alternative but to con- A 215. p.m. Mrs
Op order(Shanghai) met Mr. Lionel Cohen: Liappear, for the
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