MARSHAL LI TSAI HSIN'S PROPOSALS AT NANKING.
CHALLENGE TO EXTREMIST MEMBERS. `
BRITISH SETTLEMENT OF NANKING INCIDENT.
PORTUGAL ACCEPTS INTERIM
REGULATIONS.
Marshal Li Tani Hain has put forward certain proposals be fore the Fifth Plenary Session dealing with the abolition of branch political commissions and the political rights of "armed comrades.". These proposals are apparently put forward in op- position to the extremist members, who are attempting to elimin- ate the Kwangai clique from political power. Among other things discussed at the Plenary Session was the date of calling the Third National Kuomintang Delegate convention. This date will not be fixed until the conclusion of the present conference. The Ses- sion will be continued to-morrow.
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Portugal has consented to the abrogation of her treaty, with China, and the Portuguese Consul-General in Shanghai, saya a report from the vernacular papers, will be given full powers to negotiate with the Nationalist Government. Portugal has niso re- cognised the validity of the seven interim regulations to span the period until treaty revision has been completed. These regu- Intions have been regarded with great disfavour by most of the Powers,
MARSHAL LI-TSAI HSIN'S PROPOSALS.
(Fah Te Yat Pau).
·SHANGHAI, August 9th. Marshal Li Tsai Hein's proposals for discussion in the Plenary Scasion are as follows:-
The problem of abolishing branch political commissions in all provinces must be settled by the coming 3rd National Kuomintang Delegates Conference. The 4th Plenary Session called last year authorised the continuation of such
a political system so that in the pre- sent session it is out of place to veto
it.
FENG PRESENT.
THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
YANKING, August 8th.
At to-day's meeting of the Fifth Plenary Session delegates, there were 34 present including five members of the Cantonese "Clique," the Left-Wingers.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10th, 1928.
EARTHQUAKE AND ERUPTION.
DISASTER IN DUTCH INDIES,
- HUGE DEATH ROLL.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
BATAVIA, Aug 9th,
A resident of Timor reports that nearly the whole island of Paloe- weh in the Dutch. Indies W&A destroyed by the eruption of a volcano on August 4th and 5th. Six villages were destroyed by fire and the death roll is believed to be a thousand, while six hundred were injured by flying fragments.
Further casualties to known number were caused by the submersion of the whole seaboard of the island through an earthquake which occurred at the same time.
an Lin-
STEFAN RADITCH
DEAD.
MURDEROUS ATTACK IN
PARLIAMENT.
CROATIA'S CHAMPION.
(THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.]
BELGRADE, August 5th. The population is grief-stricken At the end of the stormy career of Stefan Raditch which Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang was since the formation of the Kingdomi also present.
of Yugo-Slavia has been devoted to an attempt to break up the Serbian domination in the Belgrade Govern-
The only business which, WAS passed through to-day was a deci sion that the burial of Sun Yat Sen at Nanking will take place on July 1st, 1929.
PORTUGUESE TREATY.
(Wah The Fat Pzo.)
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ment and secure better representa-. tion for Croatia which, historical- iy, is an independent kingdom traditionally linked in friendly re- lations with Hungary.
Raditch, who was once a Croatian deputy in the Hungarian Parlia ment, spent a short time in a hos- pital in Belgrade after the tragic incident in the Skupshtina on June 20th but returned to Zagreb in July, his journey through. Croatia
2-In accordance with Party principles every individual member of the Kuomintang is accorded an equal legal right, and there is no reason to deprive the "armed com- Sino-Portuguese treaty, the Portu. being marked by scenes of 'remark-
rades" of any political right.
SHANGHAI, August 9th. In consenting to China's demand of the abrogation of the existing
guese Minister has recognised the validity of the Nationalist Govern ment's seven regulations, governing the modus vivendi.
Marshal Li's above mentioned proposals are intended apparently to challenge the "Leftist" executive members who are attempting to use!
The Portuguese Government will effort to eliminate 'the every
Kwangsi Clique" from political delegate to the Portuguese Consul
power.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
JI
(Teun Fan Fat Pan.)
SHANGHAI, August 8th... The following are important re- solutions passed by the Plenary Session yesterday:--·
1.The burial ceremony for Sun Yat Sen's remains will take place on January 1st next year,
2. The date for the calling of the 3rd National Kuomintang Delegate Convention will not be fixed until the Organisation Department of the Central Kuomintang presents a 're. port of Party affairs, the decision being taken at the close of the Plenary Session.
General in Shanghai full power to negotiate with the Nationalist Gov ernment for the revision of the Sino-Portuguese treaty.
AGREEMENT REACHED?
(THROTCH REUTEE'S ADENCY.)
SHANGHAI, August 9th. A representative of the Nanking Foreign Ministry and Sir Sidney Barton negotiated the Nanking In- cident Agreement all day yesterday at the British Consulate-General, Shanghai.
Both left for Nanking last night, and it is expected that format signature will take place "to-day, Sir Sidney Barton leaves for Eng land on Saturday. DANISH MINISTER FETED.
(THROUGH REUTERʼo aqency.]-
NANKING, August 8th. The Danish Minister to China, M. Henrik de Kaufmann, is being elaborately entertained as the first a-The suspension of General Foreign Minister formally to vint Ching Chien's Executive member-Nanking.
. de Kaufmann is staying at the ship is confirmed while Mr. Mao Foreign Ministry's palatial hostel Peng will be appointed to take his and is spending his time calling upon various, members of the Gov- place.
erament and sight-seeing
SOUTHERN RHODESIA'S
GOVERNOR.
LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CALLS.
BRITAIN TO ITALY. SIR C. H. RODWELL
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] {THROUGH REUTER'B - AGENCY.]
RUGBY, August 8th. LONDON, August 8th...
The Postmaster General Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell; K.C.M.G., who has been Governor ounces that a telephone service and Commander-in-Chief of British will be established between this "Guiano since 1925, has been ap country and Italy, vid Switzerland. Communication will be available
an-
pointed Governor of Southern from all parts of Great Britain, but The new appointee," who was born will be restricted initially in Italy In 1874, was educated at Eton and to calls to and from Milan.
Rhodesia.
King's College, Cambridge. He served with the Buffolk Yeomanry in the South African War, and from 1901 to 1903 was attached to Lord Milner's Staff. From 1904 tó 1918, he was appointed Governor of Fiji, a position which he held until hir transference to British Guiana.)
"F14" "DEATH ROLL.
(THROUGH REUTER.'H AGENCY.]
ROME, August 8th. It is now stated the total death roll in the Italian submarine dias- ter was £7.
able enthusiasm. Raditch, however, never recovered from his wound.
Vast Crowd At Editor's Funeral:
BELGRADE, August 8th.
A vast crowd attended the funeral
to-day of M. Vlada Ristovitch, the editor of the Jedintaro," who was
assassinated on Monday in the streets of Belgrade by political agents, who were incensed at a campaign conducted in the" news... paper against M. Stefan Raditch.
Nine shots were fired, M. Ristovitch being killed outright and a policeman, who had come to his nid, being wounded
WARSPITE REPAIRED.
REJOINS MEDITERRANEAN.
FLEET.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
Losbox, August 8th. H.M.8. Warspite, the battleship" of the Elizabeth class, which struck an uncharted obstruction off Repi Island Light, near Skiathos, in the Aegean Sea last month, has been repaired at Malta, and leaves to-day to rejoin the Mediterranean Fleet at Argostoli.
The Flest will return to Malta on August 24th, after which H.M.S. Warpite will leave for England.
AIR MAILS TO SOUTH
AMERICA.
SERVICE VIA FRANCE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
Ruay, August 8th. The Postmaster General an- nounces that a new air mall service has been established with Brazil, Uruguay and Argentine, vid France..
The service may be used, in addition, for correspondence ad dressed to Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile.
SLATER'S FUTURE PLANS. WORK ON INVENTION.
[BRITISH WIRELESS KERVICE.]
RUGBY, August 8th. Oscar Blater, who has accepted an ex-gratia payment of £8,000 by the Government, following the quashing of the conviction for the murder of Miss Gilchrist,in Glas gow in 1909,stated in an interview
I am now going to have a quiet rest, after which. I intend to work out an idea for a machine which I have patented."
Under the sentence, Slater served 18 years imprisonment,
NEGOTIATIONS IN THE HEDJAZ.
TUNNEY AND THE RING.
SUDDEN BREAKDOWN,
PRECAUTIONS AT FRONTIER.
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The
conference
BAGDAD, Aug. 9th.
between Sir
are
MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER,
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WEALTHY PHILOSOPHERS.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN "BERVICE.] „
NEW YORK, August 8th. Gene Tunney's engagement to Miss Josephine Lauder, the daugh-
day, bas caused a mild sensation in society circles.
Tunney recently announced his permanent retirement from" pro- fessional boxing.
SPEED HIGHWAY PROJECT.
LONDON TO BRIGHTON SCHEME.
BLISS FOR ROAD HOGS.
(BRITIBA WIRLESS SERVICE.]
Roday, August 8th." The latest development in motor travelling is a scheme for the con-
from London to Brighton.
i.
The proposed rind would have na cross roads, and would have separate "up" and "dowa " tracks, so that collisions would be impossible.
Gilbert Clayton and Ton Saud haster of a millionaire, announced to-struction of a special motor road broken down. Precautions being taken on the frontier.
The last message on this ques- tion was dated May 2nd and stated that the Colonial Office an- nounces that the negotiations begun at Jeddah on May 8th between Sir Gilbert Clayton and the King of the Hedjan Sand, have made very satisfactory progresa.
The conversations have now been auspended owing to the approach
The charming 21-year-old Jore phine Lauder, for whom Tunney has abandoned the lure of the ring in which he netted nearly $2,000,000 is B great niece of Andrew Carnegie. Like the champion, she is a keen student of literature and
of the pilgrimage season, and the philosophy. She is heiress to a British Miselon is returning to fortuns estimated at £10,000,000 London to reporti
sterling.
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED.
It will return to Jeddah at the earliest possible moment to resume the acgotiations, which throughout have been animated by a spirit of ITALIAN'S SERIOUS PLIGHT. conciliation and a genuine desire to"ersze good relations.
U.S. COTTON CROP
ESTIMATES.
MARKET STAMPEDED.
BROKERS' 'OPINIONS.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
NEW YORK, August 8th. The first official crop estimate of the reason has stampeded "shorts" on the Cotton Market.
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The estimate gives 14,201,000 bales, or nearly 65 per cent of normal, and over 500,000 bales below expectation.
The publication of the report was followed by a general rush of buy ing, values jumping up as much as 88 per bale. Later, however, the
CROWDS ROUND HOSPITAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S "AGENCY.]
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 8th. It has now been ascertained that it was Major Del Prete who broke his legs in yesterday's terrible fly- ing disaster, and not Captain Fer- rarin as first reported.
It is feared that both legs may have to be amputated in order to save the famous airman's life.
The whole city has been shocked by the catastrophe, and large crowds gathered outside the hos- pital to gather news of the con- dition of the victims. All social functions have been suspended.
Atlantic Flier's Fate.
Paris, August 8th. The famous French"pilot, Capt. Drouhin, who was preparing for.a flight across the Atlantic, was test- ing his machine to-day, when engine
There would be no speed limit, and the distance of about sixty miles could therefore easily be covered in one hour, or less that the time taken by the fastest express train.
for the project is stated to be ready, The capital of £3,000,000 required
whilst the route has already been surveyed.
It is hoped to obtain Parliament- ary sanction for the scheme during the autumn session.
PAPER-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA.
£2,000,000 PLANS FOR NEW INDUSTRY.
PLENTY OF TIMBER FOR
PULP.
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SYDNEY, N.S.W. Hitherto Australia has imported every bit of paper used in the coun- try and no doubt it will continue
to do so for some time to come...
But there is a likelihood that the Commonwealth will become sell supporting in this connection before long, and it is hoped that later on it will actually be an exporter of paper. It is estimated that an initial expenditure of about £2,000,000 will be necessary to establish the industry on a stable
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AT THE MENIN GATE.
ARCHBISHOP'S STIRRING
ADDRESS
PRINCE AND LADY HAIG.
[RITISH WIRELESS BERVICE}
Rugar, August 8th..
were touched Deep emotions among the 13,000 British Legion
Wales, at the service of remen- pilgrims, headed by the Prines of.
brance held at the Menin Gate: memorial at Ypres to-day. The im- pressive two minutes silence" so. affected the multitude that women sobbed and men had difficulty in keeping back
tears. Beside the Prince of Wales on the platform by the magnificent ruin of the old Cloth Hall there were
present
at
the service Prince Charles of Belgium, Admiral Lord Jellicoe (President of the British Legion) and a number of distin guished French Generals.
The service, which was conducted. by Dr. Jarvis, Chaplaia-General to the Forces, was beautiful sin its simplicity and contained no note of triumph beyond that of triumph over death. It concluded with an address by His Grace the Arch- bishop of York and Archbishop-. Elect of Canterbury.
Was It Worth While ? In the course of his address, Dr. Lang said: We meet here to revive memories and the spirit which have made this place for erer sacred in the hearts of the British race. Yet when we remember the sacrifice of youth and treasure and precious blood poured ont on the fields of France and Flanders, the question springs unbidden to the mind Was it all worth while 1 Here at this Gate let there be no faltering in the answer. Yes, a thousand times yes:
spirit was active and men- acing which used war, or the threat of war, as a normal instrument of- policy. It has been laid low and dethroned in the very lands where önce it seemed to reign. It will soon be renounced in a solemn and".
market reacted under heavy local traubló developed and the plane basis, but there is money behind deliberate pledge by all the ations
and Southern selling, coupled with a bélief that the Government has mude a liberal allowance for weevil damage, while the weather since the Government observation has not
favoured the weevil,
Nevertheless, offerings were well absorbed, and the market before its close again showed an upward
movement.
Brokers, interviewed by Reuter, expressed various opinions. Some believed that a 20-cent level is high enough (prices for various futures. at the close ranged from 18.80 to 20.08), while others predicted a sharp upward move in the event of any constructive news developing.
STORM HAVOC IN FLORIDA.
HUGE DAMAGE DONE
TOWN SERVICES. PARALYSED,
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
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NEW YORK, August 8th. Stories from Jacksonville, Florida, tell a story of huge damage to property in the wake of a tropical storm which is now believed to be howling across the south and central districts of Florida, after clearing a path of destruction down the East Coast.
Terrible Havoc... Information now available shows that at least G.28,000,000 damage has been done in Florida, the places suffering chiefly being Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, and Stuart.
Hundreds of houses have had their roofs blown off, a number having collapsed completely. Corps have been destroyed, while all com munications, such as electricity, telephones, cars, etc. have been crippled.
The roads are strewn with trees which have been badiiy uprooted while hundreds of shopwindows have been shattered. It is the worst storm experienced in this part of the country for many years.
crashed.
Capt. Drouhin was lifted out of the wreckage seriously injured, two others were less dangerously hurt, while a fourth occupant of the `plane was killed outright.
LATER. Captain Drouhin has died in hospital.
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COFFIN AS WEDDING PRESENT.
GRIM JEST ON A YOUNG BRIDE.
VIENNA, July 18th,
A grim jest by members of the Happy Life" Club was the oc- cosion of an unusual libel action heard in the Graz Courts when it was described how a young wife was horrified shortly after marri- *age to find coin standing at her door, writes the Vienna correspon- dent of the Daily Express.
Herr George Dahn belonged to. the club, the wealthy, eccentric members of which swore an oath to remain unmarried for life.
Last month, having discovered that a happy life was something quite different from that prescribe ed by the club rules, Dahn "threw its principles overboard and marri- ed his charming Viennese secretary, neglecting to inform the club of his defection.
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the project, and a company is in process of formation.
Some of those concerned have
in the past been associated with the development of Broken Hill, and several of the biggest newspaper proprietors in Australia are finan- cially interested. The headquarters will be in Tasmania.
The Commonwealth Council of Science and Industry-an official body-has been making investiga- tions and experiments for a conside rable period, and it has arrived at the following conclusions:
who ten years ago were locked în the throes of war. Through the
has been won, as never before in sufferings and sacrifice of war, there
human history, a settled will to seek peace and ensue it."
Britain To-day.
Ten The "Archbishop added:- years ago, our hearts were full of high purpose, full of hopes for a better and a happier life for all our people. What has come "of them 7 How do they meet the challenge of insecurity, of unemployment, or de That there is plenty of suitable pression, which lies like a blight. wood available, especially in Tas- upon the industrial North of Eng- mania, Victoria, and South Ausland from which I come.??? tialia.
That this wood is easily made into pulp at a low cost.
That this pulp, with proper treatment, is capable of being con- verted into a wide range of .papers,
He declared that the bettering of the life of the British common wealth was a cause demanding sacrifices no less real than those which were offered in the stress of
war.
Testimony to the abundance of
The last scene of the ceremony hardwood in Tasmania has been
was a march of British Legionaries provided by Mr. L. G. Irby, the
past the Prince of Wales, which Conservator of Forests in that occupied over an hour. Some of the State. He declares that an ordinary Legionaries limped on crutches Tasmanian forest of eucalypts will other, were armless. average from 30,000 to 50,000 super-medals.. ficial feet of excellent milling timber, to the acre. Then, in addition, thèi e are large quantities of beech on the island.
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The experiments of the Council of Science and Industry demon- strate that the pulp from beech has practically the same qualities as that obtained from the eucalypts, and that therefore it could be used for the same purposes..
All wore
Prince's Act, The Prince noticed, that Lady Haig,, widow of the late Marshal who led the British forces to victory, was marching with the women pilgrims. He at once asked her to join him on the platform and share the salute. It was a gracious and spontaneous action, which was particularly appreciated by the wives and mothers among the pil- grims.
What The Maid Found, The day after the couple return- ed from the honeymoon the bell rang at the door of their newly furnished flat. The maid opened it to find undertaker's men in black carrying & coffin and bearing a let ter. The terrified girl rushed to her mistress, who was alone, with the letter, crying, "A man has brought your coffin, ma'am.”
The bride, opening the letter; which was addressed to her hus band, and read: “We wish you the best of everything.; Therefore, since the only good wife is a dead wife, we send you this little wed-pole timber from eight to twelve neighbourhood. His Royal High
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TRAIN DRIVERS' WAGES. ding gift. (Signed) President,
Happy Life Club."
·CONFERENCE ACCEPTS
REDUCTION.
/ [THLOUGH REUTER'8" AGENCY.]
LONDON, August 9th. The conference of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen has by a majority vote. accepted the wages reduction agree- ment
The shock was so great that the wife fell unconscious. When she came to herself she indignantly ex pelled, the undertakers.
Judge's Verdict, Her action for Hbel against Herr Gottfried Keller, president of the club, was heard in a crowded court Her counsel asked for exemplary damages, but Judge Presigner, de clared that the president was not The question of whether the pre- guilty of libel, although the joke sent agreement should be terminat-was in the worst taste, and even ed will be brought up at the Annual dangerous. Frau Daho will sp Assembly held in May, 1929.. peal to a higher court.
A scheme of reafforestation and regrowing will proceed simultane. ously with the pluping of wood and the manufacture of paper. Under this scheme it is calculated that
inches in diameter will be ready to put in about ten years' time:"
The prospects of the industry seem to be good. Apart from the heavy consumption of newsprint. brought from Scandinavia, North America, and other places oversca, Australia's annual importation of paper at present is valued at more than £4,000,000.
Two forestry experts are on their way from England to Australia Major R. D. Furse, the secretary of the Empire Forestry Conference, and Mr. R. L. Robinson, of the United Kingdom Forestry Commis
sion
In the afternoon, the Prince, accompanied by General Sir Fabian Ware, vizited the cemeteries in the
ness returns to London to-night..
MAHOMMEDAN VEIL DISCARDED
VIENNA High. Isiamite religious authori tie at Sarajevo, Yugo-Blavia, have decided that Mahommedan working women are no longer obliged to wear the veil in public.
The decision has been welcomed with enthusiasm by Mahommedans throughout Bosnia.