SHANGHAI POSTAL STRIKE.
SERIOUS INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS.
SKELETON SERVICE ORGANISED.
ENORMOUS DEMANDS BY WORKERS.
The Shanghai postal strike is causing very serious inconvenienos to the business community, and the Chinese police authorities do not appear to be fully" capable of dealing with the situation. The huge building of the Central Post Office, which under the land regulations in Chinese territory, was patrolled by Chinese police, while further detachments maintained order in the vicinity. The authorities however, were unable to put an end to the strike and the building remains closed, though a skeleton service was later .. organised.
'The postal workers, who are among the "best paid staffs in. China, are making demands for enormous increases in salary. In addition to this they insist that the postal authorities shall make large donation to be used for their organisation as a Tabour union, which is later to be subsidised from the same source. In the same way they farther wish to increase the funds of the Shanghai branch of the Postal Union. The officers of the union are not to be required to work during their terms, but are nevertheless to receive their salary and promotion in the normal way, while the consent of the union must be obtained before any employee can be dismissed. Finally a yearly bonus is denmanded at the rate of one month's pay for all workers with under three years' service. and of two months' pay for those who have served above that) period:
SHANGHAI POSTAL STRIKE. SUBMITTED TO NANKING.
[TURQUOR BETTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd.
cm-
Eighteen hundred postal ployees and junior clerks of the lower gradce struck work this morning, presenting a demand for an increase of wages.
Letters had not been delivered up to ten o'clock this morning.
(Wah Tri Tat Pao).
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd." Chinese and Municipal police dis- persed postal strike pickets and arrested several strikes this after noon.
Representatives of the strike:3 interviewed the Postal Authorities and requested them to grant tho So far there have been no dis-strikers demands. The authoritica turbances, but the police are taking replied that the strike was causing Every precaution.
grent inconvenience to the public, and they could not say what action would be taken. hut the strikers' demands bad been submitted to the Board of Communications at Nanking for their decision.
POLICE ACTION.
THROUGH RECTER'8_AGENCY.}
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd.
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Seven other labour unions held a A detachment of Chinese police meeting at Chapei to-day, attended sent by the Garrison Commissioner, by about 500 persons, at which it Hang Shih Huci, arrived on the was resolved to suppoft the postal
Central strike. huge premises of the Post Office at Soochow Creek - in the early morning and patrolled the premises (which under the land regulations are Chinese ter "ritory) while the Manicipal "riot waggon with sixty Municipal police maintained order in the vicinity.
As Hsiung Shih Huei's police. failed to deal with the trouble sum- marily and suppress the strike pickets on the premises, the Post Offer remains closed and work is Chineso police A.. standstill. at this afternoon ejected seven post- men who were arrested by the Municipal police.
PEKING TROUBLE
SETTLED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEEING, Oct. 2nd. The postal strike was most effec- tive while it lasted, but work was resumed laat night. It appears
that the trouble was due to the host ty of the workers to the Deputy Commissioner, Liu Yao The strike is causing the greatest inconvenience to the business cam-Ting. He incurred their enmity a
munity.
A portion of the accumulated mail has been delivered to the ships and trains by special trucks, cach with an armed escort.
LATER
fortnight ago when he called in the police owing to the postal workers refusing to handle copies) of the Shun Tien Shik Pao.
The Postal Authorities have The Post Office has resumed granted Liu Yao Ting leave and work partially with a skeleton it 18 understood that he will be staff while the strikers have held transferred elsewhere. a mass meeting at Chapei, where the Chinese authorities at present are taking up a passive attitude.
BIG DEMANDS.
SALT LOAN PAYMENTS. (THROUGH REUTER’■ AGENCY.]
PEXING, Oct. 2ad.
on
re
[THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.)
It is learned that the Peking Divisional Council and the Hopei SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd.
Provincial Authorities have The Shanghai postal workers, who ceived a telegram from the Nan are one of the best paid staffs in king Government informing them China, have presented
sixteen of the decisions reached regarding demands, the most important of the loans secured the, Salt which is a 33 per cent. increase in Gabelle. wages throughout the country,
The telegram mentions that the addition to a special allowance for Shanghai employees. Further cos. total amount earmarked from al ditions are their organisation as a the salt revenue offices is $10,000,000 labour union, to which the postal and that the collection must begin authorities shali donate $10,000 to from October Ist caves the expenses of inauguration
in
The money must be forwarded
together with a subsidy of $300 a during the year in twelve monthly
be
..
QUARREL BETWEEN MILI- TARY LEADERS.
[THROUGH YEUTKE'S AGENCY,].
PEKING, Oct. 2nd.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3rd. 1928.
SIR AUSTEN'S TOUR. FURTHER RIOTS IN PITCHED BATTLE IN HOPES OF ULTIMATE
U.S. NAVAL ESCORT.
LUNCH WITH DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]
SAN FIORD, Oct. 1st Six Austen and Lady Chamber- fain have arrived here, being escorted by four United States destroyers.
MELBOURNE.
ATTEMPT TO FORCE GENERAL STRIKE.
WORKS FORCED TO CLOSE.
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.}
MELBOURNE, Oct. 1st.
To-day's riots recalled the police
GERMANY.
COMMUNISTS ATTACK
NATIONALISTS,
MILITARY TACTICS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S 10KNCT.)
SUCCESS.
DOCUMENTS HANDED TO
·U.S.A.
NEW PHASE IN ‘NAVAL DISARMAMENT.
THROUGH AFTER'S' AGENCY.]
LONDON, Oct. 1st.
"GOLDEN BRIDGE FOR INDIA."
THE SIMON”, COMMISSION.
LABOUR MEMBERS' AIM.
THROUGH RECYER'S AGENCY:]
LONDON, Oct. 1st.
BERLIN, Oct. 1st.
There was a lively discussion at Eye-witnesses of the amazing
the annual Conference of the They will stay in California for two weeks.
mutiny of 1923. It is noticeable fracas at Geesthacht give remark-
It is announced in London that Labour Party, at Birmingham to- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2nd. Sir Austen Chamberlain and his that the attacks were chiefly directable accounts of the affair.
following the unfavourable reply day, on the question of the expul- the party, escorted by Douglas "Fair-ed against south Europeans, They describe it as a regular from Washington regarding the son of Communists froza
Party, the result being a decided baaks, spent two hours in a film
battle between two Anglo-French navdl agreement, studio and afterwarda funched several of whom were taken to hor pitched
"armies" each approximately 1,300 both the British and French Gov-mittee's stand to prohibit the at-
endorsement of the Executive Com with Fairbanks and Mary Pick-pital. ford.
A big Inter-State Conference of strong..
ernments have handed to the Unit tendance of such delegates at the Trade Caions discussed the situa- The two "armies" fought in ed States Government, for their in- annual gathering. tion and adjourned till to-morrow. regular military style in disciplinformation, all the documents con- One section favour the watersidarsed bodies, which exercised almost nected with the naval limitation
the taking out licences but the milk professional strategy,
proposals, revealing the manner in tants are likely to force a general batants sheltering behind walls and which the accord was attained. strike. 1,010 - volunteers
to-day trees.
It is reported by Reuter's Paris correspondent that it is understood worked 14 overseas vessels.
will be no immediate reply to the American Note, as the Note itself was a reply.
FRIENDLY GESTURE.
(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]"
PEIFING, Oct. 2nd. The friction between Yea Es Shan and Pet Chung Hai is evi dently not so serious as was repre- sented in certain quarters, for Yen Hi Shan on September 7th wired congratulating Pei Chung Hsi on the conduct of his troops in the recent fighting, and sending them $100,000...
General Pei Chung Hsi replied on September 30th expressing his thanks.
THE WAR ZONE..
(Wah Taz Tat Pao).
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd. General Pei Chung Hsi intends to appoint a rehabilitation, com- mission to relieve the people in the recent war zone north-eastern
Chihli.
FENG'S RETURN.
(Wak Tu Yai Pao)... ́....
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd. Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang will return to Henan from Shenti this
week-end..
"
INDISPOSITION OF CHIANG KAI 'SHEK.
(Taun Wan Fat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek was again suffering from toothache yesterday coupled with slight fever. After undergoing medical treatment. his condition has improved, How- ever he is still in temporary retire. ment until he has completely
· recovered.g
FUKIEN COMMUNISTS.
{1AROUGE PIUTER'S AGENOT.)
Axor, Oct. end.
The Fukien military authorities have dispatched a battalion, of troops to suppress the Communista, numbering several hundred, who the Fukien. have gathered on Kwangtung borde:..
JAPAN DELAYS.
(Wah Tu Yat Pao).
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd. Dr. C. T. Wang, in a statement. on the latest trend of diplomatic affairs, said that the progress of Sino-Japanese treaty revision and other negotiations with Japan bad been held up owing chiefly to the fact that he had not seen Mr. Yada ince his return to Shanghai. He said further that he had ob tained information that Mr. Yada would not resume diplomatie pego- tiations with China until after the inauguration of the reformed Cen- trai Government at Nanking.
Regarding the Sino German com- mercial treaty, Dr. Wang asserted that it would undoubtedly be rati fied.
com-
When any particular sector" of
The debate arose on the report of the Executive Committed, which was submitted to the "Conference: for approval. This stated that a policy had been formulated to secure complete loyalty to the
Communist element...
The reference back of this part of the report was moved hi amendment, which was, however, defeated by a large majority.
Strikers clashed with police at the battle appeared to be threaten in authoritative circles that there Party and the expulsion of the
Brisbane, and two of the latter
were injured. were arrested.
ed, reinforcements were thrown Two watersiders into the battle front, reserves
being brought up at the rear- Farmers Take A Hand.
Another astounding feature of Later, however, thousands of the fray was that the fighters farmers arrived from Mackay to were served by ambulance detach load the large accumulation of ments who carried wounded sugar and the watersiders there de- the front line. cided to resume work
The shipowners in Adelaide have arranged two pick-ups to-morrow, one for unionists and one for
volunteers.
from
Although the weapons were. mainly brickbats, empty, bottles, bludgeons, daggers, and knuckle dusters, a number of pocket fre Bros were used. The struggles Owing to shortage of materials, were only terminated by the through the watersiders' strike, rival of a strong force of police Mesara. Holden's motor body from Hamburg. works, which employ 3,000 persons, have been closed.
VOLUNTEERS AS ARMED ESCORT.
PIRACY PRECAUTIONS.
(THROUGH BLUTKE’■ AGENCY,]
NEW MALAYAN TIN TRUST.
HEAVY OVERSUBSCRIPTION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
It is, however, considered that a new phase in the pourparlera has been opened by the nature of the American reply and that negotia tions can be continued through diplomatic channels.
An
Heated Debate, 11
debate on the subject, a representa During the course of a heated
tive of the Executive Committed stated that local Labour Parties" It is pointed out that by taking had been prohibited from sending the points upon which an agree Communist delegates to the annual ment has been reached as a start-Conference, but Trade Unions had
ing point, a successful issue shouldbeen allowed to do so. ultimately be attained.
FROM ONE MAYOR TO ANOTHER:
BEAR CUB INAUGURATES NEW AIR SERVICE.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN HYRVICE.]
MONTREAL, Oct. 2nd.
LONDON, Oct. 1st. The subscription" list for the
A bear cub was one of the pas London-Malayan Tin Trust bas
Bengers in the new air mail express closed almost immediately after service between Montreal and New York which was inaugurated yen- being opened.
terday.
SINGAPORE, Oct. Sup The military authorities have
The Trust is a combine of sixteen agreed to allow members of the
Attached to the, cub was a mes- European units of the Volunteer important Companies with a .com- Corps to provide armed escorts bined output approximating to 19
sage from the Mayor of Montreal for shipping to and from Hong per cent of the total world pro-to the Mayor of New York."
Fifty Canadian planes acted as Kong if sufficient members are duction of tin. It has a capital of " forthcoming. The first escort com- prising an officer, three N.C.O.'s and ten privates will depart on
October 8th.
ROCKEFELLER GIFT TO
CAMBRIDGE.
"A SPLENDID OFFER OF ASSISTANCE."
A NEW LIBRARY.
(THROUGH REVIZE'S AGENCY,')
LONDON, Oct. Tat. The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University has
that the ncunced
An-
£2,000,000 in 2 shares, of which a preliminary escort to the mail
The Tin Selection Trust and plane. £1,250,000 is now issued.
Anglo-Oriental Mining Corpora A regular air mail and passen tion, Ltd., is sponsoring the com- bine.
ger service between Toronto and Owing to beavy oversubscription, Montreal was also inaugurated the lists were closed as ten o'clock In the prospectus it is intimated yesterday. that important negotiations are in progress with other leading East- ern dredging groups, and it is in- tended to aim at unification of policy and management over the "widest possible area within the Eastern tin felds.
STRIVING FOR BALKAN PEACE.
This intolerable position must be ended," "declared the speaker,
The Executive Committee's re port was eventually adopted.
Simon Commission.
|BRITISH WIRELESS NEŽVICH)
RUGBY, Oct. 1st. The appointment of the" Indian Commission under the chairman- ship of Sir John Simon was the subject of a hostile motion intro- duced by Mr. Fenner Brockway.
The motion was rejected by the enormous majority of 2,959,000 card votes against 150,000.
In the course of the discussion. Mr.
Ramsay MacDonald, the Labour leader, emphasised the de mocratic character of the Commis sion. He said the Labour repra- sentatives pa the Commission would do their best to build a golden bridge for India which would make India the captain of her own salvation.
Government Attacked. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald later moved a resolution which he des- cribed as a "full-blooded and un-
SUCCESSFUL SPEED TRIAL. qualified condemnation of the Gov-
WELL OVER 300 MILES AN HOUR.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, Oct. 1st.
ernment's foreign policy, demand- ing that the Government sign general pact of arbitration, that it abandon the Anglo-French naval agreement, that it sign an effective disarmament treaty, and withdraw unconditionally all foreign troops from the Rhineland.
Mr. MacDonald said that the Government's actions at. Geneva In making a trial flight at Cal-since 1924 bad been nothing else
shot on the Supermarine Napier S& seaplane with which he hopes
but putting obstacles in the way of peace.
He declared that the Anglo-French agreement was not a recognition of the requirements of disarmament agreement, it was a France and Great Britain in the event of war, the assumption of the such a character was made for peace parties being that an agreement of and would be acceptable to other nations as a contribution to Euro- pean disarmament,
M. VENIZELOS' AIM.
[THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Oct. 1st. Rockefeller M. Venizelos, the Greek Premier,
after signing the pact of friend to beat the air speed record of 318 Foundation Fund has made a giftship between Greece and Italy at miles per hour, held by the Italian, to the University of £150,000 to Rome, paid a visit to Paris where Major De Bernardi, Flight-Lieut. provide for the development of he conferred at some length with Physical and Biological Studies French statesmen, and is now in D'Arcy Greig to-day travelled well and the provision of a new
over 300 miles per hour. Library
He has already met Mr. Stanley.
conditions The weather The gift is made conditionally Baldwin, Lord Cushendun, the on the University securing the acting Foreign Secretary, and Sir good. Flight-Lieutenant Greig was balance of £228,000.
Ronald Lindsay, and has engaged
ia the air for 24 minutes, and he The building of the Library, de-in lengthy conversations. signed by Sir Gille Scott; which In an interview with Reuter, M. The re-opening of the American alone will cost £500,000, will be Venizelos said he came to London made the quickest tour on record the resolution moved by Mr. Mac
U.S. CONSULATE AT NANKING. DISPUTE OVER PROCEDURE, {THBUCGB. ALUTEK'S AGENCY.)
SHANGHAI, Oct. 2nd."
ed to occur on October 1st, but it is now rendered uncertain as it is reported that the Nationalist Goy.. ernment has refused to salute the United States flag as it is re- hoisted over the U.S. Consulate at Nanking.
month and also a donation of instalments. $2,000 and a monthly subsidy of $900 to the Shanghai branch of the postal union., Furthermore em ployees can be dismissed only with the consent of the union, and union committeemer shall exempted from post office duties
It is understood that the Nation but shall receive their usual pay.
It is reported that friction has alist officials have declared in con and promotions. A New Year developed between Marshal Yen versations regarding this question, bonus of a month's pay, shall be Hai Shan and General Pei Chung that the Chinese feel that adequate given to employees with under Hei following an attempt by the amends for the Naoking Incident three years' service and of two Hankow leader to appoint his own were made at the time of the "months pay for those of over nomines as Director of the Peking-settlement of the incident in three years' service.
Mukden Railway, which is expect March. ed to resume normal service short- The U.S. officials, it is believed, ly..
feel otherwise, and consider that a The present incumbent was ap-Chinese salute is necessary as the painted by Maraba! Yen Hai Shan flag goes up in order to amend the and the latter is objecting strongly desecration of the fag at the time -to-having-his-man-pushed-out of the incident.
Marshal Ken's incumbent yester- It is also reported that the The Customs revenue of Shane day wired to his Chief in Peking Nationalists have declared their
SHANGHAI'S CUSTOMS
-REVENUE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.1
SHANGHAI, Oct, 2nd.
University has already car-marked £250,000 for this purpose.
The Rockefeller Fund has also
London.
done in Rome in order to avoid the possibility of misunderstandings
M. Venizelos said that his policy.
were
of Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight
and Southampton.
He expressed complete satisfac
ear-marked a sum of £250,000 for aimed at the conclusion of similar tion with his machine. A slight pacts with all Greece's, neighbour-change is to be made with the rig- the Library.
ing States, but these should not be ging of the machine, and mechanics interpreted as alliances,
FRENCH APPOINTMENTS.
"
COMMERCIAL. POSTS. IN
CHINA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.).
Itesclation Adopted,
The Labour Conference adopted Donald, who concluded his speech Commons met in November, the by saying that when the House of Labour Party would demand the publication of the Anglo-French. agreement together with the notea exchanged by the two Foreign" Offices. The Conference sat in private in the afternoon to discuss
He declared he was working to will work throughout the night to the financial position, with special wards Balkan understanding, and make this adjustment, so that reference to the effort to raise mentioned that Turkey was about
to sign a pact of friendship with Flight-Lieutenant Greig can make Bulgaria, but it was essential, he another trial flight to-morrow added, for Balkan understanding morning.
2
Yugo
that there should be real friendship between Bulgaria and PAZ18, Oct. End.
Slavia, A decree dated September 28th appoints M. Emile Saussine com- mercial attache and M Leon Bolleve de la Gombaudiere commer- cial agent in China.
hai for September shows an in-for instructions, and Marshal Ten willingness to salute if the Ameri-NAVAL STOKER'S DEATH. crease of 5.000 Haikwan taela Hai Shan ordered him to remain at cans salute first, thus indicating compared with last September. his post.
their recognition of the Nationalist
SWEDISH CABINET. THE NEW MINISTERS.
{THROUGH REUTERʼS- AGENCY-]-
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 1st.
BRITISH MINISTERS
APPOINTED.
[BRITISH WIRELESS' BERVICE.")
£100,000 for the election fund,
+
SAILOR'S WIFE IN EVERY PORT."
JUDGE DISAGREES.
"It is a common saying that a sailor has a wife in every port, but that is not my experience," said Judge Atherley Jones at the Old Bailey in cana in which a first class stoker in the Navy who had pleaded guilty to bigamy was bound over, perha
Budny, Oct. Ist. H.. the King has approved the The new Conservative Cabinet following appointments: has been formed. The Premier is Mr. Charles Bentinck, Minister Lindman, at Addis Ababa, to be Minister at A naval wireless message stater Rear-Admiral Arvid The revenue from the beginning of It is reported that General Per Government of China the year is 5,000,000 taels more Chung Het has retaliated by threatThis, it is anderstood, has proved that Stoker Reginald Cooke, of Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Limo than for the similar period of lastening to stop all traffic unless hir unacceptable to the Americans and 2.M.B. Cornflower has died from Trygger Minister-of-Finance
Addis Ababa. year, or in other words an increase man-is allowed to take over the it is believed that the matter has scarlet fever in the General Hos Professor Wohlin and Minister of at Bangkok, to be Minister at uniform of the Navy coming before
pital-at-Chefoo
Justice, M. Bismarck of 8 per cent.
Directorship.
been referred to Washington.
Mr Sydney Waterlow, Minister
Judge Atherley Jones said he could not recollect any previous Case " of a KSAMENWERring the
him for such an offence,