MINOR TROUBLE IN JAPAN'S TRADE IN
HUNAN....
CHINA.
THE HONG KONG "DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6th, 1929.
FEDERAL TROOPS
ROUTED.
ALARMIST RUMOURS DENIED. INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. REBELS CATURE MONTERREY.
"GOVERNMENT. TAKES
CHARGE.
BOYCOTT FAILURE.
, է՝
(THROCOR ALCTER'S AGENCY.]
(Wah Tr Fat Foo).
Toxyo, March 5th. Despite the anti-Japanese boy.
MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAFE.
{BRUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
New Yoax, March 5th. General Escobar, the rebel com
TREATY MYSTERY
DEEPENS.
DUTCH PAPER'S DENIALS,
GERMAN SUSPICIONS.
[quire's AMERICAN SERVICE)
AMSTERDAM, March Béb, The Utrechtiche. Dagblad "denies'
SHANGHAI, March 5th..
cott, the trade figures with China mander, reports that the rebel, that it bad any contact, direct or In the course of an interview,just published show à total excess
hare captured. Monterrey, the indirect, with the Belgian activist, of exports for: January and Febru ~~~~~~~General ̈ ̈ ̈ ̈Hsiung Shih "Hüi, the
sry of 24,140,000 yen compared with capital of the State of Nuevo Leon.eine, and says that it did not pay
GANDHI STIRS UP TROUBLE.
ARRESTED AT IMMENSE DEMONSTRATION.
RELEASED ON BAIL.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BOMBAY, March 4th. A sensation has been caused here by a report in the Times of India to the effect that Gandhi, the noted
Garrison Commissioner at Shang- 15,700,000 yen for the same period The Federal troops were complete cant for the documents alleged Swarajist agitator, has been
of last year..
THE FALL OF THE YEN.
hai, said that the Hunan trouble was of minor importance and that In February exports totalled rumours of military operations were 28,400,000 yen and imports 10,400,000 entirely groundless. "General Li yen Taung Jen," said "General Hsiung, **is following the orders of the Central Government, which will | soon have the trouble in hand.” "He added that "the chartering of vessels by the Government for the
TOKYO, March 5th. transportation of troops had The Finance Minister has made a statement in which he again assert nothing to do with the Hunan ed that the Government would re
affair.
NO ARTIFICIAL CHECK.
-(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ·
frain from taking artificial mea sures to check the further decline in the yea, but added that it will HO CHIEN ASSUMES OFFICE. not hesitate to assist the exchang
banks in some form or other if exchange money in their possession falls too low,
[THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HANKOW, March 5th, Reports of trouble at Kiukiang appear to have no foundation, but three steamers of the China Mer- chante S.N. Co. which were coming up to Hankow have been detained there against eventuaäties, while another Upper, River vessel owned by the same company has been beld up here by the Wuhan authorities.
General Ho Chien formally as- sumed office at Changsha on March 2nd a chairman of the Provincial Government of Hunan.
ILLEGAL TAXES ·AT CHEFOO,
LIU IN NEED OF FUNDS.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S COENCI.}
NEGOTIATIONS AT A
STANDSTILL.
JAPANESE TROOPS IN SHANTUNG.
{THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCE.]
ly defeated, three Generals, 78 other officers and 580 other ranks being captured."
All was quiet in Mexico City last night. There is no truth in the previous report that President Portes Gil and members of the Government had been imprisoned.
The earlier message from Laredo. Texas, reported that the Mexican President, Portes Gil. the labour leader Morones and the Mexican Chief of Staff, General Jose Amary, had been imprisoned in Mexico
City.
vera Cruz during the afternoon for The revolutionary troops left their march on the capital, and are now making slow progress through the mountainous country.
American Anxiety,
The Mayor of Arizona has ap pealed to Washington to despatch. troops to the border as a precau- tionary
measure, but the War.
Department has declined on the ground that the step is not at pre- sent necessary.
Meanwhile, American Army Corps commanders in the south are watch ing the situation closely and have been authorised to take any neces
General Antonio Villa Real, who An unconfirmed report says that was recently announced as a can- didate for the Presidency, has rebelled and seized the town of Monterrey, some 150 miles from Laredo.
SHANGHAI, March 4th. "The Sino-Japanese negotiations are temporarily suspended 28 Mr. Yoshizawa, the Japanese plenipo-sary measures tentiary, and myself are unable to agree, declared Dr. C. T. Wang. the Nationalist Foreign Minister, in the course of an interview this evening with a representative of the Kuo Min Agency.
He did not regard the immediate resumption of negotiations as like- ly, adding: "As I have explained before, we have presented our mini mum demands in connection with the Tsinan affair and we cannot possibly make any further.conces- sions. On the other hand, I under. stand that Mr. Yoshizawa's hands are tied by the instructions he has received from the "Japanese Pre- mier, Baron Tanaka,"
A message from Tokyo mys it is learned that the Japanese Govern- ment will shortly be presenting
supplementary.
estimates to the
The Governor of Sonores, which is in the hands of the rebels, has issued a manifesto annulling the Mexican religious laws..
WORKERS INJURED AT WOOLWICH. EXPLOSION AT THE ARSENAL
L
NINETEEN CASUALTIES. Cragoo, March 4th.
[PRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] Posters appearing throughout the city to day announce the revival in Diet asking for Yen 9.500.000 for
Bucay, March 4th. the near future of the old Goods the maintenance of the Japanese War Office states that an explosion "An official report issued by the Tax, which was abolished when the National Government took
troops in Shantung for three took place in the course of this control here.
over
The tariff has not yet been is sued, but the old tariff ranged from
9 per cent, to 2 per cent.
months from April 1st..
afternoon in the prime and fuse factory of the filling factories at
to be a Franco-Belgian Treaty,
The German Nationalist news papers are in no wise satisfied that the documents are a forgery.
They declare that the circum stances of Heine's arrest are sur credible. rounded in mystery and are hardly
Paris
!
- Paris" "Red Herring↑ "
the existence of the secret docu- It is authoritatively stated that ment" mentioned by the Echo de yesterday was already known, which led the Dutch Government, as also were the circumstances under German pressure, to author ize German railitary traffic
Foreign Minister, at the time, made traverse Holland.
It is pointed out that the Dutch
a statement on the latter point.
THE KING.
to
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruas, March 4th, H.M, the King passed a good day an Monday. Although there was but little sunshine, there was very little wind at Bognor, and the King was able to sit at an open window during the afternoon. Dr. Woods travelled down from "London and applied ray therapy treatment.
H.M. the Queen, accompanied from Bogner in the morning. Her by Princess Mary, came to London Majesty visited friends and also inspected a collection of old English silver being exhibited at Sir Philip Sassoon's house in Park Lane. She returned to Bognor in the evening!
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rested in Calents.
Gandhi was arrested following a disturbance at the conclusion of "a monster meeting, which four Euro- pean police sergeants and some con- stables were injured. Ha was en route far-z tour in Burma, and was addressing a meeting in Mirpur Park.
At this meeting, stacks of British cloth wore prepared for use in a
ing the Indian National Congress bonfire with the object of emphasis- resolution boycotting British cloth.
HOOVER'S STATEMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT WASHINGTON.
"FEAR AND SUSPICION HAUNTING THE WORLD."
MOVING PLEA FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE.
President. Hoover, in the peroration to his inaugural address as President. himself summed up the heads of his speech as follows: He proposed to summon.z.special session of Congress to consider the question of further agricultural relief, limited to changes in the tariff, as it was impossible to postpone action thereon in justice to the farmers, to labeur and to manufacturers.
Other mandates of the recent election were the maintenance of the integrity of the Constitution, the vigorous enforcement of the laws, the continuance of economy in public expenditure, the con- tinued regulation of business to prevent domination in the com- munity, the denial of ownership or operation of business by the Government in competition with its citizens, the avoidance of politics which would involve the United States in controversien with other nations, the more effective reorganisation of the Depart- ments of the Federal Government, the expansion of public works, and the promotion of welfare activities affecting education and the home.
Furthermore, the Government must give its leadership to the realisation of the ideals of the American people, namely, the pre- servation of self-government, the perfection of justice, to advance- ment of world peace, the maintenance of order and liberty, the denial of domination by any group or class, the building up and preservation of equality of opportunity, absolute integrity in public Affairs, the tolerance of all faiths, and the strengthening of the home. (EEUTER'S 'AMERICAN SERVICE]
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“Police Interfere." During his speech, Gandhi advis“ ed bis followers to disobey the official interdiction to make the bonfire, whereupon they applied
WASHINGTON, March 4th. | flares to the stacks of cloth. --
The broad avenues of the Federal capital were a mass of colour, thou- The police rushed up to ex-sands of flags waving in the breeze,
tinguish the flames, and pande monium broke out, brickbata beins freely hurtled about.
peared on the scene and restored Mounted reinforcements later ap
ordr.
Gandhi was subsequently offered bail, but he refused the offer.
However he later signed a bond Burma. The nature of the charges and was released and has sailed for against him have not been made known, but the case will be heard when he returns from his tour of Burma. The secretary of the Pro- vincial Nationalist Congress com ́mittee was also arrested.
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American people that the regula tion of private enterprise and not Government ownership or operation is the right course of our relation. ship to business,
We have, in recent years, estab conspicuous among them being the lished a differentiation in the whole. State which presented Mr. Hoover tween industries which produce and blue and gold of California, the method of business regulation, be to the nation as its thirty-first Pre- distribute commodities on the one aident
band, and public utilities on the Pennsylvania Avenue, along which other hand." President Hoover rode from the ""Our laws insist," be Capitol Hill to the White House, "upon effective competition as re said, was lined with gaily-decked stands, gards the former. In the case of crowded the arms of the United States were limiting competition, we must re- golden eagles and placques bearing stantially confer a monopoly by with spectators, while public utilities, because we mb everywhere in evidence.
gulate their services and their
rates.
Coolidge and Hoover. Mr. Calvin Coolidge and Mr.
Públic Welfare. Hoover dined together at the White House laat night. The retiring laws applicable to both groups is "The rigid enforcement of the President and his family in the the very basis of the equal opper- CHINESE ROYALIST PLOT? BRITAIN'S TREATY WITH gational Church, while Mr. Hoover tion demanded for our people..
morning attended the Congre-tunity and freedom from domina and his family attended the Our people have developed in recent Friends Meeting-House,
The Chief Justice," William Hooperation among
years a new-found capacity for co- themselves to ward Taft (the former President effect high purposes in the public of the United States) administered welfare, and the Government should Peking, February 28th-Accord- GERMANY AND POISON GAS, the oath to-day on a platform in insist and encourage these move- front of the Capitol, while President ments towards collective sell-help Hoover subsequently reviewed by itself co-operating with them. troops lined up in front of the White House.
IRAQ
CONCLAVE IN PERING ON
RESTORATION OF
HSUAN TỪNG
EARLY SUBMISSION TO THE LEAGUE.
[THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.}
Streseman made A statement
ing to the Chinese press, prior to Marshal Chang Chung Chang'a rising in revolt, a number of load- ing members of the old Chibli and
· GENEVA, March 4th. politicians held a conclave at the oil of the League of Nations, Dr. At to day's meeting of the Coun Anfu cliques and other malcontent residence of Mr. Tseng Yu Chien in Tientain, at which views were formally confirming the German exchanged as to a reactionary plot Government's announcement of last NO NEW. INSTRUCTIONS
Woolwich Arsenal. ;"
on a large scale. The Chinese press year regarding the abolition of the ... FROM JAPAN.
use of poison-gas in wartime." Nineteen workers were found to further reports that at the above be suffering from minor injuries, conclave, lengthy discussions took Council made a statement declaring The Chilean member of the The new Customs tariff was im
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
but all were able to go home.
place over # motion that the posed on February 1st, and thus
Certain emall buildings of the
monarchical regime should be restor- that Chile would remain a loyal the Goods Tax is direct coa-
λ
Tokyo, March 5th.
Arsenal were affected by the ex-ed by reinstating the Hazan Tung, Sir. Austen Chamberlain asid
member of the League. travention of the Nanking Govern.
the Sino plosions, but so far as is known at ex-Emperor of China, bat that Britain would submit to the League progresa in ment's statement that likin and Japanese preliminary negotiations present, work will not be inter- opinions were divided into two the full text of the Alliance Treaty other dues would be abolished as was indicated in a Press interview Iered with.. The extent of the parts, one advocating that Marshal of 1997 between Britain and Iraq soon as possible.
given by Mr. Mori, the Parlia damage cannot be estimated:
Tuan Chi Jui should first "be Instead of this being done, the mentary. Vice-Minister of Foreign A Court of Inquiry into the installed in the Presidency and as soon as the negotiations for the Goods Tax imposes a very heavy Affairs, after a handicap on Chefoo trade, which this morning between high officials been appointed.
lished, while the other insisted "greements were completed, is already severely hit by lack of at the Foreign Office Stating that
that the Hsuan Tung be reinstated he added, "I am confident that the
When the text is examined, transport, up-country impositions Mr. Yoshizawa had not asked for
in the Throne forthwith. It was an uprising should be started in matter which may give rise finally agreed, it is reported, that British delegates will be able to reassure the Council regarding any Shantung and that when this up- haaval was crowned with success,
misgivings. Marshal Tuan Chi Jui should be induced to come out of his retire ment.
Some
THE ADDRESS.
Referring to education, President Hoover said that civilisations have been wrecked upon attempts to sectire leadership from a single class. "We must
refresh constantly At the outset of his inaugurat leadership," he said, with the address, President Hoover said that ideals of the people, and full op the majestic advance of the United portunity for every boy and girl States to a degree of comfort to rise to the highest pinnacle paralleled in the history of the this leadership, security and individual freedom an through education can alone secure world must not obscure the constant dangers threatening self-govern- ment
was the disregard of the law. He The most malign of these dangers was afraid that at the present time, crime was on the increase, whereas justice was decreasing.
FOREIGN POLICY.
The new President, passing to entertained by superficial observers foreign policy, repudiated the idea
States lay in Imperialism. that the destiny of the United
The American people wished for
conference held cause of the mishap has already then the monarchical rule be estab.revision of financial and military confidence in rigid and speeds. the advance of a reign of justice
Sofia Arsenal On Fire,
and ravages by bandits and mili- fresh instructions, Mr. Mori said at Soña to-day as the result of a Twenty-eight people were killed tary forces."
that the Government had no inten- It is believed that General Liution at present of sendin, any, but fire in the Government Arsenal. Chen Nien, deprived of the surtax intimated that the opinicas of both Most of the victims succumbed to income, is adopting this means of parties were drawing nearer obtaining funds to maintain bis expensive armies.
Meanwhile, the situation is calm
and unchanged.
The National gunboat Tingan arrived here to-day from Nanking. FOREIGNERS AT CHEFOO (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Caroo, March 5th. The United States Consul in on interview with General Liu Chen Nien received renewed assurances
of the protection of foreign life and property. General Lia Chen Nien considered that there would be no fighting for a few days, and the situation at present remains quiet.
DESPERATE SHANGHAI
STRIKERS.
POLICE SERGEANT KILLED.
YOSHIZAWA TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION..
(Wah Tez Tat Pao).
SHANGHAI, March 5th. In view of the deadlock in the Sino-Japanese negotiations, Mr. Yoshizawa has telegraphed to the Japanese Government tendering his resignation...
INQUESTS ON WIFE AND HUSBAND.
MYSTERIOUS, SHANGHAI
* AFFAIR.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, March 5th.
At an inquest here, the jury brought in a verdict that Mrs. Clausing came to her death on the EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY.aight of February 23rd through
[THBOCCH REUTERʼR “AGENCY.]
burza..
BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR.
GOOD ATTENDANCE AND BUSINESS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
| year. **
GERMAN INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.
The Personnel,
It is also reported that the fol lowing personnel, it has been in- formally decided, will play import- ant roles under the Presidency of Marshal Tuan:--
Mr.
to
BRITISH AIRMAN KILLED.
SHOT IN BATTLE WITH
"WAHABIS.
(THROUGH ŽEVTER'S AGENCY.)
and reason towards the extinction Prohibition,
lol force. The acceptance of the The sorest necessity of the times, recently-concluded Treaty for the he went on, was the reform and Renunciation of War should pave enforcement of the Civil and the way to the greater limitation of "Criminal Codes. He reiterated his armaments. He added that the determination to appoint a National Permanent Court of International Commission to undertake an invesJustice at the Hague was peculiarly tigation extending over the whole identified with American ideals and of the Federal system of juris statesmanship, and the reservations prudence, and also to enquire into upon the American adherence methods of enforcing the Eighteenth thereto must not be misinterpreted. Amendment to the Constitution President Hoover added that he (The Prohibition Law) and the believe a way would be found to causes of the abuses of the Amend enable the United States to take Baska, March 4th.
ment,
ita proper place in the movement, A British airman was shot dead "Of the undoubted abuses which which was so fundamental to the between R.A.F. aeroplanes and six Amendment," said the new Pro- during an engagement yesterday have grown up under the Eighteenth progress of peace. hundred Wahabis who were sighted sident, part are due to the failure mined not to make political engage The American people were deter- making off with booty after raiding of some States to accept their ments like, for instance, member- the Iraqi and other tribes share of the responsibility for its ship of the League of Nations, Koweit.A the machines, and one of the wire officials to accept as an obligation with other countries.
enforcement, and the which might possibly involved them The tribesmen heavily fired on failure of many States and other in the settlement of controversies less operators, named Knight, was under their oath of office, the fatally shot in the head.
zealous enforcement of the law.
at
bombs and machine-gun fire.
The raiders lost heavily through
concurrent
on,
Bootlegging.
World Peace.
.Dealing with world peace, Mr. Hoover said:"The dangers to the With these failures," he went continuation of peace are largely the has come the dangerous expanfear and suspicion which still haunt sion of the criminal elements, who the world, Have found enlarged opportunities by organised dealing in illegal bo directed towards our country. "No suspicion or fear can rightly liquor.
We have no desire for territorial
RUGBY, March 4th
Mr. Pan Fu, Premier: Mr. Captain D. H. Hacking, secretary Chang Ping Lin, Chief Secretary to the Overseas Trade Depart to the Presidential Yamen: Gen ment, stated in the House of eral Wu Kuang Hain, Minister of Commons to-day that although it War: Admiral Wang Shu Teh, was impossible to give the figures Minister of the Navy Marshal of the value of orders taken at Sun Chuan Fang, Chief of the the British Industries Fair, the General Staff: Mr. Chuang Ching
business done amount of
Was Eo, Minister of Foreign Affairs: satisfactory,
The aggregate attendances at Finance: General Wang Cheng Chang Hu Minister of the London Section were:-Buyers, Pin, Minister of the Interior: Mr. 114,710 against 106.980 last year Liang Shib Yi, Minister of Com public, 0,736 against 28,484 last munications: Mr. Liang Hung Shib, Minister of Justice: General. Tien Chung Yu, Minister of The League of Nations has just Education: Marshal Wa Pei Fu, undertaken the task of the world Commander-in-Chief of the 1st wide stabilization of the purchasing Route Army; General Chen Chiung power of gold. With the gradusi Ming, Commander-in-Chief of the return of all the leading nations to resta directly with the citizens of domination of other peoples. Such A large responsibility, however, expansion or for economic or other 2nd Route Army: and Marshal the gold standard basis, fluctuations the United States. The patronage purposes SHANGHAI, March 4th.
are repugnant to our Chang Chung Chang, Commander in the purchasing power of the yellow The strike in the Sun Sun depart
in-Chief of the 3rd Route army.metal still constitute one of the of these bootleggers by large ideals of human freedom,
numbers of otherwise law-abiding Toko. ment store led to a tragedy early
"Our form of government," he serious obstacles to the development citizens in supplying rewards and went on, is ill-adapted to the this morning when a watchman
of international trade and com- stimulating crime.
M responsibilities which would inevit refused entry to the Sun Sun Hotel to seven & picious-looking Chinese,
"The measure of success that can ably follow the permanent limite- What Viscountess Astor naked the merce. The first step will be the appointment of a commission of for the payment of reparations by Colonial Secretary last month in eight or nine financial experts from be obtained by the Government in tion of the independance of other evidently strikers. The latter drew out automatics and the watchman Clausing the verdict was that death the shape of a Board of Trustees, question: Is it not a fact that investigation into
At the military inquest on Lieut. Germany is nearing completion in Parliament concerning the mat trai the leading nations for a complete the enforcement of the laws of the peoples.
country will depend on the moral Яled.
"Superficial observers seem to was due to septicasmis, and it was whose duty it will be to supervise some of us have been writing to the They will undertake
the problem. When he was pursued Police decided that a post-mortem was not on behalf of creditors all German Colonial Office abous this for over
establish the support of its citizens. To the find no destiny for our abounding Sorgeant Christopher Willens Hales necessary.
payments. intervened. The men killed a rick.
enforcement of the law can appeal, power, except Imperialism. They sa puller and also shot dead Sergt. Clausing met her death at a board. inevitably displace at least a part 42 on the other about this; and is the effect of these on the economie power of gold and then to ascertain Halos.
ing house in the French Conces of the Dawes organisation,
are engrossed in building for them- it not a fact that even if it has life of nations and on international
Government and Business, aclvcs new economic, social and The late Bergeant belonged to sion. Her husband. First Lient. The Committee of Experts, which been going on for thousands of commerce. It is expected that the
Mr. Hoover also dealt at some political systems (all of which are Huddersfield. He came out to Clausing of the United States is responsible for this new scheme, years it cannot go on under the Lengue council at its next session considerable length with the rela- characterized by the aspirations of China with the East Yorkshire Marines, was severely burned in has not yet settled the all-import. British Government? (Hear, hear) on March 5th will be in a position tions of the Government to buri- freedom of opportunity), and that Regiment and joined the Police attempting to save his wife and was ant question of the total amount It is unwise to allow it to go on to nominate the commission of ex-ness.
these are the negation of Im last April He
was 24 years of taken to hospital, where he died of the indemnity to be paid by under the British administration if perts and work on the problem will The election," he said, "again perialista
on February 28th.
Germany.
Tit is possible to stop it,”
begin immediately.
confirmed the determination of the
·age.
i
causes unknown.. During this time afre of unknown origin oc curred in her apartment, from the débris of which her charred, re mains were later removed."
Her mysterious death has aroused the greatest interest, but there is every likelihood that no solution will ever be reached.
DAWES ORGANISATION CHANGED,
[THEOUGH. EZOTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, March 4th.
It is learned that new mechanism
It will be remembered that Mrs. Such a board, it is explained, will discontent on this side of the Hand variations in the purchasing and their activities, must be stop-fail to see that the American people a year, that there has been as much causes that result in Buctuations criminally-minded only the vigorous increase in population, wealth and
ped."
(Continued on page 8).