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THE KUOMINTANG CONGRESS.
CHAIRMAN'S - PLEA FOR CO.OPERATION.
AN ORDERLY CEREMONY,
ETHROUGË AKUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, March 18th. The Third Congress of the Ruc- mintang opened here at 10.30 am.
and closed at 31.15.
MADRID RIOTS CONTINUE.
MORE WINDOWS SMASHED.
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION.
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MADRID, March 15th. The rioting students yesterday broke a shop window which ex- The police charged with drawn hibited a photograph of De Rivera. swords.
The most conspicuous arrival was Marshal Li Tsai Hsin, who was a target for all the camera men. "The Government does not regard Before opening the ceremony, the the situation as grave, but unples acting General Secretary, Yeh Chusant and intolerable. It forecasts Tang, announced that 911 delegates fresh repressive measures, and at- present, thus making a tributes the student outbreaks to quorum; also adding that Hu Han revolutionary committee," up- Min bad been elected temporary ported by anti-Spanish elements
were
Chairman.
Marshal Chiang Kai Shek sat alone in the front row seats, busily acanning a manifesto he is issuing to-day in connection with the aboli tion of the Generalissimate.
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CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S
DECLARATION.
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Hu Han Min was applauded when he took the chair, and delivered the opening address, wherein he stated that the Congress was the first organ of the Party, and that all
SHANGHAI, March 15th, matters in connection with foreign Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has. affairs, military and political affairs issued a declaration as regards his would be decided at the Congress, retirement from the pest of Com- which will also supervise the earrymander-in-Chief of the Nationalist
ing out of the Party programme.
He further stated that though the country has been unified in many ways the Government and its Party have not been able to carry out their programme. It urgently necessary that delegates should use their united efforts to bring about a complete unification, in fact as well as in name.
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They should use their time for discussion and solution of vital problems, and not waste it on petty issues.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MARCH 16th, 1929.
THE FATAL SPEED
ATTEMPT.
UNFAVOURABLE REACTION
FEARED.
OFFICIALS' STATEMENT.
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DAYTONA, March 14th. Mr. Lee Bible when piloting Mr. Following the tragic death of
racing-car in an attempt to beat Frank White's great
Triplex
in anticipation of an unfavourable Major Segrave's new record, and public reaction as regards the value of super-speed trials, the Automobile Association bas issued Bible's death was only the third in A statement to the effect that twenty-six years of speed-tests at Daytona Beach, although hundreds of trials were made and fourteen records established.
The Association greatly regrets Bible's death but regards it as part of the development work in design
of the motor car.
Mr. White, the owner of the Triplex, is on the verge of collapse. He was not aware of the accident when it happened.
Frince of Wales Sympathy.. British Wireless messages state that the Prince of Wales, speaking claration is that he wishes to see Armies. The keynote of the dent the Institute of Transport last internal wars concluded, and also desires to illustrate the uniscation of the Nationalist Government,
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LI TSUNG JEN TO GO TO NANKING.
(Wah To Yai Poo).
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It is understood there will be a
SHANGHAI, March 15th. preparatory conference this after- In reply to a telegram sent him noon, and for the next four days, by prominent Government oficials, for the purpose of electing a chair urging him to come to Nanking to man and committee, also a num-attend the 3rd Kuomintang Con ber of sub-committees, who will gress, General Li Tsung Jen zid examine the proposals to be that he would go to the Capital on brought up before the Congress. the 16th. "which is expected to last more than
fortnight.
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The proceedings were most order. PEPING COUNCIL CLOSES ly.
Nanking is gaily bedecked, and aeroplanes few over the auditorium
during the ceremony.
Changes Made in Plans.
It was learned that there was a committee meeting this aftresoon for the purpose of examining the credentials of delegates there will be a similar meeting to-morrow.
It is now reported that it is con- sidered unnecessary to hold any for the preparatory conference election of the personnel of the com- mittas, which will be the same sa proposed by th Central Executive" Committee including Hu Han Min, Tan Yen Ka, Li Shih Tseng, Trai Yuan Fei, Chang Ching Kiang,
Chiang Kai Shek, and others.
Chiang Kal Bhek's Manifesto. Chiang Kai Shek originally in
tended to inanza a manifesto dead- ing with the abolition of the head- quarters of the First Group Anay, and the opening of Congress, but it is learned ho made important changes in the manifesto, which will be issued in the "form of an interview.
A large number of soldiers are patrolling the streets, but the capital is quiet.
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PERING, March 15th.
The local Political Council has censed to function in accordance with instructions from the Central Political Council.
'PEI CHUNG HSI MOVING.
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TIENTSIN, March 15th.
Jung He is at present at Tang: It is reliably stated that Pei shan, with about 30,000 troops and an armoured-train."
CANTON SOLID FOR THE
GOVERNMENT.
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NANKING, March 15th, The arrival of Marshal Li Tai Hain has largely dissipated the dis. A number of Government and quieting rumours of possible war, Farty leaders have wired to Feng and also the very tense situation Yu Hsiang, arging him to attend which it is now generally admitted the Congress, but at present it is existed at the time that he arrived not known whether he is attending.in Shanghai.
In an interview with the Press SAVING EVERYONE'S FACE. yesterday Li Teai Hsin emphatic
ally declared that his policy has always. been
support the
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HANKOW, March 14th. General Hu Tsung Tao, General Chang Hau Fu and Mr. Chang Chi Pen havd received a conciliatory telegram from Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, pointing out that since all the Branch. Political Councils are be- ing abolished, their dismissal from membership of the Wuhan Political Council is merely nominal,
This telegram from Chiang Kai Shek has succeeded in saving face all round and tension is again easing. The military press ganga in Hankow are now ceasing their activity.
LATER.
to
| National Government, and main. tain peace at any cost. In this connection be pointed out that im- mediately after his arrival in Shang- hai he made a definite statement that the Hunan issue was a matter entirely for the National Govern ment to decide and settle..
He and other old members of the Kuomintang went to Nanking with out delay and held a conference with Chiang Kai Shek for settle
ment of the Hunan case, while both civil and military leaders from Canton have come to Nanking to attend the Congress, which is not interpretable otherwise than as sup. port of the National Government;
Li Tani Hein also said that the. Canton Branch Political Council has suspended sittings, and is now awaiting orders from the Central
• Change of Tune in Wuhan. The three dismissed members of the Wuhan Political Council have replied mildly to Chiang Kai Government to close down, while
night, paid a glowing tribute to Major Segrove's great achievement. The Prince said that Major Segrave had already, two years ago, put up the record, and it was not as if he was new to the game he knew what it was. He had left this country with a car he had never been able to try out.
I am sure all of us take off our hata to him-a very brave man, and a very fine sportsman," the Prince added..
"We can only sympathise with him that the only thing which marred his great triumph was that his opponent was killed. sure we will sympathise with, Segrave because he must have felt it more than anybody."
Safe Flying.
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The Prince mentioned in the course of his speech on transport that since beginning of 1926, British Imperial Airways have flown over 3,250,000 miles, or an equivalent of 131 times round the world, without having an accident involving the death of passengers.
NEW JAPANESE SPEAKER INSTALLED.
SEQUEL TO RECENT DISORDER.
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ALL BRITISH CONTROL.
BURMA. CONS, ACTION.
GENERAL ELECTRIC LEAD FOLLOWED,
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LONDON, March 15th.
TO CAPETOWN BY AIR.
SOUTH AFRICA TO SHARE. EXPENSES.
AN EARLY SERVICE.
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LONDON, March 14th. That definite arrangements will
CANE FIELD FIRES IN CUBA.
ENORMOUS LOSSES "AS
CROPS BURN.
INCENDIARY ARRESTED.
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HAVANA, March 3th.
NAVAL RIVALRY SCOUTED.
"ALL LOOSE TALK" SAYS
MR. BRIDGEMAN.
GRADUAL DISARMAMENT.
"The
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General Electric Company has been soon be made for the operation of been reduced to 73,000 bags by Lord of the Admiralty, in introdue
The precedent established by the
LONDON, March 15th. The sugar crop from Violeta has Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, the First followed by the Burma corporation, an air trank route between London cane fires which have already deing the Navy Estimates in the as a sequel to the acquisition of aand South Africa was foreshadow- American interests early in the day by Sir Samuel Hoare, the the United Fruit Company pro the coming financial year three, new large block of Burma shares by ed in the House of Commons testroyed 29,300,000 lbs. of cane. year.
Large areas of eine belonging to House of Commons, said that in Secretary of State for Air. Directors has informed the share regarding the progress of the been arrested, and charged with design of one of them had not yet.
The Burma Company's Board of
A series of questions were asked pertics have been destroyed."
A cane cutter at Cataguay bas cruisers would be laid down. under which the corporation holds mentions with other Govern- starting the are on a partly destroy been settled but the other two holders that the terms of the lease
the property from the Secretary for and Sir Samuel Hoare atuted the
ments concerned with the projected plantation there. India require the corporation to discussions between representatives thousands of dollars loss.
would be smaller, with six-inch guns, Cattle ranchers have remain under British control, and of the Air Ministry and the
in order to replace some of the smaller cruisers which were becom various African Governments, par- ticularly the Union Government
ing obsolete and because, for strate. (for the inception of a weekly air
gic reasons, we wanted some new service between London and Cape- town) had been brought to a suc-
cruisers of that size to replace those cessful issue.
which would be scrapped, in the near future.
certain officers must be British.
The Board, therefore, is convening meetings to insert new clauses, approved by the Loudon Stock Ex change, laying down British control as the cardinal principle.. Chairman, Managing Director, and a majority of other directors, the secretary, and managing agenta must be Britishers.
The clauses provide also that the
corporation will be entitled to vote Further, no foreigners or foreign
meeting. or poll at the shareholders' general
The Financial Times suggests that legislative action is desirable with regard to British control of vital industrial and utility enterprises, and quotes the case of Sweden in
this conne.stion.
THE KING KEPT INDOORS.
COLD WEATHER CONTINUES.
[BEITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
Rucay, March 15th. Dull weather, with a cold east wind, again prevented the likeli bood of the King being able to go out of doors to-day. His Majesty passed a good night.
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THE ROYAL WEDDING.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN SCANDINAVIA.
DUKE AND DUCHESS EN ROUTE.
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: Toxxo, March 15th. Seiyukai Party, has been installed Mr. Mosuke Kawahara, of the Speaker of the Lower House in succession to Mr. Hajime Motods, who recently resigned after confess continued unrulinese in the Diet: ing himself unable to control the
JAPANESE BUDGET
INTRODUCED.
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Toxyo, March 15th. The Budget for this year, calling for Y.1,759,000,000, including Nary Estimates of Y.288,000,000, and Army Estimates of Y.231,000,000, has passed both Houses.
Supplementary estimates will be presented shortly.
BIG BLAZE IN JAPAN.
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Tokyo, March 15th. Over one thousand buildings were gutted, including two banks, two school, a cinema, and other public buildings, in a fire which broke out at midnight at Inioka, fifty miles north-east of Tokyo.
LONDON, March '15th.
All Scandinavia is most excited over the Royal wedding between Crown Prince Ola and Princess "Martha "of Sweden and Oslo is fill-
ing up with Royal guesta.
The Duke and Duchess of York breakfasted at the British Embassy the ex-Kaiser's palace This was in Berlin, and afterwards inspected. the first British Royal Visit since the war. The Berlin public did not recognise them driving through the streets They will proceed to Oslo to-night as the ice in the Baltic will delay their arrival by one day,
A week's festivities are proceed ing at Stockholm where Crown Prince Olaf has gone to fetch his bride. Neither the King nor Queen: of Sweden will be present, being on the Riviera and in Rome res pectively.
The festivities at Oslo include a banquet at the British Embassy to be attended by the King and Quech of York and the Norwegian Premier of Norway, the Duke and Duchess
and his wife.
EASTERN TELEGRAPH
CHAIRMAN
J. C. DENISON-PENDER.
SON SUCCEEDS FATHER IN
THE POST.
Africa had expressed its willing- ness substantially to contribute to wards the expenses of operation render full support and co-opera. for a period of five years and to tion in the scheme..
The Union Government of South
The other administrations con- cerned, the Sudan, Kenya Colony, Tanganyika and Uganda had offered to contribute.
also
It is not likely, therefore, that the commencement of the service will be delayed very long.
The service will be much the longest Commercial air route in the world, and it is anticipated that both flying boats and land machines Will be used, bringing Capetows within twelve days of London.
suffered
A cessation of the destruction' is not likely until there is rain.
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"PRINCESS PAT'S" BIRTHDAY.
Referring to disarmament he said that we had done more than a
since the Armistice, over 2,160,000 We had scrapped, other country.
GIBRALTAR, March 13th (U.P.)." Lady Patricia Ramsay, known to Pat's Own" regiment, will be millions as the patron of Princess forty-three on Sunday..
She arrived here recently to join tons of armed ships and cancelled her husband, Captain the Hon.orders for a further 314,000 tons. Alexander Ramsay, who is in com- Mr. mand of the aircraft carrier 1,650,000 tons of the total had been Bridgeman added that Furious," and has been a guest scrapped before the Washington of the Governor-General and his Conference, or more than we had
wife.
Princess "Pat" is the daughter of the Duke of Connaught and a first cousin of King George. When her grandmother, Queen Victoria, first visited Ireland shortly before the Duke of Connaught was born,
an old woman in the crowd called It will be jointly operated by Im-out: Won't ye call your next perial Airways, and the Cobham- after Oireland?" Queen Victoria Blackburn air linea
BRITISH BUILDING FIGURES.
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RUGBY, March 15th. The fact that 1,230,000 new houses, accommodating more than 5,000,000 people, have been built in England and Wales since the war was stated yesterday by Sir Kingsley Wood, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health.
GERMANY'S BUDGET.
NEEDS.
A SERIOUS SITUATION.
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the Budget into the Reichstag, said
BZELIN, March 14th. Herr Hilferding, in introducing the Reich seeded 500,000,000 Marks in cash for urgent expenditure, and that this must be raised by Short Term Loans.
Although the situation was un- doubtedly serious it was absurd to talk of another inflation period, for it was not, a question of the Reich's indebtedness but merely a temporary lack of cask.
Herr Hilberding said the Budget would be more influenced by the Reparations' burden than in pre- vious years.
MISSISSIPPI IN FLOOD.
THOUSANDS OF ACRES INUNDATED.
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New Yozz, March 14th. Heavy floods in Alabama and Georgia have been responsible for two train wrecks, the faundation of four villages and the extensive dia. location of traffic.
smiled and aodded, and the next child had Patrick for one of his names and was made Duke of Con- naught.
Lady Patricia not only continues the tradition of Irish names in her branch of the Royal Family, but shares her birthday with Ireland's patron saint.
got now.
No Competition with America. Mr. Bridgeman said that the fact
that we were beginning construc thou with six-inch guns instead of eight-inch guns, which had been prescribed for cruisers and had been dropped out of the 1927-28 programme, showed clearly, that we were not trying to go one better than the United States. Indeed, Mr. Baldwin had already affirmed that we were not going to engage in shipbuilding competition with America, regarding, which there had been much loose talk which had not been borne out by any policy he had to carry out since he had merit, and her exhibition, in Lan- peace of the world would not be She is a painter of considerable been at the Admiralty, The, don last May is believed to have endangered because one, two or been the first public show of its more peace-loving nations have kind ever given by a member of the strong Navies, as long as they were Royal Family. She has frequently not animated by ambition for ter- sent specimens of her work to ritory
of conquest, official shows as well
and
can nobody Although she was expected to either of us are." make a diplomatic marriage, Pated that Great Britain is prepared made a popular marriage outside to consider disarmament proposals, the Royal ranks with Alexander amendments of proposals already": Ramsay, a son of the Earl of made, or new proposals perhaps not Dalhousie. She dropped ber Royal yet discovered. rank on her marriage, and is now known simply as Lady Patricia Ramsay. Her husband is an ordi- nary naval officer with no special prospects of preferment.
endeared herself not only to the In her earlier years Princess Pat people of Great Britain but to those in many parts of the Empire where she travelled extensively, following her father wherever his duty called bira.
JAPANESE IN BRAZIL.
NEW LAND CONTRACT.
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lust
A Comparison.
that say
He add
Mr. Bridgeman said that compar... · ing like with like the present Naval Estimates were £3,500,000 below
difference of the monetary values. those of 1814 while considering the they were spending £27,500,000 be low pre-War times.
Before the War, the Royal Navy cost 24.5 per cent, of the total Budget, and now it cost no more than 8.9 per centi
The Air Arm had risen from 105 aircraft in 1924 to 135 in 1923, and by the end of 1099, the number should be 153. It was a very modest force, but great progress had been made owing to the zeal and efficiency of its mem- bers
PARA, March 8th. Mr. Hachiro Fukuwara, President of the South America Development
Staz Reductions, Company, is reported to haveIt was impossible to reduce the agreed to a revision of the estate headquarters staff in proportion contract, which was proposed by with the reduction of the fleet but the Brazilian Government author reductions were being made, and at ties. The revision talk has been at the next vacancy the experiment a deadlock for some time on ac-would be made of having one leas count of a certain point..
Sea Lord on the Board of “the "Admiralty.
THE FALLING YEN.""
BRITISH PRESS SURPRISED,
The aim is likely to continue for another 24 hours and Federal en
LONDON, March 5th. gineers have been ordered to be The Financial Times & expresses levers of the Mississippi and to be the yen in view of the recent re careful as to the patrolling of the surprise at such a depreciation of on the look out for Pink places.
porta in connection with official caloosa, Alabama, has risen over tion.
The Black Warrior River in Tus- support towards currency stabilita 35 feet in a day.
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LONDON, March 14th. Several thousand persons were Mr. John Cuthbert Denison made homeless, but there were ho Pender succeeds his father in the Chairmanship of the Eastern Tele- casualties.
graph and Associated Companies.
Mr. J. C. Denison-Pender, who was born in 1852, is the elder son Thousands of acres of rich land of Sir John Denison-Pender, who have been flooded and in the town died recently. The new Chairman. the streets are under a foot of was Unionist Member of Parlia- water.. ment for the Balham and Tooting Division of Wandsworth (1918-22) and, for Newmarket Division 1913- 18. He was also a member of the County Council from
BELGIAN STEAMER SUNK.
STRIKES WRECK, BUT CREW SAVED.
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-ORAN, March 15th..
Shek's telegram expressing their disbandment, according to the Con- The Belgian steamer Scheldepas Londo willingness to abide by the decisions ference's decisions, is being carried from Antwerp to Shanghai, with 1910-19. After having been educat of the Central Government, acknow out by Canton in good faith. ledging the fault as to the Eunan Aleo, the National Government general cargo, atruck a issue, and definitely recording that Special Financial Commissioner in Bed wreck near the Vesta Rock, of The Eastern Telegraph Co., and they are all lovers of peace and Canton has already assumed office, off Plane Island, and sank in thirty passed loyal supporters of the party. and Canton is obeying the order fathoms. The crow were all saved
The vernacular papers have also that the administration of national sompletely changed their tune, and taxes shall be centralised in the ADDITIONS TO FRENCH at present are lauding alike Wahan National Government.
FLEET. and Nanking
The dismissals are regarded as
pirely a compromise, since it is CHINA RATIFIES KELLOGG
felt that the dismissed officials will occupy similar positions in what- ever organisation replaces the Pro- vincial Government,
All warlike activities have ceased, and the situation is rapidly becom ing normal. Pan Yah Chi, the Mayor of Wubaz, goes to Nanking to-day as a special empay to cement the newly established peaceful re Intionships.
PACT;
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WASHINGTON, March 16th.. The Chinese Legation announces that the Nanking Government has ratified the Kellogg Pact.
It is understood that only Japan, out of the original fifteen signé tories, have not yet ratified,
· MODEST PROGRAMME THIS.
"YEAR.
SLUMP IN WALL STREET.
branches, including important witnessed a wholesale decline in
was wholly ineffective in the face It is apparent that this support of operations by Chinese specula tors. The paper, opines that the monetary situation in Japan has been satisfactory, but the trading position is not what it might be. It is evident that the gold embargo is unlikely to be lifted without some radical improvement of foreign exchange..
ANACONDA CAPITAL
Fuel Research. “
They were carrying out fuel re- search to ascertain whether coal could be more freely used or whe-. ther oil could be extracted from coal for utilisation in the Navy.
Mr. Bridgeman concluded by on-
had cost £45,000,000 in five years. serving that while provision for new construction and replacement
taxpayers this year were really being naked for £1,500,000 less than the year preceding the present ad-
ministration.
Estimates Adopted The House of Commons adopted the Navy Estimates, after: rejecting by 145 votes to 89, & Labour motion urging the Government to adopt a more determined policy to secure an international agreement for an all-round reduction in naval arma
menta
Mr. Bridgeman, replying, zid the motion seemed very unobjec tionable, but was quite unnecessŁTY, because the Government had done everything possible in the direction desired. Referring to the tone of the Labour criticism, he said that if the Government were unable to find a formula they should not be blamed by those who disagreed with them
CALL MONEY 12 PER CENT. submered at Eton, he entered the service
New York, March 6th. through its numerous The New York Stock Exchange cable-laying operations. Until review of the high call money-rate of
·INCREASED. cently he was Vice-Chairman and 12 per cent towards the close of Managing Director of the East- the afternoon market.dust
NEW SHARE ISSUE. ern Telegraph Co., Eastern and S. Bearish sentiment was markedly African Telegraph Co., W. African active and those stocks in which
NEW YORK, March 5th. Telograph Co. Vice-Chairman of outsiders have been interested
The Anaconda Copper Company, Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., particularly dropped abruptly, Cop at a directors' meeting today, de Western Telegraph Co., Globe Tele per stocks were conspicuous among cided to give preferred rights to its graph and Trust Co., Ltd.; Directhese shares. headed by Anaconda shareholders in connection with the River Plate. Telegraph Co., Ltd., proximately $7. tor Spanish Telegraph Co., Ltd., Coppers, which declined by ap application for the now stocks. The Senate by a majority of 272 London
The The ratio, will be one new share for The Chinese people in Manchuria Plating-Brazilian Tele to 28, has passed a Bill authorizing graph Co., Ltd. and Northern 86. The day's dealing amounted to Buying was centred on Anaconda lion cigarettes every year, accord- U.S. Steels were also down by five of the old stock. Malone smoke eight and a half bil- the laying down of one cruiser of Assurance Co. He served in the 10,000 tons, six destroyers of 2,480 European War, France and Bel- were obliged to dispose of their Exchange to-day and der inga Mukden government. Mort of a considerable sum, and outsiders Coppers on the New York Stocking to figures compiled by the tons each, six submarines of 1,460 gium, September 1914-July 1817, holdings at a beavy loss. The mar reached as much as 500,000 shares those smoked are very cheap, but tons, and one mine-laying sub then in the War Office to the end et closed with marine of 720 tons.
of the war.]
a comparatively The quotation jumped by 86 to even to, the people pay 250,000,000 steady tone.
$158 as a result
silver for their tobacco.
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Panin, March 15th