THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929.
NANKING GAINS THE THE DISARMAMENT | AMERICAN EXPRESS
DAY.
"REBEL" LEADERS REPORTED IN. RETREAT. '
A
BOYCOTT ENDED.
[TÁROCON-REUTER'S ADENCT.1
.I
SHANUKAL, April s. communique from Hankow
states that the Government troops have pursued the broken-ap rem „pants of the rebels as far as Sien
taochen in Western Eupeh.
QUESTION.
THE ONLY BASIS OF
AGREEMENT."
AMERICAN VIEWS,
BERVICK]
(REUTER'S AMERICAN, BERY
NEW YORK, April 9. According to the Washington cor-
ABSORBED?
HUGE COMBINE PROPOSED,
ENORMOUS CAPITAL
INVOLVED..
[REUTER'S AMERICAN, BERVICE]
NEW YORK, April 9. The directors of the Chase National Bank have announced
respondent of the New York Herald plans to absorb the American Ex Tribune, replying to the reports
from Geneva that the British deler Company with its extensive gation to the Preliminary Dis foreign banking organisation.
INDIAN BOMB OUTRAGE.
POLICE HOT ON THE TRACK.
NOTORIOUS AGITATORS IN CUSTODY.
{THROUGH REUTER'S
AGENCY.]
"HANDLEY-PAGES'
ORDER.
MACHINES FOR INDIAN AIR MAIL.
-LUXURIOUS SALOONS.
(IKKOUGH KHUTER'S AGENCY,]
LONDON, April 9.
COMMERCIAL AIR ROUTES.
STATEROOMS, DINING ROOMS, AND PROMENADE DECKS.
ZEPPELIN COMPANY'S
ENTERPRISE,
over
Telegrams in Brief.
Carl Eielson, the pilot of the aeroplane in which Sir George Wilkins flew over the North Pole in April last year, has been pre sented with the Harmon Trophy, awarded annually for the outstand- ing feat in aviation,
Mr. Van Lear Black, the Amèri- can flying magnate, has arrived at Croydon on his return from South
Africa
Aeronautical engineers in the United States and Europe ̈ ̈Arn NEW DELHI, April &
The Chairman of Messrs. Hand-making definite plans to establish The leafct, mentioned earlier asley Page, Ltd., at the annual meet commercial airship routes being thrown with the bombs into ing, announced that they had secar water. They are pioneering in this The German Cabinet has sane the Council Chamber, declared ed a contract to supply the new air endeavour because the most logical tianed reductions in the 1990 Bad- that the Socialist Republican As-craft required for Imperial Air-route for an ever-water ship would get amounting to Mks. 179,000,000,
ponsibility, has ordered its "Army's service.
tween the United States and to throw bomba
Europe, Over-water travs) has been contemplated because it offers a greater saving in time as compared with the stenanship. American passenger ship was de Limited have notiled their share-
Nanking reports state that the armament Commission at Geners Since the sale of its interest insociation, fully realising its res» { ways, Ltd., in their England-India be the heavily travelled lane be thus bringing the deficit to Mka.
rebel leaders, Hu Trung Tu and Tac Chun, have made overtures' to Chiang Kai Shek expressing their willingness to comply with the orders of the Central Govern ment. They state that they await the re-organisation of their troops. Yeh Chi is said to have Red secretly to Hunaa.
The Central Executive Committee in Nanking bas decided to send a congratulatory message to Chiang Kai Shek and his military asso ciates upon the capture of Wuhan.
A report is prevalent that the troops under Han Fu Chu hare reached Siaokan on the Peking Hankow Railway and are still mov- ing southwards.
Coming To An Understanding.
BANKOW, April 9. Li Ming Shui whose going over to the Nanking side was largely responsible for the collapse of the 'Wuhan party, has been appointed commander of the 13th Division of the Government troops.
It is stated that the Hupeh com- missionership has been earmarked for Hsia Tau Yin, while various minor appointments are being made for other Generals who participated in the expedition against Wuhan."
Reports from the interior of Hupeh state that the retreating Kwangsi troops are ravaging the countryside.
Meanwhile, Chiang Kai Shek bas again telegraphed to Hu Trung Tu and Tao Chun. The former is said to be at Shari, and the latter at Sientaochen. The Marshal urges them to submit to the Central Government, assuring them that no harm will befall them.
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on behalf of the helpless Indian masses.
buffet
protestThe machines would be of an en would propose a renewal of "the the American Railway Express discussions on the reduction of Company to the Adams Express against repressive measures like tirely new design. Each would no the Public Safety and Trades' Discommodate 40 passengers and crew. naval armaments in "authoritative Company last week for a sum under. quarters," the State Department stood to be $18,000,000, the Ameri-pate Bills and the indiscriminate There would be two big salcons and has stated that Mr. Hugh Gibson, can Express Company only retains arrest of labour leaders, and the also & cabin the size of a Pullman
States Minister to
a foreign banking and travel ser- callous murder of La Patrai, coach, Etted with lavatories and the United
vice. Brussels, who will represent the United States Government at the meeting of the Commission, bears instructions that the only basia upon which America will enter another disarmament conference will be the complete acceptance by Great Britain of the principle set forth by the American Government at the ill-fated "three-cornered " conference of 1997.
MAJOR-GENERAL WARDROP
LEAVES.
(THROUGH REUTEN'S AGENCY.]
SEANGHAI, April a. Major-General and Mrs. Wardrop left for Home aboard the P. & O. 3. Naldera and were given a very warm Bend-off.
EVACUATION OF SHANTUNG.
JAPANESE PROGRAMME,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Tokyo; April B. The Japanese War Office a
nounces
that the evacuation of the Japanese Expeditionary Force from Shantung (in accordance with the agreement with Chine
for the settlement of he Tainan
Incident) will be carried out in two groups. Departures from the port of Tsingtao for Japan will be as follows:-
Ist group: leaves on April 21 to
Uneasiness as regards the move- merts of Feng's troops bave been completely allayed on Chang Wan Kin's
declaration that Feng's
is. loyalty understood. Feng'a troops will not advance any fur- May 3 ther, and will withdraw immediate. ly from Kwangshui and Laohokow when requested by the Central
Government.
"Förflerlag Blustion.
HANKOW, April 8 It is reliably stated that troops of Feng Yu Hainng's army have occupied Laohokow and Kwangshui on the Peking-Hankow Railway but it is not certain whether these moves were planned by Feng Yu Hsiang before the fall of Waban (and therefore with the object of actively assisting Chiang Lai Shek) and that there has not been time to countermand and stay these
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The proposed amalgamation will have a capital surplus and reserves exceeding $218,000,000.
AMERICA'S PROBLEMS.
AEROPLANES AND BOMBS.
(REUTER'S, AMERICAN SERVICE.]
·TEGUCIGALPA, April 0. The American aeroplanes from Managua which have been bombing suspected rebel camps along the border are reported to have bombed Las Limas in Honduras.
It is stated that the town has been destroyed by fire as a result of the bombing,
The pamphlet concludes: "The sacrifice of individuals at the altar of the great revolution, which will bring freedom to all and render the exploitation of man by man im possible is inevitable. Long Live the Revolution 1"
For this "reason the first all-
signed to meet these conditions. In Each machine would have four building military ships it was re- engines with a total of 2,000 horse-cognized that they must answer long-distance cruising require- power and be fitted with slotted wings.
ments, so that they could accom pay a ses fleet and be able to cross the Atlantic with full load and ample fuel reserve
· Ministry Buys Patent. The Air Ministry are paying the Handley Page Company £100,000 for the right to use the automatic wing slot on RA.F. aeroplanes in Britain.
•
Hotorious Men.. The two men arrested are named.
The slot and interceptor is a deve Bhagat Singh and Dutt. They will:lopment of the plain automatic slot, be charged with attempted murder.
They declare that they entered the Chamber Gallery without a ticket long before the police arrived to check the admission of visitors.
After throwing bombs they fired pistols and one of them "shouted "I did it; here is my pistol." They then surrendered to the police.
Bhagat Singh is believed to be a
The authorities are investigating nephew of the notorious revolu- the matter.
SO MUCH MONEY!
YET ANOTHER TREMENDOUS
COMBINE.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
tionary Ajit Singh, who is at pre- sent in exile. Dutt is a Bengali
from Cawnpore."
The bombs were home-made, in- ferior and incapable of extensive damage. The pistols were likewise rude and, happily, jammed after firing twice.
A Es-Assembly. The Assembly again met fifteen minutes after the outrage: most of the members, however, remained in the lobby, the atmosphere being still pungent with smoke. The only business was the adjournment.
NEW YORK, April 9. The American Founders Corpora tion is joining an organisation ef three foreign investment companies for the handling of German, South
Seventy policemen are now guard- European, and South American ing the Assembly and the President securities respectively.
has ordered that no tickets be Together" with the American com-issued for Thursday's session and panies in their control, the com- that thereafter there must be bined resources of the group exceed stricter supervision. $150,000,000.
the
which gives a pilot a more powerful lateral control than hitherto.
TASMANIA FLOODS.
4,500 HOMELESS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENDS.]
HOBART April 8 During the course of the inunda tions the Pioneer tin mine was flooded and a dam at the Maonarch
Mine was washed away.
A landslide on the Lyell Railway isolated Queenstown. 4,500 are homeless in the Launceston district alone.
PROHIBITION PROBLEMS.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE]"
WASHINGTON, April 8. the patrol host fired on the Juan Coastguard authorities state that because she refused to halt when requested.
ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ""AUSTRIA:"
New Tyre Evolved. These two different types of ships were taken into consideration, when The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corpora- tion, of the Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company, designed the two ships that are now being built at Akron, Ohio, U.S.A for the United States Navy,
The two radically different types of ships were merged into a new type of ship, to be inflated with belium and of about 6,300,000 cubie feet capacity. They will have about the same cruising range as the 3,000,000 cubic feet ships being built by Great Britain. airte hydrogen, while less safe, has some what better lifting properties.
There will be, of course, differ
a 6,300,000 cubic foot passenger ship ences in engineering detail between and a military ship of the same size.
.
201,000,000. The reductions include a moving of Mks 27,000,000 on the Ministry of Defence, namely, ks. 7,500,000 on the Army and Mks. 39,600,000 on the Navy.
Imperial Chemical Industries
holders of their proposal to "in- crease the capital by £20,000,000. to 205,000,000, part of which is needed to complete the present construc- tional programme while the re mainder will be placed to reserve for future contingencies.
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DRAMATIC ATTEMPT- ED ARREST.
POSTAL TROUBLES.
AMAZING. "STORY FROM MANILA,
Manila (U.P.A dramatic mid- night effort by Insular Auditor Ben F. Wright to arrest Jose Topacio, director of the Philip
of Fines Bureau Posts, after Topacio had boarded a ship for Europe has had sweeping con sequences though it did not check the director's departure.
Wright had declined to grant a certificate of clearance to Topacio because of an alleged irregularity in Topacio's office involving shout
200,000.
rl
The law states that all bonded officials of the Philippines GoveTTI- ment must have a certificate of Staterooms for, 100 passengers, clearance from the auditor because dining rooms, promenade decks, they can leave the Islands. smoking rooms and the like in
The Spirit of Manana,” passenger ships, will be replaced in Topacio defied Wright on a basis the military ships by machine guns of what he termed a special bomb racks, and the airplanes car-authorisation given him by former ried with the ship. But in a Governor-General Stimson and many similar points. This fact has General Gilmore in order that be general senso the two ships have later renewed by acting Governor added significance in
might go to the Postal Union Con- passener-tarrying ship is easily con-
vention in London. vertible into a military ship, in case of emergency.
that
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In other quarters it was declared that the " authorisation consisted only of credentials having nothing to do with Section 335 of the ad- ministration code, which relates to 2610 under which Wright now pur- provision for departure, or Section poses to prosecute Topacio under his return with possible fine, of, 8500 and/or imprisonment for six months as penalty.
90 Miles An Hour. In plaaning the passenger ships the cabing and promenade decks PEACE TREATY CRITICISED.of the ship. The windows tilt out- were laid out along the twin keels ward so that the passengers can
the Vienna, April 1: The situation enjoy changing panorama in Austria is considered to be ex spread out beneath them. tremely critical in consequence of Such a ship, it is estimated, can the lockout in the motor-car indusly at 90 miles an hour and have a eruising radius of 6,000 miles at the entire metallurgical industry full speed and 8,000 miles at
It is further feared that the cruising speed. economic conflict will assume a poli It is estimated that with such a Saunders, the Assistant Superin- tical character. The authorities are ships business man could leave could "not recognize the judge's
The police are determined to trace the outrage to its source and hope, in view of the pamphlet's mention
try which will probably spread to 2nd group: leaves on April 30 to NEW POST OFFICE STAMPS. of La Patrai, it will soon be pos
GENERAL CHEN MING SHU. WILL BE ABLE TO WALK-IN...
A WALK.
According to the Industrial and Commercial Daily Press General Chen Ming Shu is going on well at the Government Civil Hospital, but the doctors advise him not to walk on his injured leg for about a week.
Madame Chen is also making very good progress.
A COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE.
BRITISH WIRELESS BEFICE
Rrigex, April 6. For the second time only in its history, the British Post Office is about to issue commemorative post- age stamps.
The British Post Office, which in- troduced the postage stamp, has since 1840, preserved a uniform pt-
for commemorative or similar pur-
sible to trace the murderers, of
tendent of Police at Lahore, last December
HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE].
movements since Wuhan has fallen. by friends and colleagues from Can titude 'averse to the use of stamps the whole morning in the grounds
The General is constantly visited ton, and, na our Canton news sug There are no signs of uncasiness gests is conducting a great deal of here, Martial law, which has been enforced since April 4, is to be public business from his sick room. lifted to-night.
Germans Active?
The Hong Kong Government bave detailed a bodyguard of police to ensure his personal safety."
posca.
In connection, however, with the Postal Union Convention, which assembles in a few weeks in London, five kinds of stamps are to be on sale at all Post Offices for three months in place of those of ordinary design.
Their values are to be a id, ld,
It is interesting to note that while
on the march on Wuhan, Chiang Kai Shek was assisted by
A Courtesy Visit. two German stall officers who ad-
HANKOW, April 8: vised his troops to move by night
A British Naval Wireless message only, and is low by day. This ex plains why the positions of the says that there was still, some un- advancing Nanking columns were easiness in Hankow on Monday, 2hd., and £1. never definitely placed until they regarding the movements of Feng had almost reached their fins! Yu Hsiang, whose men have been reported to be advancing south objective.
·ward.
Feng Remains Loyal,
Rear Admiral H. J. Tweedie, C.B. IMATER (Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Feng Yu Baiang's representative, Oficer, Yangtze), have paid a Chang Wan Kin, has just arrived courtesy visit to Marshal "Chiang bere. He has explained that the Kai Shek..
movements of the Christian General's" troops inside the Hupeh border were intended to hedge in
RUGET, April 8 The King passed a good day. The weather remained fine and sunny at Bognor, and His Majesty spent
of Craigweil House. For over two hours he sat on the lawn enjoying the warm sunshine and then took is usual walk through the grounds before going in for lunch.
· AEROPLANE PRIZES.
therefore considering measures for maintaining peace and order.
The press points out that this case again shows that it will be in possible to maintain for any length of time the artificial structure of Austrian economic life as created by the peace treaty..."
MISHAP.
For days before the departure Wright Atrove to prevent Topacio from leaving. Just before the boat sailed he attempted to arrest Topacio. The police said they signature and, anyway, where was the official seal 1
remova
New York on a Saturday morning Tarrive two days later on Monday All of which seems something of
morning at London or Paris, spend
teapot tempest were it not for four days on his business affairs,
implications lying behind it. leaving there Friday morning, tak Enemies of Wright have pounced ing three days on the return trip upon the case to declare it is one against the prevailing westerly more example of unnecessary ins winds, arriving in New York again terference by an American off- Monday morning.
cial who, in past year, has won the Complete designs of this sort of title of watch dog of the Philip- ship have been developed by the SOVIET AIR SERVICE.
Goodyear Zepplin Corporation, and pine tressary. Efforts are said to have been made. to persuade the
War to many of the passenger ship features Secretary of OPERATES 6 YEARS WITHOUT have been embodied in the two US Wright.
Navy ships that are now being.
Governor-General Blamed. built, although, of course, the
On his part, Wright says that Moscow-The report issued by passenger accommodations are not
included in the military ships. the irregularities were reported to are Soviet air trafile company
faat Dobroljot says that in 1928, 1,782 A Far East air service of this Governor-General Stimson
summer. At that time they ran to about 8100,000 and since they have fights were made on the company's nature in the next two years is not
about doubled. Wright has press- regular lines, covering 953,798 kilo beyond the bounds of possibility. meters. Passengers totalled 4,422
ed for action but nothing has while over 49 tons of mail' and. 58
been done. The implication Blames tons of freight were carried.
the Governor-General and the act- The company "uses Jurkers air-
ing Governor-General. PM) The report planes throughout.
Supporting this view is an adds that since the inauguration of
editorial in the American-owned the company's services six years
Manila Timer which terms the whole affair a tragedy of errors" and declares that in this unfor- A report was made to the police tuuate affair, the office of the yesterday by a Chinese woman Governor-General bears its full living at No. 48, Queen Road C., share of responsibility. The dis- first floor, that jewellery valued at pute was never settled by Governor- $3,987 had been stolen from her General Stimson despite the fast chest of drawers. The drawers had that his attention was called to it
It is interesting to note the re- MORE MUNIFICENT OFFERS. ago there was on its lines not a
rival of the £1 stamp. Issues of Adhesive stamps of this value were abolished fourteen years ago, and the revival is for this occasion only.
RELIEVING FAMINE.
BIG SHIPMENT OF GRAIN RECETVED.
End of the Boycott.. Business is in full swing in the the retreating pro-Kwangsi faction Japanese Concession as the result
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] armies (antives of Kwangsi and of the lifting of the anti-Japanese While no official pro- Hupeh) so as to allow Chiang Kai boycott.
SHANGHAI, April 9, Shek's forces to operate freely in nouncement has been made by the
new administration and no veto has The Famine Relief Committee re- the south of Hupeh
The arrival of this delegate, who been placed on the activities of the ports the arrival of 600 tons of seed. bears an assurance of Feng Xuyoott pickets (who maintained a grain, a gift of Chang Hsueh Liang Hsiang's loyalty to the National cordon around the Japanese Con- valued at Mex. $50,000, most of Government of China has remored cession), then pickets have never any feelings of uneasines which theless miraculously disappeared.
Every confidence is being ex- might have been engendered in political circles. It is generally pressed in the maintenance of cor- felt that the situation is now clari-dial business relations between the fed
Chinese and Japanese here from (Continued on nezt
Column).
now, cn.
which is being transhipped from Simlyhan and North Shansi
During the past five days the Committee have received nearly 2,000 tons of grain as against 1,200 tans during the preceding few
months."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 8 The American millionaire, Colonel William E. Easterwood, Junior, who is now in London, har
offered a prize of G.825,000 open
single accident in which pilota or passengers were killed or even in- jured, this having contributed greatly to making fying more popular.
$3,000 JEWELLERY HAUL
BY MUI TSAI.
ARRESTED BY POLICE
Prolonged Secialist cheers greeted been opened by a key which was in August of last year. The act fra Dalton, rector of the Bishop left on the table. A servant girl ing Governor General inherited to all nations for the first suc Auckland by-election, when she took was found to have absconded, but this as one of the many legacies of was later arrested by the police trouble froin the Stimson adminie cessful aeroplane Bight from Rome her seat in the House of Commons with the jewellery in her possestration." to New York and Dallas, Texas,
She was introduced by Mr. Tom sion, The Italian Government have Kennedy, the Socialist Chief Whipr assented to the project, following and her husband, Dr. Hugh Dalton, upon an interview Col. Easterwood the Socialist M.P. for Peckham.. had with Signor Mussolini.
Competitors may start at any time after June 1.
Easterwood has sponsored pre- sious long-distance lights, includ ing the flight from Dallas to Hong Kong
Count Delmatta (Italy) and Major Schey (Germany) have al ready intimated their intention to 1 compete..
the
In a subsequent editorial Times finds Wright undiplomatic The explosion of a factory, boiler in his actions but, says that "to at Barmen (Germany) caused the remove an auditor because he has Judgment for £378 damages with death of four workers and injuries not seen fit to trim his sail to the gently zephyrs of co-operation and because he insists upon performing costs was given in the King's Bench to thirty others.
his duty as he sees it is an Division for Miss Margaret Doberly a buffet attendant, of Bir Alan Cobham has commenced encouragement to the growing band Upper street, Islington, in her an air tour of Great Britain, in of corruptionists who fatten on son against Mr. John Edward the courte of which he will visit all illicit gains, Heaven pity the man Leonard Herman Dobson, a whole the principal towns and cities with who succeeds Ben Wright if the sale bulb merchant of Tollington a view to establishing a chain of latter's separation from the service park, N., for breach of promise. aerodromes throughout the country, is forced."