NEW WAR IN CHINA.
WHAT BRITAIN
OWES.
'FENG'S OMINOUS
SILENCE.. "
FIGHTING REPORTED.
THE PREMIER'S FIGHTING SPEECH.
OPPONENTS AGREE.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE-]
(THROUGH RIVIER'S AGENCY.)
PEPING, May 19.
The orgy of bridge-blasting con-
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929.
LANDING OF THE GRAF ZEPPEIN.
THE BENGUELA RAILWAY.
7.
COST OF MONEY IN BARRIE'S CALL FROM Telegrams in Brief.
AMERICA.
WILDLY EXCITED CROWDS.
OPENING CEREMONY
IN JUNE.
FEDERAL BOARD TAKES A HAND.
PASSENGERS IN HIGH SPIRITS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ANGLO-PORTUGUESE AMITY.
Roosy, May 17.. The leaders of the three poli-
TOULON, May 13. The landing of the Graf Zeppelin
(BRITISH WIRKLASS SERVICE.)
RuGuy, May 19. Prince Arthur of Connaught,
made Lunghai impassible, wrecking
Bamsay MacDonald' and Mr.
teh.
NO INCREASES.
[THROUGH ALUTER'S AGENCY.]
CHICAGO, May, 12." According to the Chicago Tribune, the Federal Reserve Board has re fused to permit several Federal
SCOTLAND-YARD.
"Mr. Dwight F. Davis, Secretary DINNER-TABLE JOKE ON of War in the Coolidge Cabinet. anceeeds Mr. HL, Stimson as Governor-General of the Philip pines..
MR. BALDWIN.
"IN GREAT DANGER."
Sir James Barrie chaffed Mr. Baldwin, and looked back over many years to his own early Journalistic days, in a speech at the Newspaper Press Fund dinner.
My one desire to-night," said
The Dutch Finance Minister han. announced that the Government has no intention of abolishing...the ten duty, as the result of the repeal of the duty in England......
r
President Hoover has announced n settlement of the Tacna Arica
tween Chile and Peru by, which retails Arica and Tacna goes to
$8,000,000.
The Asahi special correspondent
Shake Koreans, who are alleged to have
dispute by direct acgotiations be
tinues. Tas Kusminchun have now tical parties, Mr. Baldwin, Jr. caused the most intense excitement formerly Governor-General of South Reserve Banks, including those of Sir James, and I am sure it is Peru, while Chile-will pay, Peru. all the bridges (astward of Kwei Lloyd George have replied to the in the neighbourhood. Excited spec-Africa, will attend the opening of New York, and Chicago, to increase yours also, is to be nice to Mr.
manifesto submitted to them by the tators made a wild stampede for the Benguel Railway. The cere- their re-discount rates, to six per Baldwin. It is cot his fault that at Seoul reports the arrest of 150 There is not the slightest indien Disarmament Manifesto Committee the landing ground, and the police mony, which is to be performed by cent, following the raising of the he is a Worcestershire man. tion here of Feag's intentions in giving views of societies actival and military bad the greatest di- the Portuguese Minister of Colonies San Francisco rate where al twelve speare was very near being a Wor-teen platting against the adminis the event of fighting, but well in-interested in promotion of world culty in keeping back the crowds is fixed for June 10 at Luac, which institutions have a rate of five per tershire man, but his mother nipped/tration with the assistance of a formed sources believe he has not peace. Mr. Baldwin in his repte / which swarmed over the ground. ¡is a railhead about 840 miles from cent from May 20.
suficient munitions to last more says that the suggestion that than one month'i" intensive "fight- | Britain should make definite pro- JAR
posals to all countries for a large Some quarters think that he will measure of disarmament has already make a desperate attempt to cap-been carried out as regards navies ture Wuhan in order to reinforce In the case of land forces the himself from Hanyang. It is con- British Government believes that sidered impossible for him to take better progress will be made it hia huge army inte the famine initiative is taken by the Powers Stricken Shensi and Kansu, "..
being
The weather conditions
Lobito Bay, on the frontiers of favourable, the landing party, bod Portuguese West Africa and the no difficulty in seizing the mooring Belgian Congo. ropes, and bolding the airship until i "His Royal Highness will travel to it was safely secured. Dr. Eckner Lobito Bay with a party of guests, was the first to jump out and paid whom the Benguela Railway Com-" a warm tribute to the work of the pany has invited to be present. The landing party. All the passengers party leaves Southampton landed in high spirits, and Mrs. Friday in the Union Castle liner
next
HUMAN SIDE OF POLICE
COURTS.
COMEDY OF STRANGE TONGUES.
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Scratch Marlborough-street Police
across into Warwickshire to give the boy a chance.
group of alien Radicals.
A settlement has been arrived at in the Lancashire cotton disputo' Shakespeare and Hoveis. following a joint conference between special Trade Union delegates and "It Shakespeare had come to the millowners. The Trade Unien London now-a-days I suppose be delegates accepted the proposal of would have become a journalist, the millowners to consider the No signed articles for him. You men's case if they returned to work, and to revise the reale of know, I don't think he would have pay with arreare due, if it was written plays; he would have turn found that the ed them into novels, thrillers, for unfair. which Mr. Baldwin, and perhaps **Hamlet,' it written in these
new rates, were
An irman has met with a "ter-
and it has expressed its willingnes Pierce, the only woman passenger;" Carnarvon Castle which will make Court and you find a humar, comedy most of us admits a dark partiality. ible death at Columbus, Ohio: As soon as the fighting starts it to accept the scheme of reduction declared that nobody had been in a special call at Lobito Bay to dia-somewhere beneath its West End days, would probably be called The aeroplane which he was dying
is expected that Fengtien will rush in garrisons for Chibli. The Kuo- minchun Mayor of Peping, Mr. Ho Chi Kung, has taken refuge in the
Legation Quarter.
:
A Charge of Front.
HANKOW, May 19.
agreed upon by, them.
Referring to the reduction of national forces Mr. Baldwin ex- presses the view that the British record stands comparison with that of any foreign Power. The navy ha been reduced by 46,90 men in com-
the least alarmed by the experi- ence.
LATER.
jj
Four new engines for the Gral Zeppelin are being sent to Toulos
to-day.
embark guests.
On the homeward journey the Balmoral Castle will call specially at Lobito Bay to embark the party. The Premier of Southern Rhodesia intends to be present at Luae, and it is expected that the Government
It is believed that the remain-parison with 1914. Warships have DUTCH SEAPLANES LONG of the Union of South Africa and
chun withdrawal from Wusherkwan indicates a change, of front west. ward.
niso been reduced.
This compares favourably with countries such as United States, Since the Peking Hankow Rail. Japar, and Italy, all of whom have way has been thoroughly blocked by increased their strength as compar blowing up numerous bridges northed with 1914. The total strength of "ward of Wusherkwan it is deemed the 'British army including re- impossible for the Govemment gulars, reserves and territorials troops to advance by the railway has been reduced by 250,000 men, It is learned that Feng's 29th being now 473,000 men in compari division is reinforcing the Kumminson with 793,000 in 1914. chun garrison at Laohokow while strength to-day is 209,900 less that in 1984. Since 1925 Britain has re- the 8th divisions under the com-duced most of the effective services maad of Chu Shao Liang from of the army by £1,000,000, while Shazi have been hurried up the other countries such Han River to reinforce the gar States; Italy, France and Russia have increased theirs by sums vary. risons,
ing from £5,000,000 to £40,000,000, Mr. Baldwin claims that in the re duction of armaments Britain has set an example to the world.
The
United
11
FLIGHT.
FROM HOLLAND TO JAVA.
["D.P." Special Service.]
Batavia-Two Dutch seaplanes, which had flown from Bolland" to Java, landed here on Saturday afternoon.
The foreshore was crowded with people and there were scenes of wild enthusiasm as the planes hove in sight. Circling over the crowds, water and had no sooner come to a the machines descended the
standstill than they were surround-
to
ed by amall launches, motor-boate. canoes packed with excited
and people.
One Plane' Damaged?
The
It is reported that the fabric of one of the machines was torn to pieces by enthusiasts in quest of
souvenirs of the event. other pilot kept his engine running and his 'plane on the move until police launches were able to dis- perse the amall craft which thronged around the embarrassed airmen.
Northern Rhodesia will also be re- presented.
KING'S GRATITUDE TO
NURSE.
REWARD FOR SERVICE.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE"]
Ruary, May 19.
It is announced that the King has conferred a Royal Red Cross First
·Class, upon Miss Nettie May Purdie, in recognition of her devet ed oursing service rendered during His Majesty's illness, an
SHOT POLICE CHIEF INQUEST.
FATHER'S SUICIDE FROM GRIEF.
agreement on naval matters is now possible between Britain and United
A dramatic account of the shoot- States, Mr. Lloyd George also strongly favours a definite redactioned by all the Colony's most in Station,
In the evening, a dinner, attending tragedy, at Runcorn Police in armaments and a friendly under-fuential officials and business men, standing with the United States on
was given in honour of the aviators. maritime questions.
Yesterday (Sunday), the Colony was still en fête..
General Ho Kuo Kwang is leav ing Siangyang today for Shasi to take over the command of. five divi-
Mr. MacDonald, replying to the sions of ex-Rupeh troops whose manifesto, expresses the view that loyalty is doubtful. While Ho Ying the Pact of Paris ought to bare
a reason for been utilised as Ching remains in command locally satisfactory disarmament agrce Chinese circles aver that Feng wilment. He believes that a complete first attack Shana and afterwards drive southward towards" Wehan.
Failing both he will withdraw to Tungkwan and into Shensi,
Holshevism. Nothing short of a declaration of war was uttered by Ho Ying- Ching at a banquet given him by the Chinese Chamber on Friday night. General Ho dwelt on the situation with reference to Feng Yu Huang, inferring that he was A grave danger to the nation, and "said that since Moscow had utterly
NANKING, May 19. failed to Bolshevise South China, The Commissioner for Foreign the Soviet had made Horan, Shens Affairs in Shantung has informed the Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. and Kansu ita experimental ground. Wang, that all necessary pro
Concluding, he urged the people dures for taking over of Taingia of Hupeh to support the Central from the Japanese were completed on May 16. All Japanese troops Government in its fight against will be evacuated from Tsingtao before May 20 The Shantung Railway is now under complete Chinese control. Order at Tsingtao and along the railway is being well maintained.
communisma.
"CHRISTIAN GENERAL”
IN ARMS.
A COUNTER BLAST:
THROUGH RECTAR'S AGENCY.]
SHANTUNG AFFAIRS.
JAPANESE TROOPS
WITHDRAW.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
GERMANY'S OFFER.
MINISTERS GIVE DR. SCHACHT A FREE HAND.
Dr. Schacht, the leader of the German Reparations Detegation, whose insufficient offer to the Allies threatened a breach of the repara tions, spent six hours next day et plaining various points German Cabinet.
to
the
Ministers then passed a resolu- tion that Dr. Schacht should con- tinue to have full responsibility and an absolutely free hand for the re mainder of the conference.
Dr. Schacht, who with his col league, Dr. Voelger had hastened back to Berlin from Paris to report to the Cabinet stated that the MADAME SUN YAT SEN.
memorandum had been misinter- preted, and that no claims for the (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] return of the German colonies or the Polish corridor" were implied PEPING, May 1B. As a counterblast to Chiang Kai
Madame Sun Yat Sen arrived by it. He formally avowed that the Shek's telegrama, 25 of Feng Yu this evening, by a special train memorandum had no political pre- Heiang's generals beaded by Han ihr Stin He took to ni possis whatever, but was of a pure
ly economic mature,
SHASOBAL, May 19.
Fu Chu have issued a manifesto to meet her. She was met on ar- denouncing Chiang Kai Shek's rival here by General Ho Cheng attitude, and demanding his rer Chun and other oficials and pro- signation.
Madame Sun Yat Sen is refusing to see the many visitor and inter- viewers who hoped to have speech with her.
REPTILES CURLED ROUND
HIS "NECK.
Arterus Hughes, a sixteen-year old boy of Penalt, near Monmouth, who has a local reputation as a "anake charmer," ie in hospital suffering from the poison bite of ap adder.
when Superintendent Charles Eayward, aged fifty-six, and the Rev. Frank Hayward, aged thirty-one, his only sop, were shot dend, was given at the double in quest, held at Runcora, by Acting- Sergeant Bell.
The jury returned a verdict that the son died as the result" of re- volver wounds, and that there was
in the сдве
skin.
$
It was the comedy of strange ton- gues, misunderstandings, and magis Nathan, guileless and confessed, terial perplexity the other day. brought a friend to court with him to help him with his inexperience assistance in refuting a charge of in the English tongue, and give him begging.
י
For it was alleged that Nathan had mistaken Hyde Park for a public auction roca, and, being un- able to sell a ring to a soldier, had requested a few coppers to buy drink,
Righteous Indignation. Nathan's friend commandeered the witness-box, filled with righte- ous indignation, and equipped with a broken English less easily die tinguishable than Nathan's because of its greater rapidity.
The Strange Affair at Elsinore. How hard on me to have to make a speech when I know that the Prime him a detective story! Minister would for rather I told
"At that moment the telephone bell rang," said Sir James, using his hallo! hallo! Yes, I'm here. I'm wine-gians as a receiver Balle speaking, who are you 1-It's Scot land Yard. The Yard asks you as
favour, ladies and gentlemen, not to wipe your glasses, as the waiters are plain-clothes men taking inger prints.
Man in Masks.
"Who 1 No. 11 Oh!" (looking at Mr. Baldwin). Yes, he is here he is in great danger. They want to know if he has a gun. They say it is the most astdunding 'case the Yard has ever had to call me in to help them with..
"Beg" he pleaded for Nathan A complete change" has come while Mr, Cancellor, the magistrate, over London since we sat down to endeavours to sweat the witness. with men in masks and princesses listened, and the usber. made vain dinner. The streets are seething Oh, no, e couldn't beg. E as with daggers in their stockings. plenty money. Ask 'im." There They have broken out of every de- as a catch in his breath. "I make tective story No. 1 has ever read, 'im an allowance. That, copper and all of them are alter him. make a mistake. It is for fresh air He will never return to Downing my poor Nathan visit the Park. Street alive unless I can bring Then they pull 'is leg. Once him. He and I must leave the hotel week-the soldier try to sell in the first and alone, and, as soon as we ring. I am so sore when I 'ear of two leave, it is to be blown up.- the charge of begging. That copper End of Chapter One of The
Strange Affair as Chequers'.
Anything known 1" growled Mr. Cancellor. The gaoler shook his head.
"Sore? I am so sore Mr.
was taking part with over a han dred others in a huge sham fight. when it caught fre at a height of fifteen thousand feet, afterwards colliding with another machine. The pilot jumped with a parachute, but the parachute became en- and the unfortunate pilot tangled with the burning aeroplane, dragged, down to his death with the machine.
DELUSION AND A TRIPLE MURDER.
MAN'S LETTER TO THE CORONER.
SHOOTING "AMBUSH,"
A quarrel between two men which
the preceded
fourfold shooting tragedy at Shenstone, near Lich- field. Staffordshire, was disclosed
nged thirty-sever, a stockman, of at an inquest on the victims.
They were Hanry Albert Sims, Finglefeld Cottages, Shenstone; Elsie, aged thirty-five, his wife; Cyril, aged nine, his son, and Henry
James Woodman, aged twenty-six, a gardener, who were. all shot.
The jury returned a verdict of Murder against Eims in the case of his wife, his son, and Wood- 11 man, and Suicide while of un- The Prime Minister, in "giving sound mind" in the case of Sims
The coroner, summing up, said the toast of "Journalism," said, "Journalism is like politics. We that Sims letters indicated that he are always expecting something ex-imagined that some one was trying. citing and interesting to happen to deprive him of his work, which appeared to be a delusion. There and it does sometimes:"
had been rumours that the tragedy arose from martin trouble, but there was no evidenes of anything of the kind.
Canceller dived upwards through the torrent of defence.
"Discharged," he said.
"There are only two causes for Nathan smiled happily.
any trouble that might come be- The bubbling wordiness of the tween the United States and Eng. witness for Nathan was still in land," said Mr. Baldwin in his "it speech, "for our hearts are, the pate. That copper”. beat against the crags of the court. same. They are written nod what "That copper « ««»
we say at home does not matter so much for we all understand-but it matters a great deal abroad.
"Conceive with what pleasure I
Charming but Foreign. Kyraicos Dichomides, from Cyprus, was discharged, after Mr. Cancellor
Insane With Pain." Sims wrote to the coroner:
I am at present insane, driven to it with pain and suffering try- ing to do an honest day's work on bad feet and constitution, and others who have wanted my job, or rather wanted me to lose it.. Ask anybody if I did not do a day's work.
no evidence to show how the had swam steadily against the tide come here. If I am able to draw on my overdraft to help your fund of his liquid Cyprian syllabus for I may be helping Mr. Lloyd George, an hour. On E.D.'s side was a de- and I should make it possible for fending counsel whose English was him to have a little broccoli, with charming but foreign, a Greek res his supper. I should feel that I the position of Woodman's body taurant proprietor whose English
wounds were caused. The verdict of Superintendent Hayward was that he took his own life during a fit of temporary in sanity caused by grief.
han.
**Revolver Went OA."
Evidence was given that father and son were greatly attached to each other.
:
Dr. F. W. Marshall stated that
The Rev. Frank Hayward was, a
and of the wounds was consistent was sparse, and what there was of have not lived in vain. curate, at Oldham, a post he was
God Help Them.!!
with his having, come down an on- relinquishing on Whit Monday to it almost unintelligible. The proge
It is a question whether there try and turned back suddenly as become vicar of a newly-formed cution relied on a famous London de- parish at Roundthorn, near Old- tective who is so fair he always will be any privacy in this country he saw somebody waiting for him. He had just become engaged teems to be on the side of the pris except the privacy of those who The man who shot him had been ambush round the are fortunate enough to belong to waiting in to Miss Margaret Mackintosh, oner, and whose sentences are more
the Press. A young couple have corner of the wall.
Nellie Hinds, a domestic servant daughter of the Rural Dean of Ruskinian than Marlburian
He was "assisted" by a French just run away from home; that in- Oldham, and he had visited his
employed at Shenstone Hall Farm, father to announce his engagement. landlady whose evidence deserted dicate that they desire privacy.
the prosecution long before cross- But I read in my evening where Sims and Woodman were also examination was reached, and an paper that a Pressman has found employed, said that she heard them Italian landlady who flashed sloe them in a little hotel in Winder- quarrelling in the dairy. Sims put. like eyes at the magistrate and mere, and I said, 'God help them! himself into a fighting attitude, but spilled Italian words about the I am all in favour of fair play. no blows were struck.
Mr. Harry Foden, Sims employ- Acting Sergeant Bell said that court.
When Major Astor disappeara in Superintendent Hayward and his Oh," said Mr. Cancellor to the Paris for a week why should not er, said that there was no truth son went into the storeroom, where defendant," you are dischar-what the papers be full of Where is in the suggestion that any one surrendered revolvers and ammuni- did you say his name is?"
Major Astor Whom has be gone to wanted Sims work or was trying to tion were kept. Ten minutes later
"Kywowowowow Dichowowow," Paris with 1"
Among the exciting and interest- he heard a report, and the superin- muttered the famous detective un
Bell,"
Sinchicgly.
ing events, which happened at the tendent called out
"I ran to the storeroom," said,
"Well, you're discharged, any dinner were the sale of the original Sergeant Bell. The door was
manuscript of Sir James Barric's said Mr. Cancellor. way," ajar, and the superintendent about.
The court settled down to Eng-The Twelve Pound Look," "which two yards from it. He said, Bell,
was bought for £2,415 by Mr. something terrible has happened.
Gabriel Wells, the American collec My son picked up this revolver.
tor, and the gift" to the fund of He did not know anything was in
10,000 by Lord Rothermere. The it, and it went off before I knew
total of the auction was £4,074. ' what had happened.'”
The secretary also announced that, without considering donations from guests at the dinner, the ap- peal had realised £27,600, a record
The perintendent was ex- tremely excited and agitated. was holding a revolver in his left hand.
lish.
it
JUDGE AND COINING
"OFFENCES.
ceeded immediately to Western ADDER BITES BOY SNAKE They call on Feng Yu Hsiang to Hills, refusing to use the house
CHARMER. lead a punitive campaign against which the Peping authorities had him. Feng Yu Hsiang has issued a prepared for her, on a plez that denunciation of Chiang Kai Shek she preferred to remain by the side tantamount to a declaration of war,
of her husband's coffin until the It is undertood that Chiang Kai funeral. It is experced that she
In sentencing Thompson Dicking Sbek's departure for Peping in will reside at Western Hills till the
son, 20, a fireman, to three years' onnection with Sun Yat Sen's body ja removed.
penal servitude for counterfeiting funeral has been postponed, inde
The son lay in a pool of blood," and being in possession of counter- finitely, and the ceremony itself is
Sergeant Bell continued. "I said feit coins and woulds, Mr. Justice likely to be put off, on the plea
to the superintendent, I will go Bhearman, at the Liverpool Assizes
I said:- that several divisions required to
and telephone for the doctor.'- ran upstairs and rang up Dr. People talk nowadays as if the guard the railway route are unspar able owing to military necessity.
Murphy. I had just got in touch one thing to do when you get a Military movements are spread-
with the doctor when I heard a criminal is to coddle him, treat him ing throughout China. Chang
second report. I ran to the store with leniency and let him loose. Hsueh Liang in Mukden is report
room. The door was closed, but I should not be doing my duty ff I did not send this man to penal ed to be mobilising 50,000 Feng-
not fastened.
servitude, Coining is getting rather tien troops who are apparently to be utilised as garrison for the
serious, matter in this part of Tangshan cosi area, replacing Tang
the world. It creates great hard Sheng Chi's troops which are con-
According to the Nam Chung
ship upon poor people as base coins are usually passed in smalt shops. centrating in north-west Shantung Pao, the mutineers in Swatow for an advance against Feng,
Sergeant Bell said be examined people think they can make Hughes is noted for his power. under Hsu King Tong have cap Fukien troops have entered tired Chao-
the revolver, and found two spent good profits by coining and then The Fukienese over makes, of which he keeps a
as pets. He frequently cartridges Two cartridges had get away with a stretch of a Kwangbang and are advancing to- troops under Chang Ching are number warde Swater to oust the Kwangs nearing that locality to attack walks about with three or four been taken out of the box of am few months they will be willing to
I take the risk." forces.
carled round his arm and neck munition.
..
them.
FUKIENESE TROOPS
MOVING.
FLEET TO CAPTURE WUCHOW?
Hughes, who is employed at Rad- brook Tinplate Works, was sent for by a woman who was terrified to see a make's head projecting from a crevice in the wall.
The boy succeeded in "charming" the snake from its hiding place, but when he tried to pick it up he was hitten through the finger. He returned to work, but collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
"I saw the superintendent in a half-sitting position. He was dead There was a wound on the right side of his bead and another on the left,"
DUTCH STUDENT SENT
HOME.
William Frederick Van Eyck, aged twenty, a student, charged on remand at West London Police Court with stealling jewellery and money to the total value of £100 from Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leonard, of Futney, his host and hostess, was bound over in 22 for two years.
"I shall make it a condition," and the magistrate that you leave for Holland by boat tonight, and that you must not live within
in two years." fiften miles of Charing Cross with
have him reinoved.
PETROL FROM COAL.
8. AERICAN GOVERNMENT. AND GERMANY,
According to reports received" from Africa some time ago, the Government of the Union was studying the possibilities of the distillation of artificial petrol from South African coal with view to rendering the country independent from the monopoly of the large oil
concerns.
At the same time there was some talk about the co-operation with the German Dye Trust, the I.G Farben-Industrie.
The Frankfurter Zeitung now reports that Dr. Lategan, a repre sentative of the Union Government, had been to Germany for the pur- pose of personal discussions with the parties concerned, and on the strength of his report the Govern ment of the Union had submitted
"the German Dye". proposals to Trust, which was at present con- sidering them There is a belief in competent circles that the par- Trust is likely. ticipation of the German Dye