CHIANG KAI SHEK IN PEPING.
• MUCH SPECULATION AS TO
'MOTIVE.
FENG AT YUNCHENG."
La
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPINO, June 24.1 Chiang Kai Shek's visit to Peping is causing much speculation.
“SOUTHERN CROSS" INQUIRY.
AVIATORS CLEARED OF SUSPICION,
VALUE OF WIRELESS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1929.
THE NEW ZEALAND 'QUAKES.
A CITY EVACUATED.
DR. STRESEMANN SPEAKS OUT.
"GERMANY'S CHAINS EASED."
AGED REFUGEES' · ORDEAL.
VIGOROUS REPLY TO CRITIC.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
WELLINGTON, June 24. MELBOURNE, Juze 24.
The remaining population of The report of the Committee f Inquiry into the forced landing Murchiston have been removed to Early this morning General Shang of the Southern-Cross," the sub- Nelson, owing to last" night's re Chen hurriedly departed for Taisequent loss of the "Kookaburra "newal of shocks. yuanfu, and it is understood he and the deaths of Anderson and will take over the Shansi affairs to Hitchcock dismisses the idea that permit Yen Hai Shan to come to the "Southern Cross" landing was
pre-arranged. Peping to meet Chiang.
It is understood that Chang Hach Liang has also been invited here to meet Chiang Kai Shek, but it is doubtful
he will come,
The Committee considers she was in first-class condition when she started but should have carried a the wireless set usable from It is now confirmed that Feng ground, also tools and emergency Yu Halang has arrived at Yun-rations. It adds that the crew were cheng. Well-informed circles state justified in standing by the machine that Feng's arrival does not neces-instead of searching for the nearest sarily mean he is going abroad, but Mission, and pays tribute to the rather that his understanding with searchers, gallant efforts.
It is Yen must be well-founded. reliably stated, and widely believed, that that Yen Hai Stan's only object at the present juncture is to maintain peace and effect a compromise, be tween Chiang and Feng, failing which he will give up his posts and go abroad himself.
In this peace policy it is under stood that Yen Hai Shan has the support of four other commander, Liu Chen Hur, Chen Tiao YURD, Fang Chen Wu and Tang Seng Chi, Hence Chiang Kai Shek's sadden departure for the North to deal directly with Yen Hai Shan in order Lo discover some modux vivendi.
Chiang's Bodyguard.
SHANGHAI, June 24. Liu Chen Hus, and Fang Chea Wu have arrived at Nanking und returned Northwards on Sunday night with Chiang Kni Shek, who "was accompanied by 200 staff offi cers in addition to a bodyguard, necessitating four trains.
(THROUGH REUTER'S LOENCY.)
BERLIN, June 24.
PANAMA CANAL LANDSLIDE.
INTO GAILLARD CUT.
DEPTH REDUCED TWO
FEET.
(XEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
BALBOA, June 24.
A huge slide of a quarter-milion cubic feet of material into the
SPANISH FLYERS
MISSING.
NOT LANDED AT THE"
AZORES.
A STEAMER'S STORY.
(mnovoE REUTER'S AGENCY.)
MADRID, June 24. General Primo de Rivera now announces that Major France and
"DRAGON BOAT” ON THE THAMES.
AN ASCOT SUNDAY "SENSATION"
SPORTING OFFICERS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.
LosDON, June 23. Ascot Sunday on the Rivar Thames was marked by a startling
The Reichstag was crowded to-day | Gaillard Cut of the canal has his companions in the flying boat innovation. Viitors to Maidenhead
in anticipation of a speech by Dr. Stresemann on the foreign political situation.
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occurred.
It has affected 700 feet of the
canal bottom, reducing the depth at the centre from 40 to 38 feet.
Trafic, fortunately, has not been
Practically all the settlers in the
The Nationalist leader, Count outlying valleys, some of whom have been travelling continuously Westarp, denounced the Govern for three days, and been almost mant's foreign policy as a cominterrupted. sleepless since Monday, have been plete failure, since Germany's do mands with regard to the evacua- rescued.
A party of old people were
NEW tion of the Rhineland, Disarmia brought in on a direct line acrossment, and protection of minorities the hill country, over a track cut had been completely ignored.
Dr. Stresemans replied vigorous- through the bush by younger men.
The party included an invalid,
15, and asserted that the recent chair all the
Reparations plan signified who was carried in a
easing of Germanys chains The was.
Government did not intend agree-
the
The Committee is of opinion PLANS FOR CITY OF ing to a "conciliation" committee
Further it
*D inaccurate compass was of the loss the primary cause of the Kookaburra, and urges further regulations regarding future long-distance flights. suggests that the Commonwealth be mapped into settled and un- settled areas, with recognised air- routes. Aircraft flying over settled areas should carry receiving and
ww-
transmitting wireless sets, usable from the ground, also tools, signalling apparatus, medical equip ment, emergency rations, and water.
THE BOOK WAR IN AMERICA.
BOOKSELLERS' ATTACK ON THE CLUBS.
PUBLISHERS' BAN.
NAŃKING.
350 MILES OF NEW
STREETS.
RAILWAY STATION TO BE MOVED.
Nanking. Mr. E. P. Goodrich, Consulting Engineer of New York and "Engineering Adviser to the National Government, is leaving for
as the price of evacuation of the Rhineland (Cheers).
He announced that the Govern- "national would support ment mourning" demonstrations on June 28, which is the tenth universary of the signing of the Peace Treaty.
가
THE WIMBLEDON TOURNEY.
TILDEN THROUGH FIRST" "ROUND.
A LARGE CROWD.
(THROUGH LECTER'S AGENCY.]
OPERA SINGERS.
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN COMPANY'S ACTIVITIES.
帶
ALL RECORDS BROKEN,
[United Fress.]
New York-Nine new singers, of whom four are Americans, have been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera Company for the season of 1920-30, according to a recently made announcement by Signor Giulio Gatti-Casazza, generaj mab-
of the
Gatti- company. Carazza, only recently arrived in Italy, will return here at the end
ager
Numancia" are missing. Their reported arrival at San Miguel (Azores) is incorrect.
A New York mesange says the steamer Buffalo Bridge wirelessed
at 3.40 a. Greenwich time on'
far June 3 that not east from Newfoundland it observed a flare believed to be from an aeroplane.
Experts calculate that this would correspond to the approximate position if the "Numancia" had tried to fly to New York without stopping at the Azores,
Misleading Reports.
were astonished by the spectacle
nightmare dream of a pre-historio of a very strange craft-like "an
monster," with huge blackened head, towering up from the prow and a green scaly six foot tail pro-
the stern, truding from
while scarlet banners emblazoned with strange characters, Buttered from the mast.
This weird craft, heralded by the booming of a gong and the explo sion of crackers, was propelled by paddles, wielded by 17 "Chinese coolies," and travelled rapidly up and down stream near Boulters Lock, while people in the boats on the river hurriedly made way for
In 's statement General Primo de it. The river banks were crowd- Rivers explains that he was misleded with astounded spectators. by a report (presumably from the military authorities of the Azores) that the "Numancia " the Atores, because “Nobody ex- plained the news was not official."
Aanded at
One Portuguese and four Spanish: destroyers and two squadrons of scaplaces are searching for the missing flyeża.
An Ominous Find.
MADRID, Later. The military wireless station has
from of September and open his twenty-received second year at the Metropolitan on Spanish steamer Magallanes stat- October twenty-eighth. On the
$
message
Subsequently, it transpired that the crew were guards' officers and that the boat was owned by officers of the Second Battalion Scots Guards, who recently brought it back with them from China.
CANADA'S WEALTH.
AGRICULTURAL REVENUE
DECREASES.
the FARM PRODUCTS VALUED AT
G.51,730,304,000,
night of the close of the 1995-gging that the vessel Grelden, sup- season, the veteras manager was posedly of British nationality, has profuse in his thanks to the people informed the Magallanes it. bas who so gezerously aided in making found the remains of a derelict the season one of the most success. fal yet conducted.
the United States on June 21. Dur. "ing his stay of three months in China in connection with the City bas planning of Nanking, be initiated many special studies.
The work of preparing the City Plan of Nanking is under the gen- eral supervision of Mr, Sun Fo,
LONDON, June S4, Minister of Railways, with Mr. Y.
The Wimbledon Tournament open. M. Lin as Director of the City Planning Bureau. During his briefed to-day in bright sunshine before sojourn in China, Mr. Goodrich a large crowd.
The first day was occupied entire worked out the fundamentals of all an extraordinary rise to popularity the different parts of the City Plan. ly, with the first round of theed to the list which will be given in the past year or two. The clubs Among the more notable contribu. Men's Singles,
the
War has broken out between Mr. H. H. Kung and Chao Tai American booksellers, and Wen are proceeding direct to Tai-"bock clubs which have had such yuanfu.
Approximate
with the four
each other on Centre Court.
Tilden beat Dillon 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
MELBOURNE STRIKE
A Different Version.
were denounced at the retail book-tions made by him may be mention-seeded players, Tilden, Gregory, [NAN CHUNG XƯA SEWE BLIVE]
the classic green sellers' convention which opened ined the selection of the site for the Cochet and Jean Boratra, following! SHANGHAI, June 24. The recent report that Feng Yu Boston recently both in speeches National Government Centre, which and resolutions. One of the chief has been approved by the Govern- Hsiang has definitely decided t
critics of the clubs lately has been ment, authorities. retire from military service and has Mr. John Macrae, president of the locations have been established for lelt Tungkwan for Yuncheng has M, P. Dutton Co., a widely known roughly 330 miles of city streets. been confirmed. On his arrival at publishing firm, and the Book of and an additional 500 miles of rural Yuncheng, on June 91, he 11 the Month Club Incorporated has highways. In connection with the cordially welcomed by local official just brought a libel suit for £40,000 street Jayout, it is interesting to of his note that all the main arteries have And Shansi Government representa
against
been designed for the most efficient tives. In a statement when inter-
criticism.
and economical traffic signal light. he viewed, said that he WAN deeply moved by General Teu Hai have more than 150,000 members, system, making possible continuous
of vebiclex. after some Shan's sincere desire for peace, and who buy several books yearly-and non-stop movement
in many thousands of cases as many for this reason, and in order that the people of north-western. China be relieved from further suffering, be bad decided to retire. It was
his hope, however, that "alter. his retirement, General Yen Hsj. Shan would take over the command of
Feng has entrusted the command of the Kuominchun to Shih Ching Ting, while the civil administrations. of Shenai and Kanzu Provinces are tanded over to Soong The Yuen, Liu Yo Fan and Mun Chi Chung.
A later report states that Feng Yu Hsiang was to leave Yuncheng
him bocause
The two chief book clubs now
ENDED.
(THROUGE BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
MELBOURNE, June 24. The timber strike in Melbourne, weeks of protracted
as twelve through the organisation This is believed to be the first time negotiations, has been settled.
SHANGHAI ROULETTE
one of the
RAID.
of their choice. In some cases the that a city street system has been books are purchased from the re-designed with traffic circulation gular publishers; in others the club itself does the publishing for its given full weight an menders. A few large publishing most important considerations in houses have recently decided not to volved. permit their works to be sold through the clubs.
RUSSIAN TROOPS ON
THE BORDER.
(Wah Tu Yat Pac.)
SHANGHAI, June 24.
Car Ferry for Yangtsze.
·
which was raided last week.
Legislation as Woll.
'plane 180 miles from the Azores.
DOUBLE CROSSING. FORMER SPY'S STORY OF
["D.P." "Special Service.]
Never had the Metropolitan had its performances so largely attended; we have broken the re- general public I must express my sincere thanks," said Casazza on cord again. To my subscribers and
the eve of his departure for Italy.
"Seven new operas have been add REPORTED EXPULSION FROM sents a decrease of $60,000,000 in
FRANCE.
by the Metropolitan during the "Sadko" in Rimsky-Korsakoff's
The Paris Midi, a somewhat "Luisa coming season. The operas include Italian: Giuseppe Verdi's Miller, with libretto in Italisa by sensational evening paper, has Salvatore Cammarano: Mozart's published an article concerning a "Don Giovanni. with libretto by certain supposed English nobleman, Lorenzo Da Ponte in Italian;
whose name, however, does not Charpentier's popular Freach opers
Louise"; Puccini's "La Fan-appear in Debrett. Pending far- ciulla del West"with libretto ther inquiries the story is given un adopted from the play of David
Belasco by Civini and Zangarini; der the strictest reserve.
According to the Paris Midi the "Beethoven's "Fidelio" in German, and "L'Elisir D'Amore with Englishman in question, who is music by Donizetti and libretto by etated to have a Paris address, s Romani in Italian.
threatened with expulsion from the
· Artistes: Re-engaged. The artistes re-engaged for the country on the ground that he has Season include Mmes. been acting as a secret service agent coming Frances Alda, Martha Attwood, for Germany. The paper described Leonora Corona, Maria Jeritza, Amelits Galli Cursi, Katy Lewis, him as a celebrated citizen and Rosa Ponselle and Mme. Schumann- great traveller. At present he is Heink, the senior member of the lying ill in Paris. He declares that artists re-engaged.
Mme. Schumann-Heink is con- bis fiancée, a Nicaraguan lady, fident that she has found her sac and his secretary, an American, seesor in Igna Wank of New York havo been conducted Recently at the home of her man-
"
Marion
stage this year, baving secured
to
the
Ottawa, Ont.-Products to the ́value of 81,730,304,000 were taken from the farms of Canada during the year 1828, according to a com piration by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Owing to the 'lower prices obtained for last season's grain crop as compared with the previous year, this figure repre the gross agricultural revenue of the country compared with 1927,
It is however higher than in each of the preceding four years given, comparing with 81,307,085,000 for which comparative date are 1923, $1,484,830,000 in 1924, 1923, and 81,166,091,000 in $1,633,481,000 for 1996.
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show
at
The Bureau remarks that the estimates for 1928 are more or less tentative and subject to revision. Compared with 1927 they show decrease of $73,000,000 in the value of held crops and of $2,300,000 in the value of the tobaco crop. The production of farm animals is valued
and. $14,000,000 higher poultry and eggs 80,000,000 in round figures above the previous years
Other items much as wool, fruit and vegetables, fur farming, maple products and flax fibre sizeable increases while clover and grass seed, and honey, show reduc tions from 1997 totala Dairy pro ducts, the second most important item in the inventory of Canada's agricultural revenue remains the same figure as in the previous year.
The
in four leading items Canada's agricultural production were: field crops, $1,098,781,000; animals $187,880,000; and poultry and eggs. 8106,654,000. Last year dairy products, $250,000,000; faru
eggs to exceed 8100,000,000 in value, this item showing steady increase was the first year for poultry, and
annually from $82,000,000 in 1923, The value of farm animals also shows a decidedly upward trend $72,000,000 above the figure for the production in 1928 being valued
The Leading Province, Ontario was the leading province in production of wealth from
year estimated at 8500,821,000. agriculture with a revenue for the Saskatchewan in second place is $217,060,000; Alberts, 8269,023, 0003 Columbia, 850,716,000; NOTA Manitoba, 8149,887,000; Scotin, 840,162,000 New Bruns wick, 834,307,000 and Prince Ed ward Island, 821,750,000.
Concurrently with the isle of å statement showing Canada's gross agricultural revenue for 1929 83 of Statistics has also issued a state $1,730,304,000, the Dominion Bureau ment on the gross agricultural wealth of the Canadian provinces. For the whole of Canada the value placed on the agricultural wealth of the country in 1928, was $8,027,301,000, an increase over the previous year, of 819,353,000,
The leading provinces are On- tario with an estimated agricul tural wealth of 22,276,636,000; Saskatchewes,81,814,770,000 Que- bee7, 90/93,050 81,135,509,000
1823
HEAVY SENTENCES.
(THROCCH LECTER'S AGENCY.]
ager in Kansas City she said, "I frontier. have found my successor and she is The paper alleges that he admits Mr. Goodrich chose a new loca the Kuominchun. He believed that The booksellers' complaint is that
SHANGHAI, June 24.
Igna Wank. She will probably having acted for Germany in the under General Yen's wine leader book clubs are decreasing their.
The Provisional Court has inflict make her debut in September." ship, the people of the three north-sales, that there is no such thing tice for the main railway station,
Feodor Chalingin does not expect United States during the war, but western provinces would be much 4 "the best book of the month," which met with the approval of both
winre the books published in a railroad engineers and advisers.d fines aggregating #37,000 and
come the following year.
naval intelligence service, and that better served by the Kuominchun.
month are not really comparable, On his departure from Hunshan, and that the public is losing. The fundamentals of the plan for a jail sentences totalling 3,285 days to sing here next season but will in complete agreement with the Rufio has been claimed by the talk influence the formidable German Feng Yu Hsiang told his subordi initiative in the selection of its comprehensive port development at on the employees and patrons of Talley's withdrawal from the opera
reading. The book clubs reply that Nanking and Pukor, including pro the roulette wheel in Yates Road has been made knows and fitto be succeeded in counteracting by his acting ing cinema, Florence Easton will nates that his retirement would they are developing new readers
not be seen on the Metropolitan organisation which was
there. He represented himself to benefit the nation and the Kuomin- for books, and that their advertis por provision for rail facilities were tang Party to a greater extent than ing stimulates instead of depressing worked out by him. Special study
leave of one year because of 511- the Germans, and in particular to was made to solve the problem of} the sales of the retail bookshopa.
So that the Nanking municipal health. Victor Reachiglian is retir his remaining in office.
tar transfer across the Yangtze River, and a system of car float government may be properly eming from the company after twenty Count, von Bernstorff, the Ambas operation meeting with "the full powered to pass these laws, Mr-one years and Merle Alcock is de sador, as an Irish revolutionary, and in order that this might be Goodrich contributed several sec voting herself to concert works.
Two of the newooming artistes approval of the railroad engineers tions to the new National Land
Law. These include an Enabling for the 1920-30 season are Ameri-believed published articles against and advisers, was planned out..
Act for Zoning and Planning and
Miss Santo Biondo, an Britain in the Vaterland, suggest Suitable sites for municipal build: special clauses on Condemnation Italian-American, inger, no tan ing among other things that Great ing groups and parks were selected and excess condemnation procedure, appeared with the San Carlo Com. Britain ought to become a German and approved by the Nanking One of the most pressing prob authorities. A special feature offers of Nanking is the question of ary, and Elisabeth Ohms, a lead-colony and that Britain was doing credited with 8302,603,000; Quebec,
ng artist of the Munich Opera proft from the war at the expense According to a telegram from the parks system is the provision of an adequate water supply. The Campaus, are, awaited here in profit from the war at the expense
wide parkways connecting the main basic scheme for solving this prob operatic circles with much joy. In cf France. si, on June 21, where it is his in-Mukden-large-numbers of Russian parks and linking up important lem was outlined and an ideal site addition to the new artistes re His sim, he is alleged to have in- for a high level water storage re-engaged for the year, thirty-three formed the Paris lidi, was to neutral tention to confer with General Yen troops have appeared on the Chi-points of the city.
nese border in Northern Manchuria. The old city of Narking has a servoir located. Mr. Goodrich also sopranos, thirteen nezzo-sopranos, obtain the Sinking of Hei Shan,
It is learned that they are the first area of only about 18 square miles, solved the sewerage and drainage and contraltos, seventeen tenors, American vessels by German sub- instalment of the Russian troops which is far too small for the needs problem, detailed studies of which thirteen hartones and twelve baszos marince in order that America of future industrial, business and are now in progress. These studies have re-engaged for the 1929-30 might be obliged to enter the war. ment with the bead of the America dispatched there, and are 15,000 in residential development. Mr. Good include a comprehensive scheme for operatic senson at the Metropoli-He declared that he acted in agree
rich accordingly laid out the bound the improvement of
As last year, Wilhelm von Wyme. intelligence service, to whom he is ary of a vastly larger area which system.
Nanking is being planned as a tal will be the stage director, alleged to have declared that he met with the approval of the muni DIPLOMATS TO CONFER.
cipal government for inclusion is thoroughly modern city, and as such Armando Aguins will be the stage bad just written for a letter which must have airports, and an aero manager and Giulio Betti will he would clear him in the eyes of the
French Government. The English the new Metropolitan Area,
In order that the City may dephane landing was selected and ap-chorus master. (Wah Tu Yat Pao).
velop in an orderly way along the proved and is now shout to be Edward Ransone, a newcomer to man is alleged, to bave lived in fines conceived as most suitable, it developed with necessary facilities. the ranks at the Metropolitan, has France for twenty-six years, and SHANGHAI, June 24. has been necessary to frame special A second air-port site was chosen sung in South America, France and uninterruptedly for the past six. Italy. A new German conductor. He is stated to have declared that Cluvere Gozelato-at-Harberved. The Diplomatic Committee in finems of legislation such as muni and approved. was surrounded by Soviet Troops on Naadug will hold conference or sisel zaving nodinner and hurl The efficient co-operation gives Jose Rosenstock, has been engaged i no now fact has been produced Wednesday to discuss Sino-Russian designed to permit adequate control to Mr. Goodrich by the Star of the to replace Be Bederogains him but that reputo June 19. Three of the staff were, It is understood that the of land subdivision by the city City Planning Bureau was a great retired to devote his full time to tou as a magician had probably help to Mr. Goodrich's accomplish the Society of the Friends of something to do with an alleged
desire to expose him. arrested, and the building sealed Weihaiwe issue will also be dis.government.
ments referred to above.-Renter Music. cussed at the meeting,
(Continued on nez Column).
for Taiyuanfu, the capital of Shaa-
CHINESE CONSULATE CLOSED BY SOVIET.
[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPING, June 24. Mukden advices are that the authorities are informed that the
number.
the
canalten.
༥ ་
$720,821,000. '
and Manitoba,