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PROPOSED DISARMAMENT TERMS.
WHERE BRITAIN AND U.S.A. DIFFER.
THE QUESTION OF SUBMARINES.
JAPAN'S VIEWS ON THE MATTER.
(THROUGH RUTER'S AGENCY.]
This
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
CHIANG TSO PING RESIGNS?
CHINESE ENVOY AT BERLIN.
A NANKING REPORT.
(Wah Fix Fat Pao.)
NANKING, Sept. 17.
18, 1929.
STOPPING "DOPE" HOLLAND AND EAST
EVILS.
SOME SUGGESTIONS AT GENEVA.
CHINA'S IDEAS?
(THROUGH REUTER'S ACENCY.]
GENEVA, Sept. 17.
It in stated in foreign sources At a meeting of the Opium Com- that the Chinese Minister to Ger-mittee, Dr. C. C. Wu. delegate for many, Mr. Chiang Tso Ping, has China, urged a drastic limitation tendered his resignation an Chinere of the manufacture of narcotics to plenipotentiary to discuss the Sino-medical and scientific needs. Russian disputs over the Chinese Eastern Railway,"
Mr. Noel Baker (Britain) de manded the strengthening of the opium section of the League, and
LONDON, Sept. 18.
The Standard Year. Reuter is authoritatively inform In the naval discussions 1936 was ed that in the beginning of the taken as the standard British and American naval con-proposed agreement will be review was within the year The versations, the British Governed in 1935, thus providing a "period ment, mindful of past failures,for peace experiment," and to faci resolved to start completely afresh. litate more systematic methods of It has been already made clear/rapping replacements at the dock-the Minister of Justice, who is now of abuse of the convention,
that British construction in not concerned with American construe tion, but with purely British responsibilities, for instance, the Palestine situation, which came as abolt from the blus"
yards.
Great Britain has made clear that whatever America may do in the way of expanding ber" fleet, she will find no response in the British programme, but, if American build- ing resulted in stimulating other A certain feet standard has been countries to build, obviously Great worked out to meet such responsi Britain must take indirectly an in- bilities, and the British Govern.terest in American building. ment would have reviewed the whole position of the feet in any event with the Dominions, which have been consulted throughout.
London Satikdad.
LONDON, Sept. 17. The fact that the Admiralty has approved of the terms of the pro- It has been assumed throughout posed agreement for limitation of the negotiations that the object of naval armaments adds a feeling of British Empire feet is unity, security to the satisfaction general- and the. Dominions will he repre-ly felt over the success of the sented at the five Powers' confer British-American conversations up
to the present.
ence.
While it is recognised that the it is not overlooked that there is conversations, have achieved much still a knotty point in regard to the cruiser problem to be solved.
warning note is sounded that the Even assuming this is overcome, British-American Agreement is only a preliminary to a larger agreement between the Ave Naval Powers, and it is pointed out that the difficulties which may arise in the general con- ferense, which, it is now hoped, will meet in London in January, may yet prove obstinately com plicated.
Ramsay MacDonald and President Great credit is bestowed on Mt. Hoover,
Views in Tokyo,
The Parity Question, Great Britain does not object to the United States' desire for par ity. Both want to reduce expendi- ture, hence the problem of agree ment is both difficult and complia cated.
It was felt that an arma ments' agreement was not reach. able without a political agreement, therefore conversations were start ed with the Kellogg Pact as the basis. The next question was the survey of the various sections of the feet. Battleships were dealt with at the Washington Conference. As regarda destroyers, it is felt that) agreement may be reached on an equality of displacement tonnage. As regards submarines, Great Britain holds very strongly, that they should be eliminated from warfare, and the United States is
TOKYO, Sept. 17. Reuter's authoritative survey "of willing to help. The very difficult the Anglo-American naval conversa question of eruisers, which was tions has been received in official wrecked at the previous conferen-quarters without surprise. ces, remained.
Since Mr. Matsudaira has been Disagreement on the cruisers thoroughly informed of the progress problem is now reduced to the of the MacDonald-Dawes conversa narrowest margin of three tions he has kept the Government eight-inch cruisers, but both fully informed. President Hoover and the Bri- tieh Government are determin- comment on the details of the Responsible officials decline te ed that there can be no break Anglo-American compromise, on that account.
al. though authoritative quarters in- Agreement in that connection dicate that its nature and scope does not depend finally upon the place no great difficulties in the way British-American negotiations, but of Japanese adherence, upon Great Britain's ability to ful- Circles outside the Navy, notably fiber responsibilitics to the rest the Press commentators, display of the world. Agreement is only some disappointment that the scale possible with the over-riding deter- of Anglo-American cruiser limits minution both of the
United tion means further building instead States and Great Britain to reach of reduction, if Japan is to main an agreement much larger in spirit tain her desired 70 per cent. than a merely naval agreement. The British Admiralty has been splendidly helpful throughout.
New Conference.
J
The Cabinet's regular meeting this morning was largely occupied with the naval question, upan which Admiral Takarabe and Baron Shidebara reported the outcome, though the Cabinet's deliberationa have not been divulged.
Japan Favours Submarines. After the meeting Mr. Hamaguchi further conferred with Admiral
The proposed five Power confer ence may possibly be unable to meet until the middle of January. It is hoped that all will agree to London as the venue. It is aug- gested that it will be equivalent to
resumption of the Washington Takaraba. conference which is not due to meet The afternoon vernacular papers until 1831, as Britain and the publish the purported outline of United States feel that the time Admiral Takarabe's statement be has come to consider the naval profore the Cableet, which authorita: blem as a whole.
tive quarters close to the Admiral It is impossible that the confer partially confirm. ence will complete its labours in a The statement is that first, Japan month. It has been made very is prepared to consider favourably clear to Mr. Hoover that any Brithe extension of a capital ship tish and American agreement must holiday until 1936. Second, Japan be scanned after the five Power must consider the American first- conference in order that it may be class cruiser strength, if carrying in consonance with the latter's de 6-inch gune, as the standard for her cisions.
claim of 70 per cent. Hence, she Great Britain feels that if she must build two cruisers beyond the current programme if the American
can
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The Central Government has tele.
graphed to Dr. Wang Chung Hui,
the
at Berlin on his return to China. to succeed Mr. Chiang plenipotentiary.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs has Another message says that the received a cable from Dr. Wang Chung Hui saying he is proceeding to Geneva to discuss Sino-Russian affairs with Dr. C. C. Wu and Mr. Chiang Tsa Ping.
CONFISCATION OF A FORTUNE,
ALTRUISM IN NANKING.""
(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.}
NANKING, Sept. 17. The State Council, has ordered the confiscation of all property Pao, an official is the Manchu belonging to the late Sheng Kung regime, on the ground that be ac cumulated his vast fortune through bequests to charity are not affected. embezzlement of public funds. His
CHINA'S MINISTER TO BRITAIN.
RETURN TO DUTY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Sept. 17. Mr. Alfred Sze, Minister to Bri tain, left this afternoon on the Kitano Maru for Marseille.
PRESS CENSORSHIP REMOVED.
BUT SOME LOCALITIES EXCEPTED.
[TROUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]
the withdrawal of licenses in essee He also submitted a resolution that countries manufacturing mor- phia, heroin, and "cocaine should to be manufactured. confer so as to fix an annual quota
Speeding-Up Urged.
GENEVA, Sept. 16. The situation of the opium traffic is still serious According to a rapporteur, the Fifth Com- mittee i urging all the Govern- nents which have not ratified the 1995 Convention to do so at the earliest moment, otherwise the League will have to forge new weapons.
INDIES.
VIGILANCE CONSIDERED
INCUMBENT.
QUEEN-MOTHER'S SPEECH.
[THROUGH REUTER'A LOKNOT.].
THE HAGUE, Sept. 17. Queen Wilhelmina to-day care- moaially opened the new session of
as States General
In the speech from the Throne she regretted that the desire to reach a fresh settlement with Bel- gium was not yet attainable." need for economy in State services, She emphasised the continued
and said that vigilance was still incumbent with regards to the poli- tical situation in the Dutch East Indies.
PREMIER'S TRIP TO AMERICA.
LONG ITINERARY.
(THROUGE EEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Sept. 18.
THE ENDURANCE OF THE CHINA" PONY.
LIEUT. COL. "SOUVOROFF'S RIDE FROM SHANGHAI
TO NANKING AND BACK.
FIFTY MILES A DAY FOR EIGHT. DAYS.
Licut.-Colonel " P. Souveroff, „partner and chief instructor at the Haig Riding School in Shanghai, basman's holiday, namely a trip has just returned from a true
on
had bargained for. Judging by my map I should have reached it by 8 p.m. whereas it was 11 p.m been closed for the night against when I "arrived and the gates had
Nanking and back, alone, and dangerous to go on and retired. one of the school ponies to robbers. I decided it would be too with no knowledge of Chinese. Ho about a quarter of a mile sway, was provided with a Chinese pas worried about Almas" food.
and chi
"I ungirthed him and sat down port and also a certificate in both English and Chinese which certion the ground, dead beat, while he "making a trip grazed. I was afraid of falling back on horseback with a view to stayed awake until about 3 a.m. from Shanghai to Nanking and asleep and losing him. However, I testing the strength and eadar-when suddenly I saw a light ahead ance of the Chinese pony." Also and realized that the gates were he had in his pocket book two being opened. I girthed up hurri pages of words in Mandarin, edly and rode down to the town. which he had transcribed as near- There I saw that there was Bome ly as possible phonetically into religious ceremony going on which Russian script. Among the list oc necessitated opening the gates for cur such requirements as Food, the priests to come out and invoke water, straw, barley, hotel, bran, aid against bandits. fish, bread; soap, meat, chicken, eggs etc.
"To substitute cordiality for coolness," is the official reason The trip had been under consi- given by Reuter for Mr. Mac-deration for some time, til at Donald's visit to America. He will only discuss with Mr. Hoover the subjects at prezent being zego- re- tiated, but intends to establish a with aд adequate
last, on Aligust 26, Mr. Souvore hira a blanket under the saddle departed at 8.30 a.m. taking with and a change of clothing strapped on behind. His first day's itiner ary led him vid Naziang, Wangdo, stayed the first night after having done about 40 miles.
Viscount Mushakoji (Japan) appealed for a speeding up of the Convention, and suggested that the manufacture of drugs be re- stricted to pharmaceutical quirements wegian and suervision of the trade The Norral goodwill and kill baseless Anting and Loukapang, where he
Siamese spokesmen announced their intention to ratify the Convention.
The British delegates submitted two resolutions, the first design ed to secure the help of countries where smuggling is widespread. and the second to create strict in ternational supervision of posta! drug traffic.
PIT DISASTER IN LORRAINE.
WORST EXPLOSION IN YEARS.
BIG MINE AFIRE,
(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.]
COLOGNE, Sept. 17. Twelve people were killed, 30 seriously injured, and several are missing a series of fire-damp ex- plosions at St. Charles colliery at i Petit Erossello.
This was one of the worst dis asters for many years in the Lor
A mandate instructing the re- moval of Press censorship through-raine coalfield. The first explosion out the country except in "parti- cular localities which are at present under peculiar conditions issued by the State Council yester. was
day:
FAR EASTERN BANK CLOSES DOWN.
DALBANK SHUTS UP TOO.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.]
HARBIN, Sept. 17. on Sunday, definitely decided to The shareholders, at a meeting liquidate the Far Eastern Bank and the Dalbank
get world shipbuilding limit is placed at eighteen 10,000- agreement, it will be one of the ton ships, or four, if set at twenty-: biggest things ever done. It would then be possible to deal one. at Geneva with land air arma- ments, and eventually, whole world armaments,
Thirdly, Japan is willing to scrap approximately 17,000 tons of des troyers, leaving her 105,000 tons, if the Anglo-American limit is fixed at 150,000.
The British Government feels that such agreement would be Fourthly, Japan is opposed to cheap if Great Britain gave abolition or drastic reduction of cruiser for it. It is emphasised submarines, which she considers the that the British tactics throughout most effective defensive weapon the negotiations have been perfect against a superior fleet. ly safe, and British security is absolute.
Viscount Cecil's Plan Languishes.
GENEVA, Sopt, 16
Cruiser Strengths.
P
BELGIAN MINISTER'S
PROTEST.
1
auspicións.
at
Priests Frightened. "So frightened were they to sec me that three of them fall to the ground! I tried to quieten them saying "I am a good man"-for they divide us into two classes, white and red, good and bad, even in small places. I gave them my passport and letter of introduc tion to read and luckily one of the soldiers on guard could read. He through which I had already pass saw all the chops of the towns ed and cried "Good and called hotel, where I stayed for three. another soldier to lead me to the hours before starting off again."
Souvoroff met in the journey were kind and helpful, although he was somewhat crowds which gathered and could incommoded by the not understand the reason for his accommodation was quite good but peculiar mode of travel. The hotel one he had to sleep in field and twice in houses in Chinese villages. He met no bandits or robbers.
All the soldiers and civilians Mr.
Almás a Little White Fellow.
Mr. MacDonald arrives in New
The second day's journey proved York on Ocober 4, and will pro- considerably harder as there were cred direct to Washington, where no roads but plenty of rivers and he will remain until October 10.
few bridges. In the early stages whence he will visit Philadephia plained, he tried as much as pos of his trip, Mr. Souvaroff ex- where, inter alia, he will enter sible to avoid making his pony tain the doctors who treated him swim and getting wet himself; in order to do this be bad to make during his illness there in 1927. wide detours which took him but Later he will return to New York, of his course. Later on, however, visit the Niagara Falls, and reach patient: if a river appeared he he became more confident and less Toronto on October 15, possibly just dismounted and swam by the meeting Mr. Mackenzie King, the side of Almas," the pony, with Canadian Premier, He
his hand on the pommel. goes to
"The Ottawa on October 17, to "stay for
chief discomfort after such a swim three days as the guest of Mr.
was my boots" he said. "I had Mackenzie King," after which he the
to tilt them up so as to empty will visit Montreal, and Quebec,
water out.
They
The pony, a little white fellow, were nice boots, too leaving for Home on October 25 fectively and ruefully,
very fit in spite of his "strenuous he added re labours, did not catch cold in by the 8.8. "Duchess of York."
spite of his repeated immersions The Premier will be due back at
Out All Night,
between Quinsan and Shanghai on the House of Commons on Novem
the return journey there were ber 4, when Parliament reassem-
The second night he slept eighteen fords: his name, Almas bles
Quingan which he had reached at 8. p.m. The next morning at had one slight mishap when he fell in Russian means Diamond. He Am. he left for Soochow His third day took him "along by the slanted at an impossible angle even off a single stone bridge which Soochow Creek to Wasich. Here he for a Manchurian pony, but as changed his direction because of Mr. Souvoroff was leading him and the lie of the land and made for expected the accident. he did not twelve hours daily, covering a dis- Changchowfu, thence to Tayan through the mountains to Fotou and take his master with him. On the whole Almas worked from eight to arrived in Nanking having covered about 400 miles. On the way back
tancy of 700 miles in sixteen daya, with a rider weighing 128 lb. and he reckoned that he had gone about 375 miles as he took a shorter Almas is just an ordinary school a total saddle weight of about 19lb. route. He spent 70 hours only in pony and can be hired: he was Nanking and then returned.
chosen because he had not been too Questioned about any difficulty long in the school, Not long en- he might have experienced over ough food he explained that suitable as Mr. Souvoroff wistfully said.
be spoiled by bad riding, fodder for Almas proved his grea test problem. "Many nights I did again to-morrow on a similar trip. He looks perfectly fit to start out not turn in until midnight" he And his said, "Because I was "trying to through the Great War and the riaster "I went find food for my pony and watch Russian Civil War," says Mr. Sou- ing to see that he got it. I missed yoroff, "But the hardest thing I a lot of sleep. One night I arriv-have ever done was this trip to ed at Kuyunghsien later than I Nanking."--N. O. Daily News.
MENJOU IN SEARCH OF WORK.
SELF OUT OF DATE.
ccurred on Sunday, and two more PERFECT LOVER FINDS HIM. Kuyunghsien. On the eigth day he yesterday, while eighty men were The explesions yesterday were very working to repair Sunday's damage. violent, and destroyed the shaft, the electricity works, boiler-house,
the
The pit is now afire.
BRITAIN AND
SOVIET.
and
Adolphe Menjou, the "perfect lover of the screen, is out of work, There is apparently no demand now for his interpretation of the role of a well-bred philanderer, for,, after vainly attempting to find THEwecks, he has sailed for Europe to work in New York. for several try to obtain & contract in Eng- land, France, or Germany.
Menjou is unable to explain the reluctance of the film producers to employ him.
ENVOY COMING TO LONDON,
LETTERS ISSUED. (THHQUAK RECTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Sept. 16. The British and Russian corres- pondence, now issued, shows that the Russian representative, who will discuss the procedure for fur ther negotiations, is coming to London on September 24,
MURDERED SOCIALIST. COMMEMORATION MEETING.
[United Press.]"
Before he sailed he said he did not think the coming of the talkies had anything to do with it, as the last film he made under his old cou- tract was a talkie, and the receipts from it had been satisfactory.
Menjou hinted that his wife, who was formerly Kathryn Carver might also return to the screen if
necessary.
of
WOMAN ANGLER'S BIG CATCH.
KAILWAYMEN GÒ TO SCHOOL
TECHNICAL CLASSES FOR WORKERS.
fused a new contract. Other pro- RECORD HAUL OF 13 TARPON.
In spite of this he had been re- ducers had appeared interested, but eventually also refused to employing sportswoman, wise in the ways. him.
Fort Myers, Fa.-A quick think-
Graham L. Wilson, of Philadelphia,
deep water is credited here with the record Railway announce that arrange-
angling Mrs.
The London and North Eastern for conquests in a single season's. the tarpon. battles with Florida's gamest fish-ments have been made for a com. prehensive scheme of education for Mrs. Wilson is the ranking wo man member of a small band of
their salaried staff during the com- veteran fishermen Florida each spring and summer
-who invade ing autumn and winter months.
The scheme includes courses on in quest of tarpon. stage star, joined the ranka of the
Fred Stone, technical subjects, such as train silver scale anglers this year while signaling and passenger and goods in London a low days later large in May 1928. When they arrived ceived in an airplane crash in 1928. members of the company's own He married Miss Carver in Paris recuperating from the injuries re- accounting, conducted by qualified crowds greeted them at the station. Wilson's piscatorial career was, staff, and the more advanced sub-
The greatest performance of Mrs, Mr. Owen Nares stated to a Premplaced on the record books recently jects of railway law, railway econo representative:
while she was visiting her island mics, railway operating and econo-
Adolphe Menjou was born in Franct
He was practically un- known until his performance in Charlie Chaplin's production, "The Woman of Paris," made him inter- nationally famous.
successful films.
Since then he has starred in many
ECHO OF RECENT MURDERS,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
SHANGHAI, Sept. 15. The Belgian Minister has traus mitted, through his personal re- presentative in Shanghai and Nan- king, a formal Note of protest to the National Government in con- nection with the murders of Bis hop Trudo Jans and Fathers
TOKYO, September 17. Brune and Rupertus in Hupeh.
Police patrola were redoubled to- The Note requests prompt in.
day and extra men called to duty vestigation of the outrage and the
to prevent disorders in connection arrest of the culprits, as well as in memory of the late Sakaye with services be held by radicals exemplary punishment.
A British naval wireless message Osugi, a widely-known Japanese received this morning states that the Socialist, who was strangled by a attack took place near Patung, near police captain, Masahike Amakasu, Fathers, three Chinese Christians for the murder, but later was re- addition to the Bishop and the two Ichang, on Monday, and that in
in the excitement following the great earthquake of 1923.
Amakasu was sentenced to prison were killed,
leased and disappeared. He killed not only Osugi, but also the Socialist's young nephew, strang ling them brutally after they had been taken to a police station for questioning in connection with an FORMER COMMANDER IN.
alleged Anarchist plot.
Osugi's friends hope to hold a FAR EAST.
large demonstration to-day, and have invited Miss Mako Osugi, {THROUGH. HAVAS AGENUY.] daughter of the murdered man, to France has always
come to Tokyo from her home inlover, out of work! limitation and a Franco-British
PARIS, Sept. 17. Fukuoka, Kyushu, lead the pro Agreement was reached a year ago mander of the French Naval forcen
Vice-Admiral Statz, former com. cession they hope to organize. that Great Britain would not opin the Far East, died this morning but police are taking every pro- No extensive trouble is expected, pose the French viewpoint..] at Toulon,
caution.
It is generally felt that 20thing LONDON, LATER. The following summary of the Cecil's disarmament resolution, tangible will result from Viscount proposed cruiser strengths indic the object of which, apparently, ates the nature of the margin of is to keep the matter open by difference: Great Britain, 15 again. stating the British view. cruisers, armed with eight-inch The resolution makes no reference gun, and 25 six-inch guns, a total to trained reserves. tonnage of 339,000.
[An earlier message stated: The The United States: 21 eight-inch newspapers are up in arms as re- guns, 15 six-indi guns, a total ton-gards the land disarmament pro nage of 315,000.
posal which it is understood Vis- Great Britain, however, proposes count Cecil is submitting to that America shall only havo 18 Geneva on behalf of the British cight-inch cruisers and a total ton- Government, suggesting the limita- nago not exceeding 300,000.
tion of trained reserves.
All British military preparations are at present being made on the assumption that there will be no war at a certain period not before the hypothertical year “x."
opposed
FRENCH ADMIRAL'S ⠀ DEATH.
'I regard Menjou as a supremevilla near here. In the three months
Universities' Help.
the type of lover he portrayed is realed beneath the scales of 78 not think that popular interest in of dynamite and bucking mule.con- ly good silent screen actor. I do beginning last April, 414 pounds. mic geography. waning. Two successful netore on tarpon, fought a losing fight the English stage to-day, who are at agains the slender line and springy possible by the co-operation of the This secondary course, is made. their beat reproducing on stage the type of characters Menjou woman.
the pole held by the Philadelphia Universities of London, Cambridge, popularised on the films; are Hugh
Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Wakefield and Ronald Squires.'
Twenty-six of the 78 fish weighed Leeds, Durham, Edinburgh, Glas 100 pounds or more. handsome of British screen stagesmallest tarpon in the record catch held at mest of the important een- Mr. Carl Brisson, one of the most was exactly 145 pounds, and the under whose auspices classes are The largest gow, 8t. Andrews, and Aberdeen, lovers, would scarcely believe that weighed 33 pounds. Adolphe Menjou was out of work.
tres on the company's system. The 145-pounder battled Mrs. These classes are optional, but Adolphe, the world's perfect Wilson for an hour and 45 minutes, every facility is given to encourage "It can't be true. An artist of his its alx-foot length in desperate prove their knowledge of railway he exclaimed.clearing the water seven times with students to attend, in order to im
reason is that the cinema public has brought her prize catch to gaff with L.N.E.E. atudents took advantage bo resting. I cannot believe the the acarly exhausted sportswoman ability and popularity ought not to effort to shake off her book, before matters.
Last
year, mora than 2,000 no interest left in love stories.”
of the courses.
out assistance.