THE SINO-RUSSIAN DISPUTE.
GERMANY TO MAKE ENQUIRIES.
STILL A DEADLOCK.
(THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY. }
CHANG FAT FUI'S
MARCH.
ANOTHER NOTORIOUS
ALLY,
CAUSE FOR ANXIETY.
{THROUGH REUTER'a agency.)
HANKOW, Sept. 27.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1929.
PREMIER'S CHEERY
MESSAGE.
GOING ON ++ VOYAGE OF
EXPLORATION," ·
HOPES OF SUCCESS.
(THOUGH BLUTKA'S AQRZIÚY.]
NANKING, Sept. 27. The Ministry of Foreign Affaire
LONDON, Sept. 26, It is believed that Chang Fat Fui has been officially advised that the intends to link up with the notori- upon taking leave of the country In a message to the Daily Herald German Consul-Genera, at Vladivo our Communist leader Ho Lung, before his departure for the United stock has been ordered to proceed who his former aly, and later States, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to Blagovestchensk and Khabarovsk was with the Ewangi clique. to investigate the conditions there.
The Government has ordered. Ho
Dr. C. T. Wang, in a statement, Chien to cut off Chang Fat Fui, but maid that a solution of the Sino-it is likely he will find it more con- Soviet controversy has still to be venient not to molest the Ironsides devised. Chiang Too Ping is ex lender, and as far as is ascertain pected to arrive in Berlin from able Chang Fat Fui's march to the Geneva to-day, and will carry on Hwangtung barder is not being negotiations with the Soviet repro- hindered. sentative there.
NEW MINISTERS TO CHINA.
(THROUGH MECTEK'S LOENCY.)
NANKING, Sept. 97. The Swedish Minister. Mr. Halt man, will present bis credentials to Chiang Kai Shek on September 30, and Mr. Saburi, the new Japanere Minister, will 'do' likewise
·October 7.
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MATE OF THE "BOTNIA."
SOLDIERS ATTEMPT HIS RESCUE.
م
¡THROUGH RESTER'S AGENOT.)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 27. It is learned from Haichow that the pirates carried Mr. Westerheim, chief officer of the wrecked Botaia, to a mountain temple, which so diers are surrounding.
Fighting is going on, and so far two soldiers have been killed.
THE MURDERED PRIESTS.
REVOLTING STORIES OF CRUELTY."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. ]
HANKOW, Sept. 26. Later details of the Linotung murders have been received. (It will be recalled that Bishop Trudo Jans, and Fathers Bruno and Rupertua were killed on September 10 while travelling in Hupeh);
The Government is now called upon to face a combination of Iron- eides, Hanan Communists, and Kwangsi supportere, and the situa tion is again taking do very serious aspect.
'PLANES GET LOST,
BUT COME SAFELY HOME.
[ZLITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
RUGBY, Sept. 20.
The sudden descent of a thick fog which completely enveloped the Moray Firth, gave rise to consider- able alarm for the anfety of a fight of five aeroplanes attached to the Fleet Air Arm to-day...
They were carrying out manocu-
swept across.
in the district when the fog
says:-
lour-
Good cordial relations be
SHOCKING FRAUDS DISCLOSED.
HATRY TRIAL THRILLS IN LONDON,
"THE DEFENCE OF A "SECRET" BRITISH MARLBOROUGH ST.
ITALY.".
30 YEARS FOR EX-FASCIST LEADER.
A WOMAN DECOY.
(THROUGH SICTER'S AGENCY,}
Rouz, Sept. 27.
DOCUMENT.
"FRESH TURN IN SHEARER CASE.
RENEWED INTEREST.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
MAGISTRATE.
MR. FREDERICK MEAD
TO RETIRE.
A NOTABLE FIGURE.
[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Reasy, Sept. 26.
AM ASTOUNDING STORY IN COURT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NEW YORK, Sept: 26. LONDON, Sept. 7,
A special Tribunal for the De- The promise of the production fence of the State has sentenced to of a British "secret" "document, Guildhall, the bearing continued of Rossi, an ex-Fascist lender, on a
Before & crowded court at the so years' imprisonment, Cosare which Mr. William Shearer alleges is passing into retirement in thể A notable fure of London hie he secured at Goreva, has reawaken- three associates, in connection within in Itals, and seeking the into the activities af Shearer at the famous Magistrate of Marlborough the, charges against Entry and his charge of conspiring to stir uped interest in the Senate's Inquiry person of Mr. Frederick Mend, the financial speculations."
assassination of Mussolini,
Naval Disarmament Conference at Street Police Court. Rossi was decoyed to Italy from Geneva in 109. Lugano last year, by a woman.
tien. The United States and I go on a voyage of selves, having the same objects, should proclaim them with a united voice.
The prosecution stated that Cor. tween the two can change the out-poration and General Securities. look for peace and give the world Ltd., of which Hatry was Deputy besitating scepticism.
energetic faith instead of Chairman, Mr. Daniels Managing NEW YORK'S WONDERS. "Who dares to say that success
Director, Mr. Tabor manager, and is impossible?"
Mr. Dixen secretary, issued the Interview With General Dawas.' City of Wakefield Loan for £780,000, British Wireless atates that The issue was fully subscribed in General Dawes, the American Am January, after which the authority. bassador, called upon the Premier of the company to issue a Wake- at Downing Street to-day and re mained with him for considerablyfield Loan ecased, but six montha over an hour,
later the defendants, who were then
The Premier leaves for America tomorrow, and it is understood that he and the Ambassador had their final converantion regarding his mission.
IMPROVEMENTS AT TILBURY
NEW 1,000-FT. LOCK.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, Sept. 26,
астр
bard pressed for money, committed a shocking fraud by fabricating scrip "certiñcates for £400,000 of Wakefield Stock,.and induced Mr. Russell, Chairman of the Perches ter Trust, to accept this worthless scrip as security for £330,000 which the Porchester Trust eat the de- fendants' other company, the Austin Friars Trust, Ltd.
Further charges would be made against defendants of forging and uttering scrip certificates for Cor- poration stock of Wakefield, Glou- cester, and Swindon, to amount to at least £900,000.
CITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
The affair has, created a pro- found sensation as it is alleged by Shearer that he was in the pay of prominent American ship-builders with the object of crabbing as far aa possible, the disarmament pro poanis.
It is understood that the new development in the case will be forthcoming on Monday when Mr. Shearer, enters the witness box for the first time.
Mr. Mead has intimated to the Home Office.his intention of vacat- ing his magistracy this week, and to-morrow he will sit at the Court for the last time.
the oldest occupant of my chair He is eighty-two years of age and
of Justice in the country.
Mr. Mead was called to the Bar
"D.P." Special Service.] New York-Engineers, profes- man in the street brought out a sors, city officials, tradesmen and the alleged secret" document is a have passed since he became the It is further understood that the sixty years ago, and forty years
recent canvas conducted by the Mer Disarmament Conference) suggee aands of offendere of every type list of the 83 wonders of New Yorker written by a Member of the Magistrate at Marlborough Street British Government to Mr. Lloyd' City, which were submitted in a George in June, 1928 (after the Court. In that long period, thou, chants association to determine the seven outstanding wonders,
a coalition of the United and every nationality have come
1
tion
As expected acclaim for the Wool. States of Europe against the Unit before him for judgment.
and other public adjuncts received worth Tower, the subway system many votes, also the search for New York City's seven, wonders brought out a list which included the city government (receiving many laughs from columnists) a horse-drawn truck on exclusive Park, Avenue and many other miracles.
Woolworth Building.
The choices ran generally to scenes that Have long enjoyed post- wonders most of them were class- .card prominence. Of the cited 63
architectural.
Anxiety was felt for the reason that the supply of petrol in the trance lock and other Port of Lon
A new thousand feet long en- machines gave them a fight range don Authority improvements at
A voluntary statement by Hatry of only two and a half hours Tilbury Docks, including a
was read admitting the irregulari- Later, however, it transpired that dry dock and additional quays, ties, and declaring that he waeed rider groups that might be in a Beld near Buckie, on the coast Lady Ritchie, of Dundee, who perfited, indeed they lost everything the fight had made a safe landing were opened formally to-day by primarily responsible. Neither he headed as natural, spiritual and
nor his co-directors personally bene formed the ceremony on board the Orient liner" Oronsay,"
themselves.
inprovements is £2,550,000.
The approximate cost of the im-
of Banffshire.
Each of the pilots made an ex- cellent landing, which involved a considerable feat of piloting view of the restricted space.
BANK RATE RISE
WELCOMED.
UNCERTAINTY OVER.
[BRITISH WIRELLES SERVICE]
It is now leamed that the victims met their deaths in. particularly
RUGBY, Sept. 28. revolting circumstances. The bodies were literally backed to pieces with has welcomed the rise in the bank On the whale, the city of London swords and lances, and the suffer rate. It has definitely cleared up ings of Bruno, who lingered for the uncertainty of the past few several hours, must have been har-weeks, which has had a more clog- rible in the extreme.
ging effect on stock markets than No attempt has yet been made by clear money is likely to have. the Chinese authorities to appre hend the murderers and the mission down of prices on the Stock Ex- general marking at lebang has been unable to re-change after the rise "was cover the bodies, since the district nounced, but there was no pro is still infested with spirit." nounced selling..
soldiers.
JOHNNY HILL'S TRAGIC. DEATH.
BRITAIN'S FLYWEIGHT
CHAMPION,
[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
Losnos, Sept 27. The death is announced of Johnny Hill, the British fyweight cham- pion, at the early age of 23.
Hill was training at Strathmiglo in Fifeshire for a world's cham- pionship fight in London on Octo ber 19 against the American, Frankie Genaro. He contracted chill on Monday, but was allowed out yesterday.
He had a relapse during the night, and burst a blood vessel the fung.
LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT.
AN ATTEMPT ON THE RECORD.
THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]
of
LE BOUGET, Sept. 27. The aviators Costes and Ballonte, who are attempting to break the world's record. long distance op stop flight, hopped off at 8.30 this
morning for Biberia.
Costes machine has a 600 h.p. engine and carries 5,200 litres of petrol. He intende to fly about 8,000 kilometres, and remain in the air about fifty hours. He also hopes to reach Tokyo.
Another Failure.
PARIS, Sept. 27. The airmen de Marmier and Faverenu, have been obliged to land near Tunis They lost their way in the darkness."
The airmen left Le Bourget on Wednesday in a 600 h.p. monoplans, in an attempt on what was describ ed as the "world's record straight line fight."
Van Candenbergh in his light plant, restarted at 7.15 this morn ang for Dakar,"
There was
4n-
The pound sterling as expressed in American dollars has risen and both French and German exchanges have moved sharply, in favour of London.
NEGRO LEADER GAOLED.
--
DEFAMATION CHARGE IN
JAMAICA.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
KINGSTON, Sept. 28. Mr. Marcus Garver, the famous negro leader, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Kingston, a further three months' imprises Jamaies, to-day, and fined £100, or
the Judges of the Courte of ment in default, for defamation of Jamaica, whom he accused of cor. ruption. in a speech he made as a candidate for the Legislative As sembly.
ANGLO-RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
A FURTHER PARLEY.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
RUGBY, Sept. 24. M. Dovgalevsky, the Soviet Envoy, met Mr. Arthur Henderson, British Foreign Secretary, at the Foreign Office again this morning and a farther conversation of two hours duration took place this afternoon.
No statement was issued
CONFERENCE ACROSS THE OCEAN.
THE WONDERS OF RADIO.
(THROUGH REUTER'A AGENCY.]
BERLIN, Sept. 28. The picture of a diseased eye, wirelessed to Buenos Aires from
Berlin, enabled a famous specialist league in Berlin that the disease L Buenos Aires to infornia col was incurable and that the patient 'must die.
The specialists discussed the case by radio telephone.
GERMAN BANK MERGER, BIG SHARE CAPITAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BERLIN, Sept. 20.
In regard to the bank amal- gamation here, which is the big gest ever made in Germany, it is confirmed that the new concern will be entitled the "Deutschebank Und
Discontogesellschaft," and will have a share capital of 285 millions, with reserves millions marks.
of 100
The fusion of the scheme will be referred to the shareholders on October 29.
NEW "PRINCE" LINER.
DUE HERE TO-MORROW.
Defendants were remanded for a week. Bail was refused.
and the subway system, the poll's Resides the Woolworth Building seven selections included the Great" White Way, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Holland Tun nel, the Statue of Liberty and the New York akyline" Coney Island and Wall Street each polled many THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION. yotes but were kept from the lead
ing seven.
Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown, the Stock Exchange and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine were just ahead of local colleges and universities. Fifth Avenue was in the first twenty-five.. Also prominent in the inventory were and Bronx Park." Grant's Tomb, the Fublic Library
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN.
His Excellency Sir Cecil Cle- menti, K.C.M.C., MA., LL.D., will explain the scope of the Eng- lisa Association and the aims Branch, at the constituent meeting of the proposed Hong
Kong
held in the Cathedral Hall at 5.30 next Monday, September 30, to be p.m. It is hoped that those who are interested in English literature or in linguistic questions will at- tend the meeting and enrol as mem- bers.
Wireless Aerials,
While the majority of those com peting in the Merchant's Associa tion poll shaped their choices after awe inspiring statistics or physica] productions,
participants chose far less objects as their favorite "wonders.
The public school system wherein over 1,000,000 children are enligh tened was set down as something at which to marvel. "Bungalows in the skypenthouses-were lauded highly by one contestant as If your native language is Eng-worthy of enumeration as compris lish you will join the Assosication ing a lofty colony peculiar to the because you are interested in your city. noble heritage, and you may wish to preserve it from corruption or to. embellish it with novelties. If your native innguage is Chinese, you will join the Association be cause you have in English an in- ternational language, and a uni versal literature, which unique serviceability and easy ac
are cessability to every enterprising Chinese in Hong Kong. If your native language is neither English nor Chinese, but you find yourself for some months a resident of this Colony, you will join the Associa tion because you are in circumst- ancee to which the English langu- age is the key and English litera ture the lamp.
Lure.
of
It is difficult to imagine anything more inclusive than English liters "Here is God's Plenty,"
Cingaleee Prince,
anid Dryden about the morning The twin-screw motor-vensel star of English poetry. And what Howtorcher he said about English literature, maiden voyage to Far Eastern as revived by Chaucer, has been ports, is due in Hong Kong true right down to Chesterton. to-morrow from Keelung.
A mean speed of over 16 knots was attained by the Cingalese Prince during her highly successful|PEARL NECKLACE ON THE official trials in the Firth of Clyde.
of
PAVEMENT.
EXCITING CHASE OF AN ALLEGED THIEF.
Many
the forest of wireless aerials on One college professor nominated roofs in the Harlem district as worthy of inclusion, while another thought, the sea of straw-hats seen from a down-town office building at noon a sight to be marveled at.
Include the cities within the city in your roll of sever, won. ders," wrote one collaborator, re- Washington Street, Little Italy: ferring to the Syrian village on the Greek settlement, the Scandi navian settlement in Brooklyn, the Rumanian area along Eldridge Street and other transplanted ses ments of other nationa.-United 'ress.
BURGLARS USE CAR OF AN EARL'S SON..
ed States of America.
HUNDRED STOREY SKYSCRAPER!
AN ENGINEERING POSSIBILITY.
[United Press.}
Paris-The hundred storey sky
New York. craper is an economic impossibility in the opinion of Irwin S. Chanin, 815,000,000 .constructor of the 56-storey, Chanin, building in
view, a building of 100 floors pre- "From an engineering point of
said. sents no difficulties," Mr. Chanin the question because the owners of Economically it is out of such a building would be forced to demand rents that no one would be willing to pay.
"Another difficulty is the fact that elevators are limited by law to a speed of 750 feet a minute. In a hundred-story building cle vators of a much higher speed would be estential The law would have to be altered. The effect of high speed elevators upon the price of space in such a building would also be considerable. Where building is devoted to elevator large percentage of the space in a shafts the owners are compelled to recoup on rentals'
"The development of skyscrapers and elevators have been paralie made its appearance in New York and intimate. The first elevator in 1859 but it was a crude affair and it was not until ten years later that passenger elevators be- came practical."
The Marlborough Street Police Court has to deal with crime in a part of the West End of London which has a notably cosmopolitan population.
Mr. Mead has always been dis tinguished for his remarkable physical and mental alertnesa` in dealing with the difficult cases which arise among this kind of population, and although, in the course of his long tanure of office many of his judgments have been criticised on the ground of their. severity, he will always be rember- ed ne one of London's most able magistrates.
**
FREAK "NON-STOP
EVENTS.
HOOP ROLLING AND GOLF.
[D.P." Special Service.] Chicago, Il-Airplane cädur. ance fights, which repeatedly have demonstrated the ability of a plane to fly around the world without ed along the route have caused a stopping it only able to be refuel- dozen freak non-stop attempts to be originated and attempted.
1600 miles from Houston, Texas, One individual ia rolling a hoop to New York City. Two others are playing croquet over the same dis- tance Some youths on Long Is land set a non-stop motor-cycle re- wondering how to emulate one of cord, and children of Baltimore are their number who was praised for remaining on a flag pole for over
a week.
Not to be outdone, Indianapo lis contributed the tale of a fea. bitten dog which ran for twenty- four hours round the famous
U.S.A. AND PROHIBITION. Civil War molument for nons
LIQUOR CONSUMPTION AND PREVENTION,
parent reason.
Baseball players are competing to see who can play in the largest number of consecutive games from one season to the next. Marathon dancing contesta are no longer an innovation.
than
["D.P." Special Service.
ing to show a distinct increase in golf links, and plans have been The idea of staging a non-stop Washington.--Statistics purport endurane contest has invaded the Higher consumption since prohibi- tion went into effect were made Projected for such a Against the Prohibition Amendment United Press. public recently by the Association wherein endurance, rather
tourney, No direct statistics on liquor pro-
scorea would decide the winner. duction have been kept, but the association based its statement on charts covering deaths from alcoho lism, alcoholic insanity, azrest for drunkenness, seizures of distilling apparatus and other phases of f quor's effects.
Remarkable increase were report- ed in seizures of liquor and diatil ling apparatus, It was stated that 38,474,234. gallons of liquor were seized in 1928, compared with of distilling apparatus compared with 15,416 in the first year of na- tional prohibition.
MAN TWICE SENTENCED IN 153,735 in 1920, and 261, 011 pieces
A FORTNIGHT.
£175 THEFT OF DRESSES.
A
man who
The association asserted that the indices of liquor consumption were accepted as valid by both, wet and dry partisans,United Press.
BATTLEFIELD INCIDENT.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GERMAN VISITORS.
ARTIST DRINKS VITRIOL,
STRUGGLE AGAINST
ADVERSITY.
adversity, which ended in suicide, The struggles of an artist against
at Park Royal Hospital, Action, on were described at an inouest held John Parnell Grigg, aged sixty- two, who was found in Sidmouth- ing, suffering from the effects of: road, Kensal Rise, early one mern- sulphuric acid or vitriol poisoning.
Dr. Crone, the coroner, return- ed a verdict of Suicide while tem- porarily insane," saying that. Grigg had evidently struggled un- til he could struggle no longer.
William Grigg, a brother, of Kensal-road, said that John visited. him and stated that he was" down on his luck."
Built by the Blythswood Ship- building Company, Ltd, Scotstoun, for the Rio Cape Line, Ltd., under special survey to Lloyd's Regis- ter's highest class, and in compli ance with the latest requirements the British and American authorities, the yessel is about 450 jewel thief through London streets An exciting chase of an alleged ft. in length., 60 ft. in breadth and was described at Bow-strect Police 42 ft. in depth from the shelter Court when James Allan, aged Middlesex Sessions a week before was sentenced at deck. There are three complete twenty-two, a labourer, was cora to eighteen months' hard labour decks, and the cargo-handling ap mitted for trial on a charge of for breaking into a laundry at pliances include 18 powerful elec-breaking and entering the jewel- Sunbury-on-Thames and stealing tric winches controlled from con-fers shop of Holmes and Co., Hay- hampers of washing valued at £201 factors in acparate houses. steering, gear is of the electric necklaces valued at £345. Allon re-
The market, and stealing two pearl was sentenced at London Sessions hydraulic type, and a very power-served his defence.
to tweaty-one months' imprison ful electric windlass, fitted on the.
ment, to run concurrently, for forecastle, has a large separate bar dow of the shop was hroken in the of Crawford and Balcarres, and Evidence was given that the win-Lord Balniel, eldest son of the Earl stealing a motor-car belonging to rel for working two heavy der- ricks on the, promenade deck...
Räternoon with a brick wrapped breaking into a costumier's shop incidents in which German visitors Paris-A aumber of unfortunate All the auxiliary machinery ning down the Haymarket with two dresses valued at £175.
in paper, and Allan was seen run in Stockwell-road and throughout the vessel is electrica.f
to the French battlefields were in ly-driven, the current being sup- pads of necklaces in bis hands.
volved have been reported recently, and sold them to dealers. Bome- His brother painted landscapes plied by three generators, each of
He turned into Orange-street, Nutkins, aged twenty-four, aby motor, says a Verdum caenge; had failed to sell his pictures, and
The man
was Henry George Many of the visitors have arrived times he had luck, but recently he 135 kw., installed in the engine where he threw the pads away, labourer, and Richard Flynn, aged flying the old Imperial standard dealers had offered him two shil- (BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
room. The electric wiring for the jumped into a taxicab, and climbed twenty-nine. 4 motor car drivez, from their cars, and on several oc- lings for pictures worth £2. This power required by the dock ma out at the other side. A number who also pleaded guilty to the two RUGBT, Sept. 26, H.M. the King has approved that propelling machinery has been aup gave chase, and Allan was caught twelve months' imprisonment.
chinery is on the ring system. The of persons, including Mr. Holmes, now charges, was sentenced to by French residents, who have ob-made him worry greatly over bis
casions the fag has been torn off the dignity of a Baronetey of the plied by Richardsons, Westgarth in St. Martin's-street, United Kingdom be conferred upon and Company Ltd, West Hartle Bir John Kynaston Studd on the pool, and consists of two sets of 'ed up one of the necklaces, valued End, and the two men drove in it to visit the fort of Rozellier are jected to the visitors' conduct... It was stated that Lord Balniel's
position. An assistant of Mr. Holmes pick motor-car was stolen in the West refused permission by an adjutant story.
A party of Germans who were occasion of his retirement from the four-cylinder engines of the Dox at 2275, found lying on the pave to the costumier's shou. where they alleged to have threatened the off
Dr. Crone: It is a very and office of Lord-Mayor of London. ford opposed piston type.
carried out a burglary,
SIR J. KYNASTON STUDD HONOURED.
ment.
stealing
cer and shaken their fists at him.
He offered him a“ shakedown,f
enough of it. but his brother left, saying that he was fed up and had more than
him that he had drunk some said A policeman said, that Grigg told which he found in a motor gerage.