OBJECTIONS TO MR. PEACE PACT AND
OBATA.
REPORTED MESSAGE FROM LAWYERS.
THE 21 DEMANDS."
(Wah Ter Yat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 16. The All-China Lawyers' Federa- tion" has addressed a telegram-to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protesting against the appointment of Mr. Obata as Japanese Minister to China, on the ground that he föreed China to sign the "Twenty one Demands," for which act they consider him to be the enemy of the Chinese people."
SHANGHAI PROVISIONAL
COURT.
CONCLUDING STAGES OF
CONFERENCE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, Dec. 16.
“NEUTRALS."
OPPOSITION TO BRITISH VIEW.
A DEBATABLE POINT.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.
White upon the
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929.
FALLEN BOXING
THE LAUNCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN
R100.
COAL
DISPUTE.
NEW BRITISH AIRSHIP ALOFT.
SERIOUS RIOTS NEAR SYDNEY.
AUSPICIOUS START.
(THROUGH REUTEK'S '1QENCY.}
LONDON, Dec. 16. The new airship R.100 left her shed at Howden at 6 o'clock this morning on her first flight, in fine weather. Five hundred soldiers, hauled out the airship, and a large crowd of spectators cheered the start."
Fifty police were drafted in to
Commenting Paper issued in London on Friday, defending Britain's signature of the Optional Clausė, Senator Borah disents emphatically from the British view that under the Kellogg Fact there could not arise. any issue of the rights of neutral.control traffic.
He says that if the Kellogg Pact eliminated all questions of rights of neutrals at sea, why keep vaet
navies 1
The British view is as between
A Perfect Launching."
British Wireless states:-The air- ship R.100 was launched under per- fect weather conditions to-day. Later in the day she is que
MINERS WOUNDED.
(THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.}
SYDNEY, Dec. 18.
Four thousand miners at Roth-
"STAR.”
BRITISH OBJECTIONS TO CARNERA.
"PRIMITIVE FURY.”
(THROUGH SAUTER'S, AGENCY, ] '
LONDON, Dec. 16,
The floodlights of favourable pub. licity which were recently turned
The on
bury colliery viciously attacked the police early this morning.. police used revolvers, and three minets
were wounded. Several police were injured with stones.
Wild scenes followed the shoot- ing, groups" of furious miners re- peatedly and desperately attacking the police, the affray lasting twenty minutes.
Trouble recurred later in the morning, with miners trying to
Primo Carners, the giant Italian boxer, are fading, and the tidal wave of popularity is now fast subsiding.
Hailed by shortsighted critics as the boxing sensation of the century, Carnera's fights against Stribling have stripped him of every boxing attribute. There is now an in fluential chorus of opinion that his primitive displays of fury 'should rule him out of English rings.
members of the League there can at Cardington, where she will be force their way into the colliery British Boxing Board should not
be no neutral rights because there can be no neutrals," the argument being that if a nation is warring with a State which has, broken its pledges, other members of. the League are bound by the Coven ant to act against the aggressor. Therefore they would not challenge that nation's sea-power by trading with the enemy, and hence could not remain neutral.
The Conference for Ro-organisa tion of the Shanghai Provisional Court, which is nearing the con- cluding "atages, met this morning, The Powers' delegates reported to the Legations after the meeting, but the date of the next meeting was not fixed, pending a reply from WORST OF GALES OVER. the Legations.
C.E.R. CONFERENCE
STARTED?
(Wah Te Fat Pao.)"
SHANGHAI, Dec. 18.
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE
REVEALED.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Dec. 14.
moored to the masthead recently vacated by the airship R.101.
The shed permits of so little clearance for the vast ship, which is 700 feet long, 133 feet beam, and 133 feet high, that three or four minutes' time was necessary" in bringing the airship out, and the 300 soldiers received full instruc tiens regarding their duties before Commander Scott and Squadron- Leader Booth, with a crew of 44,
went aboard the vessel.
There was no hitch in arrange. mente. Within eight minutes of the first orders being given the vessel had cleared the structure. There was great cheering from the
crowd, who had gathered to. witness the operation.
Gradually the R.100 began to rise and moved off in a westerly direct she wheeled round, and at a height tion. Before she was out of sight
her mast and performed various
A Harbin telegram states that slight night frosts, and diffueing of about 1,000 feet again few over
Mr. Tsai Yun Sheng arrived at Pogranichnaya on Friday last, and is now negotiating with the Soviet representatives regarding the C.E.R. issue.
ANOTHER "RED" RAID.
MISSIONARY HELD FOR
RANSOM.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HANKOW, Dec. 16.
A large red sun, dissipating the unusual December warmth confers recent a welcome change from gales.
evolutions.
Floods are gradually sub-
The R.100 is equipped with six siding, revending terrible havac, Rails-Royce engines with a total of especially in the Rhondda Valley
4,500 horsepower. Her sister ship where etreets and houses need
R. 101, which is of the same capacity cost of complete. rebuilding at a
5,000,000 cubic feet, is driven by millions sterling.
London dwellers on the riverside five Beardmore-Diesel engines of embankment near the Tate gallery.,095 horse-power, the scene of tragic 3oods two years ago, remained awake all night, watching the abnormal tide creep up specially reinforced concrete barricades; until when near the top
mercifully receded.
Lighthouse Relieved,
PARIS, Dec. 16. The black dag, denoting distross, the lighthouse at La flying at
"Reds" raided Tayeh, 50 miles south-east of Hankow, en Friday. They drove out the Government troops, and occupied the town for three hours.
Vicille this week when a fierce The Communists were well dis-storm frustrated most courageouse ciplined, and there was no indis efforts of rescuers to approach, criminate looting. They carried off has been at length hauled down from the town Mr. Sandy, of the Weeleyan Mission, who left with- out hat and coat, and a magistrate,
amongst others,
It is believed that the magistrate was afterwards released, but Mr. Sandy is still held, and a large raneom demanded..
LATER.
The Reds" also abducted Mr. E. H. Livéeley, of the same Mis- sion as Mr. Sandy, from Tayeh.
"EVERYTHING QUIET."
LONDON REVIEWS CHINA SITUATION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
A relief vessel, rudderless and hattered, succeeded in passing food in waterproof sacks from a tance of twenty yards.
BUSINESS EXPANSION IN U.S.A. IMPOSING REPORTS. (REUTER'S AMÉRICAN SERVICE.]
dis
WASHINGTON, December 16. Unbroken and steady expansion of business in the past eight years. notwithstanding a few minor and short-lived recessions, is stressed in Mr. Lamont's annual message to Congress, which shows that ex- pansion of production of com LONDON, Dec. 16.
modities, of transport and other Reports received in authoritative services has in nowise diminished quarters in London show that the in the year ending June 30. situation in China has greatly im- The annual report by the Labour Droved. Canton forces seem to Secretary. Mr. Davis, suggests an have decisively deleated Chang Fat air patrol to curb the immigration Fui's Ironsides," ton, and Kwangxi troops were alto breakers. It asserts that the latter repulsed in the West River section. are already using airships, and en The situation is consequently forcement of the law is only to he generally quieter. Hankow is unaccomplished with better weapons disturbed, and Tsinanfn, Peping, than those used by the lawbreakers, Tientsin, Chipkiang, and Manchuria Mr. Davie advocated a policy of selective immigration to ensure ad- The situation on the Shanghai-mittance of the best qualified Euro Xanking frant is quiet, except for penns among the 2,000,000 candi. minor trouble on the railway. dates for places in total quotas of There is no serious fighting at the 150,000. Pukow front and troops are being sent back to Hapkow.
Are normal.
Mr. Baddeley, a legislator, was injured in the melee while attempt- ing to pacily the miners....
Lord Lonsdale declares that the put Carnera in the ring against the German heavyweight Dierer at the Albert Hall to-morrow, as he does
debar Carnera.
THE WAY OF TRUE Telegrams in Brief.
LOVE.
POLA NEGRI'S PATCHED ROMANCE.
ALL SMILES. AGAIN."
(THROUGH KÉOTER'S AGENCY.]
The French airman Challe and the Uruguayan Borges have started for Montevideo from Seville in an attempt to create a nenatop re cord.
Alderman Logan (Labour)__has been returned "uncpposed as Mem- ber of Parliament for the Scot- land Division of Liverpool. The by-election was necessitated by the death of Mr. T. P. O'Con- PARIS, Dec. 18. i nor who sat as an Irish Nation-
the brink of jalist.
After being on divorce the film star Pola Negri and Prince Mdivani have decided to live happily ever after."
According to the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribute, the two parties, when they appeared in the Judge's chambers for the classic attempt at reconciliation, which under French law must precede a decree nit, admitted in response to the judge's enquiries that they still loved each other, Pola Negri adding
"only he wants me to lead social life, which interferes with my career."
The couple then proceeded to the Prince's Chateau near Paris,
'BREEZE."
not conform to the British iden, of PROVISIONAL COURT Federal Cabinet Intervenes.
bow "a fighting man should behave. "LATER. Simultaneously, a Sunday news. One miner has been killed, nine paper, in a featured article, is wounded, and 45 have minor in-appealing to the Home Secretary to jurice, alsa & police were injured, in the disturbance at the Rothbury mine. Apparently the miners i tended to cccupy the mine, but did not expect such a resolute resist
ance.
Mr. Chaficy, Minister of Mince, enys there is no question but that law and order must be maintained. Large police reinforcements have left for the mine from Sydney, and the Newcastle districts.
The Federal Cabinet has resolved immediately to intervene in the the Commonwealth dispute, and Arbitration Court has summoned the partice to an urgent compulsory conference in Sydney at noon to
morrow...
The Premier., Mr. Seüllin, has telegraphed the miners' leaders strongly requesting the miners to withdraw from the vicinity of the trouble, and avoid further clashes, The leaders replied that they would de everything posible to comply Mr. Scullin has also requested Mr. Bavin, Premier of New South Wales, to suspend measures for opening the raine; but the New South Walze Cabinet has decided
HATRY GROUP FINANCES. with the request.
A BIG DEFICIENCY.
*THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, December 10. Giving evidence at the resump-
tion of the hearing of the Hatry ense at the Guildhall, Sir Gilbert Garnsey, an accountant who has been investigating the affairs of the Hatry Companies, stated that the gross liabilities of the com- panies were. £29,500,000 not includ- ing an issued share capital of
£3,110,000.
Unsecured claims totalled £13,- 750.000 and there was a very small prospect of a dividend for the un- secured creditors.
The deficiency will apparently total over £13,500,000.
BRITISH COLONIAL
CLAIMS.
JUDGE,
It is noteworthy that Carnera was U.S. DEPUTY AND CHINESE booked for a charity performance podrome. His name was on the last night at the London Hip- programine, but he received a last- minute telephone message cancelling the arrangement, as Hip- podrome was unable to get the Lord Chamberlain's permission.
the
whistle to obvinte a repetition of the His manager has procured a shrill incidente of his last fight, and his hitting after the bell to-morrow.
fr
KING LISTENS-IN.
MEMORIAL SERVICE TO
HIS MOTHER...
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
RUGBY, Dec. 13, While the memorial service to his mother, Queen Alexandra, was being broadcast at Ancolenheint yester- day, King George listened-in on his wireless set at Buckingham Palace. It was at the King's request that the British Broadcasting Corpora- tion and the Copenhagen, authori- ties made special arrangements to
MATTER TO BE REPORTED.
There was another "breeze" at
The Dominions Office states that it is understood that Sir Char les Fergusson will leave New of office as Governor-General on Zealand on the expiry of his term February 1, 1830. Lord Bledisloe, the Governor-General elect, has ar
ranged to leave England for New Zealand, on Febuary 14.
་
The payment of G883,795,000 has been made by the British Govern- ment to the United States Trea- sury, of which sum, an amount of G827,000.000 is on account of
principal, the balance being in- terest. With this payment the total payments to the United States.since the funding of the British debt amount to G81,124,970,000, of which
G8174,000,000 has been on account of repayment of the principal. The amount outstanding has been re- duced to G84,426,000,000,
JAPAN'S NAVAL NEEDS.
RATIO FOR AUXILIARIES ESSENTIAL.
ני
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
CHICAGO, Dec. 16. week when a final hearing was set the Shanghai Provisional Court last
Mr. Wakatsuki, head of the
by Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd. | Conference, interviewed hereens for the criminal action instituted Japanese Delegation to the Naval against Chen Tze Hsun, the mana route to London, said that Japan ker of the Heng Loon Bank, for al was willing to postpone replacement leged fraud in connection with a of battleships, but would insist on mortgage covering all of the assets retaining a 70 per cent. ratio in of the Heng Dah Cotton Mill in auxiliary craft, as compared with Pootung including the mill power the Powers having the greatest plant and machinery, which under naval strength. the terms of the contrast of sale was still the property of Ander- sen, Meyer & Co., Ltd.
There had been a number of pre-' vious hearings and it was announe- ed by the Court, on November 28 last, that this hearing would finish the case. When Court opened the attorneys for the defendant pro- duced a telegram which they had received from Ningpo stating that he was sick and unable to be pre- sent and asking for an adjourn
LUCKY AMERICAN WAGE EARNERS.
GROWTH OF PEOPLE'S WEALTH.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
NEW YORK, Déc. 18. The income of the people of the
not to alter its plan to open up the broadcast and relay che service and mert. Mr. Stevens, the American United States increased by 23,470
mine on Thursday. They will not Participate in the conference to
morrow.
AMERICAN "DUMPING)"
FEARS.
EFFECT ON INDIAN TRADE.
(831TIBA WIRELESS BERVICE]
ceremony as clearly as possible.
The King. who uses a small. portable set, heard wonderfully well like the rest of the country the tribute paid to the late Queen
MR. J. L. HUMPHREYS DEAD.
GOVERNOR OF NORTH···
BORNEO.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
TIENTSIN, Dec. 15. The death is announced of Mr.
Consular Deputy, asked why the million dollars last decade, and by defendant had left the jurisdiction almost sixty billion dollars in the of the Court without the Court's last twenty years, according to permission while a criminal action figures compiled by the National in which he was involved was in Bureau of Economic Research.
It is also estimated that the aver- process of trial.
The lawyer for the defence stated age wage-earner received 81,205 in that the defendant's intention to 1928, compared with $976 in 1900. visit Ningpo had been mentioned
to the Court and that the record
Mr. Stevens. then called for the record and the statement referred to could not be found.
of the hearing on. November 19 police to disregard the same. Mr. would show such statement.
Stevens then stated that he desired to enter
a protest against the change of two of the three Chinese Judges sitting in the case at the last moment, pointing out that the presiding Judgo and one associate Judge then on the bench had not been present at any of the previous hearings of the ease and were total ly unfamiliar with what had trans- pired at such previous hearings.
BOMBAY, December 10. At the opening of the annual meeting of Associated general Chambers of Commerce of India
The Deputy's Order. and Ceylon, the Governor of Bombay. Sir Frederick-Sykes said
Mr. Stevens then anounced that he thought that the United States L. Humphreys, Governor of the action of the defendant in leay would be compelled to resort to a British North Bornen, from hearting without permission consti- wholesale dumping of produce wher. failure following pacumonia. The tuted contempt of court and was ever possible, in order to dispose deceased was touring China and just another attempt to thwart of her immense production, for arrived at Tientsin three weeks the proper administration of jus which demand har suddenly declin-ago. He was mediately sent to tice. He instructed the police to ed owing to the stock market hospital, but contracted cold on the effect the arrest of the defendant collapse.
immediately upon his return to the Thas India would be brought in- Mr. Humphreye only recently-jurisdiction of the Court and to creasingly into direct competition won the Open Golf Championship The Colonial Office announces ex-with American industry, and the of China in Shanghai. gratia awards in respect of claims demand for Indian products must by British nationals belonging to inevitably to some extent slacken, British colonies and protectorates, and prices fall. on account of loss or damage falling within the reparation clauses of the reade.
REPARATION MONEY.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)
Rucar, Dec. 15.
steamer.
keep him in detention until he had appeared before an American Con- sular Deputy.
Chinese Judge " Disagrees," The Chinese Judge: announced that he did not agree with Mr.
(Continued on nezt Column.)
An Open Scandal." Mr. Franklin for complainants requested Mr. Stevens to report the afternoon's proceedings to the Commission now siting in Nanking
in
connection with proposed changes in the Provisional Court, and Mr. Stevens replied that not only the afternoon's proceedings but the entire case from beginning to end would be reported to such
an open scandal for years.
north of Can- of smugglers and other border law Treaty of Versailes, are now being ADMIRAL JACKSON'S GREAT vice, Straits Settlements, in 1905, Stevens' ruling and instructed the Commission, as the case had been
PALACES IN PEPING.
TO BE PUT TO PROFITABLE PURPOSES.
NORWAY AND CHINA PIRATES.
MACHINE GUNS FOR VESSELS 1
Oslo, Nov. 17.-Permission for Norwegian vessels
plying in Peping, Dec. The former pre- Chinese waters to be armed with for protection sidential palaces in the Three Lakes machine guns Park, once the pride of the new against pirates. was urged at a Chinese Republic, are to be turned meeting of representatives of sea- into & modern hotel, a sanitarium, men's organizations. This motion and muse-education-sehool, it was not carried-bit-eventually the plans made by the Board of Park following proposals were unanim Commissioners are Auccessful: ously adopted: Since the capital was moved south, the palaces have been of little use, and the Board feels that they should not stand idle. They have obtain- ed a large portion of the necessary funds by public contributions, and hope to begin alterations upon the palaces in the near future.
The Three-Lakes Park was built by Manchu Emperors as their own private pleasure grounds, but is now open to the pubio for minn entranco fee,
That the accident
insurance should be raised in case of piracy, as was the case during the Great War; "that all Norwegian vessel plying on the coast of China should be equipped with wireless tele graphy: that Norwegian vessels should
not
|
Attention is particularly directed
to the fact that all claims not yet lodged by such claimants either with the Government of the Colony or protectorate concerned, or with the Under-Secretary for Colonies, must lie lodged by March 31, 1931.
Claims by Burviving denendants in respect of loss of life of persons Berving with the forces of the Crown are now able to rank for payment from reparation moneys.
STARTLING PROPOSALS IN GREECE.
REPUBLIC OR A MONARCHY?
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ATHENS, Dec. 18,
CAREER.
KING AND PRESS PAY TRIBUTE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
RUOBY, Dec. 15. The King has sent the following message to the widow of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry "Jackson, who died yesterday, expressing his sympathy with her in her sad loss. His Majesty says, "Sir Henry Jackson will be remembered not only for his distinguished service in the Navy but also for his devo tion to the cause of science and re- search as a member of the "Royal Society."
Mr. Humphreys, who passed through Hong Kong only a few weeks ago, had been Governor of Borneo since 1928. Educated at Oxford, he entered the Civil Ser-
and became District Officer at Ho Malacca and the dividings. Was Assistant Adviser to Johore in 1010 and subsequently to Trengganų and Kedah. He wrote several books on the Malay, language,]
THE HAITIAN TANGLE,
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT HOOVER.
(REUTTE's AMERICAN SERVICE)
PORT AU PRINCE; Dec. 16 Petitions signed by the Presidents of seven Haitian political or- Banisations have been forwarded to President Hoover by air-mail, In Press tributes to the dead baking the United States to super- Admiral he is described as having vise the elections, and ensure that been the greatest scientific fellow of they are conducted fairly. the Royal Society (which is the
They allege that President Borne A tremendous political sensation honour accorded to поло
enslave the. has been caused by the proposal of eminent scientists), for hir
but attempting to re- citizens. premier, M. Venizelos, to M, searches in electrical physics." Taldaris, the Royalist leader, sub- He was also a member of the ject to the other leaders' approval, Institution of Electrical Engineers to hold a plebiscite, finally to decide and of the Institution of Nava) whether Greece shall be a Republic Architects, and was honoured by or a monarchy.
many leading societies.
M. Venizelos offers to place M. As a scientist his services in the Tsaldaris in charge of the Ministry Navy were invaluable. He was one of the Interior during the plebiscite of the pinoeers of wireless tele to ensure that it is conducted graphy and was the first person in. carry considerable genuinely,
this country to apply hertzian amounts of cash, thereby practical. It is generally felt that a plebis-waves to the transmission of tele
cite is suberfluous in view of the graphic. messages This he did crashing Royalist defeat in the last whilet on the staff of the warship
Radio School' many years ago.
ly inviting the pirates; and that the Chinese authorities should be
que
stationed at Maichów.
jumped at the Premier's offer.
POPE CREATES NEW CARDINALS.
A SECRET CONSISTORY.
{THROUGH REUTZR'S AGENCY.]
ROME, Dec. 10. The Pope at a Secret Consistory. erenfed six new Cardinals, namely the Archbishops of Paris, Palermo, Genoa, Armagh and Lisbon, and
Nuncia in Berlin.
baris
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