COMMUNISTS IN GERMANY.
SERIOUS BERLIN RIOTS.
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BOMB. IN BRITISH MUSEUM.
SINTY RINGLEADERS ARRESTED
ATTEMPTED: OUTRAGE BY
INDIANS.
THE HONG KONG DAILY. PRESS, MONDAY,
BRITAIN'S NAVAL SACRIFICES.
TWO MORE CRUISERS TO BE SCRAPPED.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
RUSSIA STILL INSISTING.
CHINA MUST SEND DELE
GATE AT ONCE.
FEBRUARY 3, 1930.
THE NEW BUDGET. FURTHER SLUMP IN
"NO RAIDS ON CAPITAL."
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IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY MR. SNOWDEN,
ANONYMOUS WARNING,
MUKDEN READY TO AMEND PROTOCOL,
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LONDON, Feb., 1I.
Over
160 arrests
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BERLIN, Feb. 2.
made
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It is learned from authoritative Naval
that the two quarters
from bo scrapped jcruisers
10/30 programme are in addition
relled.
any
(Wah Taz Fat Peo).
LONDON, Feb. 1.
MURDEN, Feb. 2. Scotland Yard detectives, enquir-
The authorities have received a during sporadie rioting hy Coming into the startling descovery, of munists which were city wide. The bomb in the Indian Room in the to the Surrey and the Northum- note from the Soviet to the effect the that if Chinn does not at once The bomb was berland which belonged to most serious trouble was in the British Museum,
discovered following a
telephone 8/20 programme. Thus altogether dispatch a delegate to the Sino- Yeakoella quarter.
a strange saying three Ten thousand ton cruisers and Russian Conference, China will The Communists demolished lamp message from posts, greeted barricades and fired that he overheard Indian students one smaller cruiser have been can have to hold herself responsible for antoward event," which may on the police, and the latter re saying they intended placing a
happen. The telegram has been for turned the fire. There is a strong bomb in the Museum, All the off.
warded to Nanking. force of poker now working scarch.rials of the Museum were immedi- lights to prevent the demonstrators ately notified and a thorough search carrying out attacks in the dark revealed a hour which was obvious- The arrested include sixtyly of home manufacture wrapped in a newspaper, hidden on the first ringleniler.
landing a short distance from the spot where the Indian exhibits are arranged.
ness,
Four processions were broker. up by the police, three of whom were seriously wounded in the Charlot tenburg district and three others were beaten scoreless in the east end of the city.
More Demonstrators Arrested.
LATER.
Fifty demonstrators, led by two Communiste, en route to Hamburg from Leubrek have been arrested.
HAMBERO, Feb. 1.
The Communists profiting by the distress amongst the million unemployed organised militant de monstrations resulting in serious collisions with the Police, the latter used firearms and there were many injured on both sides. The Com- munists succeeded in inciting the unemployed to demonstrate in lin despite official prohibition.
An alarm was raised and the police summoned. They cut off the fuse from the bomb and took the latter to the police station for an expert's report, until the receipt of which it cannot be said whether it was a deliberate intention to blow ap part of the Muscum or a hoax.
Official's Opinion.
LONDON, Feb. 9.
A responsible official of the British Museum, when interviewed, expressed considerable scepticism regarding the seriousness of the find. He is of the opinion that it is probably a hoax.
The result of the experts' investi- gation regarding the tomb, which was found wrapped in a piece of newspaper, is not yet known.
Superintendent Parker is in Berharge of a special branch of Scol- land Yard which has taken charge of the investigations and is endles BERLIN, Feb. 1.
vouring to trace the man, who tele Seventy-six Leaders of the Com-phoned a warning, it is anderstood munist Processions which were fixed he gave the name of Alikhan, for to-day were arrested yesterday night when the police raided a hall
which they were holding a meet- ing A quantity of arms was found in the possession of the men who were detained.
GENERAL SMUTS SAILS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
(THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 2. General Smuta sailed for South Africa from Southampton, to-day.
HUGE POST OFFICE
SURPLÚS..
RECORD FIGURES.
(THROUGH RIVIER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Jan. 31.
A surplus of £0.000.000 is re vealed in the Post Office commer
Bur.
cial accounts for the year ended March last. This is the highest recorded in the history of the Post | Office.
The figures are:-Postal plus, £0.950,000, telephone surplus, £500,000; telegraph deficit, £725,000. The cash receipts for wireless DOMINIONS AND THE "2ND licences totalled £1,359,187 against
COMMITTEE."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 1.
It is stated authoritatively that their is no truth in the suggestion that the Dominions Representatives at the Naval Conference demanded representation on the "second com- mittee thus embarrassing Mr. R. MacDonald.
It is added that although the "second committee" is not yet ap: pointed this does not mean that it will not be formed.
AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC
APPOINTMENTS.
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Mr. Alexander Moore as Ambassador to Poland and Mr. Brodie to be Minister to
Finland..
LENA GOLDFIELDS.
CONCESSION FINED.
THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]'
RIGA, Feb. 1.
£1,234,896 for the preceding year, After 19 per cent. had been eredited to the Post Office for ex penses of management, etc., a balance remained of £1,170,501, of which £887,010 was paid over to the British Broadcasting Corpora tion and £201,865 accrued to the Exchequer.
CHINA'S "BILL OF RIGHTS."
DR. SUN'S WILL PROVIDES FOR ALL.
The proposed "Bill of Rights" of the people, which had been discuss ed at recent meetings of the Cen- tral Political Council, was "held over for future consideration" by the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee in Nanking on January 28, following a brief discussion of the proposal.
The "Bill" was formulated by a number of leading Government offi- cials including Dr. H. H. Kung. Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labour, and Mr. Tsino Yi Tang, a prominent member of the Legislative Yuan. Prior to its be- ing submitted to the Party's Cen tral Executive Committee, it had undergone careful revision by Pre sidents Tan Yen Kai. Hu Han Min and Wang Chung Hui respec tively of the Executive, Legislative
and Judicial Yuan.
FRENCH COMPROMISE.
MEETING OF FIRST COMMITTEE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 2.
Rrapy, Feb. 1. Mr. Philip Snowden, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, referred in a speech at Leeds last night to his
two months remain before the end forthcoming budget. He said that
of the financial year, and the bulk of the revenue from the main source had still to be realised. He did not
to receipts from income tax, which know what might happen ir regard is collected mainly during the next Unless this reached few months. considerable improvement it was not unlikely that the budget esti-
It is understood that, Chang matce; of twelve months ago would Hsuch Liang has telegraphed to not be realized. The National fa- Mr. Mo Teh Hui, China's pleni-ance of the country would have no
other way to pay out. petentiary to the Sino-Russian Cen- He added: I shall commit no ference instructing him to rescind raida. I shall not take out of capi- his resignation if the Central Gov-tal to meet current. and recurrent ernment is willing to amend the expenditure and treat it as erdi
Habarovsk Protocol but if the Government refuses to recognize the Protocol, he may resign.
Disagreements at Nanking.
NANKING. Feb. 2.
One hundred and ninety-six mem bers of the House of Commons. chiefly Labourite members of the Parliamentary Peace Group, have memorialised Mr. Ramsay Mac
Chiang Kai Shek saw Dr. C. T. Donald expressing their warm agree inent with the Government's desire, Wang on Saturday to discuss the to obtain the consent of all nutions | Sino-Russian issue. It is under- to the abolition of submarines, and stood that several members of the the reduction of craisers to those calculated necessary ter protection Cabinet insisted, that no delegate purposes only.
be sent to the Sino-Russian Cop- ference in view of the disadvantage- ous terms of the Habarovsk Proto- col, while others agreed to the amending of the Protocol. The is asking Central Government
for his Chang Hsuch. Liang opinion.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] ·
Ruary, Feb. 1.
The First Committee of the Naval Conference, consisting of all the members of the Conference met this afternoon at St. James's Palace, Mr. Rameny MacDonald presiding and took up the questions of limitation by global tonnage and limitation by categories.
After statements had heen made by Mr. A. V. Alexander, the British First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Wakatsuki (Japan), Admira; Sirian- ni (Italy), and Mr. Adaine (United States), M. Massigli, on behalf of the French delegation gave an out- line of the revised French compre mrise proposal.
The Committee adjourned until February in order to give the delegates an opportunity to study the etatement, and any proposals that might he submitted to them.
The French compromíse proposals. outlined at the meeting were issued later in the form of a memorandum. The Memorandum proposes that the limitation of raval material shall be hy total or global tonnage. The maximum shall be fixed for the individual standard displacement.}. of vessels and the calibre of guns,
Each high contracting party shall show by tonnage per class, the way in which it intends to distribute the to which it has total tonnage limited itself. Dominions Demand Representation.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Jan. 31. Gossip outside the Naval Confer- ence to-day centres round the so- called Second Committee was the subject of Mr. Stimson's! resolution yesterday,
which
Mo Teh Hui is still at Nanking discussing the matter with the Government.
The
Cost of the Dispute.
PEKING, Feb. 2. Owing to the Sino-Russian dis- pute, the Three Eastern Provinces have suffered considerally. loss sustained in Manchuli and Hailar alone is estimated at The C.El authorities $70,000,000, has appointed a commission to in- vestigate the sufferings of the Chi- nese people along the Railway line.
HARBIN, Feb. 2.
Many Russian employees of the Railway who were dismissed by the Chinese authorities during-the dis- pute have been reinstated. The Chinese employees discharged by the new Soviet director of the Railway are still idle.
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MiRDEN, Feb. 2. Over 17,000 Chinese residents near Heilungkiang have Bed to Mukden. The authorities are hoping to send them back in three months:
Over 50,000 refugees have been sent back to Manchuli and Hailar by special train of the C.E.R, up to the end of last month.
THE PROVISIONAL COURT.
(Wah Taz Tat Pau.)
SHANGHAI, Fels 2
It is not yet functioning. Indeed, In an interview with Press re- it has been described 0.9 "still presentatives. Dr. Wang Chung born. The reason suggested is Hui, the Minister of Justice said that the Dominions demand repre- that action has been taken for the sentation on the Committee, which actual reorganization of the Pro- would mean an all-British repre- vincial Court. He added that the sentation of six or seven as com- foreign delegates have still not re- pared with the two each of the ceived instructions from their res- ather Powers.
pective Governrnents as to when the agreement will be signed and when the terms of the agreement will be-
Three American women, necom- panied by two Japanese women, arrived in London to-day to sub-come effective. mit to the Naval Conference 'anti- war petitions signed ly six million and 180,000 America Japanese women..
women
SOVIET-MEXICAN
RELATIONS BROKEN OFF.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ·
Moscow, Jan. 31. The Soviet Minister in Mexica
City has been recalled, the action following the "announcement of the Mexican Government that they pro- posed to sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet on the ground that Moscow has been reponsible for re cent demonstrations against Muxico,
The Mexican Minister in Moscow left, with his staff yesterday.
CHINESE COMMITS
SUICIDE.
A Chinese coolie living in No. 24,
The reason for the decision of the Party's highest authority to re- servo the proposal for future con- sideration, is the fact that at the beginning of the present Period of Mr. Sampson, the Authorised Political Tutelage, the bequeathed Representative of the Lena Gold-instructions of the late Party Lea fields Concession, was sentenced der, Dr. Sun Yat Sen are regard. last October for using compulsory ed as the fundamental law of the labour and the coneession was fined Republic. as determined upon at the Third National Congress of the twenty-five thousand roubles as a result of alleged complaints made Kuomintang held last year, and Aberdeen Street, committed suicide by the workmen that their wages therefore, no necessity arises for by jumping into the street from the were not paid punctually. Mr. promulgating any other law bear second floor on Saturday evening. Sampson's sentence simply meansing upon the question of the con. that his freedom is curtailed and he stitutional rights of the poople. must remain in the same employ- Moreover, the resolution states, ment that he was in last October part of the contents of the proposal and not leave the town where he is has already been enacted into law. and is now in force while the rest employed.
Mr. Sampson? appealed still awaits carrying out according against this sentence.
to the proper procedure.
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He was rushed to hospital at once but succumbed shortly after ad- mission, both his skull and arms having been seriously injured. The motive of his suicidal action is alleged to be the heavy loss be sus tained in gambling during the Chinese New Year.
AVIATION SERVICES. (Wak Tez Fat Pas.)
nary revenue,
SILVER.
NEW YEAR AFFECTS THE MARKET.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, Jan. 31. The price of silver to-day fell from three-eighths of a penny to Is. 8d. per ounce, which is the low. yat price ever touched. Chinese markets are closed for the New. Year holidays and no support is being received from that quarter,
have been freely selling metal. while the Continent and America
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INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.
SCOTLAND BEATS WALES.
THRILLING LAST MINUTE EFFORT.
(TAKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 1. There was a gate of 50,000 at the rugger match in Edinburgh to-day between representatives of Scotland'
Scotland won by
and
Wales.
twelve points to pine. --
The hardy serummaging of the Welsh pack, combined with their... sturdy rushes, jeopardised the Scottish liat, but Scotland scored twenty
after the start through Simmerse the try converted by Waters.
One. Shilling An, Qunce?
minutes The record low price of silver, which is now becoming a source of depression to investors who held
shares in silver mines as well as those doing business with China. is, according to Mesars Mocatta and
excess of supply, over demand hav- Goldsmid's annual vircular, due to ing become a chronic feature of the market. They point out that, ex- cepting in 1929, silver has shown a declining price ever since 1924.
The future of the market is un
Tiro minutes later Wales equalis. el when Graham Jones got through and Ivar Jones converted the try. Graham Jones then sent his side ahead by scoring a dropped goal.
cared for Scotland, the try, how- Before the interval Simmers ever, failing to bring the addit tional points. The score at this stage was in favour of Wales” by aine pointa to eight.
Helping Prosperity. The main consideration at the moment was that the State should use all the power it has to help the restoration and increase the pros.
The Scottish backs, who had so perity of the country. "The respon- certain. It is not expected that far played a brilliant game, prov- sihility of the Chancellor of the even the present low level of price ed to be erratic, and it seemed as if they had shot their holt until a Exchequer, when faced with the will have any material effect on imperative need of raising the reproduction, and it seems unlikely heroie last-minute rush, led by that an amount similar to that sold Agnew, forced Wales to kick over venue, was to do it in such way as
in 1929 can be marketed without their own line. From the ensuing would rather be a help and encour-
serum, Waddell gave Scotland vie agement to industry than an addi.further concessions in price. Do the other hand, the extremely low
tory two minutes before the close. tional burden upon it."
Tevel should stimulate demand, both by scoring a dropped goal... in Indin and China, and any fur and more gradual than the fall sustained in 1029."
With prosperous trade and cheaper money rates, which he hoped and believed would come before very long, it would he pos- sible to make some impression on the National deht and by then.debt reduction would become practic able.
MISSING AEROPLANE
FOUND.
WRECKAGE OF EIELSON'S MACHINE SEEN.
[United Press. ]
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Wreckage of the long-lost acro- plane of the arctic explorer Carl Ben Eielson was reported to häve been found 90 miles west of Cape North by the aviators Gillam and
russon.
This word was received in A message sent to headquarters of the Edson Relief Expedition and the Aviation Corporation, under whose supervision Eielson organized the Alaska Airways -Corporation some months ago, from two BOUTCEB- Teller, Alaska, and the Swenson Fur Trading Co.'s ship Nanuk, icebound near Cape North..
The first report said that there was no trace of the bodies of Eiel. son and the passengers with whom he was flying to Nome from the Nanuk at the time of his disappear- ance, last November. The wreck- age of the aeroplane was scattered over a space 100 ft. long. hat the cabin of the ship appeared to be virtually intact although partially buried in snowdrifts..
Orders have been given for other aviators and also for deg terms to return to the scene to-morrow, as in the the initial sighting was course of the aerial search which has been under way for weeks and it was impossible to make complete inspection.
Eielson vanished on November 9 when he, in co-operation with Frank Dorbandt in another plane, was engaged in taking passengers and furs from the Nanuk and also from the ien-locked Soviet ship Stavropol His aeroplane was last seen by a party of natives within 10 miles of the Nanuk.
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THE FOOCHOW SITUATION. NANKING, Feb. 2. In addition to the first civil AN ADMIRAL IN DESPAIR. aviation service between Shanghai and Nanking. the Ministry of Com-
(Wah Tu Yat Pon.) munications is planning a second
Foocnow. Feb. 2. service line between Nanking and
General Lu Hsing Pong, who was Harbin i Pengnu, Hsuchow, Tsi- nan, Tientsin. Shanhaikwan and responsible for the recent comp Mukden and a third service line be-d'etat in Foochow has decided to tween Nanking and Yunnanfu via release the five members of the Fu Kwanglung, Kwangsi and Kwei- kien Provincial Government who chow.
were detained by him some time
PLEA FOR OPIUM SMOKERS.
(Wah Tu Yat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, Feb. 2. The anti-opium Society has ap- pealed to the Ministry of Interior to instruct the police authorities not to punish opium smoker them- selves. The smokers must be scat to the judicial court for, punish- ment.
SIR M. LAMPSON IN NANKING.
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(Wah Te: Tat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, Feb. 2. Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister has left for Nanking to discuss with Dr. C. T. Wang the Extrality question.
ago.
The situation in Foochow is ob- scure. Admiral Yang Shur Chwang. the chairman of the Provincial
Government said he could devise no measure to settle the situation.
HOPEI'S TWO MILLION SURPLUS MALES. INTERESTING VITAL STATISTICS.
(Wah Tu Yet Pao.) '.
PEPING, Feb. 2. According to statistics compiled by the Hopel Provincial Govern- ment, the population of that pro- vince is about 27,809,125 of whom 14,938,451 are males and 12,862,074 are females. There are 27,415 mem- bers of the Kuomintang in the
Province,
ther decline should be much smaller
As far as silver mining shares are concerned, there is ample room in Imost cases for the companies to "cut" their cost of production. In some quarters in London there is talk of silver, going down to a
Final score: Scotland 12 points (two tries, one goal, one dropped goal), Wales 9 points (one try, one goal, one dropped goal).
In the international matches be- tween these two, Scotland have now won 21 matches, Wales 18, drawn 2.
shilling an ounce (the price in Lon- INDIAN CONSPIRACY
don last Friday was 20d., the lowest on record). If the metal should drop to 128., as some think likely, export business to China will be impossible.
PERSIA'S SILVER EMBARGO.
AFFECTED BY FOREIGN
EXCHANGE,
[THROUGH BEDTER'S AGENCY,}
TRIAL.
COMMUNİST HELP FOR REVOLUTIONARIES.
PROVED FACTS.
(THROCUR HEUTER'S AGENCY.]
MEERUT, Jan. 31. Facing serious charges of con- TEERAN, Jan. 31. spiring to deprive His Majesty the The Medjliss (Persia's Parlia King of his sovereignty in India, ment) has passed a Bill prohibiting thirty-one accused committed from the importation of silver in Persia, the Police Court, appeared at the owing to its recent depreciation and Central Criminal Court to-day, the serious hampering of trade when the last stage of the protract- which has resulted from the dear-ed proceedings opened. ness of foreign exchange.
MOTOR ACCIDENTS IN
AMERICA,
INCREASE BY THIRTEEN PER CENT.
[United Press.]
CHICAGO, Jan. 27. Statistics of the National Safety Council, published to-day, showed that approximately 31,500 persons were killed in automobile accidents in the United States during the
past year.
This represents an increase of 13 per cent. over the figures for '1928. The majority of those killed were pedestrians.
Neither the increase of the po- pulation of the United States nor the increase in the number of an tomobiles and the miles of new streets and highways explain the risé in the fatality list.
AMERICAN FARMERS
WARNED.
REASON FOR POOR RESULTS.
(Valted Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan, 27.
A warning was given to the far- mers of the United States to-day by Mr. Arthur H. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, that they should control their acreage, reduce pro duction and organize co-operative.
if they expect to carry on their work at a profit.
Production must be kept close to domestic demand for farm products, Mr. Hyde continued, or both low prices and actual waste will be the inevitable result.
un
"Blind production for an known demand is now the bane of agriculture, emphasized the Bc- cretary in the course of his state- 'ment.
The present competitive selling by some 8,000,000 American farmers the usually gives purchasers all advantage while the producer reaps the mangre result of his own lack of vision, said Mr. Hyde,
There is little hope, the Secretary indicated, for any great demand from abroad, in excess of the de mands as they exist at present,
In addition to the Judge, there were five Assessors, all Indiane, on The Bench.
The Prosecutor, opening his case, declared that the accused aimed at establishing a "coolie Government" in the country, which really meant securing power for a small pli- garchy, controlled by the Com- munist Internationals at Moscow. It will be recalled that in mak- ing the order for their committal a fortnight ago, the Magistrato enumerated what he described as
seventeen proved facta.'
One of the notable facts, he said... was that the Communist Interna- tion had been making strenuous
endeavours to cause a revolution in India and entered into a conspiracy
to form Workers' and Peasants' Parties, to foment strikes, and lead up to a General Strike, followed by & revolution in conformity there. with.
pro-
It has also been proved that Mos- cow had been supplying liberal funds to the Workers' and Pea-
different ants Parties of vinces, while several persons like Allison, Pratt and Bradley had been sent to India with the ex- press object of fomenting a revolu-, tion.
DESPERATE PLIGHT OF
CHICAGO.
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS TO BE RAISED.
[United Press.]
CHICAGO, Jan. 25, Mr. Silas Strawn, Chicago Taw yer who heads the citizens rescue committee" which is striving to save the city from imminent bank. tuptcy, announced to-day that he
pereunded has
wealthy private citizens to buy C820,000,000 worth of city tax warrants which will cover the most urgent, immediate needs
The bank refused to participate in the purchase because of the large indebtedness now outstanding..
The amounts will be purchased ns the municipality applies funds to the most needed objects, which include sanitary work, street clean- ing and garbage, collection, back pay of teachers, firemen and police men and employment of additional personnel to bring these forces back to full strength.