JAPAN'S ELECTIONS. U.S. AND FRANCE.
GOVERNMENT. PARTY EXPECTED TO WIN,
HEAVY VOTING FORE CASTED.
[THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]
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KELLOGG PACT MAY BE STRENGTHENED.
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NAVAL CONFERENCE
ADJOURNED,
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1930.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The question of strengthening the Kellogg Fact in order to meet the views of France is engaging the attention of the Government. Re- sponsible officials of the State De-
TOKYO, Feb. 20. Contrary to the weather forecasts, the second general election, since the institution of manhood sul frage, is being conducted to-day in brilliant sinshine.
There is
total of 843 candi-pestment disclaim any knowledge dates, of which 337 are of the that such a proposal has been made Minseto Party, 306 of the Seiyu to the White House, but it is under. kai Party, 93 Proletarians, and S7etood that Mr. Stimson has been in Independents, contesting 466 seats. It is generally expected that the Minseito Party will win, though it questioned whether they will obtain a clear majority.
The Proletarians are expected to poll many more votes than in the 1008 election, though they are up- likely to win more than twelve or fifteen seats.owing to the hitter internal strife between the left and right wings, which is resulting in the candidates fighting each other instead of concentrating against other parties.
Premier Confident of Victory. (UNITED PREAS:]
Toxyo, Feb. 20. "The Government will win to- day's election by a comfortable margin," Premier Yuko Hamaguchi told newspaper-men this morning, aa Japanese voters went to the polls to vote for members of the lower House of the Dist..."I believe wa.. will elect more than 230 candidates. We may win a many as 240. scata."
Tsuyoshi Inukai, venerable leader of the Seiyukai-the principal Opposition party-was somewhat more cautious, forecasting the elec tion of 20 Seiyukai candidates.
Neutral observers forecast party strength in the new Diet, which has a total of 480 members, as follows:
Minseite or Government party,
220 to 230.
Seiyukni, 200 to 220," Proletarians, 10 to 12. Meiseikai, or progressives,,three
or four. Kokumin Deshikci or National
Union, two or three.
A few independent candidates unay be elected, following the usual Japanese custom of running on an independent platform and then joining the party which offers them the greatest inducements. Proletarians, in a
last-minute statement, declared their candidates will receive unusual support from the Korean voters, enfranchised as a result of a ruling which allows ballots to be cast in the Korean language. There are about. 50,000 Koreana, chiefly laborers, entitled
constant communication with Presi dent Hoove on the matter during the past week. It is learned that Mr. Hoover favours meeting the French halfway He is apprehen sive of the effect that such a"step may have on the Senate. Mr. Hoover is anxious at all costs to get any naval limitation treaty con- cluded in London ratified by the Senate, and, in view of the fact that only five of the Kellogg Pact signatories are "represented in the London Conference, it might give An unfavourable impression if one of these Powers tried to change the Kellogg Pact.
"FAITH HOPE AND PARITY."
ITALIAN DELEGATE'S
DECLARATION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
LONDON, Feb. 18.
A communique states that as the reault of consultations, the heads of
CHINESE AND B.O.T. EXAMS.
STATEMENT IN COMMONS.
NO CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 19.
In the House of Commons to-day, in reply to a question in regard to the notice by the Government of Hong Kong that Chinese nationals would be permitted to sit for Board of Trade examinations as masters, first mates and chief engi neers, under the same conditions as Shiells pointed out that it was ex- British subjects, Dr. Drummond pressly stated that Chinese nation- of competency, but a letter signed als would not receive a certificate
by the chief examiner, certifying that the examination had heen passed. The letter would not en- title the holders to the rights con-
ferted by a certificate of com-
petency.
He added that the action of the
Was
Colonial Authorities
taken with the approval of His Majesty's Government.
THE RED WAR ON RELIGION.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROCEEDS CAREFULLY.
QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.
(THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCT.]".
SHANGHAI DAILY SPEAKS OUT.
PROVISIONAL COURT AGREEMENT.
ADVICE TO MUNICIPAL .COUNCIL.
"[THROUGH REVIER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Feb. 20. Commenting on the Agreement which sets up three Chinese Courts in the International Settlement, in substitution of the
Provisional Court, the North China Daily News remarks that the Agreement con- veys the impression that it has been concluded on the foreign side by men who have no first-hand know-
ledge of the Provisional Court and who took no advice from those who
had.
Shanghai Municipal Council were The journal asserts that the never given an opportunity to con sider the draft agreement although the Chairman (Mr. Arnhold) and the Director General (Mr. Fessen- den) were consulted, which, the Daily New points out, is emphati cally not the same thing.
of
THE NORTHERN SITUATION.
BOTH SIDES PREPARE FOR
WAR.
FENG TO ADVANCE ON HANKOW.
(Wak Tız Yat Pao).
PEPING, Feb. 20. Over sixty
per cent of the Shanai troops have been mobilized. Yen Hai-Shan has decided to make General Hsang Chen, his tight hand man to be commander-in-chief of the Shansi troops... Feng Yu Heiang will resume the post se Commander-in-Chief of the Kuo-
minchun.
Han Fu Chu" will take
full command of the anti-Nanking forces in Honan, These three groups of anti-Narking troops are advancing aloog the Tiendait Pukow, Peping Hankow and Lung bai Railways respectively.
The troops under Han Fu Chu and Shih Yu Shan are advancing westward to attack Shantung. Their vanguards are reported to have arrived at Tsaobsien, and are threatening Taining in Shantung. "Martial Law in Peping.
What of the Future? After paying a tribute to. Dr. C. T. Wang's good faith and the "deservedly high" reputation the President of the Judicial Yuan (Mr. Wan Chung Hui), the paper saya it is impossible to be blind to the fact that the Chinese Ministers with whom agreements "are made are not the men with whom ulti-searched. mate power rests.
The Daily News asks what will be the position of the Settlement i Nanking's enemies or some wave of Communism succeeds in overthrow. ing the Government.
It finally calls on the Shanghai Municipal Council to be fully pre- pared on April 1 to utilise "the solitary safeguard" provided by
PEPING, Feb. 20. Martial law has been 'declared at Peping and Tientsin at night since the 15th. Telegrams and letters are censored and passengers are
"
The Nanking Troops.
HANKOW, Feb. 20. The Nanking troops in Honas
consist of those under Weisz
at Sipcheng, those under Wang Chin Yu at Hsuchang, those under Liu Chun Yung and Heu Yun Chuan between Leho and Chuma
the 6th, oth and lith tien, and
“UNITED EMPIRE
PARTY."
MIXED RECEPTION AT HOME.
CONSERVATIVES ALARMED.
[THHOUGH AXUTER'S AGENCY.]
PRINCESS LOUISE.
BIRTHDAY OF KING'S
SISTER.
[UNITED PRINS:]
London, February 20.-Princess Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, and eldest sister of King George, celebrated the 63rd an LONDON, Feb. 20.
niversary of her birthday, to-day. The attitude of the politicians Her Royal brother is 64.
Naturally. quiet and retiring, the and the Press generally towards Princess Royal participates less the United Empire Party is be than any other member of the Royal ginning to take shape, and it is family in social and State func generally doubted whether the tions. Charity is her chief hobby, sufficiently spell-bound to Crusade will find the electrate but her activities even in this direc- change tion have been curtailed during the the whole face of party politics. last year; partly ab account of her
The Party leaders themselves are Liberals are hostile, but disdain-tracted a chill while at her country silent. The Labourites and the age and partly because of illness.
Last November the Princcas con- ful.
residence, Braemar, Scotland. The "The Conservatives, from which chill worsened into bronchitis, and the Crusaders anticipate the lar- Lord Dawson of Pesn, the King'a gest, accession, damn the new Party physician, made a hurried trip with faint praise, declaring that from London to attend her. Free Trade within the Empire has
long been the Conservative ideal, but that it is ruled out of practical politics.
A Fourth Party.
A "Fourth Party" can only wenken the Conservatives in their fight against a common foe, Free Trade.
Grave fears were entertained for awhile, but the Princess" "rallied suficiently to allow her return to the warmer climate of London.
Princess Louise from the age of ten developed a keen distaste for Court routine. Her brother, King. George, then only a midshipman in the Navy and second in line, to the The Morning Post, refusing to throne, one day drew his sword and print the Crusaders' advertisement, { " dubbed ' his sister Her Royal describes the tactics of Beaverbrook, Shyness," a title which she has born and Rothermere, as wrecking. ever since. She was not created
The formation of the new Party Princess Royal until 1903. has been given considerable pro- minence in Canada, but comment is neutral.
A Fighting Fund.
LONDON, Feb. 19. In a further announcement with Party," Lord Beaverbrack says it regard to the United Empire intended at first to proceed with organisation by local centres, and, secondly, to raise a Fighting Fund The Trustees of the Fighting
of £100,000.
A
A great favourite of Queen Victoria, her grandmother, she was alated from an early age for diplomatic marriage with a pro- minent Continental prince. Louise, and the entire Royal household, de- bówever, defied her grandmother
love." She was married in July, claring that she would marry
for
stated that the British Ambassador Article VI-to speak plainly, set Divisions at Sanyangehow and. Wu- Fund will be the Right Hon. Mr. with her ladies-in-waiting, special
the delegations to the Naval Con
LONDON, Feb. 19. Replying to questions in the ference have adjourned until House of Commons regarding the February 28. Meanwhile, the Ex-alleged persecution of Christians First Committee will complete its perts Committee established by the in Russia, Mr. Arthur Henderson
work. This is interpreted to mean that the committee will sit for a few days to complete the work in connection with special and exempt vessels, but the question of sub- marines has been postponed.
Italy in a Memorandum to the Naval Conference, reiterates her willingness to accept the lowest limit of armaments, provided the figure is not exceeded by any other continental European Power, (thus insisting on parity with France, al. though it does not mention France), and declares that the idea of armed conflict with any power is totally foreign to Italy's, established naval policy.
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Signor Grandi told press men subsequently that the document con- tained nothing new. "It is document of faith, have not lost and reduction.
hope. parity
ference."
at Moscow was doing his best to in form himself of the facts and that he was awaiting the Ambassador's
report...
A despatch on the subject had already been received from the Am- bassador but it was only of a preliminary character and he was not prepared to publish that.
It was obvious that the value of diplomatic correspondence between the Government and His Majesty's representativea abroad would be seriously compromised if the im pression were created that the dea- patches, received from them must necessarily be published.
the Government of Shanghai, with firmly, and realise that they are whom rests the supreme duty of keeping law and order in the Settle
ment.
CANTON TROOPS TAKE WATLAM,
IMPORTANT SUCCESS IN
KWANGSI.
According to the vernacular Press, Cantonese troops occupied Watlam in Southern Kwangsi ou Wednesday afternoon. Following the capture The Government were anxious to
of Paklau, troops under Tsoi Ting ascertain the facts and would wel. Kai and Chiang Kwong Nai attack. ed Watlam which was held by a come specific evidence from
any large number of Kwangsi troope quarter concerning the allegations The attack lasted several days, and which had been made.
Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, the soned the place following a heavy bom
the Kwangsi troops finally standon-
the questions, remarked that just a month ago, in the company of a thousand people, he had worship ped peacefully in the Cathedral of the Redeemer in Moscow.
shengkwan.
Situation Quiat in Hankow.
HANKOW, Feb. 20.
The situation here remains quiet. A military conference was held lately, in the course of which Gen- eral Ho Cheng Chun said that he believed that Yen Hsi Shan would not revolt against the Central Gov- erument.
the
Manchurian Support for Central Government.
(THROUGH RKUTER'S AGENCY,}
SHANGHAI, Feb. 20. Manchurian Authorities are issuing The Kuo Min learns that the circular telegram announcing their support of the Central Government.
NANKING, Feb. 20. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's per- sonal representative, Liu Kwang, General Chang Hsueh Liang re lative to the present political situation.
C. A. McCurdy, K., and Sir H.
Cunliffe Owen.
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Lord Beaverbrook appeals for subscriptions to the Fighting Fund, emphasising that every thing we do in pursuit of our aim is done in full daylight."
1889 to Lord Alexander, sixth Earl of Fife, who was a Duke at the wedding ventrated Princess
At the request of her husband, the immediately dispensed guards on State occasions and other. Royal formalities. They resided at Duff House, Scotland, the Duke's home, until the Princess' health broke down.
Later they did much travelling on the Continent, and in northern The Free Trade Superstition." Africa, The Duke died in Egypt
LONDON, Feb. 20.
in 1912, and from that day the Mr. Amory speaking at Derby, Princess has spent most of her time regretted Lord Beaverbrook's deci- more or less in retirement, only sion to launch a new party, because coming within public notice at the it was a real danger. The Strug opening of barnars and such-like gles for candidatures are weaken. charitable affairs. ing us in the fight against the com- tion. mon foc, the free trade supersti-
Mr. Amery also reafirmed his loyalty to Mr. Baldwin.
ARTIC FLIGHT DISASTER.
to vote because of their residence hope for the success of the Con. of the Premier, intervening during bardment by Canton aeroplanes, has left for Mukden to confer with NORWEGIAN AIRMAN'S BODY
ia Japan.
Many candidates withdrew at the last moment as a result of the law forfeiting their deposits in event they should fail to receive a minimum number of votes. Every candidate had to deposit Yen 2,000 with the Government Deposits Bureau when he entered his name. The deposit will be returned to any candidate who receives the minimum legal
vote.
Heavy Poll Expected
-. A heavy vote was forecast, some newspapers asserting that nearly 12,000,000 men are qualified to cast ballots to-day and that more than 10,000,000 will exercise their pre- rogative. The polling places will be open from early this morning until dark.
The French Cabinet,
PARIS, Feb. 19,
On
M. Tardieu, the Premier, spent an hour with M. Doumergue, "the Provident, to-day, and, it is believ ed, intimated that the next Prime Minister should be chosen from the majority which asserted itself in the Chamber on February 17 the other hand, M. Doumergue emphasised the necessity of con- tinuity from the standpoint of the course of the naval negotiations in London, and M. Tardieu's present disinclination to form a Ministry is considered by no means to be fixed.
M. Ohautemps to Form Hew Cabinet.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}
PARIS, Feb. 20,
INDIAN ASSEMBLY.
GOVERNMENT SUGGESTIONS
ACCEPTED...
ÍTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NEW DELHI, Feb. 20. Amid loud cheers in the Assemb
Patel, the
President, ly, Mr. announced his acceptance of the convention proposed by the viceroy to settle the dispute concerning police protection for the chamber.
Mr. Patel anid that they were always willing to be guided by the considered advice of the authorities,
The above differences between the Government and Mr. Patel over the question of tontrolling the admission.
of
message "refers
To-day's election was called when Emperor Hirchito dissolved the 57th session of the Diet a month M. Chautemps, President of the Rgo at the request of Mr. Hamagu. Radical Group in the Chamber, in chi, who said a special election was undertaking to form a cabinet necessary to obtain members truly which will be a "union of repub representative of the popular will. licans around a democratic pro- The Seiyukai Party Cabinet, head-gramme." He has asked M. Tar-visitors to the Assembly. ed by the late General Giichi dieu to join the Cabinet.
Tanaks, had been overthrown on July 2, causing the formation of a Minscito Party Government despite. the fact the Minscito could not"mas- tern majority in the Diet. The Premier argued that the Seiyukai had lost public confidence because of its adventures in China and its attitude towards the phraseology of the Kellogg-Briand treaty against
War.
Chang Tao Lin's Ghost.
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INDUSTRIAL FAIR.
PLANS FOR ENLARGING SCOPE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Feb. 19.
The President of the Board of Trade has set up a committee of prominent business men to examine the present situation as regards the British Industries Fair, and to con- eider what means can be adopted to increase still further ita utility to British trade.
In China the Seiyukai was charg- ed with criminal carelessness in con- nection with the assasination of the late Chang Ts6 Lin and the Tainan incident, which aggravated the strained relations between Japan and her neighbour. At home the Tho Chairman ia Viscount party was charged with insulting Chelmsford. The Committee will, the Emperor by accepting the Kel- inter alia, investigate and report logg treaty in the name of the pro- on the possibility of extending the ple rather than that of their ruler. scope of the Fair, the holding of a
Government's Chances.
second Fair in the autumn, the The present Government is likely holding a Fair or sections of it at centres abroad, and the organising to continue in office indefinitely, as it has a good record and a brilliant a travelling Fair either in ships or personnel including the Premier, by trains.
Mr. Hamaguchi, popularly known
FLS
"The Lion," Baron E. Shide-
GANDHI ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BĶEVICE.]
to
AHMEDABAD, Feb. 20. Mr. Gandhi, writing in bis paper Toung India, declares the only danger regarding civil disobedience will be an outbreak of violence "if there is violence I now know the way; I will not retrace as at Bar-. doli (when a number of policemen were killed by the mob), this strug- gle, in a battle for freedom, of non-violence against violence must continue until not a single repre sentative is left alive."
Replying to a query, whether he would ultimately raise force against the British, Gandhi says My love for non-violence is superior to or super everything mundane, mundane, I embark on this cam-
paign as much out of love for the Englishman as for Indian. By self suffering I seek to convert; never to destroy him."
[THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.]
hara, former Ambassador in Wash success of his programme in lifting ington as Minister for Foreign the embargo on the export of gold
and Junnoauke Inouye, and silver, in effect since the days | CUBAN SUGAR PRODUCTION Affairs, former Governor of the Bank of of the World War. The embargo Japan, as Minister of Finance." was taken off on January 11, and Baron Shidchara has done much despite the fact that huge sums of to soothe the exasperated Chinese gold coin have been exported from and is progreesing with his pro-Japan since that time, largely by gramme for a revision of the Sino-American banking interests, Japan Japanese commercial treaty. Mr. es feel that the act restored them Inouye is a national hero for the to financial equality with the Great (Continued at foot of next columa) Powers.
HAVANA, Feb. 10. The Department of Agriculture estimates that the total Cuban sugar production for the present BCASON will not excoed 4,300,000 long tons.
NOW
The Cantonese troops are marching on Lukchuen and Pokpak to the south of Watiam.
1x
The fall of Watlam was a heavy blow to the Kwangai- Ironside
NEW CHINESE MINISTER coalition as it cut communications between the Kwangsi troops in
TO MEXICO,. Kwangsi and the Ironsides" a Southern Kwangtung.
(Wah Yat Pán.) General Chen Tsai Tong has dis- patched a brigade under Wong Ting
NANKING, Feb. 20. Chun to reinforce the troops in
The Central Government has Loting, which place is being threat appointed Mr. Li Cu Chro ened by the Ironsides." Heung Chinese Minister to Mexico. Mr. Hon Ping's division is now moving Li was formerly a member of the from Paklau to attack the "Iron Kwangtung Provincial
Govern- eides" in Southern Kwangtung.
ment, and Commissioner of Indus Tsung Jen, Pei Chung Hai and
A Wuchow report says that Litry and Commerce of Kwangtung.
the Kwangsi troops and have dis- Wong Shiu Hung are reorganizing missed several officers whose loyalty to Kwangsi is doubtful. Others have been "detained." among them being Colonels Mong Chi and Wong Knen.
THE TWO CHEN'S CONFER. NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS.
A Canton report says that General Chen Ming Shun left on Wednesday afternoon for Wuchow by the" sen plane Chu Kiang... With him was Mr. Fan Ki Mo, the Canton Finance. Commissioner. The Governor is to meet General Chen Tsai Tong and discuss the situation in the Liang Kwang Provinces and in the North. He is expected back in Canton in a day or two.
GUARDS ON BRITISH SHIPS.
GOVERNMENT'S DECISION
UNCHANGED.
was
(THROTON EBUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 10. Piracy in Chinese waters. the subject of questions in the House of Commons to-day, and Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, undertook to reply.
Ho stated that the Indian guarda from the Hong Kong Police, from which the guards who rendered such conspicuous service in the case of the s,s. Haiching were drawn, world still continue to be availablė after April 1, for merchantinen against piracy.
SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS
TARIFF AGREEMENT
SIGNED.
(Wah Tas Fat Pas,)-
NANKING, Feb. 20.
garding tariffs has been concluded. A Sino-Japanese agreement re- It will be signed by Mr. T. V. Soong, the Minister of Finance and Mr. S. Yada, the Japanese Charge d'Affaires within the next few days
OPIUM CONVENTIONS. A REMINDER TO TURKEY AND PERSIA.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Rugar, Feb. 20. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Artbur Henderson was asked whether the Foreign Office had taken, or would take, steps to in- duce Turkey and Persia to ratify the Opium Conventions, secing how far the success of the antidrug cam. paign depended upon united in- ternational action.
Ho replied that British represen- tatives in Turkey had from time to time urged upon the Turkish Government "the desirability of their acceding to the Opium Con- ventions, and the question of Per- sia's attitude to the Conventions had been the subject of discussion at the Council of the League of Nations, of which Persia was member.
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Neither the Turkish nor the Persian Government could be in any doubt regarding the impor The Government saw no reason tance attached by the British Gov. to change its decision that the sup ernment, as by other parties, to ply of armed guards from His Mathe Opium Conventions or to their jesty's Forces should cease on April undertaking at an early date the
obligations of these instrumenta
เ
FOUND.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Lieut. Eielsons" body has been discovered beneath the wreckage of his, aeroplane.
Apparently Eilson and Borland I were killed instantly when the ma-
chine crashed.
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THE STANDARD OIL DISASTER.
HEAVY DEATH ROLL. [RZUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
New Yoax, Feb. 19.1 The death-roll in the Standard Oil, disaster at Elizabeth (New Jer *scy) now totals ten
Nine others are not expected to live, and it is feared that a score more are permanently blind.
It appears that the explosion was due to a leak in a gas-pipe.
HITCH AT TARIFFTM“ CONFERENCE.
ITALIAN DECLARATION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GENEVA, Feb. 19.
A discordant note was struck at „Lo-day's scasion of the Tarif Truco Conference, Signor Bottai,.. of Italy, expressing the opinion that multilateral economic agreements and an agreement for a tariff truco would be, at present, premature.
Signor Bottai advocated that ench country interested should adopt a series of measures transformation And adaptation and then to return to Geneva at a more propitious moment for the plan that Mr. William Graham had in mind.
for
He emphasised the importance of bilateral agreements.
.".
SUPPORT FOR BRITISH PROPOSAL.
GENEVA, Feb. 20.
In a counter attack, to Signor Bot- tai's statement, Herr Colijn, Rol- land, warmly appealed to the Dele- gates to make the conference a success and pave the way for the economic peace of the world.
The Portuguese, Esthoaian, and, Hungarian delegates supported a
tariff truce.
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