THE FUTURE OF RUBBER
EFFECTS OF RESTRICTION,
THE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1930.
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M. TARDIEU'S PROMISE.
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DIFFERENT VIEWS OF
CROWN COLONIES AND
FREE TRADE.
EXPERTS.
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 20.
The Telegraaf points out that the decision of the rubber producers
be held on March 5.
The journal is of opinion that this move is a step in the right dirée tion, and it estimates that the effect of the restriction will be to reduce supplies by 68,000 tons.
The Handelsblad estimate is much lower. It places the reduction at
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LONDON, Feb. 20. No part of the Empire is yet
Only a complete change in mind at home and in the Dominicas would break down Empiry tariffs.
LIST OF MEMBERS,
ING IN RUSSIA.
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF
CATTLE.
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PARIS, Feb. 21. M. Chautemps has provisionally
Toxyo, Feb. 1. Amongst victors in the elections, "so far, are Ken Inuksi, son of the President of the Seiyukai Party, who is running for the first time, Frofessor Ikuo Oyama, leader of
SHORTAGE IN TOWNS..
CANTON AND NANKING.
SOUTHERN LEADERS
DIVIDED?
NEED FOR PEACE IN KWANGTUNG,
[FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, Feb. 91,
CRISIS IN THE NORTH.
SUPPORT FOR YEN HSI SHAN.
SKIRMISHES REPORTED IN HONAN,
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PEPING, Feb. 20. Shansi organs claim the receipt from Sianfa of telegrams reporting that the Kuominchun Generala Lu
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RIGA, Feb. 91. The Soviet enforcement of "com- The situation in the South is ex-Chung Lin, Sung Cheh Yuen, Liu manal" agriculture resulted in the pected to show interesting develop-Yu Fen, Sun Liang Cheng and Shih era crisis. The leaders of the Hai Shan supporting his recent Kwangtung Government will not stand, and offering to back him
with armed force. Government, especially if big do-Kai Shek, declaring that his policy The telegram denounces Chiang
from the Capital.
General
himself
formed a Cabinet with himself as the Left Wing-of-the Proletarians,wholesale alaughter of cattle, sheep ments in consequence of the North. Ching Ting have telegraphed Yon must be ratified by a general meet ready for the great ideal of Empire Premier and Minister of Interior, who was unsuccessful at the lust and pigs by peasanta who consume ing of zubber-growers, which is to Free Trade, declared Sir Austen M. Briand Foreign Minister, election. Contrary to expectations the meat themselves, before joining be solidly behind the Nanking
Chamberlain at Birmingham, sym- Besnard Minister for War, M. Mr. Isoh Abe, President of the the "collective" farma, pathising with the Dominions Surrant Minister for the Navy, M. Social-Democrata, and Mr. Bunji Cattle in some districts, particu. mands for help should be made of unification by force is a cloak disinclination to sacrifice their
Pietri Minister for the Colonies, M. Suzuki, his right-hand man, were Larly the Lower Volga and the own industries in
order to further
In analysing the political site for the extermination of all mili-
ours.
Danielou Minister of Marine, and both ousted, while Mr. Toyohito Caucasus have been decreased by tion in Kwangtung, one must re-tary leaders in order to strengthen
nember the respective positions of fifty per cent, in the last few M. Laurenteynac Air Minister. Kagawa, the famous Christian
General Chen Tsai Tong and Gen-
Skirmishes in Central Honan are months. Peasants, near the Perera Chen Ming Shu
reported in Chengchow, There The portfolio of Finance will go Social worker, who is also rat sina frontier are disposing of their Chen Ming Shu is an ardent sup- troops acknowledging the leader have been telegrams between the
telegram to Nanking urging Mar теця. The appointments of wise defeated Mr. Kagawa's de
The slaughter, which is contrary sha) Chiang Kai Shek to send a Chuan, Pietri and also M. Flandin, Minis feat, however, was anticipated as to Soviet orders, has resulted in a punitive expedition against Mar venue for many years could only be
ter for Commerce, and M. Ricol, he was personally averse to running great shortage of meat in the chal Yen Hsi Sha raised by customs duties. Party, Sir Austen described its pro-the agreement of their parties.
Referring to the United Empire Minister of Pensions, are subject to for the Diet being mainly interest-content in Moscow owing to the ed in social work therefore made authorities' decision to introduce moters as two great newspaper
no attempt to canvass and only ten meatless days monthly. proprietors, one of whom is pur-
the urgent agreed to stand at suing a personal vendetta against Mr. Baldwin, and the other pur-
pleadings of his followers. suing a cause in which he is genuinely interested, by creating a new hostile party,"
about 28,000 tons. The paper states This was especially the case with either to M. Dumont or M. Lamou- ning as a Social-Democrat, is like herds by, driving them in to Persia, Porter of Nanking as seen from his ship of Han Fu Chu and Hsu Yuan
that Mr. Marinus, a member of
the Dutch Rubber Commission, will leave for the Dutch East Indies in March to discuss with the Govern ment there the question of the par- ticipation of the native growers in the scheme..
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
The usual answer to the ques tion. "What determines the price of rubber is "Supply and de mand."
The figures given below lead Mr. M. Sydney Partyto think that this answer is not the correct one.
The relation of consumption to production and vice versa is very striking, as also the stock and price positions at the beginning of each year.
1925-Consumption overtook pro duction by about 29,000 tons. The average price was 28. 101d. -1920-Production overtook con- sumption by about 73,000 tons, The average price was 14. 114
1097-Production overtook sumption by 44,000 tons. The aver- age price was is, Bfd. ....
the Crown Colonies and great
African Protectorates, whose re-
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NORWEGIAN EXPLORERS. NEW ANTARCTIC TERRITORY.
"M. Tardiou Declines,
Pants, Feb. 90. M. Tardieu has declized to enter M. Chautomp's Cabinet. M. Tar dieu has assured M. Chautemps | that be will support any Govern ment which should follow the line he adopted at the Naval Confer-
ence.
ATTACK ON CUNARD COMPANY.
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Oslo, Feb. 1. “ Considerable new land in the Antarctic was discovered: by the Norwegian Exploration Expedition AMERICAN LINES ANNOYED. under Captains Rieser Larsen and Luetzow Holm, whose ship the Norvegin has wirelessed that they have discovered territory, the
South-West point of which is situ conated in latitude 71.2 South, longi- tude 111 West. Captains Larsen and mapped out 15 miles of terri and Holm bave aerially surveyed
1829-Consumption overtook pro
duction by 71,000 tons, ord Average price was 10 11-16d. 1920--Production overtook
tory.
the
The expedition a month ago map- coped out two hundred miles of new
sumption by approximately 71,000 and consisting of precipitous coast tons, and the average price was between fifty-five and forty-three trobably 10jd.
decrees longitude East. They saw at fifty degrees East a great bay extending southward to sixty-six degrees, latitude South.
The stock position at the begin ning of each of these years, with the approximate prices, is of par
ticular interest:-
1/1/25
1/1/26
1/1/27
1/1/28
1/1/20
1/1/30
Stocks.
105.850 1/72 70,383 3/9 140.020 1/83 103,148 1/7 121.782 /it (upp.)191,000 78 (about) Crop Reductions.
EMPIRE TELEPHONY.
SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.
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LONDON, Feb. 21. Mesara, Stanley F. Ward and Co. of London believe a step in the the Post Office negotiations with The_Daily Herald, learns that if right direction is to restrict out American interests culminate in a put for 1030 by 10 per cent. Even a reduction on all European estates for overeens telephony will be re- satisfactory agreement, the charges of 10 per cent. cannot substantial duced by Efty per cent, within a ly improve the position, for not only are the world's stocks larger will be the start of a regular tele- year. The next big development than at any time in the history phone service to Australia which of the commodity-namely, at ahout it is eventually hoped to extend to 375,000 tons on December 31-but South Africa, India and New Zea an analysis of the outturn of estates shows an average increase
This journal saya that the Fost of just over 3 per cent. in 1929 as Office is leading Europe, if not the compared with 1929. A 10 per cent, world, in telephony. British buai- restriction. on European estates would mean about the same prozessmen will be able to talk cre duction from them as last year. Og with customers in Shanghai,
ал
¡and.
but the Post Office are at present oncentrating on the development of Dominion telephony.
Sasis.
Plantation
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. An attack on the Chinard..Com pany for trying to "skim the cream. Cuba" from Americans was made of the winter tourist business to in the House of Representatives by the Republienn Mr. Wallace White, Chairman of the House of Repre
sentatives' Merchant Marine Com mittee.
Mr. White described Cunard com-
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The election returns at 9'o'clock this evening are as follows:-
Minseito Seiyukai Proletarians Independents Others
lose 1
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towns. There is considerable dis
RUSSO-GERMAN TRADE DIFFICULTIES.
CLAIN ON WORKER'S WAGES.
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BELLIN, Feb. 21. The German Ambassador at Mos ców is still making representations So far Minseito gains 10 and with a view to the removal of difficulties which the Soviet au- loses, Seijukai gains 2 and loses thorities are allegedly creating for. 7, and Proletarians gain I and the Russo-German Trade Associa tion (known as the Drusng) which is largely controlled by the Ger- man", Government. There is much indignation in Germany at the alleged systematic harrying of what is described as a model concession immediately it began to earn pro fits supposedly, with a view of reducing it to financial straits. It is declared the Soviet local authori ties have threatened to distraint its goods without the slightest legal justification, while the Trade-Union has claimed from the company a levy of three per cent. on the wages of all its workers for the last twa years although they do not belong to the Union.
SIR ESME HOWARD'S DEPARTURE.
TRIBUTE BY FOREIGN SECRETARY.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
Reaar, Feb. 20. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreiga Secretary, has addressed a message
to Sir Esme Howard on his depar tare from Washington, where he netition on the Cuba route as un- bad been British Ambassador sineo friendly, and asked Congress to February, 1924. He says. I can protest. He also denounced the not allow you to leave Washington preferential customs tariff granted | on your retirement from the hy Canada on shipments through Diplomatic Eervice without express- Canadian porta as another dis- ing my deep and sincere apprecia Frimination against United States tion of the work Your Excellency shipping.
WEDDING BANQUET IN
JAPAN.
has accomplished at the post you THREE DAY'S CELEBRATION are now relinquishing, with, I know, so many regrets.
"You must indeed be happy to
STOCK EXCHANGE SWEEP. feel that the relations between the
LIMITED TO £100,000.
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LONDON, Feb. 21. It is announced that the Stuck
limited to 100,000 in Exchange Derby Sweep will be sovereign tickets as compared with £1,000,000 in 1929.
1930 in
SOVIET'S BROKEN
PLEDGES.
EARL BIRKENHEAD'S DENUNCIATION.
J
GOVERNMENT'S REPLY..
[BRITISH WIZKLESS SERVICE]"
ROOT, Feb. 20. In the House of Lords, the Earl
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people of the United States and Great Britain have never been more friendly and mutually belpful than they are to-day. This happy result is largely due, as the tributes paid to you recognise, to your personal pluence and example. I am con- vinced that posterity will have reason to be grateful to you for the part you have played."
PROHIBITION FEAR IN
GERMANY.
REDUCTION OF LIQUOR SEL- LING DAYS SUPPORTED.
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Berlin, Feb. 18:The spectre of prohibition suddenly made its ap- pearance here when it became known that the economic commis- sion of the Reichstag, by majority vote, had passed an amendment to the licensing bill establishing pro-
age production over all at 350 lbs. pects that Chinese traders will made in the House by the Archarmed by the Reichstag and doubt per acre and capital cost at £56 up native rubber for speculative hishop of Canterbury, against re
at impending bottom per acre, the profit per pound purposes after the seven years' development prices with the accumulation of ligious persecution in Russia and to the Primate's desire to keep the period should be 5d.
protest apart from politics.
Lord Birkenhead declared ho knew of no definition of politics which would exclude the topics with which the Primate had been con-
Therefore the "conomic level" of rubber is 18, 2d., made up as fol. lows: "all-in" cost, 8d.; amortis tion, Id; return on capital, .5d.— 10. 2d.
stocks. This will give encourage. ment to native producers to con tinue tapping even if prices are quite unremunerative.
OF ROYAL UNION. ›
[UNITED PRESS.]
Tokyo, Feb. 17:-Three days of banqueting to celebrate the wedding of Takamatsu, second brother of Emperor Hirohito, to Kikuko Tokugawa, will commence in the Akasaka detached palace to-morrow evening. More than 1,500 guests have been invited to the banquet,
So far however, General Chen Tsai Tong has been silent, and he did not add his name to General Chen Ming Shu' telegram It is significant also that General Chen Ming Shu has flown to Wuchow to confer with General Chen Tsai Tong and other Generals at the front,
Momentous Wuchow Conference.
The Wuchow conference was held on the 19th inst. and no details have been divulged, but it is be- lieved that General Chen Teal Tong clearly expressed his opinion re- garding the developments in the North. The following is alleged be his statement:--|
"The people of Kwangtung have borne a very heavy burden of taxa- tion owing to incessant warfare | for several years. I think that we had better follow a more conserve- tive policy and keep Kwangtung. out of pay more fighting. Kwang- tung will be required to send troops to the North to fight Yen and Feng. How is it possible for the exhausted Ewongtung Treasury to raise a huge sum of money for this purpose 1"
Hankow Railway is running for-
At present traffic on the Peping
mally, but Wednesday's train te Peping from Pukow was held up for twelve hours at Chuchow, forty
unknown, miles North of Pukow. The reason
From foreign sources at Taiyuan- fit, it is stated that Feng Yu Being lelt Chienan yesterday for Sinntu, but this report lacks confirmation. U.S. MINISTER IN NANKING.
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NANKING, Feb. 21. The U.S. Minister, Mr. Johnson, arrived this morning from Peping by rail. He is reticent regarding the purpose of his hurried visit, and merely states he is here on one of his regular visits to the Capital.
ADVISER APPOINTED TO MR. T. V. SOONG:
{UNITED PRESS.]
Washington, February 15.-Dr. Benjamin Wallace, head of the foreign department of the U.S. Tariff Commission, has been ap- Compromise With Kwangsi
pointed an adviser to Mr. T. V.
velopment in the Kwangsi war for
Clique."
Soeng, Finance Minister of the Chi- What will be the immediate de-king, according to an announcement. nese National Government at Nan-
the two Canton leaders are at vari- ance i News from certain sources suggests that General Chen Tsai Tong has lately inclined to a com- promise with the Kwangsi leaders -Wong Shiu Hung and Pei Chung Hei-and that General Wong Shiu Paris, February 20-The Exami- Hung has sent a personal repre-ning Magistrate has found no case sentative to Wuchow to discuss for trial in regard to the drugs dis- certain matters with General Chen covered in the luggage of Gulam Taal Tong." General Chen. Tsai Nabi Khan. Tong has also sent a representative to Kweihsien (South-West of Sun- show) to see General Wong Shiu Hung
WAR NEWS FROM KWANGSI,
CHEN TSAI TONG CONFIDENT
Telegrams in Brief.
London, Feb. 20-In the House of Commons to-day; the-Chancellor. of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, announced that he would introduce the budget on April 14.
Colombo, Feb. 20:-Heavy BEG water has damaged chests of tea on the steamers Nagato Maru, Nearly the whole of the consign- Shanko Maru, and Bengal Maru..
ment was damaged.
OF SUCCESS.
London, Feb. 20:-The Govern- According to the vernacular Press, meat has authorised a levy of a the situation in Kwangsi has been new tariff on March 5, under which on the whole quiet during the past the duty, on raw coffee will be in- two days. It is reported from creased from Mks. 130 to. Mks. 160 Wuchow, that the Canton troops per double hundred-weight, and the have decided to clear up the ten duty will be increased from "Ironsides!' in Southern Kwang Mks. 220 to Mks. 350 per double
cwt
The "Sailor Prince" and his bride returned to Tokyo a week ago after paying their respects to the Imperial Shrines in western Japan. They will sail for Europe on the Kashima Maru on April 21 to return the visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Japan last year.
They expect to return to Japan by way of the United States, sail- ing from San Francisco in then, and then deal with the
Autumn.
"EXCELLENT WORK." CANTON REFORM COMMITTEE
DISSOLVED.
Kwangsi troops. Rumours have
London, Feb. 20-It is under- been rife in Wuchow, that the stood that a Colonial conference (at Kwangsi troops in Sunchow and on which the Governors of the Crown the Kwei River have been advane Colonies will be the chief delegates) ing on Wuchow.. tailed to, bombard the Kwangsi the Imperial Economic Conference Two Canton neroplanes were de- June or July. It is expected that will probably be held in London in
troops in Sunshow on Thursday, will be merged in the Imperial and over forty big bombs were Conference, the chief concern of dropped. Heavy casualties résult ed, and the house of Wong Shin which will be economic rather than Hung was destroyed.
political problems.
Shanghai, Feb. 20:-The Kuomin news agency learns that the Man- churian authorities are issuing a MISSIONARY SCHOOL
circular telegram announcing their support of the Central Govern- IN CANTON.
ment. It is reported from Nanking that Chiang Kai-shek's personal TEACHING OF, CHNISTIANITY
representative, Liu Kwang, has TO BE RESTRICTED. gone to Mukden, to confer with Cheng Hsuch Liang relative to the The Canton Educational Depart-present political situation. ment les received instructions from
Rugby, Feb. 20-Mr. J. K the Nanking Ministry of Education Clynes, Home Secretary, was ques- to restrict the teaching of Christioned in the House of Commons. tianity in thissionary schools.
The increase in December outputs stema to be general alike in British Malaya, Java and Sumatra, only Indin and Ceylon are less when compared with December 1998.
What Represents a Reasonable completely voluntary, and of a pri
Profit?
vate character. The interference of Mr. P. S. Gray in a letter to the Governments or an export duty on Financial Times London, enleav. native rubber was not desirable, of Birkenhead called attention to
The Committee set up in Canton ours to answer the above question. but Government co-operation was the resumption of diplomatic rela-hibition of the sale or public con- tions with the Soviet Government sumption of liquor on Fridays and He says: Seoing that growers must wanted in order to reach an un-
and asked whether the Government Saturdays and also on election for the Amelioration of Customs and Rites has been dissolved by days. carry on for about seven years be dorstanding between fore the trees arrive at maturity, and native rubber on an equality to the Soviet Government or to had found it necessary to represent
The same commission on the pre-order of the Government. and that tropical enterprises en-
vious day passed an amendment en The Committee was established .tail considerable riak to capit. The same paper interviewed Mr. their representative in London that
forcing the closing of public liquor a year ago by Kuomintang Head- a!,
saloona at one o'clock in the morn quarters, and has done."excellent ultimate 15 per cent. J. K. Hayes, secretary of the Good, there had been a breach of the con- on the money sunk is but a reason rich Co., Akron, who is leaving Am-ditions or the understanding upon ing instead of three in the morn-
work;" such as the abolition of the Chinese lunar New Year, the ban- able return. Taking eventual aver. sterdam for Dutch India, and ex- which relations were renumed.
formation of old-style marriage and He referred to the recent protest, ing, as bas hitherto been the rule..
These decisions must first be conning of fortune telling and the re- is being expressed whether they funeral ceremonies. The Bureau of will be passed as the public has Social Reform is to carry on the completely been taken by suprise work of the Committee. Furthermore, there is no doubt that the liquor manufacturers as well as the public houses will fight
Mr. Kenkichi Yoshizawa, former the proposal by all the means in their power. Press comment is Minister to China, was last week The pledge of the Soviet Govern decidedly not in favour of any of appointed Ambassador to France. vestigations as to whether the mis- the Indian room of the British
ceremony took supplies would begrudge producers end of November, Mesara, Syming- ment to curtail propaganda and these prohibition measures which The installation 18. 2d. per pound, and even that price, he adds, would not stimulate ten and Sinclair state in their cir- the setivities of the Comintern had the papers consider sa useless and place in the Phoenix Hall of the unnecessary, maintaining that the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. Ambas- sador Yoshizawa will leave Tokyo fresh planting enterprise,
spite of a much larger, consumption. It was notorious that there had public, on the whole, does not re- Native Producers and of rubber-149,374 tons for the ele-been no cesantion of the energetic quire official coercion to keep them for his new post accompanied by
his family in the later part of May steady.. ven months against 410,100 tons in action against us in India or
Dr. Adachi, retiring Ambassador in In an interview with the Alge.| 1928 the total production of tyres Afghanistan.
Results in Finland.
Paris, will return home at the end meen Handelsblad, Mr. Marinus, for the eleven months' is about 21 Lord Parmoor. replying "for the Helsingfors, Feb. 10-Prohibi- of March. the pioneer of Sumatra rubber millions less than 1928, while the Government, said that if any state-tion in Finland has not been planting, stated that he and an- total production of tubes shows a ments were made by the Comin- very conspicuous success. In the other rubber expert still to be ap- decline of over 5 millions. This term which rendered it necessary, in Finnish capital alone 30,000 per pointed, will form a delegation to is explained by the increase in the the opinion of the Government, to sona wore hailed into court last India as decided at the recent quantity of rubber in each tyre. break off diplomatic relations with year for infringing the dry-laws. Dutch rubber meeting and will We believe the increased weight of Russin, they would deal with them of these 30,000 offenders, over two leave soon. He considers that, co- tyres to be mainly due to the in- in the same way as if they had been thirds were manual labourers, while operation by active producers is creased use of giant tyres for mo- made by the Soviet Government 15 per cent of the total were wo within the limits of possibility, tor transport, both of passengers itself.
men-neither of which facts, how though he could not give details, and goods, but it has been pointed The Government did not attempt ever, as a prominent newspaper He considered the Dutch Indian out by one authority on the sub- to define a distinction between those nointed out, proved anything, since Government's declaration to be ject that the increase in rubber per two bodies. But, in the opinion in all probability the upper strata very favourable,
were restriction tyre in the manufacture of so-called of the Government, there had been of anciety and the women should be exempt from politics, super-tyres is giving a considerably no such breach as made it necessary merely more adept at evading the
to break off relations. longer life per tyre, (Continued on next Volumn.)
alcoholic ban, than the workers.
No consumer with an eye to future
Co-operation.
$18
Increased Weight of Tyres.
tabe trade in the U.S.A. at
Giving the figures of the tyre and cerned.
the
cular that it will be seen that in been broken:
G
die
The Department is making in- to-day regarding the recent
covery of the so-called "bomb" in sionary schools in Kwangtung are. museum. Mr. Clynes said that it
the principles of the proselytising the students, and whether Kuomintang. are taught and the teachers qualified to teach the party's doctrines.
Missionary schools, where Chris tian doctrine is a compulsory sub- ject, instead of the Kuomintang principles, will be placed under strict surveillance.
The distribution of prize money "for the capture and destruction of pirates on October 20-21, 1917, by H.M. Submarine L4 took place in London last month. Ld, com-
Wing Commander B. L. Huskie manded by Lieut. Comdr. F. J. C. son, D.S.C., who has been appoint Halloran, sank the Chinese steamer ed senior RA.F. officer in the air Irene, which had been seized by craft carrier Glorious, served in pirates disguised as passengers and France during the greater part of was being taken to Bias Bay. This the war, and since has had foreign was the first occasion in history in service in Egypt, Iraq, and China, which the British Navy, in its role where he was the senior R.A.F. of putting down piracy, made use officer in the carrier Hermes during of under-water craft.
the Shanghai trouble of 1927,
was a mischievous hoax and ho person of Indian origia was in- volved. He referred to the prosecu tion of a young Englishman, who pleaded guilty to placing the bogus bomb in the muscum and was fined £20 and five guineas costa
Belgrade, Feb. 20:-The trial has begun of twenty-nine Communists, comprising a doctor, two journa lists, barrister, two civil servants and several workmen, who are charged with belonging to illegal. Communist organisations. They are also accused of printing and distributing seditious tracts urging the population to overthrow the existing social order, and insulting King Alexander. Twenty barris ters, including Mlle Trifkovitch, daughter of the former Minister of Justice, are defending the accused.