THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1930.
ARMY ESTIMATES. NAVAL CONFERENCE
REDUCTION OF HOME FORCES.
CANCELLATION OF WORK AT SINGAPORE.
[THROUGH REUTER @ AGENCY.]
LONDON, March 24. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Toni Staw, introducing the Army Estimates, emphasised the progressive reduction of the British military forces to 145,000, and said that the Government did not intend to make another reduction in arma ments without an international agreement.
The Opposition loudly, cheered Mr. Shaw when he said that the facts were confounded by theorists (meaning Labour "left wingers), who contended that we should help the cause of general disarmament by ourselves reducing armaments, regardless of other nations.
Policy in China,
Mr, Shaw said that the Govern tient's policy in China was sym pathetically to watch the efforts of China to establish her own form of Government. The British Goy ernment would act. in way with the other Powers to make arrangements to secure the safety of their people in a self-governing China.
friendly
to
He drew attention
the numerical relations of 60,000 mer serving in India to India's popula; tion in view of the exaggerated idea in some quarters as regards the number of white troops' is India.
A Prost of £83,000.
In a debate that followed the left. wing Labour mariber, Mr. William Cove, moved a resolution express- ing the opinion that all military preparation for warfare was waste- ful, serving only the needs of the capitalist and of imperialism, and demanding & policy of extensive annual reductions of the military forces and the immediate with drawal of all slate grants for the maintenance of the training corps and cadet corps,
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In the course of the debate. Sir. Laming Worthington Evans de clared that he was not surprised that Mr. Shaw was little sketchy in dealing with Singapore, the Federated Malay States were contributing £9,000; and New Zealand, £20,000, while only £33,000 was being spent, so Mr. Shaw had 4 profit of £88,000 towards the general army expenditure,
Mr. I. Cove's amendment was defeated by 274 votes to 21.
Singapore Bass.
THE CRITICAL STAGE."
THE PROPOSED THREE- POWER PACT."
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.
LONDON, March. 94.. Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech in London alluding to the critical stage of the Naval Conference deprecated pessimism because, fur froin failure, there was every in- dication of substantial progress likely to be made in certain direc tions, and the Prime Minister was doing his utmost to secure à Five- Power agreement.
Every country represented at the Conference recognised the genuine British desire to help and, in the face of a solemn declaration re- nouncing war, it was inconceivable that the delegates who came London for the express purpose should be unable to reach ad agree. ment.
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Adjournment for fix Months.
LATER.
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According to the newspapers, the Pact will be concluded soon, and proposed Anglo-Americo-Japanese
the Naval Conference will then adjourn for six months, during Governments will try to reach an which time the French and Italian amicable understanding, each of them meanwhile to undertake not to build any ships.
King's Gift to Delegates. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, March 94.
ANTI-PIRACY GUARDS.
REPRESENTATIONS IN LONDON,
COST OF PREVENTIVE SYSTEM.
(THROUN REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, March 24,
Mercantile Officers Federation and A depatation representing the British companies trading in China waited on Mr. W. Ammon to de- and adequate protection against piracy in the China Seas.
BLUE RIBAND OF ATLANTIC.
EUROPA BEATS BREMEN'S RECORD.
ON MAIDEN VOYAGE,
[REUTER'S' AMERICAN BERVICE.]
IN THE NORTH.
YEN WANTS PEACE.
BUT PREPARES FOR WAR!
(TEBODOH REUTER') AŬKNÚY,]
PIPING, March 95
"IRONSIDES" IN
PAKHOL
BLOODLESS CAPTURE.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
PAKECI, March 19. Contrary to various reports Pak It is reported that Yen Hsi Shanboi has not been re-taken by the is again emphasising that he has always desired peace, asserting that Government in Peping as that he does not intend to establish a
NEW YORK, March 25. The Europa has beaten her sister record. Her time was four days, ship the Bremen's trans-Atlantic seventeen hours and six minutes.
She has thus duplicated the Breking inevitable. men's achievement by winning the berband of the Atlantic on her maiden voyage,
U.S. TARIFF BILL.
would make a cleavage with Nan-
The Kuomintang officials, recently arrested at Taiyuanlu hays been freed, but nevertheless Yen Hai Shan is reported to have declared his willingness to accept the post of Commander-in-Chief o! the Army, Navy and Air Forces, and Fong Fu Hsiang has ordered his subordinates to prepare his hoad-
£80,000 Per Year.
LONDON, March” 24.4- In the House of Commons at questions time the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty said that the cost of an adequate sys- OPPOSITION BY THE SENATE. quarters at Changchow. tem of armed guards aboard ships, if marices were employed, would be at least £80,000 annually.
COLONIAL SUGAR INDUSTRY.
GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE.
(THROUGH DEUTER'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, March 24, The Reports have been publish ed of the West Indian Sugar Com mission, headed by the Labour Peez, Lord Oliver, and of Sir Francis Watts, on the Mauritiua industry, on which the British The King has presented the mern-
Government has conditionally offer- bers of all the delegations to theed to shoulder half the Colonial. Naval Conference with aa auto- graphed gramophone record of His Majesty's speech at the opening of the Conference on January 21. Each record is contained in a royal blue leather case bearing the Royal Coat of Arms.
Postponement to July 17
LONDON, March 25, The position at the Naval Con- ference to-day is unchanged. It is still concentrating in a Five-Power pact na the basis of discussion, and
Governments' losses.
The Reports recommend a single purchasing agency to purchase all Augar for the United Kingdom, on the basis of Imperial sugar at £15 per ton cif., and other sugar at the market price. ・・
It is further recommended that the British preference on Impérial sugar should be raised as SDOR as possible to 48. 8d. per cwb.
Sir Francis Watts recommends for the Mauritius Government a grant for at least Ave years equal
the suggestion of a postponement to the difference between the gen for six months is set aside for theeral cost of production, estimated moment as the possibility is worth at £13 per ton, and the average considering that in certain con-selling price. tingencies which have not yet arisen the heads of the delegations will meet on July 1 to consider the whole position of the Conference.
It is regarded as significant that most of the delegates have accept The debate on the Army Estimed the invitation of the Footballe ates continued until 3 o'clock this Association to attend the England morning when the Estimates were Scotland match at Wembley on agreed to.
April 5 "On a vote for work the Conserva- tive, Mr. Walter House, asked whe ther the reduction of the amount for Singapore represented any change of policy.
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Mr. Shiswell replied that un- doubtedly there had been a change of policy in the Government. They were slowing up operations at Singapore. Mr. House asked. bad there been any cancellation of the work or only a retarding of work. Mr. Shinwell replied that there had been a cancellation of certain items of expenditure.
NEW AMBASSADOR: TO CHILE.
MR. HENRY CHILTON.
[TEROCOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITAIN'S POLICY IN PALESTINE,
GOVERNMENTS INTENTION, (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, March 24.
The Premier was asked in the House of Commons whether the Government had recorded major questions of policy in Palestine as Jutside the terms of reference" of the Committee which has been in vestigating last year's disorders.
The Premier replied, "The ma jor questions of policy are for the Government to determine. It was announced in September last that when the report of the Committee had been received the Government" would consider along what lines within the terms of the mandate LONDON, March 21. H.M the King has approved the the fature policy of Palestine could appointment of Mr. Henry Chilton, Government will consider, but I be directed. That question the C.M.G., Envey Extraordinary an certainly am not prepared to say Minister Plenipotentiary to the that their conclusions will not be Holy See, to be Ambassador Extra-affected by the report of the Com-. ordinary and Plenipotentiary at Santiago
The Elevation of the state of British representative in Chile from that of Minster. to that of Ambassador was recently announc
ed.
TARIFF TRUCE CONFERENCE,
FINAL MEETING.
{THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.}
GENEVA, March 24. The final meeting of the Teris Truce Conference was held to-day, the gathering being devoted to the signing of documents.
The first was a Convention. for the maintenance of commercial treaties for a period of one year. This was signed by eleven out of the thirty participants, including Britain, France, Italy and Hol- Tandi
mittee."
Mr. MacDonald said that after the Replying to further questions, Government had studied the report they would consider whether to get up a Royal Commission in connec
tion with the future of Palestina or to give a decision themselves on the subject.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
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WASHINGTON, March 25.
It is just ten months since the House of Representatives approved of the Tariff Bill, and sent it to the Senate, but there are, two outstand ing obstacles to an early agree ment in the conference between the two Houses for the application of the Bill.
The Senate has inserted an ex. providing for a revolving fund for port farm debenture, a feature the relief of larmers, and has thrown out the flexible tariff, the Provision of which, with certain dent to raise or lower rates to limitations, empowered the Presi
meet.
discrimination by foreign
Governments.
These provisions were inserted dert, hy what has been practically despite the opposition of the Presi- coalition of Democrata and West- Moses facetiously dubbed as "Sons ern Republicans, whom Senator of wild jackasses."
MADAME HANAU'S ESCAPE.
NEW DISCLOSURES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
نید.
PARIS, March 24.
Chiang's Feelors.
SHANGHAI, March 25.
It is reported that Chiang Kai Shek intends to remain at Fenghua until events have demonstrated the attitude which the various generals professing to support him intend to
take.
Executive Yunan, has wired from Tan Yen Kai, President of the Narking, urging Chiang Kai Shek to return, and pointing out that circulation of rumours projudicial his absence has resulted in the to the National Government,
A Chiang-Wang Alliance?".- [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON; March 23, of the Mia Eu Daily News, the Mr. Wong Kwei Luk, chief editor.
mintang, and chief director of the official organ of the Canton Kuo- Propaganda Department of the Provincial Kuomintang, said in a public speech yesterday that there Wang Ching Wei co-operating with is absolutely no possibility of Chiang Kai Shek, as had been re ported!
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(the Ironsides") is still in con Cantoness troops. The 4th Army
not even been threatened by oppos- trol and so far their position has
ing troops.
The taking of Pakhef by General
Chang Fat Fui's forces was made simple by the Cantonese troops, leaving the town, two days previous to the advance of the 4th Army on Limehow. The Cantonese army's intelligence department gave the arroneous report that the Iron sides" were at Linchow with over 4,000 solders ready to tako Pakboi, The Cantonese on March 5 boarded the small gupbeat An Pak and sailed away, since when nothing has been seen of them.
After several nights of unrest,
NANKING AND CABLE COMPANIES.
CHINESE REFUSAL OF JOINT DISCUSSION.
Nanking, March 20.-The confer ence regarding the proposed revi- sion of the cable contract between Great Northern Co., which was to the Chinese Government and the he held here this morning, has been postponed. The meeting will ba
phones of the Ministry of Com- held on Wednesday, March 26, General of Telegraphs and Tele
Mr. Chuan Chi Huan, Director.
munications, received a telegram Co., stating that the Great Northern yesterday from the Great Northern and Eastern Telegraph cable com panies desired to discuss jointly Government. It was the original their contracts with the Chiness intention of the National Govern ment to discuss its contracts with the two companies at separate meetings. The request of the cable been, decided to discuss the Great companies, was rejected and it has Northern cable contract on Wednes day, March 26.
The Commercial Pacific and East ern Telegraph cable contracts will. 3, respectively. be taken up on March 31 and April
fearing lest pirates and robbers faceless sity, the local Chamber of tract is especially complicated as should take advantage of the de-
The Great Northern cable con Commerce sent representatives to the company has a cable connecting the Ironsides, encamped on the Shanghai with Nagasaki, thas in- other side of Limehow (about 20volving both the Chinese and miles distant), requesting them to Japanese Governments. It is also come and take the city. The expected that the Great Northera
Ironsides "
accepted after gratuity of several thousands of ference, its right to land cables. Co. will uphold, at the coming con. dollara had been paid over.
General Chang Fat Fui's men en-
along the coasts of China. tered the town and, distributed. posters, requesting the people not and denouncing Chiang Kai Shek. to be alarmed, setting forth the **Ironsides' reasons for fighting
has been very strict and the local The discipline of the new soldiers people are very pleased with the change for the better. The soldiers
pay for what they take.
However, shortness in the of cial coffers is noticed and a demand from Limehow merchants for sums totalling $20,000 has been made. been made. Included in these is In Pakhoi various demanda have the demand that further remit-
It was believed in some quarters that the coalition of We Pei Eu, Tuin Chi Jui, Yen Shi Shan, Feng Yu Hsiang and other militarists in bring about a rapprochement of the the North against Nanking mightances from the Maritime Customs revenue to the Nanking Govern- leaders of the Right and Left under threat of closing the Pakhoi ment must cease. This was made Wings of the Kuomintang against Custom House. All tax bureaux this new alliance but, declared Mr. Wong, there is not the slightest heen taken
and native customs atations have. truth in such a rumour, 23 an
over. These instruc- tions were received from Mr. Wong
Ching Wei who is the Financial
It is learned from semi-official sources that the Chinese authorities will take up especially the Shang- hai-Nagasaki cable question, believ ing that the existing line interferes
China and Japan. The Chinese with the proper development of telegraph communications between authorities are stated to be prepar ing to approach the Japanese Gov-
Sino-Japanese joint cable enter ernment for the organization of a prise which will, in the future, take care of gable, communications be tween the two countries.
NEW SENSATION ON PROHIBITION..
STENOGRAPHIC NOTES TO BE TAKEN OF EVIDENCE.
[UNITED PRESS.]
WASHINGTON, March 16. Sedator William E. Botah has
The police are investigating the alliance with Wang Ching Wei escape of Madame Hanau." It has would.be tantamount to co-operat-Minister to the "protection of the insisted that stenographic reports Government atatement, issued been discovered that she droppeding with the Ironsides. simultaneously with the Reports; from, the window by a sheet not
party and the saving of the coun Feng to Strike at Hankow. declines to anticipate the Budget, belonging to the hospital and walk-
"try" party,
must be taken of to-morrow's but declares that while there is aed out of the gates and entered a
PEPING, March 25.
The Ironsides position seems Judiciary Committee at which Mr.. secret session of the Senate duty on sugar, preferences will be waiting private car, which took her
Feng-Yu Hsiang and leading strong. Rumour has it that they George W. Wickersham, head of maintained.
generals of the Kuomiuchun held will rest here for some time, re-resident Hoover's Law Enforce- to a place where she called a taxi a military conference at Tungkwan cruiting and receiving supplies, and cab.
when it was decided that the 1st then continue on their project of ney-General, Mr. William D. Mit ment Commission, and the Attor Papers Missing.
Kuominchun Army will have its taking Canton. The French gun-chell, are to tessity. headquarters at Chengchaw, the boats, Inconstant and Marne; have 2nd Army at Yencheng, and the 3rd been standing by. Army at Sinyangchow. They will more on April 1 with Hankow and Haucho as their objects. Feng will personally direct the fighting. PEPING DAILIES CLOSE DOWN.
is not prepared to impose on Bri- It is added that the. Government tain a burden contributing millions sterling annually to the Colonial sugar industries, which would be the case, if the Reports were 'acted
upon.
JAVA AND RUBBER RESTRICTION:
QUESTION OF NATIVE
GROWERS..
THROUGH NECTER'S AGENCY.].
BATAVIA, March 25.
A conference of. Governors and residents from outer possessions bas unanimously agreed that no results can be expected from any efforts to induce native rubber, pro- ducers and traders to voluntarily restrict production and export.
It is pointed out that the export in the past five months has largely decreased owing to low prices.
TROTZKY'S CONDITION
SERIOUS,
LATER.
The Minister of Justice's morn ing mail included a key belonging to a cupboard in the Public Pro- secutor's Office, from which papers relating to Madame, Haaau's in yeatment trust papers disappeared last night.
The police are investigating how Madame Hanau spent the bour from the time of her escape from the hospital until she arrived at the St. Lazare prison. Madame Hanau, with four male associates, comes up for trial on March 29.
PROPOSED FLIGHT TO ENGLAND.
YOUNG AUSTRALIAN'S VENTURE.. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
SYDNEY, March 24
(THROUGH ABUTEZ'S AGENCY.]
PEPINO, March 23.-
CANTON TREASURY DEPLETED. TEACHERS WANT THEIR PAY [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:]"
Senator
Borah, a strenuous "dry" and one of the most power- ful figures in the Senate, intimated that he was convinced that the Wickersham-Mitchell proposed re forms of prohibition enforcement would be snowed under unless thera was a rousing investigation of the enforcement divisions.
While coatinuing his own per- xonal investigations along this line." CANTON, March 95. Owing to the continued fighting must be full publicity for whatever
Senator Borah declared that there. It is understood that the North tung, the Provincial Treasury i had to say,, as soon as this can be in Kwangsi and Southern Kwang Mr. Wickersham and Mr. Mitchel China Standard and the Shun Tien weil-nigh depleted.. Shih Pau, both Japanese supported finance authorities have resorted to
The local had. Meanwhile he wanted to be journals, are closing very shortly. every conceivable means of raising their utterances.
sure that there was probably to-morrow, though apparmore money to meet military ex
a record of ently there is no intestion of re, penses, and are now at their wits'
The secrecy of to-morrow's hear opening in Nanking or elsewhere.
Many of the Government ordered because Mr. Wickersham ing is understood to have been schools, including the Sun Yat Sen possesses information. University, have not received their irregularities in the enforcement concerning allowances for the last two months, and only a small portion of the
machinery. teachers of these schools have re- ceived their salaries for the month of February.
JAPAN'S BUDGET. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]' ...A twenty-year-old Australian air-
TOKYO, March 24. man, Mr. D. Smith, has just compared the budget, figures, which The Finance Department has pre- pleted preparations for a fight to England. He has just arrived at Blackall. Queensland, with his ma chine and, if conditions are favour able, will set out immediately.
He hopes to reach Calcutta, via Batavia, Singapore and Bangkok, in three days.
will be considered by the Cabinet.
to-morrow.
cluding, for the Navy 200 millions, The total is 1,608 million yen, in end Army 210 millions, compared lions, Navy 64 millions, and Army with last year's total of 1,753 mil
232 millions.
TO UNDERGO CURE IN: GERMANY.
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
BERLIN, March 24. 'Trotzky's condition in Constan- tinople is much worse. He has INDIAN BUDGET SURPRISE. approved and will be enforced on
WHITE GENERAL IN SOVIET cure in Germany or France. His
PRISON.
ECHO OF ABDUCTION IN.
PARIS.
[THHOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
telegraphed to friends in Germany and elsewhere that the doctors have not the slightest hope of saving his life unless he can take a drastic friends accordingly have appealed to the German and other Govern- ments, for permission for Trotzky to undergo a cure, saying that be is prepared to pledge abstention from political activities, which pledge, they say, is scarcely neces sary as Trotzky is completely broken down mentally and physical,
FRENCH FLOOD VICTIMS.
PARIS, March 24. General Koutiepoff is at presently. in Lubianskaia Prison, Moscow, LC- cording to the newspaper. La Libertie, which declares that he embarked at a spot on the Trench coast Rear Hoalgate and was spirit ed to Russia in conformity with the Soviet's intention to arraiga Kouticpoff and some of his co- adjutors with the object of proving Herr Moltke, the chairman, in a that the French Government was farewell speech, said the results implicated in, an anti-Soviet com had not fulfilled their hopes or ex-spiracy, pectations. Nevertheless, they had. It will be remembered that taken a step towarda economic un- | General Koutiepoff was abducted in derstanding which others would Paris by Soviet agents at the end doubtless follow.
The second was a Protocol, re- garding a programme of future negotiations. This was signed by fifteen Fowers,
lot January
FINANCE BILL PASSES ASSEMBLY.
(THROUGH REDTAR'S AGENCY.)
NEX DELHI, March 24 The Legislative Assembly to-day third reading of the Finance Bill, passed, without a division, the which provides for new import duties on cotton goods, & preference of per cent to British cotton goods, a duty on silver, and other important view measures; fat
Sir George Schuster made an appeal to the Assembly before the question of a division was raised. Give me a chance," he said. "Fass these taxes and see what
comes of them.” ...."
GOVERNMENT CRANTS MILLIARD FRANCS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Bir George Schuster added that if the sunalt oil companies proved PAIN, March 24 that they were hard hit by the re The Government's proposal to arrangement of the import and make a grant of a millard francs excise duties, they would be given for the relief of the flood sufferers special relict. · in the South of, France, was un
He also promised to do his utmost animously adopted by the Chamber to assist the Indian sugar in to-day.
dustry.
TOKYO, March 25, The working budget has been April 1.
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED. SEQUEL TO SUIT IN US.
CARGO LOSS.
[UNITED PRESS,}
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HUGE U.S. MERGER. ELECTRIC BOND AND SHARE TO ABSORB UNITED GAS.
[UNITED PRESE.]
New York, March 19-Following National Bank, the Equitable Trust the gigantic merger of the Chase and the Interstale Trust, which Wall Street understands is the be- ginning of series of similar mergers, it was learned to-day that Electric Bond and Share is form ing a single holding company to FORbsorb. United Gas and form the
largest catural gas concern America.
Several other companies will be embraced in the deal, it is under-
stood,
in
Port Townsend, Wash, March IDU.S.Authorities, were to-day moved into international promin
Electric Bond and Share recently holding the British freight str. ence as one of the sponsors for the Capilano, with a cargo of 10,000 great new holding company, Euro tons of wheat and a considerable poan Electric Corp., Ltd, incor- quantity of lumber following porated in Canada. In their re- seizure in the Straits of Juan Despective spheres, national and in Fuen
An order in Admiralty for the control, manage, finance and con- ternational, the two companies seizure resulted from a suit by struct utility enterprises of all des Dant and Rushell, Jumber, ship-criptions. pers, to collect $20,000 for cargo Mr. Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell loss on the freight vessel Chief Ma has been quoted as claiming that quills off the Aleutian Islands Electric Bond and Share may even Both abipa are owned by the tually manage all the power com- Canadian-American Shipping Co. panics in the world. Today's de- The owners to-day declared that the velopment further increases the Capilano was seized in Canadian scope of this great and constantly waters, contrary to law.stil
growing concern.
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CANADIAN BILL TO HELP PROHIBITION.
MEASURE FOR CO-OPERATION READ A SECOND TIME IN THE SENATE.
[UNITED PRESA.].
OTTAWA, March 18. The Premier's Bill providing for Canadian cooperation with United. has passed the second reading, and States national prohibition efforts
is forecast, giving rise to a wide final passage through the Senate spread discussion of the desirability. of such an afrangement between. Canada and the United States. P
During the course of the Zebate, Mr. King, the Premier, said that he would not be responsible for the external affairs of Canada in the event of the measure not passing.
While the subject was being widely discussed in the Dominion, obliterated most every other the Premier continued, it wholly question in the minds of the. Americans.
The attitude of these in support of the Bill was that neutrality on United States prohibition had be the extent of the Canadian liquor come an impossibility, in view of traffic into the United States, and Canadian responsibility for this that further to disregard any traffic constituted in itself an un- friendly interference in the affairs of the neighbouring country.
take the stand that United States Opponents of the Bill of course prohibition is in no way the affai of Canada,