INSURGENTS ATTACK POLICE AT
CHITTAGONG.
GRAVE SITUATION IN INDIA.
TROOPS RUSHED TO SCENE BY GOVERNMENT.
VICEROY ISSUES ANTI-TERRORIST ORDINANCE.
[TEROUCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
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Old Ordinance Renewed.
SIMLA, April 19.
The Viceroy has promulgated the Bengal Ordinance: for the suppres- sion of terrorist outrages, The Ordinance applied to Bengal during the time of Lord, Minto's Viceroy- alty in 1900 under an net passed in 1819, which sanctioned the deporta tion of persons, and special acts
THE HONG KONG
DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1930.
COMING U.S. “NAVAL ACTION."
TYPHOON STRIKES
PHILIPPINES.
TWO TOWNS DESTROYED,
HEAVY DEATH-ROLL
EXPECTED.
THROUGH BRUTER'A AGENCY.]
MANILA, April 20. · The east coast island of Leyte was swept on April 18 by a destruc- tive off-season typhoon and four teen towns were hit. Tolosa and Dulag are reported to have been virtually demolished and thousands are homeless. Deaths and injuries cannot be ascertained.
NEW FREIGHT RATES FROM JAPAN.
BIG CUTS BY SHIPPING COMPANIES,
DECREASE IN RAILWAY FREIGHTS.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
OSAKA, April 19. The Nippen Yusen Kaisha azd the Osaka Shojen Kaisha have decided to cut freight rates on cotton yaru and cotton goods ex- ported to Shanghai, Dairen, Bont- bay, Calcutta and Rangoon by one yea per tou, to be effective from
|_ CALCUTTA, “ÁApril 19. The Government announce that 100 insurgents attacked and gutted the railway and police armouries at Chittagong last night.
Details not known, but it
rebate as heretofore. are appears that the insurgents shot dead
ode sergeant major, оде Anglo-Indian and four Indiane.
As far as can be ascertained, all civilian railway employees, women and children are safe and accom- modated at the jetties.
Troops Rushed to Scotia.
A comraunique states that the police and ocal auxiliary force, are endeavouring to round up the in- surgents.
A detachment of the Eastern Frontier Fides, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel, Dallas Smith, was despatched today and is expected to reach Chittagong to-morrow morning. The Inspector-General of Police accompanied the detach- ment.
Telegraphic communications were interfered with but are being reator- ed. A train was derailed last night- forty miles from Chittagong. The, line was blocked.but transhipment" is being effected.
Assembly Takes Precautions.
SIMLA, April 10. The news of the insurgence at Chittagong reached Simla when the Legislative Assembly Commit
tee
was sitting. Sir Bhupindra Mitra, who was presiding, immedi- -ately went to Viceregal Lodge, where the Executive Council con- sidered the situation in Bengal and elsewhere.
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While the insurgent movement at Chittagong is serious, the trouble is loculised and the Government expects confidently to suppress it and round up the insurgents. The military and police precautions were reviewed by the Council.
The situation is well under con trol throughout the country. While it is expected that terrorists, hy taking advantage of the unrest caused by Gandhi's campaign, may by a fresh onslaught, the Govern ment is fully armed to deal with such movements and there is no fear, that they will be widespread. Chittagong has always been con- sidered the gentre of the anarchist
movement..
SOVIET ORDERS FOR BRITAIN.
HELP FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.
[THлOVOR RECTER'S AGENCY.]
Moscow, April 20.
Since the resumption of Angio- -Soviet relations Russia has placed orders with Britain for £10,000,000,
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were also then passed including the Explosives Act, Prevention of Criminal Law Amendment Act pro- Seditious Meetings Act and the viding for private magisterial" in- quiry before three judges of the high court without a jury..
LATER.
The Ordinance applies, only to Bengal and was due to be repealed on April 3
Police Activity.
"
CALCUTTA, April 19. There has been remarkable police activity here since an early hour, Armoured cars and armed police occupy all the strategie points. The armoury and all gunshops are heavily guarded, and aeroplanes were noticed overhead.
Twenty-one prominent Congress ¦ committee men, and others have been arrested as the outcome of simultaneous searches throughout the city, especially at the Congress Committee's headquarters where documents were seized,
Moslems Hold Aloof.
"BONBAY, April 20. Moslems' aloofness in the prosent civil disobedience is reflected in a joint message of Ali and his brother to the President of the United Provinces Muslim Conference, stat- ing that Moslems must not allow themselves to be made the tools of any party, and adding: "We want freedom for all; not a change of masters,"
Disobedience Leader Sentenced:
BOMBAY, April 19. Janna Day Mehta has been sen tended to six months' simple im- prisonment and a fine of Rps. 200.
An earlier report stated" that Jamnadas Mehta,
ಕ prominent ex-member of the Assembly, and one of the local leaders in the civil disobdience campaign, had been arrested.
"Calm Before the Storm."
BOMBAY, April 18. "It looks like a calm before the storm," remarked a close associate of Gandhi. referring to the fact
that there
was no new "of any arrests anywhere. to-day, which was the quietest in Bombay City and Province since Gandhi launch- ed his anti-Salt Tax campaign.
TRAGIC MASS IN:
RUMANIA.
100 PËRISH IN CHURCH
FIRE...
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BUKHARET, April 19. hundred worshippers, mostly women and children, have died, following a fire in a village church at Costesti daring Mass,
About 让
The first reports which reached Manila were 46 hours delayed. The Governor of Leyte, wiring Dr. Charles H. Forster, Director of the
American Red Cross in Manila, said: "Please secure immediate specially food, elething and build aid for 1,000 homeless people, ing materials."
The typhoon was of small area but of unusual intensity, and came A surprise to the Weather Bureau authorities as typhoons never occur at this time of year in the Philippines.
The Governor's message" describes cocoanut trees in the devastated areas standing like candles. The tops were blown off and crops were completely destroyed Many towns were flooded by the heavy rain accompanying the storm.
Many places have not reported as wires are down and communication has been cut off, and it is feared that the death roll will be large. Reports will not be complete for a week's time.
The Red Cross is taking immedi- ate action, and is organising pro- vincial forces in Leyte and Samar. It is arranging to send doctors, nurses and relief supplies by the first transportation available.
THE NAVAL TREATY.
JAPAN TO SIGN.
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.)
Toro, April 20, Instructions entitling Mr. Waka ski to sign the naval pact on behalf of Japan were, despatched to London this evening after a careful study by the Premier and the Foreign Minister and other high officials, both of the Navy and found no Foreign Offices, who necessity to revise the text.
VILLAGE BURNED DOWN IN JAPAN.
"[TENCOGE „PRUTER'S AGENCY.)
TOKYO, April 28. Over 300 houses, the greater part of Nambu village in the Yamannshi. prefecture, have been burned. One person is dead and several have been injured.
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JAPANESE NAVAL .DISASTER.
AEROPLANE. CRASHES,
[TROCOR BETTER'S AGENCY.]
Tokyo, April 20. Lieat Comdr. Karoku Kamrus, commanding the Japanese sub- marine R.O.61, was drowned during fleet manauvres in the Formosa Strait. He fell is the sea from the
was running on the surface.
During the same
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May 1, thus making the Indian freight rate thirteen and a half yea per tun with ten per cent.
The Cabinet has decided to grant
a 20 per cent. rebate or the rail freight of raw ilt, cotton yarn, be effective from May 10. cotton goods and sugar exports to
·THE SUDAN PROPOSALS.
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY HELD UP.
{THROCOM REUTER'S AGENCE.] -
POLITICS AND NEW TREATY.
BIG CAMPAIGN BY "BIG NAVY PARTY,"
[REUTER'S. AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, April 18. Polition groups are preparing their decks for a "naval action " which President, Hoever hopes will be short and decisive, immediately on the Naval delegation's returo
London with the
treaty, from otherwise the Parliamentary pro wil be delayed until
CANTON STRUCK BY CHIANG DENOUNCED.
TYPHOON.
SUDDEN BLOW BRINGS DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION,
SAMPANS CAPSIZED ON RIVER,
IN PEPING.
BIG PRO-KUOMINCHUN DEMONSTRATION..
REQUEST TO FOREIGN POWERS.
[TEROBOH REUTER'S MOENCY.} (raoy oun OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
PERING, April 19. CANTON, April 20. A sudden typhoon struck Canton A mass demonstration was held last Friday afternoon, causing huge at Tienanmen this morning to de- damage to property and the loss of
nounce Chiang Kai Shek. A crowd a number of lives. The sky hecate darkened all of a sudden, and the of twenty thousand was presided wind blow with terrific velocity. A over by a representative of the few minutes later there was a heavy Mayer and was attended by repre- downpour, with thunder and light-sentatives of the Hopei Provincial ning.. Loose and dangling windows. Assembly, the Headquarters Com- algaboards and palm leaves from mandant, various unions and stud- matsheds were blown down, injurent bodies.
gramma January.
"Big navyites" are betively cam- paigning hut President Hoover is confident of support from public ing more or lese seriously nine per- Ten resolutions were passed, the opinion. "He is credited with the sons. Several big banyans were chief of which arged Wang Ching intention of making a wireless ap-uprooted. On the river, several Wet to go to Peking, requested. peal throughout the country to the sampans capsized, involving the Chang Hsueh Liank to take up the people on the day the treaty is loss of two lives.
post of Vice-Commander of the subinitted to the Senate,
Anti-Chiang expedition, asked the Second Plenary Session to control all party afairs, and requested the foreign Powers not to make loans to Vanking.
Senator Hale, Chairman of the Senate Naval Committee, who is in no way friendly towards the treaty, to day urged Senators to withhold action until the committee has heard the technical experts.
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Meanwhile Government expect that the first seven 10,000- ton cruisers allotted to America will be laid down before 1933, and the remaining three laid down in 1933-4-3, respectively.
LONDON, April 18 The Egyptian delegation state that they thought agreement had been reached, but found early in the morning that their proposals (which they describe as very mo- derate) regarding the Sudan were unacceptable. Consequently it was decided after further discussion in the morning that Nahas Pasha should be given time to consult his colleagues in Egypt, as Mr. Hened derson also had to consult his col leagues here."
GERMAN, PLOT IN POLAND.
(THROUGH REUTER'9 " AGENCY,}
WARSAW, April 18. The trial of 10 members of a Ger- man Minority Organisation, the Deutschum Bund, at Bydgoszce. For conspiring against Poland, has re- sulted in sentences of from one month to a year, varying with con- finement in a fortress, to benefit under the First Offenders Açt; The
Court found extenuating circumstances.
EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE. GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATIONS
MARRED.
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Thоcaн REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ATHENS, April 18. Worshippers who crowded the Churches for the Good Friday per- vices here and at Piraeus during the night were very alarmed by violent earthquake shocks which elivered a wide area in Greece. Church towers were shaken down at Tathmisa and Sparta. Only 'minor casualties are reported.
TO REGULATE HOURS OF WORK.
NEW GOVERNMENT BILL.
[THEOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 17. A Government Bill has been in-
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according to a report from the head; When the flames were seen a panie submarine's deck while the vesseltroduced into the House of Com-
ensued, and a mad rush was inade
of the Soviet Trade Delegation in for the door which jammed.
London.
The struggling crowd was penned
in by the blazing doorway and were trampled to death.
y
while others crawled inside and
manœuvres a
mens by Miss Margaret Bondfield, Naval plane fell in the sea and the the Minister of Labour, to regulate crew of three is missing.
were buried by the collapse of the TOKYO FIGHTS TRAMWAY
red-hot walls.
They include, tractors, ploughs, and an agreement with Imperial Chemical Industries to supply on credit fertilisers, dyes, and metala to the value of £3,000,000, and to furnish the Russian chemical, indus-of one of the candles which was The fire was caused by the dome try with technical assistance.
being carried by one of the con- gregation.
NINE DAYS TO CAPE TOWN.
DUCHESS OF BEDFORD'S FINE EFFORT.
[TROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.]
CAPETOWN, April 20. Britain's oldest woman pilat, the Duchess of Bedford, has accom- plished the light to Cape Town from London in just over nine days, necompanised by two men pilots in the same maching in which the few to India and back last year
She intends to start the return fight on April 21, with the aim of creating a London-Capetown return
record.
AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN START FOR ENGLAND.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]'
SYDNEY, April 20. The two Australiana, Smith and Shiers, left Wyndham today__for Hima in an attempt to fly to Eng- leod,
PERMIT TO MAKE BEER...
DRY SUPERVISOR.
ACCUSED
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
WASHINGTON, April 19. Mr. Palmer Cranfield, national prohibition supervisar, has been granted leave of absence pending an investigation by a grand jury regarding arrangements" alleged ly made with him by representatives of the Cereal Beverage Company of New York for the improper issue of a permit to manufacture "near
beer.
The trial ended in New York yesterday with the conviction of this company and eight individuals on a charge of manufacturing real beer. The principal state witness alleged that Cranfield attended a necting in a New York hotel to discuss
and ten arrangements,”
to twenty thousand dollars "were placed on a table and disappeared," Cranfield denies participation in the meeting or knowledge of the
money.
STRIKE.
GOOD WORK BY VOLUNTEERS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
the hours of work in industrial undertakings. The new bill is based on the Washington Hours Convention of 1919.
It limits the ordinary hours of work to eight daily and forty-eight weekly (statutory limits"), but variations in the daily hours of work are allowed.
The hours of workers engaged in industries and in other employ ments where continuous processes must be operate will, under the Bill, be allowed to average ifty- six hours a week over three weeks.
Toxxo, April 20. Despite the general strike of 'busmen and tramwaymen, a fairly good service has been maintained
The Bill also makes provision on the principal routes by volun- teers who appear to be enjoying for the working of overtime and the novelty of the experience and provides that overtime must not are receiving plenty of good exceed thirty-two hours in any one natured chaff from passengers.
month. It is also provided that A number of collisions between the pay for overtime must be at trams and buses have occurred least at the rate of time and quar owing to the inexpertness of the volunteer drivers. Several casual- ties have resulted, though only four people have been seriously injured.
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It is also provided that the Minister must consult the organisa tions representing the employers and workers before regulating the arrangement of working hours.
Clerical workers, bome workers, sea going people, those working underground in coalmines and agriculturists are among the classes of workers to which the new Bill does not apply.
A
American, Comment.
After the rain had ceased, the wind and lightning continued. The worst came at about 7 p.m. when a thunderbolt struck a big electric transformer near the Power House, plunging over nine-tenths of Canton, including a" the business sections, in total darkness. Other trans- farmers were affected and there. were flashes of electricity in every direction, killing two pedestrians WASHINGTON, April 11,
outright. Owing to the darkness, a The opinion prevails in inform-large number of shops had to elcse circles here that the inability for the night at an unusually early of the London Fire-Power Naval hour. All the newspaper reporters, Limitation Conference to reach an
editors and printers refused to work agreement equivalent to President
in the daik, and there were no Hoover's earlier hopes has resulted newapapers published in the city in failure of the programme of the
the next terning, Saturday. complete pre-conference survey.
Observers point out that three of the Five Powers involved preceded 'BUS STRIKE IN SHANGHAI. the formal conference by personal contacts and conversations on the part of their high officials. It is advanced matters to as great a felt that these preliminary contacts
degree as has been achieved by the conference itself.
240 DRIVERS OUT!
́(THROPOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SEASORA. April 10. No buses are running in the The Administration is under-International Settlement as stood, however, to consider that additional definite resulta have been accomplished.
Certainly from a political point of view the Administration forces will make a strong effort to 'combat any sentiment that the conference has been a complete fasco, since this would make a black mark against the Hoover record which would be harmful both to the Pre- sident's chances for a second term and for the Republican party as a whole.
Mr. Hoover's Gratification. President Hoover announced to- day that the abolition of competi- tion in naval building among the Three Powers at the present London Naval Limitation Confer ence the United States, Britain and Japan, omitting France and Italy-would save these three countries D total of Q.82,300,000,000.
Great
Terms of the new undertaking among these Powers will be agreed to next week in Lendon, according to the President
The estimates at the Geneva Con- ference provided for an anticipat- ed saving of between $1,400,000,000 aud 81,040,000,000. And it was emphasized that the new treaty is the only political undertaking which provides for the "humanız- ing" of submarines,
The United States alone is ex- pected to save about 81,000,000,000. under the new arrangement.
President Hoover praised what he termed the "courageous and constructive action" of the Ameri- can delegates to the London Con ference.
The Kunminchan claim that Han Hsiang. Fu Chu has surrendered to Feng Ya
A Rumour Denied.
PEPING, Ajrit 20. There is no confirmation of the report that Ian Fu Chu has gone over to Feng. On the contrary it is believed that he is at Tainanfu assisting in the organisation of the Shantung defences for the Central Government There is also no cont rmation of the Japanese report that Sun Ten Ying, with 40,000 men, ia menacing Pengpu.
DEMONSTRATION BY "RED"
STUDENTS.
FIFTY ARRESTED IN PEPING.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGINGY.]
PEPING, April 20. Communistic the
students demon- strated in a college off. Hatamen Street this afternoon, acclaining the Red victories in Kiangsi and denouncing Nationalism.
result of a sudden strike of 240 drivers for higher wages,
The China General Omnibus Co. bas informed the strikers that they
The police raided the college and will be dismissed if they do not return to work by six o'clock to- arrested over Bity students. morrow meining. In this event, á skeleton service will be maintained RENDITION OF WEIHAIWEI. with inspectors, etc., as drivers.
U.S. AERIAL DISASTER.
'PLANE FOCLS ELECTRIC.
POWERLINE.
لوم
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.)
JERSEY CITY, April 18, Count de la Vaulx, President of the International Aeronautic Federation, was among the victims
of an serial disaster.
An aeroplane fouled the electric games, and high tension powerline, burst into
crashed.
The pilot beyond recognisation.. and three passengers were charred
JAPANESE GOODWILL
MAIDENS IN U.S.
TO MEET MR. HOOVER AND NEWSPAPER MEN.
[UNITED FARAS.]
Washington, April 14—A delega- tion of Japanese "good-will maid- ens" arrived here to-day.
AGREEMENT SIGNED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, April 19.
It is officially announced that the agreement for the rendition of Weihaiwei to China was signed last night by Sir Miles Lampsön and Dr. C. T: Wang
PEKING OR PEPING?
BATTLE OF NAMES IN THE NORTH.
(UNITED PREDA.]
A new Chinese war is in prospect -the war of the Dames-and the atlas nakers of the world are apt to be among the casualties." It will be recalled that an incident of the Nationalist conquest of Chias was the changing of the name of the former capital, Peking (meaning "northern capital"), to Peping "northern peace "). At the same time Nanking, southera capital," was made capital of the country.
New rumblings of civil war from the northward have brought the They will be the guests of Mr.
announcement that the rebels wish Debuchi the Ambassador at dinner the "capital of the Chinese Gov- He said that for some time it to-night. To-morrow they will visit ernment to be re-established at had been apparent to him that a the famous cherry trees, a gift from Peping, which is to have its former Five Power Treaty would be im- Japan, on the banks of the name of Peking. At the same time possible, due to the difficulties in
Potomac They will also speak Nanking is to be known as Nan- coming to agreement between the over a radio broadcast, meet Pre-ping, meaning "southern peace," French and Italian delegationssident Hoover and have luncheon A Three Power Treaty, in his with newspaper men. opinion, should be considered a great step toward world. peace.
He disclosed that the proposed agreement provides for, the sum moning of another conference in 1036 to adjust details of naval buildings and other matters which
may arise in the interim.
New York Press Opinions.
New Youx, April 12. The newspapers congratuate Mr. Ramsay MacDonald upon chtain- ing something tangible from the Naval Conference.
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Later they are to be guests at many receptions.
The delegation of five, girls was selected through the efforts of the "Jiji Shimpo," a Tokyo daily news- paper, to visit the leading cities of the United States to thank the American people for help extended Japan at the time of the great earthquake and fire which devastat ed Tokyo, Yokohama and adjacent areas in September, 1923.
The girls embarked for. San Francisco last month, immediately before the celebrations marking completion of the reconstruction of Tokyo and Yokohamą,
the Northernere have their way. The recognized National Govern- ment, however, is not to be ex- pected to take tamely to those. ideas. Remaining at the city which it will presumably continue to call ·· Nanking, it will cost defiance at the existence either of a Peking or of any national capital elsewhere than at Nanking, to say nothing of the existence of such a city as Nanping.
It will he seen that life might easily become very complicated for the telegraph editors of the news- papers in New York, London, Ber- in and elsewhere. From a cor respondent in North China, such a telegraph editor might receive a despatch eminating from "Peking" - | mä declaring that the Government baa launched a south-bound often- The New York World however, sive at the cutlaw pseudo-Govern- sees real danger in the terms of ment at Nanping, formerly Nan- the Treaty, which, it says carry a king; while simultaneously a des- threat of building competition be patch from "Nanking" would tween groups of nations and many state the intention of the Govern cause the proposed, agreement to ment to drive marthward "against be regarded in the course of time the arrogant self-styled Govern as a disguised alliance of the three- ment at Peping, one-time Peking. largest Naval Powers, thus involv By the time the maiter were un- ing the United States in a policy tangled there might be an entirely of "instability manoeuvres and new set of names and Govern- (Continued at foot of next 'column).competition in European politics." menta..
The New York Times pays a tribute to Mr. MacDonald as THE NEW JAPANESE DIET.
"statesman and not a narrowmind- ed chauvinist or a pettifogging QUESTIONS BY OPPOSITION.
politician" and says "of the latter species there will undoubtedly be *(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.)
samples enough in our Senate when the Naval treaties come 'under con- Tokyo, April 20.
sideration." To-morrow will see the opening
The Herald-Tribune finds in the of a special session of the Diet, he of the liveliest with the Opfact that Britain has now whole necessitated by its dissolution by position attacking the Government heartedly accepted the theory of the general election..
on three main points, business de tonnage equality with the United Although the Government party pression, unemployment and the States & notable advance towards returned 2 clear majority the failure to insist on the three prim-n friendlier Anglo-American un- three-week session is expected to mary claims to the Naval Confer- derstanding.. (Continued at fool of next column), I ence,