"UNREST IN INDIA IS THERE A NAVAL
BANKS AND BUSINESS
HOUSES CLOSED.
GANDHI'S LETTER TO VICEROY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NAVSARI, ad 6. In a letter to Lord Irwin, the Viceroy of India, drafted on the evo of his arrest, Gandhi begins:
"Dear Friend,--God willing, it is my intention (date omitted) to go to Dharasana with my com. pations and demand possession of
the salt works."
Later in his letter Gaadhi deals
the Government's attiude with towards his movements and re counts the unthinkable cruelties" inflicted on his followers.
He concludes. "It would be cowardly on my part not to in- vite you to fully disclose the Iconine claws of authority."
In his letter, Gandhi also de manded that Lord Irwin should repeal the salt tax.
Complete Hartal.
DELHI, May 6.
A complete hartal was observed in the principal cities of Upper India in connexion with Gandhi's arrest. Books and business houses were closed and vehicular traffic was suspended.
TREATY?
AMERICA MAY SPEND $1,000,000,000 ON WAR-CRAFT.
TWENTY NEW SUBMARINES
[RECTER'S AMERICAN: SERVICL)
WASHINGTON, May 7.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY
TORNADOES IN TEXAS.
SEVENTY-THREE PERSONS
KILLED.
IMMENSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
'DALLASE, Texas; May 7.
It is
RANGOON QUAKE,
ISLAND' 'DISAPPEARS.
FURTHER DEATHS FEARED.
(THROUGH PEUTER'S AGENCY.]
RANGOON, May 7.. As the result of the earthquake some railway bridges have collapsed and train services are dislocated. The golden tops which are inset with jewels of the two, famous pagodas, Shwedagon at Rangoon and Shwemawdaw in Pegu, have been destroyed. A rice mill at Pega has been completely engulf
Forty-four have been killed by Mr. Britten. chairman of the Naval Committee of Representa tornadoes which are aweeping a tives, has announced he is introdue-wide area in the central district as ing a bill for the construction of far south as San Antonio. war-craft involving an expenditure probable the death roll will be of 81,000,000,000 which he declar-higher but owing to the storm ed is necessary in order to secure having destroyed the telegraphs American naval parity with Britain further information is not forthed while a cinema collapsed during
in the next decade..
It appears the programme will include 73,500 tons of six-meh gun cruisers, 180,000 tons of destroyers, 32.700 tons of submarines and 60,000 tons of aircraft-carriers.
coming.
a performance. Bodies of the vic- tims are still being extricated from DALLASE, May 7.
the fire smouldering raina, in the devastated part of Pegu and it is feared when it is extinguished the death roll will be swollen.
Au unconfirmed report states that Thongwa Island has disappeared. RANGOON, May 7. The figures of the earthquake" corrected to four hundred killed at and injured in Rangoon,
Hitherto twenty-eight identified and two unidentified bodies have been reported, also that a negro baby W15 snatched from its mother's arms by the wind.
8, 1930.
CHINESE CUSTOMS. CHIANG'S BRIBE TO CANADIAN POLITICS.
REBEL TROOPS.
GIFTS FOR OFFICERS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
ELECTION: NEXT AUTUMN.
SURPRISE IN HOUSE: OF COMMONS.
[TAHOUGH LEUTER'S
'ક
OTTAWA, May 7.
PREVENTIVE“, MEASURES TO
BE STRENGTHENED."
HONG KONG BLAMED FOR LOSS OF REVENUE!
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, May 7, The Kuo Min (semi-official) news agency states that in consequence of the great loss suffered in the Customa revenue owing to increas ed sinuggling between Hong Kong Chiang Kai Shek. The guests and ports in the Kwangtung pro- cluding Mr. Hu Han Min, Mr. T. vince, Mr. F. W. Maze, Inspector v. Soong and Madame Chiang Kai
This announcement surprised the General, has again been instructed
The latter presented gifts House as it was contained in a brief statement in reply to the Conserva- According to a new set of regulative opposition leader, Mr. Bennett,
SHANGHAI, May 7, On the eve of their departure to the Lunghai Railway front the offi cers who are newly organised as In the course of the Budget De- the Firit Training Division were bate in the House of Commons, entertained to a dinner by Marshal Mr. Mackenzie, King announced that a general election in Canada will be held in the autumn.
gaze conditions and to endeavour to proceed to Hong Kong to investi-Shek. to arrange a ratification of the Custo each officer. toms Agreement which Mr. Maze drew up last year while in Hong Kong but which the Hong Kongens, any rebel officer who joins who moved an amendment involving Government refused to ratify on
the Government with his entire la vote of non-confidence in the the surprising ground that China command will be promoted one Government in general on the declined to permit Hong Kong rank, while cash awards will be steamers to trade ander inland granted to soldiers individually, ground of its alleged insincerity waters rules.!!
Handbills announcing these regula regarding budget tariff changes. It is also understood that if it is tions are being distributed by fr. Bennett asserted that Mr. Dun- Government aeroplanes over enemyning's proposals were completely at variance with the Government's cutting a path three hundred yards Pegu hnd over two hundred killed Customs Authorities will be reluct
mutual understanding the Chinese camps.
declared policies. antly compelled to strengthen their preventive measures around Heng Kong and subject vessels to closer inspection..once they leave foreign and enter Chinese waters.
Eight out of a family "of nine Mexicans were killed at a farmi in
BUSH AND FOREST FIRES Kennedy by a tornado which start casualties are now authoritatively found impossible to arrive at a
IN AMERICA.
STILL CAUSING ALARM,
[REUTER'& AMERICAN SmVICK]
ed at Waco and swept Northwards..
wide, through parts of MeLesnan Hill and Navarre counties wrecking farms, also many buildings in the business district of Navarro. New York, May 7. A mechanic was killed at the The bush, and forest fires which aerodrome at San Antonio while a have already rendered hundreds farmer, his wife and three children homeless still continue to cause were killed at a neighbouring farm. alarm. On the Eastern seaboard The top floor of a school house was fires have been aggravated by blown-off but the pupils downstairs spell of dry weather accompanied were not, hurt. Fifty were injured by high winds. Some of the canin various parts and a number hurt
agrations are now been controlled, by flying glass at Dallass but two new fires have started and
Thousands passed with bare heads down Chandnichowk, the principal thoroughfare of Delbi.
No candidates attended the law examination fixed for to-day and matters are so bad in Massachusetts demonstrations occurred through that the trout fishing season has out the Punjab. Congress volun-been declared closed; and every teers collided with the Police at able-bodied maa has been called out Lahore and Jullundhur.
to fight the flames. Conditions are worst in the vicinity of the Taconic Mountains, but a number of fires, re damaging valuable forests in Maine.
LI
Filty Injured in Riots,
DELI, May 6. The situation here was well in hoad by this evening. Fifty of the victims of the rioting have been taken to hospital, the majority of them being seriously injured.
The only serious rioting in the eity occurred at Chandnichowk, the principal thoroughfare. When the Police fired on the mob they -used-buckshot.
..
Forty-nine Arrests.
CALCUTTA, May 8. All public meetings have now been prohibited as Howrah. Forty rine arrests have followed the dia- turbances in Calcutta and a detach- ment of the Eastern Frontier Rifles has now been posted in the town. A hundred reservists are in rendi- ness at the station, where the por ters struck.
Police Superintendent Injured.. District Police Superintendent Ferry, of the Ghat Railway Police and Superintendent of the Seram- pore Station, was injured when dealing with mobs fourteen miles From Howrah. The mobs,prevent- ed several East Indian Railway trins from starting, uncoupled the carriages and stoned them.
SPANISH POLITICS. REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA
BANNED
THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
MADRID, May T The Government has decided to stem. Republican propaganda and has banned all political meetings in Madrid.
The Valencia universities have been closed,
COMMUNISTS IN INDO- CHINA.
TWENTY KILLED AFTER RAID. ING CONCESSION.
[THROUGE BEOTER'S MOENCY.}
PARIS, May 7
It is reported from Hanoi that Communist rebels attacked the Con- cession near Vinh and killed four Police and soldiers are now pro-natives. The Police hotly pursued ceeding by train to the scene.
The employees at the Bally Jute Mills, six miles from Calcutta, failed to return to work after the lunch recess. Very few Indian law.
Courts attended the
in yers Calcutta to-day and the trams have not been running for the last. twenty hours.
the rebels of which 20 were killed, twenty, wounded and many were arrested.
AIR RACE FOR KING'S CUP.
WOMEN COMPETITORS. MPETITORS.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
LATER.
It is now believed that seventy- three persons were killed, hundreds injured and an immense amount of damage done to property.
ANNIVERSARY OF KING'S ACCESSION.
BRITISH THRONE FIRMER. THAN EVER.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, May 8 The newspapers in their leading articles on the twentieth anniver- sary of the accession of King George emphasise that His Majesty has seen more changes· political, social, and scientific, than any of his predecessors, the greatest arent being the late war. While other thrones have tottered and fallen,
the British throne stands firmer than ever before in the confidence of democracy.
The King visited Newmarket races to-day. His Majesty had not been on a racecourse since before his illness in 1998. He looked re- markably well and chatted gaily with members of his patry. Majesty entered the totalisator building and watched with great interest the working of the machine.
The
His
BAD LUCK AT START OF
MAIDEN VOYAGE.........
DUTCH STEAMER IN COLLISION.
{THROUGH PROTEL'S AGENOT.]
AMSTERDAM, May 6. While starting or her maiden voyage to Batavia the liner Johan Van Oldenbarneveldt collided with
another 'steamer near Muiden and was damaged above the water-line.
She returned to dock where the passengers were disembarked. Re- pairs are expected to take only a few days
WEST FULHAM BYE- ELECTION.
LABOUR CANDIDATE
*
BEATEN.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.
LONDON, April 6. The West Fulham bye-election re eulted as follows:-
It is also stated that China's inland waters rules prohibit steam- erstrading under them if they touch foreign ports.
YEN AND TIENTSIN CUSTOMS.
DETERMINED TO ENFORCE NEW ORDER.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPING, May 7. Chu Ao Hriang "in a statement this evening, regarding the Customs at Tientsin, said it was "new money? at stake, namely, an extra amount of income as the result of enforcement of a national tariff Which Mr. T. V. Soong found use- ful to pay his troops and buy ex- plosives, and if he had secured hia own loans thereon it was his own lockout.
Yen Hai Shan is determined to take drastic action, after. a. reason- able delay, in order to prevent these sums going to Naoking and steps have been taken to convey a Sir Cyril Cobb (Conser last warning to the Commissioner
vative)
..... 16,223 of Customs and if the warning, fail Mr. W. Banfield. (Labour). 15,9saed the matter will be settled by
other means. Conservative majority 240
PALESTINE REPORT.
IMPORANT QUESTION OF
·LAND SETTLEMENT,
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruuay, May 6.
BRITAIN AND- EGYPT.
Mr. Snowden said he was, not in NEGOTIATIONS ADJURNED.
a position to make a compréhensive. statement regarding the proposed action of the Government on the (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
Palestine report. But with regard to one section of the report it has Rocay, May 6.
been decided to appoint a special negotiations" with the Egyptian delegation were continu-officer to visit Palestine on an im
portant mission for the purpose of +d this evening at the Foreign Patel Becomes Jocular,
Office. After a lengthy discussion, reporting, in consultation with the BOMBAY, May 7,
which was concerned with the High Commissioner, on important, Soudan, the meeting was adjourn was glad to say that Sir John Hops questions of land settlement. He "The Speaker has resigned per-
ed "until 8 o'clock to-morrow mora- haps to find a pension and a 'peer-
RUGBY, May ing. This early hour has been fix- Simpson, who had very fine quali nge in His Majesty's jail" was a
This year's air race for thed in view of the short time which fications, had agreed to undertakt jocular remark from Speaker Patel
remains for the negotiations before this mission and was leaving for when addressing a crowd on his King's Cup is to be confined to arrival from Calcutta. There were light planes. The course will be Mr. Herderson, Foreign Secretary, Palestine to-morrow. The conversa tions with the Arab delegation on scenes of great enthusiasm when one of 150 miles round Britain and leaves on Thursday for Geneva to he urged the carrying out of non- the contest will be decided on one
attend the League of Nation's various matters raised in the re-
port were proceeding. violence by & programme which is day instead of being spread over Council. to be framed at a meeting of the two days as in the past. The date National Congress Working Com-arranged is July 5, and the start. mittee at Ahmedabad on May.5.
Patel when interviewed said he 'considered the boycott of British "goods generally, and all foreign cloth particularly, was the most, im portant section of the programine, -Position Improves.
BOMBAY, May 7. British troops have been with drawn from the mill area and else. where. This is regarded as indicat ing that the situation has improved. Cotton mills are generally working with full complements."
RE-ACTION OF GANDHI'S ARREST.
INDIAN ORDERS BEING CAN. CELLED IN JAPAN.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
OSAKA, May 7. Japancae are showing increasing CODcern over the news from India
which is being
and finish of the race will be at
IRAK FINANCIAL.
COTTON INDUSTRY. Worth Aerodrome. There is every
SITUATION. prospect of a record entry and a
"QUESTION IN COMMONS. number of women pilots have in-
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICS.] timated their intention of piloting
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] their own machines. As many as 60 planes will probably face the
RUGBY, May ..
RUGay, May 8 starter. Some champion airmen At the request of the British
and Irak Governments, Sir Hilton Asked whether he was able to will be taking part.
Flight-Lieutenant Atcherley, who Young is proceeding at short announce the Government's pro- flew a Supermarine Six to victory notice to Baghdad to advice the posals for dealing with Shower in. last year's Schneider Trophy Irak Government on argent questo industry. Mr. Philip Snowden race, gaining a speed of over 330 tions relating to the Budget and said that the Cotton Committes who were considering the question miles an hour, and Flight-Lieuten currency, and to preside, over a ant Staniforth, who piloted the special conference of Irak Minis were at this moment actually eng high speed Gloster Napier at an ters and British Advisers, which aged in consideration of the draft equally high speed, are flying to will examine the financial situa of their report which the Prime Minister hoped to receive at an gether in the King's Cup race. But tion,
carly date.
as only light 'planes can be used Bir Hilton Young is leaving they will have to be content this London forthwith and expects to time with a speed of about 85 or be absent for six weeks. 90 miles an hour: Using one of the Royal Air Force racing machines, they could get round in about two- hours. As it is, they will take more than eight hours.
AFGHAN TREATY:
RE-AFFIRMED. REDS IN MEXICO CITY.
(BRITISH WIRELESS (BELVICE] POLICE CHIEF'S CAMPAIGN,
RUGBY, May 6 [BRITISH WIRELERS SERVICE) It is officially stated, that on the accession to the Afghan throne of IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
Ney Veng Mag A King Mabaranda. Nadia - Shah, gorman Mastico. Uity both the Afghan Government and CRIE WIEZIESS LERVICE Jú
states that Jacob Friedman, the validity of the British and of the cancellation of orders, 2015
RUGBY, May 8. Charge d'Affaires of the Soviet Afgham treaty concluded at Kabul Indian residents in Kobe who Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor Embassy since the severance of on November 22, 1921. A formal appear to be greatly exercised over of the Exchequer, atated in the Russo-Mexican diplomatic rela agreement reaffirming the treaty the street of Gandhi had their House of Commons that the open- tions, has been arrested for Com- has now been reached and the Bri- offices and shops closed to-day and ing date of the Imperial Economie munistie activities. It is reported tish Minister to Afghanistan, who they are holding a meeting this Conference had been fixed for that he will be immediately de- bad already arrived in India, is
ported. September 13.2
leaving, for Kabul forthwith, evening.
ed by newspapers, and silk concerns in Yokohama are worried because
Chu Ao Hsiang also declared that the location of the Customs house will be on the French Concession and will not be the cause of any difficulty, but he did not think matters would come to pass which would necessitate police action as he had received categorical assur ances that none of the Legations proposed to intervene in the matter as it strictly concerned only Chins.
DUTCH ENTERPRISE DENIED.
NEW AIR LINE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
STONET, May 7. It is reported that the decision Indies air line has been denied by to start an extension of the Dutch the Dutch Consul-General. When interviewed he said the question was still being considered.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
TEN TO 1 CHANCE WINS. [TRROUGH BUTER'S AGENCY.}-
LONDON, May 7, "The result of the Two Thousand Guineas is as follows
Diolite Paradise
Silver Flare
3
Betting: 10 to 1, Diolite: 33 to 1, Parndine; 25 to 1, Silver Flare.
Twenty-eight ran. Two lengths separated 1st and 2nd and one length between 2nd and 3rd.
RESULT OF YEN-FENG CONFERENCE.
NEW GOVERNMENT ́AT PEPING.
Mr. Mackenzie King replied that the Government armed with ine people's mandate should represent Canada at the Imperial Economic Conference.
It is expected the election will be held late in August or early in September,
LAW ENFORCEMENT DELAY IN U.S."
SPECIAL SESSION OF CON- GRESS URGED.
[UNITED PRESS.]
Washington, April 30-Senator Wesley Jones of Washington to-day urged President Hoover to summon a special session of Cun- gress unless the present Congress Ruta tho President's law enforce- ment programme into effect.
He presented his views in a per- sonal call upon the President at the White House..
After visiting Mr. Hoover, Senator THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.-Jones emerged and informed White House press correspondents that in his opinion, Congress should, either: adopt or reject the President's law enforcement programme speedily
two
SHANGHAI, May 7. It is reported that Yen Hsi Shao left Chengchow for Shihkiachwang on Monday evening after a
The situation throughout the days conference with Feng Yu country, in the view of the Wash- Hsiang in which it was decided ington Senator, has become such that Feng Yu Hsiang will made an
that drastic and immediate steps attempt to capture Wuhan and
are necessary. In failing to enact Shantung, while Yen Hai Shanlegislation recommended by the establishes a provisional govern Wickersham Law Enforcement Com- ment at Peping, this to be not later mission and supported by the than Jute 1. It was proposed that President, Congress was giving the the regime will be a sab-committee Administration an undeserved res of seven consisting of Yen Hei putation for inertia in this vital Shan, Feng Yu Hsiang, Wang matter. Ching Wei, Li. Tsung Jen, Hau Chung Chi, with two others which have not yet been selected..
WEST, RIVER PIRACIES,
NEW DEVICE TO WARD OFF
PIRATE MINES.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
SPEECH WHICH WAS OF NO AVAIL.
HOOVER LEGGE FARM": POLICIES ATTACKED,
(UNITED PRESS.]
Washington, May 1.-Following the speech yesterday by Mr. Alex- CANTON, May 7. ander Legge, chairman of the The junks on the Canton-Szeyap Federal Farm Board, in which he Districts run are to be equipped criticized the American Chamber with a special device to render of Commerce for its hostile attitude. pirate mines impotent, according to toward co-operative marketing and the shipping merchants here. This other Farm Board activities on is thought the best way of warding behalf of the farmer, the Chamber of pirate attacks. The device in to-day peased a resolution which question will be different from that was construed as virtually a de used by the gunboats or battleships claration of open war-fare against in that it will be constructed of the Hoover-Legge farm policies. sharp iron blades extending far out from the vessel,
INVESTIGATION OF WALL Piracy has of late been exceed
ST. CRASH
ingly rite in Kwangtung. The pir- ates have devised a method for CAMMISSION OF INQUIRY
victimizing junks with almost cer- tainty.
Heretofore they would SUGGESTED. -
place a mine in some selected spot of the river which they thought (UNITED PRE99.7
would be in the direct"path of the Washington, May 1-The organi not always pass, through the select- passing jank. But the junk, did sation of a new commission to study ed spot, and consequently the the causes of such sudded crashes stationary mine exploded with no as the stock market débicle of a effect. But now the mine is
Baid:
This resolution demanded repeal": of the Farm Board's authority to use federal money to finance" the farm co-operatives.
Mr. Legge told the Chamber that it appeared to favour co-operative marketing only at such times the co-operative plan did not have any possibility of working.
·U.S.": "TOWN" DESTROYED BY TORNADO.
WIDE "AREA.
[UNITED PRESS. ]
Sioux City, L., May A tornado which swept through nor. theestern Nebraska to-day is re- ported to have destroyed farme, damaged a number of towns and levelled communications,
President R 950 was proposed by weighted down by a wire suspended EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OVER President Hoover this evening in a beneath the water to both banks speech at the banquet which closed of the river. The explosive is move- the annual congress of the United able, and may be placed at any States Chamber of Commerce, spot of the tiver by means of a Referring to the business depresetring attached to it. The result sion in the country, the President is that the ship is seldom missed.
General Chen Ming Shu is greatly While the crash took place only worried over these deplorable con- six months ago, I am convinced ditions. In a public-speech deliver that we have now passed the worsted yesterday in Government House period"
in, connection with the commemora He said that while grave con- tion of the anniversary of the in- The Storm struck of approximate. sequences from the depression had auguration of the late Dr. Sun as y 5.20 o'clock this afternoon." been averted, provision should be President of the Republic of China," One of the first reports came in made to furnish a steady flow of he said that, owing to the mam from a railroad telegraph operator capital to home builders as a means reigning in Kwangsi, it would be at the town of Teicamab, who said of resorting general prosperity impossible to formulate plans for that there were three known dead
The President proposed that the extermination of brigandage at at that poin
point, s new commission, should be formed present. The best thing, the Gov. The tornado hit the towns of troprusenting chainner, lindustry Lessment, esq.de mw is to keep
Homer Winnebago, Pender, Jack lower and agrimilture with thal chase, desperadoes, town-molesting son and Bancroft Render i purpose of studying the causes and any more villages, cities, towns, and ported to have been pratically cures of such upheavals, boute. To, so into the mountains wholly destroyed
If such an exhaustive examina and mid their lairs at present all localities touched by the wind, Extensive damage was done at would be impossible. But, the tion meets with general approval, continued Mr. Hoover, I shall speaker pointed out, this job will and many persons are known to when the situation clears, move to be undertaken just as soon as the have suffered injuries Complete organize a body representative of Kwang campaign is brought to a reports will not be available for
many hours. business, Jabour and agriculture
victorious 'olowe.