EUROPEAN FEDERAL
UNION.
TEXT OF M. BRIAND'S MEMORANDUM.
TREMENDOUS FIELD FOR CO.OPERATION,
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
ment who
PARIS. May 17. The text of M. Briand's memoran. dum to the European Govern are members of the League of Nations on "the organ- isation regime of the European is officially pub
Federal Union" lished.
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He asks the Powers to give their opinion before July 15 on a number of points including the necessity of a general pact affirming the prin ciple of a European moral, union solemnly consecrating the fact of solidarity of European States;" the establishment, firstly, of, a repre- sentative responsible organ to he called the European Conference: secondly, an executive organ “or permanent committee; thirdly, a secretariat.
The political committee will pre- pare 孔 programme of European organisation, under which the eccn- omic will be generally subordinated to the political aspect.
EXTRALITY AND CONCESSIONS,
STATEMENT BY DR. C. T. WANG.
(lâh Tas Tat Pro.)
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 19,
RECENT INDIAN RIOTS.
EVIDENCE OF DEEP-LAID PLOT.
STIFF SENTENCES ON LEADERS,
[TEROCON REUTER'S ADENCY.]
NANKING May 19. In an interview with Press re-
SHOLAPUR, May 18, presentatives, Dr. C. T. Wang, the
Remarkable revelations are CX- Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in regard to the Exträlity question,pected in connection with the re- that he hoped to complete this cent rioting at the completion of within this year, and that after the the official inquiry. abolition of the Extrality, netion take back all will be taken to foreign concessions and sett'a ments.
FIRE IN KYOTO.
MUNICIPAL HALL PARTLY DESTROYED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Kyom, May 18.
GIRL FLYER AT SINGAPORE.
"DEAD BEAT” ON ARRIVAL
AT BANGKOK.
PERILOUS VOYAGE FROM RÄNGOON.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BANGKOK, May 16 Miss Amy Johnson, the young English girlflyer, arrived here from Rangoon at 5.40 p.m., in continua tion of her flight from England to
Australia.
LATER.
There are already indications that the disturbances were the re-
Miss Johnson's flight from sult of a deep-laid scheme.
Meanwhile the military are en-Rangoon started to blinding rain forcing the strict observance of and thick clouds. martial law regulations with resort to flogging.
Stin Sentences on Leaders.
SHOLAPUR, May, 17..
Being unable to find the moun- tain pass, she rose to a height of 9.000 feet and anally emerged on the Sinm side of the mountains.
She flew for three hours more, during which the thick clouds made Jaja, the President of the Solaparit impossible for her to pick up Committee, to seven years' rigor land marks. She was most worried
迄 fine of ous imprisonment and
A Court Martial has sentenced
1930.
THE NAVAL TREATY, JAPANESE ADMIRAL'S
FURTHER CRITICISM IN AMERICA.
NAVY'S BEST THOUGHT
BRUSHED ASIDE."
[RECTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]
to
New York, May 17. That the United States repre- sentatives at the London, Confer ence accepted three tess eight inch cruisers than the number which the Naval Board insisted was the mini- mum for the purpose of national defence, was disclosed the Senate's Foreign Relations Com mittes by evidence given by Ad- mirals Bristol and Hilary Jones,
Admiral Bristol complained that the Navy's best thought was brushed aside in London," and de clared that a five to three ratio with Japan was necessary, but this was not being retained under the new treaty.
The House of Representatives,
A. fire broke out in the Municipal 9,000 rupees: Jadhav, Secretary of as, to whether her petrol would last without recording a vote, approv-
Public Hall, which was partly des; troyed.
The building was originally a banquet hall for the coronation of the Emperor Taisho.
A CHINESE TOREADOR,
ARRIVES IN SPAIN FROM S. AMERICA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S Aurvor.)
the Sholapur Congress's "War Council," to ten years' rigorous im- fae of 3.000 prisonment and 2 rupecs and Maneck Chand, Fresi- dent of the Municipality, to six months and a line of 10,000 rupees.
[The sentences are in connection with the riots on, May 7, when a Moslem bead constable was burned to death.]
Garhwal Rifles Incident.
out...
Eventually, she picked up a rail way junction and found the posi- tion on the map.
The rest way
easy.
When she landed, she was dead- beat, but she hopes to leave for Singapore at daybreak.
SINGAPORE, May 17. Miss Johnson has arrived at Singora on the East Coast of the Malay Peninsula. She will proceed here tomorrow." SIMLA, May 17. The Court of Enquiry" has reveal- ed that the misbehaviour in the Garhwal Rifles, reported on. April
M. Briand's memorandum, sug- gests that the field of European co- operation should embrace economie problems generally, public works, transit, finance, labour, immigra. tion, health and intellectual co operation." He emphasises that
BARCELONA, May 18 the European Federation would not
Vincent Tong, the first Chinese be directed against any extra- European State nor the absolute toreador seen in Europe, has ar, was confined to two platoons sovereignty of the political indepen-rived here from South America.
dence of its own members.
FRENCH EVACUATE
RHINELAND. ·
GERMANY'S COMMITMENTS/
FULFILLED:
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
ORGANISING DUTCH RUBBER INDUSTRY.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
IN BATAVIA..
[THROCGE REUTER'S AGENCY.}
BATAVIA, May 17.
PARIS, May 17. A conference with Mr. Marinus,
M. Tardieu ordered the evacua-representing the Dutch producers, tion of the third Rhineland Zone and residents of the more import- after a meeting this afternoon of ant rubber regions in Palembang, the Reparations Commission. which Djambi and Borneo resulted in a recognised that ali conditions decision to investigate the rubber- necessary to the carrying out of growing districts and to explore the Young Plan have been fulfilled, the possibility of inducing native including "Germany's delivery of a growers to join Mr. Marinus' or debit certificate to the Bank for ganisation scheme. International Settlements.
PIONEER OF ROCKET- DRIVEN 'PLANE.
KILLED WHILE EXPERIMENT. ING ON NEW TYPE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BERLIN, May 18.
Herr Valier, the pioneer of the rocket-driven aëropline, was killed while experimenting on a new type of such a machine, which exploded. Herr Valier bled to death as the result of a cut artery before the doctors arrived.
ITALY'S NAVAL
PROGRAMME.
TYPICAL ASSERTION BY IL DUCE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
FLORENCE, May 18.
In the course of an address to a Fascist gathering, Signor Mussolini declared that there was nothing more insulting for the pride of the Italian people than. the insinuation that our navel programme would not be carried out," and" he em phasised that it would be fulfilled exactly as laid down.
Twenty-nine new ships will be launched because I am convinced that the Italian people, provided it does not stay a prisoner in the sea. that once was Rome's, will be capable of exceptional sacrifices."
HUGE OIL BLAZE IN RUMANIA,
BUKHAREST, May 18. A great petroleum fire, visible 60 miles away, has broken out in the .Scortani district near Ploeshti. At least eight tanks are alre. One engineer was incinerated and three jaturedy
The damage is already enormous.
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL
SETTLEMENTS.
OFFICIALLY OPENED.
(THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.]
BABLE, May 17. The Bank for International Settlements Was to-day officially opened. There was no ceremony.
TILBURY'S NEW LANDING, STAGE.
OPENED BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.;
LONDON, May 10.
The Port of London's new per- manent landing stage at Tilbury was officially opened by the Prime Minister, to-day d
The landing stage is 1,142 feet long and 80 feet wide, floating on 63 huge steel pontoods, and it car ries a doubled-deck building 500 feet long-
Five bridges connect the shore with the stage, which projects 370 fect from the river bank and rises, and falls with the tide, this move- ment averaging 21 feet.
The scheme cost £700,000 and will make possible the discontinuauce of the practice of carrying passen gera by tender between the shore and vessels lying in the river. Liners will now be able to lie along- side at any time.
RUSSIA ORDERS CUBAN SUGAR.
[DEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
NEW YORK, May 18 Reports are circulating to the effect that Russia is in the market för 200,000 tons of Cuban sugar,
who will be dealt. with by the "nor- mal procedure of military law.
The remainder of the Battalion always behaved exemplarily and have received orders ta resume their normal duties.
" Bomb Outrage in Calcutta.
CALCUTTA, May 18.
A bomb was thrown this morning into the house of the officer in charge of the Police Station at Howrah, when the family were
asleep.
A window was smashed, but" no- body was hurt...
CALCUTTA, May 17. Five Congress workers have been arrested, and a search of their houses resulted in the seizure of
5,000 Jute Workers Strike.
Arrival in Singapore.
"SINGAPORE, May 18. Miss Amy Johnson has arrived here.
|CHIANG TAKES THE
OFFENSIVE.
TO ATTEMPT CAPTURE OF
CHENGCHOW.
[THKOCOR REDTER'S AGENCT.]
on
NANKING, May 18. It is officially reported that Chiang Kai Shek ordered a general offensive the Peping-Hankow Railway on May 16. He exhorted the Government troops to do their utmost to capture Cheagehow be fore May 20.
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ed the Navy Appropriation Bill for over 8882,000,000, which is now before the Senate.
GEN. DAWES TO CONFER WITH PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, May 16. General Dawes, U.S. Ambassador to Britain, is proceeding to America from London in order to confer with President Hoover on the Lon- don Naval Treaty."
HUPEH
ATROCITIES:
DREADFUL REPORTS OF
TORTURE.
HOME-COMING.
STRANGE INCIDENT "AT SHAONOSEKI.
DISSATISFACTION AT NAVAL
TREATY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CONSULAR TRUNK SCANDAL.
DECISION IN KAO YING APPEAL.
SENTENCE ON OFFICIAL PREVIOUSLY ACQUITTED,
(THROUGH STUTER'S AGENOT.)
NANKING, May 18. SKIMONOSEX, May 19. The sensational ense, in which Admiral Takarabe arrived here Mr. and Mrs. Kao Ying, who were to China from the from Chosen on his way to Tokyo extradited
At Shimonoseki United States for trial on charges this morning. station a Japanese handed Admiral of smuggling opium into San Fran- Takarabe a short sword wrapped cisco, has been recalled by the the Soochow High in newspaper. He was arrested. decision of He evidently nennt no harm, but Court to which the ex-Vice-Consul merely intended to show his dis and his wife appealed from the satisfaction at the result of the judgment of the Nanking District
Court. London Conference.
The letter
the Soochow High Yesterday Nanking District Court, which bad Court revised the decision of the
sentenced Kao Ying to seven years' imprisonment and a 6ne of 6,600, Mexican dollars. Instead he sen tenced him to five years' imprison- ment and a fine of $5,000 on the charge of opium smuggling, and in "addition to three years im prisonment and a fine of $3,000 for... complicity in smuggling Chinese into the United States. The Court
Accompanying the sword points out the oppressive attitudes of Britain and America and the weak attitude of Japan, However, the jacident is regarded merely as a childish demonstration
Despite it being a Sunday, a thousand businessmen of Osaka will assemble at the railway station to give a hearty welcome to Ad- miral Takarabe, signifying their decided, however, that the total imprisonment for the two offences appreciation of the London naval should be six years, with a fine of agreement."
80,000,
CULT OF HUNTING
IN CANTON.
SPIRIT OF THE CHASE FINDS VOTARIES.
TIGER ESCAPES, BUT WILD
BOAR ARE BAGGED,
Hunting has become a popular. Canton pastime of
sportsmen Among well-known hunters may be mentioned General Chen Ming Shu, the Kwangtung Governor, General Gaston Wong, who go to Yingtak a-hunting when free from their official duties.
and
The Court confirmed the four years' imprisonment passed on Mrs. Kao Ying, but reduced the fine from 85,000 to 84,000.
Sun Yuan (Sreй Foon), ex-Chan- cellor of the Chinese Consulate at San Francisco, who was acquitted by the Nanking District Court on a charge of complicity in the opium smuggling into San Francisco, was found guilty by the Soochow High Court and sentenced to ive years' imprisonment and fined $5,000.
The three defendants declared that that they would appeal to the Supreme Court at Nanking.
In Personal Baggage.. The case arose through the alleged attempt of Mrs. Kao to smuggle & large quantity of the drugs into the United States in her personal bag. gage under the presumption that, as her husband was engaged in the Chinese Consular services, she was exempt from search..
The news that comes in from the country districts of Hupeh gets more dreadful as the days pass. For instance, writes the Hankow correspondent of the N.-C. Daily
Counsel in the case were Messrs. Newa, refugees from Mienyang
Wang Yu Lin and S. Francis Liv, A hunting party was recently for Mr. and Mrs. Kao Ying, and County bring word that the whole
organized by members of the Ching Messrs Li Ching Chien and Hu district is now overrun by Com Mc Athletic Ciph. On Sunday last, Cheng, for Mr. Suea Foon. The munists and that at a place named the party proceeded to Lung An Government was represented by. Churhiaho a large number have Tung, on the eastern outskirts, in Mr. Chu Chun, the Kiangsu Pro
search of big game. Guided by a vincial Chief Procurator. On the Some of these were native tracker, they arrived at the Bench were Judges Chao Yu Tang been killed. buried alive and some were literally foot of the Tung Ki Mountain, (presiding), Hu Hsi Yu and Chen cut in half. One outcome of this where they roused a tiger from the Dah Foo
state of affairs
is that several
bushes. The beast was fired at, but the shots missed and the animal escaped. The day's bag in cluded two big wild boar which the party shot at Shekpai..
BOMBSHELL FOR "WETS."
Chiang Kai Shek has also ordered hundred refugees from these places the have arrived outside the north gate documents connected with the bomb the Government forces on
Lunghai Railway to cease their of Hanyang and have squatted outrage on May 16.
advance on Hodan, and has instruct there. Some live in small boats in ed them to subjugate the rebels in the creek; some have mat huta; North Anhui and West Shantung many have no shelter. A Chinese first,,
observer counted twenty uncoffined. and unburied corpses there last Saturday.
from Urgent messages Sinti have been brought by a de MR. SHANGHAI EXPORT FIGURES. putation sent to plead with the military authorities for garrisons in the country districts,
Five thousand operatives in jute-mili at Howrah have gone on atrike as the result of grievances against the head clerk,
Peshawar Quiet.
THE GOLD EMBARGO,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, May 17. With reference to the gold em bargo, attention is drawn to the fact that the export of gold bars from Shanghai for the first four
PESHAWAN, May. 16. The city in new normal. As the result of a British aerial demonstration, twenty Wazir chiefs who were concerned in the recent attack on a scout post at Maddukbel have offered themselves as hostages. The border villages are quiet. The Haji of Turangzei is said to be contemplating a retreat. !! Injured Moslem-Dies.
MYMENSINGH, May 17.
was injured ica fifteen and a half million, and The Moslem who during the recent riots bere has to Japan a quarter of a million died.
worth in Haikuap taels.
BUILDING BOOM IN SHANGHAI:
BIG CONTRACTS PLACED.
HOTEL AND FLATS,
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Hay 18 During the week building con- tracts totalling over 5,000,000 taels. were placed in Shanghai, the greater part by E. D. Sassoon, and apartment flats.
The structures include a hotel
SOVIET DECORATION.
ORDER OF "RED STAR,"
Military Uniforms,
Nearly every day there are re- ports of robberies by men still in. military uniform within ten miles of Hankow and Hanyang. So bad is the situation that the Chinese do not go out after dark from their
J
In summing up the case for the Government, Mr. Chu denounced the actions of the three accused, persons and said that smuggling had been going on for quite a long time. In this case, the smuggling had been exceptionally well plan- ned and there was no reason to doubt that the three accused had worked in co-operation in the illicit business, Suen Foot had person- aly called on the officials of the San Francisco Customs after, the
MORROW ENTERS THE seizure of Mrs. Kao's baggage and
LISTS.
.
NEWSPAPER SUPPORT.
REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
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demanded their release. This was concrete evidence, said the Chief Procurator, that Buen was involv- ed in the affair and that he had assisted in the smuggling of the opium. This was the reason why he had appealed against the ac quittal of this man by the Nan- NEW YORK, May king District Court. As to the Kao Yings, he had nothing further Mr. Dwight Morrow, opening to say but to ask the Court to up- his campaign for a seat in the
hold the sentences imposed by the Senate, startled the political world Nanking Court, or even to inpoes months of the year were: to Amer-villages. Or Saturday a young by his advocacy of the repeat of heavier sentences in order to pre- married woman was on her way, the eighteenth (Prohibition) Amend vent such crimes from being com- accompanied by her younger bro-ment. He declared that the Feder-mitted in future. ther, to visit a married sister at the al Government had been turned The three accused were question- Dove Corner Three Wells. She was into a local reform. He advocated ed at considerable length by the accosted by a group of men in that freedom should be restored to Judges and they strongly protested uniform and not only robbed of her individual States, who should do their innocence. money and outer clothing but also termine their own form of liquor treated with the vilest indignity. control with Federal protection of The brother ran for his life and re- "dry" States against invasion from ported the matter to a small mili- "wet" States. tary station. The soldiers west to the rescue and shot two of the rob- bers dead na they ran. The others got away.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
****IN AMERICA.”
HEAVY DECREASE IN RAIL. EARNINGS.
[UNITED: PRESS.
New York, May 11-A survey of business conditions over the past week to-day showed little decrease and some good gains in the retail trade, coupled with a balanced, de, eline in steel production.
Mortgaged money WLS through the week.
easy
Non-ferrous metals eased. - Gasoline demand increased ac cording to the usual acasonal graph as: motor cars came into greater use with spring weather inviting to the out-of-doors.
Moscow, May 17.
nounced, railroad earnings decreas General Vasili Bluecher, Comed upwards of G.883,000,000 from manding the "Special Far Eastern the previous corresponding quar Army," is the first recipient of the
Storma damaged the cotton crop new order of the "Red Star," for
agricultural "distinguished direction of opere-Prices of various tions."
crops eased off during the week.
זי
The Biter Bit.
The Herald Tribune déclares that his speech effectively crystal..
and lises American sentiment marks an epoch in the progress of thought an Prohibition,
The New York Times states that
come
to
چند بعدي بيد عبد المجيدة
about
BANDITS THREAT TO
TSAITIEN....
TWO BANDS TO JOIN FORCES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
HANKOW, May 16
A case of the biter bit occurred his direct and forceful utterance in the same neighbourhood on Maymay
rank historically A man named Wang who was with what Lincoln esid fairly wealthy in the more peaceful slavery. days that are gone was driven to. desperation by the needs of his mother, wife and children. With out telling them of his plan he armed himself with a stout, pole and hid by the roadside. A coolic came along with a load of produce and Wang attacked him with his pole, but the coolie's head proved to be made of stout stuff and in a trice be had disarmed Wang and, struck him a blow which left him lifeless. The coolic reported mat Following the capture of Bima ters to the police, who left the body kow and Hanchwang, bandits arc by the roadside to see what would now threatening Tanitien. nappen wirus evening with the handita came along the road looking for who recently captured Pingkiang in her husband and found his body. Hunan are co-operating with the The story was this pieced together hand and are planning a junction of and the police naturally took no further action. But the wife fear ing disgrace. committed suicidens serious and are securing rela.
forcements.: when the police left her.
forces for an attack Wuhan
Headquarters regard the situation
a
WOMEN BRIGANDS' DARING COUP.
LIONS BEARDED IN OWN DEN,
CHIEF OF MILITIA BUREAU SHOT DEAD BY AMAZON.
A daring coup. by a band of" -women-robbers reported from
Munching, on Hainan Island
Under the pretext of paying the regular people's militia fee, four women gained admission into the Bureau of the Militia at Chinshib, where they whipped out their re volvers and shot the Chief of the Bureau dead. The staff of the Bureau were ordered to remain silent. By that time the antla accomplices outside the Bureau had shot the guards at the gate and entered the Bureau. The marau ders then ransacked the premises and decamped, carrying away with them several rifles and a goodly sums of money.
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