HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930.
BRITISH TROOPS AMERICANS SAFETY SHANGHAI MERCURY DUCHESS OF YORK, AUSTRALIA-BRITAIN
FOR HANKOW.
GREEN HOWARDS READY FOR EMERGENCY.
ITALOUDE REUTER'S" AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, August 8. One hundred and ten of the Green Howards are leaving for Hankow to-morrow, and 30 more on, Friday,
They will remain on board H.M.S. Cumberland. in.. readiness for any
emergency.
CITY OF CHANGSHA
RECAPTURED.
PETITION TO REMOVE GENERAL HO CHIEN,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAL, August 6. Foreign sources confirm the re- capture of Changsha city from the Communists by the Nationalist troops, Firing still continues on the outskirts.
NANKING, Angust 6. With the recapture of Changsha the question with regard to the proposed reorganisation of the Hunan Provincial Government is now being discussed.
Grent disaffection is felt at General Ho Chien's mishandling of the military affairs of the province and ratives of Hunan residing in the capital, including Tan. Yen Kai, the acting Chairman of the Nation- alist Government, have petitioned the Central, Government to remove and punish him.
REDS RETREAT" FROM NANCHANG.
(Vat Tu Tat Páo.)
SHANGHAI, August 6. The populace of Nanchang, the provincial capital of Kiangsi, which was recently menaced by the Chn- Mo Reds, are now breathing freely agnia, as the Reds are retreating towards Writing and Fenchiashan with the troops in pursuit.
A number of aeroplanes bave been dispatched from Nanking to co-operate with the troops.
MRS. HEARNE'S EXPERIENCES.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
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PRIPING, August 6. With reference to Mrs. Hearne, who was attacked by a Chinese soldier with his bayonet, it is under- stood that this was the fourth attack upon her in China, while she has been evacuated from the in- terior 11 times.
.BANDITS TORTURE ENGLISH LADY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
IN CHINA.
ANGUO-AMERICAN CONCERTED ACTION.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
WASHINGTON, Augus: & The British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, called at the State Department and conferred with| Mr. William Castle, Assistant Secretary of State.
The "conversation," apparently, was important, as Mr. Castle im- mediately afterwards hastened to the White House, where he was received by President Hoover.
It is credibly reported that the subject of the discussion was what steps the United States will take to protect American nationals and their property in China,
SHANGHAI POSTAL
DISPUTE.
LOW SILVER ALLOWANCE CONCEDED.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, August 6. The Post Office trouble has been settled provisionally, all the em- ployees being granted $2 a month "low silver allowance."
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Consideration of some of the other deniands has been promised.
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DISAPPEARS.
ABSORBED BY "EVENING POST."
[THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, August
It is announced that the Shang. hai Evening Post is "absorbing the Shanghai Mercury-
There will now be only one even ing newspaper in Shanghai.
**Evening Post and Mercury." (From Our Own Correspondent.)
SHANGHAI, August 6. Beginning next week, the Shang- hai Evening Post will be entitled The Evening Pust and Mercury following the merger whereby the British paper, which was establish- ed. 30 years ago, vanishes as separate entity owing to the present trade conditions.
雎
The Evening Post announces that its policy will be a friendly attitude) towards the Chineso, with steadfast insistence on clean fairplay.
ACCOUCHEMENT MOMENT- ARILY EXPECTED,
(THROUGH REITER'S AGENCY.]
FLIER.
SEARCH IN INTERIOR OF TIMOR ISLAND.
[TERDUGH REUTER'S 'ACANCY.].
SYDNEY, August. 6. There" has been no news of Cua-
ningham, who hopped off from Windham for Bima, on the first stage of his fight to England.
CHINA'S NEW GOVERNMENT.
WANG MOST SUITABLE NATIONAL LEADER.
'(THROUGH KKUTER'S AGENCY.)
PEIPING, August 8. Wang Ching Wei returned to Peiping this morning.
It is understood that he and Yen Hai Shan decided that the Govern-
LONDON, August 6. National interest is centred on Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, the residence of the Duchess of York's parents, where Her Highness is expecting her accouchement at an It is believed that Cunningham ment should consist of two Com- early moment.
must have landed at a remote spot,mittees and a supervisory Yuan of The famous obstetricians. Six and as he does not possess any 10 Ministries. Henry Simson and Dr. Frank Rey-wireless equipment, the authorities | The Chinese correspondents who nolds, are
residing at Glamis have ordered a search of the in
terior of Timor island. Castle.
The importance of the event lies.
in the fact that the baby if a boy will stand next in succession after the Prince of Wales and after his. father to the throne. Therefore, in accordance with custom, the Home Secretary, Mr. J. R. Clynes, travelled to Scotland in order to be in close touch with the domestic
event.
Mr. Clynes is staying at Airlie Castle, the residence of the Dow- ager Countess of Airlie, Lady-in-
EFFECTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
PIECE-GOODS BUSINESS
DECLINING.
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[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, August 5. The Government of India's a
INDIAN FRONTIER
UNREST
AFRIDIS' ATTACK IN PESHAWAR DISTRICT.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
StarLA, August 6. The position among the frontier tribes is again disturbing.
Small parties of the Afridis have started along the unfrequented. routes for the purpose of attack- ing the Peshawar district.
Hostile Mullahs and young bloods held a council and decided to raise accompanied the party interviewed a force sad march in small bodies Yea Hai Shan at Shibehinchuang, down the Bara valley to the He urged financial reform, the Khagari plain, using their utmost Abolition of squeeze, and sell endeavour to salist the support of government. He declared that the the Orakzai tribesmen. Government should be composed of civilians and not militarists. He said that Wang Ching Wei was the most suitable leader of the party and the nation.
Fah Taz Fat Pao.) Wang and Yen Interview Feng. PEITING, August 8. Wang Ching Wei and Yen Hai Shan entrained for Changtel from
All the villages on the way of the Afridis' advance have been warned..
CASUALTIES AT SUKKUR,
(THROUGH ZLOTER'S AGENCY.]
KARACHI, August 6. Twelve were killed and 130 in-
One of the most sensational FarWaiting to Her Majesty Queen preciation of the situation up to Shihchiachusng to interview Feng jured. in the communal rioting
Arrangements will be made to convey the news from Glamis Castle to Their Majesties, who are on board the Royal yacht at Cowes, and messages will be transmitted to Buckingham Palace and thence by private wire to the yacht.
PRIME MINISTER RETURNS
East newspaper announcements in Mary, eight miles from Glamis recent years was made by the Castle. Shanghai Evening Post recently when it published the engagement of Theodore O. ("Ted ") Thackery as editor and of H. G. W. Woodhead as editorial associate, My. Thackery is one of the most brilliant of the American Scripps-Howard news papers' personnel, and though still under the age of 30 he has served as Editor of the Cleveland Press, Buffalo Times and News Fork. Tele- gram. Mr. Woodhead, Editor of Lord Birkenhead, formerly Lord the Peking and Tientsin Times High Chancellor and Secretary since 1914, is said to have been quot- of State for India, is lying serioased in diplomatic dispatches more ly ill with bronchial pneumonia. frequently than any other editor
LONDON, August 6.
or correspondent in China. He is Lord Birkenhead's condition has to wind up his affairs in Tientsin and go to Shanghai, where he will slightly improved.
continue to edit the China Year Book."
LORD BIRKENHEAD ILL.
"{TEROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, August 5.
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COMMUNIST PLOT IN
HAVANA
CHINESE AND 'SPANIARDS
DEPORTED."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HAVANA,” August 5. Seventy people have been arrest
SHANGHAI TELEPHONE
SALE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TO LONDON.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"
LONDON, August 3 The Prime Minister returned to London this afternoon from Oberamergau, where he witnessed the Passion Play during the week end.
He will leave for Lossiemouth, Scotland, to-morrow, travelling by. air if the weather permits.
U.S. DIRECTOR OF PROHIBITION.
REORGANISING PREVENTIVE
SERVICE.
[RETTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
New York, August 3
SHANGHAI, August 6. The Director-General, of the Shanghai Municipal Council, Mr. S. Fessenden, the French Consul General, M. Koechlin, and Mr. Gill, vice-President of the International Mr. Amos Woodcock embarked Telegraph and Telephone Coron his new duties as director of ed here in connection with a Corporation, yesterday signed the new prohibition with an earnest direct appeal to the people which was 40-year telephone franchise. munist plot to overthrow the Gov-
Afterwards Mr. Gill and two broadcast throughout the country, ernment.
directors of the Telephone Company He asked citizens of the United signed a sale contract, under which Sates to give their help and sym- the Mutual Telephone Co. is bought pathy and to contribute to the ideal out on a basis of Tls. 75 per share. of.a law abiding nation.
organising the preventive service and is enrolling a better class of men with a view to building up the best trained body of detectives in the world.".
Several
foreigners, including
Chinese and Spaniards, are being deported.
FRENCH TEXTILE STRIKE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LILLE, August 6 There have been further ugly It" is now reported that Miss demonstrations on the part of the Nettleton's finger was sent to a Chinese Christian pastor accom panied by demands and threats, but it was not sent to the authorities.
PEIPING, August 0.
MANCHURIA TO REMAIN NEUTRAL. FEARS OF SOVIET INVASION.
strikers who have blocked roads with obstacles, and stoned buses conveying non-strikers from Bel gium. T
The number of atrikers in Roubaix and Tourcoing has now increased to over 20,000.
FRENCH METAL WORKERS RESUME.
Mr. Tang Er Huo, Chang Hsueh Liang's delegate to Peiping, told [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Chinese Prees representatives ab
PARIS, August 5. Peiping that there are three rea- sons why Chang Hsueh Liang The strike of metal workers now remains neutral. The participation shows signs of ending. of Manchuria in the Chiang-Yen A number of employees at Lille war would lend (1) to a demand returned to work yesterday, while by Japan to settle the outstanding the strike among workers in the question of Inner Mongolia, (2) metal industry at Boint Quentin invasion by Soviet troops, and (3) has ended.
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DROUGHT IN UNITED STATES.
MILK SUPPLY THREATENED.
[REDTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
NEW YORK, August 5. Nature seems to be solving the problem of the grain surplus." This remark, made by a member of the Farm Board, indicates the nly bright spot on the record of the drought, which is almost general throughout the country.
Grain brokers estimate the loss on the corn crop in July at four hundred million bushels A rough estimate of the total losses due to the drought is 8500,000,000.
The country's milk supply is also threatened. Children in the middle west corn belt are subsisting on the moet meagre diet. Cons are not giving milk owing to the lack of pasturage.
Mr. Woodcock, however, is re
GARBAGE BARGES AS RUM-RUNNERS.
CRAFT FOUND WITH 1,000 CASES ABOARD,
[UNITED PRESS.]
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last Saturday states, that subject to the comments given below there has been no change during the week and that the improvement manifested during the past few weeks is maintained.
In Waziristan, the settlement with various Mahsud sections is proceeding very satisfactorily.
On the northern border of Pesha-
war district the situation has re- mained aomewhat, obscure through- out the week, but there has beca no overt act of hostility.
There is no change in the situa tion in Bannu City in the North- Wess Frontier Province. The pro- cess of disarming the disaffected portions of the rural area has con- tinued throughout the week.
Yu Hsiang yesterday.
Wang Ching Wei is expected to return to Peiping on Thursday
evening.
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"AMERICAN" "CENSUS."
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, August 6 The population of the United States is approximately 122.728,000 on the basis of the preliminary census figures.
Sukkur on the 3rd inst
There were 200 arrests..
The police with military reinforces - ments are patrolling the town.
NEW FLOTILLA LEADER..
HMS. KEITH LAUNCHED AT
BARROW.
There was launched by Vickers Armstrong, Limited, at Barrow, "" last month, H.M.S. Keith, a flotilla "leader to work with torpedo-boat
destroyers. This Was the fifth..... launch from Barrow within
CANADIAN ELECTION AND month. The Keith has a length of
TARIFF.
CONSERVATIVE RECOGNITION OF 'U.S. POLICY.
(UNITED PREES.]
393 feet. She will be fitted with Parson's geared turbines and Yar- row water-tube boilers, the engines being designed to develop, 34,000 horse power. Her armaments will consist of four 4.7 guns, two two- pounder high-angle pom-pom guns, four Lewis guns, one Vickers ma- chine-gun, and eight 21in. torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruple mountings.
During the week it has been necessary to apply the Prevention of Intimidation Ordinance to the Central Provinces where picketing has become more intensive and the methods more forcible. The Un- Ottawa, July 30-The proposed lawful Instigation Ordinance, which Canadian high tariff sponsored by makes penal instigation to non-the Conservative Party, just return Payment of land revenue and cer- ed to power after weight and a half
Speaking after the launch, Mr. tain other dues, has been applied years in the wildnerness, will be a to the United Provinces where Con-recognition of the value of the W. St. D. Jenkins, Director of Navy Contracts, said that as in the gress propaganda has been carried United States high-tariff policy and days of the Israelites they could not on in some villages.
not an expression of resentment, banish war by getting rid of the Mr. Bennett, Conservative leader, weapons of war. Barrow had been adversely affected by limitations in told the United Press "to-day.
He declared that his party's armaments, but ander Commander policy will include the following as Craven they had mitigated that its three most important points: effect by energy in getting substitute
First, revision of the general work. tariff, insuring home production of
Breach of Forest Law.
The breach of the forest laws
appears to be extending in the Central Provinces and
in the Bombay Presidency, and in some places it has been accompanied by wiltul damage to standing trees.
Picketing of schools, and colleges continues in some towns and in Calcutta has necessitated the suc cessive postponement of certain law examinations. Generally, how- ever, this part of the Congress programme does not appear to be achieving any considerable success. The position in Gujerat continues to improve."
The economic effects of the civil disobedience movement are not cont aned to Bombay, although they are verhaps most pronounced in that
a large part of the G.88,000,000 SIR C. MCLEOD ON CANCER worth of goods now purchased in the United States.
RESEARCH.
Second, the promotion of trade within the Empire through recipro- DR. SHAW-MACKENZIE'S cal tariff preferences.
Third, & cancellation of the coun- tervailing duties.
DISCOVERY.
Sir Charles McLeod, presiding at The first point bas been long the annual general meeting of the forecast as due as soon as the Con Ross Institute and Hospital for servatives had an opportunity to Tropical Diseases, held at Putney temper with the Liberal Party's recently, said that Sir Aldo Castel policies. The Conservatives have lani, who was at the bead of the painted to the fact that 1,000,000 Tropical Department, had continued" workers have left Canada within with great success the investigation the past 10 years and have urged of fungi and fungal diseason, that efforts be made to secure more subject which, practically unkown. regular and continuous factory em
a few years ago, was now coming plovment:
paid to them.
shown by him to cause a number
With reference to the matter of to the front in the scientific world. Empire preferences, fears had been There were organisma of higher expressed that, because of Causer development than bacteria, and vative attacks on the preference until Castellani started his re- features of the Dunning Budget, searches very little attention was the Conservatives would oppose
They had been preference because of possible harm to Canada's infant industries.
The Conservatives have always been imperialistic, however, and Mr. Bennett's attitude indicates a continuation of the preference idea. It is expected that work will be mushed on the building of the St. Lawrence waterway, favoured by both parties..
of diseases of, the internal organs and of the skin. They might pro- duce mortal diseases, for instance," diseases of the lungs which closely resembled tuberculosis, but if the correct diagnosis was made in time 4 specific treatment might be, ad- ministered and the patient saved from certain death,
Economic Position in Bombay. New York, July 30-A spectacu Farmers in the grain States have lar "rum battle" occurred on the More village officers have with- begun to feed wheat to their pigs New York waterfront to-day na re- drawn their resignations and in and cut it for hay as the grass issult of a humble municipal garbage several districts the collection of
barge's trip to sea
Land revenue is proceeding better Although the practice has been than was expected. The economic scorched up.
scorchingly criticized by ocean bath position in Bombay City is deterior ers and others, it is New York's ating. On August 1 six mills closed practice to send garbage out to down involving 13,000 operatives, deep water in barges and dump it and it is anticipated that other at points where it is presumably mills will close in the early future far enough at sea to do no harm to owing to their inability to finance
further production, shore dwellers...
One of the barges made its usual non-routine trip today with diversion. After dumping the gar- this barge visited Rum Row, where ships laden with illicit city. liquor ernise about waiting for smaller boats to take off their
In Amritsar, which is an import- cargoes and smuggle it ashore.
THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] The barge took aboard 1,000 ant centre of the piece goods trade, the ban on foreign goods has result cases of liquor, h
Stormy Scenes in Calcutta. According to astute observers, it
SHANGHAI-SAN FRANCISCO is unlikely that Manchuria will be
But in some manner, Federal ed in the locking up of a very large DIRECT TO BE OPENED. authorities on abore had been fore- amount of capital with the inevit-
CALCUTTA, August: 6. involved in the fighting at least
warned of the plan and they surable consequences that trade and
There were uproarious scenes at for the time being in view of the
[UNITED PRESE.]
rounded the pier just as the barge finance are seriously affected and a meeting of the Calcutta Corpora fact that the senior and conserva
the tied up. In an instant, a free fight movement of Indian-made tion to elect a Mayor and Alder- tive politicians and military, com-
Washington, July 30--Notifica had flared up with clubs and fist's goods is impeded. It is reported man, owing to the failure of the Tenders are still insisting on. re
COAL COMBINE.
tion was received from Shanghai being freely utilized.
that the sales of piece-goods drop Mayor (Mr. Ben Gupta), who is at maining neutral, and that the Maz churian troops require recuperation.
to-day, it was announced by off-At the conclusion of the fracas. ped in the month of June from an present in prison, to take the oath [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENUT.]
ciala of the U.S. Department of 100 Federal operatives had captured average of twenty five to two lakhs. within the statutory period. after the campaign against the
Commerce, that direct Shanghai the liquor lang is prisoner well The Madras Government reports Thin thedidates for oting at yes, Russian troops on the Manchurian
LONDON, August 5.
San Francisco radio telegraph ser- as two trucks which were apparent that in several places large, num terday's meeting were Mr., Sen Siberian border during the O.E.R.
A working Arrangement ice will begin this autumn waiting to convey the liquor out of cumployment ring this also in prison cancer. He was continuing his re-
bern of weavers have been thrown Gunta and Mr. Subhas Chandra At present meregs must Another percevement between a number of prominent
steel, iron and coal concerns is relayed through Manila through the
fact that the civil disobedience leader of the cival group
a further drop in the value of the A number of workers in other in depreciated "Fengpiao Joan dustries, striking in sympathy with bonds, issued by the Mukden the metal workers, also resumed Government.
work.
The employers announce that all factories are being re-opened to-day,
LANCASHIRE STEEL AND
TRANS-PACIFIC WIRELESS
SERVICE.
be away from the pier.
Because
of the
Depression
In Amritsar.
Discussing the prevention of malaria, Sir Charles said that sufficient was now known of this disease to enable practical work to be done on an economic basis and when properly, applied, bring relief to areas suffering from this disease. Following Sir Malcolm Watson's visit to India last year, a branch of the Ross Institute was being carry out opened in Assim to scientific and practical work on the prevention of malaria in Assam and parts of Bengal
Dr.JA. Shaw Mackenzie bad devoted the best part of his pro fessional life to the problem of
searches on the diagnosis
treek
of cancer which confirmed bis
Liek Chun, a former militieise dicated by the fact that General Leffected through the formation of station of the Radio Corporation of barge is municipal property and the The operation of economic forces of the Congress Farty, and Mr. Ben Jhenedaug
mander and prominent politician
and many other retifed civil and Lancashire Steel Corporation, Ltd, up, work on which is nearing com- who were working on the New increasing opposition to the con military officials have recently ap- and the Wigan Coal Corporation, mletion, the Chinese Government York City pay-roll at the time of tinuance of the movement, Suh Radio Administration in Shanghai their offence, the affair is expected ect to the above remarks the posi pealed to the warring factions for Ltd.
The former has a capital of will signal directly to the San Fran- to cause a thorough going investigation in the various Provinces is as peace. They are endeavouring: to
and the latter of disco plant of the Radio Corporation of New York admittedly stated in last week's appreciation. secure the support, of Chang, such 5,750,000
(Continued at foot of next column. (£1,750,000
municipal structure, Liang to this end."
tion of America.
wet!!
entered the Chamber where they carried out a noisy demonstration
A shoe was thrown at the Deputy Mavor who is a member of the Bose group, and the meeting had Anally to be adjourned,
work There could be Do doubt that his discovery of changes of the blood in cancer and the ap plication of treatment advocated so long by him might be regarded as one of the most important advances
in cancer research.