LIFE AND DEATH' STRUGGLE.
DECISION OF MILITARY
CONFERENCE.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930.
SHANGHAI MOTOR-BOMB OUTRAGE AT BRITISH CLASH WITH
CAR TRAGEDY.
TWO KILLED AND TWO SERIOUSLY 'INJURED.
(From Our Own Correspondent,)
SHANGHAI, August) 95.
A crop of minor car mishaps during the week-end culminated in tragedy overtaking a party of Chinese joy-riders.
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PEIPING, August 23. Foreign reports from Tainan, state that the military conference there decided, to leave Han Fu Chu to defend the line at the Yellow River and to withdraw all the other Two were killed and two injured Nanking troops towards the Lung in Frenchtown when a brand new hai Railway from for a life and Dodge sedan car crashed with terri- death struggle against Feng. Yufic force into an electric light pole. Hsiang.
Heavy gunfire is going on across the Yellow River in the vicinity of Taiho and Lokow,
MUKDEN ATTITUDE TOWARDS NANKING.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
NANKING, August 25. The arrival of Mr. Wang Chia Ching, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, here this morning with his family, from Mukden, is regarded as an event of political signific ance, demonstrating General Chang Hanch Liang's attitude.
The Vice-Minister, who is a Manchurian nomines, declared that General Chang is a loyal supporter of the Central Government.
SHANTUNG FINANCES.
....
REORGANISATION BY FINANCE MINISTER.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, August 23. Mr. T V. Soong, Minister of Finance, is shortly leaving Han- kot for Tsinan, where he will coinmence the reorganisation of the finances of Shantung Pro- vince.
SIR MILES LAMPSON.
ARRIVES AT WEIHAIWEI ON
H.M.S. CUMBERLAND.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}
WEIH WEI, August 25. H.MS., Cumberland arrived here en Sunday morning with Sir Miles. Lampson, the British Minister to China, on board.
H.M.S. Petersfield sailed from here on Sunday "evening for Pai taiho.
SHANTUNG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT RESIGNS.
(Wah Taz Yat, Pac).
NANKING, August 25.
The Central Government has re- ceived a telegram from the Chair- man (General Chen Tiao Yuan) and members of the Shantung Pro vincial Government tendering their resignation.
The survivors, who sustained ter- rible facial injuries, are not cx pected to recover.
The car, which was travelling at. a-speed of 60 miles an hour, swerved deeply in order to avoid collision with another car, and the impact. was so great that the reinforced concrete electric standard two feet in diameter was torn from its toundations and toppled on top of the ear, reducing the car to match wood and bespattering the pave ment in a pool of blood.
DUCHESS AND BABY PRINCESS.
NO SPECIAL TREATMENT
ADMINISTERED.
[THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, August '24.- "Varioue statements purporting, to give the weight, height and names of the infant Princess are categorically depied from Glamis Castle,
It is officially stated that the in- fast weighed 6 lbe. 11 ounces.
Sir Henry Simpson denies a newspaper report that the Duchess phasizes that everything was nor was given twilight sleep, and em-
mal and continues so.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
Rucny, August 24. The following bulletin was issued from Glamis Castle to-day :-"The Duchess of York continues to make normal convalescence. Her Royal Highness had another excellent night's sleep and so had the baby Princesa."
TURKEY AGAIN APPROACHES PERSIA. NECESSITY OF MILITARY
CO-OPERATION,
- THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 24.
The Turkish Government has sent a new Note to Persia insisting on the necessity of Turco-Persian military co-operation against the
Kurds..
CALCUTTA.
POLICE COMMISSIONER'S CAR DAMAGED.
(THROUGH BLUTER'S AGENCY.]
CALCETTA, August 23. Two bombs thrown at the car in
which Sir Charles Tegart, Police Commissioner, was drying to his office exploded in the roadway and wounded the driver and damaged
the car.
Sir Charles Tegart was not hurt, hat one of the assailants was hit by fragments and is believed to have been mortally injured.
GERMAN AIRMAN'S QUIET
ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
THREE HOPS ON EAST TO
WEST TRIP.-
[REUTEX'S AMERICAN SERVICE] „
NEW YORK, August, 24. A trans-Atlantic fight has been accomplished by the German air-
man
Granau, who landed at Queensport Harbour, Nova Scotia, to-day.
Gronau few & flying-boat from Germany, stopping at Reykjavik, Ivigtut and Greenland:
ACROSS-AMERICA FLIGHT.
NEW JERSEY YOUTH BEATS RECORD.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
NEW YORK, August 24. Eddie Sneider, an eighteen-year old Jersey City airman, landed at Roosevelt Fields this afternoon after breaking by about an hour and a half the junior record of 28 hours 18 minutes for the west to east trans-continental fight.
The record was established by the late Frank Goldsborough, who crashed in the Vermont Mountains last month and died without re-
was 19 years of age.
TRIBESMEN.
HEAVY CASUALTIES IN HAND-TO-HAND_FIGHTING.
(THROUGH REUTER'S MIENOT.]
SIMLA, August 95. While reports from the Kurram region, chronicle the complete sur render of the Massozal tribesmen, a serious chish occurred with the Fathikhel Wazirs resulting in heavy casualties in hand-to-hand fighting.
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The British casualties were killed and 10 wounded, including Captain Ashcroft killed.
The Hathikhel Wazirs. lost killed and 3 wounded and 70 pri-
soners.
BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE PESHAWAR.
(THROGON REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PESHAWAR August 24. British troops have been totally withdrawn from the city.
MALAYAN RUBBER INDUSTRY.
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI'S MISSION.
(THROUGH' RECTER'S AGENCY.]
SINGAPORE, August 23. In connection with his visit to Java, Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of the Straits Settlements, inform ed the Legislative Council that the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies had agreed to discuss the
PALESTINE EVENTS DESIGNS ON SIDKY
REVIEWED.
PASHA'S LIFE,
LEAGUE COMMISSION REPORT ISSUED.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY,],
LONDON, August 25. The report of the League of Nations. Mandates Commission en last year's disturbances in Pales time has been issued simultaneously with the observations of the British Government on the report. of the
Commission.
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rubber industry with him." 8 Sir Cecil Clementi added that
The Report expresses the opinion clearly no solution can be achieved that the Arab outbreak was partly by the unilateral action of Malaya, intended to resist the British policy It is essential that we should have in carrying on the Mandate, and the views of the Dutch authorities it also expresses the opinion that Sir Cecil Clementi, is returning lack of insight by the administra on Tuesday, and he hopes that the tion and the absence of proper pre- Malayan Government will then beparations owing to inadequate fully informed on the views of the forces were largely responsible for Dutch and be able to formulate a
the loss of many lives, policy.
The Commission recognises the.. delicacy of the position, but regrets
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER DISCOVERED ON TRAIN.
(THROUGH ERUTKE'S AGINCT.)
CAIRO, August 25.
A Berber dressed as a waiter and armed with a sharp axe was found in the corridor of a train outside the compartment in which the Premier, Sidky Pasha, was travel- ling to Cairo.
Shortly after the train 16 Alexandria the man was arrested.'
It is believed that the suspect had designs on the Premier's life.
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
THE LEAGUE.
FIVE MILLION. DOLLARS GIVEN IN TEN YEARS.
The League of Nations has re-
BIG ARMS SHIPMENT GOES that on certain points the manda-ceived nearly $5,000,000 from pri- tory has not yet succeeded in giving vate American sources and the U.S. full effect to all the provisions of Treasury during the past ten years, the mandate, and is of the opinion
ASTRAY.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
ITALY.
The last report on the Peshawar situation, dated August 20, stated that conditions had greatly improv- ed.
The Press is extremely indignant at an apparently well-founded re The Afridis were believed to haveport that 128,000 rifles, 5,000 ma dispersed and the district clear of chine guns and a huge quantity of hostile tribesmen,
ammunition found their way from Czecho-Slovakia into Hungary by a roundabout route and what is re garded as more serious, with Italy's financial assistance.
LIQUOR SMUGGLING INTO UNITED STATES.
TRIBUTE TO CANADA.
[UNITED PRZ88.}
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Washington, August 19-Special instructions were given to-day to 31t. Hanford MacNider concern- ing questions which he is expected to discuss with the Canadian Gov erament, particularly concurring liquor smuggling and the St. Lawrence waterway tariff.
Mr. MacNider said that Canada had proved very fair in its hand gaining consciousness. Goldsborough ing of the liquor problem, accord-
CHINESE UNWANTED IN
MEXICO.
ASSOCIATION FORMED TO
· DRIVE OUT ASIATICS.
{UNITED PRESS.]
Mexico City, July 25.-An or ganization called the Nationalist Alliance of Chihuahua, whose pur posc is to drive out all Asiatics, has been formed in Chihuahua and
that the fears of the Arabs regard according to a report issued by the ing their economic future aroused League of Nations Association of by the repeated sales of land to
Geneva. Jews would largely be allayed by Government agricultural policy
As Great Britain paid 521,475 to increase the cultivable,arco and dollars as her share of the 1830 methods of cultivation. instruct the Arabe in modern League Budget, it will be seen that
The Commission declares that the although not a member of the mandatory must obviously return a League the American people con- all sections of the population which categorical and definite refusal to tribute unofficially in amount prae are rebelling against the mandate, tically equal to that which is paid larly difficult, and the League of The task of the mandate is particu-by Great Britain. Nations is entitled to expect that the Palestinians will recognise in fairness the merits of the system, they are not in a position to the international bases of which challenge.
Britain's Observations.
These arms which were of an old model and no longer suitable for the Czecho-Slovak army were to be disposed of to a certain state in the Balkans and a Prague banking firm undertook to finance, the transac tion. Thus, the allegations con- tinue, the arms were first shipped to Vienna and, as the Balkan state in question was unable to pay cash, they were stored in a warehouse Palestine, whence they later disappeared. It is asserted that a representative of the Italian Government bought up the weapons and after having dis ing to his observation.
tributed small quantity amongst "Even though many Canadians Austrian Fascists, consigned the have no sympathy with our probulk to Hungary hibition law," he said, "the Gov- ernment has co-operated so far as possible.
"After all, even we do not know whether we have the right aolu tion."
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RUSSIAN "PRINCESS
DISAPPEARS.
WARRANT ISSUED FOR
ARREST.
Paris, August 19.-White Russian
is reported to be gaining many ad-circles here are much interested in herenta in Coahuila and Binalon
Memorials directed by the group
the reports from New York in
to the Chamber of Deputies and dicating that the police there are the National Revolutionary Party puzzled by their failure to acur urged that official assistance be twin the whereabouts of the self- given their cause without delay, styled Princes Anastasia of Russia, as the presence of great numbers whose permit to stay in the United of Chinese in the northern dia States expired last week and was
Since the League was organised 34 Americans have served on the secretariat staff. At the moment League's payroll. During the last there are seven Americans on the
ten years eight Americans have been employed by the International "The British Government's obser- Labour Office, while two Americans. vations say that the Commission appears disposed to acquit it ofare on Director Albert Thomas's any charge of failure in its duties staff at the moment. as regards the establishment of a
Most of the American money régime of self-government in
and
which has poured into the League's ...that, speaking, the Commission does not generally call in question the conceptions of er interests. One gift of 82,000,000 coffers has come from the Rockefelt the mandatory as regards future policy. The Government protests for the new League library and gainst the procedure of the Com several smaller donations were mission in basing much of their given personally by John D. Rocke- criticism on ex parte statements, and Ministry of War farnish informar for believing that the Arab out has been furnished by the Rocke The newspapers demand that the feels that the Commission's grounds feller, jun, and another 82,000,000 tion on what is being characterized break was premeditated and direct feller Foundation, to be used chiefly as a shady and highly disreputable ed against the British are scarcely in advancing the work of the health transaction Rad. if the report should be confirmed, that the Gov-out that since 1991 Great Britain section in establishing the Singa- adequate. The Government points ernment take steps to repair the has provided over £9,000,000, to pore Epidemiological Base and con blunder.
assist the Palestine Government, ducting international health ex- and has further guaranteed a loan of £4,500,000 for expenditure on public works, and therefore claims that it has not been neglectful in its development obligations.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE KURDS.
TRIBESMAN'S ATTACK BEATEN OFF.
BRITISH WIRELESS-SERVICE.}
changes. Other sums have been pré- sented to the League by America social bygieno organisations, by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, by the Carnegie Corporation, and prí vate individuals.
To date a total of 341 Americans, Angora, August 18-An official
RUGBY, August 24. report says that, rebellious Kurdish manent Mandates Commission to
The general report of the per-educational, social, financial, and prominent in political, scientific, tribesmen attacked the Turkish the Council of the League of Nor
industrial spheres have co-operated" forces near Agridagh and were re tions dealing with events in Pales-with the League on 137 different. pulsed with heavy losses, two of tine last August and September
commissions and committees.. their chieftains being found among will be officially published to-mor- the dead.
It is further stated that now the row, and at the same time the offi Persian frontier guards also di cial text of the British Govern- play an increasing activity in dis will be issued in London by the ment's commenta on the report lodging the rebels from the moun Colonial Office. fore, confident that the first snow which is expected to come next month will materially help in dis- posing once for all of the Kurdish, menace.
The Note also urges that the rec.tricts is prejudicing the interests not renewed in spite of the entrea tification of the frontier is indis of native labourers, shop-keepers ties of Anastasia's hostess, Mrs. pensable and claims that the Tur. and others. The memorials ask Leeds, kish military operations in the re- also the enactment of a law pro- Subsequently a warrant was issu gion of Mount Ararat are legi-hibiting marriages between Mexied for Anastasia's arrcét and detains. The authorities are, there- timate defensive measures.
cans and Asiaties. The signer, do portation but she disappeared and clare the children of such marri-it is believed that she either com- Porsia declared that the Govern-eration.
The last Note received from ages exhibit signs of racial degen-mitted suicide or bag been spirited away by her hostess to an unknown ment could not in any circumstan The Interior Secretary, Colonel destination. Although it appears cea consent to military co-operation Carlos Riva Palacio, announced on quite certain that the woman is with Turkey against the Kurds in Monday in response to similar re- nothing but a swindler, there are Persian territory."
presentations from other sources still quite a number of Russian The refusal was regarded at Con- that immigration agente were find emigrees here who trust in her FUTURE PROGRAMME OF stantinople as being inconsistent ing many foreigners residing illeg. claim of being a member of the
with Persia's recent assurance, of ally in Mexico and that "boat Czar's family. NANKING,
friendship.
loads" of them soon would be, de- ported. These were said to include numerous persons of several Euro- pean nationalities and from the Near East, gwell as Chinese.
SWEEPING REFORMS.
'PROMISED.
In regard to the abolition of for- eign" extraterritorial privileges in A China, Dr, Wang Chung Hun," Pre- sident of the Judicial Yuza, at an interview last week, stated that negotiations regarding the proce dure of abolition between the Gov eroment and the foreign Govern- ments concerned were continuing.
Hs expressed the belief that with practically all of the Powers con cerned already agreeing in princi
AMERICAN CONSUL AT GENEVA,
COMPETENT OBSERVER". OF LEAGUE'S ACTIVITIES.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERTICE]
FRENCH STRIKE · GETS WORSE.
·· EMPLOYERS? STUBBORN
ATTITUDE.
M. TARDIEU GOING TO
GENEVA.
TO LEAD FRENCH DELEGATION.
Furthermore it is expressly stated that relations with Persia continue amicable and that although the latter does not officially approve of the Turkish operations in its ter ritory, it nevertheless sympathizes with Turkey's efforts to cope with
the Kurds.
SEATS.
MIDNIGHT RAMBLE.
DOWN JACOB'S LADDER BY HUMAN CHAIN,
COMEDIAN ON HARD TIMES." BILLY MERSON'S EARNINGS.
That he only made £7 or £8 & week for himself was stated by Billy Merson, the comedian; at Westminster County Court last month.
Mr. W. P. Doyle, barrister, for and 400 walked over Kinder Scouting Cross-road, applied for an A party estimated at between 300 John Horne, Ltd., printers, Char-
route was down Jacob's Ladder to comedian, whose real name is Mr. in heavy rain last month. The order on a judgment against the Edale, on to Mam Tor, through the William Henry Thompson. Goyt Valley to Hayfield, When On April 10, in the High Court, Mount Famine was reached, the judgment was obtained for £177 party was well ahead of time, and and £61 costs my plaintiffs against LEAGUE COUNCIL'S VACANT there was a divergence to the Mr. Thompson. Up to the present
Chapel-en-le-Frith main road and they had not received a penny. back to Hayfield that way. The Wouldn't I be right in saving CHINA'S CLAIM, CONTESTED. and it took eight hours to accom comedians to-day 1" Mr. Doyle ask distance was about sixteen miles, you were among the first flight of Geneva, August 19-A sensation Geneva, August 18.-Indications
plish.
ed Billy Merson.-Yes has been created here by there are accumulating that the three seats party, but there was no dropping grantor salary than most artists I Girls formed about half the You will probably command a port from Paris saying that Proin the League of Nations Council out in consequence of fatigue. The don't know, that is not so obvious mier Tardieu will personally head becoming vacant this year will be ramble was organized by Phan at the moment. the French delegation to the forth keenly competed for. Paris, August 18.-The strike coming September session of the vacating their seata are Cuba, ber of the Manchester Ramblers you been earning since April 10:
The states tom," the name adopted by a mem
Judge Tobin: How much have situation in Northern France re League of Nations Assembly.. mains for the time being the most
Finland and Canada. Cuba's seat Federation. Its object was to show Billy Merson: I have earned on interesting and important of all League has not yet been officially states and will probably be awarded without rowdyism, or damage to my staff to keep
Although the secretariat of the is claimed by the Latin American that rambling can be carried out the average £35 a week, but I have subjects of discussion in French notified of such an intention on the to Guatemala while Norway is as other people's property Fress and political quarters, part of the French Premier, the piring to Finland's seat on the pressed himself as well satisfied the staff Ten pounds a week.
Judge Tobin: What do you pay So far from weakening, the report is generally credited and it grounds that it is reserved for the with the experiment, and said, that Well that left you about £330 in It is emphasised that no change strike, which on Monday entered is believed that he is actuated by Scandinavian countries. B ple to the abolition, complete re of policy towards the League is upon its fourth week, is growing in three motives, firstly the wish to
other midnight rambles would be the last 13 weeks Why is it you alization of the Government's lagi indicated by the appointment. intensity and is moreover bronden resque France from the somewhat bably be claimed by China, the formed two human chains about were more pressing ones than that The last remaining seat will pro- organisedAt Jacob's Ladder he haven't paid anything There "timate"aspirations in this respect
ing into a national issue which is precarious position into which the South-American Union and Bel- three feet apart, each link in the judgment was merely a matter of time
Mr. Prentiss Bailey Gilbert was chiefly due to the intransigeant drifted in consequence of Foreign gium. In this respect it may be chain flashing an electric torch.Judge Tobin: How much raft He also intimated that after the educated at Rochester University attitude of the textile employers, 1 Minister Rrjande Pan-Pardes ourselves yes
Opel Mer shitted was obscurtyard low flaug project, Lecoudly by the hand to 68 in September of South African two chains and arrived safely a Billy Merson: £7 or £8 a week brought to a conclusion, the Gov Columbia and Cebu, Philippine gestions of meditation, a stand able to revive the Franco-Italian Premior General Hertzog as leader the bottom of the Ladder without Mr. Doyls asked for an order ernment would carry out sweeping Islands. Between 1011 and 1910 he which is severely criticized by the negotiations in a personal inter of the South African delegation is accident or mishap. The walk over pay £3 z week. political reforms A reorganiza travelled in Europe, the Oriont, majority of the newspapers includ-view with Italian Foreign Minis generally taken as an announce Rushup Edge was very treacherous, tion of the provincial governments Australasia, Oceanis and Central ing Le Petit Parisien which chamter Grandi, and thirdly by a dement of the Union's bid for a seat following the heavy rain, but the now under the Northern rebels and America and organised and became pions the workers cause and consire to discuss with German For in the Council which will also be procession about half a mile long in other regions which have not first director of the School of Ex-demns the employers, declaring eign-Minister Curtius the recent strongly supported by Great with electric torches ensured been functioning with success tension Teaching, University of that the strikers are fully justified anfavourable development of Britain while France will champion safety, and presented a weird
in their demands.
the claims of Belgium.-
spectacl
would also be effected.
WASHINGTON, August 24. Mr. Prentiss Gilbert, heed of the Political and Economic Informa- tion Division of the State Depart ment, has been appointed United States Consul in Geneva with a view to having there a competent observer of the activities of the League of Nations,
Rochester CA
Franco-German relations
'He ex-
Judge. Tobin Can he pay that f Billy Merson: I hope to, bat amin terrible financial distress
Judge Tobin ordered payment ex 20 a week, with liberty to apply! after October 10