HONG KONG "DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1930.
MUKDEN NOW IN COMPLETE CONTROL. TAN YEN KAI DIES
CHANGING OVER ACCOMPLISHED PEACEFULLY,
MANCHURIANS AVOID UNPLEASANTNESS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]'·
Tientsin Deauded of Shans Troops.
TimTsix, Sept. 22. Tientsin to-day was completely denuded of Shansi troops, and Mukden is now, in complete control.
The changing over was accom- plished in the most orderly manner, the Manchurians looking on from one platform of the Central Station
while the Shamsi forces left from an- other:
For the present the majority of the newly-arrived troops are con- fining themselves to the railway premises, with the exception of two or three trainloads who have already followed in the wake of the Shansi troops for Peiping..
Manchu Troops Within Great Wall
TIENTSIN, Sept. 1 It is learned that the Manchurian forces already inside the Great Wall comprise the Fifth, Sixth, Twenty Third and Twenty-Seventh Brigades of the First Mukden Army Corps, under the command of General Yu Hsuch Chung.
The entire Fifth Brigade, 10,00) strong, has already arrived here. but is still entrained at Tientsin East and Tientsin Central railway stations, awaiting further orders. Shansi Troops Given Ample Time.
It is apparent that every precat tion is being taken not to press the retreating Shansi troops too close- ly, and ample time is being allowed them for evacuation of each post,
It is expected that the last Shansi soldier will have left Tientsin by to-night, and the Manchurians will take our complete control to-mor- row.
As indicative of the desire to avoid any unpleasantness, the Man churian commandera erdered the re- moval of a number of offensive anti-Shanai posters which appeared throughout the city yesterday and Meantime, as a precautionary have posted proclamations announcmeasure, ane armoured train has ing that Mukden's intention is left for Peiping and another is merely the preservation of order, patrolling the Tientsin-Pukow lino safeguarding the public interests towards Tehchow, and the eventual establishment of peace in China.
The city and the Concessions con- tinued to be very quiet, throughout the night, and only in the Japanese Concession, which borders the city, has any precautions been taken, the Japanese soldiers standing guard at the boundaries.
Changer in Heads of Departments,
LATEE.
With the local change in Govern- ment and the return of numerous official Nanking appointees ousted by Shadisi, it is now expected and believed that changes will occur in the heads of the Customs, telegraph and other Government -"ments.
The situation locally is very quiet, but it is believed that many changes in official personnel will occur within the next few days, including primarily changes in the Customs administration.
FENGTIEN TROOPS IN
PEIPING.
OF APOPLEXY.
SUCCESSORS APPOINTED.
THROUGH BLUTER'S AGENCY.].
NANKING, Sept. 2 Tan Yen Kai, Acting Chairman of the Nationalist Government and Chief of the Administrative Yuan, died of apoplexy this morning.
TIENTSIN CUSTOMS OLD STAFF
EXPECTED TO RESUME DUTIES TO-DAY.
(THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENCY.]
The former Customs staff, num-
TIESIN, "Sept. 22.
bering 190, who were ousted by Yen Hai Shan, are expected to return to work-to-day.
The attitude of Mr. Lenox Simp
It is reported that Hu Han Min has been nominated Acting Chair- man of the Nationalist Govern-son is not known. ment, and Mr. T. V. Soong haa been nominated Chief of the Ad- ministrative Yuan..
BRITAIN'S EXTRALITY
COUNTER-PROPOSALS.
13
(Wah Taz Fat Pao.)
NANKING, Sept. 22. Regarding the extra-territoriality issue, the British Minister, Six Miles Lampson, is fasisting upon gradual abolition.
The Central Political Council has instructed Dr. C. T. Wang to pro test verbally.
The British Minister is leaving for Shanghai at an early date, and will resume the "conversations" with Dr. C. T. Wang as soon as he has received instructions from London.
BOMBAY "WAR COUNCIL
MEMBERS SENTENCED.
(THLOUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
BOYSAY, Sept.
MR. L SIMPSON REPORTED TO HAVE LEFT.
According to Chinese telegrams, Chang Hsueh Lang's Fengtien troops have taken over Tientsin most peaceful and Peiping in a depart-
manner. Two armoured trains, loaded with the advance guards of the Fengtien troops, arrived at Sunday morning. Up to the even-prisorment. Tientsin shortly after 7 o'clock on ing, over 4,000 Fengtien troops had arrived by train. Peace and order were preserved.
The old Customs staff were order-
ed to attend in Fall strength at the Customs Club this morning, ut finally they dispersed, as nothing definite had yet been arranged.
Customs Commissioner Has No Instructions,
In the meantime, Mr. Lenox Simpson who is still carrying on with his duties as Commissioner, Enterviewed, stated that he has received no instructions, and there-
Mr. Lenox Simpson, who was appointed by Yen Hai Shan as Commissioner of the Tientsin Cus toms, has left his post and his whereabouts. are unknown. The new Customs officials appointed by Mr. Simpson have not returned to
BRITAIN JAPAN FLIGHT.
MRS. VICTOR BRUCE HOPS
OFF THIS WEEK.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]··
RUGBY, Sept. 91.
The Hon. Mra. Victor" Bruce, well-known "British woman motor racer and traveller, has recently taken to the air and intends to ambitious aeroplane
start ca En trip this week.
Sho hopes to reach Tokyo, 11,000 miles distant, in 15 days, beginning with a non-stop flight to Budapest of 920 miles and continuing via -Stamboul, Bagdad, Karachi, Cal- cutta, Rangoon, Hanoi, China, then across to Japan. Hong Kong, Amoy, Shanghai and
Except for the last stage the route lies over land practically all the way. She will use a Blackburn machine of standard pattern ex- cept for an extra petrol tank.
| RUSSIAN CHILDREN'S
CONGRESS.
CHILEAN REVOLT FRUSTRATED,
REGIMENT AT CONCEPCION CAUSES TROUBLE.
· [REUTER'S... AMERICAN: SERVICE ].
NEW YORK, Sept.
A message from Buenos Aires states that a revolt against the Government has broken out at Concepcion,
·
President. Ibanez reported that an aeroplane landed at Concepcion with General Marmaduka Grove and General Bravo and the Deputy Leon Ugralde, who harangued the regiment of the garrison, which afterwards revolted.
The Chilean Embassy at Wash ington states that the revolt was frustrated, and that the country is tranquil.
ARGENTINA AMBASSADOR TO UNITED STATES.
REINSTATEMENT OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE.
፡፡
[REUTER'S AMERICAN ENEVICE.]
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.
TRANSPORTERS' "CONGRESS.
INTERESTS DEPEND ON INTERNATIONALISM.
(TEROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY,]
LONDON, Sept. 92. The biennial congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation opened at the Caxton Hail this morning.
Thirty-five countries are repre- sented, including India, Palestine. and all the European countries except Russia...
This is the first time that the congress has met in Great Britain since the war.
HEAVY WEATHER IN BRITAIN.
SEVERAL VESSELS DRIFT.
ASHORE.
IDRITION ERSCENS SERVICE.
further severa
RUGBY, Sept. 21. Although the weather is still bosterous, with storms promised, yesterday's violent gale moderated somewhat during the day.
Channel steamers on the conti nental routes were considerably de- layed and the Channel Islands' services were suspended.
Last night a lifeboat and the Dover tug Lady Brassey went to Hr. C T Cramp, in his press the assistance of the motor barge dential address, said that interna-Senator, which sent out a distress tionalism and not nationalism was call, and the tug brought her safe. the best method of promoting the
ly into Dover. interests of the workers.
BRITISH NAVY'S NEW DIVING DRESS.
MEN CAN DESCEND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Sept 21.,
A new diving apparatus recently.
A message from Buenos Aires: states that the first diplomatic ap- pointment of the new Argentine introduced into the Navy has Government is the reinstatement of proved so successful that the Ad- Don Manuele Malbran Ammiralty have adopted it for general bassador at Washington.
F
180.
Specially selected men are being chosen to operate it and will be ranked as Deep Sea Divers, with
Don Malbran resigned his post under the Irigoyen régime as Protest against the ex-President's discourtesy towards Mr. Hoover extra pay.." when the latter, as President-elect
Using the new apparatus, divers
of the United States, toured Southcan descend to a depth of 350 feet.
Mrs. Rama Baikandar, who suc WORK OF THE "PIONEERS. America ceeded Mrs." Hansa Mehta only a fortnight ago as President of the Bombay Congress "War Council," was sentenced-to-three months' im
INSURANCE PRESENTS NO
DIFFICULTIES,
A "Children's Congress' has just CUNARD'S NEW LEVIATHAN delegates that is to say, the re- come to an end in Moscow. The
presentatives of the "Pioneer or editor of the Congresa Bulletin was Russia-reported on the work done The 19-year-old Mabommedan girl ganisations from all parts of also sentenced to three months in the great national campaign for hera of the Bombay Congress "War imprisonment, and three male membuilding up Socialism." Council"
were sentenced to foar months' imprisonment.
fore he was unable to make any work, and the old staff, who were ITALIAN FASE
atatement as to the kelihood of any changes
dismissed when Yen Hai Shan seized the Customs, are now back on duty,
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.] Officials of the Shansi clique are PEIPING, Sept. 2-reported to have left Tientsin with The Manchurian forces did not Customs revenue amonïfting to
millions of dollars. arrive to-day as was expected,
It is now stated that they will take over the city to-morrOW.
A Manchurian armoured train is believed to be at Yangtaun, and another has gone to the Tientsin Pakow line, in order to proceed to
Tehehow..
A cavalry brigade has gone to Peiping by road from Shanhaiwan.
Quarters for Troops. Preparations are being made to station, troops at various places, temples and barracks in and around Peiping. Plenary Sessions Members Return. The members of the Enlarged "Plenary Session of the Central
Executive
Public Jubilant.
BRUSSELS.
PROTEST AGAINST TRIESTE EXECUTIONS.
(THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]:
TURKISH OPIUM SEIZED
AT CAIRO.
JAPANESE CAPITAL IN CTTOMAN FACTORIES,
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY: 1
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 21. A large quantity of opium con- cealed in a cargo of preserves has been seized at Cairo,
It reached Egypt, from Hamburg, but is known to be of Turkish origin.
The Moscow section of the Pioneers" (there is nothing quite like these "Pioneers in England-
RUGBY, Sept. 21, the nearest would be the Boy
The Cunard Company have i Scouts and Girl Girl Guides, and sued a statement declaring that SHOT AT they are very different) has a mem- they have no knowledge of any hership of 265,000 children. Their insurance difficulties having arisen work has been both theoretical and regard to the projected giant practical. According to the Kom- somolskaya Pravda thay are respon liner to be constructed for them sible for 5,500 suggestions for the by John Brown & Co. of Clyde. improvement of Russian industry. They have also and this is the bank. practical side collected 1,264 tons The Cunard Company, say they of scrap iron (presumably in one have not yet begun to place any The public have expressed their An anti-Fascist Italian house-year), 885 tons of waste copper Shansi troops, and many, placards two compatriots one of whom was paper. delight at the departure of the painter named Ruggiero, capping and other metals, and 448 tons of insurance on this new ship, that denouncing Yen Hsi Shan and Feng wearing & Fascist badge, promptly
the terms of contract have still to Yu Hsiang have been posted along fired a revolver at them,
In their campaign" for the recon- be settled with the builders, and East. struction of Russian agriculture the principal streets.
cheese merchant from these Moscow children have found that dry docking arrangements at Wu Teh Chen, Nanking's dele-Rotterdam, who was passing through ed. 429 agrarian associations (Ar- Southampton are still under amic- gate to Mukden, is expected in Brussels, has been sent to hospital teli) and have started 2,600 plats able discussion. Tientsin to-day to take over the in a serious condition
for experimental vegetable-grow- Hopei Provincial Government and the Tientsin Municipality.
It is understood that the new Ruggiero was arrested, and hoing. They have also collected 15,500 told the Magistrate before whom he rouble, for new tractors and have liner, which will exceed in speed was brought that he fired as a pro- sorted 1,000 tons of seed... test against the death sentences
and size any other ship aflost,
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A section of the Fongtien troops has been dispatched to Tehchow to protect the Ticntain-Pukow Rail- way and steps have been taken to restore the complete services.
Peiping was also taken over by the Fengtien troops peacefully on Council left Peiping Sunday. The troops entered the early on Saturday morning, but city from the east gate while the they returned later and held a Shansi forces withdrew from the On their arrival, the meeting on Saturday afternoon, west gate.
General Chamber of Commerce and again left yesterday,
sent delegates to welcome them. Conditions in the city remained quiet, but martial law was desiar
after 1a.m.
Hopel Provincial Government." All the members of the Hopei Provincial Government left yesterd day, except two, who are nove standing by to effect the transfer to the newcomers.
New Appointments.
Chang Hsuch Liang has recom- mended to Nanking the appoint ment of Yu Hsueh Chung as mayor of Peiping, Hu Yo Yu as mayor of Tientsin, and Chang Hsueh Ming (his younger brother) as mayor of Taingtaokar
Shanel Newspapers Close Down.
Several newspapers subsidised by the Shansi faction have closed down and their staffs have departed. State Bank Removes to Taiyuanfu,
Chiang Kai Shek hie decided to *** appoint Fang Pang Jen as director The so-called State Bank has of the military headquarters of the posted a notice on its premises Government troops at Peiping, and stating that from today it has Wang Chang Yu ne Deputy of removed to Taiyuaafu, where it Finance at Peiping. He has also will carry on business as usual, decided to make Chang Hauch
Authorities to Hand Over Without
+a Hitch
hand over to them without a hitch.
of the North. Liang Rehabilitation Commissioner.
One. &
is a native,
terrorists,
BRUSSELS, Sept. 91,
sentenced to
A part of their campaign is will probably require a special dry passed at Trieste earlier this waged against illiteracy. Accord- month, and the anti-Fascist oppresing to their report at the congress dock to be constructed or adapted ion in Istria, of which place he they have taught 15,500 persons for her. This construction or ex the AB.C. They are also in the tension of an existing dock could, A message from Trieste on words of September 8 reported that four Pravda, "ready to defend our the Komsomolskoya
of course, be undertaken while she yesterday for participation in an
death country at any moment," and 20,000s building. attempt to blow up the offices of
Pioneers in the Moscow district Insurance on such a huge vessel the newspaper Popola di Trieste rifle.
are being trained in the use of the would naturally involve a great last February (which resulted in
sum, but a few weeks ago on an the death of a young Sub-Editor),
nouncement was made that the Board of Trade would undertake, were executed by shooting in the back Twelve other accused were sentenced to terms of imprison ment varying from 20 to two and a half years Two were acquitted.
* PARACHUTIST'S FATAL
EXHIBITION.
MECHANISM FAILS TO
OPERATE
· [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,)
Several vessels were drifted ashore during the day, although no lives were lost, and the heavy seas did much damage to seaside re- sorts.
CONSERVATIVES' NEXT FISCAL POLICY,
EMERGENCY TARIFF MAY BE "INTRODUCED.
[BRITISH WIRELESS HERVICE.]
"RUGBY, Sept. 21. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chair- rian of the Conservative Party, speaking yesterdays made a sug gestion that his Party, if returned to office, might follow the recent Canadian example and in the first few months introduce an emergency tariff which would give Britiah maufacturers a breathing space while negotiations were entered into with the Dominions and for- eim rations, and would enable Britain to make use of the bargain- ing power provided by her possea- sion of the best import markets ja the world.
GOOD BEER AND BETTER PUBS."
BREWERS REPLY TO TEETOTALERS.
livered recently by Sir Richard A reply to teetotalers was de Garton,
chairman of Watney, Combe, Raid & Co., at the annual
It is pointed out that three facting, held for the first time in one of the company's houses, the torics are working under Govern- new Windsor Castle, Victoria, S.W. ment control at Constantinople,
"If," said Sir Richard Garton: partly run on Japanese capital.
it were not for the obstructionist tactics of the testotalars, greater Egypt is now regarded as the progress in the rebuilding of transit centre for places further brewery undertakings and the im-
provement of houses to meet modern: requirements would have been affect.
ITALIAN-FRENCH DEADLOCK.
DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NAVAL MATTERS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.).
GENEVA, Sept. 213; versations"
The Franco-Italian naval con
recently proceeding here with a view to settling diver gent views which had manifested themselves at the London Naval Conference have apparently reach- cd & deadlock
at reasonable rates, any proportion FLYING TO CANADA IN 11
Third Industrialisation Loan." The representatives of the Wes tern section" declared that no a
of the insurance of the vessel which pect of Socialist reconstruction had could not be accommodated by the been ignored. The children have market in the ordinary manner. taken an active part in the cam- A formal agreement was it was paign for the Third Industriali.added, in process of being draft- zation Loan," they have themselves ed, and would be attached to a subscribed 30,000 roubles and have Bill to be submitted to Parliament got other people to subscribe 80,000 in the forthcoming scasion. They have founded 385 children's Arteli in the Westernnection, sorted 3,015 tons of grain, and co- lected 10,000 rouble to buy trac tors. They have also collected 1,638 tons of waste matter, and have handed over the money for which they sold it to the "Farm Collec tivisation Fund!
Evz, Sept. 21. There was a tragedy here when parachutist named Stracheyvaky Chiang has wired. Chang seking was killed in a spectacular drop Yen Hsi Shan has wired the him to meet him in Peiping in ten from 3,000 feet before a large crowd authorities here tying that the daye times
during an air display The Kuominchun generals, head- Strachevsky had three parachutes, despatch of the Manchurians is noted by La Chung Lin, have issued a strapped to his body when he jump hostile to the Northerners, hence all officials must carry on pending Hsueh Liang's plea for peace. Han He fell a few hundred feet and The representatives of the Nijmi circular telegram endorsing Changed from the machine. Vi ha the Manchurians arrival and then Fu Chu Shih Yu Ban, Ma Hung then released the first parachute, Kwei and other generals in Shan drifting gently down until he dis tung, have also declared their up-carded his parachute and caleased porta recond one here In view of their unfavourable He next drifted down to within position, the Shansi forces have left 1,500 feet of the ground, when he Tehehow in Northern Shantung. Those on the north bank of the Yellow River have also fallen hack northward. It is understood that Yen Hsl Shan has decided to with A mall plane from Amsterdam draw to Shansi when necessary arrived a minute afterwards, and He has returned to Taiyuania, the managed to pull up barely ten
· provincial capital of Shansi, aga yard, from the body.
Arranging for Turn Over of #
Peiping
PEIPING, Sept. 91. AManchurian regiment arrived at Langfeng to-day and sent dele gates to arrange for the handing over of Peiping
The regiment is expected to march in early on Monday morn ing, followed by other troops,
TRAVEL NOISE.
DAYS.
to
AIRSHIP LARGER THAN R.100.
It was recently revealed in a London paper that a gigantic new airship, half as large again as the R.100, is to be built in England.
The R100 has a capacity of
ATTEMPT TO LESSEN AIR 3,000,000 cubic feet. The new diri
gible will be 7,800,000 cubic feet, This is 1,000,000 cubic feet greater than an immense eight-engined craft now being built in America.
The new airship, which will be the largest in the world will be able to travel eighty miles an hour
SILENDING OF ENGINES NOW BEING INVESTIGATED
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
60 Fassengers.
*
ed.
I think that if the brewers were allowed to proceed in peacon with the national development of the sound policy on which the trade is being run to-day," the so-called drink problem would be solved by them.:
Held Up to Contempt.
One or two important witnesses Licensing have endeavoured to dis before the Royal Commission on parage what has been done by brewers to provide the type of house which the public of to-day requires.
The facts being incontrovertible they try to discredit us by suggest ing base motives. For years, such people opposed all attempts at im- provement because they darired to
hold up the public-house to con-
tempt as a mere drinking den, and to cast, the blame upon the brewer for keeping it in that condition.j
Why is it such a dirty place t they asked, and they answered, Because all the brewer wants to do is to sell beer.e
"After years of effort we hävs at last got the encouragement of the magistrates in building finer houses. New the teetotalers ask, 'Why is the public-house such a splendid place and they answered, Be cause the wicked brewer wants to sell more beer potent
enou Hint to Commissioners, "Evidence, if it can be dignifod
Tho Leningrad section has col- Jected waste metal and paper, and
at least. This means that the voy-by that name, has also been given has bought fifteen tractor, with the
Hvort, Sept. 21
age from England to Canada could that beer is unpure or in diftributed proceeds. It has founded more Careful investigation of the the
be completed in a little more than in a careless or unhygienic way. than a hundred Arteli, sorted 7,000 thods whereby air travel can be day and a half.
You can find examples like this in tong of grain, and planted 020,000 winde less noley is being undertaken
any great system of food supply.
mittee, trees, approve by the Aeronautical Research Com It makes week-end trips across should be Is the supply of milic Are all butchere shops what they Novgorod and Ukrainian sections It of the opinion that this The plans have been in the hands unknown in the grocery business?
f the Atlantic possible.
beyond reproach Is adulteration report similar achievements. At will have to come largely from a of experts of the Airship Guarantee If the commissioners would Stalingrad 53 "brigader' were lessening of the source of noise, Company, London, which designed make a tour of the breweries they formed for the purpose of track namely by a reduction of the air and built R 100%
would come to the conclusion that ing down shirkers sad idlers. They screw tip speed, by silencing of the The object is to make long dia beer is as pure as any other bever issued 3,000 TeaBeta calling upon exhaust and by silencing of engine fance airship travel a commercial age, if not purer, while a greater discarded the cond parachuts, their parent to suppress shirking noise, due to tappet rods, cte possibility.
AN EN He was seen to pull the rup-cord and malingering in the factories Bome improvement is also por The new monster will probably houses would probably result in an
practical experience of public of the third but this failed to In Georgia 50 children's chickensible by constructing cabins with be capable of carrying fifty or sixty impression that, pint for pint, the open, and he felt like a stone forming co-operatives were formed, inner and outer shells, packed be passengers, apart from the crew liquor served is freer from con-
7.000 mulberry trees were plant tween with a woolly fireproof in and freight. ed, and 22 Saturday canalulator. This type of wall om It is expected that eight specially one could specify.There is amp
tamination than most other drinks cleaning campaigns were under struction is being used in the Bridesigned 1,000 house power caginen competition to keep both brew
air civil airlineres egen
will drive the airship.
and retailer on the aler
za temp