MUKDEN'S EXPEDITIONARY FORCE."
COMPLETELY WITHIN THE GREAT WALL
AVOIDING AGITATION AND TROUBLE.
{TENOUGH REUTER'S LOENĊE:]
Manchurian and Shansi Commanders
Feast Together,
Shansi Soldiers Selling Off! The Shansi forces have been allowed to take off all their per- sonal effects as well as their arms and "munitions.
PRIPING, Sept. 93. The Manchurian Brigadier Gen-
Amusing scenes were witnessed eral Tang Ying Pin and the Shans
at some of the barracks, where the Gorrison Commander met to-day
soldiers, sok everything movable, and feasted together with the ut-such as door handles and window most cordiality before handing over pates, large crowds eagerly seizing Poiping to the Manchurians, the the opportunity to make very cheap Manchurian and Stansi soldiers purchases.
everywhere fraternising before the latter's departure.
J!
Peace Without Fresh Taxation. The farmer Nanking Kuomintang
officials, who emerged from their hiding places and again occupied their former headquarters yester day, stuck up posters denouncing Yen Hsi Shan, but the Manchurians ordered such posters to be pulled down and issued a proclamation declaring that they have come to maintain order, and eventually bring peace throughout China. They will not requisition goods but pay in fall for everything," and will not impose fresh taxes but will abolish excessive baxation.
:
Kuomintang Propaganda Activities
Frustrated..
TIENTEIN, Sept. 23.
Entry Into Peiping Expectedl
Tiensis, Sept. 9.
The catire Manchurian Fifth Brigade pushed "up the railway today and is expected to arrive in Peping this evening, while its place here is being taken by the Twenty-Seventh Division, under the General Liu Nai command of Chung.
The latter Brigade arrived in eight troop trains throughout the day and is, at present drawn, up on sidings at the Central Station.
Meantime, the advance party of the Sixth Brigade has reached Tientsin East Station, and it is expected that the remainder will arrive during the night,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1930.
MAYOR WU OF TIENTSIN.
FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE AT CANTON.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.).
TREASON TRIAL AT TIENTSIN CUSTOMS LEAGUE DISCUSSES GENEVA FAILURE
LEIPZIG.
THREE OFFICERS OF THE REICHSWEHR_CHARGED.
"[THROUGH BETTER'S AGENOT.]
Larzio, Sept. 23. TESTSIN, Sept. 23.
In view of the success of the According to the vernacular Press, Wu Teh Chen, a member of National Socialists (styled Nazis) the Central Executive Council and at the elections to the Reichstag, Chief of Police at Canton, is er: unusual interest is being taken in riving here this afternoon accom- the trial which opened to-day in panied by Fang Pen Jen to sasuma
the Supreme Court of three young the past of Mayor of Tientsin and Reichswehr officers, Lieut, Schalin to take over the reins of the Muni-ger and Lieut. Ludien of the Ulm rrison, and ex-Lieut. Wendt, cipal Government.
formerly stationed at Cassel, or charges of high treason on the ground that they, in concert with the Nazis, attempted to sow discontent among junior officers, to enlist them in a plot to overthrow the con- stitution by armed revolt, incited the soldiers to disobey orders and to resist-their superior officers, and themselves disobeyed orders.
The Court building was strongly guarded by police.
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
OPENING DEFERRED. TIIL OCTOBER 1.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SKEVICE.)
--
Rujany, Sept. 92. It is officially announced that as the Prime Minister of Canada will not be able to reach" London "until September 30, the opening meeting of the Imperial Conference has been deferred until October '1.
Serious Problems Have to be
Tackled.
The opening, which will take plage in London next week, in awaited with keen interest.” ·
During to-morrow and Thursday,
It is anticipated that the most the Twenty-Third Brigade is ex important discussions will be thore pected, accompanied by General dealing with economic. questions, Yu. Hsuch Chung personally, and and their range will be of the this will complete the entire Ex-widest character." They will em-] peditionary Force at present inside brace tariff changes and the extent the Great Wall.
and effect of recent imperial tarif
As far as can be ascertained, the
One hundred and thirty persons
admitted to the public gallery were
searched for arms.
When the accused were brought in everybody, was surprised to see them warmly greeted by a Reich- swehr officer, Captain Mengel, in full uniform, who shook hands with them.
It transpired that the accused availed themselves of an officer's privilege to choose a comrade to defend them. The chief Counsel for the lefence, however, is a National-Socialist Deputy, Dr. Frank, of Munich, who is Herr Hitler's legal adviser.
STAFF..
ACTING COMMISSIONER APPOINTED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TARIFF TRUCE.
SERIOUS ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF DUMPING.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GENEVA, Sept. 22.
of
ANGERS CHINA.
COMPLAINTS BY DELEGATION.
DEADLOCK OVER DISARMA» MENT PROPOSAL.
TITSIN, Sept. 23.
Geneva, Sept. 17.--Chinese quar- At a meeting of the Economic Concerning the possibility of the
of the League.
here are highly indignant and reinstatement of the "old Customs Committee
Swedish delegate, pointed at the outcome of the staff hy Mukden, Mr. Grierson of Nations,, the Nanking, who has beca "appointed speaking on the subject of the sections to the League of Nations Acting Commissioner, states that cost-favoured-nation clause in the Council. It is declared that China he is waiting until the transference freements, proposed & resolution was entitled to a seat on the Coun of control is completed, and deve-that the League enquire into the sil as the largest nation of the lopments may be expected when question of dumping and the sys-world. One member of the Chinese the new officials take offre. tem of export bounties, with a view delegation pointed out that al-
In the meantime, the Simpson to determining the feasibility of though China has
international action in order to regime is still carrying on.
obviate the serious economic effects Mr. F. Hayley Bell to Resume of this practice.
Office.
(Wah Te To: Foo)
Dumping" "Russian Timber, The Roumanian and "Finnish TIENTS IN, Sept. 23. delegate, complained of the dump- Mr. Francis Hayley Bell, the ing of Russian timber and agricul former Commissioner of the Cus-tural produce, and hinted at the
possibility of retaliation, toms here, has been telegraphic ally instructed by Mr. W. Funze, the Inspector-General of Customs, to take over the local Customs administration.
The old Customs been reinstated.
Netherlands Suggestions.
The Netherlands delegate said that Holland · desired to do hor utmost to prevent economic war- fare, and thought the best way ls have would be a reduction of tariffs by protected countries to a reasonable level; but if this at present was not possible, then Holland willing to collaborate in a scheme whereby law tariff countries could undertake to maintain a low tariff for's fixed period in return for a reduction of tarif by the high tariff countries.
BRITISH LABOUR BANS
COMMUNISM.
ORGANISATIONS SUBSIDIARY TO INTERNATIONAL.
[BRITISH WIRELESS" SERVİCE]"
ቲኔ
Was
at present to cope with internal differences, that true also of come nations with a much smaller population who nevertheless have been admitted to the Council,
were
Furthermore, delegation quarters complain that they had been inten- tionally misled when they advised to forego their claim to the chairmanship of the present session of the League's Assembly and in- stead to run for the League Coun-
.. dil.
Having elected the new members of the Council, M. Mohwinkel, the. Foreign Minister for Norway, Minister of Finance Blythe for Ire- land and former Senor Matos, the
Foreign Minister for Guatemala and having furthermore elected former Mr. Kellogg, the United States Secretary of State to succe
to committee work, while the new Council held its constituent session and also confirmed the choice of Mr. Kellogg as judge on The Hague Court.
Ho opposed the Roumanian plea that agricultur- countries should "receive preferencial treatment from importing countries, on the grounded Judge C, H, Hughes as judge that free-trade Holland would have on the International Court at The to impose duties in order to grant Hague, the Assembly settled down RUGBY, Sept 22. such preferences, which would mean In a report to be submitted to the raising of the price of foodstuffs
for the Dutch population, the Labour Party Conference at The accused were greeted by Dr. Llandudno on October 6, the Far Equal Opportunity Tariff Bystems, The French delegato said that ture and communications, including The President of the Court sternliamentary Committee state that, Twenty-Third and. Twenty-Seventh the garrison for Peiping, while the shipping, aviation, cables and wirely warned the spectators, who, he exclusive of 299 Labour Members of France was prepared to enter into negotiations with a view to plac said, included Communists and Parliament, the number of prosing tariff systems on the old baris Nazis, against demonstrations, de- Divisions will remain at Tientsin.
claring that he would not allow the pective Parliamentary Labour can of equal opportunity for all on the Court to be turned into a bear didates endorsed for the next gen-home market, provided there was general plan which gave a mea- garden,
sure of security in tariff matters. The accused pleaded not guilty,
The organisations declared to be complete Customs Union the ineligible for affiliation to the Labour Party include the League"
Latensive efforts are being made Filth and Sixth Brigades will form preferences, bulk purchase, agricul- Frank with the Fascist salute.
by the local Kuomintang to resume propaznada activities, but these have hitherto been frustrated by the police in pursuance of Mukden's order to avoid agitation and trouble of any description.
PEIPING, Sept. 23. The Commandant of the Fifth Mukden Brigade is expected here to-day.
"His troops are mostly stationed just to the west of Peiping, and
very few have actually entered the
city.
The other brigades are being stationed around the city and at the Nankow Eass and Fengtai, and other forecs are
proceeding to Tehchow and elsewhere throughout
Chibli.
Two of Han Eu Chu's brigades have crossed the Yellow River to
establish connection with the Man
churian forces.
CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY CONFERENCE.
(TEROÙGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
MURDEN, Sept. 22.- The Chinese delegation at Mos- cow telegraphs that the official con- ference with the Soviet opens on October 14.
MATTHEWS' FLIGHT TO
AUSTRALIA.
AHEAD OF HINKLER'S TIME.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
KABACHI, Sept. 22. Captain F. R Matthews, who O out from London on September 10 on a flight to Australia, bar arrived here, ahead of Mr. Bert
Hinkler's time for the journey to
less.
The Secretary of the Dominions, Mr. J. H. Thomas, referred to the complex problems before the Con ference in a speech at the Wool Research Conference in London today. He added:-" There never was an Imperial Conference held being in more difficult circumstances, but
Railway Bridge Blown Up. It was learned this evening that through a misunderstanding a fail way bridge was blown up near Tsangchow, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, thus cutting off the retreat of a number of Shansi troops from the South, but it is stated that adequate precautions are taken to prevent panic, and no serious developments are expected. it is equally true that never was a
PEIPINO, Sept. conference more necessary."
"
Each constituted: part of the
Empire, was faced with its own
A troop train with Manchurian forces on board left Fengta Peiping at 10.30 to-night and is expected here before midnight.domest änd economic problems.
Manchuriana. Enter Peiping.
PEPING, Sept. 33.
One regiment of Manchurises entered Peiping at about midnight, moving freely about the city.
The Shansi Garrison Commander and Director of Public Safety is handing over charge and leaving
to-day.
The Manchurian armoured trains have gone on to the Peiping-Han kow line for Paotinglu.
JACK DIAMOND ARRIVES IN AMERICA.
ARRESTED AS A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.
[BEDTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.}
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23. Jack Diamond, the notorious bootlegger and "king" of the New York underworld, artived here on the freighter Hannover.
He was arrested as a suspicious character but released on his pro mising to appear in Court.
PRINCESS MARGARET ROSE, HAPPY CHOICE OF SCOTTISH
QUEENS NAMES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY,} LONDON, Sept. 9 It is officially announced that the India.
baby girl born to the Duke and [On September 16. Captain Duchess of York at Gismis Castle Matthews, Instructor at the Lon on
named August 21 will be. don Aeroplane Club, who taught Margaret, Bose, Miss Amy Johnson to fly, started
сп
"We in the old country are pass. ing through a period unexampled in history. I have confidence, bow- ever, that the old spirit of grit and determination that saw the country through many of its difficulties in the past will pull us through. At the Imperial Conference we shall sit down, not with a desire to think
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MOSCOW PLAYING WITH CHINA.
CONFERENCE STILL IN NEBULOUS STATE.
GENERAL CHIẢNG NOW A
HATED FIGURE.
Berlin, Sept. 17-In spite of the Preoccupation resulting from the German elections diplomatic circles here still follow carefully the Mos cow conference on Sino-Russian Chinese delegation affairs. The for ourselves alone, but with a has been in Moscow some months single-minded desire to see how we and is beginning to show signs of but M Karakhan, can combine our brains and energies nervousness to make the best use of the Empire, making capital out of China's in- with its zalimited potentialities ternal troubles, is trying to drag and possities for the common,
tirings out. good of a
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT
PROROGUEDA
German and Japanese dipomatic officials Beem to ho very close to the various, delegates and it is re- ported that the Germans at one time thought of suggesting the. transference of an important por- tion of the negotiations to Berlin. This applied to "the general dis-
DEPARTURE OF PREMIER FOR cussion of consular and commercial
LONDON.
[RZUTZR'S AMERICAN SERVICE?
#
OTTAWA, Sept. 25. Parliament has been prorogued. The Opposition leaders in the House of Commons, in wishing Mr. Bennett, Premier, bon voyage, said they hoped that the deliberations of the Imperial Conference would be to the advantage of the whole Empire.
relations not directly connected with the Chinese Eastern Railway question.
Waiting for the Beanit, Well-informed people repeat that the draconic conditions M. Karak- han pretended to impose were de- stined solely to create & Chinese reaction so that the negotiations could be delayed until the Nanking Government, last the civil war.
General Chiang Kai Shek is as Problems of Canadian Grain Trade. much hated by the Soviets as be was praised four years ago. His Mr. Beanett, in reply, referred caricature at all demonstrations 18 to the fact that among the Govern carried alongside those of Presid ment experts eccompanying him ant. Hindenburg, M. Poincare and were the chief representatives of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. the grain trade in Canada.
Russia Achieves Objectives.. Mr. Bennett added that an effort
eral election in 138.
"
Solution
Question of Financial Assistance. The deliberations of the disarma- ment committee resulted in a com- plete deadlock ayer the "draft con-- vention for financial assistance to states wilfully attacked by others, the deadlock being caused by pro-
Geration of all the Eurofound disagreement betw. Great The delegate advocated
Great
Britain that the latter would find it advantageous to consolidate her tariff, with theirs.
Against the Imperialists, the left wing movement, minority move- pean countries in a complete Cus Britain and France on this point. ment of the Workers' International, toms Union as a solution of agri- The, French speaker fought hard cultural and other economic pro- the Relief of National Unemployeds. He believed that a number for France's thesis conjuring up Workers Committee movemente, of European States were ready to the security and sanctions bogey the Friends of Soviet Russia, and give buch assurances to the International Class War Pri- sopers' Aid, all of which are de scribed as ancillary or subsidiary to the Communist Party..
Members of these organisations Coincident with
be individual are ineligible to members of the Labour Party to be delegates to the party locally or nationally, or to be candidates of the party for Parliamentary or local Government elections.
Soviet Grain Armada.
LONDON, Sept. 22.
the League debate on dumping at Geneva, the bottom has been knocked right out of prices" on the British corn ex- change, and according to an official statement the position has never been so grave for the British and
British Colonial farmer.
and, apart from all other considera tione, aiming in effect at the sub- sidging by the League of any war of a member state against one not being a member of the League..
The British delegate, on the other. hand held that such a convention might prove a bottomless as well as
thankless liability, suggesting that the draft might be turned into solemn warning to all bellicose Quotations on the Liverpool and nationa. Finally the meeting ad- The Committee adds that the Baltic exchanges have reached a journed until to-morrow to enable existence of organisations ancillary ridiculously low level in con- the delegations to recast their pro- or subsidiary to the Communist sequence of Soviet grain, which is International has been established planted, grown and reaped by posals and to make new sugges- without doubt, and the technique serfs," being dumped on the martions. of their organisation and prokets by the Soviet's groin armada paganda has been elaborated by the from the Black Sea ports." Coramunist, International. itself.
ATTEMPTED REVOLT IN
CHILE.
INSTIGATED BY EXILED GENERAL.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Sept. 22. A communiqué announcing that revolt, at Concepcion had been crushed says that the instigators have been imprisoned.
Parleys Peach Final Stage.
There is a similar position re Meanwhile, interest in the ported from the United States, the Franco-Italian naval pourparlera American Secretary for Agricul
ture declaring that the Soviet is was revived by the arrived of selling wheat short in the Chicago several high Italian naval officers market to the detriment of the who are to advise the Italian di American farmer. He adds that it is impossible for Russia to da liver grain at Chicago with a tariff of 42 cents a bushel British Ships Chartered for Eussian Wheat and Timber Exports.
plomats on certain points of the tentative agreement, Signor Grandi, the Italian Foreign Minister is ex- prcted here to-morrow or Friday when these pourparlers are to en- ter their final stage.
The social committee of the As- LONDON, Sept. 23. sembly also took up work on fts Apropos the reports of Soviet agenda, the chief item of which s wheat dumping mentioned last the protection of juveniles, tác evening.⠀⠀⠀ Cardiff correspondents fight against the smuggling of BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 22. roport unparalleled vessel-charter epium and against slavery of wo The revolt st Concepcion wasing during the past few weeks by men and children.
At least 170 cargo-boats, aggre Opposition to Gandidates Outlined, instigated by the exiled General the Soviete. Grube, who arrived there by ar gating over 500,000 tons, mostly
with General British, have been chartered for on the failure of China to secure
wheat and wood in Black Sea and a non-permanent seat in the Lo North Russian ports
gue of Nations Council, the Chin British and Canadian Objections sombly, in a cablegram to the ese delegation to the League Ar-
Ministry of Foreign Afairs, states
from Argentina Bravo.
General Lira, commanding the would be made to improve the grain. According to the latest informs garrison, was ordered to arrest marketing conditions and solve the tion, the Sino-Russian negotiation, Grube, who fired a revolver at cacat urgent problems of the which were to have been opened on Lira The latter replied to the Canadian grain producers,
May 15, then June 1, June 10, and fire, and both exchanged several. Sir George Ferley will be the the last date August 15, do not give shots before Grube was arrested. Acting Premier during Mr. Ben much ground for hope, Russia ob The rebels have been given soli- tained in Manchuria as much as tary confinement at the naval sta she possibly could and has no im.tion at Talcahuano. mediate intarest in concluding
from Croydon at dawn in' The new Princess is the first attempt to break the record for a Royal child to be born in Scotland solo fight to Australia. Hs for over threo centuries, and the fying a 120 h.p. cabin Puas Math choice of the name of Margaret ninchine.
A
will be appreciated by Scottish pett's absence." people, as it is the name of three! former Scottish Quecas.
He was reported the same day to have arrived at Belgrade, after averaging 115 miles an hour.
MR. SCULLIN VISITS FRENCH CAPITAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS Sept. 22. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, has arrived here.
He saw the sights this morning, and rested in the afternoon, as he I still far from strong..
St. Margaret, Queen of Malcolm III. of Canmore, King of Scotland, was born in 1054 and died in 1033. Margaret, titular Queen of Scot
STORM OFF BRITTANY COAST.
land, was born in 1983 and died MANY FISHERMEN DROWNED. in 1200 15
The third Queen Margaret was born in 1499 and died in 1841. Bhej was the eldest daughter of Henry VII of England,
the haby Princess names thus typify the limon of England and Scotland, which was signalised in the marriage of the Duke and Duchess
(THROUGH REUTKI'S AGENCI,]
final agreement. Induential Com-
GENEVA, Sept. 23.
Nanking, Sept. 19.-Reporting
Objections to the proposed pre- that prior to the election, out of ferential treatment of European 62 countries, 38, had verbally con- were voiced in the second cozo- the results indicate, only 27 votes grown cereals in European markets sonted to vote for China; but, as mittee of the League in the course in favour of China were counted, of the discussion of the most which fell short by five votes of the favoured nation clause by Mr. necessary two-thirds
munist leaders expect Karakhan to U.S. PRESIDENT'S SON ILL. Riddell (Canada) and Miss Susan The delegates attribute the op
reorganize the Russian body of control and "restrain" in China, This situation is regretted in Ber- lin for several important matters awaiting settlement between Cer- many and China can only be dealt PARIS, Sept. 22. with if some agreement is reached: The storm which has been rag-first between China and Russia. ing for some time on the coast of Brittany has not yet abated,
Many fishermen have been wah ed overboard from their fishing smacks and drowned.
The movements of Bed troops on tho Manchurian border and the frequent border incidents provide fear for new diplomatic complica
tions
SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR
TUBERCULOSIB
[EKOTKE'S" "AMERICAN SERVICE}
WARMINGTON,
Sept, President Hoover's eldest son, Herbert de suffering from tubercu- losis and has been ordered severa months' rest on special dist full recovery is likely.
Lawrence, who pointed out that the position to :: China proposal did not harmonise with | reasons:-
to three,
the League's past pronouncements, | 1.—That China was not consider and was calculated, to close import- ed eligible for re-election until ant markets to the products of next year
overaen countries, and also was That two Asiatic countries, tantamount to the abandonment of Persia - and Japan, are already" the most-favoured nation clause members of the Council; and that Miss Susan Lawrence appealed to the League Council doc, not wish the committed to support the Intr have a third Asiabic memberi dian proposal for an enquiry into 3 That opposition to China's the agricultural' and industrial re-election had been strongly or depression.
ganited and was dificult to rEMOTE-