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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA
JAPS. ATTACK
LAMATIEN
ALLEGED BOMBING OF PRIVATE DWELLINGS
Peiping, Oit, 31-Railway tracks at Aptachan, Tientsaokang and Lamation, on the western section of the Chinese Eastern Railway, have been torn up by the Volunteers undar Li Hai Ching, thereby sever
PROPOSED PIER AT IMPROVEMENTS TO
HSIAKWAN
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR
TENDERS
Nanking, Oct. 30.-Tenders are being invited by the Ministry of Railways for the construction of the Chungshan Pier at Haiakwan, Nanking, it was announced yester day.
CANTON NAVY
ADDITION OF MODERN
CRUISERS PLANNED
BY COMDR. CHEUNG
General Cheung Chi Ying, com mander of the naval forces under the 1st Group Army, is planning a general improvement of the force. It is proposed to add to the local ing communications between Har According to plans of the Minis squadron five cruisers of the modera bin and Tsitsihar, states a radiatry, upon inauguration of the motype for service in local waters. A message from General Ms Chan der railway ferry service across umber of old and used gunboats Shan, Chairman of the Heilung the Yangtze River between Haiak- are to be sold and the proceeds to kiang Provincial Government, waa and Pukow, the Chengping go to funds for the purchase of the On the might of the 24th, under Wharf will be devoted exclusively new cruisers. Any deficiency will be cover of several armoured trains, to the loading and unloading of covered up by 'n subsidy from the Japanese launched a counter- Aitack on the Chinese at Lamation cargo, while the Chungshan Pier Military from Angangchi and clashed with fieneral Li's unita at Tingkepan of passengers-Kuo Min. The next day, two Japanese kir planes dropped incendiary bomba on private dwellings in the neigh- bourhood of Tingkepno resulting in extensive damage to property.
According to a Taheiho message, General Po Ping San's troops oc- cupied Pachiatse station, on tha Tsitsihar-Keshan Railway, on Fri- day. They also surrounded one Japanese infantry regiment and 700 Japanese cavalrymen at Ningnien station. Kuo Min.
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NEW AIR-MAIL ROUTE
HANKOW. TO SIAN IN
The gunboat. Don Sui, which re- cently returned from Hainan Is land, carrying back to the city a number of communists captured by the military operating against the bandits there, left for Hong Kong yesterday for the purpose of bring ing back to the city a quantity of naval supplies required by the mem- Nanking, Oct. 30-Through air bars of the force. Regular patrol mail traffic between Hankow and service is being maintained at dif. REORGANISATION IN Sian will be inaugurated shortlyferent parts of the water courses in
province by the present force,
SZECHUAN
LARGE ARMY TO BE REDUCED
TWO DAYS
under agreement between the China National Aviation and Eurasia) Aviation Corporations.
Rumours Denied.
General Tang Lung Kwong, vice conmander of the Training Division With the present Nanking-Han and formerly Commander of the kow and Nanking-Sian services in naval forces, denies the current operation, mails destined for Sian rumours that he will he reappointed.. from Hankow or vice-versu will be to head the navy following the transfer of the present commander, Nanking, Oct. 31-Heduction ol the over-swollen army in Szechuan sent via Nanking, delivery being General Cheang Chi Ying, to an- and reorganization of the Szechuan made two days after posting of the other position, stating that as far as he knows, no such changes have Provincial Government form the letter. The through traffic agree-
ever been contemplated. Generdi two basic principles underlying a
returning in a short time to Shiuk- wan whare parts of the Training Division are still stationed.— Cans ton Gazette.
set of tentative measures which Mr.ment is effective also for intermedi-Tang further adds that he will be Tai Chi Tao, President of the Exate points on the two airways, amination Yuan, is understood to For the time being, air mail post have drawn up for a solution of
the present Szechuan trouble. The age on this new route will be 30 matter will be formally brought up cents, being hased upon the rate for discussion at the next meeting of 15 cents for each of the two air-Į of the Cenral Political Council.
The Military forces in Szechuan ways-Kuo Min.
HOW
total about 400,000. Thia army, according to President Tai, should be reduced to eight divisions, or about one-fourth of its "present strength. All units are to be placed under the direct control of the Central Authorities and the local commanders will be strictly prohi bited from unauthorized military movemente.
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THIRD PLENARY
SESSION OF C.E:C.
FIXED FOR DECEMBER FIFTEENTH
Nanking, Oct. 30-December 15 having been fixed as the date for
KING'S THEATRE
COMMENCING TO.MORROW
CHARLIE CHAN'S
the convocation of the ard plenary CHANCE
Bession of the CE.C., the Secre tariat of Central Party Headquar ters has scat out notifications to all Control Executive and Supervisory Committees te attend the session. Canton.-The Bureau of Public Works as applied to the Canton
The total membership of the two Municipal Government for an ap Central Committees elected by the propriation of $18,000 for the pur-4th National Congress of pose of érecting a new market for i
the
Werner Alexander
OLAND KIRELAND WARNER
POR PICTULE
MANILA TRAGEDY
RECALLED
Regarding the provincial adminrs- tration, President Tai recommenda that a reorganization of the Pro-
Changsha, Oct. 31.-General o vincial Government Committee should be effected so as to include Chien, Chairman of the Human the convenience of the residents at Kuomintang, it may be noted, is in the membership of the Committee Provincial Government, was host at the Plum Blossom Village in tho 178, viz., 72. full members and 60 all such local leaders as Generals:
reserve members of the C.E.C., and MAN WHO KILLED HIS AUNT Plum Blossom Village (formerly
DECLARED SANE Liu Wen Hui, Liu Hsiang, Li Chia dinner given in honour of Gen-Tangshan District. Both in the i Hsiang, and Yang Sou.
eral Chiang Kai Shek, President of known as the Model Village) and 24 full members and 2 reserve In recommending these measures the Military Affairs Commision, in its neighbourhood the need for members of the C.8.0. 'Of these, 23
members and 25 reserve, members of
..
of solution, President Tai points at the National Goods Exhibition such a public market has been acute
San Jose, Calif., Oct. 20.-After out that any solution of the present!
ly felt for some time in view of Szechuan situation must take due Hall last night.
the rapid growth of the residential the C.E.C., and 7 members and ` deliberating most of the afternoon, account of realities. While Goyern-
reserve members of the C.8.0. are the jury which recently found General Chiang has announced population. ment prestige must be upheld and his intention of spending one week
Specimens for Public Museum
now in the Capital, the remainder, Douglas Templeton, guilty of mur every effort be made to end the pre-in Changsha before returning to
is at present in various parts of the dering his aunt, Mrs. William R. Ront military rivalry, it would Hankow. He had heard so much The Administration Committee of
Babcock of Manila, to-day held that however be inexpedient to lay too of the improved conditions in Hu- the City's Public Museum has an country-Ruo Min.
he was same when he committed the abstract nan that he desired to see things plied to the Canton Municipal { cmplosis. upon
for himself, General Chiang said. Government for the amount of
net and therefore accountable.. ́ ́ Kuo MM.
much, points-Kuo Min.
KIANGSI-
KWANGTUNG
HIGHWAY
NEW SECTION OPENED TO TRAFFIC
GREATER S'HAI MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT
FIRST MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 30
8200 to cover travelling expenses GENERAL WU CHUNG HSIN for an expedition that will be or ganised for a tour in the interior of the province with object of col lecting valuable apeoimetis to enrich the the existing collections in
museum.
Supplementary Classes of Primary Schools,
ON TOUR OF INSPECTION
:
The court thereupon announced that sentence would be imposed on: Monday. However, the defense counsel consulted with Templeton and his parents, and announced an appeal would be taken from the verdict.
Anking, Oct. 30.-General Wu
The University of California Chung Hain, Chairman of the Anhwei Provincial Government, left youth received the pronouncement chalant manner which has charac The Inspectors of Schools under here by boat yesterday for an in-, vf the Jury's findings in a non- the Bureau of Education have spection of the districts of Wang ferized his attitude throughout
most of the trinh, addressed letters to the principals klang Tungliu and Chiups, all Shanghai, Oct. 30. The first of all primary schools in Canton situated in southern Anhwei
Mr. Liu I-Yen, Provincial Com Oct. 31-The Nan meeting of the Provisional Mani- asking them to furnish particulare missioner of Reconstruction, also
cipal Council of Greater Shanghai regarding the supplementary classes chang-Kian section of the Kinngsi was held yesterday afternoon at the that are conducted in their schools left for Honkowto attend the were deeply moved. Kwangtang Highway will be open Municipal Government building, Special forms are distributed for to traille to-morrow, it is announc with fifteen of the 19 members pre obtaining the desired data.
ed.
Nanking,
This section of the inter-provin
sent.
cial highway has just been complet The meeting opened with an ad- ed under the direction of the dress by Mr. Yu Ya Ching, who Bandit-suppressionHeadquarters presided.
for the Kingsi-Kwangtung-Fukien He was followed by Mayor Wu borders. It covers a length of ap Te Cheng who gave an account on proximately 130-miles and is ex-present conditions in municipal ad- perted to facilitate communication ministration. and mató transport in southern
langsi-Kuo Min.
CHINESE STUDENTS
IN-U.S.A.
DECLINE-IN-NUMBERS-
SINCE 1925
Mr. Shih Liang Tsai, publisher of the Shun Pao, was elected Chair man of the Council. A committee of three was also nominated-to' draft the rules of procedure and ather detailed regulations for the Couzeilen
The next meeting will be held on November 8-Kuo Min.
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GEN. CHANG FAT FUI OFF
FOR EUROPE
FORMER "IRONSIDE" LEADEN, LEAVES CITY AFTER BRIEF VISTT.
Canton-General Chang
highway conference for the four vinces of Honon, Hupsh, Anhwoi and Kiangai, scheduled to be held on November 1-Kuo Min.
Major George D. Templeton, and Mrs. Templeton, the boy's parents,
-It was understood there might b
be
se diguity in during the peal to higher court, inasmuch as Major Templeton revealed that the defense of the boy was conducted with money supplied by friends round San Francisco Bay, and in Templeton represented latter to a dinner at which many Manila, of the Ironside "commander's himself as virtually without funds. friends and former associates, many of whom are serving now in the ist - Group Army, wore preset. The trial in the lower court re- General Chang was also guest at quired more than a month, and an sualher banquet when his hosts were appeal would involve an addition-. the members of the South West al expense, Political Council. "?
Trial, Lengthy
Templeton, according to evidenco General Chang states that he in introduced during the trial, drept, Fattands to stay in Europe for at least into the house in Los Altos occupi
Fui, until recently commander of two years during which time he ed by Mr. and Mrs Babcock on. the 4th Army, the famous Iron will devote his whole attention to the moming of July 28, intent on sides, arrived quietly in the city studies. He proposes to make Ger taking their lives with a butcher: on a private visit on the 1st in many and Italy his temporary knife. He succeeded in killing his stant befors leaving for Europe. homes. Arked somit the 4th Army, supt, but Babcock, prominent 1914. Exact figures are not obtain He left by the Taishan to re General Chang states that the men, Manila business man, although sor able for the years of the World turn to Hong Kong, where he is recently greatly reinforced, are now, ladaly wounded, recovered and was War but in 1918 there were 1,400 expected to embark on the -Italian engaged actively in the communist atness at the trial. Shanghai, Oct. 30. A compara Chinese students in America, op liner Conta Verde which is suppression campaign in Klangai, Motives of revenge for an old tive study of figures showing the parently encouraged by the then scheduled to sail for Europe on the and under the command of General family quarrel between the Babcocks Wu Chi Hui, his former subor and Templetons, and the hope of number of Chinese studenta in the favourable gold wachanged. The 9th instans United States since 1808 reveals peak was reached in 1924-6 when the During his short stay of two days dinster he hopes thep will continue inheriting money from Babcock that, from six studente that year, total was 1,661. Thereafter, it de- in the city, General Chang called to uphold their glorious traditionelle had willed a portion of his es tate to the Templeton children, were the figure rose steadily to 847 in clined gradually until it touched on Commander-in-Chief Chan Chi in the service of the country,
advanced. Posted at foot of nest column 1,250 this year. Kuo Min, Tang and was outerlained by the Canton Gazette.