HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1935.
JAPANESE CONTROL ALL NORTH CHINA RAILWAYS
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Important
Stations
NEW POST IN PEIPING
CAMPAIGN IN OGADEN PROVINCE
Clicquot
Clicquot
Occupied
MEASURE TO-ISOLATE CHINESE. TROOPS
Autonomy Leader Defies
Nanking
Peping, November 27. Fengtai 12 miles south of Peiping, is occupied by Japanese troops. "A semi-official-explanation is that the troops are there on manoeuvres set up by the Japanese miktary authorities,
A spokesman stated that the troops had occupled Fengtai to protect communications and prevent the removal southward of the Felping rolling stock. There had been many rumours lately of the concentration of rolling stack in North Honah for the Chinese military forces.
It is learned from reliable sources that the Japanese mil- tary authorities have requested the railway authorities to con- centrate six trains for Japanese use on December 3 from Tientsin to Fengtai The railway authorities are already, complying with this request, but the reason for it remains a mystery.
CHINESE LEADERS PUZZLED
CHANGYIMEN OCCUPIED
Pelping. Nov. 27. Japanese troops have how DC- cupled Chargyimen station about three hundred yards outside the South West Gate of the city.
Chanyimen is on the branch line connecting the Line to Tientsin with branch to Kalgan.
Thus by holding Fengtai and Changyimen, the Japanese now control all the North Chinh ra
WBYS
Trains
between Pelping and Tientsin are running normally, while through trafe to Hankow is still functioning.- Reuter.
HALT AT TSINAN
Tientsin, Nov.. 27. All south-bound trafic Gn the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is being halted at. Tainan in compliance. with the demand of the Japanese * military authorities, who Arst pressed, the total suspersion of the service but later agreed to compro- mise the demand based on the ground that trains returning to North China might be used for. transportation of Nanking troops against the Japanese,
It is rumoured that traffic on the Peiping-Hankow Railway may also be halted at some point; for the" same reasonp.- Reuter.
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TROOPS EXPECTED
Tientsin, Nov. 27. Three thousanid Japanese troops are expected this afternoon from Chingwangtao. The Chinese rail- way authorities have withdrawn ali freight trains on the Tsinpu Rail- way and suspended freight traffic. RACE COURSE OCCUPIED The Japanese aviation personnel have taken possession of the in- ternational race course and build. ings and sentries forbid entrance. The Japanese military authorities claim that they have Chinese con- sent for the action.- Reuter
TRAFFIC CONTROL
!!
GEN. YIN FORMALLY
DISMISSED.
Sung-Loyal To Nanking
Will Not Stop
Autonomy.
Felping, Nov. 27. Circles close to General Bung Cheh-yuan state that he will most probably accept his new appoint- ment of Pacification Commis- sioner for Hopel. Preparations are being made for the establishment of the new headquarters and the
garrison abolition of the
head- quarters, after which the accep tance of the appointment 15 expected to be announced.
The same circles declare bluntly that General Sung Cheh-yuan has not seen General Dolhäâra since they returned from Tientsin and that no negotiations bave been going on..
JAPANESE VIEW
However, a Japanese spokesman declared to-day that Nanking's new appointment in Peiping would not stop the autonomy movement which is still going on and which the Japanese 'expected to materialise shortly.
Emperor Highly Satisfied With Successes
(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press").
By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphic Messogne Ordinance, 1894. Received, November_27,"180"proj
Addis Ababa, November 27. Extreme satisfact on is expressed by official circles here at the result of the campaign in the province of Ogaden, while the population of the capital is jubilant.
The Emperor is reported to gave stated that "all fruits which the Italians have gathered in the province of Ogaden during the 55 days' campaign at a cost of immense sacrifices have been lost by them with'n a few days. Abyssinian successes obta ned during the past few days on the southern front show how unfounded was the assertion of the Italians tha: they had subdued and taken possession of the entire province of Ogaden."
Reports reaching here from the southern front state that the Italian Somall troops are in a headlong fight, hotly pursued by the Abyssinians who have captured six further tanks after retak- ing the town of Anele where the Italians are said to have left behind several machine guns and a quantity of other material besides numerous, dead and wounded.-Transocean Kuo Min.
MAKALE ABANDONED
SACRED RELIC
Addis Ababa. Nov, 27.
Addis Ababa, Nov. 26. According to oficial Abyssinlan The sacred relic which the sources, the Italians have abar-Abyssinians claim to be the ori- Covenant" of The spokesman was of opinion doned Makale and are retreating ginal "Ark of the
in the direction of Adigrat.-
Israel, and which they venerate as Reuter.
the greatest national treasure has Army row been transported to Headquarters at Desafe, and great satisfaction la felt here with the news of its safe arrival.
that the autonomy question must be settled before the three prin=. ciples governing „Sino-Japanese relations could be settled at Nanking conferences.
The Military Council here began
winding up yesterday. General
Ho Ying-ching telegraphed the Council asking the Secretariat not Peiping, Nov. 27. to disperse. from which it is General Shang Chen has formal-understood that he desires to em- ly dismissed General Yin Ju-keng ploy them in his new office.- as Administrative Inspector of the Reuter. demilitarised zone.
SUNG DECLINES
A body of educationalists from
Shanghai, Nov. 27. the Peiping universities called on General Sung
It Cheh-yuan and
is reliably learned that spoke strongly against autonomy General Sung Cheh-yyan received last night. General Sung replied official notice of his appointment that, he would abide by the in- to-day and has telegraphed de- structions of the National Govern-clining it for reasons which are
not" known ment.
General Hsu Yung-chang, Chair- 'man of Shansi, called on General Sung Cheri-yuan this morning and conferred on the North China situation. The result WIS not divulged- Reuter,
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YIN DEFIES NANKING
Piping, Nov. 27. - General Yin Jo-keng, head of the autonomy movement, Inter- viewed at Tungchow this morn- Ming, expressed his determination to defy the order of arrest issued by Nanking.
There are reports that I have fied. This is absolutely untrue. I will remain here and will defy the Nanking authorities to ar- rest me." he said.-Reuter.
THREE OFFICIALS
RESIGN
Nanking, Nov. 27.
It la learned from reliable sources that Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Mr. Tai Chi-tao and Mr. Chu Cheng have submitted their re- signations which will be consider- ed by the newly elected Central Executive Committee which begins ita first plenary session on Decem- ber 1.
Tientain, Nov. 27. Up to the present only a small body" of Japanese troops has ar- rived. A detachment visited Tien- tain station to ensure the obser- vance of ramc arrangements and The principal business will be another detachment proceeded to
the appointment of five yuan pre- Fangtai for a similar purpose. At sidents. Official circles emphasise that the resignations are merely in accordance with practice when a new C.EC. is elected.- Reuter,
Kinhan
It is understood that
freight trains to the south are only allowed to leave when the north- bound train arrives.-- Reuter.
SHANTUNG'S ATTITUDE
Tientsin. Nov, 27.
. Pelping and Tientsin correspon dents of Nippon Dempo reported the likelihood that Shantung mey remain aloof from the autonomy movement, at least for the pre- sent
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"London," Nov, 27.
POSITION ON FRONTS
London, Nov 27. Activity on the Ethiopian war front is at present confined to the South, where the Ethiopians claim that the retreating Italians have abandoned Anele, Gerlogubi and Gorrahel
when
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LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE
British Policy Unchanged
London, Nov. 27,
British The personnel of the delegation at the London Naval Conference has not been fixed yet, except Bir Samuel Hoare and the naval expert, Mr. Danckwerta. The plenary session will probably be
Queen's Building.
CHRISTMAS TREES IN
GERMANY
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Fress")
BATH USED AS.
AQUARIUM
(By Telegraph Copyright, ・ Telo graphic Massapes. Ordinancom, ** 1893- Receiped, Nopember. 27, 4.30. pan.) :"
Berlin, Nov, 27. Four thousand Christmas trees, the first to arrive this year reach- ed Berlin on Wednesday · ·freih Holstein, the chief source of the fir and spruce that decorate the It was immediately placed in
homes throughout the Reich festive bomb-proof dug out, where it is
season. In a few days vast numbers guarded day and night by soldiers
will begin to arrive from Harz, of the Coptic priests. According
Thueringia, Bisaria, Mecklenburg Operations in the north are to the old Abyssinian tradition, heki on December 6.
and Pommern, in 15 to 20 ́rallwny. practically at a standstill, pending the sacred relic which is usually The Conference will be opened waggons daily, that is 25,000 trees." the arrival of Marshal Badoglio, preserved, in St. George's Cathe-by Mr. Baldwin and will be de The National Bocialist Welfare the hew Commander-in-Chief, aral at Addis Ababa, is always voted to short speeches by head: Service is preparing to distribute‘a. who is due at Massawa to-day.. transferred to the Negus' head- of the delegations.
quarter of a million Christmas A message from Addis Ababa quarters.
the country in British policy has not changed trees to the needy families.-
invasion, from that outlined at the prelimin--| Transocean. Kuo Min. states that General Nasibu, com-threatened "by hostile manding the troops at Jijiga, has and it is therefore assumed that ary talks of the powers concerned telephoned the Emperor that in the Emperor's departure for Dessie in the past two years and which stresses the great importance of coming couriers report that the is imminent.
both Italians have withdrawn to a poɛl- Ten thousand Abyssinian war-reaching an agreement on tion south of Valdal, the Ethiop-riors of various tribes, and of both quantitative and qualitative mi
(By Telegraph, Oopyright, Tala lans meanwhile concentrating on Christian and Mahommedan faiths, tation. their pursuit, although they have are reported as having passed Britain holds that it is useless graphia Massages Ordinance, 1801
through Dessle, after & dificult to proceed with further proposals Received, November 37, 4-30 pm
Landsberg, Nov. 27. not yet re-occupied the town
The retreat of the Italians from march of more than three hun-on the basis of any ratio and
A tenant who find secretly used Gorrabel and Gerlogubi is attri-dred kilometres continuing their hopes that quantitative limitation buted, to the feat of Ras Desta's journey to the northern tront with can be reached by miting ton-his bath for the Freeding of fish within consumed such vast quantities of nage under each category. North forces, numbering 20,000, who renewed enthusiasm, after having which it will be open to the pow water that it mystified the land-
been in the vicinity of their na-
crs to distribute burding as they lord who at last instituted en- Honal sacred relic.
quiries. think best. Transocean Kuo Min..
There is no question of any Each fiat in the huge block wAB reached quietly examined; in - turn util agreements having been 82 far, but lessons have been leam- finally the culprit of the private ed at the preliminary talks of the aquarium was discovered when it powers concerned in the past two turned out that the water · had years and which stresses the great been running day and night for
R importance of reaching agreement weeks. London, Nov 26. on both quantitative and qualita- The Parliamentary Labour Party tive limitation- meet to-day to elect a leader, and | Neuter. after two ballots, fa which Mr. Arthur Greenwood and. Mr. Her- bert Morrison were in minority, unanimously chose as leader Mr in the last Parliament after the C. R. Attlee, who acted as leader
resignation of Mr. George Lans- bury.
SHANG CHEN RESIGNS ' The condition of General Shang Chen, who was recently taken ill with stove-gas polsoning has be come worse on account of "mental exertion over affairs in China"
Assuring responsibility to check the autonomy movement in North China, General Shang Chen. Governor of Hopel, has wired his resignation to Nanking according to a Japanese report.-
Reuter.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Nov, 27. London SUver prices to-day were unchanged for Spot and 1/8 up for Forward as follow:--
Spot Forward
Nov. 28 Nov. 27 29-3/18 29-3/16 28-3/4 28-7/8
RUSH ON SHOPS IN, RUSSIA
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dafiv Présă” (Copyright.)},
Moscow, Nov 26. Torgain shops throughout the Soviet Union, of which Moscow alone has 23, all of which, accord- ing to a recent decree will be shut by February 1, 1936, are now being stormed by people who want to convert their foreign currencies and gold jewels, into food, cloth- ing, shoes and furs before the sup- plies become exhausted.
All forms of clothing are being snapped up greedily because these "are least likely to become obtain- able later. This fremsted rush for stocks and articles of prime necessity that will keep in storage, is explained by the fact, that once the Targain shops clone, foreign currencies will only be changeable
crossed the desert in the direction
of Dolo, thereby threatening the
Italian left flank.—Reuter.
GERMAN DECREE
London, Nov 26. The League of Nations published to-night "at Geneva, as an official document, a copy of the decree now passed by Germany forbid- ding the export of raw materials which cord, assist any country at war. Among the banned exports are iron, nickel,tin and chrome,
as well as all waste metals,
The document has been sent to an Statsa members of the League, and the general opinion in Geneva is said to be that it constitutes a notable contribution by Germany to the system of collective secur ity and the efforts of the League Powers to apply British Wirelcer.
EGYPTIAN SÄNCTIONS AGAINST ITALY
Cairo, Nov. 27,-- The Council of Ministers passed a decree applying sanctions against Italy including a ban on all im- ports from Italy and all exports of raw materials except Italy- Reuter
cotton to
GREEK KING MEETS KONDYLIS
LABOUR AND LIBERALS APPOINT LEADERS
The Liberals in the House of Commons also met and elected Sir Archibald Sinclair to succeed Bir Herbert Samuel, who lost his seat in the election, as Parlia mentary leader. Mr. Lloyd George was present and Parliamentary correspondents of the news- papers declare that he and other Liberals who ranked as Independ- ent Liberals in the last House will now co-operate generally with the rest of the party in the New House, thus bringing the united Liberal strength to 21- British Wireless.
CAPTAIN FITZROY
RE-ELECTED
London, Nov 26. The new Parliament met for the first time this afternoon. In the House of Commons Captain Fitz- roy was re-elected speaker. He has served as speaker in the last four Parliament and was warmly Reports arriving in Tokyo said.
congratulated by the Prime Min- The exchange of seals of office
ister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Mr. that General Chiang Kai-shek told Ambassador Ariyoshi that in the by Ministers affected by the recent
Attlee, leader of the Opposition, event of Japan supporting the cabinet reconstruction took place
and Mr. Lloyd George, "Father" at Buckingham. palace this morn secession of the recalcitrant pro
of House.
En yen Ing when the King received the vinces, Sino-Japanese relations
The latter said the supremacy Ministers Subsequently His Ma- would be unfavourably affected.
at 3 Francs for 1 Rouble, whereas with Premier Kondylis for two Pritamentary institution's de Other dispatches, however, re-jesty held a Privy Counci?. At its purchases made now can be made hours on Tuesday, when all ques-pended on the venerat ported that General Chiang in conclusion the ministers left to at prices corresponding with pre- tions concerning the formation of that every opinion in the nation dicated his willingness to grant attend the first meeting of the North China an extensive degree reconstructed Cabinet since the war rates a of autonomy, fully satisfying cur- General Election which took place
at. No. 10 Downing Street. ⠀⠀ rent demands.
However, Chiang was said to. have insisted that secession should be arranged under the direction of the Nanking government------ Union News,
The temas of the King's speech with which Parliament will be opened next Tuesday were under
consideration. British Wireleri,
(Special to the "Hong Kong Daliy Press" (Copyright.)).
Athens, Nov. 26. King George II had an audience
- the new Government was discuss-
Soviet citizens who had bank ed. accounts. in foreign currencies at the State Bank, have been hastily withdrawing their balances so as to buy up all they can while there is still time. Transocean Kuo Min
In order to be able to prepare an amnesty, the King asked for a list of all those sentenced for par- ticipation in the revolutionary march
Transocean Kuo. Min,
men.
should have opportunity of fair and free expression. Mr. Speaker would maintain that freedom of speech which had made the post tion and fame of British Parlia- ment the admiration of the whole world.
British
ireless.
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The landlord applied forthwith. an eviction warrant, · Rnd. meanwhile the neighbours... were asking themselves the question **When did he wash himself?”- Transactan Kuo Min.
Representatives of the five Na-meeting, was to inform the driş; val Powers and of the Dominions gates of the arrangements pro- who will take part in the Naval
posed for the conference, and Conference opening in London on
these were explained" "by Mr. B., December 6 met at the Foreign L. Craigle, of the Foreign Office. Office to-day. The object of the British Wireles
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