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THE POWERS NAVAL PLANS. THE LEUNG KWONG'S TO LIMIT LORDS. SOUTHERN SOLDIERS SERIOUS RIOTS AT
PROPOSALS FOR ANOTHER
AGREEMENT.
AMERICA
ΤΟ WILLING SUBMARINES.
ABOLISH
GRILLES.
AN INDIAN Guard gives EVIDENCE.
ELECTIVE PRINCIPLE
PROPOSED.
LABOUR REPRESENTATIVES
London, June 20.
The House of Lords has opened
ON THE SPREE.
CHINESE POLICEMEN ARE TERRQRIZED.
DRUNKEN BAND ABROAD.
Whether they were, celebrating
FOOCHOW.
FRENZIED CROWD RESENTS TAXATION.
three-day debate on the "reform the anniversary of the sufferings FENG HANDS OVER COMMAND TO
ing" of the House of Lords.
of Dr. Sun Yat-sen or the recent victories of the Nationalist
LOWER BARRIER SUBMERGED.
The No. 1 Indian guard of the 5.3. Leung Kwong gavo evidence a as to, the locking and unlocking of the grilles on the ill-fatod vessel, when the inquest on the
armies against the Shantungese sure limiting and defining the may never be known; but on bodies of the those who were
membership of the House, anid Thursday night last at least some drowned, when the Leung Kwong that at present any Government four or five instances were
Lord FitzAlan, moving a resolu- tion welcoming a reasonable mea
SAFEGUARDS NECESSARY. anak after coming into collision with a majority lasting two years ported to the Commander of the
The Tripartite Naval Armaments Limitation Conference has opened at Geneva in a spirit of friendliness, with a mutual desire to reach an agreement satisfactory to all.
America proposes limitations as to cruiser tonnage whereby the old 5/5/3 ratio is practically maintained, and also suggests limitation of auxiliary eraft. If other Powers agree, the United States is willing to have all submarines abolished.
Japan suggests no new building for the purpose merely of increasing naval strength, all future programmes to be limited to actual replacement requirements. She pleads her special dependence on sea-borne supplies both in time of peace and in war.
Britain offers a programme which had already been drawn up prior to the receipt of the invitation to the confer ence. Briefly, Britain desires to extend the "life" of existing capital ships, while limiting the tonnage and armament of various types of war vessels; and in her ease, also, special attention is drawn to her long lines of communications and the very extensive coast-line of the Empire.
Both Britain and America agree that any treaty arrived at between the three Powers concerned, should be subject to revision in case some non-adhering Power increases its naval strength to any great extent. The absence of France and Italy from the conference is regretted.
JAPAN PLEADS HER SPECIAL NEEDS.
with the launch Moonshine in could, under the Parliament Act, Woosung and Shanghai constabu- Capsuimun Pass on May 9, was legally and without consulting lazy where Nationalist soldiers continued before Mr. R. E. Lind-the people, abolish the Monarchy ran amok in Chinese territory sell and a special jury at the for the Lords. It was possible that and for a time threatened to dis Central Magistracy this morning. the Socialists would establish a band the police. The Harbour Master, Lieut. Com-single-chamber Government.. mander G. F. Hole was also on The Lord Chancellor, on behalf the Bench.
of the Government, agreed that Mr. T. G. Bennett "is appearing the Speaker's uncontrolled power for the owners, coxswain, and to prevent a money Bill being re- crew of the Moonshine; Mr. G. K. jeeted or, amended by the Lords
The Govern Hall Brutton for Captain Wilson was indefensible.
The first instance, of this was reported in Chapel, when about a, score of the troops approached a constable and demanded that he hand over his baton. This he Tе“ several fused to do and, after 'threats, demanded to be left alone so that he could stick to his post. The soldiers, thinking that this constituted a great loss of face, attacked the constable and, after beating him into subjection, took him to their headquarters, where they tore off his uniform, took his arms and baton, and sent him into the streets naked.
both of
of the Leung Kwong, and also for ment thought the question as to Mrs. Martin, widow of Mr. F. E. whether a money Bill should come A. Martin, who was drowned; and within the meaning of the Act Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones for the should be determined by a joint
Standing committee owners of the Leung Kwong.
Doctor A. Gammon spoke of see Houses. ing the body of a European at the Victoria mortuary, and said the body was too much decomposed for the cause of death to be establish- ed.
The sergeant of the Indian guards on board the Leung Kwonk.
Labour Representation. Referring to the inadequate re- presentation of Labour in the Lords, he said the Sovereign should be authorised to add a
MANILA STRIKE.
said he had been the No. 1 for ADDRESSEN VORTI three months previous to the disaster, and he kept the keys of the grilles. On May 9 the ship sailed from her wharf at the Praya about, 6.45 a.m. Fifteen minutes before her departure he himself had locked the grilles.
Witness said the ship carried six guards, and on the morning of the collision four were on duty, a fifth was stationed at a lower denk grille, and he himself was on the upper deck.
Continuing witness said he heard the siren of the Leung Kwong sounded, and he noticed that the boat was more or less
More Workers
Jain.
Manila. June 20. Two hundred motor truck men have joined the stevedores in their strike..
Several vessels are delayed.
•Reuter.
A short time later police in the vicinity, of the Commercial Press works in Paoshan Road, Chapel, reported that 10 soldiers in a drunken state had beaten one of the constables and that the rest of the man on the same beat had only saved themselves by fleeing to houses and tea shops near by.
From here, the soldiers of the same band seem to have blazed a trail through the streets and alley- ways of Chapei, pouncing upon who any unfortunate policemen came to their notice, as a result of which the streets were free
CHIANG KAI-SHEK.
DEFINITE ALLIANCE MADE.
There has been serious rioting at Foochow, following the The king of a shopkeeper by the escort of a tax collector. house of the Chief Tax Collector was attacked by a mob and practically everything of value was destroyed. The population is out of hand and there is a threat of an anti-Japanese boycott and further political demonstrations. Disturbances are feared. An entire absence of news regarding military activity, on the various fronts bespeaks a full in consequence of new orientations ocensioned by recent alliances. The Yangtsze zono is quiet, except that above Hankow General Yang Sen continues his exactions on Ichang
Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang has been entertained at Hsuchow by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, and in the course of a speech he declared that he had instructed his forces to take orders from Marshal Chiang. It is also reported that the Shansi Tuchun (General Yen Hsi-shan) has declared himself in favour of Feng's policy.
The personnel of the new Peking Cabinet is announced, none of the appointments being of particular note,
The new Commissioner of Labour, and Peasants for Kwangtung is Mr. Ma Chiu-chun, who succeeds Mr. Chan Fu-mok, recently dismissed because of his Confmunist. sym- pathies. The new appointee is at present in Shanghai.
from the lawful protectors for NEW PEKING CABINET ANNOUNCED.
probably 30 minutes.
The matter was referred to the
chief of the Woosung and Shang-
hai constabulary yesterday mora-
Foochow, June 20.
ing and he has taken up the mat- Following the closing of almost
ter with the general in command every shop in the city as the re- of the 26th Nationalist Army, to suit of the killing of a shopkeep
The Yangtze Quiet.
Shanghat, June 20.
No reports containing anything
to 7,500 tona and 6-inch guns, after abreast of Capsuimun white light. FERRIC which all belong. It is said that er by the escort of a Collector who of note have come from the Yang-
Geneva, June 20. The Tripartito Naval Arma- the number of 10,000 ton ships He estimated their distance from to ments Limitation Conference hat has been decided; to limit des- the light as being from ten opened. Mr. Hugh Gibson, of the troyer lenders to 1,750 tons and fifteen paces, and added that the United States, was appointed pre- destroyers to 1,200 tons, the arma shore on the other side of the
ment of destroyers to be 6-inch pass was a long way away. guns; and to limit submarines to 1,600 tons and the smaller ones to
sident.
... Each Power submitted proposals as a basis for discussion.
The American proposal was that. 600 tons, each class to carry 5-inch the cruisers of the United States guns,
.
The
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U. S. PLANES VISIT BORNEO,
A frenzied mob attacked the residence of the Chief Tax Collec- tor, and destroyed everything of valuo in the premises and damag-
ing the building seriously.
CHIANG AND FENG.
Fraternise at Hauchow.
Shanghai, June 21. General Fing Yu-hsiang, 40%) companied by Marshal Chiang Kai-
some of the men have been placed was attempting to enforce the new tsze ports, and Shanghai remains limited number
of nominated under arrest, while others still are shop sign tax, rioting broke out generally quiet-Naval Wireless. A court martial in the city to some extent yester-- members on the advice of the Gov-being sought.
for twelve awaits all of them, it is sald. day. ernment of the day, years, one-third retiring every fourth year.. Some Grilles Unlocked,
The Lord Chancelier added that Almost immediately after the the hereditary principle would be siren was sounded, witness said preserved, but the membership be reduced by the
For over a month Foochow has shek, entered Hsuchow city yes The visitor The British proposals fix the the felt a shock, But at the time he would and the British Empire should be
Peers selecting a
been without a responsible and terday afternoon.
entertained by Marshal the wad from 250,000 to 300,000 tons, and life of an 8-inch gun cruiser at 24 did not know what had happened hereditary
effective Government, and of Japan from 150,000 to 180,000 years, of destroyers at 20, and as he had not noticed another ship: fixed number entitled to sit for TO FLY BY ARRANGEMENT.
He at once unlocked the upper twenty years, one-third retiring
trouble yesterday was due entire Chiang in the Army Headquarters toms, and as for other craft the submarines 15.
Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, making a grilles, and passengers started to every fourth year, but being!
ly to this, bad feeling against the in the evening, when General Feng Manila, June 20. limitations of total tonnage should
speech in which he thanked 're-come out on to the upper deck. eligible for re-election.
United States naval planes, with authorities having been develop stated that the entire Kuomintang had joined the Nationalist Revolu be as follows:
Destroyers, U.S. and Britain, sident Coolidge for the invitation | He then tried to reach the 'tween House would be limited to 350
The Nanking Government has tionary Army, and he had instruct- 200,000 to 250,000 tons; Japan, to the conference, mentioned that deck to open the lower grilles, but Peers. Unelected Lords, should the tender Heron, are going from ing for some time,
the Admiralty proposals were ac-the water had already reached be eligible for the House of Com- Zamboanga to Sandakan on a
week's cruise.
sent Mr. Chang Chun to Toochow ed his men to take orders from 120,000 to 150,000 tons.
They will fly over Borneo by ar with the object of settling the Marshal Chiang Kai-shok Submarines, U.S. and British, tually in Mr. Baldwin's hands be there, so he went back and report mons.
ed to the Chief Officer.
A Safeguard.
rangement between Washington disputes, and easing the situation. General Yen Shl-shan told a press representative that the rea-- 60,000 to 90,000 tons; Japan, 36,000 fore the invitation was received.
The Chief Officer instructed the
son he recently urged the Fong to 54,000 tons.
Disturbances Feared.. guards to lower a lifeboat, but In order to meet the possibility and London, and are reported to He regretted that France and they were unable to do so as they of a Government introducing a bo the first planes of any nation
The local populace are now tien army to join the Nationalists [This is incorrect, for British
Japanese boycott, was solely for the purpose of threatening E Italy were absent. The time was could not get it free before the single-chamber form of govern- to visit Borneo-Reuter
have avoiding warfare in North China. declares ripe for an extension of the Wash-water had reached the level of ment, the Cabinet had suggested
The Shansi Tuchun that the provisions of the Farlin-naval aeroplanes have flown over the upper deck.
on go out Japan's Proposal.
Ington principle of limitation, and,
that Feng Yu-hsiang is not a Com- The ship then went down, and ment Act whereby Bills could be British North Borneo in the past, and the foreign servants
50.]
with The Japanese proposal was, he thought the conference would
spirit of a
operative The opening factions in Foo- munist, and therefore he is in co first that no new building pro- be successful if each country witness started to swim, being passed without, the assent of the and were actually the first to do also threatened to
picked up by a Chinese fishing boat Lords during the course
chow are organising big political Nam Chung Pao. gramme should be adopted as to frankly stated what naval force it shortly afterwards.
single Parliament, should not ap-i
demonstrations, which ostensibly ply to any Bill altering the con- new shipa acquired for the pur- wanted, and why, based on purely
stitution or altoring the powers)
will be anti-Imperialist demon- pose of increasing naval strength; defensive considerations.
of the Lords laid down in the
strations. It is feared that dis- secondly, that the naval strength
turbances are likely as the result Parliament Act.
of these demonstrations.-Naval Wirelcos.
The United States were willing
to agree that all the Powers abolish submarines.
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The Absent Ones.
He defined the British Empire's
The inquest was adjourned,
PACIFIC AFFAIRS.
ANOTHER BRITISH
DELEGATE.
of each Power shall be determined position according to the following for surface auxiliary craft and factors:
First, the insular position of aubmarines respectively on a
of the England, dependent on raw ma- basis of the tonnages existing effective ships and ships terials and food for her very exis- under construction, taking into tence, and a free passage of the conalderation the tonnages of seas, which rendored a,discussion
Shanghai, June 21. ships authorised but not yet laid of naval disarmament more diffi down, and ships attaining the age cult for her than for any other
Mr. William Turner, of Reuter's, limit during the execution of the nation; secondly, the length of the Limited, has been appointed an ad- Authorised programme; thirdly, trade routes; and thirdly, the ex-ditional British delegate to the that construction or acquisition of tensive cast line of the Empire Pacific Relations Conference which ships in future be limited to re- and the Fng lines of communicais shortly being held at Honolulu placements, due consideration be- tion to be protected.
Mr. Bridgeman emphasised that [A London message of June 19 ing given to the equilisation "as"
Britain will be unofficial- far as possible of the amount of he spoke with the consent of the stated: the annual constructions for re- Dominions representatives, and ly represented at the conference at placements; and fourthly, small whatever treaty might result from Honolulu on July & to July 29, or ships and ships of limited activity the conference should be made in ganised by the Institute of Pacific discuss questions ahould be exempt from limitation, the names of the heads of the Relations, to
States, the participation of the specially concerning countries bor- several parts of the Empire being dering on the Pacific, which will shown by appropriate geographi-be attended by delegates from the cal entries in the list of plenipo United States, Canada, Australia, tentiaries.
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British Suggestion. The British proposal is to ex tond the life of existing capital ships to 20 years; to reduce future
Necessary Safeguard. battleships from 35,000 to some- thing under 30,000 tons, and their
The object of the British was guns from 16 inch to 13.5; to limit aircraft carriers to 25,000. tons economy, but ho made a reserva- and their armament to 6-inch tlon, namely that owing to the guns; to accept the existing ratio position of Britain in relation to of 10,000 ton cruisers carrying Europe it was necessary to guard 8-Inch guns, the number of them against an increnso of naval required by each of the three strength on the part of non-signa- countries to be subject to discus- 'tories to any agreement relating
(Continued on Pago b.) sion; to limit futuro Bght cruisers
Reuter.
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PRESS EXPERTS CONFER.
CHINESE EDITOR INVITED.
The Lord Chancellor said that the Government would support Lord TitzAlan's resolution.
There is no indication when the
Geneva, June 20. Government will produce the Bill.
The Secretary. General of the The programme before the gen- eral election of November, 1929, League of Nations has invited Mr. is very full, but a substantial body Koo Kung-chen, the editor of the of Conservatives favour pressing Shit Pao, to be a member of the Press experts conference at Geneva the reform before then.
The debate was adjourned to on August 24.
Mr. Koo, who is touring Europe, Wednesday-Reuter
and has made a good impression in League circles; has accepted the Invitation.-Reuter.
NO SLAVERY.
BRITAIN RATIFIES CONVENTION.
Geneva, June 20. Britain, on behalf of herself, New Zealand, Japan and China. India, and the Dominions, except The British party will include Sir Canada, and the Irish Free-State, Frederick Whyte, Mr. Lionel Curtis, has forwarded to the League Mr. W. P. Ker, and and Dr. Henry Secretariat a ratification of the | Hodgkin,]
Anti-Slavery Convention of Geneva, of September 25, 1926,
The Convention will now be nu- tomatically enforced in the British Empire.
TO-DAY.
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Bulgaria and Denmark are the only other nations that have. hitherto ratified this Convention. --Router,
strike.
ICHANG UNDER YANG SEN.
Civilians Being Evicted,
CANTON LABOUR.
him.--
The New Commissioner.
Canton, June 20. The authorities here are in re- ceipt of telegraphic advices from. Nanking to the effect that the Central Government there, has de- cided to appoint Mr. Ma Chiu- Ichang, June 20. chun as Commissioner of Labour
has issued and Peasants of Kwangtung. General Yang San
Mr. Ma, moderate, was for- an order that all private resi dences are to be evacuated, and merly leader of the Mechanics Canton Ar- where the order is not complied Union and latterly became Direc- with, the occupants are being tor-General of the forcibly evicted. The exact signi- senal. His appointment to the ficance of the move is not appar- present post was recommended bý ent, but it is believed to be In Mr. Wu Han-min, the Nanding connexion with the levy which political chief, who believes that
Mr. Ma has a large labour follow ASIATIC COMMUNISM. Yang Sen sought to exact.
The evacuation of the oil stores ing in Canton and therefore will be able to handle the labour sit has BOW been completed.
uation. Naval Wireless.
JAVANESE ARRESTED IN EUROPE.
HANKOW QUIET.
Mr. Ma is at prosent in Shang- hat, and will probably come down in the next few days.
General Feng Cho-man, who Troop Movement up River..
Canton was nominated by the Hankow, June 20. Government to act as Labour
Berlin, Juno 19. The Dutch Police attach import- ance to the arrest of Javanese Ju the course of searches in Leyden. At present Hankow romains Commissioner after the dismissal The president of the colonial re-quiet, and the only news of noto of Chan Fu-mok, definitely refus volutionary committee, Mohammed is that a certain amount of troop ed to accept the temporary office, Hatto, has fled to Switzerland and movement up river has taken for he knew that the Central Gov place. It is thought possible that ernment would appoint a perman the rest of the members to Paris.
The committee's newspaper Marthe Wuhan authorities intend to ent commissioner-Nam Chung dika, printed secretly at the Hague, follow up General Yang Ben to Pao.
(Continued on Page 13.) had collaborators in British India. Ichang.--Naval Wireless.