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IN MEMORY OF EARL HAIG.
HONGKONG PAYS ITS TRIBUTE.
WREATH-LAYING AND MEMORIAL SERVICE,
DUBLIN'S WOMEN
INCITERS.
REFUSE NAMES AND APPEAR MOST AMUSED.
FACE SERIOUS CHARGE.
London, Feb, 2. Two woman, who have steadily refused to give their names, have been arrested in Dublin, and IMPRESSIVE HOMAGE, charged with conspiracy to pubilah criminal and sedition, libels con- cerning Mr. James McNeill, the re- eenfly-installed Governor-General of the Irish Free State,
ita
Hongkong to-day added tribute to the momory of the late Field Marshal Earl Haig by the helding of a special memorial ser- vier in St. John's Cathedral and the placing of wreaths on thel Cenotaph-on-behalf-of-the-local- branch of the British Legion and the Ex-Active Service Men's As sociation.
TREASON TRIAL
SENSATION.
ZINOVIEFF LETTER
DISCLOSURES.
SECRETS OF A BERLIN SPY'S "DARK-ROOM.?'
KUOMINTANG IN CONFERENCE.
COMMUNISM & IMPERIALISM DENOUNCED.
NEW FOREIGN POLICY.
Shanghai, Feb. 3.
The inaugural ceremony of the 4th Kuomintang Plenary Confer enco took place yesterday morning
Happy Valler::
BRITAIN CAUSES FRANCE AND "TRON EARL HAIG'S LAST
ALARM.
OBJECTION TO SHOUR CONVENTION.
WORKERS EXPRESS BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.
WALL.”
DR. STRESEMANN WANDERING
RITES
IN OLIVE GROVES, | BURIAL NEAR WALTER
M. BRIAND'S SYMPATHY
Paria, Feb. 2. Two long-awaited Ministerial statements were made simultane- ously, one in the Sonato and the other in the Chamber.
SCOTT.
ARMY COUNCIL'S WONDERFUL TRIBUTE.
Landon, Feb. 2. The remains of the late -Earl
M. Poincare, the Premier and "GLORIOUS EXAMPLE, HEAVY SENTENCES. at the Kuomintang Headquarters. SERIOUS DIFFICULTY. Minister of Finance, addressing the Chamber, dealt with thio Nanking. The following Commis-
Geneva, Feb. 2. measures adopted to balance the Leipsig, Feb. 2.
sioners were in attendance: "A sensational high treason triol, Executive Commissioners: Chiang
A new British policy towards the Budget. The organisation of debt Haig will be interred in the family
redemption, he declared, has re- at which the notorious Zinoviel Kai-shek, Chu Min-yi, Wang Lok-Washington Eight-Hour Conven- sulted in a world-wide return of vault at Dryburgh Abbey in Scot Letter was brought into consider-ping, (Leftist), Chen Shiu-yah, tion, was outlined by Mr. H. B. confidence in French national land on Tuesday it has been an- Similar charges have been pre-able promience, ended at the Loip (Leftist), Chu Chi-ching, Tan Yen. Betterton, the British Government financos, pointing out that the Bounced. Dryburgh Abbey is delegate to the Governing Body of floating debt had been reduced by Hear Bernersyde House, the into
sig Supreme Court to-day, when the ex-convict, Anton Schreck, was sentenced to five years' final ser-
ferred in the case of the Minister of Justice of the Free State, Mr. Kevin O'Higgins, and others, while
indictment The
also includes
vitude. charges of conspiracy to incite members of the, public to murder
Schreck was in the dock for "the The Cathedral service was al-the now Governor-General or other repented crime of the forgery of tended by naval and military units, as well as ex-Service men, and Ilis Persons connected with the Goy-documents and offences against Excellency the Governor, members fornment.
the espionage laws.".
of the Councils and of the Cop-
The women
were remandel, sular Body were amongst those present. The Bishop of Victoria after a brief hearing, and granted
The prosecution accused Schreck of selling to Poland and. France
(Dr. Duppay) delivered an impres-buil in the sum of £300 each. „ military documents which hamper- sive address, during which he re
Counsel for the prosecution tolded the negotiations in connexion ferred to the late Ear! Haig as a
with the Locarno Peace Confer- very gallini gentleman, a leader the Court that the defendants were of men and a great friend of the charged with pasting in buiftingsence when presented as proof of
men he led.
.
documents which asked "Who AT THE CATHEDRAL were the Invincibles?" and stating Simple But Impressive Service, that they were the men who in 1882 executed two of England's
The Cathedral service was of a simple but impressive character, officials.
It was attended by Is Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., 'His
German. insincerity.
Pacifist's Disclosures.
de Franco now
1
Field Marshal's home, and the Jover seven milliard francs.
vault in which he will be buried kai, Pei Yun-ti (Monoglian), Mrs.
the International Labour Office: Both foreign and domestic Lino Chung-kai (Leftist), Wang
Mr. Betterton declared that most credits had become abundant, he is next to the burial place of Sir
Walter Scott. Sui, T. V. Soon, Ting Chao-wuh, serious difficulties had arisen added, citing improvements like
After the funeral service in (Leftist), Wang Fa-chun (Left- which would hinder the carrying the reduction of the discount rate, Westminster Abbey to-morrow, the coffin will be entrained for Edin ist), Ching Kay-yi, Yu Yu-jen, Li out of the Convention, which had and the de facto, stabilisation of Lich-chun, It Ying-ching, Chu been concluded hurriedly without exchange Fei-ich, Ting Wei-fan, and Chen sufficient experience of the ques
In conclusion, he stated that burgh, and arriving in the Scottish capital at about midnight, it will be received by General Sir William Shao-ying. Supervisory Comunis- tion of the reduction of hours of the Banque
dominated the exchange inarket. Peyton, the General Officer Com- aloners: Chang Ching-liang, Shao labour.. Li-tze, Li Shih-chang, Li Chung-- Consequently, he went on, Bri
Foreign Policy.
manding, Scotland, and his Sta
Two squadrons of Scots Greys jen, Chien Kuo-fu, and Chai Yuane tain thought it more important to
revise, the constitution instead of M. Briand, the Foreign Minister, and the Pipe Band of the Cameron pei.
The total number of Kuomia adhering to the present wording, in the Senate, gave a lengthy re- Highlanders will be in attendance, and he proposed that the Govern- view of foreign affairs, declaring Members of the British Legion tang Central Commissioners pre- sent was 29, but there were 300ing Body should include the ravi- that he welcomed the dialogue will march through the city to St. sion of the Convention in the across the frontier with Dr. Giles' Cathedral, where the body others in attendance, including
agenda of the 1929 Conference, Stresemann, as leading to de will lie in stato until Monday, many pressmen, '
In the meantime, he suggested claive explanations, by which mis-when it will be conveyed to Dry- that the Labour Office should pre- understandings could be entirely burgh Abbey, paro a report for submission to the April Session after which it should be circulated to all States for their opinions.
Bitterly Disappointed."
dissipated. ·/
The Locarno Pact, he said, con-
tained both mystical and practical elements which had to be recon ciled, but he considered that Dr. Stresemann 'was wandering amidst
Heavy Loss.
The following Army Order was Issued this evening: The Army Council, on the melancholy occu sion of the death of Field Marshal
Chiang's Speech. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek de- The German pacifist, Karl Mer-livered the opening epeech, in tenis, who attended the Court, which he declared that all com- rades should work together to travelling from Geneva to Leipsis accomplish two alma. The first on a "safe-conduct," as there is a was to get rid of the Communists The demeanour of the two wo-warrant out against him
The workers' delegates strongly olive groves. on and to abide by the Party's diesented from the British pro
The Locarno Pact, declared M. Earl Haig, desire to place on record their sense of the heavy Excelent Major General C.C. men caused considerable amuse treason charge, in his evidence principles; the second was that posals, M. Jouhaux, France, des Briand, had the tendency to Hall loss which the Army and Empire
wald that it was Laard and Mrs. Laard, and Major ment during the whole proceeding, Geneva that the Zinovieff Letter get rid of the Communists, thepainted, and pointed out that the than to give. Germany must
rumoured at whilst efforts should be made tclared that he was bitterly disap out the hand to receive rather have sustained.ba General Sir John Duncan, who la|—Reuter,
The late Field Marshal had was forged at No. 1, Anhelistrasse,hould not forget "Imperialism"Continental delegates who travel-realise that the two countries were already served in many campaigns passing through on his way to
Berlin, which turned out to be the and the Nationalis Revolutionary led to Washington accepted the bound to meet with difficulties with great distinction and had house in which Schreck lived.
Movement--the former should be British standpoint in order to before they could hope to reach,nheld appointments where he had overthrown and the latter should avoid difficulties, and that the Bri- healthy understanding-Reuter. be carried through.
England. Owing to the absence from the Colony of the Admiral.
AT SHASI.
CHINESE TROOPS OCCUPY CONSULATE.
BRITISH PROTEST.
Commodore Pearson and the Vice- SERIOUS INCIDENT Commodore, the senior naval oficera present were Captain Halli-j fax, H.M.S. Carlisle and Captain Palmer, H.M.S. Argus. Amongst the large attendance wore the Hon. Sir Joseph. Kemp, K.C., the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, the Hon. 'Mr. C. Mel. Messer, the Hon. Mr. R. II.
Shasi, Feb. 2. Kotowall, the Hon. Mr. D. W. Trat man, Col and Mrs. Russell Brown. The British Consulate, together Licut. Col. Clarke (commanding with other British buildings, were the Queen's). Licut-Col. Robinson taken over by a portion of the 21st (commanding the R.A.), Major Army yesterday, and the British Allan, DA.A. Q.M.G., Sir Victor Consul General has sent a protest Mackenzie (commanding the Scots to Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. Guards), and Group Capt. Robert- son, R.A.F., Kui Tack.
Up to the present, there are no other untoward incidents to re- port, and an air of quiet is prevail. Ing.
It is believed that Mr. Loh Ti-
The Public Prosecutor said it was quite evident that the most dangerous things designed against the peace of the world went on in the "dark-room" at No. 1. Anhalt-
strasse.
Two "ather men accused with Schreck, Hermann Koch and H. Schulz were also, sentenced. Kock was sent to penal servitude for 22 months and fined 100 marks on a charge of attempted high treason, and Schulz was sentenced to four and a half months' imprisonment on a charge of perjury.—Reuter,
The Notorious Lelter.
The notorious Zinovief letter, which caused such a sensation in British political circles in 1924, und, thrown as a bombshell on the eve of the General Election, result-
Scots Guards Band. Members of the Ex-Active Ser-i vice Men's Association assembled ping will arrive here from Nan-led in the Conservative return by on Enttery Path shortly before the king to-morrow.—Naval Wirelesa. a huge majority, incited the Bri- Ush Communist Party to stir up revolution.
Another Protest,
Jchang, Feb. 2,
tish delegates accepted the third After the inaugural meeting, antext of the Convention,
presided.
informal meeting. was held, t Delegates representing British which Marshal Chiang Kai-shekard French employers apported This meeting decided Mr. Betterton, while the German to begin the regular session of the Government delegate proposed the Conference Immediately. The
postponement of a decision until hours for the meetings will be the April Session. 9 to 12 In the forenoon and 2 to 5 in the afternoon.
Proposals Premature.. It was also decided that a special The meeting finally adopted a Committee should be appointed suggestion put forward by the for the adjustment of foreign French and Belgian Government policy. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, delegates, that discussions regard- Tan Yen-kai, Li Lich-chun, Yu Ying the procedure be instituted jen, Li Shin-chang and T. V. during the next Session, when the Soong, were appointed members of question of whether the revision of this Committee,From a Corrce- the Convention should be placed on the agenda for the 1920 Cón- pondent.
ference would be discussed,
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
OVERHAUL.
1
SEQUEL TO SEVENOAKS
DISASTER.
London, Feb. 2.
ELOQUENT APPEAL BY VICEROY.
INDIA AT CROSSROADS OF HER DESTINY.
SIMON COMMISSION.
had opportunities of training the troops whom he subsequently com- manded in the Great War. As the
Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, he bore, through four long years, the heaviest barden: which has ever been carried by a British soldier In the history of the Empire.
"He led the forces of the Empire to victory and placed his country- men under a debt of gratitudo. which is fully acknowledged now and, the Council are persuaded, will be no less fully recognised by succeeding generations.
"Always studious of the wel-7 fare of the troops under his com- mand in the field, since the war. he devoted without stint his time and great energy to promotng the interests of those who had risked their employment, health and lives
Delhi, Feb. 2. The futility of boycotting the Statutory Commission headed by Sir John Simon, which is to arrive at Bombay to-morrow was em phasised in an eloquent' speech by Mr. Albert Thomas declared that Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, address the eight-hour day had been in- ing the two Houses of the Legisla troduced practically everywhere.ture to-day, Moreover, he said, the British pro-
in the service of the King. He has posal was premature since the rules of procedure must be prove one of the most moment left to the army an imperishable formulated before revision could ous sessions in the history of the memors and to the Empire a
Legislature, with the pubile gallery glorious example." be undertaken.-Neuter,
crowded, His Excellency tho Viceroy, declared the accusations
Official Explanation.
London, Feb. 2.
In opening what was bound to
The Pall-Bearers.
that the Commission amounted to It is announced by tha War a deliberato insult, were merely office that Field Marshal Sir Wil the product of heated imaginations. liam Robertson has been forbid-
The boycott policy at beat; heden by his doctor to act as pall
commencement of the service, and,| ander Lieut.-Col. Hayley Boll, marched to the Cathedral, where
In view of the fact that billet
One part stated that armed war. they took the special seats reserved for them. The British Legion was notices have been posted on fare by the proletariat must be also well represented.
British buildings here, the British preceded by a struggle against the Military detachments attended Consul has sent a communication inclinations to compromise which As a sequel to the disaster at.
Mr. H. B. Betterton, the Parlins from the R.A. R.E., R.A.C., the Commissioner for Foreign are imbedded among the majority Sevenoaks, and the other two R.A.M.C., R.A.O.C., and Royal Affairs, protceting against this of Brilish workmen against the derailments which occurred last mentary Secretary of the Ministry
were peaceful extermination of espl- [year, and which action.
ascribed of labour, made an important an- Corps, cf Signals, In addi- tion to the Queen's and Scots Following on the evacuation of talism. It went onAgitation officially to track defects, the nouncement to-day to the Execu cald, would only lead to disap-bearer at the Westminster Service, Guards Battalions, These detach-General Yang Sen's forces from and propaganda in the Army is wholesale overhand of large sec-tive Council of the International pointment. At the worst, the con- and that his place will be taken
sequences might be aerious, con- by General Lord, Cavan. sequences with which India, un- Among the messages of condo" ments marched to the Cathedral this town and vicinity, "sports very weak and the Navy is little tions of the permanent way of the Labour Office at Geneva,
Referring to the procedure for happily, was not without ex-lenco received to-day by the headed by the band of the Scots state that a section of the 19th, better." It suggested means of Southern Railway is to be under-
the revision of the International perience. In the pasty
Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen' Guards. All naval ships were also Army, commanded by General Ifu paralysing "bourgocios" military taken.
Tsung-tu, have arrived hore. preparation, and turning the re- Special attention is being paid Conventions sponsored by the
He pleaded that India would not Chamberlain was one from the represented..
There was, also present a con-General Hu Tsung-t is the man byvolution into a class war. In fre- to the boat routes and to those Labour Office, he recalled the dif mistake the correct road when she
Brazilian Government.-British Wireless. tingent from the Girl Guides whose authority the Wuhan Party land, and the Colonies, the letter sections of the truck where the ficulties encountered by the lay stood at one of the cross-roads of
confessed, the case was different, speed of expressos reaches sixty or industrial countries, particularly under Lady Stuart Taylor and Mrs. was established.--Naval Wireless,
as there was a national question, seventy miles an hour.
Great Britain, in proceeding to the H. R. Remington.
ratification of the Washington Eight-Hours Convention.
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As representing the Old Clif- tonian Society, Earl Haig's "oldi school, there were present Mr. F. A. Perry, Mr. R. J. Birbeck, and
Mr. R. H. Holls, in addition to Major General Lüard and the Hon. Mr. D. W. Tratman.
The Service,
The service was conducted by
FRANCO-JAPANÈSE ENTENTE?
PROPOSALS MADE BY FRENCH DEPUTY.
Paris, Jan, 27.
and this represented too great a Reconstruction of those parts factor of success for them to waste of the line which had been much their time on the prolonged pre-affected by the rainy weather of puration of the working class. last summer was begun› some months ago, and by end of 1928,
Modern Industrial Complexity. He observed that the Convention M. Zinoviet and M. Rakowsky, it is estimated, nearly 400 miles contained dispositions which could of tracks will have been relaid, not be made to conform to the com British Wireless.
to whom a strong Foreign Office (Labour) protest was addressed promptly disclaimed the letter and declared it to be an impudent for-
the Right Rev. Dr. C. R. Duppuy, Under the auspices of the Pacificgery.
Bishop of Victoria. Others inking Review, M. Leon Archimbaud, De- The Soviet offered recourse to part were the Chaplain, the Rev. puty of the Drome, held a confer-
It is somewhat coincidental that Mr. J. D. Gregory, who signed the Foreign Office protest to M. Rakowsky in the absence of tho Secretary of State" is the High Foreign Office official mentioned in the Dyno case,
N. V. Halward; assistant chaplain, ence in Sorbonne on the commercint an impartial arbitration to estab- the. Rev. H. V. Koop, the Dean, relations which should be establish-lah the fact that it was a forgery. the Rev, Alfred Swann, D.S.C., tha ed between French Indo-China and Rev. LI, Webb, C.F., and Revs, W. depan. The speaker revealed that R. Cannell, G. E. 8. Upsdell, G. T. the Interests of Japan, Indo-China Waldegrave, C. B. Shann, W. W. and France are identical on the poll Rogers, and G. F. Stopford, Thetical terrain. The union of the two opening lessons were read by the nations, on a common understand ing, will contribute in a moat mark Rov, Li, Webb..
The service columenced with the ed way to the cause of universal
peace-Indo-Pacific. processional hymn, "Let Saints
This opinion corresponds to viewa:
on Earth in Concert Sing," which hitherto expressed by responsible was followed by prayers and the officials of both sides and to dif 23rd. Psalm. After the Lesson ferent Missions exchanged within from Revelations 21, 1-7, the Nunc the last two years between French
(Continued on Page 12;) Indo-China and Japan.]
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plexity of modern industrial life. Despite all effort to that chd, ger- eral ratification was always impod ed by these great difficulties..
The British Government, there fore, considered that a wise pro-
her,destiny."
The speech was greeted with loud applause. Forty-seven Swara- Jist members were absent. Reuter.
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POLITICAL WRITER'S
CRITICISMS.
MOST DRASTIC HUNGARIAN SENTENCES.
Budapest, Feb. 2.
Louis Hatvany.. the famous writer and politician, was sen- Dondon, Feb, 2enced after a trial Instine ono The result of the by-election at day, to seven years' imprisonment, HUGE FIRM CONTROLLED BY revision of the Convention.
cedure would be to undertake the Bristol (West), caused by the fun of £500, the payment of
£17,500 to the Treasury, the pay FOUR WOMEN.
cuch a revision they considered an elevation of Lieut. Col. the Right mant of the costs of the prosecu agreement might be possible among Hon. G. A, Gibbs, (Conservative),
By
the great industrial Powers, to the Peerage, resulted as follows:ion, and the loss of political New York, Feb. 2.
KERESKE rights for ten years. Following the death of Mr. The British Government, he M. CT. Culverwell (Con.)...16,070 These drastic penalties were in
4,096 ing criticising the White regimer James Corrigan, the millionaire pointed out, had already set on font Lady Clare Annealey (Lab) 7,702 feet in consequenea of his writ steel magnate, last week the con- a discussion of the subject between Mr. W. N. Marcey. (Lib.)
4wla Hungary while he was in exile trol of the Corrigan-McKinley the amployers and the workers'
Router following the downfall of the Steel Company, which is capi-organisations in Great Britain. talfeed at $14,000,000 has passed Mr. Betterton added that the B-At the General Election, Lient Communist regime. into the hands of four women,tish Government had asked the Col. Gibbs was elected by an over-/ On his return from exile, Executive of the Convention to at whelming majorityHe polledHatyany-was arrested and tried on The principal stockholder Istond the Labour Conference to be 28,674,0wället hit Labour oppone a charge of damaging the good Mrs. Corrigan, his widow, the well-convened in 1920, British Wird enty. Mr. M, Giles, registered nams Hungary abroad known London Society hostess.Less
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