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Telegraphie Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL.”
HOTELS
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In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Peking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooma newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.
TEA DANCES:
Monday, Wednesday and Fridny, from 5 to 7 p.m. Hotel launch meets all steamers,
($25 for thirty Tin Tickels can be had at the Office of the
above Hotel).
Tel. Add:-"Victoria."
Telephone C. 373.
HOTELS OF
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DISTINCTION
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH,
CHINESE TROOP REDUCTION.
EXTENSIVE SCHEME
OUTLINED.
BRITISH ATTITUDE ON THE MANCHURIAN ISSUE.
NO SPECIAL RIGHTS.
Peking, July 13.
Disbandment proposals have! been made, suggesting that a Com- mittee for the disbanding and re- organising of troops be formed, including the Commanders of the Armies and the Navy, Chiefs of the General Staff, members of the Military Council and of the Central) Executive Committee, and that it be divided into five Departments, namely:
1. For organising the training
of National troops.
2. For reorganising the Gendar- merie,
3. For reorganising the Police. arrangements 4. For making concerning the former Soldier and Labour Corps,
5. For
planning waste-land eultivation and similar projects.
In the statement it is suggested waste that live niliion ing of land could be cultivated, and dach soldier provided with 20 mow for himself.
The Army which is to be form ed will be selected from the beat
METROPOLE-SAVOY-BOA VISTA trained troops and those which
PALACE HOTEL.
Tel. Address "PALACE." Tal. Kowloon, No. 8
Threo minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout, Evory Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Dar and Billiard-Rooms. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress, Terma moderate. Special terma to families on application to:
Mrn, J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress,'
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON.
SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.
Dally from $ 5.00 Monthly from $125.00
Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of
Phone Nos.
K. 608 & K. 609.
MR. & MRS. H. J. WHITE.
Cables "KoWLOTEL
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday,
Hongkong.
Cables
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Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE.
Grill
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Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.
THE HOTEL RIVIERA
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Printed and Published for the Proprietors by ALFRED MORLEY, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928.
GRAND TATTOO EMBLEM.
WISTFUL APPEALING!
RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG'S BALLAD ·· TRANSLATED INTO A LAVISH SCREEN VERSION-A STORY VITAL WITH LIFE!
The above is a reproduction of the'prize design for the Grand Tattoo Emblem. Mr. Pun U Ying, of 16, Sau Wa Fong, is the successful artist. An exhibition of Tattoo designs will be held at the City Hall on.
Tuesday and Wednesday next.
CAPITAL WORK BY "KRASSIN."
· (Continued from Page 1) have rendered valuable services in base at Virgo Hay, and conduct actual warfare, and it will be un from that polit, a search for the der the direct control of the Cen-remaining seven members of the
"Italia" crew. trai Government.-Reuter.
THE DISARMAMENT PROBLEM.
STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
י
BULGARIA CONSIDERED. A TRANSGRESSOR.
Professor Samcilovitch reports having received a message from Britain and Manchuria.
General Nobile stating that he is London, July 13: deeply prateful for the rescues and the begging the "Krassin" to search for Answering questions in House of Commons, Sir Austen Alessandri (presumably, says the OUTSTANDING POINTS. Chamberlain sald His Majesty's Moscow mesange, the Alpinist) but Government.regarda Mancharia as the Professor says that he must
a part of China and does not re-first re-coal at Advent Bay.
Alessandri is as a matter of fact eugnise that Japan lus any special
of the "Italia" Interests there other than those another member Conferred by Treaty, nu those crew and is one of the party of mentioned in Baron Shidehara's seven, which was carried away by statement to the Plenary Session the dirigible after the gondola broke
[ree.] of the Washington Conference on February 2nd, 1922.
London, July 13. A statement on the present posi. tion regarding the execution of the disarmament clauses in the Peace Treaties was made to-day by the Parliamentary question. Foreign Secretary in reply to a
1. He said the Interallied Commis- Would-Be Rescuers Picked Up.sions of Control in Germany, Aus- Later. tria, Hungary and Bulgaria res- Sir Austen replied in the nega-
An Osio message states that news partively, had now all been with- tive to a question whether any: other signatory of the Nine-Power has been received from King's Bay drawn because they had accom- task to an extent Washington Treaty (apart from to the effect that the "Krassin" has plished their the protests by the Peking and now picked up Captain Sora, with which the former Allied Govern- Nanking Governments) had stated a Dane and a futchman, who start-Įments rousidared on the whole that it does not recognise that ed on a walking expedition en June satisfactory and adequate.
In the case of all these coun Japan has special rights or inter-3rd, in search of the "alia's"
walking party.
tries, except Austria, the final de- ests in Manchuria.-Reuter.
It will be remembered that the tailed reports which the Commis- "Krassin" tased a group of mensions of Control drew up on the who waved to them while they were termination of their mission had heading towards the Viglieri party.been communicated to the Langue A report, emanating from Nan-It is presumed that these are the Council who, on the withdrawal of
men now rescued.-Renter.
"Ironsides" to Disarm.
Shanghai, July 13.
king states that General Mow Pel- nam, leader of the "Ironsides," or the 4th Army, has wired to the Nanking Military Council asserting that he intends to disband all unită in his Army.
In addition to rescuing the
the Commission became, under the Pence Treaties, responsible for
viglieri parly the Krassin also investigating any subsequent took off Captain Lundborg's dam- aged aeroplane,--Reuter,
breaches of the disarmament clauses.
The Krassin has been ordered to
As regards Austria, the Com- In reply to a telegram by General pick up Tehuknovaky, who will Ho Ying-ching, Marshal Chiang then proceed to search for Captain mission's final report had not yet Kai-shek has declared that in view Amundsen and the other "Italia" been presented to the League of the fact that the disbandment members of the party. The Maly- Council because there were certain of troops is the general wish of the guin has been ordered to return to outstanding points regarding the country, he has instructed General Ho, his chief subordinate. to take the lead by disbanding a portion of the First Nationalist Army Corps. Treaty Revision.
Shanghai, July 13,
Archangel-Beuter.
Search for Amundsen.
conversion of munition factories
to industrial uses, which were still the subject of negotiations. be
The Soviet "Italia" Relief Com-Lween the ex-Allied. Governments mittee announces that following and the Austrian Government.
As regards Hungary, in com- her rescue of the Viglleri parly
cer-
the Krusain will proceed to search municating the Commission's final
the for the other "Italia" aviators, also report to the League Council, ex-Allied Governmenta attention to drew its Captain Amundsen.-Router.
tuin reservations expressed by the commission regarding. application of recruiting laws in Hungary.
It is reliably stated that the Foreign Ministry is delivering Notes to the representatives of twenty-four countries, believed to
Fruitless Search, be requesting the immediate revi
Rome, July 13. sion of Chinese treaties, whether
It is officially announced that they have expired or not..
It is understood that Japan is Captain Ravazzoni yesterday made particularly disturbed concerning a six-hour fight from Tromsoe in the uncertainty of her position au Marina seaplane and thoroughly the Nationalist Government may searched the sea fifty miles east refuse to be bound by the exten-Land west of the Norwegian coast sions granted by Chang Tso-lin. and as far as fifty miles south of Bear Island. He found no trace Reuter.
of Captain Amundsen-Reuter.
Nobile's Health Improving.
King's Bay, July 13. The Bragauza intends to start three Conventions relative to fron to the rescue of the aviator Tchuk- tier
Sino-Franco Conventions.
Shanghai, July 13. The Foreign Ministry has issued the text of the Note terminating
trade between China and novsky. General Nobile's health France, namely the Convention of is improving-Reuter. Tientsin of April 25, 1886, the ad-
Transgression of Law.
the
As regards Bulgaria, in com- municating the Commission's final report to the League Council the ex-Allied Governments drew its attention to the frequency of non-
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The attention of the Council was
ditional Commercial Convention Hai-shan and Li Chung-yen will also drawn to the fact that the signed in Pelping, June 26, 1887, also attend-Reuter. and the Convention supplementary
to the same signed in Peiping, Juno 20, 1895.
Communications Conference,
Bulgarian Government had not yet fullled its undertaking to revise Article 71 of the Constitution, Nanking, July 13. which asserts a principle of con- The Nationalist Government de- The National Communications (stitution of military service which clares that the above mentioned Conference is to be held here on is incompatible with the stipula- Conventions shall be considered na August 10, Its aim is the centralisations of the Peace Treatles.
As regards Germany, an agree-! terminated from July 7, 1928, and tion of railway administration and proposes that the Chinese and the safeguarding of communicament was reached at Geneva in French Governments immediately tions and funds, the abolition of December, 1926, between the ex- appoint plenipotentiaries to nego surtaxes and the suppression of Allied Governments and the Ger- tiate new agreements on the basis banditry along the railway linesman Government where after of equality and mutual respect for | Reuter. sovereignty.
In the meanwhile the Nationalist Government will promulgate In- terim, regulations in order to main- tain land trade relations between China and France-Reuter.
Foreign Warships,
the withdrawal of the Commission
of Control, certain experts were attached to the diplomatic -Shanghai-July 13. missions of the ex-Allied Govern- The Evening News anya that the Nationalist Government is drafting ments at Berlin, with a view to Idontic Notes to Britain, America, reaching an agreement with the Japan, France and Italy, demanding German authorities as to the final Chiang Leaving for Nanking. the withdrawal of their warships execution of certain points which Shanghai, July 13. from the Yangtze, pointing out at the date of the withdrawal of The Kuo Min news agency states that military operations in the in-the Commission of Control could carried out. Con. that Chiang Kai-shek is leaving terior have terminated, and that not be regarded as having been for Nanking from Peking in the there is therefore no necessity for completely
latter part of this month to attend warships at the river ports for the siderable progress has been made the plenary session of the Central protection of foreign lives and pro-in the settlement of those outstand- Executive Committee on August 1perty, while their presence Is con- ing points, width concern, among Law other things, the reorganisation of
the police-British Wireless, The Kuo Min news agency under trary to International stands that Feng Yu-hsiang, Yen Reuter.
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