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SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929.");
THE KUOMINTANG. THE KELLOGG PACT.
OPENING SESSION OF THIRD | ONLY JAPAN STILL REQUIRED
CONGRESS.
TO RATIFY.
Nanking, Mar. 15. The Third Kuomintang Con- greas opened at 10.30 and closed t11.16. The most conspicuous arrival was Marshal Li Chal-sum, who was the target of the camera
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Washington; Mar. 15. The Chinese Legation announces
that the Nanking, Government has ratified the Kellogg Pact.
It is understood that only Japan, out of the original fifteen signa- torles, has not ratified.-Reuter. --
brought to the attention of the
Congress.
The Congress is expected to last more than a fortnight. The pro- ecedings have been very orderly.
Nanking is bedocked and, naro- planes flew over the auditorium Juring the ceremony-Reuter
Before the opening of the core The Burma board 'has
mony, the acting General Sorrot formed shareholders of
nry, Yeh Chu-tang, announced terms of lease under which the that 211 delegates were present, Corporation holds property from
making a quorum. He also an- the Secretary of State for India.nounced that Hu Han-min had These require that the Corpora been elected temporary chairman. tlou remain under British control,
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek ant and certain officers must be Bri- tish, The board therefore is con-alone in the front row of seats
First Business Session, busily scanning a manifesto he is insert new
Nanking, Mar. 16. vening meetings to
The first business session of clauses, approved by the London issuing to-day in connexion with the abolition of the generalissi- Stock Exchange, laying down
the Kuomintang Congress was British control,an a cardinal'prin-
Hu Han-min was applauded held this morning. It is learned. ciple, providing that the chair-
when he took the chair and de- there was also a committee meet- managing director and MAT,
livered his opening addreas, ing this afternoon for the pur- majority of other directors, the wherein he stated that this Con-pose of examining the credentials accretary, and managing agents must be Britishers; no foreigners resa was the first organ of the of the delegates, and a similar party. He stated also that all meeting will be held to-morrow. or foreign corporation being en matters connected with foreign It is reported it is considered un- tilled to vote on a poll at a share-affairs, as well as military and necessary to hold any preparatory holders' general meeting.
olitical affairs, would be decided conference for the election of The Financial Times suggests thoreat and that it would super-personnel to the committee, which that legislative action lo desirablevise the carrying out of the party's will be the same as proposed by the Central Executive Committee, programme.. with regard to British control of
Including Hu Han-min, Tan Yen- vital industrial utility enterprises,
kal, Li Shih-seng, Teai Yuan-pei, and quotes Sweden's action in this connexion.-Reuter.
Hu Han-min atated that al- Ohang Ching-klang, Chiang Kai- though the country had been uni-shek and others. fed in many ways the Government nd the party had not been able to carry out their programme, and it was therefore urgently necessary that the delegates should use The Belgian teamer Scheldepas, their united efforts to bring about bound from Antwerp to Shanghai,omplete unification in fact as ell as in name. They should use with a general cargo, struck a submerged wreck near Vesta Rock,heir time for the discussion of the solution of vital problems and Plane faland, and sank in thirty not waste it on petty issues.
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Complete Unification.,
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Chiang Kai-shek originally in- tonded to issue a manifesto deal- ing with the abolition of the head- quarters of the First Group Army, and the opening of the Congress, but it is learned he has made im- portant changes in the manifesto, which will be issued in the form of an Interview.
A large number of soldiers are patrolling the streets, but the capital is quiet.
The crow were saved.-Reuter.
A number of Government and The Scheldepas, built in 1897 preparatory conference this
fternoon, continuing for the next Party leaders have wired to Feng ur days for the election of aYu-hsinng urging him to attend and owned by the Zeevaart Maats-chairman, a committee and a nam the Congress. At present.it is un- chappij "Scheldestroom." She was ber of sub-committees, which will known whether he will be attend-
amine the proposals to being-Reuter. formerly the 9.5. Othello.]
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