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FA SL#AZÁRT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1929. TAŻ
BRITISH STEAMER I'M ALONE SINKING BRILLIANT FEAT
AGROUND.
· BANK LINER “WEIRBANK” RUNS ON SANDBANK.
GERMANS TO RESCUE.
Dorlin, Mar. 26. 'Salvage vessels are racing to the assistance of the British steamer Weirbank which is badly aground off the German const, ne-
HUGE SCALE ACTION. cording to wireless messages re-
The National Government in a proclamation ofcially declaring war on Wahan accuses Marshal Li Chal sum, General Li Chung-yon and General Fel Chung-hal, of con- spiracy against the Nanking regime, and a veiled threat of punishment to come is causing deep concern to friends of Marshal Li Chaisum, who is a prisoner at Nanking.
ceived from the ship.
The
Weirbank is a 5,000-ton veasel belonging to the Bank Line (Maasra. A. Weir and Co.) and she was on a voyage from China to Stettin with a cargo of soya beans. She carries a crew of sixty. though it is thought there is no immediato danger..
CASE LATEST.
FINDINGS OF BRITISH
CONSUL
CAPTAIN RIGHT IN REFUSING TO SUBMITI
BRITAIN WITHDRAWS.
BY SPANISH FLIERS.
NON-STOP FROM SPAIN TO
BAHIA, BRAZIL.
JIMINEZ TÅKEN ILL.
KOWLOON DOCK EXTENSION.
SCHEME TO COST OVER $800,000.
HOPES THAT THE TIDE HAS NOW TURNED,
TO-DAY'S MEETING.
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BRITISH TROOPS
IN CHINA,
COMMAND TO BE CENTRED
IN HONGKONG.
WAR OFFICE SCHEME.
London, Mar. 26.
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THE EUROPA FIRE DISASTER.
GREAT LINER A MASS OF TWISTED METAL.
WATCHMAN'S CARELESSNESS TO BLAME?
THRILLING SCENES.
Berlin, Mar 20, The carelessness of a watchman
Buenos Aires, Mar. 20. "A brilliant feát, a non-stóp
The War Office announces that flight across the Atlantic to South
the North and South China Com- Amorica, has been accomplished.
mands will be amalgamated in the by the Spanish airmen, Captains Jiminez and Inglesias, though an-
course of next month. fortunately the event has not been
Major-General A. E. Wardrop, nt' completed without ill-lock.
The stagnant state of shipping present commanding the British Flying in the "Jesus del Gran-In Hongkong was cited by Mr. poder" in which they have already B. D. F. Bolth, presiding at the troops in North China, will return in dropping a lighted cigarette-end made several successful fights in annual meeting of the Hongkong Home and the combined Command among a pile of Inflammable other directions, they crossed the and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., als will be assumed by Major-General decorating materials is believed to South American const from Beville, morning, as the reason why botter JW. Sandilande, C.B., C.M.G., fire which has almost completely be responsible for the devastating Spain, in Brazil' and were observed results had not been attained by travelling southwards from Natal the Company. He added, how D.SO. who has just taken over the destroyed the great new German this morning.
over, that towards the and of the South China Command from Majerliner Europa in the Blohm and
Voss shipyard: your things took a turn for the
The magnificent ship, the pride better, and the slight improvement General C. C. Luard.
Major-General Sandilands will re- of the German merchant feet, scams to have been maintaind.
at Hongkong with
an designed to displace the crossing It was announced that the Direc-maln
records of the doughty Mauro- tora had decided that the entrance augmented Staff,
The Shanghai area will be com-tonia, spoed queen of the North to the No. 1 Dock should be widen- ed and the dock itself lengthened.manded as at present by Brigadier- Atlantic for a quarter of a cen- This will cost a little over $800,- General O. C. Borrett, who has beentury, was uncompleted. She was 000 and take about teen in command of the 14th Infantry to have made her maiden trip in months to complete.
Brigade, Shnforce, since 1927. August next, and it was expected
Washington, Mar. 26. An unexpected development has occurred in connexion with the diplomatic inquiry of the "I'm Alone" sinking incident, Sir Eama Howard having retired from the "field" to all intents and purposes, and handed over the discussion to The vessel has run on a sand- the Canadian Minister in Washing- back off Warnemunde, and up-ton. The explanation is that the pears to be firmly fixed-Reuter. Alono" was registered in taken suddenly ill, and the machine was landed at Bahla by Captain tions. Already 60,000 troops are
Several new points have emerg-Inglesins. reported to ho moving against visitor to the Far East, and ined regarding the remarkable Ping-halang and Changsha, while fairly well-known to Hongkong, affair, principal among them
Captain Jiminez has since been 40,000 others are to press forward shippers. The Bank Line, Ltd. being:
admitted to hospital at Bahia, out- against Wuchang.
has its own offices in the Colony,
Marshal Chiang Ki-shek has left for Kiukiang to direct oper-
The Weirbank is a frequent
Marshal Chinng Ki-shek will The vessel is 420.1 feet long, personally direct the right dank, has a beam of 53.8 feet and a and Hankow is to be attacked from [depth of 26.5 feet. Anhui,
She is a comparatively' recent Meanwhile the. Nationalat general in Shantung, General acquisition to the Bank Line feat having been built by Mesara, Har- Liu Chien-nien, has met with a severe reverse and has evacuated land and Wolt in 1925. She was Chefoo to Marshal Chang Chung-engaged on the China-New York- ehang, who is reported to have Continent run. threatened to permit three days | Jooting.
Chiang's Proclamation. Marshal Chiang Kal-shick's pro- clamation, sanctioned by the Third National Congreas of the Kuomin- tang Party this morning and sub- sequently signed by Mr. Wu Han- min, Dr. Wang Chung-hui; Mr. Tan Yen-kal, Mr. Chan Ko-fu, Mr. Koo Ying-fan and Tai Chi-tno, says it
DUNCAN JUSTIFIES
HIMSELF.
DEFEATS ALDE IN RETURN CONTEST.
Shanghai Mar. 27. In one of the finest contests evor
Splendidly matched the
men
is the foremost desire of the Kuo-seen in Shanghai, Corp. Duncan, mintang Government to preserve the pence of the country and to reverseil the decision recently gained maintain the unification of China, by Alde, the Australian hoxer, in but when the orders of the Central contest here last night. Authorities have been ignored, when the Wuhan leaders have car. ried out extensive war preparations and when the petty Wuhan leaders dismissed by Nanking have dared to open operations on the Govern- ment troops at Yingshan, as report- ed by the Commander of the Nan king 13th Division, the National Government has no alternative but to declare war.
Intrigues Alleged.
The Wuhan "revolution" is the reault of a long political intriguo headed by Marshal Li Chal-sum, General Li Chung-yen and General Pal Chung-hei against tho present Nunking regime..
Concrete evidence of such in- ! trigues have been discovered and
fought hammer and tongs from start to finish and a record crowd was wildly excited.
Canada,
A statement that a prellmin- nry British investigation of the affair has resulted in a finding that Captain Randall of the "I'm Alone” was justi- fled in refusing to be searched or seized.
The release of Captain Ran- dall on ball.
The release of the other members of the crew on their own recognisances,
It is learned officially, says Reuter, that the conduct of the "I'm Alono" case, which continues to excite intense Interest, has been transferred from the British Embassy to the Canadian Legation, much to the surprise of smejala of the U.S. State Department.
Canada's Interest.
Sir Esme Howard has requested the. State Department to address its reply to his applicatio, for Information to Mr. Vincent Mas-
They planned to reach Rio do
Janeiro, but Captain Jiminez was
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U.S. GUNBOAT ASHORE ON YANGTSZE.
Niver the Lowest for Thirty Years.
IS STILL FALLING,
According to naval wireless
Capital expenditure is being co- duced to a minimum and work on the proposed new Dock is being entirely suspended for the time being.
Chairman's Speech, Addressing tho meeting, the Chairman sold:-Gontlemen,-Be- fore commencing the ordinary business of the meeting I would like to say, on behalf of my
messages received in Hongkongcolleagues how much we deplore this morning, the Yangtaze at Hankow is one foot ) now zero, this being the lowest on record at this season of the year for thirty years. The river is still falling.
The U. B. gupbont Tutulla le ashore on the Upper. River, and H.M.S. Tern la proceeding from Wanhalen to her assistance.
ammoniako to Care Cornmdienaam
The Tientsin area will be com-that she would capture the Blua manded by Brig. Gen. Ronald M. Riband of the Atlantic on her first Heath, C.M.G., D.S.O., who has voyage. been Officer Commanding. North The fire broke out in the fore- China, since 1926.-British Wire- part of the great 40,000-ton liner, losa.
and It presented a most dramatic spectacle,
BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNORSHIP.
MR. MONTAGU NORMAN AGAIN RE-ELECTED.
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Like Active Volcano.
The gigantic structure bubbled and boiled, like an active volcano, as she lay in mid-river at Ham' burg. Denso yellow. smoka Baconded in huge volumes, while long tongues of fire shot out of the hundreds of port-holes,
Ono of the remarkable · Ina- of tho conflagration the rapidity with which The whole vessel It spread.
involved
the death of the late Mr. H. P. this White. He had served on Board for nearly thirty years and
London, Mar. 20. had on various occasions acted as
Mr. Montagu Collet Norman wastures your chairman. As represenia- tivo of one of the firms which to-day re-elected Governor of the was founded this Company over alxty Bank of England. years ago, ho always took the Before the war, the Governor-appeared to become greatest interest in the conduct of ship of the Bank was held in rota-from end to end within a few minutes, and the whole resources Its affairs and by his passing wetion and not for more than a year of the firemen were obviously in have lost a wise counsellor and unless
in exceptional circum- | good friend.
stances, but Mr. Norman will this The report and accounts having year complete a decade of the fast ten daya, I will, with your permission, take them as read.
been in your possession for the Governorship. Was under
sey, the Canadian Minister, foring from favor apparently the
result of the strain of the flight. cause the vessel Canadian registry,
The continuance of the flight to The fight went the full distance,nexion has been issued by
An announcement in this con- Rio de Janeiro has, therefore, been Dunean gaining a sound verdict on
the postponed. Router. points:-Our Own Curvexpundent.
Canadian Logation, stating that! They are the second airmen to Mr. Massey, who called at the cross the south Atlantic safely, the State Departament to-day, conferred with the Asalstatit non-stop from Rome last year.
hafont having been accomplished Secretary of State and will con- duct any discussion of the case
SHANGHAI COURT BOYCOTT.
PROPOSAL TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTY.
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which may be necessary with the ANNEN SELLAČIATT. Government of the United States.
Treaty Question.
It is learned, however, that Sir Shanghai, Mar. 27. Esme Howard will retain, direct Mr. S. Fessenden, Director-interest in the question If it in are now in the hands of the Nan-General of the Shanghai Munici- found that the interpretation of pality, has written to the Senior the Liquor-Smuggling Treaty is king Government who can prove that while in Shanghai and shortly Consul insisting that if the Chin- Involved. after Marshal Li's arrival from ese Judges of the Provisional Canton, General Li Chung-yen die Court persist in boycotting Mr. patched a secret enble to Kwangsl Van den Berg, the Senior Consul's ordering General Wang Shao-hung Deputy, the latter should be em to mobilize for a march into Kiang-powered to hear cases alone." si,
The Consular Body is now seri- Marshal Li was not able to leave ously considering the proposal. Nanking but a number of Bigned Our Own Correspondent, orders, instructing various Canton leaders to join the war, had been
sent to his subordinate official, Mr.
Li Teak-lum, who then left im- SLUMP ON NEW YORK
STOCK EXCHANGE, mediately for Canton.
Another startling allegation 18 contained in a report submitted to
SET YESTERDAY.
the National Government by Gen. LOW RECORD FOR THE YEAR crat Li Bin-hain of Tongahan, who was until recently the chief sub- ordinate of General Pei Chung-hai. He says that Hunan troops have been instructed by Pel Chung-hsi
"The British Government will also be interested to the extent of harm or molestation of any British members of the crew." It is understood that the British
STOP PRESS.
During his years of office, Mr. It is a matter for regret that Norman has been in America on the working for the past year does many occasions in consulation not show such a good result as the with the financial authorities of previous one. This le wholly at the United States, and tribute has tributed to the very stagnant state of shipping in Hongkong during that period which seriously affect ed our turnover, and any now construction we undertook was of a small and not very profitable nature.
Towards the end of the year, things took a turn for the better and this slight Improvement seems so far to have been maintained and
RUMOURED SHOOTING we can only hope that it will romain
OF LI CHAI-SUM.
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MARSHAL'S OWN FEARS.
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adequate almost from the tatart.
Enormous quantities of water were continually poured into the Europa, but it seemed to have not the slightest effect.
Girders Melled!
The long magnificent promenade been paid to the valuable services decks collapsed like no much card- he has rendered to his country in board, and huge girders melted dealing with the post-war non-completely! clal problem.-British Wireless.
HOOVER RECEIVĖS
SEGRAVE.
SPEED RECORD TROPHY
· PRESENTED, The period through which your Company is now passing is one of
London, Mar. 26. considerable anxioty and the
Major Segrave, the racing mo- unsettled state of China's interna! troubles is the cause of a very lorist, and Mrs. Segrave were to depressing influence on trade day received by President and Mrs. our hope that before so very long to, generally, and we can only expreas Hoover at White House, Washing-
we shall see a united in place of
Consul-General at New Orleans just before going to press to the A sensational report reaches us has made a personal enquiry re-effect that news has been recely garding the sinking of the "I'm Alone" and has decided that ed in the Colony that Marshal a disunited China. Captain Randall' was entirely ❘Li Chal-sum has been shot within his rights when he refused by order of the Nanking authorl-
to submit to search for seizure. ----Reuter's American Service.
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In the early stages of the disus. - tor, firemen ventured on board the doomed ship, but they were help- lese to stem the tide of the blaze, and many lost their way in the labyrinth corridors, a number of them escaping narrowly with their lives.
It was finally decided to con- centrate their efforts on fighting the flames from outside. The laze is not yet under control, and it is being watched from the shore by enormous crowds, shepherded by police.
British Insurance. ́. Viowed as a spectacle, the Vice-President Curtis presented efforts of the Hamburg fire, brig- to Major Segrave the trophy ades was a thrilling spectacle, par- which he won at Daytona Beach ticularly when the vessel began to when be set up a new world's land list as she burned, forcing the fire. speed record of 231 miles per hour. floats to withdraw for fear of be
-British Wireless,
Ing crushed.
THE KING STILL PROGRESSING.
AGAIN WALKS IN THE GARDENS.
The Europa was, valued at £2,000,000 and it is reported that a number of British insurance companies are involved in the loas. Under Control.
Later. The fire on board the Europa Is now under control though flames pasmodically shoot up through the charred docks.
Engineers who have been watch-
To Lengthen Dock, You will be interested to hear tles. At the moment there is no bhat we have decided to widen tho confirmation of the rumour, but, entrance and, lengthen our present "Notorious Law Breaker," In view of the fact that Marshal No. 1 Dock at Kowloon, to enable Li was known to be in perit, it is it to accommodate the largest Washington, Mar. 20, A memorandum by Mr. Mellon, feared in Chinese circles that it liners at present built or building for the Pacific trade which wh Secretary of the Treasury, de-may prove to be correct. New York, Mar, 20. clares that the "I'm Alone" was a
have a reasonable hope of docking Yesterday's break in the Stock notorious
Bearing on this report, it is in the future. This will cost a smuggler and law to open hostilities against the Exchango was totally eclipsed breaker, and not only a thorn in the stated that frunoilately ho was little over $800,000 and will tako Nanking forces in Peking, and to-day, when the call money rate side of the United States but detained by the Nanking authori about eighteen months to complete. Tientsin and to march down the retched twenty per cont.
actually got into trouble with the ties, Marshal Ld was ordered to The decision to do this was not Over 8,000,000 shares changed British authorities
a letter to the military arrived at without the most care-
London, Mar. 20, Tientsin-Pukow tallway against
over false write Nanking. The "plot" has been hande at rapidly tumbling prices clearances from British ports, leaders in Canton warning them ful consideration by your Board, HM the King passed another frustrated, however, by the "dis-and nearly one-third of the list of The "I'm Alone" was within not to move any troops in con- and we came unanimously to the good day and was again out in the ing the magnificent ship's detruc obedience of General Li Bin-hsin stocks touched a record low level twelve miles of the Louisiana coast nexion with the crisis that has opinion that It was absolutely gardens of Craigwell House, tion express the opinion that the who has now turned over to Nan- for the year-Router,
when firat hajjed.
arisen.
vital and essential in order to His Majesty again dispensed stern quarters, the lower deck and king."
"A continuous pursuit, precisely In the letter, which is stated to protect the potential earning with his bath chair and walked the engine-room will be salvage- according to the well-known doc- have been brought down to Canton power of the Company and to meet some distance before reating at able. trine of International law, ensued, by an oficial assigned to the task modern requirements. I think all intervala in garden chairs. until the "I'm Alone" was
| British Wircless. over of explaining Marshal L'e deton-shareholders will agree with me. Laken and again defied United tion, the Marshal is quoted as It is hoped to do this work with- States authority,"
The memorandum quotes the ap-saying that any military opera-out putting the dock out of action tary forces other than their own, RACE CLUB WILL NO LONGER plication of the same doctrine Lions from Canton would only any more than is absolutely neces and unreasonably intruded on the
when the British Columbia Ad-moke matters worse, .⠀⠀ miralty Court in 1925 condemned One sentence of the letter Shanghai, Mar. 27. the American ship "North," and -renda:—“I should like to warn Pending further investigations It is announced that the Shang-the decision was upheld by the n!! my dearest supporters that into these reactionary intrigues, the hat Race Club will not in future Supreme Court of Canada, Row- the moment any expedition is Government desires to reserve the issue Champions tickets, but will ter's American Service.
started from Canton may be question of punishment of the three adhere to the Calcutta Club's
the very hour for me to pay the death penalty."
The officlul proclamation con-
cludes by alleging that in order to SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS further their aggrandizement the
three, Kwangai lealers used public
funde to purchase huge quantity of
armia and munitions, controlled mili
territories of their neighbouring
*provincials.
PROFITEERING.
ISSUE TICKETS,
·
sary.
AIRMAN-TOURIST.
·MR. VÁN LEAR BLACK NOW
TIN KHARTOUM,
Khartoum, Mar, 26.
The remainder of the Haer is a chaotic manen of charred timber and twisted motal-Reuter
Grim Disaster,
The .s. Europa was launched in August last year, the occasion.be- Ing made, one for a great public demonstration in celebration of the event. A brilliant assemblago, 'of 160,000′ spectatore and guests witnessed the ceremonies.
Capital Outlay Reduced. Turning to the accounts, you will notico capital expenditure during the period under review has been reduced to a minimum. Mr. Van Lear Black, the Amert Neither the Earopa, nor the Work in connexion with the pro- can milionaire "airman-tourist Bremen, her sister chip havo enter GRAF ZEPPELIN,
This letter, which caused much posed new dock has been entirely has arrived here from Mongella, ed the service for which they were The severe attack by the National
He had been held up there for tan built. The Europaway at Hams Jerusalem, Max. 20, Indignation when received in Can, suspended in the meantime.
On the other side of the balance days owing to the illness of his burg being fitted up luxuriously Government-on Marshal Li. Chal-
The Graf Zeppelin has arrived, toh, would appear to fend some sum has caused further apprehen-bers of the Race Club were thus completing the first stage of support to the fear that Marshallieet we have added to our reserve pilots, both of whom contracted in for the Transatlantic massanger
auspended after the last meeting, her four days' cruise-Router. LI has since been executed.
(Continued on Page 18,) Huenza-Router
traffic when she met with disastór. (Continued on Page 9.) -Our Own Correspondent.
generala.
Concern for Marshal LL
practice of the allotment of num- bera to prevent outside profiteer-
In this connexion, several mem-