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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929.- BADAZ
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SMALLPOX SCARE | BRITISH YANGTSZE WUHAN WAR NEAR
IN ENGLAND.
VIRULENT OUTBREAK
IN LONDON.
SEEMINGLY CARRIED BY SHIPS FROM THE EAST.
COMMAND.
REAR ADMIRAL MACLEAN APPOINTED,
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
London, Apr. 16. The Admiralty announces that Rear-Admiral Colin Kenneth Mag-i lean, C.B... CV.O., . D.S.O.. has
ITS END.
ATTACK ON KWANGSI CONTEMPLATED.
CANTON ORDERED TO TAKE ACTIVE STEPS.
.
FRENCH REGULATIONS beeu appointed Senior Naval Or. OTHER LEADERS MOVE.
London, April 16.
feer on the Yangleze, in succes- sion to Reur-Admiral H. J. Twee- j
Hankow, Apr. 17.
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HOOVER MESSAGE HONGKONG HOTEL ROY C. ANDREWS
TO CONGRESS.
STRIKING RECOMMENDATIONS SUBMITTED.
FARM BOARD MOOTED.
SELECTING SUITABLE
PLACES.
COMPANY'S DRIVER PLEADS INSTRUCTIONS.
ABSURD DEMANDS OF PEKING] CULTURAL SOCIETY.
EXPEDITION TO END?
Peking, Apr. 16,
Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews, the famous explorer and archaco- logist, is now in Peking planning resumption of his expedition, but
......... - Happy Valley Rand,
MR. SNOWDEN LETS HIMSELF GO
A BITTER ATTACK ON ¿DEBT AGREEMENTS.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT BEARS THE BRUNT.
mission were the outstanding re- A WISE ARRANGEMENT there is now a possibility that it LABOUR REPUDIATION.
*
before
aum-
golla this year.
London, Apr. 10.
the whole question of the war
Washington, Apr. 16. The creation of a Federal Farm Board, as well as the limited re- vialon of the tariff and the reor- ganisation of. the Tariff Com-
commendations of President
will not be further pursued. Hoover's Message to Congress.
In an interview with Router to- The question of the provision of Mr. Hoover said that the Board anitable stopping-places for the night, Mr. Andrews said that the A small-pos scare in Englanddle, and will nasume the Com- It is officially confirmed that he suggested would investigate Hongkong Hotel buses along the Peking Cultural Society is now
A. 'dramatic declaration to the almost unprecedented Is. nowmand on
October 15th next.fighting has broken out at Shansi the causes of the agricultural de Queen's Road route came up making such impossible demands effect that the Labour Party, it
pression and would be charged for consideration actively engaging the attention of Other appointments are:
between the retreating Kwangel with Anding sound remedies. It, W. Hamilton, at the Cen- tion that it is likely the Expedi- Election, would possibly reopen Mr upon the Central Asiatic Expedi- returned to power at the General Vice-Admiral Sir Ernte Chat- medical authorities. France is
field, Third Sen Lord and Con- forces and pro-Government troops, would have authority and re- trat Police Conrt this morntion will be unable to go to Mon- troller of the Navy since 1925, to It is stated, however, in authorita-sources to apply those remedies.
Ing, in connexion with a relleve Admiral Sir Hubert Brand tive Chinese circles that
He proposed that the Board mons against the driver of one of He said: "This Society de- debts of European Allies to Groat as Commander-in-Chief of the.
should be equal in importance to these buses for stopping at an au- mands that we spend all the money Britain, was made by Mr. Philip hostilities Aflantie Fleut, 10-morrow.
up.te the present have the Inter-State Commerce Com-thorised stopping' place,
and do all tho work and then give The scare really began with the
Rear-Admiral Dunbar arrival at Marseilles recently of
only been of a skirmishing nature mission and the Federal Reserve Leg
Inspector Nicol, in charge of the everything we find to China, in Snowden, the "prospective Chan- It is believed that Marshal the Anchor Bor "Tuscania" with Smith to relieve Rear-Admiral
Traffic Office, stated that at 12.26 addition to paying the expenses of collor of the Exchequer" during President Hoover emphasised member of the crew sufering Grace as Rear-Admiral Conimand-Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the that in determining changes inam, on March 23rd, he was driving three Chinese scientists for the the debate on the Budget in the from small-pos. He died in Maring Submarines, to date from Government troops to pursue their the tariff, account must be taken tween Funder Street and Ice House ing them to America for two House of Commons to-day.
along Queen's Road Central, trip to Mongolia, afterwards tak- scilles, the later, inmediately | September-British Wireless, attacks on Generala Hu Tsung-tu of the broad interests of the whole
Mr. Snowden not only condemp- ufter which the ship's doctor was The new Senior Officer on the and Tao Chun with more vigour country, including American trade Street, about 15 yards behind Bus years, again paying all expenses."
Mr. Andrews déclares that un-ed the financial settlements with ordered
in order to speed up their surren-relations with other countries. to varéinate the entire Yangisze is the eldest surviving ship, passengers and crew between Son of the ale Major Generalera and to avoid wasting time in He declared that no discrimina-speed of between 20 and 25 miles auless the conditions are modified the Continent, but strongly re- Marseilles and Liverpool.
useless negotiations. Charles Smith Maclean. He servi
tion against a foreign : Industry Jed at Zeebrugge during the war
was involved in equalising the difference in costs of production and with the Destroyer Flotilla of i the Harwich Force.
at home and abroad.
particularly anxious and very atringent regulations are to be en- forced against England.
The bealth authorities in Britain have since been most active in keeping in touch with all contacts with the case concerned,
Serious Outbreak.
the
Board.
:
| No. 603, which was travelling at a
hour.
Near Ice House Street.
his expedition will not stir a foot pudiated the Infamous Balfour in the direction of Mongolia, pre-Note,, which provided that the ferring to return to America with British Government would not Opposite St. Francis Hotel, the the work of the Expedition un-demand more from their debtora bus suddenly stopped,' to pick up
'completed.
than she was required to pay to and asked the driver for his license, it is understood that the ofer passengers. Witness approaclied. A deadlock now exists, though the United States. informing him that he would be Cultural Society proposes to refer summoned for stopping at an un- the matter to the Nanking Gov-
ernment..Reuter. authorised stopping place.
Troops Sandwiched.' · It is anticipated that the Hupeh troops will be unable to make Rear-Admiral Grace will be re-much of a stand since they are membered as Commodore in Hong-sandwiched between General Liu kong from 1922 to 1924: He has The cause for the general alarmees Rear-Admiral CommandHsiang, of Szechuan, on the West, and Generals Chang Fat-kwei (of the "Ironsides" formerly of Can- ton) and Hsta Tp-ylu on the East.
The submission of General Hudations to the President for ad-thorised for these buses wna, by the
is revealed by an announcement by the Ministry of Health on April 18th, Saturday, that thirty-five. vises of small-pox infected ind bren imported Bito London, five of which have since died.
In London to-day there are be- lieved to be 175 cases of small-pox, including twelve passengers from; the "Tuscania".
All the victims of the outbreak on the Anchor liner are suffering: from smallpox of a maki virulent type,
French Alarmn.
The alarm on the Continent is] evidenred by the announcement that the French Government as from to-morrow will enforce dran
Submarines since 1925.
INDIAN PRINCES & Taung-tu is momentarily expected,
THE CROWN.
BUTLER COMMITTEE ISSUES
1
ITS REPORT.
He also urged that the salaries gher so that the Government of the Tariff Commisioners should would be assured of getting men of broader attainments.
Equally, he thought that in the reorganisation, the basis in which the Commission made recommen-
and in the meantime all upper nematom river sailings have been suspend- ed-Reuter.
No News From Changteli
A Nanking naval wireless measage stated that no further news has been received from
stallation was wrecked last week and members of the staff captur- ed.
STATES SUPPORTED. Changteh where the A.P.C. in-
1
London, Apr. 16.
that
Of the greatest interest und importance, the report of the In-
Another message state dins States Committee, under S. General Ho Tsung-tų and Tao Harcourt Butler, which has been Chun are still in Shasi.
the regulations to prevent small-pox enquiring into the relationship of infection. All milbonts calling the Indian States and the par- at French ports from England must hoist a quarantine flag before amount power, was issued to-day.
The Harcourt Butler Commit.:
War on Kwangsi,
Shanghai, Apr., 16, entering, and the names, addresses tee has been holding sittings al-the completion of the campaign It is strongly rumoured that on and destinations of all passengers most simultaneously with the in-against the Hupeh leaders at must be supplied,
vestigations of the Simon Com- Shasi, General Chang Fat-kwei Each passenger must present a mission.
will be placed under orders by Chiang Kai-shek to attack Kwangai Province.
certificate af vaccination within The Committee is of the opinion the past two months before land-that the relationship between the ing, otherwise they will not be Indian Princes and the paramount
llowed to disembark.
power have on the whole been
ed, immediately.
Another Ship Affected, The British India liner "Masho. bra" arrived at Marseilles on Saturday with two Lasers suffer ing from small-pox),
The
Committee
for 1
In reply to his Worship, witness said the next stopping plac
-
City Hall. He handed in Regula- za tione drawn up on June 2, 1927, and drew his Worship's attention to No. 34, subsection 8A, which made it unlawful for buses to stop at other than authorized stopping places.
"BRIDGE MADE EASY.”
New "Telegraph" Feature
Starts Boon.
The Telegraph feature, "51 Common Errors In Bridge," will conclude to-morrow, and on the following day there will appear the first of a neries of articles entitled "Bridge Made Easy." These have been specially written by W. W. Wentworth, a well- known authority on the game, and should prove of wides spread interest,
This series will deal with the basle principles of the game, and each article will be starl complete in itself. A
will be made with a discus-
siun on "Average Probabilt- ties," and this will be follow- ed by a lengthy series dealing with the art of bidding, gen- eral bridge strategy, etc.
To the beginner as well
to the experienced player, "Bridge Made Easy" will be found to contain much useful advice.
and
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said his instructions were received from the Manager of the Garage, these being that whenever threa pulls were given to the bell, (he was to stop immediately.
Manager's Understanding.
BRITISH PLANES .FOR RUSSIA.
NO RESTRICTIONS ON CIVIL AIRCRAFT.
TRADE FIGURES.
· London, Apr. 16,
Not Be Bound?
Mr. Snowden regarded this understanding as grossly unfair to the British taxpayer, and he re- fused to subscribe to the doctrine of that agreement, which be de- clared was made by a Government with a temporary majority in the |Commons, which thereby commit.
ted every other Party.
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He suggested that the Labour Party would possibly decline to be bound by that doctrine.
Allied Debts,
!
Earlier in the course of his
Mr. G. Locker-Lampson, Under- speech, he launched a most bitter Secretary, for Foreign Affairs, stat-criticism of the settlements mado ed in the House of Commons to-day, between Britain and her Con-
He was most strongly condem-
His Worship observed that an in reply to a question, that he un-tinental debtors. defendant pleaded instructions derstood negotiations had taken from the Company, he would like place between the Soviet Govern-natory of the arrangement with Mr. T. Parsons, the Manager inment and a British aircraft com- France, whom he declared had re- charge of the Hongkong Hotel pany with a view to the supply to pudiated four-fifths of her debt. Garage, to give evidence on the Hussla of a considerable number of by the stabilisation of the franc.
aeroplanes;
France "Bilking."
matter.
No licence was required to export Mr. Parsons, upon being called acroplanes from this country, If Into the witness-box, stated:- however, the aeroplanes were fitted Mr. Snowden said that many. "What happened is this. Inspec- with any armament, such as ma- Britishers had been practically tor Alexander (lately in charge of chine-guns or machine-gun mount ruined because France was bilk- the Traille Office, who has now ings, à licence would be required be-
and fore that armament could be ex- this at a time when he considered ing her national obligations, and gone Home on leave) selected the stopping places before{ported.
Ne application for licence to ex-France to be the most prosperous the services were started, on October 15, 1928. He told me port such material to the Soviet country in Europe,
If it had not been for British" there would be no objection, to Government had been received re- stopping between these stopping cuntly. It was not the policy of the help, he added,, France would not places. 'unill'such time as the British Government to Impose re-i services had been run or tried out, strictions upon the export of clvil 10 find if these places were suit aircraft to foreign countries. able. Then, going further into the matter, I selected more suit able places is required."
Wise Thing.
be an independent country to-day. -Reuter. :*
Three of the Kwangsi Clique, Alf, bond crows must be vaccinat-harmonious and satisfactory, Wang Shio-hang Li Chungyen recommends and Pei Chung-hsi are now in that the Viceroy and not the Gov-Kwangsi preparing to resist a ernor-General-in-Council should, possible attack, while it is learned in future, be the agent of the from Wuchow that in order to Crown in its relations with the Hecure funds for the campaign, it Princes, while important matters is likely that the ban on oplum and
the States gambling will be removed. of dispute between
The President of the Board of themselves, between the State
Incidentally, General Ho Chien and the paramount power, and be-is reported to be mobilising Hunan
Trade atated that imports from Russia to this country for the last move against tween the States and British In-forces
twelve months amounted in round dia, should be referred to inde- Kwangsi.
figures io £21,500,000, xorts. pendent committees for advice,
Gen, Wong Adamant.
from this country to Russia amount. His Worship observed, in regarded to £2,700.000 and re-exports to Chinese reports from Canton sive so that the time required for to witness' last, remark, that that £2,084,000,--British Wireless, passengers and crew after the and the relationship between the state that the Central Government mission would be greatly shorten. would be a wise thing to do. They Mashobra's arrival on Saturday paramount power and the Princes has wired to Canton instructing ed and many secondary changes in had to consider, his Worship said,
should not transferred without General Chan Chai-tong and It is understood that the French the latter's agreement to a new General Chan Ming-shu to take the tariff could well be-left to the the poor pedestrians who got action of the Commission-chased all over the street by the buses, not to speak of the trams. Government of British India res necessary measures against Gen- Reuter's American Service, ponsible to the Indian Legisla eral Wong Shao-hung if the latter
Witness considered that Ico House Street, where the buses continues his stubborn attitude against the Nanking Government.
were permitted to stop until re- PAYS VISIT TO COLNBROOK tions, and the British taxpayer
All passengers on the vessel, in- cluding Lord Burnham, a Member of the Simon Commission, who is on his way from India to England, were vaccinated, while arrange- ments have been made in London
Trenty engagements exist be
to supervise the movements of the tween the Princen and the Crown
.. next.
small-pox regulations will apply to air passengers,
Tourist Agencies Shocked.
The heads of
the
not
tourist
organisations In London are
ture.
The Butler Committee has, how ever, left the door open for con- stitutional development in the
ministrative changes in the rates of duty, should be made more automatic and more comprehen-
the determinations of the Com-
DUTCH FISHERMEN COMPENSATED.
cently, a convenient stopping place | for people using the Ferry,
Inspector Nicol voiced an objec-
THE KING GOES FOR A DRIVE,
Not First Challenge.
This is not the first occasion en Waien. Snowden has roundly criticised the War Debt arrange- ments. Speaking in the House of Commons In July, 1920, he assert- ed that Mr. Churchill was a poor. hand at striking a good bargain. He had tumbled down, sald "Mr. Snowden, every time he came into contact with representatives of any of the Continental debtor na-
would be raising £100,000,000” a WITH QUEEN.
year for the next 62 years B5 A result; London, April 16.
If it had not been for the tion, expressing the view that no His Majesty the King, accompaлl- Shuo-hung, probably to pursuade BRITISH GOVERNMENT PÄYS space would be left for the use of ed by the Queen, went for a motor- American debt settlement, Mr. Lade and at Continental trafic FÜRTHER UNREST IN [bim to announce his allegiance to
other traffic if two buses, coming drive this morning. They went in Snowden declared, cancellation of *generally.
from opposite directions, were to a closed car from Crafgwell to all the war debts would have been Mr. Central Government, Sheung, on urriving at Wuchow,
atop alongside each other at this Colnbrook House, a distance of very simple. London, Apr. 10.
about a mile and a half. opened negotiations with General
A White Paper has been luued part of Queen's Road.
he was
AL Colnbrook House they were Wong and other Kwangsi lenders, showing that the British Governmitted that gen entre met by Mr. Richardo, and Their but it is said that the
ment has agreed to pay the
He added that in 15 years time, Ielegate failed to influence
Netherlands Government, a Rumviously made between Mr. Parsons Majesties spent some time walking Kwangai lenders.
of 1,000,000 guilders in respect of and Inspector Alexander, but in the beautiful grounds before 'Lisbon, Apr. 15.
Mr. Sheung has now returned to the claims of the Dutch fishing been taken out under the same has driven out since he went to £80,000,000 a year. The richest pointed out that summonses had driving back to Bognor for lunch, America would be taking from This was the first time the King Europe on account of war debta The unrest in Spain Isap Canton and reported that General Industry, owing to the action Regulations i Kowloon every Craigwell House on February 9th, country in the world, which came/ parently still acute, an. official Wong and other leaders still main-the British authorities during the announcement having been made tuin a stubborn altitude and have War-Reuter. to-day to the effect that another Intimated that they will not slop ex-Premier, Senor Antonio Maria the expedition into Kiangul."
astonished at the drastic nature of the new order and say that it will deal a heavy blow at France's.
:
The result, it la fenred, wij be stoppage of practically all
passenger traffic to Brnace und
futura. -- Reutte,
SPAIN.
beyond for the time being as the FORMER LEADERS ARRESTED
public will not get vaccinated in owler to go to the Continent, ex- cept those compelled to do so by : business demands..
Airway As Well,
It is now learned that the
French small-pox regulations will come into force on Thursday and will apply to air passengers as well
aa to steamer passengers, and also
The Imperial Airways' has
OR "WANTED.”
da Silva, and a number of others
It is understood that the Canton Government recently sent. Mr. Sheung Han-ping as a delegate to Wuchow to
General Wong
the
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Canton
the
General Chan Chaidong later)
CLAIM,
GENERAL DAWES.
CONFIRMED.
week.
Magistrate's Analogy.
British Wirdeas,
His Worship said the Regula-gainst the driver or the perols tions were not without their pittent passenger, concerned in a plot against the called an important meeting of all
Inspector Nicol said he would falls. A bus-driver might not be Government have been arrested.
permitted to stop his buses at summon the passenger for, ob- to all travellers merely passing Senor Domingos Pereira and
Yet another former Premier, high military and civil officials in Canton, including Mr. Sheung, who
His Worship:The position Is, through France,
Former Ministar, Daniel Rodrigues, Rave a lengthy report on Ground APPOINTMENT TO LONDON other than the Authorised sat struction.
ping places, but short of running over the man he are wanted" by the police In Wong Shao-hung's attitude. De-
would be left that, you know nothing of the aranged for the vaccination of connexion with the same affair.. talls of the meeting are not avail-
with no choice if a man stood arrangements between Inspector all passengers at Croydon, while Rumours of a Monarchist plot able, but it is understood that it steamor passengers will be done are denied, the Government declar- has been decided to send a dele-
Inspector Nicol: No, sir,& The Senate without a vote has adamantly in the middle of the Alexander and Mr. Parsons7
roadway and held up his hand in
His Worship:-Under the cir- board. About 2,000 crossing that the Army and the Navy rate to Wuchow again, in the hope confirmed the appointment of order to get on the bus, His dad from England to France are rendering it full support. of securing more favourable re- General Charles Dawes as Ameri- Worship speculated whether, in cumstances, I think we can go no
Reuter.
Isults-Nam Chung Pao,
can Ambassador to London. Reuter,
that case, the aumanons would be further on this summons, Bum
Pokemona noms dismissed, da
απ
Reuter,
Washington, Apr. 16.
America's Position,
into the war three years after ita outbronk, would be taking thọ whole of the reparations pay- ments made by Germany, and not one of the European Allies would be getting a single penny, That was a position, he asserted, that could not permanently continue.
During the aamo debate, Mr. Lloyd George said the one..mis. take which landed Europe in all- the trouble was the funding of the British debt to America. The whole thing had been thoroughly muddled from the beginning g