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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ENDURANCE FLIGHT,
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929.
IN THE NORTH,
WHY AIRMEN WERE FORCED DELAY IN THE FENG-CHIANG
TO LAND.
KWANGTUNG ADVISOR.
MR. CHU CHANG-NIEN TO CLASH.
DIRECT FOREIGN RELATINGS.
Fort Worth, May 27,
Shanghai, May 27.
Canton, May 27. A split propeller only. forced A Nanking Kão Min report
Mr. Chu Chang-nlen has been Robbins and Kelly to land. While dated May 25 that troops of Han appointed by the Central Govern- Kelly was suspended on a precari-Fu-chu, while advancing in thement ao High Advisor of Foreign ous perch under the engine oiling direction of Chongchow, clashed Affairs to the Provincial Govern- a valve, the buckle of his belt was with soldiers belonging to Sun ment of Kwangtung. struck by the propeller. The in-Liang-cheng has been confirmed Mr. Chu, who is China's newly-. cident reveals the remarkable es from Hankow. Sun Liang-cheng cape of Kelly, for the slightest blew up all the railway bridges on blow from a propeller revolving at the Kaifeng-Kweileh section of 1,300 revolutions to the minute the Lunghai Railway. on May 23, would have cut him in twain. while Feng Yu-hsiang's troops
blew up a number of bridges be tween Yonehen and Menglun on the Pelan Railway.
Crowd's Excitement, A crowd of twenty thousand in a frenzy of excitement broke the police cordons when the airmen landed, jumped the rope barri- cades and rushed to the side of the plane. Many were crushed.
A report from Nanking says that the Ministry of Railways has ordered immediate repairs to the Lunghai Railway so as to facilitate Despite the confusion, Robbins' transportation of troops Westward wife and his five-year-old son in drive against Fong Yu-belang. wore carried to the plane on the-Reuter..
Hankow Tension Easing. shoulders of the crowd-Router's June 22
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treaties. The local offico of the Nippon and that all the rebels would cer-
It is interesting to note that Mr. Yusen Kaisha" have received a tele-tainly be suppressed as Nanking gram from their Head Office, Tokyo, was receiving the support of the Chu is a British returned-student, to the effect that at the general meet greater part of the nation.-Rou-having graduated from Birmingham ing held on 24th inst., Director T.
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