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NO. 1,81 EMM B-WAŁALT WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1929. Hä#AX
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SHANGHAI READY “DEVONSHIRE” GUN MORE ANTI-SOIVET NAVAL HONOURS TERRIBLE MINING
FOR SQUALLS.
COMMUNISTS PLAN TO CREATE RIOTS.
IMPORTANT SEIZURES IN POLICE RAIDS.
CRISIS TO-MORROW?
Shanghai, July 31,' As the outcome of a series of well-organised raids, the police of the French Concession have this week arrested no fewer than three hundred suspected Chinese Com- munists, of which fifty-five are still under detention.
Eleven of the most notorious
"Red" leaders in Shanghai, are among those in police custody.
In the course of the round-up, the police have seized n, fair quantity of ammunition, and at least one ton of Communist litera
ture.
Detailed Plans,
EXPLOSION.
FATAL MISTAKE BY GUNNER
IN CHARGE.
“HANG FIRE”, BLÅMED.
ACTIVITY.
· HARBIN AUTHORITIES SEIZE BANK.
MOSCOW ORDERS CHAIRMAN TO LIQUIDATE.
London, July 30. Investigation of the disktrons explosion on board the new County cruiser., H.M.S. Devonshire in the Eastern Mediterranean last week. | CHINA HOPE OF PEACE. has been completed.
The Admiralty to-day states that
Moscow, July 30.
ANNOUNCED.
ADMIRAL TYRWHITT GETS G.C.B. DECORATION.
CAPT. DEWAR IN LIST.
London, July 30.- Several awards of decorations and promotions are nunounced by The Admiralty. These include the following:
DISASTER.
FEARED HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
MANY WORKERS ENTOMBED IN PERAK LANDSLIDE.
RESCUE-IMPOSSIBLE.
G.M.O. Tracks are made more than “adequate to meet every demand
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SOVIET ACTIVITY IN THE ARCTIC.
FLAG. HOISTED ON FRANZ
JOSEF LAND...
OWNERSHIP CLAIMED.
Moscow, July 30. Acting on orders from the Soviet Government, the Soviet Aretle Ex- pedition has hoisted the Soviet Bag over Franz Josef Land "he a teken of the incorporation of le-
ONE RUN SPOILS BATTING FEAT.
AMES JUST MISSES A SECOND HUNDRED.
YORKSHIRE AND GLOUCESTER RECEIVE SHOCKS.
Innds in the Soviet Union. Reuter. COUNTY CRICKET RACE.
Londen, July 30, Anticipations were far from
Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, K.C.B., D.S.0., is awarded the
Franz Josef Land is an arctic Grand Cross of the Order of the
la connexion with the Johan archipelago lying east of Spitzber It is announced here that the Bath in recognition of his services mining disaster, in Perak, ingen and north of Navayn Zemlyn. it has ascertained that the explo-Chinese authorities at Harbin as Commander-in-Chief of the which it was reported that over It is described as lofty glacier-cover-realised in several of the county sion is attributed to à "lang fire" have now seized control, of the China Station.
twenty workers were entombed, land, reaching an extreme leva cricket matches concluded to-das of short duratlen in the gun of aned its officials
Far Eastern Bank and have order.
to hand over the Brock, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., is promot-Streits Times says there are per-
Admiral Sir Osmond de B. the Ipoh correspondent of the of 2400 feet, and the islands the tricks of the weather, no as
are volcanic. August Petermann fluential in the Test Match, being right-inch turret, »
keys.
the sistent rumours that the number
expressed
opinton that largely fesponsible. The giumer controlling tire Orders have been wired to theed Admiral of the Ficet.
Ban may
have sighted the for instance, lont on the first Yorkshire, breech-nierhanism, owing to the
western aren in 1614, but
inninge to Lelcester at Dewsbury, the firat netual discovery was E. W. Dawson's team being in simultaneous, discharge of other similar guns, momentarily thought
due to Julius Payer, a
lieuten-such a strong position that they. that his gun had also fired and
ant in the Austrian artny, who was started the re-loading operation,
were able associated with Weyprecht in his second innings.
Lo declare in their second polar expedition in 1872,
Gloucester, too,, dropped much-needed points, the After that it remained untouch lowly-placed Somerset team also ed until 1881 and 1882, when Leigh taking first innings points, and Smith, in the yacht "Eira" explored the whole of the south coastline, venturing a second innings
declaration, discovering,
with rent force,
chairman of the bank by M. Pistakoy, the chairman of the Soviet State Bank, to liquidate the bank's activities.-Renter.
Contradictory Reports. It is probable that the mistake was immediately discovered, but
Nanking, July 30, before it could be rectified, the
Further hopes for an amicable charge exploded and blew out the settlement of the dispute between partially unlocked breerb-block China and the Soviet as the result of the seizure of the Chinese The explosion also ignited the Eastern Railway are aroused An examination of the literaers to be loaded for the next round.ment has appointed a plenipoten telegraphic messages from Harbin cordite charge waiting in contain reporting that the Soviet Govern- ture shows it to be highly impor-
There were seventeen victims otlary, who is shortly to visit tant. For the most part it con- the disaster, all of them belonging Manchu to commence official sists of Communist ravings, into the Royal Marines. efting the Chinese to violence, but killed alinant on the spot, and should be noted, have reported Six were negotiations. Other sources, it among the seizures are detailed eleven died of their injuries. that the Soviet Government has plans of a section Communist or Severnd others injured are expect-refused to negotiate until the Kanisation, operating in the, French
ed to recover.-- Reuter.
terms of the ultimatum have been Concession Aren, to enuse distur-
compiled with. baces on August 1st. (le-morrow),
The plans include a proces sien to Nanking Rond in an entleavour to create an Inter- national Incident:
4:00-
The police of the international Settlement have also been ex- ceptionally busy during the pust week, the apecial Rection -centrating their attention On meeting, and
if forestalling possible, serious eventualities to- morrow, The Chinese authorities. are co-operating vigorously, hav- Ing proclaimed the most stringent regulations for the suppression of Communist agitation.
Ramours are current that the Communists are striving their utmost to create disturbane 19. --- Reuter.
Chinese Arrests;
|
..15,000,000 MORE
GALLONS.
WATER STILL GOING INTO THE RESERVOIRS.
YESTERDAY'S GAINS.
There is, says a Chineseʼreport, a ground for the bellof that both governments are equally desirous of peace and this morning the Manchurian Government dispatch- ed a cable to Peking, réquesting the Nanking emissary. Mr. Chu Shao-yang, to proceed to Mukden immediately to join a preliminary leonference, adding that the Man
churian Government has received. reliable information that the Soviet Government has decided to open negotiations with the
A farther 15 million gallons of | National Government. water poured into the Hongkong seservoirs yesterday, the tats]] •
Mr. Chu Shan-yang.
A requrt from Peking says that
slotage this morning being 1,017 | Mr. Chu Shao-yang and Mr. Sun million gallons, exclusive of about Fo, head of the Sanking Railway 16 million gallons in the service wether on Thursday for Mukden.
Ministry, are leaving Peking to In an interview to-day, Mr. Chu Shao-vang expressed the belief
reservoirs.
Tytam byewash is fling well and it is will be full marrow, even if no further rain falls during to-day..
Shanghai, July 30, The Chinese police are husy running down Commulsts, and have condueled a number på faids. The Pokfulam reservoir is on their known haunts. At least been overflowing for several days thirty prominent "Red" Teaters and on Monday Tytar started to
munition have been discovered,
Captain A. F. B. Carpenter, V.C., killed greatly exceeds the publish of Zeebrugge fame, and Captained figure. The acciden1 occurred Kenneth G. B. Dewar, of the Royal during a change of shifts when Oak Court Martial fame, are ordinarily there must have been promoted Rear-Admirals, and re-
more than 100 men in the mine. | tire.—Refter.
Mining operations are suspend- Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitted and it is impossible to extri- tras Commander-in-Chief on the cate the unfortunate men an no Chinn Station from 1927 until ear excavation can be made until the ly this year, when he was relieved top of the hill is excavated in by Vige-Admiral Sir A. K. Wai- order to lighten the pressure on stell. He saw much service in the the bottom. Only when this is sounds. In 1894, another expedi The most important result, how- war, at Heligoland. Bight and at done will work commence to re-tion fitted out by the late Lord ever, was the defeat of Kent at move the debris which has filled Northcliffe, under Mr. F. G. Jack the Oval. It was the Hop County's son landed at "Elmwood" after second successive defeat, and it Land Northcliffe's Thanet seat, ex- throws them back from first place. plored Franz Josef Land further, in the table to Ofth. and discovered the Queen Victoria Sea. Jackson's dramntle meeting with Nansen took place during this expedition.
BRINGING WATER ACROSS HARBOUR.
First Consignment of Pipes
Due in September,
MR. HENDERSĜy's RETURN.
We are officially Informed that a cable communication has been received from the Secret-- ary of State for the Colonies to the effect that Mr. R. M. Hen- derson, Assistant Director of Public Works, who proceeded Lo England on temporary duty in connexion' with this Govern- ment's projected water schemer may be expected to return to Hongkong on the 16th Septem- ber: 1920, and that the first consignment of cross-harbour pipes is due here towards the end of September next.
MEMORY MANBALANCE MUMM{"
in the mine.
A Complete Surprise, Landslides are not unusual phenomena in the country, but that which occurred on the Tong Yow Tin Mining Kongsi's mine was pecullar in its origin.
There had been no rain on the mine or in its vicinity for some weeks and this fact makes the occurrence all the more uncommon and the sudden subsidence of the face of the mine in dry wenther, therefore, came like a bolt from the blue and took everybody un-
Dwares,
On the Tong Yow The Mining Kongsi the valley in which opera- tions were being carried out bad banks on the two sides rising some 150 feet above the level of the working bed
Mining Plant Buried,
In this valley there was fairly extensive mining plant, including four-engines, & dynamo and other machinery, and the daily labour force was about 100.
many
islands
and
AN AGED COUPLE ROBBED.
INTRUDERS SEIZE AND BIND OLD MAN,
HAWKER HUT RAIDED.
Ames,
their famous wicket-keeper, gave a brilliant exhibition, and he was most unfortunate to miss the achievement of scoring a century In each fanings. He made 109 in the first and 99 in the second..
Robbers broke into a mutahed B occupied by an aged couple, hear the Chinese Permanent Cemetery at Aberdeen, last night.
Aroused by a rasping, sound as the intrudera cut their way in through the near partition, the inmates went to investigate, when the husband was seized by two men who had already got in. Within a few seconds, he was securely bound and trussed.
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Derbyshire, who at one time were in the running for the chant- plonship, lost to Middlesex, experiencing their fourth succck- sive defeat,
The leading positions in the championship table are as follows:
1st inn. No W. In Blatt, l'ra,
Hulla
Gloucester Yorkshir
Kent
3. Le
# 10 2
Pa
A
tw 7 0 1 2 10
K 6
$ 100
100
JON
102
2 I D 101
10 A
$0
Of the remainder, only Middlesex can be regarded as still in the race for the championship, and their chance is a remote one.
The principal individual perform- ances in the peat three days, were: Batting.
Hobbs (Surrey Ames (Kent)
and Young (Somerset} Wealley C. (Northants)
.118 .109
90
.204
.102.
* Not Out.
Bowling.
that the commencement of negs the Dogger Bank, being awarded when the coolies had gone to their It appears that at about 2 pan. tiations with the Russians would several decorations and receiving kongsi for tiffin leaving several
A match was strack by one of goon be passible. The National the thanks of the Admiralty. others to carry on the work, a man the intruders, and in the light Government is willing to settle the
Admiral Brock has been. Com- who was on the top of one end given by it, the woman, recognised issue by pacific menus and now
have the two men as being ́ customers of the hill appeared to awaits an official despatch frommander-in-Chief t Portsmouth
the noticed. He served in naval
earth anddenly who had frequently dealt with her the Soviet Government announcing since 1926. readiness to discuss the terms of engagements in the North Sea crumbling away and gave the husband, whe is a hawker.
Bowes (Yorkshire)...B for 77. Money and jewellery, amounting J.C. White (Somerset)...6 for 60. during the war, including the arm that the end of the bank was
n hundred dollars in Clark (Northants)......6 for 72. Battle of Jutland Bank. He was falling. The warning was scarce to nearly Chief of Staff to the Commander lyttered before the whole hill-value, were stolen before the men R. W. V. Robins (Mid-
left the hut. in-Chief of the Grand Fleet from alde seemed to be on the move, 1916 to 1910.
The peculiarity of the 150 ft. An hour later, the police arrest- Rear-Admiral Carpenter will be wilde left the top erast of the hilled two men, who are to be put up remembered as having been in hanging but this too gave way and, for indentification before being during the historic attack the first full to the extreme th
H.M.S. Vindictive hindered by the barrier formed by charged in Court, Zeebrugge on St. George's Day, of the mine, the crumbling earth 1918, for which he received the and stone poured down the hill
have been arrested in the past over Bow into the byewash.
settlement. few days, and large quantities of
When the latter is full, probably
Commenting on conditions on Communist leaflet, arms and an-to-morrow, the overflow will go the frontier, Mr. Chu said that both into Tylam Tuk. Unless there is aides seemed to have ceased war The Municipality of Greater further rain, however, the quantity preparations, Shanghal has issued ordera pro- going into the misin dam will nat
Harbin, July 30 hibiting strikes or detannstrations be very great. No rain has fallen feuhu Soviet troops command of
On both the Mauchuli and Sui- on Thursday, for which the Com- in the reservoir districts during ea funties, thus the retreats munists are brewing trouble.
the past 24 hours, Other announcements' advise. The storage in Kowloon this Chinese citizens' not to appear in morning amounted to 413 million
authorities fear that the Reds are overflow. bound to cause disturbances In sobie form or other
Meetings Prohibited,
The reception reservoir at Kow- toon is filled up from Shing Mun and has been Averflowing for the past few weeks,
: Foreign Interest, Á number
Other slides of lesser magnitude followed each other in rapid sac cession, pulling, down in their wake electric light standards, pipes and everything that stood in their path. few In the short space of a
SUSPENSION.
ADMIRALTY DENIES REPORT OF "EXETER" DELAY.
dlesex)
•
.4 for 29.
MIDDLESEX REPEAT. Derbyshire Leze Before Their Supporters.
Middlesex defeated Derbyshire
second victory over tha. Midland County in n weak. The visitors batted first and this fact probably played a big part."
Derbyshire's bowlers were nol conspicuously successful, the best performance being that of Worthington, who took 4 wickets for 71 runs, but Middlesex were disposed of for 217, no Itanink. staying very long.
of American jour-Victoria Cross und received special and deflected over the barrier of NAVAL CONSTRUCTION | by 78 runs at Derby, securing their the street more than absolutely gallons. Kowlong reservoir is lists have left for Manchali promotion. He has received the the first full in a westerly direc- nezersary on August 1st, as the now only 1 fout 9 inches below frontier lo study conditions. An thanks of the Admiralty for tion, thus 'completely burying the American oficial attached to the several inventions. In 1900, he entire valley in which mining was United States Legation at Peking saw service in the Boxer Rebellion being carried out. who went out to Suffenho to segure in China. first hand information regarding
Rear-Admiral Dewar entered the the Soviet and Chinese troops re- Navy in 1895, and from 1925 to red to-day and reported that 1927 was Deputy Director of the both sides had stopped war pre-Naval Intelligence Division. le parations.
came into considerable prominence in connexion with the Royal Oak seconds the valley which had been Amerien us Mediator?
scandal, being eventually dismiss a busy hive of sound and move Sanking, July 0.
ed from his ship by Court Martial.ment had completely disappeared, In semi-offcial circles it is quite recently, however, he was burying underneath it twenty- suggested that the National Gov- ernment may shortly instruct Mr.ppointed to the command of one three coolies, four engines,
dynamo and all machinery that of the battle-cruisers. C. C. Wu, the Chinese Minister to
remained in a 120 feet long valley Washington, to invite the United States Government to net កន
A. Nha Chung Kuo mostage states
A certain amount of water from that the Shanghai Chinese au- Shing Mug goes into Kowloon re- thorities are taking every precau- servoir, but when the now byewash on to mevent disturbances. The dam, on which worlela starting, is police hate issued orders prohibit-completed, this will be filled from ing trade unions and other public the Shing Man supply. bodies, other than official, to hold i public meetings for a period of saven days, starting from August
JAL.
Recent Trouble.
Minor riots, instigated by the
THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS.
Communists, have occurred "}]}SEAMEN'S UNION RETURNING
TO THE FOLD.
Shangliai at Intervals during the past week. Four, hundred Chinese Refied the police when they
London, July 30. holding meeting in
It was announced to-day that the North Soochow Rond ami they were only dispersed after Seamen's Union is returning to the
Trade Union Congress.
were
i1
r
mediator in the Chinese-Soviet dis-
pute. Certain Nanking journals | go so far ay to say that Mr. C. C. Wu has already had instructions to that effect, but. this is not officially confirmed.
CALCUTTA JUTE MİLL
STRIKE FEARS.
COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATION
PENDING?
trouble
has
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In Helpless Horror. Panic reigned amongst the com- panions of the conlies who were buled below and a crowd of and shrieking terror-stricken canlles looked upon the greno'in wild horror.
London, July 30. The Admiralty denies, a report appearing in one of the principal London journals that the construe tion of 11.M.S. Exeter is to be suspended.
Derby, however, found them. The Admiralty points out that selves 72 runs in arrears on the H.M.S. Exeter was laid down in first innings, the side being sent the 1927 programme, whereas the back for 145, R. W. Robins taking two suspended cruisers, H.M.S. wickets for 29 cuns, Middlesex Northumberland and II.M.S. Sur-made 190 in their second innings, rey belong to the 1928 programme. (Worthington, 5 for 88) and Reuter.
COTTON DISPUTE
REACTION.
COURTAULD'S TO BE BADLY AFFECTED?
Derbyshire could not do better than 185, Nigel Haig" taking 4 wickets for 50 runs.
LANCASHIRE ON TOP,
Worwick Easily. Beaten at Japan Accused.
The magnitude of the disaster
Birmingham. Chinese newspapers in the
Calenttu, July 30,
was to great that any attempt to North are taking up an old ery large reinforcements, arrived. A
The authorities are apprehen-
Warwickshire, who lacked tho. Japanese policeman was felled by a
services of the famous' skipper, It will be recalled that under and are accusing Japan of inter- sive regarding the jute mill stilke resue those who were buried a
London, July 30.
R. E. S. Wyatt, were defented by blow from u har of iron, and he the guidance of the late Mr. Have fering in the C.E.R. dispute, and in view of the Moscow call for hundred feet below seemed out of drew his revolver and seriously Jock Wilson, the founder of the of doing her best to prevent an
demonstrations on August 1st the question and all that could be
It is feared that the Lancashire ten wickets in their matelu - wounded his assailant. Eleven of Union; it took up an entirely non-early settlement.
feeling that the
done as to appeal for outside
cotton trade dispate will seriously with Lancashire. Lancashire, on help. the ringleaders were arrested when | political attitude, and was expelled One subject of attack is the re- dangerous possiblitics.
The news spread like wild fire affect some of the thousands of Saturday, compiled a huge score Supt, Fairbairn arrived with fur- from the Congrear because it sup-cent Japanese action in preventing In spite of police precautions,
red amongst the many Chinese mines overatives employed by Courtauld's, and they were, all out on Monday Bon-Chinese troops from
pickets, wearing. passing strong
for 459, though no player reached A substantial percentage of three figures.. The affair was believed, with the political, unions, in the mining through at Changchun and other badges, are parading the street in the vicinity and hundreds rush the great artificial silk concern. strike at the Waterworks reported areas.
Courtauld's output je i normally points on the South Manchurian trying to persuade workers at led to the scene,
The pollee from Papan were absorbed by the Lancashire mills. Warwick, replied with 240, and As a result of a dispite with Railway. A Kirin report dated other mills to join the strike. by the Telegraph correspondent last
following-on, 219. (MacDonald, 5 Transport week, to signify the opening of the the
and
The police are extremely active quickly on the spot whilst the Renter, General | yesterday, says that a contingent
Three of Courtauld's silk fac-for 104). Lancashire, requiring Communist campaign, and. further Workers' Union, stoppages have of 'Chinesa Kirin troops on their and there is a persistent rumour Warden of Mines also arrived Incidents of a like character con- recently occurred at several porta. way to the frontier was stopped that a woman labour leader, has from Batu Gajah and the position tories have temporarily closed 12 to win, made them without loss.
been arrested.-Reuter. -Reuter, firm that impression.
by Japanese at Changchun,
down-Reuter. (Continued on Page D.)
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ther assistance.. -
ported the formation of
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