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BU 23.06 CAD KIEF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929.
KUOMINCHUN GIVE GIANT AIRPLANE'S HOW NANNING WAS
BATTLE.
LAUNCH ATTACKS ON THREE FRONTS.
NANKING LINE PENTRATED NEAR LOYANG.
FINE FEAT.
BRITISH ENGINEERS SHARE
IN TRIUMPH.
AIR MINISTRY'S PLANS.
London, Oct. 21: The feat of the German giant flying-boat Dornier Do. X'la mak- ing a flight of one hour over Lake Constance with a hundred and
SURRENDERED.
A BREAKDOWN OF WAR PREPARATIONS.
ADVANCE BECOMES RETREAT IN GILBERTIAN STYLE,
FORMER PREMIER OF BULGARIA.
CHEQUERED CAREER COMES
TO AN END.
PASSES AWAY IN EXILE
Berlin, Oct. 21.
M. Vassily Radoslavof, the exiled Bulgarian statesman, after a long and chequered political carcer, passed away, in Berlin
years.-Reuter.
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U.S. FEDERAL FARM MATCH MONOPOLY
BOARD LOANS. “
IN GERMANY.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO COTTON..
LOW PRICE OF COTTON.
Washington, Oct. 21.
The Federal Farm Board an- Dounees that It believes the pre- vailing prices of cotton to be too law.
*
CHENGCHOW TO FALL? fty passengers and a crew of ten MERCHANTS MULCTED. today at the advanced age of 75 SPEECH IN MONTREAL. The Board, therefors, propos is
is regarded as a remarkable de- velopment in aviation.
Satisfaction is felt in aeronau-.
merita.
Rero-
day morning, since when frequent each of which develops 525 horse-remember the names of the leading departure of Prince Alexander of real this morning.
skirmishing between the taro armies has taken place. Nanking troops are indulging in considerable shelling and re- are sidents in the railway zone leaving in large numbers.
be-
Canton, before the advance came a retreat to, the hills and on to Annam.
The British Premier is leaving to-night for Chicoutime, according to present arrangements.
w/
Later.
-RUSSIAN HOSTILITY
AROUSED.
SWEDISH TRUST'S BIG LOAN
? TO GOVERNMENT.
INCREASE IN PRICE.
into
Govern-
to lend the cotton co-operative as- Born in April, 1859, and educat-
sociations,suma suficient to bring
· Rerlin, Oct. 21.- Nanning, Oct, 18, ed to a large extent outside his
Montreal, Oct, 21. Shanghai, Oct. 21.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Miss the totul amount borrowed from
The greatest interest has been Minor operations between "Nan-tieni circles that British
The highly charged political native land, he took up an active
by an aroused
official an- political career in the 80's, and Ishbel and the Prime Minister's at sources by such associations 'to king troops and the Kuomischun engines are again showing their situation has been changing assumed the Premiership of Bul- party had a most enthusiastic re-sixteen cetns per pound on grad-nouncement that a loan agree- broke out on the western section
been ment has
entored of the Lung-Hai Railway on Satür-
The twelve engines of the Do.X. fast that it is difficult even to guria for the first time after the caption on their arrival at Mont-ed and classed cotton.
In making the announcement re-between the Garman politicians as they pass along. The Battenburg and during the 're
They were, entertained at lun- The power are British Jupiter ma-
chines.
great flurry and preparation was geney of Stambuloff, of whom he
Farm Board expresses the belief Trust, under which the Trust ob- tains a match monopoly for Ger- It is now revealed that the Bri- hardly completed and the generala was an adherent During his first cheon by the Canadian Club, and garding cotton loans, the Federalment and the great Swedish Match
appointed for the advance. on term of office, Radoslava pursued jatterwards an honourary degree of that the present unsatisfactory many in return for a large loan. the famous McGill University was tish Air Ministry have placed an
Stambuloff's Russophobe policy.
All foreign matches will be ex- autumn weather leading to the Immediately before the selection conferred upon Mr. Ramsay Mac. Price of cotton & due to the mild order with the firm. of Short
cluded from the country, and this of Ferdinand of Coburg as Prince Donald..
rapid-marketing of products. In other parts of Honan, in dis- Brothers, of Rochester, for a ma
of Bulgaria, Radoslavoff quarrel-
The Board explains that the cot-will seriously affect trade with tricts west of Hsu Cheong and chine of similar character and of
Russia. The Soviet trade ré- Boats started down the river led with Stambuloff, whom he
ton co-operative associations are south of Loyang, the Kuominchun practically the same dimensions BA,
cow borrowing cortain sums for presentative in Berlin has declared troops continue to assail positions the Dormer Do. X. This machine loaded with soldiers and ammuni-thenceforward opposed..
In the course of this conflict he
Empire Unity.
advances to members from banks that the action of the German taken up by the Nanking troops, is designed for civil aviation pur- tion one day but the leading ones while one division of General Sun | poses. |--
returned up river faster than the was, in 1889, sentenced to a year's
and from the Board, which now Government in the matter will be for attacks on In the course of a speech at the proposes
regarded by the Soviet Govern- Liang-sing's army has penetrated "The details of the machine are followers could get off. The last imprisonment
to supplement these On May 18, Canadian Club luncheon, where he loans.
ment, as "a hostile act." the Nanking defensive line to the kept a secret, but much is expect had hardly started before the Prince" Ferdinand, north of Loyang, along the bank of ed of the machine. It is stated
first had returned. As far as any 1894, the Stambuloff Government was welcomed most warmly, Mr. It was also announced that the the Yellow River.
that it will probably be a triplane one on the bank could tell the fell. Radoslavo bocame Minis-Ramsay MacDonald put in a special Board proposes to take similar ne- with her engines between the lower boats had been for a little try outter of the Interior in the Stoilot plea for co-operation betweention with regard to wheat.-.
and after the elections 1900 Finance Minister, in the Ivancheff Government, a large body of plain-clothes Kuo-
The situation in Nanning itself fts resignation was followed by minchun troops has alarmed The crew of the Dornier Do.X has been quiet except for the the prosecution of Radoslavoff for Government leaders in Cheng-numbered nineteen. There were,
interest in the numerous pro-corruption, peculation and illegal chow, the most important therefore, a hundred and sixty-clamations posted telling of the practices. He was awarded four strategic point in Honan on the nine persons on board, though the appointment of a new general to months imprisonment and his Peking-Hankow Railway.. The report that this number included come extravagant post and the carcer seemed to be ended. attitude of the military officers in nine stowaways is incorrect.great things expected of him. After the Rumanian invasion of command of the troops at Cheng-Reuter.
1913, however, he proved to be the chow is, however, said to be
only man who would venture to obscure. It is pointed out that
accept the responsibility of taking the name of General Tang Seng-
prompt decisions and fielding to the Greco-Serbian demanda, He and his party had always been pro-Austrian and in September; 1915, they and the King brought about the alliance between Bui- garia and the Central Rowers.
Chengehow to Fall.
The unexpected, appearance of lens.
chi was included in the early list of rebellious generals,
Rumours are current.. which cannot be confirmed, that General Tang Seng-chi will order the "abandonment of Chengchow if he la further pressed by the Kuomin chun
Nanking reports that the arrival,
Manchurian Interest.
Berlin, Oct. 21.
TSARIST GENERALS
,
EXECUTED.
SOVIET FEARS FOREIGN INTERVENTION!
Moscow, Oct. 21.
days dri
Except for the depreciation of the new currency and the increase in the price of commodities the public showed "very little interest otherwise.
prises,
•
attended the
Serbia was attacked from two
and urged that the nations of the British Commonwealth should face the future with determination.
Turning to the problems of es. permament peace tablishing throughout the world, Mr. Ramshy MacDonald laid special stress on the necessity of Great Britain's with continued co-operation France.
He referred to "our old Allles0022 and
BIG SLUMP ON NEW YORK EXCHANGE."
our old friends, the French," and went on to say that "France and peace are of the same nature and "soul"
is safe."
PAPER VALUES DROP OVER TWO BILLION DOLLARS.
New York, Oct. 21. The Stock Exchange yesterday experienced one of the wildest" days ever witnessed.
Loan Terms.
It appears that the Swedish." Match Trust has undertaken to ad- vance a loan of G$125,000,000 to the German Government. The loan will be issued at 93 and will bear interest at six per cent.
In return, the German Goyern- ment permits the creation of a match monopoly, and all Soviet and foreign matches, will be excluded. This will certainly most seriously affect the Soviet match Industry as
its extensive export business has been almost entirely with Germany. Fifty Years Maximum.
Later.
Further details of the German match agreement show that the minimum of thirty-two years and a maximum of fifty years, the monopoly granted will last for a
exact date of its termination being dependent upon the progress of the redemption of the loan.
Half the shares in the new syn- dicate which is to be formed will the Swedish Match be held by
held by German-owned match fac- Trust and the other half will be tories and the Reichskredit Aktien Company,
German-Swedish "Alliance."
Swedish factories will produce. sixty-five per cent. of Germany's match requirements, the other HOURS OF WORK ON thirty-five per cent. being allotted
to the German factories, BOARD SHIP.
Soldiers Force' Payments,
The slump started with un enor. Beginning with the sixth of
Shoulder to Shoulder.
mous volume of selling during the October unrest was in the air and
Referring to "my very old morning when stock broke in all the officials began to impress coolies and to demand extra taxes.
points. MacDonald said that "I feel per-
In the course The first tax was an extra month's sides and occupied, while in friend, M. Briand," Mr. Ramsay directions from five to forty-five of the morning at Loyang of General Ho Ying- It is officially announced that rent from all, the people. Asit autumn, 1916, Rumania was over-fectly certain that in his keeping, ching has calmed the uneasiness five former Tsarist generals have was not given very freely, a squad come in the same way. After the the future of international peace about G.$2,500,000,000 in paper
values of the stocks disappeared.
Powerful banking interesta It is be-been sentenced to death and ex- of soldiers with Mausers and Pence with that country in the spring of 1918, Bulgaria, which among the ponulace.
"We would bow our heads lieved that Generals Ho Ying-ecuted on a charge of being con- fixed bayonets
had hoped to secure the Dobrudja, ching, co-operating with General cerned in counter-revolutiquary collectors and the collectors ex had to be content with a con- admitting defeat if France and fought hard to preven: further Han Fu-chu, general officer com- organisation in the Soviet muni perienced little opposition. The dominium along with Turkey. Great Britain were not embarked demoralisation and towards the
rale was later raised to two manding the troops at Loyang, will tlona Industry with the object of order an early offensive against weakening the country's defensive months rent, the second demand This led in June to the fall of the shoulder to shoulder and side by close of the day's trading, the bulls
Radoslavon Cabinet. It was sac-side in all the great aims that all began to make a little headway. the Kuominchun.
capacity by nets of sabotage and being called a loan for protection. eeeded by the Malinoff Govern- democratic Governments make for A few of the leading stocks atruggled up a few points in con- espionage and of facilitating Still finding a need for money the ment which tried to end the the world's peace."-Reuter,
sequence. The day's sales exceed- foreign intervention."
officials called on the Chamber of corruption and inefficiency that America's Naval Delegates. -
ed seven million shares-Reuter's Mukden, "Oet, 21.
Other men charged with the Commerce and made an assessment had prevailed under RadoslavoT.
American. Service. # found
When the collapse came, the
Washington, Oct. 21. of six per cent. on all capital Invest- After two weeks in which careful generals mentioned were
Senator Reed, ofthe Naval consideration, has been given to guilty and sentenced to various ed in shops and business enter-latter fled to Germany where he
North terms of imprisonmenE-Renter.
took up his abode. In his-absence, Affairs Committee, and Senator the critical situation in
The people objected, but the he and other members of his Robinson, have consented to serve China, General Chang Hsuch- Jiang announced to-day that he has
squad of soldiers and the threat Cabinet were tried before the on the American delegation to the laid down the following principles
of lieing turned over to the tender Supreme Court, and on March 31.naval disarmament conference in at a series of conferences he has
mereies of the Bolshevists pro 1923, he was sentenced to life im- London in January next.
Senator Borah was invited to had with his suboidiates in the
duced a rather liberal feeling and prisonment and loss of civil rights
of having serve, but he expressed his regret Mukden Administrative Council:
most of the shops that had and found guilty sufficient funda. paid up, or let brought Bulgaria into the war and at his inability to accept.
Mr. H. L. Stimson, the Secre- the soldiers select. something of having rendered her liable for a
bill for war-damages amounting to tary of State, who will head the
Geneva, Oct. 21, value to appease the demands.
132 million leva.
delegation, says that, the selection
The Committee of the Maritime Aeroplane Overhend.
This decision led in June, 1923, of the other delegates will be de- Conference by thirty-three votea to the overthrow of the Stambu-ferred until more is known to thirty to-day rejected the pro- October the twelfth proved. anisky Government which exciting day as the soldiers began responsible for it. But, although ing the course of the preliminary to return to the city and about an amnesty was granted in July, discussions. eleven o'clock the hum of an air- 1921, Radoslavoff and Tontcheff plane was heard and a few shots were expressly excluded from it were exchanged though the plane and the ex-Premier had to remain was so high that it could be hardly in exile,
The
immediately scen.
town
the streets to UNUTMUTAT turned out into gaze upward and the next thought they had was to get their shops hive remaired closed. They closed until now.
OPIUM SMUGGLING INTO US.A.
OWNERS AND OFFICERS NO "LONGER RESPONSIBLE.
The Three Eastern Provinces will remain loyal to the National Government. A telegram has been dispatched to Marsha! Yen" Hsi-
Washington, Oct. 21. shan unglag him to exerelse his
The Senate has approved the military stop the power to
amendment of the Tariff Bill free- activities of the Kuominchun.
ing the ship-owner or the ship's off Mukden officials will have nothing to do with the tangle, cers from liability for opium On the contrary, a large army will smuggling if they are able to prove
their ignorance of the attempt. be placed on the frontier of Man-
During the debate, it was stated churia to prevent troops from that of fines running into hundreds create of thousands of dollars imposed entering his territory to trouble.
upon steamers, only about $15,000 General Chang explains that he had been paid.—Renter's American must remain neutral owing to the Service, fast that the Sino-Soviet dispute over the Chinese Eastern Railway demands the full attention of the Manchurian Provincial Govern- ment.
New Soviet. Raid.
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Tokyo, Oct. 22. ・・
An urgent message from Harbin
to the Rengo News Agency statea
that according to official Chinese
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JAPANESE OFFICIAL
SALARIES.
PREMIER ANNOUNCES HIS DECISION.
Tokyo, Oct. 22.
Locally, there has been no pres paration for fighting, and is soon M.
the
as it became evident that revolution had not materialized in other provinces, the officials bogan to pack up and prepare to leave. The families of the officials have embarked for,Lungchow and Annam. They spent some time in information, a large body of Soviet Under the Premier's name, the attending to pressing matters of chang- troops crossed the Amur in the Government has issued a state-importance vlcinity of Blagovechensk, and oc- cupied the Chinese town of Tahel-ment announcing its decision to ing money and getting their reduce private guards equipped for abandon the project to
exchange.on the salaries of oficiala "in con- travelling. alderation of publie opinion. Hongkong currency went up from $160.00 to $200.00 local silver for Reuter.
Hongkong notes. Plastre notes were also in great demand,
ho, which is opposite.
Details of the raid are lacking. Reuter.
A SECRET ITALIAN CODE MISSING.
"AMBASSADOR RECALLED BY
MUSSOLINI.
Berlin, Oct. 21. Signor Mussolini has recalled the Italian Ambassador in Berlin, Count Aldrovandi Marescott, and
HEAVY GALE OVER BRITAIN.
R101 PUT BACK INTO HER HANGAR
"London, Oct. 21. The giant British airship, R101,
the whole of the Embassy staff, was put back into her shed at owing to the mysterious disap- Cardington Aerodrome. this oven- pearance of a secret diplomatic ing, in view of a warning of the code from the Italian Embassy approach of an extremely heavy
gale-Reuter.
Reuter,
such
The
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The Governor, Yu Tao-pak, been in office about three months, and acemed to be hindered in every way by lack of funds and confidence, so that everything was at a standstill. The general feeling seems to be one of reljef at his departure for. though he talked of some plans for improvements nothing seemed to get done. He hardly had time to demonstrate his ability so we will be left to guess whether the province has gained or lost by his departure,
(Continued on Page 14.)
STOP PRESS.
WAH
STALIN DECIDES TO
RE-TAKE C.E.R.
IN HARBIN IN MONTH?
נין
"London, Oct. 22, AVE
The Riga correspondent of the Morning Post states that he has learned that a meeting in Mcscow under the chair- manship of M. Stalin, the virtual dictator of Russia, de- cided to occupy the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Russian troops are expected to take possession of Harbin withinin month,
The message recalls the.. statement attributed to M. Karakhan Lecently that Russia would take the CER by force. unless China came to an agreement within twenty days,
Reuter.
Japan Accepts Invitation. Commenting on the expected arrival in Washington of the Japanese delegation to the London Conference, Mr. Stimson explained i that he had informed the Tokyo Government that he would be glad to confer with the delegation in Washington before it left for Lon- don.
OFFICERS NOT EXCLUDED FROM REGULATION,
posals of the employers to exclude
The shareholders of the new syn- dicate will receive eight per cent. dividend on their shares, after which the German Government will receive the equivalent of thirteen. shillings for every ten thousand boxes of matches sold, while the remaining profits will be divisible between the German and Swedish interests.....
Price To Go Up.
officers and all persons occupying
The Immediate effect of the es- positions ofsupervision or manage- ment or confidence on board mer-tablishment of the monopoly will be an increase in the price of chantmen, from the proposed re-
matches by one half-penny, for ten gulation of hours-Reuter.
boxes.
AGED STATESMAN IN
GRAVE CONDITION.
CLEMENCEAU'S SON CALLED TO BEDSIDE.
The agreement has to be ratified by the Reichstag before It comes into effect, and it is further con- ditional upon the coming into opera- tion of the Young Reparations Plan as agreed at the recent Hague Conference.
It la notable, that the Swedish Match Trust which has been en- deavouring to secure the monopoly"
The Japanese Government had expressed their pleasure in accept. in the invitation, and it was prob able that informal eonversations would take place between the
dele- Public anxiety regarding the for some little time past, has al- Japanese and American
ready obtained.similar concessions. health ofM. Clemenceau, Pâtes some time next monthner who is 88 years of age, has in other European countries on. Reuter's American Service..
SCENE DURING THE LAHORE TRIAL.
PRISONER THROWS SLIPPER AT A WITNESS.
Paris, Oct. 21.
The
been heightened by the announce somewhat similar terms to those ment that his son has been tele-outlined.⠀ graphically summoned to his bed- side.:
His daughter and grandson are already present. Reuter
CHAMPION BOXERS
LONDON:
Soviet Dumping Killed."
It is understood in official quari ters that the new loan obtained as the result of the negotiations will be utilised for the purpose of re-
INducing taxation. gen
LEN HARVEY BEATS HOOD ON POINTS
Labore. Oct. 21.- At the resumption of the con- spiracy trial in connexion with murder of Police-Inspector Saun dets. in Lahore, one of the accused threw a slipper at a witness.
London, Oct. 21, Considerable disorder followed- and-one of the jailors lifted up theAt the Stadium Club to-night arm of a chair which he alleged the Len Harvey, the middleweight accused had broken off for the pur- champion of Great Britain, retuin- pose of throwing it at the witnessed his title defeating, Jack Hao1
The accused all shouted that the on points over fifteen rounde. Jailer himself had removed the arm. Jack Hood, the Birmingham The Magistrate ordered the ghter, is the British welterweight laccused to be bandcuffed-Reuter. champion, Reuters h
German and Swedish match fuc tories have been co-operating in the German frade for some little. time past, but both have been bad-- ly hit by the dumping of Soviet matches in the country at a price below the cost of production Routers
A police report this morning.
New Mathilde, states that James Town, the Chief Officer of the x was yesterday admitted into ho oftal with injuries received from fall down the staircase of No. 06, Connaught Road Central..