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INDO-CHINA REVOLT. NANKING'S ALARM FRENCH CABINET MISCHIER-MAKERS PREMIER RESIGNS
OVER SILVER.
A FULL LIST OF FRENCH SECOND CONFERENCE
CASUALTIES.
MACHINE-GUNS USED BY NATIVE MUTINEERS.
HANOI BOMB TERRORS.
The serious nature of the native outbreaks in Indo-China last week is fully confirmed by French official reports of the disturbances made available to the Telegraph this morning,
The fighting at Yon-bai was extremely severe, five French officers and N.C.O.'s being killed and five wounded. The number of killed, or the rebels' aide is not known, but it is stated that, the better equipped French troops inflicted heavy
HELD IN NORTH.
CHINESE BANKER FROWNS ON HYSTERIA.
RESIGNS
· DEFEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN CHAMBER
LOSE BY FIVE, VOTES.
Paris, Feb. 17. - A sensation has been caused by the defeat of the Government in the Chamber, M. Tardieu's Govern- ment has tendered'ils resignation, THE ECONOMIC FACTS. and it has been accepted by Presi
dent Doumergue.. A "
[Our Own Correspondent.].
Shanghai, Feb. 18. The views expressed by the British and American bankers and
business-ten who just week were invited by Mr. H. HI. Kung, the Minister of Labour and Commerce, to a representative conference on the silver situation, were endorsed
The Government suffered defeat by 286 votes to 281, à margin of five, on the question of the abroga- tion of an article of. the the Social Insurance Bill, respecting the position of trades-people's wives.
The vote was made a question of journed sine dic. confidence. The House had ad-
Later.
AT WORK.
NAVAL CONFERENCE DISCORD DENIED.
FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS. DIFFICULTY.
HOPEFUL OPINIONS,
**London, Feb. 17.
It is learned that there is not the alightest foundation for the
statement that there was trouble at the meeting of the British,
THE LLP.
LEFT WING INCREASINGLY REBELLIOUS.
WEEK-END DECISION.
London, Feb. 17. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, has discontinued |his-membership of the Independent Labour Party, the announcement of his resignation being made to-day. The Premier is one of the last of the Labour Front-benchers to sever his connexion.
To-day's newspapers ascribe his action to the attacks made on the
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all stores.
Spočiat diieowat for visht,
COLONY'S FISCAL POLICY.
EMPIRE POLITICAL PARTY'S AIMS.
HONGKONG WOULD NO LONGER BE FREE PORT..
LORD BEAVERBROOK'S LATEST PLAN.
|MANIFESTO ISSUED.
London, Feb. 17.
French and American naval Government by the Left Wing of delegates held on Friday, and the Labour Party, led by members Lord Beaverbrook, the well- the suggestion that Mr. H. L. of the L.L.P. though it will be re- known newspaper magnate,
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having recast to some extent the form of his crusade for the polley of Free Trade within the Empire, to-day (says Reuter) Lator. fasued a manifesto launching a
Stimson left the discussions in called that the Scottish Division of a huff is described as absurd. the LLP recently refused to The discussions were completa-endorse the actions, of Mr. Maxton
and his colleagues. ly amicable.
The experts to-day were ongaged In consideration of the question
regard to how special ships should be replaced. No conclusion was, however, reached.
casualties, and it is suggested that the number killed must be to a large extent yesterday when tive but to resign having made the of capital ships, particularly in the Left Wingers, who largely, con-Empire Party" for the purpose,
numerous.
The casualty list among the French officers is officially announced as follows:
KILLED.
Capitaine Jourdan.
Lieutenant Robert.
Adjutant Cunco, Sergeant Damour. Sergeant Chevalier.
WOUNDED.
Capitaine Gainza. Lieutenant Reul. Adjutant Bouhier. Sergeant Renaudet,
Sergeant Trolouk.
Five Annamite civillans were killed and six wounded,
The rebels still at liberty are believed to be about sixty
The Government defeat was on a clause of the Budget dealing with the assessment for income tax of small shopkeepers' wives.
The Government had no alternn-
The increasing rebelliousness of new political party, the "United a second conference, to which the vote a question of confidence.
After the result of the division
stitute the L. 1s unofficially of carrying into effect the Japanese, Italian, French and
had been adjourned, the Ministers
stated to be the reason for Mr. Mac-"plain. principles for which the German Chambers of Commerce hurriedly conferred, and decided to
Donald's résignation.
The Southern Counties Division Lord Beaverbrook (Reuter adds) Empire Crusade was launched.” were invited, was called. A gol.see M. Tardieu, who is ill in bed. A categorical denial is given in export embargo was proposed.
Two of them approached his bed. British authoritative quarters to of the I.L.P. at a conference in Lon- side and assisted him in the draft a suggestion that Germany has don during the week-end, passed a Mr. Kung, the convener of the ing of a letter of resignation. The been approached in regard to her resolution congratulating Mr. Max meeting, explained the situation other members of the Cabinet wait-"pocket-battleships." and raised the question of laying ed in an adjoining room. All the an embargo on the import of silver Ministers with the exception of M.. to China.
Tardieu, and M. Leygues, who is
Japanese Suggestion, The foreign business men did not anurove of this step, though a Japanese" banker urged that a request be made to the Indian.and. French Governments to refrain from sending silver to China. for a period of two years.
was put forward in lieu of a silver A rather important suggestion
in number. They seemed to have three mitrailleuses (machine-embargo,
naniely, that the guns) and twenty rifles in their possession. They have now National Government should place been repulsed and have taken refuge in the woods. French a ban on the export of gold from regulars are being sent to various points to prevent them China for the time being," making their way to Huioi.
ATTACKS ON HOMES OF POLICE.
The further details of the sensa-affected. They remained loyal to tional affair made available to the the Government and assisted the Telegraph to-day show that the French units in repulsing the most 'serious incidents occurred at rebels. Yen-bal, which received the special attention of the revolutionaries on
The rebels after falling to carry account of the strategical position strong military post. at Yen it occupies on the railway in rela-Bal, the capture of which would tion to Hanoi, the capital of Tong otherwise have offered a serious king, and the main objective of the menace to the capital, retreated along the banks of the Red River, insurgenta.
leaving behind a great number of rifles and ammunition.
It is not disguised in the official reports that the outbreaks con stitute a definite rebellion against French administration by rescilon- ary elements, in which the co-opera- tion of certain Annumite, soldiers was to a certain extent gained.
Bombs and Machine-Guns. It is noteworthy, that in places other than Yen-bul, where the out- break was duplicated on a more or lens large scale, the attackers ap peared in force, using machine-guns
and bombs in assaults, on military and police posts.
The rebellion," according to the' official comununique issued, started at 2 am. on the night of February
· 10th-11th.
Ä „detachment of tirailleurs (native riflemen), garrisoned at Yen Bal, mutinied, und, joined by a number of the civilian inhabi-
of the garrison.
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Hung Hoa Fighting.
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Gold Embargo!
It was pointed out that other- wine, China's stocks of gold would anon be exhausted in shipments to America through the foreign banks.
Mr. Kung stated that telegrams have been despatched to foreign Governments asking them to check, as far as possible, silver exports to China.
Banker's View.
Mr. LI-Ming, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of China, in the course of an in- terview, deprecated the hysteria regarding the silver crisis,
He contended that the economic facts had been overlooked,
The immenee silver reserves in the vaults of the Shanghal banka were merely reserves against the as note issue and do not in any way
affect the value of silver.
At about the same hour marked the commencement of the outbreak at Yen Bai, another re- volt took place at Hung Hoa, a town situated half-way between Yen Bat and the capital.
Here the rebels appeared in strong force, attacked the military post guarded by the milicions who resisted, according to the official statement, most gallantly.
The assailants were eventually repaleed, leaving behind a large number of killed and wounded. Many were captured.
Revolutionary Leader Killed.
Among the wounded woli-known member of the
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French Position,
in Londen, then left for the Elysee has given rise to some apprehen- The political crisis in France In French delegation circles in London, the opinion is expressed in, though French delegation eireles are confident that the difficulty will quickly be overcome JESTETTLERCIALSİN SINIFINAALATILAN Aand that M. Tardioù will be asked
to re-form his Cabinet,
SCOTTISH RAILWAY SMASH.,
Seventy Passengers Receive
Injuries.
ACCIDENT IN FOG.
London, Feb. 17. No fewer than seventy pas, sengers were injured in a railway smash which occurred to-day at Rutherglen,“ nenṛ Glasgow, during a thick fog.
Later.
So far, no deaths have oc- cured as a result of the acci- dent, but two of the passen- gers are in a grave condition. Three others are seriously in- jured, and fifteen have been sent to hospital.
The accident occured by one train running into the rear of the other.-Reuter..
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that the dofoat will not affect the delegation. It is thought that M Tardieu will be invited to reform the Cabinet with a new Finance He expressed the belief that Minister-Reuter. silver values had probably touched bottom and that the situation would adjust · Itself eventually,
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only serve to accentuate the de- In the meantime, hysteria would
moralisation,
'Gold Standard.
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says that already two hundred thousand men and women have ton and his supporters on their op-enrolled as Founder. Members of........ position to the Government in the the new Party, while the ovents matter of the Unemployment In- of the last few weeks have surance Bill proposals-Renter and demonstrated that not one of the
existing political parties is bigl British Wireless.
enough to embrace the doctrine of Empire Free Trade in its entirety. !--
Crown Colonies First
BRITISH INDUSTRIES
FAIR.
OLYMPIA.
It had been expected that atthough M. Tardieu, who is BIG ORDERS RECEIVED AT Buffering from"influenza, would be unable to return to London until later in the week, the Conference would go on an usual with M. 'Briand as the head of the French|
delegation.
The political trouble may keep M. Briand in Paris for a day or
two.
Reads to Meet.
A meeting of the heads of the delegations will be held to-morrow to resume their discussion regard- Ing the figures which have been framed in the memoranda of the
delegations, possible that M. Leygues, the French Minister of Marine, will
'different
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be instructed to represent France, The position reached in regard to the figures is that the experts have evolved a scheme whereby the global and category methods of ascertaining and limiting naval tonnage figures have been ordinated, and that into this framework the actual tonnage: figures have to be inserted,
Co-
The sets of figures put forward on behalf of the different Powers offer a basis for discussion by the delegation chiefs, and are in the Later. nature of things largely provi- The Ministerial crisle, leading sional, since the requirements "to the downfall of the Tardieu claimed by one Power may have
came Cabinet,
Buddenly and the repercusston upon the require dramatically, though it was not ments claimed by another Power, determined hostility of the Left entirely unexpected in view of the
Task of Adjustment
Parties,
London, Feb. 17. The London section of the Bri- tish Industries Fair, at Olympin, opened to-dity, concurrently with the Birminghaia section,
It ja understood from explana- tions recently given by the lénder of the new Party that hp now proposes to begin with a more restricted operation, and to use the Crown Colonies, including Hong- kong, as a first etage in the pro- gress towards his ultimate Ideal,
Lord Beaverbrook plans to fight the next General Election on the Empire Free Trado Jasue! His Within half an hour Olympia Party will support any candidate had became a vast bustling market, announcing his support of the crowded with buyers who had come 1 principles, and will put a can- from all parts of the world to view didate in opposition to "dissen- the products of over ond' thousand ters, irrespective of whether they British manufacturers.
are Labour, Liberal or Conger- vative candidates. -
The Empire Marketing Board oc- cuples the place of honour in the main hall, and its section covers an area of ten thousand square feet and contains the chief food products and raw materials of the Domin-
ions and Colonica,”
Thousands of pound's worth, of orders were given during the mern ing.-British Wireless,
BRITISH EXPORT
TRADE.
DIPLOMATIC STAFF MÁY BE STRENGTHENED.
London, Feb, 173
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Arthur Henderson stated in reply to a question, that while Bri tish diplomatic representatives were, at all times prepared to give all pro- per support to the efforts of British The tark of adjustment is exporters to secure contracts and or- The dramatic element lies in the important and delicate, and may ders abroad, the Foreign Office was fnet that M. Tardieu is lying 1, a conceivably take some time, but so considering the advisability of Asked regarding the introduc- victim to devotion to duty, first for it has proceeded quite strengthening the commercial side tion of a gold standard in China, at The Hague and then in London. amicably.
of the diplomatic staff, Mr. L Ming said that such
Latterly he has had one leg In revolutionary step could not bo London and the other in Paris, contemplated at the present June whither ho temporarily returned ture. Even if China introduced a to take the Internal situation. In tants, attacked the French.section Annamite Nationalist Society, an likely that gold coins would be in- M. Tardieu formed the Cabinet
gold standard, he added, it was un-hand. organization formed on the lines troduced. They would always last October, when M. Briand re- "French Reinforcements, of the Chinese Kuomintang. He need a vast quantity of silver for signed.-Reuter. Firat reports stated the number was mortally wounded and died the issue of subsidiary coins. of ensualties on the French side as.
China must always ba, a large pur- being two officers killed and two The disorders at Yen Bai and chaser of silver for coinage pur- others wounded. The fight lasted Hung Hoa were co-incident with poses, though he agreed that she until the early morning. The a remarkable series of outrages would not be in the market for number of lirailleurs killed or enacted in Hanot, the capital ftself. some considerable time. wounded was not known,"
Between 10 and 11 o'clock on The aspailauts dispersed and by February 10th, it is officially stated, nine o'clock the situation was no fewer than, eighteen bomba sufficiently under, control to onable were hurled at various points in the French administrator at Yes Hanoi by men mounted on motor- Bat to telegraph to Hanoi that vehicles. "the situation has almost calmed
down," and that military patrolss! were being sent around the town
the same night.
Police Stations Attacked.
The assailants ignored the to guard against a recrudescence milltary establishments and con-
No casualties were caused, as the result of these bomb attacks, though. It is atated that two per- sons were killed when one of these reactionaries fired at a policeman with ́n 'revolver.
Present Situation;
The assailants vanished into the night and no arrests were of the disturbances, ~juk!"- centrated on the Police Stations made.
Upon receipt of the "nows the and the homes of the Burste military authorities at Hanel des- (Becret Service) officials. patched aeroplanes to Yen Bal. The places bombed included the News brought yesterday from wille u regiment of French regu-residence of the Chief of the Halphong indicates that lars also entrained for that town. Surels, the Contral Prison, the situation has been restored to
barracks and offices of the Gen- something, like normal, alth Rebels Retreat
darmarie, and two Polico Stations, the precautions, against. A Shots were also fired at policemen tion of the disorden have
The mutiny left the millciens
the
TRAGEDY IN ARCTIC WASTES.
BODY OF LIEUT, EIELSONS. COMPANION FOUND
New York Feb. 17.
Meanwhile the exparts bo-day He added that when, diplomatic resumed their study on special representatives came Home and call- ships, such as training vessels, ed at the Foreign Office, he made seaplane carriers as distinct from it his business to impress upon varieties of tonnage, their problem possible attention to the matter of aircraft carriers, and other minor them that they should give all being to decide whether the increasing British trade abroad.-- future replacements of auch ton-British Wireless. nage should be included in cate 2 'gories, or in the so-called 'exempt: | class:
The leaders of the British, American and Japanese delega tions met this afternoon.
Hopeful Outlook.
London, Feb. 17. The general Impression in Naval
NIGERIAN OFFICER'S
DEATH:
INJURIES CAUSED
TRIBESMEN.
Last vestiges of hope for the Conference circles is that, as many
London, Foð: 17, safety of Lieut. Elelson, the Nor of the diverse problems are close-tary for the Colonies, Ha
Mr. William Lann, Under Secre- weglan airman, seem to be dialy related, it is not to be expected armed that? Mr. Chri pelled by a wireless message from that agreements can be announced Barlow Administrative Officer of Siberin, picked up by the station piece-meal, and that this will at Point Barrow, Alaska, announc come all together towards the end on 9th February from
the Nigerian Political Service, died ing that the body of Elelson's
of the proceeding mechanic, Borland, has been found
colved in IE buried in five feet of snow,
Mr. MacDonald rib Som the Mr. Wakatauket with the Northern
a hundred feet from the wr aeroplane,
| Elelson's body, za
found Poster «ZA!
Scheme Explained,
Asked how he poposed to put his schemes into practical opers- tion, Lord Beaverbrook recently
wrote:
"Our project begins with what may moat conveniently be called the Colonial Empire-that is to say, the vast association of torri- torics, populations, and resouRCES. which is made up by the hon self-governing Crown Colonies and other Dependencies, excluding India and Egypt. These can be: classified in, three groups:
(1.) AMERICAN—
British West Indies.. British Honduras. British Gulana..
((1;) AFRICAN—
Nigeria
Gald Coast Gambia. Sierra Leone.
Soudan, Kenya.
* Uganda
Northern Rhodesia,
(HI) · ·ABTÁTIC—
Ceylon Malaya. Hongkong.
British Borneo,
I have set out this list in, full so as to supply a readily compre- hensible, proof that these Posses- alons in themselves constitute a huge Empire. It is in extent: almost as large as the whole of the French Colonial Empire, or as. the United States, with the terri-" tories which are dependent on them. In its resources It is richer. than all the Colonial Empires of the world put together. at
Treaties to be
propose that Great Br and all these lands sho
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