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London, Mar. 31, That the British Government has not yet given up hope of the Naval Conference resulting in a five-Power agreement was revealed in the House of Commons to-night by the Prime Minister.
TUESDAY, APRIL 1. 1930.
ELLERMAN BOAT'S COLLISIONS JUST
EXPERIENCE.
PASSES THROUGH BATTLE ZONE NEAR HANKOW.
|SANDBAG PROTECTION.
Hankow, Mar. 28. The Ellerman line str. City of Tokyo (6,993 tons) arrived at Han- kow this morning, a day late, and with sand-bags guarding all her her vulnerable points. She had not leen fired on, but she had passed through a regular battle zone the previous night.
When the steamer reached Christmas Island, below Hankow, after dark, rifles and machine-guns were being fired apparently from both sides of the river.
The ship went on cautiously but the firing became worse and artil lery explosions were heard.
AVERTED.
STEAMER MISSES
WARSHIPS.
EXCITING HARBOUR SCENE AT SHANGHAI,
NEAR THE HERMES.
to
Shanghai, Mar. 27. After narrowly averting colli- sion with the U.S.S. Pittsburgh and the French sloop Algol anti swinging close
H.M.S. Hermes, the China Merchants" steamer Kiangnan docked at the Kingleeyuen wharf yesterday He answered laconically "Yes, It was therefore, decided to an-morning minus her forward sir" when he was asked whether chor and to await daylight and in anchor and 40 fathoms of the Government was adhering to the meantime hatches were opened anchor chain, and with nearly its determination to arrive at naud cargo was brought up and Five Power agreement and not a stacked around the bridge and all of her crew in a state of Two or Three Power agreement.
elsewhere
nervous prostration, Later he was asked whether;
proposals involving Great Britain scrapping four cruisers of the Hawkins, class had been made at the Conference.
Mr. MacDonald replied that it was undesirable to give such information while negotiations were still progressing and when provisional proposals were liable to modification at any moment.
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He added that whatever agree- men! was reached would be systematic and balanced whole-| Reuter,
Anglo-French Parleys,
London, Mar. 31. The heads of the delegations to the London Naval Conference met this morning at St. James's Palace and decided to circulate agenda, including a number of matters arising out of the work
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In the morning swarms of sold- jers were seen on the river banks but they all appeared to belong to the same camp. Who were the enemy and the reasons for the firing remain mysteries.-Renter.
ARABS BLAMED IN PALESTINE.
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rights of non-Jewish communities and laid down more explicit direc- tions for the guidance of the Pales- tine Government in its policy an as immigration vital issues such and lund.
The Recommendations. These recommendations are
of various committees for con-based largely on the assumption sideration by the heads of delegn- tions on Wednesday next.
The conversations between the head of the French delegation, M. Brland, and Mr. Henderson, the British Foreign Secretary, were continued this afternoon,
that the proposed definition o policy will clearly state that the rights of non-Jewish communities will be fully safe-guarded.
It is recommended that a clear statement be issued of future
Nothing but sheer good fortune, the coolness of the Kiangnan skipper, and the slipping of the ship's anchor, prevented what
might have been a serious smash.
Much Excitement.
Considerable excitement pre-i vailed, not only amongst the crow of the Kiangnan, but also amongst the crews of the Algol and the Pittsburgh. As the Kiangnan was observed bearing down on the two warships, naval men were sean scurrying along the decks, while shouts and yells preclaimed an unusual state of affairs.
The incident occurred at about 9 a.m. while the s.s. Kiangnan was inward bound. When the China Merchants' steamer was nearing Canton Road, the H.M.S. Hermos
slowly left her buoys, bound for Hongkong. At the same time, the the Kailan Mining 9.3. Unita Administration was slowly steam- ing outward bound from the Poo- tung side of the harbour, while almost in front of the s.s. Kiang- five loaded cargo
nan were
lighters.
ning down the cargo lighters. A fairly strong wind was blowing-and this; added to the flood tide, result- ed in the Kiangnan commencing to swing in the direction of H.M.S. Hermes,
Mr. Henderson is dealing policy for the control of Jewish intimately with M. Briand on poli- immigration and the administra- tical questions arising out of the tive machinery be examined with
Swung Near Hermes. conference, and in this work they a view to preventing a repetition have the assistance on the of the excessive immigration of The skipper of the Kiangnan British side of Sir Rabert the years 1925 and 1926. Marang for quarter-speed and altered Vansittart, Permanent Under-chinery should be devised for con- his course in order to avoid run- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and sulting non-Jewish interests on Messrs. Craigie and Malkin, the immigration questions. heads of the American and Legal It is proposed that a scientific Departments of the Foreign enquiry be held into the prospects Office, and on the French side of improved methods of cultivation of M. Massigli, Chief Adviser to being introduced. The land policy the French delegation.
could then be regulated in the light of the results of the enquiry.
Meanwhile, measures should be taken to check the present tendency towards the eviction of peasant The Conver- cultivators,
Government should consider means of providing the poorer cultivator with credit Jacilities.
The Henderson-Briand conver- sations began on Friday and were resumed at a luncheon on Satur- duy. To-day's meeting was held at the House Commons. sations are to continue.-British Wireless.
The course was shifted again, and half-speed ordered, and the Kiangnan attempted to proceed to the Kingleeyuen wharf. The tide and wind by this time, however, had forced the China Merchants' steamer near to the French sloop Algol, and in order to avoid. à More Concessions Wanted,
collision, the Kiangnan was swung Lendon, Mar. 31. No formal recommendation re-around, and the anchor dropped. While the newspapers generally garding costitutional development agree that the Naval Conference is made, but attention is drawn to has reached 3 deadlock, the the view already expressed in the Daily News declares that there has report that the resentment of the Arabs at their failure to obtain any measure of self-government is ag- gravating the diẞculties.
been a marked rapprochement be- tween the British and French views.
"If it can be carried a little further," the newspapers adits, "A sensible reduction in the French tonnage figures may be anticipat- ed with some confidence. If it in
.connexion with the
French Sloop Missed.
The collision was avoided, the sloop by about ten feet, but the Kiangnan missing the bow,of the
anchor failed to hold and the C.M. steamer proceeded on her way Mr. Snell's Views.
until the anchor fouled one of the The Commission recommended buoys of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh. that a Commission be appointed to determine the rights and claims It was at this stage that, the Wail highest excitement prevailed on cannot, the Conference, so far as ing Wall, that more effer- the American cruiser and the a Five-Power understanding goes, tive
control
Kiangnan. With her anchor foul- Press of will fail."
paganda be considered and that theed, the bow of the C.M. steamer The general feeling in Conier-British Government reaffirms that slowly swung. to port and edged ence circles yesterday evening is the special position assigned to the nearer and nearer to the Pitts- said to have been that decisive Zionist Organisation does not en- burgh.
pro-
title it to have a share in the Gov- ernment of Palestine.
The existing garrison should be maintained for the present and an independent inquiry should be made into the police organisation.
The engines of the Kiangnan were reversed and collision mats were Aung over the sides of both craft. At this time, the Pitts. burgh captain advised the skipper of the Kiangnan to slip his anchor, which the latter did.
SOVIET EYES
ON CHINA.
action could not be delayed any longer and that by Friday, when the Plenary Session will be held, every delegation must be prepared to state its position publicly.
The success or failure of the efforts to achieve a Five-Power Attached to the report is a note Treaty will depend very largely of reservation by Mr. Snell, a mem
The anchor and 40 fathoms of on the discussions and negotia- ber of the Commission. He takes a tions during tus interval.-Renter. more serious view of the respon-chain went to the bottom, but the Japan's Reply Favourable. sibility of the Arab leaders for Kiangnan, half an hour later, was Tokyo, Mar. 31. the disturbances, criticises the ac- safely docked at the Kinglceyuen Instructions to the Japanese tion of the Palestine Government in wharf. delegation are virtually certain to certain respects, and does not en- be despatched to London to-morrow dorse the criticisms of the Jewish afternoon, and it is expected they authorities regarding immigration will be conciliatory, accepting the limits. Mr. "Shell recommends a proposed terms, with certain re more extensve land inquiry, than servations:
that contemplated by his colleagues. Emphasising the necessity of co-
the Jews and operation between Arabs, le proposes that a few men of both races of high charecter and influence should meet and discuss the possibilities of a common ef- Secondly, enabling Japan to carry
fort as the first step towards racial out a certain amount of naval con- co-operation.-British Wireless, struction between now and 1938 with the purpose of giving employ- ment to skilled dockyard workers Staff, speaking to the press, de- in the meantime.
clared that so long as the Govern- The Foreign Office completed the ment decided on its attitude to draft instructions this morning, wards the American proposal, he and will show them to the naval himself would refrains from making officials this evening, but it is the matter a political Issue.
Firstly, ensuring that the accep- tance does not imply Japan's readiness to give up her demands for a seventy per cent. ratio in eight-inch gun cruisers permanent ly.
understood they will be presented In the meantime, the Navy Office
REVOLUTIONARY WORK TO START AGAIN,
Riga, Mar. 31.
in- The Kremlin is once more teresting itself in China and eager- ly anticipates the arrival of the Chinese Delegation now en route to Мовсом
It is stated that the Comintern a considerable recently assigned sum of money to new schemes. In China. All Soviet specialists ex perienced in Chinese revolutionary affairs have again been sent to the
East.
to the Cabinet to-morrow unaltered, is reported to be angered by press
The Khabarovsk Eastern Langu- whether the Navy approves or dis- dispatches from London reporting approves; so that now it only re- that Mr. MacDonald ls ignoring nge School has received an order to mains to obtain the Cabinet's ap- the Japanese delegation, and has print a series of Communist proval, which is practically assured, communicated direct to Tokyo pamphlets and a short cyclopaedia after which the Emperor's sanc- through the British Ambassador, of Socialist reconstruction In Chi- tion will be asked.---Reuter.
are destined stating that the responsibility for nese. These books the failure of the conference will for the recently established Com- devolve on Japan if she refuses munist 'propaganda schools In Chi- the proposed compromise.---Router. nese Manchuria.-Reuter.
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