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INDIAN SITUATION MUKDEN DEMANDS FORCED LANDING SHANGHAI PANICS NO FIREWORKS BY NOMINAL FINE ON
IMPROVES.
CONGRESS PROGRAMME
DANGERS.
MISCHIEVOUS OBJECTS WHICH CAUSE CONCERN.
PEACE.
SUGGESTS NATIONAL
CONFERENCE.
THREAT TO USE FORCE IT THE
WAR CONTINUES.
OBSCURE POSITION.
GOVERNMENT DECIDED. emphasise the
A further review of the situation in India, circulated to Members of Parliament is generally reassuring. The situation still contains elements of uncertainty and instability, but there has been no weakening of control by the Government authorities and in several directions there have been signs of improvement during the week.
The mischievous programme of Congress is causing some concern, it being stated that more intensive picketing of the cloth and liquor shops cannot fail to increase the dangers of disorder. The object of Congress is to make government impossible and to achieve this end those responsible for it are prepared to sacrifice the present and future interests of the country. To prevent this the Government will use its full
resources. -
It is revealed that since martial law was declared at Sholapur there has been no further disturbance and not a solitary shot has been fired. It is officially denied that a policeman had his eyes gouged out, while stories that policemen were burned alive and others thrown down a well are also stated to have no foundation.
_GOOD EFFECT OF MARTIAL LAW.- '
London, May 19
into the villages and to incite the rural classes not to pay land revenue and certain other taxes.
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among
IN JAVÄ
MISS JOHNSON DOWN AT`A
SUGAR ESTATE.
SHORTAGE OF PETROL.
Batavia, May 19. Miss. Amy Johnson, the twenty- two-year-old English girl who has so far made excellent pro gress on her fight in a "Moth" aeroplane from Croydon with Australia as her objective, landej at a sugar estate at Tjomal, near Pekalongan, 'mid Java, to-day owing to lack of petrol.
ON EXCHANGE.
NEW LOW RECORD
ESTABLISHED.
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE GOLD BAR MARKET.
CAUSES EXPLAINED.
TOURISTS.
AUSTRALIANS WELL HELD BY}
THE M.C.C.
KENT OVERWHELMED.
CAPTAIN.
OVERLOADING CASE CONCLUDES.
MASTER OF "TIN YAT" HAS TO PAY $25.
London, May 19... The second day's play in the match between the M.C.C. and the Australians at Lord's left the Australians with a very slight advantage." In their innings on Saturday they compiled a total of 285, Woodfull being 52, Bradman 66 and Ponsford 82.
The case in which Capt D. To-day, the M.C.C. replied with Thomas, master of the s.3. Tin 258, being only 27 runs behind on Yat, was alleged to have over- the first innings. Duleepsinhji]
NOT DELIBERATE.
Shanghai, May 19.
Shanghai, May 15. An important declaration
After weeks of comparative issued by military leaders in Miss Johnson was not hurt and steadiness, silver yesterday Manchuria is in the course of she brought her plane down with- reached the unprecedented low preparation. It said to out damage. She was the guest level of 13, 10d. at the close of was the only batsman who really loaded his vessel, on the night necessity of of the manager of the estate un the day's business, creating but he was beaten when he needed sion at the. Marine Court this punished the Australian bowling, of April 27th, came to a conclu- calling a truce
the which
she landed, staying the another financial panic in busi-only another eight runs to make morning when the Hon. Nationalist and Shansi-Kuo-night there. The manager of the ness quarters.
his century. minchun Commanders and the estate saw Miss Johnson circling
Commdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., found Gold bars, as a result, took a Fairfax Nationalist and Shansi Govern- stood watching, Miss Johnson the morning, causing scenes of the M.C.C. wickets for only 64 runs.
proved the over the factory and then as he startling fight to Tis. 526 during successful bowler,
most the defendant guilty and impos- ments by summoning at Peking came down and made a smooth and greatest excitement
taking sixed a nominal fine of $25. or Nanking Kuomintang
on the locali
The Australians went in again National Conference."
easy landing right in front of exchange where fluctuations dur- and made a very poor opening ing the day were as wide as Play closed with their score at 20. Tis., 4.40 between the highest and two of their wickets have fallen lowest prices.
already.
The issuing of this declaration is understood to be the outcome of General Chang Hsueh-liang's re- cent conferences with political emissaries from Nanking and Shansi.
Peace Essential.
The most significant part of this declaration is a statement to Hsueh-liang will utilise the Man- the effect that General Chang
his office.-
Miss Johnson stepped out of her plane smiling cheerfully. said that she was feeling very fit, She although she was tired...
Bush to Cover.
Notts, beat Kent.
'At the outset of this morning's proceedings, Mr. J. Leach, the Chief Engineer of the vessel, went into the witness-box and testified to over-hearing Mr. Low remark- ing to Capt. Thomas on the night in question that the Tin Yat was. The match between Notting-overloaded. Capt. Thomas then Many business men, caught hamshire and. Kent finished to-day replied that it was impossible, a8 short on commitments, rushed to when Natts. won by an innings the vessel was drawing 10 feet cover their contracts and the and 97 runs. The game was 3 inches forward and 11 feet aft banks experienced a feverish ses marked by fine bowling by Lar- wood and consistent batting by sion, in the morning.
o'clock this afternoon but soon vious day's startling climb. Open- She flew over Tegal at fouring the morning following the pre-
Gold bars touched Tls, 526 dur-| Nottinghamshire.
She explained that she had en- countered a heavy storm above the Java Sea on her way from Singapore and that adverse winds made it impossible for her reach Sourabaya,
ta
the belligerent Nationalist and churian Army and Navy to force Kuominchus Commanders to stop the present war in Central China A if the plea of the Manchurian proclamation fails to convince the leaders in China Proper.
gathered that she was searching reappeared and those below
General Chan further indicates his intention to await the arrival. at Mukden during the coming! week-end of General Sun Chuan-
fang in order to have a conference with him before formally promul- gating the declaration.
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Situation Obscure,
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RAIN INTERFERES WITH INTERPORT.
No Cricket Possible In Shanghai To-day,
CABLE ADVICES.
Shanghai, May 20. At 10 o'clock this morning, it was raining steadily, with the result that the outlook for any Interport cricket to-day was most unpromising. Reuter.
A message received by Mr. L. S. Greenhill, Hon, Secretary of the Hongkong G.C., states that in consequence of heavy rain there will be no Interport cricket to-day. -
reached the record high level be- ing at Tis. 622.70 bars soon
fore noon, but closed at Tls. 521.60 at the end of the session.
The afternoon market opened at Tis. 622.10 and closed at Tls 522.80. Fluctuations recorded during that period were rather narrow and the lowest mark quoted was Tis, 521.60 which was Tis. 0.30 lower than the Tuesday closing.
Speculators Unload,
The immediate cause of the more or less unexpected though natural rise in the rate of gold bars was believed to be the heavy demand of import bilis especially those covering shipments of rice from Saigon and surrounding dis- tricts.
Difficult to Examine.
innings,
Witness then volunteered to Kent made 212 in the first examine the marks, together with
runs and repeated the fent in the Low with him. He examined the Woolley scoring. 55. the Chief Office, Mr. Forster, but Larwood took wickets for 34 he.did, not remember seeing Mr.
second innings when Kent only starboard side first from the made 158. Woolley and Ames guard of the Tai Lee, which was were the only two batsmen to atay lying at the other side of the very long, the former making 61 wharf, with a torch, The water and the latter 62.
was moving up and down, with Notts. declared their first the result that he found it almost innings with a total of 467 for impossible to examine the disc. seven wickets. George Gunn made a and century and scored 129 before
being beaten. Walker made 75, Carr 67 and Barratt 63, the latter not out-Reuter..
FOUR PRINCES AT A GOLF MATCH.
In answer to Mr. Marton, witness stated that the water wis moving up and down to the extent of eight to 1 inches. Sometimes, the disc was submerged but some- times it was not. "More often not," added. Mr. Leach. W
Not Submerged.
In his opinion, the disc was not Submerged that night, and he told ANOTHER TYPICAL WIN FOR Mr. Low so two or three times.
BOBBY JONES. A contributing factor was seen the extremely easy money
Sunningdale, May 19. The Royal and Ancient game market. With money lying idle was never so Royal as to-day when
in
When the latter examined the Tin Yat. from the Tal Lee, witness ex- amined the port aide of the vessel and, in so doing, had to lie on his stomach on the fender. He made
in the vaults, the banks, particuit was watched by the Prince of his examination with the help of a larly the British banks, were Wales, Prince George, the Duke torch. rather reluctant to sell foreign of Gloucester and the Duke of currencies and the exchange York.
sequence.
However,
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A detailed appreciation of the situation in India was received from the Government of India at Breaches of the salt law by manu- the week-end and was circulated facture become progressively ne-
Final Shansi Effort, to Members of Parliament this gligible, but there have been at- evening by the Secretary for tempted raids by, bands of volun-
It will be recalled that General India, Mr. Wedgwood Benn.teers on the salt works.
Sun Chuan-fang was the strong While the situation, according to Deliberate dissemination of ma- ruler in Shanghai before the Na- this survey, still contains elements licious and alarmist rumours con- tionalist expedition to Peking and of uncertainty and instability.tinues, although the absurdity of he served for many years under the there has been no weakening of many of the rumours is to some late father
of General Chang control by the Government extent defeating their purpose.
Hsuch-liang. authorities and in several direc
At present, General Sun is more Mischievous Congress. tions there have been signs of im-
inclined to side with the Shansi- provement during the week.
Minority communities in general Kuominchun alliance than with the Regarding the tribal situation and the Muhammadans in particu- Nationalist Government, and in on the North-West Frontier, alar have been heartened by the this connexion it is believed that favourable sign was the absence Viceroy's announcement of last his visit to Mukden is a final at-
Witness had to take great care, of hostile movement by any tribe Tuesday and the assurance that no tempt by the Shansi Government to
whilst making his examination, not. As a whole. In some districts solution of the political problem secure the assistance of the Man
market turned very weak in con- Bobby Jones played a regal to have his hand injured, as the rulers had made the Government will be regarded as satisfactory churian Army..
game to win the Golf Illustrated Tin Yat and the ship lying alongside loyal offers of assistance. In which does not command the con
for the aerodrome. She failed to
before closing, gold vase by a typical fighting her, the Yuct On, were continually others there had been some unrest, sent of important minorities and
find it, however, and decided to Chinese speculators" sold on the finish.
bumping against each other. The In Waziristan, for instance, this give them a sense of security.
this produced a A first round of 75 left him fender of the latter vessel, was was due to the deliberate dis-
The real political situation in land on the newly cleared site of market and Congress, however, is sparing no Manchuria is most obscure in view the new home of the sugar estate steadying effect.
struggling among the minors, but above that of the Tin Yat. semination, of false reports about effort to mislead them by misrepre- of General Chang Hsueh-liang's manager.
he pulled out a new amateur Continuing witness said he found the Peshawar disturbances and sentation and by promises incapable indication to use the Manchurian
Recent Factors, Employees of the estate helped
course record of 68 to come back that the water never came up to the the situation in India by malcon- of performance. Labour still re- Army to stop the war in the China her to take in petrol and oil and tents connected, with Congress: mains unaffected. Regarding the
The gold bar market had been to victory over the Hon. W. Plimsoll mark of the Tin Yat at On the whole, the tribal situation resolutions of the Congress Work-
Proper.
prepare the machine for the flight rather quiet and steady during the Brownlow whe went round in 69 all. showed signs of Improvement ing Committee recently passed at struggle between the Nationalist,
The outcome may be a triangular which will be resumed to-morrow. last few weeks and fluctuations and 75.
The preparations were fully recorded had been fairly restricted Voigt was 72 and 74 and Von towards the end of the week, but Allahabad the Government of India Shansi and, Manchurian Govern completed by 6.30 when Miss owing to the very steady markets
anticipate that the immediate re- In the North-West Frontier Fro-sult will be an increase in picketing ments for supremacy in China or Johnson telephoned to the British in London and New York where vince itself vigorous action has in the foreign cloth and liquor shops or Nationalist groups by the Man Sourabaya notifying them
an alliance with either the Shansi Consuls at Samarang and the stocks of silver had been sub- been taken to improve the position and an early attempt to start a
her stantially reduced. and the Seditious Meetings Act campaign against the payment of
churian Army,
arrival there to-morrow and of
Of late, however the market had
Referring to his position whilst is now in force In Peshawar, land revenue and taxes.
her plans.
been influenced by the rumour of a'
making the examination, witness Bannu and Kohat.
She will fly to Samarang and dealers had kept short positions in possible duty on silver, and gold
said that in his opinion it was. im- Tai-Sourabaya possibly to Bima.
possible to make, an examination without getting one's clothes dirty. had flown about 725, miles from bills on the market and with
When she landed at Tjomal she gold currencies,
furthermore, very few expart
When he made his examination, his Singapore, from where she took narrow fluctuations it had main-
Séville, May 19,
clothes were covered with slime. The Graf Zeppelin arrived here off early in the morning. She has tained a steady appearance.
Witness added that Mr. Low's. about two hundred miles to cover
two hours' ahead of her schedule clothes were very clean and so were However, at the end of April, to reach Sourabaya-Reuter.
the short positions of the gold she attained a speed of 125 miles cleaner than they are now, He time. At one stage of the journey Mr. Cairns, which he added,, "were dealers became due and they were
intimated that Mr. Low and Mr.. compelled to seek cover in the an hour.
From here she will go to Pernam-Cairns could not have examined the. market. The rush weakened the buco, Rio de Janeiro and Lakehurst disc properly, or else they would exchange market which declined From there she will begin her trans. have been covered with slime, and further under the pressure of a Atlantic voyage-Reiter. large demand for import hills, and in sympathy with the weakness of the exchange, gold bar. prices. soared to levels never before at
is still unstable.
The
Alarmed by the repeated reverses suffered by the Kuominchun allles, Dangers of Disorder, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan left Peshawar Improvement.
Government's
yuanfu this morning for Shihchia- statement Congress Committees have been adds, "It is clear that Congress in- chwang to confer with his Divi declared unlawful associations in tend to carry on their mischievous sional Commanders. The meeting the last two places where the programme regardless of all con- will discuss the advisability Police, with military support, have sequences. Intensive picketing of withdrawing all the picked Shansi arrested prominent agitators. the cloth and liquor shops, in- troops from Peking and Tientsin Peshawar City is still occupied volving direct interference with for the Lung-Hai Railway to as- by troops and feeling is still the business of traders, cannot sist the defeated Kuominchun strong, but conditions are gradual-fail to increase the dangers of Army, ly returning to normal and lead-disorder.
A Renter's massage says Marshali ing citizens are working to The programme' generally is cal- Yen is procceding to Sinaiang to
culated to arouse anti-Government Inspect the defences.
improve the situation.
Four Regiments Disarmed.
'THE DOLLAR AGAIN DECLINES.
EQUAL TO THE COLONY'S LOW RECORD.
In an official communiqué to Nanking, General Liu Chi, Officer Commanding the First Nanking ped in sterling value to-day, the
The Hongkong dollar again drop-tained. Division fighting at Kwelteh along opening quotation. on demand being
reports that 18. 5.5/10d.5.
There
Other Factors.
were,
Elm 73 and 74-Reuter.
HIGH SPEED BY THE ZEPPELIN.
WELL AHEAD OF HER TIME AT SEVILLE.
With the ship having a list to starboard, the water was always about nine inches below the bottom of the disc, wh which was about 12 inches in diameter.
Dirty Clothes.
that they did not examine the port side at all. S
In answer to further questions, witness said he had been at sea for. a great number of years and had been examining the discs of ships "pretty often."
The rural areas affected are and racial feeling. Its object is to confined to a portion of Peshawar make Government impossible and District and a few villages near to achieve this end those responsible Bannu City. A. movable column for it are prepared to sacrifice the
estimated in the neighbourhod of has operated in Charsadda Tahsil present and future interests of the
Tis. 225,000,000. This sum in of Peshawar District with good country. To prevent this the Gov-
cluded the silver dollars and bare effect against the Red Shirt ernment will use their full re- the Lung-Hai Line,
held in the vaults of the local Mr. Leach went on to say that Qrganisation and certain villags sources,"
There were a number of addi-banks. It is believed that with the when the Tin Yat was in the which had been helping the Haji'
the Nationalist troops have-stic- This is as low a rate as has ever tional factors that helped in the civil war in the interior, it will Kwong Fook Cheong Dackyard Mr. Wedgwood Benn, replying ceeded in suppressing all the been recorded in the Colony, being making of the situation. of Turangzai, The Red Shirt to questions, said the Government Kuominchun troops at Kweitch the same as on March 5th and 6th first place there was the Indian stock can be absorbed There is to understand by Mr. Garland, the Organisation has been declared of India and local Governments City and its environs and
In the take a long time before this huge about 18 months ago, he was given unlawful and certain prominent were in constant touch with pursuing the defeated troops int
are last, which set a low record.
unrest which prevented the ship no outlet and weakness is the Marine Surveyor, that the loaded members have been arrested sections of Indian opinion opposed Kiukaochang, which is only about
ment of large quantities of second latural consequence. The position in the Province has to the civil disobedience move 25 miles from Lanfeng. definitely improved during the ment. The
Nationalist troops who took 2,000 ordinary circumstances would have mental to the interests of the Chin-
class silk piece goods which, under While the situation was detri- draught of the vessel was 11 feet. Government
Not Due to Launch. week. There has been practically received many assurances of sup
had While the suburbs of Kwaitch prisoners. · ·
moved at this time of the year. ese people and those residing in no opposition to the action taken port from influential individuals were captured by the Nationalist alist Divisions are pursuing the cline in the off-take of bar silver at deeming element in that it creates admitted that his readings might
The Second and Third Nation- On top of this, there was the de- China, it contains a certain re-
Examined, by Mr. Low, witness by the authorities and no clash and organisations and, army early last week, Kweitsh with the people.
particular, the minority
City was taken only yesterday Kuominchun troops into Ning Bombay, which averaged slightly a golden opportunity for the de have been right and might have Hartal Petering Out. munities which had in general morning by General Liu Chi, who linghsien.. while the Second over 100 bars a day, and which velopment of native industries, it been wrong. He remembered that Mr. Low was in white clothes, that disassociated themselves from the claims that he has annihilated Division under General Kuo Chu- produced a decidedly weak under- is pointed out. There are indications that the public is generally tired of the
four Kuominchin Regiments at tung has advanced as far as. Kao tone in the Indian silver market. Furthermore, in the rapidly de night, but could not, say that, he Bartal and the loss of business. in-
Kweiteh.
cheng, near Lanfeng,
This situation in turn had exerted clining parket of world commodi was wearing a rain-cont, as Mr. volved. The Rural arcas, except in
Another Kuominchun Division Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, who indirect influence on the Shanghal ties, as shown by the Indices of the Low suggested. He stated, in reply to other under General Wan Tien-chun returned to Heuchpwfu during the
market.
Economist, the situation was not Referring to the waali which Gujerat, continue in general to be queries, that the Committee of which made a desperate attempt to week-end, again left for the Lung- little affected, but efforts are being Enquiry
\Large Silver Stocks,
really so bad as it appeared for was said to be running between made to extend hostile propaganda
world values have kept pace with the Tin Yat and the Yuet On, Mr. the disorders in leave Kweiten, heading for, Lan Hri Railway front yesterday (Continued on Page 7).
The stocks of silver held here the depreciation of silver. Shang- Low asked if it could have been Ing. was also captured by the afternoon.
still very large, being that Times.
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movement.
Salt Tax Incidence.
on
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are