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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1930.
SIR JOHN SIMON | R100 MAKING FINE
NOT WANTED.
NO SEAT IN INDIAN CONFERENCE.
PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT PROVES FUTILE.
PREMIER ADAMANT.
'PROGRESS.
DUE TO REACH ST. HUBERT
AT MIDNIGHT.
ALL WELL ABOARD. ·
London, July 30.
WUCHOW FEARS IRONSIDES.
FEELING OF GRAVE ANXIETY.
REBEL FORCES SAID TO BE VERY STRONG.
INVASION THREAT.
Canton, July 30.
The airship R100 continues to make good progress in her flight to Canada. A message timed noon, Greenwich Mean Time, gave her position 54.40 North 39.20 West, roughly halfway across the Atlantic. London, July 30..
An earlier message
In connexion with the, situa- The subject of the Indian about seven this morning stated Round Table Conference was that the vessel was having a good tion in Kwangsi, despite repeat- again raised in both Houses of trip so far, and that the weathered claims of heavy victories by Parliament to-day. Lord Read-was very clear.
the Nationalist forces and of the ing. in the House of Lords,
practical extermination of Gen- supported by the Conservative
eral Chang Fat-kwei's Ironsides, leader, Lord Salisbury, asked the
travellers arriving here from Wuchow report that grave an- Government to give effect to the
xiety exists in that port. urgent representations made yesterday that Sir John Simon] should be invited to be a member of the Conference.
At noon, when the ship's speed was seventy knots, she reported she had been two hours in a cloud after passing through drizzle, She reported everything OK.
It is said General Chang Fat- kwei's Ironsides, together with the Kwangsi rebels troops, are very much stronger than is admitted by the Nationalist leaders, and, furthermore, that an attack on Kwangtung, probably via Wuchow and the West River, is being pre- pared and organised by General
The Air Ministry this evening stated that the airship appears to have passed to the north of a deepening depression in mid- Atlantic where she would en Earl Russell, Under-Secretary counter favourable winds. She of State for India, replied and said
was then entering the region of the question and those involved in influence of a second depression. it had been exhaustively consider showing no grave vigour, which ed by the Government in consulta- res over Baffin Island. tion with the Indian Government. Reports from Montreal stateChang Fat-kwel.
are not The Statutory Commission had that landing conditions
The R100 performed its task with a distinc-likely to be difficult.
trans- tion which would secure for its exchanged signals with report a prominent place in official Atlantic liners this morning political literature. It had pre-British Wireless. sented its findings to Parliament. When the Conference now. con- templated was proposed by the Chairman of the Commission, with the consent of his colleagues, the Government alone was to have taken upon itself negotiations.
Government Adamant. "We have widened this so that Parliament in its varied com- position may be represented. The Government is certain it will be advisable to halt there and not to add another section of representa- tives to the delegates announced yesterday.
"The Government is confident that the representatives to be selceted will be able to get for the Conference the fullest exami- nation of every proposal brought before it, and that every oppor tunity will be taken to secure the inost expert and well informed advice wherever it is to be found and that it will be available for Government and Parliamentary re- presentatives. The Government is convinced that any departure from this decision will not ease the task promote the success of the Conference," concluded Earl Russell.
of
Sir Austen Persists.
Arrival To-night.
London, later.
Doubtful Troops.
state Further reports
that various Yunnanese troops have entered Kwangsi in the direction of Nanning, ostensibly to assist the Nationalist forces in the sup-. pression of the Kwangsi rebels, It is estimated that at four but the general feeling is that o'clock this afternoon the R100 these troops constitute a menace was approximately 500 miles from rather than a help to the Nation: Belle Isle, Nova Scotia. It is anti-alist forces.
There are also two loyal cipated that she will cross the Canadian coast at eight o'clock divisions of Kwangsi troops under on July 31 (Greenwich Mean Colonel Li Tak-ying and General Time) and therefore should artive Kung Shao-yih at present fighting at St. Hubert at midnight on the under General Chan Chai-tong, same day.
but these also are regarded with A message sent out by the air- some suspicion and may go over ship to-day mentions the sighting to the rebels in the event of the of the first steamer since leaving latter, securing any important Ireland. All on board are report-advantage.. ed well with the airship behaving splendidly-Reuter.
Montreal. July 30. Latest reports from the R100 in- dicate that the airship will sight land at three o'clock in the morn- ing, local time.-Reuter's American Service.
RAINSTORM LASTS
A WEEK.
TERRIBLE FLOODS OCCUR IN KWANGTUNG.
MUCH DESTRUCTION.
In Canton, things are normal. Business is working with Wuchow. though closed to the greater part of Kwangsi. There are consider.
movements, many. able troop Divisions passing through the city on their way to Kwangsi, but actually the garrison at Canton is reduced to a small figure.
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Arsenals Active. Heavy calls are being made on the arsenals here at present and demands for arms and ammuni- tion are being received from all sides.
General Heung Hon-ping, Com- mander of the 62nd Division, now in Swatow, is demanding large quantities for, bandit suppression in that district and on the East River; whilst heavy demands are also coming in from the General Headquarters of the 8th Route Army at Wuchow.
Man Sho-cheung, Colorel special envoy of Mershal Chiang' Kai-shek, has arrived in Canton from Nanking. After remaining here a few days, Colonel Man will leave for Wuchow, where he will be attached to the staff of General Chan Chai-tong.
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In the House of Commons the Prime Minister read a reply in
Canton, July 30. Similar terms in answer to à News of terrible floods caused question by Sir Austen Chamber by a disastrous rainstorm which lair who, however, said the lasted for seven days has been answer hardly met his point which received here from Yang-Kwong. Was that the Chairman of the It appears that after the fourth Commission. Sir John Simon, day of rain the river Lian Kwang should be present at the Con- Kiang overflowed its banks into ference so that his services could the streets of the town and the be made available to the Con-water rose so rapidly that the ference.
people were obliged to take refuge Mr. Lloyd George said he under- on the roofs of their houses. stood from the Prime Minister They had no time even to save
their personal effects and cattle.
Furthermore, over 1,000 houses summon anybody who had collapsed, with very heavy loss of expert knowledge of the matters to life. All the bridges across the be considered by the Conference river were destroyed without ex-the hospital and a site has been in order to aid the Conference inception.
MAJESTIC To-day to Sat. that the Government left it open
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New Military Hospital. A Military Hospital is to be established in Canton, on the peti- tion of General Chan Chai-tong, Commander-in-Chief of the Armies in. South Nationalist China. A sum of $600,000 has been granted for the erection of
selected near the Tai To Hill just
Canton. Work on the new build- ing is to be commenced immedi- utely.
coming to a decision. He therefore The crops in the whole region, outside the eastern suburb of asked the Prime Minister whether he would not close his mind to the question of summoning their aid an examination of this very grave problem. He understood that the Indian Legislature would pro- bably be represented by those chosen by both Houses to examine this problem.
Definite Decision.
The Prime Minister said that raised a totally different point. If the Conference wanted advice: and asked for it, it would get it.
which were just ripe for harvest- ing, are totally destroyed,
Yang-Kwang is a small town in the north-west of Kwangtung near the Kwangsi-Hunan frontier. Thousands of people are now homeless there and the price of food has risen enormously.
It is stated that in the last hundred years no such storm has been experienced at Yang-Kwang, the whole country-side being now desolate.-Our Own Correspondent.
RESULTS.
SERIES OF SUCCESSES FOR NEW YORK.
If the British delegates wanted AMERICAN BASEBALL advice they would get it. How it was to be provided was a matter on which he had not had time to go into details. The Conference would not meet until November, after the Imperial Conference, but he wanted to make it perfectly clear that the Government had The following are the results of come to the definite decision that the baseball matches played in the it would not be advisable to have National and. American Leagues to other categories of delegates than day: those mentioned yesterday · and to-day.
Debate Wanted.
New York- Philadelphin Philadelphia. Pittsburgh
Boston
Sir Austen Chamberlain then asked for an undertaking that if Boston any of the delegations desired the presence of members of the Com- Cleveland
Washington mission their services, not os mem-
Chicago bers, ahould be available within Chicago the Conference.
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Now York, July 30,
National
6 Boston
t Brooklyn
4 Brooklyn
6 St. Louis
American
2 New York
1 New York
5 Detroit 4 Philadelphia
2 St. Louis
1 St. Louis Reuters American Service.
The Provincial Government Mint is working at full pressure to use up all its ailver, of which it has a fairly heavy stock, before closing down. It was to have closed on the 4th August, but this has been prolonged to some date about the middle of August Our Own Correspondent.
COST OF THE WATER SHORTAGE.
A NET EXPENDITURE OF $357,992.
A Sessional Paper has been issued by the Government regard- ing the water shortage emergency of June-August last year. The net expenditure on the water emergency account was $367,992, the greater part of this being ex- 2pended, in ⚫ general works, tanks and fittings and on the hire of water boats, launches and light-
&
ere.
Of the total expenditure a sum
of about $20,000' was spent on 10 permanent works at the Happy Valley, Morrison Hill and Homuntin installations and at the Mongkok slaughter house installa- tion. The cost of importing water and transportation was nearly $24,000.
Commission to take part in the Conference.
The Prime Minister, replying, said he declined to go further
The Sesalonal Paper fully re- than the considered statement he had made.
views the measures taken to deal Ultimately Sir Austen Chamber- The Speaker pointed out that with the emergency, It being stat- lain asked the Speaker if he could such a motion, under Standing ed that the steel and concrete Pristed and Published for the Proprietors by FRICK PERCY have leave to move the adjourn. Orders, should be moved now, but tanks were the most satisfactory, FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoriament of the House to-morrow to said he would consider the motion the brick tanks giving a great deal discuss the refusal of the Govern- on its merits when submitted of trouble through leaking and
cracking. Hongkong.
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