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CORT =#1 YO#ƑLAUF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1930. BEMBA BE FA
RUSSIAN WHEAT
DUMPING.
UNITED STATES TO OPEN. AN ENQUIRY.
BIG CHICAGO SLUMP.
GERMAN ARMY LINER ON
FEELING.
YOUNG OFFICERS ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
DENY INTENTION OF STARTING REVOLT.
com HINDENBURG'S VIEW.
Washington, Sept. 23. Owing to a further decline in the wheat market, the Depart- ment of Agriculture, the House. of Representatives special, mittee on Soviet propaganda, and the Chicago Board of Trade are The statement of the Govern-preparing an intensive investiga- ment of India on the situation tion of alleged Soviet bear up to September 20 is one of the operations. most interesting yet issued re- garding the political conditions. It says that, broadly speaking. the public is now in no doubt as to the ultimate issue; while the impression previously produced by unscrupulous Congress pro paganda is rapidly evaporating, and the widespread loss caused to Indiana by the boycott of foreign goods is gradually alienating them from their sympathy for the Congress.
London; Sept. 23. The Government of India's-ap- reciation of the situation up to September 20 states:
The enquiry will open to morrow. The first witnesses will be the heads of three commission houses who are reported to have sold 7,500,000 bushels of Russian wheat fatures. .
A New York message states that Wall Street and international banking circles are regard the matter
inclined
REEF
BRITISH WARSHIP TO RESCUE.
"CITY OF
Newcastle.
OSAKA."
London, Sept. 23.
70,000 MANCHU
TROOPS.
FOR TIENTSIN AND PEKING.
NANKING & MUKDEN CLIQUES WANT POSTS.
CUSTOMS POSITION.
Tientsin, Sept. 23:
DUNLOP
FORT MOTOR CYCLE TYRES
LOCAL BRANCH,
BOBBY JONES IN
THE LEAD.
EQUALS RECORD FOR THE
QUALIFYING ROUND. SA
VON ELM AS A “PRO.”
Bobby Jones
Von Elm
won
the
Construction:
Tor
Overseas
Metering
Conditions,
Paddar Bldg.
WIFE OF REBEL LEADER.
COMMITS SUICIDE
HANOI
DRAMATIC HAPPENING AFTER HUSBAND SHOT,
MORE · DISCOVERIES/
Ardmore, Sept. 23. The contest for the American Amateur Golf Championship, quali- fying round, was continued to-day. and Bobby Jones, with a second Early this morning, in a densc
round of 73, bringing his total for Three young Reichswehr fog, the 6,000-tons liner City of
two rounds to 142, has equalled the officers are on trial at Leipzig on Osaka struck a 'submerged reef
record in qualifying rounds upset. Another dramatic episode in The Twenty-Seventh Man-by D. C. Corkran in 1924 and the Indo-China revolution was charges of inciting a revolt about Afteen miles north of Aber-churian Brigade and the major equalled by Jones himself in 1927, unfolded last week, at Hanoi, among junior officers, with a deer, one of the most treacherous part of the Sixth followed the and who, but for missing a seven where, a young native woman view to over-throwing the parts of the Scottish coast. She Fifth to Peking to-day, while the foot put, would have made a new who was being held for interro constitution, in conjunction with was bound for New York from Twenty-Third Brigade is now in record. He, however, the National Socialists, who at tained such success in the recent
process of arrival here. ·
medal by one stroke from Von Elm.gation by agents of the Political Wireless messages brought a By to-morrow morning, the whole and totals follow:
The principal second round scores Bureau took her life in a most singular manner. She was election in Germany. Two of
inside the the accused stated in court that prompt response from the des- Expeditionary Force
found dead in her cell on the Great Wall will have occupied Pek- they had not intended to start atroyer Walker, which was engaged ing and Tientsin, and it is estimat
night of September 18th, having another rebellion, but wished to draw at-in Autumn exercises with the 6th ed that some 70,000 troops will be
strangled herself with a cord--~ "Red bogey." The Journal of Com-Lention to the discontent among Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet, and divided between the two cities.
detached, from her bodice. merce is of opinion that the Gov- the younger section of the which raced to the assistance of ernment must find it hard to military forces with the things the disabled vessel. explain the failure of their farm the Government had done under
were soon in atten- relief programme."
Meanwhile, it is reported from pressure of the Treaty of Ver- dance, but as the City of Osaka agitating Incal political circles, with
was firmly wedged on the rock, Meanwhile, President Hinden-her bow well down in the water burg has authorised an
an- and with rocks all round, it was nouncement that he shares the unsafe for the view that there is no danger of tempt the rescue of the crew.
lifeboats to at- another "putsch" anywhere in} Germany, and in any case con-
Meanwhile, a distress message sumed control, while the Commis is retiring from amateur golf at siders the forces of the Reich to the spot from a cliff two hun-charge of the Native Customs, the that he will not give lessons in the had brought the Life Saving Corps sioner, Mr. Peel, has again taken the end of the tournament, adding dred feet high. By means of the Shansi-appointed Chinese Commis game but will accept prize money, breeches buoy, about sixty Lascara ioner having fled.
thus facing the professionals on
in
Chicago that a scare report that the Canadian wheat pool is difficulty has sent prices down to There is little to report from the lowest since 1906, September the North-West Frontier Province, wheat touching 77 7/8 a bushel. and so far as specific incidents are-Reuter's American Service, -concerned the week in internal
India has been comparatively quiet.
A recent report received from. the Bombay Government relating
to efforts made by the Congress during the latter half of last
and
met sue.
are
1
EXAMINATION OF 'M, BRIAND'S PLAN..
sailles.
sufficient to maintain order:
Leipzig, Sept. 23.
Lifeboats
It is now learned that General Yu Hsueh-zang is not arriving i until Thursday, and meantime the question of official appointments is both the Nanking and Mukden cliques to be considered.
. Customs Change.
The former Nanking appointee to the Flour Tax Bureau has re
Willing Noyes Dunlay
73-142
70-143
75-145
77-347
76-147
Perkins
74-148
Goodman
76-149
76-149
81-151
78-151
Voigt
78-354
Sweetser
74-155
H. Johnston (holder)
73-166
Don Moe
.83-157.
T. Bourn
87-168
Von Elm has announced that he
Quimet Little Lawson
and Japanese members of the crew Otherwise, there are no changes, a common basis. He declared. tain and officers, with the white nominees, though it is believed that which I cannot afford."Renter's were brought ashore. The Cap-still nominally held by Shansi to play amateur golf, this year, and the various Departments are "It will cost me more than $10,000
remained a number of officials have already American Service. members of the crew, aboard to conduct pumping opera- quietly left. tions.
The suicide, a woman student of 25, was the wife of Hoang Linhgy, a revolutionary leader, who a few. days previously was shot dead in 4 pistol battle when. Surete agents raided a house in the suburbs of" Hanoi where a number of political offenders were taking refuge.
Move Well Planned.
Brief details of this encounter
last week. and the additional available, would particulars now
were contained in a Reuter's cable
show that the Surete move was carefully planned affair, which left no loophole for escape for the
building behind the Crow's Pagolla, quarry,
Having tracked the wanted per- sons to their headquarters in a
Surete agents headed by M. Pujol, the Special Commisioner in charge of the Political Section of the Surete, in the early morning of the 6th instant, surrounded the place. Dispositions having been: taken with the numerous personnel under his command to prevent any
In view of the success of the National Socialists (styled Nazis) month to capture Labour in Bom-ASSOCIATION WITH LEAGUE unusual interest was shown at the in the elections for the Reichstag bay City, shows that these
EMPHASISED: . with very moderate
trial, which opened to-day in the cess,
there
Supreme Court, of three young Geneva, Sept. 23. Reichswehr officers, Lieutenants diverse influences at work
A meeting of representatives of Schelinger and Budin of the Ulm likely to prevent anything in the nature of a serious Labour move-
twenty-seven European nations garrison. and Ex-Lieutenant Throughout the ment in favour of the Congress. The has elected M. Briand to be chair- Wandt,
rescue work, *formerly was
complete calm prevailed among number of unemployed mill hands man of the committee of investi-stationed at Cassel. continues to increase, although gation to examine the replies to. They were charged with high the crew,
The latest wireless message perhaps not so rapidly as was an-. Briand's proposal for federated treason on the ground that they,
in concert with National Socialists from the wrecked vessel states Manchurian occupation of Peking prehended. Elsewhere, the laboar Europe..
With the completion of the JUMPS FROM VERANDAH IN possible breakaway from the build- aituation is generally satisfactory.
The committee, to consist of attempted to sow discontent among that the weather is clearing and and Tientsin, the Nanking and two representatives of each coun- the junior officers and tried to the sea moderating.-British Wire- Mukden Governments are turning Bombay Elections.
try, will meet in January during enlist them in a plot to overthrow less. the session of the League Council. the constitution by armed revolt.
en-
During the week, elections were Sir Erie Drummond has been held in Bombay City, and the appointed
secretary, thus methods adopted by the civil dis-phasising the association of M. obedience volunteers brought then Briand's scheme with the League into collision with the police on or Nations.--Reuter, several occasions, but no serious incident occurred..
In spite of various devices adopt- ed by the Congress, it may be as- sured that from the absence of Con- gress representations the constitu- tion of various legislative bodies will be little affected by the civil disobedience movement, which has conspicuously failed to impair the' working of the Legislative Councils or the administration by the Minis- ters of Transferred Departments. except in so far as it will have weakened the financial of the Provincial Governments both
resources
REGULATION OF DOCK
LABOUR.
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS'
RESOLUTION.
London, Sept. 23.
who
Inciting To Disobey,
The general situation continues most tranquil-Reuter,
Offer to Doubtful Troops.
Shanghai, Sept. 23.
their attention towards the control
RUSSIAN PATIENTS
SUICIDE.
SHANGHAI
ing, M. Pujol, with an Inspector, advanced to the front door and Shanghai, Sept. 24. ordered it to be opened, in the name" of Shantung Province, which is patient of the General Hospital, from
Alexander Bykoff, a Russian of the Republic. A pistol shot the interior was the only situated between Chibli and who had jumped from the second reply.
General Shih Yu-san for the malaria Kiengsu. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek floor of the building, died on Mon- Exchange of Shots. has offered $500,000 monthly to day. He had been suffering from maintenance of his thousands of
Without further hesitation, the doubtful troops in Northern Stran- an inquiry, found that death was and one of the Surete agents fell, door was burst open. A fusillade The Procurator" (Mr. Quo), at of shots issued from the interior,
The City of Osaka is a British steamer of 6,614 tons and was having incited the soldiers to dis-yard of W. Gray and Co., Ltd., They were also charged with built in 1923 from the Wear ship- obey and resist their superior Sunderland to the order of the officers, and that they themselves Ellerman Lines. Ltd.. Her port of disobeyed orders:
The court building was strongly registry is Liverpool. She was tung. guarded by police. One hundred formerly the Colorado and as such, and thirty persons who were ad and later as the City of Osaka, mitted to the public gallery were she paid many visits to Ifongkong searched for arme, accused were brought in everybody
When the She was last here in 1928. Her was surprised to see them warmly dimensions are:-Length, 433 feet; greeted by the Reichswehr officer, breadth, 57.4 feet; depth, 30.2 feet. Captain Mengel, who was dressed
International Transport Workers' them by the hand. It transpired The dockers' section of the in full uniform, and who shook Congress has carried a resolution that the accused availed them. of the Dutch Transport Workers' selves, as officers of the privilege Union calling upon the Leag to choose a comrade in-
to defend Secretariat to enquire into the them. regulation of dock labour in the
The chief counsel for the defence, chief ports of various countries.
however, is the National Socialist Deputy, Dr. Frank of Munich, who
by reduction of revenue and crease of expenditure, the un- fortunate consequences of which have been seriously to curtail the beneficent activities of the Local
A special committee consisting
THE HAIFA-BAGDAD RAILWAY.
GRANT FROM THE COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND.
London, Sept. 23. Upon the recommendation of the
whilst
M. Pujol and his subordinate re
For several weeks, during the due to the fall from the verandah his body riddled by bullets.
dis- deceased was in a Nationalist attacks at Tainanfu, arranged state of mind. Our plied briskly with their revolvers, clined to take any active part in the Shih Yu-san forces have de- Own Correspondent. : the struggle, being content to re- thain in Northern Shantung await- ing their opportunity,
SHANGHAI UMBRELLA
·FACTORY SUED.
"
Shantung Outlook, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek fur ther orders that the army of FOREIGN FIRM BRINGS General "Shih Yu-san should be
AN ACTION. under the administration of the Military Governor of Shantung,
Shanghai, Sept. 24. General Hon Fu-chu, an appointee Before Judge Ying Shih, an ac- of the Nanking regime..
tion was commenced yesterday in Interesting developments are which Messrs. Inniss and Riddle
and a lively exchange of shots en- sued, the occupants of the house retreating as they fired, to the rear:
attempt to breakaway. of the premises, whence they made
In doing so they fell foul of three other French inspectors, who were stationed to cut off their retreat. The exchange of shots from small- arins was renewed.
Shot One by One. Finding their retreat along the river bank cut off both ways, the fugitives took to the water, still
Governments, to the grave injury Britain), Rudolph (Germany), and accused greeted Dr. Frank with the Colonial Development Advisory expected In Shantung in the not] (China), Ltd., claimed £1,325 and ring their revolvers with one hand
of Messrs. Ernest Bevin (Great is Herr Hitler's legal adviser. The Kievit (Holland), has
been Fascist salute.
of the public.
The prospects that public opinion will play an effective part in the appointed to draft a questionaire disruption of the civil disobedience on the subject.-Renter.
movement are now better than at 'any time since the movement began.
Committee, the Government has distant future, and strong rumours Tis. 603 from the Sin Dah while they attempted to swim out The President of the court approved the grant of financial are current of a likely surrender Umbrella Factory for alleged fai of reach. Subjected to a concen- sternly warned the spectators, who
assistance from the Colonial of the whole Shantung force to lure to take delivery of fifteen trated fire from the shore, they he said incinded Communists and Development Fund towards the the Manchurian regime in Peking. cases of umbrella cloth. National Socialists, against dem cost of a detailed survey to be DEFEATEDonstrations, declaring that he undertaken Torthwith in con
would not allow the court to
nexion with the project for the turned into a bear garden. The Haifa to Bagdad-British Wire construction of a railway from accused pleaded not guilty. less.
BY HANKOW.
There are unmistakable signs that SHANGHAI popular resentment is increasing io. various directions. The in- transigeant attitude of Congress leaders during the peace conversa- tions and their disregard for the sufferings of others, have strengthened the position of Go- vernment supporters and have shaken the confidence of
many Congress followers.
EXCITING FINISH TO THE CRICKET INTERPORT.
Hankow, Sept. 23.
Reuter.
Wished to Impress.
Leipzig, later.
be
Shanst Retreat.
troops are retreating from
The Farge contingents of Shansi the northern bank of the Yellow River, and a big army together with machine-gun divisions and heavy
Schelinger and Ludin, in reply AMERICAN BASEBALL artillery corps passed through
Hankow has won the Interport trial, said that the young officers to questions in the course of their cricket match with Shanghai by did not wish to start a rebellion, ten runs, the visitors compiling but felt obliged to impress their 151 runs in their second innings. superiors with the fact that the It was a most exciting finish-youth of the army were dissatisfied Government under pressure of the with the things done by the Treaty of Versailles.-Router.
Reuter..
Minorities Apprehensive. Methods of domination, which have been one of the standing fea- tures of the Congress programme, have aroused the apprehensions of ings of each side were: the minority communities and have stiffened their opposition. The at- tempted boycott of educational in- atitutions has created a reaction among parents and students. The boycott of foreign goods and the widespread loss it has caused to Indians are gradually but surely alienating from the Congress the sympathy of an important section of the Hindu middle classes, on whose support the Congresa pro--| gramme largely dependa.
The full scores in the two inn- Hankow, 243 and 158, total 401. Shanghai, 240 and 151 total 391.
THE RENDITION OF WEIHAIWEI,
CHINESE ADMINISTRATOR
NOMINATED.
Nanking, Sept. 24.
RESULTS.
YESTERDAY'S MATCHES IN NATIONAL LEAGUE.
to-day in the American League,
New York, Sept. 23. No baseball matches were play
2 New York
16 St. Louis
D Cincinnati
2 Cincinnati.
but the following National League Hindenburg's View.
games were decided: Berlin, Sept. 23,
Brooklyn President Hindenburg
Philadelphia has Pittsburgh- authorised the Chancellor, Herr Pittsburgh Bruening, to announce that Hin- denburg fully shares the Chan- cellor's view that there is no danger of a "putsch" anywhere in Germany, and in any case the witness.. forces of the Reich are sufficient evidence to restore law and order as Reuter. speedily as possible.-Reuter.
-Reuters American, Service.
He will give his
September 25
оп
The Congress activities have The National Government has provided another instance of in-appointed the Vice-Minister for
New Turn Likely. Hitler to Be Called. terference with the rights of indi- Foreign Affairs, Mr. Wang Chia-
Berlin, Sept, 24, viduals, and the conviction is chen, as a special commissioner for
Leipzig, Sept. 24. ed an enquiry which; according to
The Attorney General has start that whatever its precepts the 1, and Mr. Hsu Chu-shan to be a the trial of three officcis of the the Fascist leaders Hitler and strengthening among the public taking over Weihaiwel on October At the request of the defence in the newspapers, is expected to land Congress practice represents an special commissioner for the Reichswehr, the Court has arrogant attempt, both for private administration of Weihaiwel.moned Herr Hitler, head of the treason Reuter,
Bum Jacbels in dock, charged with high (Continued on Page 7.)
Router.
reactionary movement, as
Terchow yesterday on the Shan- tung frontier.
The Nationalist troops at Tsinanfa have received orders to purane the Shansi forces. Con- ditions on the war front, with the
continue to be very quiet. exception of minor encounters along the Lung-Hai Railway,
Prisoners Released.
A remand was ordered to able the defence to produce evidence. Our Own Correspondent,
BOXER INDEMNITY AGREEMENT.
PUBLICATION TO FOLLOW APPROVAL.
were shot one by one- as they en-swar, the leader, Hoang Linhgy,
being killed and two of his con federates seriously wounded. The arrest was also effected of two women, one of them being Thi Thin, the wife of Linhgy,
Three Surete, agents were also wounded by the exchange of the shots, but not seriously.
Subsequently, one of the two wounded revolutionists - died from his wounds. The other many re- covered and with the two women was detained in a Surete cell for interrogation.
Assassination Corps Chief,
Nanking, Sept. 24. Four agreements have been exchanged in connexion with the Boxer Indemnity Agreement, but
The important nature of the raid details are not published pending and the far-reaching effect on the the Chinese and British Govern- revolutionary movement wrought ment's approval of the agreement. by the death of Linhgy is to be. seen "In the fact that the man' killed was one of the seven direc- tors of the recent rebellion, wield- ing an influence second only to | Thai Hoc, head of the Nationalist
Party, since guillotined:
INDEX OF AMERICAN
PROSPERITY.
Before lits departure from-Reuter, Peking yesterday, the Chief of the Peking Police Force ordered the release of some 70 political pri- soners arrested by the Shansi Government recently for political activity unfavourable to the Shansi «Government. The Man- churian commanders have an- nounced in Peking that they will not interfere with the civil affairs
THE 1930 BANKRUPTCIES MAY BE $1,000,000,000.
Linhgy was the relentless Chief of the Correctional and Assassina- tion Corps, which, while Imposing a blood-and-iron discipline within the Party, conceived and carried of Chihli which will be under the The president of the National outrages against Government Chicago, Sept. 23. out a campaign of murders and administration of a representative Association of Credit-Men fore- functionaries, police officials and of the National Government. casts that America's loss through Secret Service agents. The work General Chang Hauch-liang in been $750,000,000 for several inner organism of the very militant The Nanking Government has bankruptcy in 19830 will probably recently carried out by the Gov addressed a long telegram to amount to $1,000,000,000. It has ernment of disintegrating the forming him of the strong desire years past Reuter American Nationalist Party and, particu
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