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CONSULS ARRANGE ARMISTICE IN SHANGHAI.
IS NOT EFFECTIVE:
SNIPERS AT WORK.
JAPANESE EXPLANATION OF
GRAVITY OF CLASH.
TWO BRITISH CRUISERS
THE
GOING NORTH.
Shangl
Narth
Railway
Station, which has been com. plated destroyad,
LEAGUE COUNCIL SHOCKED.
JAPANESE VIEW OVERRULED.
has HE ARMISTICE arranged in Shanghai
modified hostilities though not entirely effective. The danger of a general strike is causing anxiety to the SPEEDY INQUIRY foreign authorities.
Two Russians were wounded by shell-fire while
PLANNED.
BANKER ON QUEER STANLEY
TARIFFS.
BUDGET SURPLUS FEASIBLE.
(Router's Speciál Spevica
London: Jan, 207
INCIDENT.
VISIT TO HOME
OF MR. HU.
FORCE OF POLICE DESPATCHED.
Han-
re-
**South China Morning Post Bldg."
Tel. 8 4554.'
Bulls and Inners
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hold
If Harmaton's Circus want a If these circuses didn't now star, wo recommand the their shows in tents, the reporters Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would be able to say that the stor can balanco a Budget, even when turns "brought down the house.", the task seems an impossible one.
. .
Some day, the Hon may He down If the Hiking Association ever with the lamb. but so far he has has an annual dinner, there'll be refrained
BQ from doing ample apportunity to indulge in Gandhi's goat. rambling speeches.
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If Japan doesn't soon get out of One thing about the prosent Manchuria, the League of Nations winter. Hongkong is managing to may threaten to hold another keep on the Cold Standard.
meeting.
The doctor who seldom makes Now that Carlota don't have to examinations, they won't the right diagnosis might be des- pass
as one with an infinite need to worry about having to
tribed capacity for mistaking pains, attain promotion by degrees,
The prospects of British in
The home of Mr. Wu dustry aro generally more en-man, one of the central figures couraging than they were a year in the Nanking Government con- ago, declared Mr. Roginald Me-fusion, at the little village of |Kenna, at the annual share-Stanley on the other side of the
holders' meeting of the Mulland Island, was the scene of a
markable incident shartly before
O C Bank-to-day".
Golfers who Art given to By the samo, taken, many of He added that the Government's 10 o'clock this morning. when
general tariff number of men attempted to stretching the truth should re- them will now be able to reveal rules foly
pre-member that it's against the their true form. would certainly ensure the balanc-force their way into the
Police reinforcements rules to improve the lie. mises, ing of the budget ahi might ever were hurried to the spot.
00 provide a surplus.
Many Hongkong flappers favour Just what the nature of the in-
The Intest dance--the nineteen- biblical gowns these days. Sort As far as British trade is concident was, is not clear London, Jan. 29.
at this
thirty-two-step!
of Low and Behold! The Japanese version of the elash, according to a British At the League Council meet-cerned, the outlook in undoubtedly stage, but it appears to have con-
១ . . brighter now that We had establish- kiderable political significance con- Wireless message, in that when occupying the positions, ing at Geneva to-day. the assigned to them under the Settlement Defence Scheme, they Japanese delegate, Mr. Sato, detine of gold prices.
ed Independence of the continued sidering the circumstances under
The oy which Mr. Wu Han-min came to ware attacked by both Chinese regulars and armed men in adduced many legal arguments
make his domicle at Stanley. people we know plain clothes. They therefore took extremely drastic action. why the Couneil should post-
who really keep diarien 2 re It is also reported that one of the Japanese bombs dropped pone into the French Settlement, killing five people.
The fire in Chapel is still burning more than twenty-four hours since its commencement. The six separate blazes appear to have mingled.
doing Volunteer duty near the North Railway Station.
FIRE IN CHAPEI STILL BURNING:
has the
Shanghai, Jan. 30. 3.50 am, In theory, an armistice been
between arranged Japanese and Chinese forces.
But a tour of the settlem.nti bordering Chapei in the early hours of this morning was enough to demonstrate to any- one that the truce is not effec.. .live.
There was no attacking going
WOOSUNG FORTS' THREAT.
consideration of the
Chinese demand for an examina- CUNARD LINER'S tion of the Sino-Japanese dia. pute under Articles Ten and Fifteen of the Government.
There argument were coun- tered by others put forward by the Chairman, M. Paul Bencour, who was supported in so doing by every member of the Coun- eil.
there
FATE.
RESUMPTION A
POSSIBILITY.
Aggressive Visitors.
My bb
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She: If looks could kill, Pd assassinate you with a glance!
He: I looks could kill it. would be suicide for you to look in that mirror.
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One thing about bring bald, you can always shine in company.
These
Dirt-
moor convicts Bre evidently firm believers in the Open Door Policy.
O Hint to Smokers:- "You'l find an
ash-tray over there."
fete, the average charge for en- these hard, these days you're al tering competitions was ten cents, ways able to live on strapa, Tea and tennis were free!)
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As a dominant factor in affairs | stationers.
he has connected with Nanking. been much sought after, and re-
This "Buy cently a group of two dozen stu-
British" Iden in dents from Nanking
been have
inter- all right, but it amongst the numerous
worka viewers who have unsucessful en-hardly deavoured to persuade Mr. Hu to in the case of relinquish his role of a rocluse. the philatelist,
In view of these visits, no doubt
D D |_ the Chapnu Road area to-day.
-- (Router's Spaglule Survios). unwelcome to Mr. Hu-he is known Two members of the Russian,
to be unwell at the moment--the Detachment of the SV.C, on The Secretary General-was, in-
London, Jan. 29... guards around his home had been It's called Lonp duty at the North Railwaystructed to propose at to-morrow's),
It is rumoured that the considerably augmented, and strict Year because-It Station, were hit by shell-lire meeting the best means of obtain
bad been given to makes bache- the this morning, one receiving a ling reliable information regard. Cunard Company is negotiating orders
distinguished relera so jumpy. fare wound and the other being ing the events in Shanghai, and it for financial assistance from guard front intrusion
aldent injured in the leg.
is generally believed that this the Prudential assurance Com-i
This morning, however, a large will take the form of the impany to enable them to resume number of men, whose speech (At last Saturday's "Busy Bees" One thing about being boxer Severe sniping north of the mediate
appointment of a Com-construction of the giant super betrayed their identity LL Sobelow Creek is in progress, mission of Enquiry
to liner now on the stocks on the Northerners, invaded Stanley, un- examine the situation on the spot. Clyde and on which work was armed, of course, but aggressive
M. Boncour requested both the recently suspended.
in their efforts to force an inter- Japanese and Chinese delegates It is believed that the Prudential view on the politician. to telegraph their Governments Assurance Company have a con-
Guarda Harassed. an expression of the painful im-siderable interest in the Cunard pression caused at Geneva and
They harassed the guards, and urging them to take all possible Company, and it has been a matter
of conjecture for. номе time the reserves from the local Polico The following messages were life and the commission of any wins line is hand for the build to meet the situation, the officer
steps to prewat further loss of
whether they would lend the ship- Station being entirely inadequate sent from Shanghai by the
act which might be irreparable. Senior Naval Officer on H.M.S.
ing of the liner, which will be thefin charge of the district instruct- A car containing correspondents Cornwall, to the Commodore, in that the Council had the the mat- being designed to recapture the men availabic, to hold on, while The delegates were asked to add biggest in the world and which is ed the guards, and the few police investigating the report that
an Hongkong: armistice had been declared, ven-
At 6 p.m.-Shanghai north until it
ter in hand und would not rise Blue Riband of the Atlantic for he communicated with headquar tured near the battle scene only to
At the time of writing, meet with a hall of builels which railway station has been des Wireless.
reinforcements are on thefr way were fortunately wildly aimed. No troyed by fire from incendiary
bombs.
to Stanley in an emergency van. casualties occurred.
At 4 p.m. the Chinese
Later. in
It transpires that fifty students in uniform of Anti-Japanese Vo- lunteers who arrived from Canton
A writer says very few people with the Intention of seeing Hu know the ins and outs of politics. Han-min, endeavoured to force What about the late Labour their way in. but later were per- Government? Bunded to leave.
on at 3 H. but the sound continuous firing shows it IN obvious that snipera Tert Very active with their ristes and machine-guns, doing their best to ...silence one another in the lare!
of the Chapel fires.
Newspapermen Under Fire,
OFFICIAL NAVAL
REPORTS.
How doth the little busy bee, Expect to make much money; If fur too modest is the fee, Collected for her honey?
-CYN.
A suitable epitaph for an auc- tioneer "Gone!"
DD
It's
A mechanical cheque-signing machine has been invented. The Kowloon version of an old called "Hubby."
first you don't find out, pry, pry, proverb would seem to be "If st
pry again." WHE settled.British Great Britain.
M.2.
were still possession of the flagship of the American Asin- THE LOSS OF THE From the Settlement, it np. pears that while there were six station Japanese in the viel tie Fleet, has been ordered to large conflagrations in Chapel)nity of the station are entrench- postpone her scheduled dry-duck- yesterday afternoon, they are ed and desultory fire is being ing nt Manila in view of the de-
velopments, now all more or less merged, kept up but no attempt at resulting in an immense des advancement is being made at It further stated that only tructive field of fire.
The Settlement border defences report all quiet and if there is no further attacking before daylight, It is hoped that the truce may be implemented and an end put to tho career of death and destruction.- Renter.
GENERAL STRIKE
FEARS.
TWO RUSSIANS, S. V. C.
WOUNDED.~
the moment.
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three of the four destroyers or dered to China from Manila will The Japanese are reported to have! by stationed at Shanghai. worked around to the North and fourth has been directed to join cut the Nanking line. It be the Yangtaze patrol. reported that "Customs em- ployees at Woosung have been ordered to Shanghai as Woo- sung forts intend to fire at all Japanese ships entering or leaving harbour.
All quiet on the western j front.
Truce Agreed on But-
At 11.50 p.m.-Owing to the intervention of the British and
(Our Own Correspondent.) United States Consulk-General the
Shanghai, Jan. 30, 10.58.
Japanese and Chinese have agreed
to a truge beginning at 8 p.ru. A survey of the Chapel front Friday. It is doubtful how long al four o'clock this morning re-it will be observed. Intermittent vealed that the truce effected by firing in still going on in the the combined efforts of the North Szechuan Rond and American and British Consuls, Hongkew police station districts. which was supposed to coms into force from sight o'clock last night. has failed to halt hostilities.
are
FOREIGN DESPATCH OF WARSHIPS.
ADMIRAL SIR HOWARD KELLY GOING.
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BRITISH PREMIER'S
COMMENT.
"THE STATE OF THINGS IS DEPLORABLE."
London, Jan. 28. "The state of things at Shanghai is deplorable” asid Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, in the course of a speech at Seaham Har- bour to-day.
"Apart from details of diplomacy," he said, "l'ex- press without reserve the
moral and rational regreta of everybody that such events should happen. I do not take sides, but the experience is very disappointing--Reu- ter.
CHINESE TROOP
MOVEMENTS.
THREE THOUSAND
RESCUE HOPES NOW ABANDONED.
London, Jan. 29.
An Admiralty statement says it is no longer possible to hope for the rescue of any of the officers and men who were on board the lost submarine, M2.
A list has now been issued of the names of the sixty missing.
ters.
VARSITY STUDENT
SUCCUMBS.
DIES IN HOSPITAL OF POISONING.
Fung
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. Firms at Home are giving away of breakfast foods. samples Synopsis of the cereals.
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Little Miss Muffet aat on tuffet
A mesage from departed spirits -Hiccough!
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Many a daughter takes after her mother-if there's anything left in father's pockets.
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The Woek's Simile:-As modest as the girl who goes behind the screen to change her mind!
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has A University in America And moaned in the fog and the established an advisory "bureau for
rain.
Her sweetheart espied her and persons in love. But by the time a lover realises that he needs ad- flopped down beside her: They never went hiking again. vice, he is no longer in love.
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The King and Queen have sent
Speaking from the experience In one small African tribe the messages of deep sympathy to the
is carried
on by Mo-cheu, aged 22, a born of unavoidable proximity, we conversation officers and met serving in sub-student at the Hongkong Univer- should say that the higher the strange-nasal grunts. Why Holly- marines on the loss of their comity, staying in Room No. 54, St. rank, the ranker, the cigari wood overlooked these promising rades. An officer of the Fleet John's Hall, was discovered in a Air Arm and two Air Mechanics serious condition on
talkic store is a mystery. the second were among the victims.
flour of 35, Pokfulum Road, yes-
គ ព Rows of Hongkong houses show Many expresslons of sympathy
ittle or no originality of design. terday. have been received from abroad.) Upon removal to the Govern- says an architect. Lines of
Search for the missing sub-ment Civil Hospital, his condition lensed existence. marine continues without success was diagnosed as poisoning. although muny
obstructions, died shortly afterwards.
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It seems that a number of people on the who went into business ground floor are now in the cellar. ̧
C B usually proving to be old wrecks, Enquiries by the police tend to "The latest fashions are a mix- have been investigated.--British show that the poison, of which ture of old and new," says an ex- "Many young men nowadays are Wireless.
the nature has not been deter mort. But any man who thinks letting their hair grow" remarks mined, was probably self-adminis- his wife will be satisfied with a a writer. tered.
new hat and last year's frock can The deceased came from the guess again. Straits Settlement. He was born at Penang whero his parents are understood to be living.
AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET.
DISAPPEARANCE OF ́
DR. SCHOBER.
The railway yard is occupied by the Chinese. They nre firing machine guns and are shiping and bombing the Japanese, who replying intermittently and ap
A Router message from Bata-) pear not to be holding their own.
To opinton is held that both via announces that H.M.S. Kent, sides are awaiting reinforcements. with Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, Fourteen Japanese warships and has been ordered to China and is additional troops are expected to proceeding to the North to-day. day.
It is undersolod that H.M.S. The Japanese admit that they Berwick and two destroyers in yesterday bombed and wrecked a Hongkong are
Shanghai, Jan. 30. standing by. General Chiang Kai-shek has overcome. locomotive and three coaches, while H.M.S. Suffolk has already summoned more troops for the Dr. Buresch has formed another been despatched to Shanghai, protection of the Nanking-Shang Cabinet, and will take over. the leaving-at seven o'clock this hai Railway and the Capital. The Foreign Ministry in the place of Fourth Division has been ordered fr. Schober. Seven of the port morning.
General Strike.
The probability of a general strike being declared is causing tia foreign authorities great con- cern.
Six Chinese shells Janded: in
American Orders. According to a message from Washington, the T. S. 8. Houston,
ARRIVE.
Vienna, Jan. 20. The political dime:lties of the Austrian Government have been
SIR JOHN SIMON INDISPOSED.
GENEVA DEPARTURE
POSTPONED.
London, Jan. 29./ The Foreign Secretary, Sir John sim who is confined to bed with king. All Chinese gunboats have who served in Dr. Bureach's last departure for Geneva.Britian
(Continued on Paga 14.) (government-Router,
Wireless.
The trouble with old
ones is that it won't.
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"That was a nasty knock," as
"It's not worth two hoots," sa the woman remarked after she the motorist said when he decided) had answered the front door bell not to sound his horn a second. and found the shroff there.
time for a chicken in the road.
We started a-hiking, disdainful of
biking,
And looking on cars with decision; Our perfect equipment proclaimed
that the trip mount
No clouds to our rossato vialon! But projects are vetoed when limbs
are mesquitood
And swatting squade make-no-im-
pression
A famous American firm star recently arrived in London auffer. ing from a cold in the head. We. understand, however, that she was. good enough to say that the bolice were simbly wonderful.
to proceed Lamediatoly to Nan-ifolios are in the hands of Ministers infuoita, has had to postpone his So, amarting and burning, by car In order to record the effećta":
we're returning, th And hangs this poor, rambling co
fession.
upon the beiman kysten, a seientist. went without water for nearly five days. Thirsting for knowledge