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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 請場 五拜體 號八月二英浩香
8, 1935.
日五初月正
FOUNDED 1881.
No. 24811
RED MASSACRE IN SZECHUEN
VILLAGE VICTIMS OF BEATEN ARMY
FORCE OF VENGEANCE PRESSES FORWARD
(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received Feb. 8, 8 a.m.)
Shanghai, Feb. 8.
Official reports from the fighting front in southern Szachuen, received here early this morning, state that the Government troops have made great strides in their campaign against the Communists in that area.
But although the Reds are in retreat, they are do- ing ghastly damage; burning villages and massacring their inhabitants as they move across country like some dreadful plague. Thousands of villagers have been Blain.
Government troops forced their way into lung and Wanyuan yesterday, driving out Reds at the point of the bayonet. General LI Chi-hsiang directed simultaneous attacks on these two towns and saw his troops fighting their way, under
nevero Arc, into their objectivos.
The Rods retreated Wentashen, where they rallied and attempted a counter-attack. They came on with a bold front, shout- ing forcely, but wavered under the spraying machine-guns.
When General Li's, forces com- menced to move forward again, the Rede retreated in some con- fusion.
Kulouchal and Kinchonchai, Kaochlasan fell to the GovETN- ment army in succession and the Communists Bed further without attempting counter-attacks.
U.S. BANKS.
APPEAR CONFIDENT
MAKING HEAVY
·GOLD PURCHASES
GREEDY FRENCH FINANCIERS
GUIANA DRAWS MATCH
FINE STAND AGAINST M.C.C.
BOWLING MASTERED
Georgetown, Feb. 7.
British Guiana carned a very creditable draw in their three day match with the M.C.C. here to-day having mastered the English bowling.
At the conclusion of yesterday's play their position was unfavour able for they needed 319 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
To-day they amassed 284 for
the loss of only two wickets, De- Freitas contributing 71 before bring dismissed, while both Jones were still at the and DeCaires
wicket at the close of play. Jones
had scored 72 and DeCaires 80- Reuter.
Uproar In Theatre
AUDIENCE PELTS ACTORS
POLICE RUSH TO ALARM An all-night performance at the Koshing Theatre was interrupted shortly after midnight by a dia orderly incident which led the management hurriedly to summon the police.
Various accounts
General Hertzog, Premier of South Africa, who, in a radio-telephone talk to England, stressed the need of goodwill between nations,
Doyen Of
Publishers
ATTACK
ON CHOWN /
PLANNED
UNION SEAMEN. ADMIT PLOT
NO BREAKFAST
COMPLAINT ·
SINGLE COPE:30 CONTE
$34.00 PER ANNUM
DUNLOP Fort
In a class by Itself
FFORT ་་་་་་!
WAVERTREE LOSS EXPLAINED
CONSERVATIVES NOT MUCH CONCERNED
The Police Court trial of Alve PARTY CONFERENCE TO
C. Chown, ship's carpenter of the 18.8. President Grant, who is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Bruce Lindberg, another seaman, on February 1, was continued before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magis- trate, to-day.
Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, As- sistant Crown Solicitor, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. T. P. K. Kembic, of Messrs. "Wilkinson & i Grist, represented the accused.
Further medical evidence was given by Dr. J. M. Gray, in charge of the Vs D. Clinic at the Kowloon Hospital. Dr. Gray said he at- tended to Lindberg then in A dying condition when brought in, whilst Dr. J. T. Smalley was being
Passes Onsent for. There had been profuse
MR. T. F. UNWIN'S CAREER
PROMINENT LIBERAL
bleeding from a 3-inch wound in the man's right groin, where a big artery had been opened up.
In answer to the Magistrate, Dr. Gray said it was hardly likely that Lindberg's life could have been saved apart from the cut artery.
UNION MAN'S EVIDENCE Russell Floyd, Miles, 22, a mem- ber of the crow of the President Grant, and a member of the In- London, Feb. 7. ternational Seaman's Union of Mr. Thomas Fisher Unwin, do- America, said he know Chown was yen of London publishers, and not a Union member.
Between 12.00 und staunch defender of the Liberal
I p.m. faith in England, died to-day, on the day in question, witness had come ashore, and in
Road Canton
Lindberg, mot Sauvet, Drolet and Mahoney, all from the same ship.
Reuter.
0
KAW
AIR GRIEVANCES
(SPECIAL TO TELEGRAPH")
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphio Missages Ordinance, 1894. Réceived, Feb. 8, 8 am.):
London, Feb. 7.
The Government and Conservative political circles are not as concerned over the defeat suffered in the Wavertree by-election as might have been expected. The loss of the stronghold was a startling gain for Labour, but the cause of the Government's defeat is very apparently not due to the strength of the Labour opinion in that constituency alone.
Shock tactics, combined with the rhetorical ability and handsome personality of Mr. Randolph Churchill, are regarded as mainly responsible for the loss of the formerly staunch Conservative stronghold at Waver- tree in yesterday's by-election.!
Mr. Churchill's entry, it is believed, split the Con- servative vote and allowed a Labour candidate to poll a majority.
IRISH ALIEN BILL
CITIZENSHIP
RIGHTS
RECIPROCAL PRIVILEGE
Politicians consider, that Mr. Randolph Churchill is an ideal can- didate in the circumstances he faced.: A three weeks' campaign suited his non-stop temperament and also gave scope to a powerful newes paper drive in his support.
This newspaper campaign must have flagged and grown atale had the fight been protracted.
Mr. Churchill, * furthermore, enjoyed the advice of the most skilled political campaigners in Fleet Street, while the Wavertree. Conservative Association was un- deniably caught napping.
Mr.. Unwin was born in 1849, and married the daughter of the late Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., a leading political figure of his time, Lindberg, who left them, later famed for his Free Trade doctrine. returned with Mahoney to say that Paris, Feb. 7.
Mr. Unwin founded the publish- | he had seen 'Chown in a camphor Encouraged by the strong in-
have beening house, which bears his name, cheat, shop, Witnosa followed tervention of the American Ex-given of the incident, but the one in 1882, and was joint founder and them into the shop in question, change Stabilisation Fund, considered by the police as authen-member of the first Council of the but Chown was not there. Ho next. The country over which the ad- coupled with the virtual certain-tic is that the audience were in an Publishers' Association. He was saw Lindberg coming round
Action by the Conservative. vancing army of vongeance movesty that there will be no altera- and chose the middle of an act to first committee of the Friends of Chown in the street waving A
unusually critical frame of mind, Joint founder, and member of the pillar, bleeding, and then
whips against those members of has been despoiled by the Cam tion in the gold content of the show their disapproval by pelting Russian Freedom and a member of knife. Witness called for a taxi
the House of Commons who munists, who have left smoulder-
supported Mr. Churchill is rogard- ing ruins where once villages dollar, American banks have the actors with cushions.
the South African Conciliation and ambulance, and he saw peo-
ed as most improbable, especially The incident was one that could | Committed. stood, and have trampled down the been heavy buyers of gold on the
ple rushing towards the Ferry.
In view of the fact that a General as Continent, and have been freely have been passed over, salda crops of farma. They loot
He was a member of the Cobden Chown had got into a bookshop
Election is. In the ofling. they go, and have left a trail of offering dollars.
police official, as one infrequently Club, named for the Free Trader there, being later arrested by the
| thousands. death, massacring
Occurring in a theatre; but the whose daughter he married, and police and taken to the Station.
Neither is it considered likely. Nevertheless, the dollar is very management became much alarm-founder of the Johnson Club, Questioned by Mr: Kemble, wit- United Press.
that a Conservative Council meet- Arm, owing probably to the recorded, and believed that police Inter- which still flourishes. He has neas said it was common know- The complete repeal of two ing will be called, but the Conser- commercial demand.
vention was necessary to avert been a prominent Liberal, and ledge on beard that Chown was British Acts of Parliament, one vative Party's annual meeting on
member of the National Liberal
A non-Union member. The rumour peralats that M. possibly serious consequences,
When of which is the Allens. Restric- March 27 is certain to ventilate Flandin, the French Premier, has The disorder had subsided when Club since its foundation, and has Lindberg left him in Canton Read, tions Act of 1914, as far as they the grievances over the India Bill. made an arrangement to borrow the police arrived.
served on its committee since to return later with Mahoney, relate to the Free State, is pro-|-Reuter Special. 1883.
Lindberg did not tell witness that posed in the Allens Bill of 1984, "Mahoney would like to be in on the text of which was issued in this."
Anti-Jewish Feeling
SIMON SUSPICIOUS
OF IRAQ
London, Feb. 7.
short term funds cheaply in Lon- don, instead of In French banks which are anxious to invest funds at the current high short term level.
The Government and the large banks are still believed to be in disagreement regarding the long The question of growing anti-team loan policy. The opposition Semitism in Iraq has been raised in the House of Commons.
Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, stated that he regretted to say that the recent reports he had soon confirmed the development of an anti-Jewish feeling in Iraq.
He had no reason to believe, how- ever, that the Iraq Government had taken any action prejudicial to the position of the British Government in Palestine Router.
FOREIGN INVESTORS
MUST CONFORM WITH LAWS
Nanking, Fob. 7. The Commercial Law, Civil Law and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Legislative Yuan hold a joint mooting to-day for the purpose of Booking a unanimous view on the
of the banks emanates from the disire to place long term banda with the pubile, thereby earning a commission,
This dissension is stated to have caused the banks to withhold sup- port from the Bourse which ac counts for the dullness of the mar- kets-Reuter,
DEATH OF SIR E..CHAYTOR
LANDOWNER DIES ON HOLIDAY
(Special to "Telegraph");
(By Taleeraph, Comeright. Telegraphia Woo sagne Ordinamor, 1888, Received, "February 2, #am
Santa Monica, Feb. 7. Sir Edmund Chaytor, fifty-eight disputed points of joint Sino-years of age, died here suddenly foreign capitalisation of
enter
prises in China, and the legal
responsibilities involved,
to-day, victim of a heart attack.
Sir Edmund was wintaring in
CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE
MR. HU HAN-MIN'S FUTURE
Shanghai, Feb. B. The China Prosa learns that Mr. Wang Ching-wel, on behalf of the Nanklag Government, hold an other conference with Mr. Li representative of Halao-sheng, Mr. Hu Han-min, prominent southern political figure, yester. day,
He was Governor of the Lon- don School of Economics and some time ago received, the Palm in Gold of the Order of the Crown of Belgium,
S'HAI MARKET REPORT
MORE BUYERS AT· OPENING
TO BEAT HIM UP Questionted by the Magistrate. witness said he would have beaten (Continued on Page 7.)
Ready For Emergency
U.S. AWAITING COLD CLAUSE DECISION
(Special to "Telegraph")
(By Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphie Mos sdges Ordinance, 1214. Brotívud, "February 3. 10.25 8.m.).
London, Feb. 7.
Dublin
The Bill provides that the word India Held To
"allen" means person not.a clti-i zen of the Free State.
It provides that alions will have! the same right with regard to inheriting or disposing of property as citizens, but won't be allowed to own certain types of property, such as Irish ships.
Empire
NO DANGER OF SECESSION
The Minister of Justice will be empowered to make an order with
London, Feb, 7. regard to allens landing, their
Ronfirming Sir Samuel Hoare's residence, registration and om statement, made in the House of ployment.
Commons yesterday, to the effect The Government is empowered that the British Government would to exempt from the provisions of not go back on Ita · promise,
to the Act the citizens of any coun- India to grant complete Dominion try in which the citizens of the status ultimately, Mr. Elshard (Special to "Telegraph")
Free State are exempted from Austen Butler, Parliamentary the application of any correspond- Under-Secretary for India, declared Washington, Feb. 3. Ing legislation. In forec in such a that all pledges were given to India conferring with the country.Reuter Special. · within the Empire, and there- Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
fore there could be no question or Henry Morgenthau and other
possibility of India's secession from the Empire as a result of reafirma- tion of any of those pledges.
This declaration was greeted with cheers-Router.
(Special 10 "Telegraph")
Shanghai, Feb. 8. The question of Mr. Hu's co-
The Foreign Exchange Murkot operation with the Central Govern-
hore this morning is a shade ensler ment was further discussed.
Interviewed following the dis- than at yesterday's close, due to the appearance of more buyers of cussions, Mr. Ll refused to reveal exchange... the decisions roached, characteria- Some authorities anticipate that Ing the meeting as a formal ex-rates will tend to rise in the members of the Government, Mr. change of views-Reuter,
RAILWAY SHOWS GOOD PROFIT
After
immediate future, unless the Homer Cummings, the U.S. Chinose Government takes some Attorney General, announced to action, which it may be compelled the Proms that the Government to do on account of the banking is ready for any emergency in situation. A
The Foreign Exchange Market was steady at 10.00 but there was virtually no business' being done......
connection with the Gold Clause
decision.
Although the Administration Ts confident of a favourable ruling for the Government, they have already instructed the Congres sional leaders In connection with required in the event of an adverse decision-United Press.
STOP PRESS the prompt legislative action
STILL BURDENED
BY DEBT.
Nanking, Feb, 8. Last year was a prosperous one result of two hours discussion it Santa Monica with Lady Chaytor for the Tientsin-Pukow Hallway,
The first of the Tungchow was generally agreed that, except and their three daughters, and according to vernacular papore pirates, pursued beyond Blas Bay fer public utility enterprises, joint had intended returning to) Eng here. Sino-foreign investment in private land by way of the Far East, stop- Receipts for the line in 1934 to by Chinese troops and polleo, is enterprises was permissible in ping briefly in Japan, Shanghal talled over $20,000,000 with an reported to have been captured, ressate average monthly profit of from Lt. Cmdr. Besant and LL-Cmdr
LCmdr.
United Press.
SOVIET'S REFORM
STALIN HEADS
COMMISSION
(Special to "Telegraph”)
the Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphie Man paper Ordinaner, 181495 Rensivody: February 1, 14,58 4.3.)
Moscow, Feb. 7.5 U.S. BANKING BILL DAY
The first meeting of the niw}Y= Washington, Feb. 7. - elected Talk, the organisation Advocates of currency expan which will plan, Russia's political
that the Banking Bill constituted Silin a member of its presidium. slon in Congress to-day predicted reform programme, chose B the beginning of the end of the He will also be rehair
principle, but it must strictly and Hongkonghe sixth baronet," $500,000 to $600,000R S.Barry: Just returned from a private banking system, Commission whione
¡comply with the Chinese laws. Si
· Sir Edmund 19) The three committees will sub- and his hair is his only son, who However, due to heavy Indebted conference with Canton officials However, the belief was ex constitutional and me their recommendations to the war born in May 1914 Witton ness, there was little of those pro- with respect to anti-piracy work, pressed by others that the Ad- for mat Uperialstivas uss for the enactment Castle, Witton-le-Wear, Durham, fits left for constructive projects
the Bill get hot fight over of a new set of insurance and trade is the seat of the family estate of after the interest charges had were informed of the capture in ministration, will retreat when the
Canton, it is learned," laws for China-Central News, 17,500 acres.
béen met Resiter:
United
RECALLING CONSULS
MOSCOW CONSULATE ABOLISHED BY US
The