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PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
COASTAL STRIKE.
A DIAMOND RING.
PASSPORTS FOR CHINA
B
GENEVA ENDS.
No Agreement at Naval Conference.
AMERICA AND CRUISERS.
British Demands For Light Craft Not Opposed,
U.S.A. SETS OUT CASE FOR HEAVY VESSELS WITH BIG GUNS.
The Geneva Conference on Naval Armament Limitation con- cluded its sittings yesterday. No agreement was reached between the respective Powers-Great Britain, Japan and the United States. At the final session the chief delegates of all three outlined their country's proposals. From these it is seen that the stumbling block has been Britain's refusal to agree with America's demands for a large number of heavy cruisers with eight-inch guns..
The conference ended on a friendly note, and efforts are to be made to stage another before the date fixed by the Washington Treaty, which is in 1931.
MR. BRIDGEMAN'S OFFER.
Geneva, yesterday. The conference on the Limita- tion of Naval Armaments has adjourned sine die.
A considerable increase in the offensive strength of the world's fleets. Mr. Bridgeman concluded
a
Report of Agreement In Shanghai.
CONCILIATION BOARD.
Hawker Who Tried To Withheld By the Indian
Pawn It.
Government.*
NO CRIMINAL ACT,
Officers And Engineers To Be Larcency Charge Against Man And
Re-Engaged.
Wife Fails
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by emphasising that if no com- delegates are now assembled to Japanese Proposal Rejected. mon formula was acceptable to all draw up a joint statement, which The Japanese proposal was parties, there was no spirit of an- will be read after the plenary finally rejected when the naval tagonism. The three Powers had session-Reuter. .experts pointed out it was im-indicated still leas that competi- possible to accept at a limitation tion in new construction was in- conference a proposal mentioning neither the tonnage nor calibre of guna.
Hope Abandoned.
The Joint Statemand. -
was opened at Geneva. The statement concludes with a com- mon declaration of friendship and mutual understanding among the three Powers. At the opening of the conference Mr. Gibson (Amer- ica) declared that agreement could not be reached.
Earlier Than 1931.
tended:
life of this treaty of a small num-tered..
might the owner of the ring went
* Son Approached -
would resume when she returned Mr. Hind-argued that coercion home.
The point was left over until and the main issue had been con- the
The complainant's son said
ber of eight-inch cruisers, despite The declaration sets, forth the fact that such apprehensions the divergent views on this ques are amply covered by the propos- tion. It states
that various
"
HONG KONG AFFECTED.
Representations By Local Merchants.
“ARMISTICE ENDED.
Premier Pan-Fu's Abortive Trip To Tsinan.
ADVANCE ON PUKOW.
Shantung Troops Take Pengpu & Move Southward.
YEN HSI-SHAN'S ATTITUDE HOLDING UP MUKDEN OFFENSIVE:
The armistice negotiations between the Mukden and Nanking
delegates have broken down, Chang Tsung-chang refusing to join the parties.
TROOPS SPLIT AT NANCHANG.
Chang Held Up..
GOODS AEROPLANE.
AMERICA "TO HAVANA SERVICE.
Detroit, yesterday. The first goods-carrying aero-, plane ever built for service in the United States, outside the scope
during the next couple of months
It is not expected that the of the Ford airlines, has started
for Hartford via New York, Mukden forces will take the offen- It is being used by the Type- sive on the Péking-Hankow line
writer Company for the delivery owing partly to the still doubtful attitude of Yen Hal-shan and
"Well, as you know, we are de partly to the unanimous request pendent on Indians to implement and Honan to be left alone during of the populace of South Chihll
Retter.
Troop Movements.
There have been considerable
Hankow, yesterday.
Hankow within the last two days. troop movements down-river from
British Naval Wireless.
of typewriters on a first regular air business trip from the United States to Havana.
The machine is a giant Ford
three-engined transport model,-
miles, and capable of carrying a load of 24 cwts. Reuter's American Service. *
200 TRAPPED.
It is understood that a cable has
The case was concluded before According to a message from been received from Shanghaf in Mr. R. E. Lindeell at the Central Calcutta the Government of which it is stated that a proposal Magistracy this morning, in India has replied to the letter of has found favour for instituting which a licensed hawker of Kow- Mr. T. C. Goswami on the question conciliation board on which the toon City was charged with of the proposed medical mission China Navigation Co. officers larceny by finding of a diamond to China stating that the request and the Agents will be equally ring worth $200, the property of involves considerations which are represented, the officers in the a Chinese merchant recently re- pot confined to India. Steps have Shantung forces are on the move southwards, and are reported meantime being received back turned from Panama and his wife been taken to ascertain the prac- to have captured Pengpu. It is likely that Pukow will be re-attacked. into the Company's employ on with attempting to pawn the ring tical bearings of the situation in new agreements,
The Tientsin Pukow railway line likely to be the main war, at the San Yun pawnshop in China on this proposal. As soon Local officials of both Guilds Graham Street, Hong Kong.
as the information has been re-theatre for some while as it is doubtful if Chang Tso-lin will make a and Company remain uncom- Sergt. municative as to the negotiations woman in the pawnshop on the will be in a position to answer
Fitches found the ceived the Government of India move from his northern retreats for a couple of months. proceeding in Shanghai relative morning of July 31; and as she his letter. to the strike.
was unable to give a satisfactory, Questioned this morning re- Early Settlement 7
explanation as to how she came garding the medical mission re- Striking members of the C. N. into possession of the ring she ferred to in the foregoing para- Company, seen this afternoon, was arrested. At three o'clock graph Mr. G. P. Daswani, mana- were optimistic regarding the the same day her husband was erger of the Pioneer Silk Stors (and
Shanghai, to-day. reduced to 300, to cause a disturb outcome of the negotiations in rested in Kowloon City and late Editor of the "Swatantra," Shanghai. An early settlement is brought to the Central Station Hyderabad-Sind); stated to a A Peking message states that ance but were driven off. expected.
Two of the defenders were kill- "China Mail" representative that Premier Pan Fu's recent mission He then claimed to have found 300 applications had been made to Tsinanfu to secure Generaled and. six of the attackers the ring. At 10 pm, that same for passports on behalf of that Chang Tsung-chang's adherence wounded
• Chao-Hein Chu. to Central Station And Identified mission, including a number of to the tentative agreement reach-
Nanking, yesterday. the ring as his property
women. As a consequence, said ed between the Nanking and morning, Mr. W. B. Hind, for India had stopped the issue of all abortive and the allegarded as Minister of Foreign Affairs at
When the hearing resumed this
Mr. Daswani, the Government of Mukden delegates was clearly Chao Hein-chu, ex-Minister at
Rome, has been appointed Vice-. the defence, submitted that the Passports for China and Hong tiations are generally regarded as Individual Statements.
woman had no case to answer as
Kong.
Nanking-Reuter, an an end. Rugby, yesterday.
"What about other members of The Ankuochin leaders feel The Naval Limitation Confer-of her husband,
she had acted under the coercion the Indian community in no way that Nanking is faced with dla America's View.
ence at Geneva caine to an end
connected with the proposed medi-integration. Mr. Hugh Gibson, in a state this afternoon, having failed to thought coercion ceased as soon to Hong Kong or China?"
Mr. Lindsell said that he cal mission who desire to come It is officially stated that Shan- ment on behalf of the American reach an agreement,
tung troops have occupied Peng- At the as she left the house and was no All hope of agreement has been delegation, said he was greatly plenary sitting the chief British, longer in her husband's pre- ment of India is making no dis- southward. It is thought possible "Unfortunately the Govern- pu and are, advancing further abandoned. The principal dele impressed by Sir Austen Cham-American and Japanese delegates sence. There was nothing to tinctions, merely intimating that they may shortly try to re- gates have now assembled to draw berlnin's recent declaration that each made a statement of its case, up a joint statement which will an Anglo-American war was al-after which an agreed joint de compel her, to take the ring acno further passports can be issued capture Pukow, be read after the plenary session ready outlawed in the hearts of claration was read and adopted.
ross harbour and attempt to dis- for China until further notice." both nations, "We give our This joint declaration state pose of it: af fagyas The joint statement mentions thorough endorsement to this." that on many important questions
"Why do you use the term 'unfortunate'?" all the points on which agreement he added, "but we find it difficult provisional agreements had been
fering with the legitimate busi "For this reason its inter has been reached and where there to reconcile the British convic-made. These points of agreement has been failure. It shows that tion that war ia outlawed with related particularly to the limita-
ness of the Indian merchants in the three Powers have agreed to their unwillingness to recognise tion of
Hong Kong and China”. - destroyers adjourn the present conference our right to build a limited num-submarines and it was not sidered.
"In what way"*7 until an "opportune time" to re-ber of the type of ship we desire until the conference took up sume work. In the meantime because they fear the problemati- question of limitation of cruiser they lived in Kowloon City. On our staffs, all the Indian shops the harvest. The Tientsin-Pukow with a speed of 120 miles an hour they will continue the study which cal possession by us during the class that difficulties were encoun-July 30 while he was flying a and firma having practically only line is therefore likely to remain and a cruising radius of 500
kite, the male accused came to Indian assistants. In a large num him and asked him to get his ber of cases--here as well as in the main theatre of operations. ed political clause releasing the methods had been considered of fused to do. He knew that his soon expire), and naturally other father's receipt for the purchase China-the agreements of these of a diamond ring, which he re-assistants have expired (or will signatories from the obligations reconciling them, but while mater father had lost a diamond ring, Indians must be expected to take. of the Treaty."
ial_progress had been made and Large Ships Wanted. points of divergence reduced, no so he communicated the conversa- their places."
"But surely the Indian Govern- Mr. Gibson continued: "We are mutually acceptable plan had been tion to his father when he return- The declaration adds that the unable to understand why in a found to reconcile British and ed home. The father then went ment would grant passports in delegates have agreed to recom- time of profound peace Britain American claims.
and made a report at the Kowloon such cases!? mend to their respective Govern-deems a considerable programme
The delegates had therefore City Police Station, ments that the conference pro- of naval expansion. absolutely deemed it wise to adjourn the con- The complainant said that he cannot keep assistants, whose vided by the Washington Treaty vital. We indicated our willing-ference with this Trunk statement lost the ring on July 23. He did terms are up, here indefinitely; should be held earlier than August, 1931, in order that the de. ness to make the most substantial of respective views and to sub not inform the police, but had and still we are precluded from Wang Ching-weo have left for sion in the West Kentucky Coal
modifications respecting cruisers mit the problem for further con-made extensive enquiries among bringing up fresh men by the de- cisions reached might be enforced in order to meet the British clairus sideration of their governments in the people in the vicinity, and cision of the Indian Government before the capital ship construc- regarding the number of vessels. the hope that consultations be had visited all the pawnshops in to withhold all passports for cently reported to have effected a [General Chow Peo-teh was re- tion programme .commenced in
Any further concession would tween them might lead to an early Kowloon City. He did not report China." November, 1981.
have involved complete surrender solution. Further the delegates to the police until July 30 when
| reconciliation' with Chiang Kai- "Roughly, how many men are shek.] Cruiser Problem.
of the right to build ships respon-agreed to recommend to their re he received information from his affected here"? The statement says that the give to our needs. We never con- spective governments the desir-son. Then he was referred to
It is reported that the troops at difficulties experienced in dealing tested that the requirements of ability of arranging between the Central Station, where he or thirty, but of course vacancies south of Poyang lake) have split "There may be between twenty Nanchang (below Kluklang, to the with the cruiser class prove a Britain could best be met by num- signatories to the Washington recovered his ring. problem such as to render an ad- bera of vessels, but America's Treaty that a conference should
are always occurring from causes into Communists and anti-Com- other than that of the expiration munists.-British Naval Wireless. journment desirable until the
geographical position and lack of be called pursuant to paragraph First accused said he found the of contracts. These vacancies Governments have had an oppor- bases require the larger type of two of Article 21 of that Treaty ring on July 23 on the path lead-must always be filled immediately
Trouble at Lungwha. tunity of further considering the cruiser with a longer cruising and that it should be called earlier ing up to the Hau Wong Temple.usually by a cable sent to our
Shanghai, yesterday. question and-the various methods
than August 1931 contemplated He wore it on his finger until head offices or agents in India." suggested for its solution. The
under the terms of that instru- July 31, and did not make any The position, then. I take it, is reports that either on Monday or The "North China Daily News" conference closed in the most
ment in order that any decision attempt to conceal the fact from that the Indian merchants are Tuesday night a party of armed friendly atmosphere after a few Mr. Gibson concluded by recall-reached by such a conference his friends that he had picked it faced with the alternative pros-men, believed to be ex-troops of FTEMS FROM TO-DAY'S POLICE complimentary words by Mr. Ing the proposed political clause might come into force before the up. When up to July 31 the ring pect of having over forty assist Sun Chuan-fang, endeavoured to Bridgeman and Admiral Saito in and said: "We are so confident capital ships construction pro- was not claimed, he decided to ants kept here against their will take advantage of the fact that favour of Mr. Gibson, who return that nothing in the American gremme commenced, namely in pawn it as he was hard up. He or forty vacancies which you are the troops at Lungwha had been ed thanks.
policy could give ground for con- November of that year. cern that we felt no hesitation in
gave it to his wife to pawn, and powerless to fill" ? Britain's Statement.
The declaration concluded as she was coming to Hong Kong That is exactly the position." Mr. Bridgeman, at the opening auggesting the clause." He sug-The delegates trust the measure to collect pig wash, she took it to Why cannot you allow these of the plenary conference em-gested that the subject should be of agreement, reached as well as a pawnshop across the harbour assistants to go back to their phasised that, speaking on behalf dealt with on higher and broader the work which has been done in and was arrested.
country and fill their places tem- seriousness of the disabilities of the Governments of Britain, grounds.
Japanese Statement.
classifying their respective post- Mr. Lindsell found that the porarily, by men of other races" under which we are suffering and India and Dominions, he was glad
tions will make it possible, after prosecution did not prove that at "That would be most detrimen- 50 lead to a cancellation of the the conference was able to agree Admiral Saito explained that consultation between the govern- the time of finding the ring the tal to the special business in order relating to passports so far as regards the question of guns the Japanese agreed to the Briments, to find a basis for reconcil- male accused knew the owner of which we are engaged and also be as that concerns the bona fide em- water pipe, a Chinese fell from While cleaning a chocked waste borne on destroyers and sub-tish figures for 10,000 ton cruisers ing divergent views and lead to the ring, or had any reason to contrary to the custom of Indian ployees of Indian firma or the theroor, of No. 62. Catchick marines; but, regarding, tonnage, and also to the British plan for early conclusions of agreement for think that the owner might be merchants who naturally desire to wives and families of Indian re Street, Kennedy Town yesterday. said the size agreed to in each submarine-limitation. He declar the delimitation of auxiliary-naval found: Therefore he could not engage assistants from their own sidents already here. case exceeded the British figures, ed there still remained apparently vessels which will promote sub-convict him of larceny by finding. country. Men of other races everting to the matter of and face which necessitated his
He received injuries to his head. Referring to the cruiser pro- insoluble Anglo-American differ- stantial economy and which whilst in discharging both accused, could not possibly learn our busi- the proposed medical mission from blem, he said that although the ences, mainly as regards cruisers safeguarding national security; Mr. Lindsell, said that while theness in a short time, and too much India to China, Mr. Daswani, rempit to the Government Civil ed a number of small cruisers calibre thereon. Japanese views confidence and good understand responsible; still, he had done training other races with Indiang tion you have put to me. Bub Kennedy Town yesterday, they failed to understand the rea were not entirely in accord with ing."
Falling into anullah in sons for the American delegation the British, therefore the Japan- In stating the British case Mr. Wrong in that he did not take the
In what is purely an Indian store from what I learn from the In- dentanding 80
many large ese had made a compromise plan Bridgeman, First Lord of the Ad-ring at once to the police.co Wo not make for concord and dian papers, this mission want to Chinese hind to go to the Govern cruisers, or so many eight- which was rejected.miralty, recalled how the British returned to the complainant.
The ring, was ordered to be
discipline in business,
come to China to carry on work ment Civil Hospital to have in "Have you or the Indian merakin to that of the Red Cross So juries to his Head and legs at chants taken up this matter with ciety. Personally, I think that intended to. fat per the Indian Government 7 theory it is not a bad idea not harm
A Chinese supervisor employed The Hindu Merchants Asso- only in regard to China but, in re- clation are submitting their case gard to other countries where by the China Provident, Loan and to the Government of Hong Kong there may be war or anything a Mortgage Company has reported as the natural channel through the nature of a national calamity to the police that some time be which to make representations to cannot understand, however, tween 4 p.m., on July 25 and 1 The why they should desire to come to P., on the 25th two boxes con- Faistuining woollen, and cotton cloth
radius."
The Political Clause..
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. Accused's Story.
"No-that is our trouble. Wel
Split in Forces.
Kiukiang, yesterday. Generals Chow Peo-teh and
Hankow.
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MINE DISASTER IN AMERICA.
Henderson (Kentucky),
yesterday.. "Two hundred miners-have been trapped as the result of an explo
Company's mine at Clay. death roll at 75.-Reuter's Ameri-
The first reports estimate the
can Service.
Previous Catastrophe. Rescuers equipped with gas. bodies.. Survivors declare that masks have already recovered 16 the explosion was the result of ä faulty shot in the workings. In the same mine in 1917 a similar catastrophe resulted in 67 deaths Reuter's American Ser- vice.
REPORTS
Receiving a scalp wound as the
result of a stout bamboo pole fall- ing on his head from a house under construction in Queen's Road Central, a Chinese was yes- terday taken to the Government Civil Hospital.
British explained why they want and especially regarding gun will promote a feeling of mutual man was not held criminally valuable time would be wasted in what is your opinion of it? Hospital.
them, In any case, the "This, is a very difficult ques-
inch armed ships, a
No Antagonism.
* Admiral Salto concluded by re- delegation" found themselves In gretting the absence of a definite marked disagreement with the
He pointed out that Britain agreement, but declined to view American delegation on the sub
winds, light
had not complained of American the outcome of their efforts as a ject of cruisers. He said: We FINE WEATHER superiority in destroyers and failure or a breakdown for he was have been told our respective submarines. The British pro convinced that attempts to limit navies should be maintained, at
South or yar posals entailed far greater extravagance and "competition by the lowest level compatible with Anells the off Bavings than the others and he formal agreement as are limited national security, and we proceed-
Tuntil understood they were in the main practice by commonsense, ed to explain quite plainly what not opposed by the Japanese. He should continue and would even was our problem in this respect: added he was unable to agree with tually succeed R
We gaid it was, numbers
and a limit quir the American claim for eight Hope Abandoned.
could Inch guns on second-class cruisers,All hope of an coment has be put upon the numb
she believed it would results been abandon The principal
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