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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928.
LIVELY SCENES.
How Chicago Conducts Its Elections.
"KNOCKED ON THE HEAD."
POLISH "REDS.”
Lodz Political Police Take Action.
CONGRESS CLOSED.
Policemen And Thousands Of Many Arrests Made And Documents
Volunteers Busy.
New York, To-day.
Seized.
MR. HENRY FORD.
On A Visit To London,
INTERESTING COMMENTS.
Expresses His Views On Several Subjects.
Warsaw, To-day.
London, To-day. Lively scenes have occurred at
The political police at Lodz Mr. Henry Ford is re-visiting the primary elections in Chicago have closed down the so-called London' after 16 years.
Inter- to select porty candidates for Freethinkers' Congress, which viewed, he said that he was in- various State and Federal offices, proved to be really a Communiat vestigating the possibilities of for which the final elections will be gathering attended by Commun-producing power from a big dump in November, also to choose dele-ist Deputies and well-known Com- of London refuse at Dagenham, gates for the National Party Con-munists who have been in hiding which covers one-third of 800 ventions for the selection of Pre-from the authorities; also various acres which belongs to him. sidential candidates next Summer. unidentified individuals who are He expressed confidence that Almost every policeman in the believed to be Soviet emissaries. American prosperity would con- Machinery city plus thousaṇda, of volunteers A number of arrests have been tinue, indefinitely. are guarding the polls of the rival made, and it is stated that import was the only thing to put real candidates for the governorship of ant documents have been seized. Įprosperity into Britain, which he was of opinion, was still the Illinois, Mr. A. R. E. Small, the Reuter.
centre of world-trade, present Governor, who is backed by Mayor Thomson and th: Re- |publican · faction, and Senator
Deneen.
UNRULY TROOPS.
OUT OF HAND.
The election has been quiet in most parts of the State but motor-CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S' care are filled with detectives patrolling the streets of Chicago to prevent bomb-throwing and shoot- ing.
Alderman Haffa disappeared this morning and is believed to haya
Britain was able to manufac- ture better for the continent, India and other places than any other country; and the observa- ition he believed applied to trac- MENitors for Africa, Russia and else-
1 where.
LOOTING AND BURNING.
Peking, Yesterday.
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The removal of rubber restriċ- tion would not affect his plans in Brazil. Mr. Firestone, he said, had gone to look round Liberia. Possibly they would never make
been kidnapped to prevent him; In view of the fact that certain a tyre for sale but turn the whole participating in the election. religious newspapers in Britain product wer to the manufac Several mes, armed with pistols, have expressed doubts regarding turers.-Reuter. knocked Mr. R. H. Taylor, leader the reports that the followers of
In the Fifth Ward, on the head and of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang had
carried him off in a motor-car-looted and destroyed, mission CHINA TO TURKEY.
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property in Honan, suggesting that at least Feng Yu-hsiang himself was not responsible,
Feng Yu-hsiang, best known' es the "Christian General".
TRIP FROM PEKING TO LONDON.
EXCITING ADVENTURES.
Constantinople. Yesterday. Major and Mrs. McCallum and two mechanics, who are motoring from Peking to London, have ar- rived in Europe. They travelled by ferryboat from Mudanis here. There were exciting moments in crossing the Taurus mountains where the roads were very narrow and many landslips occurred. Reuter.
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He added that the present at Reuter has made the most careful
London, Yesterday." tempt to undermine the founda-
The price of spot rubber fell to enquiries of the Canadian Presby- tions of the Empire from within, terian missionaries who evacuat-8%d. per pound in the Mincing which is influenced by radicaled Honan last spring on the ad- Lane rubber market to-day. Ideas from alien people, is more vance of Marshal Feng's Army, serious than a threat, of armed'
Until Feng's Troops Came. force from without.-Reuter.
They declare that though vari- "Wholesale arrests followed the ous armies fought over territory. discovery of an Extremist intrigue, In which their stations were which aimed at the establishment situated-northern Honan, north of a Communist Association pur-of the Yellow River-none of posing to alter fundamentally the their property was molested till social system of the Japanese Em- Feng Yu-hsiang re-entered Honan pire." There was widespread dis-last year. Since that time all tribution of inflammatory litern- their missions had been looted ex- ture during the recent General cept Wu-Han, which was the only Elections. At least 800 arrests station which had not fallen into were made and the examinationa Feng's hands. may necessitate more.
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New York, Yesterday.
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| Angora unanimously passed the The property looted includes Bill separating Church, and
State-Reuter. four hospitals in which, years ago, many of Marshal Feng Yu- fisiang's soldiers were nursed) when sick or wounded. Several schools, churches and preaching COSTES AND LEBRIX REACH chapels are also included as well las, numbers of missionaries' re-
sidences.
Wanton Destruction, Looting has been going on in-
The State Department for Educa-termittently for several months,
INDIA.
WONDERFUL FLIGHT.
Calcutta, To-day. Costes and Lebrix have ar
tion has approved of the exhibition Most houses are stripped of floor-rived-Reutere
of the film, "Dawn," except for boards and other woodwork, [Those famous French aviators a few passages including the as- some even of the roots. At least left Tokyo on Sunday at 7.80 a.m. sembling of the firing squad and one school and one residence have on a non-stop flight to Hanoi, the scene depicting the shooting of been burned. At a fine new hos-Indo-China, and duly reached a disobedient soldier,
pital at Wei-hai-wei soldiers wan- their destination at 4.45 p.m. on The owner of the rights has con- tonly destroyed thousands of Monday. Evidently they decided 4.30 p.m.sented to the required cut, although dollars worth of medicines and to proceed at once to India.]
he objects to the elimination of the other property which they could
latter incident on the ground that not carry off.
It is a question of history-Reuter
TURKISH SCANDAL,
500,000 TURKISH POUNDS INVOLVED.
EX-MINISTER ARRAIGNED.
several of whom had formerly
Canadian missionary leaders, IN BANKRUPTCY.
been personal friends of Feng NOTICES APPEARING IN THE Yu-haiang, sent a registered let ter to him, politely pointing out what was going on, and request
A “GAZETTE.”
The following notices appear in ing an investigation, and the pre- the "Gazette" vention of looting. Though a re- celpt for the letter was received, Ng Min-sau, deceased, in bank- showing that Feng Yu-hsiang ruptcy, No. 24 of 1926 Mr. Wong Constantinople, To-day., had received it, he did not Wal-chung, the trustee, notifies A Parliamentary Committee is acknowledge. the letter, and had that a first and final dividend of enquiring into the grain scandal taken no action $27.944, por cent has been declar- in which grain and flour valued at Missionaries further declare ed
£500,000 (Turkish) are involved that Marshal Feng himself had Lo Tao-lim, No. 1 of 1926-Mr. In the Irregularities and abuses, several times visited these cities L Kan-po, No. 41, Wing On-street,
A resolution has been adopted in the past few months, thus has peen appointed trustes. to the effect that Deputy Dienan showing that he was in control of Connaught Motor Car Co., No. 4 Bey, ex-Minister of Commerce, be these regions, and was able to of 1928-basbeen adjudicated arraigned before the High Court; prevent the outrage, if he desired, bankrupt and the Oncial Receiver
Reuter
appointed trustee. Reuter.
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