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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1930.

SAFEGUARDING FALL OF KWEIPING. DRAMATIC

AID TO TRADE? National Forces Enter City After Bombardment. GENERAL ATTACK.

AN TROUBLE IN SHIP'S LOAD LINE

PESHAWAR

"Dare-To-Die " Corps Repulsed By Heavy Fire.

The general attack was commenced on May 11, with Generals Chiang Kwong-nei and Yang-king of the 61st and 63rd Divisions res pectively, comprising the advance column; Generals Mao Beng-wen and Tan Tao-yuan of the 8th and 50th Divisions, respectively, as reserve. These divisions were preceded by a "dare-to-die" body consisting of 1,500 men including officers, who were the first to cross the river and responsible for the preliminary charges.

CONSERVATIVES CRITICISE THE RAIDS BY FRONTIER

GOVERNMENT POLICY.

GRATEFUL TO CANADA.

In a debate in the House of

TRIBESMEN.

"REД INFLUENCE

Captain's Answer to Charge.

EMPHATIC DISAGREEMENT.

MYSTERY SHIPS. Illicit Cargo of Opium For Far East.

LEAGUE ENQUIRY.

Geneva, Yesterday.

Business Manager,

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AMERICA JEALOUS OF JAPAN?

Hé

SENATOR'S HOPE TO CUT DOWN JAPANESE NAVY.

A much-disputed question as to

EQUALITY IN 1936 7 whether the s.8. Tin Yat was over- News has been received here of Rugby, Yesterday.

loaded on the night of April 27, a mystery ship bearing an 'illieft

Washington, Yesterday. During the course of the Senate According to a wire from General Chan Chai-tong, C.L.C. of the Commons on the estimates for 'PLANE' CRASHES IN when lying at the wharf, came up cargo of opium, valued at £250,000

again before Commander G. F. bound for the Far East "from Foreign Relations Committee's KHYBER PASS.

Hole, at the Marine Court this Western port." It is stated that examination of the London Naval' 8th Route Army, the National Punitive forces captured the city the Board of Trade, Conservative

morning. The case had been ad- the League Council is discussing Treaty, Senator Hale, chairman of of Kwelping on May 13, taking many rebels, besides war materials, members deplored the intention of the Government to allow safe-

Peshawar, Yesterday. journed on Tuesday last to enable the drug traffic. Mr. Henderson the Naval Committee in the Sen- The authorities, assisted by His Worship to make certain in- said that he had received news yes-ate, referring to the Japanese General Cha Shao-liang, C.I.C. of the 6th Route Army and his second-guarding duties to lapse, pointing

terday morning from the London question, said that apparently the in-command, General Lui Woon-yim, and Admiral Chan Chak entered to the benefits which industries the Frontier Constabulary, survestigations for himself.

liad derived from the duties and rounded Utmanzai village, the His Worship this morning in- Council. It was decided that Mr. United States, had lost whatever, the city at noon.

the effect which their removal source of the activities of the so- formed Mr. O. E. C. Marton, that, Henderson convene in London in advantage she had under the would have in increasing unem-called "Red" volunteers, and dis- having inspected the load line of July a preparatory committee on Washington Treaty in keeping

a 10-10-6 ratio. ployment. Reference was parti-armed all tribesmen, several of a ship similar to the Tin Yat, he, which all countries manufactur Japan on cularly made to the lace industry whorn were arrested. The thought that there was a case to ing narcotic drugs shall be re-hoped it would be possible to cut

"Red" volunteers are reported to answer.

presented, with a view to holding down Japan in future, of Nottingham.

Mr. William Grakam, President be attempting to paralyse com- Mr. Marton intimated that he a full conference in December to Replying to a question by Mr. of the Board of Tynde, replying,munications by cutting the wires would call Captain D. Thomas, limit production to the world's C. F. Adams, Secretary of the said that eight safeguarding and blocking roads. Recently Master of the vessel (defendant). legitimate needs.-Reuter. Navy, as to whether Japan would .

Jask for equality in 1936, Senator duties had been imposed but they unsuccessfully attempted to Firstly, however, he would inform these duties related in reality to derail a train between Nowshera His Worship that his client had reading of the disc. The sea was anything she thinks she can get." Walsh replied: "She will ask for less than two per cent. of the im- and Mardan,

been in command of ships of up to ports into this country and to less A British aeroplane crashed 8,000 tona tonnage during the past moderate, with a tide running. He-Reuter's American Service. than one per cent, of near Alimasjid, in the Khyber 16 years. He joined the Tin Tat himself estimated the lop to be ¡the

the exports. in

field Pass. The two pilots were killed, on March 16, last. of articles, wholly or mainly Air Force Reprisals. manufactured. During the time

London, Yesterday, Coincident with the develop that the duties had ef in force. ments in the Lunghai Railway the figures showed at exports question time Mr. Wedgwood zone and Northern Anhul, the had diminished and that was one Benn said he had nothing to add situation in Shantung is suddenly of the characteristics of many of to the statement on the general

new turn which is de- the safeguarded industries. taking finitely in favour of the anti- Whatever happened in the Home! Nanking coalition. Following the markets the export trade seemed He could not believe defection of Yuan Tsao Chang, to suffer. Commander of the 55th Shantung the Conservative contention that Division. General Fan Hsi Chle there had been an advance of 162 has turned, and his troops have per cent, in the home demand for effected contact with those under different classes of lace. Western

A Positive Principle. ・・ Yuan Tsae-chang in

Beyond all question, there was Shantung. Being faced with the difficult situation, General Chan a Treat majority at the last elec- Tao-yuen, the Military Governor of tion for Free Trade principles. Shantung, who remains loyal to The Government took the proper Chiang Kai-shek, has left Talaan, course and, in his view, a sound the capital of this province, for economic course, in deciding that Tai-Ning (in south-western Shan- they would allow these duties tung) with his suite.

to lapse or, at all events, would

CITY BOMBARDED.

Canton. Yesterday,

At 9 a.m. Kweiping was simul- taneously bombarded by the artil lery from the opposite bank and by the gun-boats. The Kwangsi- ites retaliated from the city spiritedly. The exchanges con- tinued without interruption until 8 p.m. It is understood that the eity was at that time guarded by two infantry, one artillery and one machine-gun battalion.,

A1 9.25 pm.

the gun-boats Chung Yuan, Chup Sun and Kin Yu left Walin for Kweiping but were fired upon by the enemy were five i below when they Kanghow. In spite of the inces sant fire by the enemy's fortress, the three gun-boats speed up stream till they reach Konghow at 10.15 p.m.

Iminediately upon their arrival, wireless messages were sent to the National forces to make the necessary prepara- tions to cross the river.

"Dare-to-Dic" Corps Failed. Upon the arrival of the gun- boats at 11.30 p.m. at Shektaui, the "dare-to-die" corps made their initial attempt to cross the river by means of pontoons, under cover of the shells from the gun-boats. However, they were successively prevented by enemy fire to reach the

The first opposite bank. three attempts falled, with heavy casualties. At this critical moment, the gun-boats and, Chup Sun steamed

Kin Yu into the

firing zone, and began to pour shells into the enemy fortress so

effectively that the advance troops were successful in reaching the opposite bank in two directions:

one from Shektsui to Tapkook and

the other from Taiwan to Samli

hui.

The barbed wire entrenchments crected by the enemy along the bank were entirely covered by

Upper West River and were ab- solutely useless

means of

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preventing the National troops from taking the city.

Rebel Remnants Retreat.

12th Division was utilised by the National Punitive forces in cross ing the river and besieging the city, which the rebels evacuated early the next morning. A por- tion of the rebels succeeded to retreat through the west gate to Sheklung in the direction of Pan-] yang.

Situation Serious.

-It is reported from other sources give no promise to continue them. that Generals. Yuan's and Fan's de- Free Trade in his judgment was, fection against Nanking has been not a negative principle but a connived at by General Chan Tac-great positive principle in force. yuen whose departure for Tsi-1 It had been suggested that Ning is reported to be for the pur-France, by possession of the pose of meeting the Northern's de: power of retaliation, had been legates.

able to get consideration which would not have been open to us. The situation in the south of Underlying the suggestion of the Honan province ís growing speeches of the Conservatives serious but hostilities have not was that we should have a re- broken out. The Nanking forces taliatory tariff as a weapon in in this direction is commanded by our hands. In his opinion that General Chiang Ting-wen and would be the worst weapon this General Ho Cheng-chun.

country could adopt. It would be disastrous to the great leading in- dustries on which this country Zepended.

Unrest in India.

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from aix to eight inches, but it was] Ex-Russlan Gunboat.

the ship's position that was reapon-i The Tin Yat, said counsel, was sible for the difficulty in reading.

In the House of Commons at formerly a Russian guabeat, and and not, in his opinion, the condi- STOP

FINE TO CLOUDY.

The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: The anticyclone is central over N.E. Japon.

A trough of low pressure still extends from Indo-China to the Indo-China to the East of Luzon.

Forecast: - N.E fresh; fine to cloudy.

Rainfall

nil

winds,

Rainfall te · 10a.m. to-day Rainfall since January 1, 18.19 inches against an average of 16.16 inches.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperatura and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock were:-

Hong Kong Macao

Temp. Humid. 76 82

76

81

Pratas faland

78

74

Manila

77

92

Amoy

72

85

Swatow Chefoo

79

86

68

78

Shanghai'

69

· 100

Troublesome Haji.

Rugby, Yesterday,

was converted a few months ago. tion of the water.

Witness added

It had a "fender" running round that he had never heard of trying

the hull, and the only way to of trying to measure the disc from inspect the dise on the ship was above, the mean draft being always to get out on this fender,

the factor accepted at sea.

The Captain would say that on

Greatly Surprised, the occasion in question the draft The mean draft of the ship taken marks showed a mean draft of 10 on the slip later proved to be 10 ft. ft. 7

inches. It was his informa- 81⁄2 Ins. I was greatly surprised at tion, from the previous captain of this” said witness, "as the late cap the ship, that the mean loaded tain had distinctly told me It was draft of the vessel was 11 feet. 11 ft." The prosecution, however, made the statement that the diac showed that the ship was overloaded to a mean of four inches.

It was agreed that when the ship left Canton for Hong Kong on the trip down, the mean draft was 10 ft. 51⁄2 inches.

Exact Reading More Difficult. On the night in question the lop of the water from crest to trough according to the defence, was from six to twelve inches, and he would call evidence to the effect that such lop made the exact reading of the disc a matter of great diffi- culty, if not impossibility.

Boarding Officer Lowe here asked the witness if he had taken any steps to verify the fact.

Witness said that he had not. The ship had always been well above her marks previously.

Pressed by Mr. Lowe as to what disc Was happened after, the inspected, witness said that he made an entry in the log to the effect that if what the Boarding Officer sald was correct, then his mean draft was only 10 ft. 6 ins.

He maintained then, and stil maintained that his ship was not overloaded, and his officers agreed with him.

Captain David Thomas, after

Clearance Withheld. stating that he joined the ship in Continuing, witness stated that March, said that they left Canton the Boarding Officer took away his

The General Practice.

Mr. Marton intimated that he

PRESS

Nanking, To-day. An official report in the Central Daily News atatea that the Government Gen- eral Fan Hai-chi has ad- vanced westward to Chia- chiang and. is now marching on Tsaochow while the Third Division under Chen Chi-chen captured Kweiteh yesterday morning,

The Central Daily News states that the Government originally desired to promul gate a new import and export. tariff on June 1, but owing to recent changes, such as', the Institution of the gold upit · ayatem, it has decided that a of the further revision schedules is necessary. There- fore the date of promulgation has been postponed.-Reuter. Auckland, N.Z., Yesterday.

The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, announces that he is retiring.-Reuter.

London, Yesterday. With 1,700,000 unemployed persons and the revelation that Empire trade has drop- ped over threó per cent. in the first quarter of 1980, ad- Free vocates of "Empire Trade" were busy yesterday. Lord Beaverbrook told a mass

"No meeting at East Ham: sone people in their senses would go on on these condi- tions. They will insist on sweeping changes, even to public changes extending men, Labour, Liberal, and Conservative." He added: "We want Empire Free Trade

now."

Mr. Baldwin, conducting a "Home and Empire campaign”. at Reading sold that safe- guarding was wanted not only at Home, but also for Imperial.

He foreshadowed purposes. that "in a short time there

will be an end of the day of Eritain's being the dumping ground for the cheap labour of the whole world."

on April 25. They arrived in Hong clearance, and after midnight he Kong next day. The ship was proceeded to unload. loaded on Saturday night, and on

Questioned by Mr. Lowe, witness Sunday evening at about 6 o'clock. said he had received a written chit Fall of Mamuchi.

witness who had been ashore, re-from him (Mr. Lowe) to the effect Hauchow, May 13.

turned aboard. The Chief Officer, that the clearance was withheld un- The National 3rd Division under

about nine o'clock, told him that til the ship was seaworthy. This General Chan Chi-cheng, captured

the ship's mean draft was 10 ft decided him to unload. Mamuch! at noon on May 12 and Reviewing the trade position, situation in India, on May 12, but 71⁄2 inches, she being 10 ft. 3 ins.

Further questioned witness stated are now pursuing the enemy to- Mr. Graham said that since the as regards the North-West Fron-forward, and 11 ft. aft. He accept emphatically "At no time did I agree wards Kweiteh. Telegraphie com-Autumn of last year the country tier, the inhabitants of certain ed this figure as quite correct and with Mr. Lowe that the ship was munications between Tangshan

overloaded." and Mamuchi have been restored. had been exposed to a series of villages which had been in com- satisfactory, he always having events which had had a profound-munication with Haji Turangzai understood that the mean loaded

Answering His Worship: In his The defeated troops of Wan ly adverse influence on our indus- had been disarmed by the Fron- draft of the vessel was 11 ft. The experience it was much easier to Taun-tsal, retreating to Kweitek, try and commerce. There had tier Constabulary supported by last Captain had told him so, and read the draft figures on the stem were disarmed by Sun Tian-ying been new tariff proposals in the troops, after aerial action on May he had no grounds to dispute it. and stern from the wharf, the angle upon their arrival.

Kweiteh is United States and unrest in India. 11. Several leaders were arrested now in a atate of utter confusion. Australia, which had a very large Hajis' son, were attacked by an was the general, practice in the

and the Lashkar, commanded by The witness continued that it of vision when reading the disc from

there being very much steeper. Due to the fall of Mamuchi, external debt, was now trying un-

Chief Officer's Version. water, due to the food of the Feng Yu-hsiang has immediately' der a very high tariff to restrict fair force on May 12. The Waziri Merchant Service to examine tha

despatched the Shangl

imports into the country and to and Lashkar tribes, numbering disc as to loading whenever a ship under Sun Tsu to this part of the encourage export to improve the 400, attacked a scout post and got to within one inch or one inch would like to call the Chief Officer, front. Sun Tsa is reported to have nosition. In Canada, however killed a sepoy on May 11. An air; and a half of her mean loading/after which he would apply for an adjournment, the Chief Engineer given the order of general advance there was a more hopeful outlook force attacked this Lashkar, marks. at midnight on May 12. The Kusand he acknowledged with grati- which, it is reported, dispersed on At 9.80 p.m. he was called and being ill at the moment. According Practically the whole of the minchun, General La Chung-lin hastade the coricessions which Cana, May 12, but on the same night told that Boarding Officer Lowsly, Mr. William Latton Forster was

The Officer called. decided to proceed to Kwelteh to

He said he had Chief Officer of da had given to this country in the post was again. attacked, wished to see him. direct the operations personally.

On the the new Canadian tariff-British necessitating fresh air action on came into the cabin and said the The Kuominchun.

ship. was

Witness the ship since January. overloaded. May. 13.-Reuter. Wireless Service. 15,000 Kuominchan under Pang

asked him what was the mean night in question he took the draft Feng-hsun, and the Cavalry Corps

draft, and the Officer gave identic-marks, the last time he did so before under Chih Yi-chi are reported to

ally the same figures, 10ft, 3 is the arrival of the Boarding Officera have arrived at Kaifeng and

Mr. Wedgwood Benn, Secretary and 11ft., with a mean draft of 10 being, he thought, about nine o'clock. for India, stated in the House oft. 7 ins..

The mean draft showed 10 ft. 7% Chengchow respectively on the

Commons that regarding the gen- The Boarding Officer then asked in. He did not recall the exact 12th,

eral situation in India, he had no-me to fools at the disc," continued figures forward and aft at the ma- Mr. Chu Ching-lan, the ex-Civil Governor of Kwangtung in 1915,

thing material to add to what the witness "This I could not do, it ment. He Innformed the Cap- who personally solicited donations

House already knew: As regard-being not physically possible for tain of this. for the purchase of supplies to re-

ed the North-West Frontier, how-

the The Chief Officer and

As to the mean loaded, draft, he lieve the present famine-striken

ever, and a particularly the tribal Chief Engineer volunteered to try, had always understood it to be 11 ft. population in Shensi, was success-

aspect of the situation, he had the however. It might have been possible He found this written in the scrap The Prince of Wales to-day following information. In Pesha- to get a measurement on the book when he joined the ship, being ful in gathering sufficient funds to cover over 10 trucks of foodstuffs, made his first public appearance war district, on the borders of the starboard side, next to the wharf, written by the previons captain. These were being transported to since his return from Africa when: Mohmand country, after the air but it was not possible on the port

A Tricky Job. Shenel but were commandeered by as Master of the Merchant Navy action taken on May 11 against side, where another ship lay along- Witness corroborated as to ins the Kuominchun upon arrival at and Fishing Fleets, he presided at Haji of Turanzai, the inhabitants eido.

pecting the disc. He was on the the Yencheng station.

the annual meeting of the Missions of certain villages in British ter Continuing witness added that starboard sider It was impossible Heuchow Military Conference to Seamen. Be was received by a ritory which had been in com- neither of the officers was satisfied to determine whether the disc was At the Hsuchow Millitary Confer guard of honour of cadets from the munication with Haji were dis that the ship was overloaded, and submerged or not, as there was a ence, held on May 12, It was de training ship Worcester. The armed by the Frontier Constabu Shanghai, Today,

possible to get accurate times the disc was submerged and cided to one the order of general Prince said that in his travels in lary, supported by troops, and they both stated that it was not top of from 6 to 12 inches, Some- General hostilities between the offensiva en May 15. Marshal the last 10 or 12 years he had seen, several leaders were arrested.

sometimes not. On the previous Nanking troops and the Shanal-Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the more than most people, the need The Lashkar, collected by Haji's

night the mean draft was six inches Kuominchun allied forces are pro- 1st Training Division to mass at for the kind of society that the son, was attacked by the Royal however, the Dattakhel post was leas, "but the ship was going down gressing rapidly following, the | Hauchow. Incidentally, this Missions provided. Our sailors Air Force again on May 12. In again attacked and air action was on Sunday night, what with pas Capture of Mamutai, to the West Division forms" the principal needed help not on the deep watera northern-Waziristan on May 11 again necessary on May 13.-Bri-sengers coming aboard, and so on." of Heuchow on the Lunghai Kall strength of the National Punitive of the ocean, where they were past Waziri Lashkar tribes, 400 tish Wireless Service...

In cross-examination, witness would not agree that he concurred Another Adjournment. way by the Nanking forces. forces and will be personally masters, but in the crowded slum strong, attacked the Tochi scout Salt Volunteers Arrested,

Re-examined by Mr. Marton, wit-, directed by the President Cantonfo in the harbours they visit post at Dattakhel. One scout Bombay, Yesterday. with Mr. Lowe that the disc was News Agency. At

British Wireless Service.

sepoy was killed The Royal Air According to the publicity off submerged. Neither at 12.40 am, Déss said that he read the mean Force attacked this Leshkar but cer of the Villenarie Satyagraha did he express satisfaction that the draft at 9 o'clock. The quarter Nanking, Yesterday

desultory firing on the post con- Committee, a hundred, and afty vessel's was down to her marka, magter wrote it on the slate. The Chang Wai-chang, the comman- Political Council this morning, tinued during the night of May eight salt volunteers were arrest-after discharging some cargo lop was irregular and 12 Inches from troops, who, lost)

the der in chief of the aviation equa Chang Hsuch-lang, was appointed 11. On May 12 the Lashkar, was ed in the course of a raid on the Witness calculated the draft after creat to through at its maximum.✨✨ Naningclide in the preliminary dron, left this morning by aero- Vice-Generalissimo of the Chin-reported to be dispersing, and, salt, depo

Yas, dicharged at 10 ft. 5% The hearing was adjourned to Hughesymptom Tuesday, May 20, when the evidence Feng's and plane for Hankow.

ese armies and aviation forces therefore no furt

stinued at foot of next column.) of the Chief Engineer will be taken.

One contingent of the Inaur- genta stationed in the vicinity of Konghow, hearing the news of the fall of Kwaiping, Immediately fled to Szewang, with the troops under Chu Wal-chun and Chow Sun- ming close on their heels-Can- ton News Agency.

WAR IN THE NORTH.

Northern Defeats Not Significants.

[From Our Own. Correspondent.]

The Northerners defeats in Northern Anhui and in the Lung

hai Railway one are not regarded

as a serious blow to the Shansl-

Kuominchun, position as the

engage

Air Commander

JACK ASHORE,

Prince of Wales on the Needs of Sailors.

AVOIDING THE SLUMS,

At a meeting of the Central Reuter

Rugby, Yesterday.

me.

tion took Sixteen:

the

an

coll

On the other hand Mr. Philip Snowden, speaking at the banquet of the British Bankers' Association. after referring to 29 per cent, drop in United States exports in 1980 and unemployment in the United States, said: "much more serious than that can be gathered by occasional references fh the British Fress." He aald he was sure .that the high tariffs, "perhaps in no amal degree," wero responsible for the depression In world trade.—Reuter,

Washington, Yesterday. Congress has approved of the transfer of Prohibition enforcement activities from the Treasury to be Depart mant of Justice which Presí- dent Hoover requested for the purpose of strongthening the machinery to enforce the dry law.-Reuter's American Ser-

vice.