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GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS.

CHIANG TO LEAD PUNITIVE

ANTI-JEWISH

PARTY RIOTS

IN RUMANIA

1,000 Students Attack Troops.

GOVERNMENT TO SUPPRESS CUZA PARTY

Bucharest, To-day. Baulked in an attempt to rause the seige by Government troops of 100 of their com patnots who were beseiged in a barricaded residence, 1,000 Jassy student members of the anti-Jewish Cuza Party, enter- ed and demolished the home of the Rumanian Minister of interior. following the Govern ment announcement of the suppression of the Cuza organ-

isation.

The number wounded in the clash between the armed guards and the Cuza members is unknown.

most

The disturbance is significant as Jasry usually gives the lead to the rest of Rumania.

The beseiged party subse- quently surrendered.--Reuter.

LABOUR AMENDMENT

EASILY DEFEATED

Criticism Of Home And

Foreign Policy

London, To-day.

the House of Commons, yesterday, the Labour amendment the throne, to the address from condemning

the Government's

handling of affairs at Home and abroad, was rejected by 424 votes 10 59.Reuter.

U.S. BONDS

RECOVER ON

MARKETS

General Rise In Domestic Bonds.

STEEL OPERATIONS STEADY

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. By Telegraph, Copyright. Telegra

DEFENCES IN THE PACIFIC

FRANCE TO

STRENGTHEN

HER POSITION

Submarine And Seaplane Bases.

JAPANESE SURVEY ALSO ALLEGED

London, To-day. Confirmation of France's intention to strengthen her position in the Pacific is given by the report, published in

phic Meaanges dedinunce. 14. the "London Herald” to-

ceived November 28, 10.68 0.m.)

New York. To-day.

day, stating that France

Wall Street observers expect is studying a programme that the market will recover shortly due to the fact that the of seaplane and sub- United States Treasury is ex-

marine bases in the pected to handle the December financing satisfactorily. United French Pacific posses- States bonds, yesterday led a general rise in domestic bonds. sions.

Treasury certificates and Liberty Bonda gained over half a point each.

IN THE BALKANS Steel operations are steady and

Peace Pacts With Turkey.

JUGO-SLAVIA THE FOURTH

NATION

Belgrade, To-day,

the world cotton consumption has ¡increased. WORLD COTTON CONSUMPTION INCREASED The New York Cotton Exchange figures show that the world sumption of American cotton October was 1,223,000 bales

ompared with 1,196,000 bales for

год

for

Following the recent Turco- September and, 1,205,000 bales for

Greek. Turco-Rumanían Turen-Bubrarian pacts. D

October Inst year,

The world stock of collon at the

and tive- end of October, including the un-

EXPEDITION AGAINST

AIR FORCE TO ASSIST

NANKING

TROOPS WILL

FIGHT REBELS

ORDER FOR ARREST OF LEADERS.

CHIANG TO LEAVE ANTI-RED CAMPAIGN

Nanchang, To-day. Marshal Chiang Kai- The latest portrait of His shek has received in- Majesty the King. (8. & G.).

structions from the Cen- tral Government to or- ganise a punitive cam- paign against the Fukien rebels.

HEKR HITLER

FUKIEN REBELS

L.N.ER. SPEEDS $7,000,000, DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

Railway Directors Convinced Depression Is Routed

London, To-day.

Major W. H. Carver a director of the London and North Eastern Railway, yesterday told the Hull Chamber of Commance that his company had so much faith in the continuance of the upward trend of trade, which began last July, that they were speeding develop- ments costing nearly £3,000,000,-- British Wireless Service.

FROM CHINA

TO LONDON IN

+

SOUND MONEY

POLICY IN US.

NOW LIKELY

SHARP SLUMP ON WALL STREET.

SILVER DECLINES HEAVILY AS STERLING WEAKENS

New York, To-day.

A sharp slump in industrials and rails, and the low trading figure of |156,000 shares, were features of the New York Stock Market, yes terday. Several stocks plunged down 3 to 5 points.

Silver declined on the weakness This of the sterling exchange. weakness, together with the weak- ness of other commodities, la per-

THREE YEARS haps attributed to the conviction

Chinese Youth's Long Hike.

WALKED VIA TIBET, INDIA ́

AND PERSIA

P

London, To-day.

Mr. S. C. Poon, a 21-year-

LOOKS AGAIN

AT AUSTRIA. The instructions were issued to Marshal Chiang Significant Speech

simultaneously with the At Funeral. issue of an order for the arrest of the rebel lead- NAZI "MARTYR" HONOURED

ers, including Chen Ming-old Chinese, from Hopan, has Berlin, To-day, shu, Li Chai-sum and arrived London, after walking The Reichswehr soldier,

the whole way from China via Schumacher, the victim of the Eugene Chen, in Reithimwinkel Incident on the Acting on the instruction, the Tibet, India and Persia. Paris refuse to comment Austro-German horder on Fri Marshal has summoned the com

day, was given to State militarylanders of the various armies to the report.

funeral at Nurembesterday Nanchang, where a military confer According to the Brisbane cor-afternoon.

Chancellor Hitler and Gegral ende will be held early next month." respondent of tht paper, provi sion is likely to be made for Blomberg, Minister of Defence, The anti-Fakien xpedition, It large warships in new harbours, were present. The latter des learned, will mainly consist of

on

Officials circles

•

while a number of coastal forts posited a wreath on

behalf of strong detachments from the Central Government forces other are to be erected,

President Hindenburg.

than those now engaged in Chancellor Hitler, in a speech,Red" suppression in Kiangai. described Schumacher as a mar- tyr for the German cause.

The correspondent adds that Japanese vessels have nt Rome time.

been seen examining every hook and cranny of the Pacific. The Paris correspondent of the

Wan

year pact of friendship, between picked portion of the crop, was Daily Herald, upon making fur- Juga Siuvia and urkey. for

enquiries

told in 20,791,000 bales as compared with ther arbitration and conciliation, has 22.482.008 at the end of September, French official circles that the been signed by the respective 1982. United Press, per S.C. Gold matter could not possibly be dis Foreign Ministers.

cussed.

The pact provides for all differences between the two countries to be settled only by pacific means,

A permanent Commission of Conciliation, comprising ave each members, will be created.

The three country. naming one. others will be chosen, by mutual consent, from the nationals of other Powers. - Reuter

U.S. INTEREST

IN JAPANESE

COTTON TRADE

Fear Spread Of Competition.

GROWTH OF CHINESE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

(Bu Telegraph, Copyright. Telepre- phie Mensages Ordinance, 1892. Re- erived November 28, 10,58 m.)

Washington, To-day. -- United States Textile authori- ties are deeply interested in the outcome of the Indo-Japanese textile tariff conferences, as

Bar Co.

BONDS BOLSTERED BY TREASURY.

December Re-Funding

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. 48y Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra range Ordinance, 1801. crived November 28, 10.58 a.m.)

the

Washington, To-day,

The London Naval Treaty, to which France is not a party, bars Great Britain, the United States and Japan from increasing their fortl fications in the Pacific. - Reuter.

The French occupation coral islands in the

of the China Sea, Bor- situated between Indo-China,

"If millions of our fellow- tribesmen across the fron- tier were able to freely raise their voices, they would solemnly break with the mur derers of Schumacher and their principles,” he said. "The Sacrificial death Schumacher must not become source of embitterment but

dio-

Besides instituting an effective blockade of the Fukien seaporta, the Central Government military authorities are planning the patch of a strong Air Force to an- sist in operations against the rebels

border In Cheklang Fukion

dia- tricts.

of

a

a

It is learned from other sources that the Nanking Government will appoint Marshal Chiang Kai-shek

as Commander-in-Chief of the anti-

The journey took three

years.

Poon partly worked his way and was partly supported by chance friends. He has a large album containing auto- graph of notabilities whom he

met en route.

Several Chinese youths started the hike together, but only Poon persevered throughout. He intends to visit Ireland and Scotland and will then return home via America-Reuter.

source of firm faith in the tomo rebel expedition, leaving his present LANCASHIRE AND

geneousness of all Germans.” Reuter.

(Continued on Page 12). SLUM CLEARANCE IN BRITAIN.

Splendid Response By Local Authorities.

.3%. London, To-day.

post, namely, Commandership of "Red" Suppression in Kiangal.] Hupei and Hunan, to be taken up! by General Liu Chi.

The announcement of the Ap pointment will be made simul- taneously with the issue of a puni- tive order against the rebels-

Central News Agency.

Obligations Made By Rebel Government.

NOT TO BE RECOGNISED BY

NANKING.

INDIA

Disapproval Of Cotton

Agreement.

BOMBAY OFFICIALS RESIGN

on the part of speculators that the {"sound money" talkera are going to

get somewhere.

.87

The industrial average was down 351 to 95.77, while rails dropped 1.02 to 37.92. Utilities declined Lo 23.78. Boade showed atrength, rising 85 to 80.26.

INDIA'S CURRENCY

UNALTERED. Rupee-Sterling Link To Be Maintained.

London, To-day.

In the House of, Commons, yea- |terday, the Secretary for India, Sir Baume Rokst, wild there had Blan no alteration. In the Government's otter gard to the rupe, which was to maintain"a"link"with sterling: at the rate that had prevalleil since the Currency Act was passed by the Indian legislature, In 1927,-British Wireless Service.

NO DOLLAR RETURN TO OLD PAR. Industrial Production Falls.

*SPECIAL TOʻCHINA MAIL, (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telogra- phic Mensages Ordinance, 1881. Re- ceived November 28, 10.58 am)

New York, To-day, The well-known United States economist, Mr. Roger Ward Babson, yesterday said that there was little

prospect of an early return of the dollar to its old per, but he sees' in- dications that the recent declines in stocks are now about over.

While, Industrial production was off, he said that the October items, Bombay, To-day. directly connected with the standard Following the Indian mer. of living, bad distinctly progressed. chants Chamber disapproval of United Press, per 8.C, Gold Bar the recent cotton agreement be Co. cotton mill owners, Sir Man- Local Dollar Unchanged. tween the Lancashire and Indian hohandas Ranji. President of the Chamber, and Mr. H. P. Moody Chairman of the Mill Owners Association, have resigned from the Chamber, so

neo and the Philippines was official The United States Treasury an-ly announced on July 25. The oc ticipatea no difficulty in re-funding cupation of the islands caused con- to what the U. S. $727,000,000 Government aiderable speculation a obligations which mature of De-France intended to do with them,

particularly in Manila.

Regarding alum clearance, Sir cember 15.

Re-financing is expected in the The occupation aroused proteste Hilton Young, Minister, of Health, usual manner, perhaps at a slight-from China and Japan. The latter said yesterday in the House of ly higher interest.

claimed to have spent considerable Commons that of 1717 local au- The Acting Secretary of the capital in exploiting the resources thorities who had received his' eir--

Nanking, To-day, cular requiring, the submission of Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, of the island.

schemes for the total elimination, The Nanking Government has in anid thai the Government

within five years of all times and formally declared that any obliga the provision of alternative accomtions illegally entered into by the The Chamber Committee is mained steady yesterday, spot, clos odation, all but 45 had now sub Fulden rebel Government with now considering a modification of ing at 18% and forward at 18 7/16. mitted programmes or had antis-foreign countries will not be re- tion-British Wireless Service. fed him that they were taking accognised by the Central Govern-Its resolution to avert a crisis The cross rate, Lakonan Na

had bolstered the bond market BIG STOCK YARDS and bad re-purchased U. S. PARALYSED $8,748,000 in Federal securitios] through the Federal Reserve, last Preas, per S.C. week.-United Gold Bar Co.

DEATH OF FAMOUS FRENCH ACTOR.

they believe that the permanent Firmin Gemier, Ardent

obstruction of Japanese cotton goods market will intensify Jap anese-American competition · In

Shakespearean.

Paris, 7

To-day.

other world markets, particular: Firmin Gemier, the actor and ly in Latin America, where Jap theatre manager, has died from a aneso traders are now most as heart attack. tive.

Strikers Picket Chicago Yards.

Iment-Central News Agency.

ANIMALS UNLOADED BY 80 Japanese Guards Rout

VOLUNTEERS

Chicago, To-day.

The Union Stock Yards, here, the largest in the world, were paralysed by a... "strike, yesterday, when 7,000 members of the Lives stock Handlers' Union gave support to the demand for the 1929 rate of v The main entrance to the

were ickste

yarda

He was outstanding among mor There authorities" also see the dern French actors as an ardent world situation as propilions to the admirer of Shakespeare." and said growth of the Chinese: taxilla In- be one of the greatest "Shylocka" dustry for Internal needs, and an- tha French singe ever produbed, ticipate.Increased Japaness caph In recent years he devoted, bis Scores tal in Chinens mille on account of efforts towards the organisation of liver the low labour costs-United an international society of the at the yard Press, per 8. C. Gold Bar Ca": theatra, -Bentar, :

nded! by

Reuter

Manchukuo Train Bandits

Herbin, To-day, helpless and freezing passengers,

Four Japanese soldiers were killed and eight wounded. Reater.

Owing partly to the all-steel Pullman coaches, the casualties

US DOLLÁR RISKS.

The dollar shows no change to-day, opening at 1/43⁄41⁄2” Silver-pricot re-

such as the resignations would York, is £-G85.0811⁄2 - While New cause. Reuter,...

Yerk on Landon is: #-G85.89

CODE FOR LIQUOR TRADE.

Temporary Control.

Warm Springs,,To-day.j President Roosevelt yesterday

in the trans-Siberian train out mago near Taltsihar, on Sunday The train was travelling at a signed a Code establishing Govern- night, were remarkably small. speed of 50 mph, when the accident mental control of the liquor tradi Only 10 passengers were serious; occurred. The bandits had unbolt until Congress xas peri

injured; walls, altogether ed the rails and, as a result, the measures-Reffer, eight coaches were wrecked, train leapt the track and sozier-

Eighty Japanese guards re-saulted down an embankment. captured the kidnapped passen. It is estimated that about 600 gers and stormed and routed the passingers were on board at the

Fair, with fresh" north-easterly ndits entrenched in a nearby time, including Major-General Taka-

khouse, from which they had nami, - Commander of the First winds, is the forecast Issued by

murderous-fire on the Cavalry Brigida, who was uninjured, the Royal Observatory to-day.

WEATHER REPORT

200 GOLD MINERS ON STRIKE Disputes Spread In South Africa

Johannesburg, To-day. Two hundred gold miners are involved in a strike” ini. the new State areas, over the diamlasal of a miner, --- Disputes have broken out in other mines and meetings tween the mine” manageme and the underground workers pending"

Minere at Brakpan will hold strike ballot to-day.

Reuter.