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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH,

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SECOND OPIUM CONFERENCE.

NO STATISTICS IN CHINA:

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Gæseva, December 2nd.

The various sub-committees of the Opium Conference again assembled, to-

AVASTLY IMPROVED CONDITIONS | day.

ANTICIPATED..

Luspo, December 3rd.

Progress was slow, owing to the num- ber of speeches during question time,

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THE US, BUDGET.

NO REDUCTION IN TAXES.

ECONOMY CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE,

THE CIVIL WAR IN CHINA

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

'TO OUST THE TUCHUN Or

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WASHINGTON, December 2nd. President Coolidge, in his Budget Message to Congress, says that sur- plusses totalling 107,184,000 are expected

SHANGHAI, December 2nd." for the present year, and 373,743,000

With Shanghai and Tientsin as centres. for the fiscal year 1929. He advised

In concerted movement to drive out Chi against any further tax reduction at pre-Hsieh Yuan, Tuchun of Kiangani, kas sent until the result of the latest legialabeen inaugurated by the Kiangsu factions

throughout the country. omy campaign would prepare for a fur ther reduction of taxes. The Govern ment's receipts for the fiscal year 1993 will be $3,602,000,000, and expenditurs 83,131.000.000, compared with the estim-tender his resignation to Feking.

The Chinese Press denounces Chi ates for the-next fiscal year of *3,841,000,000 and $3.987,000,000, respeChekiang hostilities,

Esich Yuan for instigating the Kiangsu tively..

Manufacturing interests are anticipating within which the opium-producing coun- welcome ineresin in trade from the tries were able to supply statistics onion is known. A continuance of the econ Angle German treaty, which, according their total production, which led to a to published forecasts, grata Great two-hour discussion in which the Chinese Britain the lowest German tariffs on all delegate, declared that China did not possens any statisties, inasmuch as opium cultivation was prohibited in Chiņa

essential. British products, notably tex- tiles and motors, and gives a freedom of opportunity for British services, liko ship- pigs, banking sad insurance. The last mamed is regarded as particularly valu- able in view of the precarious condition of any German insurance concerns.

PROGRESS VERY SLOW

It appears doubtful at the present tate of propress whether the Conference will conclude its business,

The American delegation have arranged

In return Germany secures from Brithin to sail for home on December 18th.

promise to repeal all exienemy aud

discriminatory legislation, involving sub-

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stantial moral and material advantages

THE HOME PARLIAMENT.

. MR. WHITLEY RE-ELECTED &

SPEAKER.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING

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DISPUTE.

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LESS FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE-

The President draws attention to the estimates for the national defence for the coming year of $549,000,000,000, reduction of #99,000,000, compared with the current year. He expresses the op- inion that a further reduction is possible without weakening the national de

world is no longer in international com

visce have despatched telegrams to Chi Numerous organisations within the pro- Haich Yuan demanding that he should

[FROM TH "PAILY BULLETIN."]

CHANG TSO EIN AT TIENTSIN.

PEKINO, December 2nd., Chang Tso Lin, accompanied by Chang Hauch Liang and Yang Yu Ting, chief

of Heilungkang, and other members of of Staff, and Wu Chen Sheng, Governor

his staff and bodyguard, Jeft Peking for

1924

- CANTON NEWS,

· [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT-]

TARKATENED STRIKE OF SALT JUNKS.

Canton may sdon suffer a salt Tammine,

if the crews of the salt carrying junks carry out their threat to go on, strike unless their demands for higher wages are complied with by the salt merchants The authorities, are supporting the Sait Commissioner, who is siding with the salt merchants. The latter complain that the high taxation and the presence of pirates and bandits in the province has made trade very unprofitable...

THE CENTRAL BANK” NOTES. Eght native banks in Canton, headed by the Hung Hing and the Wing Shun Bank notes of the Kuomintang Party, Banks, have agreed to accept the Central

and for small sans they will cash these notes.

A PARDON.

LATE SIR PERCY SCOTT. AMERICAN FLAG OFFICER'S APPRECIATION.

- Rear-Admiral A. P. Niblack, USA (retired) wrote to The Furut and Mite

Recon, the following appreciation learning of the death of the"late" Admiral Sir Percy Scott:- B.N. (retired), will be distinctly felt in The death of Admiral Sir Percy Scott, the United States Navy, where he was regarded as one of the greatest arsillery. fact that, during the Spanish-American officers of modern times. It is a curious War in 1838, all of the newer ships of the US. Navy had their guns fitted with telescope sights, in spite of which naval gunnery was shamefully poor, but it was Doc until, subsequently the then Capt Perey Scott, R... commanding H..S. Terrible, demonstrated the principle of

continuous aim,and, with the aid of

payal gunnery training. the dotter, the Morris tube," and

spotting." practically revolutionibu

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It was not until November, 1907, that the U.S. Navy took up his ideas, when I became the first Inspector of Target Practice on my return from a cruise in. Mr. Li Yao Hon, a former Civil Goythe Philippines. A year later Lieut.- ernor of Canton, now residing at Hong Com W. S Sims, U.S. (now rear- kong, was ordered to be arrested by Dr. duties in this connection, and whole- admiral, retired), relieved me of my

Sun a year ago for having opposed Bol-heartedly put the ideas of Sir Percy shevism. He has lately fixed up matters U.S. Navy. It is also a very curious fact Scott thoroughly into practice in the with Sun or his representatives and is that the principle of director Bring now free.

petition in naval construction of major Tientsin at four o'clock this morning heDISASTROUS FIRE AT CANTON.Percy Scott system ia the

units. Amerion is concerned primarily with maintaining an adequate prepared- train.

ness.

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and incidentally permitting the employ-STRIKERS HOLD UP STEAMERS fences. The nation is at peace, and the ment of Germans or British ships, ip regard to which some protests are already

MELBOURNE December 2nd. audible.

Negotiations, are proceeding to settle the waterside dispute, but, according to Reuter's correspondent at Freemantle, the situation is serious. The striking sea- men prevented the departure of the steamer Gorgon for Java, and they re- FORMAL OPENING ON THE zu..

fused to permit chartered vessels of the LONDON, December 2nd..

Commonwealth Line to use the port. This week's proceedings in Parliament The Labour Ministers condemn the will be confined to the election of the methods of Mr. Walsh president of the Speaker and the swearing in of the mem-seamen's union, who has gone to Perth bers of the House of Commons.

$30.000.000. H.M.in response to a summons from the West the King will formally open Parkament Australian Ministry.

on December 8th,"

1ster.

Mr. J. H. Whitley has becu unanimously re-elected Speaker of the House of Corn-)

mons.

CERMAN ELECTORAL

CAMPAIGN.

ANOTHER COALITION PROBABLE

BERLIN, December air.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE,

NO AWARD THIS YEAR

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CHRISTIANIA, December 2nd": The Nobel Committee of the Storting have decided that the Peace Prize will not be awarded this year.

DUTCH MINISTER AT CAIRO.

THE HAGUE December 2nd,

The police only received instructions to guard the railway station at one o'clock this morning,

Six trains are being prepared to con vey the remainder of the Fangtien troops

The major terms in the Budget for 1926 and 1993, respectively, are:-interest public debt. $800,000,000 and $865,006,000; reduction of public debt. $185.000,000 and And $172,000,000; War Department to Tientsin. $330000,000 and $347.000,000: Navy. $20,000,000 and 8313,000,000; Veterans' Bureau. 8405.000.000 and 2485,000,000; and Shipping. Board $24,000,000 and

15 PASSENGERS INJURED.

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OVER A HUNDRED HOUSES DESTROYED AT WONGSHA.

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A GHEAT NAVAL GUNNER.

reversed the whole idea of ** continuous aim," and our Navy was a little slow în taking it up because of the limited success of the dimctor, firing installation on the U.S.S. Delaware. As commanding officer of the "U.8.8. Michigan, in 1914, I undertook the installation and development of the present director firing system in the A disastrous fire, in which over one United States Navy with a periscope sub- hundred houses were destroyed, occurred stituted for the master telescope sight, but director &rirg, in its successful ap at Wongsha near the Railway station at plication, received its practical demon- about 2.30 pm on the afternoon of the stration from the brain and at the hands

jof the lata Admiral Sir Percy Scott. Mist instant. Assisted by a strong north wind, the fire, which started, in a fish DEPARTURE PREMEDITATED.

monger's shop, raged furiously and soon w uca of him during the time be In 1920, as Naval Attaché in London, Chinese officials assert that Chang Tao spread all over the adjacent premises. was writting letters to the Press attack- Lin's departure was promediated, Tuan says the Canton Grizette, Most of the ing the battleship, and, as the US Navy Chi Jui and Chang Tso Lin thinking that houses damaged were, occupied by fish struction and the British Navy had none, then had sixteen capital ships under con-

the position was sufficiently secure for mongers and transportation agents. was anxious to fathom the PSSODE the latter to return to Manchuria, and The transportation companies suffered which led one of the greatest artillerists of modern times to deny, the efficacy of heavily, as owing to labour difficulties and the gun in favour of such projectiles of the congestion of railway traffic, large minor accuracy as the aerial bomb ard quantities of merchandise were stored in the torpedo, because the attack on the battleship was an attack on ali combat- their premises.

aut surface ships carrying guns. If al At Wongsha is located the termicht countries gave up battleships and limited station of the Canton-Hankor Railway, types of ships to not over 10,000 tons die placement, the cruiser would simply, be- the fish market and numerous express come the capital ship. The gun, owing Companies which undertake the trans- to its deadly accuracy, its enormous portation of goods to and from Shiukwan destructive power of its projectile, must range, and the terrible penetrating and The explanation of Chang Tso Lin's and Canton. The fire destroyed practi- remain the supreme weapon of all war...... departare seems to lie in the fact that enlly the entire fish market and only left fare. his position in Peking had become too #few transportation offices unharmed.

I could ever solve the mystery of whas the Tate Admiral Sir Percy Scott had in precarious. Ever since his arrival, the A large number of house-boats moored in mind, or what vision he had into the fu members of his staff have been impressing the neighbourhood, which could not not ture of naval warfare, that should have led him by auccessive steps. frame upon him the danger of the situation, as be moved way in time, was also burned. creating continuous aim to Feng Yu Haiang's any greatly out The station building for a time was passed out jn favour of director.

threatened. But for the heroic efforts of Bring and

to the gun itself mimbered the Fengtien forces.

the railway men, the station building and passed out (so to speak). It may be that

he will be justified in time, but, to my" railway sheds would also have been des mind, the explanation in this case, and troyed.

all similar ones, is that inventors? must dream dreams

ATLANTIC LINER'S ROUGH TRIP. CEVIATHAN 24 HOURS LATE. szeret exit was merely a precaution against personal danger, but this is gene Irally considered unconvincing.

Chang Tso Lin's departure will leave Peking at the mercy of Feng Yu Haiang's group unless he remains at Tientsin.

PEKING TOO DANGEROUS. FOR

New York. December 2nd. The liner Leviath arrived 24 hours Jate after the worst Alantic voyage in her history.

The liner encountered the fury of a north wind which was blowing at a velocity of 100 miles an hour. Hage waves broke over her towering bridge

Fifteen passengers were injured.

The electoral campaign nor drawing It is learned that M. Van der Goes, to a close has yielded uncommonly little Minister at Lisbon, will shortly be ap-deck.

pointed Minister at Cairo, in succession excitement. No party has produced an effective slogan," while the weariness to M. Van Limburg Stirum. from repeated elections is expected to be

A DUTCH WORLD FLIGHT. reflected in a small poll. The portents at present point to the continuation of a NEW PROJECT WITH SEAPLANES. coalition of a centre party, democrats,

AMSTERDAM, December 2nd

and socialists, with probably the con- Dutch flying circles are planning to tinued inclusion of Herr Stresemann as attempt a world seaplane flight, and leader of the Peoples Party In that committee. has been formed, including a event Herr Marx would probably retain prominent member of the First Chamber. the Chancellorship. Neither the com munists nor the Ludendorf supporters boast any belief that their hour has yet

THE WORLD'S SPORT.

BUORY AT HOME

struck, while the socialists coatemplate ALL BLACKS BEAT LLANELLY. gaining at the expense of the communiatz

"¡FRANCO-GERMAN COMMERCIAL

NEGOTIATIONS.

LONDON, December 2nd.

points to 3 at Llanelly.

U.S. INCOME TAX REVELATIONS. NEWSPAPERS INDICTED.

CHANG.

SENSATIONAL RUMOURS. The fncident has created a sensation

KANSAS CITY, December 2nd.. On the ground that the freedom of the Press is guaranteed by the Con- stitution of the United States, the in Peking, which is Billed with rumours, When the fire was at its worst, and Federal Court has sustained an action such as that Chang. To Lia is accom-threatened to "spread. by the Kansas City Journal and Post,panied by the ex-Emperor, for which which, among several newspapers, was there is no foundation. recently indicted for publishing income- tax details,

in the Lower Courts.

The All Blacks bent Llanelly by FIFTY-TWO NOVELS A YEAR

STORIES WRITTEN AT HIGH SPEED.

CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA.

ENGLISHMEN DRAW AT KIMBERLEY.

KIMBERLEY, December 2nd.

PARIS, December 3rd. Le Matin" understands that Franco. German commercial hegotiations are pro- ceeding towards a European entente concerning the production of coni, iron Mr. Joel's team of English cricketers and steel and their distribution among pred 272 runs against Griqualand the world's markets. The negotiations West's . E. Tapscott compiled 10%, are taking into consideration firstly the and Ling 91. Mr. Joel's team, in their necessity of giving a due share to the second innings, scored 302 runs. E.

then

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The late admital was a sincere friend towarda the

of America and had many friends in the station house, locomotives and cars were United States Navy 1 gather from my hurriedly moved out of the sheds and conversations with him that he was an sidetracked to another part of the station ardent admirer of the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher Certainly, grounds. The down coming train from between them they upset many modern Shikwan was ordered to stop at ideas and jolted the navies of the world station further up the line.

out of many ruta portat Hard work was encountered by the fire. To my mind, one of the great figures men in their fight against the are, which in the British Navy in naval gunnery is was not entirely overcome till late at Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, R.N. ( damage to property is estimateed at gunnery during the war, but, se a prac night.

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tired), whose artillery work at Dover sasualities are reported but the retched the big water mark of narak nearly half a million dollars.

tical“ doer" of great things in naval Unfortunately most of the houses ordnance, the name of the late Admiral damaged had but recently been repaired Sir Percy Scott will shine as a betoon after the big fire that occurred at the light for many years to coine. same locality last Junc

ANOTHER FENG COUP? Meanwhile, Feng Yu Hsinng's people This is the first of such cases docided have been seting in a sullen and dissatis

fed manner, retaining a large measure of control of Peking, while Tuan Chi

conflict by taking drastic action again Jui has refused to risk precipitating a

them. That Feng Yu Hsiang on several occasions has contemplated another cup has been

as open secret. During the Even in these days of intensive pro-. duction, the temperamental, and charac regotiations with Feng Yu Hsiang, the teristic elements make all the difference latter resigned twice, each letter being between one writer and another. W. W. Jacobs once confessed to sitting & whole rejected. This was merely camouflaging DISTRESS IN WAKE OF FIRE. word to paper, whilst Sir Arthur Conan morning, pen in hand, without putting a the real negotiations, which were making Doyle has written a-story of 15,000 words no progress Recently. Feng Yu Hsiang APPALLING PLIGHT OF-WUCHOW without leaving his desk.

appeared to be acquiescing in Tuan Chi A story is told of Sir Arthur that a friend sat up late with him and, in the Jur's plans, and the situation appeared course of conversation, related a true to improve, until the flight of the ex-

novelist showed him a complete Sher-

POPULACE

ICEBERG WONDERS.

CALVES OF THE GREAT ICE

BARRIER

#lce is one of the things familiarity" Further rews has reached Hongkong with which does not breed contempt, concerning the big fire at Wuchow, ze said Commodore C. W. R. Royds, lect

is now reported that the blaze dually sub-Port Library, Devonport. The

English coal industry and European Tyldesley.compiled 174. He gave a vigor incident. At breakfast the next morning Emperor showed that his information in ported in the Daily Press yesterday. Iting on the South Polar regions at the

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The match was drawn.

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U.S.

SOLDIERS" BONUSES, EMERGENCY BILL PASSED

WASHINGTON, December 3rd.

the

CHANG TEO LIN AND SON.

aided at 4 pm, on Monday afternoon, you see of if the less you like siver and that in all about 3,000 buildings were

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Some interesting facts were with destroyed, including practically all the regard to the size of icebergs. The ite food and clothing stores,

bergy, said the Commodore, were "born

The distress of the homeless populace or is appalling It is stated, that General Shiu Hung has issued to the seetly some of the military stores he had on hand, but there are not very plentiful.

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COMMOTION NEAR THE

CUSTOMS DEPOT.

calved" from the great ice barrier, which was more than 800 miles long, and was really a huge glacier, An iceberg had eight times as much of its bulk under water as above, and as a big berg was estimated at 300 feet high, by this rook oning the underwater part

least 400 fathoms deep ould beat"

ous display and hit four sixers, and 20 lock Holmes adventure, with this very dicated a possibility of Feng Yu Hsiang metal works; secondly, the avoidance of fours Griqualand, in their second in incident as its pilot. He had written the reaming control of Feking, at least tem- under and over-production; and thirdly. nings, scored 246 runs for the loss of story before retiring. the respect of the rights of countries not eight wickets. Lackey scored 111 and words in a day. That such speed is not

H. G. Wells, has often written 10,000 pararily. produsing con and iron-Haras“

necessarily destructive of style is proved Ling 75.

by the fact that Stevenson wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in seven days.

A FRENCH RECORDATA

A correspondent sends to a London.con- Sir James Barrie counts five or six temporary the following note:~Chang hundred words a good day's work, which To Lia is undoubtedly a very able man reminds one how Goldsmith, whilst pro- His eldest sou, General Chang Han BOMB EXPLOSION AT CANTON. They had taken soundings all along the ceeding at racing speed through such Chang, is well known as a young man of hack work as his histories and his fine character and integrity, who, if he

great" barrier, and the deepest recorded Animated Nature. considered a dozen can only join harde with the Christian

was about 400 fathoms, so that the ag lines of The Deserted Village" or General Feng Yu Hsiang, might with him

gest, iceberg could not be more than 300- The Traveller" quite sufficient for one do great things in China. If only the

feet high and get away to the open sea. so much of their bulls under day

good Governor of Shansi would put aside

Having A commotion near the Customs Ex-water, the icebergs moved in the direc The Senate has passed an urgent de

Andrew Lang often wrote 5,000 words all personal feelings and join the above, amination Depot on the West Bund was tion of the currents and not in that of ficiency bill which included the provision Crockett wrote the latter half of Theed. On the other hand, Wa Pei Fu is too explosion in the locality was heard. lecbergs sailing along against a stiff galo, a morning, and it is said that S. Reven greater things could be accomplish caused late on Sunday evening when an the wind, was a strange sight to see of the first year payments of the soldiers'

Stickit Minister" in forty hours. But good man to be lost, and should be

Upon investigation hole in the outer and

and literally raising # bow-wave. bonus.

all these feats of rapid production are roped in to aid his country to become wall of the Depot building, which is of Life in vinter

top quarters w eclipsed by the record of Dumes, who, in united and peaceful General Chang it in sarmised, that it was caused by the periences related by the Commodore. reinforced concrete was discovered and luxurions, to judge by some of the ex- [Six months ago the queation of the week!!

one phenomenal year, turned ont a novel Han Chang, if he has rok openly avowed explosion of a bomb

himself a Christian like Feng Yu Heiang, of the United States Army created that he wellom makes two bites at his Christian idosis, and has won the regard to be removed to hospital by the police, are of the extremely low temperator 74] when they froze na abfi pe, bourds, and A coolie was seriously injured, and had broke in pieces if dropped. One Muvinte, Inthe text of the treaty will be published large amount of discussion in the Senate short stories but William Le Queux. Find respect of all who live cóms into Several boatmen were arrested 'pending (was that the carcases of sheep could h

although his output seems prodigions. personal, contact with him. seldom exceeds 12,000 words a week.

further investigation. Canton Gazette, hang in the rigging and kept indefinitely-

Losey, December 2nd.

The negotiations for an Anglo-German Commercial and Navigation Treaty were concluded yesterday, and the treaty was signed this afternoon at the Foreign Office by Mz. Chamberlain and the Earl

in

d'Abernon and the German Ambassador State payment of bonuses to ex-soldiers E Philips Oppenheim, bas confessed his shown a keen interest in practical or outly pinca! He described the wing of clothe

and Dr. von Schubert.

on December 5th.

and the Press A Bill was eventually passed sanctioning the payments.]