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SITUATION IN NORTH CHINA.

RUSSIAN TROOPS NOW BEING REINFORCED ON

CHINESE FRONTIER...

THE

** INTERNATIONAL" TRAIN FROM TIENTSIN TO PEKING DELAYED

BY BRIDGE BEING BLOWN · UP.

JAPANESE. PREMIER CENSURED."

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]....

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PERINO, December 10th. The international train, which left Tientsin yesterday morning, and "was held-up owing to a spin of the bridge at Yangtsun having been" blown up, reached here at o'clock this morning

and left for Tientsin at 8 o'clock..

It was manned. by a detachment ef American infantry. The train crew effected the necessary repairs to the rails and bridge.

On the journey from Tientsin, fring was heard, but no fighting was seen.

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SPY SCARE IN FRANCE.

BRITISH EMBASSY ISSUES

STATEMENT

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PARIS, December 8th. In connection with the espionage, ca the British Embassy states that in British Government service has ever been in touch in any way with the Britiah wireless company in Paris whose British representatives have been arrest RUSSIAN TROOPS ON FRONTIER, nor has it any knowledge of the

Tokie. December 19th. operations of this company. Advices to the War Office from Harbin ∙COMMERCIAL COMPETITION! report that the Russian troops on the

The supposed espionage case is now Chinese frontier are apparently being believed to be only a matter of commer- reinforced. The reason for this is uncial competition between big aviation

certain.

FOOTING AT CHINCHOW.

firms.

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In view of the fact that the search FYING, December 16th of Mig Morauil's belongings and of the "Kuo Sung Ling"is zemi oficially report residences of the three accused English ed as being still at Chinchow where much mon has not revealed any vestige of in looting is said to have occurred in the criminating evidence, Miss Mordair's suburbs. His troops are advancing Blf-accusations are no longer regarded

The Koominchun troops (the People's slowly, owing to the cutting of the rail-seriously. Army, under, Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang) | ways by the Mukden førees. As a result

are extrenched at Lantang, while the the capture of Mukden may not be effecting neurotic, anklier of Li Ching Lin (Civil Guvernor of Chib) are in trenches at Yangtsun.

REPORTS OF FIGHTING.

PestNG, December alb. Fighting broke out between Li Ching Lin' troops and the Kuominchun "forces about noon to-day.

BRIDGE DAMAGED.

Que span of the bridge at Yangtsun has been blown up, and communiention- by rail is consequently interrupted. The - “international" train which was despatch- ed from Tientsin this morning was thus unable to reach Peking..

By the Protocol of 1001 the Chinese right to occupy certain points for the maintenance of open communication be- tween the Capital and the sea Yang- tsun was one of those points.-E.]

Government conceded to the Powers thei

CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH AKUTER'S' AGENCY.]

MOSUL DEPORTATIONS.

GENERAL LAIDONER'S REPORT

TO LEAGUE COUNCIL.

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TRADE, TIDE TURNS. FAR THOUGH ADVERSE BALANCE IS

STILL SHOWN, S

Lostos. December th In a speech at Pontypool, Sic A Stel Maitland, said that unquestionably the industrial tide, had turned. The cotton; trade I was very much better. The woollen trade was quite distinctly better. Engineering was

NOVEMBER TRADE FIGURES.

improving

British trade returns for November show that imports totalled £114.63000. in increase of £3,334.000 as compared with the previous month of October, and that exports totalled £00,077,000, an in- crease of £8,105,000 ns compared with the previous month...

FOOTBALL AT HOME... VARSITY MATCH ENDS IN DRAW OF TWO ALL..

Losbos, December 9th, At Chelsea on the Stamford Bridge ground to-day before five thousand

CABLE THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

5800,000 FOR KUO'S HEAD.

EASTERN NEWS.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HUNG CHAO LIN DEAD.

CHINESE GENERAE SUCCUMBS TO

SHOTS OF ASSASSIN,

Sagaña, December ath. General Hung-Chao Liu, who was shot by a member of the crew of the 9.3. President Bieres, while ea Foule to Shanghai, has succumbed to his wounds.

[The late General Hung Chad Lia Was well-known in Hongkong as God of men. Some two years ago, General Hanz General Chan Kwing Ming's right hand had a narrow escape when a bomb was City. In the last campaign he had coin- thrown at him in a street in Kowloon and of the Anti-Red forces operating in the East River districts.

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SILK WITHIN EMPIRE,

HONGKONG MENTIONED

LIKELY PRODUCER.

LONDON, December 9th. The Daily Telegomph states that the Department of Overseas Trade is con sidering the possibility of promoting the

A Japanese News Agency, states that Marshal Chang Tao Lin bas issued tha fallowing proclactation to all his Feng tien troops—

(0) Any one who captures General Kua Sing Ling alive will be given 3500,000

na a reward.

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(2) Any pne who brings back the hend of General Kuo Sung Ling will be given $50,000.

(3) Anyone who kills General Kno Sung Ling will be given $30,000.

(4), Any one who barns or destroys the store depots belonging to Cecurul Kuo's troops will be given 840,000.

(5) Any one who arrests any military leaders of General Kou's troops will be gives 810,000.

(6) Those mutinous soldiers, who re "iused to surrender to the Fengtian troops,

shall be shot to death upon arrest,

RUBBER CULTIVATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

EXPERIMENTAL, PLANTATION NEAR MANILA,

Her acquaintances describe her as be

with a tendency for ed for some time, though it is still con- megalomania, while the willingness with spectators Oxford drew with Cambridge production of raw silk within the Em sidered 'impossible that Chang Tso Lin which she poured out her confession, in the annual soccer match Fast o pire, and that a preliminary investiga

coupled with the childish nature of the thead football was witnessed in sunny tion shows that Cyprus, the Kenya]

The planting of 10,000 rubber seedlings". weather and after twenty-four minutes Highlands, North Queensland, Hongasan experiment has started in the majority of her assertions, encourages play Whewell, the Cambridge centre half

Los Banes plantation of the Bureau of kong, Iraq and parts of India are Forestry, some 50 miles distant frem secured just over the halfway line and

suitable. Tunning a few yards scored with n

terrific abot

JAPAN'S PREMIER HECKLED.

Tokyo, December, 10th. - The Government Party has presented a resolution to the Premier, censuring the Government for failing to take action to prevent the present development in the Manchurian situation. The resolution further advises that steps be taken to protect Japanese interests.

The Premier is expected to announce his own views shortly.

THE EMPIRE'S TRADE. LORD INCHCAPE SOUNDS YOTE OF WARNING:

LONDON, December 9th. Lord Inchcape, presiding at the Penin- sular and Oriental S. N. Co.'s meet

sceptician.

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PRESS LESS ALARMED. The newspapers are beginning to take less alarmist view of the espionage case..

L'intransigent, quales M. Eynac, the Under Secretary for Air, as saying that his Department knows nothing of Miss Marthe Moreuil and that the informa tion that interested her is available in anybody. Ì'Intransigeant adds that all the information the supposed spies, ap- the parently wanted is available to public in the Aeronautic Year Book. In

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Shortly afterwards Fisher, the Oxford left-winger, middled the ball for Chadder

interval when the score was 1. to equalise. Play was even up to the

HONGKONG AND CANTON. BOYCOTT ISSUE RAISED, IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LONDON, December uth.

In the House of Commons, questioned Seven minutes after the resumption regarding the extent of the Government's the Cantabs once more went ahead, efforts to end the boycott between Piper, the outside-left putting in a shot Canton and Hongkong. Mr. Godfrey which rebounded into the net off the Locker Lampson said that the conditions goalkeeper.

prevailing in Canton riscessitated leaving The Oxford equaliser was not long in the local British officials a large measure

any case the British Air Ministry coulding; a scramble in the goalmouth discretion. Their efforts had been an- remitting and, although up to the present Office of the Lader Secretary for Air. obtain everything it wanted from the culminating in Scicluna netting:

The game was well contested to the end, unsuccessful, he understood that a fur- both goals having wonderful escapes. ther attempt was

now being made to

reach a settlement.

ing, touched. on a number of economi. L'Entransigrant concludes by deprecating. There was, however, no further scoring}

questions affecting the company's in- terests. He said the replenishment of

GENEVA, December 10th. · The Report of General Laidoner, pre-ships had been suspended in consequence sented to the League Council, anys that of the high shipbuilding costs. The re- the statements of refugees show that duced dividend distribution was only Turkish soldiers, commanded by officers, possible by the help of investments and

by drawing on the reserves. pccupied the villages and obtained arms, pillaged the houses and subjected the inhabitants to atrocious violence and

even massacre.

General Laidoner's personal observa- tions confirmed the pitiable condition of the refugees, who lost everything.

The Report emphasises the importacce of the deportation of Christians, in the region of the Brussel line, and adds that deportations are proceeding.

After reading his report, General Laidoner announced the receipt of a telegram from Mosul, stating that all was quics on the frontier.

He condemned the protectionist policy application in the Safeguarding of In dustries Act. Referring to the question of Dominions tariffa he drew attention to their disposition to shut but manu- factures by tariffs or subsidies. He men tioned

in this connection the latest pro- posal by India to put an import duty

LEAGUE AND CUP GAMES,

attragic view of the affair, saying it,

would be a pity, if such minor incidents and the match ended in a draw of two

goals all, lessened the mutual Anglo-French con- fidence recently consecrated at Eocarno." DISARMAMENT PROBLEM. COUNCIL OF LEAGUE TO ISSUE CIRCULAR.

LONDON, December ath. Council of the League of Nations has approved the disarma

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committee's recommendation; to circularise all Governments with i questionnaire on the subject of contró of the private manufacture of arms and munitions and implements of war, re

In the First Division of the English engue today at Newcastle, the home team defeated Sheffield United by three goals to one o

After three drawn matches, Blyth Spar- tana eliminated Hartlepools from the English Cup Competition, the score being 2-1 in their favour.

CHESS TOURNAMENT. BOGULJUBOFF, WINNER AT MOSCOW MEETING.-

Moscow, December 9th.

on British coal; while in the case of commenting a reply before Jure at The chess tournament has concluded.

Austra "he concluded from statistics that immigrants were increasingly enter ing the urban industries as against settling on the land, and the former were being more and more protected against imports.

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AIM OF INDIA.

The presentation of the report coincided with the receipt of a letter by the Council

It appeared to-be the aim of India" from the Turkish delegation, announcing and the "Dominions to manufacture all

its withdrawal in consequence of the their requirements and import nothing, Council's decision over the Mosul dispute therefore Britain could not rely on Em

[A Caneva inemange, dated September *

th, stated: The Council of the Lengue pire trade. He declared, we could not

of Nations has appointed an Eathonian, escape dependence on foreign markets. General Laloner, a commissioner to investigate the Mosul deportations.]

EARLIER CABLES.

THE IRISH BILL.

PASSES HOUSE OF LORDS. WITHOUT DIVISION.

LONDON, December 9th.

The Irish Bill passed through all its stages in the House of Lords without a division.

IN AGREEMENT. ULSTER Both Ulster Houses of Parliament bave passed the resolution approving the boundary agrement Sir James Craigi paid tribute to the sympathy Mr. Bald- win had exhibited towards Ulster, and declared that Britain had been generous, statesmanlike and kind in her treatment of Ireland. Bo trasted the North and South would be able to meet as necessity aroso in a friendly manner to discuss matters of mutuar interest.

He was convinced the restoration of the gold standard was proper.

Lord Inchcape considered that the trado unionists would never succumb to the suitious doctrine headquartered at Moscow, and was of opinion that "not

1926..

Lasker, fourteen, is sceand,

It is true that at this morningBoguljuboff, with fifteen and a half private sitting of the Council the sub-points, is first. ject was the programme of the proposed disarmament. The divergent Angle French views on the question of mutual aesistance, provided by Article, XVI. third. of the Covenant, which had long delayed agreement, were practically conciled

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VICKERS LIMITED. DRASTIC REFORMS NOW UNDER

RECOMMENDATION.

LONDON, Dfcember sch Drastic reconstruction of the firm of Vickers, Limited, is recommended by the commission appointed to enquire into the company's Anatcial position, in ea sequence of its reduced earning power arising from post-war depression,

EARLIER. CABLES. [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] UNITED STATES BUDGET. ESTIMATES FOR COMING YEAR FORECAST BIG SURPLUS.

TERRITORIALITY.

Manila says Reuter's correspondent. The plantation, which is at the foot of Mt, Makiling, is said to possess the climatic conditions suitable to rubber culture and afficials of the Bureau of Forestry are optimistic about the results. of the experiment, which, they believe, will lead to the growing of rubber on a large scale.

Three Bils were introduced in the late

legislature looking to amendment of the and lays of the Philippine Islands in such a manner as to permit the leasing, or purchase of large tracts of land which would be devoted to rubber grow ing, but all failed of passage, except one authorizing the Government to spend 82,500 for the purchase of rubber seeds

to be distributed to farmers at cost,

At present no individual or corporation can acquire more than 2,500 acres of land, The bills which were placed before the, THE CASE OF EUGENE CHEN- legislature provided for the leasing of LINKED WITH ISSUE OF EXTRA-30,000 acres or mon to a corporation for a period of 25 years with the privilege of renewal at the end of the period. Those · The arbitrary arrest of Mr. Eugene responsible for the bill aimed that with Chen, formerly Editor of the Pan, such liberal terms large corporations and his illegal detention, will stand sa'n would be able to produce rubber, pro- great blat upon the independence of the Stably and that large sums of money Chinese judiciary, and may be viewed would be invested in the projects. by the foreign jurists coming to Chna to investigate Chinese judicial systems anccessfully, though on a small scale, only a few thousaid tons being produced annually on Basilan Island "and" in Mindanao

as a proof or an argument against the surrendering of the foreign extrater ritorjal rights in the Country."

This is the opinion which Mr. Yang Shu Kao, Minister of Justice, has ex- pressed with reference to the case of Mr. Eugone Chen in connection with the

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of the archipelago is now carried on Rubber growing in the southern islande

THE P. & O, CO.

PROFIT SHARING SCHEME FOR, EMPLOYEES.

The P. and O. Company, has instituted profit-sharing scheme for its em-

Capablanca, thirteen and a half, in general question of the abolition of

extraterritorial rights in China.

A Peking, dispatch reports Mr. Yang ployees, in which the employees of its associato company, the British India as saying:

Steam Navigation Company, will be "Mr. Chen is a foreign educated cligible to participate. At their meet Chinese. He has a large number of ing on November 10th, the board un- foreign friends-and perhaps energies, becomes possible for an employee, afloat animously approved of the scheme. It too. But his arrest by the Fengtien or ashore, to depont with the company military men in Teking is a matter a minimum of 10, with interest af b which has attracted a good deal of on the company's deferred stock has for per cent, per annum, and og the dividend. WASHINGTON, December 9th, The Budget estimates for the coming attention, from the foreigners in China very many years puas been maintained year provide for the Expenditure of 33,866,000,000, an increase of $160,000,000.he are ready to seize every excuse and at or above 10 per cent, depositora ap- Most of the increase goes to the postal point to any convenient fact to postpone receiving a return of 7 per cent, on the pear to have a reasonable prospect of service which is operating on a new the day when they must surrender their total amount of their deposits. The plan schedule of wages and to the Veterans'

will encourage thrift, and give the de positors a direct interest in the profts

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capital to written down by twelve and ments of the soldiers' bonus. The Army enough that, Mr. Chen was arrested, of the company. Not only is the basis

The commission advises that the Bureau to meet the increasing require extraterritorial_privileges. It was bad a half millions sterling. It advises a and Navy estimates are substantially and, without due process of law, especial rate of 5 per cent entisfactory one, tea per coat of the Bezinon had their far-reaching change in the methods of unchanged but the aviation service will ly at a time when Peking was not under but any additional interest will be en control, including the dismissal of receive somewhat larger funds for ad martial law. It is now infinitely worse tirely dependent on the prosperity of the heart in the recent strike in Australasia redundant officials; also that they shouldditional equipment. The appropriation as Mr. Chen has been detained so long company, as indicated by the rate of and South-Africa, which was led by shut down the plante, and wind up all for Coastguards is increased by $3,500,000 without trial, and no one knowe tracily dividend declared on the deferred stock avowed Communists. A significant fact notable subsidiary and affiliated mainly to provide for the more efficient whers he is confined now phone cracly

enterprises:

enforcement of prohibition.

be regretted that this sort of military The commissioners are of opinion that " VIEWS OF PRESIDENT. interference with administration of jus was that only British vessels were in- volved. These extremists in Australia to resume paying dividends

the foregoing will enable the company President Coclidge, in his Budgetica in China will bave a very bad effect had been defeated by Mr. Bruce, "a

The chairman of Vickers, circulating Message to Congress, said that the on those jurists who are coming to China to investigate the judicial con- statesman with Both eSirage

minimum cost of running the Govern and the report, points out that the reductioning and been reached and that the ditipus here. A determination."

of capital is Decentially a book entry normal expansion of the nation would. Eugene Chen has been released and does not affect the intrinsic value hopcaforth involve additional expenditure since this statement was made and is of the firm's asseta...

to keep the Government machinery in

now in Peking.] motion. President Coolidge anticipated OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA surplus of 8330,000,000 for the year 1026-97 and 8272,000,000 for the current GERMAN STEAMER DETAINEDwyer de vape d

AT MADRAS.

SAFEGUARDING INDUSTRIES,

SECOND READING OF BILL

PASSES COMMONS, 72

LONDON, December 8th. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Safeguarding or Industries Customs Duties Bill, a clause of which provides that Empire-produced cutlery, gloves and gas mantles shall pay only two-thirds of the duty.

د مسية السنة

* Madras, „December 9th - The Clerman cargo steamer Trifels which arrived frou Hamburg last, reek has been quarantined owing to a sudden outbreak of cholers aboard... Two of the row have died and, seven have been sent

A motion by Mr. Snowden for rejection of the Bill was defeated by 308 to 142. to hospitalspe

The President was of opinion that the Tax Bill-as: drafted by the Committes at the House went further regarding the extent of reductions and exemptions than he expected. As regards the air policy he stated that the provision of 842,500,000 for the combined errvices should accom plish the aim of Loeping the aircraft industry alive for a national emergency.

SHIP ASHORE.

JAPANESE VESSEL STRANDED

SAMANA BAY. --

A FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP

For the third time in the history. of Japanese horsemanship aman

has ridden up the long steep stair- way of the Atagoyama Shrine and made the return journey without injury either to himself or his horse. The intrepid houseman, Toshita Iwaki, declared that it had been the ambition. of bis life to accomplish this feat. The danger and dimenity of the performance AT can be surmised when it is known that the historic shrine stairway is 30 feet high and has an incline of about 60, de- A message from Beato Domingo atates

grees A slip on the stairs would prob NEW YORK, December th thas the Japanese steamer Belgium Hare the stairway was a samurai, one Hekuro ably moan death to both horse and rider. The first man said to have ridden up bound from Calcutta to New York bae Magaki, who made the climb safely in stranded at the entrance to Samana Bay. 1700. For 160 years but one other horse- She is not leaking

man accomplished the feat.