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CHINA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9FB, 1926

WAVERING ATTITUDE OF TUAN CHI JUI WITH REGARD

TO HIS RESIGNATION.

TELEGRAM RECALLED FOR REVISION.

(THROUGH RETTER'S 'ADENCY="]

PexiNo, January 8th. The Chief Executive, Tuan Chi Jui, at midnight addressed a circular talegram to the Provinces in which he announced his intention to retire from office, on January 15th, and hand over the adminis tration to the Government:

RESUME OF TELEGRAM.

A brief translation of the telegram follows: I, Chi Jui, have done my best to assume control of State affairs for inore than a year, but circumstances have combined to defeat my policy and my mental and bodily "strength is exhausted. When I think of the deplorable con- dition of the people, it increases my sorrow; but all the unrest and political "changes, coming one after another, make it difficult to rehabilitate the situation. 1 deem it my duty to retire from public life in accordance with the declaration I have several times made...

All administrative functions are to be handed over to the Cabinet and from January 10th I shall cease to attend to

iny duties.

"My hope is that both the Military and Civ Authorities in the Provinces will consider the national difficulties and the hardships of the people and realise the futility of victories gained through

bloodshed.

I trusthat they will carry out re- forms both for the People and State. In the task of doing away with abuse and carrying out, reformation, it is unneces sary that I should participate. Let all the People' comprehend this."

[The above message was despatched fro: rthe Shanghai cable office at 4.20 p.in. At 4.50 p.m. a telegram was sent which reads: Tuan helled at me if atthe last

resignation was moment for revision."-ED.]

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FRENCH FALSE NOTES.

FURTHER ARRESTS MADE IN

BUDAPEST.

TUAN CHI JUI'S CAREER. Tuan Chi Jut succeeded Tsao Kun as Chief Executive in Peking. Apart from a short spell in retirement at .Tientsin after the Anfu Club set-back in 1922, be has for a period of 20 years figured in the leading political events of the coun- try. He is a graduate of the Peiyang Military School, Anhui, and became Yuan Shih Kai's chief military adviser whilst viceroy of Chibli. He served as a Brigade-General in Fukien in 1906, and

LATEST CABLES. FAR EASTERN CABLE EUGENE CHEN ON HIS ARREST. (THROUGH HAVAS AQxsor:]

BANQUE DE FRANCE MINISTRY OF FINANCE REPAYS A BILLION.

PARIS, January 8th The Ministry of Finance, on December 31st last, reimbursed the Banque de France to the extent of one billion franca, thus reducing the legal limit of advances by the Banque to the treasury to 38,500,000,000 francs.

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THREE INCH SHELL INJURES FIVE PERSONS.

SAN PEDRO, January 8th, Five persons were burned and bruised, in the folowing year was Deputy Lieuten- but not fatally, through the explosion of ant-General of the Chinese Bordered a shell from a 3-inch gun on board the Yellow Banner. In 1900 he commanded U.S.S. "Oklahoma.. The shell misfired, the Sixth Division, and was Commander-but exploded when the breach was opened, in-Chief at Kiangpeh in "1910. He was

BARLIER CABLES.-- mainly responsible for the reorganisation (THROUGH LECTER'8 "AGENCY.] on modern lines of the Northern Army and after Yean Shih Kai had accepted the Premiership in November, 1911, he became Viceroy of the Hukuang Pro- vinces. Later General Tuia-took com-

LONDON, January th As result of the continuous increases mand of the First Army. He was one of the military commandera who signed the in- the" price of rubber," the British memorial to the Throne urging the Em-Cycle, and Motor-cycle Manufacturers" peror to abdicate, and, on the formation Traders Union, Limited, Coventry, an-' nonner that from January 15th the prices of the First Republic, he was made the

of motor cycles and side-cars will be advanced 10 and a shilling, respective

Minister of War. He was raised to the rank of Field-Marshal in 1915 the succeeding years, Tuan held a num

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ber of offices, and in May, 1915. became Acting Premier. In May, 1916, he was appointed Premier and was charged with the appointment of a responsible Cabinet, He was dismissed by Li Yuan Hung in May, 1917, but he resumed office in July

after the failure of the historical monar-

chien coup d'état by Chang Hsun. Ho resigned the Premiership in October, 1918, and in 1990 he made an attempt to rescue the Anfu Club by organising an army without authority, styling himself the Ting Kuo Chun.

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BOOM IN SHARES.

RISE "ON GERMAN STOCK MARKETS.

BERLIN, January 7th. There is a boom on the Stock Exchange, a considerable rise in all quotations, BIDAPEST, January 8th. especially mining shares, having result- Three more arrests have been made ined from the news that American.banking Conuretion with the forged French bauk notes case, namely, 1. Geroe, technical expert in the Cartographical Institute; M. Jossef Szcertecy, an official of the Hungarian Nations League; and 'a' youth named Verhaftet.

AN ALLEGED CONFESSION: M. Gero, in a confession, declared that the paper used for the forged notes was supplied by certain employees of the Cartographical Institute, who had ad- admitted their guilt and were arrested.

firms are showing great interest in shares of German companies and that a number of German and American Banks have formed a syndicate in New York for the purpose of investing considerable capital in German companies, hoping to reap a good profit from the present low quota tions on the German Stock Exchanges.

Hamburg, and two private Banks in Cologne are mentioned as being among the fiarticipants in the syndicate.

RISE OF "RUBBER RESULTS IN HIGHER CYCLE PRICES.

which were raised another 7 per cent, ph January 4th, making 423 per cent. since the middle of May last year.

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OZECHO-SLOVAKIA AND SIAM, COMMERCIAL TREATY TO. BE

SIGNED IN PARIS,"

NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHẨNA.

PRAGUE, January The

A Commercial Treats between Czecho Slovakia and Sism is about to be con- claded, and will be signed in Paris.

ernment in Peking.

** NOTHING BUT A CASE OF

· KIDNAPPING.”

BAD. EFFECT ON ABOLITION OF EXTRALITY,

DRAMATIC ENCOUNTER IN HOTEL.

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The story of how Mr. Eugene Chen, well-knowh Kuomintang writer, who was arrested by the Fengtion military autho rities in Peking for printing an inaccurate report in the Min Pro about the death of Marshal Chang Tao Lin about three months ago and carried to Tientsin for imprisonment, regained his freedom, is told in the Auo Mia Hain Pao, a Peking Kuomintang organ, which quotes Mr. Chen to the following effect:

THE QUESTION OF CHINA. Negotiations with China are meeting with difficulties, owing partly to the fact that some of the European Governments

"After my arrest I was brought to do not accept the competency of the Gor-Tientsin by Yang Yao Hsin and detained. in the Headquarters of the so-called North-Eastern Army Judicial Burean there. One day, a member of the Burcan told me that Yang wanted to shoot me. I was not perturbed by the news in the least and asked, him to give me a pen and a piece of paper so that I could make my will. While I was drafting my testa- ment, another mer er of the Bureau came and informed me that his chief had now decided to suspend the execution of Yang to take this step I do not know. the sentence on me. Just what induced.

THE S.S. YAMATO MARU."-

HITS ROCK NEAR BANKA STRAITS.

BATAVIA, January stb. The captain of the Japanese steamer, Yamato Maru, with 12 bags of mail from Singapore for Fremantle, reports that the vessel struck a rock near Banka" Straits,

The ship is making fifteen tons of water hourly in the engine-room, but the captain thinks she can reach Singapore.

اید وارد

MR. SUN FO. SPENT YESTERDAY HERE ON

WAY TO CANTON, ‚.

Mr. Sun Fo, reconstruction commissar

"Following the declaration of indepen- dence by General Koo Sung Lin all the members of the Judicial Bureau of the North Eastern Army in Tientsin disap- peared and fed to the foreign Conces sions, as there were also reports' in circulation that General Li Ching Lin would follow suit. One day I received a call from one of the judicial officers of the Bureau, who told me that the bureau was practically dissolved and that I had better leave. I accordingly walked out of my. room and made my way to the French Concessión, where I put up at the Grand National Hotel

In order to avoid trouble I did not

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT, CHARGE ALTERED TO ONE OF

LARCENY.

At the Central Magistracy yesterday. afternoon, befare Mr. K. E. Lindsall, Wa Tong, appeared on remand, charged with: converting to his own use the sum of 8872 belonging to the Hop Wo firm.

·Evidence given at the previous bearing showed that the manager of the shop left that time the value of the furniture in Hongkong auffering with beri-beri and at

his shop was placed at $3,780. When he boon disposed of at less than half its returned he found that the furniture had ralus and that the house had been con

erted into a ten-shop. It was alleged that defendant had converted some of tho money received for the sale of furniture to his own use and used the remainder to carry on the ordinary business of the shop.

Yesterday, Mr. Brooks appeared for the defence,

Stokes and Masters), for the prosecution, Mr. L. R. Andrews (Mears Johnson, said that as the case now stood, the de fendant was charged with the embezzle eat of 8072. Since the case was called last time, however, ho had had an op- portunity of questioning the complainant and seeing his books and also questioning withcs Defendant had made practi cally no entries and it was difficult to get evidence to prove the ambezzlement charge. He had therefore framed a charge of larceny.

Defendant was then charged with feloniously stealing goods and chattels, namely various articles of furniture, on divers dates between September 27th and December 1st, 1995, while in the service of the Hop Wo firm of furnituro dealers, Praya East, Wanchai.

The charge was taken under Section 64 of the Larceny Ordinance, 1865.

The Manager realled, produced the eales book and said that after the strike the business could not be carried on at a profit. He denied giving instructions to defendant to sell the business..

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Another wituers said he saw the do- fendant remove furniture from the shop the back door, and, when questioned, tho at night, The furniture was taken from

sold.

furniture from the defendant for their Two salesmen gave evidonos of buying respective firms, the Tai Cheung fur- niture shop and the Wing Hing furniture shop.

ly, covering the average advance in tyres, of the Kuomintang Government in Can-give my rent name to the hotel proprie defendant said the furniture had born to accompanied by Mr. Wu Te Chen, tor, informing him that my surname was chief of police of Canton City arrived Hsin, chief of the Bureau, had just re Li. Now it so happened that Yang Yao here from Shanghai by the s.s. President turned from Kiangsu following the defeat Lincoln yesterday morning, and regis of the Fenstien Army and whe stapping tered at the Tokyo Hotel Mr. Sun has at the same hotel under the same name been absent from the Southern Capital of Li. What is more, the room ho co- for the last six months, attending to the capied was close to that of mine, and one morning when I came out I encountered burial rites of Dr. Sun Yat Sen..

Mr. W has been away from Canton him. He was apparently ashamed of his also for some weeks.

treatment of me and tried to avoid me, but I still talked to him with respect and avoided bringing up my past ex- perience at his hands.”

[RECTER'E AMERICAN SERVICE. CRITICISM IN U.S.A.

WASHINGTON, January 7th) At the resumption of proceedings of

Mr. Sun and Mr. Wu yesterday called the House of Representatives Bubber

at Government House. In the evening, Price Enquiry Committee Mr. A. they were entertained to dinner by Mr. Viles, General Manager of the Rubber Ho Sai Kwong and Mr. Wong Kwong. Tin, Association of America, claimed that the Sun, and Mr. Wu are expected to

prominent local Chinese merchants.

Stevamen plas was fundamentally an sound and largely responsible for the advance in prices. He said that the possibility of the development of the production of rubber in Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines offered a degree of potential relief, but it was insufficient to offset the restrictions on new planting in Britiah Possessions.

MR. HOOVER ATTACKED.. Mr. Eugene Black, Democratic mem- ber of the House of Representatives, asmiled Mr. Herbert Hoover's activities which he described as propaganda" for rubber interests, adding: Hers aro these expanding tyre companies just tohto prices heating on faithful Hoover on to the British lion. They want an alibi to gouge the public, 50 bark at the East India rubber Mr. Black asserted that the price of crude rubber was not connected with the increde in tyre prices, and said: "Our Coinmice will cry thief at the British

turbed."

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A Chinese News Agency says that ne in an interview with the representative cording to the vernacular press Mr. Chen,

of a local Chinese news agency, declared that his case will seriously afect the de

all for Canton this morning on a Chinese Customs launch especially sent here to meet them and Madame Sun Yat. Sen, mand of the Chinese Government and who arrived here on Thursday.

people for the withdrawal of Extra- comment on the Canton situation. Mred by a man who produced no warrant Neither Mr. Sun Dor Mr. Wu would territoriality from China. He was arrest bun says that he will remain there for a time, at least, while Mr. We remarked that conditions are improving.

Mr. Wong Tong, a former managing director of the Canton-Hankow Railroad and at one time Commissioner of Finance of Kwangtung Province, is expected to accompany the party to Capton.

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MR. H. LUPINO DEAD.

FAMILY OF COMEDIANS AND DANCERS.

Dor any paper showing at whose order he was making the arrest. Mr. Chen characterized this as nothing but a case of kidnapping.

Mr. Frooks said he thought it was a case for civil action rather than criminal promtution, and His Worship remarked that he had mentioned that at the last hearing.

This closed the case for the prosecution and His Worship adjourned further. hearing until next Wednesday morning, would consider whether there was a case remarking that in the meanwhile - ho

for defendant to answer..

CONFISCATED TOBACCO,

DATE OF REHEARING NOW FIXED,

The case in which 57 bales of raw. icbacco were seized on a junk and con successful application for a re-hearing fiscated, and which was followed by a was again mentioned before Mr.-R. E Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yes

Touching on the political situation he expressed the hope that Marshal Fong would avoid the mistakes which brought about the undoing of Marshal. Chang Tsoterday. Lin and other militarists in the past and

Mr. Leo D'Almada intimated that Mr. concentrate his attention on the eetab. 3. D. Lloyd (Superintendent of Imports Bishment of a real representative govern- and Exports) and he had failed to come ment. Speaking about the dissension in the to any agreement concerning ownership," ranks of the Kuomintang, Mr. Chen said and on account of the likelihood of the that he was not pessimistic. Numerical tobacco deteriorating, he asked for an strength was not the only factor that curly hearing of the case. counted in the conduct of affairs. Even The hearing was lixod for Tuesday Mr. Harry Lupino, the dancer, died if two-thirds of the total membership of morning at 11.20. The youngest, son of George Lupino, a the Kuamintang left the party, the re- famous acrobatic dancer, Mr. Lupine was the father of Lupine Lane and Wallace maining members could still accomplish a Lupine, and the uncle of Stanley, Mark, lot of constructive work if they should be and Barry Lupino, all popular comedians energetic and devoted to the principles and dancers. The family traces its de- of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen. scent from Chevalier Lupino, who came

Asked for his views as to whether to the London stage from Italy in 1723 Soviet Russia, Mr. Chen said that no Chine should enter into an aliance with and in November 1923 a gathering of 100

The Darmstadter Bank, Warburg of while out business leaders pilfer undis- 'members of the family took place at country could stand alone in the world

POLAR FLIGHT.

Geroe said that 25,000 notes of 1,000 NEW EXPEDITION TO START THIS

francs each were printed, but some were faulty. He alleged that the notes were taken out of the vault by Prince Win-

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SPRING..

OSLO, Jarruary 7th. It is announced that the American

་་ (THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.} FLOODS IN EUROPE.

YSEL RISES TO RECORD HEIGHT.

AMSTERDAM January 7th. Whilst the rivers Rhine, the Waal, and

People have already been rescued from attics and roofs or dykes, but many still are awaiting rescue. Many of the vic tims have lost all their worldly posses

dischgraetz LATEST CABLES.explorer, Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, who Meuse have fallen, the River Ysel has participated in Amundsen's last Polar risen to a record height. Thousands of flight, will participato in the Polar ex- pedition which is being organised for next Spring in the dirigible"Norge " as joint leader with Amundsen...

The expedition will be called the Amundsen Ellsworth, 1996, Trans-Polar Flight, and its record will be written by the two leaders in co-operation.

REGENT IS SATISFIED.......

BUDAPEST, January 8th.. As a result of yesterday's disclosures, the Premier, M. Bethlen, interviewed the Regent, General Horthy, to whom he gave a detailed reported.

The Regent expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the case was being conducted and hoped that the enquiry

would soon be brought to a successful conclusion.

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The expedition will he managed by the

Norwegian Acro Club, and will sail under the Norwegian calqura."

NEW PENSIONS SCHEME.

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS WILL BENEFIT.

Meanwhile Archduke Albrecht has re signed the presidency of the Hungarian National Unions, "on. account of the in- calculable damage to the interests and reputation of Hungary, due to the platy" though he absolves the Unions from in-

lication in the conspiracy.

LONDON, January 7th FRENCH PRESS. RUFFLED It learned officially that 300,000 PARIS, January 8th.widows and children are so far benefiting The most sensational, statements are from the pensions under the new Widows being made by the French newspapers, and Orphans Pensions Act, which came which believe that the Hungarian plot is into operation on January ist. specially directed against France and the The number of claims received was Little Entente by the Crown Princes of 163,000; pensions awarded 103,000; пp- Germany and Bavaria. The Archduke plications rejected or withdrawn, 28,000; Albrecht is among the prominent persons and applications still under investiga accused of complicity.

tion, $4,500.

Le fatin saya that the charges against the Hungarian Regent's aide-de-camp are mont" serious, The paper adds : En. 'quiry will show how much the Archduke Albrecht and the Regent, whose political complicity is no longer open to doubt, know of the crimes against Common Law, which the conspirators are committing.”

AUSTRO-SWISS TREATY.,

VIENNA, January_7th. The Austro-Swiss Commercial Treaty, which has been signed at Berne, provides for the reciprocal lowering of certain

tarifini

sions,

sheltered.

Queen Wilhelmina visited the military barracks at Ede, where many food victims, mostly women and children,, are Queen Emma (Queen Wilhelmina's mother) contributed £200 for the relief of the sufferers." A sum of £2,000 already has been, received from Batavia

FORCED TO LAND.

MISHAP TO SEAPLANE WITH CARGO OF BULLION.

AMSTERDAM," JEnuary 7th.

A message form Yumiden says, that British seaplane, carrying a quarter of million sterling in gold, has been forecl

to land owing to a motor defect,

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CREDIT FOR DENMARK.

New York, January 7th.. The National Bank of Denmark has arrange a credit of forty million dollars for one year with the Bankers Trust Company, New York, to provide balances for the stabilisation of exchange.

which the late Mr. Harry Lupine and his and that so far as the present world brother George were the guests of honour. situation was concerned Soviet Russin The two brothers were, with the stock was much more preferable to China then company at the old Britannia at Hoxton, any other country. Mr. Chen further ex , fer a long period, and also appeared pressed the opinion that China should in pantomimes in various parts of the adopt the external policy of Soviet Gov. country. Their great speciality was

ernment but as regards the latter's apringing through stage trap-doors at a domestic policy China should not follow remarkable speed.

it.in its entirety in view of the difference Mr. Lupino's actor sons are at present in social conditions between the two in Los Angeles.

countries.

WORLD COURT. OPPOSITION IN AMERICA IS GROWING WEAKER,

New York, January 7th." The action of the Senate yesterday in

rejecting by 54 votes to 16, a resolution by Senator J. A. Reed demanding an enquiry into the alleged propaganda in favour of the World Court and the settlement of foreign uebts, 18 hailed by practically all the Washington correspon 4 pts as a measure of weakness of the opposition to the World Court,

The New York Times expresses the opinion that the resolution to participate in the World Court will be carried by a two-thirda majority with scores of votes to spare in, ne prende

GREEK DEBT TO US.

WASHINGTON, January 7th. The Treasury has received, a memo randum with regard to the Greek debt to the United States. It is recalled that a credit of fifty million dollars was extended to Greece during the war but that only fifteen million dollars were advanced. The Greeks believe they ought to have had the whole credit and have now developed certam, claims which must be smoothed out before funding arrangements can be reached.

TUBERCULOSIS IN THE STRAITS

*-- SETTLEMENTS.

SUSPECTED MURDER. CHINESE DOCTOR DIES IN HOSPITAL.

FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN STREET.

A Chinese, who was subsequently identi fed as Wong Yuk Ko, a Chinese doctor, aged 45, was discovered unconscious and seriously injured in Tong Hing Lane, be tween Tung Lei Lane and the Praya, at 6.30 on Thursday evening. He was ra moved to the Government Civil Hospital, suffering from wounds on his forehead, but died a few hours after admission.

Dr. Wong left the Kam Lam Tai board- ing house, 17, Connaught Road West, about six o'clock, on Thursday evening and was apparently struck down by an unknown assailant shortly afterwards. The deceased came to Hongkong from Mincao on Wednesday. He was a district. magistrate at Ko Chau, under General Tang Pua Yun, until the Reds" In the House of Commons recently tured Ko Chan, when he fled to Macao

cap Mr. Penny asked the Secretary of State via Kwang Chow Wan and from there' for the Colonies whether he would give made his way to this Colony. He was the figures of the death rate percentage a radunts of Tokyo University. in Singapore and Penang, attributable The police have made no arrests yet.

MISSING FRENCHWOMAN.

to tuberculosis; whether bad housing is in any way responsible, and what steps are being taken to prevent overcrowding and to deal with the disease generally, A Frenchwoman, named Mdlie. O Mr. Amery: The death rate "per Dupey, who has been residing at the thousand for the year/1934, in Singapore Astor House Hotel, Queen's Road Cen and Penang, attributable to tuberculczistral, for some time, had been missing were as follows: Singapore 2.36, Penang from there since last Sunday evening. 3.80. There can be no doubt that over Up to last night no trace of her wher crowding plays an important part fr about had been discovered by the police. the spread of this disease. In Singapore, so far as Europeans are concerned, the housing situation shows a steady im provement, A general scheme for the relief of overcrowding in congested areas has, however, been prepared, steps bave been taken to nequire large areas of land for building sites, and the Colonial Government proposes to set aside a sum of $10,000,000 to finance these operations,

Rather severe earthquake tremors, each lasting a few conds, were felt in Luxemboury and in various parts of the Grand Duchy on Tuesday night.

The matter was not reported to Police Headquarters until Wednesday, when Mr. Jorge, Manager of the Astor House. Hotel, stated that Halle. Dupey was sech by one of the hotel boys to leave the hotel about 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday in company with a gentleman. Since then her where abouts has been a complete mystery and although enquiries have been made at every hotel in the Colony and the passen ger liste of departing steamers searched, no entry of her name has been found.

Her personal effects are still in her room and no application has been made. for them. The gentleman who left the hotel with her is unknown and the des cription of him is very vague.