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KUOMINCHUN CAPITULATE AT PEKING:

WU PET FU INVITED TO "RESTORE THE POLITICAL SITUATION."

TUẦN CHI JUT A FUGITIVE OR A PRISONER: EX-PRESIDENT TSAO KUN LIBERATED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEKING, April 10th The Kuqminchun leaders have requested Marshal Wu, Pei Eu to come to Peking

and restore the political situation.

Tsao Kun, the ex-President of the

Republic, has been liberated:

4.

Early this morning. Cabinet Officials called on the Senior Minister and stated that General Le Chung Lin (commanding the Peking garrison) had placed himself under the command of Marshal Wu Fei

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, APRIL

"Toan Chi Jui's headquarters were sur- rounded but otherwise there was no sign that important events were bappening.

It transpires that Tuan Chi Jui entered the French Legation prior to the coup.

TUAN DENOUNCED -BT KVOMINCHTEN.

A Kuominchun proclamation has been. posted saying that Tuan Chi Jui, since he assumed office, has done all kinds of mischief detrimental to the people and the country, his worst offences being the

"REVOLUTIONARY - MOVEMENT AT SALONIKA.

OFFICERS "LEAD' UNSUCCESSFUL MUTINY.

ATHENS, April 9th,

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

12TH – 1926

DROP IN FRANC. SOCIALIST PROGRAMME, AND CAPITAL LEVY COMINGT

PARIS, April 10th

It is officially announced that Majors

M. Durand, Minister of Agriculture, has Bakrirdji, Karakouts and Zefas led been appointed Minister of Interior in mutiny among a small number of troops succession to M. Malvy. The franc drop and occupied Karabournu, in the Gulfped three points coincident with of Salonika Karabourne was surround Maley's resignation. ̈ed and the fleet ordered to Salonika. Subsequently it was announced that the mutineers had surrendered.

KALCONTENTS SURRENDER.

LATER.

The telegraph wires were set buzzing by military and naval orders, and the whole country was in receipt of the news of the outbreak by midnight. Troops from Athens were immediately entrain ed. for Salovika and other garrisons were instructed to be prepared. The Beet sailed at five in the morning with orders

Apparently his departure is interpreted in financial circles as paving the way for Herriot's return to power which will mean

Cartellist ministry with a Socialistic financial programme including a capital levy.

The prospect is hardly reassuring for the money market. M. Durand is a Radical, like Malvy.

ANALO-FRENCH DIETS,

PARIS, April 9th. Fellowing a Cabinet meeting. M. Raoul Peret stated that he would not go to to shell the insurgents, if necessary. London before the end of next week. It

Fu. They added that General Chang signing of the Gold Frane Agreement. All the malcontents had surrendered by is believed he is awaiting certain in-

Chih Chiang, the nominal head of the Kuominchua, had agreed to this action which originated in the growing discon tent with Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang.

without the approval of the people, and the recent massacre of students which aroused the hate and indignation of the people. "We are obliged," the Pro clamation says, "to take drastic mea.

porters"

Tuan Chi Jai's bodyguard adopted the Kuominchun uniform and removed to another part of the city as a new mixed

11.43 in the morning, and the ringleaders formation from Washington with regard despatched to Athens for Court Martial to the negotiations at present proceding

A. communiqué says the insurgents do with the United States' Treasury. not exceed 400. The officers are reported to have declared that the movement was)

henda of the army at Salonika.

PREVIOUS INDICATIONS.

A Diplomatic representative of the sures against him and his Antu suy not aimed at the Government but at the Kuominchun later informed the Senior

Minister that Tuan Chi Jui (Chief Execu tive) had resigned; that General Lu Chang Lin was holding himself respon sible for the peace.and order of the Capital; that Marshal Wu Pei Farhad. been invited to come to Peking and that

ex-President Tsao Kun had been com

pletely freed.

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·LATER

brigade...

́18 TUAN A PRISONER OR A

REFUGEE 1

SHANGHAI, April 11th.

THE DRUG TRAFFIC,

SEVERAL ARRESTS IN PARIS,

Pants, April 9th. Determined efforts by the Paris police LONDON, April 9th.

to obliterate the increasing illegal traffic The Greek censorship has prevented sin drugs have resulted in numerous arrests accurate appraisement of the situation, which, however, is reflected in the latest recently, for instance, an arrest in con- nection with the death yesterday of the mails," anticipating excitement on the occasion of the Presidential election, al-well-known actress, Vanda Sylvang, who was found dead at Courbevoie, following leging that Gen. Plastiras, who was the

an overdose of heroin, with a lady bar last year was expelled from the country. Other arrests involve a new vendor who has clandestinely re-crossed the frontieras seen slipping small packets into the and crediting him with engineering a editions movement for the end of March

It was announced on April 7th, that the Government bad offered a reward of half a million drachmee for the arrest of Plastiras but apparently the latter has lived up to his reputation of elusiveness.

BAGHDAD FLOODS. ROYAL PALACE SURROUNDED

FIERCE TORRENT.

BAGEDAD, April 9th."

FAR

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

[THROUGH RÄUTER'■ AGENOY.]

MAKING THEM DANCE)

SHANGHAI COOLIES SHOT FEST BY U.S. SAILORS.

SHANGHAR, April 10th.

A fracas involving American sailors occurred early this morning in the Jakong Road.

appears that four sailors of the American Navy mad one from the

President AfcKinley paraded Jukong Road-firing revolvers at ricksha coolies' feet to make them dance."

The safety of Baghdad is threatened by unprecedented floods of the Tigris. The banks have been breached near the Royal Palace, which has been evacuated as it is surrounded by a fiercely flowing torrent.

RAILWAY STATION UNDER WATER,

LATER. Ten thousand men, women and children

Embankment anxiously scanning the are at present assembled on the En

rapidly widening inland ses, while the now Araby Army, encouraged by the strains of a Brass band are heroically moving enormous quantities of earth-tö reinforce the protecting banks of the Capital, hitherto safe thanks to 5,000 men working night and day to safeguard the city with its valuable stocks of fragile merchandise and thousands of my houses built of mudbrick. The Railway Station is five feet under water. breach bas actually widened. The North

COUNTY RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. YORKSHIRE NARROWLY DEFEAT RUN ON BANK FORESTALLED BY

PRESIDENT

HAVANA, April 11th-

HAMPSHIRE.

BEADFORD, April 10th.

The police bare arrested the sailors" who are to be brought up at the court next week, charged with wounding coolies and the illegal possession of firearing,

Two coolios were wounded in the feat but neither seriously hurt.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE Ţ

CUBAN CRISIS.

In the County Championship Rugby A threatened routon a certain bank: final here to-day, which was fasoared was forestalled by President Machado, with glorious weather, 10,000 spectators who visiting the bank deposited $100,000. enw Yorkshire beat Hampshire, by 15 offering to make a loan from the points to 14.

Treasury. The President has stated that Cuba is passing through a slight crisis.

THE GAME DESCRIBED. Yorkshire were mostly attacking, bat after. 18 minutes Richmond scored on and has naked the Press to co-operate unconverted try for Hampshire. Roberts and instil confidence. dropped a goal Shortly before the in- | * tervál Tetley and Myers scored tries,

Owing to the strict censorship and the leader of the revolution of 189 and whorister atretched senseless alongside her. Eastwood converting the last. Half-|

confusion in Peking some doubt exista as to the whereabouts of Tuan Chi Jui

The Kuominchun coup d'etat was cartsiv, states that he has been placed under A. Peking message received, wid Tien

ried out with the greatest secrecy. The

restraint, while an earlier message direct gates, were

closed last night and tele from Peking states that he entered the phones cut off for several hours.

French Legation prior to the coup.

CABLES

(THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY.1 BRITISH AIR TRAGEDY FIVE R.A.F. MEN BURNT TO DEATH IN COLLISION

Laxpox, April 10th.

Henlow Aerodrome (Bedfordshire) was this morning the scene of the worst Air Force disaster since the War, when giant Vickers-Vimy machine, piloted by Flying Officer Charles Victor Lacey, who returned from leave to-day, carrying three mechanics engaged in parachute practice. was landing and at the same time an Avro machine, piloted by Flying Offerr William Scott, took off.

The machines collided at an altitude of a few hundred feet, and both plunged to the ground where they took fire, fares shooting 200 feet into the air.

The fire occupants died in this terrible

blaze!

The Fire Brigade had the dames under control in thirty minutes, but only twisted. inētai remained, the bodies being un- recognisable.

THROUGH HAVÁN, AGENCY,)

"FRENCH DEBTS. GOVERNMENT DONATIONS TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

PARIB, April 11th."

The Presidents of the Chamber and the Senate have donated 10,000 francs each for amortization. The Government h decided that Ministers will each give 5,000 francs, and Under Secretaries o State 1,000 francs.

FIGHTING NEAR DAMASCUS. IMPORTANT DRUSES LEADERS

SUBMIT TO FRENCH.

DAMASCUS, April 11th

THROUGH RECTEE'S AGENCY.]

BRITAIN AND CHINA.

“ TIMES” · ADVOCATES Á MORE

ACTIVE POLICY.

LONDON, April 10th. Commenting on the fortunes of war in Chink, where armies are chasing des- tructively over the pursuit of victory which is never real victory," the Times says that while Western powers, certainly need patience, the worst thing for China would be to permit the Powers' attitud to he considered one of waiting and sub- mitting with Oriental fatalism to doing, nothing...

Britain particularly cannot afford to be identified with barren negations or mere "general recognition, in the ab stract, of principles. An uneasy feeling prevails that British policy should be far more active and British initiative far more conspicious for the sake of China and those British interests which having contributed so greatly to Chinese develop went are seriously threatened in the pre Bent critical phase.

FRENCH COMMUNISTS.

SEVERE PENALTIES ON ERRING

DEPUTIES. -

PARIS, April 10th. The Humanite announces that fines Penforced in, the City of Paris have re- sulted in a total stoppage of the salaries of three Communist deputies "Cachin, Vaillant Couturier and Doriot who were sentenced last October in connection with an attack on police in a Communist de monstration.

The fines aggregate a million francs while sentences "of imprisonment on the three deputies total 143 years.

COTTON TRADE DEPRESSION.

GOVERNMENT TO BE URGED TO

HOLD ENQUIRY.

LONDON, April 10th.

POLAR FLIGHT.

CAPT. AMUNDSEN'S PLANS FOR EXPEDITION.

ROME, April 10th.. Capt. Amundsen's airship, Norge, a semi-rigid Italian dirigible, which will be used in the Amundsen and Ellsworth North Polar expedition, left for Pulham at nine this morning en roufe to Oslo. EXPLORERS RECEIVED BY 'XING OF NORWAY.

Oazo, April 10th...

folds of his newspapers. The packets were found to contain cocaine.

time:

shire, 3.

12

Yorkshire, points; Hamp-

Three minutes after the resumption Caiger secured an unconverted try, Yorkshire then leading by 15 to Hampshire improved, and the Yorkshire line had several narrow escapes. The

Two Corsicana in Marseilles were found in possession of three pounds of opium, while a man who was arrested in connec tion with the death of a girl from an overlast ten minules were the most exciting. icke of morphine, cut his throat rather Richmond got a penalty goal and Palmer than face the charge

An unconverted try, and then, Fulljames got a try, Richmond converting.

POLICE AID DRUG SMUGGLERS.

.PARIS, April 10th. The arrest of a French gendarme, a taxi driver and a German naval ex-officer as the trio alighted, from a motor-car to-night is the latest development in the drug campaign. The gendarme carried a bag said to contain ten pounds of cocaine which is believed to emanate from Darmstadt and to be smuggled into France with the ennoivance of gendarmes.

·DISARMAMENT.

Final Yorkshire, 1 goal, I dropped goal, 2 trics (15 pts.)

Hampshire 1 goal, 1-penalty goal, 2. tries (14 pts.)

LONDON-BRIGHTON RACE.

BIRCHFIELD HARHIERS BEAT THEIR OLD RECORD.

LONDON, April 10th, Nineteen teams of ten men each start- ed from Westminster Bridge for the

The King reveived Capt. Amundsen and Ellsworth who are shortly leaving on RUSSIA BARS CONFERENCE ON London-Brighton Relay Race..

a steamer for Spitzbergen to get ready for the arrival of the airship Norge, which is not likely to start for the Pole before the end of May.

SWISS SOIL.

Moscow, April 10th.

The Birchfield Harriers (holders) did

U.S. IMMIGRATION, SENATE REJECTS BILLS TO INCREASE QUOTAS.

WARRINGTON, April 11th. Nearly a score of Bills designed to increase, immigration quotas have been rejected by the Senate. The Immigra tion Committee Bills aimed at the ad- mission of domestic servants, farm-handa

and Americana” fiances."

*PROHIBITION ENQUIRY. LABOUR WITNESSES PRONOUNCE LAW A FAILURE.

WASHINGTON, April 9th. Labour-witnesses at the Prohibition enquiry pronounced the law a failure be. cause it favoured the rich at the expense of the poor.

· They predicted that a national referen dum would show that a majority of the people desired a changé, *.

CANADIAN WITNESSES' VIZWA.

LATER. Canada's experiments figured in to

the distance in 4 hours 45 mins, 34.1-3 day's evidence at the Prohibition En- Replying to the League's last. Note stcs.. beating their old record of quiry. Canadian witnesses testified that regarding the Disarmament Conference.1.50.0.1-5. The Surrey Athletic Club took Western Canada suffered an unpreceden the Soviets adhere to the former attitude 4.48.45.2-5 and the Hallamshire Harriers ted crime wave during the last two of refusing to participate in a conference 4.50.10. Birchfield led throughout the

The American Legation afterwards gave a luncheon to Ellsworth and Amundsen to whom the American Minister presentos Swies soil. ed the American flag from President Coolidge, which he hoped would even tually he placed at the Pole together with the flags presented by the Kings of Norway and Italy. The Minister also conveyed President Coolidge's best wishes for the success of the flight.

爱

FRANCO-MOROCCAN WAR. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO BE

OPENED IMMEDIATELY!

LONDON, April ath.),

THE COAL PROBLEM. MINER'S FAIL TO REACH DEFINITE

DECISION.

LONDON, April 9th.

The Miners' Delegate Conference has not reached a definite decision, but has unanimously adopted the Executive's re- commendations as giren yesterday.

Another Delegate Conference is being called to arrive at a final decision. The Executive has succeeded in carrying a moderate policy and has avoided for the moment a decision which would have the effect of rejecting the owners' proposals outright, thus creating a deadlock. It is probable that the miners' leaders will

race..

[REUTER'S AMERICAN HERVICE. }

AMATEUR TENNIS. JAY GOULD LOSES CHAMPIONSHIP -TITLE.

New Yons, April 10th Jay Gould, the National Amateur Real Tennis Champion since 1907, lost the title, by default, to Sugden. Cutting was unable to play owing to not having recovered from influenza.

TERRIBLE ORDEAL AT SEA. SEQUEL TO COLLISION BETWEEN

OIL STEAMERS.

years of prohibition, but had completely recovered from this since the abolition. of the bootlegger and rum-runners.

Sir William Stavert (Montreal) de scribed Quelie's plan of liquor control, resulting in the banishment of the boot- legger, and asserted the law increased temperance and the people were satisfied.

MR." LLOYD GEORGE ON SLEEP.

A SECRET SUCCESS,

of his wonderful staying power

Mr. Lloyd George has given the secret"

and vitality to an interviewer for the American Magazine in these terms:

Following Abd-el-Krim'e sending as emissary to the French authorities in Morocco, negotiations are opening in mediately at Ujda, Morocco, hetween re presentatives of the recalcitrant, Riff tribes and the Franco-Spanish autho-confer with the Government before meet ritica The French, delegation has been ing the owners. The Miners Executive appointed.

is acting on the advice of the Industris) Committee of the Trades Union Congress that the negotiations should be continued in order that the points of difference Chinaman, who is badly burnt, said that exercise of the will SPANISH DELEGATE IN PARI..

between the parties shall be reduced to the smallest dimensions.

1 never had a wakeful night. That was my salvation, I could go over to a couch now and lie down as I often do during hard days and I would be asleep. in two or three minutes. Fifteen minutes NEW ORLEANS, April 9th,

or half an hour later 1 would wake up. fresh and ready for work again. It is Fifteen members of the crew of the partly a gift, but there. fa a decided Dutch oil steamer Sileamus, on which element of self-training about it. You there was a serious explosion following aan school yourself so that when the body is in repose the nerves will carry the collision with the U.S. tanker Thomas W. message to the brain that this is the time Wheeler, have now been brought in: One To form that habit requires a definite for sleep, and that nothing else matters.

THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.];

PRINCIPAL

PARIS, April 11th

Le Matin announces that Signor Lopes Olivan, the principal Spanish delegate to

A mass meeting will be held at the end the future conference at Oudjda has of April to propose a resolution" request.. ing the Government to order an enquiry arrived in Paris, and will meet M. on the fines of the Coal Commission, Painleve and the French delegates in cotton trade, especially as regards re-

Two important Druses leaders have regarding the continued depression, in the order to lay down the conditions under

submitted.

Bedouins attacked the Druses in order to take lands occupied by the latter, Thirty of the Druses were killed.

ATTEMPT ON MÜSSOLINI.

·HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE'S REGRETS.

LONDON, April 9th The British Ambassador to Rome has been commanded to convey His Majesty's It is likely that the delegates will leave regrets for the attempt on the life of for Oudida on April 12th.

Bignor Mussolini..

capitalisation during the turnover period which an armistice could be granted to 1919-90. It is notified that a circular the Riflians to 18 cotton companies has been issued by the Shareholders and Loanbolders Protection Association.

the Silvanus with a cargo of bonnine,Did you never walk the floor all was nearly bisected by the collision. She night, even in the most critical period. later, collided with the bank and was Never The most critical period was

of the war" he was asked. thrown back into the atcam and carried the month in which the Germans sank off by the current. She burnt to the eight hundred thousand tons of shipping water's edge, and only twelve out of the the destruction had continued at that Morate we should have been whipped beforn 35 Chinese aboard were powerful enough America could make her power felt.. I to dive and remain under the water until made a quick re-survey of our resources and formulated "decisión. In war rapid they pamed the burning oil. The others decisions are almost as valuable na right who jumped perished. All stripped he decisions. Then, having done everything that could be done, I finished the day and fore diving in.

went to sleep.