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TRADE. RETURNS." IMPORTS AND EXPORTS SHOW INCREASES.

LONDON, April 14th. The Board of Trade returns for March

show: Imports, £100,864.000: Exports, £80:93,000. The increases are 1013.000 and £1,545,000, respectively, compared with February.

NEW AIR LINES. SEQUEL TO RANCO-GERMAN AERIAL CONVENTION.

PARIS, April 14th.

According to the Quotidien the Franco- German Aerial Convention was signed yesterday, authorising French aeroplanes to y over Germany. Consequently, number of important air services will be opened in June, including the lines between Paris. Cologne and Berlin, be tween Cologne, London and Copenhagen, and between Copenhagen, Hamburg and Cologne, while it will be possible to fly to Moscow from Paris eia Berlin..

THE COAL CRISIS. MINERS' DEMAND DECENT LIVING WAGE STANDARD,

LONDON, April 13th.

The Miners Executive spent nearly four hours in drawing up à reply to the Coal Commission's recommendations, for submission to the coal-owners.

(THROUGH REGTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 150, 1926)

THE SPANISH FLIGHT. TWO AVIATORS LEAVE BAGHDAD

AFTER BRIEF VISIT.".

LoNDos, April 13th. A message from Bushire, in the Perman Gulf, says that the two Spanish airmen Loriga and Galarza have arrived from Baghdad, and departed again, after a brief interval, for Bunderabbas.

FAR EASTERN CABLE THE STRUGGLE FOR

"NEWS.

(THROUGH BRETER'S AGENCY.] CHINESE AND SHANGHAI".

COUNCIL.

RATEPAYERS IN FAVOUR OF ADMITTING. THREE.

PEKING.

WU PEI FU TO CONSULT CHANG TSO LIN.

{THROUGH ROTAR'S AGENCY:]

PRING, April 12th.

BOMB THROWING IN SHANGHAI.

KOREANS SUSPECTED.-

Two bambs were hurled 14 the Japanese Consulate in Whangpoo Road; Shanghai, on Thursday evening, April 8th..

The Shanghai Mercury gives the follow ing account of the occurrence 2----.

About 7.30 o'clock, a motor car with

LOCAL SPORT.

HONGKONG BASEBALL

ASSOCIATION'S ARRANGEMENTS.

"FOR COMING SEASON.

It is proposed this season that there shall be six clubs competing in the local Baseball League, with the suggestion, that in order to give every team at least

matches played every Saturday, and one match every Sunday afternoon.

With local interest growing in the great national sport of the United States,

drove up to the Japanese Consulate General on Whangpoo Road. One of the men threw two, bombs at the building of the staff's residence, adjacent to which are the Consular gao) in which the two was demonstrated last year by the Koreans are detained awaiting trial on increasing attendances at every match a charge of assassinating another Korean as the season progressed, there seems some four months ago, on Haining Read. no reason to doubt but that the games One of the bombs fell on the pavement | which will be witnessed this season o and exploded, doing little damage to the Happy Valley diamond will prove

General Tien Wei Chun, a subordinate three occupanta, ‘believed to be Koreans, one game a week there shall be two SHANGHAI, April 14th of Marshal Wu Fei Fu, arrived in Peking Concrete evidence of the growing defrom Lukouchao is afternoon and had sire of the foreign colomunity to meet a conference with General Lai Chung Lin, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING 'AIRMAN,

Cano, April 14th.

the Chinese in the matter of local grier who is arranging for competent civil, This morning aeroplanes were cease ances is contained, frstly, in the almost military and police officials to take over lessly searching for Capt. Estevez, unanimous resolution ät today's meeting the control of the city in the event of the the missing the Spanish aviator. ". « of the Ratepayers, in favour of admitting Kueminchun evacuating.

There is no need for anxiety, however, three Chinese as Councillors; secondly, Estevez speaks Arabic, and the statement of the Chairman of the traversing grazing country where be Municipality that the Council favoured is likely to encounter friendly Arab the rendition of the Mixed Court to China shepherds.

if eficiency in carrying out justice was not impaired, and thirdly, the Chair- man's promise that the Council would consider the admission of Chinese to Foreign Parks.

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[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] PERUVIAN AIR TRAGEDY.

LINA, April 13th. Flying officers Guillermo Protzel and Juan. Podesta, two of Peru's best! aviators, have been incinerated, owing to the machine catching fire during a forced landing in a storm,

THE POLAR FLIGHT. AMUNDSEN AND ELLSWORTH

LEAVE SPITZBERGEN,

Amundsen and Ellsworth have started from Spitzbergen.

The Aftenposten pablishes the state- ment that Amundsen was charged by the Premier to annex the land discovered in the Polar fight.

NORGE REACHES OSLO.

LONDON, April 13th. The Airship Norge has left Pulham

Osto. April 14th.

The Norge has arrived here.

The reply, which, like the coal-owners' proposals, examines ench "recommenda tion says that no wage is acceptable which does not provide at least a wage sufficient to furnish a decent living standard. The miners entirely disagree | for Oslo. with the suggestion that districte should settle the minimum percentage, and opine that the national bodies are fully competent to deal with the wage ngree- ment question on a uniform basis. They do not consider the suggestion for re- distributing the total weekly number of hours over five days a week practical, and disapprove of the suggestion to com- pensate the present ownera of minerals,

except those who purchased them. They express willingness to consider the sug gestion of multiple shifts and consider that both sides should at the eariest pos- sible moment, formulate a national agree- ment, whereby the minimum percentage can be determined.

A DEADLOCK.

LATER.

A conference between the coal-owners and the miners' Executive on the owners" proposals bas ended in a deadlock with no progress reported.

CAUSE OF DEADLOCK..

LATER. Though nobody expected the owners' and miners' standpoints to be easily re- conciled, a deadlock at this early stage of the negotiations came as a surprise.

It appears from a statement issued by the owners to-night that the breakdown was mainly due to divergency of methods The in fixing the minimum wage. miners pressed the owners for a table of figures which they proposed should con- stitute the minimum in various districts, but the owners insisted that this was a matter in the first place for district con- sideration.

It is believed that Mr. Baldwin, who has been following the negotiations.close- ly will intervene quickly.

SOVIET BUDGET.

HOW IT IS PROPOSED TO SPEND

THE MONEY.

Moscow, April 13th. 31. Brukhane, Commisioner Finance, in presenting the Budget of four milliard roubles, stated that 31 per cent. of the total expenditure would be devoted to economic objects, 18 per cent to defence and. 30 per cent to cultural requirements. The internal debt amount- ed to 440 million roubles, compared with 200 millions last year. M. Brukhanoff favoured the extension of home eredit operations in preference to further printing of banknotes."

'MILITARY MUTINY. DEATH SENTENCES ON LEADERS COMMUTED."

ATHENS, April 13th. An extraordinary Court Martial has

passed sentence of death on Colonel Zavellas and Major Karakoufa, the leaders of the Kazabóurnoa mutiny. It has also sentenced seven other officers to various terms of imprisonment!

LATER

Colonel Bakirdji was also sentenced To death, but the capital sentences have. been commuted.

AMATEUR BILLIARDS.

EMPIRE CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS

AT THURSTON'S.

Loxton, April 13th.,

The resolution regarding Chinese mem- bership to the Council requires the sanc tion of the Powers before it can he effec-

tive.

An amendment to the resolution cabled on April 8th was overwhelmingly defent. el, only six voting for it out of about 300 ratepayers present

NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AT

PEKING.

A STATEMENT OF POLICY.

[ASTIC SEWS SERVICE. Į

Mr. Hu Wei Teh. now Minister for Foreign Affairs, in an interview with Press correspondents, declared: ---

I have been in the Chinese diplo. matic service for more than thirty years. Since my return from Europe in 1909, I have been repeatedly asked by the Gov- erament to take charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but always declined it. Now that the Kuominchan is with drawn, and General Wong Shih Tseng and other high personages are busily engaged in bringing about a peaceful settlement of the crisis, and as my policy is one of peace and collaboration, gladly accepted the post of Foreign Fremier Chia and other leaders in the hope of rendering what little assistance I can in the direction of establishing

and a

the extent of about 3 inches in diameter of interest to all who fallow the sport

quarter of an inch deep in the and will even attract a much larger. pavement, Despite the slight damage, following of local baseball "fans" than the bomb is said to have made such a before and enrol many More new

enthusiasts.

Harshal Wu Pei Fu has not yet replied to the Kuominchun direct, but he has informed the local representatives that he mpat first discuss the changed situation with Marshal Chang Tso Liz.

Meanwhile, the Kuominchun is desper-noise that the occupants of the buildings

in the vicinity were quito alarmed. ately retarding the advance of the other.

Another bomb which was found early allies on the Tungubow and Fengtal

fronts.

FIGHTING ON THE ROAD TO PEKING.

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The preliminary arrangements for the.

next morning inside the wall by a coolieason were discussed at the annual of the Consulate, fortunately, remained meeting of the Hongkong Baseball. As unexploded. The bomb was found to be sociation held last evening at the Office of German make, with a safety arrange of the American Consulate, Mr. Ranson presiding. There were representatives present from the following local clubs — American, Volunteers, Filipino and South. China A.A.`·

ment.

Prior to this incident, one night (some two weeks before), the window panes of the staff's residence were broken by But, bullets Bred by somebody outside. without publishing the fact, the Japanese

MOTOR COMMUNICATION NOW TOTALLY SUSPENDED.

TIENTSIN, April 14th Motor communications with Peking are now totally suspended. Owing to fight-authorities with the assistance of the ing on the Feting road the postal lorries Municipal police were taking precautions which have been maintaining a onil ter. against a recurrence. vice between the two cities since fighting began are now

to get also unable through..

FLIGHT OF TIENTSIN GARRISON

COMMANDER.

A REFUGEE IN THE JAPANESE CONCESSION.

TIENTSIS, April 14th.

It is reported that General Li Ching Lin is a refugee in the Japanese Contes

sion.

It appears that he quarrelled with Generals Chang Hsueh Liang and Chang

That night, as usual, a Municipal Police constable in mufti was on the beat along the Consulate compound, and upon bearing the noise, he made for the car, but it is reported, owing to the dark- ness failed to ascertain its number.

Soon after this, about 8.40 o'clock, the chauffeur of the motor car which he stated, carried the culprits, gave himself up at Hongkew Police Station. Accord ing to his statement, three Koreans (one in Chinese clothes and the other two in foreign clothes) eame to his garage, Chinese owned, on Kingse Road and hired a car which he drove up to the Consulate. When the car. arrived there, he was ordered to turn round by one of the occupants. While so doing, cae of them threw a bomb at the outside wall of the building from the motor car Smitten with fear, he refused to drive point of a pistol to drive up to the west end of the French Bund where they left the car, paying two dollars to him."

It is believed that they aimed to rescue the two Koreane who are now in custody in the Consular gaol.

It was stated that at present there were five clubs, who had signified their intention to enter the Losgue this season, these being the American (Hong- kong Baseball Club), Volunteers, Filipino, S.C.A.A. and the Japanese. It was thought that a sixth team would be pro- vided by the Portuguese.

It was decided to write to the Pre sident of the Hongkong Football Club again requesting the use of the ground.

The election of a general committee was left until the various clubs participat ing in the League had elected their cap tains and had nominated their represen- tatives to serve on the General Com mittee of the Association.

Further matters" with regard - to ar- rangements, for the season, such as ground, stand, gear, etc., were discussed and were afterwards left over until a later meeting of the Association when all points at issue will be decided on.

Playing at Thurstons' Hall. London. Minister at the strong persuasion of Taung Chang at a conference on Monday the car. But they forced him at the total income from club fees, and gate

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domestic "peace.

in the Empire Amateur Billiards Cham- pionship first heat), final scores G. Shailer (Australia) 2,000 best Malcolm.

At the same time, in my capacity as Smith (Scotland), 1,245

Foreign Minister, I will do my utmost Messrs. J. Earlam (England), T. to co-operate with the various leaders in McCluney (North Ireland) and P. bringing the existing Customs Confer- Routledge (South Africa) are also cace, the Sino-Russian Conference, as well as the Extra-territoriality Confer competing.

ence to successful conclusions to the satis faction of the Chinese people.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS. AGENTINE TEAM SAILS

SPAIN.

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FOR

BUENOS, AIRIA, April 13th. The Argentine Davis Cup team has sailed for Spain. The team will play Hungary at Barcelona on May 15th.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE-] SHOOTING AT ELECTION.

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THREE HURLUK KLAN MEMBERS SHOT DEAD.

But as China's success in her diplc- matic problems depends largely upon the reorganization of her domestic system,-

at which he was accused of plotting &gainst the Fengtien party.

However, he managed to escape in a moter-car to the Japanese Concession.

General Chang Tsung Chang is report- ed to have taken over the command-of Li Ching Lin's 25,000 troops.

REFUGEES IN A JAPANESE CONSULATE,

AND FINANCIALLY.

thus placing her own houses in proper EMBARRASSING-DIPLOMATICALLY order,-I sincerely hope that the lenders of the various parties, as well as the people, will all do their bit towards placing the national interests of their conairy on a firm basis"

PROHIBITION ENQUIRY,

HOMES OF

1.

THE NEW REGIMENT. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH, BORDERERS TO RELIEVE EAST SURREYS, The id Batt, of the King's Own Scottish Borderers are coming from Egypt about the end of this year to relieve the 1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. On the arrival of the New Battalion, the Easy Surreys will

leave for India.

It is nineteen years since a Scottish battalion was stationed in Hongkong The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders were here for about four months while waiting to go to North China.

It was reported that last season the takings, etc, amounted to 1968, which after disbursements, left a balance of 8912. It was estimated that the income would be larger this season and that gate receipts would be increased.

- Mr. J. Cameron Hawkins (Vice-Consul,- U.S.A. in Hongkong) resigned from the post of Acting, Vice President, stating that he was being recalled to Washing-

ton..

Officers, with the exception of a Com-. mittee, elected for the ensuing year were as under: -President, Mr. Ranson ;- Vice- President, M. W. Logan; Hon. Secre tary, Mr. Hin Wong Hon. Treasurer, Mr. L. R. Ildefonso.

It was decided to write and invite F.E. the Governor. (Sir Cecil Clementi,

KCMG) to honour the Association by becoming its Patron; and it was also decided to request Mr. R. C. Tredwell (Consul General, U.S.A. in Hongkong) to become Hon President.

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

ADAMSON CUP.

Texto, April 14th. Fresh negotiations are being opened with Marshal Chang Tso Lin for the release of eight of General Kuo Sung

The new Battalion coming here is a Ling's refugee officers who have been Lowland Regiment, with its depot at Berwick, and covers the counties of boused in the Japanese Consulate "at

Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire

Field Marshal Earl Haig is Colonel-Grimes Siaminfu (Manchuria) since. January,

manding officer of the 2nd Batt, is

that three members of the Ku Klux Klan, most

A message from Herrin, liscia, states

It is pointed out that the accommoiluin-Chief of the Regiment and the com notable being Father Francis tion of these officers, whom Chang's sol-Lieut. Col. J. C. W. Cornell, D.S.O. including the ex-Chief of Police, were Kasaczun, of Sugar Notch, in the shot dead to-day in the course of street anthracite region of Pennsylvania. He diers are constantly watching, and for fighting between the Klan and their painted a borrifying picture of his whose capture large rewards have been opponents, following a local ejection.

Naw Yoak, April 13th.

- ITALIAN . DEBT TO US.

MUSSOLINI DENOUNCED

AMERICAN DEMOCRATS.

BY

WASHINGTON. April 13th.

Signor Mussolini was a storm centre in

TENEMENT HOUSES

STILLS." WASHINGTON, April 13th. Witnesses for the "Wets appeared before the Senate Committee to-date

with

wild

Diocese open saloons, carousals by the young and drunkenness offered, is proving embarrassing diploma- among adults and even school-children.tically as well as financially, while the He declared:-"At summer resorts on

the lakes, young boys took girls from Consulate has only six rooms of which respectable homes for week-end parties.

1 know cases where good, girls are the refugees occupy two.

ashamed of their parents' drunkenness.

I have been in a home where a three-year

"blessing if the law were

the Senate when the Administration old child was crying for, moonshine. It pressed their efforts to secure the ratifica-would be a tion of the Italian debt settlement. The modified."

A woman probation officer of New Democrata, eredited with having an eye towards the Autumn elections, engaged York declared that tenement houses were in a campaign of denunciation of the homes of stills. so-called unwarranted jiberality to Italy. Senator McKellar led the opposition de scribing Signer Mussolini as the greatest "evil which had befallen Italy in a cen- tur He declared it was little short of a crime to give sa Italian despot the vast sum involved in the debt settlement.

BLOWN 'INTO SEA.

HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE

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DESTROYED BY GALE..

DEFINING INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

ALBANY, April 13th. The New York State Senate has adopted by 30 votes to 21 a Bill for holding a referendam in the autumn on the question of memorialising Congress to amend the Volstead Law so as to allow

cach State to fix his own definition of

intoxicating liquor.

THE PEKING - CRISIS.

THE PRICE OF EVACUATION.

[ASIATIC NEWS AGENCY.]

The Master of Napier, eldest son and heir of the 12th Baron Napier and battalion now destined for Hongkong. Ettrick, is a lieutenant in the particular The King's Own Scottish Borderers has two battalions, and the regiment haa n It was originally very fine history. known as the 25th King's Own Borderers. The uniform of the rank and file is doublets and Leslie tartan trews, and Dress the pipers wear doublets and Stewart tartan kilts.

all the stragglers of the Third Kuomin chun around Peking be rounded up and disbanded at once,

Further, it was decided that after the

April Qualifying Competition:-C. a.

00-24-75.qualifies.

Sheung Shui at 2.45 p.m.

ing..

FANLING HUNT, *

Saturday, 17th-Hounds will meet at Fox Hunt-

Sunday, 18th-Hounds will meet at Au Tao Police Station, at 10a.m. _Drag Hunt. Train at 8.35 .m. to Sheung Shai and motor bus.

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BRILLIANT BILLIARDS.

FALKINER'S FINE PERFORMANCE AT SHANGHAL

SHANGHAI April 14th. The viriting British billiards profes

game last night, compiled a break of 651 in twenty-four minutes. "This is believed to be a record in fast- scoring.

According to information from the withdrawal of, the Kuominchun, no unit,sional, Claude Falkiner, in an exhibition

of any other army should be stationed in office of the peace-makers, both Chang Peking- Teo Lin and Wu Pei Fu demand the eva The auggestion to make General Lu cuation of Peking by the first KuominChung Lin's troops independent of the chun prior to the opening of the Peace North-western Army and permit them to Conference:

garrison Peking has been rejected by

At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday On the Ruominchun side, General the anti-Kuaminchun armies as imprec Chang. Chih Kiang and even General La licable in view of the close relations be afternoon, a Chinese was sentenced to- Chung Lin, who now controls the Feking tween Marshal Feng Ya Hsiang and his three months' imprisonment with hard labour, for preparing opium. He was ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VIEW.

Government," agree, to evacuate the subordinates.

A Mukden despatch states that on the also fined $70 with the alternative of metropolis provided a sum of three WASHINGTON, April 14th Addressing a meeting of the Women's million dollars be supplied for meeting occasion of the celebration of Chang Tex one month's imprisonment for possession. A Jukong, who was found sleeping The bistoric Cape Henlopen lighthouse, National Committee for Law Enforcexpenses, as the officers and soldiers of the Lin's fifty-fifth birthday, General Yang

Army, declared to the Press representa- while on charge-room duty at the Praya several months. guarding the entrance to Delaware Bayment, Mr. Sargent, Attorney-General Peking garrison have not been paid for Yu Ting, Chief of Staff of the Fengtien has been blown into the sea by a violent said the real source of embarrassment in

made peace with the Kusminchun and the alternative of four weeks hard gale, thus frustrating the Government's enforcement of the law was not that the The members of the Chinese Bankers Liven that if the anti-Kuominchun forces East Police Station, was fined $50, with intentions to protect the lighthouse by law interfered with personal liberty, but Ansociation as well as leaders of other left them in Peking, civil ware of a labour, by Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the means of a number of hulks sunk that so many well intentioned persons, commercial guilds held a joint special farcer nature would surely occur again Central Magistracy yesterday. It was

thoughtlessly, or following some process conference on March 27th for the discus of unsound reasoning, joined hand with sion of within a year or two to the great detri stated by Capt. Bloxham, A.8.P., that during the British colonial period, and decinred the Government was successfully funds provided in addition to the with. Was personally of the opinion that the chair with his head-on a table, fast. anti-Knominchun forces must capture asleep. His service record showed ten The lighthouse was erected in 1785 those intentionally violating low. He leaders this important question, and the ment of the people. Consequently,, he the defendant was found sitting in w was constantly used antil: two years ago, fighting the liquor trafic, and could drawal of the armed forces from Peking, Peking and drive the Kusminchun into bad reports within six months, and the

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man only joined the force a year ago. when a storm weakened its foundations | enforce prohibition.

(Continued on next columa.);

Kanra and Kinkiang for a

around it.

PHILADEPHIA, April 13th."

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