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THE YANGTZE.

SOUTHERNERS EVACUATE HANKOW.

OFF TO FIGHT SUN.

OFFICIAL REPORTS.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16rn, 19:26

EXCITING CANADIAN

ELECTION.

AT

GENEVA.

LOCARNO PACT RATIFIED.

COAL DISPUTE,

DEADLOOK CONTINUES.

DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT.

MORE HAND-SHAKING.

The following is a brief Summary of the latest official reports from

Hankow!--

1.

14th September.-Wuchang still untaken and assaults repulsed. Southern forces have taken Esinakan on Peking Railway and re- ported to be advancing. Hankow practically denuded of troops" and it is presumed they have gone down river to reinforce troops opposed to Sun on Kiangai Border. All is quiet at Hankow. Local papers commenting on Wanhaien, state that fault lies with General Yang Sen. "Several factories foreign and Chinese have closed down and Labour Unions are active. There are no further firings at passing steamers and sailing to Changsha from Hankow have been resumed. Southern Forces have, demanded $4,000,000 from Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

TRADITIONAL GALLANTRY OF THE SERVICE, Message from the Lords of the Admiralty,

The following message has been ad- dressed by the Board of Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, China Station:

LONDON, September 14th. Having received your telegraphic report of the expedition to Wanksien on-Sunday, 5th September,Their. Lordships, while deeply regrettting the loss of valuable lives and the number of casualties suffered, note that the traditional gallantry of H.M. Service was fully sustained by all. Officers and ratings who took part in the hazardous expedition, which re- sulted in the extrication of H.M.S. Quckchafer from her dangerous position and the rescue with one.ex. ception of the British Mercantile Marine Officers of the two steamers. Their Lordships desire that an ex- pression of their warm appreciation may be conveyed to all Officers and ratings concerned."

TEN SLANDER ACTIONS PENDING.

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returns from Western Canada prove a surprise.

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GENEVA, September 14th... What Sir Austen Chamberlain smiling-

The delegates despatched a congratula tory "telegram to the Mayor of Locarno.

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LONDON, September 14th. The Cabinet Coal Committee discussed the deadlock for two hours to-day. It is understood that a report on the general situation has been prepared and will be

Minors Asked to Walt.

LONDON, September 14th. The Mixers' Executive bas, requested the miners to decline to accept the terms offered locally and to await instructions of the Executive, pending the Govern ment's decision upon the owners' refusal for a ational conference.

ly described to a Reuter representative submitted to the full Cabinet on Thurs OTTAWA, September 14th.

"the fast act” of the Locarno Pact | day. Early election returns indicate that the

was staged in the Secretary General's Afr. Baldwin is expected in London Government will be unable to secure a

room when all the signatories thereto de to-morrow and it is believed that the majority in the new Parliament unless the posited their ratifications. The repre- Committes concluded that no action was

sentatives of all seven nations concerned expedient till Mr. Baldwin's return. were present. There were no speeches, The contest has been bitter, and will and the proceedings, which only lasted result in at least ten, slander actions ten minutes, merely consisted of affixing peading among political leaders, includ-signatures and hand-shaking. ing an action by Mr. Mackenzie King against a Toronto paper for £80,000 sterling damages and two actions by Mr. Stevens, Minister of Customs, against

The Tour Classes. froni Hankow, dated September 14th..

two newspapers for £20,000 each.

An interesting and animated discus In addition to the boats already up the river, H.ALS. Cricket left here for the Stormy scenes were witnessed at the sion took place in the Committee dealing apper reaches earlier this week. H.M.S.final meetings of the campaign in Mon-with the draft of the resolution referring Ber goes to-day, while a naval. detach- ment of about 70 men are proceeding by passenger steamer to Ichang to-night.

At Tchang the detachment will join the members of the last expedition.

'Details of the proposed procedure when organisation is complete have not yet been given out for publication.

London Insurance Rates,

ત્ર

LATER.

to the rules of the election of "Non-per- hearing manent members of the Council, their term of office and the conditions of re- eligibility. "

treal, where Mr. Patenaude, Minister of Justice, was unable to obtain because of force encounters between his supporters and opponents. Eggs, toma- toes and other missiles were thrown

LATER.

The election returns shortly before mid- LONDON, September 15th.aight point to the defeat of, the Govern The London insurance market yester-i day quotes rates of 7a. 6d. per month meat with the probability that the and 30 for six months on approved Liberals will have the largest group is goods in the foreign Concessions the House of Commons, and possibly a Canton and Swatow.

clear majority.

at.

It is understood, says the Times, that a considerable amount has been written on merchandise in another district at 40/- per cent per month, but later rates are more than double that quotation.

It is understood that insurances are also being effected to cover British crews and ships trading in Far Eastern waters against risks of death or injury owing to ciation of Admiral Sir Alexander Bio-per cent. of the sums assured was quoted, Their Lordships convey warm appre- the disturbances in China. A rate of 10

air in going to Ichang to meet the deputation which General Yang Sen has offered to send thither to discuss the Wanksien affair.

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Southerners Take Hsiaokan,

PERING, September 15th. A message from Hankow states that the Southeiners have taken Hsiaokan... Second Naval Expedition.

Hankow is now denuded of Southern SHANGHAI, September 15th. troops, owing to the dispatch of the re- The second naval expedition to Wan-maining forces southward to oppose Sun hsien is mentioned in a message received Cauan Fang.

ALAN COBHAM.

ARRIVES IN RANGOON.

The missing airman, Cobham, "has passed Mergui bound for Rangoon.

[BRITISH WILELESS SERVICE.] Bad Weather Experienced.

RUGBY, September 14th. Some anxiety. is felt regarding the whereabouts of Allan Cobbam, who is making his return fighs from Australia to England.

Nothing has been heard of him since Friday last, September 10th, when he telegraphed to the Daily Mail that the monsoon bad compelled him to land at Victoria Point, in Burma, on his way to Rangoon. This telegram was despatched from Renong, in 'Siam, which lies across narrow strip of water ten to fifteen miles from Victoria Point, the latter having no telegraphic communications. It is assumed that the message was taken to Renong by some native craft.

The Burma Government has telegraph- ed to the Governor of Renong aking for news of the airman and the reply is awaited. Reports from Rangoon, which is about 500 miles north of Victoria

沪

SENSATIONAL SHANG- HAI INCIDENT.

BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE" JAPANESE CONSULATE,

ATTRIBUTED TO A KOREAN PLOT.

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SHANGHAI, September 15th This morning a Chinese drove up to the side entrance of the Japancee Con- sulate in Shanghai in a rickshaw, in which he was carrying a suitcase.-

The Chinese and hardly left the risk shaw when a bomb exploded, seriously injuring the rickshaw coolie and doing other damage,

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The culprit was arrested. The Japanese allege that the affair is due to a Korean plot.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

ALIENS IN ENGLAND.

THE GRANTING OF PERMITS. RUODY, September 14th. The report of the ilinistry of Labour Point, states that the weather at Victoria for 1025 gives some particulars of the

The Conservatives, so far, have three gains, the Liberals eighteen and the Progressives one.

Mr. Meighen Defeated.

LATER

The latest results show the Liberals with 116, the Conservatives with 88, the Progressives with 16, Labour with 4, and Alberta Farmers with 10.

Mr. Meighen himself and five Cabinet Ministers have been defeated.

All the Liberal ex-Ministers have been re-elected.

Prince Arfaed Dowles (Persia) claim ed two seats for the Asiatic continent, and referred, amid hilarity-to-the- scheme submitted to the Committee as dividing the League into four classes, namely, the aristocracy, the nobility, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, which applied to the various terms of office of the non-permanent members.

Persia and China's Claims.

GENEVA, September 14th. In the course of the discussion on the rules governing the election of non-per- manent members of the Council of the League, Prince Arfaed Dowleh (Persia) and Mr. Chu (China), re-affirmed their

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] Government's Next Mov8.

LAWN BOWLS IN

SHANGHAI,2

THE INTERPORT TEAMS IN ACTION.

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SHANGHAI, September 15th.. The Hongkong laterport Lasin Bowls Team beat Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club

Term 28 phots to 10:

Another team of the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club beat the Hankow Interport Team by 23 shots to &

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HOME CRICKET.

**THE REST" VANQUISH LANCS. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

. LONDON, September 14th England's Fifth Test team, which the M.C.C. nominated to represent the Rest against Lancashire in the annual fixture, the Champion County, . The. Rest, proved much too strong for the North- erners, winning by 374 after declaring in the second innings 168 runs for the loss of only two wickets.

The scores were:-

The Rest: 917 and 468 (for two

wickets declared).

Lancashire: 177 and 134

RUGBY, September 14th.. Members of the Central Committee of the Coalowners, after informing Mr. Churchill yesterday that the District A. P. F. Chapman, England's youthful Associations had rejected his proposal captain, won the toss and the Rest mada

217 their first essay, out of which Hen-- for negotiations on a national basis dis-dren made exactly 100. Macdonald took persed and left London....

It is authoritatively stated to-day that the next move which the Government will make with the object of ending the dead- lock will be to summon the representa tives of the District Coalowners' Associa tions to London to discuss the position and to decide how far a basis of negotia tion exists. This step will be taken after the return of Mr. Stanley Baldwin from Aix-les-Bains to-morrow evening.

The Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation met to-day to con- sider the position and decided to request the miners in every area to resist the Mr. Adatai (Japan) spoke 'sympathe-efforts of the coal-owners to secure their defeat" and to await further instructions, tically of Persia's and China's claims.

pending the decision of the Government.

claims for seats.

Mr. Chu. urged that there should be two seats for Asia and added that if the claim was not satisfied this session it would come up next station.

The country is virtually assured of comparatively stable Government under Liberal auspices for the next four years,

Viscount Cecil pointed out the con- since Mr. Mackenzie King, with the co-stitutional difficulties in the way of meet operation of the Progressives, will be able to rely upon a majority over any other combination. Moreover, he can probably count on the support of the majority of the Alberta Farmers and Labourites.

ing the claims and suggested that the Persian and Chinese delegates should be satisfied if the report to the Assembly mentioned that adequate representation had been given to the question.

Rules Camimlitse Agree. Mr. Heighen's resignation is imminently

After a lengthy discussion the Cort- expected, after which Mr. Mackenzie mitter agreed to the rules governing the King will be summoned to form election of non-permanent members of Cabinet.

arrangements

Hence it is doubtful can be made in time to enable the Premier to attend the Imperial Confer ence, unless it is again postponed.

SPANISH PLEBISCITE. VOTE FAVOURS PRESENT GOVERNMENT.

MADRID, September 14th. The provisional results of the plebiscite to enable the people to register approval of General, Primo de Rivera's regime show that nearly 3,000,000 signatures have been given in favour of the Government.

the Council, their term of office and con- ditions of re-eligibility.

The rales provide for the election each year of three non-permanent members whose term shall commence immediately on election. In the event of a vacancy the seat shall be filled by election. A member may not be re-elected during the poriod between the expiration of his term of office and his third election unless the Assembly, by a two-thirds majority, has previously decided that he is re-eligible. The Assembly may at any time by a two-

a new election of all nonpermanent thirds majority, decide to proceed with

Point has been bad and that a depres-conditions under which aliens are per- Several provincial figures "are outstand. Ibers of the Council.

employment.

sion, which has formed in the neighbour mitted to enter this country to take up hood of the Andaman Islands, is usually the precursor of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. These conditions would hold up the flight and might even interfere with communication between Victoria Point and Renong.

In circles connected with Cobham, the opinion is expressed that the airman 1 too experienced to take unnecessary rist in a.storm and that he is waiting safely at Victoria Point.

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Arrives at Rangoon."

RANGOON, September, 15th.

Cobham has arrived.

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A ONE THOUSAND FOOT

LINER

MAY BE BUILT ON THE OLYDE

Brasr, September 14th- There is talk in the Clydebank of a leading British firm of ship-owners building a 1,000 foot long liner on the Clyde, provided the builders can guar- antee that the river is in a muitable con- dition to launch it.

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The vessel would be the largest in the world. The dguitonia, which is 868 feat lod, is the largest vessel hitherto built on the Clyde, and special dredging was necessary for it. At present the two largest ships are the Majestic and Leviathan, which are 9154 feet and 907) feet long respectively.

ing.

LEVEL CROSSING DISASTER. VERDICT AGAINST DEAD GATEKEEPER

In the grant of permits, regard is bad to the conditions of the labour market and aliens are not admitted to take work which could be equally well done by Bri- tish or foreign persons already domiciled in the country. Permits were refused in 120 cases to theatrical and musical artists

LONDON, September 14th.. and 1,816. granted. 128 were refused to foreign clerks and students and 580

At the inquest on the victims of the granted. Of hotel employees, 67 were Naworth railway crossing disaster in refused and 197, ganted. Of domestic servants and nurses, 415 were re which a sharabane was run into by a train, number of permits refused has been

AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY

[RECTER'S AMELICAN SERVICE] KU KLUX KLAN.

A KLANVOCATION.

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MEXICO AND REBEL INDIANS.

MEXICO CITY, September 15th. The Government are sending aero planes, mountain artillery and four batta. lions of infantry to Sonora to clear ont the rebel Yagu Indians, who last week attacked a train in which ex-President Obregon was travelling.

RED ENSIGN ON THE "HINDENBURG."

DIVER UP BARNACLED FLAGMAST.

GUNS FESTOONED IN SEAWEED.

STROMNESS, Orkney, August 20th. The whole length of the ex-German battle cruiser Hindenburg's upper after- deck, about 300ft, and three-quarters of the 90ft. of the after-deck's width were raised above the surface of the ses late this afternoon.

four wickets for 73 runa.

Lancashire were dismissed for 177 Hallows contributing 70, and the wickets falling to Larwood (3 for 61) and Tate (4 for 40).

The batting of the Rest was brilliant on the following day. Hobby and Sut- cliffe put on 100 for the first wicket, Hobbs being defeated after scoring 63, and then Sutcliffe and Woolley in part- Rership severely punished every Lan- caguire bowler. Sutcliffe made 136 be fore he was defeated, and then Woolley and Hendres scored with utmost freedom- until the innings was declared closed. Woolley had made 172 not out in his usual elegant style, and Hendren's total

was 77 not cut..

G. T. S. Stevens was the biggest factor in the dismissal of Lancashire for 134. He took six"wickets for 52 runs.

MACARTNEY MAKES ANOTHER CENTURY.

LONDON, September 14th. The match at Blackpool was drawn, raia forcing the drawing of stumps be fore the time set. The game was resumed in bright, cool weather, on a good wicket. The North of England were dismissed for 191, Holmes making 48. Mailey took five wickets for 38 runs.

The Australians had compiled 201 for the loss of four wickets when the con- clusion was forced. Macartney had at that stage made 100 not out.

AVERAGES.

Hobbs and Rhodes Head Lists.

LONDON, September 14th. The final first-class cricket averages reveal, most appropriately, that Hobbs and buteliffe are still together at the top of the list.

Hobbs beads the list with 41 innings and a total of 2,0 runs. His top score was 316 (not out) and his averages works' out at 77.60.

Butcliffe, who is second, played 47 in- His top nings and made 2,528 runs. score was 200, and his average works out at 66.52.

Rhodes beads the bowling, with 392 over, and 115 wickets at an average of 14.88 per wicket.

Woodfull beads the Australians, hav ing made 1,672 runs with an average of Macartney la second, with 1,581 57.63, runs and an average of 53.82.

Grimmett heads the Australian bow-

The fore-part of the vessel, which was scuttled in 1019 and is being salved by Messrs. Cox and Danks, Ltd., had been Bunk late yesterday and remains under water to-night, but it is not thought that again raising what was designedly sunk. any difficulty will be experienced in It is thought that the ship, which has ling, he teking 105 wickets at a cost of again listed heavily to port, can be right- 17.68 each. Macartney is second, with water on an even keel within 24 hours.

HOME FOOTBALL. mem-week until sunk last night. The after

ed fairly easily, and will ride above 40 wickets at an average of 17.81

WASHINGTON, September 14th. The Ku Klux Klan has opened its third biennial Klánvocation to-day. It was preceded yesterday by a spectacular parade of white-robed hosts through

though the Klanvacation is attended by many thousands of Klansmen, all names are kept secret and, while newspaper men are admitted to the exercises they are not given the name of the speakers or presiding officers. The principal speaker introduced as The Exalted

The bows had been above water for a

deck has never shown above water since HUDDERSFIELD'S FOURTH DRAW. the Germans sank the Hindenburg seven" years ago.

She's Rising."

There was great excitement among everyone when the stern began to rise from the bottom of the sea.

The first sign was at 2.45-p.m., when the word flashed round, "She's rising." The firet upward movement was dramIL tic. It was made by the after dagstall Then the whole of the four aft 19in. guns protruded, wreathed and hung in seaweed.

The actual timber of the upper after

p.m., and then the danger signal buoy Hindenburg's stern lay, 30 feet, below, that has marked the spot where the was bouncing on the risen deck.

LONDON, September 14th.- At Huddersfield to-day, in the First Division of the English League, Hudders field and Sunderland played a drawn game, so goals being scored.

LAWN TENNIS. DRASTIC ACTION BY FRENCH FEDERATION:

PARIS, September 14th. The Committee of the French Lawn Tennis Federation has decided not to

stromments in any clubs aliated to it of a fund for disfigured soldiers, in which with regard to a match for the benent A strong sen, a high wind, and dren Mulle. Suzanne Lenglen and M. Ferst were to participate, the Federation is ching rain failed to quell the general prepared to allow the match to be played excitement when Diver Harry Hall but only with amateurs. Thus Paris 14 puiling valiantly in a dingy, reached the deprived of seeing Lenglen's last match

Divested only of his helmet and before her departure to America. weights, he scaled the barnacled after fagstaff, and hoisted the Red Ensign

fused, and 1,540 granted. The total verdict of manslaughter was brought Washington's main thoroughfare. Abdeck was not through the water till 3.30 authorise professional exhibitions or 1,104, and there were 6,248 granted. In against the crossing gatekeeper named the case of hotel and restaurant em- Oliver, who, the jury found, was killed as ployees, permits were isused in most the result of his own negligence. cases on condition that a British youth was sent abroad in exchange for the alien in order that he could obtain facilities for learning foreign languages and for gaining experience in hotel busi ness abroad. A limited number of per- mits were granted to assist in setting up new industries in this country, such as artificial silk and beet sugar and only on condition that the aliens were employ ed to train -British subjects in a new

procesa

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U.S. LOAN FOR FINLAND.

HELSINGFORS, September 15th. An Agreement has been signed by a New York financial group and the Finnish Government and the Bank of Finland for a long term loan of $15,000,000,

DISASTER.

MANY KILLED AND INJURED.“

SYDNEY, September 14th,

WAJ

steru.

Cyclops. He predicted the exclusion of emigrants to the United States within a few years and declared that the recent A railway accident which has occurred. Eucharistic Congress at Chicago was there: at. Murulla, one hundred miles North-challenge to America.

Australia, west of Newenstle, is described as the

witnessed in ever Twenty-six people were killed and 50 injured

worst

Four trucks laden with wool became detached from a goods train and ran down hill and crashed at sixty miles an bour into the North-west mail speeding at forty miles per hour. The trucks. jumped over the mail engine and the first coach and wrecked the second coach The driver and fireman of the mail train were practically unhurt."

OBITUARY.

RUDOLF EUCKEN.

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JEA, September 15th The death is announced of Dr. Radolf Eucken, the eminent. German scholar,

[Dr. Eucken was born in 1848. He was particularly distinguished in philosophy. history and literature. In 1908 the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to bim

[REUTEE'S AMERICAN SERVICE] SURPRISES AT FOREST HILLS. FOREST HILLS, September 14th.

In the second round of the national

At the same moment one of the salvage. officers scrambled around the ship's ex-lawn tennis championship, there were posed starboard hulwarks and walked the historic quarter-deck. ':

Daughter's Klas.

Mrs. Cox and their 18-years-old daugh ter, Bunty, were present when the ship's stern lifted, the latter kissing her father excitedly for luck. A

The lift was made possible by the divers forcing the bulkhead doors to an aft compartment believed to have con- tained 5,000 tons of water.

soce surprising results to day.

Dr. King, of New York, beat Harada (Japan) 6-4, 6-8, 8-8.

F. T. Hinter beat the Davis Cup player Chapin 82, 3-7, 8-6,. £3.

Arnold Jones beat Tawara (Japan) 2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1

Tilden beat the young American player Neil Sullivan, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1, and it was still bothered with his strained knee. evident from the play that Tilden was