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COLLISION BETWEEN CHINESE TROOPS

AND WORKERS.

100 WORKERS REPORTED KILLED.

THREATENED SHANGHAI GENERAL

STRIKE

PRACTICALLY

PARALYSED."

(Fab Te Tat Pas.)

SHANGA, April 14th. A serious clash between workers and soldiers took place at Shang- hai when a number of the former attempted to rush into General Chow Fong Chi's headquafters. Fully 100 workers are stated to have been killed.

Another Labour Organization. As the General Labour Union has heen dissolved by General Pai Chung Hsi, the labour leaders in

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 15th, 1927.

THE FOREIGN CONCESSIONS IN CHINA.

GENEROUS FRENCH TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISHI,

(THROUGH RXUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, April 14th. - Great Britain's action in sending troops to Shanghai is praised by the Echo de Parix which says that it is this that has encouraged the foes of Communism in China to rally

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HOLLAND AND CHINA.

STATEMENT BY THE DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.']

Tax. HAGUE, April 13th In a memorandum the Foreign Minister, replying to the Upper House criticisms of the foreign

EARTHQUAKE IN MANILA.

*CLOCKS STOP; "DISHES

· CRASH;

ALSO FELT "IN HONG KONG.

(THROUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.)

were

BRITISH BUDGET.

CHANCELLOR WINDS UP

THE DEBATE.

REFERENCE TO CHINA.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, April 13th," The British public are less grate ful for benefits received than for

MANILA, April 13th. Two earthquake shocks rongly felt in Manila 'to-night. They stopped clocks, caused evils averted, declared M. Churchill dishes to crash, and aroused the in the House of Commons when the inhabitants, the religious starting winding up the debate: on to Yemain strictly

prayers in the streets, thinking it Budget had some connection with Holy Week.

estimates, saya the Government is following attentively and not with- out anxiety the events in China, I intends neutral, as between the factions. Holland is ready, in agreement with the other Powers, to concede as far as possible to China's reason- able aspirations. The Government relies on the Chinese authorities doing their utmost to do justice to Dutch interests in China.

The uncertainty in Shanghai of how far the Chinese can enforce their authority in future, has caua-},

The centre of the disturbance was about 300 miles away.

No reports have come in yet from the provinces except from Baguio, 200 miles to the north, where the shocks were strongly felt..

Hong Kong's Tremors. Mr. T. F. Claxton, Director of

RUSSIA TO-DAY.'.

THE FAILURE OF COMMUNISMI,

REBUILDING PRIVATE": ENTERPRISE.

Mr. W. Moore Ede, writing in the Times, gives the following interest-

A MODERN METHUSALEH.

PERFECT PHYSICAL CON-

DITION AT 145. –

LIVES MAINLY ON SOUR MILK.

BUDAPEST

An

A Constantinople correspondent ing summary of what, according to of the Magyartag describes a fair and unbiassed observer, was interview with Agha Zaïo, who is the position in Russin to-day: probably the oldest man in Europe,

The Communists in this country for he is believed by the people of point to Russia and her recovery Constantinople to have, hived for

more than 145 years. since the devastations of both war

Zato possesses and Jamine as an illustration of the

tall, sinowy practical success "of the doctrines frume of phenomenal strength, little they preach. That Russia has gone hair, and no teeth-having lost a a long way towards recovery is true, third set of teeth which developed but the following notes of a con- after the decay of his second set. versation I had recently with a He was born in Kurdistan, and in friend who has been many times in 1808, during the reign of Selim III. Russia since the war show that such became a sergeant in the guards. success as has been achieved has Since then he remembers the reigns A Long-Established Folley. been effected by 'abaatoning Com. of Mahmud II., Medjid IV... Asiz As regards the suggesiton that muniệm.

1. Murad' V., Abdul Hamid II, £4,500,000 might be saved by drop-The ideal of Communism is the Basad V., and some Caliphs whom ping Imperial Preference, the Chan-destruction of the existing social be dismisses as of little consequence

He had nearly been hounded out of public life for his 1595 Budget, which was full of relaxations and benedis but the present Budget, which gave nothing, was greeted with undiluted satisfaction.

tend to former, another organis and turn on their enemies. Thereed the Netherlands to prolong the the Royal Observatory, has issued cellor said Imperial Prefeoace was order and the substitution of an- because they each reigned only a

tion to be called "The Workers' Confederate Organisation."

Workers At Variance. (Wah The Fat Fas).

SHANGHAI, April 14th. The General strike, which had been ordered to be started yesterday, has been practically paralysed owing to the various opinions circulating among the workers on the matter, Employees of the Post Office, telegraphic offices and many other public utilities intend to retain their "jobs

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Shanghai Labour" Union Dissolved.

SHANGHAI, April 13th. General Pei Chung Hei, com- manding the eastern division of the Nationalist Army, has issued an éficial proclamation dissolving the General Labour Union...

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SEDVICZ.) Portuguese Transport With 400 Troops.

Lissos, April 13th.

A transport is on its way to

are still many rocks ahead, but if foreign settlements survive in China it will be to Downing Street that their gratitude will be due.

JAPAN'S MANCHURIAN

GARRISON.

MAY BE DOUBLED IN STRENGTH.

(THROUGH REUTER'S

AGENCY.]

stay of the cruiser Sumatra for the Protection of Dutch interests.

NICARAGUA'S WAR.

THE LIBERALS' DEBACLE.

AGREEMENT SIGNED.

{THROUGH' AMERICAN SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, April 13th. The Nicaraguan Legation an- nounces that Diaz'a forces have

.

General Moncada, the Liberal commander, is reported to be taking refuge in the mountains.

Toxro, April 14th." The Japanese garrison in Man-captured the entire supply of churia is expected to be increased munitions belonging to Sacasa's

Liberal army. by being doubled for the time being!

The 14th Division is going to Manchuria to relieve the Division, whose service oversens has expired, but, owing to the situa- tion, it is believed that the 10th will be retained temporarily.

JAPANESE FEARS,

10th

LATER.

Important Stipulations.

Admiral Latimer, the commander of the United States Forces in

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the following report:-

Preliminary tremors started at 9.48.30p.m. (that is, 46 minutes past 9 o'clock last night).

The incidence of the transverse and long waves was doubtful.

The maximum occurred at 5.48.50 p.m., the amplitude being 13

millimetres.

Tremors lasted until 10.30 p.m.

and

Zars has been married three

a long-established policy, and the other in which all ownership is few years.

vested in the community, and the cost thereof was the measure of its people work, not for themselves, times, but complains that his wives success.

but for the welfare of the whole.

This is what has happened:-

Agriculture.

were short-lived: the first wife As regards the cost of defence,

succumbed after 32 years of con- jugal life, the second after twenty- he agreed that as the world was getting more peaceful, our foreign The land was rationalized, the eight, and the third after forty-two. landlords expropriated.. The pea- His eldest son, a porter well-known were becoming πότε relations

sants, were to cultivate all the land; in Constantinople, died a few years friendly. If there was any progress they were to receive suthcient for ago at the age of one hundred and towards disarmament, the size of their own netistheir abare; the ten. At one time Zaro set out to rest was to go to the community. travel round the world, but on his was subject to Result: The pedants only produced arrival in Italy his digestion became to the ignorance was no surplus, and the towns were about cooking"

ceustry. So he returned to Con- in danger of being starved.

our Air

Force

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were followed by another, periodical review, but in the absutficient for their own needs; there disturbed owing, displayed in that

smaller earthquake from 10.36 p.m. to, 11.02 p.m.

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EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE.

SEVERAL BUILDINGS

www.

COLLAPSE.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, April 14th. An earthquake shock was felt

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sence of that development we can- not interrupt our policy.

The Army And Niry.

one ow

As regards the army, our military When forces were 'cot excessive.

what was going on in Chin, saw what was the situation in Egypt and,, especially when one saw that on the frontiers of India, there was again growing up a vast. military power potentially danger

ous which for twenty years had not

Nicaragua, has advised the State this morning and several buildings bedu counted in our calculations Department that representatives of partially collapsed, the Conservatives and Liberals of

Macao with muditions, and will stop AN URGENT REQUEST FROM Nicaragua have signed an Agree. at Lourenco Marques, where 400 troops will embark.

THE BRITISH TROOPS AT

SHANGHAI.

T

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEKING FOR PROTECTION.

THROUGH HEUTER'¤ AGENCY.]

PEXING, April 13th. The Japanese Residents' Associa

ment safeguarding the foreign lumber companies and stipulating that none of the lumber plants will be molested by either of the Nicara- guan factions and that the em ployees also will not be molested nor the timber concessiona com- mandeered

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An American Daval officer wit

will

A QUERY IN THE HOUSE OF tion has wired to the Premier, Mr.

COMMONS.

Wakatsuki, the Foreign Minister," Baron Shidchar, the War and nessed the Agreement and any die Navy Ministers, earnestly request-putes with regard to it, he ing the Government to send rein. finally decide. Laxoox, April 4th. In the House of Commous, inforcements to Peking to protect replying to Miss Lawrence, Sir L. Japanese lives and property, and Worthington Evans said that the enable the Japanese to carry on British troops were not employed their avocations

to picket the Soviet Consulate at Shanghai and search all entering or leaving. He asked for notice of a question as to whether there had been any consultation between the Chief of Police had the General in Command, as he was unable to answer it without communicating with Shanghai.

THE MEMORANDUM ON LABOUR IN CHINA.

AN INTERESTING SUGGES- TION...

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 14th:

THE JAPANESE HANKOW

CONCESSION.

BEING STRONGLY HELD.

[THROUGH RIVIER'S AGENCY.]"

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HANKOW, April 14th. The Japanese Concession is now controlled by the naval authorities. It is heavily barricaded and strong- ly held by bluejackets and volun- teers and there is not the slightest. idea of giving it up. Businées men are especially averse to the idea and peint out that the British gaze-up. theirs from a friendly motive with the idea that it would enable them

ANGLO-GREEK DEBT.

PROVISIONS OF THE

AGREEMENT.

{THROCON REUTZA'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 14th. The Anglo-Greek Debt Agreement provides that Greece, in respect of her debt of 21,441,000, will pay £6,950,000 to be spread over 62 years and starting at £50,000 a year, gradually rising to £400,000.

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EQUALISING THE FRANCHISE.

NO DIFFICULTIES

ANTICIPATED.

(THROUGH AEUTER'S AGENCY.],

LONDON, April 13th.

SETTLEMENT OF A BIG FINANCIAL TRANS ACTION.

(THROUGH HAYAR AGENCY.]

because the European situation had neutralised hostilities on that front, and moreover when one considered the position of this country and its work-wide responsibilities, and how we had already disarmed, it was a bold man whe sought a ruthless re- duction of military establishments.

As regards the navy, we had abdicated from the two-power stan-

PARIS, April 14th. The 18 millions sterling gold, which the Bank of England is to dard, and submitted to a one-power restore to the Bank of France, will standard, and before any large re- be handed over in gold ingots, and duction in naval construction was the Bank of France will make what possible Parliament and the country must decide whether we were pre ever use it thinka fit of the gold.pared to abandon the one power Either the gold will be brought back to Paria and lodged in the banks and sales or will be deposit ed with accruing interest in banks in London, New York, Amsterdam or elsewhere or sold in exchange for dollars or other appreciated currencies.

HINDU PILGRIMS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

standard. The greatest of naval economy was an agreement by the three great aval Powers, who luckily lived in oppoate corners of the earth.

A Denial.

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To prevent this Lenin introduced stantinople, where the Government New Economic Policy, com- granted him a small house and the monly known as N.E.P., which per. position of a porter to the Prefec- micted the peasants to sell their tore-a sinecure which ensures him surplus. The peasants have now a sum equivalent to about £4 a become leaseholders who may hand week, and permits him to spend his on their farms to others, and are days in a tiny café, where he is hardly to be distinguished from known to have been a regular cus- owners. The only real gain has tomer for over a hundred years. been freedom from the burden of the great landlords and a wider diffusion of land ownership.

Industry.

All factories were nationalized; all were to work for equal wage. The higher-paid manager was got

rid of, kiled or exiled, with conse- quent decline in discipline and out- put. An equal wage, owing to de- cline in efficiency, meant something approaching equal starvation.

Being a good Mussulman, Zaro has never tasted alcohol. He does not smoke, cats little meat, but con sumes many litres of Yogourt (sour milk) "daily. Doctors, to whom he is a subject of never-failing interest, declare that he is in perfect phy-, sical condition.

THE WISDOM OF THE CRITICS.

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CHURCHILL'S' BOOK.

The factories have now largely recovered because, where possible, the old managers have been brought EXPERT OPINIONS ON MR. back, and it has become recognized that superior, akill requires a superior wage. As an incentive to exertion piecework has been intro duced. Piece work is the complete negation of Communism

Mr. Churchill's last volume on the World Crisis" produced a series of strange reverberations in the Press,

The multiple facets of the Chan- cellor's personality seem to strike every commentator at a different angle. There is no agreement among the critics either on the form ge matter of the book.

Nationalisation Of Railways. As the railways belonged to the community every one could travel anywhere free of cost if he obtained a pass. The Government could not finance the failways, and the whole

A veteran Liberal publicist comes system fell into a terrible condition of disrepair and became hopelessly out with a strong defence of the inefcicnt. Eventually fares were divine rightness of admirals and reintroduced, and now the railway generala against the immature lay service is conducted, well con- criticism of mere Cabinet Ministers. ducted, in march the ame way as The Morning Post, on the other hand, usually the stronghold of the in other countries.

military superman, treats Mr. Churchill's strategic views with a becoming seriousness.

Nationalisation Of Houses. All houses were at first created as

sear's finance left an ursound posi- Mr. Churchill denied that next tion. He was not counting on a tremendous boom, but in ordinary the property of the community, and Lord Beaverbrook, writing in the circumstances trade results, barring hose accomodation was allotted to Daily Express, thinks the style of great upheaval, must be incom the various citizens by the Housing the work excellent. Mr. John parably better than last year's. It was true that China would certainly Authority. Having no inducement Buchan calls it a masterpiece of to take care of the rooms assigned English prose. Mr. Masterman. cost more than the estimated sur plus of £1,500,000, but he preferred them the citizens allowed the Louses points out in the Evening Standard to make an effort to save £2,000,000 to fall inte disrepair. Now houses certain passages which be considers are let to citizens on a sort of re- atrocious in form, and suggests that or £1,000,000, to imposing additional pairing lease of considerable length, political rhetoric has ruined the

The discussion concluded without with the right to preferential treat author of

ment when the lease is renewed. In other words, houses are as much private property in Russia as under London leaseholds.

taxation.

a

division..

NEW YORK

HARDWAR, April 13th.' Twenty-one women and 15 men, moatly pilgrims from the Punjab, were crushed to death, and numbers were injured, in a rush at the THE COSTS OF COURTSHIP. wooden barricades in order to be GIRLS DO NOT WANT TO PAY. the first to bathe in the holy Ganges, in the final night of

The widespread movement in Kumbhamela, OF the Hindu re

favour of girls paying their own ligious bathing ceremony, which has share of dates with young men

appears definitely to have failed. in New York and Chicago is that girls should let well enough alone."

The movement was started by a

The Life of Lord. Randolph Churchill. The Daily Telegraph regards the judgmenta of Mr. Churchill as inspired by Heaven, while the Daily Chronicle thinks there is nothing sound in the Privats Trading.

book except the praise of Mr. Lloyd. needs supplied by a State-organized to be based on a belated gratitude At first everyone was to have his George's courage-and this is said system of distribution which was for past services., The Daily News secure equal rations for all. This reviewer says that it will make. very soon broke down, and the the historian wince." private trader reappeared more or The critics seem to be agreed less surreptitiously, Various at only on one single point-that

that in view of the public import. to carry on business without danger Prime Minister announced that the been going on since the beginning A consensus of opinions gathered tempts were made to prevent pri- the volume is readable.-Evening

Mr. Herbert Williams suggested

ance of its contents, the Memoran- to life and property, whereas the

In the House of Commons, the

Government would introduce in the next session a Pill equalising the franchise at the age of 21.

of March.

[Hardwar is in the Saharanpur dam ot the labour conditions in result has been that British busi-

He did not anticipate any-diff district of the United Provinces, on China, just published officially, should be issued at a price of che ness is completely killed and that culties. The voters would bo poll the river Ganges, and is the venue

an unexpected catastropheligions pilgrimage and fair.] 34r. Locker Lampson promised it is dangerous to life and limbing at the next election, in 1929, of the great annual Hindu

for Britishers to walk in the brought the present Government to streets of the ex-British Concession.

penny.

that he would consider the matter.

POLICY OF FRANCE IN "CHINA.

The Japanese declare that they will not be led into the same trap. Distressing Incident,

touse.

WHAT THE "MANCHESTER

A hitherto unreported incident GUARDIAN" THINKS.

during the attack on the Concession {THROUGH SIUTER'S AGENCY.)

on April 3rd was that a Japanese LONDON, April 14th. girl of 12 years was chased by a The Manchester Guardian's Paris bestial gang of coolies and ran to correspondent describes France's the upper storey of a policy in China as a following in Realising that she was cornered and the lead of Japan, and says that was sure to suffer death or worse, France believes that Japan will the little tot jumped into the street ultimately be omnipotent in the Far below. Fortunately, a Japanese East and that France, like Japan, Marine was able to break ber fall, is reluctant to be embroiled un enabling her to escape stunned and

with only a broken leg. necessarily with the Soviet.

an end." (Laughter.)

BANK OF TAIWAN.

GOVERNMENT'S AID.

(THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]

Torro, April 14th.

It is announced that the Cabinet will render unconditional aid to the Bank of Taiwan through the Banic of Japan.

GOOD" FRIDAY:

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 14th.

No newspapers are being publish ed in England on Good Friday.

PROMINENT U.S;A. COM- PANY SUSPENDED.

SERIOUS" ALLEGATIONS.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVİCE]

number of altruistic women's or

Chicago summarised their views as re-ganisations, but a hundred girls of follows: "Men get more wages than we do, so they ought to do the pay- ing. Besides we have to buy our own clothes which really are the most expensive thing about any dale or party.”

Other feminine opinions were: Being too independent takes all the romance

ata traders from doing business, Standard, but these attempts at, suppression failed, and owing to the inefficiency of State distribution the private trader always came back, and is now accepted and carries on busi ness much in the same way as in other countries.

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What The Revolution Has Done.

What the Revolution has done, is this; The extirpation by massacré". and exile of an aristocracy which The only trade retained by the was largely parasitic, drawing re- State is foreign trade, and that is venue from the labours of others, retained in the bands of the Soviet and giving little in return by wy Government. The main reason for of service to the community; the this is the desire to maintain the sweeping away of the old bureau- currency, for if there were a large cracy of the Tsars and the creation adverse balance it would possibly of a new bureaucracy of the Soviets, out of courtship. have a serious affect on the cur- composed of abler men than those What is needed is a campaign renty Depreciation et surrency who preceded them. In 100 or even New Toux, April 13th.

necessitate universal and in 50 years they will probably de- against girls. gold digging. Many would The Armour Grain Company is a young girl makes a sad mistake frequent readjustment reported to have been ordered to be by being too independent with this and prices. Every readjustment unlike that which existed in the suspended by the Chicago Board of Dutch treat business Young men would cause trouble and discou-days of the Tsare. The one certain Trade, on a drastic order alleging are proud to pay a girl's way and tent. every department the result is that the land will remain. dishonest and wrongful acts. `·. there's no use in stopping them." principles of Communizm have in the heads of the peasants, and, Armour's, who sold as mich as Girls declared that the majority proved unworkable, and Russia to as peasant proprietors are essentini- five million bushels of cash wheat of their sex refrains from geld day is being rebuilt on the econo ly, conservative, the ultimate out- daily, will be greatly hampered by digging, and "boys are generous mic system of capitalist countries, come of the Révolution will in all this order, grain transactions They added" Women don't pay the private ownership, competitive probability be the creation of an intensely conservative and pacifist are practically impossible without costs of courtship and don't want wages the facilities of the Board.

republic. to, if they can help it"

In

of wages velen into a rich aristocracy not

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