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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 13th, 1927.
HANKOW PROPERTY DESTRUCTION.
RHEIMS CATHEDRAL.
BRITISH CLAIMS FOR
150,000 SOUTHERN TROOPS TO MARCH "POSITION IN HUNAN.
TO THE NORTH.
HEAVY FIRING NEAR YUENCHOW.
WU PEI FU AGAIN IN ACTION.
SHANSI'S GOVERNOR TO INVADE
CHIHLI.
British claims, so far filed, in connection with the looting and destruction of property at Hankow on January 3rd, when the mob were allowed to get out of hand by the Kuomintang extremists, amount to two millions sterling,
II. M.S. Hawkins, with Rear-Admiral Sir R. Tyrwhitt aboard,
is leaving Shanghai for Hanko w to-day..
Wu Pei n is again in action.
Hens 20,000 troops, who are to take part in the attack on Hankow, on behalf of the North.
Yan Shih Shan, Shansi's "Model Governor " has despatched four divisions to invade Chihli.
BRITISH CLAIMS FOR HANKOW LOSSES.
TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY,]
SHANGHAI, May 12th. The British claims hitherto tiled in connection with the looting and destruction of property at Hankow | on January 3rd so far amount to £2,000,000.
CHIANG KAI SHEK TO WIPE OUT SUN'S TROOPS.
Jah Taz Yat Pao).
SHANGHAI, May 12th. General Chiang Kai Shek has decided to assign 150,000 to march to the North of Kianges in order -to eradicate Sun Chuan-Fang's-
JL.M.S.
"HAWKINS" GOING
TO HANKOW,
REAR-ADMIRAL TYRWHITT
ABOARD.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, May 12th. H.M.S. Hawkins is leaving for Haukow to-morrow, with Rear- Admiral Sir R. Tyrwhitt aboard.
NAVAL WIRELEAS.]
No "Red" Attack On Bwałow.
A report has reached Shanghai to the effect that the threatened "Red" attack on Swatow has been averted, the Red forces having been dispersed by the Swatow forces near Puning.
ATTITUDE OF TANG SHENG CHI.
SHANGHAI DEFENCE FORCE.
RECORDS OF EXPECTED REGIMENTS,
ANTIMONY MINES SEIZED. QUEEN'S AND WELCH ARGI-
(Asiatic News Service.)
PEKING, May 1st. General Yang Yu Ting has ar- rived at Mukden from Peking anil
влук,
MENT'S UNUSUAL
DISTINCTIONS.
It is curious that two of the four battalions for the new China De- fence Force should be entitled to a
unique battle-honour-that of the
"Glorious First of June," Tho
Mukden's favour, woar a naval crown on their colours
RESTORING ITS WAR TIME SCARS.
INAUGURATION OF AN IMPORTANT PART.
[THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]
PARIS, May 12th. M. Herriot inaugurated the res-
to witness to their share in Hawela great door in token of the comple. great victory.
tion and restoration of the Nave, in which services can now again be held for the first time since the
Will probably return here within
teration of an important part of ten days. During an interview with Chinese pressmen at Mukden, Queen's Royal West Surreye and Rheims Cathedral which suffered General Yang expressed satisfaction the Second Battalion Welch Regi-bardment in war time.
so severely from the German bom- with the Chinese military situation, ment share this distinction with twa
The ex-Premier formally handed which, he
is developing other regiments, and the Queen's to the Archbishop the key of the gradually in With reference to the split in the Kuomintang, Yang thinks that the Nanking Government is in a better position than the Wuhan radicals, but bo anticipates some serious fighting between the forers under the command of Chiang Kai Shek and those of Tang Sheng Chi. The Intter be save, is neither a member of the Kuomintang nor a Commu- nist so that his attitude, will be watched with deep interest.
(Asiatic News Service.)
war.
M. Herriot took occasion to refer to the generous donations from
They bear the fine title, too, of Brennd of the Line, as one of the oldest regiments in the Artay. "Our dearest Consort, the Queen's regiment," it was called in 1684, and it has always been associated several countrica towards the re- with England's Queens since, in construction costs. 1661, the Regiment was raised to garrison Tangier, the Moroccan town which was part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II.
SHANGHAI, April 30th. The Nanking Government claims
Nearly 200 years old, although that anti-Communist leaders in younger by a century than the Hunan have risen against Tang Queen's, is the 48th Foot, the Nor- Sheng Chi and Hsu Chien and con-thamptonshire Regiment. The regi Requently, Chiang Kai Shek expectement was first in action in Fontenay. an early termination of the anti-The badge of the Castle of Gibraltar Red campaign in Central Yangtze shows the part which the 46th play- Valley. In Nauking Kuomintang ed in the defence of that famous circles, the leaders deny that there fortress-5,000 to 100,000-and we is any peace talk between the get the amphibious touch here top, Northern militarists and the Kuo. since one of the regiment's most mintang moderates, adding that famous exploits was the crossing of they do not expect any genuine the Douro during the Peninsular
War. peace movement between North and South until the purification move-
Kuomintang.
On The Yangtze,
Wunu, May 11th troops, while another strong force A small body of troops went will dugage with the Northerners down river to-day but otherwisement has been completed within the along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. the situation is unchanged. There Heavy firing her taken place was a certain amount of firing on around Yuenchow, to the North of the Liuauchow Lake Hochow front Yangtze, Kiangsu, and the city is to-day, but the offensive forecasted expected to fall into the hands of has not yet taken place. the Southerners,
WILB
(Asiatic News Service.)
SHANOBAL, April 27th The Shanghai Shilpay is respon- sible for the report from Changsha that under orders of General Sheng Chi, Commander-in-chief of armies in Hupeh and Hunan provinces, the local Communist authorities at Changsha have seized the property
not Antimony Mines
Looting At Ichang. General Yan Shih Shan, Gover-
HANKOW, May 11th. nor of Shammi, has despatched four General Yang Sen, the Szechuan divisions of Shanai troops to in-war-lord, entered Ichang with his vade Chihli. They have already troops on Sunday. Looting took taken up stations at or near Sheka place as usual, but it is understood of the well-known Shuikowshan chong, situated at the junction of that foreign property the Kin-Han and Ching-Ting interfered with. railways. General Yan reports
Suas, May 11th. that he is sending 3 more divisions General Yang Sen has now reached Shasi in preparation for According to the Min Kus Yian attack on Hankow. It is plan Pao of Shanghai, all commerce inned that he will join up with the Hankow is practically paralysed, Wu Pei Fu troops now advancing and money exchanges and big trad- down the Han River. ing firms which have suspended business number 1507
there.
According to reports Iron Ho- nan, Marshal Wu Pei Fu has reap peared in Central China's war. Although all of his former suppor ters have lung deserted him, he still
The Yangtaze is linked with the Han River by a canai running from Shasi and Kingchowfu to Shayang.]
South in last year's campaign, has
firmia.
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French had the unpleasant early- morning surprise of British troops coming up from the river and put- ting them to flight ! ·
BRITISH COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
MESSAGE FROM THE KING,
"TRAINING OF CIVIL
· SERVANTS."
[DRITISH WIRELESS: SERVICE.]
RUGBY, May 11th. The Colonial Conference was re- anted to-day, when the following reply was received from the King to a message addressed yesterday to His Majesty:-
It has a source of much plen- sure to receive message from the Governments and other representa tives of Colonice, Protectorates and Mandated Territories.
-The
The French had secured "overy" available boat on their side of the stream, but an officer of the 48th swam arross, secured one of these Queen joins with me in thanking in turn towed them for this reassurance of loyalty craft, and `this
and devotion of the many people others, 60 that the unsuspecting
whom they represent. I wish all ceras to the deliberations upon which they are about to enter."
The Conference
discussed the The Second Battalion of the question of the training of civil Welch Regiment-the old tothaervants for Colonies. which also suiled, have other marino traditions besides that of June 1st, 1794. They bear the honour "St. Vincent" for their great services on FIGURES MENTIONED IN THE the Captain, and it is said that a' private soldier of this regiment oven pressed in front of Nelson himself when they buarded the French in this engagement.
CIVIL AIRCRAFT.
COMMONS.
[URITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
RUGBY, May 11th.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Under Secre-
First by right, and first of age, should have came the battalion of Sents Guards, for an early as 1850 they fought for Charles II. at Duntary for the Air, stated that the bar, and, in 1688, came to England number of civil aircraft in Great in the service of his successor.
Britain And Northern Ireland
plane companies, was these, 38 were light aeroplanes.
The Shuikowaban Antimony Mines are the best mining fields in Hunan and some leading foreign corpora tions are deeply interested in their development. There are two modern ore refineries in Hunan and great qutitities of the ore are exported to foreign countries every year through the medium of foreign Owing to constant labour disturbances in Huuan and to the
In 1713 they became the Third anti-foreign feeling of the native Foot Guards and took the place of licensed to fly, including those honour and danger on the right of owned by the Air Council Imperial General San To Ying, one of population, these firms have sus the first line at Fontenoy.
Airways and subsidized by zero- Wu's Generals who defected to the pended their business and General
William IV. charged the regi
138. Of Tang, it is said, is planning to sign ment's name, by an unfortunate in contract with a Japanese commer-spiration, to Scots Fusilier Guards, cial for the reorganization of the and gave the whole regiment, in-
{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}· mines so that their produces can stead of the Grenadier Company,,
Fenglian Troops Advance Into be exported to Japan for sale after the right to wear the bearskin-a Hougo-
Hupeh. the system of the famous Tayeh right which was honoured Iron Mine. General Tang expects mont, when 2,000 British Guarde
RUGBY, May 11th. to secure, at least, one million held back some 30,000 French.
At Inkerman the Scots Guards It is reported that the Fengtion dollars from the Shuikowshan Mine
thin red line." troops of Chang Tao Lin have ad- for meeting the urgent expenses of made part of the
and at Abu Klos, as a military vanced into Hupeh, that Chiang writer says, they atood like rocka Kai Shek'a Nationalist Army has and allowed nobody to pass."
taken Anking and has driven the Communist forces from Kiukiang and that fighting is proceeding at Yuntaau" on the north bank of the Yangleze opposite Wuhu. It scens, probable. that extensive hos tilities will occur shortly on the line Liuanchow-Chowlake-Hochow.
has more than 20,000 troops loyal to him. He is prepared to start a campaign in co-operation with the now joined General Yang Sets and Szechuanese and Yunauese to in is joining the advance against vade Hupeh against the Hankow Hankow.
The Southerners fighting the Government. Marahal Wu is rally- ing his forces at Nanyong, in west Fengtien troops on the Honan. Honan. It is reported that Mar Hunch borders are considerably shal Chang Tao Lin has promised harassed by the Red Spears who to support him with ammunition are operating against them, and and other facilities.
have been breaking bridges farther
A secret Kuomintang body was south. discovered by tha Fangtienese It is now understood. that the police on the oth inst. at Tientsin Fengtien troops have not in fact and some 30 members were arrest advanced beyond Chumatien, which ed and taken off for court-martial. is over 100 miles from the Hupeh
border.
BRITISH MINISTER TO VISIT SHANGHAI.
[THROUGH REUTER'A AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, May 12th..
It is expected that Sir Miles Lampson, who is visiting Shanghai this week end, will travel by H.M.S. Foxglove from Tientsin.
CHINA MISSIONARIES. BAPTISTS BEING WITH- DRAWN.
Nationalist Offensive.
CHINKIANG, May 11th. Parts of the 1st and 15th Nation- alist Armies are concentrating in the region of Hueishan (1) in
his troops.
JAPANESE LABOUR
· “MEMORANDUM.
A good omen, that, for all whom the Guarda and their comrades may defend 1-Evening News,
DEATH OF SIR SYDNEY COLVIN.
DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH
IMPORTANT OMISSIONS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]··
GENEVA, May 11th. Before the Industrial Committee
WRITER. preparation for a big offensive and of the Economic Conference, Sir considerable troops movements in Ness Wadia declared that the
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] that direction from Chiakiang Japanese memorandum distributed have taken place.
during the conference referred to
LONDON, May 12th. a big reduction in profits, but The death is announced of Sir omitted to refer to the hours of Bidney Colvin, labour, night work, and the fact [Sir Sydney Colvin, who was born that the cotton industry in Japan in 1846, was regarded for years as was run in two shifts, totalling 24 one of England's most distinguished hours a day,
literary men. His publications in He finally submitted a resolution cluded many contributions chiefly on recording the desirability of greater history and criticism of fine art, He had been honoured by many co-ordination in formalating and applying labour conventions and learned Societies.] other measures designed to raise physical and mental standards.
General Ho Ying Yin has charge of the Southern forces in the Chin kiang area, and he has common deered all available water trans port. Japan Bonds Warship To Swatow,
Tokyo, May 12th. Owing to (the fear of 1) distur bances at Swatow, the Navy De partment has ordered a destroyer to proceed thither, in order to pro- tect Japanese residents in case of need."
THE VATICAN.
MAINTENANCE OF THE BRITISH LEGATION.
[ARITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]·
Rugay, May 11th. Sir Austen Chamberlain WAS asked in the House of Commons whether the maintenance of the Legation at Vatican was now regard- ed as a matter of permanent policy. He replied "Yes." The Government had no intention of withdrawing the minion from the Holy See. BERLIN AND NEW YORK
They found it convenient to catab- BANKS CO-OPERATE.
lish this legation at a time of inter- national trouble, and to withdraw (THROUGH ANYTER'S AGENCY.]
it now would, he thought, be s most offensive action to adopt. BERLIN, May 19th,
Apart from that, whatever views Arrangemanta have been complet Admiral of the Fleet, Lord they might hold individually about work in India and Ceylon, while close to the Bocony oil tanks, but ed between the Reichsbank and the Walter Talbot Kerr, was the fourth the Roman Church there could be the others, will as far as possible fortunately they
no Federal Reserve Bank of New York non of the seventh Marquis of no doubt that the head of that home come
The damage. The fire was got ander by which Reichsbank clients will be. Lothian. He was born in 1990, church represented a great force in on furlough. missionaries hope to return to control, but large numbers of hutsable to clear through the Federal entered the Navy in 1888, retiring the world and was venerated by
were completely destroyed. Chios na early as possibila.
Reserve Bank
in 1904 as Admiral of Fleet.].
(THROUGH XEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 11th. The Baptist Missionary Bociety of London states that its whole staff in China has been withdrawn from the inland stations to the coast, except Dr. Broomhal! and the Roy. Mr. Edward Phillips, who are staying at Sisafu, at General Feng Yu Haiang's request.
Some of the missionaries may be transferred temporarily to other
Oil Tanks Threatened At Pukow.
NANKING, May 11th. Following a long artillery duel between Nanking and Pakow large fire broke out in Pukow yesterday.
The conflagration started very
sustained
OBITUARY.
LORD WALTER KERR,
{THROUGH REUTRU'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 12th. The death is announced of Lord Walter Kerr.
many millions of British subjects.
U.S. OIL PRODUCERS.
AIR PERILS..
QUESTION OF RESTRICTING NO NEWS YET OF NUNGESSER.
OVER-PRODUCTION.
OTHER AIRMEN MISSING.
AN APPEAL.
(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
Loxnos, May 11th. Three air parties are now miss-
A
WASHINGTON, May 12th. A leading group of oil producers ing. have appealed to the Federal Gov-
Nothing has yet been heard of ernment for aid in restricting over- Captain Nungesser, the trans- production, which they declared Atlantic flier, or of Saint Roman, recorded an unprecedented form who was flying to South America, this year. It is proposed to work and was last reported on May 7th. out a co-operative method of con- Further, a Moscow message says trol through the joint purchase of that a Soviet balloon, with two several oil-producing land. The occupants, was released on April joint purchase of several oil-pro- 30th to test its capacities for a long ducing lands. The Federal Oil flight, but has disappeared. Producers Board have promised to reward is offered for news,
A New York message states that the flight from New York to Paris, which Chamberlain and Bertaud : intended to start on May 13th, has been postponed in view of a cable from the American Ambassador in Paris saying that in his opinion such an attempt now might be misunderstood by the French, who are deeply exercised at Mungossar's. fate.
do everything possible to assist.
DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION IN --TEXAS.
6 KILLED 30 INJURED,
FAULTY GAS METER.
"{EKUTKE’B-AMERICAN-BBB-VIG#-}-
DALLAS, TEXAS, May 12th. At least eight were killed and 30 injured in a two-storey brick building in South-East Dallas, which was badly damaged as the result of an explosion, owing to an escape from a faulty gas-meter.
" SUCCESSOR TO THE IRISH REPUBLIC.**
LOSE CLAIM IN U.S.A.
[REUTER'A AMERICAN SERVICE}
NEW YORK, May 11th. The State Supreme Court has
EGYPT'S ANTIQUITIES.
STRANGE DISCOVERIES IN 5,000-YEAR-OLD TOMB.
PRINCESS AND DWARF HUSBAND.
CAIRO.
A communique from the Ministry of Public Works has been issued, doscribing the excavations made at Sakkars from November, 1926, to March, 1927, by Mr. Cecil Firth, on behalf of the Antiquities De-
ment. It says:
dismissed a suit by the Irish Free Partment of the Egyptian Govern- State, which claimed to to the suc- cessor of the Irish Republic" and
WAB therefore
entitled
to
G.62,500,000 worth of bonds sub scribed in the United States for the Irish Republican cause,
The Court has also dismissed a claim by De Valera, and his co- trustee to the bonds, and has red that they should be sold and the proceeds revert to the original sub-
scribers.
AMERICA'S TERRIBLE
TORNADO.
OVER 200 KILLED, 1,000 INJURED.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVIOR.]
NEW YORK, May 11th. Those killed in the tornadoes in the middle west over the week-end, Bs mentioned yesterday, now totul 225, while 1,000 have been injured and hundreds are homeless.
Eight Stutes were affected by the tornadoes,
BRITAIN'S TRADE.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 11th.
The Board of Trade returns for April show that British imports totalled £100,750, 000, and exports £52,010,000.
6-4.
LAWN TENNIS.
AMERICAN PLAYERS IN HOLLAND,
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
The Brst three months of the sea- son were occupied with clearing the large Third Dynasty mastaba built on the great boundary wall aur- rounding the Step Pyramid-on-its- southern side. The tomb has a superstructure, once cased in fine
Bre
white limestone with a rounded top. The western half of the super- structure is built over a great wall- ed pit, at the bottom of which is a stairway descending under the rock. At the bottom of this stair passages walled with white limestone and a small room closed at the far end by three great lime stone blocks. This is clearly not the entrance to the tomb, chamber, and may have been constructed to deceive anyone, desirous of forcing an entrance. Search is still being made to find the entry. (The dis- covery of the real entry is not re- lated in the communiqué. It was finally discovered after two months' close search, and is reached through
an obscure tunnel in the rock bid- den by fallen débris.)
More Tombs Found. Further, the
communiqué de- scribes the Vienna Academy's work during the last months at the Pyramids at Chiza. Many tombe of the Fourth Dynasty, within an area of 14,000 square metres, have boon found also tombs of the period following, mostly construct- of of sundried bricks or broken stone plastered with Nile mud. A con connected group of mastabas also came to light, built of good hewn stone, one of which possesses quite peculiar interest. The entrance to its chambers is formed by a
qua drangular room built of broken stone, roofed over by a well-pre- served brick dome with serbels. No other dome of this sort has bee discovered prior to the Roman period, and definite proof has now been obtained that they were known to the Egyptians as early as 3,000
B.C.
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THE HAGUE, May 18th. The American tennis players-
The tomb contained a closed stone Tillen and Hunter-in meeting a Dutch side, Tikden beat the Davis coffer, in which was a magnificent Cup player, Timmer, 7-5, 6-3, and group of painted limestone repre- the American couple beat Van senting the owner of the tomb, Benah by name, with his wife, Lennep and Diemerwool, 0-0, 10-14 Sentites, and their two children.
The value of
the sculpture heightened by the remarkable. ROYAL TOURNAMENT AT pearance of Senab as a dwarf.
his sunken body rests a large head with a very expressive face, is little arms lie against his breast, and his short legs are tucked under him. Beside him sita hic' wife, whose slim form in striking com- trast to her husband's squat aspect. This physical contrast corresponds to the marked social difference be
OLYMPIA.
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
BUGBY, May 11th.
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On
The King, accompanied by the tween the couple, Bentites being a Princess, while Senab's principal Queen, will open on the 19th inst. office was superintendent of the the annual Royal Tournament at dwarfs, who looked after the Royal This strange marriage Olympia. It is 50 years since the wardrobe. tournament was instituted and a is perhaps explained by the up- programme
position that Sentites belonged to worthy of the jubilee celebration, an impoverished branch of the The outstanding feature will be a former Royal family, while Bensb paganut of Scottish arms, dating was richly blessed with worldly back to the time of James "First. goods-Reuter's Special Service.
has been
arranged
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