1927-06-11 — Page 7

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 11th, 1927.

SHANSI'S "MODEL GOVERNOR" THE WELCOME TO SOVIET'S HIGH PEKING'S PRECARI-

URGING CHANG TO CO-OPERATE

WITH CHIANG.

ASKS HIM TO REMODEL FENGTIENESE ARMY TO FIGHT AGAINST "REDS."

BRITISH AEROPLANES OVER CHINESE TERRITORY. PROTEST TO THE CONSUL-GENERAL.

NANKING GOVERNMENT AND RUMOURS OF THREATENED BOYCOTTS.

The new French Commander-in Chief in the Far East, Admiral Statz, has arrived at Shanghai.

General Yen, of Shansi, instead of directing his 120,000 troops against Peking in the interests of the South, is reported to be earnestly trying to persuade Chang Tso Lán to throw in his lut with the Nanking Government..

The Commander in Chief of the Nationalist Fores at Shanghai bas Hreatrued to order his troops to fire at alien aeroplanes if they By over Chinese territory in his vicinity. His parlícular protest al present is against British machines, which he avers have been flying in the neighbourhood of Shanghai.

Shanghai Settlements' inside barbed wire and barricades are The removal of the outside defences is left now being removed.

to the discretion of the Military authorities.

It would appear that the Nanking Government are not seriously contemplating the resewal of the boyrott against the British mor the starting of one against the Japanese.

SHANGHAI'S

DEFENCES.

INNER BARBED WIRE AND BARRICADES REMOVED.

OUTER BARRIERS REMAIN.

THROUGH REIVER'S AGENCY.]

Suasana June tnth. The removal of all the tarbed wire and barricades inside the International Settlement started to day, following a resolution passed a meeting of the Municipal

Al Council,

Į MISSIONARIES IN

CHINA.

PARTY OF 28 UNDERTAKE

PERILOUS VOYAGE.

BRITISH LEADER

DROWNED.

THROUGH RETTER 6 AGENCY, ]

LINDBERGH.

UNPARALELLED IN U.S.

HISTORY.

FLOOD OF GIFTS, AND LETTERS.

BEI TAR'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

New York, June 10th.

The air mail to Washington ran in three sections to-day to carry 50,000 letters and parcels addressed to Lindbergh, supplementing a pre- vious appalling accumulation, in which epic and apatory poems rub shoulders with Virginia hams. boxes of eggs, chocolates, neckties and socks, all of which require half a dozen secretaries to classify.

The reception officials are work. ing all night long to regulate what will be an unparalelled public wel rome in American history.

Schools, business-houses, and stock exchanges are closing down

for the occasion.

Lindbergh Retases A Handsome Annuity.

NEW YORK, June Bih. Among offers of financial assist ance which Lindbergh has refused, is one of a life annuity from a two million dollar fund sponsored by a Kroup of wealthy Philadelphians.

BALTIMORE-OHIO RAIL-

ROAD CO.

HIG FINANCIAL SCHEME.

[REUTRI'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]

New York, June 10th. The directors of the Baltimore-

Pusing, June 10th. Travelling perilously on

Company have flimsy Ohio Railroad goatskin cafts wost of the way, a authorised a new Bouncing scheme

inillion dollars, of party of about

50 missionaries, totalling es mostly belonging to the Christian which 33 millions will be devoted Missionary and Scandinavian Ai This does not affect the outer ances and the China Inland Mis farriers separating the Settlement

reached Peking yesterday from Chinese territory, which is after a 28-day trip from Kansu, enly removable at the discretion during which the leader,

of the military authorities."

The internal barriers of the French Concession are also being gradually removed.

NANKING APPOINTS A NEW MINISTER OF LABOUR.

(Wah Tz Yat Pao).

SHANGHAI, June 10th. Mr. Tai Chi Tao has been ap pointed, by the Nanking Govern ment, Minister of Labour.

THE FIRING ON SHANGHAI YACHTS.

NAVAL WIRELESS.]

SHANGHAI, June 9th,

The British Consul General, Sir Sidney Barton, has been handed

sion,

Dr. George King, a

British subject, was drowned in the treacherous rapids while attempting to free one of the rafts which fouled on the

rocks.

The party had several encounters with banditu.

SHANGHAI QUIET,

WAR SITUATION OBSCURE.

SAVAL WIRELESS. ]

meeting maturing obligations and to improvements of the line.

FRANCE AND AMERICA.

PROPOSALS OF A PACT TO "OUTLAW" WARFARE.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, June 10th. The tentative proposals that have been mooted by M. Briand in public speeches during the past months in Invour of a Franco-American Pact outlawing warfare, have found a way to diplomatic channels.

M. Briand is gratified by the reception of the proposals in Shanghai is quiet, but the war

America and has initiated conversa situation generally ix obavure.

tions with the Inited States Am- Bath North and South while

bassador. Despatches from Wash- clearly negotiating for peace, are actively preparing for a further outington hitherto indicate that White break of hostilities in the event of the peace parley areaking down.

The anti-British feeling at Ning-| is developing bus along thej

n written apology from the Chinese Yangisze everything is quiet.

commander of the troops who were responsible for the outrage on the May 29th, Whangpoo River on when in the course of a race, nine yachts, carrying ladies as well as men, were defiberately fired upon by Nationalist troops near Lung

On June 4th, another yacht was fired on, but fire was returned on this occasion by a motor-hoal from H.M.S. Hawkins.

BOYCOTT TALK.

[THOVEN REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, June 10th. There has been some talk during the past few days of the decision of the local Kuomintang to renew the anti-British boycott and

Commence

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a boycott against the Japanese; but local representatives of the Nanking Government deny that the movement is serious, at least as far as the British are con corned, and disclaim official connec tion thorewith. Threats of a boy cott have lost their terror with the British, owing to the fact that there is now practically no British trade to boycott. ADMIRAL STOTZ ARRIVES. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]·

THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF'S THREAT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SHANGHAI, June 10th.

Pei Chung Hsi, Commander-in-

Chief of the Nationalist Forces at Shanghai, in letter to the loca Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, the requests him to protest to British Consul General against British aeroplanes flying over Chinese territory.

He adds: "If further flights take place I will order my men to fire and in the event of anything on toward taking place we certainly cannot he blamed."

House, while doubting the neces sity for implementing the Franco- American Arbitration Treaty of 1914, is nowise disposed to reject an opening for official negotin tions, provided the scope of the proposed Paet is well-defined beforehand.

ENGLAND TO INDIA.

NON-STOP RECORD TO BE ATTEMPTED.

[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, June 9th.

The interest of British aviation circles is now centred in the pro- pect of a record being achieved by the Service pilots who will attempt, this mouth, a non-stop aeroplane SOUTHERNERS ADVANCING fight to Karachi, a distance of

TOWARDS TSINGTAO.

4,100 miles.

It is regretted in the Press to day that it was only the sheerest bad luck which prevented Liou-

(Wah Ter Yat Pao).

SHANGHAI, June 10th. The right wing of the Southern- ers, led by General Ho Ying Yam, tenants Carr and Gillman from are advancing towards Tsingtao succeeding in their similar attempt. rid Haithow.

earnestly urging Marshal Chang that the Tao Lin to accept the

unuse

"Three descent in the Persian Gulf was

HANDED ACTION,

JAPAN LODGES A STRONG VERBAL PROTEST.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Texvo, June toth. The Government have made a strong verbal protest to the Soviet Ambassador with reference to the seizure of the Japanese fishing ves sel off Kamchatka, on which occa. sion the captain was shot and eeri ously injured.

The Soviet contends that the action was justified, as it insists that Russian territorial waters ex tend twelve miles from the coast.]

** ARMSTRONG'S" LOSS.

BOARD TO BE RECON- STRUCTED.

[THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, June 8th.

A report showing a loss of over half a million sterling on the year's working, and foreshadowing pre- posals for the reconstruction of the company, was presented at the annual meeting of the Armstrong, Whitworth Company.

Mr. Frater Taylor, the vice- chairman, presiding, stated that conversations were being held with regard to closer working arrange ments with Vickers, and also stated

that the Board would be recon- structed to complete the scheme.

The management was considering the capital being written down con- siderably.

The report was carried.

LAST NIGHT'S MOTOR

.MISHAPS.

BRITISH LADY KNOCKED DOWN.

MOTOR-CAR FALLS INTO HARBOUR.

Road While crossing Queen's Central, Near Ice House Street at

about

Mrs. *15 last evening, Silvester, of A, and B. Block (Mili tary Married Quarters), Queen's Road Central, was knocked down by a motor-cycle combination outfit driven by Mr. J. Carr, of the Public Works Department. The passenger in the side car was Mr. J. W. Wells, also of the P.W.D.

It appears that the machine, which was coming from East to West, was travelling quite slowly, but in palling up the motor-cycle swerved on the slippery road and the side ear caught Mrs. Silvester, who fell to the ground. She receiv. ed minor abrasions and was able to proceed home by taxi.

Mr. Carr received a cut over his eye, and Mr. Wells was thrown from the side car, but not badly

The machine way hurt.

a little damaged. But for the motor cycle's very moderate speed the accident

might have been a serious que,

Car In Harbour.

A public motor-car fell into the harbour at Caunnught Road West last evening just before seven o'clock,

Up to a late hour last evening the police had no details of the ocear- rence, but from what could be learn- ed, it appears that the Chinese driver was turning on the Praya and backed too far, with the result that the car dropped over the wall into the water.

The driver and passengers (under, stond to be all Chinese) all jumped out in time. The car was still in the water at a late hour last night.

DRY ERA ENDS IN NORWAY.

OUS FINANCES.

LOAN INTEREST MUCH IN ARREAR.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.?

PERING, June 10th. The balf yearly interest on the Hukuang Loan, dur on June 15th, has not yet been paid but it is understood that the Finance Minis try has sanctioned payment, hener

it is expected that the obligation will be met near to the date when due.

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This would make the loan pay

the nents a year in arrear December coupons, which are not secured on salt, have not been met during the past two years.

OBITUARY.

EX-MISSIONARY AND NEWS PAPER PROPRIETOR.

JOHN ARCHIBALD OF HANKOW.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, June 10th.

A cablegram has been received announcing the death, at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, of John Archibald, ex-missionary and proprietor and editur of the Central China Post.

Mr. Archibald arrived in China in 1872 and lived in Hankow for 53 He was instrumental in years. Geening up the treaty port of Changsha, and inaugurated the C. f. Put in 1909.

Well-known U.S. Reformer.

FRANCE'S MATCH

MONOPOLY.

GOVERNMENT MEASURE

REJECTED.

(IRROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, June path. The Chamber by 981 voles lo 243 rejected the Government, measure į relating to the managesuent of the Match Monopoly.

M. Poinence had not made the

THE MURDER IN

WARSAW.

POLAND SENDS RUSSIA CON- CÍLATORY REPLY.

RUSSIA'S FOOLISH

·'.

ALLEGATIONS.

THROSAR REPTEK'S AUENCY, I

According to T

Reulin, June 9th.

Bessage from

vote a question of confilence, but Warsaw, the Polish Government's reply to the Soviet Note with re- intervened in the debate in sup port of the Bill to farm out the Kard to the murder of Voikov is Monopoly to a private syndicate, I couched in conciliatory terms. dwelling on the advantage to the It disclaims any responsibility treasure having the dispersal of for the murder, and points out that eighty million dollars (7 Franes) to Vickov repenteilly refused police be obtained under the scheme.

DREADFUL CONDITIONS ON

GERMAN STEAMER.

REPORT TO BE FORWARDED

TO BOARD OF TRADE.

CAPTAIN AND DOCTOR OF 5.S. ESSEN" CENSURED,

Serious allegations made by three British members of the crew of the German steamer Essen at the in- quest on the body of the fourth offi- cer of the steamer form the subject of a special report which the Acling City Caroner is of opinion should be forwarded to the Board of Trade

for action.

The three members of the crew,

protection. The reply agrees with the Russian demand that a repie sentative of the Russian Legation should attend the trial of the mur derer, but only as a representative of the widow, to whom the Polish Government is prepared to pay compensation.

Anti-British Nonsense.

LONDON, June th. Fantastic allegations of British complicity in terrorist płoty n contained in a Soviet communiqué issued to-day, which has caused mild amusement.

The message is published in the Dewspapers in full, with appro priate headlines.

The absurd character of the com- muniqué is mifciently indicated in which declares thai passage Britain's hand in the Warsaw ur-

Further Arrests.

J. Harvey, Erie Venner and Juhnarssination can be clearly seen. Comboy, were unanimoux in. their statements regarding the bad condi- tions which prevailed on the ship. MR. They all stated that those who were

stricken with dysentery were given any special diet, and were treated badly by the ship's doctor.

LONDON, June 10th.

The death is announced Victoria Woodhall Martin.

Mrs. Martin was born in 1838 at

flomer, Ohio, and during her long life was a well-known writer. She appears to have been living in England for some years.]

BRIDE INJURED IN SMASH.

LIMPING TO THE ALTAR,

MARRIED TO DUKE'S HEIR.

not

WARSAW, June 9th. Further arrests have been effected of Russian Monarchists and ex- officers of Denekin's and. Wrangel's armies, at Bialystock, Grodno, Brest-Litovsk, and Slonim.

Reports from Russia indicate that nearly all the demonstrations in Russia resulting from the death of Voikov are directed against Britain and not against Poland.

French Government's Counsels.

Moderation.

The Acting Coroner's full report. is as follows:-"I am satisfied that the death of the deceased Ludwig Brunner, fourth officer of the Ger- man 9.3. Exen, was due to neute dysentery as testified to by the Judicial Medical Officer as a result of his post-mortem examination. and I hold accordingly. The judi According to the Echo de Paris cial examination into the cause of the French Government counsel' lenth was held at the instance of the Soviets to show moderation and the hospital authorities to whom endeavours to divert them from complaints of a serious mature were presenting excessive claims against

unde by several members of the Poland.

Paris approves of the Polish

KIMBOLTON (Hunts). The crimson rays from the setting Bun were tinting the dawns and outlining the walls of Kimbolton, Castle when Hewitt, an old retainer of the Duke of Manchester, liftedrew who were admitted along with a mag of ale and toasted the Duke's the deceased into the hospital saf-Government's cautious conduct. sailor son and heir, Lord Mande fering from acute dysentery. I re ville, and the latter's Australian bride, who had just been married.

1 was a remarkable scene in the castle grounds. The Duke had gathered round him all the estate hands, and his son and the pretty bride were there to receive them, It was an old-fashioned toast which Hewitt proposed. He said:

I wish you all bealth,

I wish you all wealth,

1 wish you all gold in store, And when you die, to Heaven

you go

Twenty Russians Executed, corded the evidence of three British

Moscow, June 10th. tembers of the crew in hospital,

Twenty Russinus, alleged to have and a satisfied that the sanitary conditions of the Essen were in a teen engaged in anti-Soviet acti- 1 necept the vities on behalf of the Monarchists deplorable state. evidence of these three witnesses that the food and water supplied or of Foreign Powers have been to the members of the crew were in sentenced to death and exeentei. a state almost unfit for human con

sumption, and that the conditions A communiqué announcing this these unfortunate men had to live states that the step was taken under were far from healthy and by the Collegium of the State Political Department on June 9th and the sentences immediately

Sanitary,

The Doctor And.Captain. **Serious allegations were also

What could I wish you more? Lord Mandeville, who is 24, 100- knowledged the toast and intro-made against the ship's docter carried out in view of the open

which, on the evidence before me, transition

terroristic and duced his bride to the servants and

I have to hold were well founded, destructive struggle by the Monar- estate hands.

The doctor's treatment of these

Then the Duke of Manchester toasted the couple, and said: "If there is any happier father-in-law in England to-day I should like to meet him,"

Millionaire's Daughter. The bride is Misa Nell Vere Stead, the 21-years-old daughter of Mr. S. Vere Stead, an Australian millionaire with great estates and important mercantile and financial interests in Melbourne.

A motor accident the previous

to

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inen, specially in the case of John hist and White Guardist elements Comboy, night certainly have been acting from abroad on instructions very much better. Comboy was and allowed to tie the days on a wet

with funds from Foreign bunk with wet clothes, and what is Intelligence Services. worse the man was not given any water, toa or liquid of any sort. This last apparently was the fault of the cabin boy and it may have been deliberate or not.

The communiqué details the naines of the victims and their alleged crimes. The include ex- Prince Paul Dolgorukoff, who illegally entered Russia through

I accept Venner's evidence that he and another informed the Cup tain that the food, water and con- | Bumania; ex-Cavalry Captain ditions generally were bad

Elevengren, who assisted Captain ¦ evening almost resulted in the wed-board, and do not see how the

ding at Kimbolton Parish Church

free himself from Riley, British Intelligence Officer, Captain can being cancelled, but the pluck of dame in view of the fact that he in the organisation of an attempt. Miss Stend, who was injured in the

no practical effort to improve on the Soviet Delegation at Genoa made no smash, made it possible for the those conditions. He was seen

and event to be carried out as hastily informed of this when the ship was Conference when it passed through planned only two days ago.

at Gladstone and could have had Berlin, Malevaky, ex-Bodyguard Frosh supplies at any one of the of an officer of the British In- several ports he entered later. In view of all these facts I hold that telligence Agent in Persia, who the death of the deceased, Ludwig was dispatched in 1927 for Espion- Brunner, was due to acute dysen- age in Russia. tory contracted on board the Essen during an epidemic of the disease The list further includes the ex-

bad food, water and surroundings

A car which was being driven by Lord Mandeville in Stundhope- gardens, London, S.W., was struck Broadside on and almost wrecked.

Osto, May 2nd. Liquors are to-day legally obtain-

The bride was thrown across the able in Norway for the first time.

car and her knees were badly cut since Christmas, 1916.

Off-licence soles began quietly Į and bruised. The bride, who was

of their forced bled outside the principal premises, along the aisle when walking to the on board and from which with bet. alleged to have supplied spy in- General Yen Shib Shan ik wil It is understood authoritatively here at eleven am, Queues navem-wearing a travelling dress, limped i which was brought about by the Tsarist Consul and three ex-Officers⚫

though interested spectators exceed altar, and it was obvious that she ed the expectant buyers,

was in considerable pain. Herter care and attention perhaps he formation to Sir Itobert Hodgson, "The wine monopoly sales office re-knees were bandaged and she walk- might have recovered. In opinion the British Charge d'Affaires and Prople's" doctrine. He has also nothing more than an air-lock in

these facts should be brought to the scat a representative to Peking the petrol pipe of the machine. It ported a large turnover when ited with difficulty.

attention of the Chairman of the ex-Prince Mestchersky, who was in order to impress Marshal Chang

closed at five p.m. No disturbances

Lord Mandeville is a lieutenant Board of Trade for whatever action with his sincerity.

is stated that Fieutenant Carr will occurred, and no police assistance

un active worker for the ex-Grand in the Navy and in serving in he thinks necessary and for this Duke Nicholas. According to a Peking vernacular again act as pilot, while the navi- was required beyond the handful paper, General Yen advises Chang

port. He obtained five days' leave these proceedings be forwarded to Others are accused of lodging to give up militarism and, under gation will be entrusted to Flight of constables necessary to marshal M. Hot which is in a Scottish purpose I direct that a conti the queues in the principal shop

terrorists from aboard and attempt- ping districts. The only important for the wedding. His bride will him,"

The ERC belongs to the Ham-ing to organise bandits in atleapă- change in the daily life of the city stay at Kimbolton Castle. was that the morning papers con-

The couple met in a swimming | Burg-America Line and carries tained largo display advertisements

Ceylon. for whisky and brandy,

the CORMOR

of anti-Com-Lieutenant Harrison, at present on sin munism, remodel the Fenstienose the staff at the Air Ministry. The

Revolutionary Army troops LA 3

chances of success are regarded by the For RO AR to co-operate with Chiang

Kai Shok to maintain the peace. experts as very bright.

SHANGRAI, June 10th. Admiral Stotz, the new French Commander-in-Chief in East, has arrived.

bath at Colombo, Coylon, and were passengers and cargo.-Times of ing to murder Bukharin, Ryköff

engaged within a week.

and Stalin.