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DIPLOMATIC BODY AND NANKING'S.

CUSTOMS POLICY.

FOREIGN MINISTERS NOT TO TÄKE UP MATTER

WITH NANKING.

JAPANESE MINISTER MEETS A NANKING

TRIUMVIRATE. ·

MARSHAL FENG'S TROOPS SURROUND.

A HONAN CITY... ·

It would appear that the Diplomatic Body have been in rather a quandary as to the recognition of Nanking's policy. regarding' Customs autonomy." Should they recognise it as "official,” it. might appear as though they also recognised Nanking as China's de facto Government. And the time is not yet ripe for that step." Meanwhile, the Ministers are still, discussing. Nanking's' drastic Action.

There seems to be a lull in the war zones, though judging by the S... for reinforcements sent to Peking by one of Fengtienese general all is by no means so well with the Fengtienese as it was. some little time ago,

AN IMPORTANT MEETING

AT NANKING.

(Wah Tu Yat Pao.)

-Siceronat, August 11th,

"J

KIANGSI-FUKIEN BORDER.

(Fah Ts: Tat Pao.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12th, 1927.

FOUR GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.

MONUMENT IN BLACK HILLS.

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

PARTICIPATES.

[ZEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

GEYSTONE, South Dakota, August 11th: President Coolidge participated". in the ceremony of inaugurating the work of carving the figure of four great American presidenta-Wnah ingtoo, Jefferson, Lincoln Roosevelt-in granite on the moun tain top among the black hills."

IRISH AFFAIRS.

DE VALERA». PARTY · TO

ENTER DAIL.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

and

LONDON, August 10th.

FROM U.S.A. ΤΟ HAWAII BY AIR.

TWO NAVAL AIRMEN KILLED IN LATEST ATTEMPT,

UNLUCKY THIRTEEN.

{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

Sastiano, Call, August 11th. Lieut. Covell nad Waggoner, of the United States Nary crashed and were killed while attempting flight, to Hawaii for a prize given by Mr. Doie.

The airmen drew number thirteen in the "Dole race. The Aero- plane was declared tricky to handle owing to peculiarities of construc- tion.

BRITISH TRADE.

4.

AMERICAN THEATRE

DESTROYED.

-FIRE FOLLOWS TWO EXPOSIONS!

BUILDING VALUED AT G. $400,000.

[ZEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)

SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 11th. A fire, following two explosions, destroyed the State Theatre. The explosions have not been explained. The theatre G,8400,000.

STA

valued dt

"THE TWELFTH."

THE KING GOES GROUSE SHOOTING.

(BRITIES WIRKLANY SERVICE.)

Ruday, August 10th. To-morrow H.M. the King, following his usual custom, will go to Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, as the

OFFICIAL FIGURES FOR JULY. guest of the Duke of Devonshire,

(THROUGH BEUTER'S ADENCY.)

At a conference of Mr. De

·Valera's “ Fianna Fail" party, the meeting, which was held in Dublin,

LONDON, August 11th. unanimously decided to take the SHANURAT, “Augurttith-foath of allegiance to the Free State

__The_Board_of_Trade_figures for General Tam Shu Hing, of and that the members should take Jul state that imports amounted at Nanking with Dr. C. C. Wu, Mr. Fukien, has telegraphed to the their weats in the Dail on August £83,000,000 and exports to Yoshizawa interviewed Marshal Nanking Government to the effect 12th.

£36,000,000. Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. Hu Han that he is leading his newly recruit- Min, on the ath inst. It is reported Fukienese to the Kiangsi-Fukienous effect on the Cosgrava Gavera- WHAT THE SOVIET FEAR.

On the occasion of his meeting

ed that a short friendly conversa tion between them resulted in con- siderable improvement with regard to the understanding between the Kuomintang and the Japanese Government.

Mr. Yoshizawa abandoned his projected journey, to Hankew and yesterday he returned to Shanghai. The situation along the Tientsin- Pukow Railway has been very quiet during the past few days, no war news baving come to hand.

THRUUGH RESTER'S AGENCY-] Japanese Follow French Example.

This is likely to have a moment-

horder for the purpose of checking ment the "Red" troops' advance. Be- fore mobiliaing his rank and file, however, he wants to raise $100,000 to support them.

"An Empty Formality."

LONDON, August 11th. The 'Fianna Fail party, in a statement, say that though they The Netherlands Minister, who is intend taking the Oath, they also the Doyen of the Diplomatic regard the declaration an empty Bedy, has telegraphically requested the British and Japanese Ministers is to the Irish nation and it will formality. Their only allegiance

to return to Peking in order to consult regarding the Nanking not be given to any other authority. Government's arrangements for de- claring Chinese Customs autonomj on September 1st.

According to the concensus of SHANGHAI, August 10th. opinion expressed among foreign The Japanese shipping companies circles, it is believed that it will have decided to refuse-payment of he wiser for the Diplomatic Body the tonnage surtax, and to petition not to take up this matter directly the Japanese Consul at adopt with the Nanking Government, în similar action to that of the French view of the fact that the Powers Consul General; who last week ac- have practically recognised the cepted, a deposit of tonnage dues Sanking Government from Messageries Maritimes Central Government representing steamer, according to treaty, and China. So it is likely that the granted Consular clearance papers, Diplomatic Body" will only instruet after the Chinese Customs had re- the Consular Body at Shanghai to fused to accept dues on the treaty lodge a protest with the regional basis unless the surtax, was also government, namely, the Nanking paid, and refused to give the Government,

steamer a Customs clearance:

It is understood that British shipping companies are likely to adopt a similar procedure.

The Japanese Minister's Visit to Nanking.

NANKING, August 10th.

the

Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang's troops are surrounding Tehehow, to the west of Hopen on the Langhai Rail way. They are threatening West Shantung. According to a telegram sent by General Chang Tsung Chang to the Ankuochun military At an official luncheon to the authority, Marshal Feng's forces Japanese Minister, Mr. Yoshizawa, Į have taken Taiming, about 50 miles Mr. Wa Chao Chu, toasted." the south-west of Tenchow. General first foreign envoy visiting the Nanking Nationalist Government," expressing the hope that the Japanese Minister would take up permanent residence at Nanking.

Chang urgently requests the Peking Government to send Fengtienese reinforcements to Shantung

HANKOW FRIENDLY TO

FOREIGNERS.

EX-CONCESSION SHOWS

IMPROVEMENTS.

www.

EX-DIRECTOR'S STORY.:

Mr. H. O. Tong, Director of the No. a Special Administrative Area of Hankow (formerly the British Concession) was interviewed representative of the North-China Daily News at the Astor House.

COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY

• WAR.

"A POLICY OF PEACE."

(THROUGH REUTER'S LOKNOT,]

counter-

Moscow, August 10th. At the plenary session of the Soviet here, M. Bukharin reported that the danger of a revolutionary war against Soviet Russia was the most acute problem to-day.

A resolution was adopted "declar ing that the international policy of the Soviets was casentially a policy of peace, therefore the Soviet Gov ernment must agree to economical-

connections ly reasonable

with capitalist countries

It was stated that the Soviet workers had warmly responded to for the defence of the country. an appeal to prepare their utmost

A resolution 03 the internal

recent intensified opposition attacks the differences were due to the situation of the party stated. that

frustrating the work of the party

Dealing with the menace of war and the preparation of national defence, the opposition leaders M. M. Trotzky and Zinovief refused to renounes their semi-defeatist policy or abandon their attempts to create a second party, as a condi- tion of their remaining in the Cen tral Committee, and only yielded when threatened with expulsion

many improvements, said Mr. Tong, The ex-Concession has shown and things are better now than they have been for some time. Confid ence is slowly being restored and there is a feeling of friendliness towards foreigners which has not been so manifested for some months. Merchants are resuming their busi ness and the people are at ease.

"Borodin has gone and Wuhan has ridded itself of the Reds. There remain, however, Red military ad visers in the army as well as many radicals. The military people are in control and, so long as they re main in control, little can be done and there certainly is little hope of a compromise between Wuhan and Nanking," Mr. Tong said. There had not yet been a clash between the Wuhan forces and General Chiang Kai Shek's troops.

Wuhan was quiet at the time he left. The labourers and the Reds THEN BY SUN CHUẨN FANG'S

OLD TROOPS,

Mr. Yoshizawa, expressing ap- MERCHANTS" SUPPORT FOR had practically been eliminated: at

preciation of these sentiments, re- marked that a fulfilment of Mr.

NANKING,

Wu Chao Chu's hope necessarily TO CELEBRATE TARIFF would depend on future develop- AUTONOMY AND ABOLITION

OF LIKIN.

ments.

Mr.

Yoshizawa said that he had filed a The Shanghai Merchants Amal

Interviewed by Beuter,

strong protest as to the new Cus-

General Galen Going to Urga.

SHANGHAI, August 11th.

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toms duties and excise, but was re-gamated Association is proposing, ticent as to details.

we understand, to celebrate Septem. ber 1st, the day when the Nation alist Government in Nanking will abolish the likin and enforce tariff autonomy.

In the course of

a statement

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any rate, they were placed under control. The pickets were removed

ARMED ATTACK AT LUNGHUA.

FIRST THOUGHT TO BE BY COMMUNISTS.

but there were instigators and A few brief details have trans- radicals still in the army who were pired of an encounter between arm- trying to create trouble. The authoed forces which took place at the rities, however, had the situation beginning of laat week at Lung. well in hand.

bua. In view of the need for Mr. Tong denied that the Wuhan men at the front the Shanghai dis

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for the grouse shooting, which opens on Friday.

Later, His Majesty will shoot in Scotland.

The exodus for the Twelfth" is quite up to the average and about 130 special trains are leaving Lon don for the north.

"THE RUSSIAN PETROL PROBLEM.

SOVIET ACTIVE IN OILFIELDS.

[THROWÇË REUTER'A "AGENCY.]

ROTTERDAM, August 10th. Regular shipments of pipes destined for the construction of a pipe and boring of conduit systems in the Russian oilfields, have been made lately via Rotterdam...

About score of vessels are al- ready on the way to Odessa with auch cargoes, ranging from 500 to 2,000 tons per ship.

The pipes have been manufactur- ed in the German ironworks of the Rhine and Ruhr districts.

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BRITISH EXPRESS TRAIN MISHAP.

VISITORS TO CORNWALL SHAKEN,

BRITIS WIRELESS" BERVICE.]

WHY SACCO

AND VANZETTI WERE RESPITED.

ANOTHER CONDEMNED MAN MAKES SENSATIONAL

STATEMENT.

NEW YORK STILL HAS 14,000 POLICE ON SPECIAL DUTY.

U.S. "MILITANT LABOUR

IN BOMBAST.

#

INDULGES

The condemned men Sacco and Vanzetti, at the eleventh hour, received a twelve days' reapita from the Governor of Massachusetts to enable the Courts to consider further petitions fled, one, evidently, on the sensational statement made by another condemned man, who has also received a twelve days' respite.

New York still continues to have no fewer than 14,600, police. on special duty because of this Sacco-Vanzetti affair.

U.S.Militant Labour" is indulging in a characteristic bit of bombast because of the respite.

"[REUTER'S AMERICAN SARVICK]

CHARLESTOWN,August 11th.

*Militant Labour" Growing. New Yoax, August 11th. Immediately on learning of the.

The formal announcement of the respite of Sacco and Vanzetti, the respite was made by Governor Emergency Committee issued a Fuller at midnight in Boston He statement declaring that "Organ. atated that the Courts had noised labour had stayed the hand power to grant a respite and to of the executioner forcing a respite afford them an opportunity to com.from the Governor. The battle was plete their consideration of vari❘ not over and the fight must be con- ous motions and petitions filed by tinued with determination, This counsel, I recommended the Execu- temporary victory is the result of tive Council that the sentences of hundreds of strikes and mass Sacco, Vanzetti and Madeiros be demonstrations of the past week. respited til midnight of the 2nd! This is a warning to the American instant. The Council unanimously Federation of Labour bureaucracy adopted the recommendation." that militant labour will fight its

The Executive Council discussed own battles in the future.” the case from noon till midnight

14,000 Policeman on Guard. and it is believed that several mem-

LATER. bers strongly opposed any respite.

Cause of the Respite.

Boston, August 11th. Celestino Madeiros, who sprung into international fame, is of Portu- guese extraction He was convict. ed of being a member of Band Four, who attempted to rob Wrent- bam National Bank on November 1st, 1924, and of Bring a shot from which the cashier died.

Pending the trial Madefros at tempted to escape from Dedham Jail by sawing the bars of his cell and assaulting the guard.

BUGBY, August 10th. An accident occurred to-day to the Cornish Riveria express, which daily makes a journey from Lon- don to the west, with non-stop- After-protracted-proceedings, in run to Plymouth of 996 miles including ↓ successful appeal, four hours.

Madeiros was sentenced to death on June 30th, 1926. He then made the statement that the Morelli gang with whom he had been associated was responsible for the South Braintree murders of which- Sacco and Vanzetti had been ccavicted.

Madeiros has been respited while "his assertion is being investigated by Governor Fuller and an. Ad visory Committee.

When passing through Berkshire, pair of the engine's bogie wheels at 60 miles an hour, the leading left the rails, but neither the engine nor any of the coaches was derailed. No-one was injured beyond a shaking for a few of the 600 höli- day makers aboard.

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AN INTERNATIONAL PARTY.

(BRITISH WIRELESS. SERVICL)

the from

RUGBY, August 10th. Twenty-two members British Parliament Qail Southampton

on Friday in the Royal Mail liner Arlanza, on a visit to Brazil, at the invitation of the Brazilian Government.

Ireland and India are also send- ing representatives.

Forty delegates from other coun- tries will join the Arlanza at Cherbourg, and will represent Bel- gium, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, Afghanistan and Turkey.

STORM' HERO,

Madeiros is quite unconcerned, and has been eating heartily while awaiting execution.

£1,000,000 FROM ÖL FIELDS.

BASEBALL COACH'S ́

FORTUNE.

It is announced at police bead. quarters that despite the Sacco- Yanzetti reprieves, the 14,000 police are guarding the transportation lines, public buildings, residences of public citizens and will be kept definitely relieved. on duty until the tension has been

"Vanzetti Pleased.

Bostos, August lith. Except Vanzetti, who remarked that he was "pleased," the prisoners of the respite. showed no emotion when informed Early to-morrow they will be removed from the the prison, where they will remain death house to another section of until the end of the respite period. A Third Condamned Han,

LATER.

the occupant of the third death cell, The respite also affecte Maderos,

who was due to be executed with Sacco and Vanzetti. Sacco-Vanzetti case, and declared Maderos was a witness in the that they were stated he knew the gangsters whe innocent He Sarried out the murder.

BUENOS AIRES, August 11th Thousands, anxiously waiting, joyfully. received the news of the reprieve and cheered wildly.

Diabolic Bomb Outrage,

BABLE, August 11th. Fifteen persons were injured,`- one gravely, in a Sacco-Vanzetti was observed during the day. outrage. A one hour's protest strike

[Earlier telegrams are printed on | page 2]

PRETENCE IN DIVORCE,

LORD MERRIVALE'S WARNING.

After granting decrees nisi in- NEW YORK. three cases which had been stand- Next to Lindbergh, who has re- ing over, in consequence of in fused wealth as an incongruous suficiency of the evidence, Lord addition to his fame, the most dis Merrivale, President of the Divorce enssed figure in the United States Division, said there was too strang a high school baseball coach, now suitors in this court to suppose one of the richest men in the that a pretence of adultery was country:

sufficient to entitle a party who desired the dissolution of marriage to obtain it."

Government was ever Communistic trict has been largely depleted of GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS Mr. Lew H. Lentz, until recently a disposition on the part of possible

ticíao.

FORENAN.

The story of an electrician's heroic but fatal effort to save the

A few years ago Mr. Lentz ac life of his foreman was told at Hammersmith at an inquest held cepted an invitation from Mr. John on Leonard Matthews, aged 38, of G. McCaskey, a Anerkraut manu- facturer, to join him in oil prospect Bacton-road, Fulham,

wbo

Was

evening, in the direction of Cheng- which they have issued, the mer: stringency owing to the over-issue that the attacking force was driven electrocuted at the power station ng in Oklahoma. The pair acquiz- court to grant a decres of divorce

Mr. Eugene Chen, states the same message, has gone to Euling. Communists Executed at Kinklang.

become

and was even more vigorous" in its garrison, and accordingly only denying that he himself was a Bed, about 300 men are at present He was working for the good of stationed at Lunghus. It is thought China and was not a party poli- that this small number induced an

enemy to make his attack. The most serious problem which A Hankow message of August

confronted the Wuhan Government, Monday or Tuesday night, and This attack came off either on 10th states that General Galen had

The fact was entirely otherwise. he stated, was that which related although details of the actual fight

There was no jurisdiction in this left by the railway, the previous

to finances. There was a financial ing are not available, it transpires

at the Post Office Savings Bank ed leases in undeveloped territory except upon proof of adultery. chow. A number of motor trucks chants say that the foreign policy of paper money and that would take off, not, however, before two of the headquarters, Blythe-road, West and from their drillings oil gushed and motor-cars were loaded on the of the Kuomintang calls for the some little time to clear up. defenders were killed. In the mean. Kensington, where & storm had forth in fabulous quantities, with ting there to be satisfied before he

It was the duty of the judge sit train. It is understood that Gen-removal of foreigners from con- Asked whether he proposed to time six of the attacking party were eral Galen follows in the footsteps trolling positions in the Chinese return to Hankow in the near wounded.

caused & defect in the machinery. the result that this year the former of M. Borodin, and is going to Maritime Customs service as a step future, Mr. Tong suggested that he It was at first rumoured that the said he was working with Matthews 21,000,000.

George Gridley, an electrician, coach paid taxes on an income of granted a decree of divorce that adultery had in fact occurred. The Urga:

towards autonomy. After the May might not return at all. A Mr. attack was the work of Communists, and a foreman named Albert Smith Mr. Lentz who is a bachelor has judge would fail in his duty who but this version is discredited. It Ray in an underground chamber, 30th tragedy, a conference was held Chang had been appointed to

did not take care that this element- B philanthropist. “ Hi in Peking when it was decided that succeed him temporarily and so he is believed that they are not or- and Ray, thinking the current was numerous gifts include £200,000 -tợ

ary safeguard on the status of on January 1st, 1929, China's right would have to wait and see.

ganized for such exploits locally.dend, went to the switchboard. the University of Oklahoma, and marriage was not disregarded in to tariff autonomy should be re- Mr. Tong is an English returned the theory, now held is that they Ray then touched a terminal and another £200,000 donated to the this country. cognized on condition that likin student. He went to London soon were men of Sun Chuan Fang's received a severe electric shock, furtherance of the cotton industry.

It was sufficiently disregarded in is abolished. Some time has after the 1911 revolution and after army. When that army withdrew Ras, was unable to get away, and After the death of his partner, the many directions, but at any rate elapsed but there have been no studying leather tannery entered from this province, various bodies Matthews rushed forward and tried former sauerkraut manufacturer, it should

should not be disregarded in results and now that the Nation: the University of London, from were left behind, and although it to free him Matthews also re- Lentz bought all the holdings. alist Government has taken the which institution he graduated with was reported that they had been ceived a terrible shock; the current has endowed a home for orphans, ist in 35 andefended divorce cases Lord Merrivale granted decrees mitiative by declaring China's the degree of Bachelor of Science absorbed into Chiang's Kai Shek's being 2,000 volts. Man dan 2 won and paid in the name of his mother Customs autonomy it is taking the During his stay in London, he mar army, it is known that such has not. only proper step. The writers say ried an English lady. Upon return

It was related that the knuckle the debts of churches in which he Twenty-five were the petitions of wives. In 12 cases the occupations, been the case with a great number of Matthews's left Hand, which had is interested, Sancar, August 11th. that it is essential that Chins ing to China four years ago, Mr. of them. In the circumstances it apparently come in contact with His oil field camps are described of the respondent-husheads were A message from Chinking states should have the power to decide her Tong established several large lea-is now thought that this was the current, was burned through to as models of cleanliness, meatness

not stated. that Marthal Chiang Kai Shek is own tariffs instead of allowing the ther works in Hong Kong and other attempt on the part of Marshal's the joint.

and system. The men have private ! reported to have been wounded re- foreigners to retain control of the places. Upon entering politics last old troops to take advantage of the The jury returned cently in the fighting around Haus Customs. The Government is, there year, he was rande Commissioner situation.

verdict of modern sleeping quarters with Accidental Death.

shower bathe, reading and smoking where most of his holdings are situ chawiu.

fore, to be congratulated, and the for the Prevention of Smuggling in It is said that a sum

$400,000

Mr. Frank Hill, borough elec-rooms, and the best possible dining sted, are owned by his employees... Consulate at Chin- writers hope that all will join in Canton and early this year was pro has arrived in Shanghai to be used trician for Hammersmith said the service. The most comfortable kiaug has been evacuated by the the rovement to celebrate the day moted Director of the No. 3 Special as propaganda for Buh Chuan Fang dead man's colleagues looked upon homes in Ponca City, Oklahoma, depicted as a model multi-millio

Altogether, the former coach in Chinese troope

when-autonomy is enforced-

Vorth-China Daily Newi

bis act as a heroic one..

(Continued at foot of next column.) „dire.

SHANGHAL, August 11th.

A wireless menage from Kiu

kiang states that 20 Communiste, including Labour leaders, were executed thero on August 9th...

Chiang. Reported Wounded.

The t

Administrative Area;"

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