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HANKOW." MODERATES AND

NORTHERN EXPEDITION.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 29th, 1927.

THE

OSAKA TO SHANG- WHAT THE PREMIER

HAI BY AIR.

TOLD THE CANA-

DIANS.

MEXICAN SILVER MINES HELD UP.

A JAPAN

RECORD.

60,000 TROOPS TO BE SENT INTO ANHUI.

SOUTHERNERS CLAIM TO HAVE ARRESTED NORTHERNERS' PROGRESS."

CHANG TSO LIN AIMING AT THE

PRESIDENCY.

The Hankow Moderates claim that they have been able to despatch 60.000 troops to the province of Anhui, where they hope to stop the on-rush of the victoricus Northerners.

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For the Southern troops it is claimed that they have been able to repel the invaders on the south bank of the Yangtze, and to cause them to retreat to the north bank.

Meanwhile, the Northerners-and not without cause-21s elated by their recent successes, and it appears not improbable that Dictator Chang, the Generalissimo, may yet be President of Chinn or, at least, of Feking,

KUOMINTANG CONFER-

ENCE AT NANKING.

(Web Tu Yat Pas.)

SHANOI, August 26th.

!

SOUTHERNERS AND THE NORTHERN INVASION.

(Wul Ta Tat Pao.)

JAPAN TO CHINA IN

HOURS.

(NAVAL WIRELEIS.)

SRANDRAI, August 26th. A Japanese flying boat, believed to have come from Osaka arrived

here at 4.30 p.m. to-day.

It is presumed that the machine is the one which left Osaka on,

Thursday on a trial trip to Shang hai for the purpose of opening regular mail and passenger service between Osaks and Shanghai. The seroplane, which is of the Dornier Wal type, left Osaka on Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, and when last heard of had landed at Fukuoka, the pilot stating bis intention of hopping off for Shanghai on the following (Friday) morning.

Record Time...

SHASOBAL, August 28th. According to

This is confirmed by a Reuter I report from Shanghai, the Southerners were able message from Shanghai which to resist the Northern invasion and | states: --- have pushed the Northeraers back

The Doroner Wal plane which

At a conference held at Nanking. at which Sun Fo, Tao Yen Kai, Ho Ying Chien and Li Chung Jen were present, discussions took place concerning the resumption of the to the north bank of the Yangtaze. left Osaka on August 25th, alighted Northern Expedition against the San Chuan Feng's troops, who had on the Whangpoo`yesterday even- Shantung and Chihli allied forces attempted to cut the Shanghai-ing making the flight from Fukuoka on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. It | Nanking Railway at Luhgtan and to Shanghai in the record time of was decided immediately to desat other points were forced to re. five and a half hours. patch 60,000 troops towards North- ern Anhui to intercept the Northern troops.

treat northwards,

There were six persoan aboard.o

NORTHERNERS ELATED BY PEKING CONFLAGRATION...

RECENT SUCCESSES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FAMOUS BAZAAR BURNT. WITH VALUABLE STOCK.

SEVERAL LAKHS' DAMAGE,

"

(THROUGH KEUTER'S ADENCE.]

PEKING, August 7th.

PAXING, August_27tb. While hitherto there has been no ofheial confirmation of reports of Feng Yu Hsiang withdrawing from Honan, the Ankuochun spokesman and states that the Ankuochun us declares that it is "quite likely ".

reached an agreement with Yea Hai A large fire early this morning Shan though the terms thereof can destroyed the famous Chuan Yeh not yet be divulged.

MR. BALDWIN'S TRIBUTE TO BRITISH WORKMEN.

· (THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCT.]

LONDON, August 8th. "Far from Britain being decad- ent, I was able to tell the Cana diaes that our spirit was undimmed and our courage unquenched," said Mr. Baldwin in his first speech since his return from Canada, speaking at Castle Douglas (Lanarkshire).

"RED SYNDICATE'S " ACTION.

11 BRITISH AND 18 AMERICANS VIRTUALLY PRISONERS.

[RKUTKI'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

SWISS TRAIN

DISASTER.

THE ENQUIRY.

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

CHAMONIX, August 9th. The death rot in the train dis- aster is now twenty-one.

WORLD, FLIGHT.

PRIDE OF DETROIT'S"

NON-STOP RUN.

REACHES CROYDON IN SPLENDID TIME.

wwwwww..com

(THROUGH KILTER'S AGENCY.}

HARBOUR GRACK (Newfoundland), CHAMONIX August 25th.

August 27th. Kr. William Brock and Mr.. The inquiry into "the railway Edward Schlee started at dawn on.. Amparo Company's silver mines at was killed, was responsible. HoPride of Detron, the first por- disaster found that the driver, who

a world fight in the monoplane jara, Mexico, 11 British and 18 while the train was descending London. Etzatlan 10 miles from Guadala had opened the steam regulatortion being American employees are apparently

WASHINGTON, August 29th. Besieged in the quarters of the

The Premier paid a tribute to virtual prison of the so-called steep slope causing a sudden jerk

the

Red" Syndicate, which induccil and denilment. the workara u seize the mine as

protest against the Sacco, and

Vanzetti executions.

the courage and patience of the British worker sticking at almost impossible task of rebuild- ing and slowly but surely winning through. Be was of opinion that there would be great room for development in. the Empire, but efforts would be jeopardized if there was any renewal of widespread being flooded. stoppages of work. He looked to claim that they have the situation

the leaders of the T.U.C., meeting in Edinburgh in October, to give a lead to. national prosperity.

TERRIFIC STORM OVER

NOVA, SCOTIA,

ENORMOUS DAMAGE. "

(EZUTEE'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 28th..

The worst storm in over 30 years raged in the maritime provinces yesterday, and at least nine deaths bave occurred as a consequence.

and 27 fshing-

ed at G.81,000,000. Two steamers boats were 'sunk.

Further Details,"

The mines are reported to be Lauch damaged through the stop- page of work and are in danger of

The Mexican military authorities

in hand but full details are un available.

2100,000 REPENTANCE

BEQUEST.

FORTUNE LEFT TO WRONGED HUSBAND.

."

THE NAQUIB OF BAGHDAD.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BAGHDAD, August 25th.

A non-stop fight to

[An Old Orchard (Maine) cable stated:William Brock, and Ed. ward Schlee, flying a Stimson- Detroit monoplane, the "Pride of Detroit" have left for. Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, whence they expect to start a round-the-world flight.

Passes Over Plymouth. `-

Losnos, August 28th. The Pride of Detroit has passed

Plymouth.

Sai Yid Mahmoud, eldest son of the late Naquib, has been appoint-over ed Naquib of Baghdad by Royal decree.

A LONDON "DIVORCE'

MYSTERY.

EXTRAORDINARY PRO-

CEDURE."

LETTER WRITTEN

IN CHINA.”

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"WHILE

A woman who was alleged to

At Croydon,

LONDON, August 28th. The American aviators, Brook and Schlee, landed in the Pride of Detroit monoplane at Croydon 'at Croydon at 10.33, namely, 24 hours after leaving Newfoundland.

SLAVE TRADE STILL CARRIED ON.

ADYSSINIA SAID TO HAVE GREATEST NUMBER.

Slavery in its old barbarous form continues to remain a part of the world's social scheme. Buying and selling of humans is one of the im- portant problems awaiting solution in the Dark Continent, according navelist and sociologist, in an ad- Mornington-road, dress at Chicago.

The Ankuochun Government has ordered a general attack in Henan against Feng Yu Hsiang. General Chu Yu Pu, Tupan of Chili, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Ex- pedition. Generals Chang King Yao and Hat Kan are leading their respective forces, towards Honar from Western Anhui, while General Liu Chi Luk will advance towards Kaileng from Tso-chow, on the Shantung-Henan borders.

The Northerners are elated at Chang bazair in Lantern Street. caused 33 deaths and $150,000 dam- do parents, migrated to Australia" Church-walk, General Ho Chien is leading his recent successes and not only anti- the largeet in Peking and well Habkaw forces to occupy Anking, cipate a speedy capture of Nanking known to all tourists. Numbers of lost, with a hands and eleven dogged by ill-tuck, and his wife's the capital of Anhui, The troops and Shanghai but optimistically the possibility of the stationed there under General Shanvinge Tao Yin and Wang Pu were forced Nationalists evacuated all the coun- to evacuate down-river.

try except Kwangtung.

VINEEA, July 13th. The story of Heinrich Sten, a carpenter ex-convict, known as the poorest inhabitant of his native town of Tyrnau, Hungary, who recently inherited a Fortune of The property damage is estimat£100,000 and a large farm from an have been divorced told the Maryle unknown man, reads like Naboth, bone magistrate that she had no with a spice of Boccaccio.

knowledge of a decreç having been Sten recently received from a

made against her, and had never firm of Sydney lawyers an intima- done anything to justify a decres, The case was that of a summons tion that one John Charles Mid taken out by Mrs. Florence Mto Glen B. Winship, New York wood died at Sydney and left this storms on the coastline fortune to him.

Sten, who was the son of well-to- and married. He was afterwards

of thefts. He finally received fire extravagances led him into a series years' imprisonment.

LATEST WIRELESS NEWS FROM YANGTSZE PORTS.

(NAVAL WIRELESS.]

HaNxow, August 26th. All Government Ministers have now left for Nanking, Dr. C. C. Chang remains Vice-Minister of Finance.

General Gallem is still in Hen. kow. A large junk with six machine guns on poop passed down river. The food position easier and trade is phoying signs of revival.

KITXIANG, August 28th. Dr. C. C. Wu has arrived at Nanking. Movements of troops

down river continues. ""

ANKING, August 20th. E.M.S. Cockchafer has been with drawn as the searching of vessels has ceased.

The Presidency. The prospects of Chang Tso Lin assuming the Presidency are again being discussed.

Considerable importance in this respect is attached to Chang T30 Lin's decision to participate in the Autumn sacrifices at the Confucian temple in which he will take the Presidential role with greater eere- mony than most former Presidents.

-Defence of Shanghal.

most valuable curios, embroideries, were destroyed. porcelain, etc., The damage is estimated at several Jakus.

TRANS-ATLANTIC TELE- PHONE SERVICE.

*. (BRITISH, WIRELNAS BREVICE:]

RUGBY, August 27th.

The Post Office states that the

covers working expenses.

The

Sr. Joux's, Newfoundland, -- August 28th.

age. Five fishing schooners were

others sank, the crews of which

were rescued.

Twenty-five boats were destroyed at Bonavista, and it is feared the Eabing feet at Grandbanka suffered severely..

Broken Man,

His wife, he understood, died hashile he was serving his sentence, and the broker man returned to his native Hungarian village.

ROUND UP OF FRENCH COMMUNISTS:

He has how received a letter from Midwood, through his law. yers, saying that, though he was not imown to Sten, he had never theless been an influence on Sten's life..

I

to

commit

Midwood was courting a girl named Harries when Sten appear ed on the scene, won her heart, and married her.

*I wanted first to steal your wife," wrote Mid- suicide, and finally decided to try wood You never saw me, but I succeeded in winning her affections from you.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Some of his supporters predict that he will be installed as Fre- revenue from the Trans-Atlantic

PARIS, August 28th. sident controlling most of China be-Wireless Telephone Service now. Following the recent Communist fore the end of the year.

Despite riots, the Government has decided the charge of £13 for a three to remove a number of foreign sus Consequently, "the police The fact that all passenger traffic minutes' call, the use of the serpects

ar raided various buildings and rested some hundred of foreigners who will be taken to court ifto make during my lifetime the re- necessary and deported.

SHANDRAI, August 27th.

is suspended on the Shanghai-Nan-vice is slowly increasing. king railway lends colour to reperts, that the Northerners have crossed the Yangtze and attacked Chin- kiang.

NANKING, August 28th.. This inorning. Pai Shung Hsi, Beavy artillery duel yesterday Defence Commissioner for Shang- (Thursday) across river.

hai, who left for Nanking yester The U.S.S. label was heavily day, was held at Wuaih and fred on from Pukow going down-ordered "eight train loads of troops river yesterday (Thursday).

from Hangehow to Wusih for the purpose of counter-attacking the

Intermittent artillery duci to-day

(98th). Northerners crossed the river | Northerners who are across the rail-

in three or four places below Nan king and railway reported cut.

H.M.S. Bee fred on, from Morri- son Point to-day (Friday) when passing up river and returned fire.

CHINKIANG, August 20th Northerners have captured Tung

chow.

BHANGHAI, August 27th A brigade of Sun Chuan Fang's troops, above 6,000 strong, landed 3 miles west of Lomli Tree Station at 10.00 a.m. on Aug. 20th Another Brigade is reported to have landed in the afternoon. The Railway was cut. Nationalist soldiers under Lu Pao T, formerly under Sun Chuan Fang, have joined North-

eraers.

It is reported that" trouble in developing between Ho Ying Ching and Cbon Feng Chi, commanding 26th Nationalist Army, which is divided between Hangehow, Sung kiang and Linho.

way at Tanyang.

All communications between here and Nanking are disorganised.

What the Nationalists Olaim.

SHANGHAI, August 97th. driven back the Northerners who. The Nationalists claim to have.

crossed the river yesterday, after disarming the majority of them. The Nationalist militarists have taken over both the Shanghai- Hangchow and Shanghai-Nanking railways, and are reported to have repaired the guts mentioned. It is alleged that they have rushed 8,000 men to Chinking from Hangehow... There is no traffic other than troop taovements on both lines,

U.S. Flågship Retaliates.

SHANGHAI, August 27th.

SOVIET ESPIONAGE.

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SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY IN

ROUMANIA.

(THROUGH ÉEUTER'S AGENCY.}

BUCHAREST, August 18th.

A Soviet espionage: organisation has been discovered at Kishinev engaged in supplying military in- formation to the Intelligence De- partment at Kiev:

There have been 15 arrests.

FORMOSA "QUAKE. OFFICIAL REPORT OF CASUAL TIES AND DAMAGE.

--[ REUTER'S...AMERICAN-SERVICE).

Torro, August 27th. "An official report of the earth-

with Admiral Hughes aboard, and most, on August 25th shows that The American flagship fabel, quake in Tainan province, For- the destroyer Nea, which participat eleven were killed and 50 seriously

Trouble is also developing at ed in the bombardment of Nanking injured. Seven hundred dwellings British merchantmen from Naaking and two hundred offices, stores and

Hangchow between Ho Ying Ching and part of 31st Army, commanded by Chong Chao Chien.

Traffic above Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Haagchow railways is interrupted.

Damage to former line is now repaired.

One of the 2 Southern cruisers which was anchored off Woosung has sailed.

3,000 mill workers of Ngaiwata palboe are on strike. "The

company are threatening a lockout,-----------------

Martial law has been proclaimed

in March, were convoying three

to Shanghai when they were very warehouses were destroyed 'or dam heavily red upon by the Nation alists 40 miles below Nanking.

The gunboate replied to this fire, the Noa alone firing 3,000 rounds with her machine-guns, rifles and Springfield guns. No Americans were injured, but a Chinese aboard one of the convoys was hit in the ankle by a rifle bullet.

An officer of the Noe reports that all foreign shipping in the Nan king section of the river is again.

#ged.

EGYPTIAN COTTON.

PRICES SLUMP.

(THROUGH ARUTER'S-AGENCY:]

OBITUARY.

A WELL-KNOWN, LONDON JOURNALIST.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, August 27th. The death has taken place of Mr... John St. Loe Strachey, for many years proprietor and editor of the Spectator.

[31r. Strachey, who relinquished active connection with the Specta or in 1925, was 67 years old.]

Earl Gainsborough:

LONDON, August 28th. The death is announced of Earl Gainsborough.

VALUE OF LONDON.

LAST YEAR'S INCREASE.

During the year ended March, 1927, the London County Council had

85,000 registered tennis players. 38,000 games of cricket and 38,000 gama.of football were played on its open spaces,

I have not found the courage

paration my testament makes.-J. C. Midwood."

The authenticity of the letter and the bequest is attested by the law yer's letters

GOOSEBERY BATTLE.

CENTURY OLD CONTEST FOR

BIGGEST FRUIT.

The slave trade is still carried on in the Red Sea, declared Mr." for Winship. "It remains in exist-

Keywood, of Camden Town, against her hus band, George Henry Keywood, of neglecting to provide her with rea

Brentford, sonable maintenance. had obtained a divorce against his The defendant claimed that he wife, and that the decree was made

absolute year,

on December 13th last

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knew nothing about any such pro- Mrs. Keywood replied that she

ceedings, and had never received" a Writ or any other papers from the Divorce Court.

The defendant pointed out that they advertised for his wife for a month, but she did not answer or appear, and the decres was made

in her absence.

Mrs. Keywood put in a letter which she said was written by the defendant to her mother, in which he said he should like his wife" to carry on with divorce proceed Defendant admitted writing the letter while he was in China, and said that in it he made out that he had been guilty of misconduct, but it was not true.

"Why did you tell lies ?" asked the magistrate.

eace in one form or another in. Nigeria, the late colony of Ger- Abyssinia, the Hedjaz, Gambia and

tribes of the Belgian Congo, Until man East Africa, and

among the " two years ago slavery formed

month of India. part of the native social system of Nepal, an independent kingdom In that country

a

alone, with an area of less than the State of Illinois, there was Population of over $1,000 slaves, all of whom were officially freed in recent years.

independent native state in Africa, "Abyssinia, the only remaining is said to have the greatest num ber of slaves of any country of to- day. The religion of the Abys inians is imbued with Morsic fadition, since, at the beginning of their conquest of Ethiopia, they came in contact with races which they asserted were descended from Bam, apen

whom Noah had

bestowed a curse, condemning him to be the slave of his brothers. Trade in slaves thrives in Africa despite the posts established by Defendant: I don't know

European powers to intercept con was just a fit I took into my heads and liberate the human vic-

time."

It

to write that.

The magistrate (Mr. Mead)

pointed out that in the same letter TRAINING FOR EMIGRANTS. defendant wrote: "If Florrie

GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND SCHEME.

should require information con- cerning my misconduct in 1919 she can get all the proof from Miss |

The Government had absolutely Defendant: That is just a fit that failed to improve the lot of the came into my head.

worker, declared Mr. Tom Shaw, The Magistrate: You have very See., Preston, in the House of Though present prices may be funny fits. Perhaps all this is a Commons during a debate on the high, housekeepers may be perhaps it about the divorce. He adjourn Ministry of Labour vote. The only amazed that there is a village ined the summons sine die and re thing they had done was to stabilise England where gooseberries are ferred the matter to a firm of soli- the high rate of unemployment. weighed on the same scales as gold citors, saying: "This is a most

Mr Betterton, Con,, Rushcliffe, and at one time were sold at as extraordinary procedure, and Parliamentary Secretary to math as 7d each. This takes place must try to get to the bottom of Ministry of Labour, said he did not at the ancient, placid little Busser | iL": village of Ditchling, some ten miles

regard the fact that there were 1,000,000 persons out of work with from Brighton. The 100th

complacent satisfaction or "consider it as one that they could not im prove upon.

consecutive yearly gooseberry and currant show was held last month. It is believed to be the oldest of its kind in the country. It originated in the intro- duction by a lawyer named Attros of some gooseberry bushes. from Lancashire. He gave them to the villagers to cultivate.

"MENACE TO LIFE IN AMERICA."

"BISHOP ON A MOCKERY OF MARRIAGE.

the

Out of Work: Boys and Girls. The Ministry's two training cen- très at Brandon and Claydon ware' doing very good work. Something like 700 men had gone from these centres overseas, and reports. re-

eived as to progress were extreme ly satisfactory. The Ministry kad decided to increase forthwith the accommodation at these centres,

PARIS, August · Iss. Dr. William T. Manning, the At that time two prizes were offered-one, a cash prize small in British-born Bishop of New York, value but high in the esteem of com- preaching in the American cathe petitors, for the largest dozen of dral church in Paris, denounced the gooseberries and a copper kettle for Paris divorce mill for weathy which at present enabled about 1,000 the heaviest pint of red rough gooseberries. In wet or windy wea- ther villagers have placed umbrellas

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dishonour 4 France.

Dr. Manning said: "It is time

to

W

men to pass through yearly. They had

to increase the accom decided rather more than doubled. over their precious berries, and to say that the Paris-divorces dation to enable that figure to during the last few nights before granted to rich Americans, which The Malcolm Committee Mr. J. M. Gatti, chairman of the picking, members of the various are helping to make a mockery of Juvenile Unemployment had re- L.C.C., in his review of the work families have taken turas as sen- marriage, are

dishonour to of that body during the year incels over their charges to protect divorces, in our own land is a dis-juvenile unemployment. The Min

commended the setting up eyen as the food of national advisory council for France, gave the above figures to illustrate them against the elements thepublic amenities provided. Both prizes were won by Mr. E. honour to America and a menace stry proposed to accept that re-

The Council's gross expenditure Driver, of Ditchling This was the to our life us a nation.

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of

commendation. They proposed to for the year 1925-26, he stated, was first time he had competed. The know the clergy of France and this council to examine what £35,000,000, and the rateable value heaviest weight for of London, £55,925,427, showed an yellow berries was

dozen and all God-fearing Frenchmen and

permanent provision could usefully. increase of £5,522,306 over the rate pennyweights, 20 grains. The famous strongly as you or I do..

16 ounces, 6 Frenchwomen will say this just as be made so the unemployed boys

-and-girls-instead of being allow The bishop also strongly de-ed-to-roam-about the streets, should copper kettle was won by a pint the largest increase known on a

mezsure containing 12 ounces, 2

be able to attend "some school. or. quinquennial valuation:

pennyweights, 5 graina."

centre.

Caino, August 28th. in all Chinese areas in Shanghai. subject to attacks by both the It is rumoured that the Govern

The Southern Military have com- Northerners and the Nationaliste, ment are disposing of half a million mandeered all the rolling stock on and the navies may resume the the Nanking Hangelow line and all conveying of foreign merchantmen kantara of option to an Alexandria-able value of the preceding year civilian trafic is suspended. plying on the river,

fru. Prices have slumped.

nounced so-called compationate marriages,

and