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CHEKIANG TROOPS, BELIEVED

PATHETIC TOWARDS THE

NORTH, DISARMED.

SYM-

GENERAL HO'S INTERESTING PREDICTION.

HU HAN MIN AND CHIANG KAI SHEK TO RETURN SHORTLY TO THE FOLD.

SERIOUS FRACAS AT HANKOW.

JAPANESE SAILORS AND CHINESE SOLDIERS

COLLIDE.

"REDS" ATTEMPT ΤΟ RESCUE LEADER.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.]

HANKOW, September 21st. conflict between Japanese sailors and Chinese soldiers," re- sulted ip bayonets and frearms

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Leing used, including machine-guns Oan Japanese sailor was wound. ed, and the Chinese sustained some casualties.

The incident occurred this morn- ing, when a number of Chinese soldiers tried to gain entrance to the Japanese Concession through the

gate, by force.

DISARMING CHINESE

TROOPS.

GENERAL. HO ACTIVE AMONG SUSPECTS."

TRAPS FOR "CHEKIANG

TROOPS.

[NAVAL WIRELESS, ]

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1927.

SOVIET DEBT TO

FRANCE.

PROMISE TO PAY HOLDERS OF RUSSIAN SECURITIES.

(THROUGH LITER'S 40KNCY.]

Moscow, Sept. 29od. Litvinoff, the Foreign Vice-Com- missary in s semi-ocial inter- view, asserts that a full agreement has been reached" between the Soviet and French delegations on the debt question. A general agreement has not been signed because the French" have not yet accepted the proposals regarding the Credits Agreement in principle reached hereanent, but the ques tion of the size thereol has not! been solved. He added, however, be that all doubts would soon settled when the French public would learn that the Soviet would be ready within six months to make

ENGLISH GERMAN AVIATOR'S ANOTHER

FINE FLIGHT. MARTYR TO

SCIENCE.

· EMINENT PATHOLOGIST'S SAD DEATH.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

1,875 MILES IN 13 HOURS.

104 MILES HOUR AVERAGE.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

AxGori, Sept. fiat.. LONDON, September and.

Koennecke, in his Caspar The pathologist, Dr. Adrian Stokes, who bas been spending six biplane Germania, when he landed months' furlough from Guy's Hos- ital to combat yellow fever in West Africa, has succumbed to this complaint at Lagos.

U.S. ARBITRATION COM- MISSIONERS.

NEW APPOINTMENTS.

KNUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, Sept id Ex-Senators Learoot (Wisconsin) and Underwood (Alabama) have been appointed members, respec tively, of the Anglo-American and a bank deposit of the first hall Franco-American Commissions deal- SHANGHAI, September 21st.

yearly, instalment of 30,000,000 golding with arbitration. General Ho Ying Ching states franes, wherefrom the first pay that the disarmament of the Thirty-ments could be made to French

Tirst Army Corps has been carried out by the orders of the Military Council of Nanking.

The Council, suspecting the disloyalty of this corps, ordered them to entrain for Nanking, and arranged the necessary railway with transport, simultaneously

traps at various

sistance.

holders of Russian securities im mediately both Governments have ratified the dual Agreement,

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NEW ZEALAND AND SINGA

PORE'S BASE. :· NAVAL PLANS INCLUDE CONTRIBUTION.

[KEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WELLINGTON, Sept. 21st. In the New Zealand House of mtroducing the Representatives, Government's naval defence pro-

In the ensuing battle, a Japanese machine-gun sailor received a bay act wound in points, able to overpower any re-posals, the chief feature of which the neck, after which he discharged his rifle in order to defend himself. It was found necessary to bring machine-guns into action, which

resulted in Chinese casualties.

Matters have now become quiet.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Further Details, HANSOW, September 21st. There was a fracas in the ex British Concession yesterday even- ing when a gang, armed with automaties, successfully rescued a uniformed prisoner, believed to be a Communist leader, who was ar- rested on a Japanese steamer. He was rescued from a Chizëse escort when passing through one of the most crowded thoroughfares of

Hankow."

The gang opened fire at point blank range and the escort replied One Chinese was killed and a few wounded. The prisoner escap

The successful carrying-out of the plaas resalted in the disarming of practically all the troops adha ing to 'Chow Feng Chi, leaving Ho Ying Ching in control, of the Shanghai area and Chekiang,

Returning To The Fold.

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relates to New Zealand's contribu tion to the Singapore base, the Premier, Mr. Coates, emphasised that no affront to Japan was in any way contemplated by the con struction of the base.

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U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK CHAIRMANSHIP.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22nd. Federal Reserve Bank of Minnes Mr. Roy Young, Governor of the polis, has been appointed to suc-

teed Mr. Crissinger, who recently retired from the Chairmanship of the U.S. Federal Bank..

GERMAN EXPLORER "AND PARTY SAFE. EXPEDITION REACHES NORTH, INDIA.

(THROUGH TIUTER'S AGENCY.]

SIMLA, Sept. 21st.

safely here at 8.30 this morning, had been in the air 18. hours and had

speed of 10 miles an hour. covered -1.875 miles at an average

airman expects to leave on Friday lor Tokyo vid Persia And India.

MEXICO'S PETRO- LEUM LAW.

ANOTHER ACTION AGAINST MEXICAN GOVERNMENT,

"[BIUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

." BIG QUESTIONS."

ARBITRATION, SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT.

DISCUSED BY LEAGUE

[TÙROYCE AKUTER'S AGENCY.]

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 22nd.

GENEVA, September 21st. The third committee of the League The Aguila Oil Company has filed a suit against the Mexican Govern-unanimously adopted a resolution ment," in the Mexico City District embodying the combined German- Court, alleging that under the nawFroach-Dutch proposals as regards

1017.

OBITUARY.

mer.t.

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Petroleum Law they are not per-arbitration, security and disarma The proposals include, Arstly, the The acquired before the Constitution of creation of a committee side by side

mitted to dril oil wells upon lands

with the Preparatory Disarmament Commission, to consider measures onlculated to afford all the States guarantees of security and arbitra- tion necessary to fix the level of their armaments at the lowest pos- sible limit; secondly, that the Coun cil should request the States to) supply information as regards the measures they would be prepared to take, and what naval, military or aerial forces they would be pre- pared to employ, to support the decisions of the Council in the event of a conflict breaking out.

BRIDGE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND FORTLEE.

LARGEST OF ITS TYPE.

- OPENING CEREMONIES.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE?

NEW YORK, Sept. 2nd. The Governors of New York and New Jersey and other prominent individuals were the centre of in- teresting functions marking the beginning of work on the 1f" mile suspension bridge across the valley

WAS

both

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON.

TAKDUGH BECTEN'S AGENCY.]

..

LONDON, Sept. Sand. The death is announced of Lord George Hamilton.

A Well-known English Comedian.

LONDON, September 21st. The death has occurred of the comedian, G. P. Huntley.

[The late Mr. Huntley, was for many

4 favourite in years English musical comedies such

Miss Hook of Holland and Three Little Maids" He had unique stage mannerisms and a

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draw) that earned for him an out standing individuality. Some years age he went to America and did not return to the English stage He also gained considerable fame by his excellence as a water colour

between New York and Fortlee.

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broken on shores for the towers, which will be 820 feet high.

Isaugural ceremonies were also artist.] held in midstream.

The bridge will be completed by 1939 and will be the biggest of its type in the world.

THE LEGIONARIES FRENCH

TOUR...

REVIVING VERDUN

It is learned. from reliable source that a party of three Euro Japan's action in the Great War Penas has arrived at Nagchuka.

There is good reason to believe

MEMORIES. was unforgettable, especialy the Visit by Japanese warships to Newit is a party headed by the Ameri can mizaionary Plymire and in- assist in ccavoying cluding the German explorer, Dr. Zealand

(THROUGE, REUTER'S AGENCYJ] The House adapted the Daval Fileheur, which is en route to

VEDUN, September 21st. Britisk territory via Ladakh, Kasb- proposals by 31 to 10.

mir.

General Pershing and 400 Ameri- Roosy, Sept. 21st.

Apparently the rumour, cabled can Legionaries crossed territory

troops.

to

1.

New naval defence proposals were

ENGLAND'S SMALL CAPITALISTS.

BUILDING SOCIETY'S

MOVEMENT;

The fact that over three-quarters

This resolution follows the main lines of the text of M. Boncour'a suggestions, announced on Septem- ber 16th.

M. De Brouckere (Belgium) sup- porting, pointed out that the resolu tion would endow the League with complete means to enforce the covenant.

The Swedish spokesman accepted the resolution in view of the chair- man's assurance that the resolutian

did not involve any change of the members' obligations as laid down.

in the covenant.

Dr. Nansen (Norway) and Herr Pflueg! (Austria) accepted the re solution on the same terms,

Finally, on the suggestion of Lord Onslow, the foregoing char vations were embodied in the re port, which was adopted with ac clamation.

FORBES RUSSELL CO.

CONCLUDING AT THEATRE ROYAL TO-MORROW.

of a million houses are being pur-PROGRAMME FOR KOWLOON. chased by people of small means

through the facilities provided by The Forbes Russell Comedy Co. building societies is worth attention have had a very successful season in the present state of things at the Theatre Royal, and they are England, when post-war arrears in bringing it to a conclusion to regard to housing are still far from morrow evening, when they present being overtaken. The Prime Minis Fallen Angels" ter and other leading statesmen on Last evening they scored another either side of the House have borne big success when they staged In " and as usual

introduced in the New Zealand at the end of August, that this rich in war memories in order cordial testimony to this national the. Next. Rcom," House of Representatives by Mr party had been murdered, origin pay a pilgrimage to Verdun, where service and its bearings on present April Vivian and the whole cast: Ho Ying Ching forecasts Hp Has Coates, the Premier. Mr. Coates ated in the robbery of the mission- they were greeted at the station by stability, the spread of thrift and were as good as ever, warm ap-u

Min's return to the fold in the near future, followed up later by Chiang Rai Shek

Alleged Forthern Sympathies.

SHANGHAI, September 1st. An earlier. Naval Wireless mes ge, which stated that troops of the 1st Army disarmed 43,000 men of the 31st Army, is incorreck

It has now been established that the number disarmed was 4,500.

The reason for this action is that the men of the 31st Army are be- lieved to be in sympathy with the

ed in the confusion, but several of Northerners, the gang were taken prisoner.

Martial law has been proclaimed "and the streets barricaded and heavily patrolled by military.

There is no doubt that a well- organised. Communist group is con- spiring against the Wuhan Govern- Juent

ICHANG BOYCOTT OVER.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.]

ICHANO, September 21st. Fellowing a recent "message that the loading of British steamers was This morning, the Japanese re-proceeding smoothly, seeming to in- moved 60 Chinese soldiers from adicate the cessation of the boycott, Nishen Kisen Kaisha steamer, disnews is to hand that British vessels arming them and holding them to have commenced sailings from here der arrest, 'pending the arrival of and from Shasi. a Chinese squad. On arrival of the latter a Japanese sentry at the Japanese Concession was wounded in the neck by a Chinese bayonet and fired in self-defence. This was followed by machine gun fire, Te- sulting in one being killed and 4 few wounded.

The situation eased down to formal later.

SHANGHAI DOCK EMPLOYEES' STRIKE.

2,000 WORKMEN IDLE.

(THROUGH' REUTER'S AGENCY.}

SHANGHAI, September 22nd. The Shanghai Dock and Engineer gone down river, probably to Naning Company's strike at its Poo-

General Galen is reported to have

king.

{TALOUGH BEDTEE'S 'ACESCY.] More Troops Disarmed.

tung works has extended to Jung- kadoo Dock and the Old Dock.

Two thousands workmen are now idle.

- CHIKKIANG, Sept. 21st. The strike arose from the die One thousand of the 31st Army missa! of workers at Pootung for

leaving after checking were disained yesterday.

aries Duncan and Macleod while . Poincare, who entertained them they were proceeding to Burmah at a luncheon, at which he recalled

the Legionaries' fine war accord. from China.

He said the Americans were al

said these proposals, the main feature of which was a contrigu tion to the 'Singapore base, would bring the Dominion's naval expendi ture, up to ten shilling per bead of A NEW BRITISH CRUISER. the population.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

He declared that the...construe- tion of the Singapore base contem- plated no affront to Japan, whose unforgettable services in the Great War he recalled. But he said New Zealand was bound to shoulder a fair share of the Imperial naval burden considering the long trade

routes which had to be detended.

FROM VIENNA TO LONDON BY CANOE.

[BE/TIGH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rucar, September 21st. Two Austrian students, Willhem at present paddling a canoe up the Earle and Walter Klanameger, are Thames to Oxford.

RUGBY, Sept. 21st.

At Portsmouth Dockyard to-day, Mra Donaldson, wife of the Ad miral Superintendent, laid the first new 10,000 ton keel plate of a cruiser, a sister ship to H.M.S. London, recently launched.

DESIRE TO HONOUR SIR R. BADEN POWELL?

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Sept. 21st.

press telegrams According to of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark from Copenhagen, the Boy Scouts bave written to the International They lett Vienna on July 8th, in Scout Bureau in London, suggest their vessel, which is of rubber, is ing that the Scout organisations of 14 feet long, and weighs 60 pounds, the whole world should propose the and they have come all the way by award of the Nobel Peace Prize next year to the Chief Scout, Sir river and sea,

They crossed the English Channel Hobert Baden Powell.

The letter expresses the opinion from Boulogne to Saint Margaret's.

that no movement better accords Bay

in eight hours. They left London Bridge for Ox-with the late Monsieur Nobel's pur- pose than the Boy Scout movement 'ford this morning.

of which Sir Robert Baden Powell was the founder,

ÁBYSSINA ABOLISHING

A

SLAVERY. REPORTS TO GENEVA (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, Sept. gist. The slavery committee of the League of Nations reported that the Abyssinian Government had handed in its report on slavery, showing that in the three years crided 1996, 1,000 slaves had been liberated and 187 slave-traders had beea sentenced, mostly to 15 years' imprisonment, while some of the more notorious had been executed.

POLISH BANK'S FEARS, POLICE PROTECTION REQUESTED AGAINST

STRIKERS.

(THROUGH-BKUTKE S Escy

WARSAW, September 21st. The management of the Disconto Bank, one of the largest Polish banks, and German-controlled, has applied to the police for protection an account of a strike of the staff numbering 1,000, for an increase of salary.

SCHNEIDER CUP.

SIR PHILLIP SASSOON'S TRIF TO VENICE.

[BRITISH WIRELESS" SERVICE.]

ways assured of the most cordial welcome in France. He toasted the immortal friendship of France and the United States." "

General Savage Honoured.

PARIS, September 21st. The American Legion gavo. banquet in honour of President Doumergue, at which the President announced that General Savage had been made a Commander of the Legion of Honour.

SOVIET'S TRIAL OF ALLEGED SPIES.

REPORTED CONFESSIONS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]

At the Star.

sound economics, and the promotion plause greeted the presentation of of civic co-operation along lines of this delightful play throughout. patriotism and zublic interest. To-night they present that par

There is an instructive chanter ticularly popular and appreciative assembling these tributes in "The play Peg O' My Heart, which Building Society Movement," a new is rightly described as the World' book by a well-known statistician, love Story. It is from the Globe Mr. Harold Bellman, who has long Theatre. been identified with one of the most representative institutions of

On Monday, the Company open at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, and the 959 nader this category which exist in England alone, and with their programme for the four days. over a million members, cover season will be as under: Blus assets totalling nearly 200 millions beard's Eighth Wife, on Monday. sterling. As Sir Josiah Stamp re- Thihs will be followed by The Bat marks in a foreword, the aftermath terfly on the Wheel" on Tuesday, of war has brought greater scope "Peg O My Heart" on Wednes and inclination for saving, though day and Fallen Angels the conditions are less favourable: Thursday. The Butterly on the but though the total of workers' Wheel" is not included in the plays savings is greater than before the the Forbes Russell Company are war, in spite of unemployment and giving at the Theatre Royal, so it increased expenditure, individua! should cause special interest when saving among the working class still

bangs fire, and it is this form of staged in Kowloon. thrift which the movement is setting itselt to improve with laudable

energy.

WONDERS OF NEW DAVENTRY STATION.:

ON A WIND-SWEPT HILL

on

Daventry,”

In a building so larger than little schoolroom there is all the wonderful apparatus which goen to make up 5GB, the new Daventry experimental station.

It is little more than 100 yards from 5XX Both stations stand on a wind-swept hill 500ft. above sen level and two miles from the rail- way station.

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Moscow, September 21st.

There is national character and According to the official account significance in the fact that the of the trial of alleged counter-revo- firet building society was formed lutionaries, mentioned yesterday, in the Midlands in 1791, and the 50.B. IN A SMALL BUILDING the man Balmasov and Bolsky ad- first Act to regularise the new idea mitted espionage and preparation was passed in the year of our de for terroristic nets. Salvoiler and claring war ca the French Repub Aderkas confessed to espionage, but lie. Since then, except for the set repudiated terroristic action. back caused by the Liberator and Balmasov, who was a Tsarist the Birkbeck disasters (neither of captain, is alleged to have declared which institutions was a building that he received 2,000 marks from society, by the way), the movement an agent of the Finnish intelligence has gathered force and been adopt. service for providing informationed, in spite of varying conditions,

ia India

the and at not only as to the military defence Karelia.

Dominions, but alea on the Con- tinent, in the United States, and elrembere. As the author shows,

In the new station great stress the British societies pooled their SILICA WORKINGS IN NEW available resources during the war has been laid upon the importance Ruery, Sept. 21st."

by taking up War Loan, and then of pure transmission, and ZEALAND. Sir Philip Sassoon, the Under-

put their valuable experience at the paratus has been installed to ent

"We started construction Secretary for the Air, left Lympné

building after the Araistice. Two early to-day in a Fairey machine, EFFECT ON BRITISH GLASS service of the public by stimulating out all cecillation.

years ago the Minister of Health, after Christmas, anid Mr. H piloted by Flight Lieutenant Jones

whose, Act of 1923 is one of the Kirke, the chief development en Williams, for Venice, to witness the

News that permission has been charters affording still greater gineer of the B.B.C., and de Schneider Cup race next Sunday.

given for a New Zealand company potentiality to the movement, bore veloped the station as we went on would come up to 32 per cent. Ac to work silics deposits in the testimony to the good work already We calculated that our efficienc Mount Somers region has roused done.

tually it has worked out af a1 pe among English glass interest manufacturers. It is announced that a fall plant is expected to be operating by the end of the year. A member of the Glass Manufac- turers Association stated recent ly that it was unlikely that the British market would be affected by the new enterprise. There were excellent silica deposits in France, Belgium, and Germany, and the cost of transhipping them to Eng- lead was a small one. However pure the deposits in New Zealand

teads with Great Britain might be, it was probable that the extra freight charges would kill

After a flight lasting three quarters of an hour, howeeve, the machine returned to Lympne, bad weather. preventing the pilot from getting across the French coast.

Conditions were so had that the machine almost collided with the

cliffs in one attempt to cross the coast-line.

On bearing later that conditions had improved, Sir Philip Sassoon set off again. He reached Lyons at twenty minutes to two this after nocu, after a non-stop flight of 450 miles

After a stay for lunch and re- faoling, the flight was resumed at half past two, across the Alps, and Sir Philip Sassoon hopes to reach Venice this CYCKI

TRADE.

SECRET ARMS TRAFFIC. INDIAN FINED, AT LIVERPOOL

cent.

According to results so faz ob tained the range of 5GB is alight less than that of 6XX.

It is likely that Daventry ** not be the permanent, position 6GB.

LONDON, August 28th Mohamed Nestir, an Indian butler

The location of the five region employed on the steamer Kemmen dine, was fired 24-at-Liverpool stations for alternative pa for possessing: two revolvers and grammes, which it is proposed twenty-six rounds of ammunition erect, are, I understand, likely be one near London, another which were secreted in the cabin.

The prosecution said that the dis the region of the southern

trade between Antwerp and India Northern Ireland. cavery was being lollowed up, and nines, a third in Scotland, a fou revealed the probability of arms in South Wales, and a fifth