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FENGTIENESE FORGING AHEAD IN THE CHIHLI STRUGGLE.

SHANSI TROOPS RECEIVING SERIOUS. SET-BACK

AT VARIOUS POINTS. HUNDREDS OF SHANSI PRISONERS ARRIVING-

IN PEKING.

MARSHAL FENG BLAMED FOR SHANSI'S COLLAPSE. FENGTIENESE EAGER TO CRUSH FENG.

A SHANSI GENERAL DECLARES HIS INDEPENDENCE.”

The latest new to hand, regarding the struggle in Chihli is that Marshal Chang Tao Linhas ordered the Fengtien Armies to capture Shinchinchuang within three days". This is in the true manner of a Dictator and a Generalissimo, and no doubt is actuated by the successes of the Fengtienese during the past few days... There can be no doubt now that the Shans ençesses were 'short-lived and that the Shansi troops have been receiving rather. A bad trouncing from the Fengtienese. Shansi prisoners are reported to be laying the blame for their misfortunes won the innch jinaligned head of Marshal Feng, but the truth of their accusation is difficult to reconcile with the announcement that Shantung's Tupan, who all along has been loyal to the Fengtienese, is new about to attack Marshal Feog in Honan.

WHAT THE DICTATOR

ORDERS.

(THAWCUM REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEXING, October 10th. Marshal Chang Tso Lin has order- ed the Eengtien Armies to capture Shihchiachuang within three days.

The Fengtienese officially claim that they have captured Nan twenty miles south of Tingchow,

SHANTUNG'S TUPAN TO ATTACK MARSHAL

FENG..

ab Te: Fat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, October 10th. General Chang Tsung Chang has decided to march into Honam from three directions. General Chang himself will be Commander-in-Chief directing the expedition.

MARSHAL CHIANG'S MATRI MONIAL VENTURE.

rah Tez Yet Pan.)

SHANGHAI, October 10th. Miss Soong Mai Ling's mother has consented to her daughter's | marriage with Marshal Chiang Kai | Shek, but the requests that Marshal Chinng first be baptized "as Christian.

SHANSI COMPLAINS OF MARSHAL FENG. "[TuROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.]

PEKING, October 9th;

+3

AN

INDEPENDENT' SHANSI GENERAL.

(Bah Tag Fat Poo

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 1927.

SHANGHAI, October 10th.. General Ku Yu Fang. Defence Comnunder of North Shansi, and Commander of the Sth Brigade of the Shani troops, has declared his independener of General Yen Shih) Shan. Yesterday he telegraphed to Peking pledging his allegiance, and asking for instructions from the Ankuochun Government.

FENGTIEN FORCES MAKING

"CONSIDERABLE ADVANCE."

(Wah Tve Yat "Pao)"

SHANGHAI, October 19th. The Fengtienese forces operating along the Peking Saiyang Railway have made considerable progresa. They are now surrounding Suen- wha. Heavy firing is heard near and in that city.

Yesterday, fully 500 Shansi captives were entrained for Peking by the Fengtienese.

SHANSI'S SET-BACK.

[URITISH WIRELESS SERVICE, )

Reasy, October 9th. The Northern Ching claim a victory over the Shansi troops, who recently began a surprise offensive towards liking.

It is reported that Suanwhafu has been recaptured, five battalions Shansi prisoners taken on both being taken prisoner, and that the fronts are reported to have com-

Northerners are still advancing. plained bitterly that Marshal Feng FENGTIEN'S BIG THRUST, Yu Hsiang has betrayed Shansi, and persuaded or bribed Shansi to go

(THROTON RELTER'S AGENCY.] to war, promising assistance, yet they allege that his troops have

PERING, October 10th. hot advanced northward beyond claim that yesterday's offensive an Fengtien troops cficially Changte and Hopan, while on the the Peking-Hankow Railway front Suivuan front the promised divisions was successful, and that the Feng- which were to have advanced

tien force pierced the Shansi front, through Shansi have failed make inflicting numerous casualties and an appearance, hence Shansi is left taking many prisoners, including to face the whole weight of the four Shansi regiments, which were Mukles forces alone, which they surrounded and disarmed. declare is beyond their power to accomplish.

FENGTIENESE CLAIMS.

(THROUGH LEKTER'S, AGENCY. ]

Fexrxo, October atb

An official communiqué states that the Fengtien Eleventh Division haa repulsed one regiment of cavalry and two regiments of infantry at tempting flanking movement in the direction of the Western Tombe, The Fengtien troops captured the HBK at Trechingkuan, and the Sharisi forces find, leaving a quan tity of arms and ammunition.

The Brigadier General in control at Tamingfu has wired denying its capture, and declaring that all is peaceful there.

Wounded Beach Paking.

A hundred and fity wounded men from Suiyuan arrived at Peking, this morning.

Yang Yu Ting is reported to have wired to Wu Pei Fu's chief-of-staff inriting him to Peking to discuss measures for crushing Feng Yu Hsiang.

Heavy Fighting.

LATER. Five hundred prisoners from the Sivuan front arrived to-day.

The

The Fergtien aide declare that the Shansi forces are retreating to Chengtingfu

THE SWATOW OUTRAGE. GENERAL HSIEH YUEH "LOSES FACE."

[NAVAL WIRELES8.]

SWATOW, October 8th. The invasion of the English Pres byterian Mission was carried out under the orders of General Hrith Yueb, who commands the Cantonese forces now in occupation of Swatow, according to information now avail able.

THE BALKANS FERMENT.

BULGARIA'S PROMISE TO

SERBIA.

PARIS JOURNALS BLAME ITALY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.Į

Son, October 9th.

BOMB EXPLOSION THE BIG EUROPEAN

IN NEW YORK,

SKILLED: 12 ÎNJURED: FOUR- STOREY BUILDING DEMOLISHED,

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

NEW YORK, October 10th. The authorities are investigating the mystery of a bomb explosion in. A tenement, in which 3 persons were killed. 12 injured and a four-storey building demolished on Saturday. They concluded that the house was probably a bomb factory, and that the body of a middle-aged man, found in blown off, was that of an anarchist. a cellar with his head

The police discovered a second bomb similar to those found in the This step will necessitate a special | Tubes at the time, of the Sacro- session of Parliament.

Vanzetti agitation.

The Serbian Minister, M. Ne chitch, called at the Bulgarian Fereign Oue and M. Boureff pro. mised that martial law would be declared in the Macedonian dis-i tricts of Petrich and Kustendil. with the object of suppressing revolutionary activities.

Paris. Journal's Comment.

PARIS October 10th. The diteulty of the Bulgarian Government's position as rewards Macedonia is emphasised by Ze Matin which points out the strength of the Macedonian Revolutionary Committee and its success hitherto in resisting the special measures to safeguard peace.

Deurre assert that the real cause of The Echo de Paris and the

the trouble is Italy, with her policy of expansion in Albania.

A Lively Incident.

BELGRADE, Oct. 10th. Police discovered three men, who are alleged to be the assassins of General Kovatchevitch, in a cave on the roadside near the frontier

They called on the men to sur-

render. They refused, whereupon the police opened fire, which the sus pects returned. The fusillade has kept up all night long. In the morn ing, when the police rushed into the cave, they found two dead and arreated the third.

IMPORTANT BANK "APPOINTMENT.

SIR BASIL BLACKÉTT'S NAME MENTIONED.

(THROUGH REVIER'S AGENT/T. ]

LONDON, Oct. 10th Following the report that Mr. Walter Stewart, a member of the New York firm of Messrs. Cant. Pomeroy and Company, has Lech appointed to represent the Anieri car Federal Reserve Board adviser to the Bank of England in the capacity of liaison Officer be tween the Board and the Bank, the

| Financial Time states that it is understood in well-informed circles that Sir Basil "Blackett has been offered the post of English advisor to the Federal Reserve Board.

NEW SOUTH WALES' ELECTION.

·LABOUR' ADMINISTRATION'S

DEFEAT.

(THROUGH REUTER': AGENCY.]

SYDNEY, October 9th.

The polling results clearly in-) dicate the defeat of the Lang (Labour) Government..

TEMPORARY MARTIAL LAW AT ICHANG.

[NAVAL WIRELESA.]

Fire Italians, who, hired an apartment at the rear of the tens ment a month ago, were frequently seen by the neighbours, carrying mysterious packages. The theory is held that one of them inadvertently mishandled a package.

BRITISH CIVILIAN.

AVIATION.

THE GOVERNMENT'S SUBSIDY SCHEME,

POPULARISING 'FLYING,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, October tha subsidies for three years, up to The Air Ministry are granting

additional light aeroplane clubs. £2,000 per annum each, to four

Similar assistance is already given to six clubs in various parts of the country, the four new ones being those at Bristol, Norwich, and Not- tingham and the Scottish clubs.

The basis of the subsidy is a pay- ment by results, E30 being handed to the club for each member gaining 4 dying proficiency certificate. After three years,, each club must be self: supporting.

CHEMICAL

COMBINE.

IMPORTANT NORWEGIAN CONCERN INCLUDED,

{Tanocon REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Oslo, October 10th. Contracts involving an exchange. of shares, patents and methods have been drawn up between the German Dye Trust and the great Norwegian Industrial concern, the Norskhydre Nitrogen Company.

The Germans have agreed to con- tracts of a similar nature, accord- ing to the Shipping Gazette and the directors of the Norskhyurn, but the anal decision will be taken on November 3rd. The Norskhydro are extending their plant and ip- creasing their production.

"

BRITISH CURRENCY.

THE RISE OF STERLING.

MOVEMENT OF MONEY TO LONDON.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SMYICE)

NEW YORK, October 9th. The firmness of sterling has ex- celled previous records, rising above par at 84.57 1/16, due to heavy buying,

It is believed to reflect the movement of American capital to

tire terms on short team credit, and London, an account of more attrae

also the prospect of more active trading in British stocks, in conse. quence of the new Stock Exchange regulations providing for the listing of certain foreign securities.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] A Record Jump.

Rroay, October 5th. The pound sterling in New York Festerday rose to 1.86 63/64, the highest value recorded since 1914.

Usually at this time of the year ful, in training pilots and popularis the rate moves against the pound, ing flying generally.

The movement is proving success-

SIR A CHAMBERLAIN."

CORDIAL MEETING WITH M. BRIAND.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

"RUGBY, October 9th. Sir Austen Chamberlain left Paris for London this evening.

cheon in his honour Referring in Yesterday . Briand gave a Jun-

as there is demand for dollars to pay for big crop and other imports from the United States.

CONFLAGRATION AT PESHAWAR.

.:

MUCH PROPERTY AND SEVERAL LIVES LOST.

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE

press interview to the previous

PESHAWAR, October Oth. evening's conversation with M. Owing to the congested mass of Briand, the British Foreign Secre- lofty houses, firemen were practical tary said, As usual, we foundly powerless in fighting an outbreak Ourselves in confident agreement on of fire in the densest quarter of the all pending questions."

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Delober 9th.

·

vity.

Over 1,000 houses and shops were gutted, and three people were kill Sir Austen Chamberlain has ared, including a fireman, under a rived in London. He declined to grant an interview,

collapsed building.

THE AMERICAN LEGION- ARIES IN ENGLAND.

"RECEIVED BY THE KING AND QUEEN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

[BRITION WIRELESS SERVICE]

Heavier caltics were averted | by the Valiant efforts of police and troops, who were assisted by mem bers of the local Hindu Service League...

THE MEXICAN REVOLT,

"ANOTHER BIG FLIGHT.

FRENCHMEN TO ATTEMPT NON-STOP RECORD.

ITBRACGH REUTER'S ACENCY.]

MARSEILLE, Cetcher 10th

CRACKS IN BRITAIN'S

CRUST.

ALARM CAUSED BY LANDSLIDES.

RAIN THE CAUSE.

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The Frenchmea, Arrachot and

What is happening to the suriace Rignot, are leaving tomorrow of Britals! This question is being moraing for India to attempt to raised everywhere following break the long-distance non-stop period in which scarcely a day fight" record.

passes without a landslide, a sub- sidence, Dr

& building collapse Leing reported.

ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC.

NEED FOR CO-OPERATION.

LEAGUE'S APPEAL,

ITEROTOR BEITER'S AGENCY.)

GENEVA, October 9th. The report of the advisory com. mittee of the League of Nations, on the opium traffic. has been adopted at the final meeting, and will be submitted to the Council.

Alarm has been caused by crusi bling roads, sliding hilly, and sink- ing railway Enes in many parts of the cantry, white houses and

usiness premises in London and" the provinces have come crashing down, often without warning.

Two of the most serions of such disasters were, the fall of a house in Beak-street, W., in which two people were killed, and the collapse

It emphasises the necessity for the of part of the Commercial Union immediate ratification and rigid en- i Assurance Company's seven-storey forcement of the Geneva contention building in Cornhill on August 6th. of 1923, as the most valuable single In this case a subsidence also oc step which can be taken at present curred under the roadway, neces- to combat the illicit drug traffic.

sitating the

closing

of the thoroughfare.

The following are among other

recent collapses and subsidences:— August 31st.-Collapse of a road-

way in Walsall..

August thPart of the road sub- sided in Bevis Marks, Bashops- gate.

It records with much satisfaction the considerable progress already made towards this eminently de sirable end. and, adds that valor tunately only three nations repre sented on the Council, out of the necessary arven to secure eaforce ment of the convention, have hither-August 25th-Fall of 20,000 tons to ratified, it.

of cliff at Cromer. August 25th-Collapse of a farm-

house at Bamber Bridge.

Clik Fall,

line Grantahcusc. Berwickshire, block- ed by the collapse of the embank- ment. Hundreds of tons of cliff fell at Dover."

The hope is earnestly expressed that gravity of the position will be realised, and that the States will August 24th-LNER take steps to enable the League to cope with the traffic, which admit- tedly is a reproach to our civilisa tion.

The report expresses d'appoint- ment at the steps proposed to be taken by the Persian Government against the licit opium traffic. Generally this traffic is declining, although it is still on an enormous

scale.

Co-operation between the Govern ments is unquestionably better than it was only a short time ago. The Governments alone can stop the traffic.

ENGLAND'S CIGAR BURGLARS.

WHO SMOKES THE "SWAG "T

at

August 22nd-Collapse of a build- ing in King-street, Sheffield, and twenty three people injured at Stockton-on-Tees by the collapse ot a shop floor. August £lat,-Margate express train derailed near Maidstone, owing to subsidence of the track

August 10th-Collapse of a rection of roadway in Sherbourne lanc, off King William-street, E.C. The previous day a heavy block of masonry fell in Shoreditch. August 16th.-A large hole appear- ed in Great Clowes-strent, Broughton, just beneath the tramway Bhes. Main Ents to Carlisle blocked by a heavy land- slide.

August 13th-A cavern twenty feet drep appeared suddenly in Bury New-road, Manchester, and 118 people were rendered homeless by... the "threatened collapse of a tenement house in Glasgow. August 10th-A heavy landslide occurred near the top of Glencoe, Argyllshire.

July 28th.-A twenty-fect gulf up- peared in the roadway at Ba7- field, on the main road from Don- caster to Barnsley.

Among the many things, says the London correspondent of the Jan- chester Guardian that expert and insurance companies is the burglars do that puzzle the police

stealing of cigars. Last night they July 27th.-A deep cavern was dis- broke into a cigar shop near Bond Street and took away about 8,000

covered beneath the Harrow-road, cigars. The report enys that they June 16th-An enormous crater,

near Paddington Town Hall.

made a selection from the stocky| taking expensive brands of cigars. Cigar burglaries and thefts on a large scale are fairly common, yet is to know that there are hardly I am told by one whose business it

any instance of the stolen cigars being traced.

more than seventeen feet deep, appeared in Kingsfeld-road, Bushey, and threatened to enguif a number of houses.. June 12th.-Half of the roadway of Wilson-street, W.C., subsided, and fell into the excavation being made for a new building.

An explanation of these my-'

What becomes of them? This series wis given tơi ↑ Sunday authority tells me that his belief is Bepress representative by the INDIAN REBELS SURRENDER: that the cigars are sent abroad. It Assistant Director of the Govern

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NOGLERE, October 9th.".

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RUGBY, October 9th. A special service for the members of the American Legion visiting London was held at Baint Mar- ICHANG, October 9th garet's, Westminster, this morning, A sudden order that martial law the Bishop of London giving the rendered. to the Federals at Critiz. hopmen could be found willing to be involved in a general downfall,"

The sympathy of the local popula would be imposed was issued yes tion is stated to be with the hospital terday, and no Chinese were allow authorities, and that, General Haich Yueh, has "fost face badly in con- ed in the streets. The order applied sequence of bis high-handed action. only temporarily and it was reputed H.M.8. Wild Swan has now been to be for the purpose of rounding withdrawn, and the Commissioner up bandits. for Foreign Affairs-advised by the British Consul to this effect.

The

armed patrol landed by

Hankow's Banknotes, The Consal has also informed the.

HANKOW, October th. Commissioner that any further at "The date for the redemption, of tempt at interference will be follow Chines banknotes has again been ed by the closing of the hospital deferred, this time until October to military cases.

17th.

It seems that General Heich Heavy fighting, with fluctuating Yueh is acting entirely on his o fortunes, is reported unofficially to initiative in Swatow, and it is fear- be continuing around Suanwhafu. ed his presence may be the cause of

There is no news from the Pehan' yet further trouble. front.

The situation otherwise is normal.

Troops Pass Down Yangtze,

KITRIANG, October oth.

A considerable number of troops, belonging to the eth Army have passed down river.

address.

It is oficially reported that Chief Matuz and 10 Yaquis have our

This, afternoon, the visitors were whereby the possibility of the entertained by Lord Beatty, at bis Yaquis joining the Revolutionaries Tomorrow morning, they will be is believed to have been eliminated. Surrey house, received by the King and Queen at tenda luncheon given by the Lord Buckingham Palace, and will at Mayor at the Guildhall.

Yesterday most of them visited not only some of the Oxford col- leges, but also Stratford-on Avon.. too on Tuesday for New York.

The Legionaries leave Southamp

At Buckingham Palace. *(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Oct. 10th Their Majesties shook hands with 250 of the American Legionaries, including 80 ladies, at Buckingham' Palace,

MORE QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA.

SLIGHT SHOCKS FELT.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, October 9th. Slight darthquako shocks have felt at Los Angeles and Chattanooga,

been

would be extremely difficult to sell ment Survey, at the Geological them in this country even at the Museum. cheapest rates, for it would mean "There is no reason to suppose a very wide distribution over a that recent ubsidences and col- large number of shops, it dishonest lapses mean that we are likely to

they could only dispose of slowly take the risk with a commodity that and at a low price. Except among the wealthy, who would only deal cidents are localised, and traceable "Analysis shows that these do with well-known shops, the number to purely local causes." of men who smoke cigars nowadays

The fact

he said.

in comparatively small. Their exhat they occur in a number of perience in the war gave many different areas does not alter that young men of the middle classes a tact. habit of cigarette-smoking while in. the ordinary way they would have taken to cigare

The exceptionally heavy rains, The Geergina must also be taken into account. father's cigar box is not raided as During wet seasons the undermin the Victorian father's was. Outside

of the prosperous neighbourhoods it ing of exposed roads and cliffs is is difficult to sell cigars.

Jaunavoidable.?

The only solution of the mystery. that one can suggest is that if the cigar-resellers dispose of the sWEE hotels where people spend ex- here it is to shady night clubs and travagantly and, ask no questions.

"It should be borne in mind that a great deal of rebuilding is going on all over the country, especially in London, and this entails con-

iderable excavation work."