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SHANSI CLAIMS TO HAVE RECAPTURED

KALGAN.

FENGTIENESE FOLLOWING UP THEIR OCCUPATION OF SHIHCHIACHUANG.

SOUTHERNERS ADVANCING ON MINGKIANG: SUN'S TROOPS AT PENGPU,

ANOTHER URGENT REQUEST TO WANG CHING WEI TO GO TO NANKING.

Sband claims to have recaptured Kalgan, and, judging by Kuomintang reports, there appears to be some truth in the claim.

There does not appear to have been any severe âghting re- cently.

Peking. is still apprehensive of spies within her walls" and is taking every presaution."

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The Southern Fares are moving forward, but news regarding them is very vague,

The members of the Kuomintang are still endeavouring to induce Mr. Wang Ching Wei to go to Nanking to assist them in their dis cussions. Mr. Wang is at present in Shanghai.

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD

AT NANKING.

(Wali Te Tat Pan.)

SHANGHAI, October 19th The Nanking Government have decided to call a joint conference

NANKING'S NORTHERN

"EXPEDITION.

(Wah Tas Fat Pao.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1927.

SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

BEING BITTERLY CONTESTED.

CONTROVERSIAL BILLS.

TUROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

CAPETOWN, October 18th: Anticipations of a stormy period illustrated by uncompromising par:

COTTON NORWAY'S GENERAL

BRITISH

INDUSTRY.

RESULT OF A BALLOT.

[YEROVUR RECTER AGENCY.}

LONDOS, October 19th. The result. of

ballot of members of the American Cot ton Section of the Master Cotton Spinners' Federation on the sec

ELECTION.

LABOUR PARTY LEADING.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

. Osie, October 18th. A Labour gain of ten seats, chiefly at the expense of the Conservativos and Communista, is expected as the result of the elections for the Stort

COAL

STRIKE IN SPAIN.

BIG

GOVERNMENT MAY INTERVENE.

{THROUGH" "INUTES AGENCY.)

MADRID, October 13th.. Miners in the Asturias region

LOCK-OUT AT KREFELD.

FORESTALLING Ä THREATENED STRIKE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] -

Kharsup. October 15th.

The Federation of Textile Em- have struck, and are refusing to ployers has decided upon a lock- accept a reduction in wages and out on the 29th inst., in order

tisanship, was displayed in all thrutionalisation of industry for short-ing, which were conducted on the an increase of hours, which mine to forestall a declaration of a

Gwners

Readymade Clothing Union were preparing,

Workers'

Was Proportional Representation system. time, organisation purposes.

declare is indispensable strike, which 80,000 members of the made known yesterday to a com- The Norwegian Labour Party, with owing to the under-selling of ttes but has not been publicly which the Socialists united last foreign coal. The stoppage is com. announced unoficially, it is stated year, stands outside of both "Inter-plete and General Primo di Rivera, that these who voted for the pro- nationals."

in a note to the Press, says the pasal did not exceed 13 per cent"

Government will be forced to take steps to settle the dispute.

ENGLAND'S PARASITE ZOO.

SOVIET GOVERNMENT BUYS PRIVATELY.

bills, the most noteworthy being the Tron. Stref, und Diamond Bills which passed the Assembly last session but were rejected by the Senate. The first seeks to establish South African Metal Industry un- der Government auspices; the second empower Government to regulate EGYPTIAN COTTON. the production of diamonds necord- ing to market conditions, but both are overshadowed by the Flag Bill which threatens a serious cleavage on racial as opposed to Party lines Newspapers of all shades evince anxiety if the issue is not allowed to be pushed to a Referendum,, where by racial passiofis have been serious- merous kites recently launched with the object of securing an eleventh hour agrze. ment. Hitherto, all has collapsed.

A Momentous Debate.

SHANGHAI, October 18th. The Military Council of the Nany exacerbated and king Government has decided to start an expedition against the

on November lat to which Kuomin tang lenders of different cliques will Northerners in three directions. be invited to attend.

The 33rd, 34th, and 35th Kuomin- tang Army Corps are assigned to advance towards Northern Kiang su. The 7th, 10th and 10th Kuo

LATER.

the The momentous debate on

THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]

Conservatives and Liberals have been generally co-operating in the elections.

ANOTHER PROPOSED ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

AN UNBALANCED MACHINE,

[CEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

LONDON," October 18th. A Cairo telegram states that

OLD ORCHARD, October 17th. Soviet Government agents have

Mrs. Francis Grayson, who had bought 10,000 rantai al cotton. Privately, and that it is being load-been awaiting favourable weather ed in Soviet ship at Alexandria. since early September to make a The Egptian Government's cotton fight to Copenhagen, took off in a was not sold as the Government machine named The Daun, with a wanted eash with delivery and navigator named Goldsborough declined the Soviet proposals to and a co-pilet named Wilmer pay for part in cash and part by Shultz, but after proceeding sea

ward they returned owing to the discovery that the machine was not

Flag Bill opened in the Assembly with General Hertzog moving re- solutions, of which he had given monthly instalments. notice, appropriating private mem- |

With regard to the war condition along the Lunghai Railway, serious fighting is taking place at Encheng; Messrs. Tan Yan Kai, Ching Chien, Li Chung Jin Ho Ying sible to carry attacks on the North-bers days and providing night sil. THE POLISH BOND ISSUE. properly balanced. Chien, Per Chung H, Sun Foern defence line along the Tiantain

mintang Army Corps are reapon

Pukow Railway.

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and C. C. Wu have jointly, tele graphed to Mr. Wang Ching Wei The Southerners of the 44th Army at Hankow requesting him in Corps are advancing to Mingking mediately to proceed to Nanking, while San Chuan Fang's main They assure him that the Nankingforces are concentrating at Pengpu. leaders have completely agreed to General Yeh Kai Chia, Commander the proposals in connection with of the 4th Army Corps, has pro- front to direct possible co-operation between Nan-ceeded to the king and Hankow, which were offer-operations.

ed to the Nanking leaders through

them.

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FENGTIENESE FOLLOW UP

VICTORY.

(Wah Tez Yat Pao.)

SHANGHI, October 18th. Immediately after the occupation of Shihchinchuang; the Fengtienese went to attack Hwala, west of

Shibahinchuang.

H. M. S. DESPATCH RETURNING TO CHINA STATION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

tings thrice weekly is evidence of the Government's determination that the Flag" Bill and also the contentious Iron and Steel Bill and the Precious Stones Bill will be-

come w before the end of the year. All the Bills have been read

first time despite vigorous pro- tests of the Opposition, headed by General Smuts, who declares that General Hertzog's motions violated the rights of Parliament." M:. Malan, Minister of the Interior, SHANSI CLAIMS KALGAN. intimated that no concessions on the Flag Bill would be made in the Assembly but that General Smuts would have an opportunity in the Senate where he had a majority, and that any reasonable proposale,, with a view to agreement, would be seriously considered by the Gover-

(Wah Tr Tut. Pas.)

SHANGHAI, October 18th. The Shansi anthorities report that the troops have recaptured Kalgan.

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PEKING FEARS SPIES.

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PEKING, October 17th..

Owing to suspicions that plain- clothes Shansi agents are within

ment.

ANOTHER CONFERENCE AT GENEVA.

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE

DISCUSSED.

(THROUGH BEUTEL'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, October 17th. : The League of Nations diplomatie

the walls of Peking, additional pre-conference has opened, and is at cautions are being taken.

tended by delegates from 23 States, and the International Chamber of Commerce, the last named in an advisory capacity,

Special mounted and foot de- tachments are patrolling the city all night long, and no traffic is allowed in the streets after bent discussed the removal of im- Sport and export restrictions and

LONDON, October 17th." The cruiser Despatch has arrived at Chatham after five years in the Far East, with orders to pay off o'clock. and recommission for a further term on the China Station.

So far, there has been no dis- probibitions.

turbance.

FIXING THE PRICE OF TIN. HUNGARIAN COMMUNISTS.

An

WORLD COMBINATION FORESHADOWED.

£300 A TON.

(THROUGH EZUTER'S AGENCY.]

Losnon, October 17th. announcement is expected shortly fixing the world price of tin at £300 a ton, under a scheme desired by British, American and ! Dutch interests to control the price.

A producers association, will be formed, which will fix the price at least a year ahead, for the purpose of enabling the consumer to know exactly what supplice will cost, and to rid the market of speculators, who have caused the prices to vary widely during the past few years. Britain controls between 50 and co per cent. of the world's produc- tion of tin, America 20 to 25 per cent, and the Dutch East Indies and China meat of the balance. The new price therefore will be ac cepted all over the world.

Bear Colijn, former Premier of Holland, was elected president.

China's Customs" Autonomy." LATER.

At the international diplomatic conference, the Chinese delegate.

TRIAL OPENS AT BUDAPEST declared that he was ready to sigu

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

BUDAPEST, October 17th. The trial has opened of two Com munists and former members of the People's Commissary, named Zolton Staate and Eugene Landirer, and the leader of the extreme left wing of Labour, named Vagi, with 55

associates.

the convention as soon as the au tonomy of the Chinese Custome service was recognised.

Sir Sidney Chapman (Britain) declared that more facilities for commerce were possible, but in view of the divergence of interests, the conference must prooted patiently A similar opinion was expressed by M. Serruye (France), and by Herr Trendelenberg (Germany), The latter declared that a return to the pre-war position without any restrictions would be a valuable aid the

to international commerce.

They are charged with spread. ing Bolshevik revolutionary propa ganda under orders from Moscow International.

MR. LEVINE GETS HOME.

A WELCOME ON A TUG.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New York, October 17th,

millionaire The trans-Atlantic dier, Mr. Levine, arrived here aboard the s.s. Leviathan, and was received by & welcome committee, aboard a municipal tug.

THE MEXICAN REVOLT.

REBELS. FEDERAL v.

[EEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

Mzxico CITY, Octo. 17th. According to press advices, 30 rebels, including their leader, Mar- garito Gomez, a member of the State Legislative, were killed in battle with Federal troops near Tarunizam

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THE AMERICAN PORTION.

[KEUTER'S AMERICAF SERVICE.]

NEW YORK, October 17th. The American portion of the Polish bond issue of G.847,000,000 will be offered on October 18th a price yielding 7.65 8per cent, per andum to investors, si

It is also hunced that the United States Federal Reserve

PETROL A SHILLING

A GALLON.

A SOUTH AFRICAN PROJECT.

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SAVING EMPIRE CROPS.

SCIENTIFIC WARFARE ON INSECTS.

KING OF SIAM'S BROTHER.

ADDRESSES. MANILA. ROTARIANS.

SCHOLARLY ACCOUNT OF NATIVE LAND.

MANILA, October 13th.

acumen OF a

The following, details of the new "Parasite Zoo in England are

"Displaying the taken from the report of a special polished schalar and the gift and representative of the Morning Post.sagacity of a historian, Prince Pura- chatra, brother of the King of Stim, He writes:

I have been over a building which traced the history of his country at no distant date is to become the and its people from the earliest chief arsenal of the British Empire seons of civilization down to the for a world-wide war, in which the present time, in a speech delivered combatants will be-not mea, but before the Rotary Club of Manifi insects.

at the Manila Hotel this afternoon. A place more unlike a munitions Prince Purachatra was the guest of works-old style-it would be diffi- honour of the Rotarians at their re- cult to imagine. Indeed Farnham gular weekly lunchcom. House is a dignified English coun- The Prince hinted at the begin- bhouse, set pleasantly in a rose nng of his speech that the great garden at Farnham Royal, four historian Marco Polo did not do the Siamese people justice in his his- miles from Windsor.

The only evidence of the trans-

tory, stating that he only gave the formation which has for some

country a passing notice. The en- months been going on within its tire speech revealed that the Prince walls is the small notice at the has delved much in history and gates: "Imperial Bureau of Ea-ethnology, principally of Oriental tomology."

pooples.

All-conquering Invaders."

Describes · Country.

Yet Faraham House is being

The Kingdom of Siam, he said, rquipped by scientists to provide has an area of 220,000 square miles DURBAN, October 17th. The Natal Advertiser understands the sidews of a war to the death the greater portion of which is that the Government has decided to on insects which are the deadly level. Southern Siam is support a project to establish enemies of farmers and

the project.

fruit-

Vast

plain drained by five rivers. The

are

ystem is participating in the credit focal refinery to deal with import- growers in every country under northern part is quite rough and

mountainous, although there arrangements by various othered crude petroleum and manufac. the sun."

„The parakte insects which alone places where the land is good for banks, and has agreed to purchase ture the hoished products.

The Board of Trade has under-can effectively destroy there pesta agricultural purposes. The western from the Polski. Bank prime com-

to be studied and bred at part is likewise rough, he said... mercial bills op to д total of taken to operate the existing legis are

Fation in order to deal with the Farnham Royal, and then sent out Means of communication in Siam 0.85,230,000.

hostility of foreign competitions to to the Dominions to annihilate the are generally good, he explained, at present almost all-conquering and the ronds and highways are in excellent condition. The country is invaders. Dr. S. A. Neave, Superintendent easily accessible from either Sing of the Farnham House laboratories, pore or Saigon. The eastern part explained, are invaders in the sense is drained by the Mekong River on that they have by some means be whose banks are big cities.

without impeted.

the parasite which in the ordinary course of Nature would prevent them from increasing inordinately,

British Portion Over-Subscribed. LONDON. Oct. 18th.

A company is being formed, The prospectus is published which hopes to sell årst-rate petrol at a little over a shilling a gallon. to-day of the Polish per cent. Stabilisation Loan, of which

FROM PARIS TO BANGKOK. £2,000,000 in sterling bonds, are offened for subscription in Britain at 92, repayable within 20 years

at 103.

Of the balance of the loan, G.$47,000,000 is being issued in New York and 0.315,000,000 on the Con- tínent.

This is the Brat Polish Loan to be offered in Britain.

The lists

closed at noon, when the loan was over-subscribed.

ANGLO-AMERICAN CORDIALITY.

GRACEFUL INCIDENT ON THE POTOMAC.

[REUTER'S, AMERICAN SERVICE

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WASHINGTON, October 17th.

The British cruisers Calcutta and

Cairo, which had cocked at the Navy Yard, as they steamed up the Potomac accidentally met the yacht Magtower on which President Coolidge was returning from a week-end cruise.

Admiral Sir Walter Cowan or dered the British ships to fire & 21-gun salute, and the bands play ed the Star Spangled Banner.

The Mayflower, with Mr. Coolidge on the bridge, returned the com- pliment with God Save the King."

TURKISH OIL FIND. 4,000 TONS EVERY TWENTY

FOUR HOURS.--

{THROUGH REUTERÏE AGENCY.]

BAGDAD, October 17th. A Turkish petroleum company has struck oil at one of its drilling installations near Kirkuk, where the oil shot into the air at the rate of 5,000 tons every 24 hours.

The oil will be burned pending the closing of the well until com merdal production is requiredt.

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CHALLE AT CALCUTTA,

[ratocon "LAUFER'S AGENCY.]

CALCUTTA, October 18th. Challe has arrived.

GERMAN SEAPLANE

DESCENDS.

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Eecause, in most cases, these pests,

The original inhabitants of the country, he said, belonged to the Tai race. The Siamese people, for Searching For "Trouble."

this reason, do not call themselves Broadly speaking, therefore, the business of Dr. Neave and hi Siamese, the Prince pointed out, axistants will be first of all to but the Tai-race. The Tai race are breed insects which are causing

trouble in some parts of the Emot Chinese, but rather a mixture pire, and then to discover the para of the lindu and the Chinese. site which will fight these insects, The Tai race settled in Siam about and export it to the region of the 200 B.C, and developed the coun- trouble, Here the parasite will be

BAD WEATHER IN THE BAY red and finally released in large try through many centuries until the

OF BISCAY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Vico, October 13th The German trans Atlantic sea- plane D120 descended in the aca owing to bad weather in "the Bay of Riscay, and has put in to Vigo.

THE R.A.F. FLYING BOATS,

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ARRIVAL AT BORDEAUX.

{THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.)

PARIS, October 27th. The British Royal Air Force flying boats arrived at Bordeaux at two o'clock in the afternoon.

AIR TRAGEDY IN BRAZIL.

THREE KILLED IN EXHIBITION LYING.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 17th. Three Brazilian airmen, who were doing exhibition flying in honour of the arrival of the French trans Atlantic fliers Coetes and Lebrix, crashed with their machine on fire, and were killed.

numbers to attack the pest-insects.

Although the builders have scarce. ly finished making altérations to Farnham House, I saw several.ex- periments which bave already been started.

Many examples might be given. In one part of the garden picces of raw meat are exposed with the object of collecting blowflies."

Blowilles Enemies, Through these blowflies specimens of the parasite which attacks the

blowly will be the Falk and

to auch places as Islands, where blowflies are a great

pest.

Chinese invasion 1,000 years later.

Other Tribes. Besides the Tai race, the Prince said, there are also various tribes living in the north known as Lawen" and Negritos, and in the south some other tribes of a negroid origin. He estimates that to-day there are from 50 to 53 millions of the Tai race scattered in South-eastern Asia, but principally in Siam.

long and

The speaker went into a detailed history of the beginnings of the ruling dynasty of Siam The

Again the parasite of the co- mon earwig is being sought and present Kingdom, he said, dates studied in this English garden in back to 250 A.D. He traced the order that the earwig pest in New history of the first princes of the Zealand and Western Canada may be attacked.

country and explained how the The Parasite Zoo" at Farnham course of Siamese history culminat Royal is being financed by the Em pire Marketing Board and its main ed in the formation of the present object is, of course, to improve and Kingdom. increase the supplies of Empire products by helping to eliminate the pests which spoil and destroy

them.

FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER RETIRING.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SIDNEY, October 18th. Macartney has, nonounced de- finitely that he is retiring from first-class cricket.

In closing, Prince Purachatra thanked the Government and people; of the Philippines for the hos pitality and kindness they haye shown him since his arrival in this country, and extended an invitation to all to visit his country, assuring them that the people of Siam and the King always welcome visitors.

Prince Purschatra spoke in good English, and many Rotarians were surprised that he spoke it with facility. His speech was broadcast by the KZRM.-Manila Times,