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NANKING GOVERNMENT ENDEAVOURING. TO ECLIPSE CANTON'S KUOMINTANG.

ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO INDUCE MR. WANG CHING WEI TO GO TO NANKING.

GENERAL TANG SENG CHI, DEPRESSED, SEEKS TO RETIRE FROM MILITARY AFFAIRS.

FENGTIENESE STILL BATTLING UNSUC-

CESSFULLY FOR CHOCHÓW.

The Nanking Government intend to hold an informal meeting, preliminary to the Fourth Kuomintang Coplevence, and also with a view to. eclipsing Mr. Wang Ching Wei's plan of establishing' a * Central Government" and & "Central. Kuomintang" în Cantou. At the same time, Mr. Wang has again been requested by the Yunking leaders to join them at Nanking.

General Tang Seng Chi, evidently depressed by the position in which he Ends himself, is reported to be seeking to retire from military afairs.

In spite of every effort by the Fengtionese, the Shansi soldiers are still grimly holding on to Chochow. Sporadic fighting is stated to be taking place in other parts of Chibli.

THE NANKING GOVERN-

MENT AND MR. WANG

CHING WEI.

Oak Tez Fat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Nov. 2nd

THE STRUGGLE STILL PRO: CEEDING IN CHIHLI.

(Wah Te Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Nov, 2nd. Fighting between the Fengtienese In order to eclipse Mr. Wang and Shansi troops continues at Ching Wei's plan. of establishing a many places in Chihli. Chochew is Central Government and a Central still held by the Shansi troops. Kuomintang in Canton, the Nanking whose plain-clothed members are leaders, including Sua Fe and Tan the North-eastern Chihli disturbing Yen Kai, have called an informal

Fengtienese garrisons. Marshal meeting as a preliminary to the in- Chang Ts Lin has ordered his auguration of the fourth full con- troops to keep the strictest watch. ference of the Kuomintang execu-

A report from Yichang states tive menibers, in which resolutions that General Yan Sen is preparing will be passed to support-the-Nan-to attack General Tang Seng Chi. king regime as the legal Nation-

His main forces are now station alist

vote ed along the upper-river of the against any central government Western Hupeh border. In addi being set up in any other city or tion, General Teh Fing and General cities than Nanking.

Fang Chung Siu have moved to

Government and to

With he consent

of Hu Hanwards Hankow. Min, Chiang Ching Kiang and other leaders. Mr. Sua Fo has sent a tele- gram requesting Mr. Wang to pro- ceed to Nanking,

HANKOW CONCESSION.

REFORM NOT WANTED:

{THROUGH BEUTEZ'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, November 2nd.. A message from Hankow says that the Consul General on Monday received from the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs letter regarding the ex-British Concession, in which he refuses to accept the Consul's' suggestions for the reform of the Municipal administration.

A deadlockkonsues ALIEN

FROM THE YANGTSZE- AREA

[NAVAL WIRELESU. }

November 1st.

No material change in the Yang- teze area

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 1927.

In view of his extremely pre- carious position, General Tang Seng Chi is reported to have informally conveyed his intention of tendering his resignation and retiring from military affairs, to General Ho Chien, his subordinate, and also, to have requested his opinion. General Ho has not yet replied."

On the 31st ult., the Shansi troops attempted to regain Shihchinchuang. by rushing the Fengtienese columns with armoured care from Hwulu, wert of Shihchioghuang.

A report from Kiukiang says that General Chu Pei Teb, the dictator of Kinopsi, has moved his forces to attack Tang Seng Chi from two drections. Their first objective is Wu-yuat, a city being, within the Hupeh castern border.

BAT DEALER MURDERED AT HANKOW.

INTIMIDATION CONTINUES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

SHANGHAI Newmber 2nd, A message from Hankow reports he preparing for an attack on Tong that a B.AT. dealer was murdered on Saturday by members of the B.A.T. Union because he purchased seventeen caste of cigarettes.

All dealers closed their shops on Monday" owing to intimidation.

Forces from the west appear to

Seng Chi

HANKOW, Nov, 1st. Reports from Hankow indicate that trouble is expected there, but no definite incident has occurred.

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The Press report that General Chu Pei Tel of Kinkiang neighbour-! hood has joined the Nanking Faction against Tang Seng Chi,

There are indications of Tang, Seng Chi retiring to Huaan.

(Continued on next Column.)

“THE FIRST LORD."

ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION.

{BRITISH WIRELEAS SERVICE]

Reoay, Nov. Ist.

The Chibi-Shantung and Feng- tien forces are still successfully pressing Shansi troops and Feng Yu Haing. It is anticipated Feng Yu Halang will lose Chengehow.

U.S. PROFESSIONAL GOLF.

FIRST ROUND RESULT. ·

THE GALES OFF IRISH COAST.

SYMPATHY OF THE KING AND QUEEN WITH SUFFERERS.

NATIONAL APPEAL FOR FUNDS.

IDRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Rucay, November 2nd. Royal sympathy with those bes reaved by the gale disaster off the Irish Coast was expressed in the following telegram to the Governor- General of the Irish Free State:

"The King and Queen have read with much concern the account of

THE NASSAU MORE ABOUT THE GRUESOME STORY

DIAMOND.

AMERICAN CUSTOMS OFFICIALS PUZZLED;

IS IT AN ARTISTIC ANTI- QUITY" OR A JEWEL?

[DEUTER'S AMERICAN FERVICE]

at

WARRINGTON, November 2nd. The Customs officials are puzzled. with regard to the famous Nassau diamond, valued G. $200,000," which is supposed to have formed one of the eyes of an ancient image god of Shiva, India.

It was firstly ruled as a stone

TEAPOT DOME LEASES.

THE TRIAL “

"HALTED."

GRAND JURY NOW IN ACTION.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN- SERVICE]

OF THE SEA:

CANNIBALISM:

TRAGEDY OF A JAPANESE

SMACK'S CREW:

[THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

SEATTLE, Nov, 2nd,

A gruesome story of the sea was WASHINGTON, November 2nd."

revealed on the arrival of the liner A joint statement issued by coun-Margaret Dollar which picked up sel for Mr. Harry Sinclair, who

on the Washington State coast an Interior, is charged with conspiracy the crew of two dead men in the with Mr. Fall, ex-Secretary of the 53-foot Japanese fishing smack with to defraud the Government in con- sleeping quarters. Apparently the Leases, declares they joined confound a pile of bones aboard, which nection with the Ten Pot: Dome Oil smack had dritted 4,000 miles across the Pacifc. Quarantine physiciana

ENGLISH & WELSH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

RESULTS POINT TO LARGE

· LABOUR GAINS.

[ZAROCOR RECTER R. AJEŠCY.]

LONDON, Nov. gad. Big Labour gains are shown in the Municipal Elections, held por terday in over 300 cities and"; boroughs in England and Waler, exclusive of London.

The results so far show

Labour 103, gains and 12 losses. Conservatives 7 gains and 70 losses.

losses.

Liberala 12 gains and Independents 10 gains and 25

the loss of life among fisherman and entitled to enter the countrysel of the Government in requesting they are of opinion, were the spic | lussea along the west coast of Ireland an artistic antiquity" duty Justice Siddons to declaren mis- remains of a crew of seven or

His Majesty wishes to give £100 free, but the diamond dealers here

trial in the case. and the Queen £50 to any fund protested that it should be taxed

The trial was, halted while a is being started for the 20 per cent. under the Tariff law, Grand Jury investigated the charge been practised, at any rate, by. the

because it had been cut and used as of attempted tampering with the n'jewel in England.

fury.

that

alleviation of the distress amongst the Irish families."

Governor-General Healy's reply to the Treasurer to the King was:

"I beg you to convey, with my humble duty to their Majesties, my Tatitude on their sympathy with the grief-stricken people in Coa pemar and Galway. The gracious sympathy of the King and Queen towards the suffering families will touch every heart.”

President of the Dail, Mr. Cor. grave, has issued a national appeal for funds to relieve the distress.

A PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TO

ATTEND...

(REUTER'S AMÉRICAN SERVICE] The foods at Fleetwood, follow

WASHINGTON, Nov. gad in Friday's gale, subsided rapidly

President Coolidge will attend the yesterday and trains are again rua-Pan-American Congress in Cuba nig

There are, however, still next January,

with which the sox 700 acres in the neighbourhood United States delegation wht be, of the town under water. Finnish barque Ingemar, which Mr. Hughes

The captain and crew of the as chairman, ex-Secretary of State, Ambassadors was wrecked by gales in the North Henry J. E. Letcher and Dwight Sen when bound from Kolkh for London with timber, were landed at North Shields yesterday by a German steamer.

ARMISTICE DAY.

BRITISH EMPIRE'S

CELEBRATIONS.

AN HISTORIC EVENT.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Nov. lit. On Armistice Day this year. it is proposed that all parts of the British Empire shall be enabled by wireless telephony to join in one greas cele bration. A concert_organised/in connection with the British Legion will be held at the Albert Hall, London, from 8 pm: to 10 p.m. Some10,000-ex-Servicemen will sing marching and other songs of the Great War and the British Broad casting Corporation will broadcast the concert worldwide through the new experimental short-wave trus mitter at Chelmsford on a 24 roeter: wavelength.

The most important feature, how ever, will be an address by the Prince of Wales. Some four hun dred and fifty millions of British subjects throughout the Empire and ¦ on ships at ses will be able, atmos pherics permitting, to hear the spoken message of the Prince. It promises to bẽ an historic event.

NEW FINANCIAL- SECRETARY.

MR. ARTHUR SAMUEL APPOINTED.

(THROUGH REUter's agency.)

LONDON, November 1st. Mr. Arthur Samuel has been an-, pointed Financial Secretary to the Mr. Treasury in succession to Ronald McNeill, who has been rais ed to the peerage on succeeding Lord Cecil in the Cabinet.

(BRITISK WIRELESS BERVICE] · ·

Bud, Nov. It

Morrow,

THE ATTACK ON THE CREEK PRESIDENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2nd.

The investigation is being under- taken largely upon information ob- tained by Government agents in a raid on an apartment of a botel occupied by private detectives frem New York City,

Special Government counsel in the case presented four affidavits to the Court, naming, inter alia, Harry Sinclair, Edward Kidwell, one jaror and two private detee

tives.

The Andavits, WASHINGTON, November 2nd. The Tea Pot Dome affidavits reler

to alleged tampering of the Jury and the activities of private detec tives alleged to be employed by Mr. Harry Sinclair in maintaining a close surveillance on the jurymen.

P. & O. COMPANY.

DIRECTORS' VIEWS UPHELD BY COUNSEL

[1HROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) .

LONDON, November 1st. Eminent counsel, including Sir . President Coolidge has cabled his John Simon, have unanimously sympathy to President Condon-agreed that the Directors of the rictis.

THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE.

LARGE-AMERICAN DONATIONS

NEW BUILDING - TO... BE MAGNIFICENT,

P. & O. Company pub the true construction on the Company's charter at the meeting held on September 14th, and that the re- solution will consequently have to be re-submitted.

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eight men besides the two whose bodies were found, and declared that cannibalism had undoubtedly last survivors.

LANCASHIRE COTTON

INDUSTRY.

JOINT BODY DESIRABLE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BOXING.

MICKEY MGTIGUE KNOCKED OUT.

[RECTER'S AMERICAS. BERVICE.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2nd. Walker, middleweight

knocked out Mickey

ex-light heavyweight

Mickey LONDON, November 1st. The board of the Cotton Yarn champion, Association met in Manchester to MeTigue, consider the recent breakdown of champion, in a 10-round bout at the joint conference between the Association and the Federation of the Coliseum, `; - Master tions.

· Cottouspinners' Assocía- The knock-out came 2 minutes

and 15 acconds after the start. The board overwhelmingly passed a resolution that the directors. should consider whether it was de sirable to have two associations. and whether they should advise the members to withdraw from the Federation.

WIDESPREAD PLOT IN

BENGAL. SEDITIOUS PAPERS SEIZED.

(THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.]

CALCUTTA, November 1st. A number of houses in Calcutta and North-east Bengal have been searched by the police, who have seized documents believed to reveal widespread ramifications of a re- volutionary conspiracy.

The searches were executed at the At the September meeting of the request of the Bihar police, follow Company, opposition was offered ing the discovery of two pistols and by stockholders to the proposed in ammunition in the possession of • crease of capital. Lord Inchcape, Bengali youth at Deoghar nat presiding, said that the company's month. Certain ciphers were also charter had not left them any seized, and when decoded revealed option in the matter. An amend the names of a number of persons ment was carried by 44 to. 38 in whose addresses were subsequently favour of an adjournment, to en- searched. No arrests are hitherto - LONDON; November 1st. able the board to consider the de- reported. "The Daily Tel graph announces ferred stockholders' views. Lord that the building and endowment Inchcape called for a pell, but sub-RUSSIAN EXPLORER'S MON- of a magnificent-new Shakespeare sequently announced that the mest Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-ing would be adjourned.] Avon, to replace the theatre burnt down last year, is assured.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

This is the result ofgifts to the British and American foundation of funds exceeding £230,000. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Junior, bas donated G.8300,000 of this amount equally between the two founda- tions."

FIRST GREYHOUND DERBY,

£1,400 FOR OWNER.

LONDON, Oct. 16th cluding many enthusiasts from Man- chester saw the Srst Greyhound Derby at the White City last even The first prize, a gold cup and £1,000 was won by a favourite entry whore owner, Mr. Baxter, also owns the second and third. His total prize money was £1,400,

A crowd estimated at 100,000 in-

A New York bessage states that an active campaign is being con-ing, ducted in America.to raise the total contributions there from G.8450,000 to G.$1,000,000.

TRADE BARRIERS CON- FERENCE

NEW ARTICLES FOUND NECESSARY.

A

IRRECONCILABLE CURRENTS.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY,]

GENEVA, November 1st." A statement by Heer Colija, former Premier of the Netherlands, presiding at the trade barriers con- ference, shows that owing to two irreconcilable currents of opinion it has been found essential to draft

[KLUTEE'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)

The First Lord of the Admiralty,

DALLAS, November 2nd. Mr. Bridgtinan, accompanied by The thirty-two qualifiers who It is officially announced that is. articles for n new convention re Dame Caroline Bridgeman, made a competed in the first round of tour of the naval establishments of thirty-six holes finished as follows: Secretary of the Department of export restrictions and prohibi- Arthur Samuel, Parliamentary garding the abolition of import and Portsinouth, to-day. Mr. Bridge- M. Dutra and Alcroft 12 and 11; man inspected the work on the new Anthony Manero and Bob Craiek. Overseas Trade, has been appoint- tions, in such n panner as to pro- cruisers Suffolk and Dorsetshire shanks and 2; Tommy Armoured Financial Secretary to the Tren vide for both normal and abnormal and saw the improvements being and Johnny Farrell of Quaker sury in the place of Mr. Ronald circumstances, made at the main generating station Ridge 4 and 3; Hagen and Jack McNeill who was recently promoted

3 and 2 in the dockyard; the new accom. "Furrell (unattached) Diodation at the submarine base at. Saracen and J. Curley one up Gosport" and the progress being

Other winners were:-Tom Har- made with the restoration work in man, Edward Dudley, Charlie of Surrey since 1918, officiated as

Nelson's flagship, H.M.S. Victory.

Dame Bridgeman made an inde- pendent tour of the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar.

TEXTILE EXHIBITION.

TO BE PERMANENTLY ESTAB- LISHED IN LONDON.

BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

RUGBY, Nov. 1st,

Guest, Cooper, Espinosa, Turness, Willie Klein, John Golden, Enrold Long, Gallett, and Ralph Beach.

[An, carlier telegram is printed on page 8.1.

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS.

INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS IN LONDON.

[BRITION WIRELESS {SERVICE.]

Ruary, Nov. IL

NO REVOLUTION, IN" RUMANIA.

ALLEGED "FAKED REPORTS."

"THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, November 1st. Following recent sensational re- ports of a revolution in Rumania, a Bukharest report transmits a semi-official statement denouncing "fake, reports, aprend from enemy Sources," emphasising that there Rumanda baye been ho disturbances in

and no

exceptional measures have been adopted.

THE S.S. MAFALDA'S

DEATH ROLL.

314 PERSONS DROWNED.

(THROUGH EKUTER'S" AGENCY:]

"

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 1st. The final figures of the Princi

persa Hafalda disaster give the number of persons drowned as 214,

-GOLIAN-WANDERINGS.

DID NOT FIND GENIS KHAN'S TOMB.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

STRAITS OF. GIBRALTAR.

WHAT A LONDON TYPIST

HOPES TO DO..

[7] WIRELESS SERVICE]"

RUGBY, Nov. 1st. Miss Mercedes Gleitze, ife Lon- don typist, is unable until Doxt summer to make any further at- tempt to swim the English Channel and has decided to try and swim across the Straits of Gibraltar...

It is stated that she will leave For North Africa at the beginning. of December and that she expects to make her attempt at about Christmas. The width of the straits varies from nine miles at the bar-

at the Western extremity but owing owest point ze twenty-four miles to currents Miss Gleitze may have to swim twenty-five miles or more.

HOCKEY.

UNIVERSITY 2nd XI. r. PUNJABIS

This match takes place on Friday at 3 pim. on Marina ground.

University-A. A. Aziz (capt.),

G. E. Teol, V. Enok, A. B. Sulie Moscow, November 1st.

man. F. Y. Khoo, F. Zimmern, S. The famous explorer, Professor. Ho, S, Kermani, N. P. Koh, N. Kostov, who is now in Leningrad, E. Lai and A. N. Other. denies a report that he has dis envered the tomb of the Tartar con- queror, Gengis Khan, near the dead DEATH OF FR. SAPAGE OF city of Kharakoto, in Mongolia.

He says he last year vinted the

* SINGAPORE. penk of Ikhebogdo, in the Mon- golian Altai rauge, and there found

FORMER STUDENT OF the mausoleum of an ancient Mon- golian khan whose name he was un-

MACAO. able to ascertain. Professor Kozlov was unable to make excavations on the spot as he was travelling light- ly equipped after excavations at Kharakoto.

THE 1928 OLYMPIAD,

AMATEUR STATUS

CONTROVERSY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SINGAPORE, October 18th. We regret to record the death this morning, at the General Hospital, of Father Antonio Abilio Bapage, Ficar of the Portuguese Church of St. Joseph, in Victoria Street, at the early age of 32 years. M

Born at Freixo di Espada a | Cinta, Portugal, ön December 31st, 1895, he came out when quite a boy to enter the University of Macao, LONDON, November 1st.

where after completion of his A meeting of the British Olympic theological study he was ordained Association will be held to decide priest on November 1st, 1917, by whether Britain will participate in the late Monseigneur 'd' Azavedo y the 1928 Olympind, in view of the Castro, Bishop of Macae. He was support given by the executive com- sent to work in the Mission of mittee of the Olympic Committee, Timor Dilly, whence he came to upholding the Paris decision au Singapore to relieve Father Bra thorising payment for broken time gance, on the latter going to

The football associations in the Portugual on leave, British Isles last week reaffirmed

Father Sapage himself returned their decision that such an-amato Singapore about four months teurism could not be permitted

There has long been & difference 50 after a long furlough in For-

was unwell, and on Friday after of opinion between continental tagal. About a fortnight, age he countries and England as to what noon was removed to the General is an amateur footballer, which, Hospital for treatment, and his un- footballer, which, expected death this morning has an amateur. though not affecting other sports, is

own parishioners, but over the bound to cause consideralle die cast a gloom, not only over his satisfaction if the Olympic Com priests and the parishioners of the mittee is going to allow a different other Roman Catholic Churches in definition of an amateur for foot Singapore, who held him in the ballers, compared with participants

very highest esteem for his singu- in other sports.

larly charming personality. A "(The executive committee of the International Olympic Committee decided to authorise the members of the International Football Associa tion to participate in the Amster dam Olympiad and the St. Moritz BERLIN, November 1st. winter gates, pending the decision High mass will be celebrated at Prince George Wilhelm Yon of the forthcoming congress. A St. Joseph's Church at 0.15 tomor second necessary condition is that no foot-row morning, after which the pro- Schoennich-Carolath, the, son of the ex-Kaiser's second wife, baller shall receive an indemnity, cession will leave for Bidadari Hermine, by her former husband, but any salary lost may be made cemetery. It is probable that Mon- has died in hospital at Gruenberg, good to any employer who would signor Perrichon, Bishop of the Bilesia, as the result of a motor otherwise refuse to pay a player French Catholic Mission, will con

during his absence.] cycle emach.

duct the services.

It has become necessary to in- to a seat in the Cabinet,

Bert a new article allowing certain [Mr. Arthur Michael Samuel, States to sign the convention with MP, for the Farnham Division reservations, and a new difficulty has arisen from 'this, as the repre- Lord-Mayor of Norwich in 1819-13, sentatives of some distant countries Norwich is his native city, he hav-tries desired to consider the posi ing been born there in 1879. He tion owing to other countries, not is the head of one of the oldest so distant, being able to submit families of purely English Jews 35 reservations,

out of a total of 1,259 on board. England]

In order to prevent the indefmite Eleven officers and 231 seamen of continuance of reservations, States the crew are among the survivors, are entitled to withdraw from the the members of "the crew drowned convention until the end of 1080, if being nine officers and 37 seamen. they feel that the subsequent main- of reservations is des tenance trimental to their interests.

Heer Colijn considers that the position is better than it was last wrek, and the convention is likely to be signed at the week-end.

THE

SOVIET'S SPY HUNT:

ENGLISHMAN GIVES LIE DIRECT,"

:(ÎMRQUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, November, Izt. Mr. Charnock, the Englishman accused of being associated in s Sarwat Pasha, the Egyptian Pre-conspiracy campaign in Russia, in of a permanent exhibition in Lonnier, again visited the Foreign connection with the Russian recent- tion. The exhibition which is to Ofice to-day and continued informally tried and found guilty, and con include textiles of all kinds is to be conversations ou Anglo-Egyptian demned to death, in an interview international in scope and has be- relations with a high official of the affirme most solemnly that neither hind it some of the largest firms in the trade. An announcement of the

An interesting development in the textile world is the movement now well advanced for the establishment

scheme will probably be made within a few weeks.

department.

To-night Lord Lloyd, High Com missioner of Egypt, will give a din-

ner in honour of Sarwat Pasha..

of the brothers Prove, nor Kore panoff, nor the 20 other executed victims, was ever employed by him

As a spy.

THE RE-ELECTION OF KEMAL PASHA.

THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.]

ANDORA, November 1st. Mustapha Kemal Pasha has been unanimously re-elected President of the Turkish Republic.

DEATH OF A GERMAN PRINCE.

RESULT OF MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

After his death the body was garbed in his priestly robe, and re moved to the Church of St. Joseph, for the lying in state until after the mass to-morrow morning for the burial at the Bidadari cemetery,