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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,

NANKING'S SHOOTING INCIDENT CAUSES PERTURBATION IN SHANGHAI AND ELSEWHERE."

WIDESPREAD BOYCOTT IN NANKING IN SYMPATHY WITH THE VICTIMS.

THE SAL-SHAN CLIQUE BLAMED.

KUOMINTANG LEADERS PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH CONFERENCE.

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The shooting incident' which occurred in Nanking on the 2nd instant, and to which reference has already been made in our columns, is causing considerable stir in Nanking, Shanghai, and other Chinese cities.

Shansi's Governor is reported to have gone to Taichow per. sonally to conduct military operations there, It is stated that since his arrival at Taichow heavy firing has been resumed.

Most of the Kuomintang leaders now in Shanghai are still busily preparing for the Fourth Kuomintang Conference, previous to which a preliminary meeting is to be held.

GENERAL YEN GOES TO TAICHOW.

(Wah Tu Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, November 27th. General Yen Shik Shan has pro- cceded to Taichow to direct opera

tions.

Heavy firing has been re; sumed since his arrival there. The Shansi troops intend to recapture Pingchingkwan.

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Hankow leaders met on the 25th

inst., when à resolution was passed

INQUIRING INTO THE NANKING OUTRAGE.

(Wah Tri Fat Pao.)

SHANGHAI'S CRIME WAVE.

DESPERATE ARMED ROBBERS.

SHOOT TWO FOREIGN POLICEMEN,

SEVERAL ROBBERS SHOT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Nov. 97th. The crime wave in Shanghai reached a climax during the week when the foreiga Municipal Polics. raiding suspected haunts shot dead four armed robbers on Thursday and two on Friday,, beth of the latter by Constable T. R. Francis," who arrived from England a year

aga.

afternoon Francis, Yesterday while, patrolling Burkill Road, frustrated an attempt of despera- does to kidnap a wealthy Chïness merchant. He chased off the rob bers, killing one. Francis himself was shot in the head and died instantly. Constable Alfred Road traced another desperade to a dere- let motor lorry: The desperado ahot Read in the stomach. He was

SHANGHAI, November 9th. The delegation of the Commission in connection with the Nanking shooting incident on the 2nd inst, yesterday invited representatives, of all classes in Shanghai to whom they explained the cause of the in-less Read shot dead his arcellant, cident. They said that the firing

Read was rushed off to hospital

seriously wounded, but neverthe

by soldiers was apparently engineer- and operated on. He is progress." to. elect General Li Chung Jen toed by the Sai-shan clique," aring favourably. conduct the Hupeh. Government temporarily, while an independent

Hankow leaders towards the Can- ton problems created by the recent coup d'état.

On the same day the General Students Association at Shanghai opened a meeting in honour of General Li Tsai Hsin, Madame Liao

THE

MOTORING AT 150 MILES AN HOUR..

ITALIAN RACER SKIDS.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

(TEZOUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]

NOVEMBER 28th, 1927.

FRENCH RAILWAY

DISASTER.

EFFECT OF A LANDSLIDE.

ENGINE'S **LUCKY** FALL.

{THROUGH BIUTIR'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, Nov. 27th.

PARIS, Nov. 7th. The Italian racing motorist, A mass of rocka crashed down in Foresti. while speeding at 160 front of the local train from Mar- miles an hour on Pendine Sands, seilles, near Valence. The driver the brakes but the Carmarthen, skidded and admer-jammed on saulted twice. The car was com engine and the first carriage were pletely wrecked.

dense column of, There was

from whence staggered, smoke blackfaced and tottering, Foresti, with a badly cut eye and injured shoulder.

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RUSSIA AND LITHUANIA.

CONFLICTING REPORTS OF A "REVOLUTION.”

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Sangaw, Nov. 98th. - A Russian Note was handed to the Foreign Office yesterday ex- pressing anxiety at the recent in-

over-turned down the bank.

The driver was seriously injured and the passengers shaken,

By extraordinary, luck the engine fell on wires working signals which automatically set against trains on both lines. The Paris-Ventimiglia express passed safely over the spot only just before the crash, but the second express from Paris in the same direction 15 minutes irter drew up a

few yards from the Landslide."

A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

GIRL MURDERED IN JOHANNESBURG.

MYSTERIOUS OUTRAGE.

TWO NATIVES, ARRESTED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 27th. The population is profoundly shocked as the brutal murder of the 19 year old Irene Kanthack, daugh ter of a distinguished Liverpool engineer,

The girl had been missing since the 24th inst. and her body, found in the bushes near the Zoo, showed showed traces of a terrible struggle, Two natives who had been seen near the spot on the night of the girl's disappearance have been ar- rasted.

It is surmised that the girl was burrying home to escape the storm, when she was attacked, carried into a neighbouring plantation and mur- dered

The motive does not appear to have been robbery since. her wrist BALKAN'S FERMENT.[watch was not removed.

BRITISH "INDUSTRIAL.

RELATIONS.

PRACTICAL EFFORT TOWARDS IMPROVEMENT,

JOINT CONFERENCE.

"CO.PARTNERS AND CO-

WORKERS."

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruaay, Nov. 26th. An important step has just been made in the, movement to bring about an improvement in industrial relations. Sir Arred wood, Lord Aberconway, Lord Londonderry, Sir Josiah Stamp and other leading industrialista have taken the initia- tive by sending to Mr. Citrine, gress, a lotter suggesting a confer- Secretary of the Trade Union Con- ence with trade union leaders to discuss matters relating to indus trial pence and the strengthening of the competitive position of British

industry.

The letter was discussed at a meeting of the General Council of the Congress this week. It is understood that opinion was pre- dominantly in favour of accepting the invitation and that it was de- cided to reply in this sense.

This new move was foreshadowed about a month ago when it was

The body was ultimately found stated that following the conference by a boy scout after low-flying on industrial peace, at which Sir Alfred Mond made a remarkable TREATY CAUSES A SENSATION. | neroplanes had been vainly employepeech, an effort would be made by

ed to scan the plantations.

PRESS COMMENT.

(THROUGH REUTKR'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Nov. 8th. cidents on the Lithuanian Frontier

"Playing with matches around and emphasising that Lithuania's the Balkan powder barrel " ía sovereigty is a matter of the utmong the Press comments on the Treaty between Italy and Albania, most concern to the Soviet Govern which has caused a profound sen- sation in France, where it is con- strued as an answer to the Franco- Yugo-Slav Treaty.

ment.

"M. Pilsudski is at present stay

nexed.

"A March On Koven.”

BERLIN, NOV. 26th, Certain Lithuanian politicians are reported to be negotiating with the Poles to arrange a march on Kono

what was termed by their opponenta It is noteworthy that the finger- counter-revolutionary," leaders of prints show that both desperadoes" attitude should be adopted by the that clique, named Chow Lu, Chia were inembers of a gang who were ing at Vilna, which Poland an Chi, Wang Kun Lun, etc. handed over to the Chinese authori- They appealed for popular support ties in September 1923, by the Against the Special Commission "

Mixed Court on a charge of armed of the present Nanking régime, as robbery. is was at present dominated by the "Sai-sban elique" and should be. abolished as early as possible. They Chung Hoi and other lenders. Dural ürged the people to support ing the meeting a set of resolutions

the 4th Kuomintang Conference. were passed in support of the 4th Kuomintang Conference, opposition to the Special Commission "now functioning in Nanking. They also appointed a commission to inves- tigate "the shooting incident.

Mr. Wang Ching Wei and Mar- shal Chiang Kai Shek have receiv ed a joint telegram from Canton stafing that the Central Executive members remaining at Canton have decided to start for Shanghai next week for the purpose of attending the preliminary meeting of the 4th Kuomintang Conference.

NATIONALISTS ENTER

**HSUCHOWFU.

HROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

A Nanking report to hand states that students of all public schools, merchants and workers in that city have jointly gone on strike since the 15th inst. in sympathy with the victims in connection with the shoot ing incident.

HO CHIEN AND THE NATIONALISTS.

(NAVAL WIRELESS.

- SHANGHAI, November 28th. Ho Chien is believed to have negotiated with the Nationalists, but owing to a quarrel between the military chiefs of the Nationalist forces, the expedition into Hunan may have, to be abandoned.

Yang Sen visited H.M.S. Aphis

NASKING, Nov. 9th. officially announced that Tonalist troops entered Hsu

yesterday morning, the Marshal Sua Chuan Fang on Friday. ip the city after a short but! tht.

al Chang Tsung Chang

of Shantung) was shot in

during the battle with the

ian General's

in troops

SHANGHAI MURDER. COOLIE'S CONFESSION.

He is now seriously ill VICTIM'S FORMER EMPLOYEE.

ital at Tsinaafu.

"Christian General's" forces

Shansi troops are launching)"

ofnsire along the Kin ailway.

main forces of the "Chris eneral's Army are rapidly north-east along the Kin ne with their objective "at fu and Techow... Wang Obing Wel.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 24th.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 28th.

A house coolie arrested at Yang szepoo this morning has confessed" to the murder of Mrs. Forestier.

WATERSIDERS'

STRIKE.

OVERSEAS SHIPS BEING SERIOUSLY DELAYED. (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

SYDNEY, Nov. 28th.

ars that

A message from Kovno the Lithuanian Premier has pro- tested to the League of Nations against the aggression of Poland.

Advice To President.

Ria, Nov. 28th Représentatives of Sweden; Fin

Serbia's Views.

BELGRADE, NOV. 28th.

A semi-official communiqué re- gards the Treaty between Italy and Albania as entirely superfluou and, therefore, harmful. It ex presses the opinion that the Franco- Yugo-Slay Treaty has thus been shown to be a necessity for the peace of Europe.

AN ATTEMPTED · ASSASSINATION.

THE MAYOR OF VIENNA SHOT AT.

"WELL KNOWN ACTOR" INVOLVED.

[THHOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

VIENNA, November 27th.

A well-known actor shot at Dr. Seitz, the Mayor of Vienna, as he was leaving the Snow Palace " after a public function..

The Mayor was unhurt His

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"OUTLAWING WAR."

"Prompt Solidarity,"

ROME, Nov. 28th. assailant was arrested.. Cordial congratulations have been exchanged between Signor Mussolini and Ahmed Bey, the Albanian Prime Minister, the so the that Duce emphasizing Albanians can count on every or casion on the prompt soldarity of the Italian Government.

The Watersiders strike, coupled land, and other friendly States pItalia, says that the Treaty be|

with heavy rains, is seriously delaying oversen ships. Vessels in the Inter-State services are sailing according to schedule, leaving

on

cargo

necessary."

the: wharves

ALL INDIA MUSLIM .LEAGUE.

when

THE CHAIRMANSHIP.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LAHORE, November 27th. Sir Mahomed Shafi, ex-Law Member of the Viceroy's Council, who was recently elected to preside

visited the Lithuanian President and advised him to establish a more acceptable form of Government as soon as possible.

Refugecs,

WARSAW, Nov. 26th. The number of Lithuanian and Polish refugees from Lithuania is constantly increasing. Their housing and feedin are embar- rassing Vilna and other Polish

towns.

Frontier Collisions.

BERLIN, Nov. 28th. Collisions on the frontier of Lithuania and Poland have already

at the forthcoming session of the occurred between the Police and All-India Muslim League, has un-revolutionary bands.

nounced his willingness to withdraw

in favour of the Aga Khan, A8-2 result of the request by the Madras

Moslems.

EX-PEER'S FLIGHT.

NOW AT MALTA. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MALTA, Nov. 23 Mr. Carberry (formerly Lord Carberry), who is on a flight to Africa, has landed at Halfar hero- drome.

"Wild Reports" Danied.

RIGA, Nov. 27th.

The Fascist mouthpiece, Popolo eween Italy and Albania is a pacific document clarifying the Adriatic

situation in contrast with the shady policy of encirclement and ambush."

* Rumblings."

LONDON, Nov. 28th. The rumbings in the Balkans, where the Franco-Yuko-Slav Pact and the Italo-Albanian Treaty have caused obvious uneasiness in Rome and Paris, respectively, while the repercussions of a more explosive atmosphere in the Balkan States which have not yet had time to de- velop find a mare ominous echo in North Eastern Europe where there is a tense situation between Poland and Lithuania in which Russia is becoming involved.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] Belated News In Britain.

Ruany, Nov. 25th. A communiqué issued in Rome contains the text of the Italo- Albanian Defensive Treaty, which, it is announced, was signed last Tuesday.

The British Press has so far re- Kovno denies the wild reports frained from comment, since the

A private telephone message from circulating in the neighbourhood terms of the agreement were not as regards the alleged disorders and street-fighting. Everything, it is stated, is quiet in the city and the nervousness has abated despite the reports from Vilna.

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Official circles are of opinion that immediate military action by Poland is unlikely.

and since available, hitherto nothing was known in London, even in official quarters; about such a Treaty until the British Govern- ment was officially notified of ite signature,

RADIO RULES.

WORLD AGREEMENT ON PROCEDURE.

PRES. COOLIDGE FAVOURS

WORLD AGREEMENT."

CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTY,

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a group of progressive industrialists to bring about a representative joint conference. The purpose of this, it was, sanounced, would be to discuss the possibility of draft- ing a definite practical programme which could be put into operation immediately hy those who accepted

it.

It may be recalled that after suggesting the need for an îndua- trial league of peace. Sir Alfred Mond outlined the programme of which the outstanding point, was that the term: "Masters and men" should be regarded as obsolete and that managers and men should be co-partners and co-workers."

BRITISH AGRICUL- TURAL AFFAIRS.

LORD BLEDISLOE GOING TO

SOUTH AMERICA.

DISEASE PROBLEMS.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE/]

RUGBY, Nov. 28th. Lord Bledisloe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, leaves on a mission to South America on December 1st. He will confer at Buenos Aires and Montevideo, on behalf of the British (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] Government, with representatives of the Argentine and Uruguayan WASHINGTON, Nov. 26th.

Governments concerning measures President Coolidge for the control of animal. diseases anxious to discuss with the world which those countries propose to Powers' proposals outlawing war is adopt to remove the risk of trans- disclosed by the White House mitting foot and mouth disease to

The President is of England. spokesman, opinion that while the Constitution of the United States presents a serious difficulty in the way of a binding treaty since the respon sibility for declaring war rests with Congress and connot be taken from Congress by treaty, nevertheless a treaty is possible expressing a de- claration of policy,

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President Coolidge indicated. desire engage in conversations with other nations individually in the belief that considerable good might come from focusing public attention on the subject.

AMERICA'S GOLD. LOANS AND EXCHANGE ACTIVITY.

THE LATEST MERGER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

VIENNA, Nov. 28th. Successful negotiations have been concluded. by the financial repre sentative of the City of Vienna and the National City Bank of New York for raising a thirty million dollar, twenty-five year six per cent, loan for the development af muni- cipal undertakings.

Bullish Enthusiasm.

At the invitation of the Govern- ment of Australia, early next year two scientists, Sir Arnold Theiler.. and Dr. Orr, will visit the Common- wealth to consult with the Austra lian authorities on problems con- cerning diseases of cattle and sheep and the scientific feeding of stock. Sir Arnold Theiler is one of the distinguished. veterinary scientists in the British Empire. Dr. Oer's special subject is animal nutrition.

most

The recent conference on imperial agricultural research recommended the constitution of an Imperial Bureau on animal nutrition and it was also recommended that the Bureau should be located at the Rowett Institute. Aberdeen, of which Dr. Orr is director.

1,000 CONVICTS MUTINY IN CALIFORNIA. "OVERCOME BY MILITIA."

REUTER'S AMERICAN. BERVICE]

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23th.

the

[On November 2nd, Mrs. Fores- tier was found lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen of her house, having been attacked with a chop por or other heavy weapon She later died in hospital. Mra. Fores tea party of Chinese Press tier had apparently been awaken: esterday afternoon, Warged from an afternoon nap by The resumption of his journey Wei stated that he was now noise downstairs and had gone to depends on the weather. ly anti-Communist and pro investigate. She was then attack-

[A message of November 18th request the Central Execued, and the indications pointed to stated:-Mr. Carberry, by which uncil to give the newspapers her having put up a vigorous name Lord Carberry chooses to be edom to publish all political

resistance. The sum of $400 was

known since he renounced his title Suomintang nеть. At the missing from the house when the to the peerage, left Croydon Aero arty, Mrs. Lang Chung Kai, Police were called in. The saildrome today in & Fokker mono- anton, gave an account of at was evidently acquainted with plane with a mechanic, on a flight o d'elal of November 17th.

the house, from the nature of his to Captown. He hopes to accom entry and knowledge of the where-plish the journey in record time. the capital of Lithuania, and the new wireless convention which willing, which reached two and a half ment, when at a signal given by abouts of the money, and suspicion estimating that he will reach Cairo fell on a former house coolie.]

in four days and Capetown in a week.]

ESERVISTS REACH

LONDON.

ROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

"LONDON, Nov. 95th. and wives who had truthrough miles of docks in theng mist were the first to heas marching songs which hera the return of the Reser- Visteon China by the ..

DISARMAMENT. CHINESE MINISTER TO PRESIDE, AT GENEVA

{THROUGH REGIZR'S 'AGENCY.]|| GENEVA, Nov. 25th.

NEW YORK'S - EXCHANGE.

STERLING'S NEW HIGH LEVEL

(REUTER'S AMERICAN BREVICE.]

NEW YORK, Nov. 20th. Sterling has reached a new high of Nations Council, will attend the level of 84.88. The rice is attribut meetings of the preparatory dised in banking circles to heavy armament conference, assisted by dealings in transfer balances and

other: commercial requirements.

Kar: The authorities closed! Mr. Ching Lo, the Chinese Minis- theirs when 1,900 men broke the ter at Paris, who will preside at the December session of the League non-sting rule in the docks.

Themen hurried to waiting troop lains, while most of the officerdere collected in motor cats by thefamilies.

Mr. Chuan Chao.

Conflicting Reports.

LONDON, Nov. 27th. The reports with regard to the Foland-Lithuanian situation, 59 far, have been very conflicting. According to a Berlin unconfirmed newsagency report from Rige re- volution has broken out at Krevene, Government of President Valde

A thousand convicts of the State prison at Folsom have mutinied.

Earlier messages stated that 500 militiamen were besieging place, and that there were seven dead, including two of the prison New York, Nov. 28th. CONFERENCE DECISION.

A wild outburst of bullish en guards, and 22 wounded. It is now (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

thusiasm towards the close of the reported that there were at least Stock Market lifted more than a nine killed and a score wounded.

The outbreak began on Thanks WASHINGTON, Nov. 28th The Ratio Conference adjourned score of issues to new high levels. this afternoon after ratifying the So great was the volume of trad-giving Day, at a cinema entertain-

the ringleaders of the convicte, shares, that the tape come into force on January 1st, million

hustled out of the crowd. When mara has been overthrown."

1928, for five years. Seventy-nine machine was twenty minutes inte keeper who was supposed to have nations and territories signed the recording the last quotation. the key of the cell-house door was NEW YORK, Nov. 28th, he declared that he had not gat convention.

W, Seligmann and Company are the key, which had been transfer [Aprevious enble stated:-A RUSSIA'S DELEGATION

plenary session of the International shortly offering an issue of fty red to another warder, he was shot Radio Conference, under the chair-million dollar bonds of the Repúb and stabbed to death. TO GENEVA.

The head warder, who had prac manship of Mr. H. Hoover, baslic of Peru, representing the first ratified the 18 articles of the new series of issues totalling eighty tically been imprisoned in bia (THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.

Radio Convention specifying the million dollars to be known as the office. telephoned to the prison GENEVA, Nov. 28th. procedure to be adopted for com- Peruvian National Loan.

It is announced that the Diree guards, who were soon pouring in The Russian delegation to the munication between land and ship

summoned the police and National Preparatory Disarmament Commis stations, including the rules for tors of the Republic Iron and Steel volleys at the mutineere. He also sion has arrived headed by M. licensing stations and safeguards Company and the Trumbull Steel Guards, who arrived with rifles and

tear gas bombs.

The convicts kept half a dozen Litvinoff Strict precautions were against interference in distress Company have voted in favour of taken for their safety and wumer-call from ships The Belgian a merger, the two concerns in- ous police in plain clothes, were delegate intimated that Belgium volving combined assets of approxi

shareholders. guarding the station, from which was willing to hold the Telegraphic mately $200,000,000 (gold), subject worders in the cell-house as host-

instead of. 1920.] the public were excluded, except Conference in Brussela in 1925 to ratification by the respective

presssmen.

ages.

LATER

The convicts have surrendered.