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KUOMINTANG UNIFICATION STILL UNREALISED.

HU HAN MIN ADOPTS AN UNCOMPROMISING

ATTITUDE.

GENERAL BEI CHUNG HSI AND THE KWANGSI

CLIQUE EVIDENTLY DISSATISFIED.

SHANSI TROOPS HOLDING OUT STRONGLY AT SHICHIACHUANG AND YENMUNKWAN.

CHANGSHA

THE HONG KONG DAILY

WORLD'S FIRST AIR PLEASURE CRUISE.

IN GREAT CONFUSION.”

Mr. Hu Han Min's uncompromising attitude and the obvious dissatisfaction of the Kwangsi members of the Kuomintang point. to the fact that the Kuomintang is a body are far from being as united as they should be on the eve of the preliminary meet- ings of their mach discussed Fourth Conference.

Changsha is reported to be" in great confusion" as the result of the fighting that has occurred there between the leaderless troops of Tang Seng Chi and those of Chang Kuo Wei, the Hunanese general whom Tang Seng Chi caused to be executed so the eve of his departure from Hankow.

The fighting between the Shansi-troops-and-the Fengtienescia still being conducted in various parts of Chihli expecially in the vicinity of Chichinchuang and Yonmunkwan.

MR. HU HAN MIN'S ATTITUDE.

(Wah Tu Yot Pao.)

SHANGHAI, November 28th. Mr. Hu Han Min has again expressed an uncompromising at titude towards the Wang Ching Wei elique. He says that he will not attend the coming preliminary meet ing nor the 4th Kuomintang. Con- ference.

KWANGSI CLIQUE

" ISOLATED.”

(Wak Tas Fat" Pao.)

SHANGHAI, November 28th. Co-operation between Wang Ching

Wei and Chinng Kai Shek now seems probable in view of resent! events in Shanghai. Consequently, the Kwangsi clique, whose leaders are Li Tani Hsin, Bei Chung Hi and Li Chung Jen, ate in danger of being isolated.

FROM CROYDON TO A DIS

TINCT OF 5,300 MILES."

TO EXTEND OVER 35 DAYS.

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ACCOMMODATION FOR 12.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Nov. 28th.

Imperial Airways buvo announced that a large three-engined air liner will leave London air station at Croydon on January 31st. begin- ning the World's First Air Pleasure Cruise of 5,500 miles.

The tour will extend over 35 days and the flight will cover Southern France, Spain, Northern Africa and Italy.

PRESS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29th. 1927.

CATASTROPHE IN ALGIERS.

DAM BURSTS AND CREATES TREMENDOUS HAVOC.

MANY VICTIMS: HEAVY DAMAGE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S ACKNOY.]

COLLISION NEAR MONTREAL.

C.P.R. PASSENGER TRAIN -

COLLIDES WITH GOODS TRAIN.

3 KILLED: 32 INJURED.

(TAROVGR RECTER'S ÁGENCY.].

MONTREAL, Nov. 28th. Three persons were killed and 39 injured when 'n west-bound Cana- dian-Pacific passenger train sel lided with a goods train near here.

POLAND AND LITHUANIA.

*A SITUATION OF SOME TENSION."

LEAGUE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ISSUES.

(DÉITISH WIRKLESS SERVICE)

Recay, Nov. 99th. Although the unsatisfactory; rela- tions, "which have existed for some time between Poland and Lithuania,

A CALCUTTA SENSATION:

HIGHLY PLACED OFFICIALS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

[THROгGA REUTER'S AGENCY-]

Cascura, November, 29th.

Mr. Lahiri, a member of tha Bengal Legislativa Council and ax- managing director of the Bengal Lakshmi Cotton Mills, who was also a director of the Bengal National Bank (which was compul- have undoubtedly developed into a sorily Kqindated) has been commit situation of some tension. the view, ted for trial an' a charge of criminal generally held in the British Press breach of trust.

Mr. Bannerjee, managing direc

PAR16, November 28th.

Heavy rains have caused wide- spread havoc in Algeria, Adam burst west of Fergoud, and an ap palling catastrophe at Perregaux (which is situated below the damį, was narrowly 'nverted by the pre- sence of mind of an engineer' who telephoned a waring, thus enabling GENEVA PREPARATORY COSE the actual state of affairs. The who was also a director of the.

all the inhabitants to escape to the upper parts of their houses or ta the neighbouring billa

The machine, which normally

So far it is impossible to ascer tain the number of casualties in the accommodates eighteen passengers, | will carry twelve tourists, the addi-outlying districts, but the damage tional space being required for is estimated at many millions of

francs. luggage.

The inclusive fare will be 435

guineas.

The conduit through which the river flows below the town of Mos tagelem burst and the low-lying THE SCHNEIDER parts of the town were dooded.

"Twenty-eight persons were drown TROPHY WINNER.

LATER

MACHINE TO BE ON VIEW AT

HORSE GUARDS' PARADE,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Nov. 26th.

A platform is being erected on the Horse Guards' Parade, London, to accommodate the Supermarine Napier racing seaplane, in which Flight-Lieutenant Webster recently won the Schneider trophy

At an official gathering at Han. About 60,000 Shansi troops `are now stationed at many points some kow General Bei, Chung Hxi deliver distance west of Chichinchuang and ed a lengthy speech on the internal General Yen Shih Shan is planning problenis of the Kuomintang Party a general attack on Shichinchuang He said that the Kuomintang had in the near future. Meanwhile, be succeeded in clearing out all Com has ordered General Sheng Chin to inunistic influences as well as cor- Venice. His speed over the course, :

at

c.d.

When the dam burst enormous

masses of masonry were swept away. by the force of the rushing waters, and the water rose from 6 to 9 feet within the houses at Perreaux,

The inhabitants are destitute.·

THE DISARMAMENT »

DISCUSSION.

is that despite undoubted dangers

many of the reports exaggerate tor of the Bengal National Bank,

Lengue Council which meets next Lakshmi Mills, has also been com Monday will take up considerations mitted for trial on a charge of aid-

ing and abetting. of the issues involved.

MISSION, BUST,

IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION.

The Lithuanian Government re-i (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

sently invoked Article XI. of the DEVIL'S ISLAND ORDEAL. Rygay, Nov. 7th. Covenant in reference to the. Polish

INNOCENT MAN' FREE Lord Cushendun, who succeeds action during the school dispute

AFTER 15 YEARS. Lord Cecil as the British repress last month and now the Polish

ESCAPE DRAMA, " tative to the League of Nationa, Government have decided to direct will leave London to-morrow for the League Council's action to the Geneva, where the Preparatory continuance of what is called a Cominission on Disarmament will," State of War," between Lithuania on Wednesday, resume its attempt and the Polish condition of affairs to agree on a draft convention for which precludes normal diplomatic limitation of armaments.

relations between two members of the League The Polish Govern ment with request the League to usę. its influence to end this

If such an agreement is reached,

a full international conference on world disarmament will be conven- ed next year.

When the commission held its last meeting, in the spring of this year,

The first food supplies available Lord Cecil expressed the opinion came by train. from Algiers. that, “If the countries represented The Algerian State Railway at Geneva really desire a draft rks at Perregaux were severely convention for limitation of damaged by trians being telescoped armaments, which shall state the principles and methods whereby y the rushing waters.

Part of the Oran Line was swept such limitation is attainable, that away. Strenuous efforts are being agreement is within their grasp.

There was, however, a common

who worked in the commission. marooned in traizs

As Russia was not a party to the work, it was clear that no convins ng undertaking, about disarma ment could be drafted. This week, by contrast, Litvinor and Luna ebarsky will represent Russin.

normal state of affairs.

PARIS October 27th.

A man, who has spent fifteen years of his life on Devil's Island

for a crime of which be was m nevent, stepped off the boat at Marseilles to-day, and fell weeping into the arms of his wife.

ed to

It was Eugene Dieudonne, who' of having participated with the was arrested in 1012 on a charge

notorious Bonnet motor bandit abgang in a series of hold-ups and

murders, and in all the annuals oft French criminal justice there is no In the meantime, the Polish more dramatic and terrible story. Bennot himself, as he lay dying Government, as means of dis- in the ruins of his home with a persing current rumours, have ex-ring of policemen, round him, add- Lis written confession, plicitly declared that they have no Dieudonne is innocent.” intention of infringing territorial] independence and that they require only the establishment of friendly relations between the two countries. The British Press comment urges the advisability upon the Govern

concerned of maintaining discretion both in action and word if the situation is not to be further exaggerated" and it international

command, 100,000 strong in Northern rupt, militarists within the party with about a score of difficult tuine, made to supply milk for children reservation in the minds of all those ments

Shansi in readiness for operations. Yenmunkwan is now heavily forti- fied by Shansi troops.

The Hankow lenders met on the 26th inst. to discuss the problem of reorganising General Tang Seng Chi's remnants, most, of whom in Hunan are willing to be subject to the Hankow authorities' direction.

An unexpected military develop ment is occurring at Changsha, where it appears, that troops under the late General Chang Kuo Wei, who was some time ago suspected by and subsequently executed General Tang Seng Chi, have risen against Tang Seng Chi's troops. Changsha is in great confusion.

General Tan Yan Kai lagraph- ed to Hankow requesting Li Chung Jep and Bei Chung Hsi to proceed to Nanking before the end of this month to attend the 4th Kuomin- tang Conference.

THE SITUATION AT HANKOW.

INAVAL WIRELESS.]

HANROW, Nov. 7th. The situation is not satisfactory. The military leaders are still quar- relling among themselves as to the appointment of each one's nominee to lucrative, posts. This friction may lead to a break with Nanking-

ITALIAN CAPTAIN

ARRESTED.

SEQUEL TO A COLLISION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

But at present they still had those who set up a sphere of influence themselves in utilising the Kuomin tang as a camouflage to cultivate their own ends; so they must unite to eradicate them in order that the unification of the Kuomintang might be upheld and the Chinese people

freed.

In analysing General Bei's speech. it is apparent that he is expressing bis resentment towards the present Canton régime,

FENG YU HSIANG.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.]

HANKOW, Nov. 27th Feng Yu Hsiang's. subordinate, Fang Tsin Wu, is reported to have ordered Yang Sen to withdraw his army from Shasi to Szechuan,"

B.A.T. LAUNCHES.

BEING ATTACKED "BY PICKETS.

NAVAL GUARDS ON THE LOOK.OUT.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rear, Nov. 28th.

28149 miles per hour and was maintained for forty-six minutes:

INDIAN BOYCOTT OF

COMMISSION,

A BOMBAY LEADER'S' VIEWS.

【THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.]

VISCOUNT ISHII.

RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED.

(THROUGH LEUTEE'S AGENCY.].

Toxro; Nov. 28th. BOMBAY, Nov. 27th.

Viscount Ishii, Japanese Ambas Mr. Jinnah, the leader of the Independent party in the Legizin-sador to Paris, has resigned. tive Assembly, interviewed by Viscount Ishii has been Ambas Reuter, declared that India couldsador to France since 1920. He was not share the work of the Statutory Minister of Foreign Affairs at Commission in any form, or for Tokyo in 1915-16, and Special En any time, because it was a complete roy to the United States in 1917 negation of India's status as a

In 1900 Viscount. Ishii was First partner.

Secretary in the Japanese Legation at Peking. He is 61 year old.].

Khilafat Decision.

NEW DELHI, Nov. 27th. The working committee of the Central Khilafat Committee has

resolved to present an address of

welcome to the Amir of Afghanis- tan at Bombay, and also to support the complete boycott of the Statu- tory. Commission.

AUSTRALIAN WATERSIDE

DISPUTE. OWNERS? TERMS REJECTED.

[THROUGH REUTER''AGENCY.]

MELBOURNE, Nov. 27th.

VIENNA SENSATION.

AN ACTOR'S DRAMATIC

ACTION.

(THROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

VIENNA, Nov. 28th.

sympathy is not to be alienated.

:

[FARLIER TELEGRAMS.]'

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Kovno, Nov. 27th. Reports of a revolution here, and the deposition of the Government, are unfounded.

Poland Blamed,

Condemned To Death. The public, in spite of a mass of testimony showing that Dieudonne was at Sancy on the day on which the bank manager was held up and murdered in the Rue Ordener, cried for blood, and Dieudonne was condemned to death. He star ed the guillotine kaife in the face for monthe, and was finally sent to Devil's Island for life. He tri time after tire, and when he and ed to escape from this, hell-hole five others finally succeeded in

March of this year they had a ter- rible experience.

They were wrecked on the Bruzi- Ulian coast after a month's trip in small sailing boat through rag- ing

and The Observer to-day remarks that

stormy

shark-infested water, and one of them, named Russian participation transforms

Neveu, was caught in the quick- next Wednesday's, event into the

sands and the others were unable to rescue him. The five other con... first clear opportunity for effective

victs were compelled to watch him progress towards teebaical disarma.

all day long as he screamed and ment on land. The statement made

struggled to free himself, but he by Sir Austen Chamberlain last

sank deeper and deeper and even- Thursday, when the subject of, dis-

tually disappeared from sight.. Three of the remaining men, who artnament was debated in the House

BERLIN, NOV. 27th. were too sick to go any farther, of Commicas, has left the world

were left behind to be picked up Replying to a telegram request by the natives, who sent them back with no excuse for misunderstanding his opinion on the situation in to the penal settlement, ng Great Britain's policy, The Lithuania, M. Valdemaras, the Dieudoane and another man push- Protocol has been buried as a Lithuanian Prime Minister, has ed forward through the Brazilian tactical mistake, but any effective telegraphed to Reuter's correspon- jungle for weeks fighting fevers, means to peace and disariament dent at Berlin declaring that serpents, quicksands, and other

civilised district will be supported by intense British there is overwhelming evidence dangers, until they reached a that certain persons who had fed The French Minister of Justice from Lithuania, after the attempted at first demanded Dieudonne's ex- sincerity

revolution at Tauroggen in Septem- tradition, but there was such an. ber last year, are being used by the outburst of indignation that he Polish Government to organise ́ ́n

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] The British Delegation.

LONDON, Nov. 25th. The first section of the British Delegation for Geneva left London

ال

bat

revolution against the Lithuanian agreed to examine the records of the trini. He then came to the Government,

"conclusion that Dieudonne was Vilna's Status.

"completely innocent, and granted Valdemaras emphasises that no him a full pardon. The assailant of the Mayor of this morning i Paris. It,includ party in Lithuania is ready to Vienna (Dr. Seite) who is nameded Lord Cushenden (formerly Mr. renounce Vilna to Poland. Strehinger, said that he belonged Ronald McNeill) who will repre

He is ready to resume normál A "WHAT PRICE GLORY"

ACTOR. to no political party, and had no sent Britain on the Disarmament relations with Poland, when a satis accomplice.

factory agreement is reached with

shows readiness to respect the ing dependence of Lithuania..

Officers Arrested.

HIS NOSE.

He explained that he attempted Commission, and Sir Henry regard to Vilaa, and when Poland NOT ALLOWED TO IMPROVE It is feared that both overseas to kill the Mayor for the purpose of Strakosch. and inter-State shipping will be drawing the attention of the world further seriously dislocated as the to the deplorable condition of the A message from" Shanghai states result of resolution passed by the people of "Austria, for which he that the naval guards are protect waterside workers on Saturday, re-blained foreign countries. ing the launches of the British-fusing to accept the owners' terms. American Tobacco Company, frons particularly if the latter resort to attacks by armed labour pickets. the establishment of a free Inbour

bureaux.

The waterside men have, however, decided to notify the owners that THE LATE M. BRATIANO. they are still prepared to negotiate an agreement covering every phase of the industry.

IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL AT

BUCHAREST.

BUCHAREST, Nov. 27th.

The State funeral of the Inte M. Bratiano was attended. by delega tions from all countrics,

Flags wore half-masted all over the city, and the lamp-posts were draped with crepe.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27th. Recalling the Lotus case of Sep- tember last year, when the French Vessel Lotus was detained after a collision with a Turkish ship, and

The funeral service in the great the navigating officer arrested, though it was proved that the latter hall of the Athenaeum was attend. réssel was to blame, an Italian ed by the family of H. Bratiano, steamer leaving Mersing recently by the Royal family, the Regency collided and tank a sailing ship, members, and all the one of the Turkish crew of which dignitaries and diplomats. was drowned.

The captain of this Italian steamer has now been arrested by order of the Turkish judicial au- thorities, who considered the no cident due to the faulty handling of the steamer.

State

THE JOHANNESBURG MURDER.

A NATIVE DETAINED BY THE POLICE.

(THROOOH RKUTBE's AGENCY.]

JOANNESBURG, Nov. 27th. Thousands of persons this after- noon visited the scene of Iren

One native Kanthack's murder. bas, now been detained, pending the investigation of bloodstains found on his clothing.

After this the coffin was taken in

[Irene Kanthack was the 18-year- a guncarriage, and followed by the cortege to the station, where it was old daughter of a distinguished. placed aboard a train for the Liverpool engineer: She had been Bratiano estate at Florice, where missing since November 24th and it will be buried in the family her body was found three days

later.] vault.

ITALY - AND "ALBANIA,

ENTHUSIASM OF ALBANIANS

· FOR THE TREATY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TIRANA, Nov. 27th. There were scenes of the greatest enthusiasm in the Chamber of Deputies when they unanimously ratified the Italo-Allanian treaty."

F

BRITAIN'S VISITORS FROM IRAK.

KING FEISAL GOING TO ROMES

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Nov. 27th. Jafar Pasha, the Premier of Irak, left London this morning on his return to Baghdad.

King Feiss) of Irak will leave

London for Rome next week.

The latter will deal with the Greek, Finnish and Bulgarian questions, now before the Council.

Lord Cushenden, Interviewed by Reuter, said that he anticipated that the Disarmament Commission would deal with only one question, "namely, the establishing of a Becurity Committee. He would return to London in a week, and Bir Austen Chamberlain would go. 'to Geneva next: Saturday to attend to Council work, which is expected to a last a week or ten days.

EXPRESS DERAILED IN BELGIUM.

FIVE COACHES OVER- "

TURNED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 27th. The Brussels-Calais express WILS derailed when entering the station Chislenghien, north-east Mons, and in the crash a child was killed and a woman injured.

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Five coaches overturned, in the express disaster. The child was not killed, but seriously injured, also its mother. Six other persons had minor injuries.

RIGA, Nov. 27th. Some 20 to 30 disloyal cfficers are reported to have been arrested at Kovan, where all is quies, but the atmosphere is tense.

The majority of the army at pre- scat are supporting the Govern

ment..

France Interested.

NEW YORK, October 30th. Hollywood has had recourse to the Superior Court to prevent a popular actor from changing the shape of his nose.

The result of its action, which is unique in the history of litigation, was a temporary injunction by the terms of which Mr. Louis Wolheim will be guilty of contempt of court if he attempts to tamper with his proboscis before to-morrow week.... PARIS, Nov. 27th. Mr. Walheim has what is describ The Polono-Lithuanian situationed as a mie-shapen nose, and as the remains obscure, as viewed from result of it a hard boiled" face, Paris. The French Government. to which the United Artists Cor- however, is convinced that Poland poration, to whom he is under co- will not take any step Hikely to tract, attribute his success as "The disturb the pence on the eve of a Hairy Ape and as Captain Flingg discussion of the Vilna question by in the American war film" What the League Council.

Price Glory?"

But be aspires to more romantie Meanwhile the attitude of the impersonations. Recently, he an German Government is considered nounced his intention of visiting satisfactory. The French Ambas famous plastic surgeon to have his sador at Berlin has informed the nose modified. The United Artists Quai D'Orsay that Herr Stress Corporation, however, declared that mann is determined to act in the proposed surgical operation conciliatory capacity alongside M. would jeopardise the success of a Briand and Bir Austen Chamber new film on which £200,000 has

already been expended. ghe

lain.

The court Axed to-morrow week as: French circles are of the opinion that the Soviet Note to Poland is the date on which Mr. Wolhein designed for theatrical effect. It may, if he chooses, appear to show has not caused any sensation in cause why the Injunction shall not Paris.

be made permanent.