T. V. SOONG SETS OUT TO REMEDY
KUOMINTANG FINANCES.
CHOCHOW SIEGE RAISED.
FENGTIENESE AND "CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S " TROOPS ABOUT TO MEET.
NANKING GOVERNMENT “BUY OVER' TWO DIVISIONAL COMMANDERS.
Mr. T. V. Soong has entered upon his old post of Finance Minister and, in an interview with Pressmen, mentions plans by which he hopes to remedy the Nationalist Government's finances. After holding out for a long while, Choehow is again in the hands of the Fengtienese.
MR. T. V. SOONG AS FINANCE MINISTER.
Wah I'm Fat Puo.)
SHANGHAI, Jan. Sth. Mr. T. Soong, with adue cere- mony, assumed the office of Finan cial Minister, of the Yanking Government resterday.
When interviewed by Pressuien, he said that at present the monthly receipts and expenditure of the Central Government were adversely, balanced; the total receipts from within the all revenue sources reach of the Central Government monthly about $3,000,000 while the
the expenditure of correspoading ter $11.000.000. He intends to reform the taxation systems in Chekiang and Kiangsu so that in two or three mouths it is expected that taxes from these two provinces will be increased to the nineunt of $10,000,000 In addition all other fevenue stations directly" subject to the Nanking Government will be thuroughly retenued.
were
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over
CHOCHOW'S SIEGE-RAISED. "FOOD SUPPLIES FOR STARV:
ING. INHABITANTS,
(THROCGH KKUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEKING, Jan. 7th. The Shansi General Fu Tsun Yi opened the gates of Chochow city Friday afternoon, Feugtien troops taking over control of the city and removing the defender General to Paotingfu.
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The burial of many dead has! begun.
Food supplies for the starving inhabitants are being taken in
40 miles south of [Choehow is Reking On
97th
Reuter December cabled:-Negotiations are proceed- ing for the Shausi evacuation of Chochow, and it is believed that the Fergien faction will pay the Shansi-ites for their surrender and also pay the townsfolk for the damage done during the siege.]
"CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S"
DRIVE ON PEKING.. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]
PEKING, Jan. 7th.
TROOPS ABOUT TO MEET.
THE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1928.
MR. BALDWIN - ON" CHINA.
THE DEFENCE FORCE.
"PROBABLY SAVED. LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE PEOPLE."
NO WITHDRAWAL WHILE
LIVES IMPERILLED. "
(THROUGH REUTER'S "AGENCY.)
LONDON, January 8th. Addressing his Bewdley con atituents, Mr. Baldwin, referring to Chins, said the whole world con ceded that the Shanghai Defence Force probably saved the lives of Ec thousands of white people. hope that it would be possible in | FENGTIENESE AND FENG'S time to withdraw the force but not if the withdrawal imperilled the lives of our own people. There was a slight improvement in China, namely, in the Chinese shaking off Soviet control. As they did that SHANGHAI, Jan 8th. less noticeable. Feeling was more The Fengtienese troops are anti-foreign than anti-British and there were signs that even that was vancing to Chichow, in Southern weakening. Chihli, and a clash with Marshal Feng Yu Heiang's troops is immin- ect..
(Wah Tu Fat Pau.)
The terms for the surrender of Chochow to the Fengnenere, having been concluded, the shansi com-
ander. General Fu Chuca Yi, ordered the reopening of the city gates on the 6th inst.
reinforcemente Marshal Feng's for the northern front, from Kaifeng and Chengchow have concentrated at Fengu In the direction of the Lungha Railway, his main forces are concentrating at Lanteng.
DRAMATIC SCENE THE WORLD'S SHIP.
IN SHANGHAI.
KIDNAPPING GANGSTER DEFIES THE POLICE.
ALL-NIGHT. BATTLE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BUILDING.
WHAT LLOYD'S REURNS REVEAL.
(TRNOUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, January 6th Lloyd's shipbuilding returns for the quarter, ended December 31st, show worldwide improvement in shipbuilding, the world figures being 3,116,791 tons.
SHANGHAI, January 8th. Yesterday afternoon, acting oo Chiness detectives information as to the whereabouts of a daring gang
The figures for Grent Britain and of kidnappers, who were holding a
an $80,000 Ireland are double those of Decem Chinese youth for ransom, the Municipal Police sur-ber, 1925, namely, 1,579,713 tons now building, of which over 900,000 rounded and brake into a house i have been registered in the Domin- the Wayside district, released the captive and captured two of the ions. gang, one of whom was seriously wounded. The third was chased on to the roof and eventually leaped into a sight foot passage, where he took refuge in an attic and open ed fire on his pursuers. He held out all night despite the efforts of the police, reserve specials, riot Brigade to dislodge him by the use of numerous milla bombs, tear gas bombs, sniping, and machine-gun fire completely wrecking the attic but failing to defeat the gangster.
Several of the attackers had very narrow escapes from the gangster's bullets.
Germany is building 479,995 tons, Italy, Holland, France and Sweden over 100,000 ters, but in unty is the tonnage commenced during the quarter sufficient to replace the There has been a remarkable in- tonnage launched, crease in tanker construction, which
THE RIVER THAMES OVERFLOWS
ITS BANKS.
LONDON'S LOW.LYING DISTRICTS SUFFER SERIOUSLY.
TWENTY FATALITIES: FOUR GIRLS OF ONE
FAMILY DROWNED.
THE EMBANKMENT, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, TÁTE GALLERY, THE TOWER AND MANY OTHER
WELL-KNOWN PLACES FLOODED.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, January 7th. The Thames suddenly overflowed its banks in London. Eleven per- sons have been trapped in the base. ments in the low-fring districts of Lambeth, and drowned.
LATER.
Many volunteers in evening dress gave great assistance and people from the flooded streets, often wrap- blankets, were taken in private ped only in their night-clothes and
Policemen and others rode horses cars to hospitals, and institutions... bareback through the water to take children from windows to safety.
Your Girls Of One Family Drowned.
the anti-British ery would be far squad, saiping aquad and Fire represents nearly 24 per cent. of overhowed its banks in London house. in. Grosvenor Road, four
FIRMS' SWISS
FUSION.
MESSRS. PETER, CAILLER. KOHLER AND NESTLE.
(THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.]
VEVEY, January 8th The
"Mesara. chocolate firms, Peter, Cailler, and Kabler are. negotiating a fusion with Messra. Nestle on a basis of the exchange of four Peter, Cailler and Kohler shares for one of Nestle.
JAPAN'S TRADE. ADVERSE BALANCE IN 1927. OFFICIAL FIGURES.
(THROUGH AIUTER'S AGENCY.]
TOKYO, Jan. 7th.
According to. a telegram from Hankow, Li Ben Hsiu, unazese General, has increased his troops stationed at Yochow with the ap- Parent intention of strengthening his defence against the Hupeh in vaders. General Bei Tsung Hisi, of the Hankow regime, has mobilized his forces to march towards Yo- chow, and Commodore. Chen. Skiu Fan, romhanding the. Yangtze Fleet, has despatched two cruisery. The Finance Ministry has puh to sintch for active service. lished, the trade figures for last General Yang Sen is not trusted rear showing exports 1,992,000,000 the Nanking Government anden and imports 2,177,000,000 yen. General Bei Tsung Hs petitioned Compared with the previous year the Yanking Government to issue the exports decreased by 62,000,000 an order to arrest him. He accuses yen and the imports decreased by General Yang as being vriminal in 109,000,000 yen. harbouring Wu Pei Fu.
Two division commanders under General Yang
been Sen have bought over by the Nanking Gov
troops Their ernment. stationed at Wanhsien..
are ΓΟΥ
DISARMING NATIONALIST
TROOPS.
[NAVAL WIRELESS.]
SHANGHAI Jan. 6th, Some of the Nationalist forces at Santao (a Chinese area adjoining the French Concession), have been disarmed, their loyalty baing ander snapicion.
J
SHASI BANDITS.
ENAVAL WILKLES.]
Snasi, Jan. 6th.
Al information received, here' Bandits are present in large num indicates that Starshal Feng Yuters in this vicinity, taking advan Hsiang (the Christian General "tage of the turmoil in political and is now near Tajan
military affairs.
On the other hand, it is reported:
General Yang Sea'a attitude to-
that he is withdrawing towards wards mujor factions is uncertain. Lunfeng.
THE MOSCOW CHINESE COLONY.
ANOTHER REPORT.
At present his 20th Army is mov. ing up the Yangtze River and it
The adverse balance decreased by 146,000,000.
LADY LAMPSON" RETURN- ING TO ENGLAND. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEKING, Jan. 7th. It is understood that Sir Miles who accompanied his Lampson, wife and child to Harbin, was yes terday visiting several important towns in Manchuria before retura- ing to Peking.
Lady Lampson is going to Eng land rid Siberia owing to her child's illness.
U.S. SUBMARINE ""' S.4."
FOUR MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
[REUTER'S. AMERICAN SERVICE)
BOSTON, Jan 7th." Four more bodies of the victims of Submarine 5.4 have been re-. covered.
CANTON'S HOSTILITY TO NANKING.
SUN FO TO JOIN KWANGst PARTY?
is reported that the 2nd Nationalist Army (under General La Ti PingOM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ¡ will move up from farther down to take Yang Sen's men's place,
"No Control." (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHAS), Jan. 7th, Reports have been received that PEKING, Jan 7th. The Waichiaopu (Peking Foreign there are 10,000 well-armed bandita Ministry) received a reply from in the area between Shasi and this Chengfin, and there is no control, Moscow Chinese Embassy morning, stating that reports that military or civil, in this region. Chinese officials had been arrested were not true, but, owing to the Canton affair the Russian authori ties bad strested certam suspicious Chinese immigrants.
YANGTSZE'S MILITARY
POSITION.
CANTON, Jan 7th.
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Finally, after midöight search lights and flares made daylight of the scene, while pickets watched till 8 o'clock this morning, when five picked foreign police rushed the staircase and gained the attic.
The gangster fired his last shot, wounding Inspector Watson in the leg. and then collapsed a corpse riddled with bullets and with 15 wounds.
SOLDIERS BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE.
ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
(THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS. January 8th.
A telegram from Briancon, states that a senior subaltern has been Killed and a number of officers of the Chasseurs Alpins injured some seriously-by being buried in an avalanche while performing military exercises on skis.
the total world tonnage under con
struction.
Shipowners are favouring more and more motor-ships which repre- sent 41 per cent. of the total build ing in Britain and Ireland and ever 62 per cent, of the total abroad.
BOMBAY MILLS'
STRIKE.
18,000 WORKERS IDLE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BOXDAY, January 8th The strike at the mills has spread. to nine mills, which have closed down. Two others are partially working. Nearly 18,000 workers are idle.
·BRITISH MINERS' UNION.
A LOAN FROM RUSSIAN UNIONS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
RIGA, January 8th.. A telegram from Moscow states that the Russian unions have aeced. BOMBS AT A FIRE-ed to the request of the British
WORKS DISPLAY.
SEVERAL FATALITIES. :
· [THKOCOK' HEUTER'S AGENCY.]
P
LONDON, January 8th. A telegram-from-Madrid states that a dozen persons were injured, several fatally, at a fireworks dis play at Ringo du Cordoba, as.a result unknown persons hurling bombs into the crowd. The motive is believed to be political.
JAPANESE EMPEROR'S BROTHER ENGAGED.
TO WED AMBASSADOR'S
DAUGHTER.
(THROUGH RENTER'S AGENCY.1
TOTO, January 7th. The report that Prince Chichibu, the Emperor of Japan's brother, has become engaged to Setsu, daughter of Mr. Matsudaira, the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, has been confirmed.
Miners' Union to lend it £50,000, without interest, to pay debts in- curred daring the the strike.
HELPING DISTRESSED
UNEMPLOYED.
FACILITATING TRANSFER OF
MINERS.
A USEFUL SCHEME.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
Numbers Of People Trapped. The Thames, which was in heaviest spate following the great thaw, in the early hours of the morning and inundated the low-lying diatrists of the city. It brought a night of terror and tragedy along the north bank between Lambeth and Vaux- hall bridges.
Numbers of people were trapped in the basement of houses. Eleven
are so far known to have been drowned.
The embankment was dooded from Binckfriars to Westminster.,
Casualties occurred among people sleeping in basements, and is one girls at one family were drowned. over London were rushed to the Firemen and engines from all
seche to engage in roseus work and pump the water from the base- ments. The sudden rush of water in many cases filled rooms to the ceilings.
About two o'clock, 'the waters
families who had left their houses began to subside and hundreds, of On the first rush of the waters the were able to return. They speak of many gallant acts of Bremen, police police hurried to warn the sleeping and helpers, including one woman occupants of houses in Lambeth. who swam into deep area, smash- Parents hastily grabbed their childed a window and dragged one ren and ran before the advancing invalid and children from the base flood. The majority reached safety in streets away from the river, Others, however, were trapped by the rising waters.
ment...
Railway Services were interfered The early morning Underground
with by water bit these were work- ing "Dormally before business hours to-day..
also experienced
Floods
were
"Appalling Buddenness." The Thames waters rose, with❘ appalling suddenness
Several policemen giving the higher up the river at Richmond, alarm, were swept off their feet. Twickenham, and Kew, and at The river broke the parapet in Strood. on the River Medway. several places and scattered it. The which also overflowed its banks street waters invaded the houses during the night. of Parliament and the Tute Gallery, and washed out the watchman from the latter, building.
(THROUGH REVTER'S AGENCY.] A Terrible Tragedy.
LONDON, January 8th. Horacs were used in the West- minster district to carry marooned The most pathetic feature of the people to safety. Firemen were disaster was the drowning in a base engaged all night long pumping out ment bedroom in Vauxhall of four water from the basements.
sisters, aged 18, 18, 7 and 3, réapec- Restrictions of the electric rail-tively. The father heard cries of help war services were caused by the and desperately tried for an hour to partial flooding of the power house. reach them but the water was level The floods reached their height at with the top of the basement door. two o'clock in the morning, after which could not be opened, He was
which the river began to recede.
The Death Roll.
The Thames death roll at the end of the morning was 20, namely 13 in the Westminster aren, two in Putney, two in Hammersmith, and one in Hurlingham.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE. ] London Rivärsida Districts
----Flooded.
BUGBY, January 7th.
The London riverside district, from Hammersmith to Southend were flooded in the early hours of this morning by an abnormally high tide meeting the flood waters of the river.
High tide was due at 1:30 and about an hour before then the Thames began to overflow its banks into the low-lying areas in the City of Westminster, Southwark and Deptford. The tide was estimated to be six feet above normal.
RUGBY, January 6th, It is announced that the Minister of Labour has appointed an Indus trial Transference Board, consisting of Sir Warren, Fisher, Sir John Cadman and Sir David Shacleton, The water made its way over the to facilitate the transfer of work- terrace of the Houses of Parliament ers, particularly miners, for whot and lawns surrounding the build. opportunities of employment in their ings, through the underground pas own district or occupation are no longer available."
GOVERNORSHIP OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
[CITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
RUGBY, January 7th. HM the King has approved the appointment of Colonel, the Hon. Alexander Hore Ruthven, V.C., to be Governor of South Australia in succession to Lieut.-General Sir Tom Bridges.
[Colonel Ruthven is the second son of Baron Ruthven. He was military secretary to the Governor General of Australia in 1808. He has had a distinguished military career.]
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SELVICE] American Public Interested.
WASHINGTON, January 6th. The country is alive with interest in the news of the engagement of Prince Chichibu and Miss Setsu The coming Nanking Nationalist and the people are not slow to Government may be without Can-appreciate the romantic element tonese representation at all. It is of the union of a member of royalty and a commoner. Moreover, they that the Cantonese understood members of the West Hill Clique suspect the romance had its incep- Sua Fo, C. C. Wa. Hu Han Min, tion in America. Setsu is still only and others will not join it but are in her sixteenth year, and is ac- applying for admission to the knowledged to be one of the most Kwangs party now in power in popular maidens in diplomatic Canton.. It is expected that the circles. Kwangsi group will be quite ready (THROUGH LECTER'S AGENCY.] to welcome thera. The procedure
Ambassador's Daughter Weds. is as follows: Mr. Sun and others
TOKYO, January 7th. have announced that they are going
Prince Chichibu, Princess Higashi abroad to study political science and this is expected to produce an Fushima, and the Premier (Baron invitation to the effect that "Can-Tanaka) were among the
prominent personages who attended the ton needs you."
General Chiang Kai Shek, who is the wedding breakfast, following again to be commander-in-chief of the wedding of Elizabeth, daughter eneral Yang Son is withdrawing will have the support of his two
the Nationalist Army in Nanking. of the British Ambassador, to Cap-
tain Gwyn, 14th Punjabis. his troops from Shasi so the river, brothers-in-law. Mr. T. Y. Soong.ervice, which was held according
Towards the end of the religious tion and he himself has moved to Wan the brother of Mrs. Mayling Soong. двіеп.
General Chiang's wife, will to Catholic rites, the Apostolie Dele Chiang, it appears From these movements
become Minister of Finance; and gate who conducted the ceremony, likely that General Pei Tung Hai Dr. H. H. Kung, husband of Mrs. read a cable conveying His Holiness and Hu Chung Tu, and 4 Chung
will be the Pope's blessing on the newly Jeu, who are now in power at Han Chiang's eldest sister, kuw, may declare their indepen. Minister of Agriculture and Labour, married couple.
Canton Tired Of The Northern dence from Nanking, but they still
Expedition.
(SAYAL WIRELESS:]
Note: A telegram was received on Thursday as follows:-Moscow mez- sages reaching Peking" state that the Chinese Colony there is become:
SHANGHAI, Jan. 7th. ang alarined following the reported
The military position on of the Chinese Charge Arrests d'Affaires, two Embassy officials, Yangraze remains distinctly 30 students afil 50 graduates of the settled. Sun Yat Sen University by the Ubeka, presumably as retaliation
for the Canton executions.]
THE WUHU BOYCOTT.
· [HAVAL WIRELESS. ]
Woxu, Jad, 7th.
An attempted boycott of British goods is being made at Wohu.
TANG SENG CHI.
{NAVAL WIRELESS.)
SHANGHAI, Jan 7th.
It is reported that Tang Seng Chi has returned from Japan and is now making his way vid Kwang. tung into Southern Hunas.
un-
have to contend with General Ho Chien, the Hunanese "Commander. While Canton is under
the
many
sages and out into Paince Yard and Parliament Square
41
finally forced to leave them in order to extricate his wife and others in
upstairs room.
One of the drowned girls was a champion swimmer.
Repairing Breeched Abutments.
Advantage was taken at low tide to repair the breached Thames abutments, The entrances to all streets were barricaded with heavy clay and earth fortifications, con solidated piles and sandbags.
Dwellers stuffed up cracks in doors and windows and remained o'clock on Sunday morning, astir until high tide receded at 3
Further danger has temporarily passed, but scores of tenements are uzinhabitable, and their contents ined through yesterday's inun-
diation.
Thames-side. municipalities and other organisations have constitut- ed Relief Committees to provide food and shelter for the crowds of refugees who are sleeping in two halls in Westminster Cathedral, which is built on comparatively
high ground, and is one of the few buildings in the neighbourhood to keep dry.
At Cleopatra's Needle, on the
Danger Until Tuesday. Embankment, the tide broke into the roadway and across it into the The Port of London authority has Temple Gardens, and other notable issued a warning that the danger buildings reached included the Tate of flooding in the Thames Valley Gallery, Lots Road Power Station will exist till Tuesday when the in Chelsea, Waterloo and Saint tiles will begin to fall. A repeti-. Thomas's Hospitals, and Woolwich tion of last night's flood, therefore, tide Arsenal, although it is believed that is possible as yesterday night's no great damage was done at any of rose over six feet above the predict-
ed height. It was in the flooded streets of The notable buildings. flooded in- these places. thickly inlrabited areas where the cluded the House of Parliament, brunt of the disaster was felt, and Tower of London, Tate Gallery, at least nine people lost their lives Waterloo Hospital, St. Thomas's. and several others are still missing. Hospital, Blackwall Tunnel Chel- and Woolwich People were asleep in these streets sea Powerhouse
Thousands of pounds damage was when the danger became apparent. Arsenal. Policemen with the help of volun. teers aroused the inhabitants, some. done at the Tate Gallery and
numerous Turner sketches times wading through, water up to
ruined in ten feet of water. the waist to do so.
MOSCOW'S TEXTILE MILLS.
GOLD PRODUCTION. : U.S. OUTPUT DECREASED IN 1927.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE),
A SEVEN-HOUR-DAY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7th." The United States gold produc-
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY). for 1927 Was, valued at 845,000,000 being 83,123,000 below
Moscow, Jan. 7th. The Government commission has 1998.
The silver production decreased decided to enforce a seven-tour-day in fifteen hig textile enterprises, by 4,000,000 ounces
thereby alsorbing 17,000 zidne work- FRANCE'S GOLD STANDARD. men. NEW YORK BANKS' LOANS.CONSIGNMENT FROM NEW
(REUTZA'S AMERICAN SERVICE.].. WASHINGTON, January 7th. Loans to brokers and "dealers
YORK,
[IHROUGH. REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, Jan. 7th.
at Changtu, with whom they have Kwangai regime the city will have failed to come to terms, and con- nothing to do with the Nanking siderable troop movements up the Nationalist Government, and this
A French finer has brought to river from Hankow may be for this may mean a monthly saying of two field by the New York reserve purpose.
million dollars Canton is only too member banks have reached the Le Havre from New York à con There appears to be some intri-anxious to be free of any respon- unprecedented height of Gold signment of ten million dollars of gue meditated against Chiang Kai sibility for the Northern Expedition 3,810,000,000, which is approximate-gold bullion which was immediately sent to. Paris where the bank of ly Gold $1,000,000,000 more than on Shek, and his position may become and needs all the money" she can
France received it very difficult,
January 1st, 1927. raise for local purposes.
LINDPERCH'S “GOODWILL
FLIGHT."
[THROUGH ÄKUTER's agency.]
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, January 8th
from Lindburgh has arrived Mangus, completing the sixth neo- tion of his Central American good will flight.
.
A LANDSLIDE. ROAD BLOCKED ON PENINSULA.
wore
Owing apparently to the rain of yesterday, there was a landslide between Taun. Wan and Castle Feak, completely blocked the road at the point in question.
WEATHER REPORT.
MORE RAIN EXPECTED, Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal. Observatory at 6.30p.m.). stated:-
The anti-cyclone is central over south-west Japan. A depression is shown. over Indo-China.
Local Forecast: South-East winds, moderate, generally over eat, some rain.
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