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CHIANG KAI SHEK ESTABLISHING

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HEADQUARTERS TO RENEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST

NORTH.

EX-CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S TROOPS ADVANCING

IN HONAN.

FENGTIEN LEADERS ADMIT ́ ́ DISTURBANCE

HAPPENED AT CHANGTEHFU.

CITY REPORTED, IN HANDS OF FENG'S TROOPS.

IS CHANG TSO LIN AIMING

PRESIDENCY?

AT THE

Marshat thing, according to the native Press, has establisheri his headquarters tat Nanking presumably) and has made several staff appointments with in view to an early resumption of his ear. paign against the Fengsienese. He has also issued a statement to the effect that the Kuomintang bas now no longer any connection whatever with the Russians or Communists and that China. " must stand independently and fight her way through."

The ex-Christian General's troops are advancing in Honani, and Reuter reports that they, in conjunction with the Heavenly Gate have been engaging in hostilities with Chibli-Shantung Society troops. An unconfirmed report states that Marshal Feng's troops have occupied Chengtehfu. The Fengtieness admit that there has heen disturbance at that important Hanun city.

The latest news of the much-discussed National Conference at Nanking" is that it may be held shortly after the New Year's Day.

News to hand from Peking states that there is at present a gathering of Fengtienese, lendera which seems to give colour to, the rumour that Chang Tso Lin the Presidency."

NEW NATIONALIST ARMY STAFF APPOINTMENTS.

is shorth pentioning to assume

MARSHAL CHIANG AND RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS.

(Wah Keung P.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19th,

MR. MARDY JONES,

M.P.

"STUDYING LABOUR CONDI. TIONS IN THE EAST.

NOT WANTED IN JAVA.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

BRITISH NAVAL PROGRAMME.

ONLY TWO CRUISERS TO BE

BUILT THIS YEAR. "

SIX_MILLIONS. SAVED.

(THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, January 17th, The shipping world understands that the British Naval programime for 1928 and 1920 includes only two cegiers, and also nine destroyers and six submarines.

SINGAPORE, Jan. 18th. The Labour M.P.. Mr. Mardy

a wast Jones, has departed in bound steamer for Batavia. Mr. Mardy Jones, who has been startly ing inhour conditions in the Ben-

The Cabinet's decision that only gal coalfields and elsewhere, ad- there cruisers should be began in years, instead of six dressed the All-India Trade Urdon Congress at Cawnpore and attend stipulated in the five year pro- ed the All-India Congress at gramme accepted by the Govern Madras in December. He was potent three years age will result in permitted to land in Jaya incass the saying of £6,000,000, sterling

the twa

in the next four years,

LATER.

an Mix: he is alleged to be sary of a league against colonial

The Cabinet's new decision means oppression. The Javnese Govern that only twa 8,000-ton cruisers will inant notified the Dutch Governe laid down in 1999 instead of ment that no representative of that there. league, of whatever nationality, will be admitted into the counery

CONFLAGRATIONS

IN U.S. CAPITAL.

EXTRAORDINARY SERIES OF

OUTBREAKS.

THROUGH AMERICAN SERVICE]

Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17th.

experienced its greatest scare of event years when an unprecedented series of fires take out all over the city in the course of last night.

LANCASHIRE COTTON CRISIS

WORKERS REJECT EMPLOY- ERS' PROPOSALS.

IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.

(THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, January 17th. A great concerted effort to remedy the grave "depression in the Lanca- shire cotton industry began at Man- chester "to-day, when forly repre sentatives of the employers and a hundred representatives of the half million workers "jointly and pri vately considered the proposale të

1928+

ITALIAN MILITARY OIL

OPERATIONS.

COMPANIES VARIANCE.

AT NEW

YORK SOCIETY WEDDING.

BRUSH WITH TRIBESMEN IN THE ROYAL DUTCH RETORTS NEWSPAPER REPORTER TO

EASTERN SYRIA.

REGION COMPLETELY

OCCUPIED.

THROUGH RYUTER'S AGENCY.)

ROME, Jan. 17th. As the result of Italian military operations in the Cyrenaica region, Eastern Syria has been completely occupied and organised by the military, this ensuring the ter ritorial union of the two colonies Benghazi and Tripali.

Rebellious Mogarba tribesmen wer driven southward in disorder, leaving 100 dead and 400 prisoners with mang thousands of sheep, cnels and much other property,

The Italian Air Force participat

[REUTER'S AMERIDAN SERVICE}

MARRY FINANCIER'S DAUGHTER.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE

NEW YORK, Jan. 17th. The o controversy between the Standard Oil Company and the

New Yox, Jan. 17th: Royal Dutch Shell group, follow-

The engagement is announced of ing Sir Henri Deterding's criti-Miss Margaret Kahn, the daughter eisms of the Secony policy in pur- of the famous financier, Otto Kahn, chasing oil from Russin as “against to Jobu Barry Ryan, a twenty- ty and trade seven-year-old newspaper reporter, the interests of hum honesty," has been carried' a stage who is the grandson of the finan

eier, Thomas Fortune Ryan, farther by the categorical, state-

Issued by the American' ment spokesman of the Royal Dutch Com pany, declaring that the Royal

intends

fight the Dutch Standard Oit in any country to which the latter ships stolen goods."

to

Russian

ed in the operations in which the THE ESPIONAGE TRIAL, AT Italian casualties were nine killed and fourteen wounded.

THE ENTOMBED AMERICAN MINERS.

ALL RESCUED.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

SHEPITON, PA., Jan. 18th. The zine entombed mus in the Lehigh Vally mine have been

rescued.

VISCOUNTY FOR LORD

BYNG..

OLD BAILEY.

"EXTRAORDINARY PRECAT. TIONS AND ABSOLUTE

SECRECY

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

"THE BEST ABERDEEN STORY."

£300,000 INCREASE IN SAVINGS.

WORKERS THRIFT A LESSON TO GOVERNMENT.

ÅBERDEEN. Mr. F. H. Rose, M.P. for North Aberdeen, speaking this afternoon at the annual meeting of the Aber- deen Savings Bank, which increas ed its funds during the year by £310,695, and has now total funds of £6,400,000, emphasised the con- trast between "the efforts of the working-class people to do the with right and prudent thing." the "extravagance that charac- terises the working of your high in the facial adminstrators Beans, January 17th.

Ilouse of Commons. He found in The trial of Thomas McCartney, the report on the classification of a British subject, and the German new depositors that amongst work- student, George Hansen, on charges men, labourers, and so forth the average cum deposited was some- of espionage was continued at the thing less than £20. How they Central Criminal Court to-day."

managed to save something out of next door to nothing was one of Extraordinary precautions to ob

the examples of self-abnegation tain absolute secrecy were taken.

and of prudens virtue which might For nearly two hours the evidence, be copied by those who sat in was heard in camera, This pro-higher places." (Applause).

Mr. Rowe spoke of how in the erdure, which is very rare in British House of Commons seventy, eighty eriminal trials, is sinctioned by or a hundred million pounds were the judge only for reasons of State. voted away without a word of The decision to close the Court to discussion and without a thought the public was reached after the serutiny or examination," and said that when he came to that evidence given by Major-General | "micting and saw in vivid colours Bonham-Carter, Director of Staff and in conspicuous outline "the contrast between the workers try- Duties at the War Offer.

ing to do the right thing and emphasised the pressity of not their rmresentative deliberately Ho Ying Yam, Coinmander so the way through. As to the Kuomin-maraing alarms were sedr ous from

Viscount Byng's honour was publishing the statements of the doing the wrong thing" he felt 1st Route Ariny: Li Chung Jen tang, matters internally and exter- fall parts.

There were four major couflagra- the finances of companied which are bestowed in 1926, when he retired four witnesses and documents which not only a sense of satisfaction and --Urth-Route-Army- Chu Pei Teh, 5th nally must be changed and in;

4 sense of ashamed reponsibility. is to engthen the ions, interspersed with a large over-capitalised as a result of the from the Governor-Generalship, nt were exhibited to judge, jury and moral profit in coming, but also Concluding. Mr. Rose said: Route Arar: Fang Chin W. 11th proved so

post-war boom, and a reduction of Canada. The delay in garetting counsel. The documents included' a oner mare, Revolu- number of smaller ones, while false

The facts that are contained in the honour is due to Viscount Route Army': Chan Tu Yuen, Chief toundation

taxation and finishing charges.

Byng's refusal to pay

the attendant questionnaire dealing with plans of tionary work must continue, and alams were numerous.

which the mover Commander of Reservists.

of the report has The workers have already clearly fees, but it is understood that these the Air Force, which had been thistle book (the bank report) sall must be

put before me are something I indicated that they are strongly have now been remitted.

shall take back with me, and when opposed to the wages and hours pro

people ask if I have any more Aberdeen stories I shall tell them this one. I have learned an Aber- deen story today that is better than all the stores I have ever heard before.” (Applause.)

(Wak Keung Pay

SHANGHAI, January 15th. SHANGHAI, January 18th..

On the 16th inst. Marshal General Chiang Kai Shek has! to-day decided to establish his head- Chiang Kai-Shek amounced that quarters so that he can renew his the Kuomintang tow had no more offensive against the North at the to do with Russians and thm- His munists, and that China must stand earliest possible moment. staff-appointments are as follows:-independently and fight her own

matters great

O

THE NANKING CONFERENCE openly dealt with

MAY OPEN SOON.

(Wah Keong Pu)

General Lung Wen, of the Yunnan Arms, has been appointed Chair- man to the Yunnan Gov-nent and General Feng Yu Briang Chairman, to the Honan Govern inent by the Nanking Chitral Gov.

SHANGHAL January 15th. The 4th Plenary Sessionont, Nan king is stil in abeyance owing toernment. the approach of the Chinese New Year. It is hoped, that the Session after New will be opened song

Year's day.

There are now 2 members in the Excentive Committee of the Nan- king Government. Though not quite in harmony with one another at present. they are trying hard Reliable reports state to unite. that there muy lau early fusion.

FENGTIENESE LEADERS ASSEMBLING IN PEKING.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. 1-

PERING, Jan. 15th. Chang Hsuch Liang and Chu Yu Pu have arrived and Sun" Chuan Fang Chang Tsung Chang and other military leaders are expected

WUHAN AND NANKING TO shortly.

RESUME HOSTILITIES.

Wok Krang Po.).

2007

SHANGHAI, January 18th. The war between Wuhan and Nanking will be reaumed. General Pei Chung Hai is atill at Poo Chi and it is reported that he ordered a general attack on the 17th inst.

THE KUOMINCHUN'S ADVANCE.

(THROUGH-REUTER'S AGENCY.]

of rumours

that

The gathering of these prominent Fengtleness is considered signif cant in view Chang Tso Lin is shortly petition ing to assume the Presidency.

TROTSKY INTERVIEWED. "THE WORLD REVOLUTION." (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Jan. 17th. The Moscow correspondent of the atates that Berliner Tageblatt Trotsky, interviewed before leav ing for Wierny yesterday, appear. ed to be quite indifferent concern ing his personal fate, saying that at least the world revolution is now progressing for the first time since general

1923.

PERING, Jan. 18th. Heavy fighting is now progress ing in the region of Changlehfu, the, Kuominchun troops, with the assistance of the "Heavenly Gate" Society, engaging with the Chibli- that a Shantung troops,

report states An unconfirmed that Changtchfu has been occupied by the Kuominchan. It is known that trains are now going no fur ther than Hantan and it is officially admitted that there has been "dis turbance at Changtehlu.

The Keominchun are also ad- vancing to the south of Tamingfa and four train-loads of Fengtien troops are being hurriedly despatch- ed to Tzecho in order to check this advance by a flanking movement.

+ Trotsky predicted movement in the various countries constituting Europe towards social democracy, and from that Com munism would eventually gain.

He was not, however, certain

Labour Government England with Liberal tendencies would desire closer relations with Russia or would be prepared to make any concessioni to the Soviet

..Consuls. From China,

p

The fire-fighters were first ea»d out to a blaze at about midnight. and from that time until early

The authorities sent out calls for assistance to nearby cities, and ten fire companies made the forty-mile run from Baltimore in tant to combat at least two big blazes

reduce costs of production as out- fined by the Employers Associa- tiona.

The proposals include a 12 per cent. reduction of wage with an incrense of working hours from 48

to 524, a welk, a reorganization of

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

Lexus, January 17th. The Chauffe announces that the King has centerred n Viscounty upon Lord Byng of Vims.

The Delay In Gazetting.

LATER.

[Viscount Byng of Vimy, and of Thorpe ke Soken, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., M.V.O., is the seventh

translated from Russian.

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The Attorney General (Sir Dou- glas Hogg, R.C.), who is prosecut document could only have been composed by a group of persons familiar with, their subject such as the War Staff of a foreign power. Was Another document submitted in and

posals. Their attitude has received weighty support in the press in son of the 8th Earl of Strafford, ing, had said yesterday that this which the opinion is generally ex- and is honoured in connection with his valuable services to the State The damage is estimated to impressed that a thorough reconstrucas Governor-General of Canada into hundreds of thousands of tion of the industry with an from 1911 to 1916. He joined the dollars; at least twenty firemen elimination of the weaker mills and 10th Royal Hussars i. 1883, were overcome by anoke, though an excision of the deadweight debt promoted Major in 1898,

Colonel in 1801. He served in the Soudan in 1884, being engaged AL fortunately there were no lata is essential.

E: Teb and Tamai, and later in the itics.

Boer War. He rose rapidly dur ing the European War. After the Dardanelice campaign, he was pro-

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Two of the fires were in the business section, and incendiaria

is suspected.

HANGED PUBLICLY.

FATE OF THREE CIRCASSIAN "REACTIONARIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 18th. Three members of the reactionary Circassian band, who inaded

On

the" Smyrna coast from Samos for the purpose of making an attempt on the lives of Turkish leaders at Angora, were hanged at dawn on the bridgehead at Stam- bou in the presence of crowd of sightseers. "COMMANDER BYRD AND

THE ANTARCTIC. - THE LATEST VENTURE.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN EXRVICE.]

CHICAGO, Jan 17th. The Polar aviator, Commander Byrd, is setting out in September on an Antarctic Expedition from New Yoric in the ice-ship Sampson, which is at presca't being fitteil out a: Tromso, in Norway.

The expedition will comprise 50

After the Conference, Mr. Bell, the secretary of the United Textile Factory Workers' Association, stat-

ed that they had given the enmoted Lieut. General, appointed ployers to understand that, in no circumstances whatever, could they neral. He was created Baron

to the command of the 3rd Army in France 1917, with promotion to

agree to consider the recommenda tion of increased hoots and de-appointed creased wages.

of

in 1915, and two years later was

Governor-General Canada]

camera

was a report on British GERMAN PLOTS IN ALSACE. tank corps maneuvres alleged to have been written by McCartney.

AMERICAN TARIFF. SENATE'S RESOLUTION

"

SHELVED.

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SELVICE)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17th The House of Representatives has, by 153 votes to 104, shelved the Senate's resolution demanding the immediate downward revision of the tariff.

Since the House of Representa tives alone have the authority to initiate tariff legislation, it is not likely that the question will be re- opened his sess:0.

AMERICA'S NAVAL PLANS. NEW YORK NEWSPAPER'S COMMENT. [LEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE

Statutory Committee Requested.

BRITISH ISLANDS. The workers representatives had

LICENCES GRANTED TO NORWAY. frankly stated that they were pre pared to co-operate with any effort

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] w improve the trade. They had usked the employers to consider

Reny, January 17th. seriously the elimination of the The Colonial Secretary announces proposals in regard to hours and that Johan Rasmussen & Co., of are being wages, and to substitute a joint ré- Sandeford, Norway, quest to the Government to estabanted the exclusive licence to certain islands belonging to occupy lish a Statutory Committee with His Majesty, roamed Bouvet Island The Islands in question are un-

NEW YORK, Jan. 17th. full powers to enquire into and Thompson Island. factors of cost and production.

inhabited and situated in the South

The Herald-Tribune, cornamenting The conference

Atlantic

or Ocean, in adjourned until the

Latitude 54 degress 20 minutes upon the decisions of the Senate Naval Committee representatives February.

south Longitude 3 degrees 4 in regard to the proposals for now minutes east.

warships, says it will be time to The licence permits the Company consider suspending construction established

STL

Goally

3rd

of

THE BRITISH OLD AGE PENSIONS.

AN INACCURATE ESTIMATE.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

"

Rucky, January 17th. The new section of the contri- butory pensione scheme, whereby persons become eligible for the old

or to men, who will take with themage pension of 10/- a week at the age of 85, instead of 70 as hitherto, hundred dogs, with which, to establish bass on the landing has now been in operation for a within a thousand miles of the grounds of the Ross Ice Terrier to fortnight.

South Pole.

The final light will be one of 3,000 miles over an icefeld believed never to have been previously traversed

Commander Byrd expects to re M. Yanson, Assistant People's Commissary of the Workers and turn to the United States in June, has been 1929, but he may be compelled to Peasante Inspection, appointed People's Commissary of remain in the Antarctie until June, Justice, in the place of M. Kursky. 1930.

Moscow, Jan, 17th. The Russian Consuls from Bhang hai, Hankow and Changsha have arrived here.

The estimate of a Government actuary, when legislation providing for the new pensions was being passed, was that 468,000 persons of both sexes would be entitled to them. This figure will prove to be very accurate for 480,000 claims have already been admitted and there remain 10,000 claime which present come difficulty and have still to be decided,

to

nhout,

has after America

take and treat whales in territorial waters of the island and remove guano subject inter alia to parity with Great Britain ind is

in a strategical position to do s payment of a yearly rent for the Islands and royalties on whale oil and guano exported. The licence is for a term of ten years,

BRITISH UNEMPLOYED. VIOLENT FLUCTUATIONS"

[BRITIER WILLIS SERVICE)

Roosy, January 17th. Unemployment continues to show violent fluctuations The latest weekly return shows that the un- employed on January 0th totalled 1,232,100.

This was 304,203 fewer than the week before, when there was an increase of £32,000 as a result of the discharge of workers who had been employed in the Christmas trade.

As compared with the same time

decrease of 190,914. last year the latest return shows a

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PRES. COOLIDGE LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON, [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]"

HAVANA, Jan. 17th. President Calvin Coolidge, ac companied by Mr. Kellogg and Mr. Curtis Wilbur, left for Key West this morning on board the U.S.S. Memphis en route to Washington.

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LITHUANIA PLOT. "COMMUNISTS ARRESTED. ITHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] "

Kovno, Jan. 17th. Many arrests have been made in Communist organisation. connection with the discovery of a

BARON "GIVES IT UP.”

QUICK WORK BY FRENCH POLICE.

PARIS. Evidence that money for the co- called Autonomist or Home Rule campaign in Alsace has come from Garmany has just been obtained by the French police, says a London paper to hand.

Some of the leaders of the cam- paign, it is stated, have been in constant touch with secret bead- quarters in Freiburgim-Breisgau, which is also a German espionage agency,

two

French detectives have arrested men named Baumana and Kohke, both of whom have been with the prominently connected Home Rule campaign and with Wahrheit, one of the newspapers. printed in German recently sup pressed by M. Poincare's orders. The men were carrying a valise full of documents and were about to woss the frontier into Baden when" they were arrested.

They were charged with espion-

age as well as with being agents, paid by Germany to foment the Autonomist campaign in Altace. After a lengthy police interroga- tion, it is stated, they gave valu- able information to the police.

The discovery that German money is behind the agitation is." reported to have had a great effect throughout Alsace, even in quarters opposed to M. Poincare's Govern

ment.

Baron Gives It Up, ..

STLABBOURG. The immediate effect of the arrest of Baumann and Kobler and their statements has boon to elidt from Baron Claus Zorn on Bunch, hitherto the obstinate leader of the Alsace Home Rulers, the complete abandonment of his political cam paign. He writes to the Prefect of the Bas-Rhin department:

I regret all that I have done. I formally renounce the whole of my political campaign and I ins- tend henceforth to conduct my- self as a loyal French citizen