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REVIVAL OF WAR IN THE NORTH

MOMENTARILY EXPECTED.

YANG YU TING TO COMMAND 'FENGTIENESE

IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHIHLI

NORTHERNERS RETREAT BEFORE FENG'S TROOPS QN EASTERN SHANSI BORDER.

CONSENSUS OF CHINESE" OPINION "AS

TO KUOMINTANG CONFERENCE...

With the return of the Fengtion military leaders to their respectivo quarters a revival of the war in the North "is moment, arily expected. **-*-~~~-

General Yang Yu Ting, who has for long been regarded as Generalissimo Chang, Tso Lin's right hand man, has been appointed to command the Fengtienese "operating in Central and Southern Chihli, without relinquishing his office of General Staff Officer to the Northern Government.

The Northerners, dading their position untenable on the eastern Shansi border owing to pressure from Feng Yu Heiang's troops, have retreated towards north-east Chibli.

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The consensus of Chinese opinion appears to be that the proposal to hold the much-discussed and much-postponed Kuomintang Conference on the 1st proximo, is practically hope- lean. "

WHAT THE ANKUOCHUN GOVERNMENT DENIES,

(Wah Ter Pat Pao.)

SHANGHAL, Jan. 20th. The Peking Government denies the report that the Ankuochun Government were discussing the question of the presidential elec- tion and problems in connection with the reorganisation of the Cabinet.

Sun Chuan Fang has returned to Tainan, capital of Shantung, where

FENGTIEN FACTION MORE CONFIDENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1928.

SHANGHAI, Jan. 28th. Feng Yu Hring has apparently advanced this week and fighting is reported in the neighbourhood of Hantan and Temingfu............--

The Fengtion faction, however, ameit they outnumber the Feng troops in that aren hý 100,000 with reinforcements recently from Pek- ing and that the disparity in

it is probable that he will assume munitions is becoming more mark- the dictatorship of that province, rd, as supplies from abroad' reach and direct his army to attack the Ankunchun, while the Soviet is Hosan in a westera direction.

reported to have crused supplying Feng.

YANG YU TING'S NEW APPOINTMENT.

"(Wah Te-Tat-Pao.)

Wu-Han Troops." Sweeping Victories."

BRITAIN'S INDUS TRIAL FUTURE.

PRINCE OF WALES OPTIMISTIC,

SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION.

[TRAOUGH RASTER'S ADENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 29th. -A stirring note of hopefulness as to a better industria? future was struck by the Prince of Wales in a brilliant speech delivered at the dinner of the Birmingham Jewell- ers' and Silversmiths' Association, "We sat long in the sunbre darkness of post-war depression and had been deluded more than "once by what had proved to be only a false dawn. We had learnt to mistrust the prophets" and heaven forbid that I should try to prophesy," but we never lost hope. We have held on, grinned and borne it and may be we are now going to get our reward. The brade returns for 1997 show that despite the handicap with which we started at the end of 1996 we really wiped out the deficit and restarted on the upgrade. 4

The "spirit of cooperation, strikingly displayed at recent meat- ings of representative employers and the General Commeil of the T.U.C, gave the strongest. reason for hope that

prosperity was opening up.

erill of

An interesting feature of the dinner was the maiden speech of "the second Joseph Chamberlain,”

namely, the 20-year-old son of Sir Austen.

COTTON OUTLOOK FOR 1928.

General Chiang Kai Shek is re- -ported to have abandoned all hopes U.S. AGRICULTURE. DEPART

of convening the 4th Plenary Con ference of the Kuomintang at. Nan- king.

The redistribution of the balance of power in the Hupeh-Hunan area still continues. It is reported that the 44th Wuhan army, which is mostly composed of Hunanese, has

MENT'S REVIEW.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, January 28th. Reviewing the cotton outlook for 1928, the Department of Agriculture declares that growers will probably

RAILWAY DISASTER | ITALY AND Y

NEAR RANGOON.

YUGO

SLAVIA

40 PERSONS KILLED.

BITTER ITALIAN DENUNCIA. TION.

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.

SIX MONTHS' GRACE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,

RANGOON, Jan. 29th. Twenty-two persons are dead as the result of a portion of the Mandalay Rangoon train crashing

over a bridge about 100 miles from

here. It has been discovered that a fabplate had been removed from

the rails.

LATER.

Hitherto 40 are dead. Foul play is auspooted. The victims are most~ ly Indian Bürṁaba, Pilong

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POLISH PRIEST SEN- TENCED.

"COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY

ACTIVITIES."

POLISH AUTHORITIES IRRITATED.

(THROUGH REVİER'S AGENCY.]

Moscow, Jan. 28th. The Supreme Court has sentenced the Roman Catholic prelate, Mon- signor Skalaqy, to ten years' im- prisonment and five years' loss of avic rights on a charge of counter- revolutionary activities,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Rous, January 29th. "Duting the past four years Yugo Slavia has displayed no faith and no goodwill. On the contrary it has taken every opportunity of organising against Italian and against Fascist demonstrations even in the speeches of its politicians,"

This strong indictment is publish-

FÓR WAR- TIME LOSSES.

'PLANES ACT UNDER £330,000

RADIO INSTRUC- TIONS.

REMARKABLE MANŒUVRES.

[HKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

MITCHELL FIELDS, NEW YORK,

January 99th...

NORWAY'S CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY.

SETTLED BY FRIENDLY AGREEMENT.

{THROUGH-AMUTER'S AGENCY.]

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In the teeth of a high wind group

OSLO, January 18th- observation 'planes carried out The department of foreign affairs manduvres, while acting under states that the Norwegian Govern- radio instructions from the ground ment's claims against Germany for and carrying out drill orders spoken reparation owing to the operation into a microphone. Clouds at times of certain German measures during completely obscured the 'planes war time has been settled. by a from view.

friendly agreement. -

U.S. NAVY'S NEW CRUISERS.

ed in the official bulletin of the WHY MANY MORE MEN ARE

Fascist Party in a statement with regard to the postponement of six months' renunciation of the Italo- Yugo-Slav Treaty of Friendship. It says that all the preparations of the Yugo-Slav Army are directed against Italy. Yugo-Slaris has six months in which to give a new turn to her policy towards Italy, who can wait, without fear future

cvents

GERMANY AND SECURITY.

MEMORANDUM SENT TO

NEEDED.

[KLUTEN'S AMERICAN BASICE. ]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23th. Giving evidence before the House of Representatives' Naval Commit- tee Admiral Bueret stated that the ancrease of 90,000 enlisted men ani 925 officers was necessary to man the cruisers now being constructed and contemplated under the new construction programme.

...

BIG OIL FIRE IN TEXAS.

HURLED INTO THE AIR"

(RXUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

McCAMEYE (Texas), Jan. 98th.. An explosion and fire destroyed an oil refining company's topping OPPOSED TO ALLIED GROUPS. plant. One person was killed and hurted.25 feet in the air and fell back into the flames. Damage is put at $500,000.

LEAGUE.

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BERLIN, Jan. 7th:

In accordance with the agreement

OBITUARY,

LORD SACKVILLE.

(THROUGH NEUTEN'S AGENCY.]

Skalsky was of Polish nationality and has been a long time in prison at the December meeting of the He remained at Kieff after the Sub-Committee on Security, of the other Preparatory Committee on Dis Polish occupation while Polish ecclesiastics accompanied the armament, that the Governments evacuating Polish troops and had to represented should submit their hide in a belty for five weeks, uservations on the suggested pro- gramma of work before the sub- after which he resumed his dut committee, the German Government was the third Baron Sackville, the i

He is charged with maintaining relations with the Polish "official" mission and handing the Polish re. presentative a review of the condi tion of the Catholic clergy in the Ukraine, also with exploiting reli- "gious and national prejudices of the massee and agitating anti-Soviet

clubs for adolescents.

CHANGHAI, Jan. 25th, General Yang Yu Ting has been appointed by the Ankuochun Gov- erament to command the Feng tienese Army Corps operating in the Central and Southern sections of Chihli, in place of General Ha Lun Chun. General Yang will also defected, and has joined the 8th meet the relatively lavourable con- to hold the post of Human army, which is now an re-dition of the small carry-over than General Staff Officer to the Ankuq./ treat from Changsha and moving last year and the demand situation | been created by the sentence meted

continue

chun Government,

FRENCH AUTHORITIES AND CHINESE SOLDIERS

(Wah T Fat Pac.)

SHANGHAI, JEB. 29th French Municipality in The

a public Shanghai declares, in notice, that all armed Chinese sal diers are required to report to the French authorities, before being admitted to the French Concession. In view of the outcome of the recent military conference, in Peking and the return to their respective quarters of the Fengtienese mili- tary leaders, a revival of the war in the North is momentarily expect:

FENGTIENESE RETREATING BEFORE FENG'S TROUPS.

(Wah Tas Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Jan. 19th.

towards Hengchowfu. ."

The 19th Hunan army has reach ed Changsha, and are sufficiently in agreement with the 35th and 26th.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Painful Impression In Poland.

WARSAW, January 29th.

A very painful impression has

is about the same as for last crop.

out to Skalaki, and the Press sees The most uncertain factor is the therein a desire of the Soviet to size of the crop. The Department make Skalski the object of bargain warns against the increase of

has submitted, a Memorandum the subject the League Secretariat.

on

to

The British Government's Mem- orandum was sent ten days ago.

LONDON, Jan. 28th. The death is announced of Lord Sackville.

[Lionel Edward Sackville West

He title being created in 1878. was a Lieut.-Colonel of the West Kent Yeomanry, J.P. and D.L. and Member of the Kent County Council.

Germany has undertaken to paš 30,000, which Norway will use for the benefit of the families of sailors.

who perished during the war,

Apparently the war measures" referred to were the submarice min- ing...

PRIZE "HOWLERS.".

AMUSING MISTAKES FROM THE SCHOOLS. :

The following are among the howlers" published in the Univer #ity Correspondent for January as having been received in response to an offer by that publication of a prize for the best collection of 19 amusing "mistakes by school child-

Ith

The Greenwich Meridian is the largest telescope in Greenwich Ob- servatory.

A welsher is a native of Wales. The sun never sets on the British ..... Empire because the British Empire is in the east and the sun sets în the west."

The Minister of War is the clergy man who preaches to the soldiers in the barracks.

A passive verb is when the subject is the sufferer, as “ I am loved.”

A blizzard is the inside of a duck. Queen Elizabeth rode through and Coventry with nothing on Raleigh offered, her his cloak.

Alfred the Great started “a Born on May 18th, 1867, the late Lord. Sackville was the son of Chronicle and this still exists as 'a

Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sackville morning newspaper.

and

..

The German Government ungesWest, Grenadier Guards, practical measures, as opposed to Georgina, the youngest daughter of theoretical, desires the provision of George Dodwell of Kevinafoot, Co.

Sligo Ireland. effective arrangements for LeagueTM He succeeded his uncle in 1903 intervention if acessary, and op-In 1890 be married his cousin, Viv They had toria Sackville-West. poses the creation of allied groups our daughter who in 1913 married within the League as possibly lead the Hoa, Harold Nicolson, the third ing to a breach between different son of Lord Carmock.

groups.

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"Beginning From RooL" The German Government has bont" a Memorandum to the League Security Committee, which is at

Hunan mies not to be opposed by acreage, recalling the low prices asing for the release of prominent present meeting at Prague.

theni.

the result of overplanting in 1926. It is also reported that part of As regards culture, it says that much

the 2nd Army from Shani may join the new Wuhan alliance.-

The 6th urgy, under Chen, Chien, is now in the Tung Ting Lake area, ad is reported as not being popular with the new alliance.

HANTOW, Jan. 27th. Martin law still continues in force here.

WUHU, Jan. 27th. Cominunits are again renewing their activities in this district.

"Haskow, Jan. 28th. The

from latest despatches Human indicate sweeping victories by the Wu-Han armies over the China New Year, despite the fact that Ych Kai Hain with his 44th Army turned over to the enemy.

The Hunan forces have evacuat ed Changabs, which has since been occupied by the 13th Army while the 6th, 7th and 19th Armies have

will depend on the abundance of boll weevils which hibernated more aumerously and were of greater vitality than for several years.

It

ex-

Communist emissaries, from Moscow who are serving long-term sentences mittee's work should be practical

in Polish prisons.

The procedure is considered se most atrocious at a time when the Soviet Government are negotiating

The Gertnam Government presses the opinion that the Com- and not theoretical. It urges the Committee to propose measures for speedy and effective intervention by th League Council, whose duty it is to prevent armed conflict.

The Memorandum gees on to say effectiveness that the

of all considerably if general disarma- ment was finally reached

He was educated at Wellington and Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.), and served in the European War at Gallipoli, Egypt. Palestine and France, from 1914-1918. His heir in his brother, Major-General the Hon. Sir Charles Sackville-West.]

-ROUND-UP OF CITY

PIGEONS.

TRAPPERS SUCCEED AT SECOND ATTEMPT.

Shakespears lived at Windsor with his merry, wives.

The King wore a scarlet robo trimmed with vermin.

The whole world except the United States lies in the temperance zone.

Wolsey saved his life by dying ou the way from York to London.

Polonius was a mythical sausage. The maculing of vizen" vicar

Henry VIII was very cruel to Ann Boleyn and ironed her. (The text-books says" be pressed his suit on her.")

In the eighteenth century travel- ling was very romantic: most of the high-roads were only bridel paths.

A fissure is a man who sells Ash. The Immortal William is a name applied to the German Emperor.

Q. Translate "They have come if they" refers to a girls' school:

is not yet, known how far they have for the conclusion of a Treaty of Securities would be strengthened pers scored a victory at St. Paul's A Eiles sont venusena ma

succumbed to the low temperatures experienced in the cotton belt.

PRESIDENT COSGRAVE,

TWO DAYS VISIT TO

PHILADELPHIA, · ·

[REUTER'S AMERIČAN SEXVICE,

Commerce and expressing friendli ness towards Poland through their Minister at Warsaw.

IMPERIAL GRASSLAND ASSOCIATION. LORD BLEDISLOE AS CHAIRMAN.

{THROUGH REUTAR'S AGENCY,]

LONDON, Jan. With

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7th

It is officially announced that President Congrave, of the Irish Lord Bledisloe, who is on his way home from Bouth America, is re Free State, has arrived on a two-signing his post as Parliamentary days' visit, accompanied by Mr. Secretary to the Midistry of Agri- chairmanship of the Imperis Grass- Smiddy, the Free State Minister to culture in order to take up the Washington.

land Association, which is being formed under the auspices of the Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., with the object of improving the pasture lands of the Empire.

The visitors were welcomed at the station by a Committee-represent Patrick" and a troop of the city at the City Hall, where the his cavalry. The Mayor, greeted them toric Liberty Ball in Independence

A telegraphic report from Tai- Juan says that since the movemat of Feng Yu.Hsiang's troops towards the southern Chihilaection of the Kin-Han Railway, the Fengtienes, all reached the Changsha vicinity.ing the Friendly Sons of St. seeing that they cannot hold their tieneral Ho Chien, Liu Hain and position any songer on the eastern Shane border, have voluntarily Yeh Kai Hsin are consondating the evacuatedPingchingkwan and position at Changtch where they Lungchunkwan and retreated to wards the north-east direction of may make a further stand, Li Ping Chihli. Heavy ighting is min Laien retreating towards Heng

∙ent..

General Pei Chung Hsi has ar rived at Changsha, capital of Hupan, where he is conferring with the military leaders. He is report ed to have ordered the forces to carry, on the campaign against the defested. Hunanese remnants now retreating to the west and south. sections of Hunan

The plenary session of the 4th Kuomintang Conierence, proposed to be called on February let in "practically hopeless," according to the consensus of public opinion.

chow.

CHILI'S OIL BILL.

THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}

SANTIAGO, Jan. 20th, The Senate has approved in principle of the Government Oil

Hall was wreathed.

Afterwards, President Cosgrave and Mr. Smiddy were entertained to luncheon by the Municipality.

[BRITIEK WINKLERS SERVICE.) Improving Pasture Land.

RUGBY, Jan. 7th.

It is announced that Lord Bledi aloe is resignng his post se Parlia mealary Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture to take up the ap A Striking Incident.

pointment of Chairman of the Grassland Association PHILADELPHIA, January 29th. Imperial As President, Cosgrave was leav- which in being formed vader the ing the House of Cardinal Dou abapices of the Imperial Chemical gherty, whom he visited early in Indicije Lid, with the object of The suorning a woman in the crowd improning the pasture, and of this plucked his sleeve and raised her gountry and the overseas Empire.

brella as if to strike a blow. A In view of the importance at the member of the Party intervened present time of grassland farming, And received a slight blow on the Lord Bledisloe is of the opinion shoulder. The police hustled off the that he can best serve the interests woman, who is believed to be men of agriculture by taking up this

new work tally unbalanced.

The opinion is also expressed that the creation of allied groups within the League, with the object of protection against other mem- bera of the League of Nations, might very easily lead to a breach and hinder joint action in times of crisis The problem must be dealt with radically:

If it occasions war and the ques tion of military sanctions, the basis of the Committee's work would be like trying to build a house from the roof downwards.

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN TOKYO.

MANY DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN.

(THROUGH LETTER'S AGENCY.]

Legs are useful to men.

Leges utiles hominibus sun Fulminantia magna manus loris.

Losbon, Dec. 7th. The City of London pigeon trap yesterday morning by capturing over 200 of the condemned birds, 2,000 of which the City Corpora tion have ordered to be destroyed.

The task was entrusted to Mr.The thundering big hand of Jove. P'ai hâté de l'embrasser.-I hate Dalton, the rat-catcher, who open-

to embrace her. ed his campaign by arriving on the steps of the cathedral armed with a wire cage measuring 14ft. by sit bags of gram, and a corps of ex- pert trappers,

Genae puellae formotae sunt. - Beautiful girls are checky,

Emporte par la colère.-Carried off by the collar.

Average means something tha

The cage was erected, and tempting trail of grain was faidheas lay their eggs on.

Algebraical symbols are used when to the entrance. The pigeons enjoy- ed the grain immensely, but the you don't know what you are talk enge they left severely alone, ing about. Nothing the trappers could do would induce them to go near its entrance, so after en hour Mr. Dalton called off his troops.

Early yesterday Mr. Dalton, assisted by many new trappers, re- turned to the fray.

This time he employed strategy, The age was erected well away from the pigeons promenade, and TOKYO, Jan. 28th.

the ben trappers, each armed with According to police figures 600 grain, stood in a friendly line bid persans, mainly children of two ing the cage from the unsuspect and three years of age have died in rde. of influenta in Tokyo during the past 10 days

REFUELLING DIRIGIBLES AT SEA

SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT, (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, JA. 28th,

The mechanical advantage of a. long pump-handle is fant-you can bave someone to help you pump.

Artificial perspiration is what you make a person alive with when they are only just dead.

animal A parallelepiped is an with paralled legs.

A phlegmatic person is one who has chronic bronchitia

A line in geometry in what you draw and don't sen

An hypotenus is the thing so one saw when he had a bath and lie yelled. I've found it.

Transparent means something you;, can see through for instanões a key. hole.

Gravity tells us why an apple does not go to heaven

The grain was scattered, the pigeons swept down in dozens, and as they gobbled the trappers back ed towards the cage After the walked the pigeons until before they realised where they were go ing, 200 of them were safely inside A trade union is a place to which the door of the cage, and a workman goes when he gets the f

"I made up my mind to have sack. those birds said Mr.. Dalton after The chief duties of an MP aro There were many to go to sleep when another man the capture. The airabip Los Angeles landed reasons why we did not get them is speaking, and force bis party into on the aircraft carrier Saratoga on Saturday. The people about power, and in a manne

G. B. Shaw is the captain of the na miles out at sea while the put them off. I never get more Saratoga war speeding at between wily birds than these London London Fire Brigade, 15 and 30 knots, thus demonstrating pigeons. This morning we had St. age the possibilities of refuelling Paul's to ourselves, and we were

quite cmily. their range. dimgibles at sea, thus increasing able to walk them into the

Astroct is a road that has a very Ambiguity means telling the traile good class of people in itse when you don't want to.