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MARSHAL CHIANG KAI SHEK ADDRESSES THE KUOMINTANG CONFERENCE.

"A STATELY CEREMONY" AT NANKING.

CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS SUPPOSED CAUSE OF

DESERTIONS.

GERMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES

CAPTURED" BY

FENGPIAO CURRENCY AND DESERTIONS.

[TKRovan REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PERING, February 3rd.

RED SPEARS."

CAPTURED BY "RED

SPEARS."

(THROUGH CRUTER'S AGENCY.}

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1928.

APPALLING FIRE NEAR BOSTON.

FALL RIVER. BUSINESS QUARTER DEVAS- TATED.

ESTIMATED DAMAGE

G.$25,000,000.

VALUABLE PREMISES LOST,

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

BOSTON, Feb. 3rd.

THE STATUTORY COMMISSION.

ARRIVES IN BOMBAY,

THE HARTEL ATAVORK.

RIOTING BEGIN.

[TANOCON AZÚTER'S AGEJÉT.)

DELHI, February 2nd. The futility of boycotting the Statutory Commission headed by Sir John Simon, which is to arrive The basiness quarter on the Fallat Bombay to-morrow was emphasis- River has been devastated by aed 'in an eloquent speech by Lord fire which started at Pocasset Irwin, the Viceroy, "addressing the BRANORM, February 3rd.

Mills, and which, fanned by in two Houses of the Legislature From Tainanfu it is reported that | gate, sprend very rapidly.

to-day." The fall of the fengrino is allegedį Neil Spears have captured a party Eighteen blocks, covering half a to be responsible for the desertions of the, Heilungkiang forces in Max churia, which are paid in this cur One body of 100-envalry deserted with the intention of join- ing a gang of bandits despite the

rency,

of German Catholic Missionaries at Poli, on the Shantung coast, to the south of Kinachow Bay, and are holding them to ransom, demanding g60,000.

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square mile, have been practical ly razed, and the damage estimated at least at G. 825,000,000. "Farly buildings were destroyed including two hotela, three theatres, two newspaper plants, four banks

efforts of 600 loyal troops to round WUHAN ARMY AT ICHANG. the Court House, and several large

them up.

THE KUOMINTANG CON- FERENCE.

(Wah T: Fat Pao.)"

SHANGHAI, Feb. 3rd

BRITISH CONSUL'S PROTEST.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.]

ICHANG, Feb. 2nd.

In opening what was bound to prove one of the most momentous sessions in the history of the Legis Isture, with the public gallery crowded, H.E. the Víderoy, declared. the accusations that the Commission a deliberate insult

amounted to were merely the product of heated department stores.

imaginations. Eleven, firemen were taken, to

The boycott policy at best, he hospital and 260 others met with said, would only lead to disappoint.

minor injuries.

G.$3,000,000 DAMAGE DONE IN RAILWAY PLANT BLAZE,

CONSELLSVILLE, Pennsylvania

February 3rd. Damage of over G. 83,000,000 has fire which been caused by +1 destroyed the Baltimore-Ohio Co.'s locomotive shops.

The cald handicapped the fire- fighters, 500 of whom were called It is reported that part of the in including detachments from 1th Army have reached Ichang. | eight neighbouring cities.. A stately ceremony in connection

Hu Trung Tu who authorised the with the inauguration of the 4th

establishment of the Wuban party Kuomintang Conference was sobe in command of this army. The the Central Kuomintang British Coneu! has protested to the rused' at headquarters, Xanking. yesterday

Commissioner of Foreign Affairs | morning. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek

against the posting of billet notices delivered a long speech emphase-

on British buildings, at Ichang. ing that the life of the Kuomintang party would be renewed by the puc- | ess" of the Conference. He hoped that as a result of the conference, Kuomintang comrades would or dially support the convoking of the ard National Convention, as laid down by Sun Yat Sen. Dealing CHINESE SOLDIERS OCCUPY

[NAVAL WIRELESS)

SHAS, Feb. 2nd. The situation is quiet at present. Loh Ti Ping is expected to arrive on February 3rd.

BRITISH CONSULATE.

[NAVAL WIRELESS,]

· U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.

[NECTER'A' AMERICAN SERVICE.}

NEW YORK, Feb. 3rd. The Federal Reserve Bank has increased its rediscount rate

with further nawoan) affairs a well as those of the Party, loyal Kuo- mintang memoers would have two tasks to keep in mind, namely, (1) nated action so as to sweep away Communistic activities within the Kuomintang once and for all and (2) that a future political, mai- tary and diplomatic portes should be shaped within the scope of the Three Peoples" doctrine and the theories embodied in the Con- written by Sun struction of th Yat een.

Tat confereave woud SOVIET ANXIETY ABOUT cause foreign Powers as well as the Chinese masses to think that the Kuomintang was still an integral entity leading the whole nation on

NANKING, Feb. 2nd. Part of the 21st Army becupled the Consulate and other British our per cent. buildings on February 1st. A pro- test by the Consul General has been made to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek

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CHINA,

JAPANESE MISSION AT MOSCOW,

Rumours of negotiations between (Wah Te Fat Pas.)

Chang To Lin and the Nanking What Chinese Observers Think.

Government for general measures SHANGHAI, Feb. 37d,

against Bolshevism continue to According to competent Chinese circulate in Moscow, and the abservers, the conference called claration of the Vice-Minister for under Marshal Chinng's auspices Foreign Affairs In the Peking Gov. might become the death knel to crument that it is necessary to des the **Kwangi arque otros Bolshevism in all China, and dominating Hupeh, Hunan, Kwang the Peking Government's special tang and Kwangs, and of Martha plan in regard to the U.S.S.R Chiang's faction and his rapportere create anxiety. who are dictating the Narking Government's policy. Marshal Chiang has arranged a set of re solutions with the object of raising se expedition against the Kwangs clique Acting under orders from the Nationalist Government be wil lead Iria expedition rather than northward.

southward

According to a Japanese report. Two Chinese Communistic leaders, Chen Tu Shiu and Li Loh Sen, have pone secretly to Tientsin for the purpose of etirring a mob-uprising there.

INAVAL WIEELZ38. ] The. Quorum.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 2nd.

A preparatory meeting for the

SPAIN'S PETROLEUM MONOPOLY.

to

SAFEGUARDING THE TREA

SURY AND CONSUMERS.”

"FABULOUS PROFITS."

(THROUGH KAÜTER'S AGENCY.]

MADRID, February 2nd.

ment.

At the worst, the conse- quences might be serious, conse quences with which India, un- happily, was not without experiene

in the past.

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He pleaded that India would not mistake the correct rong when she stood at one of the cross-roads of

her destiny.

THE EIGHT-HOUR CONVENTION.

BRITAIN'S POLICY CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT.

QUESTION OF REVISION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, February and." A new British policy towards the. Washington Eight-Hour Convention, was outlined by Mr. H. B. Better ton, the British Government dele- gate to the Governing Body of the International Labour Office.

Mr. Betterton declared that most

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LONDON'S FAREWELL TO FIELD MARSHAL EARL HAIG.

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IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT WESTMINSTER, ABBEY,

THE BURIAL TO TAKE PLACE NEAR

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S TOMB.

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[DEITIAN WINKLESS SERVICE?

LONDON, Feb. 3rd.

London to lay bade farewell to

LONDON. Feb. 2nd. he dead chief of the Empire's grent- The remains of the late Earl Haig will be interred in the family est army.

vault at Dryburgh Abbey in Scot The funeral service of Eari Haigland on Tuesday it has been an at Westminster Abbey was wire-nounced, Dryburgh Abbey is near Lessly brandenst, and so was heard Remersyde House, the late Field throughout Britain and the Domi-

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All ranks were represented at the

Abbey. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Prince Heary

serious difficulties had arisen which would hinder the carrying out of the Convention, which had been con- cluded hurriedly without sufficient nions, experience of the question of the reduction of hours of labour.

Consequently, he went on, Britain thought it mora important to revise the constitution instead of adhering to the present wording, and he pro- posed that the Government Body should include the revision of the Convention in the agenda of the

19:29 Conference.

In the meantime, he suggested that the Labour Office should pre pare a report for submission to the April Session after which it should be circulated to all States for their opinions.

Delegales Dissent.

presented His Majesty the King, while Marshal Foch and Marshal Petain, the Belginn General, Baron Deceuninck, and the Japanese Am bassador represented the Alles,

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and the Diplomatic representatives of other States were also present.

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A mass of wreaths was sent to

the Abbey, mostly of Flanders

Marshal's home, and the vault in which he will be buried is next to the burial place of Sir Walter Scott. After the funeral service in Westminster Abbey tomorrow, the coffin will be entrained for Edin- burgh, and arriving in the Scottish capital at about midnight, it will be received by General Sir William Peyton, the General Officer Com manding, Scotland, and his Staff.

Two squadrons of Scots Greys and the Pipe Band of the Cameron Highlanders will be in attendance. Members of the British Legion will march through the city to St.

Giles Cathedral, where the body

will lie in state, until Monday","

when it will be conveyed to Dry- Furgh Abbey:

Army. Order.

The following Arary Order was issued this evening:-"The Army Council, on the melancholy occa pappies, and included those from vion of the death of Field Marshal Earl Haig, desire to place..du the King of Italy and from the record their sense of the heavy loss which the Army and Empire have sustained.

The workers' delegates strongly | Yugo-Slav And the Hungarian dissented from the British proposals. M. Jouhaux, France, declared that Armies. The fag of the German he was bitterly disappointed, and pointed out that the Continental Embassy was half-masted. delegates who travelled to Washing- ton accepted the British standpoint in order to avoid difficulties, and disabled ex-Service men inside and that the British delegates accepted outside of the Abbey and also at the third text of the Convention.

Places were reserved for many

The speech was greeted with" loud applause, Forty-sever Swarajist members were present.

Commission Arrives At Bombay. BOMBAY, February 3rd. Sir John Simon and the other members of the Commission have arrive here en route to Delhi.

Many shops, colleges and busi pesa Lesociations are participating in the Hartal. A procession of 3 Nationalists, clad in white and carrying black flags and banners in- scribed with watchwords like "Un- wanted and Unwelcome," Down with British imperialism." proceed ed to the pier and afterwards marthing the procedure be instituted dur- was escorted by a mile-long escort ed through the streets.

ing the next Session, when the ques of troops, including French and tion of whether the revision of the Convention should be placed on the Belgian detachments and the massed agenda" for the 1929 Conference bands of the guards. would he discussed.

Delegates representing British and the Scottish Church of St. Colum- French employers supported Mr. bas, where the remains had been Betterton," while the German Goy crnment delegate proposed the post-ying in state and where the pro- ponement of a decision until the cession started to the Abbey. April Session.

LATER.

Nationalist Procession. The Nationalist procession, head ed Mr. Shaukatali, marched up to the entrance of the pier early in the morning, but found the way barred by police who forced it back. then waited outside the dock until

The coffin was borne on the same

gun-carriage upon which had been placed the unknown warrior's body.

The late Field Marshal bad already served in many campaigns with

great distinction and had held appointments where he bad had opportunities of training the troops whom he subsequently com- manded in the Great War. As the

Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, he bore, through four long years, the heaviest burden which he ever been carried by a British soldier in the history of.. the Empire.

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He led the forces of the Empire to victory and placed his country- under a debt of gratitude which is fully acknowledged pow

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Premature Proposals. The meeting finally adopted a forward by the Uggestion put Freach and Belgian Government felcantes, that discussions regard. It was taken to the Cenotaph andando full recognized by

Mr. Albert Thomas declared that the eight-hour day had been intro tduced practically everywhere. More-

The pall-bearers werp Admirals Jellicoe Rad Beatty, and Field

succeeding generations.

*Always studious of the wel fare of the troops under his cem mand in the field, since the war, he devoted without etint his time and great energy to promoting the interests of those who had risked their employment, beath and lives in the service of the King He has

to the Empire memory and glorious example."

the Commissioners came out after over, be said, the British proposal Marshals. Methuen and Jacob, left to the army an imperishable

breakfast four hours later,

The processionists, numbering 350 were clad in white and carried black Bags and banners inscribed. Simon go back":"No Representation, No As regards the petroleum moan-Commission":"Unwanted. Un poly, which has been in force since welcome." They marched through January 1st, the Government has the streets, but some were 10 issued В statement to the effect motors, carrying the

National that, in order to safeguard the fag." interests of the Spanish Treasury While traversing the city the pro and consumers, the Government has cession haited outside shops which nationalized and monopolised the were continning to trade and called trade, which has been bringing in, out" Shut your shop, it is hartal" In order to forestall the Mukden for foreigners engaged in itin Sir John Simon, in a statement, Government's MERGUTES Moscow Spain, fabulous profits without risk said they were deeply impressed diplomatists, reports the correspon or labour..

with the responsibility of their task, dent of The Timex at Higs, are

Petrol supplies have previously and the Commission would shortly endeavouring to come to terms with bees run by the Shell, Standard issue a statement regarding the Japan and are prepared to grant Oil and a Russian Oil Company. proposed proosdure which should Japan codaiderable concessions. The Now, a new National Company has entirely dissipate suspicions, Soviet Press is full of praise of Via been formed, in which none of these

The commission later left for count Goto, who is regarded on three is represented, but a sum has Delhi. intermediary for the conclusion of been ear-marked to compensate the Rioting At Calcutta And Madras. a general agreement with Japan. dispossessed.

CALCUTTA, February 3rd, Hartal demonstrators in south

was premature since the rules of procedure must be formulated.before revision could be undertaken.

Generals Gough. Lawrence, Byng, Horne, Ian Hamilton, Cavan, Marshal of the Air Force, Sir H. Trenchard, Marthals Foch, Petain and Deceuninck.

The Pall-Bearers.

It is announced by the War Office that Field Marshal Sir Wil- liam Robertson has been forbid den by his doctor to act ae, pall- Bearer at the Westminster Service, and that has place will be taken by

[BRITISH WIRELESS ŠERVICE.] An Explanation.

Rvoor, February 2nd. Mr. H. B. Betterton, the Parlia After the service in the Abbey mentary Secretary of the Ministry the body was taken to Waterloo of Labour, made an important an- nouncement to-day to the Excentive Station in a conveyance to Earl

Among the messages of condo- Council of the Intenational Labour Haig's Scottish home at, Bemer-lence received today by the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Office at Genera

Referring to the procedure for the syde for burial at Dryburgh Abbey Chamberlain was from the revision of the International Con- on the 7th inst

Brazilian Government.

ventions sponsored by the Labour Office, he recalled the difficulties encountered by the great indus trial countries, particularly Great Britain, in proceeding to the rati- fication of the Washington Eight- Hours Convention.

He abserved that the Convention contained dispositions which could not be made to conform to the com- plexity of modern industrial life. Despite all effort to that end, gen- mics and culture, excites great ex- other instance of the Government's Calcutta threw brick bats at trameral ratification was always imped pectations in Moscow, where it is determination not only to develop cars and buses, smashing their wined by these great difficulties.

Cars" are Four armoured anticipated that Viscount Gote will the trade of Spain, but to ensure dawa. conduct negotiations for concezaions

The arrival of the Japantse dels- gation, ostensibly to study econo

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The petroleum monopoly is

and will also explore the possibility its development and management patrolling the streets.

by Spaniards."

of an understanding between the

Since the advent of the. Dieta

Police, Stoned.

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

M. BRIAND AND THE LOCARNO PACT,

General Lord Campe

one

A DUBLIN SENSATION.

TWO WOMEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

{THROUGH" DEUTER'S AGENCY,]'

PARIS. February 2nd,

LONDON, February 2nd. Two long-awaited Ministerial Two women, who have steadily The British Government, there- fore, considered that a wise pro-statements were made simultaneous refused to give their names, have cedure would be to undertake the, ons in the Senate and the other been arrested in Dublin, and

in the Chamber.

charged with oopspiracy to publish. rovision of the Convention. By

M. Poincare, the Premier and criminal and seditious libels con Minister of Finance, addressing the corning Mr. James McNeill, the re- Chamber, dealt with the measures cently-installed Governor-General of adopted to balance the Budget. the Irish Free State:

4th Plenary Conference of the U.S.S.R. and Japan for the co torship, all the railways have beenMost of the businekkes are closed such a revision they considered an

Sanking. It was decided that 25 countries in Manchuria and Montrol. The Cabinet has approved of members of the Kuomintang Cen-golia. tral Committee present were suf ficient to form a quorum. PROBABLE OBJECT OF THE SESSION.

[JHROUGH_REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SHANGHAI, February 3rd.

The Fourth Plenary Session of the Kuomintang was opened at Nan- king yesterday.

SEQUEL TO SEVENOAKS

RAILWAY DISASTER.

OVERHAUL OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

(DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rusur, February 2nd,

As a sequel to the disaster at

It was stated that 27 'members Sevenoaks, and the other two

were present.

The object of the session is bo- lieved to be to endeavour to force Wuhan to combine with Nanking against the North, but no Wuhan or Canton military members were present, and it is considered prob- able that they will ignore any of the decisions.

It

Nationallet Foreign Ministry.

£10,000,000 electrification scheme, whilst the telephones have also be come the monopoly of a National Company.

National air lines have

been similarly dealt with. The provision of staff, material and capital must be eatiraly Spanish.

All the coal mines ar compuk. sarily grouped and controlled by a Federation decree providing penal. ties for firms purchasing excessive quantities of foreign coal.

BOARD,

derailments which occurred last year, and which were ascribed CIVIL SERVANTS INQUIRY officially to track defects, a whole- sale overhaul of large sections of the permanent way of the Southern Railway is to be undertaken-

FIRST MEETING HELD.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 2nd

Servante' Inquiry

The

Mapnas, February 3rd..

accordance with the proclamation of the Hartel on the arrival of the Simon Commission in India.

After bring stoned, the police fired at the rioters. killing one and wound on the rioters, billing one and wounding five.

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CANADIAN_STEEL.

LARGE CORPORATION REORGANISED,

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

MONTREAL, February 2nd.

among

the great industrial Powers,

The British Government, he point ed out, had already set on foot & demption, he declared, has resulted red in the case of the late Minister The organisation of the debt re Similar charges have been prefer- discussion of the subject between

in a world-wide return to confidence of Justice of the Free State, Mr. the employers and the workers' or ganisations in Great Britain. Mr. in French national finances, point- Kevin O'Higgins, and others, while ing out that the floating debt had heen reduced by over seven milliard france.

Betterton added that the British Government had asked the Exec tite of the Convention to attend the Labour Conference to be convened in 1920.

Both foreign and domestic credits had become abundant, he added, citing improvements like the reduc tion of the discount rate, and the de facto stabilisation of exchange.

In conclusion, he stated that the Banque de France now dominated the exchange market

Foreign Policy.

HOME BY-ELECTION.

CONSERVATIVES RETAIN BRISTOL (WEST).

The Directors of the British (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. M. Briand, the Foreign Minister, in the Senate, gave a lengthy re Empire Steel Corporation, the

LONDON, February 2nd. view of foreign affairs, declaring -Dominion-Steel Corporation, the Nova Scotia Steeland Coal Co.. The result of the by-election at that he welcomed the dialogue and their subsidiaries, have an Bristol (West) caused by the eleva across the frontier with Dr. Strese nounced that the first-named-cortion of Lieut-Col-the Right Hon. mann, as leading to decisive ex

ings could be entirely dissipated. portion, the president of which has G. A. Gibbs (Conservative) to the planations, by which misunderstand- resigned, is being reorganised under Peerage, resulted as follows:-

Lady Clare Annesley (Lab.)... 7,702 ained both mystical and practical Culversell (Con), 19,070 The Locarno Pact, he said. con- Mr. W. N. Marcey (Lib.) 4,900 elementa which had to be reconciled, (Lieut. Col. Gibbs polled 23,574. hut he considered that Dr. Steen whilst his Labour opponent, Mr. M. mann was wandering amidst olive Giles, registered 8.276 vates, at-the-groves

(Continued at foot of next column) General Election

Special attention is being-paid to the boat.rontes and to those sections of the track where the speed of ex-

Civil presses reaches sixty or seventy miles an hour.

Board has held its first meeting and t is rumoured that Mr. Quo Tai Reconstruction of those parts of discussed the question of prosedure.. Chi has resigned the post of acting the line which had been much A considerable number of witnessee financial and industrial in Foreign Minister but still remains affected by the rainy weather of will be examined, but will not he Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at last summer was begun come months required to give evidence on oath Shanghai It in expected that drago, and by end of 1999, it is cstins the tribunal is not a judicial Hanng Fu will be appointed-Formated that nearly 400 miles.

proceedings will be tracks will have been rela eign Minister.

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These latter interests are Montreal and Toronto corporations, repre ented by Messrs, Holt Grundy and Company, with New York financial

associations.

the indictment also includes charges of conspiracy to incite members of the public to murder the new Gov ernor-General or other persons con- nected with the Government.

The women were remanded, after brief hearing, and granted bail in the sum of £200 each.

Counsel for the prosecution told the Court that the defendants were charged with pasting in buildings documents which naked "Who were the invincibles and stating that they were the men who in 1881 executed two of England's officials.

The demeanour of the two-women"- caused considerable amusement dur. ing the whole of the proceedings.

The Locarno Pact, declared M. out the hand to receive rather than Briand bad the tendency to hold to give. Germany must realise that the two countries were bound to meet with diujeulties before they. could hope to reach a healthy under......

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