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REPORTS STATE JAPANESE GOVERN- MENT TO SPEND $50,000,000 IN MANCHURIA.

SHANSI SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM NATIONALISTS.

HUPEH TROOPS ADVANCING IN HUNAN.

CHIHLI TROOPS ATTACK SOUTHERNERS ON SHANTUNG BORDER.

CHIANG KAI SHEK MOBILISING FOR A GENERAL ATTACK.

According to reports from Peking, the Japanese Government intend to spend 850,000,000 for the purpose of financing, new enterprises in Manchuria."

Shang Province has approached the Nationalist Government. with a request for, financial help, having evidently come to the end of its resources in the struggle with the Fengtienese.

Chih troops are reported to have begun an attack on the invading Southerners on the outh-west Shantung border,

Chiang Kai Shek, who is bury mobilising Southern troops to enable him personally to participate in the Northern campaigo, is conferring with Southern allies regarding a combined movement. Chiang's re-entrance into the campaign should impart new stimuks to the fray..which for some time past has appeared to be exceed- ingly lethargic.

NEW ENTERPRISES IN

MANCHURIA..

(Wah Ter Yol Pas.)

Sussana. Feb. 13th. Advices from Peking state tha! the Japanese Government are will ing to expend 850,003,000 for the purpose of financing new prises in Manchuria.

enter.

General Hu Chung Tu's troops bava orcupied Huangshan,, an im portant point north of Huengchow,

Hunan.

General Fei Chung He has also arrived at Hurtigchow from Chang sha Before starting his journey he notified the police authorities and military headquarters to take strict measures to protect foreign lives and property, especially mis sionary schools and churches.

Mr. Mon Chang Chad has been appointed by the Hankow autho rity, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at Hankow.

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SHANSI IN NEED OF MILITARY FUNDS.

(Wah Te Fat Pao.)

Suason, Feb. 13th. General Wu Chao Hus, General Yan Shib Shan's répresentative, on a mission to ask the Nationalist

Government for support, arrived at Hankow on the 10th inst. and on

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th, 1928.

MORE PIRACY IN CHINESE WATERS.

JAPANESE STEAMER

CAPTURED

SEVERAL OTHER VESSELS, MOLESTED.

JAPANESE WARSHIPS TO THE RESCUE.

„["THROUGH"' EXUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEKING, February 13th, Pirates have recently been active off Haichow, capturing one Japanese steamer, which was recaptured by the destroyer Taubaki.

The steamer Heiro Maru, ra Froute to Haichow from Shanghai, waa anchored off Tsingkow on the 11th inst., when the steamer Kaits Maru approached her. A junk pat off from the Kaitni, which was seen to be fall of pirates.

THE ALSATIANS.

*** INVINCIBLY FRENCH."

M. POINCARETM ENTHUSIAS TICALLY RECEIVED.

(THROOM BATAS ADENCY.]

FARIS, Feb. 13th.

3. Paincare, speaking at Stras- burg, eulogised the loyalty and

EARL OF OXFORD FIRE IN CANADIAN

AND ASQUITH.

GOLD MINE.

VERY SERIOUSLY ILL,

39 MINERS PERISH.

CONDITION GRAVE.

(THROUGH REUTEK'I AGENCY.}

LONDON, Feb. 13.

30 BODIES RECOVERED,

יי,

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

TIMMINS, Oat, Feb. 13th.

A disuatrous fire broke out to-day

The Earl of Oxford and Asquithin the Hollinger gold-mine and

are

patriotism of the Alsatians who has developed acute pharyngitis there are at least ben fatalities, in were, he said, passionately and in with signs of bronchitis. His con- addition to 24 others who vineibly French. The Premier cast "dition is of the gravesh contempt and reprobation on some The Earl of Oxford and Asquith merelj: "suspicious agents support. is 73 years old.] ed by foreign resourceL"

Tremendous applause greeted the Premier, the audience singing the Marseillaise and cheering enthu siastically.

BRITISH TRADE.

UPWARD TREND STILL SHOWN.

The Heirs Maru hastily pulled DECLINE IN COAL EXPORTS. up anchored and steamed off, bat

not before the pirates fired, killing one seaman and wounding the cap tain.

The Heira Maru reported the in zident at Haichow, with the result that a Japanese gunboat was sent from Tsingtao and the destroyer Tribaki from Port Arthur. The latter recaptured the Kaitan ora

on the 19th inst.

Another Japanese steamer, on

reaching Raichow, reports a similar

experience to that of Heire Maru

on the 10th inst.

[BRITIKA WINKLIUS SERVICE,Į

RUGBY, Feb. 19th. The Board of Trade returns for January disclose that the upward trend of exports was maintained during the month

Compared with £55,500,000 in January of last year, the value of exports last month exceeded £58,700,000 and the past month's total was about £1,000,000 above the figures for December,

Importe fell from £113,000,000 in January 1997 to £100,000,000 lart

month. The increase shown in ex-

the following day proceeded to Nanking. Upon his arrival be in- terviewed Marshal Chiang Kai R.A.F. FLYING BOATS. is noteworthy.

EN ROUTE FOR SINGAPORE.

Shek and reported the latest poli. tical and military affairs in Shansi province. He stated that at the beginning of the war with Chang Tso Lin, General Yan planned to march upon Peking within six months so that funds and acomuni tion in store were barely enough for the campaign. The war bad How hated almost ten months and pore, the financial resources-of-the-pro-

vince

no longer able to provide for further war activities. }

WOID

(THROUGH REUTER'S· AGENCY.}

ports was well distributed, but the recovery "shown in larger industries Manufactures of

were

iron and steel, were exported to the value of over £3,230,000, showing na increase of £600,000, Ma- chinery exports

up by £310,000. Cotton goods exports ex- ceeded the previous January by £700,000. Increases were also shown in leather manufactures and arti-

RANGOON, Feb. 13th. The four Royal Air Force flying boats have left en route to Singnficiat silk goods. There was a sharp

decline in coal exports.

NORTHCLIFFE PRESS.

He requested that the Nationalist THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT,

HUPEH TROOPS IN HUNAN. Government should extend finan-

(eh T Tat Pan)

SHANGHAI,'Feb. 13th. A detached body of Hankow ex- peditionary troopa in Hunan is pushing its way towards the west of Hunan. According to despatches from Hankow, they have occupied Yeyeng and are advancing towards Shuengteh.

cial help.

ANTI-BRITISH MOVEMENT SUBSIDING AT WUHU..

[NAVAL WIRELENB.]

BIG COMPANY TO BE FLOATED.

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(THROVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 13th

ARCTIC ICEFLOES.

400 FISHERMEN AND 300 HORSES CARRIED

SEAWARDS.

MOST OF THE MEN SAVED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Rra, Feb. 12th.

A message from Leningrad states that 300 horses we also carried seawards on the iceffoes which be came detached from the coast dur- storm off the Cronstadt coast, with, 400 fishermen.

Lord Rethermer, in this morn- ing's Daily Mail, announces" the immediate formation of a company West, Feb. 12th."with large financial resources" to Despite the fact that the boycott be termed The Northcliffe Newsing is officially in forec, it is not re-papers, Limited, for the publica- Marshal Chiang Kai Shek tels-ceiving much backing, and is tion of a series of evening new

fizzling out. graphed to the Nanking Govern- as he finished

ment that as soon

The general situation has con- mobilising the troops, a general at-ziderably improved. British goods tack on the Northerners would be are being bought and sold in the

cative city without any kindrance, resumed.

papere, in the Provinces. The company will be floated - with`a capital of £3,000,000 with the pos sibility of an increase to £5,000,000,

CATZB.

The new head of the Mineral Oil It is now explained that deben. tures will be raised to £5,000,000, CHIANG TO CONFER WITH Tax Bureau (1 Pang Wor Hing) for

the whole of the province of Ankweil besides £2,500,000 which will be ALLIES.

issued as 21 ordinary shares. Of has taken over and is most anxious the latter shares, Lord Rothermere to co-operate with foreign mis applying for 600,000. He will panies... There is no sign of anti- be the chairman of the company. foreign feeling.

(Wah Tiz Fat Pac.3

Communists are still active, but the authorities are endeavouring to deal with their activities. Owing to bad trade for some time past, large numbers are unemployed, and the Communistes have taker advan tage of this situation to stir up

SHANGHAI, Feb. 13th. Upon his arrival at Esuchow Chiang telegraphed a roquest to Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang and Mr. Wu Chao Hua, General Yan Shib Shar's representative, to go to Hsuchow to attend a military meet ing in connection with a combined attack on the Fenglienese. Mar- fresh trouble.

what Feng, however, is unable to

leave the frent Consequently. THE STRUGGLE IN HUNAN.

Marshal Chiang, proceeded to

Chengchow, Honan, on the evening

of the ith inst to meet Marsha! Ferg.

CHIHLI TROOPS ATTACKING ON SHANTUNG BORDER.

(Fan Te Fat Paa.).

SHANGHAI, Feb. 13th The Chibli troops in Shanting have begun their attack on the Boutherners at Chochow, on the south-west Shantung border.

(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]"

HANKOW, Feb. 13th.

It is authentically reported that the Wuhanites under, General Fei Chung Hai captured Hengohow and that General Li Ping Esien iere-

"GOODWILL” TOUR.

Later, the sea froze, enabling the majority of the formen to return safely. Twenty of the men are re- ported to have been drowned.

U.S.A.'S NAVY PRO- GRAMME.

SUBSTANTIAL "CUT” PREDICTED.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.j

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NEW YORK, Feb 12th: The New York Times, on the

ENGLISH COLLIERY

DISASTER.

MANY LIVES LOST.

EXPLOSIONS DURING · AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]]

LONDON, Feb. 12th.

A terrible pit disaster occurred in Cumberland to-day, involving, it is feared, the lives of at least thirteen prominent officials, who were testing the safety of the Haig pit at Whitehaven, following ́a tragedy two months ago when four miners were killed.

The Haig Pit had been closed soon after the members of the in- since the tragedy, sealed up, and spection party, including two Gove

ernment inspectors" and Dine oficials had entered there was a terrible explosion and thirteen of the group were killed.

missing.

The denen smoke and the fumes which accompanied the blaze con-

the ziderably hampered

rescue work: Special re-fighting ap- paratus was rushed to the scene from Pittsburgh, and expert smoke fighters from Toronto The fuses are spreading into adjacent mines. Thirty Bodies Recovered.

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LATER.

Of the 30 miners who have perish ed 3) bodies have been recovered.

MILLIONAIRE'S ROMANCE,

TO WED HIS ADOPTED DAUGHTER

£18,000,000 FORTUNE.

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NEW YORK, Jan, Stâ. multi-millionaire vél-king is

to marry his adopted daughter.

He is Mr. Ernest M. Marland, of Oklahoma, and he has anncune the ail capitalist and art patron,

ed his engagement to Mézy Lydie Marland, aged twenty-eight.

He adopted his future wife and her brother twelve years ago, be fore he had ammered his fortune. Her real parents were M. and Mrs George F. Roberts, who Eved

The victims were inspecting the pit with a view to re-opening it and they had reached a maled working. It is believed that the explosion was caused by gas rushin cut of the working when the party broke down the scaling.

Hope Abandoned.

It is confirmed that thirteen of the inspection party are missing as the result of the explosion in the Haig Pit All bope for them has been abandoned. Rescue work is impossible owing to a heavy fall of the roof and the foul atmosphere in the pit.

That part of the pit in the ares of the explosion has again been sealed up.

~[BRITISH WIRELESS′′EKEVICE;}-- Inspection Party Involved.

RoGay, Feb. 19th.

It is feared that thirteen nen have lost their lives in an accident to-day in a pit at Whitehaven, Cumberland. The pit had been closed since an accident, which oc- curred recently, and an inspection party, including two Government Inspectors, as well as nine officiali, and representatives of the Miners' Undon who are among the missing, its being reopened. were inspecting it with a view to

The sealed working was opened, and it is thought the gas rushed out and caused the explosion.

Four Explosions, Further details of the terrible pit disaster, show that a party of twenty-one was endeavouring to locate the body of one of the men killed in the tragedy last Decem ber, when the removal was made impossible by a fire which broke

out

Shortly after mid-night Jaat night, some of the party were taking refreshments and re-charg ing the oxygen apparatus when four, explosions occurred.

The fourth, the most violent, hurled the men off their feet and

humble circumstances in Philadelphės.

Mr. Marland encountered great success in his south-wester oil ex ploitation, and he said that Lydie had brought him good luck.

She endeared herself to him, still more by her affectionate nursing of the first Mrs. Marland during her long illness, and her devotion to him alter his wife's death maine ed him that she should become his Becond wife.

Mr. Marland, who is fifty-eight, will marry the girl in February at her Philadelphia home,"

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Palace,

TYPHOON IN THE BRITISH ISLES.

LIVES LOST AND HOUSES WRECKED.

SHIPPING SUFFERS.

[ARITIAR WIRELESS SERVICE, i

Rugar, E. 19th The great gale which swept over Great Britain on Friday night and continued intermittently, but with decreasing violence, until yesterday afternoon was one of the worst ever

experienced in this country.

In places, notably in the northern districts, the wind reached a great velocity. At Liverpool it rose tem- porarily to 104 miles hourly, which is record in England since re- liable observations began.

Reports of wrecked house and other havoc have been received, from all parts of the country. Five lives were lost and several people were injured. Shipping suffered severely. Telegraph" and telephone" wires were brought down and rail- way services were delayed by falls" of trees amies the lines. Heavy north-westerly gales were still blow- ing early this morning in the North Sea and the Channel, where heavy seas are running.

Despite the storm, the Handley Page air liners of the Imperia! Airways maintained an outward servica to Paris, Brussels · and Cologne. Inward services from Brussels and Cologne to Loaddu were cancelled, but one of the Im perial - Airways liners enrrying. '18 passengere made the fight from Paris to London. The machine et- countered, gusts of 90 miles hourly, and the journey occupied four hours

from Port Tadhon to Lisbon with The s. Tuermina, of Oslo; bound

1,000 tons of coul, foundered in the gale at Padstow By splendid seamanship, the Padstow lifeboat get alongside the vessel and rescued the crew of 18...

The .. Montclare, on which the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Amery te turned from his bour of dominions was held up yöständ Mr. Amery is expected to 20 at Liverpool by rough wed London this afternoon

[THROUGH 'REUTER'S AGENCY.] Further Detalla.

LONDON, Feb. 19th Eleven were killed, many injured, and widespread damage was caused

by a hurricane which has swept - over the whole of Britain

It was the most violent ever re- corded in the country,

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In addition to the eleven deaths in the gale previously abled; 1. vessel used for obtaining, sand from the banks of the Mersey was wreck- The oil-king's fortune is estimated, and six members of the crew ed at £18,000,000. He is building perished. The vessel was wrecked a palace on his estate in Oklahoma between Liverpool and Widnes. which is said to rival the résidence of any monarch. It will be famished with costly works of art from all parts of the world. ··

Six hundred acres will be ter- raced and in these gardens will be erected "The Pioneer Woman," by the English sculptor, Bryant Baker.

"HIS WORSHIP THE (WOMAN) MAYOR.".

BOBBED RULERS OF BOROUGHS MEET

Mr. Marland recently held a

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20th. Liverpool made municipal bis- competition for a statue to honour the wives of the Oklahoma fron-tory yesterday by entertaining nine tieremen, and Baker's work of a of the thirteen. women mayors of young woman in a bomet, with a

the country. It was the first Bible under one arm and leading gathering of its kind. her son with the other hand, was the winner.

The estate will be completed in three years time, when Lydie Mar- and will become its mistress and be known as The First Lady of Oklahoma."

MOTHER'S PERJURY.

BABY TO GO TO GAOL WITH HER

The mayors were all the guests of Liverpool's woman lord mayor, Miss Margaret Beavan. They were the mayors of Southampton (Mrs. Foster Welsh), Deptford Mrs. Beatrice M. Drapper), Eastbourse

Miss

Alice Hudson), Lichfield (Mrs Stuart, Shrew), Tenby (Mrs. Jenkins), Pudsey (Mrs. Laund), West Bromwich (Mrs. Cottrell). Wrexham (Mrs. "Edwards Jopes), and Whitehaven (Miss Hilder).

The lord mayor, wearing her. robes of office and plumed hat, re- ceived her guests' in her parlour at the town hals and chatted with them over a morning cup of coffee. Each was announced as "His Maud Smith, aged 22, a married Worship the Mayor," and was wel- woman, and Dennis Gustave Mycomed by the lord mayor with a nott, 2, both of Cambridge, plead hearty handshake ed guilty to charges of perjury and B ̧* Gay 'With, Colour, conspiracy to defeat the ends of

A remarkable case at Cambridge

authority of the Big Navy" filled the mine with foul air Group in the Congress, forecasts a The eight survivors blinded and substantial cut in the Administra dazed and partially gassed, stum- tion's naval building programme, bied or crawled guided by only one Assizes was that in which Lilian owing to the deluge of protests. lamp for over two miles to the The Times recalls that President bare of the shaft where they arrived Coolidge speaking in 1926 declared in a most exhausted state, several the Navy then to be ample for all collapsing. practical purposes. The journal adumbrates a cut of G.8400,000,000 and the elimination of the provi- {REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICZ]-ion of thirty five submarines

It also forecasts that the number of cruisers will be cut from 25 to 15 or even to 12.

NOW NEARLY COMPLETED.

HAVANA, Feb. 13th: Lindbergh has left for St. Louis

to complete the Latin-American "goodwill" tour.

U.S. PRESIDENCY,

MR. HOOVER AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

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[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12th." Mr. Hoover, who has now become candidate for the Republican treating to the Kwangtung border. presidential nomination, in bis Hu Trung Tu returned with the first campaign statement to day; Nineteenth Army and is leaving Chen Chien and Pei Chng Hai in control in Human Ho-Chien and

declared that he was bound to carry forward the Republican principles and the great objectives of Mr. Coolidge's policies.

For the presed, he intends to

of Commerce"~~

Both sides have been greatly in Leu-Hoon are still holding Chang-tain post of Head of the

forced and severe fighting is now imminent.

tel

Departin

MR. AMERY'S TOUR. DELIVERS 380 SPEECHES.

(THROUGH KEUTSK'S-AGEROV."}

LONDON, Feb. 12th.

"THE CONSTANT NYMPH." justice.

STAGE TESSA WATCHES

FILM PRODUCTION.

When Mise Edna Bext, the stage "Constant Nymph"

A&W. Miss Mabel Poulton, the Bim Constant Nymph on the screen for the first time, the uttered not one word Mr. Basit Dem and Mr. Adrian Brunel, who were responsible for

Ar all, except the mayors of . Deptford and Whitehaven, wore They were sentenced to ten their robes, the scene was gay with months' imprisonment, Mr. Justice colour, The Mayor of West Brom- Salter directing, that Mrn, Smith's wich was conspicuous in ermine infant child should accompany her and scarlet, and the Mayor of to prizon

Southampton also struck a disting- Mr. Gerald Dodson, for the ❘ tive note with her robe of blue. Director of Public Prosecutions, The others gowns were of scarlet, said the girl married in 1824 and and all wore their chains of office. The Mayor of Wrexham, like the was a tubercular subject. Through misconduct, she and her husband lord mayor, had followed the pre-

fashion of separated under a produce the voting

her hair having owing to further conduct the the payment of

The mayors went on a tour of the city's bousing scheme and visited

Mr. L. C. M 8: Auery, the the film production, sat with her, husband stops in the enthedral before luncheon

Colonial Becretary, bus returned from his 24,000-miles Empire tour He has averaged 200 miles daily, in his travels, and delivered over 360 speeches, aincy his departure on July 22nd

and Lady Mercy Dean, in the little underground theatre at the long tad studios, where the picture was rum through for them "cold" that is to say, without music

Miss Bent confessed herself still unable entirely to analyee her emo tions, so excited and interested was she by this perfectly wonderful

OBITUARY.

VATICAN. FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE picture

"{THROUÓH REUTER'S AGENCY,}...

Rous, Feb. 12th. The death has occurred of Doulet, the French Ambassador to the Holy See.

maintenance.

the police court, and for the pur

Mr. Smith took proceedin

"This meeting is historic,” said pose of refuting the suggestion of the lord mayor, who presided. There has never been a gathering misconduct anade by the husband she got Mynott, to give evidence of women mayors before, The The application, heard on Decem reason I invited you to come to ber 12th, 1928, failed. The next Liverpool was simply this, that wo year Mrs Smith gave birth to a might encourage each other child, of which it was alleged Tessa on the film might to Mynott was the father, and Mrs easily have been wrongly casty" sheath applied for an order against saad, but Mabel Poulton is the Mynott, who denied the paternity. real thing. She looks so young, so Justice Salter in passing tiny, end so moving The whole sentence, and that far too many things exquisite. The story people went into a court of Justice stands out clearly; there is nothing thinking mot of what was true, but *** what will it pay me best to say 1" to jar one anywhere.

"

Therine His Worsup responded, and, with womanly preciation of the value of ench speech was limited to minute,

Mr B Drapper. Mayoz Deptford, was the only among 300 guests at n bâm the Mansion House Inst ni