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CHIANG KAI SHEK REORGANISING. THE SOUTHERN MILITARY ARMY.

OPPOSITION FROM ONE OF HIS GENERALS.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 1928.

PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.

INSOLUBLE PROBLEMS.

NORTHERN GENERAL NEGOTIATING" A "TRANSFER."CLOSING ON 20TH INSTANT.

U.S. MINISTER VISITING YANGTSZE. PORTS.

FENGTIENESE TO CONTINUE WAR AGAINST SHANSI.

Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, who is at present conferring on Southern military matters with the Christian General? at Kaifeng, has informed the Nationalist Government at Nanking that he is reorganising the various units of their Army, and that The will retum to Nanking shortly. One of Chiang's colleagues, 'General Ho Ying Ching, was offered and declined the post of Chief of Staff. Trouble" is believed to be Brewing for Marshal Chiang, who return to his military duties has evidently not beca received with unalloyed pleasure in errtäin quasters.

On the other hand, we have a report to the effect that one of the Shantung leaders, General Ḥsu Kun, is negotiating with the Southerners to transfer his own and his troops' services to the other camp.

GREEN HOWARDS REACH MARSHAL CHIANG RETURN

SOUTHAMPTON.

ING TO NANKING.

(TÁRODOK BEUTER'S AGEROT.),

LONDON, Feb. 13th

The First Green Howards Regi- ment has arrived at "Southampton from Shanghai aixard the trans port Dorsetshire,

(Wah Tez Tat Pab.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 13th.

A communiqué, issued by the Nanking Military Council. states that a telegram has been received from Marshal Chiang Kai Sh.k stating that within five days he

retara to Nanking fro Hsuchow.

NATIONALIST PROTEST TO will

GERMAN CONSUL.

(Wah Tez Tat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 15th. The Nanking Foreign Office has, authorised - the Commissioner, aî Foreign Affairs in Kiangsu Pẹ x_ vince to protest to the German Consul-General at Shanghai re garding "the recent consignment of 10,000 rifles sold to Chang Hsn Liang, son of Marshal Chang Ts Lin, by German merchants.”

A TURN-COAT GENERAL.

(Wah Tu Tat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 15th.. An official report from the Nan- king Government states that General Hsu Kun, z, Shantung is negotiating military lander, with, the Nationalist Government, through his personal repressta-

tive, Mr. Chang Ching Feng, with

U.S. MINISTER'S YANGTSZE

TOUR.

(Fah Tae Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 13th.

The Cited States Minister is about to visit Yangtze Porta vid, Tsingtao and Tuinanfu. He left Peking on the 10th instant.

COST OF SHANGHAI DEFENCE FORCE...

*** EMPLOYMENT FOR RETURNED

RESERVISTS.

ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE FOR

ALL.

(TAKOUCH REUTER'S AGENCY)]

LONDON, Feb. 14th. Questioned in the House

of

(REʊILA'S AMERICAN 'BERVICE |

الم من

"HOME" COTTON INDUSTRY.

“STILL LOOKING FOR TROUBLE."

ITBROOGE REUTER'a aqract.

LONDON, February 18th," **Still looking for trouble" is the title of a leader in the Manchester "Guardian on the Master Cottou Spinners' decision indicated yester

HAVANA, February 15th. Some of the moet influential members of the Pan-American Con- ference frankly admit that it is con- fronted with problems; which at pre- | day. sent are insoluble.

The United States and the Arges- tine have notably clashed over the tariff issue.

The Conference will consequently

clase, as previously arranged, on the 20th inst., with much businem un- finished.

During the discussion of the tariff issue Senor Pueyrredon (Argentine) announced that he would not sign a Convention which did not include a reference to the necessity of abolishing the exces sively high barriers to the free flow of Inter-American Commerce,

Mor. Charles Hughes (U.S.A.) replying declared that insistence thereon would affect the vital sovereign rights of nations.

FRENCH REVENUE.

INCREASES SHOWN.

[THROUGH HAVA'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Feb. 13th

The revenne returns for January totalled 3,411,000,000 francs, show- ing an increase of 118,000,000 francs over January of last year and of 197,000,000 on the Budget forecasts.

DAĽBANK REOPENS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGÉNOT.}

SHANGHAI, Feb. 15th. The Dalbank reopened this morn

Ing.

WAGE ALTERATION -DEMANDED.

CRISIS IN COTTON TRADE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 14th.

The General Committee of the Federation of Master Colton Spin- ners Associations has received a report from the rub-committer which is negotiating with the Cot- ion Spinners Manufacturers' As-

regard to his intended surrender to Commons regarding the cost of sociation with regard to wages and

the southern side.

The Shanghai Defence Force, Mr. hours. Alfred Duff Cooper, of the Foreign No official statement has been issued, but it is understood that ail the Associations in the Federation, except the Bolton spinners, hand. ling Egyptina cotton, have decided

FENGTIENESE AND SHANSI. Office, stated that up to the end of March this year, it is estimated that the cost will be about 24,100,000.

(Wah Ter Yat. Pav.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 15th.

An important military conference was called in Peking on the morn ing of the 13th inst. The leaders present included Chang Tso Lin, Yang Yu Ting, Chang Hsu Liang, Sun Chuas Fang and Chang Tso Sheng The Shansi problem was discussed. It was "unanimously

In reply to further questions, Mr. Duff Cooper stated that out of over 2,000 Section "A" Reservists who had rejoined the Colours, 2,700 had been sent to China, while the Jest were relegated to the Reserve,

unfit.

discharged as being medically

Only ten had failed to report, agreed that the war with General while two, who are now in hospital, Yea Shih Shan should be carnied

of although pouco negotiations are detained abroad.

with him may possibly be under-

taken. simultaneously.

According to a report, from Hu-

tions between the Hankow leaders

Unemployed Reservists. Questioned as regards the num

nam yesterday the hende atuoting ber of reservists returned from and General Ho Chier broke down the East who are still unemployed, when they were on the point of Mr. Duff Cooper stated there was Consequently, General Pei Chung considerably difficulty in keeping

success.

·

to

tender to the operatives a

month's notion demanding anal teration in wages and hours agree ment in the American yarn section.

LIBERAL AMENDMENT DEFEATED. LLOYD GEORGE'S OPTIMISM,

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 14th The House of Commons has agreed to the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, and rejected by 310 votes to 140 Liberal amendment demanding fur ther measures to develop national resources, deal with unemployment

and solve the slum problem.

"The paper "says that the present proposals are all the more astonish- ing siner not only have the Manu- facturers' Association not been con- suited but that the Spinners' Fede ration itself is not united. It is of opinion that the operatives will presumably make most of the divi- sions among the employer

...REPRISALS FOR CAPT. FERGUSON'S MURDER. ·

SUDAN TRIBESMEN BOMBED.

HOSTILITY BROKEN DOWN.

[THXOUGH REUTZE'S AGENCY, ]

KHARTOUM, February 14th. Military operations against the Suer and Nuong tribesmen, fellow- ing the murder of Captain Fergus- son, the District Commisslober at Bahr, are virtually at an end, states an official communiqué issued "to day? to

**

The rebellious tribesmen retreated to the Islands surrounded by the vast swamps in the 'Shambe and Lake Jorr district, but the Royal Air Force machines flew over the district, and beavily bombed the Nuer herds, inflicting considerable losses in animals, with the result that the enemy speedily began, to surrender in increasing numbers.

Meanwhile, parties of young men who attempted to break through the cordon formed by the British troops in daredevil attacks, suffered heavy casualties from the British rifle-fire

and Mills bombs.

U.S.A.'S BIG NAVAL PROGRAMME.

PRESIDENT "COOLIDGE'S PRESENT ATTITUDĘ.

{BRUIKE's AMERICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13th. Mr. Britten, of the House of

Representatives Naval Committer, hai declared after his interview with President Coolidge, that the latter is hopeful that Congress will pass the Government's 8740,000,000 Naval Building Programme with-- out material change"

One of the most signifieant points was President Coolidge's engerness that no time limit should be placed on the completion of the programme

but that this should be left to Presidential discretion.

Mr. Britten new supports this. Many of those well-informed believe that while he is obliged somehow to pacify the Republican big navy advoentes, the President does not wish to carry through mich gigantic programme, but wishes to use it as a weapon of dialectin persuasion at the next Disarma- ment Conference.

CHURCH AND GREYHOUND RACING.

WORKING MAN'S CHEAPEST

SPORT."

THREAT TO CALL POLICE.

{THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, February 14th. Nine hundred delegates represent ing religious and social welfare organisations attended a Conven tion at Church House, Westminster, to consider greyhound racing bet ting. The Bishop of Lichfield pre- sided.

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The Lord Mayor of Manchester was much heckled when he moved a resolution to empower local autho rities to prevent the disturbance of their amenities, to the enrich- ment of greyhound racing share- holders and bookmakers, and call ing, on the Government to make betting on ground tracks illegal.

One interrupter shouted :-" It is the working man's best and cheapest sport."

DEATH OF THE EARL OF OXFORD AND ASQUITH.

GREAT LIBERAL STATESMAN PASSES AWAY IN. HÍ SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR.

PRIME MINISTER WHEN GREAT WAR BROKE OUT.

ONE OF THE FIRST STATESMEN AND ORATORS OF THE AGE.

** UNMISTAKABLY A VERY GREAT MAN,"

Throughout the British Empireindged throughout the whole world-the passing away of the great Liberal statesman, Herbert Henry Asquith (Earl of Oxford and Asquith) will be deplored for, impartially considered, he was unquestionably one of the greatest Englishmen of the age. A distinguished scholar of Balliol and u success from his first entrance to Parlament, he easily eclipsed most of his contemporaries and had very few rivals. A man of first-rate integrity, érvellent ability, both generally and politieally, England was fortunate, in having him at the bem when the Euro- pitan war broke out, is policy, like that of other political, lenders, did not entirely suit everyone, but it was always honest and straightforwardly expressed. He will probably long be remem- bered as second only to Gladstone as a pillar of Liberalism.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 13th. The Eart of Oxford and Asquith has passed away,

LATER.

before the tomb in which Asquith is now being lowered, laden with seara **

This quotation, from the news paper Excelsior indicates the esteem in which Lord Oxford and Asquith is held in France.

Hope of Lord Asquith's life was [The te Earl of Oxford and abandoned on Monday yet owing Asquith was raised to the Ferrago to his amazing constitution the three years ago, after having de ex-Premier lived till 6.30 this mornalined" a similar honour severn! ing when he passed peacefully years previously, He was Prima was among his family at his home Minister and First Lord of the. The Wharf, Sutton Courtney, Treasury-succeeding the Mate Sir Berkshire. Lady Oxford watched H. Campbell Bannerman - from at his bedside for days and nights. April, 1008, to December, 2016.

A.French Tribute.

He was a native of Morley, York shire, was echtested at the City of PARIS, Feb. 15th.

London School, went with a scholar- "Upon his shoulders fell the ship to Balliol, and followed up a crusting responsibility of plunging | brilliant career at Oxford by making the British Empire into the war, a great reputation at the Bar. He It was he who took the momentous first entered Parliament in 1888, decision for this act alone and ultimately relinquished a fine respectful homage and gratitude up polities} the French people should bow practice at the Bar when he took

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS...

The following excerpts are from cumstance that Efe was made "smooth, but not too smooth, for a biographical sketch on

him 1: I can't have your advante". Asquith "(as the Earl of Oxford ages, and you can't have mine, and Asquith then was)" and forma wrote the self-made American ta his son. One man learns the part of an excellent volume en-

value of truth by going to Sunday titled Uncensored Celebrities. School and another by doing bud

It was written by E T. Raymondness with liqrs. One man is sober because he had a good mother, and and first published in 1918-

another because his father, drank- There are certain things that the hoots of his feet.”

If Mr. England does very well, and Mr. Asquith was destitute of Mr. Lloyd Asquith is one of them. One may George'n peculiar educational ad- quarrel with the stuff and the vantages be enjoyed many of o fashion; but given material and different kind, and made the most All active hostility has now been broken down, and the aeroplanes

mode of treatment, malice itself of them, cannot deny that the product in A Great Scholar have already returned to Khartoum, Orders have been given for the

The resolution was overwhelming-its own way is very perfect. troops. to withdraw, with the excepy carried, whereupon an uproar tion of one company which will broke out

The Bishop of Lichfield thresten-the remain at Lake Jorr for the Freed to call the police to restore

order.

sent.

J

**

AMERICAN MURDERER

SENTENCED:

PLEA OF INSANITY REJECTED.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

LOS ANGELES, February 14th. The degenerate youth, William Hickman, has been sentenced to death for the murder of Marion Parker, the 12-year-old daughter of a banker.

Hickman abducted, murdered and mutilated the girl. subsequently handing over the mangle body to the father in exchange for a ranson of 81,500.

He subsequently escaped in a motor-ear, but was captured and brought back to Los Angeles, where

he was tried..

The defence pleaded insanity, but the plea was rejected.

Eventually, the disturbance sub sided, and other resolutions were adopted deploring the effect of grey. hound betting on young people, and asking the Government to receive a deputation on the subject.

BRITISH UNEMPLOYED. FURTHER DECLINE SHOWN.

BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Feb. 14th. The unemployment returns con tinue to show a decline. The aum: ber of workines on February 6th was 1,169,000, being 6,700 less than the week previous, and 141,203 less

thin a year ago.

OTTOMAN. DEBT, QUESTION IN THE COMMONS.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

Ruas, Feb. 14th.

of

If one find to express this At the City of London School man in terms of remistry, he captured all the prizes; at hit single would stand for Oxford, he became. President of his native Yorkshire town and for the Union, took the highest degrees, Balliol and its famous master, carried off the Craven Scholarship, that rather cyrical instructor of made the right kind of friends. budding statesmen. Dr. Jowett. Jowett was rightly proud of him. Mr. Asquith may be called the "Asquith is the one pupil of Jowettate of Middleclasedom. The mine," he said, "for whom I can base of the compound is of course most confidently predict success in uwn sterling English intel- life." Asquith will get on," he ligence, weighty and acute, bat said, on another occasion, he is rather prosaic; but its character so direct." Jowetters was the has been profoundly modified by philosophy of getting on in its most the culture of Oxford.

dignified guise, a sublimated en.. Herbert Henry Asquith was born. portunism, in which worship of the. in 1852 at Morley, and almost his main chance was robbed of its earliest recollection is of walking groseness and made a fit faith for as a Sunday-school child in a loen! | a scholar and a gentleman. procession to celebrate the Crimean peace.

his

Jowett was justified of his spiritual child. Young Asquith Distinctly A Victorian, did get on, and by"direct" With all his culture thers re-means. Apart from the paternal mains much of the middle-class means which assured him a first-

mind, with its good and its not an

rate education, no man of our time owes less to external help or more good. Despite an excellent 20- quaintance with literature, and a

to his own abilities. The Bar, with Westminster in the offing, natural- generally good taste therein, he is in many matters something of as attracted him. At a very early. Phekstine. He belongs distinctly age he had confided to a friend his ambition—either' to be Lord Chan- to the, Victorians.

celler or Prime Minister and the Bar was his only road to the Woci- sack or the Treasury The capa city of getting at facts and stating

the

La political tendencies as in literary tastes he is old-fashioned. Colonel Wedgwood, the Fate has mixed him up with the THE LATE EARL HAIG'S

Labour Party, asked, in the House social reformers, but his heart bas * WILL.

of Commons, what was the present never been with them; it beats them with the utmost lucidity was position of the negotiations regard-content to Stuart Mill. Perhaps Mr. Asquith's from boyhood. Cer (BRITISK WIRELESS SERVICE}

ing the

Ottoman debt and in here again Morley helps; the tain pleadings, drawn by an un- particular, the payment made statesman remembers certain real-known junior, attracted the atten- Huday, Feb. 14th.

the middle-class tion of a great lawyer by their The will of the late Field Marshal formerly by Egyptin connection ties noted by Earl Haig was lodged in Edinburgh with the Anglo-French guaranteed youth; and that recollection for grasp and clearness; and from that loan of 1856 and the payments bids any illusion as to the sudden moment the professional success of

of perfectibility to-day,

working the young aspimat was assured. He authorises his trustees to allotted to the various succession

Hapid Parliamentary Suecess. bish his war diaries inpuch time of states of the old Ottoman E-masses, or, for that matter, of their

masters,

A wider reputation was achieved Mr. Locker Lampeon, Foreign

"Ko Democrat." us they think fit, and until such pre

the time Lady Eaig and one of the

by his appearance before Mr. Lloyd George suggested the trustees

said! Under Secretary, replying retain custody of the The question of

Mr. Asquith is no-democrat. Parnell Commission; and this hád the payment But he is very

sincerely aharaly be confirmed before Mr. darien He expressed establishment of

area at the part in formerly made by Egypt towards Liberal of the old individualist Gladstone, struck by the quality of Economic 10

the service of the aranteed loan philosophy, and therefore real, his first Parliamentary speech, ing. He had specially communi General Staff." He expressed the which his home at Bemersyde was of 1858 is at present being discussed and sane thing, if a limited one. offered him the great post of Home

ated with each reservist from opinion that if certain things were situated

between a committee appointed by His Nonconformist anbestry is lit Secretary. There were many who the Egyptian Government and Sirtle visible in externals; no man sa rashness in the experiment; China asking whether he had ob done, Britain would not only re-

Reginald Patterion, representing likes better the theatre, cards, the but ruch douhte could not long emr- tained employment, or if he de- cover her old position, but would.

the British Government. I under sired that his name should still be transcend-anything-before-achieved.

stand negotiations between the chatter of attractive women, or the vive; in his first official job M.

consolations of good fiction. But Asquith sequitted himmelt as if representatives

Turkish

there is nevertheless in the grain years of experience were beind Government and the representa of him a good deal of the Puritan. him; he spoke dike a wise old man registered with the Society which

tives of bond holders, as regards old and new; the old came out to and acted like

and was making special efforts

the Turkish shore of the Ottoman his obstinate duel with the Peerage, courageous one. Yet, despite this behalf of the reservista

debt are being conducted in Paris, the now (more soft-hearted and less precocious success, he hardly im In the House of Commons, the and that an agreement has now hard-headed) was shown in his in-pressed his contemporaries, as a question was seked regarding the been reached, except regarding one capacity to understand the real future Prime

me Minister. It was net recent appointment of British or two subeitiary points

Prussia.

then quite so emphatically as now, The method of settlement of the Liason Oficer in New Zealand.

is tempting to speculate how the day of the lawyer-politician The Dominions Secretary said that share allotted to Palestine and Irak the mind and character of Mr. the Woolenck rather than Downing an arrangement had been made for le at present being discussed be- Asquith would have reacted to cir- Street was the normal goal of a

member of the staff of the tween those governments and the cumstances such as those, of Mr. barrister M.P. To people soaked: Foreign Office to act as such. He Ottoman Debt Councils. The share Lloyd George's boyhood. Would in the Gladstonian tradition, too, would be in New Zealand in an slotted to Italy has already been they have mellowed or embittered, the coldness of Mr. Asquith's ter informative capacity, especially in settled. So far as I am aware no widened or narrowed, made him perament, refecicd in most relation to foreign affairs, but he settlement has yet been reached a more or less humaat. How much austere diction, scented to die would in no sense be a representá- regards the shares allotted to other has Mr. Laquith or the British qualify him for a party leader. tive of His Majesty' Government coin States..

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MEXICAN CONSPIRACY

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CASE.

Hsi has decided that he will short touch with the men and the figures ly raise an attack on the Hunanese remnants at Pachsien, some 200 were therefore apt to be mislead miles west of Huengchow.

CHIANG KAI SHEK'S MILI- TARY PLANS. Wak Te-Yut-Panit

SHANGHAI, Feb. 15th. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has telegraphed to Nanking that he is rearganising the Southern military units for the purpose of concentrat ing all the military powers under him. The First Routo expedition ary Army, formerly under General Ho Ying Ching, will be remodelled "the First Group of the Euo- intang Amy" being directly under Chiang Kai Shek

General Ho has been appointed to the post of Chief of Staff.

General Ho refuses to accept Marshal Chiang's appointment, under the pretext that he is unable to assume office, owing to sickness.

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As soon as he had the laicet figures based on the result of the EX-PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT communication, he promised to communicate with the questioner.

Replying to another question, Mr. Duff Cooper said that the lance had been abolished as

а тезрок

ACQUITTED.

(ZEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

Los Axomes, Feb. 14th.

of war for lancer regiments at home Senhor Adolfo de la Huerta, the and abroad, but had been retained ex-Provisional President of Mexico, for experimental purposes, The who with four co-defendante, was question whether it would be re- charged in the Federal Court with tained as a weapon of war in India conspiracy to violate the neutrality was one for the Government of laws has been acquitted by the

Federal Court...

India

AN APPOINTMENT. "BRITISH-LIASON OFFICER IN NEW ZEALAND.”-

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE)

Hucer, Feb. 14th.

of the

It

young