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YELLOW RIVER BREAKS ITS BANKS

WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS.

80-VILLAGES INUNDATED: 20,000 PERSONS

HOMELESS.

COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF OF NATIONALIST ARMY.

FENGTIEN'S NEW OFFENSIVE IN

FULL SWING.

One of those periodical disasters that happen to the Yellow River is reported, the river (well-named "China's Sorrow") break- ing its banks near its mouth and causing tremendous damage. Details are lacking, "but it is known that 50 villages have booz itundated, rendering 20,000-persone homeless,

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The Fengtiencas new, offensive against. Shansi bas begur and fighting is reported in the vicinity of the Yennen Pass. Shapi reinforcements are being rushed up from Triyuanfu. Shansi's capital,

Five hundred of the Shanghai. Defence Force detalla yesterday left for England in the ́s.s. City of Marseillen.

SHANGHAI DEFENCE

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FORCE.

300 LEAVE FOR HOME.

(Wah Tes Fat Pao:)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 28th.

Five hundred of the Shanghai Defence Force details left for Home in the s.s. City of Marseilles this

morning.

KWEICHOW TROOPS' HUNAN SUCCESS.

(Wah Te: Fat Paq

SHANDDAY, Feb. 9th. The Kweichow Expeditionary army against the Hunanese, under General Chen Chu Chin, is report- ed to have captured Sinchow in Western Hunan, The troops are now advancing towards Tuyuen,

south-west of Shuength. YELLOW RIVER DISASTER.

(THROUGH LECTER'S AGENCY.]

PERING, February 29th. The Yellow River has broken its banks at Litsing Haien near the mouth of the river. Eighty villages are inundated and 20,000 persons are homeless. Details are lacking,

ITALY'S AFRICAN

WARFARE.

NATIONALIST ARMY.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29th, 1928.

ONE MORE PIRACY. PROPOSED FRANCO AMERICAN TREATY."

CHINESE STEAMER'S UNHAPPY EXPERIENCE.

"DISTARDLY THREAT.

HEAVY LOOT; PASSENGÈRS`

AND SHIP'S SHROFF HELD

TO RANSOM.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] [.

Foocnow, Feb. 29th, The Chinese passenger steamer Hua do, which left Shanghai ou February 21th arrived at Pagoda Anchorage to-day after a thrilling, though unhappy, experience at the hands of 14 pirates who, after saturating parts of the ship with kerosene, threatened to set it on Bre and scuttle it if a guabout hove. in sight,

Not content with five case of piece goods and $10,000 stolen from

THE COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF. the passengers, the pirates, made off with four passengers and the ship's shrof.

(Wah Te Tai Pasà

SHANGHAI, Feb. 28th.

The "Nanking Military Council have appointed Chiang Kai Shek, Fang Yu Hainng, Yen Hai Shan Commander-in-Chief of the First, Second and Third Group, Armies, respectively.

FENGTIEN'S NEW OFFEN. SIVE.

(Wah Te: Fat Pao.).

SHANGHAI, Feb 28th.

A message from Nanking states that General Yea Hai Shan, Shan-

i's Governor, reported yesterday

an outbreak of hostilities between the Shamsi forces and the Feugtien troops in the vicinity of Yennen Pass

SPAIN TO RETURN TO THE LEAGUE.

·SEQUEL TO AGREEMENT ON

TANGIER.

411

(THROUDH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Feb. 9th.

It is stated that Spain will return to the League of Nations

ANOTHER U.S.A. NOTE

{XEUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28th. Mr. F. Kellogg, Secretary of State Department, has presented the French Ambassador with another Note in connection with the pro posed Franco-American Treaty to outlaw war in reply to the French Note af January. 91st.

BRITISH COTTON

INDUSTRY.

JOINT CONFERENCE.

OPERATIVES” NOTE.

(THROUGH REUTEE'S ADENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 27th. The joint conference of the cot. ton employers and the operatives' leaders held at Manchester to-day, after a discussion lasting for over four bours, adjourned until Mon- day next without coming to a

decision.

An, oficial statement issued states rant the representatives of the operatives handed the employers a note, expressing regret that the latter were not in favour of the establishment of a Statutory Com- mittee to enquire into the position. The note also declared that neither the wages paid nor the 4-hour week were causes of the unsatisfactory state of the industry, The real causes would be found

elsewhere.

at the September Session. This follows on the reported Franco-inquiry was most likely to diag An independent and impartial

Spanish Agreement regarding the Bleinformants from Taiyuanfu | administention of Tangier. (capital of Shansi) are being rush- ed up in order to strengthen the Shani defences against which the R.A.F. FLYING BOATS AT Fengtienese are preparing to launch an attack.

It is expected that heavy fighting will take place seen.

"ANGLO-EGYPTIAN NEGOTIATIONS.

HARD FIGHTING BY COLONIAL FORECAST OF DRAFT TREATY.

TROOPS.

HEAVY ARAB CASUALTIES.

(THROUGE EBUTERʼa Adzser.]

ROME, Feb. 28th.

ing their occupation to the edge of the Lybian desert.

EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER'S

COMMENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCt.]

LONDON, FA sth."

SINGAPORE.

BEING OVERHAULED.

(THZOUGA AKUTER ́K JGENCY.)

SINGAPORE Feb. 9th. The Royal Air Force Flying Boats have arrived to undergo an over- haul before leaving for Australia in the middle of May.

FRENCH TRADE.

FIGURES FOR JANUARY,

[THROUGH HÀN AS "ADENCY.]

Panis, Feb. 28th.

French imports for January totalled 1.193,000,000 and exports

Aero-Postal Service.

nose the causes correctly and the operatives cannot agree to the employers' proposals to appoint a Committee of twelve representa tives of each side to consider the factors of the cost of production of yarn cloth, and to report within a month bow production costs can be reduced so as to secure a greater volume of trade.

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COLONEL GORDON OF SHANGHAI.,

LEAVING FOR HOME.

HEALTH BROKEN DOWN.

[THROUGH HAUTER'S... AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, February 28th. Colonel W. F. L. Gordoa. Com- mandant of the Shanghai Volun-" teer Corps, is leaving for Home in the na Macedonia. He is retiring owing to his health having broken down.

According to official sources Colonel Gordon was primarily res- ponsible for the advice to the War Office which resulted in the urgent despatch of the "Shanghai Defence Force a year ago (while meantime making excellent dispositions for the defence of the International Settlement) which almost certainly saved the Settlement from plunder. [A report of Colonel Gordon's farewell with the Corps is printed on page 2]

BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY.

SIR HORACE RUMBOLD APPOINTED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Feb. 7th. The British Government has led the German Government to approve of the appointment of Sir

Horace Rumbold as Ambassador at

Berlin.

BERLIN, Feb. 28th. The Government has agreed to the appointment,"

FOREIGN OFFICE AND MRS. DYNE'S

CASE.

RESULT OF GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY.

MR. J. D. GREGORY, ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, DISMISSED,

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MR. O'MALLEY, NEGOTIATOR OF HAN-

KOW AGREEMENT, PERMITTED

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TO RESIGN."

The result of the Government eaquiry following the lawsuit connected with speculation in French franes in which high Civil Servants were involved was communicated by "Router yesterday.

In consequeres of the Board's findings Sir Austen Chamber-" lain has directed that Mr. J. D. Gregory, Assistant Under-Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, be dismissed; that Lieut.-Con mander Maxse be severely reprimanded and, forfeit three years' scitiority and that Mr. O. St. C. O'Malley, the negotiator of the famous Hankow Agreement, who was slag involved, be "permitted to resiga.".

Sir Austen adds to the announcement a Minute that he is glad to observe that, serious as were the offences from the Service point of view, there was no question of cor- ruption or use of omcial information.

THE BOARD'S RËPORT.

According to a wireless message from Bugby the report of the Board of Enquiry is a lengthy document, compiled after much. evidence had been taken, and divided in three parts.

The first deals with the cases of the three Foreign Office officials mentioned in connection with speeniations in foreign eurrquey.

The Board came to the conclusion that while Mr. Gregory and Mr. O'Malley and Lt.-Comdr. Maxse neither used, nor endeavoured to use, any official information for the purpose of their transac tions, such transactions ought nover to have been undertaken. by Civil Servants, least of all by those to whom, from the nature of their work, sensitiveness and suspicions of foreign countries with regard to euch dealings in their currencies cannot have been unfamiliar.

"The action of these three officials, in the view of the Board, was inconsistent with their obligations as Civil Servants. Regard- ing Mr. Gregory, the Board state: “We cannot doubt he was conscious of the impropriety of what he was doing, and we do not regard it as sufficient excuse that he did not at any time make use of official information for his private ends.”

The case of Mr. O'Malloy, who initiated the business, the Board regards as distinguishable from Mr. Gregory's only by a smaller volume and shorter duration of the transactions,

They think extenuating circumstances admissible in Lieut.- Comdr. Masse's casc.

[The Right Hon. Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, the ninth Baronet, has been British Ambassador at Madrid since 1994. He was bara

on February 5th, 1980, the eldest son of Right Hon. Sir Horace Rumbold, and Carolias, daughter of Gorge Harrington, The employers, in reply, pointed United States Minister at Berne. out that they have withdrawn de. He was educated at Eton. finitely the specific recommenda served at Teheran, Vienna, Cairo, tions for the reduction of wages Madrid; and was Charge d'Affores and an increase of hours, but they at Munich in 1908; Councillor of bave nok withdrawn the question of Embassy Tokyo, 1905-13; Charge. Unsestigating the effect of the pre-ddfaires et Tokyo, 1500-13; CounIn two specião cases in which officin's had volunteered state-

dent wages and hours upon their corapetitive power.

The employers would collaborate with the operatives in ascertaining any facts mutually agreed to be germane, to the question.

The Conference adjourned to enable the operatives' representa tives to consider the employers' last proposal.

U.S.A. AND BRITAIN.

The aero-postal service between | NO MULTILATERAL TREATY. France and South America will be opened on March 1st.

THE LONG NON-STOP FLIGHT.

A series of brilliant military Secrecy has been well-maintained | 4,010,000,000 francs. operations entailing" the bardest in London and Cairo during the fighting by the Italian colonial cogree of the Anglo-Egyptian troops during past years, has re-negotiations which, however, are sulted in the Italian forces extend- believed to be proceeding actively

Sir Austen Chamberlain, quer tioned in the House of Commons as to whether the proposals are being considered for the removal of the British forces from the neighbour- hood of Cairo, requested the ques- tioner to wait until he was able to lay papers on the subject of the

Well-armed Arabs fought to the last gasp and left 300 dend án a singh action near Tegrift.

Their total losses were between 400 and 300. The Italian cununities were 200.

Elleba. Thus the headquarters of the Benussi passed into Italy's possession without contest.

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FROM NEW JERSEY TO PANAMA.

[RKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] -

FRANCEFIELDS, Panama Canal

Zone, February 29th. The dirigible Zoe dugeles has arrived.

{TEROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 27th,

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Sir Austen Chamberlain replied: in the negative when asked in the House of Commons at question time "whether America had offered | Great Britain a multilateral treaty similar to that offered to France. The reply covered a further quer tion as to whether negotiations con- cerning such a treaty were not proceeding.

U.S. IMMIGRATION 'QUOTAS.

INCREASES TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

Ho

cillor of Embassy, Berlin, 1910 Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin, 1914; left Berlin on declaration of war and was employed in the Foreign Office; British Minister, Switzer land, 1916-19; Republic of Poland, 1919-20; British High Commissioner and Ambassador at Constantinople, 1920-24;, was second British Pieni- potentiary at the Lausanne Confer ence, November,

1922-February,

1923, and Chief Delegate at the re- sumed Conference April-July, 1923; signed the Lausanne Trenty, an he half of the British Empire," July 24th 1923.]

THE WASHINGTON HOURS' CONVENTION.

WHY THE BRITISH GOVERN, MENT HAS NOT RATIFIED,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Feb. 27th. A debate was initiated in the House of Commons by Mr. Thomas. Shaw, C.B.E., Minister of Labour, in the late Labour, Government, on the Washington Hours' Convention. Mr. Shaw charged the Government with failing to ratify the conven- tion.

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OTHER CASES.

The second part of the report deals with the question whether other Civil Servants, have, been engaged in similar transactions.

ment to the Board regarding past investments the view is" expreteed of the impropriety of their actions, which, however, bore no resemblance, except in form to the systematic operations- of the other three officials mentioned, and the Board are satisfied that no question arises of inside information having been, teed.

SIR MILES LAMPSON.

The report refers to Sir Miles W. Lampson buying jointly with his wife £1,000 worth of French francs in November, 1920," which he sold later at a profit of £133,

.

The Board of Enquiry etate they regard such a purchase of foreign currency by a member of the Diplomatic Service as undesir able, even though it was a single transaction only and had nothing" at all in common with the gamble in differences.

Information obtained from many sources ed. the Board of Inquiry to conclude that rumours of many Civil Servants being involved in such transactions are groundless.

-THE ZINOVIEFF LETTER.

The third section of the report deals with the allegation that to serve his own financial ends Mr. Gregory had manipulated the publication of the Zinovieff letter and Nate to the Soviet Chargé d'Affaires regarding it. After a careful analysis of all circum stances and events regarding that episode, the conclusion reached. is that not the slightest foundation exists for attaching suspicions to Mr. Gregory. The Report, in fact, shown that Mr. Gregory, in departmental Minutes, advised against the publication of the documents. Moreover, the fact that they were published had no effect upon the course of foreign exchanges.

Dealing with the position of Civil Servants generally the report concludes':

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“The public expects from them a standard of integrity and "conduct, not only indexible but fastidious, and has not been disappointed in the past. „We are expressing the view, of the Service, when we say the public has a right to expect that standard and that it is the duty of the Service to see that expectation fulfilled."

A strong Italian column from Anglo-Egyptian conversations. He Cyrenaica later occupied, without, promised that any proposed Treaty fighting, the Oasis of Augica and would not be ratified until approv the little towns, of Elergh and ed by Parliament.

The Cairo newspaper Blahram POLITICAL RIOT IN TOKYO. prints official forecast, ・ of the draft treaty firstly, that CLASH WITH POLICE. the British troops remain the Canal Zone but on which side

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT,] of the Canal is not specified;

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] secondly, the Anglo-Egyptian eon-

Toxro, Feb. th.

Mr. H B Betterton, C.B.E., Several police, including two

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7th.

Parliamentary Secretary to the provisionally unaltered pending officers, were injured last night

President Coolidge has traze Ministry of Labour, replying, point- definitive agreement; thirdly, when a crowd, estimated at over a mitted to the Senate a Bill provided out that the British, delegates Egypt may disparo with British thousand, clashed with a strong de-ing for considerable increases in

to Washington were not pleni- advusers;

fourthly, aerodromes tachment sent to watch over n

the immigration quotas of several potentiaries, and that what they will remain in British hands like Profetarian Party meeting.

European countries, including Bri- signed was not a treaty but a draft means of communication;

tain, whose quota is fixed at 65,694 convention. He mentioned the many fifthly, Britain to continue super

compared with 24,007 in previous draft conventions which had never MRS. DYNE TO PAY £38,938. to Mr. J. D. Gregory, Assistant vision of external affairs and Egypt will only conclude foreign arcaties with the conecat of Britain sixthly, the Sirdar will be an Egyptian officer.

FLOODS IN RIO DE dominium over the Sudan will be

JANEIRO.

TWELVE FATALITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.1

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BIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 28th Telve fatalities occurred in Bevere foods in the southern part of the city yesterday. Following heavy rain water poured down from the hills turning the streets into terrents,

NORWEGIAN LOAN.

TO BE ISSUED IN LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOSTON.

[TAROVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

OSLO, Feb. 27th. The Government has been aus thorised to raise

loan of 120,000,000 krone for .conversion of

the-floating debt, and announced

other

The main trouble arogo when the police, after suppressing everal speakers, closed the doors and re- fused admittance to hundreds who were wishing to enter.

"Bricks and stones were freely used as urisziles.

Reinforcements for the police were hastily rushed up before the infuriated mob was dispersed.

The Bahram criticises the pro- poente, accuses Britain of treating Egypt as a mandated country and anticipates that the conclusion of the treaty will be delayed pending a final settlement of the first twoing the melee and about a hundred- points.

A number of persons are reported to have been seriously injured dur

were arrested

AMERICA'S NAVAL PRO

GRAMME.

MAINTAINING ORE-MINERS | STATEMENT BY THE "FIRST

RUSSIAN MONEY FOR

SWEDISH STRIKERS.

· DISPUTE.

“{TXRODON REUTER'S "ADENCY.]

RIGA, Feb. 27th.

LORD,"

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

;

LONDON, Feb. 27th.

The Red "Trade Unions-have-Mr W. C. Bridgernau, the First that it has concluded an agreement arrit further 16,000 roubles to the Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech for a 3-year loan of $30,000,000 in strikers in the ore-mining industry in London to day, said that, the London, New York, and Boston

in Sweden making a total of American naval programme was 73,000 roubles up to data.

now being reduced almost to what Britain proposed at Geneva.

The rate of interest will be five per cent and there will be no re- payment for the first five years. The price of the issue tras not been stated.

disputes have been proceeding for It is a matter of note that wage some time in the Swedish one in ing and pulp industries.

America wanted ships for anything He had no reason to believe that

else than for her own defence:

years.

GERMAN POLÍTICS;

COMMUNIST NON-CONFER

ENCE VOTE REJECTED.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.)

BERLIN, Feb. 27th

The Reichstag to-day rejected. motion-of-non-confidence in the Government propceed by the Com- munist Party.

·CINEMA"-COLLAPSES

MANY WOMEN AND CHIL DREN KILLED.

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DETAILS OF THE

CASE.

MEM. L. Gwyer, C.B.,, H.M. Procurator-General ́and Solicitor to the Treasury.

jorie Bradley Dyne pleaded the Gaming Act, claiming at the transactions were not real transac tions at all, but were gambles which involved no liability to deliver or accept delivery.

During the proceedings in the case reference was made in evidence,

been ratified by various countries.

Under Secretary of State for For Before this country could ratify a

eign Affairs, who it was alleged, "convention" it had to bring the Inw Judgment was given against Mrs had introduced Mrs. Dyme to a of the country into conformity with Dyne in the King's Bench Division partner el Mesars Ironmonger & the convention He declared: on February 1st, when she was Co., Mrs. Dyne was cross-examined We are not prepared to ratify, ordered to pay £38,338 add costs to at considerable length as to whether, because in our view there are at Messrs. Ironmonger & Co., Ltd, or not Mr. Gregory had been in- this moment agreements in exist- foreign bankers, on nocount of the terested, and to what extent. ence alfesting many hundreds of losses she had made on the purchase The case was before Mr. Justice thousands of workers, which agree- and sales of foreign currency Horridge and a special jury for ments we believe are valuable in amounting to millions of france several days. Mra, Amines Mür struments for the maintenance" of and bre. industrial peace. We believe these

The case had a remarkable soquel agreements would be imperiled and this result would be a calamity, when the following official state and it is a risk we are not pre-en was issued from 10, Downing-

street: pared to take.

The Prime Master, com sultation with the Secretary of The only defence to this notion Blate for Foreign Affairs, has is that it is a gaming transaction," directed that an inquiry shall be said Mr. Justice: Horridge, address. held forthwith into certain state ing the jury, “You have to be mens made in the course of the careful án tắm way you apply that. case, Ironmonger & Company . On the Stock Exchange people" Dyne affecting Civil Servante speculate every day sathout the The following will be the mem least intention of ever taking up bors of the Special Board of the shares they buy or sell but if Inquiry Sir Warren Fisher, the ordinary Stock Exchange' con- *G.C.B., -G.C.VO. Permanent tract is entered ankoy that is not Secretary to the Tronaury; Bir gambling in the wye of the day ht Malcolm Hamsay, K.C.B., Compl". troller and Auditor-General; and (Continued on Page 3)

OBITUARY.",

AN AMERICAN BISHOP.

LEKUTER'S AMERICAN REXVICE.!

· [ELUIER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]"

BIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 27th. Many fatalities, mostly women, and children, have occurred as the

NEW YORK, Feb. 28th. result, of the collapse of a cinema The deaths is announced af the Parana. Tirteen bodies have residing Bishop of the Protestant in Curityba, in the State of Reverend Ethelbert Talbot, ex-pre--

covered so far.

Episcopal Church.