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NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT AND THE

NANKING OUTRAGES:

INDEMNITY QUESTION BEING DISCUSSED.

NANKING MANDATE DECREES PROTECTION TO FOREIGNERS."

MARSHAL LI'S JOURNEY TO NANKING.

CHRISTIAN GENERAL REPORTED TO

HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.

The Nanking Government, as alrendy briefly

willing to diecans and settle the long-standinged, is now-

outrage

claim, and have issued a mandate referring to the a subject. They have also issued a mandate "decreeing protection to foreigners in, China"

It is stated that Marebel Li's visit to the North is undoubtedly connect

with the Northern Expedition, probably as to what financial contribution Canton de prepared to make,1

Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang's troops are reported to have received severe set-back at the hands of the Fongtien troops, and the

Aristian General is calling for reinforcements from Hankow.

NORTHERN, GENERALS

CONFER IN PEKING.

(Wah Tu Fat Pao.)

NORTHERN

CANTON AND

EXPEDITION.

Wah T Tat Pas.)

"SEANGKIL, March 18th,

SHANGHAI, March 18th General Chang Trung Chang and General Ho Ying Chien, inter General Chu To Fu proceeded to viewed, said that Marshal Li Trai Peking yesterday to attend a mili Esin's journey to Nanking was tary conference. General Chung undoubtedly connected with the proposed that de military prepara-Northern expedition, but it was tions had already been completed star uncertain whether the Canton in Southern Chihii, attacks on Feng Government might wish to contri Yu Hsing's troops from three directions should be immediately.

·launched. General Yang Yu Ting and General Chang Hauch Liang. supported the proposal on Yu Heuch Chung and General Chat It was also decided that General Yi Chao should send their forces to attack Changteh

NANKING" OUTRAGES.

THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.

(THROUGH EASIER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, March 18th. A telegram from Nanking states that the Nationalist Government Festerday ised two important mandates, one ordering, the arrest. of the principal culprits respon sible for the Nanking incident; the j second decreeing protection to foreigners in China, ON The first places responsibility for the outrages on the part of the Nationalist Army together with the local riff raff at the instigation of the Communists" and claims that

they executed 19 soldiers and 32 ***Jacal desperadoes

N

In a speech at Nanking jenter- day Chiang Kai Shek, referring to diplomatic relations, said the first matter to settle was the Nanking incident,

bate to the Northern expedition.

Troops To Help The South,

Sistana, March 18th. Two divisions of western expedi tion troops have arrived at Waban and another two division under the command of General Hu Taing Tu and Gentrat Ha Wei, will reach there on the 20th inst, and proceed to the Kin-Han front.

Fourth Army C.0.0. General Li Trung Jen is going. to Hankow to take up his new post of Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army Group there.

WOOSUNG FORTS.

(ah Ta Yat Pas.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY MARCH 19th, 1928.

THE MALTA NAVAL INCIDENT

FURTHER - DETAILS,

ADMIRALTY INQUIRY

PROBABLE.

THROCORREUTZE'S AGENCY.]":

MALTA, March 18th. An unofficial version of the in

cident on board the battleship Royal Oak is that the affair start ed with a formulated complaint and

NANCY MILLER'S MARRIAGE.

TO AN EXAHARAJA.

BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM BAREFOOTED, AND

GARLANDED. -

[THROUGH RETEN'S AGENCY.)

BARWHAL, March 18th. The third marriage of the ex- Maharaja of Indors was solemnised at uses sccording to the highest Hindu and Vedic rites with the

CAPT. HINCHCLIFFE'S OILFIELDS IN THE

FLIGHT

“A FAINT GRAY OF HOPE"

STILL SEARCHING.

[BLUTER'S AMERICAN HERVICE}

OITOWA, March 18th,

ORANGE FREE STATES.

→IMMENSE DEVELOPMENTS

PREDICTED."

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

- BLOEMFONTIEN, March 18th, The administrator of the Orange.

U.S. NAVAL PRO GRAMME.

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES NOTE

HEAVY RETRENCHMENT.

·EREUTER'S : AMERICAN ́SERVICE))]

WASHINGTON, March 15th. The House of Representatives, by 257 votes to 17, hare approved of warship construction pro- the extent of

A faint ray of hope that Captain Hinchcliffe and the Inn sie Free State has hinted that it is Mackay reached land is contained ble that there may be a dis in a report to the Minister of covery of vast oilfields in the Marine from the Canadian Pacific

State and adds "We are on the $274,000,000

culminated in personal disagree; } Devi Sharmistha, the Hindy came Rariway Office at St. John, Now eve of immense, developments." ments between Rear-Adumaa) Bern-of Mies Nancy Miller.

and Collard, * Captain Kenneth The bride and bridegroom enter Dewar and Commander Heat the house separately, barefooted Daniel.

and dressed in costly silks and The Commander-in-Chief of the with foreheads bearing bright caste Mediterranean Flech, Admiral Sir

marks of scarlet powder. They Roger Keyes, tried to pour oil on stood on either side of the curtain, troubled water by suggesting, a Hymns opened the ceremony which the only possible solution, that lasted two hours at en auspicious Rear-Admiral Collard transfer biste chosen according to astro

ag to MS. Resolution.

logical calculations. This, apparently, did not appea} Rear Admiral Collard, and there fore, Sir Roger Keyes granted his request for permission to haul down

Captain Dewar and Commander Daniel lolt for England.

** First Lord !" Has Andiance Of

The Kings |

Yak MakerALONDON, March 17th.

The King gave an audience to Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. W. Bridgeman, the First

F: Admiralty Court Martial.

MALTA, March 17th Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Collard are returning to London vid Italy. The Evening Standard gathers that there will be a general Court Martin at the Admiralty.

received a report from Malts that The Admiralty states that is, has the Court of Enquity which is con- sidewing the matter adds definitely that there has been no mutiny.or relmeal to saus under Rear Admiral Cotard nor has a Court Martial ret been bekk

- Distinguished Careers, Rear-Admiral- Bernard Collard, who assumed command of the First Battle Squadron of the Mediter sanean Flest in 1927, is the son of the late Rev. Canon. J. M. Collard, and has been in the Royal Navy for 38 years, being promoted to Bear-Admiral in 1920.12

After being invalided home from SEANGHAI, March 18th. Gallipoli aller strettious cam Woosung Forte have received paign at "W" Beach, he command secret information that the Northed the Monitor: "Land. Chive” of era cruser feet wit probably at the Dover Patrol and for his ser- tempt their bombardment;

con-vices was awarded the D.8.0.48 sequently, the Chinese

authorities at Shanghai have de clared strict martial law.

COMING HOME.

-Wah Tu Yat Pao.)

naval Capt. Kenneth Dewar has been in the Royal Navy for 5 years. From 1925 to 1927, he was Deputy Director of the Naval Inteligrace Divizion at the Admiralty. Commander Daniel is the junior, in service of the two other officer, He speci alised in gunnery and was men- tioned in despatches for his work on HLM.S., Iris" and ~HM8;

Interviewed at Shanghai with

SHANGHAI, March 18th. According to information, Mess regard to the matter the Nation- alist Foreign Minister, General Hu Han Mm, Wang Ching Wel, C Hwang Fu, confirmed the reports C. Wu and Sun Fo wild probably from London and Tokyo to Pening return to China from abroad next to the effect that the Nanking month. Their decision to make a Government, are negotiating with hasty return journey in the result the Powers concerned in seeking of repeated telegrapine requests a settlement of the incident. He from various sources in China. stated that the Nanking Govern

(Wah T Tat Pao.):

ment were very anxious for a CUSTOMS TARIFF REVISION. Casttlement and said that Sir Miles Lampson was handling the British interests and the American Copesul General in Shanghai the United

PEEING, March 18th Statee interests. While the foreigu Liang Shi Yi, Chairman of representatives refuse to discurs the Tariff Autonomy Commesson the subject, General Hwang Fu at Peking, has sent representatives revealed that the Powers' demande Nanking to negotiate with refer were made ehortly after the inci-ence to tariff revision.. dent. These had been considerably

much

Royalist during the War. Later he went to the Baltic with H.MLS. Tauntlets and was decorated with the D.S.O. for conspicuous serries

HUNAN RED EXECUTIONS.

AUTHORITIES APPREHEN:

SIVE.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

HANKOW, March 17th. Following the recent Contaunist atrocities in Hunan the local anti Red campaign has again been in

lessened by the virtual abandoning THE POSTAL AGREEMENT.tensified.

of the punishment demands. Gen. Hwang Fu stated that the Nation-" aler General chọn Chiến tran generally believed to be the chief instigator, though not responsible for the incident. His mbwrdinates,

who were really responsible had been punished. He added that the Nanking Aovernment are wildog to apologize, but ¦ a settlement - was mainly concerned with determin- ing the indemnities which Nankang was willing to pay *** within the capacity of reaso

Meritorious Deed."S

Prise, March 18th. It now transpires that an irregue lar force, under the former Wu Fei Fuite Generals Ting and Chin have cut the Lunghaí Line: org

PROTESTS FROM THE POWERS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The Powers signatory to the PEKING, March 17th: .

tested against the Postal Agreement Washington Agreement have pro- mainly on the ground that Chint the powers of the co-Director Gen agreed at Washington not to curtail

eral whereas the agreement con siderably weakens them, as now there is only one foreign with three Cinness directors

US TRADE WITH CHINA.

KWANGTUNG FIGURES.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

It appears that they have been hiding in the mountaia for months but that they recently offered Callegiance to Sun Chuan Fang whó agreed to incorporate them if they first performed a meritorious deadcan They accordingly atimked the Kuo minchan comamaications evidently

some success

"Offered;-

Pekino, March 17th. yy Figures compiled by the Ameri- Commercial Attache show that while American exports to Chima Proper materially decreased in 1987. compared with 1026, those to the Kwangtung, territory have greatly increased

Government sued While American importe from

There have been 18 executions ("during the last two days

The situation is outwardly quiet, but the authorities seem to find ground for apprehension.

NORTHERN SUCCESS NOT

CONFIRMED.

༢.༢༠

On the curtain being raised bride: and bridegroom garlanded each" other and made formal acquaint aire. They were then presented to the assembly as wouhl-be spouses. The sacred poepal tree was then lighted, and surrounded by Brahmin priest

The bride was given away "for for the bling of procreation. the god of love for wealth and

Brunswick, that three persona heard så seroplane early yesterday morning in sparsely wooded coun try twenty miles NW of Green ville, Maine

The spot is about fifty miles from the Canadian border and the pest master of a mall hamlet declares he a brilliantly coloured plane early this morning, flying in northwesterly direction.

Prayers For Thele Safety,

New Yong, March 18th. Prayers for Capt. Hinchliffe and Mia Mackay were offered at 2 broadcast station and the unseen andience was asked to join in singing a brim.

A Search Party

up

NEW FORE, March 17th. Brida and bridegroom wound The report of hearing an acro- round themselves a long hand-made plons near Greenville, referred to signifying that they here-tied for to now lacks confirmation. The cotton thread soaked with turmeric, yesterday night from Ottawa Hfe. They walked seven times. round the fire promising adherence neighbourhood is a wilderness with to their vows, and then called upon a few entered lumber camps, the sun, moon and stars to witness Both the Canadian and United their marriage

sending a templane to investigate States Governments are considering but resitate until reports are better founded.

her marriage is reported to have The bride is an American and been unpopular both in the United States and in Indore, ] Ridden

EIGHT-HOUR DAY

CONVENTION: OPPOSITION TO BRITISH DEMAND.

{THROUGH RECTER ́S AGENCY.]

OTTAWA, March 18th. A Canadian Air Force plane has been sent to Greenville to investi- gate the possibility of Captain Hinchcliffe having descended there. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] Hope Diminishing.

Roosy, March 17th.. A gleam of hope for the missing Atlantic fiers Captata, Hinchcliffe and Miss Mackay is afforded by the statement that a large aeroplano

a

BELSSELS, March 18th. At a meeting of the International Committee of the - League of Nations the Uniona unanimously decided to ask the International Labour Office myth hilfe the recent demand of the British Government Delegation at Geners for the revision of the Washington was seen fying on Thursday morn Eight-Hour Day Conventioning over wooded country in Maine

The Unions represented included British German, Belgian, French

and Italian,

SUBMARINE “S. 4"

REFLOATED.

[LETTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]

Boston, March 18th. The submarine 8.4, which was sun at Provincetown. in December has been brought to the surface. paw ang

THE DONETZ ARRESTS.

TWO GERMANS RELEASED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

Moscow, March 16th. The authorities have released two of the six German engineers who were arrested on a charge of saba tage at Danetz coalɓeld. One of the released bad only been in Rus

Altogether 60. a few weeks, persona were arrested.

CHANGSHA OCCUPIED.

NO BAD FEELING AGAINST FOREIGNERS.

NAVAL WIRELESS.]

Changsha, March 17th, General Chen Chen with his troope of the diff and 713th is now LE Dccupation am Armies is no anti-foreign feeling, eo far.

Anti-Foreignism At Wanhsien,

CA STRANGE STORY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}''

PERING, March 17th The repart of Northern success at Kweitch is not confirmed bers.

WANASIAN, March 17th Anti-foreignim here is increasing If not claimed in Fengtien mrcles which state that Aghting on

More So diets For Northern Front a serious senle has not yet com Puxow March 17th. menced." At the same time, it is interesting to note that some well- informed foreign trained Chinese and willing to bet that Sun Chuan Fang will be at Pakow within two months and that Feng Yu Heiang will be driven towards Western Honan, basing their conclusion on the immense quantities of arms and munitions now possessed by the Northerners compared with their rivala, diqkay

A report from Pakow states that 2,000 troops left on. Baturday for the Northern Front,

CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S TROOPS DEFEATED, [MAYAL WIELLERS]

March 16th.

Feng Yu Haang mamy se re ported to have suffered severe defeat by the Fengtien troops, pre sirmably on the Chih-Honan Front in the vicity of the Yalow River, Marshal Feng has telegraphed to

Huge oiiek's may be opened in the near future. American experts have reported favourably, and there are prospects of a powerful com pany taking options of a number of farms.**

THE LIGHTS OF

VANCOUVER

SWITCHED ON FROM LONDON,

ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPEN DENCE.

THROUGH ZEUTER'S " AGENCY:]

LONDON, "March 18th. A ceremony unique in the records of Anglo-American relations was Landon. It was witnessed only conducted silently at 1 am. In

by a few officials. The Governor of the Hudson Bay Company pressed

hutton which turned on all the

the State of Washington lights in the City of Vancouver, in

WE

This ceremony marked the 103rd anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver which became. American Territory under the Boundary Treaty of 1816. ---

ADVENTURES OF MILLION

AIRE'S DAUGHTER. BERLIN TO PEKING BY CAR

ACROSS A FROZEN LAKE:

THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCE.]

PERING, March 18th. Framsin Claremore Stimes, daughter of the fats Huge Stinnen drove into Peking yesterday morn about fifty anies from the Caning from Berlin. She has driven dies border and appeared to der Adler sedan Lecompanied by the entire distance in a six oylin descend there. Search is being In Soederstroem, Swedish made at the instance of the State cinema photographer, and four me Department an Woolrington Apart chanics who drove an Adler lorry... from this hope is virtually abandon Miss Stennes left Berlin last May ed. There is still a slight possibi and passed through the Baikana, lity of the fliers having been picked Angora, Syria, Persia, Caucaria, up by ship without wireless. The Russia and Siberia. The party was steamer Jajestic which reached held up at Irkutsk for two months Cherbourg yesterday from New waiting for the ice on Lake Baikal York reported that on Tuesday to thicken and permit crossing.

when the fight began a sharp look ont was kept for the fliers but no

zeroplane was seen.

Bad Weather.

This hazardous fent was finally ac complished. Fraulem Stinnes de ecribing this forty kilometre ride & the most exciting part of the journey

The weather was very bad and there was a snowstorm. In the In Unga they were warned against bandits. They fell into a french Storm Capt. Hinchclife's machine. stom Capt. Hinchcliffe's machinet accuse the track by bandita but might have been forced down into the ocean.

THE NEW PRAYER BOOK MEASURE.

TO BE PRESENTED TO

· · PARLIAMENT. TE

[THROUGH KEUTER'S "AGENCY" }

LONDON, March 18th The new Prayer Book messure will be presented to the joint meets ing of the Convocations of Canter- |bury and York on March 28th, 10 the Church Anemisly on April 20th and after that to Parliament sub jeet to the approval of the respes tive bodies te ga dane

The Bishop statement, declares that the new

Norwich int

book makes a gallot but hopeless attempt to conciliate to House of Commons.

EGYPT'S NEW PREMIER.

WAED LEADER FORMS CABINET:

THROUGH BETTER'S AGRICE:]

CATRO March 17th.

scaped, and avoided other gangs by detours

After a stay of five days Framein Stinnes is going to Mukden with the intention of proceeding to Japan and North and South Americs:

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC IMPORTANT QUESTION

(THROUGH REDZER'S AGENCY.]*

GENEVA, March 18th, The seventh session of the com

mitted on the white slave traile concluded and adopted the report to be presented at the next season of the Council of the League in

The report calls attention to the not that many Governments have not yet acceded to the international white slave convention and pro poses that the agenda of the next esion include questions to the International Convention for the voluntary or compulsory repatria tion of prostituten and the ex tention to the Far East of the inquiry by experta,

FRENCH GENERAL

ELECTION

PARLIAMENT'S SESSION

CLOSED.

[THROUGH ZAVAR “AGENÇLE

"PARIS, March 18th. Parliament has closed the session in order to enable deputies seeking re election to attend the campaign in view of the general elections on April 2nd and 29th.

The new Chambers will assemble on June

HUGE AMERICAN RUBBER

CREDITV-

800,000,000 AVAILABLE.

= { REUTER'S "AMERICAN- SERVICE,

NEw Your March 18th The National Bank of Commerce

Hubber Reserve, commonly known ounces that a credit has been "arranged for the Natleva) Cruda

the American Rubber Poul, for $30,000,000 with another 830,000,000 available if

required.

HENDON AIR DISPLAY.

DEMONSTRATIONS FOR KING

AMANUELAHENDA

A WIDE PROGRAMME.

[BRITISH WIERLESS" BERVICES).

RUGBY, March 17th, "Nearly 100 maroplanes will take part in the Royal Air Force dis play at Hendon this afternoon for the King and Queen of Afghanis tam. The demonstration will last an hour and a half. Air fighting by day and night, bombing attacka; « aqua- droo drift in the naz controlled, byse wireless telephony, mass formation manoeuvres and a parade of new ad experimental types of machines will be included in the prograincon

squadrone and""

Four Famous

Te

dual siers will appear. display will be of a accions scien

characten rather than an enter-

AN ADVENTUROUS FLIGHT. LONG JOURNEY DRAWING TO

SA CLOSEASE

ONLY ONE MORE STAGE,

AITISH WIRELESS SZEVICE.J

Ruany, March 17th. Captain. -- Lancaster, and Mrs. Keith Miller, who are dying to Australe, have arrived at Suma

as they have that reached the last stage of the flight of they

fallow the same programmens Capt. Hinkler who covered the thousand miles betwem Bima, ad Port Darwin in one sizga bo

This fight began in the middle of October and has been adventurous. On November 1st the aeroplane was caught in a sandstorm between Palestine and Bagdad and was compelled to come down in the desent

After leaving Rangoon a large snake was found in the cockpit. A week later the seroplane ornahed onan nalang off the coast of Sumatra,

both "Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Miller; being alightly. injured, use

LADY BAILEY'S TOUR."

MAKING STEADY PROGRESS

[DRITISH WIRELESS OPAVICK]

RUGBY, March 16th." Lady Bailey,- fying - her & light aeroplane, left Make this morning for Tripoli en route for Capetown

Bugsy, March 17th Lady Bailey, wife of Bir Abo Bailey has reached Tripoli ou ber way to Capetown, accomplishing the fight across the Mediterranean body of without maidens

WITNESS MURDERED BY COMMUNISTS.

The Wald leader, Mustapha question

ort is accompanied by tire on the protection of Nabas Pasha, has accepted the women muschall artiste touring Premiersing and formed a Cabinetsbrod which will be submitted to

Nabes, Pasha is also Minister of Govenamenta. the Interior and Wazaif Pasha Ghali Minister of Foreign Affaim STEAMER COLLIDES WITH US. BATTLESHIP

[EEDTER'S "AMERICANZ, KELVICK.)

NEW YORK, March 18th. anna; set out' The sleamer Ruth Alezender col- from Canton to Join Chiang Kailided with the battleship Colorado Sheere reported to have reach of San Pedro (California);The ed Aphwei Some of them were steamer was apparently not dame scen embarking on river steamer aged, but the Colorado hue a severe at Tatung on the Tangles River cut on the starboard side above the about 1775 miles ahore Nanking kits KWAverledens

strange story is widely circu Lating among the Chinese, which is 10th just to the Chen were 662,000,000 more than bokeved by the wres and more

dial exports thereto American trade than half credited by many other

ng with Kwangtung showed a favour A priest of Sleeping Buddha Hankow for reinforcements und geable trade balance of nearly Temple" on the Western Hills, re-rolling tod

83,000,000,

sgegooi "labes that he could not deep ons-

night recently owing to strange LALOR LEAVES FOR HOME! noises." "He finally rose and went to the court yard where he found the famous, Meeping Buddha walling *(THROUGH REUTER A AGENCY=

round. The Buddha told the trembling priest that an era of would dawn for Chine next

those

dean, whom HINkow March 17th decuted “immedia Capt, Lalor has left for Shanghai

Cow ble ways to Esch

DECO

SEQUEL TO TRIAL EVIDENCE.

THROUGH REUTER

One of the chro prosecution in the communist trial ham bor in merenta alleged to have bei severek Wall Known

FIRST AEROPLANE FLIGHT. CONTROVERSY STILL UNSETTLED SER

A REUTLA'S AMERICAN BESTICA |

BAR DAYTox, O., March 18th

Mr. Orville Wright- states thak he is not satisfied with the state. ment Isated by the Smithsonian. Institution di thar desire to secure. his plane

Larch 18th?" He described the statemersos £ta clever use of words which do not adjsist the 'com.VOTETEVE And claims

(right" piace ile now in Eng and will be placed in the

Museum, South Kensing