MARSHAL LI TSAI HSIN AND THE
NORTHERN CAMPAIGN.
REMAINING IN NANKING FOR A WEEK. HIS FIRST DUTY TO REORGANISE KWANGTUNG,"
THE BRITISH MINISTER'S VISIT TO NANKING,
SHANSI AND FENGTIEN TROOPS IN ACTION.
ARMOURED CARS AND AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
Marshal Li Tani Hain is reported to have stated that ha intends to remain in Nanking for about a week and then he would then return to Canton to reorganize the Government of the Province. Canton's participation in the Northern campaign was unlikely before three months from now, but that often Kwang- tung, had been put in order he would return to Naming to take up hir duties as Chief of Staff of the Nationalist- Army, ・・・
Sir MRes Lampson is travelling up the Yangtze to Nenking in a British warship. He will be entertained by the Nationalist Government and visit the mausoleum of Sun Yat Sen and the Ming Tombs Probably he will also discuss the Maritime Cu toms revision proposals
Southern seroplanes are reported to have been flying recently over the Northern quarters at Yenchow and Chufu, in the south- west of Shantung, and it is also reported that Fengtien armoured cars have been attacking Shansi troops in the Shaasi section of the Tingting-Taiyuan railway zone, ... LI TSAI HSIN'S FIRST
DUTY.
REORGANISATION OF KWANGTUNG.
(Fdh Te Yai Pao.)
CHEN CHIEN ARRIVES IN HANKOW.
NUMBER OF BANDITS
General
[NAVAL WIRZLESS.]
HAKKOW, March 19th.
Chen Chien, whose troops occupied Changaha on March 17th, had arrived in Han
The troops of Pei Taung
SHANGHAI, March 20th. Marshal Li Tsai Hsin told pressmen that Canton's particips hon in the Northern, expedition kow.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY MARCH 21st, 1928.
SAD DISASTER NEAR TIENTSIN.
15 PERSONS DROWNED IN. THE PEI HO."
MOSTLY WOMEN AND GIRLS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
TIENTELY, March 20th.
Twenty-five Chinere, mostly women and girls, were drowned last night when a aferry-boat straddled the hawsers of a dredger
in mid river and capsized.
It appears that some 40 Chinese workers of the British Cigarette Company were crowing the river from the ex-Russian Concession when the boatman, through neglect, Tan the bost across the hawners of
the dredger Fifteen were saved, inchreling the ferryman, by holding on to the hawsers, but about 23 were drowned.
The ferryman is reported to have ..balted.
SUBMARINE
"S.4."
SECRET REVEALED OF ILL FATED VESSEL.
· PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S
RECOMMENDATION.
[BEUTER'S "AMERICAN SERVICE. Į
BOSTON, March 20th The secret of the ill-fated Sub- marine S.4 was finally revealed to-day by the Board investigating the disaster. They entered the sub- marine, which has been dry-docked here, and saw the bodies of six Lof the crew who were imprisoned in the torpedo compartment and whose tragic messages, laboriously
RUBBER
DISARMAMENT.
GENEVA
MALAYAN @AGRICULTURISTS STILL BEING DISCUSSED AT
OPPOSE RESTRICTION:
PREMIER'S FORTHCOMING
STATEMENT.
{TILEOCON REUTXK'I AGENET. ]
SINGAPORE, March 20th The Malayan Agricultural Aso ciation has adopted a resolution in favour of the gradual removal
of the Rubber Restriction. 'i.
Question In The Comthang,
A LONDON, March 19th.” in the House of Commons, re- plying to Sie Frank Nelson, Siz William Joynson Hicks said Mr. Baldwin hoped to be in a position to make a statement on the rubber question before the Easter Recom. [RER'S AMERICAN RERVICE]
U.. Share Pricga,
New Yoz March 18th Very brisk buying and a rapid advance in rubber prices followed an ammouerment that credit of $60,000,000 had been arranged for the American rubber reserve pool
Over two thousand lote changed hands in the first three hours after the opening of the Stock Exchange. July contracte opened at 98.60 cents, or nearly a cent per pound above Saturday's quotations. At the close, prices moved up to 28.80, but they fell back to 27.80 on profit-taking.
WHAT TURKEY AND RUSSIA RECOMMEND.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
GENEVA, March 19th.. The Turkish delegation to the preparatory disarmament confer ence, headed by the Foreign Com missar, Tewat Rushdi, has arrived, and was greeted at the station ou behalf of LitvinoffTS
Towik Rushdi Bey, during the afternoon sitting of the Disarans ment Committee, developed the Türkis views on disarmament.
are much more moderate and much more practical than the Soviet plan. For exampley Rushdi expressed the opinion that treaties of non-aggression accompanied by neutrality clause would afford a certain measure of security,
Statement By Soviet Leader. M. Litvinot made a lengthy statement reviewing the Soviet plan, and said that the Soviet was prepared to abolish its armed forces when other countries were ready to do so.
THE ZINOVIEFF LETTER.
"STATEMENT TO PREMIER BY INFORMANT.
EFFECT OF REVELATIONS.
(TUMOVOR REUTER'S AGENCY :)
-LONDON, Larch 20th. The consense of opinion is that the Zinovieft letter will not be further discussed in the House of Commons after the revelations of last night, which have effectively
GIGANTIC AMERICAN
MERGER.
VAST" COMMUNICATIONS CONCERN"
ASSETS $225,000,000;
[REUTER'S 'AMERICAN SERVICE).
New York, March 20th Tho New York World states that a record Communications Merger of the Mackay Companies, operat has been effected in the absorption ng 1,000 postal and telegraph com panics in the United States, by the taposed of adegations that a leak.ternational Telegraph and Tele age occurred through the Civil
phone: Company. Service.
The combined assets of the com- Damen, sro, 8253,000,000, 5 and the ^ amalgamation will create a not- war of wires connecting Canada; the United States, Mexico, Cubay Central Amerien and the Argentine The system will eventually be ex- with North America and Europe tended to connect South America" telephcinically
Members of the Ministerial Benches regard the master as closed.
Though some Liberal members sapport the demand for an enquiry, none voted ith the Labour nem bers. Nevertheless a section of the Labour Party this morning was still unsatisfied anxt wanted to know the identity of the friend who
gave m Thurn the information
Mr. Mn - Thurn, in zä” înterview
Xr
with a Heater representative this morung, sad that there was no doubt about the authenticity of the Zinovieff letter. He considered that the matter should be dropped and baried There were the strongest There were similar advances in He said he counted on the supresons why it was impossible to contracts for other, active months, part of the Government which pro- disclose the name of his informant.
A bullish sentiment was also posed the outlawry of war (evident-
Sensation In The Common reflected in rubber shares," the ly referring to the United States), United States Hubber, Goodyear | A general discussion fellowed in and Goodrich "stocke" advancing from four to six points. “
EGYPTIAN POLITICS. THE NEW PREMIER'S POLICY
the course of which, Herr Berns- itorff, representing Germany, up- ported some of the Russian pro- posals
After his statement. of the Russian proposals, IL Litvinoff submitted
two questions to the Committee. :
Two questions..
I the first place, he asked, does the Committee agres to base its further efforts on the principle of complete disarmament during the
Launay, March 19th. Sensation was created by Mr. Stanley Baldwin in the House of Commons to-day, when, in opposing Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's motion seeking further enquiry regarding the publication of the Zinoviel Let ter, the Premier read a statement by the original informant, whose name has never previously been disclosed. The statement was signed by Mr. Conrad Donald im Thurn, who is E prominent City man, who has no connection with office, politics or
would not be realised until after Hei are concentrating at Wuchang | tapped out with a hammer, arous Pasho, in a statement of policy Period proposed by the Soviet the conspiracy.
the next three months. He went on to say that he would stay at Nenking about a week. When he returned to Canton his fire: duty
would be to reorganise the pro- vincial government of Kwangtung to earty on the anti-Red campaign. As soon as he had completed this re- habilitation work in Kwangtung
he would return to Nanking to" assume office as Chief of Staff of the Kuomintang Army.
Marshal Chiang's Movements, - After meeting Marshal Li. Tai Hein and his party at Nanking, Marshal Chiang Kai Shek will pro- ceed to Hsuchow.
AERIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE WAR ZONE.
(Wah Te Fat Pao.
world.
the
These troops, it will be remembered sympathy throughout ed, carried out successful opera-
The position of the bodies in tions against the bandits who re cently looted and burnt the cities of Leiyaug and Chekchow, near Changsha,
In Wuchong a number of bandits were executed last week.
Conditions at Wanhsien «ara; re- ported to be most unsatisfactory.
"GOD OF WEALTH'S & TASK.
(Wah Tas Fat Fao.)"
SHANORI, March 20th. Mr. Liang Shih Yi intends to reorganise the Peking Cabinet, The financial problem is still unsettled.
SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN ON CHINA.
(THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY.I
LONDON, March 19th.
dicated that all died in their bunks from whence apparently they were washed out later. All the bodies were heavily coated with mud and Bone wore shoes. Evidently the men had used gas-muska.
Government?
X
COMPLETE, INDEPENDENCE."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. Į
Carso, March 19th The new Wald Premier, Nahas
made to a packed House of Repre
Secondly, he queried, is the Com- sentatives said that the Governmittee prepared to carry out the ment had assumed power at a most first stage of disarmament proposed difficult moment in order to safe by the Soviet so as to make the con- guard the eights of the country. duct of, war, if not an absolute im fact or may act which conflicted in thing in a year's time? any way with Egypt's complete in dependence and her rights in the Sudah. (Cheers.) said,
He learned of the existence of the letter some 43-hours before it reached the bands of the Govern ment, and Mr. Baldwin mentioned that he met the man for the first time to-day
MORE ABOUT TEAPOT
DOME SCANDAL, SENATOR BORAH'S SUGGES TION RIDICULED.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. ]`
BALTIMORE, March 19th. The Repabean,Senator Nyct chairman of the Senate Investiga tion Committee in re-affirming the statement that sanational develop menta were impending in the Ten pot Dome On Scandal, ridiculed Senator Borah'e suggest on to raise a subscription to repay the $160,000 contributed by Mr. Harry Sinclair. to the party funds in 1995.
Senator Nye urged that it might result in having to return all com- pain subscriptions over $25,000, which would prove embarrassing to the major parties.
Anthenticity Admitted?! MA Stanley Baldwin, in the course of his address to the House, said that according to British Gov- ernment information, M. Chicherin, when questioned by the Soviet Gov ornment, admitted that the latter. was sent from Russia, but did not know how the British secured a
Egypt wond not recognise any possibility, at least, a most difficu make a statement which the copy. A SADA
Bid For U.S. Support. Referring to Mr. Kellogg's pro
..
Mr. im Thurn authorised him to
Premier bad verified and checked. Informant's Action.
M. Chicherin- sasumed that the lankags was due to "trasebery, and he stated that a month later the Communist agent in Britain destroyed the original re
WASHINGTON, March 20th. President Coolidge has recom-
The Government, he said, was posal to outlaw war as an instru.. The statement describes how Mr. mended Congress to appropriate 5500,000 to enable the Navy Departure that with goodwill an agreement of national policy, M. Litvin im Thurn, on October 10th, 1024
meat between Britain and Egypti off said: "The Soviet delegation met a business friend, who is in --Mr. Baldwiny understood that a ment to investigate and experiment would eventually be reached safer considers it is entitled to count on no manner connected with the Russian, who was arrested in Mos in safety devices for submarines
guarding Egypt's independence and the special support of Govern Government service, and at the con-cow was shot shortly after the pub- British interests.
ment which is now publicly making clusion of their business, the Friend lication in the Press, ou auspicicat
casually mentioned that the letter, of having given the British Gov He urged, however, that the proposals to prohibit ware 2 agreement ist be reached be. The sincerity of its proposals, tween two friends and not be he argued could not be more convincingly confirmed than by the tween master and dependent.
Nakas Pashe also asured for- adherence of its authors to the eigners that their interests would Soviet draft Convention for com
plete disarmamenti ** The Chamber passed a vote "of confidence, in the Government.
S. AFRICA AND EMPIRE
AFGHAN KING VISITS "VICTORY."
TORPEDOING A DESTROYER be protected.
HIS MAJESTY "THRILLED."
[BAITISH WIRELESS SERVICE
CO-OPERATION;
PREMIER HERTZOG ON THE NEED OF INDEPENDENCE.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
The Draft Plan. The draft of the Disarmament Convention sent to the League of Nations aims at general complete disarmament within four years fity per cent of the demobilisation to tako place the first year.
It also provides that the total destruction of all stores and arms; and the abolition of all the most important naval armaments and Air Forces and of all war institui-' tions should be brought about in the following three years.
familiarly known as the Zinovieff ernment & copy of the letter Letter, had been sent to British Communist headquarters."
[BRITINE - WIZELESS - HERTICK ||
Labour In 1894
and
Mr. in Thurn, on hearing the gist of the contents, asked the Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, at the friend to secure him a copy, which opening of the debate, said no one he received the following morning had ever seen the original of the posal to lend money to Russia (the liberately planned and devised con- Being met indignant at the pro letter and declared it was a de- Labour Government were contem-coction to deceive the plating a loan to Russia) at a mo infuence the
the General Election: ment when they were fomenting edition in England, ho decided to
Mr. Baldwin on of
denied it had in inform the Government Department fuenced to any extent the General concerned, which he did, and to Election, declaring that the Labour Government's handling of the Bus- publish the information.
sian questions including the labor- tive treaty with Russia and its withdrawal of the case against the Communist Campbell had already lost it the election, before the Zinoviel letter was published.
On the" question whether the Zinoleff letter was genuine or not, Labour Government made inquiry the Premier pointed out that the at the time in 1924 but could not make up their minds.
Life Endangered.
Ruany, March 18th. King Amanullah witnessed one SHANGHAI, March 20th.
hundred years of naval progress In the last few days the Southern
to-day, when he visited, at Ports acroplanes have been frequently
month, firet Nelson's flagship
CAPETOWN March 19th
As soon as his informant was able fying over their enemy's barracks
Victory and then the modern. Replying in the Assembly to the
to settle his afairs in England and at Tenchow and Chufu, in south-
battleship Tiger."
debate on the report of the Im
get to a place of safety, as his west, Shantung. They have dropped
Afterwards he made a voyage inperial Conference, General Hert- Regional Commissiona," life would be in danger if he re large quantities of leaflets urging the Northerners to revolt against
submarine L.12 to Southampton, zog, the Premier, said that never The Soviet also proposes the mained in England, Mr. im Thurn In the House of Commons, re being submerged most of the way before in his life, at any rate as a establishment of a Permanent In-handed his copy of the letter to a their leaders At the same time plying to a request by Commander His Majesty was greatly thrilled politician, had he felt chal Fear la Hsiang's army hay. Kenworthy for information regard when he fired a dummy torpedo att in favour of cooperation tornational Commission to control City friend in touch with the Daily
Tu have tag the present military and polia destroyer.
the Commission in each country, Vail. been sent to the Northern Homantical situation in China, an interest-
with the Empire, but it would be These regional Commissions will be Mr. in Thurn added that he Quem Souriya followed in only on the basis of full indepen-charged with the execution of the personally was responsible for ob barder to find out the dispositions ing statement was made by Sir H.M.B. Alresford,
taining the text of the better and of the enemy's
scampi
securing its publication.
NORTHERN ARMOURED CARS IN ACTION.
(Wah Ter Yat Pao).
Austen Chamberlain E
THE BIG SWORDS" IN
MANCHURIA.
PEASANTS AND BANDITS JOINING UP.
more
dence that South Africa, er any Convention, metal different He did not receive any assistance by setting up a Committee and the
Representatives of the
organisa
When the Conservative Govern ment came into office they began from any Government official, he results of their investigations were did not receive any money or re that they were convinced the
was ter was genuine, ward for his action. He prompted entirely by patriotic The Botlet Puzzled. motives to be
The Government had information Highest Beystation.
that after the" publication of the Sir Douglas Hogg, the Attorney letter M. Chicherin told his col General, paid a warm tribute to leagues in Moscow that he had Mr. im Thurer, stating that his unquestioned-M. Zinovieff concerning ele had been Governor of some of the letter and that Zinovieff id Britain's most important Colonies, mitted it had been sent to the Com bis brothers hold very responsible munist party in England but was positions in the Navy sad the at a loss to know how the British Army, and he himself is a gentle | Government had got a copy of it. Rio, March 19th man with an unblanished repata It was due, said Zinovielf, to Protest meetings are being held position in well
tion holding - KOOR responsible treachery either in Moscow or
THE DONETZ ARRESTS. SOVIET WORKERS CONDEMN GEEMAN GOVERNMENT.
SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN,
other Dominion, would ever consent Sir Austen reviewed the political
to co-operated with the British Legislature, of public
the developments following the Kuo-
Empire.
tions, and of the toiling class mintang Conference in Nanking
Cooperation, said General Hert will, it is proposed, sit on the Re- early in February. He sail the
zog, was the governing principle of gional Commissions situation in Mid-China continued
Empire existence. Take away to be most unsettled, there being
that co-operation, and there was no SHANGHAI, March 20
no sign of the healing of the breach
Empire. Co-operation, meant not General Yen Shih Shan's troops between-Nanking and Wuhan, P
only co-operation in war-time. If stationed along the Tingting-Tar The proposal to organise from
they wanted the Empire to be an yunn Railway, Shansi section, Hupeh and Human" a fourth mit
Empire in the real menee of the clashed with the Fengtienes for the Northern-ampaign under-
Now that tho Big Swords are word, there pratene et operation vanguards on the 10th inst The General Tan Yen Kai had to be again on the rampage and defcat. between free peonies, the first Fengliness leader, General Wan abandoned, and the British Consiling the Government, troops at every place, in peace-time and that co- Fu Lun, despatched several armour- General at Haukow had reported point, the superstitution has been operation as only obtainable oz s ed cars to make an attack upon that Nanking appears to have revived that the movement is guided basis of independener the Shansi troops. The upshot is abandoned any hope of enlisting by Divine Providence and is, there
Fortunately as far as Britain not known but heavy firing was support from that source.
fore, irrepressible. Round about and British Governmente were con- heard, lasting the whole night.
Tanghua, well in several cerned, there was no longer any
Of
Bothed of Communismoakow
Murder, March 10th.
BLAMED,
THROUGH LEUTES B AGENCY.]
recturce adjoinings this curation with regard to the charac in various centres in Raseis in con- Poova the city be of villy London, Mighty Mulated BRITISH MINISTER'S NAN had also reported a serious Com Swords have entered into a pact ter, degree or extent of Dominion nection with the alleged foreign men du kan bekk Zinoviet pointed out that the
mimist rising by the Kuman reg with the bandits and are wreaking independence. ment of General Cheng Chien's vengeance upon the police and the park troope, who had joined the their soldierywho, at the instigation of LORD BALFOUR'S HEALTH. General Wa of Heilungkiang, haye SHANGHAI, March 20th gents whom they had been sent to robbed them of their According to information given suppress. It was feared that other belonginga
KING VISIT
(Wah Te Tai Pan.)
des
AGENCY.
LONDON, March 19th. Earl Balfour, who has been ail
cut by the Nationalist Foreign troops of General Cheng Chien Feeling is running very high Minister, Bir Miles Lampson will were equally unreliable, The to among the peasants who are naist- go to Nanking in a Britishirship, port stated that Changshewing the Big Swords" directly and ing for some time, has cancelled where the Nanking Government hotbed of Communista, Hankow was has arranged to entertain hit also badly infected, and, despite indirectly, and, now that Chi En al engagements on account of a Sir Miles will pay a visit to the almost daily raide and executione, Ming, is trying to persuade them heart attack. mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen the anthorities did not feel secure to tarn law-abiding citizens, the Almost complete anarchy prevailed prestige of the Big Swords has increased. They are asid to number
OBITUARY
once
sabotags plot in the Donetz coal [M. 0. D. in Thurn's uncle is text of the document was in some baan
Sir Everard im Thumm, K.OMG places light mutilated, and M A notable meeting was held at KB.E., C.B., who at one time was Chicherin said it would be impos Leningrad where 19,000 worker Lieutenant Governor gad Colonial sible to accuse the British Govern demonstrated, and passed a resa Secretary of Ceylon and Governor ment of having mutilated: the tion" condemringza! the GermSA of the Fiji Islacks and High Com document because Government's interference with the missioner or the Western Pacific. He nivalent to confession of its that would internal affans of the Soviet Re- has done much exploring of British mblies and demanding that the Guiana, and ascended Roraian ethenticity and the only course they denounce it st It is also reported that the baffled all previous attempts.
cessfully mountain which had could take was to anti-Soviet conspirators be shot.
As forgery, Donetzwerkers have passed Captain John Knowles in Thura, Chicharin told his colleagues the resolution cellaring the notion of CM.G. C.B.E., R.N. commands original had been destroy the German Government, in break the Signal School Partsmouth, said M. Chicheria would able SIR DAVID TERRIER:" ing off the Busso-German commer while Brevet Major B. B. ve 3. Soviet Government to in A SHANSI "TURN-COAT" | 5 Ansten added that the 20 yassing the villages for new mem-
A negotiations, to be really an in Thurn, D.3.0, MC is investigation into the newed Northern campaign rap bers promising them immunity
THROUGH BETER'S AGENCY. attempt by German capitalists distinguished Army officer.) Me pause no? original copy (Wah To Yat Pau
have opened on the 16th instant from defeat because_of_the_assist-
backed by Sir Ausien Chamberlain
Labour Defeated, and be produced. with a combined offensive by Metance of Divine Providence sup
LONDON, March 19th.
End others to interfere with the SHANGHAI, March 20th shai Chiang Kai- thek, Marshal Even the police and the soldiery
The death has occurred of Sir couree of justice in Boviet Ruin Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's motion General Wang Tung Kai, com- Feng Yu Hsiang and General Yeh have become contaminated with this David Ferrier. M.A. M.D. LL.D., congress of Trade Unions has seeking an enquiry into the circum mander of the 4th division of the Hel Shan, but each Commander superstition and it in said that D. 30. F.RO.P. F.R.8, the famous passed a resolution to the effect tances under which the Zinorit rmy, stationed at Ping was apparently waiting for hit General Wu is having much trouble train specialist, who was the that such intrigues by forsign Letter was published in the Press then, has turned over to the alien to strike the Bret blow with those sent against the ineur founder and picnicer of brain diplomacy only makes the more on the eve of the General Election Fengtieness with three regiments report just received stated that gonta Hecruits are literally pour
A Ceterumed to make off our indus- 1924, was rejected by 328 votes to of cavalry and a regiment of in the Northern forces had severelying into the ranks of the Big The late Sir David Ferrier was trial and economic dependence on 122 voted on next Column reliable
defeated Marshal Feng Yn Hajang: Swords?—N. O. Daily News.
Vontinued seat dei foreign countries t
and the Ming Emperors
in the country districts of Hupek between 5,000 and 7,000 and are can-
surgery
year of age)
be ever
Bir Douglas Hogg said: @the evidence of the document, which ched the Foreign Office came from four independent souroca. every one of which had previously been tested, and found absolutely.
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