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NANKING TO HELP KWANGTUNG

AT HANDS

SUFFERERS

OF REDS.

REQUEST FOR $2,000,000 REPORTED GRANTED.

HITCH IN NANKING INCIDENT. NEGOTIATIONS.

MARSHAL LI REPORTS TO NAŃKING: REFERS SPECIALLY TO RECENT DIPLOMATIC

SUCCESS.

ANTI-JAPANESE FRICTION DEEPENING AT AMOY: OBJECTION TO POLICE FORCE.

The vernacular Prem reports that the Nanking Government have agreed to a request to help Kwangtung financially to the extent of 92,000,000, to be used for rehef works in Kwantung for the support of those who recently suffered so severely at the hands of the Reda

It appears that with regard to the Nanking Incident Sir Miles Lampson was unable to effect a satisfactory settlement with Mr. Hung Fu, the Nationalist Minister of Foreign "Affairs, "and has left Shanghai for Peking. The negotiations are contiquing, Sir Sidney Barton. Consul General at Shanghai, and Mr. Hewlett.

· Consul-General" at Nanking, discussing the matter with Chinese representatives,

Marshal Li Hsin Tani, in the course of his recent report to Nanking on Kwangtung affairs, referred specially to what had been achieved diplomatically between Canton and Hong Kong.

The anti-Japanese feeling at Amoy is deepening chiefly, the native newspapers report, owing to a rumour that "a large quan tity of munitions has been deposited in the local Japanese Con- sulate; also because of the refusal of the Japanese to disband their local police force.

NANKING INCIDENT

NEGOTIATIONS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANDRAI, March 25th.

It is officially reported that Sir Miles Lampson left for Peking to day, no settlement in the Nanking outrages having been reached.

The negotiations will be carried on between the Chinese Authorities

Consul-General Sir Sidney Karton of Shanghai" and Gonaal-

Lieneral Hewlett of Nanking.

Unofficially, it reported that the points upon which the negotia tions between Sir Miles Lampson and the Nanking representativos

HELP FOR KWANGTUNG SUFFERERS.

Fah Te Tat Poo.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 26th, 1928.

SHANGHAI, March 25th. Mr. Wang Yi Ting, the represen tative of the China International Famine Relief Commission, has ar- rived at Nanking to petition the Kuomintang lenders to appropriate 82,000,000 worth of Treasury Bonds for relief works in Kwangtung, where the Communists have fought tremendous havoc on the people.

The Nanking "leaders are said to are consented to this request and Rave decided to instruct the Finan cial Department to raise $100,000

ANOTHER BALKAN JAPAN'S FINANCES.

OUTBURST.

WHAT THE WIRES · ARE

**BUZZING.”-

SEQUEL TO GOODS TRAIN HOLD-UP.

[(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Marot, 23th.

Wires from Balkan capitals are buzzing accusations and deniala fallowing action of the Jugo-Slav authorities in holding up a goods train at the frontier station of Subotics, consisting of scaled trucks containing explosives, al leged to be consigned from Italy for. Rumanin,

RUBBER.

DUTCH COMMITTEE'S LONDON

VISIT POSTPONED.

AWAITING RESULT OF INQUIRY.

'【THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.]

AMSTELDAY, March 25th,"

It is learnt that the Dutch Rubber Committee's visit to Loa- don has been postponed by British request until April 2nd.

RUBBER INQUIRY.

SIR HERBERT HAMBLING CHAIRMAN. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 24th.

It is now generally stated, ways the Morning Port, that the Chairs man of the Civil Research Com

tion is Sir Herbert Hambling.

mittee dealing with rubber restric-

Sir Herbert Hambling is De- Puty Chairman of Barclay's Bank and late General-Manager of the and... South- London, Provincial Western

Bank

He is also a Director of several big Companies, including Imperial Airways Ltd.

of Bankers.]

BUDGET_RE-ADJUSTMENT.

LOANS FLOTATION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Torro, March 95th. The Cabinet, after re-adjusting the Budget, necessitated by the Diet's dissolution in January, have decided to present revised estimates in the coming special session total

ng Ten 1,704,000,000; including, Navy Yen 281,000,000; war, Yen

291,000,000.

The Agures include supplement ary estimates, and the need for the flotation of loans totalling Yea 149,000,000.

NEW YORK SHARE BOOM.

SPRAIN ON BROKERS."

[REVTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

Naw Yong, March 24th. Stock Exchange brokera, strug- ging in an avalanche of commis- sions due to the pandemonious con- ditions over the week, are begin aing to crack under the physical strain.

Clerki and book-keepers are similarly suffering from her- vous exhaustion due to long hours but relief is not yet visible. The maelstrom continues to boil, shares of all kinds Aguring in the mad scramble which is hourly creating new records.

EMPIRE COTTON. HELP FOR FIVE YEARS ASSURED.

|

LLOYDS NEW AN ATLANTIC AIR GENEVA AND

PRINCELY HOME.

FORMALLY OPENED BY HIM. THE KING.

LINK WITH THE PAST.

(THROUGE SKUTER'S AGENCY.]

ROUTE.

PLANS IN HAND: 540,000,000

· TO BE ADVANCED. V

"FLOATING ISLANDS.”

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 25th. His Majesty, who laid the foun-

HAVRE March 23th. dation stone in 1935, to-day, ac-

The a man, Rene Fonck, has dr rived from America. He says that companied by H.M. the Queer, inaugurated Lloyds third home the plans for an Atlantic Commer since its start at Lloyd's coffee house in 1856

cial Air Route, which he is helping

to organise, will be based on the by Sir Edwin Cooper at a cost of first of which will be 200 miles east The new building was designed principle of floating islands, the of New York and others at dis- £2,000,000 and stands on the site of the former East Indian Com-tances of 323 miles from each other.

American financiers are ready to pany in Londenhall Street:

advance $10,000,000,

SEQUAL TO A SHIPPING ACCIDENT.

BOARD OF TRADE'S DECISION

"OVER-RULED.

(TEROVGA XEUTER'S AGENCY,]

LONDON, March 23rd. The contention hitherto main- tained that a Board of Trade ship's captain is not entitled to appeal to the Law Cards Beade enquiry gision of a Board of into a shipping disaster has been over-ruled by the Admiralty Court The case concerned an accident near Singapore last year, and showed that a "Wreck Inquiries Court in the Straits Settlements in January last year, found that the appellant, Captain John McLeod was guilty of negligence in the founding of his ship, the 65. Toyal Star, in the Singapore Straits

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COMMUNSTS' APPEAL. AFTER UNDERTAKING-

NOT TO

DISARMAMENT.

COMMISSION CONCLUDES

SESSION.

GERMAN AND RUSSIAN (DELEGATES DIS-

SATISFIED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]

GENEVA,. March 25th. The Disarmament Commission has

concluded its session, after embit. (Germany) had M. Litvinoff, who tered speeches by Count Bernstorf

declared that nothing had been done to advance disarmament.

The Commission adopted resolu tion that the first Soviet Disarma- ment Convention was unacceptable, and that their second would be con sidered next session, which would be convoked only when the difficul Dick Beech, Harry Pollitt (the ties between the nations regarding Communist leader), and Thomas the proposed League Convention Robert Strudwick appealed against Court for criminal libel. All three conviction at the Central Criminal appellants were bound over and or died to pay towards the costs of the prosecution.

The allegation against them was that they libelled a seaman named David Scott in a newspaper, the International Seafarer.

Before Serjeant Sullivan, K.C.. began to argue the appeal Lord Heart said he noticed that, before corder (Sir Ernest Wild, K.C.), sentence was passed by the Re the appellanta definitely gave the Assurance that there would be no appeal against conviction.

had been overcome.

Bernstorff urged "the Commission. to fix a date for the meeting of the

Disarmament Conference but Mr. Sato (Japan) expressed the opinion that this would be stepping over the mandate they had received from the League Assembly. He agreed with Britain and America that the proper course would be to adjourn the second reading of the Draft Convention until next session, earliest possible time. which should be convened at the

Britain's Proposals.

Lord Cushendun has sent a Note Bia certificate was met suspend.

to the representatives of the signa- Serjeant Sullivan: That is 80,

tories to the Washington Treaty Censure To Be Set Aside. but after he passed sentence the detailing British Naval Limitation The President of the Inquiry, matter.

Recorder completely recpened the Proposals; namely, firstly, that any Court said he was nearly placed in understand that I am not preclud- under 30,000 tons; secondly, to re-

He said:

"You will battleshipa to be built shall be guilty of a criminal charge but not you have the right to appeal." he position of a person founding you from appealing, because duce gans from the present 18-inch subject to a sentence.

The President of the Admiralty Court, after hearing counsel's ar guments on the facts, held that the findings of acgligence failed and allowed Captain McLeod's appeal, ordering the censure to be set aside.

The Accident.

Lord Hewart But when the ap-existing capital ships from 20 to 26. to 13.5; thirdly, extend the life of pellants were asked whether they years, this involving a waiver to had anything to say in mitigation the Powers of full rights under the of sentence, and for the purpose of replacement tables agreed at Wash-.

curing made it clear that whatever sen-

that mitigation, they ington.

The Note adds that it would be trace" was passed there would be no advantageous if an agreement appeal.

could be reached before the com- mencement of the capital ship re- placement programme provided by.... the Washington Treaty.

Serjeant Bullivan : And they would not have appealed but for the invitation of the Recorder.

Lord Hewart (sternly); Are they appealing against the sentence?

Favourable London Comment.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 24th. The Federation of Master Cot ton Spinners has decided to under- take for five years the imposition of a levy of threepence per bale on all row, cotton purchased by spin- ners and manufacturers in Lan cashire, the proceeds to be devoted to the development of cotton grow ing within the Empire. Hitherto, the Federation has contributed a levy of sixpence per bale...

ANOTHER BIG MERGER. [The British freighten Royal Star arrived in the Singapore roads on VICTOR TALKING CO. AND January 13th, 1927, down by the RADIO CORPORATION. head and with a heavy list to stan board, having struck a roof in the [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]. outer strait and hour previously.

LONDON, March 25th. Lord Cusbendun's new battleship The Royal Star, which is owned ♦ New York, March 24th, by the Blue Star Line, and is of Lord Hewart I have never proposals are regarded, by London Another gigantia merger is stated 4,000, foms net, was passing through known a caso in which this commentators in the most import The Radio Corporation is prepar struck a shoal patch to the North which, after sentence was passed. The proposals resemble those sub- to be on the verge of completion.from Shanghai to London when she an assurance not to appeal. int and most promilaing phase of

the disarmament parless ing to unite with the Victor Talk of the Berant Beacon between St. that assurance was ignored. They

John's and the Dutch Islands at received the most lenient sentence Genera where they did not en- bined capital of G.@250,000,000. about nine o'clock in the morning, that could be passed after their as-

and immediately put into Singa.surance not to appeal, WALSH ISLAND.

pore for axistence.

Board's Findings. EMPLOYEES RETURN ON OLD

That Captain J. McLeod, master CONDITIONS.

of the Royal Star, was guilty of negligence resulting in his vessel beng damaged on a submerged reel in the Singapore Strait on the morning of January 13th, 1927, was the finding of the Marine Court of Enquiry which held an investign tion into the casualty.

broke down were the Chinese dans the first portion of the total and is President of the Institute ing Machine Company with a com

amount required.

mands for an expression of regret for the shelling of Bocony Hill during the incident and for the ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING IN

revision of the Sino-British so-called. unequal treaties, Britain consider- ng that the question of revision should not be linked up with the settlement of the Nanking affair.

FUKIEN.

(Wah Tui Yat Pas.)

www.

A FLIP WITH “LINDY.”

CONGRESSMEN AND FAMILIES ACCEPT

INVITATION.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

WASHINGTON, March 24th. Most of the local prominent per Boanges queued up at Bollingüeld Aerodrome awaiting their turn to take a "flip "with Col. Lindbergh who recently invited all Congress men to take a trip. Up to the

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SHANGHAI, March 25th

(Wah Te: Tat Pas.)

Another anti-Japanese demon- SHANGHAI, March 25thstration, in which representatives The recently reported visit of Sir from all classes are expected to Miles Lampson to Nanking in con-porticipate, will be called on Mox-sent he has taken up over 350 Con

nection with the problem of settling day. The animosity against Japan the Nanking incident has failed to has been intensified by a report materialise. The British Minister that a Japanese cruiser has convey- left Shanghai for Peking to-day.

It is understood that the matter

is still under negotiation,

Mr. Huang Fu, the Nationalist Foreign Minister, has left Shanghei for Nanking.

GENERAL LI CHUNG JEN INTERVIEWED.

(Wah Tri-Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, March 25th. General Li Chung Jen, when ques-

ed a consignment of ammunition to Kulangsu, which is now stored in the Japanese Consulate.

gresa men and their families of al: types, parties and ages, that of the youngest being four and of the oldest 81.

JAPANS NAVY.

NEW 10,000 TON CRUISER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

The Japanese Police Force. The anti-Japanese Association at

Torvo, March 24th. Amoy has resolved to request the

The Haguro, Japan's third local authorities to disband the been launched at Nagasaki.

cruiser of ten thousand tons, has

Japanese police force. The latter has refused to do so, on the ground that the responsibility should be | TRADE REVIVAL IN CHINA

taken by the Central Government.

The local Commissioner of For-

EXPORT TRADE WITH BRITAIN,

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[BEUTER'S 'AMERICAN FERVICE.] -

NEWCASTLE, New South

Wales, March 94th. The employees of Waidh Island Dockyard have agreed to return to work on the 28th inst. on the pre- stoppage conditiona

SOVIET'S NEW PLAN,

PARTIAL DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS

[THROUGH REUTER'S ́AGENOK.]

GENEVA, March 4th. Notwithstanding the Chairman's ruling yesterday the Soviet delega tion later issued a new partial and

disarmament progressive scheme under which armies and ava armaments are reduced by graduated percentages based on their present strengths.

GOVERNORSHIP OF NORTHERN IRELAND, '

[InnovoR. REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 25th The Duke of Abercorn has been Ireland for a further six years.

eign

Affairs sent a communiqué to MORE IN TWO MONTHS THAN reappointed Governor of Northern tioned whether he would assume the Japanese Consul yesterday de

office as Commander-in-Chief of the manding the immediate withdrawal Fourth Army Group at Hankow,

stated that he would not do so in of the Japanese police force from view of the present unfavourable

Amoy. situation.

MARSHAL LI'S REPORT TO EN ROUTE TO NORTHERN

NANKING.

(Wah Ter Tat Pao.)

SHANGHAI,: March 25th. At a meeting of the Nanking Political Council, Marahal. La Taai Hsin reported on recent political and military affairs of Kwangtung

FRONT.

5,000 MEN AND MACHINE

GUNS..

[NAVAL WIRELESS. ]

LAST YEAR.

(THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 23rd. - Capt. D. E. Hacking, Under- Secretary of State for Home Affairs speaking at the Woolwich Chamber of Commerce to-day, said that China appeared to be waking up and, consequently, there was how more export trade being done to China than at any time since

1925.

He stated that it was probable that more business had been done

the whole of last year.

THE ROYAL OAK" INCIDENT.

MANILA PAPER'S 'ACCOUNT. OF ITS ORIGIN.

According to a report published" in the famia Times the incident aboard the Royal Oak, which has caused so deep a sensation in naval circles and among the general public, atarted over a trivial mat

The Court was, of the opinion that the casualty was caused by the negligence of the Master (1) in smitting to certify that his charta were up to date, (2) neglecting to read the instructions contained in the Malacca Strait Pilot and (3) in neglecting to have any bearings taken between 8.14 am and 9.03

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Serjeant Sullivan: They are not appealing against sentence.

mitted at the Naval Conference at

counter"real opposition. They are Mr. Justice Avory: When coun-

now extended to France and. Italy. sel says there will be no appeal heIt is predicted that agreement. is taken to mean that there is no battleships and incidentally pave should be easily reached as regards ground for appeal.

Mr. Pollitt said that he was three-power discussion on cruisera.

the way for the resumption of in responsible for telling counsel to inform the Recorder that there

[Eathor telegrams on page 2). would be no appeal. He accepted the remarks of the Recorder as an invitation to appeal.

The hearing was adjourned.

A FIREMAN

V.C.”

MAN WHO WAS 'BURIED

ANTIN, GLASS.

PULLING THE HOME SECRETARY'S · LEG.

CHAMPAGNE SALE AT

BALL:

The selling by auction of a bottle. Superintendent Thomas Mathew of champagne at a ball at which Crowe, who is retiring from the Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the London Fire Brigade after nearly Home Secretary, was present, is to been buried in blazing buildings, the House of Commons, says E 31 years' service, has several times be the subject of a question in and 28 years ago. unfit for service,

was declared London paper to hand

The Court did not think it neces sary to deal with the master's cur tificate but severely censured tim

The ball-Ye Olde North Coun for the act of negligence stated

Mr. Crowe, who is 52, has won trie Cabaret Ball-to raise funds above. The third officer was found

a reputation as the daredevil of the for anti-Socialist propaganda, was to be in no way to blame

The London fire fighters and has re-organised by the Marchioness of Court directed that the costs of the ceived all the awards obtainable Londonderry and was held at the inquiry be paid by the Attorney for his courage. He is one of the Ki-Cal Restaurant, Haymarket, General. More we few holders of the silver medal for 8. W., on Thursday night. Sir Ar

As to the position of the casualty gallantry, the Firemen's V.C... chibald Weigall was the Court decided that there was and has also been given the O.B.E. tiones, po

the ac no doubt that the Royal Star Mr. Crowe, who has been compell- Mr. Tom" Groves, M.P: (860, struck a submerged rock, but owing ed under the service rules of the Stratford), intends to put the ques to the vagueness of the evidenco fire brigade to retire, said to a re- tion in the House of Commons, the with regard to position, it was importer cion in question was the 13 foot possible to say whether the cbstruc Tock, abawn in the latest Admiralty chart, North of Entia Beranti, or an uncharted rock further to the North. Jun

LUNATIC WITH A

REVOLVER.

VIOLENT STRUGGLE WITH POLICE.

BATH, February 23rd. An exciting scene occurred in Avon Street, Bath, late last night, when a man, brandishing a revol ver and loudly proclaiming him. self a secret service agent,

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NANKING, March 24th, in the past two months than dur-teration arose, says the re cleared a public house of customera |

and especially mentioned what had No fewer than 6,000 Kwangsi

been achieved in diplomatie rela tions between Canton and Hong Kong.

men of the 4th Army reached here

fo-day crossed ofer to Pukow for the

Several Northern front. machine guns and wagon transports "NORTHERN GENERALS TO belonging-to-the-20th Division.

accompanied them.

CONFER.

(Wah Ti Tat:Páo.)

SHANGHAI, March 25th. Generals Chang Tsung Chang, Chu-Yu-and-Sun-Chuan Fang- have left Tiatsin for Tainan, the capital of Shantung, where they will hold a military conference to discuss plans in the Tientsin Eukor Railway zone:

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LUXURY TAX.

PEKING GOVERNMENT AGREES TO CAN- CELLATION.

The

port, as to whether the Royal Oak should or should not have a jazz band. During the course of an ar gument on the subject the admiral is alleged to have struck the band master Whereppon the crew decin ed to take the vessel to se Sub

Police hurried to the place, and afterwards discovered the man in Midland Bridge-road half

strip ped. He was taken into after a violent struggle.

The man, Charles Crowley, of St. James place, Bathy was accused

text of which is

aware of the widespread concern Whether the Home Secretary is

at his reported action in attend- ing a cabaret and witnessing the ́exhibition for sale of a bottle of

champagne ford b

The Home Secretary authorised the following statement

there were only 800 men for the When I joined the brigade

whole of London, and we were on duty throughout the 24 hours. Fire-fighting was still done with manual pumps drawn by horses, while the hose and other tackle had to be hauled by hand.

My worse experience was fire at a glass bottle factory in Tooley street, B.E, 28 years ago, when I was buried under 20 tons of glass. My colleagues had cleared away the broken glass down to my waist when there was a second crash. They got clear, but I was again buried. cement

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Sir William Joyason-Hicks did attend a charity ball at the Eit- Cat and was present when an auction took place. As he un- derstands a question is to be ask ed in the House, of Commons he prefers to make no further state-

Eventually I was got out, but I don't take the incident my body was penetrated with seriously," said Mr. Tom Grover, fragments of glass. A blazing

beam had burned away my cloth ing and the desh of my back

When came out of hospital

⠀⠀ the medical officer declared that

'SOME SORT OF AGREE. MERCHANTS' MONTHLY LEVsequently the tension lessened and at the Police Court this morning offt for duty. Since then I have

"MENT.

· [NAVAL-WIRELESS.]

~ Changsha, March 24th- Beme port of agreement in re- ported to have been reached be tween the Walian and Hananese

forces dét

THROUGH REUTER'S

the vessel proceeded out of harbour being drunk and disorderly and for manoeuvres with the rest of the possessing a revolver without a car Fleet

tificate. PEXING, March 24th. A court martial is to be held at It was stated that he The Cabinet this afternoon Gibraltar which will in accor- lunatic un parole from Wells agreed to accept the offer of the dance with the ordinary law of the Asylum. Peking merchants to pay $50,000 land be open to the public. Pond- The Bench imposed a nominal monthly to the Treasury on condi- ing this the Admiralty have refus fine, confiscated the revolver, and tion that the new luxury tax lied to gratify public curiosity with remanded Crowley until turns cancelled.

regard to the facts of the incident. to the asylum.

I was totally unfit for further Bervice I found he was going his deputy and declared myself away for a holiday, and want to

been too scared to go near our medical officers, and have never had a day off for sick leave, The Fire Brigade Committee of

who added s

1 look upon the Home Secre tary as a man of high moral character and can hardly imagine. him as a law-breaker. I don't think this is a case for great pub-” licity, but I shell-invite the Home- in the House of Commons. Secretary to explain the matter.

An official of the Kit-Cat Restau- rant stated

We had a licence until 2 .m. and it was some time before that hour that the bottle was sold : It.

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the London County Council recom-was consumed on the pre mend that Mr. Crowe shall receive a pension of 2418 8 year, and add that he has served the brigade with real and fidelity.

mises," "as well, within the per- mitted hours. In fact, it was given to the band, who had it. with their supper.

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