A SPLIT IN THE KUOMINCHUN.
NORTHERNERS REPORT CHRISTIAN GENERAL BEATEN. FAN CHUNG HSIU DEFEATS MARSHAL FENG
"LIANG-HU" REHABILITATION CONFERENCE. CHENG CHIEN ASKS FOR RELIEF AND ORDER.
ANOTHER NORTHERN MILITARY CONFERENCE. ATTACK ON SHANSI EXPECTED.
JAPANESE SPYING FOR NORTHERNERS IN SHANSI?"
General Fan Chung Hsiu, the second Kuominchun general, is reported to have defeated Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang at Juchow after two days' fighting. If this message from the Northern Capital is true, it would seem to mark a very serious break in the Kuo- minchon.
Sun Chuan Fang and Chang Tsung Chang intend to launch an attack with 100,000 men against the Kuomiachon near Tsaochow.
Meanwhile Marshal Feng is to be asked to co-operate with Shansi troops eastward along the Tsing-Ting-Taiyuen Railway.
The Shansi Authorities are reported to have discovered that Japanese, in the disguise of travellers, are in reality acting a spies in the pay of. Marshal Chang Tso Lin.
General Cheng Chien, Chairman of the joint-conference of the provinces of Hupeh and Hupan, pointed out how seriously these two provinces had suffered from civil wars and Communist destruction. He called to the authorities for relief. At the same time he stressed the fact that peace and order in these two provinces was of the utmost importance during the time of the Northern Expedition.
RUMOURED KLOMINCHUN
SPLIT.
BIG ATTACK PLANNED
[TRBODOH KEUTER'S AGENCY.}
Sun Chuan Fans and Chang Tsung Chang conferred at Tenantu on March 24th.
REHABILITATION OF
**LIANG HU."
زل
STRICT ORDER ESSENTIAL.
(Wah Tz Yat Pao.)
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY MARCH
RUBBER RESTRIC-
TIONS.
SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION'S
VIEW.
GRADUAL BUT CERTAIN REMOVAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT]
SINGAPORE, March 20th. The Chamber of Commerce of the Rubber Association, which deals solely with the marketing of rab ber, passed a resolution against the immediate removal of restric tions,
The Chamber is in favour of their continuance with the modifications necessary to assure their gradual but certain removal,
LLOYDS' NEW PREMISES.
KING'S PRAISE OF GREAT INSTITUTION.
[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
Ryany, March 25th.
The opening yesterday, by the King, of Lloyds' new buildings in the City was an impressive spec tacle:
history of the corporation of Lloyda.
es-
"Lloyds is one of the greatest representatives of insurance pecially of marine insurance, of which it was the pioneer-and it
TRAGIC QUARREL. REPAYMENTS OF
WAR DEBTS.
LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE'S
VALET SHOTË
FRANCE
MURDERED BY CHAUFFEUR
{THROUGH' REUTER'S- ÄGENCE,]
GENEVA, March: 95th- In the course of a quartel er the via of the Hungarian representa tiva of the League of Mahi Szabo, a Hungarian valet, chuige
Ад
American chauffeur Job Coates, who drew a revolver and shot his opponent: dead.
AND U.S.
TOTAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
(THROUGH REUTER'8 AGENCY.]
Panis, March 28th. The Echo de Paris announcer that negotiations have been started between France and England and the United States with a vicćer to reï payments respectively of £8,000,000 - sterEng and $30,000,000 out of war CAMPS ON THE MOUNT OF ta during the fecal year 1928-29.
OLIVES.
A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND-
AVANTED.
{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]|
JERUSALEM, March 25th, "The slopes of the Mount of Olives, on which had been erected special camps, presented an as tonishing and impressive right at the opening of the Conference of the Protestant Missionary forces
from all over the world.
Two hundred and forty pre
sentatives of 31 countries were in-
THE IDEAL AIRCRAFT TERMINUS.
R.I.B.A. COMPETITION.
The Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects have accepted an offer from the directors of the Gloster: Aircraft Company and H H. Martyn & Co., Ltd, to give a prize for the best imaginative scheme fors Landon aircraft terminus suitable for the supposed requirements of air traffic 15 years
hence.
In the course of his speech included, and half the delegates hail- reply to the Address of welcome, ed from young native Churches petition, the Council state, is to The general object of the corn H.M. the King referred to the long such as China, India, Japan, stimulate the imagination and foresight of architectural students Africa and the Filippine Islands, and to assist them to visualize the Dr. Jolma e International influence which aerial development Leader of the CA, in opening muss have on the design of a first the Conference, defined its object class aerial, terminus with every accommodation for personnel and as taking stock of the crucial con-
machines and with avery equipment is the organised system of marine ing world-wide attention to the im terminus is to be for land-planes ditions of missionary work, draw-and comfort fer passengers. The insurance which has transformed portance of Christianity, to define that seaplanes and airships will and amphibians, it being assumed overseas trade from adaring
an attitude towards new national hare separate termini. The jury. and hazardous speculation to the
formed to award the prizes, consista of Sir Sefton Brancker (Director orderly and smoothly working ex-groups, and developing racial con-
of Civil Aviation), Mr. C. Cowles" change of commodities on which
Voyscy, Mr. E. Vincent. Harris, Siz modern civilization depends.
Edwin Lutyens, Major R. H. Mayo (technical adviser to Imperiat Air. ways); Mr. T. 6. Tait, Mr. Maurice E. Webb, and Mr. G. E. Woods Humptery (general manager, Im perial Airways).
Hazards, indeed, remain, but their disastrous consequences have been averted by the introduction of Lloyds policies of insurance and
PEXING, March 26th."
SHANGHAI, March 29th. The Northerners claim that the
The rehabilitation conference of second Kuminchun General Fan Hupch and Hunan was duly open Chung Hsiu, attacked Marshaled on the 24th inst. at Chengsha, Fong Yu Hsiang at Juchow on capital of Hunan. General Cheng March 9th and defeated him after Chien, acting as chairman, syke two days' fighting.
of the reasons for calling this con- ference The people of these two provinces had suffered very heavily through continuous civil ware and Commaniat devastation, be said. and therefore it was highly neces-unerring justice in dealing with these policies which has always that the "Liang Hu" authorities should take steps to re- been your prond tradition. lieve the people. Meanwhile these
By the development of this iden of insurance the community is two provinces should strictly main-
linked together by mutual duties tain order in the rear during the and service and in this way a shock period of the Northern expedition, } which would have overpowered an
At the same meeting Li Cheng Jen, Cheng Chien, Fei Chung Hsi," Lu Teb Ping and Chea Shiu Fun were appointed as presiding com mittee of the conference.
A report states that it was de cided: that 60,000, of Sun's troops and 40,000 belonging to Changery Tsung Chazig should join in attack ing the Kuominchun in the vicinity of Tsaochow.
ATTACK ON SHANSI EXPECTED.
(Woh Tas Fat Pan.)
SHANGHAI, March 26th. Generals Yang Yu Ting and Chang Hauch Liang have proceeded to Paoting frcan Peking. Immedi ately after their arrival, a military conference was held to discuss plans. They are expected to pro- ceed to Shechiachuong to launch an attack on the Shansi troops.
JARDINE STEAMER FIRED. UPON.
The
[NAVAL WIRELESS.]
ICHANG, March 25th. Indo-China ·Co.'s 1.8.
Kingue (Messrs. Jardine's) which ALLEGED JAPANESE SPIES. dies the British flag, was fired st 40 miles above Ichang, on the
(Fah Tez Fat Pan.)
SHANGHAI, March 20 According to a report from Tai- yuenfu, capital of Shansi, the local authorities have recently discovered .that a number of Japanese, dia- guising themselves as travellers, make their way to Shansi for the purpose of espionage pader the pay of Marshal Chang Tso Lin. The Shani authorities have therefore given instructions to keep a strict watch upon their movements.
individual man, a family or a part- nership, is so widely distributed And as insurance creates a bond that it can be harmlessly absorbed.
of union between citizen and nation so it holds together the fabric of civilised society and is conductive to international peace."
M. POINCARE'S REVIEW.
LIGHTENING FRENCH ·
TAXATION.
(THROUGH REUTKEʼB AGENCY.)
BORDEAU, March 25th
sciousness.
He hoped the Conference would promote a united policy of the older and younger churches which would enable the Western impact on the rest of the world to have Christian background He express. ed the opinion that if this had been the case in the past, there would have been few the problems, and no complaints of unequal treaties or of the exploitation of native labour.**
"ROYAL OAK " COURT-
“MARTIAL.
LEGAL ADVISER APPOINTED.
(THROUGH EIUTER'S AGENCY.]
The first prize will be £103 and the second prize 295, and the com petition is open to bond fide students of architecture who are associates, elected students, registered probationers of the H.I.B.A and who are below the age of 30 years on September 1st, 1929. Full details of the compati tion," which is to be conducted in two stages and closes on January 10th, 1990, can be obtained from the offices of the Institute, 9, Conduit street, Hanover Square, London.
WEDDING" PARTY
SURPRISE.
BRIDEGROOM'S " LEGAL
WIFE APPEARS.
GIBRALTAR, March 25th. Captain Kenneth Dewar and Commander H. M. Daniel will face the court martinarising out of the incidents on HAS. Royal Oak at
A wife who interrupted a wel- Malta, on Friday and Saturday. ding party at which her husband
It will be held on a ship at Gib- | was raltar, but the vessel will be directly connected with the shore and every effort will be made to
the "bridegroom" gave evidence at the Old Bailey on March 1st, when Arthur Douglas Hardy, aged thirty-nine, a ship's butcher, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in the second.
Upper Yangtze River, when pro- about 2,600, guests at a luncheon provide ample accommodation for division for bigamy....
veeding up-river. There were no casualties.
IMMIGRATION BILL.
RESTRICTED ENTRY OF
LABOURERS.
PROVIDING FOR THEIR REMOVAL.
ITBROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]--
The much-advertised speech of M. Pioncare on the eve of the Gen- eral Election reviewing his steward ship was delivered to-day before given at the Charaber of Commerce. the Press and public.
H. Poincare dealt at length with the country's escape from the mael- strom of depreciated currency and declared that the occupation of the Ruhr had been most fruitful. Indeed, if the Ruhr had not been occupied, the Dawes Scheme would have proved harrema
Poincare appealed for the postponement of Party squabbles until France had completely negoti ated the danger zone, and added that now the Budget was definitely balanced, it would be possible to readjust taxes and lighten the bur den of the working classes.
SINGAPORE, March 26th. The Legislative Council has pass
The Government was anxious to ed the second reading of the Im- migration Bill restricting the press forward the economic re-
gration of labourers by ses and covery of the country.
FENG ASKED TO ACT WITH providing fo the removal of such
SHANSI,
(Wah Tei Yat Pao.).
SHANGHAI, March 28th.
·General Yen Shih- Shan's repre sentative has proceeded to Haim- sheng with the special mission of urging Marshal Fong Yu Haang to take action simultaneously with Shansi troops marching castward along the Tring Ting-Taiyuen Hail
way.
immigrante.
+FATAL NAVAL ACCIDENT: ONE KILLED AND THREE
INJURED.9
[ALITIKE WIRELESS BREVICE]
Reory, March 23th.
A fatal accident on board H.M.S. Courageous is reported in a munique issued by the Admiralty yesterday. MINNEA
A TRAIN LOAD OF EXPLOSIVES.
TRUCKS ALLOWED TO
"E FROCEED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
BELGRADE, March 26th.. General Hadjitch, the War Minister, has issued a statement to the Press with regard to the hold ing up of a goods train at the The communique stater:-" Tho
frontier station and the discovery MOUNTED PATROL Secretary of the Admiralty regrets of a huge consignment of explosives-
to announce that a serious evident alleged to be consigned from [HAVAL WIRELESS, Į
occurred in H.M.S. Courageous Italy to Rumanin.” this forenoon, during the trial of
He explained that the railway CHENGLIN, March 25th,"
a pump.
resulting in the death truck were detained by the Jugo- small mounted patrol is doing from injuries of a Warrant E Blar authorities as it was con- duty on the south bank of the gineer, and serious injuries to a ceivable that the war material Yangtaze, 10 miles above Chenglin Chief Stoker, a boilermaker and might be destined for some other The men in the patrol are believed fitter
Mrs. Hardy said that her hus- Captain H. S. Measham, C.M.G., band left her, and cemoved her bed- who has been Deputy Judge Advo- room furniture from their home. cate of the Flect for the past years had gone, she added,
**I found out where the fumiture has arrived from the Admiralty toto, the house and knocked at the and went act as legal adviser to the Court. doc. Both sides will be entitled to his advice on points of law.shorten
RELIC OF PETER THE
GREAT.
DUTCH MILL DESTROYED.
(THROUGH REUTEVA AGENCY.]
AMSTERDAM, March 25th
I
“A young woman answered. asked if Mr. Hardy was there, and she said, Yes, I married him this afternoon." I said, 'Well, hé `is my husband!!
#
Miss Violet Clouder, who went through the form of marriage with Hardy, said that sixteen friends were celebrating the “mairinge at her mother's house when Mrs Hardy called Teo party broke up at once, and Hardy went away with his wife.
GENEVA IN RETROSPECT.
DISAPPOINTMENT OF LEAGUE DELEGATES.
BRITISH NAVAD ARMAMENT PROPOSALS.
COMMENTS BY THE POWERS.
The end of the discussions at the Disarmament. Conference at Geneva has given the delegates of the various nations an opportu nity to express their views upon the progress made, and the general. attitude appears to be one of pessimism. PE
The Soviet alone seems to find reason for self congratulation. and has styled the Geneva Conferences "out new loud-speakers."
The Naval Armament Limitation Proposals, as put forward by Lord Cushendus, have been accorded a sympathetic reception by both America and Japan, though both nations appear to think that the proposals in their present state are impracticable, as they give Great Britain too great an advantage over other nations during the next fourteen years.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE:]
U.S. Delegateḥa Arrival, The American delegate, Admiral- WASHINGTON, March 20th.
Hilary Jones, whose departure No offcis comment is forth from America was delayed by ill- coming on Lord Cushendur's latest | ́ness has arrived at Geneva after naval plan, but it is pointed out the close of the session. that a reduction in the size of capital ships would weaken the strategic vahie of the American
Beet.
American circles here decaro
It is learned that contrary to current reporte, his arrival is not, connected with supposed conversa- tions between British American It is argued that ship for ship, and Japanese experts with n view the British battleships are newer to reaching a basis of understand- than the American and if the date ing with regard to naval disarma of repacement is lengthened the ment. advantage. This is especially so, that nothing will be done in this British with enjoy an increasing
and. Nelion, are not to be replaced Washington Convention is discuss as the 35,000-ton vessels, Rodney connection until the revision of the
til 1979, whereas the United States, | ed in 1931. if Lord Cushendun's plan were
Policy Of Delay. accepted, would be precluded from
BERLIN, March 95th. building such tonnage.."
Count Bernstorff's outburst 'dur- There is little comment in the ling the final sitting of the Dimrma New York newspapers but the pro- ment Commission is strongly sup--
direction. 'poral is hailed as a step in the right | ported in official quarters and the
Prees generally
JAPAN'S CAREFUL_STUDY."
[THËOVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TOKYO, March 26th. Though the British proposals concerning battleships have not yet been received officially, the Navy Minister etated that they would require the most careful study reports of them were true.
Agreement, he thinks, is likely to be difficult as the circumstances of each Power are different. He
The proceedings of the Commis sion are described as “sabotage" and "fiasco" and it is declared - that they have giren the impres- son that the main object the Commission has been to postpone disarmament.
if other Powers do not CASTY out their offigations to Germany, it is declared, then Germany is releneed from hers.
Soviet Satisfaction.
Riga, March 95th. The Soviet Prees is much grati
-
pointed out that Britain would stand to gain most owing to the fed at the publicity gained through. possession of the newly constructed the Geneva conferences, and talks Nelson and Rodney, which, with of the prospects of further oppor their 16-inch guns, leave her in the tunities of reaching the mLISECS most advantageous position for through Geneva, which the Com several years. ⠀⠀⠀
maste facetiously describe pa The fact that the shipbuilding our new loud-speaker." industry of each Power is not equally developed will also have to be taken into consideration - in connection with the question of in- creasing the age limit, concluded the Minister.
THE BRITISH POSITION.
THE SOVIET IN CHINA.
[BRITISK WIRELESS SERVICE]
[The proposals put forward by Lord Cushenden were briefly, as
Hussy, March 24th. follows:-Firstly, that any battle
At Geneva Lord Cushendun, in a ships to be built shall be under 30,000 tons; secondly, to reduce statement referring to M. Litvinofa guns from the present 16-inch to reply to his speech, said it amount-- 13.5; thirdly, to extend the life ofed to an admission that the Soviet existing capital ships from 20 to 20 did not regard avi war as war the Powers of full rights under the Republics was not that they fought years, this involving a waiver to The main case against the Soviet
replacement tables agreed at. Wash-for their own objects but that their
gton
whole world policy, was to create Levil war. Se
autheu He was in possession of
figures showing that enormous s had been spent by the Soviet
Shanghai had been taken purely. suppying arms to Chinese Nationaliste. Great Britain's part for the protection of the fives of British subjects and their property and incidentally "thos of other Europeans It also revealed Bri pain's chief difficulty in the matter of disarmament.
Presa Comment
Newspapers in London regard this development ne an event at lie the greatest importance and the significance is increased owing to Sunday Times remarks that its the fact that these details have been forwarded to the delegates at their own request.] --
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Acid Comment.
FARIS, March 28th The Matir compenta acidly upon the whole Geneva disarmament proceedings.
DELEGATES PESSIMISM.
GENEVA, March 25th. The discussions of the Dizarma
The Mill De Groot Vorstat Zeandum, well-known for its asso- PEER'S HEIR » POLICEMAN.ment Commission, which have ciation with Peter the Great, whó during his first tour of Europe LORD KNEBWORTH IN THE worked there for some time as a common shipwright and learned ship-building, has been destroyed by fire.
INDIAN PETROLEUM.
"{TEROUGH" "ERUTEL'S AGENCE;]
ZDELKI, March 25th The Government of India has announced that the Tariff Board has been instructed to enquire im State than that to which it was mediately into the question of the ac-addressed, but the matter had now protection of Indian petroleum
been cleared up and the trucks al-
against a petroleum price war. lowed to proceed to Rumania
to belong to the local militia, form-A Court of Fugniry into the ed for the purpose of preserving cident is to be held at Devonport orde
to-morro
EING.
Britain's Responsibilities. Although it would be relatively easy for some countries to indicate what was necessary for their 1- ternal security, Great Britain had always to keep before her eyes, possibilities Nike that of Shanghai. Foreign nations always expected Britain to lead and there was con- siderable feeling in England itself that we ought to disarm more now how closed, have given rise to a because no war was mmment certain amount of pesammen, the Nations and crition did not bow- feeling of many of the delegates ever realize what Britain bat al- ready done. From the point of being that an impression has been view of tactics it would have been created that the League has re better if she had done nothing. beived a set back, and that the
Free Big Eeductions. R relations of the great Powers have
What
& sensation could then not been improved; largely owing to the tobe introduced into the have been made if the Britiery dele decussion by the Soviet delegation, gate had been able to state that especially the spirit of over-bidding Britain was prepared to scrap say Lord Knebworth, who is twenty and agitation.
|−1,000"fighting ships of a total ton- five years old, is a member of the Some of the delegates have even age of 2000,000- fet ena-matter. Oxford University Boxing Club, expressed the opinion that the of fact Britain had done this largely and is a noted all-round athlete Communion will not meet again, from a point of view of economy,
He received his boxing blue" but this is regarded a too Again, despite France' overwhem- in 1994, and has represented the pessimistic. It certain that ing-superiority in the air, Great university as a welterweight the Committee of Arbitration will Britain bad had no hesitation in against the Army and the Navy hold its third sesion in Jane reducing her great air fleet, it was Lord Kuchworth, who first look when it will be seen whether any alco Great Britain which had prea up boxing at Eton, is also a keen progress towards disarm ment has pared the first draft convention for
the reduction of armaments. Rugby player.
A peer's heir and a policeman will box four rounds at the Ilford Ring, London, on April 2nd,
They are Lord Knebworth. the Earl of Lytton's heir, and Police Constable.Bone.
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