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MARSHAL CHIANG KAI SHEK OPENS

HIS

OFFENSIVE.

SOUTHERN OFFICIALS APPOINTED FOR ALL

SHANTUNG.

RUMOURED FENGTIEN CAPTURE OF CHANGTE,

CHRISTIAN GENERAL CLAIMS A

GREAT

VICTORY.

The Kuomintang troops under Marshal Chiang Koi Shek have begun their advance, and have come into condict with the Shaatung forces, though there has not as yet been heavy fighting in this sector. The Southerners claim to have captured Yinchow, on the Shantung border, south of Lincheng

The vernacular papers have received a report that Marshal Chiang intends to launch an attack upon Jihchan, which is just inland from the Shantung coast line.

Marshal Feng Yu Heiang, the Christian General, claims, a little grandiloquently, a "great" victory. A niixed force of about 5,000 Fengtienese troops and members of the "Heavenly Gate" society advanced south of the Chengho, River in Northern Honan, but ware dispersed by the Kuominchun.

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The Kuomintang Political Council have optimistically made appointments of district magistrates for the whole of Shantung and the southern part of Chihli. They have taken this action ia the belief that these districts will in the near future be under the rule of the Kuomintang.

No news has been received of the Fengtieness in the Tsingsing zone, but the vernacular papers have received a report, that the Fengtienese have captured Changte. From this it would appear that the Northerners have been succèssful in the former zone, and have. found it possible to move part of these troops to re-inforce their armies further south.

CHIANG'S OFFENSIVE

OPENS.

(Wah Ter Yat Pao.)

! CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S

GREAT". VICTORY.

(Wah T Tat Pro.)

Sussonar, April 11th

SHANGHAI, April 11th. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has Marshal Feng Yu Hainng has an- ordered a general attack on the nounced that his army has scored Northerners in the direction of the a great victory over the Fengtjenere Tientsin-Pukow Railway zone, and in Northern Honan. The Feng- the right wing of Marshal Chinng's tienese league with the "Heavenly army has come within range of Gate" bandits, about 5,000 strong the Northerners. Yesterday. all in all, have been dispersed by bis forces were ordered to advance. At troops. The enemy had advanced a point north of Hauchow the south of the Chengho Hiver, is Boutherners yesterday penetrated Northern Honan, but were repulsed. the enemy's defence line with two armoured cars.

The Southernera cinim to have captured Yinchow, south of Lin- cheng, Southern Shantung border.

OPTIMISTIC PREPARA-

TIONS.

(Wuh Ter Yat Pao.)-

SHANGHAI, April 11th. The Political Council attached to Marshal Chiang's Military Head quarters at the front has announced wholesale appointments of district magistrates for the whole of Shan- tung province and the southern part of Chihli, in the expectation that the time of the Kuomintang'a- dominion over these two provinces

is not far distant.

MARTIAL LAW AT SHANGHAI.

(Wah Tu Yai Pao.)

SHANGHAI, April 11th.' As a precaution against Reds, martial law has been proclaimed in the Chinese Native City at Shang-

hai to-day.

HANKOW DISPUTE

SETTLED.

{THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]

HANKOW, April 10th. The Sina-French - dispute was satisfactorily adjusted to-day after prolonged negotiations between the Consul and the Foreign Minister. The French authorities, while reiterating their deferroination not to budge from their decision in re- gard to ordinary political offen- ders, agreed for the future to hand over Communists and other dan gerous charactera.

NORTHERNERS TAKE CHANGTE.

(Wah Te Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, April 11th. The Fengticaese 20th Army, ad vancing in three divisions, captured

Changte on the 8th inst

BRITISH SHIP FIRED ON..

NAVAL WIRELESS. ]

HANKOW, April 10th. There is no change in the situa. tion.

A tug, and lighter belonging to Jardine, Matheson's and one be longing to Butterfield & Swire pro- eceding to Changsha this morning returned later in the day and re- ported having been fired on by soldiers from both banks some 25

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 12th, 1928.

FIANCEE PLANS ESCAPE.

SENSATIONAL PRISON RESCUE.

COMMUNISTS HOLD UP

WÄRDERS.

ITBROKOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

into

BERLIN, April 11th. Half a dozen young Communists, heavily armed, forced their way the prison in the Moabit Quarter and liberated the writer, Otto

Braun, who was under arrest on a charge of high treason,

The raiders with revolvers in

their hands, forced the officers to put their hands up. One of the latter, attempting to resist, was knocked down with a rubber trun- chean. The whole prison staff was roused by the tumult and rushed to the rescue. The raiders, with Lone exception, escaped in a motor- car with Braun, The remaining taider was captured, but refused to give any information about himself.

Plot Hatched By Flancée.

It is alleged that the plot for Braun's

batched escape Wax by his fiancée, Olga Benario, Braun who is 20 years old.

the was chatting with her in visitors' room when the gang burst in, overpowered the warders and carried off bath Braun and Olga. Braund had been in prison for a year, awaiting trial.

A CHAIRMAN'S

SALARY.

U.S. STEEL CORPORATION.

HUGE FEES AND BONUS.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

USE OF RECLAIMED RUBBER.

MR. ORMSBY GORE'S VIEW,

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RETAIN LABQUR IF POSSIBLE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SINGAPORE, April 11th. Speaking at Ipoh, Mr. Ormsby Gore said that the inception of the enquiry into the rubber restriction was due to the great advance made in the use of reclaimed rubber, and increased planting outside the re- striction area.

He referred to the possibility of growers organising a selling pool, and urged British producers to con- centrate on obtaining a higher yielding strain of trees

ABDUCTION AND

MURDER.

COMMUNISM

JAPAN.

IN

ILLINOIS ELECTION SCENES. OVER A THOUSAND ARRESTS.

"THOMPSONISM" CRUSHED.

| REUTER'I AMERICAN SERVICE. |

New York, April 11th. The consensus of opinion of the Press is that "the rule in Chicago of Big Bill Thompson, the school book burning foe of King George," is ended. Mr. Small 'is practically snowed under by his opponent.

CONFIDENCE. IN GOVERN-

MENT REVEALED.

[UNGEON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Tokyo, April 11th.

Wholesale "Arrests.

· Toro, April 10th. According to a fifty-page official bulletin, wholesale arrests followed the discovery of an extremist in

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BOLSHEVIST PLOT IN INDIA.

VICTIMS MARKED DOWN.

MURDERERS NAMES AS PASS WORDS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CALCUTTA, April 10th

An indication that the round up The trial is started hers of the of the extremists has increased the twenty Bengali youths who are prospects of the Government wea- charged with conspiracy to "de thering the coming Diet session was prive His Majesty of the Sove seen in the opening quotations of reignty of India and overnwe the the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which | Government of India.?, Crimes continue, the most startling registered an advance of the Yen to Three of the youths are also being the murder of a Negro lawyer | 80, while shares generally showed n charged with the unlawful posses- who accompanied two other negroes, firmer tone. driving through his own ward with

sion of arms and ammunition, in- pursuance of the general conspiracy. 2. Саг decked with anti-Small posters. Another car came up and

The prosecutor stated that a cipher list was found in a boarding pursued it until it ran into the kerb.

house at Deoghar where these three He urged planters to do their The pursuers fired a broadside kill

youths were arrested, this contain- utmost to retain labour notwith-ing the lawyer and seriously wound-trigue aiming at the establishment ing the names of notorious revolu standing the unfavourable outlook ing one of his companions, and then of a Communist Association the pur- tionary murderers and the places for the next twelve months. Mr. dashed away. Senator Deneen's

poses of which were' to "alter of incidents connected with their Ormsby Gore admitted that the followers complain that the returns fundamentally the social system of crimes, which were used as pass raising of the pivotal price of are being delayed...

the Japanese Empire." Huge Majority.

In addition, the Association was The phir ist also contained LATER to be responsible for the distribution sixteen names of sictiras". The returns of two thirds of the of inflammatory literature through were marked down for assassina-

show State of Illinois

that out the whole country at the time❘tion.

Articles Of Association, "Thompsonism" has been crush, of the elections,

"Several hundreds " ingly defeated The majority of Louis Emmerson, who is Mr. Senator Deneen's nominee for the have already been prosecuted. it the Articles of Association of a is expected, that the total prosecu- tions will ultimately reach at least teeret society for the establish 300 as a result of the further arrests ment of independent Federated" which the Court examinations will States of India by organised, armed probably necessitats.

rubber was a mistake."

BRITAIN AND WORLD TRADE.

Governorship, over the Thompson nominee, Mr. Small, promises to be 400,000, double the figure predicted.

are stated

to have been arrested, of which 150

'wards.

#

who

The conspiracy was widespread found was a leaflet describable as and the most important document

revolution."

MR. FORD'S VIEW,

STILL THE CENTRE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S (AGENCT.]

LONDON, April 10th" Mr. Henry Ford is revisiting London after sixteen years and in

CHICAGO, April 11th. an interview he said he was investi-

The early returns of the elections

Police Suspicious.

The members of this. Society were gating the possibilities of producindicate that Big Bill Thompson, The bulletin describes bow the enjoined to engage in Bolshevist ing power from the big dump of who is standing as Committeeman secret conference of the Com activities such as the secret as London refuse at Dagenham which for his Ward (not for re-election as munista, held in

sembling of men, arms and funds snow.bound covers one third of the three bun Mayor) will be defeated:

locality under the guise ofan terrorism, the establishment of a

by force and, where necessary, by " dred acres belonging to him."

electrical company's shareholders'

labour and peasant organisation meeting early in February, first and also to spread Communist re- raised the suspicions of the Police.volutionary propagande for the en- Sufficient evidence to justify arrests couragement of military training. was not forthcoming, however, until the elections, when inflammatory literature was broadenst

Mr. Ford is confident that Ameri- can prosperity will continue inde Snitely. Machinery was the only thing to give real prosperity to Britain which, he considered, was still the centre of world trade.

Britain was able to manufacture better for the continent, India and other places than any other coun try. The same applied to tractars for Africa, Russia and elsewhere. of the rubber restrictions would not Mr. Ford said that the removal affect his plans in Brazil. The Firestone interests had gone to look round Liberia. It was possible that they would never make a tyre for

duct over to the manufacturers.

New You, April 11th. It is learned for the first time that the salary of the. Iste Judge Gary Chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. WAS $225,000 per annum phis an annual bonus of 8175,000. TURKISH GRAIN SCANDAL sale but would turn the whole pro-

[THEOVOR REUTER'I AGENCY.}

CONSTANTINOPLE April 10th. The Parliamentary Committee enquiring into the grain scandal in which grain and four valued at £500,000. (Turkish), were involved in irregularitics and abuses haya passed a resolution that the De puty's Dienani Bey, ex-Minister of Commerce, be arraigned before the high Court.

DANGERS OF BOMB PRACTICE.

FOREST FIRE STARTED,

[TEROUGH REUTER': AGENCY.]

ME, April 11th. miles above Hankow. An attempts bomb dropped in the forest of During aerial Bombing practice was also made to board them from Ars and started a conflagration" junks. The Consul-General is re- which extended two miles. Over questing the Garrison Commander a hundred acres of the finest young To afford these boats a safe passage trees

were destroyed despite the

in future. It has not been ascer exertions of soldier and farmers.

ained what troops these are. HUPEH AND HUNAN ACCEPT CHIANG KAI SHEK'S MAN.

(HAVAL WIRELZAS.}

HANKOW, April 10th. A nominee of Chiang Kai Shek's. General Li Trung Jen, has been accepted by the Wuhan party as head of the Political Council for Hupch and Hunan.

SHANGHAI CHINESE

RATEPAYERS.

S.M.C. MEMBERS ELECTED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.4.

SHANGHAI April 11th.

At a meeting of representatives of the 60,000. Chinese ratepayers at {*

SOVIET IN POLAND. CONGRESS CLOSED DOWN.

(THROUGH RÉUTH'S AGENCY.]

WARSAW, April 10th The political polie at Lodz have closed down the so-alled Freethin- kera Congress which preved in reality to be a Communist gather ing attended by Communist de puties, well know Communists who had been hiding from the au- thorities and also various people who have not been identified but who are believed to be Soviet emis saries.

a number of arrests have been made and it is stated that impor tadt 'documents have been seized.

MURDER OF OFFICIALS.

the Chinese Chamber of Commerce SOLOMON ISLANDS, ENQUIRY. yesterday afternoon, Tau Yee Pei, Yuan Li Tung and Chao Chin Chink were elected to the seats on the Shanghai Muzicapal Council,

[BRITISH WILLLED HERVICE)

Ruan, April 10th.

Regret was also expressed for the while six other Chinese were elect The Colonial Secretary has select alleged discourtesies towards Fored members of eign Office officials during recent of the Council Various, committéeaed Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. C. Commissioner to ails-at-the-French-Consulate.

The People's View,

(Wah Tax Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, April 11th.:

A Committee, organised by all parties at Hankow, has decided on April 10th to sever, business rela tions with the French Conccasion.

Moorhouse ma

Tau Yeo Pei-is-the-manager-of-proceed to the British Solomon the Bank of China, Yuan Li Tung Islanda Protectorate to enquire in general manager of the Ningpo-to and report upon the cir Shaashing Steam Navigation Com- cumstances in which murderous at

and Chao Chin Ching tacks took place on Government pany, managing director of the Town officials at Verakone, Guadal Canal, Syndicate and a member of several in February 17, and important commercial and educa Sinarango, Malait, in October,

·tional institutions..

1077

at

DUNLOP PROSPERITY. RESULT OF YEAR'S WORKING.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE,]

Lively Scenea

--New Yoxx, April 10th. Lively scenes were witnessed at the primary elections in Chienga❘ to select the party candidates for the variops State and Federal offices for which the final elections will be in November, and also to choose the delegates to the National Party conventions for the selection

It is stated that the Communist · "MRS. DYNE'S " APPEAL. movement has been considerably strengthened since the return from ORDER FOR SECURITY FOR the Soviet early last year of

COSTS.. leaders. trained in fighting methods by leaders of the Third In the Court of Appeal (Lords International." These men started Justices Berutton and Sankey -and active propaganda whereas pre-Mr. Justice Romer), Messrs. Iran.. of Presidential candidates in theviously Communism in Japan was monger & Company, foreign bank-

mainly passive.

Quimper.

city, together with thousands of Almost every policeman in the

Highly Organised. The movement was highly organis volunteers, is engaged in guardinged with district and local cells" the polls. The rival candidates for and central commissaries, etc. The the Governorship of Illinois are cells already established were Mr. Small, the present Governor, factory, agricultural and general who is backed by Mayor Thompson ones under the control of five local and the Republican faction, and commissaries each maintaining its owb press organ. Its activities were assisted by students and professors organised into factions,

Senator Deneen.

Leaders Carried Of. The election is quiet in most

LONDON, April 10th. The report of the Dunlop Rub parts of the State but motor cars ber Company for the year endedfilled with detectives are patrolling December 31st. 1927 shows a net profit of £379,000. Dividend is at the rate of 25 per cent, on the ordinary shares, £578,000 being carried forward to the next ac

count.

RUBBER FALLING.

[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

RUGBY, April 30th The price of spot rubber fell to 8d. per pound in Mincing Lane rubber market to-day. This is the lowest price since 1992,

GRAMOPHONE FUSION

RUMOURS.

BIG JUMP IN SHARES.

(THROUGH RAUTEE ́S AGENCT-))"

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ers, of 6 Angel-court, Throg-. morton-strect, EC, applied for Marjorie Bradley Dyne, of Earl's an order against Mrs. Aminta Court, S.W., and Tring, Hertford- thire, for security for the costs of the appeal which she has art down against the verdict and judgment entered at the trial before Mr. Justice Horridge and a special jury in favour of Messrs. Ironmonger. & Co. for £38,938 and costs.

The difficulties of tracking down

The sum in question represented the intriguers were considerably & Co. alleged were due to them moneys which Messta. Ironmonger increased owing to the use of from Mrs Dyne in respect of deal- the streets of Chicago to prevent numerical watchwords for the inter- any bombthrowing or shooting.

Alderman Hafla disappeared dur-tions.

change of important communicage in foreign currency which she thad entered into with them in the ing the morning and it is believed that he has been kidnapped to pre-quarters that the Court trial which

The opinion is expressed in some suturs of 1936. vent him from participating in the will be held shortly in Tokyo, -election.

Osaka, Fukuoka or Sapporo will result in the proof that the Third International supplied the funds, thus possibly leading to the strained relations between Japan and the

Several men armed with pistols knocked Mr. R. H. Taylor, leader of the fifth ward, on the head and carried hår off in a motor car.

PLATINUM EXCITEMENT.

MANY APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

Rucay, April 10th The Colonial Offices states that the Government of Sierra Leone has re- ceived a considerable number of ap- plications in connection with the discovery of platinum in that Colony. Lesbon, April 11th.

Prospecting rights, have There is considerable excitement been granted to all suitable ap- in the market of gramophone shares plicants, and the Government of the consequent upon the persistent Colony hopes before long to be able rumours of a fusion between the to give a decision regarding the American Victor Talking Machine grants of exclusive prospecting Company with the British Columbia licences, mining rights or mining Gramophone and other gramophone leases.

The Sierra Leone Government companies. An instance of the ex- citement is provided by Columbia considere, however, that it is de 108. shares which at the beginning sirable to announce that applica of the year were quoted under £7. tions for exclusive prospecting Yesterday they reached £13 106. licences have already been received The secretaries of the Gramo in respect of practically the whole phone and Columbia companies of the area specially suggested by deny that they have ever beard ofthe Ditector of Geological Survey the suggestion of a fusion. Like as being worthy of investigation. wise cables from the New York

Soviet.

Act, her case being that the con- Mrs. Dyne pleaded the Gaming tracts had reference to gambling transactions in the rise and fall of the franc and lira

of the application, said that Mesars,

Mr. St. John Field, in support Ironmonger & Co.'s costs were taxed at £1,553, and they could not get paid any part. An affidavit stated that Mrs. Dyne admitted transfer- ring securities to her husband and other persons to whom she was in-. debted and that bankruptcy pro- ceedings against her, were sub judice.

Co-operation With “Reds,” The Home Minister, in a com munication to the Press, stated that the other two extremist organisa tions had been dissolved owing to the co-operation of Communists, though leaders of the Ronoto party in a statement denying the accusa Mrs. Dyne had offered security tion aver that the Government is in the sum of £100, and Lords merely attempting to gain popularity Justice Scrution ordered her to find owing to the difficult position con- £150 security. fronting the coming session of the Diet, the suppression will not affect their thousand

The same leaders contend that country aumber approximately

An assistant of the Tass News sult of the reorganisation will be Agency has been arrested but no influence. On the contrary, the re- to strengthen the party.

further repression as the Govern Ballway Issue, Seiyukai, lenders, however, hint of charge has been preferred.

Communism has been completely General Staff was held regarding ment will not be satisfied until An important Conference of the eradicated. Adschi, leader of the the measures to be taken in the Minseito, discussing the suppression cauo of military action hecessitated considers that the Government has in connection with the railway, issue acted rightly though it is mistaken in Manchuria in thinking that it will regain

Though the belief is growing in. popularity by it. The hope is ex- pressed that the three remaining sures will be adopted unless the some quarters that decisive mea- proletarian' parties will have healthy Chinese changa thoir, present at development now that the.. ex- titude, the Government is known to tremists have been eliminated.

be particularly anxious to avoid strong measures owing to the re It is understood that the Govern.sulting reaction in China and also: ment intends to dismiss certain owing to the delicate position con- professors from Universities and

fronting the coming Diet "session where such action would certainly·· colleges owing to their radical sym-

slso to

· FRENCH FLIGHT;

Otto Kemmerich, the long-dispathies and

be strongly assailed. tance swimmer, swam-for: 46 con- | student's sdtial study groups,

The issue has arisch over Muk It is officially stated that the den's recent transfer of rolling. {THROUGH IKUTER'S

secutive hours in a tank at a cir- AGENCY.]

cus, accompanied by a trained sen extremists arrested in Tokyo lust stock from the Taona-Nanganchi lion which gave up before, its month gumbered 400 of which 07 line to the Mukden-Hailung line A Reuter message from Cálcutta, | master.

were prosecuted including two against which Japan protested on dated yesterday, states that the two Kemmerich beat his own world womch. It is understood that the the ground that the Taono-Nan- French airmen, Costes and Lebrix record for duration by fourteen total arrests throughout the whole ganchi line is the security of the

Japanese loan to China. have arrived there from Hanoi.hours.

(Continued on hext Column),

indicate that the officials of the MAN SEA LION. Victor concern are: equally ignor ant" It is obvious, however, that WORLD SWIMMING RECORD the Stock Exchanges give credence to the rumours.

CALCUTTA, April 10th

(THROUGH REUTER'S ÁURNEY.]

"HAMBURG, April 11th.

A Thousand Arrasta,

dissolve