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CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S VICTORY IN

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SHANTUNG.

HEAVY CASUALTIES. ON BOTH SIDES.

KIANGSI TROOPS TO AID KUOMINTANG.

SOUTHERN SUCCESS ON SHANTUNG

COAST.

Reports from the vernacular papers to-day show that Marshal Feng Fu Hsiang has very definitely changed the locality of his ac- tivities. He now claims to be 80 miles south-west of Tsining. where he has captured Kaye after suffering heavy losses. If this claim is true,. Taining is in a very serious condition, especially in view of the steady advance of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek.

There is no very definite news of Marshal Chinng's advance, but the Pukow Railway Station has been requested by Hsuchow head- quarters not to allow passenger traffic, so that the railway may be used purely for the transportation of troops.

The 17th Southern Army Corps, which yesterday announced. that it had entered Jihchan on the coast of Shantung, now states that it has gained full control there, and is advancing towards" Churchow. The intention is "to establish communications with Mar- shal Chiang Kai Shek and act in conjunction with him,

FENG'S VICTORY IN SHANTUNG.

(Wah. Ta: Yni Pao,)

SHANGHAI, April 18th.

CONSOLIDATING A SUCCESS.

(Wah Tiz Tut Pad.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 17th, 1928.

THE RUBBER QUESTION.

ORMSBY GORE'S REPUDIA- TIONS.

HIS VISIT TO JAVA.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENor.],

SINGAPORE, April 16th. Mr. Ormsby Gore, interviewed at Kuala Lumpur, repudiated portions of the published version of his Ipoh Speech

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ARCTIC FLIGHT.

DESCENT TO POLE BY LADDER..

EXCITING JOURNEY TO SEDDIN.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

BERLIN, April 16th. The Italia has arrived at Seddin, Pomerania, after a 30 hours thrill-

ing flight through storms.

LONDON, April 18th. The buffeting received by the North Polar airship "Italia" in the storm, as described in a message from Berlin, reads almost like a Transatlantic fight.

He said he stated on that occasion that he was quite unaware of the considerations leading to the an nouncement of the British Cabinet's decision, as the evidetice was con-

The distance from Milan to Sed- fidential and outside his knowledge. din is only 700 miles. The airship He had not said that the increase took thirty hours, because she lost of the pivotal price had wrecked the hen bearings in Bikia after, a tor- scheme: he merely quoted the alterrible time over the Carpathians. ation of the pivotal price as an

"The observatory and wireless example of Government intervention station at Lindberg put them right

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JAPAN GOVERNMENT ACTION.

RADICALISM TO BE. STAMPED OUT.

EDUCATIONAL OPPOSITION.

[TaROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

Tokyo, April 18th. Though the Government appeRTS anxious to make a wholesale clear- ance of radical professors and students, and to curtail the study of social science, opposition against these drastic measures is voiced in sections of the Press, while many educationalists are equally opposed.

It is indicative of the growing feeling in this respect that the heads of the Kyoto University have decided to oppose the Government's proposal to dismiss the well-known radical professor Kawakami. They also oppose the expulsion of radical students and the dissolution of

investigations have been made, ..

Other sents of learning amo re- ported to be taking a similar stand.

in the business question, adding and the aerodrome at Gleiwitz, tri-social science groups till thorough that when the Government inter-ed to persuade them to land, but vened and things went wrong, the Nobile decided to carry on. Government was invariably blamed He denied that he was going to Jave to investigate the rubber position. He was going to see the remarkable scientific work in con nection with fundamental research in_tropical crops.

He had no authority and no inten-

SHANGHAI, April 16th. The 17th Southern Army Corps claims to be in complete possession Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang tele-of. Jihchao, on the sea coast of graphed to Nanking last Saturday Southern Shantung. They are ad. tion of discussing the economic or stating that his forces operating in vancing toward Chuchow whence business aspects of the rubber in- Southwestern Shantung took Kaye, they intend to join with the advanc-dustry whether in Malaya, Java or about 80 miles southwest of Taining, ing Southern Army, and move in on the morning of the 14th. The the direction of the Tientsin-Pukow enemy retreated toward Kacheng Railways This victory was a costly one and both sides suffered very heavily. Taining is now in a very critical position.

SOUTHERN TROOPS BY RAIL.

(Wah Tas Fat Pao,)

SHANGHAI, April 18th. Owing to the rapid advance of the Southerners in Southern Shantung, the Kuomintang military headquar. ters at Hsuehow, has sent a tele to the Pukow Railway Station asking them temporarily to

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AID FROM KIANGSI.

(Wah Tez Tat Pao.)"

SHANGHAI, April 16th. About three divisions of Kiangsi troops, under General Chu Pei Teh, have moved to Hsuchow in rendi. nese to participate in the punitive operations in Shantung. Another division will also leave Kiangsi for the front. General Chu Ped Teh dictator of Kiangsi, will proceed to the front to direct his forces in the campaign.

suspend passenger traffic in order COMMUNISTS IN SZECHUAN.

to facilitate military transporta- tion.

GENERAL STAFF COUNCIL...

(Wdh Te: Tet Pas.)

(Wah Tr Fat Paa.)

SHANGHAI, April 18th. There are vague reports that the Communists, having lost footing for thear

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Ceylon,

There was no reason to suppose that the Government's decision was other than final

DUTCH AND BRITISH CONFERENCE.

RUBBER GROWERS MEET..

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. Į

THRILLING END TO FLIGHT.

PETROL ALMOST EXHAUSTED.

FLYING IN FOG AND SNOW.

AEROPLANE CRASHES THROUGH ICE.

The first stories of the Right of the Brentes from Ireland to America reveal the enormous difficulties with which the flyers had to contend. All weat well for the first thirty hours, but just when the airmen believed that their flight would be successfully accom- plished they ran into appalling weather,

Adverse winds delayed the 'plane. until petrol was almost exhausted, while fog, snow and hail made the task of fading their way almost impossible. Bad visibility, forced them to dy low over -- the sea, and it was not until their fuel supplies had almost given out that they sighted Greenly land, "which they believed to bo Newfoundland.

Seeing a small ice-bound lake, they decided to descend, though the plane was not equipped for landing on ice. The machine crashed through the ice and the tail was damaged, but the flyers were not injured.

[RECTX'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

CLARKE CITY (Quebec),

April 10th. The story of how the crew of the Bremen sighted land, when petro) was nearly exhausted and they had alriost given up hope, was reveal brief message from the

ed in a

The "Italia" was considerably damaged, her port stabilirer being partly torn off in the storm in Silesia, while one motor was dis- UNIVERSAL PEACE. land wire station nearest to Green- abled. Great difficulties attached to the landing at Seddin.. The First Stage.

ROME, April 15th. A new North Polar serial expedi-, tion began this morning when the Italian airship Italia lef Milan, commanded by General Nobile, for the Naval bangar at Seddin, near Stolp, Pomerania, where it will re- main for a fortnight before resum- ing its journey to the expedition's base at Spitzbergen.

The steamer Citta di Milano, the parent ship of the expedition, is now proceeding to Spitzbergen.

General Nobile accompanied Amundsen's flight to the North Pale.

Staff Of Scientists,

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LONDON, April 16th.

The objects of the present ex- Seven British and seven Dutch rubber producera met at an in-pedition are principally scientific

observations and studies. formal 'private' conference in Lon dan. to-day.

SOLOMON ISLAND MURDERS.

LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.1 subversive, activities in Kwangtung and Hunan Provinces,

TULAQL, April 16th. SHANGHAI, April 15th,

The ring-leader of the Solomon Marshal Chiang Kai Shek pro have found their way to Szechuan. ceeded to Lincheng yesterday for General Liu Sheng, military dicta-Islands murderers, Basiana, has [A cable of November 23rd the purpose of informing his lend-tor of the province, has raided a been sentenced to death. ing officers of his future plan of number of Communist haunts in

Chengtu, the capital, and arrested stated:-* campaign. On the same evening eleven "Reds." Nine of them were he returned to Hsuchow.

summarily executed.

IMMIGRATION TAX ON

CHINESE.

A PHILIPPINES SUGGESTION.

(THROUGH RECTER'B AGENCY.]

MARIA, April eth." Let the Chinese in, but first make entrance fee" of them pay an F.200 each, advises Vicento del Rosario, chief of the executive "bureau.

The suggestion is made in con- nection with the plan of certain legislative leaders to ease the im- migration law at the next legiala- tive scapion.

Mr. Del Rosario would limit the number of Chinese who may come to, the islanda to one million. He figures that at the rate of P.200 each, by the time the 1,000,000 limit

IRAK SITUATION EASIER. IBN SAUD TO MET CLAYTON. [THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.)

BASRA, April 15th. One immediate result of the de- cision to hold a conference at Jeddah between Sir Gilbert Clayton and Iba Saud, the King of the Wahabi, has been an easing of the situation at Koweit,

The cruiser Emerald it stated to be about to leave while the Wahabi force, which has been threatening & aid in Irak has been recalled and has returned to its own territory.

WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT. FURTHER OVATIONS FOR FRENCH FLYERS. (THROUGH HAVAS - AGENCY.]

PARIS, April 15th. Castes and Lebrix, the airmen reached, the government would who flew from Tokyo to Paris in be P.200,000,000 richer.

This money can be profitably used six and a half days, were enthusias for public improvements, he stated.tically cheered by the Parisian

AVALANCHE HAVOC IN

CHILE.

population when they were official ly received and warmly welcomed by President Doumergue, at the Chateau Rambouillet.

RUHR ARBITRATION DECISION. REJECTED BY BOTH SIDES.

· [TARQUGH RKUTÆR'S AGENCY.")

TWO HUNDRED DEAD. [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, April 8th. According to inconfirmed new paper despatches, 200 persons and

BERLIN, April 15th. 20.000 head of livestock, together

Both the miners and the mine with many farms, were buried by an avalanche at Ciudad Tales in owners of the Ruhr have rejected the region of the Cordilleras.de the Arbitrators decision, which Communication with Talca is provided for the maintenance of cut off, but salvage patrols have the eight-hour shift underground, beca despatched to help in the a reduction of one hour in the rescue work. Owing to the bad working hours at the pithead and roade, however, the rescue parties other surface workers, and a gen will not be able to reach the scene eral increase in wages of eight. per of the disaster for several days cent

The Solomon Islands native ring. leader Basiana has been captured by a stratagem, by unarmed native volunteers, six miles from Sin- arango, and has been lodged in gol

Basiana, who had been deserted by his fellow clansmen, was bound with cane layers and handed over "to the authorities at the coast. The natives have celebrated the event by holding a dance.

A party under white command has captured 44 natives suspected of complicity in the massacre of the Commisioner and his party some weeks ago.

A further search is being made for the chief Norgu, who is believed, to be one of the ringleaders.]

Two trips are planned from Klag's Bay, Spitzbergen, the first to the North Pole and the second to Prince Nicholas the Second Island.

FURTHER PRESS COMMENT.

DEEP CONSIDERATION

NEEDED.

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(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

ly Island.

The fliers were held up by fog and a change of temperature, and had very little fuel left when land was sighted at 5.30 on Friday after.

noon. The fliers believed it was Newfoundland.

They saw a small lake and de- cided to descend although the Bremen was not equipped for land- Despite the pilot's care, the machine crashed through

Ruay, April 15th. The United States' proposals to the great Powers to sign a multi-ng on ice. lateral treaty renouncing war as

an instrument of national policy the ite and the tail was damaged.

Continue to be the subject of news- paper comment. The significance of the proposal is fully recognised and the American note is regarded as signalising at the very least the re-entrance of the United States into that international area which she quitted when she refused as- sociation with the League Nationa Her return is heartily welcomed.

of

Relief Expedition.

The Ice-breaker Montcalm, which was hurrying to Greenly Island, was driven zahore in a snowstorm.

A third aeroplane is now trying to reach the flyers from New York.

Dangerous As Atlantic, It seems that for the first time American journalistic enterprise is baffled.

Newspapermen, are eager to risk the 1,500-mile flight to Greenly Island in planes which their pre-

prictors are ready to charter, but the pilote are Tem impetuotis. They realise that the flying will be as hazardous KO flying the Atlantic.

AVIATION IN JAPAN.

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- TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT.

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TOKYO, March 26th. Despite the tragic death of Mr. Yukichi Goto, one of the four Japanese aviators chosen to make QUEBEC April 10th: a trans-Pacific flight, the Imperial A Canadian plane, with two ex- Aviation Society has not given up military pilots aboard. landed on hopes in its attempt to secure for Greenly Island yesterday evening, Japan the honour of being the first establishing contact between the to make a non-stop fight across Bremen and the cutside world. A the world's biggest ocean, second macnine will probably land change in the route has been made, however, while the date of the flight on the island to-day.

Messages from the island are has been postponed by a month. delayed owing to telegraph difficul Hanasaki, on the eastern BCA- It is, too, taken for granted that ties. The plans of the Atlantic board of the Hokkaido, the largest A brief bul- of Japan's northernmost islands, the proposals will be examined and fliers are uncertain. responded to with goodwill, par- letin states that they expect to has been chosen as the starting General Nobile was recently reticularly in Britain where as the make satisfactory repairs and may point, while the destination will be either Sitka, in Alaska, or else ported as saying that he hoped to Sunday Times points out so Gov-leave shortly under

Seattle This new route bas tend- anchor the Italia over the Northernment suspected of aggressive

ed to shorten the distance the Pole and descend by means of rope

original route was to cover by ladders.

necessary because the Air Bureau here found the machine already constructed incapable of flying the 8,030 miles. of the originally- planned route. It is expected that the flight from Hanasaki to Alaska or Seattle, vid the Kuriles and Aleutian Islands," will take some 40 hours.

The Pope has presented him with a large hollow cross, to be deposited at the Pole, in which a record of the expedition will be inserted.

General Nobile is accompanied by a large staff of specialists, includ ing Professor Pontremoli of Rome University, the Swedish Professor Malmgreen and a meteorological export.

THE OPIUM CON-

FERENCE.

"A LIVELY DISCUSSION.

must,

power.

their own

Torrible Conditions. Before sighting land the Bremen encountered difficulty after about 1,000 kilometres. This became

be cuity.

ness or of desire for war could last for a week. The Sunday Times adds "that the examination of the

however, proposals thorough, for once given, Britain's word will always be honourable. For this reason it cannot be given lightly.

Liabilities To League, Discussing some of the considera- tions which the note raises, it examines the questions already put by the French Foreign Minister, M. Briand, as to whether the new proposals in any way conflict with liabilities assumed under the Covenant of the League Nations and Locarno, which, while seeking to guard against war, envisage its possibility in certain circumstances. It recalls, too, that even in America, free from the tangle of European affairs, dificulties must be faced including the apparent limitation now proposed to be put on the rights of legislature, to de- clare war, The Sunday Times con- "On both sides of the cludes: sitting of the Opjam, Conference, Atlantic therefore, thers is need with regard to the enormous quan- for deep consideration. and ever titics of opium introduced into France and the absence of full in present sense of realities if sub- formation in regard to its utiliza stance is to be given to Mr. Kel- tion.

logg's inspiring conception,"

DISCREPANCIES ÎN FRENCH

FIGURES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, April 18th. There was a somewhat lively two SNOW IN ENGLAND. hour discussion at this morning's

(REUTEK'S - AMERICAN BREVIC]

There

TO WORK FOR FORD.

RUBBER GATHERERS TREK TO. PARA

[BEUTER'S. AMERICAN' SERVICE.]

Unfavourable atmospheric conditions compelled them to y low, after which thick fog came up and the 'plane entered "darkness" None of the aviators were hurt in landing.

Conditions were favourable at the start of the flight from Baldonnel, but after 30 hours, when the fliers were confident of success, condi- tions changed.

The decision to postpone the dato of the flight for one month, from August to September, was largely The compass began to fall, and due to the advice of the skippe of the Arizona Maru, who has cross fog was replaced by snow and hailed the Pacific 03 times and is re- The inhabitants of, Greenly Island garded as an authority on Pacific have given the ders every hos Ocean weather conditions. He told pitality."

Story Of The Flight.

CURTIS FIELD, N.Y.,

April 15th

the sponsors of the fight that the island of Hokkaido and its vicinity ard clear of logs in September and that the weather about the Aleutian Islands is comparatively settled Six aeroplanes are preparing to during the first few days of the land, carrying newspaper fly as near as possible to Greenly early autuma. All plans for the re-flight are said to be in good shape, porters to obtain the Bremen avia with the exception of sufficient funds. A total sum of Y.700,000 a tors story of their flight.

One newspaper plane, bonod as needed and so far only 1.54,000 has the same mission from Philadel. been collected. Of this sum, the ghia, has already passed over New fight executive committee has spent Y.30,000 for publicity purposes, 19 that only a sum of Y.4,000 remains for the fight proper...

York.

British Enthuzişam. (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICH)

Air Funeral Prevented. RUGBY, April 15th.. High tributes to the skill and

Palios regulations have tended to daring of the two German and on prevent the first air funeral in Irish sirman who on Friday.com Japan from being carried out. This pleted the first east to west money to have taken place the day be plane fight of the Atlantis are fare yesterday. After a consulta paid by the Fress and public heretion and the citing of precedent and Immediately news was received authority, high officials of the that the airmen had landed on astropontan Police decided that an small icegirt island off Labrador, a sin funeral was contrary to the grams of congratulation were spirit of the Peaco Preservation despatched by the Air Minister, Law. Sir Samuel Hoare, to President Cosgrave, head of the Government of the Irish Free State, and to the German Ambassador in London

LONDON, April 18th.

conditions are wintry

M. Bourgeois, in his reply, stated

Agreement For Dictation. throughout England, with heavy that fuller details could be furnish

The Observer admits the existence falls of mow and sleet as a resulted as soon as the Geneva Opium of a depression from Europe. Convention of 1925 was ratified of difficulties, but declares that no He added that 60 per cent. of the difficulties can diminish the signi- opium was used for medicinal pur poses, the remaining 40 per cent. ficance of the forward movement of for the manufacture of morphine American policy" Locarno mark After hearing M. Bourgeois ex ed a stage. It substituted agree planation, Count, Sato moved the closure of the discussion. The ment for dictation in continental chairman boped that M. Bourgeois peace. The very limitation, of its would eventually clear up, the aims widened the scope of its effect. large discrepancies between the We see it now as an indispensable figures of French imports and exprelude to a renewal of American RIO DE JANEIRO, April 15th,

interest in old world affairs. Mr. | Believing that Mr. Henry Ford's ports,

Kellogg's Note completes the logic rubber plantation in the State of

of Locarno. The ideals which Para will offer better working con-

inspire it are implicit in every New York and Canada to restore word of two operative clauses of the Atlantic flyers to civilisation, ditions and higher wages, rubber

its draft treaty and are explicitly but many hours will probably the air hearse" in another nero- gatherers on the Upper Amazon are work for

stated in its preamble. The co elapse before the full story of the plane. Arioka's family made every effort to carry out the deceased's trekking down river to

operation for which the world has flight becomes known. Ford.

Tho exodus has become so PTO-

waited for so many years' is at-last Two aeroplates which took off wishes, but the police ruled that Murray Bay, such a disposition of the ashes of forthcoming and Britain, equipped yesterday from nounced that all the rubber plan- tations in the State are over-run by

200 miles from their destination. the air funeral. labourers, and planters, in the

as she is historically and geogra Quebec, were forced down owing to the dead was contrary to establish welcomes it with thankfulness." Upper Amazon have asked the

phically to further its intentions, the atrocious weather experienced ed idea of propriety and forbade Government to interfere.

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GOLD STANDARD IN 4

NORWAY.

། (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Osto, April 16th An arder in Council announces the decision to re-establish the gold standard and allow the export of gold from May 1st.

Frantic Rescue Attempts, [REUTER'S" AMERICAN SERVICE.?

OTTAWA, April 15th. Frantic efforts are being made in

When Anataro Arioka, an instruc... tor in electricity at the Japan Automative-School, died inst week, he stipulated in his will that an aeroplane bearing his ashes, should rise to a beight of 1,000 ft. and from there his dust should be scat tered to the four winds. The widow and son of the deceased, according to the will, were requested to follow