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MARSHAL FENG YU HSIANG ENTERS

TSINAN.

SHANTUNG TROOPS IN FULL FLIGHT.

CHANG TSUNG CHANG FLEES TO FENGTIEN.

BANDIT OUTRAGE IN WEST HUPEH.

Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang has entered Tsinan, much "to the perturbation of the Nationalista, who intended that Marshäl Chiang Kai Shek should be the first to do so. Chiang, however, was held up near Taian. The Shantung forces are reported to be in full flight for the coast, and brigandage is rife. General Chang Tsung Chang is reported already to have left by sea for Yingkow in Fengtien.

A message from Peking claims that Tsinan is still in the hands. of the Northeraers, and that the Nationalists are 30 miles away. The message also mentions a conference between Chang Tsung Chung, Sun Chunn Fang and Pan Fu, the Peking Prime Minister. This does not on the face of it appear very probable, quite apart from the Southern claims to the city. The reported decisions of the "conference aro that no resistance will be offered to the Southerners until they meet the Marichurian troops at Tehchow. The Fengticnese will attempt to break through the Kuominchun. line and reach the Lunghai Railway,

A late cable from Hankow announces an appalling outrage by bandits and deserters at Kingmen "in West Hupeh. It is reckoned that, 5,000 inhabitants of all ages have been alaughtered. FENG ENTERS TSINAN.

NATIONALISTS PERTURBED.

(THROUGH EXUTEE'S AĠENCY.]

SHANGHAI, April 25th. Marshal Fang Yu Hainng's forces entered Tsinaniu yesterday after- noon from the south-west, encoun- tering practically no resistance from the demoralised Northerners, who are expected to break up and food North Shantung.

THE FATE OF TSINAN.

FURTHER. PLANS

NORTHERN ARMIES.

OF

(THROUGH "LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

PERING, April 25th.

Foreign messages from Tainanta state that the city was still in the hands of the Northerners last night. So far as is known, the Southerners are thirty miles away. Sun Chuan Fang, Pan Fu and Chang Teng Chang met at Tsinan

Chang to retreat cutwards, and leave the Manchurians to hold Tehchow.

Tens of thousands of deserters are streaming across the country last night for a conference. Ac townrdi Chefoo

and Weihaiwei, cording to the vernacular press, with resultant lawlessness and Pan. Fu will urge Chang Tsung brigandage.

Marshal Feng's forces, command ed by General La Chung Lin, ad vanced through Cheng:singhsien, Meanwhile the Fengtienese will and his entry into Tajnanfu ahead attempt to break through the Kuo- of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, who minchun on the Peking Hanker is bald

in the vicinity of Taanfu, Railway or Taming fronts with the up has caused considerable perturba. object of penetrating to the Lung-

hai line. tion among the Nationalists.

NANKING, April 25th. " Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has telegraphed that the capture of Tsinanfu has been completed by the Nationalists, who have seized 00,000 rifles and 110-feld gune.

SOUTHERNERS CLAIM

TSINAN.

(ah Taz Yat Pao,)

SHANGHAI, April 5th. The Southerners claim that they occupied Tsinan yesterday morn "ing. General Chang Tsung Chang fled northward from Tsingtao by steamer.

A Japanese report confirms the above statement, and further as serts that General Chang Tsung Chang has fed to Yingkow, in Fengtien.

MARCH ON TEHCHOW.

(Wah Te: Tat Pan.)

The morale of the Shantung forces is reported to be bad. They are likely to retreat further on the approach of the Southerners, but lack of rolling-stock is hampering the latter's advance.

FENGTIEN MAIN DEFENCE LINE.

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(Fah Tez Yat Pau.)-

SHANGHAI April 25th. Marshal Chang Tso Lin is very anxious regarding the fall of T nan, which seriously shakes the Ankuechun's position in Chin Proper. He has ordered the rank and file of Manchurian troops in Fengtien, Kiria and Heilungklang

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 26th, 1928.

JAPAN'S FINANCIAL

POSITION.

TROOPS IN SHANTUNG,

COMMERCIAL TREATY

WITH CHINA.

(THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY.]'

TOKYO, April 5th.

SPEED RECORD TRAGEDY.

FRANK LOCKHART KILLED.

CRASHES AT 200 MILES

AN HOUR.

(TAKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

DAYTONA, April esth. Baron Tanaka, referring in the Mr. Frank Lockhart, the famous Dist to the recent Communist in-racing motorist, while practising trigues, declared that the Govern preparatory attempting the ment was determined to deal most world record, lost control and was severely with those convicted. It killed. He was travelling at over world also endeavour to eradicate 900 miles an hour. the social evils which helped to create left wing extremiem.

The Finance Minister announced that he proposed so to revise taxa. tion as to lessen the burdens of the lower and middle classes.

to

Immediately following on the success of Ray Keech, Frank Lock hart announced that he would make a bid for the record. He had al- ready had one mirabulous escape

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COMMONWEALTH LINE DEAL.

THREATS TO BOYCOTT

STEAMERS.

GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR STRONG ACTION.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,1 -

CANBERRA, April 25th. Mr. Bruce, the Australian Pre

mier, announcing the Common wealth Line deal, said that £250,000

sterling would be paid on delivery

The remainder of the vessels. would be paid in ten equal instal- ments with interest at di për cent, secured by debentures The pur- chasers would undertake to keep the vessels on the British register for at least ten years.

Mr. Bruce anid that the Govern

He mentioned that the Govem, from "death while attempting to meat would use its full powers, and

the wrest the record from Captain

Malcolm Campbell. -

ment's special advances to crippled banks since last year's panic amounted to 304,000,000 yen. He assured the House that every precaution was being taken to pre- vent these large advances from detrimentally effecting the general economic condition of the country, The Premier requested the Hovie to pass the Coronation cetimates. la the course of his speech he Louched on the reasons for the akspatch of troops to Shantung and gave his pledge that they should be withdrawn as soon as danger was past.

FRATERNISE WITH CHINESE WORKERS.

COMMUNIST DEPUTYS

APPEAL.

(THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.}

PARIS, April 24th. An appeal has been heard here against the sentence, in default of imprisonment for eight months, of

fine of a thousand francs, passed. on the Communist Deputy, M. Vaillan Couturier, for inciting sol- diers to insubordination in connec

article published in Humanite in March, 1927. The article called on French soldiers'in China to fraternise with the Chinese workers.

The Finance Minister gave the Budget figures, which amounted to 1703,000,000 yen inclusive. Suppletion with mentary estimates including the Coronation amounted to 72,000,000 yen

that as negotiations for the new A message from Peking, states Sino-Japanese Commercial Treaty are unanished, the old treaty has

been extended for three months.

THE DANGERS OF PROHIBITION.

CANADIAN CITIZENS'

PROTEST.

www.

[THIROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

OTTAWA, April 25th. In the Commons Mr. Mackenzie King announced "that a note was being sent to Washington in con- nection with the alleged danger to the lives of Canadian citizens from bullets fired by United States Prohibition Officers.

RUBBER GROWERS MEET. FRENCH AND BELGIAN

1.N LEADERS

CONFERENCE.

(THROUGH RECTEN'S AGENCY.]

BRUSSELS, April 25th. Members of the Dutch Rubber Committee and the principal Bel gian and French growers met this to

The proceedings, which move toward the Tientsin morning. Pukow Railway. He intends to were secret, are reported to have pool all his resources here in an been confined to an exchange of effort to check the Southerners views with regard to the growing ing is expected at this point. advance at Tehchow, Severe fight and manufacturing situation.

ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING AT AMOY.

(Wah Tiz Tat Pab.):

THE FIRST CROSSING.

MONUMENT TO BREMEN'S FLIGHT.

(THROUGH BLUTZL'S, AGENCY.?

QUEBEC, April 5th.

SHANGHAI, April 25th.

SHANGHAI, April. 25th. The joint forces of the First and The Military Headquarters at Second Army Groups, who are re- Amoy have given orders for the ported to have

Tainan, suppression of all anti-Japanese .taken capital of Shantung, are now agitation in the port No public ready to launch a general attack meeting is allowed to be held for on Tchchow. This is a strategic; this purpose. The Kuomintang this is the first non stop crossing

point on the Tientsin-Pukow Rail way, and should it fall into the hands of the Southerners, it will give them an opportunity of march- ing towards Tientsin. This would constitute serious threat to Peking.

FIRST STAGE COMPLETED.

(Wah Toz Yat Pav.)

SHANGHAI, April 8th. Marshal Chiang Kai Shok has telegraphed to Nanking stating that the first stage of the Northern expedition is completed. As a re- Bult of a series of victories over the Northerners, the Southerners have captured something like 30,000 rifes and 80 field guns from General Chang Tsung Chang's troops, and more than 30,000 rifles and 30 field guns from Sún Chnan Fang'a tropa.

THE ATTACK ON CHIHLI.

(Wah Te: Tat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, April 25th.

A simple stone monument of Labrador rock will be erected on Greenly Island to commemorate the landing of the Bremen,' as

beadquarters at Amoy have protest of the Atlantic from east to west. ed against this order.

WUHAN PARTY NOT SUPPORTING FENG.

(NAVAL WISELEES.}

CHANGSHA, April 24th. Generals Chen Chien and Pei Tsung Hei, both of whom are re- ported to be in. Changsha, were recently, visited by représentatives of General Yang Sen. No active *upport has yet been given to Feng Yu Hainng by, the Wuhan party.

BANDIT OUTRAGE IN HUPEH.

THOUSANDS SLAUGHTERED IN KING EN.

(THROUGH REUTZ'S ADENCY.]

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UNIFICATION OF CHINA.

JAPANESE TROOPS AN OBSTACLE.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, April 25th. The Nationalist Central Execu- tive Committee hae issued a Boni- the Japanese festo denouncing expedition to Shantung and assert ing that the plea of protection of Japanese nationals is a mere pre- text, while the presence of euch a Jarge body of troops may possibly lead to grave consequences and complications, China cannot held responsible for this.

The manifesto appeals to the moral support of the world for the removal of all obstacles in the way of the success of the Nationalist

Chian

HANKOW, April th Refugees arriving here report that Kingen in West. Hupeh has Revolution for the unification of been sacked by a bandit horde with appalling loss of life. It is reckon-

Marshal Chiang Kai Shek willed that in the Kingmen district.

alone 5.000 of all ages have been slaughtered.

shortly commence the second stage of the Northern expedition. This in the attack upon Tehchow and the The identity of the marauders is advance northward along the Tien- not clear, but it is stated that they tsin-Pukow Railway

ara deserters combined with nem- Marshal Chiang Kai Shek return-bers of the Divine Society, an ed to Hsuchow from Yenchow on organization similar to the Red Monday.

Spears.

SOUTHERN IRREGULARS.?

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

PEXING, April 25th. Japanese reports

state, that Southern irregulars have appeared on the Shantung Kailway sixty miles to the east of Teinanfu.

The appellant was present, and a number of Communists, includ ing M. Doriot, gave evidence, The conviction was upheld.

BREMEN" RELIEF IN

DANGER.

COL, LINDBERGH'S DASH.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

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NEW YORK, April 24th. The airman who flew to the relief of the Transatlantic airmen Greenly Island is lying at the brink of death. He is Mr. Floyd Bennett, he, against doctor's orders, pilot ed the machine from Detroit to Quebec en route të Greenly Island. He collapsed with pneumonia and has been taken to Quebec Hospital, where the doctors say the only hope the application of a special obtainable only at the Rockefeller Institute, New York..

Colonel Lindbergh heard of "it and immediately volunteered to fly with the serum to Quebec. He was rushed in a fast motor-car to

Aerodrome Mitchell Field

from which he took off in'an army aero- plane capable of 150 miles an hour with the serum and three white mice in a glass jar for use in con nection with the treatment, in the cockpit.

QUEBEC, later.

Lindbergh has arrived..

MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.

ARCHBISHOP'S TRIBUTE.

[Roan REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 24th.

if

necessary obtain additional powers, if attempts were made to execute the threats of declaring the steamers on the black list. Mr. Bruce considered that the Common-

wealth had received fair and reasonable value for the ships.

CANBERRA, April 4th. Among others who tendered were Sir Walter Bunciman, who, offered £1,250.000, and Sir James Connolly," the well-known Australian former Cabinet Minister, who made a bid of £1,575,000.

GREEK TELEGRAPHIST'S HEROISM.

WORKS WHILE OFFICE COLLAPSES.

HUGE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SOFIA, April 25th. The official statistics concerning the recent earthquakes shew that over 3,000 houses have collapsed at Philippopolis, 6,100 have become uninhabitable, and another. 2,500 must be repaired.

The

At

earthquake damage Corinth is estimated at 500,000,000 drachmae. 15,000 persons are bome less and ten killed.

Newspapere praise the devotion of the superintendent of the tele graph office as Corinth. He re mained on duty.although he him- self, his wife and children were injured, and the office was collaps ing.

There were further shocks at

Corinth last night accompanied by a violent storm and subterranean rumbling. Houses previously standing were destroyed by the shock, which was experienced at Athens in the, morning.

BRITISH SUPERINTENDENT ESCAPES.

ELUDES SANDINO'S GUARDS.

[REUTER'S AMERICAF BERVICE.],"

NEW YORK, April 9th.

A STATESMAN-LIKE BUDGET.

WELL RECEIVED BY THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

HEAVY TAX ON PETROL AND OIL.

HIGH PRAISE FOR RATING REFORM.

(THROUGH REUTER 6 AGENCY.]

Undoubtedly the most important point raised by Mr. Winston Churchill in his Budget speech was that dealing with the reform of the rating system for producing industries. The scheme will need twelve months of preparation before it can be put into force, and the Chancellor contemplated setting aaide between twenty and thirty millions a year for the fulfilment of his plan.

In order to meet this expense, a tax of ed. a gallon on import- ed petrol and other forms of motor car spirits has been intro- duced. Otherwise there is little alteration in existing taxation, though there has been a slight relaxation of the income tax for the married man with children.

Early opinion concerning the Budget appears, to be almost universally favourable, and it was described in the House of Com- mons as a very brilliant achievement" and an extremely né performance.

Mr. Churchill described the necessary legislation for the re- form of the rating system as the most important measure of its kind during the last hundred years.

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PRESS OPINION.

A really constructive piece of finance" is the Timer descrip- tion of the Budget. The plan for the reform of the rating eyetem, it continues, is broadly conceived and stateaman-like, and may well become the most important achievement of the present Parliament.

are

"Courageous," " bold." "solid" and "constructive among the adjectives applied to the Budget by the morning news-

papers.

The chief surprize has been the "plum" offered to parents by increasing the Income Tax rebate in respect of children allow ances to £30 for the first and £50 for each subsequent off-spring.. also the making of the rebate effective for the year in which the child is born

Mr. Churchill is generally congratulated on concentrating his efforts to lift the burden of rates from depressed industries. There is, however, some criticism of the petrol tax.

RECEPTION OF THE BUDGET.

As a result of the petrol tax, whereby the Scottish oil trade is expected to benefit greatly, Scottish Oils, Limited, have informed their workers that the reductions in wages, made for the year. 1027-1828, will be restored.

The Budget has been well received on the Stock Exchange and cheerful sentiment prevails. Gramophone shares especially bounded up in view of the absence of the anticipated taxation of them. Oil shares were unaffected by the extra taxation.

LONDON, April 4th Mr. Winston Churchill, at the opening of the Budget Speech, said he did not recall any Budget which had succeeded despite so many adverse factors, which he had had to face last year.

gallon, producing an additional 265,000 this year.

Mr. Churchill estimated that the surplus on the existing basis of taxation would be £6,302,000, ex- cluding revenue from the Post Office, Road Fund, and Sinking

would

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He had had to contend with a Fund. shortage of revenue or additional The expenditure experise, amounting to nearly £676,500,000 1.5 compared with £23,000,000, n sun which included 2081,000,000 a year ago. £3,000,000 for the Shanghai Defence Force, ordinary Supplementary Estimates amounting to £2,500,000, a loss of £3,000,000 on the Excess Profite Duty, which actually yield Mr. Amphlett, the British super-ed a minus quantity and a shortage intendent of the American-owned in the revenue from the Betting mine at Latuz, Nicaragua, which Tax of £3,000,000. There was also was raided by rebels under General a failure of £5,000,000 in the re Sandino, has escaped from his venue from beer. captors and has arrived safely at Puerto Cabezas, on the coast of Nicaragua.

"DRUGS BY POST.

[TEROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, April 24th.

Economies In Government

Departments.

Lighten Production Rates, Mr. Churchill declared that the relief of rates on production was the first and most urgent remedy to be applied to the present trade Ho contemplated the position. drawing up of a scheme to give between £20,000,000 and £30,000,000 A year for a great operation to give the producers rating relief.·

A Valuation Atcertainment Bill is to be introduced after the will be required for the new valua Budget, and about twelve months

tion which will achieve the lowering

The fact, Mr. Churchill.con- tinued, that the Budget actually | yielded a surplus which was more than double the forcerst, was due, in the first place, to the Desti of rates

The first measure along the do- Duties yielding £8,500,000 above the aired lines, was the apropriation The Opium Committee has de previous Budget; secondly, the re of the £1,238,000 realised as surplus ceipt of £1,300,000 in the nature of last year towards financing the rate "The extraordinarily high char. cided to refer the illicit traffic in windfalls like the repayments of relief scheme, instead of golog to

the post office to the in China" formed the basis of a next conference of the Inters warm tribute by the Archbishop of tional Postal Union, which is to Canterbury to-day, at a meeting of be held in April, 1920. the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

The Primate said that some of the incidents and perils which faced men and women in China, in recent yeare was only parallelled by the martyrology of the early church.

WAGES ON CHINA MER- CHANTS' SHIPS. VIGOROUS REPRESENTA-

TIONS.

(THRONGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

LONDON, April 24th. In the House of Commons, Com mander Kenworthy (Lab.) drew attention to the position, which he described as "on the borderland of starvation," of the British officers in the China Merchante', Steam Navigation Company, in China, whose wages had not been paid since last November. He declared that the Nationalist authorities were not taking any action in the

AMERICAN MISSIONARY

MURDERED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

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CHEVOO, April 25th. Doctor Seymour of the American Presbyterian Mission through the heart on March 16th by a Boldier at Taining. ARCTIC FLIER HONOURED.

[REGTER'S 'AMELÍCIE SERVICE.)

has

New Your, April 25th. The Arctic fier, Capt. Wilkins, been awarded the Samuel Morse gold medal, the highest honour of the American Geogra phical Fociety.

P. & &O. DIVIDEND. *[TABOUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, April 25th The Peninsular and Oriental has declared a dividend for the half year of 6 per cent, tax free, on matter,

Mr. G. Locker Lampson, reply the deferred stock. ing, said farther and more vigorous representations were new heing made to the Nationalist authorities.

CALCUTTA RIOT.

(JHROUGH REUTELL'S AGENCY.)

CALCUTTA, April 25th. Fifteen Indians and alx Chiness riot at King were injured in a George's Docks

OBITUARY.

GENERAL WRANGEL. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGEMOX.]

BRUSSELS, April 25th. The death is announced of famous General Wrangel, the leader of the white Russians, whose condition has been critical for some days past,

Palestine; and, thirdly, the saving of £10,800,000 by Government De-

partmenta

Encouraged by the success of the economy campaign, he proposed to repeat the process this year.

Mr. Churchill announced that the nominal deadweight of debt on April 1st was £7,627,000,000 as com- Pared with £7,544,000,000 last year..

The External Debt had been re-

duced to £1,000,000,000 and the Boat ing debt to £663,750,000. The sum of £65,000,000 was again allocated to the Sinking Fued,

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Debt Payments, ..

4d. A Gallon On Petrol.

A tax of 4d. per gallon will be imposed from April esth on im- ported petrol and other forms of motor-car spirits, including kero-. sene, white spirits and turpentine, but heavy oils, known as fuel oil, Diesel oils and gas oil will not be taxed.

It is estimated that this will produce £1,000,000 this year, and £18,000,000 in a full year, all of which will be applied to rate relief. All forms of Home oil production will be free of any countervailing excise duty:

Empire Sugar.

Dealing with the coming financial year, Mr. Winston Churchill an-

The sugar duties are to be re- nounced that the estimated expendi ture was £806,195,000 as compared duced, also dating from April 25th, with £833,300,000 in the financial so as to enable reduction in the

retail price of & farthing a pound.. year 1027-28.

He proposed to establish a new

naw The reduction will decreas the fixed debt charge of £335,000,000 revenue by £2,200,000. which would extinguish the internal The sugar tax reduction will be and external debts of Britain, in- equivalent to a darthing a poind cluding those to the United States, on all imported sugar of a polari- within 60 years, without any addi- the case of foreign sugar, and of 99 sation not exceeding 88 degrees in tion to present taxation

will

He apaounded that British cur- degrees in the case of Home-grown rency notes and the Bank of and Empire sugar, usually describ England note issue will be amaled as raw, sugar.

The rate on Home-grown and gamated in the coming year, and that there would be no change in Empire White sugar will be slightly the Betting Tax, which he estimated smaller, but foreign White sugar-

the existing coufiome to would yield this year £3,250,000,"

to pay the ex duty. New Custom Duties."

Mr. Churchill said he estimated Additional Customs and Excise that the surplus at the end of the Duties announced by Mr. Churchill year would be £16,741,000, includ- were a duty of Bd each on ing last year's appropriated sur- mechanical cigarette-lighters, pro- plus and the other preliminary ducing £40,000 this year, a duty of provisions made for the Hating 33.1/3 per cent, ad valorem on Reform Fund.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer buttons from April 28th, and the excise duty on British wines would spoke for three hours. be raised from 1/- to 1/6d, per (Continued on Page 9.)