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NATIONALISTS APPEAL TO

AMERICA.

EVERYTHING QUIET IN TSINAN.

„WAR AGAINST THE NORTHERNERS RENEWED.

A BLOODLESS ADVANCE TO PEKING?

It is still only to make any definite pronouncement about the position at Tsinan, but fighting between the Japanese and the Southerners appears to be over. The city has been cleared of Nationalists and the Japanese are in full command of the city. Very wisely they have not attempted, once the fighting was over, to rule the city by force, but have handed over the government to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The Japanese troops merely reserve to therosolvas the right of dealing with say bandits or plain-clothes soldiers, who may remain in the city.

The vernacular papers announce that the unanimous opinion of all the Foreign Legations in Peking is that the main reason for the occupation of Shantung by the Japanese was that they might have something concrete with which to bargain when the new commercial treaty between China and Japan came up for discus- sion. It is by no means unlikely that there may be some truth in this allegation, but, on the other hand it would be a very surpris ing thing if the foreign legations have actually sand such a thing, whether they believe it or not.

Meanwhile, Chinese interest, seems to be swinging back to the war with the North. At the moment it appears as though the Nationalists are going to make a bloodless entry into Peking, for the Northerners arveverywhere retreating before them, and Marshal Feng and the Shansi troops are taking advantage of every oppor tunity and are pushing forward as fast na they can. Tehchow, at which Marshal Chang Tao Lin was to have made his main resis- tance to the Nationalist advance, has fallen practically without a shot being fired, and Shansi forces have taken Shihchinchwang and are now moving to the attack of Paotung.

The Southerners show every likelihood of entering Tientsin in the near future, but, according to vernacular reports, there are strong forces of British America and French troops there, so that there is little possibility of any repetition of the Tsinan incidents there.

FALL OF TEHCHOW.

(Wah Tez Yut Pac.).

SHANGHAI, May 13th. ' Maraha! Feng Yu Hainng's Mon- golian cavalry carpa, numbering over twenty thousand strong," "nd- vanced to Kucheng from Linching and Wucheng on the 11th inst. On the same day they, surprised the Northerners from three directions at Tehchow. The city fell that same evening.

General Ho Feng Lin, Commis sioner of Defence at Tehchow, led his defeated troops to Taangchow, Chihli.

‚A PEACE ATTEMPT.

(ab Tu Yat Pao.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY

U.S.A. AND BRITAIN. U.S. SHIPPING, BILL.

TOTAL INVESTMENTS ABROAD.

BRITAIN LEADS IN FAR EAST!

[DEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

BOTH HOUSES APPROVE.

PRESIDENT'S VETO EXPECTED.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN, SERVICE"]

WASHINGTON, May 13th. WABRINGTON, May 12th. Agreement on the final form of From statistics of the Depart-the McNary Kauger Farm Relief ment of Commerce it appears that Bill was reached at a conference of foreign capital flotation of Britain the Senate and the House of Repro- and the United States reached new sentatives. It is still expected that high levels in 1827,

the President will neto it.

The United States bas DOW furnished more funda for Latin America, Canada and Europe than Britain, but the totals of British investment in America and the Far East still considerably, exceed the United States total.

British foreign investments for 1920-1027 inclusive are estimated at 8-4,121,000,000, while the. United States foreign investments for the. anme period are 86,838,000,000..

STRIKING A BARGAIN,

(Wah Tas Tat Pao.)"

PEKINO, May 13th. The Foreign Diplomatic Corps here is unanimously of the opinion that Japan's forced, occupation o! Shantung is really intended by the Japanese Government to pave the way for the demand for greater ad- Fantages in the negotiation of a деж Sino Japanese commercial treaty. Only on these conditions will she loosen her hold on. Shan- tung.

THE TWO VIEWS.

(Wah Ts: Yat l'ao.)

14th, 1928.

POLICE OFFICER JUSTIFIED.

RIOTER KILLED AT BOMBAY,

THE JURY'S VERDICT.

(THROUGH XEUTER'S AGENCY.]

Boy, May 13th. found the police superintendent who The jury, by 7 votes to one, killed a mill worker justified in firing.

The Conference also agreed to the text of the Merchant Marine Bill No doubt is expressed that it will pass both Houses, but predictions are heard that Fresident Coolidgeing one and wounding one.] is likely to reto,it in interests of

An earlier cable, dated April 23rd, describing the incident, says that thousands of strikers demon- started stone-throwing. The police strated in front of the mills, and were unable to control the crowd and the Superintendent fired his revolver at the demonstrators, kill

economy.

DEMONSTRATIONS BY STUDENTS.

POLISH DELEGATES

ATTACKED.

POLICE DISPERSE

RIOTERS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

Kovso, May 13th. The Polish delegation, visiting here with a view to establishing an understanding between Poland and Lithuania, was subjected to a bostile demonstration on returning from a joint committee meeting.

The police intervened and dis posed of the demonstrators, who were principally students, before any grave incident had occurred,

3,000 HOMELESS.

FIRE HAVOC IN RUSSIAN TOWN

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, May 13th.

PERING, May 13th. Tao Kun, Lai Yuen Hung and

On last Friday Mr. Yoshizawa, Tuan Chi Jun have jointly issued a Japanese Minister to Peking, in- circular telegram to the country interviewed Mr. Lo Wan Kan, one an attempt to put an end to the of the members of the Cabinet of Civil War.

the Peking Government, and said that he wished the Chinese Govern- ment to understand Japan's diffi- cult position in Shantung during

Moscow, May 13th. 3,000 inhabitants of the town of the progress of the recent diatur. bance. He wished to insist that thesoro near Riazan have been ren- dered homeless through a fire in present trouble justified the pre- seace of Japanese troops in that which 600 houses were destroyed and province.

DR. C. T. WANG.

(Wak Tu Fat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, May 13th. Dr. C. T. Wang has arrived at

The Shansi troops claim to have Nanking on the 12th inst., whence captured Shibchiachuang, an imbe will proceed to Shanghai portant point in Southern Chihli, Meanwhile they are moving east- ward in order to attack the North- erners in the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- way zone, where they are hard pressed by the Southerners. Both Peking, and Tientsin are seriously threatened.

Another Shansi column, is nd- vancing to a point north of Taing-

PRIEST CAPTURED BY BANDITS.

JAPANESE BOYCOTTED IN ́

TCHANG

ting and Tangchow whence they HANKOW TROOP MOVEMENTS. will attack Pacting.

Taangchow Falls.

SHANGHAI, May 10th. General Yen Hi Shan claims the capture of Tsangchow by the Shansi forces, who are marching on Tientsin.

FOREIGN TROOPS IN TIENTSIN,

(Wah Tn Tat Puo,)

SHANGHAI, May 13th." The Southerners continue to ad- vance and Tientsin is at present in a dangerous condition.

Foreign troops now in Tientsin

are as under

U.S.A. 4,000 troops, 20 planes, 5 armoured cars, and 12 field- guns.

British: 1,000 troops... French: 3,000 troops.

'&

NORTHERN RAID ON AMOY.

ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

Amor, May 13th." The Northern cruiser Haichi entered the outer harbour this morning at 3.30 am., and fired 6 to 7 shells at the forte on either side of the harbour entrance, She then steamed away out of range. The forts replied, but with no effect.

According to messages reaching Wireless it was stated that Father the Colony on Saturday by Naval J. Lalor, an Irish Catholic priest, was captured by bandits between Vodiakow and Yunglungho.

The bandits are demanding $20,000 as

raneom.

Mr. Lo replied that though toe Chinese Government had protested to "Your Excellency, so far we have not been favoured with any answer."

The Tainan affair, he asserted, was entirely caused by the presence of Japanese troops in Shantung and unless the Japanese Government would immediately

ordar their withdrawal, it would be impossible to better the strained re lations between China and Japan.

CHINESE RULE.

(Wah Tez Tat" Pão.)

TSINGTAO, May, 13th. The Japanese military authorities in Tainan have, instructed the

In Icbang a strict anti-Japanese Chinese General Chamber of Com boycott is enforced and as a matter Government and to take charge of merce to organise a provisional of precaution Japanese residents the Telegraph, Telephone had all assembled at the Nippon Electric Light Companies Kizen Kaisha's building. Otherwise the cituation was quiet."

Considerable troop movements were reported to be taking place

in Hankow.

APPEAL TO AMERICA.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, May 13th.

A message from Nanking states that the Nationalist Government bas-cabled to President Coolidge, calling attention to the fact that Japanese troops invaded Shantung and were actually waging wA? against China, etc.

We bure throughout, exercised the utmost self restraint, trusting that the cause of international peaca and justice is the common concern of all civilised nations.

Our people will all remember the

FULL RESPONSIBILITY.

(Wah T's Yat Pao.)

and

Woud, May 13th.. On the evening of the 11th inst., the local Japanese Consul com- municated a Note to the Foreign Commissioner at Wuhu holding the local Chinese authorities strictly responsible for the protection of Japanese lives and property there. The Note demanded a satisfactory reply within twenty-four hours.

JAPAN'S LOSSES AT TSINAN,

(Wah Tes Yat Paal)

PEKING, May 13th.

several lives lost.

GREECE'S CURRENCY.

STABILISATION OF DRACHMA

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ATHENS, May 13th. The Cabinet has decided to stabilise the drachma at 375 to the pound sterling by Legislative

Дестес.

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS.

{THLOUGH XEUTER'S- AGENCY,]

ex-

FATHER WOODLOCK.

DR. BARNES AND DEAN INGE CRITICISED.

A CARICATURE OF CHRIS- TIANITY.

RED ELEMENT

UNIONS.

PRESIDENT TO FIGHT.

IN

U.S. LEADER'S STRONG

LINE.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN FERVICE. }

ITALY ELECTORAL

· REFORM.

TRADE UNIONISM AND STATE.

MUSSOLINI EXPLAINS.

(THIGUON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Boston, May 13th.

Rome, May 13th.

American Federation of Labour, in has adopted the Electoral Reform

Mr. Green, President of the

The Senate by 181 votes to" 40

an announcement inveighs against Bill. the increasing "Communistic in- fluence in the United States Labour the choice of a member for the list Signor. Mussolini explained that Unions,

of candidates would mean his de signation as a member of Parlia- ment, and the general vote would- merely approve this designation.

He declared that when it reaches such a point that the Communists gain control of an affiliated union, that union will be wiped out and another formed to fight it.

A GIRL LOOKS AT THE GUILLOTINE.

FRENCH PORTIA'S" PLEA AGAINST DEATH PENALTY.

[BY MATTRE SABIA ERLICH, the French girl barrister who anned during their last moments Arigorous attack upon recent the Polish bandits Zinsuck and sermons of. Dr. Barnes, Bishop of last month. Mlle. Brlich was with Pachovsky, who were guillotined Birmingham, and Dean Inge of St. her client Zinzuck when he was Paul's Cathedral, was made at awakened in the condemned cell Farm-street Roman Catholic and comforted him during the Church, W., by Father Woodlock to the spot outside the prison walla painful journey in the prison van who said:

where he and his companion were executed.]

Will the people be won by the wiles of those who seek to fatter "the modern mind," as they call it? Will they give their allegiance to a celanesed creed peddled out under various trade descriptions such as "the Gospel brought up to date "1.

Thinking men will not rest content with that interpretation

scientist

The raison d'etre of the new. system was the recognition of the fact a

trade union was neither outside nor against the State, but was recognised by the State and consequently entitled to represent all categories.

DUTCH QUEEN AND SIR -AUSTEN.-

PALACE DINNER.

NARCISSI DISPLAY IN HIS HONOUR.

THE HAGUE, April 13th. Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether lands received Sir Austen and Lady I do not desire, as the deeply her palace at the Hague in the Chamberlain yesterday afternoon at affected witness of a double execu

presence of her daughter, Princess tion, to examine the question of the Julianas death penalty from a sentimental Queen's guests at dinner.

They were. also the point of view, which would be as

Knowing that Sir Austen is a painful as it would be vain, but

great admirer of Dutch flowers, simply to consider the effects of a Queen Wilhelmina had ordered a much discussed penalty at a mo-

At

of the first article of the creedmont when it is attracting universalia, arrangement sa table of

narcissi. recently propounded in West attention. minster Abbey by Dr. Barnes. What are the arguments of those daughter had dinner with the Sir Austen's young son and They will not be content with the who favour the death penalty? At American Minister, Mr. Richard hypothesis which that pseudo- times they invoke society's need to Tobin, and afterwards went to a

rid itself of its dangerous members concert. accidents "somewhat rare |

by the least onerous means. Are we to assume that, but for this accident" in space, which resulted in the earth, there would have been no human beings, no Christ, and no Christianity The word accident cannot describe a work of God.

space.

others they talk of the intimidating American Legation, where among The family mot for supper at the effect which the fear of the death the guests were Earl Granville, the penalty should have upon budding British Minister, and the Ministers - criminals. Sometimes, as charitable of several other States. as Torquemada, they serk the re- demption of the guilty through noon an exhibition of the works of Bir Austen opened in the after- suffering they demand that they the English painter the Hon. shall pay their debt to society by Neville Lytton. expiation.

When ho visited the biggest flower'

HEROIC MOTHER:

KILLED IN SAVING DEAF AND DUMB SON.

..

WINDSOR

"There is something intellectual ly very middle-class indeed in a mind which is staggered by These are three different roads One cause of Bir "Austen's popu material immensities of time and which converge towards the destruc.larity in Holland is his interest in

Dutch affairs. tion of human life and which will the rest.

His eyeglass does Good Wine Diinted.

ever shock all those who respect it. In St. Paul's Cathedral these Society has the right to defend it have been the same attempts at a self, but it should do so in the most shop in the Hague the proprietor. de-supernaturalised creed. Dean rational and useful way, pursuing knew all about several varieties of

was astonished that Sir Austent Ingo's Easter message was to the the dual objective of getting rid of rare flowers. effect that even if Christ never the criminals and yet not wasting

My father," Sir Austen said to rose, yet at least His soul and useful human material. The sur-

the shopkeeper," was a gardener geun and the dentist are only called and I am one too. Outside politics spirit survived death.

The good wine of Christian in when there is no other cure. doctrine is diluted to render it There is only one class of criminals don't know anything more inter palatable to the taste of modern of whom it can be said that they eating than the cultivating of

flowers." men. How far has Dean Inge are beyond reform, because reform wandered from the great patron is a matter of will-power, and that of his cathedral-St. Pauli they are useless to society, because It is not only in these two Lon. they are incapable of any form of don pulpits that we find a carica-work, and these are the criminals ture of Christianity being pre-classed as "irresponsible "—that is Bented,

The miracle of feeding to aty, the madmen. the five thousand is explained by But it is precisely these unfor- the Anglican vicar of Hitchin as tunate people whom we cannot sen- a simple case of food hoarding tence to death on moral and senti tactfully dealt with by Christ as mental grounds. Logically, there a sort of food controller.... fore, it follows that society looks The common sense of common after, feeds, and preserves only men turns away from such those criminals who are absolutely traventies of Christianity. Mo-useless, and by a strange process of

Mrs. Robinson's little boy, aged dernism in its attempt to come selection destroys the others. down to the level of the modern

four, who is deaf and dumb, ran Fear Of Death Does Hot Restrain mind descends below it.

into the road in front of a motor- Criminals!

CET. The mother, seeing her son's Statistics are the chief argumente danger, rushed after fam and en- against transportation to deavoured to pull him to safety, Devil's Island and similar places, and was hit by the car, sustaining Great points are made of the cost, injuries from which she died two. the failure to obtain may result, hours later. The child escaped the horrible and final corruption of uninjured,...

Hrs Queenie Barnes, wife of the convicts by associating with one another, and the frightful death- Bergt Barnes, 3rd Batt..Coldstream GENEVA.

roll under tropical akies. It may Guards, stated that she and Mrs. well be that it is really defective Robinson, together with Mrs. Behin- Conflicting rumours as to the administration which is responsible son's two children and her own two size of Soviet Russia's army of un-

for what is depicted as a sort of children, went for a walk. They wera returning down Peaswood fatality: Britain has no reason to employed are reaching the Inter- regret that she did not put to death Street when the little boy ran into national Labour Office:

used.

RUSSIA'S WORKLESS.

GENEVA, May 13th. Max Huber, of Zurich, President of The Hague Inter- national Court, has been appointed FIGURE GIVEN AS 2,100,000. President of the International Com- mitter of the Red Cross.

PROBLEM OF SAMOA.

SIR G. RICHARDSON AND

PEOPLE WHO WANT ...

THE OLD DAYS,

་་་་་་་

"

was described at the inquest, con- A mother's sacrifice for her child ducted at Windsor, on Mrs. Daisy Rebecca Robinson, aged 33, the wife of Sergt. Leonard Robinson, 3rd Batt. Coldstream Guarda, A

"the" convicts who were sent to the road Mrs. Barnes shouted that According to Industrial Labour | Botany Bay.

a car was coming, and Mrs. Robin As for the intimidating effect of san immediately dashed out to try Information, the officini organ · of this department, the number of reis destroyed by every serious obser

the death penalty, this argument and save the boy,

She caught him by the collar, gistered unemployed rose in Russis vation. Fear of the death penalty pulling him to the ground, and the from 1,015,000 in 1928 to 1,333,000 never stays the band of the so-called car passed over the child without in 1927. More recent trades union "passionate criminal, an inpul- | the wheels touching -- hím; He figures give the total for last year sive being animated by a desire for crawled out from under the car az 1,700,000, or about 17 per cent vengeance, by jealousy, or by eadis, practically unhurt. Mrs. Robinson of the total number of organised the abnormality, because he is in- was struck by the car and fell back workers.

- capable of reasoning at the very at Mrs. Barnes's feet. The car was

consequences of his actions moment when he ought to weigh the going at a very ordinary pace. Mra, Robinson was conscious after As for the professional criminal, the accident, and when Mrs. Barnes, he regarde the death penalty as one spoke to ber said, "All right." In fears it neither more nor less than was not to blame in any way. of the risks of the trade and hera. Barnes's opinion the driver any other consequence of his crime. Mr. Mitchell, of Oxford Road, Besides, to mount the scaffold is for Reading, said that when he saw the him a sort of apprend heroism"and" | mother and boy on the road be put a mesus of passing down in history, on the brakes of his car and le

"let

CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z, April 18th. Major-Gen. Sir George Hichard- son, who has just relinquished the post of Administrator of Samos, for which New Zealand holds a League final settlement of Shantung: the According to information receiv. of Nations mandate, arrived here estimate of the Moscow Industrial These figures disagree with the question is effected by the good ed from a foreign legation, Peking, to-day offices of friendly powers, and the real number of casualties suf

Economic Research Bureau, which Though feeling against the specially of the United States. We fered by the Japanese troops in officer who goes to Samos and tries ployed in the town alone.

"Any Now Zealand Government is that at least 2,100,000 are unem Japaness is rising, no untoward desire to know the attitude of the their successful attempt to capture fearlessly and courageously to disfigure represents 13 per cent of the incidents have hitherto occurred. American Government and people the walled city of Tainan "was not The anti-Japanese boycott is, how- towards so grave a situation creat-so small as reported from Japanese charge his trust and do his part to total urban population. ever becoming more rigorous, ed by Japan."

sources. The Chinese troops de carry out the mandals in the in- The U.S. submarine-tender Titanic

terests of the native race," he said, with four submarines arrived yes terday on her way to the North on May 16th,

The Norwegian steamer Fale re mains in the harbour. It is stated that some munitions from the vessel werd unloaded. The report says that on board there are 1,500 rifles, twenty machine-guns, 1,000,000 rounds of ride ammunition and a Bfew fold-gúna.

U.S. MORAL SUPPORT.

(Wah Tes Tat Pas.)

ezo" organised attacks for almost

The

Ho Aid Tor Youth. Unemployment continues to be

was our at the time, but was

fended the city and resisted Japan-sooner or later becomes the object the greatest problem facing, the There have always been more mar-in his clutch, pulling uning a four days and nights. During the of and misconception on firing the Chinese made several at the part of the small non-native trial Labour Information. It adds rors of the tortures of days gone tacks upon the enemy and succeed-section in Apia.

that the figures given do not give by never prevented crime. As a result of a meeting called by ed in killing many of them before

Some of these people live in a true picture of the situation,

On the other hand, the spectacle the O.E.C. (Central Executive Com- surrendering.

the peat and yearn for the return inasmuch as the Central Executive of an execution arouses all evil mittee), General Tan Yen Kai will After capturing the walled city of the good old days when Apia has issued an order forbidding instincts and sets the wrong kind send a telegram to President of Tainan, the Japanese troops was known as the Hell of the Paci- labour exchanges to register any of example Death is too brief Coolidge requesting the American made strenuous efforts to arrest fe and when the natives were un unskilled labourers ox. persons who suffering, and years of hard Government to give moral support General Fang Chun Wu, but in this progressive, diseased, and uncared have not been wage-carners for labour would better secure the end

they failed.

tor."

specifit period.

Which society neeks.

to China in the Teizan Affair.

doing about sight or mine

only three yards away from the boy when he commenced to run..

The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," exonerating the driver of the car from all blame, and expressing sympathy with Bergt. Bobinson and the family,