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FENGTIEN ADVANCE ON PEKING HANKOW RAILWAY.

SHANSI TROOPS CAPTURE KALGAN.

RUMOURED SURRENDER OF NORTHERN FLEET.

SOUTHERN PLANS FOR THE NEXT BIG PUSH.

A Reuter message from Peking states that there has been heavy Aghting for the last few days on the Peking-Hankow Railway, well south of Psoting. According to Northern claims, two of their divisions met very acrions resistance, but were eventually success ful, driving the Southernors back towards Tingobow The Fengtien front lice is now about 7.miles south of Wangtu.

According to the account of Fei Chung Hsi, the Hunan and Hupeh commander, the Southern dispositions for their next offen- sive movement will be as follows. The 1st and 2nd semies, under, Chiang Kai-Shek and Feng Yu Heiang, will work up the Tien- tsin-Pukow Railway, Pei Chung Hai with the 4th army group, the Liang Hu forces, will take the Peking-Hankow Railway, while the 3rd army, under the Shansi Tapan Yen Shih Shan, attacka along the Peking-Saiyuen Railway. Yen Shih Shan already claims that his troops have aken Kalgan.

The vernacular p pers have a report from Nanking that Com- modore Hsin Hung Leh," who is in command, of the Northern fleet in Chihli Bay, is willing to surrender his ships to the South. Admiral Yeung Shu Cheong has passed on this information to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek and developments depend upon him.

FENGTIEN SUCCESS.

SOUTHERNERS NEAR

TINGCHOW...

(THROUGH BKUTZE'S AGENCY.]

PIXING, May 27th.

It is reliably reported that there

kow Railway front.

JAPANESE TROOPS.

15,000 MEN IN SHANTUNG..

(NAVAL" WIRELESS, ]

May 23th,

There are now 15,500. Japanese (roops in Shantung. Practically the

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 28th, 1928.

WHITSUN HOLIDAY

EXODUS.

HEAVY CONTINENTAL BOOKINGS.

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS" BUSY.

(BRITISH WINKLERS RERVICE]

Ruosy, May 26th.

GREYHOUNDS AT SHANGHAI.

A-SUCCESSFUL-START.

HUGE CROWD FOR FIRST NIGHT.

[гAROUGE KEUTKE'S JOENOY.]

SHATORA, May 27th.

The

crowd was estimated at 10,000, and came together to witness the first greyhound race meeting etaged east of Suez, which was held under the auspices of the Greyhound Racing

Association of China.

The holiday traffic, which began

One of the largest crowds ever yesterday, was exceptionally heavy seen at a sporting event in Shang to-day when fine warm weather sethal assembled last night. in following a prolonged unless and radny period. On the railways many trains ran in duplicata.

A feature of yesterday's traffic was the large number of Contin- ental bookings. While the vast majority used the steamer servicos, many travelled by air and the en- tire fleet of the Imperial Airways was brought into use to accom- modate the passengers. Forty air liners of various nationalities were required at Croydon in addition to cope with the continental traffic.

PREMIER'S ARRANGE-

MENTS.

BATTLEFIELDS TOUR.

(BRITISH WIXZLENA SERVICE)

RUGBY, May 28th. The Prime Minister, with Mrs. Baldwin, left London yesterday to

The meeting took after the nature of a pocis event, and was a great success, anguring well for the future of greyhound racing in China.

GREEK CRISIS SOLVED.

A RE-ORGANISED CABINET.

GENERAL PANGALOS'

TRIAL..

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ATHENS, May 26th,

RUBBER RESTRIC- TION SCHEME.

"UNECONOMIC FOR CEYLON.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

MOTION.

DEMONSTRATION IN POLAR AIRSHIP'S

BERLIN.

POLICE FIRE ON MOB.

SEVERAL COMMUNISTS

WOUNDED.

(THROUGH REWER'S AGENCY.]

PLIGHT.

RELIEF BY · 'PLANES?

NO NEWS RECEIVED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

·Osto, May 8th.

The Government has decided immediately to embark upon mer

[THROUGH "AEUTER'S AGENCY,]

COLOMBO, May 28th. Notice has been given of a pri-

BELLIN, May 26th. vats

,70,000 Communiste throughout motion in the Legislative the country assembled to demon-sures for the discovery of the Council to the Council, having decided that the fighters"

effect that the atrate on behalf of the "Red front whereabouts of the airship Italia rubber restriction scheme is un-

and her crew. organisation economic as regards Ceylon, is and demonstrators and ordered

The Ministry of Defence is con unwilling that Ceylon should re-them to disperse. This, however,

The police held up several tbou-sulting with Polar experts.

main in it any longer.

Oslo, May 17th. A conference of leading Arctic explorers, headed by Amundson, was held at the Defence Ministry, Riiser and Larsen undertook to investigate the possibility of carry- ing out a relief expedition by means of aeroplanes.

{XMUTEX'S AMERICAN SERVICE (

New Yoxx, May 27th. Mr. Elsworth, who accompanied General "Sobile on his. North Palar flight with Amundsen in 1996, has cabled offering to accompany Amundsen or to render any other: assistance in the relief of the Italia.

TYPIST'S AMAZING

FORTITUDE.

TRAPPED BY LIFT FOR 40 MINUTES.

DOCTOR GIVES MORPHÏA WHILE FIREMEN SAW BARS.

the Communists refused to do, and the police were compelled to use their truncheons. Failing to die perse them thoy later employed carbines, and several Communists were wounded.

WOMEN MEDICAL

STUDENTS.

no news of the Italia,.

DR. GRAHAM LITTLE, M.P., AND SEX ANTAGONISM.- For forty minutes an 18-year-old typist, trapped between the lift and

POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR the lift shaft at an office in Baker-

HOSPITAL SCHOOLS. street, endured great agony with

No News, stoical fortitude while firemen work-

"From my own observation I

LATER, May 37th. The Italian Minister at Oslo has ed frantically to release ber..

think there is sometimes a curious received a telegram from the base Now and again she moaned--but antagonism displayed by the ship Citta di Milano, despatched has been heavy fighting during the whole of the third division has spend the Whit week-end with the tween Calandaria, Michalapoulos -ong it would take to free her and baps hurt by the unexpected oc- bay, stating that they have received As a result of an agreement benever cried out. She asked how men, whose masculine pride is per at 11 p.m. yesterday from Kings- last few days on the Peking-Han arrived in Tsingtao, and this will Duke of Portland On Tuesday and Metaxas to reconstitute the then bravely tried to keep up attainment of the women."

casional superiority in professionai Oficial Fengtien claims are that tao-Tsinan railway. The sixth divi win will return to London, and unexpectedly solved M. Venizelos

take up positions along the Tsing the Prime Minister and Mrs. Bald- Cabinet, the political crisis has been conversation with the rescuers. two divisions were launched in aneion is to remain in Tsingtao.

Thus writes Dr. E. Graham attack on May 9th, and were suc

Dr. Davies, of Dorset-square, and Little, M.F. for the University of leave Itter for France for a tour of promises the re-organised Cabinet Mr. A. E. Shakesby, osteopath, of London, in an article on “Under- cessful after desperate fighting.

the Eastern battlefields.

a vote of tolerance, provided it Dorset-square, gave her assistance graduate Medical Education of The defeated Southerners are re-

votes the Bill of Institution of the while she lay trapped The doctorWomen in London" contributed to treating towards Tingchow, while

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. Senate with no delay. the Fengtien front line is

from time to time injected morphia the May, issue of "The Nineteenth M. Venizelos will also recom-

to relieve her suffering, twenty li south of Wangtu.

DR. FLEXNER'S SUBJECT.

Century-and After.". mend the Government to expedite

She is Mies Bridgland, of Bel- the trial of General Pangalos,

mont-street, Chalk Farm, N. Her On the other hand, a cable of father is dead, and she supported May 25th stated that an interest-

ber valid mother. ing development in the political situation is likely to follow are commendation by the Parliament

NORTHERN NAVAL DEFECTIONS.

(Wah Tez Yat Pao),

DOW

SHANGHAI, May 27th. According to a Nanking report, Commodore Hsin Hung Leh, com- manding the Northern Fleet at Chihli Bay, is proposing to the Nanking Government his surrender to the South Admiral Yeung Shu Cheong has informed Marshal Chiang Kai Shek of this matter and is awaiting bis instructions.

THE NEXT SOUTHERN OFFENSIVE.

(Wah Tr Yat Pao).

SHANGHAI, May 27th. According to his report to the Hankow authorities, as a result of a recent conference held in Honan -between Chiang Kai Shok, Yea Shih Shan, Feng Yu Hsiang, and others including himself,

QUIOR

FOREIGN MINISTER.

(Wah Tas Yat Pan.)"

SHANGHAL, May 27th. Mr. Huang Fu bas again tender- ed his resignation "to the Central Government. He. pleaded that it was veeless for him to office at the present time,

CHING CHIEN AND HIS

SON-IN-LAW.

[SAVAL WIRELESS.]

Iesuide

REASON FOR RESIGNATION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 28th.

.1

Dr. Abraham Flexner, the Direc-sfy Judicial Commission that the tor of studies of the general Educa ex-Dictator, General Pangalos, who tion Board, when interviewed at

has been detained awaiting trial Oxford, stated that he was resign on a charge of subverting the ing because he wished to be free Constitution, shall be released on to devote himself to writing on the bail.] general subject of American and European University Education.

According to a New York tele The Commissioner for Foreign gram Dr. Flexner's brother states Affairs, Lin Tan Lin, is reported that there has been no disagree- to have absconded to Shanghai folment between Abraham and the lowing the arrest of his father-in- law, Ching Chien, at Hankow.

HANKOW, May 25th. It is now reported that Ching Chien who was arrested during the week is beld prisoner at Wuchang.

KIUKIANG, May 25th.

Conditions on the upper river tion has been accepted reluctantly, Rockefeller Trustees. His resigna- continue unchanged.

THE FIGHTING AT WUCHANG.

RIVALRY OF TWO GENERALS.

CHEN CHIEN AND THE

COMMUNISTS.

An article in the North China further particulars of the fighting Daily News of May Brd gives at Wuchang between the troops of

LORD OXFORD'S WILL.

(BRITISH WIRKLEJE SERVICE]

RUGBY, May 8th. lats Lord Oxford and Asquith to Papers to enable the will of the be proved have been deposited at

U.S. AMBASSADOR APPROACHED;

STAND FOR SENATE

REPUBLICAN REQUEST.

(REUTER'S "AMERICAN SERVICE}'

New Yoax, May 26th. The Bepublican State leaders are reported to have approached the American Ambassador in Londen

seat in the Senate at present held with a view to his contesting the

by the Democrat, Mr. Royal Cope-

Both her legs were injured, her right arm was fractued, and she was crushed about the body. She wae taken to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington.

The accident occurred at the new

Dr. Little strongly opposed the banning of women students by five London hospitals recently. He was one of those who challenged the legality of the hospitals' decision, of the University lay down that no on the ground that the regulations distinction of sex should be made with regard to candidates for de- grees.

THE PRESERVATION OF

OXFORD.

NEW DANGERS.

WATER TOWER AND RECON. STRUCTION OF THE BROAD."

The plans are now being made for

with the view of raising more sup- a campaign, to begin sadly in July,

port for the Oxford Preservation Trust

Mr. HAL Fisher, the Vice- building of the Abbey-road Build-have been educated in the medical day in the Near East, but several "The women undergraduates who the Easter vacation, taking a holi- Chancellor, has been away during

ing Society.

schools alongside men under.

of his co-trustees have been busy graduates," he continues, have behind the scenes trying to ward

Between Two Floors.

arisen.

The lift is automatically, worked not only distinguished themselves off certain dangers to the future without an attendant. It is thought at the degree examinations, but of Oxford that have suddenly have conducted themselves with that the girl tried to step in, not realising that it was moving. She

such uniform sagacity and tact that even their detractors have was crushed against the lift-shaft

been forced to express a reluctant between the third and fourth floor, respect for their behaviour. Thus

The firemen had to saw through medical co-education in London, course, a matter of paramount im-

a number of steel bars, the roof of so far ́aa - the

women

under

a lift, and the iron lift gate, and graduates are themselves concerned, remove a portion of flooring before has fully confirmed the experience they could reach the girl

of other Universities.

The accident was discovered by 3. postman, Mr. Bart Gardner, when he was delivering letters in the building. He said :-

There is, for example, a proposal

M to build a water tower on the slopes of Commor Hill. The provision of an adequate water supply is, of

of Oxford citizens, but it is to be portance to the welfare and healthTM

hoped that architectural skill will be utilised in designing a tower that will be visible from most parts- of Oxford and its surroundings.

Public Opinion: "It has been computed that there are about six hundred women

There is also talk of the recon- students desiring to prosecute struction of part of Broad-street. studies in medicine at the present Too garish buildings might well "I was coming up the stairs time in London. Probably about a destroy the note of dignity and. when I saw the girl lying half in third of this number might be so beauty that has made the Broad"

General Pei Chung Hai, said that Li Chung Jen and Chen Chien, Somerset House. Estate has been land, The Ambaseador, Mr. Hough and half out of the lift shaft. Her commodated with reasonable faci so famous, and in this respect, as

in the next phase of the Northern Oher contemporary states:-

Expedition, the 1st Army Group under the command of Marshal

According to information reach. ng Shanghai yesterday, fighting broke out between the troops of

Chiang Rai Shek, and the 2nd General Li Chung Jen and those of Army Group, under Marchal Feng General Chen Chien on the Wu-

aworn at £9,168.

Opposition To Kwangsi.

Ia. Hunan and Hupeh, consider-

Hunan for the

ton, is at present en route for the United States.

FARM RELIEF BILL DEAD.

PRESIDENT'S VETO STANDS

SENATORS CHANGE "SIDES.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN VICK]

WASHINGTON, May 9th.

head was on the stone floor, and lity at the London School of Medi- in others, private interests may con her body was jammed half-way cine for Women. The remaining flict with the natural desire of the down the shaft. The full weight

four hundred, I submit, should be public to preserve Oxford's beanties apportioned in quotas to be deter- Latact mined according to circumstances at each of the medical schools of London.

would at

"This procedure

of the life was upon her. Rush For Help

The future of St. Aldate's is still "She was obviously in terrible pain. I saw at once that I could once eliminate any sense of unfair agitation and the generous action uncertain, in spite of all, the do nothing without assistance, and ness which might be felt if certain on the part of Christ Church, I raised the alarm. The police and schools only were compelled to take fire brigade and a doctor were seat women. No school would then be

We tried to release the girl by able to hold itself out a convinced of públic discussion, but it is very

as

Tu Haiang, would be responsible chang side of the Hankow regionale opposition to the Kwangri for the Tientsin-Pukow Railway about 7 p.m. on Monday. There zone; The 4th Army. Gre was a brisk battle and General Li faction has long been developing. senting the "Liang Hu forces in command of which General Pei claims to have surrounded General The demand there is for local Chung Hai has been placed, would Chen's troops.

The trouble between these two autonomy. The "Hopeh generala launch a general attack on the Feagtienene in the Kin-Han Rail- generals goes back to the spring of

There are other matters imminent way zone. General Yen Shib Shan 17 after the Nanking outrage, have been holding their province w ready to attack the enemy in when General Li Chung Jen, acting under the Kwangai generale but al

for. the Peking.Suiyuen. Railway area. under orders of Marshal Chiang ways with a strong anti-Kwangai As soon as General Pei Chung Hsi Kai Shek, disarmed General Chen's sentiment facing them. In Hasan,

that have not yet reached the stage forcing the lift off her body, but that the absorption of the women clear that the Preservation Trust returns to Shakchiachuong, where Hannese troops. It will be re- the Kwangsi influence has been his field headquarters are estabsponsible for the Nanking out insistence upon

we could not do so... membered that General: Chen was growing constanóły wesker, as the The Senate has failed in its a time. She behaved heroically. No fortably effected, as it has been in lished, the war will we renewed on

The girl was conscious all the students would be perfectly com

was founded only just in time to all fronts simultaneously.

rage and that bis son-in-law's Hunanese" grew stronger, General tempt to pass the Farm Relief Bill and again' her face twitched SheIdo not think that. London committed which would have irrez brother, Comrade Lin Tea Hon, is Chen Chien cannot hold the whole over the head of the President, would bite her lips as if trying to medical schools realise to what an

every provincial University

prevent certain atrocities being Kaigan Falls

still held accountable for it.of Bunan, for although there are owing to the lack of the necessary prevent a scream. Beyond occa extent publie opinion is determin- triovably ruined parts of Oxford. General Li Chung Jen is one of the strong Communistic regiments in two-thirds majority. Four Seasonal moans she gave little sign of ing to assert the right of women Fortunately, during the past few that his forces captured Kaigan on leading members of the Kwangs! while, in Hunan, Communíam still i Bill; changed over. The Bill "To release her the firemen died and how easily public opinion: 9/montha a much closer understand-

army, he is regarded as "Pink," tors, who originally voted for the the agony she was enduring to obtain proper medical traizing faction.

Although General Li and General flourishes Chen have been enemies, they have

thus dead for the session.

electric drills, axes and anws. We not conciliated, can divert subscriping has been established between Some people believe that a serious boen able to hold together because Communistic uprising will take

who were watching tried to cheer tions from the voluntary hospitala, members of the City Council and of their mutual dislike for General place during the summer, and that

MARSHAL FOCH IN.

up the girl while they worked des and thus hasten the disastrous con of the University. Generous gifts Chiang Kai-Shek, General Peit will oceur somewhat in the Hu-

LONDON.

perately to reach her. We turns to bold her up.

the supersession of the voluntars and loans have, secured for per took SHANGHAI, May 27th.

sammation, so long. threatened; Chung Hai, as long as he was in nau-Hupeh region. When Comrade

of The foreign military authorities Rupe and Hunan, managed to Borodin organised

Eventually the firemen forced system by State control. BRITISH LEGION CON. hold a meeting at Peking to con- keep a semblance of union there last August, which was to destroy the Army

their way through the steel gates. FERENCE.

The medical schools, as we sider the problem of defending the between the Hunan and Kwanga the Kuomintang, he is report

Then they cat their way through them, would inevitably disappear. foreign area both in Tientsin and factions, but he is now reported td to have offered Genera! Peking. It was decided that in the to have gone off on the Northern Chen Chien event of the civil war threatening Expedition, as an ally of Nanking, it General Chen declined this the command of Tientsin and Peking and endanger and there is no one man big enough honour and gave away the game, ing foreigners safety, foreign in Central Ching to keep the bat he has never been able to troops should take military action various faction together.

divorce himself entirely of his purely of a defensive nature.

Communist associates.

General Yen Shih Shan claims

the morning of the 25th inat.

FOREIGN PLANS.

(Wah Tas Yot Pao.

(Continued on next Golumn)

his

(EKITISH WIRELEAS SERVICE.]

Ruder, May 26th last night to keep an appointment Marshal Foch arrived in London to attend the annual conference of the British Legion of Ex-Service- men to-morrow,

know

petuity parts of the banks of the Cher. and other beauties of

and the

the life room, broke away ateel under that control, and it would countryside But the hope of the bars and portion of concrete surely be preferable to make the original promoters of the floor, and at last she was lifted small concession, how so widely do that lovers of Oxford would pro- Press representatives on the demolition of the entire system response up to date is far short of to relieve the girl's pain, told a to the men's schools than to risk vide a fund of £250,0 out." Mr. Shakesby, after helping manded, of adimitting a few women

She had an awful ordeal Her of voluntary hospitals, and the this sum courage aroused the admiration of consequent destruction of the

dingly, a further 128 all!!!

l'schools connected with them.

campaign is needed