TONGSHAN. BRITISH TROOPS SENT TO
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN LIFE AND PROPERTY...
COMMUNIST LEADER ARRESTED IN SHANGHAI.
YEN SHIH SHAN RETIRING TO TAIYUAN.
British troops are being despatched to Tongshan to safeguard the lives and property of British and foreign employees of the Kailan Mining Administration. There are about fifty foreigners Women and children in the town, most of whom are British. were moved to Chinwangtao early in June, at which time the American force was withdrawn to Tientsin.
The trouble arose when 30,000 disorderly, Northerners demand- ed $100,000 from the Chamber of Commerce, which the Chamber, 'being' defencelean, was compelled to pay. There has, already been'
& certain amount of trouble owing to quarrels among the soldiers, themselves, and there are rumours of looting. Foreign authorities have already wired to Chang Tsung Chang, holding him directly The British responsible for any incidents, which may occur. troops will be withdrawn immediately there is no further danger to life of property.
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A late cable from Tientsin states that the situation at Tang- shan is quieter and that the a part of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment arrived from Weihaiwei yesterday after-
noon.
It is reported that Yen Shih Shan will retire to Taiyuan for rest. The general belief is that the General is disappointed that his appointments in Peking and elsewhere have been ignored by the Nanking Government, which has appointed its own nominees over his head.
BRITISH TROOPS
DESPATCHED.
{THROCOX REUTER'S, AGENCY.]
PEKING, June 24th. Reuter is authoritatively inform ed that it has been decided to despatch British troops to Tong
BUREAU OF DOMESTIC LOANS.
(THROUGH REUDYER'S AGENCY.]
PEEING, June 23rd... Representatives eent by the Nan. king Government to receive the archives of the Ministry of Finance the sent a delegate to-day to
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JUNE 25th, 1928.
NOBILE SAVED.
RESCUE WORK CONTINUES.
NO TRACE OF AMUNDSEN.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ROME, June 4th.
A third successful trip to General Nobile was made by Cap- tain Tornberg in a three-engined Swedish seaplane. He dropped arms, accumulators and a collap-
sible boat.
He explored part of the coast of 'North-East Land on his return for
aigns of the group of three who are crossing the ice, towards the Braganza,
Captain Tornberg proposes to attempt to rescue Nobile's group of six by menas of an aeroplane fitted with runners. The icefloc on which the party is stranded is drifting to a favourable position
for this.
The Commander of the Citta di Milano has suggested that be also might co-operate in the searches for the group carried off with the air- ship's hull.
The Government Committee has awarded to Maddalena and his comrades, as the first finders of General Nobile, Lire 100,000.
STOCKHOLM, June, 24th. Extended plans are being made for a search for the French sea- plane with Amundsen and Guilbaud on board.
It is officially stated from Rome that Major Penzo in the seaplane Marina 7 left King's Bay on the morning of June 23rd and searched the West Coast of Spitzbergen. He found no trace of Amundsen and Guilbaud.
Saved.
STOCKHOLM, June 24th:
Captain Tornberg, head of the Swedish Arctic Expedition, has Ministry of Defence Nobile saved.
SENSATIONAL MAIL BANDITS CAPTURE
ROBBERY.
£100,000 STERLING LOST.
.OFFICIALS MYSTIFIED.
(THROUGH KULE'S AGENCY.]'
LONDON, June 24th. One of the biggest robberies of ocean mails ever made was dis covered on the arrival in London of the registered ranil bags brought to Southampton from the United States by the 60,000 ton vesael, the
Leviathan..
At present it is impossible to asscas the value of the stolen pro- perty, which however is estimated at £100,000 sterling.
It seems certain that the robbery was committed in New York before the embarkation of the mails. The bags were in the ship's strong room during voyage and were watched by an armed guard.
They were distributed from the ship to London and various provin cial cities direct under the greatest precautions. »
The Usual Method.
The plan is that" registered package bags are fastened with a small lead United States Post Ofice seal, and then placed in the un- registered bags which are scaled.
The sorter at one of the London district offices who handied the re- gistered section of the mail found the lead seals intact, but, breaking the latter, he discovered the envelops inside alit open and every thing negotiable abstracted. careful selection indicated no hurry. Reports were subsequently re- ceived from all over the country of similarly rifted bags.
The
[REUTER'S AMERICAN RERVICE} American Disclaimer ̧
NEW YORK, June 4th. The postal inspectors here do not think the Leviathan's mail bags were tampered with before she sail the registered bags were in perfect condition, and were sealed and placed in the ordinary mail bags and conveyed to the pier under armed guard..
AMERICANS.
RANSOM, OR DEATH,
AN UNPOPULAR MANAGER.
(BKUTEN'S AMERICAN ́SERVICE)
THE "JERVIS BAY" | STABILISATION
THE FRANC. MYSTERY.
OF:
124.21 TO £ STERLING,
ÄRMED GUARD ON BOARD.
“SUFFOLK" NOT NEEDED. LARGE MAJORITY ASSURED.
(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]
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LONDON, June 24th. Mexico City, June 24th. Mystification ie renewed in Lon- The rebels operating near Guada don owing to
message from lajara have captured two AmeriColombo stating that a wireless message has been received from cane, W. A. Mitchell and a Mr.
the oiler Slavol, "Cannot locate Cooper, and are holding them to
for 18,000 pesos. ransom
They position of Jervis Bay. Try to in threaten to kill them if the ransom tercept her by 10.00 to-night. Could in not forthcoming immediately. | Suffolk help locate and render The United States Embasey has possible assistance?" made formal representation to the The Enterprise has wirelessed to H.M.S. Sufolk, "! Proceed with all Mexican Foreign Office about it.
Mr. Mitchell is the Manager of [histe to Jereis-Ray: Render as the Mesquitaldeloro Mines, thesistance to Slaval in escorting property of the Pacific Mining Jervis Bay to Colombo."" Company, in the state of Zecatecas. It is reported that he is unpopular with the bandits because he refused to pay them tribute or let them loot his property unopposed.
EXCLUSION OF ORIENTALS.
BRITISH COLUMBIA'S
DEMAND..
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CRITICISED.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN FERVICE}
OTTAWA, June 24th. Mr. Tomie, member for Victoria,. British Columbia, in the Dominion House of Commons, has resigned bis seat and is standing for elec- tion as British Columbia Provincial Conservative Leader.
Speaking at a political "meeting in British Columbia last evening Mr. Tolmie announced that he stood for the total exclusion of
He Orientale.
criticised the Federal Government for refusing British Columbia's demand for
· effective restriction of "the
LATER
The Admiralty announces that an
armed guard from the Slagu boarded the Jervis Bay at mid- night on Saturday. The officer of the guard reported that the stow- away were under guard and were giving no trouble.
The Master of the Jervis Bay considers that the escort of the Suffolk is now unnecessary, and the Commander-in-Chief' in the East Indies has ordered the Suffolk to resume her course Colombo.
BERLIN TO OSAKA.
TRANS-SIBERIAN AIR LINE
PLANNED.
(THROUGH BEUTEL'S AGENCY.]
to
LENINGRAD, June 24th. The Congress on aerial explora tion in the Arctic, attended by Nansen, has closed after appoint- ing a committee to prepare an Arctic expedition. tha, he had drawn up & scheme for The explorer Walter Bruns stated nir line from
shan immediately for the protection Bureau of Domestic Loans to take telegraphed to, the Chief of the ed from New York. They say all total exclusion, and substituting a trans-Siberian
of the lives and property of British and foreign employees of the Kailan Mining Administration.
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This measure which it had been hoped might have been avoided, is now forced upon the British authorities by the action of the Senior Officer of the Chihli-Shan- tung Forces in demanding money from the Tongshan Chamber of Commerce under the threat of turning loose his soldiers on the
town.
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As soon as the menace to life and property is over, the British troops will immediately withdraw.
East Yorks.
TIENTSIN, June 24th.
It is believed that 400 of the East Yorks from Tientsin are also going to Tongshan. ·
SERIOUS SITUATION.
(TUROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
TIENTBIN, June 24th. The situation at Tongshan is slightly easier in view of the pay- ment by the Chamber of Commerce of the money demanded, but is still regarded as serious and full of possibilities.
It transpires that the ultimatum from the Shantung forces did not give the Chamber of Commerce any option, observing the impos sibility of rushing any protecting force to the scene and the attitude of the soldiery.
Last night there was 4 tcase eituation owing to a aquabble be- tween the soldiery, regarding the division of the spoils, and it is reported that an armed guard was placed over the money throughout the night.
over the affairs and documents
connected with it.
The evening vernacular papers state that the Bureau will cease to function.
A Contradiction,
PEXING, June 24th. Foreign authorities deny the ver- nacular papers report that the Bureau of Domestic Loans is likely to cease to function. They state that the Napking Government wil not interfere with the working of the Bureau at prescat.
DISAPPOINTED GENERAL. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEKING, June 24th. The vernacular papers state that Yen Shih Shan intends shortly to return to Taiyuanfa "for rest."
Many consider that he. in dis appointed because the Nanking not recognised Government has
his appointments to varioue posin, but have put in their own nominees.
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Rescue work continues."
The Other Party.
ROME, June 24th. An official cummuniqué states that the Citta di Milano is leaving- King's Bay on June 24th for Virgo Bay, sixty miles further north, to keep in touch with the Swedish
rescue expedition.
New fights over a wider field will be made in conjunction with the Swedish and Finnish airmen, who will search for the portion of the Italia's crew which remained with the airship.
There is no further news of the crew of the Italin. The sealer Braganta, which is returning to King's Bay with Norwegian nero- planes to search for Amundsen, is held up by ice floes at North Cape.
י.
- DISARMAMENT.
(Wah Ter-Yat-Pao),"
SHANGHAI, June 24th. General Pei Chung Hai has ex- The Delegate of the Sinkiang pressed his agreement with General Tupan, Yang Tseng Hein, after a Yen Shih Shan's proposal of hold- long stay in Nanking, is going thing a disarmament conference in Sinkiang. It is expected that the order to lessen the people's burden Nationalist flag will shortly be of taxation. holsted in Sinking.
Supporting Kanking. (Wah Tr Yat Pao).
CHIANG'S JOURNEY TO PEKING.
(Taun Wan Fat Pav.)
SHANGHAI, June 34th.
SHANGHAI, June 24th. General Yang Teeng Hain, a military lender of Sinklang pro- vince, telegraphed to Nanking re cently pledging his support to the latter as the "Central Govern-pleted for Marshal Chiang Kai ment. In this connection Marshal She's journey to Peking. He will Chiang Kai Shele has assigned to proceed to Hsuchow first and then General Ma Fu Chien a mission to Honan where he will meet Mar to Sfakiang for the purpose of shal Feng Yu Helang before going reorganising General Yang's troops on to Peking. Some sources report under the Kuomintang standard.
that General Tan Yen Kai will also go with Marshal Chiang to Peking. TROOPS NEAR TIENTSIN.
(Wah Tu Yat Pao).
SHANGHAI. June 24th. General Yen Shih Shan instruct- ed General Sheung Chien to take the whole responsibility for the disposition of the Chihli-Shantung troops who are still staying in the It is also said that a new demand vicinity of Tientsin. General Yea
has also ordered that after was made to-day.
The next crisis will be the feed-month at moet they should evacuate ing of the residents in view of the Tientsin and vicinity. difficulty of transport and as the vicinity is saddled with so many troope.
Foreigners number about fifty, the majority of whom are British Women and children were evacu ated to Chiawangtao early in June, while the American force war with drawn at the same time to Tientsin. Rumours of looting are not for- firmed, but are regarded as very likely.
Another report from Tientein to hand states that the Northerners under Generals Hsu Yuen Chuen, and Chang Ching Yao, will evacu ate Tientsin and will take up their positions at Meiyun, Kopeikow and Sanho, leaving General Sheung Chien to take charge of the sitaa tion in Tintin.
(Trun Wan Yat Pao.) The Nationalist Government will The foreign authorities have pay the Chibi-Shantung troops a
sum of $500,000, for their evacua already wired to Chang Tsung tion of Tientsin, while the remain- Chang placing upon him the entire der will be paid by the Chamber responsibility for the incidents at
Tongshan.
COMMUNIST LEADER
ARRESTED.
(Wah Tie Tat Pao.)
of Commerce.
PAO YU LIN'S TROOPS.
(Wah Tix Fat Pao).
BHANGHAI, June 24th. The Nationalists have promised. SHANGRIL, June 24th. to return the arms seized from Chen Tauk Shin, the Communist General Pao Yu Lin'e troops as leader in China, was arrested in they have now concluded a satis the International Settlement at factory agreement. It has been Shanghai on the 22nd. The Gar- agreed that General Pao himself rison Commissioner has neked the will be escorted to Fengtien first Settlement authorities for his ex- while his forces will subeequently tradition to the Chinese authori be secured a sale passage to Feng
tien.
ties.
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A GENIAL HOST.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
NINETY IN THE SHADE.
[BLUTEZ'B AMERICAN SERVICE]
Hovsrox, Texas, June 24th. Unless the thermometer, which is now an unvarying ninety in the shade, descends before June 26th, the 1.100 delegates from all over the United States will have a particularly hot time when they assemble at the opening of the
National Democratic Convention to
choose a Presidential nominee.
The town has won the honour of accommodating the Convention through the genial Jease Jones, "the King of Houston," who plank ed down a cheque for $200,000 at Washington last year.
A large "welcoming committee " meets every train and takes per- sonal charge of all incoming dele- gates.
Governor Smith, of New York. Every arrangement has been com. | and" "Battling" Jim Reed, & Senator from Missouri, are already conducting their rival campaigns from headquarters in the hotel lobby, but the former's chances of selection are almost Hoover's at Kansas,
SOVIET PROTEST. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
Moscow, June 4th. The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs has lodged an em- phatic protest with Cheng Yen Chi, the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires bere, against the recent searching of the Soviet Consulate at Tientsin..
Cheng Yen Chi promised immed- ately to notify the Nanking Govern-
meat.
LEAVES FOR NANKING. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
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63 rosy as
NEW CONSTITUTION. FOR SPAIN.
A SINGLE CHAMBER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] »
MADRID, June 24th. General Primo de Rivera has sent i a letter to the Centra Committee: of the Patriotic Union declaring that the new Spanish Constitution will be based on a single Chamber, in which King, people.and.cor- porations will all command a num ber votes, about which a plebiscite will be held.
SHANGHAI, June 24th. Chiang Kai Shek, left Shanghai ROYAL DUTCH COMPANY. for Nanking on Friday evening.
SHANGHAI SILK STRIKE. WORKERS' ÁDAMANT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGEMUT.)
SHANGHAI, June 24th."
The strike of 35,000 filature work. ers still continues, The strikers. refuse to resume"unless all their demands are conceded.
STRONG OPPOSITION.
(Taun Wan Fat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, June 24th. Owing to strong opposition from the Minseito Party, the Japanese Government seems inclined to with draw some portion of the Japanese troope from Shantung in order to calm the Opposition's resentment.
NEW SHARE ISSUE.
[BEUTER'N AMERİÇAM SERVICÍ.)
THE HAGUE, June 24th. The Royal Dutch Company pro- poses to leeue shares at the rate of one new for five existing ones at par next January,
AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC
Orientala,”
EQUAL TERMS.
TREATMENT OF PUNJAB COMMITTEE.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN REKVICK]
SIMLA, June 24th. The Punjab Government has in- formed the Committee of the Punjab Legislative Council, which was appointed to co-operate with the Samon Commission, that the tatter has adopted the general principle that in the examination of witnesses and accessible docu- ments it will treat the committee on equal terms with itself.
MURDERED DEPUTIES'
FUNERAL.
TRUST NATION AND KING,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
ZAGREB, June 24th.
It is estimated that 50,000 people witnessed the funeral of tile two deputies of the Peasant Party who were fatally shot in the Skupstina.
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Berlin to Osaka,
A number of foreign scientists had gone to Murmans to decide on a site for a landing mast for airships.
LOST ATLANTIC FLIERS.
FUND FOR WIDOWS.
(EEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
LONDON, Ontario, June 24th. The Directory of the local Brewery Company which spon- sored the fatal attempt of Tully and Metcalfe to By to England last year have granted a trust fund of 840,000 for the benefit of the widows.
BELGIAN KING AND QUEEN.
WELCOMED IN CONGO,
(THROUGH REUTER'S --AGENCY.].
on the
Box, Belgian Congo,
June 23rd." The Belgian King and Queen have arrived here on the steamer Thysville. They were saluted by 101 guns. The town was beflagged
were Triumphal arches streets which were lined with en- A letter was read to the mournthusiastic Europeans and natives. ers from Stefan Raditch from his sick bed, appealing to the Peasant Party to trust the Nation and the Kirg.
AMERICAN AIR CRASH.
FLYING TO MANAGUA.
[KEUTER'S AMERICAS, BERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, June "24th. Major C. A. Lutz, who was to bave assumed command of the
Air Forces United States
in Managua, was lying thither with Lieutenant H. T. Bushy when his three-engined transport machine crashed at Bowling Green, Virginia, and both were killed.
JONES-WHITE BILL. U.S. SHIPPING BOARD'S INTERPRETATION.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, June 23rd.
States The United
Shipping Board has given an interpretation of an important feature of the Jones-White Merchant Shipping law measure which received the President's signature a month ago. It authorised an extensive replace- ment programme for the Govern- ment Merchant Marine and pro- 'vided more liberal terms for ocean
mail contracts, drag
The Board is of opinion that in order to secure mail contracts under the terms of the law ship ping companies must undertake to construct, new tonnage and com- plete the first ship within three
years.
UNIVERSITY FOR CEYLON.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICH. Į
CHANGES.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN BEATICE]
RUGEY, June 22nd. WARLINGTON, June 24th. The Colonial Secretary has select- Mr. Charles Wilson, United ed Sir Walter Riddell, Principal States Minister to Bulgaria, hae of Hertford College, Oxford, to be the Chairman of the Commission to been appointed to succeed Mr. W. B. Cuthbertson as Minister to Rumania. The latter has been transferred to the post of Ambas sador at Bantiago.
be appointed in Ceylon to work out a achenis for the establishment of University. Sir Walter Riddell sails for Ceylon early in July,
GIFT FOR COOLIDGE.
TWO KANGAROOS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SYDNEY, June 23rd. Lyon and Warner, the two American members of the crew of the Southern Cross flight from California to Australia have de parted conveying two kangaroos for President Coolidge as a mark of Australian esteem."
OIL DISPUTE SETTLED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]
(THROUGH,, PEUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, June 4th. The Council of Alinistors has approved of M. Poincaré's measuro for the legal stabilisation of the franc, after which the Premier tabled the Bill in blank in the Chamber,
The Finance Committee, will re- port on it to the Chamber on June 25th. The text of the Bill is now published but the all important figure" of the gold weight of tho new franc is left blank.
Thirteen Articles.
The Bill for the legal stabilisation of the frane has thirteen articles. It provides that the forced currency shall be abolished established on Angust 5th, 1014,
The new frane will be of a fine- ness of nine hundred thousandths, and will consist of "blank" milli-. The Bank of grammes of gold. France must assure the convert- ibility of notes into gald, but is entitled to limit the exchange of gold for paper to an amount to be fixed by agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of France. The Bank shall main tain a gold reserve of bullion and coin at least equal to 25 per cent. of the total notes in circulation.
Minting of Fe.100 gold pieces is authorised and Fe.s and Fe.10 pieces will be mainted to an amount not exceeding Fra 3,000,000,000 to, replace the existing notes,
The law prohibiting the export of gold and silver bullion or coin is repealed.
Sterling Parity;
LATER. The Stabilisation Bill provides that the value of the new trang shall correspond to 124.21 to the sterling. The Bill provides that the franc is constituted of 65.5 milligrammes of gold of a fineness of nine hundred thousandths, cor responding to £ sterling parity 123.21 and dollar parity 25.52.
Large Majority.
The Radical Socialist Party, "has decided to vote unanimously for the Frane Stabilisation Bill, which is thas sure to be carried by a large majority
The Finance Committee of the Chamber has adopted the whole Stabilisation Bill by 32 votes to one with eight abstentions.
SOVIET BRIBES FOR RIOTERS.
RED PLOTS AT ZAGREB.
ĮTAKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.”
BELGRADE, June 23rd. The Police of Zagreb have estab- lished that there was Communist influence behind the riots. It is
that stated
three Communists, Kradel), Horvatine, and Tom- anitch, headed an organisation aiming at transforming demonstrü
tions into disorder and designated persons to storm the cafes, erect barricades, excite people by spread- ing false news and even distribute
arme.
The Pravda states that five hun- dred Russian Chervonetz notes were? found on a mason killed in the riots who has been unemployed for two years.
NEW BEAM WIRELESS DEVICE.
SUCCESSFUL TRIALS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}
RUGBY, June 2nd Successful experiments have been made by the Government Marconi beam station at Bridgwater, which is the receiving station for the The Rangoon Gazette under-beam telegraph service between stands on"good authority that the Britain and Canada, with the new ail war between the Royal Dutch Marconi Mathieu Multiplex ap- Shell group and the Standard oil paratus.--
RANGOON, June 23rd.
Co. of New York has ended and This apparatus enables simul- that the points at issue have been taneous telephone and telegraph. settled..
services to be conducted; and tele- phonic communication was main-.
time as two Morse telegraph ser- LAND. ABORTIVE ATTEMPTS TOtained with Montreal at the same vices, all with the same apparatus. and aerials.
FAILURE TO REACH NOBILE. [TIMOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Houe, June 23rd An official communique reports that Majors Maddalena and Penzo, in separate seaplanes, revisited General Nobile and dropped sup plien
Penzo twice attempted to alight and descended within 15 feet from the ice, but it was impossible.
Steps are being taken to prepare | a smooth surface for a landing
patrol.
It is considered that the experi- ments
prove an inter-Imperiah beam telephone service to be a possibility in the near future,
FURTHER COTTON
DISPUTES,
LOOKOUT THREATENED.
{THROUGH REVIZE'S ACKYCY,]
LONDON, June 22nd The cotton dispute is the Nelson district where. 13,000 workers are on strike owing to the dismissal of & weaver has spread as the result of the refusal of the operatives to accept the employers peace pro......... e posalj
Alpinisti have begun to explore North East Land in search of the three men who set out across the ice and have deposited food in various prominent places,
An Italian seaplane has been The local members of the ordered to search the west coast of Coloured Goods Manufacturers' As- Spitzbergen for Amundsen, and an sociation have notified their inten- other Dornier Wal seaplane has tion of imposing a lock-out on June left Pisa, for the Arctic also to 20th, thus throwing idle a further seek for Amundsen.
.3,000 workers, J.
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