THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1928.
CHINA'S NOTE AND INSPIRATION OF A WAY STREWN WITH LONDON TO INDIA
U.S. REPLY.
YEN HSI SHAN'S SUDDEN ILLNESS.
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PRELIMINARIES OF PLENARY SESSION.
[THдoto HEUTER'S AGENCY.}
SHANGHAI, July 31. The American. Consul General has released the following note from Mr. MacMurray to Dr. C. T. Wang the acknowledging receipt at
undated celegram
in which you communicate to me directly the English translation of the note, the original whereof you advised me
being transmitted through other channels. The note is in response to the telegram of July 4th in which I conveyed, to you the note of that date from Mr. Kellogg,
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Since the time when your note was written, you have no doubt
learned of the signature of the treaty regulating Sino-American tariff relations. In concluding that treaty, the United States Govern. ment has promptly and completely fulfilled what had been offered in Mr. Kellogg's note.
"In order therefore to avoid any possibility of misconception as to the purposes of my Government under the present cirtumstances, I must point out that, whereas your bote te me refers to negotiations econ to commence,' it..is now the fact that such negotiations as the American Government had in con- templation have already been satie- factorily concluded."
C. T. WANG'S NOTE.
(THEDPOH RZUTER'S AGENCY, }
MURDER.
FLOWERS.
A NUN'S REMARK,
"ITALIA " EXPLORERS RETURN.
AIR ROUTE.
POPULARITY OF FLYING
CLUBS.
ASSASSIN'S CONVICTION,
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOMES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MEXICO CITY, July, 3let. According to a voluminous police report, the assassination of General Obregon was inspired by a casual remark.
A nun in the presence of the assassin eaid that the religious situation in Mexico would be solved by the deaths of Obregon, Calles and the Patriarch of the schismatic Catholic Church."
The assassin Leantoral is entirely tranquil and is convinced that he is going to Heaven, where he will meet his victim, who is,, "funda- meatally a goed man."
SHOTS AT ITALIAN WARSHIP..
SEBASTIANO CABOTO "
UNDER FIRE.
DENIAL BY C.-IN-C
{THROUGH 'REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PERING, July 30th. A sensational incident, in which a Chinese warship fired on an Italian cruiser, occurred at New chwang on Saturday morning.
The Italian cruiser Sebastiano Cobato was leaving the port early in the morning when a Chinese man-of-war fired on her somewhat heavily.
The Sebastiano Cabato returned the fire. There were no Italian casualties.
SHANGHAI, July 31st. "The Nationalist Government feel much gratified to be apprised of the deep and sympathetic interest with which the American. Government
When the Chinese warship dia- and people have been watchingvered that the Italian Cruiser récent developments in this country,
was not an enemy craft, she ceased and of the rendiness of the Ame-
firing. rican Government to enter into
negotiations at once for the purpose of concluding a new treaty."
So reads Mr. C. T. Wang'e reply
to Mr. MacMurray's communication of July 4th, transmitting Mr. Kellogg's note on treaty revision. The Foreign Minister hopes that the negotiations will result in a proper settlement of all questions in need of immediate solution.
FINAL DRAFT NOT READY.
(Wah Te: Fat Pao).
SHANGHAI, July 31st. Japan's note in reply to China's notice regarding the abrogation of the Sino-Japanese treaty has not as yet been communicated to the Nationalist Government owing to the fact that it is being subjected to zame modifications.
JAPAN'S NOTE.
(uh The Yat l'us.)
"
It is believed that the misunder-
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There
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ROME, July 31st. a bombardment of flowers joined with the enthusiastic, singing of the Fascist Hyma on the arrival of the talin Survivors at the frontier town of Trento. This testified the public reaction to the accusations abroad against the expedition.
An even
more enthusiastic re-
ception was given subsequent to at Verona. The their arrival travellers were welcomed by Com mander Pierozzi, representing the Naval Under Secretary.
PROSECUTION OF INDIAN PAPERS.
TWO LIBEL"SUITS.
REWARD OFFERED AGAINST TRAIN WRECKERS."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
Losos, July 30th. In the House of Commons, Earl Winterton, Under Secretary for India, stated that the Government; was prosecuting the: of Bengal. editor, printer and publisher of the Swarajist newspaper Forward in respect of the publication of a letter alleging that some Indians injured in the railway disaster at Dankani (in which 91 were killed and 3 injured) were searched and killed by men acting under the instructions of a European.
The Government of India bas, said Earl Winterton, ordered the prosecution of the newspaper Pioneer by the East Indian Rail- way for reproducing the letter.
same
Two libelnits had also been
standing was due to the fact that filed by the agent of other railway some ships of the Northern Squa- officers against the Forward Pub dron bad gone over to the Nation-lishing Company, its editor and alists: hence the Chinese naval printer. officers were not sure who friend and who foc.
WILA
Without Foundation.
SHANGHAI, July 31st, Reuter is informed by the Cóm- mander-in-Chief of Italian Naval Forces in the Far East that the report of a naval clash is without
foundation.
RUSSIAN FLOODS
SPREADING.
RAILWAYS HLOCKED.
(THROCOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Moscow. July 31st.
Over fifty sillages have now been inundated in the Amur Province and railway communication with Blagoveschensk is interrupted. The SHANGHAI, July 31st
city itself is partly under water, The contents of Japan's note, and the floods are extending to the which is expected to be communi-maritime province.. eated to the Nationalist Govern- ment, are briefly summarised in three points:
(1) Japan's present intercets in FOREST FIRE RACING ON
China must be maintained.
(2) The Japanese Government
cannot recognise the legality of
the seven regulations governing the madus vivendi, which have been
CARPATHIANS. »
SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE.
The reward for the detection and conviction of the perpetrators of the removal of the rails, which creased to 30,000 Rupees, and four arrests have been made.
CIVIL AVIATION'S PRO- GRESS.
(THROUGH EXTER'S AGENCY.)
Sir
LONDON, July 30th. neplying in the debate on the Air Ministry Estimates in the House of Commons to-day,
Samve! Hoare said the London-to-India air route ought to be working ac cording to scheduled time by April,
1929, "
Once this route had been develop- ed and was soundly, working, the next principal "route would be the "All-Red Line" from London to Cape Town,
of the present Parliament,
As regards the spread of interest in civil aviation, Sir Samuel said that Light Aeroplane Clubs, which
BRITAIN'S FOREIGN POLICY.
SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN ON THE KELLOGG
TREATY.
NOT A PANACEA FOR ALL ILLS.
AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
In the debate on the Foreign Offee Estimates. Sir Austen Chamberlain made a lengthy pronouncement upon Britain's for eign policy, dealing chiefly with disarmament, the significance of the Kellogg Peace Fact, and the British policy in China.
Dealing with the last question, he emphasised the fact that Britain regarded the settlement of the Nanking incident as a necessary antecedent to any negotiations for treaty revision. There was now no opportunity for concerted action by the Powers in tho question of China treaties, as America had already taken inde- pendent action in signing the tariff treaty,
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE
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CHINA TREATY NEGOTIATIONS.
A NECESSARY PRELIMI- NARY.
SETTLEMENT OF NANKING INCIDENT.
THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 30th.. China bulked largely in Parlia mentary: discussions to-day both at question time and in the coarse of the debate on the Foreign Office Vote.
tho 'Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, was questioned regarding the visit of Chinere poli- ticians to London, and he told the those treaties signed also the House that he recently received American Treaty. We could not be visits from Mr. Hu Han Min and, ReGay, July 30th. asked to act under our Locarno Mr. Sua Fo, with whom he had In the debate on the Foreign guarantee unless one of the signa-friendly conversation of a gen Office Estimates, Sir "Austen Cham-tories of those trenties had already eral nature regarding Sino-British Beriain dealt at some length with committed an act of aggression, relations.
and if it had done so, it had broken, Britain's foreign policy.
Sir Austen drew attention to the the Kellogg Treaty no less than 't recent action of King Fuad in dis had broken the Treaty of Locarno solving the Egyptian Parliament, and no less than it had broken the and said that Britain would adhere League of Nations Treaty. There was therefore no contradiction, as to the Declaration of 1992.
Whatever form of government the had been suggested, between the
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He hoped that the Nationalist authorities would now settle, the Nanking Incidents.
American Independence. In reply to a question regarding the recent Treaty negotiations be tween the United States and the.. Nationalist Government, and the possibility of Britain, America and ather Powers simultaneously recog nising the Nanking Government, Sir Aueten Chamberlain said that as the United States had already acted without consultation, with the relating to tariff autonomy, it was impose ble for thoss Powers to aci in concert with them in measures towards simultaneous recognition.
had only existed for two years, had time ever comes, when the EgyPself-defence in connection with the other Powers in signing the Treaty,
He would see whether it was possible to make a start on the -Cape Town route before" the end Egyptian King and people estab-obligations of the Treaty proposed lished in Egypt, they must take by the Government of the United into account the reservations re States and the obligations of the garding defences and communica Locarno Powers. tions, and must satisfy Britain that
Right Of Self-Defence. our special interests were duly
As to the attitude of the British respected, until such time, if the Government the question of tians are prepared to make & Kellogg Peace Pack, Sir Austen Treaty with Britain on the only Chamberlain quoted a passage from basis which any responsible
a statement made by Mr. Kellogg Government can ever consent to
to the effect that it was inherent in
Taking The Lead, negotiate."
every sovereign State and was im- plicit in every Treaty that a nation
Major Malone suggested that the was free to defend its territory from attack or invasion, and that
American Note docs not go as far na the British Christmas Memoran- it alone was comptent to decide dum, and asked Sir Austen to take when the circumstances required re- the lead in reorganising British course to wan in self-defence-re-policy in the Far East. servations declaring that they were
a membership of 2,744 members.
It is notable that these members flew over 6,000 hours in the first six months of 1829.
He also drew attention to the in- erease in tonnage carried by the Imperial Airways, Limited. had risen by 88 per cent. in the past three years, while the cost of operation was decreasing more quickly than in any other country.
The Foreign Secretary pointed out that as a last resort British troops in Egypt would be called upon to maintain order.
He did not think that the pre sent time as opportune for the
opening of any fresh. Treaty nego
tiations.
It had fallen from 1 pence per was
ton mile in 1024 to 22 pence at the present time. Britain was on the high road to making civil aviation self-supporting, he declared.
Sir Austen replied tha: Britain
the lead and to try to get ahead of anybody else. We had stated our on those lines when the Nanking policy and were willing to proceed
episode is eettled."
Sir Austen added that the present i equivalent to the Monroe Doctine had no particular anxiety to take British Government based their in the United States.
He did not know why they should action upon the policy pursued by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald when he be prophets of evil. He did not Labour Foreign Minister. Know why they should already fore- east that the whole proposal was They had carried out, not a party going to be wrecked by the passage policy, but a national policy
of the British Government. He saw throughout their dealings withgarding self-defence in the reply no sign of it in the communications which the Government had received from America.
Egypt
New Disarmament Conference. There was also a question, he said, of a new disarmament con- ference. In this connection, con-
Exact Parallel. Did anybody suggest that the
Replying to Commander Kez- opportunity had been taken by worthy. Sir Austen esid that every beth himself and Sin Miles_Lamp- son, the British Minister in Peking, to assure the Chinese people of the friendly attitude of His Majesty's Government towards China,
caused the derailment, had been in- DREAM OF TRAIN SMASH. versations had recently been going American Government, in propes that attitude, especially since the
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER- BURY.
AUDIENCE GRANTED.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 30th. His Majesty the King granted an audience to the Archbishop of Canterbury on his resignation."
HUNGARY'S RECORD
HARVEST.
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SALE HINDERED BY TARIFFS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BUDAPEST, July 30th. Nineteen days of excessive heat have ended in a rainstorm.
The harvest exceeds the most. optimistic forecasts, but agricul turists are worrying over the pro the surrounding tariff walls. -
recently promulgated by the Nation- SOLDIERS AS FIRE FIGHTERS. of disposing of it in face of
alist Government.
(3) The Japanese Government will consent to China's proposal to negotiate with Japan for a
treaty.
FRENCH READINESS.
(Taun Fan Fat Pao.)
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[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
WARSAW, July 31st. Notwithstanding the energies of several battalions of engineering troops. the great forest fire on the Carpathian Mountains, which broke out during the heat wave, is etill taging. Heavy damage has been
SHANGHAI, July 31st. The French Chargé d'Affaires in done. Peking, in visiting the Chinese diplomatic authorities, said that
the French Government is willing FIFTH PLENARY SESSION.
to enter into negotiations with the Nationalist Government for. he re vision of the existing Sino-French Treaty. As soon as he receives fnstructions from his Home Govern- ment he will be able to take, up negotiations with Chinese Govern
ment.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, July 31st. The inaugural ceremony of the Fifth Plenary Session is being held to-morrow morning at the Assembly Hall of the Central Party Head. quarters.
APPOINTMENTS APPROVED.
TWO
NEW INDIAN GOVERNORS.
(THROUGH RECTLE'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 30th.. His Majesty the King has ap. proved of the appointments of Sir Malcolm Hailey, K.C.S.I., as Gov- ernor of the United Provinces, and of Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, K.C.I.E, as Governor of Punjab,
:
HAIHO RIVER SILTED UP, WARNING TO VESSELS:
{THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.]
TIENTSIN, July 30th. YEN HSI SHAN TREATED
The Harbour Master bas issued FOR APPENDICITIS: Owing to the fact that a num-
ber of members will not arrive in a notice to the effect that owing time for the opening of the session, to the presen: silted condition of (THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
only preliminary meetings will be the upper reaches of the Haiho and PEKING, July 31st. held from August 1st-3rd, for an the impracticability of maintain- The ing swinging berths, it is ad- The Peking Leader reports that informal exchange of views. Yen Hai Bhan received emergency first formal session will be held visable that all vessels bound for Tientsin should remain at Tangku. treatment for appendicitie at from August 4th-8th. Yuanshihhrien, and afterwards pro- At present twenty-six members ceeded to Shuntchfu, where his of the Central Executive Committee condition was found to be serious. and eight of the Central Buper-
vieory Committee have arrived.
A later message confirme" the report that Yea Hai Shan is suffer- ing from appendicitis.
UNCONFIRMED REPORT.
(Wah Taz Tai Pao). “
BHANGHAI, July 1st.
It is reported that Marshal Yen Hai Shan arrived at Nanking this morning, but it has not been con firmed.
ATTACK ON NORTH. (Tsun Wan Fat" Pao.)
BEANORAL, July 31st. General Pei Chung Hai has de- cided to launch a general attack on the Shantung-Chibli remnants now quartered in North-eastern Chibli on August 3rd. Troops are now being mobilised.
"CITY OF YOKOHAMA.” SAFE ARRIVAL AT COLOMBO.
THROUGH BITTER'S AGENCY. Į
COLOMBO, July 30th. The ss. City of Tokohama, which on the 21st instant sent out a wireless when 1,150 miles south of Colombo saying she was disabled and needed assistance, has arrived here.
Repairs will be completed ins few days.
YOUNG MAN'S STRANGE EXPERIENCE.
TOO ILL FOR BREAKFAST,
on between Britain and France, asing this Treaty, meant to abolish or the result of which they had suc- ceeded in finding a compromise re- garding naval issues.
Speaking in regard to disarma nent, Sir Austen said undoubtedly the signature of the Kellogg Treaty
to change their policy with regard to the Monroe Doctrine Clearly not. In every treaty of arbitration which the Government of the United States had signed; and in the vers latest model for treaties of arbitra
He had reason to believe that
publication of the Memorandum of December, 1926, was becoming ap- preciated by both the Chinese public and the Nationalist Govern-
ment.
Nanking Covernment settled the Sir Austen pointed out that the
A. remarkable story of a dream pay attention and of which all tion which they had signed, they Nanking Incident with the United
about the recent railway disaster at Darlington, as the result of which 25 people lost their lives, is told By Mr Dudley F. "Walker, of 18, Shepherd's Hill, Stoughton, near Guildford, Surrey. Mr. Walker, who is 20 years old, writes in a letter to The Daily Mail:
I actually dreamed the whole of the Darlington train disaster on Wednesday night at approximate- ly the time that it happened (be- ween 11 and 12 o'clock).
So impressed was I with the dream that when I came down on Thursday morning I told my mother all the details of the dream and added that had I been leaving for a railway journey I should not have travelled.
These
were
the significat features of my dream, which was as clear as a cinema film:
I was in an overhead signal box, over a railway line I had never seen before. It was night, and I saw approaching what I knew was an excursion train full of people returning from some big
function.
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I knew it was my duty to signal this train through, which I did, but at the same time. I had a feel- ing that the train was doomed.
Pitched In The Cabi In my dream I seemed to hover in the air, and follow the express, as it slowed to round a loop line, As it approached a station I saw to my horror another smaller train on the same line. Although both seemed to be travelling alow ly, they met with terrible impact. I saw the express and its coaches pitch and twist into the air, and the noise was terrible
Most of the dead bodies lying by the side of the track were those of women and girls.
I distinctly heard a doctor say, BS & T was lifted out of a coach: "Poor chap-he is dead.” Some other voice said: "I be- lieve I saw his eyelids move.”
Then the doctor said: It is only your nerves he has been dead some time."
I was quite upset when I got up and felt too unwell, to eat any breakfast All day I thought about the dream.
On my way home you can imagine my feelings when I saw the evening paper placards. I hought the papers and rushed
home with the news.
was a new fact to which all must should take account. But he would expressly reserved all questions The British Government were stat- rather deal with the matter of dis relating to the Monroe Doctrine. armament apart from the Kellogging nothing unreasonable when Treaty, because, Treaty had been proposed or not, one would still have been faced with the question of the limitation of
arinamenta.
whether
that
they stated there were parts of the world where Britain, too, had a Monroe Doctrine, because the` ́in- tegrity of those countries was part of the defence of the British Em- pire. Our doctrine was comparable exactly with what the American
He had been asked what was going on in the Preparatory Com mission lor Disarmament at Geneva. At the moment, the Pre-Government had adopted. It was not a doctrine of aggression, it was paratory Commission was not in
not a desire for territorial expan- session, But it was known to the
sion, but a measure of self-defence, House of Commons that some decision had been reached by the necessitated by the geographical British Government in the hope of conditions of the Empire. reducing differences in the matter of armaments and in the hope of finding some compromise upon which an agreement could be reach ed and which might then be sub mitted to other Powers and thus facilitate progress in the Commis
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Expecting Too Much. Continuing, Sir Austen said he did not think anyone could say exactly the importance which this Treaty would have in the future. It might menn very much for the peace of the world, but it might mean not so much and even very Agreement With France. little. But it was a sign of the The conversations with France times. that such a Treaty should had been successful. He was about be proposed, and it was as a re- to communicate to the other Powers cognition of what was now the the compromise at which Britain attitude of all the Great Powers and France had arrived in the hope towards war that such a proposal that that compromise might be ac- should be welcome. We should be ceptable to them also, and thus a only too glad to co-operate, but he great obstacle to progress would deprecated too great expectations have been removed and a step made being formed, lest they should be in advance. But until these pro- followed by too great a disappoint posals had been communicated to ment the other Governments, he did not like to say more about them.
The proposals which he mentioned were those dealing with disarma ment, which arose in regard to the naval issue in which, of course, we Our had a particular interest. military forces were very small com pared with those of other Powers, Lut our Navy had always been the principal defence of our country, and therefore naval questions were those which interested us most, and it was on them that we had been. seeking to reconcile differences and to find a method of making pro gresa
The Peace Treaty.
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States Government before the U.S. Government proceeded further in Treaty questions.
Ko Territorial · Ambitions. In the course of his reply to the debate on the Foreign Office Estimates, Sir Austen "dealt ex- baustively with the China situation. He again emphasized that Bri tain adheres to the spirit which inspired the
Declarations
of
December, 1996, and January, 1927. Britain has no territorial ambitions in China and desires to be en friendly relations with the Chinese Government.
The Foreign Secretary pointed out that negotiations failed with the Government of Nanking in con- nection with the Nanking incidens, in spite of Sir. Miles Lampson's presence in Shanghai for the ex-, press purpose.
Yet the Nanking Government failing to secure their terms from Britain offered almost immediately terms which would have been ac ceptable to Britain to the Un
States.
Sir Austen considered that the first be Nanking Incident must settled, the Nanking Government must accept responsibility for all that occurred, after which Britain will be ready to discuss necessary... changes and the quetion of Treaty
revision.
The Kellogg Treaty was a re-
United And Peaceful, cognition of the horrors of war and
Britain desired to see' China of the fact that war was a thing to which recourse was only to be united and peaceful under a stable had in the last resort and for self-administration and he believed that defence. That was something. How when that had been achieved, the interests of peaceful traders like much more it would be, would de- pend, not on any engagement taken the British would be served no lese
than the interests of the Chinese. by the United States Government,
The whole problem rested on the because he assumed they would take no engagements in advance as to Nanking Incident; when the Nan- "and I do not think it what they would do in any parti-king Government accepted respon-
sibility eular emergency in the future.
necesary or desirable to go behind their acceptance of that respon- It would depend on how the rest sibility," they should make a settle- of the world thought that thement as friendly with Britain a United States were going to judge they had with the United States. the action of an aggressor-whether
Commercial Treaty. - they were going to help or hinder him." If American opinion ranged Britain was quite prepared to itself behind its own Treaty, then negotiate a Commercial Treaty to indeed the Signature of this Treaty take the place of the present sys would be an additional and a most tem of restriction upon China's formidable deterrent of war and an tariff freedom.
and most valuable additional
America's Responsibility.
In regard to the Treaty for the Renunciation of War, Sir Austen Chamberlain said this country had two classes of obligations. There were the obligations of the Coven- ant of the League of Nationa Under Article 20 of the Covenant, which sometimes got less attention than it deserved, there was a bind. ing obligation to see that the new Treaty which we were asked to sign was not inconsistent with the terms of the Covenant. We had satisfied ourselves that it was not
We had also to satisfy ourselves that it was not inconsistent with Mr. Lloyd George replied con- the Treaties of Locarno. There was gratulating Bin Austen on certain those points of the Government policy, tiderne of American after which the Foreign Ofice Vote no inconsistency between Pact, providing that all parties to
Britain in prepared as their own progress, allows as the life and security for peace, whe
That was what the British Gov. property of foreigners becomes. ernment hoped it might be, and it more secure, as their authority to was in that spirit that the British discharge the ordinary obligationis Government were glad to co-operate of a civilised Government becoTIES with the United States Government strong enough for the task, to in bringing their proposal to enter into friendly negotiations with the Nationalist authorities in fruition.
the transition from the old Treaty system to a new Treaty system which liberally meets. aspirations, then Dow
was approved.
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