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RESIGNATION OF NORTHERN GENERALS.

LI TSAI HSIN TO RETURN TO CANTON.

FURTHER PROTEST TO JAPÁN.

EXTREMISTS INVITED TO FIFTH

PLENARY SESSION.

Marshal Li Tsal Hain has announced that he will return to Canton on the conclusion of the Fifth Plenary Session. He has taken this decision in the face of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's desire that he should remain at Nanking and take up a post at the capital.

It was announced yesterday that the Central Executive Com- mittee held a private meeting to consider the advisability of ad- No decision mitting Left Wing members to the Plenary Session. "was made public after two hours discussion, but it is now stated that the Committee has telegraphed to the extremist members, requesting them to proceed to. Nanking and attend the Fifth Plenary Session.

A message from Tientsin to the vernacular papers states that Chang Hauch Liang has authorised the resignation of Generala Chang Tsung Chang and Chu Yu Pu. Yang Ya Ting has also ex pressed his intention of resigning. RESIGNATION OF NORTH- ERN GENERALS.

(Wah. Te Eat Pan

SHANGHAI, Aug.. 3rd.· According to s message from Tientsin, General Chang Haveb Liang has authorised, the resigna- tion of General Chang Tsung Chang and General Chu Yo Pu from the military commands which they hold

General Yang Yu Ting has abo expressed his intention of retire- ment.

EXTREMISTS ADMITTED.

(Wah Tr Tat Poo).

SHANGHAI, Aug. 3rd. The Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang has telegraph. ed to the ""Leftist " executive members including Mrs. Liso Chung Kai, Meara, Chen Shiu Jen, Wang Fat Chin, Chep Kung Pu and Koo Meng Yu, requesting them to pro- ceed to Nanking to attend the Fifth Plenary Session.

BACK TO CANTON.

(Wah Te Tat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Aug. 3rd. Marshal Li Tsai Hain has said in an interview that as soon as the Fifth Plenary Session closes he will return to Canton, although Marchal Chiang Kai Shek had urged him to stay in Peking.

YEN HSI SHAN.

(Fal Te: Yat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Aug. 3rd Marshal Yen Hai Shan proceeded to Taiyuenfu from Shibchiachon

on July 3let.

ANOTHER PROTEST.

(Wah Tiz Tat Pao),

SHANGHAI, Aug. 3rd. The Nanking Foreign Ministry has again lodged a strong protęst with the Japanese Government against the latter's alleged inter- ference with China's politice.

NO CAUSE. FOR ANXIETY.

NEW TREATIES.

(Wah Tu Yat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Aug. 3rd. Arrangements for the negotiation of new treaties with Belgiam, Portugual and Spain are being pro- ceeded with. Nanking will be the venue for the coming negotiations.

NANKING INCIDENT.

(Ŵáà în Iat Pao),

SHANGHAI, Aug. 3rd. According to information from the Foreign Ministry, arrangements are being made for the settlement of the Nanking incident with Britain.

NANKING BRITISH

CONSULATE.

[NAVAL WIRMARE,].

NINKING, Aug. 2nd. Dr. C. T. Wang, the Nationalist Foreign Minister, in the course of a conversation, "etated that repairs to the British Consulate at Nan king are to be put in hand im mediately, the contract having been signed already.

ARMS SHIPMENT TO BE

SEIZED.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.

1.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 2nd. According to local Press reports the Nationalist Government has ordered the seizure of the ship ment of arms and ammunition going up the Yangtze River to General Liu Hsiang, of Brechuan Province.

MORE TROOP MOVEMENTS.

[NAVAL WIRELESS.]

NANKING, Aug." 2nd." have taken place from Pakow Considerable troop movements across the Yangtze to Nanking, and thence by rail to Shanghai, and by steamer to Kiukiang.

LILING AND PINGKIANG RECAPTURED.

-- [NAVAL WIRRIERS.]

CHANGSHA, Aug, 2nd.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1928.

POPE'S MESSAGE TO

CHINA.

CHARITY AND JUSTICE,

HOPES FOR FUTURE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGE=ICY.]

PEKING, Aug. 3rd. The Archbishop Constantini, the Apostolic delegate to Chins, has issued the text of a message from the Pope to the Chinese. It states inter alia that "the Holy Father,

KING'S SPEECH.

|BRITAIN'S BASIC INDUSTRIES,

RATING RELIEF.

(THROUGH HEUTER'& AGENCY.)

LONDON, Aug. 3rd. Parliament has been prorogued till November 6th, when the new session, instead of the mual autumn session, begins.

LABOUR OPPOSES

COMMUNIST.

SAKLATVALA'S FLAMING

LETTER.

INDIA'S PROBLEM.

(THROUGH RIDER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Aug. 3rd. The Indian debate in the Com

CAPT. COURTNEY SAFE.

TERRIBLE TIME.

"PLANE ON FIRE,

ÍTHROUGH REUTER'S AŬINCY.)

RUGBY, Aug. 2nd. Following Capt. Courtney's mes sage that he and his three com

PLOT TO ROB THE EMPIRE.

COMMUNICATIONS MERGER

'ATTACKED,

GREAT POTENTIAL ASSET.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, July 2nd.. A definite conspiracy to rob the Empire of one of its greatest potential assels was the description propracted till the early panione had been forced down in DIODS was The King's Speech inter alia

applied by Mr. W. J, Baker (Lab.), the morning, and provided an unusual the Atlantic, great feats were en-in the House of Commons to-day, confidently expecta that who was the first to treat China Kellogg Treaty, when completed, feature in a duel between Labour tertained for his safety. He had to the wireless and cable merger re- #basis of perfect will constitute a new and import members, and a Communist with stated that there was no immedi commended by the Imperial Con- equality, but also of affection and ant guarantee of the world's peace the Government warmly applaud-ate danger, but when the Dollar ference.

His Majesty is sure that the re-ing the former.. The Labour liner President Hayes reached his | commendations of the Commission member, Mr. Johnson, diagnosed wireleased position there was to of Agriculture in India for the pro- the trouble in India as not poli- sign of the machine, while Capt. tical but economic. Mr. Saklatyala Courtney made no response to read a flaming letter he had writ-wireless calle ten to Mr. Baldwin declaring that

not only on

genuine

sympathy,

.consecrating

|

with his own hands the first Chi nese Bishops, rejoices at the con

motion of the welfate of the rural clusion of the civil war. He pray

population will be sympathetically that a lasting and fruitful peace

and fruitfully considered by com- may be restored, based upon the|

petent authorities in 'India. principles of charity and justice.

He declares that the conditions the Government of India was He hopes that full recognition

of the bise industries in Britain tantamount to neolute monarchy will be given to the legitimate

and their high level of unemploy India's first and last problem was aspimtions and rights

cause anxiety, people of ancient culture, who ment continue to

but be trusts that the comprehen.. before have had epochs of splen.

the overthrow of British rule.

Mr. Purcell (Labour), however,

dour, and who, if they pereevere in sive proposals of Ministers for the declared that India was net so

the ways of justice and order, have a great future in front of them."

TARIFF AGREEMENT

WITH CHINA.

LORD PARMOOR'S OPINION,

SIGNIFICANCE OF U.S.

TREATY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Losbox, August 2äd..

relief of rates on agriculture and other productive industries will not merely increase employment gener- ally, but bring special relief to the

areas most in need of it.

COMMUNISM IN SINGAPORE.

PROMPT: POLICE ACTION.

IMPORTANT ARRESTS.

[TAROCOH RECTER'S AGENCY)}

In the House of Lords, initiating

SINGAPORE, Aug. 3rd.. the Foreign Office debate, Lord Demonstrations" commemorating Parmoar referred to China, ex the Japanese bombardment of preuing the opinion that although Tsinanfu were planned in various it might mean some risk and reparte of Singapore to-day by local quire courage, Britain ought to Chinese communists. These plans follow the United States policy as were nipped in the bad by the soon as possible. 2

police, who made eight raids," paralyzing the Communiet organisa tion.

Lord Salisbury, in reply, declared that the tariff concessions which the

American Government had granted Sixteen important arrests were to China were strictly limited by effected, including two wanted the most-favoured-nation clause, leaders. Large quantities of in- and constituted a purely suspensory flammatory banners and pamphlets concession.

Nothing would happen in respect of Sino-American tariff relations, said Lord Salisbury, until the American Government could be as sured that the conditions which America had obtained were no less favourable than the conditions which any other country obtained. Lord Salisbury pointed out that peaceful conditions in China had not yet been obtained, but the British Government marked with great satisfaction that there was recently a movement in favour of the disbandment of some of the troops.

RAILWAY WAGE SETTLE. MENT.

HINTS OF DISAGREEMENT.

SHOPMEN OBJECT TO REDUCTION,

(THROUGH REUTER': AGENCY.]

LONDON, August 2nd. Trouble has arisen in the rai way world over the provisional

were seized.

PASSAGE OF SUEZ

CANAL.

THE SINGAPORE DOCK.

A TICKLISH JOB.

[BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, August 2nd. The great Singapore Base float ing dock has arrived at Port Said in two parts.

The dock will begin its paange through the Suez Canal at dawn on Saturday. The passage will take four days, but shipping will only be stopped for twelve hours at a time, since the dock will wait

at Kantara, where the canal is widened, and will afterwards pass

much suffering from Imperialism as India" wanted

stomach trouble.

The remark was passed during the debate on the Report of the Im- perial Wireless and Cable Confer-

Baker had been entrusted with the ence, in connection with which Mr.

task of launching" the Opposition

However a later Reuter message | attack. from New York states that the Mr. Baker criticised the whole master of the sa Minnewaska has scheme, alleging that there was autr wirelessed that he has rescued interlocking of British and Ameri-

well

LATER

Courtney and the crew, all being can companies already, in spite of the fact that the danger of the transference of Empire communi- Capt. Courtney has wirelessed to cations to American hands was a leading feature of the campsigü his wife that he had a very bad which resulted in the merger. food which it would not get by the time. He was forced to descend mere transference, from white to by an outbreak of fire in his native" government. Mr. Purcell machine, but there is no need to suggested that the Government's worry now. best policy was to organise the people in trade unions.

Lord Wintertoo in his reply showed, by enumerating economic,

ابر

The steamer Cedric reports that the plane has been abandoned.

Excellent BargaİN,

Sir John Gilmour, replying As the chairman of the Imperial Con- ference, assured British people that no compulsion, or dictatorship had been imposed upon the Conference.

He regarded the recommendations as an excellat bargain for the

hygienic and social measures, that PREMIER NOT TO BE State, which would secure a public,

more had been done to improve methods of cultivation and the economic position of the cultivator in the past twerty-five years than

DRAWN.

and efficient service at the cheapest possible rate. At the same time, the scheme safeguarded the strate MINISTERS DISCREPANCIES. gical position, which must neces

sarily depend on the cable, for some.

in any previous five hundred. He NON-COMMITTAL ANSWER. years at least

endorsed Mr. Purcell's reply.

Mr. Saklatvala agreed that trade unionism should be put on a better basis, but the conditions were largely in the hands of the Indians themselves.

FRANCO-BRITISH DISARMAMENT.

“AMERICA" APPROVES,

SUBMARINE CONSTRUC

"TION,

{BEUTER'S AMERICAN "BERVICE.]

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

report.

The British Government in de Leiding, to accept the Report were convinced they were acting in the public interests, and they proposed LONDON, Aug. 2nd

to enter into negotiations with the There was a further development companies with a view to an agree in the Sical controversy to-day,ment on the lines indicated in the when, during question-time in the

Interesis Of The Fublic, House of Commone, an effort" was The Government was desirous of made te "raw" the Prime Minis.Putting the recommendations into effect At the earliest possible. ter on the subject of the discre moment. They felt convinced they pancies in the recent speeches of were acting in the best interests of the users of the services for it was Mr. Winston Churchil and Sir only in this way that all necessary William Joynson-Hicks.

communications between the vari

The questions in the House oous parts of the Empire could be maintained and developed without Commons elicited a non-committal undue cost to the public. statement by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister.

In announcing their decision, added Sir John Gilmour, the British Government was fartised.

titude of the other Governments.

WASHINGTON, August 2nd.

Mr. Baldwin painted out that with the knowledge that the at- The State Department here has Mr. Churchill's statement was in concerned was generally favourable carefully examined the provisions accordance with the election pro to the recommendations of the Im- perial Conference, although there. of the Anglo-French Naval Die gramme of 1924, while Sir William were necessarily certain aspects to armament Agreement, which sims Joyason-Hicks had truly said that which those other Governmente wished to give further considera- nt coalescing into a single text the certain questions were worthy of tion, or ja regard to which fuller

information was required. Draft Conventions which Britain consideration.

In response to telegraphic en- and France presented to the Questioned on the specific point quirice, replies had been received. Genera Naval Conference in 1990. of "safeguarding" the iron and from the Canadian," Australian, Following the examination, the steel industries, Mr. Baldwin suid New Zealand, South African, Irish the Government adhered to it Free State and Indian Govern- State Department has announced decision of 1925, after the matter ments showing that on all hands its readiness to send another had been examined by the Com and in every quarter of the Empire American delegation to the Pre-mittee of Civil Research. paratory Disarmament Conference in Geneva,"should the new develop- ment result in the re-opening of

discussions.

there was a measure of accord the general principles which the Conference had laid down."

the recommendations, the principal

The Rating Scheme, Continuing his statement, the

The Recommendations. Prime Minister declared that the Government's rating scheme would

'Further discussion took place on appreciably reduce overhead costs in the iron and steel industritt, of a great merger between the East- of which are firstly, the formation railway ern Extension and Western, Telée while the reduction in freights would also tend to in- prove the competitive position el graph Companies and the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, uni- National Union of Railwaymen for Ten tugs will be employed. The naval situation created by the posthis basic industry.

agreement between the Hailway through Ismailia and Bitter Lakes,

Navy Department officials point Managers and leaders of the where ships will be allowed to pass. out the fundamental change in the

an all-round reduction of 2 per

instant."

Mr. Churchill's speech, men lying and combining communica

It is reported here that Liling sent. in wages, as from the 13th Passage will be a delicate opera-sibilities which the Franco-British |tioned by the Premier, was made tions throughout the Empire; and, tion, as there will be only fifteen Agreement presents for the limita at the conclusion of the Unemploy secondly, the promotion of a Com feet to pare on each side in the tion of submarine construction.

arrow part of the canal.

tured by the Nationalist forces and Pingking have been recap- from the local bandite, who have been active in Kiangxi and Hunan.

POLISH ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S FLAGS TO MARK PROGRESS.

ILLNESS.

SLIGHT BRONCHO-

PNEUMONIA.

[THZOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY;)

LONDON, Aug. did. The following bulletin was issued this morning, signed by Sir Ken- neth Goadby and Doctor De Wes- Below: Bir Austen Chamberlain is suffering from a mild attack of

NO WIRELESS CARRIED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AOLICY.]

PARIS, Aug. 3rd. The Polish airmen, Major Idzi- kowski and Major Kubala, has started on a flight to New York. They will probably proceed vid Rochefort and the Azores.

eighteen Railway Craft or Shop. A meeting of the Executives of men's Unions, held to-day, declined to accept the agreement. The meeting protested against the

N.U.R. Locomotive, Engineer DUTCH AGREEMENT WITH

and Railway Clerks' Associations being in a position to pledge the wages or credits of men whom they barely represented.

LATER.

It is understood that there is no breakdown between the Railway Shopmen's Unions and the Com panies, but the matter is adjours- ed until the 10th instant,

INDIAN AFFAIRS.

RELEGATED TO, END OF SESSION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}

LONDON, August 2nd,

U.S.A.M

EXPLOITATION OF PETRO- LEUM.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

THE HAGUE, Aug, 2nd, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement in conse quence of the declarations made by the Minister for the Colonies during the discussion in the Chamber of the "Bill authorising certain_wntracts with the Nether lande Petroleum Company for the exploitation of petroleum on four properties in the Dutch East Indies.

RAIL STRIKE IN INDIA.

RESUMPTION OF WORK

(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGEKOT.]

MADRAS, Ang, 2nd. The majority of the strikers on the Southern Indian Railway have resumed work unconditionally,

The Agents have withdrawn recognition of the Labour Union, but they have agreed to accept a deputation of worker.

AMUR FLOODS. SEVEN VILLAGES. SWAL- LOWED UP.

(THROUGH BUTER'S«AGENGT.1 They are equipped with two small

He stated that negotiations were

Moscow, August 2nd. collapsible rubber boats. They are

opened with the American Lega- Beven villages in the Amur food not equipped with wireless but

tion for reciprocal treatment in the area have now completely disap they carry a rocket "pistol.”

matter of mining legislation, and peared. Me

The preliminary estimates of loss They are taking with them a During his speech, he protested these resulted in the American bundle of snail Polish flags which against the system of relegating Government recognising the Nether over the whole area give damage broncho-preumonia. He is pro will be dropped out at intervals, the affairs of 380,000,000 people to lande as a reciprocating State of at least 10,00,000 Foubles. gressing satisfactorily and his con- so that their progreas may be an hour or two's discussion among under the terms of the Mineral The waters of the Amur are,

Leasing Act of 1920, dition gives cause for no anxiety." followed.

Acraps at the end of a session.

however, reported to be failing.

In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. T. Johnston, Labour M.P. for Dundee, initiated a discussion on adian affairs on behalf of the Opposition.

· Ar

ment Debate on July 24th. He munications Company with said that any fundamental reversi initial capital of £30,000,000 to ac of the fiscal system should not be quire the communication asects of

the Cable and Marconi Companies, contemplated, but "we are per fectly free to develop exceptional as well as the lease of the Post measures for the special culture of Office beam services. particular trades.”

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR.

FINE PROPECTS,

[SBITIG WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, August and Less than ten thousand square feet of space remains to be allocated for the hoary section of the British Industries Fair, to be held in Birmingham next February

This is out of total area of 400,000 square feet..

"PARLIAMENT'S NEXT SESSION.

[BRITISH WIRKLENS EERVICK )

BUGET, August 2nd, House of Commons that the new The Premier announced in the

session of Parliament will open on November 6th./1

Mr. Baker Reproved. Eventually the debate dropped, Lieut. Col. L ́O. M. 8. Amery, the Dominions Secretary, winding up, chid Mr. Walter Baker for his suspicions, and affirmed that it had been clearly shown that there was no possibility of the Dominions: Governments" participating in ane inter-Imperial and inter-Govern ment-owned unitary system, p

Bignor Marconi, sat in the Dis tinguished Strangers' Gallery dur- ing the wireless and cables debate,

Marcoul's Announcement. The Marconi Company have an nounced that it is hoped to form the merger company between the Marconi Company and the Eastern and Associated Cable Companies" as soon as the necessarily protracted legal formalities can be carried out. The new Merger Company will make an offer to shareholders of the Company to acquire their shares in Cable companies and the Marconi. exchange for shares in the Merger Company.