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FOREIGNERS' SAFETY GUARANTEED- IN CHIHLI.

ALL SHANTUNG UNDER' NATIONALIST RULE.

KUOMINTANG CHAIRMEN OF COUNCILS.

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON SOCONY MANAGER.

General Pei Chung Hsi, who is in command of the Nation- aliat expedition against the Northern troops in Chibli, bas called on the Consular Body and given his assurances for the safety of foreign life and property in the Peking-Mukden Railway zone. His attack is solely against the Chibli-Shantang remnants who refuse to become incorporated under the Nationalist regime, and would be called off immediately if only Chang Trung Chang would " agree to this reorganisation of his troops.

There are various reports of the activities of this expedition. It would appear that there have been some minor skirmishes of an indecisive nature, while Pei Chung Hsi is ready to order s egeneral attack in three days' time. According to Japanese reports the local commander at Tsingtao has followed the inclination of his troops and gone over to the Nationalists, and the whole of Shantung is now under Nationalist rulė.

The Central Executive Committee have issued a. tentative list of Chairmen of Councile. Cables on this subject from Reuter and the vernaen ar Press are identical, except in the case of the Chairman of the Judicial Council. The vernacular papers state that the suggested Chairman is Wang. Ching Wei, a prominent Kuomintang member and leader of the Left Wing, while Reuter Dames the well-known jurist Wang Chung Hui, a fairly recent convert to the Kuomintang who was formerly appointed by the Peking Administration as Delegate to the League of Nations.

ATTACK ON SOCONY SAFETY OF FOREIGNERS.

MANAGER.

{THROUGH REUTEÈ'S AGENCY.]

YUNNANTU, Sept. sth. M. H. C. Page, local manager of the Standard Oil Company of New York, was seriously assaulted on August 30th by Chinege with intent to kill Mr. Page however is re- covering,

TENTATIVE APPOINT-

MENTS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]

NANKING, Sept. 4th.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 1928.

EVACUATION OF RHINELAND.

EARLY NEGOTIATIONS, EXPECTED.

PROPITIOUS „ TIME.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

GENEVA, September 4th. Nothing has yet been fixed as regards the opening of conver sations between M., Briand and the German Chancellor, Herr Mueller, concerning the complete evacuation of the Rhineland, which Germany requested a month ago. The meet- ing, however, will not be long delayed. Herr Mueller is expect ed to make the first move...

The German delegates consider that the time is now ripe for settle ment, especially after the conclu- sion of the Locarno agreements, the

PARIS TO NEW YORK.

FRENCH AVIATORS' VENTURE.

SINGLE-ENGINED 'PLANE,

【THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LA BOURGET, Sept. 4th. The French airmen Sergeants. Aisolant and Lefevre, started at To'clock this morning on a fight | to New York in a one-engined. monoplane.

LATER.

SERIOUS RIOTING IN INDIA.

MOHAMMEDANS QUARREL

HINDUS.

POLICE REINFORCEMENTS CALLED IN.

(THROVON KEUTER'S AGENCY.}"

CALCUTTA, Sept. 3rd. Serious communal ricts in which many were killed and wounded occurred to-day at Eshragpur, the

ours. disturbances, lasting for several

tion of Aisolant and Lefevre is It now appears that the destina

uncertain. They will decide their ultimate course according to wea ther conditions when they reach themente Azores. If the weather is bad they

ay possibly make for Dakar.

uproar.

T.U.C. EXPELS SEAMEN.

THE RED PROPAGANDA

IN SWEDEN.

COMMUNISM'S WORLD CALL.

FORMAL RESOLUTION

PASSED.

DEPUTATION REFUSED

ADMISSION.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, Sept. 3rd

DISAPPOINTING PROGRESS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RIGA, Sept. 3rd.

In spite of the “world-wide rami fications, of Communist organisa- tion and the expenditure of huge The Trade Union Congress meet sums of money, Moscow is far from ing at Swansea this afternoon satisfied with the progress made, passed a resolution formally expel-according to a statement made at ling the National Seamen's Union

the Congress of International Communist Youth, known.

to-dây. " "Kim," which opened at Moscow

from the TU.C.

The local Police were unable to

Mia Margaret Bondfield, the cope with the mobs and reinforce-

well-known woman Labour mem were hurried to the scene-

M. Gorkich, in the course of a from Calcutta. The new arrivalaber, put the resolution on behalf lengthy report detailing the work:: found the pace in an

of the Executive Committee, ex of the organisation and the nature. Every effort was made to get the plaining that the expulsion of the of its activities throughout the rowdies under control, but the Seamen's Union was rendered world, deplored the fact that

although fresh, auclei are con

membership has not increased.

Sudden Collapses.

smooth operation of "the Dawes BIG BUSINESS IN THE crowd grew more and more unruly necessary because the Union protinually being opened up, the total

plas and the signature of the Kellogg Pact.

WORLD. VIEWS OF NAVAL QUESTION.

ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT.

STRONG U.S. OPPOSITION.

[THAGUON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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ELECTION.

GENERAL MOTORS DIVIDED.

PRESIDENT · BACKS. HOOVER.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE).

and eventually the Police

were posed to assist the non-political obliged to open fire on the malco-Miner's Caion formed by Mr. G.

tents.

Merely Formal..

He attributed the failure to the

shout-leaders of the movement in some

It is reported that three of the Spencer, the Labour M.P. for combatants were wounded, but the the Broxstowe division of Notting-non-success of the Communist staff firing stopped the trouble and

ham.

workers to retain the interest of quiet was more or less restored.

youthful members, and moreover, An attempt by Mr. Jack Jones he pointed out, the "arrest of the The trouble originated as the result of a disturbance between oppose the resolution was the Hindus and Mohammedzas.

ed down by the delegates.

countries often resulted in the cul- NEw Youx, Sept. 3rd. Bombs were thrown into the Sikh The Chairman pointed out that lapse of entire organisations. The list of big business men who gurudwara, and afterwards the the resolution was formal since M. Gorkich added that youth LONDON, Sept. 3rd.

are more or less actively partici-attackers set a number of homes the Seamen's Union had already must be recruited by organising According to the Daily Telepating in the Presidential cam-on fire. Fierce fighting ensued be withdrawn from active member chairs, bands and variety enter General Pei Chung Hsi visited {graph's diplomatic correspondent.paign is growing. The decision of tween the Hindus and Moham-ship of the Trades Union Congress-training courses for young agita by establishing the main points of the Anglo-Mr. John J. Raskob, the Chairman medans in the bazaars, and it is

(Wah Tin Yat' Pao).

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4th.

the foreign consular body to-day and assured them that the present campaign was entirely directed

against the Shantung-Chihli rem- nants who were still stubbornly standing aloof from the Nationalist régime,

General Pei pledged his word that he would take responsibility to secure fall protection to foreign residents within the zone of the Peking-Mukden Railway.

He could not, however, ascertain It is reported that, following a when the campaign would start. series of contercoces, the Central | On the other hand if General Chang | Executive Committee. members, Tsung Chang would change his have tentatively settled that Chiang attitude and allow his troops to be Kai Shek "shall become Chairman georganised into Nationalist Unite, of the Executive Council, Tan Yen he would cease the attack on them Kai Chairman of the Examination at once. Council, Wang Chung Hui of the Judicial Council, Hu Hao Min of the Legislative, Council and Chang Ching. Kiang of the Supervisory Council. Hu Han Min will con- currently be Chairman of the Government Council..

GENERAL ATTACK.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEIPING, Sept. 4th. It is authoritatively stated that IMPORTANT CONFERENCES. Pei Ching Hai will issue an 'order

(Wah Tz Yat Pav).

for a general attack on the Chihli- Shantung troops in three days, He was conferring with the Shansi

"SHANGHAI, Sept. 4th. Shortly after his arrival at Generals at Tientsin to-day. The Shanghai Mr. Hu Han Min held first stage will be the capture of private conference with Marshal

Lutai. Chiang Kai Shek, Marshal Li Tsai Hain, Messrs. Li Shih Cheng, Wu Chie Fei, Tai Chi Tao, Li Chung

It is understood that a raiding party from the North is already

Jen and others. Later he called on threatening Ningho, which is cast Mr. Chang Ching Kiang at his residence. During this week it is of Lutai, -

expected that a series of confer-

ences will be called for the discus- to be at Kaiping where he has

sion of political and party affairs which may result in a new develop- ment in China's political situation. Mr. Hu Han Min" said that he was unable at present to meet Mr. Wang Ching Wei, the leader of the Left clique, on the ground that Mr. Wang was too radical in his attitude towards the re-establish- ment of party organisation.

From Mr. Ha's statement it is apparent that the gulf between the "Leftists" and the " Rightists is still too wide to be bridged.

CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN TREATY.

(Wah Tss Yat Pao),

"1

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4th. The delegate of the Czecho- Slovakian Government interviewed Dr. C. T. Wang at the Nanking Foreign Office yesterday and stated that the Czecho-Slovakian Govern ment was willing to "conclude, u treaty with China more or less on the same lines as the Sino-German -treaty--which-had-recently been:

concluded.

TERRIBLE FLOODS IN KOREA.

established his headquarters.

|

French Naval Agreement which, he says, has been allowed to leak out by the Quai d'Orsay and vari- ous French delegates at Geneva, are as follows:

The number of submarines under 600 tons and cruisers not carrying guns over six-inch calibre, will be unlimited.

The correspondent declares he is able to state that the United

States will flatly decline to agree

of the Finance Committee

were killed and of reported that six Mohammedang

while there were

many injured, also several casualties among the Hindus.

General Motors, to resign his post in order to direct the campaign of Governor Al E. Smith, was no

nounced recently.

Mr. Pierre S. Dupont, the Chair- offered to resign for the same pur- man of

of the same corporation, later

pose.

i

Now Mr. Alfred F. Sican, the President of General Motors, has publicly aligned himself with the opposite side, namely, Mr. Her-

to the proposal in regard to cruibert Hoover and Prohibition. sere.

:

Italy's reply will also be unfav. ourable, but Japan is inclined to endorse the Anglo-French“, pro- posala.

www.

GREAT SEND OFF FOR KELLOGG.

CHEERED BY HUGE CROWDS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Lesbos, Sept. 3rd. Notwithstanding B desire to avoid demonstration, Mr. Frank B. Kellogg was given a most enthu siastic eend-off by a huge crowd on his departure from Dublin for Cherbourg to-day,"

The U.S. Secretary of State will pick up a liner at Cherbourg for

New York,"

Esthonis Approves.

REVAL, Sept. 3rd.

"HASSELL "ANDμ¤CRAMER`

SAFE.

TRUDGING TOWARDS.

CIVILIZATION,

SMOKE SIGNALS SEEN.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 3rd. Confirmation has been received of the rescue by Professor Hobbs of Mr. Bert Hassell and Mr. Par ker Cramer, the Rockford airmen, who had been missing for over ·ú' fortnight.

TWO YEARS CASUALTIES...

SIMLA, September 4th. Legislative

Replying to a question in the Assembly, Mr. J. Crerar, a member of the Executive Council, said that 149 has been kill ed and 1,343 injured in communal riots since July, 1928,

RECRUITS FOR FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION.

YOUNG- AUSTRIAN SEN. TENCED IN GERMANY.

PAYMENTS FROM FRANCE.

(THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.]

SORNEIDEMUEL, Sept. 3rd.

A young Austrian was sentenced to six months' imprisonment here to-day, on a charge of recruiting Germans for the French Foreign Legion.

After further discussion, the re

solution was carried.

tainments and

tors.

School Children, Tears Of Communists,

He also advocated the training Admissions to the meeting, of specialists to work in various which was the diamond jubilee ports throughout the world during of the T.U.C., were

carefully the visits of foreign navies. scrutinised in order to prevent the Possibility of a disturbance by the Communist clementi

The meeting also refused re- ceive a deputation of unemployed miners who marched to Swansea in procession for the purpose of rais- ing the question of unemployment at the Trades Union Congress gathering.

M. BOKANOWKI'S DEATH.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S

SYMPATHY.

AIR MINISTER'S MESSAGE,

· [BRITISH, WIRELESS SERVICE]

He announced that since the last congress," Kim" had successfully opened new sections in South Africa, Australia, Palestine, and Indis,

Attention must be given, he said, to Egypt and other countries

Concluding his address, M. Gor- kich said: "We have formed pioneer units in twelve countries to spread Communism among school-children.""

Police Provoked.

WARSAW, Sept., 3rd.

A procession of Young Com- munists creating a disturbance in the Warsaw streets to-day fell foul of a Police official, who after ex- treme provocation, drew a revolver and wounded three.

·Propaganda In Sweden,

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 3rd. " Compla ata have been made that the Russian training-ship Lenin grad, now at Visby, has been carry ing on Bolshevist propaganda by means of placards in Swedish.

The Russian Minister at Stockholm

Ruasy, Sept. 3rd.-

It was stated that he had secured

The British Government and Sir thirty recruite for the Legion and Samuel Hoare, Air Minister, have was in possession of papers show sent messages to Paris expressing ing that he was in regular com profound sympathy at the death munication with the French Em of M. Bokanowski, the French baeay in Berlin and received pay Minister for Commerce, in the waters immediately. ments from the French.

has apologised for the incidents and has informed the Foreign" Ministry that he is taking steps to have the vessel leave Swedish

Dr. Alexandrof. # Russian journalist, who has been suspected

aeroplane tragedy yesterday in As the result of documents found which four others, including the of engaging in military espionage

on him when the arrest was made,

Government has resigned his post as head of the Stockholm office of

the official Tass News Agency..

Their plane made a forced land ing near Sukkertoppen Point on the afternoon of the 19th. The descent was due to exhaustion of their petrol, the machine being many miles beyond its projected landing point at 3fount Evans.

After consultation, Hassell and The Esthonian Government has Cramer decided to make a bid to Chang Tanag. Chang is reported announced its intention of adhering reach civilisation, and for the past a dozen young Germans who were Secretary-General of the Aerial in Sweden on behalf of the Soviet to the Kellogg Treaty for the re-fortnight they have been trudging trying to join the Legion were pre- Navigation Company, were also nunciation of war.

over the desolate wastes of Green- vented from crossing the frontier Reservations Excluded,

land beading as near as they could into France, guage for Mount Evank

"It was revealed during the trial Sir Samuel Hoare speaks of The airmen subsisted on a daily that

400 young Germanis, ration of eight ounces of pemmican antil they had all but reached their destination when they sent U smoke signals which were observed by the Hobbs' expedition.

Hassell and Cramer were then on the shores of fjord near Mount Evans and Professor Hobbs and members of his expedition crossed

NO DECISIVE VICTORY.

(Wah Taz Fat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4th. Nationalist forces have clashed with A report to hand states that the the Northern remnants at Shichis chong, and Paikocheng during the last two days. The Nationalists sem to have gained the upper hand

no, September 4th. The Egyptian Government in its reply accepts the American in- vitation to adhere to the Kellogs Pact, but, according to the news papers, it is made. clear that this does not mean acceptance of the reservations made by any Power.

ין

but no decisive victory has yet been LI TSUNG JEN AT HANKOW. the fjord and found the airmen.

WOL.

FENGTIEN WITHDRAWALS.

J

stato

Naval Wireless messages that considerable troop movements from Wanhaien are reported.

· (Wa} Tr_Fat· Pao),

A Chungking message gives SHANGHAI, Sept. 4th, credence to a report that Liu Hsiang has tendered his resigna According to a foreign report the tion as he intends to retire from Fengtienese troops within the politice. Yang Sen is having. Great Wall have gradually with trouble with hía subordinate drawn to Fengtien since the end of generals. last month. At present there are about 30,000 Fengtienese remaining within the Great Wall.

NATIONALIST · SHANTUNG.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

In Hankow it is stated that the Kwangai party under Li Taung Jen are gaining the upper hand, the Communiste and extremists suffering a serious setback.

Steamers flying the French flag and ruaning on the Yangtze bave stopped proceeding beyond Ichang, presumably owing to the risk of being commandecred.

JAPANESE VESSEL

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4th. According to Japanese reporte. "(THROUGH RRUTER'S AGENCY.]

owing" to the tendency towards Nationalism of the Northern troops TOKYO, Sept. 4th.

at Tsingtao, the local commander The Governor of North-East has gone over to the Nationaliste.

SHELLED... Korea reports the worst floods for with the result that the whole of many years in the Tumen Valley, Shantung now owes allegiance to [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] which have resulted in heavy the Nationalist Government, which casualties and great destruction of is expected totally to upset the

PEIPING, Sept. 4th... property. There are no details plans of Chang Trung Chang who A Japanese cruiser and a 'des- owing to the breakdown of eom-intended to transfce his army from troyer-have-gone to Tengehow to Azications, but it is catimated Chiwangtao to Shantung in-an-investigate the attack upon the that 500 have been drowned and effort to re-establish his authority Kaike dru which was shelled as 400 washed away..

in Shantung,

́well as fired on with rifles.

SOUTH AFRICAN TREATY OF COMMERCE,

SIGNED WITH GERMANY,

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

PRETORIA, Sept. 3rd-

some

killed.

"

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.

most of whom were seeking to "the irreparable loss which the enlist in the Foreign Legion, have French Government and French VICE-PRESIDENTS ELECTED. been turned back at the frontier aviation have sustained in the during the past twelve months.

The German police believe that the prisoner is a member of ja large gang operating in the occu- pied territories, but that after his arrest, the others. fed from Germany...

THE KING'S COUSIN INJURED.

ACCIDENT TO PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

Reasy, Sept. 3rd, Princess Marie Louise, a cousin

A Treaty of Commerce between Germany and South Africa, which was signed on Saturday, provides to HM the King, has been in for immigration, settlement and the volved in a motor car collision near legal position of the contracting Tetbury, Gloucester. parties nationals, companies, aeso- ciations, consuls and so on.

Unconditional most-favoured na- tion treatment is also provided by the Treaty, which, however, sale- guards the existing Imperial pre-

ferences.

GREEK FEVER OUTBREAK. VENIZELOS A VICTIM

(THROUGE ELUTER'S AGENCY.}

ATHENE, Sept. 3rd. M. Venizelos, the Premier, is the latest victim of the dengue fever epidemic. He has been taken to hospital, but it is not believed that

the attack is serious,

The windscreen of the Princess's car was stashed, and she was cut about the face, her nose being rather badly injured.

The Princess is a daughter of the late Prince and Princess Christian.

JUGO-SLAV MINISTER TO ALBANIA

tragic death of M. Bokanowski,"

His SuccesscIS. (THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY:}

PARIS, Sept. 3rd. M. Queuille, the Minister of Agriculture, has been

appointed Minister of Commerce ad interim in the place of M. Bokanowski, who was killed in Sunday's air tragedy.

M. Georges Leygues, the Minis ter of Marine, has been appointed. to take charge of the Air Depart ment which was also in the care of M. Bokanowski.

THE "L.55" VICTIMS. JOINT FUNERAL--WITH-FULL- HONOURS.

[#ITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, Sept. 3rd. The following have been elected Vice-Presidents of the Assembly :- M. Adatci, 40 votes: M. Briand, 25 votes: Herr Mueller, 38 votes Lord Cushendun, 37 votes; Mx Mackenzie King, 33 votes, Di Seipel, Austria, 24 voter.

HURRICANE STRIKES

CRIMEA.

GREAT DAMAGE DONE,

„[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.Ţ

Moscow, Sept. 3rd

ATLANTIC MAILS.

A burricane struck the Crimea to-day causing great destruction of property and many casuales. Seven fatalities are reported from Sebastopol,while, in the country RUGBY, Sept. 3rd.

districts the vineyards have been Owing to the difficulty, of identi-loaded, while hundreds of cattle fication, the Admiralty has decided have been drowned in many places that all the bodies of the crew of the British submarine L68, which was sunk in Russian waters in 1010, shall be buried together in one grave when they reach Porte- mouth from Russia.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3rd. BELGRADE, Sent ard. The remains are expected to A seaplane catapulted from the Health reasons, is the official arrive in port on Wednesday: Full | liner fie de France off Cape Race explanation of the decision of M. naval honours will be rendered and at two o'clock this morning, arrived Mihanovitch, the Jugo Shy Mints the bodies wille in state at Fort at Boeton at four o'clock this alter. ter to Albania, who is at present Block House, the headquarters of noon, thus saving a full day in the on holiday in Belgrade, not to the Submarine Flotilla. They will transmission of the Transatlantic return to his poet at Tirana.

be inferred at Haelar on Friday. maile

[THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.)

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]