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NATIONALIST ARMIES THREATEN

TANGSHAN.

CHIHLI-SHANTUNG TROOPS EXPECTED TO WITHDRAW.

BRITISH PREPARATIONS TO SAFEGUARD

FOREIGNERS.

NANKING GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS

SETTLED.

Pei Chung Hsi has the situation well in hand against the Chibli.· Shantung remnants, and is prepared to launch a threefold offensive against Tangshan, the last Northern stronghold, if the Chibli Shantung troops do not withdraw without fighting. British troops are at both Tangshan and Weihaiwei in order to protect foreign life and property. They expect that the Northerners will retire from Tangshan, but do not anticipate any trouble either from them or the Nationalists. Almost all the foreigners who were spending their holiday at Peitaiho have now returned.

Official opinion in Nanking believes that, following a series of conferences between Chiang Kai Shek and the moderate leaders. differences have been done away with and reconstruction problems, settled. It is expected that most members of the Central Execu tive Committee will now return to Nanking to resume office and attend the meetings of the Committee. PEI CHUNG HSI'S ATTACK.

(Tsun Wan Tat Pao.)

SBANGBAI, Sept. 9th. General Pei Chung Ht is pre- pared to order a general attack on the enemy from three direc- tions at Tangshan, the enemy's last stronghold.

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According to the latest military report General Pei Chung Hai's forces have captured Lutai, Ningho and Fengjen. Their vanguard are advancing to Bhukuochong..

YEN HSI SHAN'S RETURN.

(Taun Fan Yat Pao.):

SHANGHAI, Sept. 9th.

CHIANG ACHIEVES UNITY.

(THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Sept. 8th.

As the result of conferences with

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1928.

G TRUTH OF NAVAL

COMPROMISE.

PLANE MISSING!

FROM "ARGUS."

LOST IN NORTH "SEA?

UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH.

[TEROUCH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Sept. 9th. The Air Ministry announces that as a reeuit of the presumed descent in the North Sea on September 6th of the Blackburn aircraft num-

The Argus is at present at Inver- gordon. The missing aeroplane left on a reconnaissance' flight on Thursday evening and failed to return. All efforts to trace her have hitherto been unsuccessful.

TRIUMPH FOR BRITISH

STILL BEFORE FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

ABANDONMENT DENIED.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SLEVICE.)

LITHUANIA AND POLAND:

NEGOTIATIONS TO CONTINUE,

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS?

{THROUGH REDTER'S. AGENCY.]

KELLOGG PEACE PACT.

WARNING BY JOYNSON. HICKS.

RUSSIA CRITICISED.

(THROUGH RAUTEN'S AGENCY.]

Losnos, Sept. 3th. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, in a

GENEVA, Sept. 8th. The Council of the League in public sitting adopted the report speech at Hunterston, Ayrshire, of Herr van Blokland, the Nether after emphasising that the Cabinet lands member, favouring the con- was at unity on. the subject of tinuance of the Polish-Lithuanian safeguarding, warned his hearers negotiations with a view to the not to expect too much from the establishment of normal relations between the two countries.

The report suggests that in the event of failure the Council should order a careful enquiry by experts into the difficulties.

ROBY, Sept. 3th. Reports current in the Prees that the Anglo-French compromise ber-493 of the flight attached to regarding baval disarmament has His Majesty's aircraft carrier

been abandoned may be disregard Argus, Pilot Officer Samuel Hated. The proposals are still before ton, Naval Lieutenant Charles

the American, Italian" and Japanere Sheldon Booth and a telegraphiet Governments, to whom they were are reported missing.

submitted some time ago. They were designed solely to facilitate progress in the prepastors mision for disarmament, where advance had been held up by differ

Herr Hammersjoeld, the Regis- ences between the British and trar of the Permanent Court of French views regarding methods International Justice at the Hague, to effect naval limitation. In place has left for Geneva to represent of their two existing drafts, the the Court at the ninth meeting of British and French experts were the League of Nations for ques able to agree on one draft which tions particularly affecting the was thereupon submitted for con- Court. sideration to. the other Powers chiefly concerned. It has been repeatedly emphasised that all the other Powers concerned at Geneva must come into the agreement if MRS. LINDBERGH AS it is to be effective and that other wise the proposals fall to the ground, in which event the search

LIGHT 'PLANE.

5,000 MILE FLIGHT BY SPANISH AVIATORS,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

Reasy, Sept. 7th, Senhor Ogana, a Spanist officer on leave, accompanied by a civi

the noted Moderate, Mr. Hu Hanian, arrived at Croydon this week, Min, and other Nationalist Party after having, made a 5,000 mile tour leaders, Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's efforts to achieve unity in the Kuomintang are meeting with a large measure of success, accordinglittle over a month. to the N.-C. Daily News..

Important re-organisation prob- |lems have been considered and, it is believed, a solution has been found, the esentials of which will be the formation of an Adminis

for accord would have to be re-

of Europe in a British light aero-sumed along some other line. plane-an Avro-Avian, fitted with Cirrus Mark Two engine, in a

The machine, which is of the same type as that ip which Squadron Leader Hinkler. flew to Australia, was pae of three de- livered,

Senhor "Ogarn flew along the Mediterranian coast Italy,

to

The Powers to which the Anglo- French "Agreement has been sub- mitted have not get expressëd: their view" as to its suitability of otherwise as a basis of discussion.

And In France.

PARIS, Sept. 9th. Rumours that the Franco-British Naval Agreement is to be aban- doned are denied here as well as

nothing at present justifies the assumption that the replies of the other Powers consulted will be

U.S. CELEBRITIES FÖR TURKEY,

CHEMISTRY TEACHER.

AMERICAN HOSTESS.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

Mra.

Naw Yonx, Sept. 9th. Evangeline Lindbergh, mother of the aviator, has left

NO TRUCK WITH THE SQVIET.

T.U.C, DERIDES SUGGESTION.

RUSSIANS HAVE RUINED THEIR COUNTRY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGINGS.]

Another

LONDON, Sept. 7th. slap in the face of

Moscow was delivered at to-day's session of the Trade Union Con.

gress assembly at Swansea when the delegates overwhelmingly de Kellogg Pact All the nations of fented a resolution, demanding the the world were still armed to the convocation of a world confes- teeth, and the pact must be folence to discuss the establishment owed up and translated into action or one international trade union, and requesting the General Council by a further diminution of aria-

to take steps for the construction mente.

of an Anglo-Russian Joint Advisory Council.

Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Railway- men's leader, opposing the resolu tion, was loudly applauded for the sentiments he expressed.

He declared that the Anglo- French Agreement Wis in the direction merely of defensive as against offensive warfare. He did not want to discuss this agreement with reference to any particular Power, but the British Government owed a

duty to the country in dealing with disarmament to dealing to ruin and disrupt ours," he with the fundamental question of said, "we are not going grovelling the safety, of the nation and trade to Russia." (Cheers.)

routes.

He concluded: "The Kellogg Part was signed not only by the civil ised nations of the world, but also by Soviet Russia, yet the latter was simultaneously doing its beet to foment revolution in Britain and in every other civilised country."

More Recruits, WASHINGTON, Sept. 8th.

The State Department have an-

While the Russians have ruin- ed their own country and are try-

Mr. Will Thorne also attacked

the resolution in a light speech, ia' the course of which he expressed regret that Comrade Stalin was not present to find that he was not getting value for the money spent attempt to infect British

in as trade unions with Communism. (Laughter.)

A would-be supporter of the 're-

solution was shouted down and was

for Turkey aboard the liner Contenounced that Turkey and Lithuania 'unable to make himself beard. -

Grande to teach chemistry in a

intend to adhere to the Kellogg

The resolution was put as a mat

women's college there. She is Pact, while President Calles haster of form and overwhelmingly accompanied by Miss Alice Morrow, approved the recommendation of defeated. sister of Dwight Morrow, the the Foreign Department in lavour American Ambassador to Mexico, of Mexico adhering to the Fact

From Teheran it is unofficially college,

reported that the Persian Govern-

General Yen Hsi Shan has left trative Council similar to a Cabi. Salonika and Constantinople, then in London It is pointed out that who will act as hostess to the Tatung for Peiping where he is net. to be headed by Marshal expected to arrive to-morrow.

BRITISH PREPARATIONS.

THROUGH REUTER

AGENCY.)

PEKING, Sept. oth.

struck

north-eastward through the Balkans to Vienna, went on to Prague, few through Berlin and finally made his way to Lerdon vid Amsterdam.

: GERMAN DIPLOMAT'S

Chiang Kai Shek, while Mr. Huj Han Min will head the Legislative

fat reinaals to consider the agree Council and three other councila-

ment, although further explana- namely, Judicial, Supervisory and Throughout the tour the airmentions may be asked. Civil Service (examination)-will had no mechanical trouble, and The detachments_of_the_Bedford-be formed „in `conformity with the their effort hag aroused consider- shire and Hertfordshire Regiment; late Dr. Sun Yat Sea's five-powerable interest in Spanish air circles, sent to Tangshan and Wahaiwei in Jane are still there, and have form of government. "taken the usual precautions for the defence of foreign life and property. They have been given the usual instructions to maintain the strictest neutrality between the contending Chinese forces.

It is generally anticipated that the Chibli-Shantung remnants will shortly retire from Tangshan, but the

British authorities de not

Thus the administration of China

will be developing 21 lines 110 similar to the Soviet system, but: more in conformity with Western idens.

It is understood that long em

anticipate any serious trouble in phasis will now be placed on fac Tangshan either from the retreat- tionalism because the Moderates, ing Chili-Shantung forces or from the advancing Nationalists,

Most of the foreigners who were epending a holiday at Peitaiho are believed now to have returned. Owing to the difficulties of travel, the Kingsing, special ship, brought back about five hundred together yesterday.

FENGJEN CAPTURED. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEKING, Sept. 9th. Pei Chung Hsi's subordinate Li Pin' Heien claius that after several hours' fighting he captured Feng. jen at noon on September 8th Other forces are advancing along the railway to Tangshan

HUMILIATION DAY.

(Wah T Fat Pan.)

SHANGBAI, Sept. 9th. The Nanking Government officials held a meeting to-day in memory of the humiliation day when China accepted the

Protocol. Boxer Among those who delivered pas sionate speeches was General Li Lieh Chun, the C.E.C. member.

General Li described the treaty as the most humiliating one China had ever been forced to acceps,

and Chiang Kai Shek's following, and the Kwange Group are work- ing together.

They both speak very highly of British workmanship and design, and either to-day or to-morrow they

will leave Croydon again for Paris on their way to Spain.

WORLD'S SPEED RECORD.

THE BRITISH ATTEMPT.

BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICK.]

SUDDEN DEATH.

RESIGNED SOONER THAN SIGN VERSAILLES TREATY.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

BERLIN, September. 9th The death is announced, from a sudden paralytic stroke at his brother'e house here, of Count Brockdorf Frantzau, the Germani ambassador to Moscow,

Rrony, Sept. 8th. Flight-Lieutenant Darcy Greig

The late Count was Foreign It is suggested that Mr. Wu Tзz

will make his attempt to beat the Minister in 1919 and went to Paris' Fei's clique is not enthusiastic world's speed record of 316 m.ph to receive the Peace terms. He re- over there developments as it has on a Supermarine Napier racing fused to sign the Versailles Treaty.. always sought to force Chiang Kai seaplane on about September 22nd.returned to Berlin and resigned. Shek to work through it, politic-The attempt will be made at Cal- ally.

shot, Southampton Water.

FENG AND THE BANDITS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.Į.

BRITISH FLIGHT TO BUCHAREST.

A SUCCESSFUL TRIP.

(BRITISH WIRELESS, SERVICE.

RUGBY, Sept. 8th. flight from London to distance of 1,000 A

VICTIMS OF “L.55"

DISASTER...

HUGE PROCESSION AT -

FUNERAL.

SOVIET ATTITUDE PRAISED.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE

Rucay, Sept. 7th.

SECRETS OF ACETIC ACID, ment agrees to the principles of the

CONSPIRACY AGAINST DYE

TRUST.

DUTCH BUSINESS MEN ARRESTED.

(THROUGH REUTER'A`AGENCY.]

UT

BERLIN, Sept. 8th. The senior partner of a Dutch- obemical works and several other individuals have been arrested at Cologne on a charge of industrial espionage. It is alleged that they got into contact with a firm be longing to the Dye Trust in endeavour to secure the secrets of the production of acetic acid.

ANGLO-FRENCH -NAVAL AGREEMENT.

RUMOURS AND DENIALS.

[THROUGH EZUYER'S AGENCY.] -

LONDON, Sept. 8th. The London newspapers assert America's objec- that owing to tion, the British Government has decided to drop the proposed Anglo-French Naval Agreement.

LATER.

Official quarters declare founds- PEKING, Sept. 8th."

tionless the newspaper reports a A telegram from Lanchow states

to the proposed withdrawal of the that some months ago a Mohum.

Anglo-French" "Naval Agreement, medan, Ma Ting Heiang, a former

and explain that the proposals Military Commissioner at Liang.

The

are still before the United States. chow, came to an understanding Bucharest,

Italian and Japanese Governments with Chang Tso Lin, who sent him miles, has been accomplished in"] There were impressive and move and that no action can be taken arms and ammunition vid Mon- one day by Flight-Lieutenant ing scenes at Haslar Cemetery,till their answers are received. golia. He was also apparently in Scholefield in a Vickers Visibility Portsmouth, to-day, when, with full allmance with Fan Chung Haiu of machine with a

HUGE GUNS FOR SINGA- 530 horee-power naval honours, the remains of engine. Honan, Ma Ting Haiang in April Napier Lion

Including forty-two officers and men of the

PORE. was strong enough to Hochow but the rising then wasney was completed in 12 hours.

besiege two stops for refuelling, the jour British sabmarine L55, which was sunk in the Baltic nine years ago, However, by apparently quelled.

were interred. the end of June Me Ting Hsiang

POLA NEGRI INJURED. war again besicging Hochow, ac cording to an official statement,

STAR THROWN FROM HER HORSE. with an army of several tens of thousands of bandits. There has been considerable kes of life and

It was far more vicious than the property at Hochow and surround- notorious Twenty-one Demands." ing towns but it is claimed that

the Kuominchun under

General

He urged that the Chinese people Chow Hai Ping has been, ao far, and particularly our comrades" should co-operate with the Central successful in defending Hochow.

Yeng Yu. Hsiang has now des Government in steadfast striving for the goal of China's freedom patched an expedition under Sun from the shackles of inequal Liang Chun to Kansu to suppress

the rising.

treaties."

PROBLEMS SETTLED.

(Wah Tez Yat Pao),

SHANGHAL. Sept. 9th.. According to official opinion in Nanking after a series of confer ences between the Moderate leaders and Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's clique reconstruction problems

SOVIET CITIZENS ON TRIAL.

ARRESTED IN RAID ON EMBASSY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Sept 9th. been seriously hurt by being thrown The Elm star Pola Negri has

from her horse while riding in the Bois de Boulogne.

CHINA AND THE LEAGUE.

BRITISH SUPPORT OF NEW APPLICATION,

Gun carriages and motor lorries carried the coffins and wreaths, and behind the principal mourners the widows, fathers and mothers of the victims-were representatives of the Navy, Army and Air Force and the Naval Attaches of France, Italy, the United States, Argen tina Peru, Japan and Exthonia.

The Admiralty representative was Vice-Admiral Haggard, the Fourth Sea Lord. There were over

1,000 officers and men in the pro- cession. Owing to the impossibility of the individuals being identified, no name was engraved on any one of the coffins.

Captain Dearing, of the merchant steamer Truro, which brought the bodies from Kronstadt to Reval, in an interview with a Press repré- sentative speaks highly of the at- titude of the Russian authorities in connection with the embarkation

18-INCH MONSTERS WEIGH ING 150 TONS:

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 8th. The Daily News states that three 18-inch guns constracted experi mentally during the War are being shipped to Singapore "on a cargo steamer for defence of the Singa pore Base.

STA €0

Pact, but will only sign subject to certain reservations in the interests of Persia

A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.

STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM.

A PRESIDENT'S SON.

[BEUTER'A AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, Sept. 7th. John Coolidge, the son of the President, has decided to enter the railway business. He will join the freight department of the New York, Newhaven, Hartford Rail road and will start from the bot tom, working his way up without favouritism.

COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE.

MENTAL STATE OF INDIAN MURDERER,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CALCUTTA, Sept. 7th. The death sentence passed on the Mabommedan, Kazi Buzlar Rahman, for, fatally stabbing Mr.

ASSAILANT OF MUSSOLINI.

OLD ATTACK RECALLED.

HEAVY SENTENCES FOR ACCOMPLICES.

[TENOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Rox, Sept. 7th. The Special Military tribunal for the Defence of the State has sen- tenced to 30 years' imprisonment Mammolo Zamboni and his sister- in-law, Virginia Tabarroni, on a- charge of instigating the boy Anteo Zambonito fire at Signor Musso- lini on October 31st, 1926,

Another accused, Ludovico Zam- boni, was acquitted, on the ground of insufficient evidence,

Signor Mussolini gave evidence at the trial, at 'which it was sought to show that Anteo Zamboni was completely under the influence of members of his family.

The incident on which the trini was based occurred when Anteo Zamboni, an 18-year-old youth, fr.. ed a revolver at Signor Mussolini as he was leaving a hall where he had inaugurated a Scientific Con- giess

The bullet severed the ribbon of one of Signor Mussolini's decora tions and pierced the edge of his uniform, breast-high.

An infuriated crowd pounced on the youthful assailant, stabbing him and striking him with clubs and canes, causing his instant death."

JUSTICE.

G. E. W. Davies, the British dis | COURT OF INTERNATIONAL trict magistrate at Chittagong, hus been commuted. to transportation for life.

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This has been done in view of the accused's mental history.

NEW YORK SHARE MOVEMENTS.

7

AMAZING ACTIVITY,

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

NEW YORя, Sept. 7th. One of the wildest "bull" move.

The guna

feet long, weigh nearly 130 tons, and fire aments in the history of the New York Block Market' occurred to- 3,333 the projectile.

day, when over five million shares changed hands."

AGITATORS AMONG THE HARVESTERS.

A GLASGOW RINGLEADER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Prices of the active stocks, rose from two to twenty points as the solid stream of orders poured in by telegram from all parts of the country, from Europe, and øven from ships at sea WINNIPEG, Sept. 8th. Dealings, in blocks of from 5,000 The police allege that the comto 15,000 bares were common, and of the bodies. He says:-"Not paratively few malcontents among the tape machines were half an

wert or. hour behind all day long. though the bodies had been those the British harvesters

The customers' rooms in the

{THROUGH REUTERʼN AGENCY.}"

GENEVA, Sept. 8th. The Chinese delegation to the League of Nations has announced (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.)

that China will pay this year's PEKING, Sept. Bth.

subscription to the League in two Fifteen Soviet citizens, arrested instalments and deal later with have been satisfactorily arranged during the raid on the Embassy in China's arrears It is expected that the greater April 1927, were brought up

It is understood that Britain the Russians have paid them greater Glasgow ringleader and assisted brokers offices were jammed and number of C.R.C. members will preliminary trial yesterday after and the British Dominions intend honour an courtesy. It was a reby local Communists. Out of the the galleries in the Stock Market

returning crowded with visitor. proceed to Nanking on the 12th noon. They were released on ball to support China's claim to remarkable tribute to the tradition 10.000 only 300

of the sea in honouring the gallant home. alleging unfair treatment,

Telephone operators in the nan inst. to resume office and to attend late last night after each had first newal of her membership of the the regular meeting of the Central Laigned document promising.net League Council in a seat to which dead, irrespective of the nation to though they were offered jobs at cial district were driven to distrac.

which they belong

tion by the Lerindless.cália.... Executive Committea

Persia is also an aspirart- to leave Peking before the tria

for

of their own honoured dead, could guised by Communists...with

ara

Bday with their kéop."

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ELECTED.

(TUROYGH REUTER'S AGENCY.1

GENEVA, Sept. 8th. Both the Assembly and Council of the League have elected Mr. Hughes, United States ex-Secre- tary of State, as a member of the Permanent Court of International Justice in succession to the Ameri- can Judge Bassett More, who has resigned."

OBITUARY.

SECRETARY OF THE C.M.S.

(THRONCH. REUTER'S AGEKCY.]

LONDON, Sept, 7th, The death is announced of Dr. Engêne Stock, former Secretary of the Church Missionary Society..

OLD SHANGHAI RESIDENT.

SHANGHAI, Sept.-8th

The death has occurred of Mr. WJN Dyer, a partner, in Mears. Wheelock and Co., who has been in Shanghai for thirty-six

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