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COAL SHORTAGE AVOIDED.

COMMUNICATION WITH

MINES..

TRAINS RUN FROM TANGSHAN.

[THROUGH RECTER'S ABINGT.)

TIENTSIN, Sept. 14th. The first irain from Tangehan since the interruption of traffic

arrived at Tientsin this morning.

The serious coat shortage situa- tion, owing to the former inability to transport coal from the mines, is dow"averted.

Peking Mukiden Railway officials state that beyond a few locomo tives no rolling stock has been found in the sheds at Tangshan, but it is expected that the service will gradually improve.

ATLANTIC "MAIL

'PLANE.

FOUND NEAR SCILLY ISLES.

At

ALL CREW SAFE,

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY:]

Loxboy, Sept. 14th.

ten o'clock on Thursday morning, Lieutenant Demougeot, who has been the leading figure in the new schele, was catapulted from the deck of the liner Ile de Fraure with the Continental mail from America,

Lieutenant Demeugeot

started

from a point off the Irish coast, but since he took off from the le de France nothing more has been heard of hir

Seaplanes from Cherbourg have fruitlessly searched the waters in his line of route, and shipping has JAPAN AND NATIONALISTS. been warned to be on the look-out,

(Tano TX'S AGENCY. ]

TOKYO, Sept. 14th. Baron Tanaka, speaking at a Cabinet council, stated that he hoped that, negotiations with the Nationaliste. on all outstanding questions would be started in the near future, as

The Air Ministry last night re- ceived a message from the British #teamer Mostyn stating that her white lifebelt crew had floating of Land's End.

keens a

Pilot Safe.

LATER. Lieut. Demouget's missing sen- plane has been discovered in the sea south-west of the Scilly Isles both Chiang Rai and has been taken in tow.. Shek and Feng Yu Hsiang seemed

desirous to settle the issue.

Referring to anti-Japanese feel

The

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th,

AMERICA NOT WORRYING.

MELLON'S FAVOURABLE

REPORT.

`BUSINESS. SATISFACTORY.

[RECTER'S AMERICAN KERVICE]-

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13th Mr. Andrew Mellon, of the Trea- sury, has submitand his report to President Coolidge regarding the business conditions existing in the Enited States.

He is of opinion that business is satisfactory condition and on in a a soun basis. These satisfactory conditions prevail throughout the country generally, though there are some spots" in the general indus- trial situation suffering from na tural causes.

Economies effected in the use of coal and the superabundance of mines are largely responsible for the slump in the coal industry, but Mr. Mellan thinks that the bottom has been reached and forecasts that conditions will from now on im- prove.

SPANISH PLOTS QUELLED.

REVOLUTION A LAST RESORT.

DICTATOR'S "ARTICLE,

(THAOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ין

MADRID, Sept. 14th The Government regard the plot

against the Directorate as squash ed. The celebrations of the fifth anniversary of the directorate are proceeding most enthusiastically, and brilliant sunshine favoured the great procession of delegations from the patriotic unicus to the Royal Palace Square, where Gen. Frimo di Rivera addressed them.

The Dictator, speaking at the banquet in his honour, thanked General

the Director Bazan, General of Police, for his real and

kill in handling the trouble.

The Dictator subsequently at-

tended a ball-fight, where he was received with prolonged cheers.

Unparalleled Case. The views of General Primo di fivera on revolutions are aired in an article he has written to the

Over-stimulation during the war has caused reaction in the textile | Correspondencia Militar. He says industries, which are also feeling the effect of the manufacture of ar tificial fabrics.

that the fact that a Lieutenant General and several Generals could break the bonds of discipline and were able to seize power in 1923, while officers and men, remained pro-steady and did not lose their dis-

There is nothing, the report pilot and his companions are safe.states, unfavourable in the

ing in China, the Premier averred AIR ROUTE TO THE that there wI4 nothing to fear,

though he affirmed that Japan

would take resolute steps if her rights and interests were endan gered.

SALT GABELLE.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE |

Rrour, Sept. 13th. The British, Japanese and French Legations in Peking have sent a

EAST."

- DUTCH ENTERPRISE.

'PLANES DUE AT BAGDAD.

(THROUGH REUTER'8"AGENCY.]

Ban, Sept.13th. Acroplanes forming the first Dutch air, mail service to Batavia are due to arrive at Bagdad or joint Note to Nanking impressing September 18th, to embark the Irak

The Times

on the Chinese Nationalist Govern-mails for Persia, ment the need for prompt and Malaya and beyond. effective restoration of the Salt Gabelle to its proper functions.

The Chinese sal revenue is as signed as security for various for eigu loans, although its efficient reorganisation by Sir Richard Dane

India tind

af Mesopotamia laments that the Imperial Airways service has been forestalled, in spite of endless talk of." expen sive subsidies," but congratulates the Dutch" Government on their

also served to, confer. immense superior enterprise. benefits on China

spects of the farmers and 1923 should be a good year.

Mr. Mellon's general conclusion is that there is no cause for worry.

cipling or respect for rank, was, not merely surprising, it was un- paralleled in the world's history.

No Detective,

"I do not know if people are conspiring now," he continues,

HURRICANE SWEEPS" because there is nothing of the

WEST INDIES.

COMMUNICATIONS WRECKED.

HUGE WIND VELOCITY,

{REUTIH'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New Yox, Sept. 14th. A wind. velocity of 139 milee an hour was registered by the Govern meet's anemometer at San Juan, Puerto Rico, before the instru- ment blew away yesterday. The hurricane is sweeping the West

detective about me. I did not con- spire; I made speeches and wrote openly. The only way whereby revolution can be justified is by the certainty in the minds of the whole nation that it cannot make things worse than before. Let us carry on in the hope of greater prosperity. for Spain and the cer Lainty that we have done duty."

OBT

LAND IN FORBIDDEN

ZONES.

ALL DISQUALIFIED.

COMPETITORS FORCED DOWN,

TERRIBLE WINDS, AND STORMS.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

1928.

SOVIET UNIONS NONPLUSSED.

FAILURE OF VULGAR METHODS.

PRIESTS GAINING 'GROUND.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RIGA, Sept. 13th. The Council of Red Trade Unions

Los Andes, Sept. 13th. Mr. Art Goebel, the well-known long distance flier, who won the Trans-Pacific fight to Honolulu in conference. at Moscow has ex last year for the prize offered by pressed deep concern at the failure Mr. Dole, to-day finished first in of the Holabevik campaign against the priests of Russia, and has con- the non-stop air-race from New demned the methods hitherto em York to Los Angeles.

Goebel's machine landed at Mines Field 'to-day 23 bours 50 minutes after he took off from Roosevelt Field.

It was later announced that Goebel had made a forced descent in the course of the flight, landing at Prescott, Arizona. He is, there- fore, automatically disqualified.

"No Race."

LATER.

All the other competitors landed at various points on the route and were disqualified. The non-stop. air race, therefore becomes "no race."

Goebel declared that did not see how any plane could win through against the winds and storms with which he battled through the night.

RIOTS IN FRENCH GUIANA.

PROMINENT CITIZEN

POISONED.

ADHERENTS SEIZE CABLES.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

ployed in the campaign as "too vulgar and only harmful."

It has been decided that the utmost shall be done to assist in 'a reorganised effort to stem the tide of religion, which has recently been reported as gathering force throughout Russia..

VARIED PROBLEMS OF THE LEAGUE.

RUMR QUESTION · AGAIN DISCUSSED,

WOMEN JURISTS.

[TREOUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 13th.

A big effort is being made at Geneva in private discussions be tween representatives of the Allied Occupying Powers and Germany to find an avenue, for discussion of the vexed question of the Rhineland evacuation, and reports received to- day are promising.

-

Briand, Signor Scialoja, M. Hymans, Herr Mueller, Baron Von Schubert, and Mr. Adatchi were present at the meeting held, as arranged, this morning in Lord Cushendun's apartments at Beau.

Again the whole question was thoroughly explored, the discussions lasting for two and a half hours....

It is complained that despite all | Rivage, Geneva. efforts by opponents, religion is winning all along the line as the result of the more skilful tactics of the Priests, who often are in a position to attract the masses by the clever adoption of Communist slogans to their own use.

WORLD'S RELIGIONS IN CONFERENCE.

INDIA AS MEETING PLACE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S IDENCY.] -

GENEVA, Sept. 13th. The special committee appointed by the delegates at the preliminary Religious Peace Conference being held at Geneva, have reported, re- commending that a Universal Re- ligious Peace Conference should be held in 1030, and strongly recom- mending that India should be the

venue.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 13th. Rioting, accompanied by blood- shed, is reported in French Guiana, and a message received here frommittee. Para states that the situation is serious

The final decision in this respect is being left to the Executive Cots

The delegates are repre- sentative of practically all living religions.

50 COMMUNIST WOMEN.

"PEACE" MISSION TO RUSSIA

BEGUN BY WAR SPEECH,

Oficial Statement. Afterwards, Lord Cushendun's secretary issued in official state- ment to the Press, informing the various representatives that all the different aspects of the Rhineland evacuation had been fully examin- ed and would be further considered in much the same circumstances next Sunday.

M. Briand, the French Foreign Secretary, is leaving for Paris to- 'day to attend a Cabinet Meeting, when no doubs he will outline the conclusions reached" at the meetings already held, and obtain instruc

tions.

He will return to Geneva on

Saturday and will, of course, be present at Sunday's meeting.

It is hoped that a basis for dis-. cussion may be found during the week-end that will enable negotia tions to be continued through diplomatic channels in the coming"

weeks,

Women's Sphera,

GENEVA, Sept. 13th.. The claim, of women for a sphere of influence in the activities of the League of Nations was brought up to-day at a meeting of the First Economic Committee, and a resolu- tion

The trouble appears to have be gun by the supposed poisoning of M. Galmot, the Colony's former Deputy to the French Parliament, which caused rioting early last montb.

wia passed recommending The adherents of M. Galmot re- 20th have arrived in Rusein.

According to the Moscow Governments to include a woman in volted, and a Magistrate and others- Treestyn, the women were elected their delegations to the Codification. are reported to have been shot. by the workers in mining and. of International Law Conference at

The trouble has since spread, and bassadors of pence to Savist the Hague in 1929.

Indies, and cable and wireless com- FOREIGN CAPITAL IN MEXICO, the insurgents have gained posses munications with Puerto Rico were interrupted 'alter only the meagrest

With the establishment of the PARIS ATTACKED BY AIR. detaile had been received. These

Nationalist Government in Nan-

king it was expected that the "recent disocation of the Gabelle organisa- tion would be rectified, but so fur the Nanking authorities have delay- į ed taking the steps necessary to this

end.

NATIONALIST PROGRESS.

[THOUGH ASUTER'S AGENCY.]

The Nationalist forces crossed the river at two points, Tungping fu and Lanhsien, on Thureday.

When the Nationalists entered Laahsien early on Thursday morn ing, they encountered little opposi

tion.

There are now two Nation aliet armoured trains at Lanbeien, while one is being used on the 'railway. Some rolling stock was left in the station there after the Shantung troops left, but other stations cost of Tangsahn were cleared of all rolling stock before the Shantung forces evacuated.

Although no definite information can be obtained, it is believed that Lanhsien bridge is still intact.

About two thousand Nationalist troops passed Kuyeh on Thursday going in an easterly direction,

M

BRITISH MINISTER AS SPECTATOR.

FRENCH MANŒUVRES,

[THROUGH BEUTÈL & AGENCY.]

mesangco spoke of widespread havoc with damage amounting to 22,000,000 in San Juan alone, where businees is paralysed. The hurricane showed no, eighs of nbating.

IMPORTANT DECISION,

(THROGGA.REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 14th, An important decision in con- "nection with the land-owning clausee of the constitution has beea given by the Foreign. Ofice Jaying EXTREMIST AGITATORS AT down that Mexican companies with

WORK.

foreign shareholders may. own lands in the forbidden zones, provided WATERSIDE WORKERS OVER-that they are only used for agricul-

AWED.

PARIS, Sept. 13th... Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Secretary of State for Air, Air" Marshal Sir High Trenchard, and Air Vice-Marshal F. R. Scarlett, arrived from London by air AUSTRALIAN OWNER'S VIEW. to-day to witness the French air nanoeuvres beginning in the "south of Paris to-morrow.

The plans are based on precisely the same line as those over Lon- don in August, about 350 bombers and fighters being engaged in at- tacking and defending Paris.

The French Budget provides. for an increase of nearly £1,000,000 in the Air Force estimates.

TORNADO IN NEBRASKA.

DAKOTA CITY STRUCK.

COUNTY SCHOOL WRECKED.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE]

- DAKOTA CITY, Sept. 13th, Nebraska has been struck by one The Chihli-Shantung troops con. of the worst tornadoes for tome tinue to retreat slowly from the time past, Dakota City suffering Lanhsien area, moving generally severely. on Changli. Chang Tsung Chang is now reported at the latter place while Chu Yu Pu is at Shanbai kwan and Wang Chi at Chinwang. tao,

ATCA.

At least six were killed and

twenty injured when the tornado passed over the north-eastern part of the State..

LATER.

The railway station and dozens General Pei, it is understood, in of houses have been wrecked. tends to remain at Tangaban for a

School Wrecked. Kw daya and then push_reinforce mente forward to the Han River A special train with doctors aboard is speeding to Nebraska, Telegraph and telephone com where the County School, filled munication with Tientsin has been with pupils, has been destroyed by restored, but the line from Tanga tornado, two of which are raging zhan to Chiawangtao is still down. in parts of Nebraska and south of Conditions continue quiet in the Dakota: Eleven are known to be ---Fangshan mining-arem.

dead.

"

(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.}

MELBOURNE, Sept. 13th. An important conference of the Federation of Waterside Workers was held to-day, and the meeting

sion of the telegraphs.

It appears that the revolt spread from Cayenne to St. Laurent and

St. Georges.

GOLD SHIPMENTS TO..

AMERICA.

TURN OF THE TIDE.

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

The 50 British Communist women whose departure from London was recorded in the Daily Mail of July

textile districts in Britain as "am-

Russia On arrival at Petrograd Mr. Loa Ho Ai, who “poke warm- the spokeswoman of the

Mrs. Duncan, began her early in support, said that the Nation- efforts by urging the Soviets to pre-alist Government of China had pare for war, and, as the I:reatyn already recognised complete sex reports, in fulfilment of its taak the delegation spent the whole day equality as an essential principle, ........ in the army counp near Petrograd." and bad" already appointed women Furthermore, "the delegation to administrative and diplomatic was split up into small groups, and these groups then got into direct touch with individual soldiers and encouraged them in their everyday army life. The paper adds:

posts.

League Wireless Blation. The Third Committee has appoint ed a sub-committee to study the of establishing A desirability Lengue wireless station at Geneva.

Earl Lytton said that the Gov.

The task imposed upon them selves by the delegates demands from us that we should treat them with more care and that we should help them in their workernment of India bad instructed It is essential that they should him to oppose the establishment of become our regular correspon».

a station. India did not at the dents. Such permanent contact will not only keep up the spirit present time possess a station cap- of these women in their workable of receiving radio messageo but will also enable us to send

New York, Sept. 13th. It was announced on Wall Street tural purposes

to-day that G.$2,500,000 worth of PRINCES VISIT TO EGYPT, gold purchased through the Bank of England will arrive in the United States on September 21st JOURNEY UP THE NILE.

This is believed to foreshadow {BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE) possibly a number of shipments

a portion or special Roony, Sept 13th.

maybe the whole of the half mil-militaristie" work in the British

Army. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and liard dollars worth of gold export-

passed a resolution urging Mr. S. his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, M. Bruce, the Premier, to arrange

an immediate conference in order arrived at Cairo to-day from Alex-

which will restore

ed from America since last Autumn. Sterling to-day was quoted at

to effect a speedier settlement than andria: Their Royal Highnesses 4.85 1/32nd, which is the lowest could possibly be obtained by the had travelled in a special train pra-point reached this year and which

enforcement of the Crimes Act or

any other form of vindictive vided by the Egyptian Government, administration."

now readers it profitable to import In accordance with the desire of gold from England.

the Prince of Wales for informality,

them all the latest material from from Geneva and they were not pre-

and Soviet organisations thepared to go to the expense of erect- ing a special station for this pur- The women are to be given poze.

like.

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instructions in. anti-

LAST RELIC OF TURKISH VEIL.

KEMAL URGES WOMEN TO REMOVE ECARVES.

CONSTANTINOPLE Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the

there was no Guard of Honour or INDIAN COASTAL SHIPPING. Turkish President, when attending ceremony of welcome.

.

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION:

(THROUGH AEUTER'S 'AGENCY.}..

The Legislative Assembly began a debate on a motion to refer to a Belect Committer the Bill for the reservation of coastal shipping to Indian vessels.

Baron Sato (Japan) also opposed the scheme. He doubted very much whether an emergency would arise often enough to justify the estab- lishment of Д special League station.

Traffic In Optum. At a meeting of the Fifth Com mittee, which is examining the work of the League's Advisory Committee on the traffic in opium

a regatta dance on the shore of the Sea of Marmora, noticed that and other dangerous drugs, an several Turkish women were wear-Italian member dilated on the in- ing coloured head scarves-the last

costume.

Ship-owners have been consider ing the question of employing free labour, but have not yet decided to

The Governor of Cairo officially do so. One owner declares that the members of the Federation of received the Princes, and high British officers, who were in mufti, Waterside Workers are ready to

relic of the veil and the Oriental crease in the production of opium present. The Princes,, who were at

and similar drugs, which he declar- obey the award, but are overawed and the British Consul were also by a small coterie of extremists.

tired as ordinary tourists, in grey

He invited them to take off the ed exceeded the evils of opium- The Sydney Arbitration Court Hannel suits with topees, imme

scarves, saying that they would be has decided that a state of strikediately left the station.

prettier and more at ease in dane- smoking. exists.

The Prince of Wales motored to

ing. They all did or he wished The Japanese-élégate-welcomed the camp of the 12th Lancers at

Summoning the chief of the the approaching application of the Helmich, while the Duke of Glou-

naval orchestra, Kemal put him cester motored to King Fuad's Bir George Rainy, a member of through a few Turkish sentences in Geneva Opium-Convention of 1925, The Indian delegate, Sir C. yacht, on which the Princes will the Executive Council, in opposing the new alphabet [Latin charac NEW MINISTERS APPOINTED. make a journey up the Nile. the measure, declared that the Bill ters, which have replaced the Reddi, emphasised the sacrifices of Their Royal Highnesses received introduced racial discrimination. Arabic], correcting his mistakes.. [THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.')

negreat ovation from large crowds. He asked how the Raj could fight The presidential suite has passed the Indian Government and the -After riding round the 12th the Governments of South Africa an examination in the alphabet be measures adopted in India for the PARIS, Sept. 14th... Lancers camp and inspecting the and other Dominions against fore Kemal. The Premier, Isaact control of opium. He expressed the M. Laurent Eynae has been ap- Offers Mess, the Prince of Wales racial discrimination against In- Pasha, who has just come from pointed Air Minister and Senator joined his brother on King. Fund's dians when it was being sought to Angora, says that he has mastered hope that the Convention of 1925 Henry Cheron Minister, of Com-yacht. The yacht has been magni-place racial discrimination on the the alphabet, but that he would be will prove more successful than

Statute Book? ficently furnished for the occasion.

examined by Kemal.

mherst

M. BOKANOWSKI'S

SUCCESSORS.

that of 1912.