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SHANTUNG TERMS OF SURRENDER.

· CHU-YU, PU' RETAINS .COMMAND.

CHANG TSUNG CHANG TO RETIRE,

THROUGH REUTER's AQENOT.]

SHANGHAI, Sept. 21st.

Reports from Mukden confrm

JAPAN'S COTTON SPINNERS.

PLAN TO ABOLISH NIGHT

WORK."

END OF RESTRICTION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

OMA, Sept. 20th. * After a lengthy discussion, the Committee of the Japanese Cotton

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1928.

AUSTRALIAN STRIKE LIGHT AEROPLANE

POSITION.

NO UNANIMITY.

FREE LABOUR ENROLLED.

"{THROUGH HYGTKE'N AGENOW.)

CONTEST.

WIN FOR GERMAN 'PLANE,

BRITISH PILOTS WELL

PLACED.

[XHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

INDIAN COASTAL SHIPPING.

GOVERNMENT DEFEATED.

BRITISH INTERESTS AT

STAKE.

(THROUGH" REUTER'S AGRICT.)

GOVERNOR SMITH'S AFTERMATH OF THE

CAMPAIGN.

THE PROTESTANT VOTE.

CHURCH AND STATE.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

OKLAHOMA, Sept. 91st.

HURRICANE.

UNKNOWN - VICTIMS BURIED.

TYPHOID AT PORTO RICO.

{KRUTER'S 'AMERICAN SERVICE]

New Yonx, Sept. 20th."

A revised estimate by the chair: man of the Red Cross, which is

CANBERRA, Sept. 20th. In the Homes of Representativos

LasoURGET, Sept. Siat

SIMLA, Sept. 20th. Al Smith, in a significant speech the Transport Workers Bill was The aerial tour of France over a

Government circles are seriously in which he endeavoured to over- introduced by Mr. Bruce and was distance of 1,940 miles for light concerned by the latest move of come the prejudice of the Protest doing admirable relief work in the the surrender of the Chili-Shan Spinners' Association has decided read a first time by 39 votes to 15. aeroplanes concluded in a victory the Opposition in regard to the that he is a Roman Catholic, de- places the death roll from the ants against him on the ground devastated regions of Florida, tung forces providing that they that the present 23 per cent. cur. The second reading was postponed for the German pilot Luster with Bill for the reservation of coastal clared emphatically, that he did not hurricane at between seven and are reorganized into Fengtien tailment of the production of cat-

wish any Roman Catholic to vote eight hundred. forces. Chu Yu Pu will retain hie ton yarns will be continued until owing to strong Labour obstrue 1,001 points. He was followed by shipping to Indian vessels.

tion The Bill provides that all Capt. Percival, 1,600 points, Capt.

The unofficial groups of the for him on any religious grounde. command for the time being. Also

Broad, 1,581 points, and Lady.

He added that aimilaily any par At the end of that time, it is wharf employees shall be reg Heath, 1,520 points, all of whom Legislative Assembly have combin

tered.

ага British Capt. Broadwared to defeat the Government and son who voted against him simply portrayed in a report received in Giper Moth, while the the European group on the Bill, or account of his religion was not New York headquarters of the Red other two 'planes were

in his opinion a good citiren, " Avros."

which as its title indicates pro-

Cross Society, giving an instance Governor Smith declared that of the appalling anitary conditions Sixteen French machines three

posas

to reserve the Indian coastal the shaolute separation of church along Lake Okeechobee. German and six British entered trade to Indian-owned shipping. and state was a part of the finda- for the race.

the Fongtienes must guarantee:

the safety of the lives and pro. perty of Chang Tsung Chang and Chu In Pu, but Chang Teung Chang will go into retirement.

REORGANISING THE VANQUISHED.

(Wah Tex Yat Peo).

SHANGHAI, Sept. 21st.

July 1st, 1929.

proposed that the midnight shift shall be abolished, which will thus make it unnecessary to resort to further organised "curtailment.

It was also decided that any mills which voluntarily abolish the midnight shift before. April 1st next will be permitted to work their machinery to its full caps

Mr. Bruco declared that the poi-using a tion in the watersidern' strike was growing worse hourly.

MELBOURNE,

The lack of unanimity among the waterside workers is

one of the principal features of the strike,

city without any artificial restric-Men are working under the two tiona

pick-up award at s'i the Tasmanian'

· War operations ceased in the

By this agreement, every en-ports and several in Queensland, arca east of Luanho on the 10th couragement is being given for the South Australia and West Avitra- inst. According to an official re-discontinuation of work late at fis, but are striking in Melbourne, port from Fengtien, the Fengtion night.

Brisbane, Adelaide, "Newcastle) and The decision of the committes is ese military authorities have '- re-

Fremantle. organised the surrendered Chihli- to be communicated immediately "Shantung troops

which zumber to all the members of the Cotton about 20,000. Twenty-seven pero Spinners' Association and it is an ipated that the proposals will be planes were also captured.

accepted without hesitation.

It is reliably reported that Gen eral Chang Tsung Chang has ded His concubines, how. to Dairen,

ever, numbering over a dozen, were not in time to make their escape. and are still at Wushan. One of them has been arrested by the Nationalists and is being detained at Tangshan.

DISARMAMENT.

(THROUGH ZIOTER'S" AGENCY.]

NANKING, Sept. 20th.

It was generally expected that a,

formal announcement of the ap pointment of the five new Govern-

NEW CHARGES FOR CODE TELEGRAMS.

TWO CATEGORIES.

BRUSSELS CONGRESS

DECISION,

(THROCCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

DRUSSELS, Sept. 20th. The international telegraphic

ment Boards would be made at congress which has been discussing to-day's meeting of the Central a proposal of a uniform tariff at Executive Committee, but although

the Committeemen turned up in full force, no decision of import ance was made,

It is rumoured that there is dis- satisfaction in certain circles at the non-inclusion of Mr. Wang Ching Wei, but General Li Lieb Chun points out that the appoint ments cannot be made until the new regulations have been ap proved.

Shanghai bankern" are pressing for the appointment of Mr. Chien Hsin Chih se Finance Minister, but the Party leaders favour Mr. Sun Fo for the post.

A

RISINGS AGAINST FENG."

(THROUGH REUTER'S AŬENCE.]

PEIPING, Sept. 21st. The bandit uprisings in Shensi and the Mohammedan uprising in Kansu are not proving as serious as was at first estimated. Feng Yu Heiang has canceled his plan to visit Kansa to direct the opera tions of his forces there according to the vernacular papers, and pos sibly he will return to Honan fa a few days.

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCY.]

NANKING, Sept. 21st.

Hu Han Mia and Sun Fo have been appointed as additional mem. bers of the standing committee of "the Central Executive Committee."

MANCHURIAN RAILWAY.

{THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY, [«

PEIPINO, Sept. 21st. The Kirin-Turha Railway haa now been completed "and will be open for traffic on October 10th.

MORE RUMOURS OF WU PEI FU.

PEKING'S DISCONTENT WITH NATIONALISM.

lower rates

for clear.de has reached an agreement.

י

The Adelaide strikers however are wavering and free labour is being enrolled in many places, including 1,000 in Melbourne.

SEEKING FOR

SOLUTION.

DISARMAMENT PUZZLĘ.

GERMANY DISSATISFIED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

الله

GENEVA, Sept. 20th. The disarmament problem was

The strikers jeered at the volun-again to the fore at Geneva today. The sub-committee appointed to teen as they marched off to the draft a resolution for submission wharves and there were many melecs.

to the League Assembly, embraç- ing both the French and German revolutions on the subject, have STINNES RELEASED completed their task.

FROM PRISON.

The new resolution expressed the hope that the next meeting of the Preparatory Committee on Dis- armament will be held at the end of 1929 or the beginning of 1928.

MILLION MARKS BAIL.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.).

BERLIN, Sept. 2115, The Judge who has been investi- gating the charges of fraudulent

It has been decided by 46 votes dealings in war loan, made against

It also invites M. Loudon, the chairman of the Preparatory Com- mittee, privately to converse with the representatives of the great aval Powers with a view to ob. differences and to fix a date for taining a solution of the existing

Committee if

agreement is

to 4, that code telegrams for pur- Huge Stinnes, has decided to rethe meeting of the "Preparatory poses of the new rates to be please him from prison on bail of plied shall be divided into two categories, namely, those contain ing words of not more than ter

1,000,000 marks.

reached..

It i

understood that Count

letters, and those containing words FASCIST GRAND COUNCIL. Bernstorff, the proposer of the

of not more than five letters.

Words in the first category must contain one vowel if they are five letters long, two vowels if they are 6, 7 or 8-lettered words, and three vowels if the words are 9 or 10 letters long.

There are no conditions as re- gards the second category.

First category telegrams will be charged at the full ordinary rates, while the second category will be charged at two-thirds of the ordia-

ary rate.

DICTATOR'S RETURN TO MADRID.

ALARMIST RUMOURS DIS- PROVED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. I

MADEID, Sept. 20th. General Primo de Rivera, the Spanish dictator, arrived safely from Barcelona to-day. A large crowd was present at the station to welcome him, and a warm ovation was accorded.

FRENCH TEXTILE WORKERS.

FEARED. STRIKE IN LILLE

DISTRICT..

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Sept. 20th.. Practically all the seven thou- sand textile workers at Halluin have "downed tools" to-day, and have submitted a demand to the PzKING, Sept. 12tb. Seemingly mad rumours about mill-owners for increased wager Wu Pei Fu's return not only It is feared that the strike move- persist but grow, daily, adorned ment will spread throughout the with circumstantial details, writes whole Lille district.

the Peking correspondent of the North-China Daily News, While

PARLIAMENT'S APPROVAL.

[IBLOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ROME, Sept, Slet.

It is expected that the measure adopted yesterday by the Fascist Grand Council, dealing with its constitution and functions, will be approved by Parliament before its dissolution in December,

German resolution, which was to have been embodied in the resalü- tion above, has indicated that the new motion is not acceptable to

him.

THE INFAMOUS SIXTH

ARMY

HOW IT WAS ROUNDED UP.

KIUKIANO, Sept. 10th. There have been some interesting political developments in Kiangsi WORLD SUGAR MARKETS. during the past weeks.

CONFERENCE IN CUBA.

(THROUGH REUTER'S ·AGINOY.!

HAVANA, Sept. 20th. The Government has despatched avitations to an international con- ference to be held in January to discuss the restriction of the sugar output and the conditions of the markets throughout the

Sugar world.

JUSTICE.

The desperate plight of the euf- ferers from the disaster is, vividly

Bodies, mostly of negroes, con- After a long debate to-day, when mental basis of the American continue to rise to the surface, and the Government strongly opposed stitution. He believed in it and have been piled up awaiting an the Bill, the Opposition succeeded all that it implied.

by 71 votes to 48 in getting the Bil referred to a Select Com- mittee of 33 members with instruc- tions to report to the next Session

At the present time, the Inch- cape interests enjoy a virtuaj monopoly of the coastal trade.

The Bill provides that" by the

TOKYO MUNICIPAL SCANDALS.

SEVERAL CITY FATHERS CHARGED WITH GRAFT.

MENT.

end of five years from the date of THE DEMAND FOR IMPROVE its acceptance, the coastal trade shall be reserved to tonnage in which the controlling interest is vested in British Indian subjects.

The fate of the Bill is regarded

TOKYO, Sept. 5th.

of scandals exposed recently where Tokyo City has had a number

many of the City" Fathers were

opportunity for removal ́to higher ground.

སྙF ".

Hundreds have already been buried without identification," which is impossible in the circumstances."

Thousands of residents have been rendered homeless.

It is reported that negroes in the Pahokee district have been riot- ing in protest against the crema- tion of bodies.

12 35,450 Houses Destroyed.

SAN JUAN, Sept. 21st The Red Cross authorities after. the a survey of a portion of devastated area at Porto Rico esti-

35,400 houses and that 2,201 Per.. mate that the hurricane destroyed

sons were injured, of whom 270 are. in hospital.

Food is needed immediately for 154,000 persons. An epidemic of influenza has broken out and some cases of typhoid are reported.

as of supreme importance se the found to have been involved in Indians argue that its passage will graft and corruption, writes a establish the right of the Indian.-C. Daily News correspondent. legislature to adopt any methods Several of those charged have been

Floods In Mexico. examined by the procurators and it may desire to foster Indian in-

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 20th. remanded until the cases are tried. The rivers in this region, already dustries.

Stirred by the startling revela-swoken by, the torrential raine tions, ✰ number of prominent brought by the hurricane, suddenly Tokyo citizens, headed by Viscount flooded to-day following a heavy Goto, a former mayor of the city, storm which broke yesterday be have sent out 8,000 questionnaires tween San Geronimo and Tuxpan, to various residents asking them for suggestions on the cleansing of Japan's capital.

LADY AIR PILOT KILLED.

'PLANE CRASH "AT BROOK- LANDS.

WRECKED ON RAILWAY

EMBANKMENT...

*

ROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 20th- A shocking air tragedy occurred at Brooklands to-day when Misa Margaret Honor Welby, a well known woman... aviator, crashed after a short eolo fight and was killed instantly...

She is the first woman pilot to be killed in an air disaster in Great

Britain.

Miss Wellby had only been up for a few minutes when the machine was seen to be acting strangely To begin with, Chang Ching's The 'plane was almost over the notorious 6th Army entered the province from Hunan early in railway line when it suddenly deve July. It was this army which oped into a spin above the tele looted the Kiukiang Concession in January, 1927, and subsequently graph wires, and plunged headlong perpetrated the Nanking outrage to the ground. in the following March

Railway Line,

For several weeks these gallent troops quartered themselves on the

The plane missed the railway border towna of Yuanchow, Wantasi and Shangkao, strain line by a few yards only and crash, money contributions from the in-ed into the embankment. habitants and living in foreiga missionary properties, but. other- wise behaving fairly well. When they had squeezed the country dry, moved east to Changshuzat

Nemesis At Last

Mies Wellby had held a pilot's certificate for some time, and was regarded as a most promising air.

woman.

Serious damage to buildings and crops is reported, the present estimatca · placing the damage at aver $5,000,000.

The heavy rain was concentrated chiefly in the petroleum fields and it is stated that the petroleum companies have suffered consider

losses.

An Unhappy Corporation, Several people think that, city autonomy for a place like Tokyo is quite a mistake. The citizens them selves do not seem to have any civicable pride, whilst their elected members

Havoc In Jamaica, have specially distinguished them-

BRITISH WIRELESS" SERVICK"] selves by slinging mud at each other whenever the Assembly meets or by

RUGBY, Sept. 20th. That the being implicated in nauseous public

hurricane havoc in scandals" It is thought that the islands under Jamaican control is number of persons in the elected much more serious than at first Municipal Assembly of Tokyo, reported, is revealed by a further. namely 88, is far too many and report from the Officer Administer- that reduction of this number and ing the Government of Jamaica, increase of the Mayor's powers received by the Colonia: Office to would go far to do away with much day, of the corruption.

Amongst the suggestions made are that the Mayor be elected and put in such a position that, he need not be, as now, the butt of political Wrangling and of the clash. of interests. Several women "have also replied to the questionnaires. They declare that the atmosphere can be cleared only by allowing women to have the privilege of voting for members of the City Assembly.

News has at last been received from the Commissioner of Turk's Island and Caicos Island, who states that communication has few been established with Cockburn Harbour, disclosing that the hur ricane havoc is serious.

Seventeen lives were lost inchud- ing those of eight married men. Caicos Island bis also suffered but details are not"available.

E.A.S.MA CLUB, POPULAR PRESIDENT

LEAVING

The King's Message. Seven Suicides In Three Hours.

Replies were received to-day- Tokyo City claims to hold the from the Governors of the Leeward. record for suicide, this being seven Islands and the Bahamas express-: persons who killed themselves in ing the grateful thanks of the three hours. The heat and humidity sufferers to whom the King sent has been blamed; for this. Two of messages of sympathy when the the victims were women, and three first news of the disaster waS men. The first threw himself in received... front of a train, aboj half an hour The Governor of the Legward later, an overhead electric train Islands in a telegram thanking the suuffed out the lives of a man and Colonial Secretary for the telegra In woman who obviously had made a of sympathy, adds;r 2

death pict. The man was about 23 Although the damage as re- years of age and the girl but 18, ported in my telegram is very In the girl's sleeve was a note say serious and many are homeless, ing that, as they were in love with relief: work is well in hand and each other and did not expect their cases of immediate distress are families to consent to mar being dealt with Bad assistance riage, they had decided to die rendered as far as possible, As stated, she is the first woman Bome minutes later, the driver of On the day of their arrival they to be killed in England flying a train, sensing that something was COURT OF INTERNATIONAL collected forcibly 880,000 from the stone, though the sad death of wrong, stopped his train and in- Changahú merchants. The next Lady Carbery at Nairobi earlier vestigated. The engine and several day, however, the news was not so this year, when she was giving in carriages had run over the body of good. It was reported the 3rd etruction to a man pupil in Nai- a woman who also complained, in Army was moving up against them robi will be recalled.

a letter found on her, of the futility and so they packed hurriedly and commenced to commandeer all the

Endurance Attempted Delayed? of present-day life and said she was able-bodied men, on whom they Another

The Ex-Active Service Men's accident in glad to end it all. The last of the serious could lay hands. Merchants, England to-day is reported from victims of this insensate self- Association (1814-1918) will shortly coolies, students, artisans, scholars, Martleshan Heath, Suffolk, where a destruction was a man who threw be losing one of its most valued they took them all. But they crash occurred which may serious himself under the wheels of the members by the departure of its scarcely cleared the town when the by Great Britain to set up a new moved too slowly, They had ly delay the contemplated attempt Shimonoseki express as it was on President, Lt. Col. F. Hayley Belly

the borders of Tokyo city. Justice, which involves an increase in the number of Judges of the troops of the 3rd Army came up world's air endurance record.

and an action followed. The 8th Court, thus allowing for the elec Army was completely defeated and

ST. PETER'S CHURCH tion of a German Judge and one is said to have suffered 800 casual

Y.MPS CLUB: to-day approved by the League armed, though 2,000 were later re Cenlisted in the, 3rd Army. A body, about 3,000 strong, however, manag

-DEBATE ON MONDAY ed to recope with their arma and

EVENING made off for the Fukien border, The 3rd Army gave chase and caught them up at Kienchang on

Members of Saint Peter's Church August 31st. In the fighting which the inventor of the so-called crazydents at the Clab House on Mon benefitted the Club, while his ad- The injured pilot is famous as Young Men's Club are holding a tion, and his influence has greatly followed, the 8th Army troops lost flying, and was in charge of the 300 killed and all were disarmed, largest monoplane in the world at day at 8.30 p.be That the management. Members of the vice has been a source of help to except a few hundred, who fled in the recent Royal Air Force display International Legislation should be Club are holding a farewell supper small scattered bands over the st Hendon mountains to become bandita. He is also one of the oldest and instituted forthwith to prevent the in his honour which takes place Bo enda the actorious Sth my most experiented fliers in the marriage of physically or mentally this evening at 8.30 p.m. at th North China Laity 2

****** Chub's prémitér

TWO NEW JUDGES.

{THRODOH EEUTER'S AGENCYr.)

RUGBY, Sept. 20th

A revision of membership of the Permanent Court of International

Assembly,

FINING IN SOVIET MILLS

well informed persons know that popular rumour, including the re- Wu Fei Fu is in a remote quarter turn of Fengtien in support of Pei from the British Dominions, was ties. The vast majority were dis of Szechuan, street gossip bere Chung Hai as Wu Pein's chief insists that he has taken chang Iccal sponsor. on the Yangtze, has advanced It is useless for the Nationalists through Shensi, and that Yen Hsito deny this revulsion of feeling in Shan, and Pei Chung Hai, and Liu this reactionary community, since Chen Hus, all former subordinatea leaflets have latterly been openly WORKERS PROTEST: have thrown in their lot with him, distributed in the main streets with

The local revulsion of feeling out police interference announcing (TUBOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY=} against the ruinous character of Wu Pei Fu's return, while those Nationalism presupposes some cham who desire to denounce Nationaliam

WARSAW, Sept. 20th pion, to which post Wu Pei Fu bas publicly are permitted to do so be

Forty thousand textile workers been elected by a crude popular fore Sun Yat Ben's portrait over struck work to-day in protest ballot. It is pathetic to find all the Tienanmen, which is the grand against the new system of fiping details worked out in the persistent five-gated entrance to the Forbid which the mill owners have recente

y put jato operation.

Squadron Leader Noakes, who ir the Royal Air Fores Officer chosen to make the attempt, was testing machine over Martleshan Heath today, when engine trouble dere loped and the machine crashed...

Squadron Leader Noakes was in- jured, though it is happily reported that his injurite are not very seri-

Ous.

Vice:

The motion

aaft.prons,

D.8.0. Lt. Col. Hayley Bell is known to most people in the Colony, and it would require a good deal of space to catalogue his activities.

In the EA.S.M.A Club, how ever

he has taken particular in- terest, and has lostered among members that feeling of comrade- ship: so dear to those who stood side by side during the Great_War.

LL-Col. Hayley Bell has done as great deal to develop the Assocía-