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NEWSPAPERS. IN DISGRACE.

BURIAL OF MADRID VICTIMS.

TERRIBLE OUTBREAK OF FIRE ..

IN HANKOW.

BURIAL OF SUN YAT SEN.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 1928.⚫

CHINA'S PAYMENTS. ON LOANS.

FRESH CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA.

NEW POST FOR MARSHAL LI TSAI HSIN.

LOAN FOR LUNGHAI RAILWAY

DEVELOPMENT.

The Langhai Railway has negotiated a loan for an extension of its line from Haichow to Kaneu, as was announced by the Kua Hin News Agency a few days ago, and is now confirmed, There are rumours that a group Belgian Annncies are concerned in this loan, but confirmation of this has not yet been obtained. It is known, however, that Afty locomotives are being sent to Pukow from either France of Belgium, and it is believed that some of these at least are intended for the Lunghai Railway.

A disastrous fire broke out in. Hankow early in the morning of September 25th. The fire started in a gambling den in the native a strong breeze, quickly gutted a very large city and. fanned by number of shops and houses. One of the principal streets of the native eily was completely wiped out, and it is feared that there were many casualties.

Over 1,000 people have been rendered

homeless by the confiagration.

It has been decided that the ceremonial burial of the remaine of Sun Yat Sen will be held on March 12th, the anniversary of his

death,

There are strong rumours that Marshal Li Teai Hain will be made Chief of the Staff Board at the Nationalist Government "while Feng Yu Hsiang will come Head of the Military Tepart-

ment.

BELGIAN RAILWAY LOAN?

TAROTON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Sept. 20th." Discussing the proposed exten- sion of the Lurahai Railway from Haichow to Kansu, concerning which the Kuo Min végently re ported that negotiations had been concluded with a certain finan-

cial group, the North-China Daily Newx declares that the report is well founded,

SUN YAT SEN'S BURIAL CREMONY.

(Wah Taz Yat Pan).

REORGANISATION OF SALT

UNIONS TO FIGHT NEW ACT.

ASPERSIONS

REVENUE.

DISTRICT QUOTAS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

SHANGHAI, Sept. 95th. The important announcement that the Nationalist Government has made, arrangements whereby the service of all Loans secured on the Salt Gabelle will." in future, be met regularis, has been confirmed from a variety of sources.

INTIMIDATION OF DRIVERS.

[THBOCCH RICTER'S AGENCY.",

MELBOURNE, Sept. 26th A fresh crisis is threatened in the waterside dispute. At the big in- teratate conference the Maritime and Transport Unions decided to endorse the men's unious' order to return to work, but are now plan

movement to ning an all-union fight the Transport Workers Act, which the delegates have described as a conscription of labour." It is reported from all over the coun try that there is no likelihood of trade unionists registering ander the Act.

It is understood that a scheme has been worked out for the pur pose of obtaining sufficient funds from the Salt Revenue to meet all the requirements of the Loans secured on it, which has been care. fully considered and is regarded as

Over three thousand volunteers are now enrolled at ports, includ- satisfactory to all concerned.

ing 1,300 at Melbourne. The water- It is stated that all the pro side workers at Brisbane vinces have signified acceptance of

a ballot whelmingly rejected on the scheme, which has also been the decision to resume work, but approved by the Budget and Diplodockers at Adelaide have declared

It is however ro the strike off. ported, from Adelaide that as a re- sult of intimidation only six drivers carted wool to free labour ships to-day.

matic Committees.

Outstanding. Loans. Under the scheme, orders will be sent to all Salt Stations to pay a certain percentage of their revenue each month into banks which will be designated by the Nationalist Minister of Finance.

The total annual sum secured in this way will be at least $10,000,000 which will be adequate to meet all loan requirements, namely the Angio-German Loan of 1805, the Anglo-French Gold "Loan of 1968, the Hukuang (four cations group) Railway Lean of 1911, and the Chinese Government 5. per cent. Birch-Crisp Loan of 1812...

Quotas Fixed.

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Licenses For Workers.

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CANBERRA, Sept. 95th. The Federal Executive Council has approved the regulations for the registration

waterside of workers, all of whom must apply 題 cost of one for a license at shilling.

These licenses will be valid until June 30th, 1929, after which they will be renewable.

Licenses will be cancelled if the holders do not comply with lawful orders, and employers are forbid. den to engage those not holding licenses.

In connection with the scheme U.S. PRESIDENT DIS

for obtaining funds to meet the service of loss secured on the SHANGHAI, Sept. 26th, Salt Revenue, the Kuo Min, states that the Government Council has As the result of a meeting among issued a mandate to the Finance the Nationalist leaders including Ministry, instructing the latter to Messrs. Lin Sin, Hu Han Min, from October 1st onwards to pay order eich salt producing district H. Kung and Sun Fé, it has been towards the service of the salt joans into banks designated by the resolved that the burial ceremony Minister its quota as decided by of Sun Yat Sep's remains will take the Budget Committee.

on March 12th next year, the place anniversary of his "death.

POSTS FOR MARSHALS.

(Wah To Fat Pool,

SHANGHAI, Sept. 20th.

It is widely rumoured that Mar-

The total amount to be collected is $10,000,000, of which Changlu Huainan contributes $1,558,000, $1,294,000, Chuaoran $1,060,000, Kwangtung 8933,000, Fengtien $800,000, and Huaipei $742,000,

Reorganisation Loan,

APPROVES.

ANGLO.FRENCH NAVAL CONFERENCE.

BUILDING PROGRAMME.

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[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}"

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ON INDIAN HUGE FUNERAL PROCESSION, ASSEMBLY.

APOLOGY DEMANDED.

[TuBOUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

CITY IN MOURNING,

· (THROUGH AKUTER'A ÄDENCT.]

MADRID, Sept. 25th. The whole city is in mourning SIMA, Sept. 28th.

for the hundreds who lost their In the Assembly President Patel lives in the terrible Novedades announced that Press passes to the Theatre disaster. All cinemas. correspondents of the Times of theatres and other places of pub lie entertainment have closed, and India and the Daily Telegraph have

in many cases, shop-keepers have been cancelled owing to aspersions followed this example. cast by them upon the impartiality of the President's ruling on ques tions connected with the Public Safety Bill. The passes will be renewed only when they have made an unqualified "apology for their

unjust aspersions."

BOBBY JONES

GAME.

Over 40,000 people knelt in the streets to-day to pay their respects at the funeral of the victims of the fire, whose bodies have been found. Firemen are still searching among the debris and up to the present hundred and ten bodies have been recovered.

A representative of King Alfon so, the whole Cabinet, and the members of the Diplomatic Corps marched in an endless procession NEW to the cemetery, where the victims were all interred at the public cost. Several carriages loaded with wreaths, formed part of the proces- son.

ATHLETES BACK AL SMITH.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 20th,,, Bobby Jones has accepted the leadership of 1 committee of athletes. who are going to work for Governor Al Smith, the "Demo- cratic cominee for the Presidency. Jones says: "I don't know any. thing about politics, hut I am..em. phatically at the disposal of the Democratic Party."

NEW PRESIDENT FOR MEXICO.

OBREDON'S SUCCESSOR.

EMILIO GIL ELECTED,

[CRUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

Maxion CITY, Sept. 28th.. Emilio Gil. Minister of the In- terior, has been elected without opposition as provisional President

of Mexico until February 5th, 1930. at a joint sitting of the Senate and Chamber.

The candidate recently announe ed that he would support the poly of President Calles and would enforce the religious laws throughout the country.

AUTOMATIC GEAR CHANGE.

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY IN-

VENTION.

www.

FUEL CONFERENCE PROPHECIES.

OIL CRACKING" PROCESS.

SYNTHETIC RUBBER FOR TYRES.

{THROGAH REUTER'S AGENOT.

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INDIAN

DUTIES OF

COMMISSION.

SIR JOHN SIMON'S TASK.

PROBLEMS OF EAST AND WEST.

[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

RUGBY, Sept. 25th.

Sir John Simon, the eminent

Liberal leader, in a speech at the Aldwych Club where he was enter- tained at a farewell luncheon to- day, referred at some length to the " work of the Royal Commission in- the vestigating the working of

president. Indian reforms, of which he is the

Earl Reading, former Viceroy, took the chair,

The Commission is leaving "for India on Thursday for its second tour, which will last for seven- months, and during which evidence will be taken by the Commission

at various centrés.

the

Sir John Simon emphasised the the immense responsibilities of British Parliament to the peoples of India and said it seemed to the Commission that they could as interpreters to the British Parliament of India's needs and aspirations if these were as- sociated with them in their en- quiry.

best act

Provincial Committees.

In every province an Indian com- mittee elected by the Provincial Legislature would act as their col leagues and assist in their investi- Kations. of Chicago,

"LONDON, Sept. 95th. Speaking before the Oil Section of the World Fuel Conference here, Dr. Gustav Egloff. said the cracking process was producing over five billion gallons of gasolene a year from petroleum ofls, and it would be possible com- mercially to "crack coul tar, oil shales, asphalt tars, and vegetable and fish oils.

Within six montha, the "crack- ing

It was deep satisfaction

to know that this plan had been generally approved.

Despite the initial hoycott of the Commission, eight of the nine pro- vinces had decided to co-operate, while the ninth had not yet made In more than

Process could be extended in its final decision. the United States to produce hy-one case a Provincial Council which drocarbonates necessary to supply at first resolved not to co-operate the world's requirements, a well

as a synthetic rubber-like material had reversed its first decision and suitable for motor tyres.

had appointed its committee. A delegate expressed the hope He mentioned that a Central In- that for the sake of the rubber indian Committee had been chosen dustry in the East, the "cracking partly by the Council of State and industry would not be developed."

The Chairman (Sir Thomas Hol partly nominated from the Central land):--You must not take too Legislature by the Viceroy, seriously everything Dr. Egloff told you.

INDIAN RULING PRINCES. COMPLETE LOYALTY TO.

"CROWN.

VITAL NECESSITY.

(TALOOGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

The belief prevails that a group of Belgian financiers is interested. though the amount of the loan of the names of the lenders has not transpired. It is known, continues the journal, that fifty locomotives are coming either from France or shal Li Tsai Hsin will be given the Belgium to Pukow and the pre-portfolio of Chief of the Staff sumption is that these or at any Board of the Nationalist Govern- while Marshal Feng Yu rate part of them are for the ment,

Hsiang will be the Head of the Lunghai Railway.

Though this railway at one time Military Department. General Ho was left with only four of its 150 Ying Ching will also be given a alist Government will continue this shelved by the Senate at the last tion at the Olympia Motor Show, tion was vitally necessary to India.

locomotives, the position has becw post-probably as Director of

the Military Training Department. come very much better in the past

two monthe, and the earning power

of the line has reached a satis MANCHURIA AND JAPAN: factory basis.

Apparently Feng Yu Hsiang is using his influence for the development of the line.

TERRIBLE FIRE IN

• HANKOW.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

(ah T Tat Pas).

SHANGHAI, Sept. 20th. The Japanese Consul-General in Manchuria, who returned to Japan some time ago, is now reported to be again on his way to Manchuria on an important mission in con nection with diplomatic relations with Manchuria.

SPOILS OF WAR.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.}

The most important of the foreign loans which were secured on the revenues of the Salt Administra 4ion, however, was the Five-Fower Reorganisation Loan of 1913, under which the arrangement was made for the setting up of a Special Salt Inspectorate, with a foreigner at The prin. the head of the Staff. cipal and interest payments have long since been met entirely from the Customs funds, which were equally hypothecited for this pur It is announced that the Nation system. The Reorganisation Loan will not be included in the Salt scheme, but is to be covered by Customs revenue.

pose.

SPINNERS COMBINE

LIMITED:

£25,000,000 CAPITAL

LANCASHIRE'S SUPPORT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.),

LONDON, Sept. 96th.

It is expected to accompany the Simon Commission through the provinces.

Sir John Simon also announced that approximately 500 memoranda had been received by the Commis sion from all sorts of bodies in

dia and elsewhere expressing & variety of opinion on the existing Indian constitution. He stressed that the greatest unanimity skist ed within the Commission.

"Our

Realities Of The Froblem." Sir John Simon added: duty is not to enact or decide, bus to bring home to the British people the realities of the Indian problem and to act as interpreters to the

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25th. The State Department, seting_in collaboration with the Navy De partment, is putting the finishing touches to the American Reply to London and Paris in regard to the Anglo-French naval compromise.

that President "It is learned

LONDON, Sept. 25th. Coolidge will draw attention to the

SECRET EXPERIMENTS.

Some very outspoken, views on future. naval building programme

the relationship between the Indian of the United States, and à some-

[BRITISH WIRELESS, BEKVICE.] Ruling Princes and the British Government were expressed to-day what pointed declaration has heen

RUGBY, Sept. 25th. by the Maharajah of Patiala in issued from the White House to the

After five years of secret experi- the effect that President Coolidge is

course of an interview with proceeding on the assumption that mental work, a British Arm has Reuter's representative at Mont the pending Naval Bill authoris-evolved a method of automatic gear reux.

The Maharajah emphasised at The mechanism, which has been the outset that the attachment of This Indian question in the ing the construction of fifteen new change for motor-care 10.000-ton cruisers and one aero-"

the the Princes to Crown plane-carrier, would be passed by adopted after a 50,000-tiles test

by the Armstrong Siddeley Motors unshakeable. Congress at the next Session..

The Bill has already passed the Limited, for their high, power- The Princes were profoundly House of Representatives, but wed models, will be on exhibi- convinced that the British conner Session largely owing to the which opens on October 11th strong criticisms of various Church and Peace Societies.

It is now believed that President Coolidge, piqued by the supposed Anglo-French accord, intends to push the measure as soon as Con gress is convened.

NEW FRENCH AIR MINISTER.

SUPREME CONTROL. (THROUGH HAVAB AGENCY,

W15

The time had come, however, for There is no gear lever. The the Princes to make it clear that driver merely depresses the pedal their political relations were with and adjusts an indicator mounted the British Crown and that they on the steering wheel, as required. or their people would never submit

A feature of the new invention is the silence with which gear changes may be effected.

YOUNG BOLSHEVIKS IN MOSCOW.

REVOLUTION FOR CHINA. (THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.]

Rro, Sept. 25th The English and Chinese de- legates to the Congress of the In- ternationale, of Communist Youth,

A special meeting of the Oldham members of the Lancashire Share-

PARIS, Sept. 26th. The Cabinet Council has decided holders and Loanholders Proteu tion Association unanimously sup. that the Air Minister, M. Laurent ported the scheme to form a com- Eynac, should have supreme con- bine of fourteen cotton spinning trol of all aviation and the mil. at Moscow, held a separate confer companies, to be known as the tary, naval and colonial air forcesence to evolve plans for commer Spinners Combine, Limited. The should work in close collaboration action regarding China. capital will be £25,000,000 eterling with him. in pound shares.

HANKOW, Sept. 20th, A most disastrous fire broke out "in the native city here early yes- terday morning. Over 2,000 huts, houses and shops were gutted, and Chisen Maloo, one of the principal streets of the native city," was

TIENTSIX, Sept. 20th. wiped out The exact number of

Pei Chung He claims the cap- casualties has not yet been ascer- tained, but seven bodies have so ture of 35,000, rides, 27 aeroplanes, far been recovered. It is believed 280 field guns, 120 machine - that many people jumped into the asd 5 armoured trains by his forces ponds to escape the Farnes and in the recent eampaign against the

Chihli-Shantung tropps, were drowned.

It is stated that 7,000 people have been rendered homeless by the fire, which started in a gambling den and spread with tremendous rapidity owing to the congested area and a high wind. Firemen got the conflagration under control

after four hours of frantic toil.

BANDITS IN WUSHAN.

*(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

UPPER YANGTZE, 'Sept. 26th.

Bandits appear to be in consider. able force in the vicinity of Wushan

and ships have been fired on there. General Yang Sen bas dispatch ed troops to deal with them.

COMMUNIST ACTIVITY.

*

TORNADO VICTIMS.

FRENCH GOVERNMENT VOTE.

(THROUGE HAVAS AGENCY.]

The conference later, issued a manifesto calling on the youth of England and China to rally round the Communist Internationale in order to achieve a Bolshevist re- volution in China.

British Parliament of the wishes and aspirations of the peoples of India.

years now coming is likely to be come the greatest of all cases in which you have to reconcile authority with freedom.

Let us never forget that while Britain has conferred on India the blessings of order and of settled government, a sense of unity and. the experience of disinterested ad- ministration, it has also roused in

to be governed by British India. the leaders of the Indians the de-

The Princes had long been con-

sire for constitutional development acious, he said, that the silent and a belief in the virtues of self- loyalty of the Indian States tend-government which are an inevitable ed to count less in world politics consequence of Western education, than the vociferous claims of the and of Parliamentary experience. British Indian leaders.

British India and the Indian States were two entirely different entities and would always remain

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HUGE SUMS IN DEATH DUTIES.

MILLIONAIRES ESTATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

the

No Briton should complain if the Indians should be eager to wp- ply the lesson which our Imperial history has taught. The British people have to lend their aid as friends' in sympathisera "and as what is perhaps the greatest ex- ternal question laid uppn statesmanship of to-day-the tre- mendous weaving together of the warp and woof of cast and west.

Control Committee. The Viceroy has notified Sir in accordance with RUGBY, Sept. 25th. Joha Simon, Próbate was granted to-day of his request for the completion of the proposed control committee to the wills of three millionaires.

Major Hugh Gretton, Director. of co-operate with the Simon Com- Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton, Limit- mission, that he has invited the ed, the well-known brewers, who Indian members of the Legislature died in July, left unsettled estate who consented to serve on it in KING'S SYMPATHY.

valued for probate at £1,474,000, addition to the three already elect- with net personalty of £1,402,000.ed by the Council of State. MESSAGE TO U.S. PRESI-

The fortune, which in the main is has also invited Sir, Sankaran Nair, DENT.

left to his brother, Colonel Gret. one of the Council of State solec- ton, M.P., is disposed of in a willtions, to act as chairman of the [DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] of ninety words. The duty on the committee.

estate will exceed £500,000. RUGBY, Sept. 25th. The estate of the late James HM the King-has-sent the fol-Oxley, banker, of Leeds, was pro- lowing telegram to the Fresident visionally proved at £2,774,000. of the United States of America: Duties on property of this valua

RESOLUTION ADOPTED., (REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE. 7 " "I desire to express to you, and tion, and according to the disposi through your kind intermediary to tions of the will, are estimated to

"(THROUGA REUTER'S ADENOY.] BEENOS AIRES, Sept. 28th. the American people, my sincere amount to £1,120,000.

Further grant of probate of the The Government has ordered the condolences upon the disaster which

GENEVA, Sept. 25th. of Viscount Hambleden immediate repayment to the North has recently overwhelmed Porto will

The League Assembly has adopt- American Banke of the last short Rico, the Virgin Islande and the respecting settled land provisional- Following the conclusion of the term loan of $12.000.000. The pro-State of Florida, as a result of the ly valued at £900,000 has been ed the Third Committee's report elections for the Second Chamber, posal to renew the loan at 73 per hurricane, and my sympathy with issued. The unsettled estate had and resolution regarding-an-early announced on September 22nd. he rent, was refused on the ground all those that have suffered from already been provisionally sworn meeting of the Disarment Com

its effects." Swedish Government has resigned. I that the interest was too high.

45. AGITATORS SENTENCED.

PARIS, Sept. 26th, (THROUGH HEUTEE'S AGENCY.)

The Ministers in Council have HELSINGFORS, Sept. 26th. voted Fer 100,000,000 to help the Forty-six Communists who have

seditious tims. been found guilty of

to from activity were sentenced

French West Indies tornado vic-

one to fifteen years' imprisonment. ARGENTINE LOAN REPAID. Three others were acquitted.-

RENEWAL TURNED DOWN.

SWEDEN'S GOVERNMENT

RESIGNS.

[TRROGON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 26th.

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at £2,500,000. 1.

EARLY DISARMAMENT MEETING.

mittee.

He