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JUDICIAL CHANGES IN NANKING.

NEW MINISTRY FORMED.

DEPARTMENTS RE-NAMED.

{THROUGH ARUTEX's Aduror.]

NANKING, Nov. 8th.

The Central Political Council has

passed resolutions that the Depart

LORD CUSHENDUN'S STATEMENT.

NAVAL COMPROMISE DEFENDED.

DISAPPOINTING RESULTS,

(BRITION WIRELESS SERVICE}

Reosy, Nov. 7th: In the House of Lords, Lord

THE HONG KONG I

DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1928.

BRITISH PROTEST TO PORTUGAL.

HEAVY, SENTENCE ON SHIP'S OFFICER

STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS.

(THEODOM REUTER'S AGENCE.]

RUGBY, Nov. 7th.

A question was asked in the

Thomson moved a motion stating House of Commons to-day as to

SMITH'S UNUSUAL POSITION.

HIGH AND LOW RECORDS.

EARLIER DEMOCRATS

SURPASSED.

{REUTRE'S AMERICAN 88%VICH.]

NEW YORK, Nov. 7th America', tradition "From Log

Cabin to White House" is fuly

GAS DISTRIBUTION

SCHEME.

AMERICAN LOAN FOR RUHR.

ISSUED AT M.

· {REVYER'S AMERICAN BERVIČKĮ

NEW YORK, Nov. 7th. Abanking syndicats" han ranged a $13,000,000 joan to the Ruhr Gas Corporation to finance the construction of the Isrgest pipe.

line system in the world for the what action the Government were maintained by the election of Mr. Agreement constituted a grave set-taking with the Portuguese Goreta Herbert Hoover, a Quaker and distribution of coke oven gas. back to the cause of disarmament. ment regarding the delay which austere Prohibitionist, who started

The price of issue of the Ruhr He demanded to know what were had taken place in holding the trial life as newsboy and became a

gas loan is 94, and the average yield, based on redemption through of Mr. Brewer, second officer of most successful business man, stand-sinking fund, will be 7.13 per cent. the steamship Clan Lamont, on aing in Républican eyes for the con- charge of theft at Lobito Bay, tinuance of prosperity. Portuguese West Africa, in Septem ber, 1927, and regarding the sever-

Britain's commitments towards France.

ment of Judicial Administration be that the Anglo-French Naval raised to the status of a Ministry, while the Department of Judicial Trist is re-named the Supreme Court and the department for the trial of administrative cases is re- named the Administrative Court. The Central Political Council has nominated Tei Tao Min Minister of Judicial Administration, and Lin Hsiang President of the Suprema

Court.

THE ANTI-JAPANESE. COMMITTEE.

women's vote was largely respon It is generally conceded that the

Lord Cushendun, who is Acting Foreign Secretary in the absence abroad of Sir Austen Chamberlain, anid that he welcomed the oppority of his sentence, which was 360sible for his aweeping victory and days' imprisonment, and a fine of was in part due to the popularity £18 or a farther 60 days' imprison of the college-bred. Mrs. Hoover,

turity of saying something regard ing the immense amount of mit understanding and good deal of misrepresentation respecting this ment... matter. He denied that there had been any secrecy whatever. Before

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whom Mr. Hoover met when both

Latest Eeturns,

The latest results confirm the

of staggering propertions Mr. Hoover's majority.

Mr. Locker Lampson, Under- were students of a university, he any agreement was reached and at Secretary for Foreign Affairs, repaying his way by selling news- the earliest possible moment it was plied that the British Ambassador papers and acting as a laundry publicly announced that conversa-st Lisbon had addressed strong agent. tions were going on with a view (Wah Ter Tai Pao). to arriving at an agreement with representations to the Portuguese

France.

A compromise was rench Government on the 3rd instant. ed on July 99th and two days later,

The Portuguese Government had SHANGE, Nov. 8th.

on July 30th, the terms of it were promised an immediate investiga

to the Anti- telegraphed

Japanese, tion by telegraph. A delegation from the

Italian and Inited States Govers- Mr. Locker Lampson added that Japanese Committee petitioned the ments. On the same day the Foras Mr. Brewer, after the first few Nanking Government yesterday to eign Secretary, Sir Aulten Cham- days following his arrest, was de berlain announced in the House tained in a local hospital where adopt what they termed the "re-

of Commons, what had been done. he enjoyed considerable freedom, volutionary policy and take up

there was no cause for complaint regarding the conditions of his the Tainan affair with Japan. The

Sir Alisten Chamberlain's state-incarceration. petition detailed eight proposalsment must have conveyed to any.

which Marshal "Chiang Kai Shek has promised to refer to the Council.

State

SALT LOAN PAYMENTS.

(Wah Ta: Fat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Nov. 8th, Probably in view of Japan's ob jection, the Financial Department

revenue.

It is re-

Malicious Bumçurs.

For the first time since General

ANGRY SCENES IN THE HOUSE.

ART TREASURES

SAVED...

RUSSIAN REFUGEES HOPES.

STOLEN BY SOVIET.

(THROUGH LIDTER'S AGENCY.}

BERLIN, Nov. 7th. Encouraged by the success of the Action 'brought by Prince Alexander Cetromanitx to prevent the sale of

art treasures which were taken illegally by Bolshevists from places and homes in Russia, other Russian refugees to-day sought to obtain an injunction from the Berlin Court to prevent the auction of over one hundred objects which they claim as their property.

In accordance with yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court, all the objects have now been with drawn from auction, excepting WIRELESS AND CABLE BILL certain articles which have already been sold. These latter include fue- niture made for Eugen Beauhar nais, bought by an English dealer for £3,000, and six Gobelin tapes- tries which had been sold for £3,000.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 7th.

The House of Commons is to debate for several days the Ad- dress in Reply to the Speech from

the Throne.

The Government to-day managed to get through by a small majority a motion by the Prime Minister that the Government should take up all private members' time until Easter.

Mr. Baldwin's motion was adopt-

ed by 174 votes to 136, after angry Opposition protesta.

N

Grant took Richmond in the Civil War, Florida, Texa, and perhaps Ir. Ramsay MacDonald especial- even. Virginia have abändoned their by protested against the Govern- Democratic allegiance. The "land- ment taking dare for such Bills as that dealing with the wireless and alide has likewise crushed the cable amalgamation, which he de so-called "farm revolt" by carry-scribed as of eupreme importance, ordinary intelligent person the whole nature of the transactions. FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS. ing away every North Western Upsetting the old national polies that the nation should control State and the whole of the agricul-means of communication, especially tural West.

within the Empire.

Sir Austen Chamberlain did not But he would make this admission.

give the actual terma of the, com- promise. "I am quite free to admit that if it had been possible for him or anyone else at that time to foresee the extraordinarily wild, and in many cases malicious,

innuendoes rumours and

that sprang up, not immediately but after some time, I hare very little doubt he would have published the terms of the compromise and would have explained to foreign Governments that this departure

has revised its plan for the repayternational intercourse was for a from the ordinary courtesies of in-

ment of foreign loans secured on good reason which it would have been possible to make them under- Salt Gabelle

stand Unfortunately, very short ported that "the Nanking Governly afterwards, Sir Austen Chan ment is considering, other sources berlain's health broke down and he was pot responsible for anything of revenue. from which sufficient that subsequently occurred.

· funds can be secured to redeem the Salt Loan bonda.

CHIANG'S NORTHERN......

TOUR.

(ab Ts: Fat Pan).

SHANGHAI, Nov. 8th. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek accom- panied by his staff and bodyguard left Nanking for Pukow, opposite Nanking, this morning, where the Tientsin-Pukow Radway had pre- pared a special train with steam

up to convey the Marshal to the North. He will firstly visit Pengpu,

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in zorthern Anhui, then Heuchow,

SZECHUAN PROBLEMS.

(Fah To: Tot. Pas).

Pooling Navies,

Lord Cushendun, continuing, re lated how the mischief began with unauthenticated statements in cer- tain French newspapers in August. They referred to a secret alliance and alleged that arrangements had been reached for pooling the two Davies. It wa not unnatural that statements of that sort caused mis- giving in Germany, Italy and the 'nited States. He had become Acting Foreign Secretary in place of Sir "Austen Chamberlain, and he thought, at first, that such wild But the misrepresentations and innuen does grew. When at Geneva, he decided to do something to stop the false reports, and on August 13th

rumours needed no denia).

he made a statement giving nith

circumstances of the negotiationa Illcgical Crities.

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P

POINCARE, BARTHOL OR

BRIAND.'

(THROJGA REUTER'S 'AGENCY.)

PARIS, Nov. 7th.

It is generally believed that President Doumergue will finally ask M. Poincaré to form a new Cabinet,

If the latter declines, it seems

that M. Barthou or H. Brispd will not expected until after Friday. be appointed. The designation is

many

Useful Majority.

As the result of their victory in the election the Republicans after March 4th will have a majority of at least 13 in the Senate and 81 in the House of Representatives.

An appreciation of Mr. Hoover will be found on page 10

According to the latest indica-

tions the new Serate will be com posed as follows:-Republicans, 56; Democrats, 38; Farmer Labour, 1; Doubtful, g

Then Mr. Wedgwood. Bean (Labour) resumed the debate on the Address, demanding informa tion with regard to Britain's obligations to France.

AMERICAN EXCLUSION OF JAPANESE.

EX-AMBASSADOR'S PROTÉST.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19th.' Á stirring appeal for reconsidera- was made here to-night by Mr. tion of the Japanese exclusion law

Ambassador to Tokyo. He spoke at a banquet given under the auspices of the Episcopal Church drive for 82,600,000 to complete a to mark the formal opening of a $5,000,000 endowment for St. Luke's Hospital at Takyo.

The Republican majority in the so doing we were apparently con-presens Senate is only one vote, ferring some immunity upon the and this includes two or three French which they had not at pre- Progressives, who are able to com-Charles Beecher Warren, former sent Tested

alley. The French had complete the Republicana on many import- арол complete bine with the Democrats against freedom at present to build s

ant measures, giving them a bal small bubmarines and cruisers as they chose, and the only hers of the House include Victor ance of power. The defeated mem- thing we had to consider wos, could we make some arrangement Berger, the only Socialist in the that would put some limitation present House. upon this unlimited building 1 In order to get some limitation we were willing to give for something we certainly desired to have. The whole question was, would it or would it not nothing He entirely denied that the effect of these negotiations hid been actually to set back the cause of disarmament. They bad done nothing of the sort. What they had done, and he did not wish to minimise the regret which he felt, was to put

back in exactly the same position as though we had not made these proposals for a compromise at all. It meant that we had to find some other way;

successful.

be belter than

No Commitments.

On the question of military re- servists, added Lord Cushendun, it would be necessary, before very long, for the Government to give

The House of Representatives will be composed of Republicans, 258; Democrats, 184; Farmer Labour, 1; Doubtful, 12.

on economic

"I condemn barring Japanese from American soil, said the former Ambassador. If we wish to exclude them grounds we are justified in so doing. Japan' would understand such lan- guage, as she herself excludes the Chinese for the same reasons. But to deny" our land to the Japanese through any suggestion of racial inferiority connotes thought

which is "false"

д

quet, voiced the belief that the

Dear

A Result Contested. With the returns from sixty-six

Mr. Warren strongly endorsed the districts still missing. Franklin Roosevelt, the Democrat, claims to

financial drive on behalf of St. have been elected Governor of New Luke's Hospital. It will give the York State by a majority of 28,900 Christian missionaries the oppor votes, but his republican opponent tunity to demonstrate by their own Ottinger, a New York State Attor-lives," he said, "the moral "atan- ney, threatens to contest the result..

dards of our nation which some day What, asked Lord Cushendur,

He says he will employ experts He had been asked; what were

we may live up to. Let us not returns was the precise charge against the

to examine the election our commitments? He could not

imagine that the hospital in itself Government? The Government were atate too emphatically that there

from all over the State. Yenchow, Haichow, Chingkiaagra constantly being exhorted to pro-were no commitments. There never

will bring peace. No machine will The Democrat Senator Copeland

create peace, which is a state of and finally Yangchow whence he cred with disarmament, and no one

had a majority of 72,600 over Mr. had been But nothing had been Houghton, the late Ambassador at

mind and not a piece of machinery; will return to Nanking. His jours more anxious than the Govern done to disturb the

"men and women must desire it and ment to encourage and push on

warm and London, in the contest for election

men entrusted with power must re bey will take three weeks.

to the Senate; 218 districts are still with the policy of disarmament in friendly feeling which we had to- every way that might be prae this particular. attempt to agree

cognize the just rights of other wards the French, even although

missing. ticable. By what conceivable

Norman Thomas, the Socialist people and their just aspirations,"

Consul-General Saito, who came upon the principles of disarma candidate for the Presidency, re methed could we compose our

from New York to attend the ban- ment had unfortunately not been ceived 48,000 votes in New York difference with the French except by the method that had been adopt-

City, while William Foster, pre- ed, by talking together, by con-

adjusted in the

fature. sultation, and by seeing whether by

sidential candidate of the Com-exclusion act will be satisfactorily munist party, polled 6,840 votes.

"Japan and America have passed give and take it was possible to

35,000,000 Voters. SHANGHAI, Nov. 8th..

through three stages," he comment- arrive at Ва arrangement? By instructions to their representa- It is estimated that altogether ed The first stage was that of

method could we from Peiping says what special

tives at Geneva. Those instruc35,000,000 polled at the election, of | patronage; the second was a ztagę carry out what we all agreed we that the Nanking Government in wanted to get, namely, internations had not yet been even con- which 20,000,000 voted for Hoover of misgivings and suspicions and sidered but "we were under no and 15,000,000 for Smith. The lat- the third is a stage of under- tend to despatch General Chen tional agreement 1

Critics of the Government ex- obligations.

ter thus received more votes than standing.” Ming Shu to Szechuan to attempt horted them to base international"

Two Courses,

any previous Democratic candidate, to settle the cutstanding military relations upon agreement and, in We could, if we liked, insist though as the same time establish the same breath, denounced them upon our own view regarding mili-ing a low record for the number problems in the province.

when they adopted the only method tary reservists, but he did not sug of electoral votes secured. He car General Chen Ming Shu is now for arriving at an agreement. One gest we were likely to do so bened only eight States Alabama, at Peiping and whether he will of the most pernicicus and mis- cause he believed it would be ab- had solutely futile. Although the other chiefous suggestions which accept the Nanking Government's been made was that because we ar view was that without including appointment or not is still uc- rived at an agreement with one reservists, disarmament must be nation it must necessarily imply ineffective the Continental nations .known.

hostility to some other nation. It believed they could carry out a the Republican cry of "prosperity" was said in some quarters that this large measure of disarmament by agreement involved Anglo-French totally different methods. combination aghinst Germany; at no use going to Geneva at all, un- another time, Anglo-French comics one were willing in a suff- bination against America; and he was not sure if they were not se cused of combining against Italy! Of course, there was not the smal- lest shadow of foundation or

A message

BAD STATE OF ROLLING STOCK.

does.

It was

Arkansas,

Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island,

The consensus of opinion in the Democratic headquarters is that was the determining consideration among the electora.

Newspaper Ocmment. ciently "good cause to surrender In newspaper commente on the one's own point of view and con- unprecendented political landslide, sent to give as well as take. He the unwontedly dry" World, the repeated that although this par-leading Democratic organ, wishes ticular failure had not given any | Hoover #health, strength and good definite set back to the cause of fortune" and congratulates Smith disarmament he agreed that it was on his gallantry against inauper. very disappointing and that it had able odds."

{THROUUR REUTER'S LOENCY.)

PERING, Nov. 8th. Most of the rolling stock, which evidence to support auch innuen- Chang Hsueh Liang recently re- turned was in such bad condition

Disarmament Hindered. that it had to be sent to Tangaben

not given it a very large fillip. If The Democratic Timer admits for repairs, which in most cases Lord Cushendun proceeded to it had succeeded it would haveHoover's remarkable ability as a wil take nearly six months ask whether the actual terms of the given a very considerable fillip to politician and suggests that he now many of the care bave to be prac. compromise were bad in them- the cause of disarmament. We has an opportunity to prove that

selves. The criticism that we had tically rebuilt. **.

must not be discouraged, but must he is "not merely a practical en· Chang Hsuch Lung has now allowed the French to have untry and find some other mode of gineer bu a full-rounded man, wired to Pei Chung Hei stating limited small submarines and un-

equal to the great task laid upon that he is sending a second batch limited small cruisers and that by approach to a general agreement.

"Lord Thomson withdrew his mo him both at home and abroad.": consisting of twenty trains.

(Continued on next Column.): tion, and the House adjourned. (Continued, on neri Column.)

Reason Over Emotion.

The Republican Herald Tribune call the election "a triumph of reston over emotion and says that Smith's gesture towards probibition reform was seen to be only gesture and that the injection of the religious issue into his com- paign by the Democrats was an egregious blander.

The auctioneers have deposited the money received for these in purt, pending the final decision after the Supreme Court has fully investigated the rights of owner- ship.

The sales at auction already con. cluded realised over £100,000.

INDIAN ASSEMBLEY : SECRETARIAT. PRESS ATTACK ON LORD BIRKENHEAD.

com-

Government of

A

THE ERUPTION OF ETNA.

UNPRECEDENTED PROPOR-

TIONS,

TOWN WIPED OUT.

(THROUGH KROTEN'S AGENOT.]

CATANIA, Nov. 7th.

The eruption of Mount Etna is

causing terrible destruction, ene

town of 10,000 inhabitants having already been destroyed, whilst an- other, with double that population. is seriously threatened.

It was on Monday that the erup- tion" began, but it was caly then mild in character. It has since been gaining in violencs, and now threatens a big calamity.

destroyed the War Memorial, which The principal, lava stream has had just been unveiled, the Parish. Church and several houses in Mascali.

It is now threatening the railway Messina, whilst the other stream

between bridge

Catania and

is advancing on Anauntiata and has already wiped out several larms.

Huge Proportions.

LATER. According to seismological *** perta, the eruption of Mount Etna, has now gained unprecedented pro- portions, both as regards violence and quantity of lava.

The eruption is likely to continue and to do much damage throughout the countryside.

Many townships have already been evacuated, and Mascali kaa been totally destroyed, but its 10,000 inhabitants had previously been evacuated.

The Calcutta Stalesman, menting on the India's dispatch concerning the separation of the Assembly Secre- tariat from the Government, says it The town of Giarre, with 20,000 proves that the Home Member's | inhabitants, is now seriously threa beart has been in the right place tened. throughout. long way to meet Mr. Patel, the The dispatch goes a President of the Assembly, and makes a practical compromite pos- sible.

The newspaper says it is impossible to suppose that there is

DESERTION IN SAME HOUSE.

any member of the Government wheWIFE'S SUCCESSFUL ACTION. has not felt humiliated at the posi tion to which the Secretary of State

The parties continued to reside in the same bone, but Mr. Williams asked the Magistrate to say that there had been legal desertion and that the wife, wis entitled to a

over

has publicly reduced it. It pro- At North London Police Court cecds:-

recently the Magistrate (Mr. Dum- By the mails we receive photo-mett) gave judgment in the case graphs of Lord Birkenhead yacht-of Silver . Silver, in which the ing at Cowes or disporting himself wife asked for a judicial separa- at other centres of pleasure. The tion of the ground of her husband's breezy contributions to the Press mails also bring his bright and desertion. on non-political subjects, while the

Mr. Williams, who appeared 'for cables speak of his projects for

the wife, stated that the parties were Mrs. Fanny Silver, of Rend- money-making in the City. But we

lesham-road, Clapton, and her hus- have yet to see a photograph of band, Barnett Silver, a costume. Lord Birkenhead attending to his manufacturer. They were married business at the Indin Office, and in 1923 and went to live in the. his cynical indifference to his, work house which had been provided and has undoubtedly brought nearer the furnished by the wife's parents. day wher few will regret to see After the birth of the only child Indian affairs in London transferred Kr. Silver had refused to speak to the Dominions Office in Downing to his wife, had denied her marital Street,'

relations, and had simply used the According to Mr. Crerar's report-house for rest add refreshment. ed statement in the Assembly on September 6th, the dispatch was forwarded to Lord Birkenhead on July 28th, and, apparently, the Government of India recently press- ed urgently for permission to pub-judicial separation with alimony fish it. The Statesman's criticism,

In his judgment the Magistrats. however, really represents the feel

two years, ing generated by the prolonged said that for delays in numerous imported issues although living in the same house notably the publication of the Sand-time. sleeping in the same room in vis-à-vis the Indian Legislature, and during the greater part of the hurst Committee's report und different beds, the husband had Whitehall's views on the Reserve absolutely refused have anything The newspaper finds to do with his wife hot sexually the root of the present tension be- and socially. He had declined to tween the Government and the speak to her, and for all practical Chair in three causes-the Presi- purposes when in the house was a dent's own political speeches be mere automaton. On these B3- tween the Sessions, the mischievous tonishing facts he was asked to say articles in the Pioneer instilling that there had been desertion in law. He had looked carefully into auspicion of the Home Member, and the Government of India's depend-

all the cases on desertion, "and he ence on the Secretary of State. had come to the conclusion that it was not necessary in every, caso With reference to the attempt to implicate Lord Burnham, & member

that one or other of the parties of the Simon Commission, in its should leave the house in which they criticisms, the Statesman points had resided. The Judges in the out that Lord Burnham has no High Court had been careful to put no narrow interpretation on the more responsibility for what ap

word "desertion," but it did serm pears in the newspaper than Mr. Patel himself,

clear that if the wife was subjected to such treatment that she left her husband the husband was guilty of desertion. In this case the wile was the owner of the house and the furniture, and she did not wish to leave the place. The mere suspen- sion of marital relations was not sufficient, but it was open to the Court to look into other facts, and if it were found that the parties were leading wholly separate lives then it might be held that there had been desertion. The case of Jackson v. Jackson seemed to hy down that principle.

Bank Bill

QUEENSLAND OILFIELDS.

GOVERNMENT AND AMERI- CAN CAPITAL.

to amend

BRISBANE, Oct 9th. Much concern is being felt at Brisbane and Sydney at the an nouncement that the Queensland Government intends the Petroleum Act, permitting the investment of American capital. Under the present Act, oil pro- specting is absolutely reserved for British and Australian capital. Announcing his expectation never Several oil companies developing again, to compete for public office, the Roma oilfield are protesting Governor Smith declared that the amendment will be pre- shall be happy and content to cou-

judicial to British and Australian clude over a quarter of a century interests, especially as they are of public life.””

hopeful of success within a few months. The Government contends that the lack of British apital is For the first time, New York discouraging, and that Australian City has elected a woman to Con-capital is inadequate for the full gress. She is a Republican, Misa development of the cildd, In- Kuth Pratt.

vestors from Sydney are now &t Mrs, Hanna McCormick, of Chi- Brisbane urging the Government cago, has also been elected to Con- to delay the amendment of the Bill STEEL. She is the daughter of Mr. for 12 months. Mr. W. McCor- Mark Hanna, the Ohio Senator, mack, the Premier of Queensland, who is credited with having saade is, considering this proposal, but McKinley President in 1800 by his has refused to make a definite political ability.

Congress Women.

statement.

"In Court the defendant had said that he proposed to continue his. conduct so long as bis wife had

ything to do with her mother. That was imposing a perfectly. monetrous condition. In his (the Magistrate's) judgment there had been a living apart in the case. and the wife was entitled to the relief she asked for. There would be an order for a judicial separa- tion and the husband must pay his wife 30s. per week for herself and Be for the child, with £2 28. costs'....... Subsequently the defendant naked the Magistrate if he could have a diamond ring which had cost him 20. His wife wore it.

The Magistrate:-It was a gift to" her.