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--MÄRSHAL LI TSAI HSIN ON WAY

TO CANTON.

KUOMINTANG FROWNS ON THE YOUTH" MOVEMENT.

CHIANG KAI SHEK'S APPEAL FOR UNITY.

"SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS: SOME

CONTRASTS.

Marshal Li Tani Hsin is at last on his way to Canton having left Shanghai by the 1.5. Paul Lecut. Perhaps be has taken a hand in securing the Kuomintang decision to discourage the Youth movement, for the Marshal has always been an emphatic opponent of student participation in politics.

Chiang Kai-Shek has made another appeal for udity in the ranks of the Kuomintang adding that Communist elements will exploit their différences.

Several items of news come from Hankow, Demobilisation is in progress and 10 pirates have been executed. But on the other band the Race Club has not found the local authorities to be sympathetic towards the Sport of King".

While the

Sino-Japanese relations present an odd contrast. Japanese envoy to Nanking is expected to come to an important agreement drawing the Tokyo and Nanking Governments together, Peking and Canton pickets are pushing on the anti-Japanese Boycolt.

LF TSAI HSIN ON HIS WAY. SHASI PIRATES EXECUTED

(THROUGH 'BEETER'S AGENCY.].

BANGHAI Nov. 18th. Marsha Li Tea Hsin left Shang- hai yesterday for Hong Kong by

the s. Paul Lerat.

BACK TO YOUR BOOKS!

W

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Nov. 18th. The Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang has decided to discontinue the "Youth"

move.

ment and consequently the Stud cnts Union may be dissolved shortly.

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DIVISIONS IN THE KUOMINTANG.

(Fah Tai Tat Pan).

THROUGH REUTOLA "AGENCE.]

HANKOW, Nov. 17th. Twenty-one persons were executed by the Chinese Military Headquar. ters here last evening, including sixteen men arrested in connection

with the piracy of the Chins Navi-

gation Co.'s Bs. Shari (British Bag) on the Mid-Yangtze River.

The Chinese authorities are con- tinuing their endeavours to round up the remainder of the Shari gang.

DEMOBILISATION AT HANKOW.

(Wah Tz Yat Pac),

THE HONG KONG

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HSIN TAHMING" ‘ATSUTA MARU” COLLISION.

JAPANESE VESSEL ON WRONG

SIDE OF CHANNEL.

DECISION BY MAJORITY OF ARBITRATORS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]

SHANGHAI, Nov. 18th.

PRESS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 1928.

THE

VESTRIS INQUIRY.

NEGRO FIREMEN IN PANIC.

ENGINEERS' STORY OF THE WRECK

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE. }

Niw Your, Navi 17th. The Ferris inquiry was opened with an announcement by State Attorney Tuttle who said: "I have received reports front confidential sources which lead me to say that ollisjudgment in the case of the if anyone is attempting to prevent near Chinkiang on Febru- full testimony being given by wit ary 19th between the Atouta Maronesses regarding the sinking of the and the Hsin Tahming covers Fextris he will be most severely thirty-three pages. It was signed dealt with.". Mr. Tuttle earlier by Messrs. Tirling, Fessenden and in the proceedings whetted the W. P. Hunt of the U.S.A. shipping: American journalists' appetites by board and the agent Mr. Ronold saying that he was prepared to MadDonald who was appointed as referee by the arbitrators

The arbitrators appointed by the owners of the dteuta Maru.refused to sign the award.

Judgment holds that the drtručn Afaru was on the wrong side of the channel and did not adhere to the rules of the rand though it was possible to do so

The arbitators, therefore, find that the Atmin Maru was solely to blame and the Hain Tahming in no way contributed towards the collision,

[The disaster was one in which 360 Chinese aboard the Hoin Tahining lost their lives. The arbitators, awarded the owners of the vessel $283,000. ↑

H.M.S. "DAUNTLESS." REPAIRED AND SAILING FOR

ENGLAND.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

draw the truth at all costs' from the surviving officers and crew.

EVIDENCE OF OFFICERS.

First Officer Frank Johnson gave as his opinion that the dis- aster was due to unusually bad weather.

Chief Engineer James Adams described how the water poured through the ship's side. The Cap- tain told him that he could keep the ship afloat as long as be (Adams) could keep up steam steam pressure.

According to the dramatic story. told by three of the engineer off- cers the Festria sank because the negro firemen refused (under try- ing conditions below) to stoke the boilera.

GERMAN STEEL LOCKOUT.

REICHSTAG AUTHORISES

RELIEF.

250,000 MEN EFFECTED. (THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE GREAT GALE.

AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED

DUTCH FAMILY OF 12' DROWNED.

WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

BERLIN, Nov. 18th. Increasing distress in the Rubr. and other German industrial · dia trifts owing to the shortage of raw materiais has resulted in a lockout

Farther reports emphasise the terrible nature of the gale that? in the iron and steel trades, alto-

swept England on Friday and Saturday. The latest Reuter cable: announced workers being gether quarter of a

More gales expected during the week end." A milica affected.

pitiful tragedy was enacted off the island of Terschelling, a whole Reichstag has authorised the Cabi-family, including parents and ten children being lost when a small

...vessel foundered Fatalities in England number at least seven.

**

The

net to place, sufficient funds at its. disposal for the relief of the Rubr steel workers.

seldorf is doing his utmost to bring, The Provincial Governor at Dus- about an understanding between the parties who are at present negotiating.

THE COMMUNICA TIONS COMPANY.

BIG CABLES AND WIRELESS COMBINE.

BILL TO COME BEFORE COMMONS.

(BRITISH WIEKINSS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Nov. 17th. The text was published last even- ing of the Imperial Telegraphe Bill which will come before the House of Commons on Wednesday: It Government's cable undertakings. provides for the sale of all the

Most of The South Coast lifeboats appear to have been out and effected a large number of gallant rescues, fortunately without repetition of the Rye Tragedy, of which certain aspects wero not' cleared up by the inquest. WHOLE DUTCH FAMILY

DROWNED.

(THROUGH`RXUTER'S AGENCY.]

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 18th

The Gale wrecked a Dutch sail- ing bost of the Island of Terschel ling. The master, his wife and, ten children are believed to drowned.

¡RYE LIFE BOAT DISASTER.

INQUEST SCENES.

SEVERAL POINTS NOT CLEARED UP.

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 17th.

Wind Modarates

In a wooden hut at Camber, LONDON, Saturday, Nov 17th. Sussex, lighted by flickering oil- The fores of gale which swept lamps with the gale still shrieking over England yesterday decreased outside, haggard and destitute, wo- during the night and this morning men and other witnesses gave the wind was moderate but further evidence at the inquest on the storins during the weak and bodies of the men killed in the Rye are prophesied. Much havoc was lifeboat disaster. The enquiry wrought by the wind which attain-established that the lifeboat was ed a velocity of eighty miles a honr free of defecta but did not raves! in Southern England and Wales.

what compelled the men to return

Subscriptions For Defendants.

Refrigerating Engineer Smith,

At least seven people were killed direct, instead of taking the cor- Fourth Engineer, Prestwick and

and scores suffered injuries of which rect route vid Folkestone. The twelve are reported serious. The hearing was adjourned owing to a Sixth Engineer Dixon all said that the Captain of the Featris did not

These are to be transferred to

The Coroner fore- loss to property totals many thou technicality. send an 8.0.9. earlier than he did the Communications Company which dents were all isolated cases caused death at the next sitting.

sands of pounds. The fatal acci- shadowed a verdict of accidental because until 9 am on November will acquire also all the communica by falling trees and masonery Verdict Accidental Drowning. 19th there was no need. Thoy de tion assets of the Cable and Mar-Three huge crane on a quayside at HALIFAXE, Nov: 16th. H.MS. Dauntless has been re-

clared that the trouble started on tions Company will hold a lease of weighing fifteens tons, falling was death from accidental drown- coni Companies. The Communica Southampton were blown over, one The Coroner's inquest serdist

LONDON, Nov. 18th. paired and refloated and is leaving the previous day when a big sea for England at the end of Novem-smashed the glass port in the so-

the Post Office bean stations and partly on a refreshment house but ing. called coal door. ber.

torrent of will have capital at its inception It will he remembered that water pouted in, which onto not exceeding thirty is all diners except two, who suffered minor injuries escaped. Two other H. M.S. Dauntless, formed part of

was checked by the pumps and was sterling.

LONDON, Nov. 17th. the Cruiser Squadron, which was

not dangerous. Nevertheless the Ender the Bill authority is given cranes were put out of action.

Subscriptions are pouring in to Two hundred and eighty tele- out have last year under the son panicky till on the morning of the from April next of the following seventy towns were eut off tele Bye on behalf of the stricken de negro firemen became increasingly for the sale to this company, as phone lines were blown down and the fund opened by the Mayor of mend of Rear Admiral Boyle. In 12th it was almost impossible to Government undertakings: Pacific phonically from London. Reads pendents of the victims of yester June the ship grounded while mak handle them. ing Halifax harbour in a dense fog

They constantly Cable, Boards cables, West Indian and railways and was expected to be a total loss,pped up onto the deck and 1 cable and wireless system and the blocked by fallen trees in many recovered and they will be buried were temporarily Thirteen bodies have now been

day's lifeboat disaster. SHANGHAI, Nov. 19th.. The military headquarters of the ever, saved this fine warship and Vigorous salvage methods, bow

Imperial Atlantic cables.

The terms of the transfer of the broadcasting was seriously inter- parts of the country. Wireless Government's cables were set out rupted and seventeen stations are Fourth Army Group, at Hankow, Halifax has duly carried out the

extensive repaira.

in a report on the conference of cut off from headquarters. has resolved to start demobilisation (Capt McPherson) and the Navi-

of the Empire published last sum-erection at New Port were destroy The Captain

representatives of the Governments BRANGHAI, Nov. 18th.

oa a settled plan in three weeks. gating Officer, Lt.-Comdr. Beatty,

Fifty houses in the course of Marshal Chiang Kai Shekhas The army. corps under. General Liboth of whom are well known in

ed and in many parts of Southern issued a message to the Kuomin- Ben Hsin, Teh Chi, and Lino Lua result of the stranding.]

Hong Kong were courtmartialled as

England and Wales houses are re- tang dealing with the problem of and Wei Yeh Ser will be reor-

ported to have had roofing tiles consolidating, and strengthening the ganised into the Eighth, Ninth, "party organisation." He said that Teath and Eleventh Divisions re-

no party divisions would be per apectively with the mitted within the 'Kuomintang. generals in command. The relations between the Central Kuomintang and local Kuomintang branches had been clearly defined and any Kuomintang branch which did not agree with a resolution adopted by the Central Kuomintang must enter its protest in strict accordance with the rules of the Kuomintang.

In the case of a recent incident which resulted in the resignation of the executive members of the Nan- king City Kuomintang en bloc, it was evident that they had taken the wrong step of accusing the individual members of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuo- minting. "I am the chief of the Organisation Department of the Kuomintang," he continued, "and it is a heavy responsibility. I am very sorry to see that a split is again evident of which the Com- munists will try to take advan. tage,"

JAPAN-AND-NANKING GOVERNMENT.

(Wah-Tuz Fat Pau),

above four

the

BIG FIRE NEAR NIKKO. HOT SPRING RESORT BURNT

OUT.

several times were driven down at the point of the mates revolver, but they refused to feed the fires and finally steam began fail and their work properly and the water consequently pumps did not do increased in volume till at 9am. on the 12th the ship's list was forty-five degrees. Then the Cap- tain sent out on 8.0.8.

Fight To Keep Steam. desperately struggled to take the Meanwhile the British engineers places, of the negroes who were then on deck, straining every nerve to keep sufficient steam to work the pumps and also the wire- less-dynamo. They only left their posts five minutes before the ships final plunge. The three engineer officers emphasised that Captain Carey did his utmost and vigorous ly exonerated him from any blama whatsoever."

The Federal Inquiry was ad- journed till Tuesday.

mer.

AMERICAN CABLE AND RADIO MERGER.

TO MEET EUROPEAN COMPETITION.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

corn off.

In London...

In London windows were broken in residential and shopping areas. A number of tiles were dislodged from the roof of the law courts and this necessitated a temporary clos ing to pedestrians of one side of Fleet Street. The wind broke off the hilt of the sword on the status of Richard Coeur de Lion outside

...... Lifeboats.

NEW YORK Nov. 17th. Mr. Carlton, President of the Western Uson Telegraph

Com- pany, has stated that conversations have been held in connection with the House of Lords. Dear

the possible merger of the Western Union Company and the Radio Corporation of America He ex pressed the view that this would meet the competition of the cable and wireless systems of Britain, France and Italy.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. Hankow Races Abandoned. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Tokyo, Nov. 17th. HANKOW, Nov. 17th A fire which broke out early this meeting scheduled for to-day has spring "resort

The off day of the autuma race morning destroyed the famous hot. been cancelled owing to the ex-

at Yumoto, Nikko. orbitant demands of Jocal Most of the hotels and houses are authorities upon the finance com-reported to have been reduced to not prepared to comply, mittec with which the Race Club is

As far as is known, there were no casualties. BELGIUM'S RENUNCIATION, [THROUGH AEUTER'S AGENCY.]

Bausas, Nov. 17th.. In a few days Belgium and China will sign a provisional Treaty under which Belgium will renounce extraterritoriality and obtains the most favoured nation" clause.

nahes..

THE SOFT ANSWER. SIR A, CHAMBERLAIN ON U.S.A. SYMPATHY.

(THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]

QUEBEC, Nov. 18th, Prior to sailing for England, Sir Austen Chamberlain referring to NATIONALIST PARTY CON-President Coolidge's Armistice Day

CRESS POSTPONED.

{THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOT.)

NANKING, NOV 17th

Fifth Bagineer's Heroism. The heroic deed of Fifth En gineer John Jones has just been revealed. Jones, a few momentä before the Festris sank went below and crawled on top of the main boiler which was liable to explode at any moment and turned off steam, probably preventing the ship from blowing up. He thus saved the lives of most of the survivors.

MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD.

"

WATCHING CAPT. CAREY'S INTERESTS.

address emphasised that Britain would entertain no rivalry, with the United States and did not desire any naval competition. But as the centre of a world-wide empire, de-..

their sea pendent keeping open

LONDON, Nov. 18th. The standing committee of the communications Britishers naturally The Imperial Merchant Service Central Executive Committee of the felt it an elementary precaution Guild has telegraphed to a firm of Nationalist Party of China decided for their safety, and even for their New York lawyers to protect the yesterday afternoon that the con-existence, to guard their SHANGHAI, Nov. 18th vocation of the third national con- arteries of supply. If these facts the Fenris enquiry,

vital good name of Captain Carey at Mr. Yada will proceed to Nan-gress of the Nationalist Party be

were recognised he was confident king to-morrow for the opening of postponed till March 18th, 1929, as

Americans would view the British the third session of the negotia the reorganisation of the various ease with more sympathy. tions th the Nationalist Govern, provincial and special Party head-

these negotiations are quarters is unlikely to be completed ECONOMIC CONFERENCE IN ment suci, sa ] 1) is quite certam that before the end of the current year thy Thanese Government will Moreover, notice of the convocation

"MOSCOW. formally announce its willingness to must be despatched to the delegates open official negotiations with the at least three months before the Nationalist Government.

congress is convened,

· JAPANESE SYNDICATE AND

MANCHURIA.

(Fah Ta Yat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Nov. 18th.

A Peking message states that a group of leading Japanese mer- chants is planning to establish a syndicate for the purchase of land

in Manchuria.

"ANTI-JAPANESE BOYCOTT IN PEKING.

'THE" WOODLARK.”

LEFT WENCHOW ON THURS. DAY.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAL, Nov. 18th, The 6.8. Casrum, formerly E.M. unboat I bodlark, after bunkering at Wenchow left for Hong Kong on Thursday.

WARSHIP MOVEMENTS:

{THROUGH. BEUTER'S AGENUY:)

November 17th. H.M.S. Bluebell arrived at Che- foo from Chinwangtao.

HM.S. Berwick has arrived at Miyajima from Karatau,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Moscow, Nov. 18th:

Six delegates have been officially appointed to open negotiations

here with Germany on economic subjecte on the 26th of November..

INDIAN NATIONALIST LEADER.

„DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE

{THROUGH EXPYZU'S "AGENCY.]

LAHORE, Nov. 17th. The death is announced from heart failure of the Nationalist leader, Lalal Aj-Patrai.

THE FRENCH CABINET.'

FURTHER RESIGNATIONS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

(Wak Tas Yar Pea).

„Shanghai, Nov. 18th, The Japanese Boycott Committee, under the control of the Paking Kuomintang has place a number of pickets at all city gates to examine H.M.S. Concord left Portsmouth Japanese goods passing in and out | az 10.30 am. for China, ta of Peking. They have also decided The transport Dorectalire arriy-

PARIS, Nov, 18. to impose a special tax of fvo per / ed at Singapore from Hong Kong.

» resignation of Axenti ad valorem gg- Japanese (and sailed før Colombo.

Paul-Boncour M. Jouhaux has goody Chinese killige post de expect to the emplag of Japanese residents will HMS. Serapis arrived at Hong Preparators Disarmament. Commis be ordered to, go on strike.

Kong from Foochow

sion.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT HELPING. INQUIRY. MR. TUTTLE'S THAN (BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.)

RUGBY, Nov. 17th, The British Government have in-

formed the Government of the United States of their readiness to

give every assistance within their power in the inquiry into the loss of the Festris, which foundered off the American coast with a loss of 125 lives on Monday last.

yard, which will he dug by volun eers because the aged grave-digger, in a single grave in Rye Church-

said he is unable to dig a grave who is a small shopkeeper, lost three sons in the disaster and has for them.

Constguards and the fisherfolk, despite the tempest, spent the night searching the shore for bodies.

falling across it and crushing the victim.

Another man was killed in a falı of land at Torquay, while a village. hall collapsed at Stubbington, Hampshire, killing a child.

A velocity of one hundred miles per hour was reached at Cardiff, inety miles at Cardington and eighty miles at Croydon.

were suspended.

The sea and air Channel services

Lifeboats went out to the aid of a number of vessels in distress at sea and many lives were saved. The crew, numbering fifteen, of a The Plymouth lifeboat rescued steamer off the Kentish Coast which eight of the crew of a grounded dragged her anchors were rescued steamer, the rest being saved by cessful completion of the merger is and by

A later cable states that the suby means of a breeches buoy breeches buoy.

the Flymouth" Motor implied in the above statement. Lifeboat. The Ramsgate Motor Life boat rescued a crew of six of a schooner when the vessel was sink ing off the North Foreland Life boats were also out from Caister, Selsey Gorleston and Torbay and early this morning were still stand- ing by distressed vessels. Several other lifeboats were called-out.

FORD THE UBIQUITOUS. TYRES TO BE MADE IN

BRAZIL

[*20EHDY, SULLET ÉDACTHI]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18th: News received from Para an nounce

that material has arrived at Pare for the erection of a tyre plant for Mr. Henry Ford's con- cern which is also contemplating the establishment of great rubber and cotton plantations in Brazil. FOR A CHICAGAN HOLIDAY!

HUNTERS TO KILL" BIG GAME IN THE EAST,

(*LJAKOT SHELASZ HOL]

LONDON, Nov. 18th. Mests. Theodore and Kermit

HAVOC ON FRIDAY.

LONDON, NO, 17th. Euston Station was isolated for ever an hour by a large elm tree which was torn up and fell across the fines

The Ramsgate lifeboat rescued six from a sinking schooner and the Margate lifeboat rescued the crew of a grounded coal barge.

It was impossible to land the gold or West African mails at Plymouth from the liner "Aba."

The mail steamer Maid of Or leans," the afternoon boat from Boulogne to Folkestone, had con siderable difficulty in reaching her berth at Folkestone. Even when she got into harbour, the wind and tide were so strong that it took twenty minutes to get her to the quaysida.

The Imperial Airways' machine Huge liners were bobbing up and flying over the "Maid of Orleans

At Southampton,a gale of over from the continent had a tremend "sixty miles an hour was reportedous fight against the wind. When

wireless mast of the steamer by leas it dipped and only cleared the than ten feet.

down like corks.

All shipping was stopped al though several liners, including the great Cunarder, Alaunia, were due to leave.

At Yarmouth, more than a dozen of the amali craft in harbour wore

The Southern Railway steamer "Vera" crossed from Southampton to. Guernsey in the teeth of a gale, the passage taking 15 hours. There

Roosevelt have arrived at South for from their moorings and were seventy passengera aboard.

ampton from New York en route for an hunting expedition in arms, China and Indo Ching, to collect specimens for the Field

Museum, Chicago.

NEW YORK'S STOCK MARKET.

REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

New York, Nov 18th,

sinashed.

A man was killed by the fall of a tree at Bristol, and another man lost his life in the same way at Exeter. In the later case, the mat

was driving a motor-ear, the tree (Continued on next Columns).

At the adjourned sitting of the inquiry yesterday the New York District Attorney, Mr. Tuttle, ex- pressed his appreciation of the at A new record was created for a titude of the British Government Saturday, the stock market sales TO in offering to operate yesterday totalling-3,300,000- shares.

The desire of the British Govern ment is that the inquiry into the disaster should be as searching and complete as possible and conducted with fairness to all concerned.

All Wireless Massages. (LKUTIE'S AMERICAK BERVICE]

"VESTRIS LIFEBOAT AS'

EVIDENCE.

"{REUTTE'S 'AMERICAN "SKEVICE_)

NEW YORK, Nov. 17th. One of the Festrie lifeboats has WASHINGTON, Nov 18th. The Navy Department has in- been seized by agents of the De partment of Justice and taken to structed Naval Wireless Stations the Federal Building to be used to forward. all radio messages from Featris and any other messages

as evidence before the inquiry, hearing on the disaster. These will

"Owners” Inquiry Discontinued be available for the enquiry at New Mrs. Lamport and Holt's pri

privita Prate cremation of the ombre Board Trade.

been discontinued, in view of the (Continued at foot of next column.) Federal inquiry.

AMERICAN CAPITAL IN.. BRAZIL, SPEND £5,000,000 ON ELEC TRICAL DEVELOPMENT.“

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HIO JANEIRO, Nov. 18th. The Vice President of the élec tric bond and share company formed in New York to finance and supervise electrical enterprises has arrived here from New York to in- vestigate the position of the enter prises conducted in Brazil by the associated companies,

vice-presi

In an interview the deat said that the United States electricity concerns were going in the development of their Brazi Tian, properties:

Saint Helier, Jersey, nearly 2 The "Vers" arrived to-day at hours' late.

The Torbay lifeboat was the last to stand by the floating dock which was bound "for" the Far East In charge of two Dutch tuga

MOSCOW'S MILITARIST

SECRETS,

SAVAGE SENTENCES IN ALLEGED SPIES.

(THROUGH RAUTKE'S 'ACRNCY.]

Moscow, Nov. 18th. The Supreme Court of Moscow has sentenced Melnik an Esthonian, Lapin and Leitzer, both Latvians to ten, soxen" and "five years im prisonment respec charge of espionage in favour of

Esthonia and Latvia.