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STRONG FEELING IN

HANKOW.

JAPAN'S TRADE FIGURES.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY,

ITALIAN SAILORS IN KING'S CONDITION

BRAWL.

PRETEXT OF COOLIE'S DEATH, INCREASED BUSINESS WITH FILM STOLEN AND BURNED.

CHINA,

THREE DEMANDS FROM JAPAN.

ROWDY SHANGHAI INCIDENT.

INEFFECTUAL BOYCOTT

{TAMOFON REUTER'S AGENCE.]

Haskow, Jam 9th.

(THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCY,].

(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.)

SHANGHAI, Jan. 9th. This evening three Italian sailors TOKYO, Jan. 9th. Anti-Japanese feeling here is Exports for last year totalled entered the Capitol Theatre where running high. Trouble is consider-1.971,000,000, yen.. and

imports the film The Street Angel" was ed likely as the result of the death 2,182,000,000 yen, compared with being shown (which film Mussolini of a coolio who was knocked down 1,902,000,000 yen and 2,177,000,000 by a Japanese motor cyclist and yes in 1927. died a few hours later.

The Foreign Affairs Office this morsing publishes in the foreign press a statement declaring that independent medical testimony asserts that the coglio's death was the direct result of the accident, in spite of the fact that the Japan-" ese decors reported otherwise

The statement goes on to say that three demands have been presented to the Japanese authorities, namely, compensation to the extent of 83,000, 'the punishment of the marine and the withdrawal of Japanese marines from Hackow. To this the Japan- ese have vouchsafed no

answer.

The statement concludes with the

Despite the boycott the China trade shows a considerable increase, exports to China being 330.000.000 yon and imports 375,000,000 yen, compared with 484,000,000 yen and 339,000,000 yen in 1897.

it

JAPANESE FARMERS

DISSATISFIED.

'SERIOUS CLASH WITH

POLICE."

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

OSAKA, Jan. 9th. Trouble has arisen in the Gifu information that the Foreign Prefectare in connection will the Minister has sent a letter to the irrigation dam on the Sainokawa Japanese Consul saying that the River, affecting a large farming "untoward occurrences are the resultares. The heads of the villages of the Japanese attitude, and the addressed a petition on this sub- Japanese authorities alone are held ject to the Governor of the Prefee- responsible,

ture, but failed to gain their point (ah Ter Fat Pao).

As a result a mass meeting was Workers Called Out.

held yesterday and thousands of SHANGHAI, Jan. 9th. villagers of the Namori village In a message from Harkow it is clashed with, the police, when forty, reported that Chinese workers" in casualties were Kaffered. The the Japanese Concession have been Governor has requested that troops called out and pickets will blockadebe despatched from Tsuruga to the Concession, Public bodies are Namori. raising funds to

support the strikers

NANKING RAILWAY HOLD UP.

WELL PLANNED COUP,

FULLER DETAILS.

A Reuter message from Nanking gives fuller detail of the holding up and robbing of a train between Shanghai and Nanking.

The mes sage in the main substantiates the Chinese cable which was printed yesterday.

kwan.

LATER,

recently banned from Italy). They bought tickets but then went to the projection room, two of them pro- ducing automatics and one a knife They seized the first reel which had just been run off and rushed from the theatre to the street.” Fifty of their comrades were awaiting them there and they burned the film amid shouting and excitement.

The sailors then went to the Carlton Theatre where the same picture was being shown, but the police had been warned and pre- vented any further trouble.

POLITICAL SPEECHES

RELAYED.. BALDWIN SPEAKS TO EIGHT

TOWNS.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE)

UNCHANGED.

HOPEFULNESS AT "THE PALACE.

'.

POSITION SATISFACTORY,

{THROUGH REUTER'A AGENCY.}

LONDON, Jan. 9th

JANUARY 10th, 1929.

REJOICING IN HOLLAND.

QUEEN. MOTHER'S JUBILEE.

THE NATION'S THANKS.

(THROUGH REGTER'S ADENOT.)

THE HAGUE, Jan, Bth. -

In honour of the fiftieth anniver-

EXPRESS DISASTER AT ASHCHURCH.

THREE "MORE DEATHS DISCOVERED.

TERRIBLE WRECKAGE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY. Į

LONDON, Jan. 8th,

A serious railway accident occur. The King passed a fair night and sary of the arrival of the Queen

Mother in Holland, Queen Wired in Gloucestershire. late this his condition is unchanged.

helmina gave a great gala dinner evening, when a passenger express at which all the highest authorities travelling from Bristol to Notting-

bam, crashed into a goods train_at" in the country were present.

Although no improvement in the King's condition has been noted since Sunday, Router understands that the position is still regarded as satisfactory, and the air of hopefulness, which has prevailed at the Palace for a couple of days is still unchanged.

It is thought that the reduction of the number of bulletins to one, issued at night, will become the asual procedure, and this is taken as proof of growing confidence on the part of the doctors that His Majesty's condition is now less liable to setbacks then hitherto.

A Quiet Day. No bulletin was issued until 8.15

p.m. on Tuesday, when the follow ing notice was exhibited on the rail ing of the Palace:

The King has had a quiet day. The condition of His Majesty re- mains unchanged. No bulletin will

RUGBY, Jan. 9th.' A new scheme of speech trans mission will be put into use when Mr. Neville Chamberlain addresses be issued until to-morrow even- a meeting at Liverpool on Fridaying.". week His speech will be heard at the same time by audiences at Bir- kenbend, Southport and Widnes.

Plans are in preparation for relaying other important political speeches by members of the Govern ment and arrangements have been made for a speech to be made in the early spring at Bristol by the Prime Minister,, which will be re- layed to seven other towns.

The tension at Gifu has been re- The Liberal party have already lieved somewhat, both sides adopt-adopted this relay system with ing a more conciliatory attitude. success, but on a somewhat smaller scale, in connection with speeches by Seventy gendarmes have arrived Mr. Lloyd George. on the scene, but though the crowds. have not dispersed there has been no rioting.

AIR SERVICES.

(ifah Tez Yat Pao),

DE HAVILLAND'S

(Signed) Stanley Hewett, Dawson of Pena. With the exception of Christmas Day and Boxing Day this is the first week-day on which no bulletin has been issued in the morning. It is taken as a good sign. “

The accident occurred at Ash

BATTLE RAGING NEAR KABUL,

REBELS GAINING GROUND."

RUSSIANS.. SERVE. THE

· ROYALISTS.

- (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.],

PESHAWAR, JAR. 9th.

A battle has been raging since lags Monday ten miles from Kabul de- tween the royalists and rebel forces comunanded by Bachai Sakas.

Messages from Kabul confirm the resumption of hostilities in the vicinity of the capital. The rebola

Her Majesty, in her speech adhigh speed. dressed to her mother, declared that ahe knew she was interpreting the church, near Tewkesbury, within are attacking from the north west. wishes of the whole nation in thank twenty miles of Charfield, where and apparently gaining ground. ing her for what she had done for fifteen were killed and 30 injured

Legation Reports.

LONDON, Jan. 84 the nation during the last Afty in a collision in the middle of

Loyal Afghan troops are follow years. When she was head of the Optober.

The express was racing throughing up the rebel tribesmen accord- Government she had won the con. fidence of the nation by her wis-tog at fifty miles an hour when it ing to an official telegram received a goods train in a by the Afghan Legation in London dom. The Queen expressed the dashed into

The from Kabul. hope that God would grant the terrible head-on collision. Queen Mother many happy years driver of the express was killed instantly, and two carriages on the train were overturned.

• yot.

Only two doctors, Lord Dawso and Sir Stanley Hewett, were at: the Palace to-night and a definitely more hopeful air now prevails.

Japanese Visit Postponed. It is authoritatively stated that until the King has recovered, noth WORLDing definite will be decided regard

RECORD.

PILOT'S WIFE AS PAS- SENGER.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruday, Jan. 9th. The Fédération Aeronautique Internationale has notified the Royal Aero Club of the granting to Alan a world's record Butler, the chairman of the De Havilland Aircraft Company, who on December 5th on a one-hundred kilometre course accomplished speed of 192864 kilometres per kour олд De Havilland Gipsy Moth. The record is in the two-

SHANGHAI, Jan. 9th, Mr. Sun Fo, the Chief of the A Shanghai-Nanking Railway

Railway Department, proposed at train was held up and robbed inst a regular meeting of the Executive night at 9 o'clock at Yiaohuamen Yuan that all agreements and con- Station, ten minutes from Hain tracts formerly concluded by pro Thirty bandits descended on the vincial governments or any local station. some holding up the authorities with foreiga « govern-

tationmaster and guards while the remainder went through the passen.ments or private firms for the estab-seater class for light aeroplanes, gers, taking more than two hours. ment of air services or loans for and Mrs. Butler was the passenger. The train eventually arrived at this purpose should be recognised Nanking at midnight. A garrison fores was immediately ordered out, by the Central Government as valid but so far no arrests have been in order to facilitate development made.

along this line.

Pay-Train,

The "proposal was adopted by the

The train that the bandits held up was the usual monthly Shanghai-meeting. Nanking Railway staff pay-train. They robbed the paymaster of $10,000, which was apparently, the motive of the robbery, and then ransacked the belongings of ap proximately 1,500 Chinese pasSČA- gers of the coolic class with the poorest, results.

DISARMAMENT.

(Wok T: Yat Pau):

MEN LEAVING THE COAL-

FIELDS.

WORK OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Jan. 9th. Sir John Cadman, member of the Industrial Transference Board, states that by means of the employ ment exchanges nearly seven hun dred men, boys and girls were being moved away from the coalfields every week to other employment in other places. Three or four hun-

ing the "fulfilment by the Duke of Gloucester of his proposed visit to Japan to hand to the Emperor the insignia of the Order of the Garter, bestowed on him by the King.

PLANE'S CRASH INTO

THE SEA.

FATAL TRIAL FLIGHT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ST. RAPHAEL, Jam. 9th. A three motored seaplane which was undergoing tests here, crashed from a height of 300 feet four miles out to sca. The five officers who were cecupants of the machine were drowned.

HAVANA SHIPPING WAR.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT "'*

BREAKS THE RECORD.

"CARONIA " LEFT BEHIND.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

HAVANA, Jan. 9th. The President Roosevelt beat the Caronia, by eight hours on the passage from New York to Havana, Although the Roosevelt's captain disclaimed any intention of racing, the vessel uttamed a speed of twenty created a record for the trip to Havana.

Women's Gift,

Rescue parties were quickly, on the scene and fifteen injured; pas sengers were saved from the débris The bodies of three others were

Afghan artillery has resumed activities against the rebels in the Northern Provinces and has been bombarding their positions in the hills, eventually forcing a retire-. ment further north."

The Queen Mother, ever since this day fifty years ago, the day of her wedding to King William III. of the Netherlands," has held the loyalty and love of her people, Anfounded pinioned by the wreckage.other provinces in now rapidly re- illustration of this feeling is that.

to celebrate her Jubilee, the women of Holland and of the Dutch East Indies subscribed a sum of £24,000 which will be placed at the disposal of Her Majesty for philanthropic purposes.

Train Out In Two,

LATER.

The situation in Kabul and the

turning to normal.

The Governor of Jelalabad Pro- In addition to four deaths it la vince" is "continuing negotiations. now reported that 23 were injured with the Shinwaris, and the dis in the collision. The express cut cussions seem likely to reach a suc- right through the goods train, which cessful conclusion. was shunting from the main ne

SALVATION ARMY COUNCIL into a siding. The engine then almost buried itself in the ground, the coaches behind rearing up to s height of thirty feet above each other.

SOLEMN PLEDGES OF SECRECY.

STRONGLY GUARDED HOUSE.

A hose pipe run from Ashchurch station extinguished the fire in the locomotive, but the water which ran over the wreckage froze, handi- capping the rescuers whose efforts

[HRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

Ruany, Jan. 8th. The first momentous meeting of the High Council of the Salvation Army was held at Sunbury-on-were also hampered by tog. Tais Thames to-day in most remarkable was so dense that the ambulance circumstances, & large force of from Gloucester had to be piloted police being on the scene, allowing

no one to enter the grounds of Sun by a motor car. bury Court without a written permit.

The Council is drawn from all corners of the earth for the purpose of deciding whether General Bram- well Booth is physically fit in view of his illness to continue in leader ship of the Army, and, incidentally, to consider the whole question of the control of the army."with its world-wide organisition and its funds amounting to £20,000,000: ·

-PARLIAMENT'S-TERM

CLOSING.

DATE OF GENERAL ELEC. TION.

IMPORTANT BUSINESS STILL IN HAND.

(BRITISH WIRELESS · SERVIĊE. ]

It was an imposing gathering of sixty-three Commissioners from all parts of the globe, the sixty-fourth being absent through illness. All the delegates are pledged to secrecy. The challenge to the General's competence to continue in office has come from his sister, Commander Evangeline. Booth, the head of the Salvation Army in the United tion, which must take place this

+

RUGBY, Jan. 8th. The date of the General Elec-

A mésange, from Peshawar -

nounces the arrival of lorries and camel caravans from the Governor of Jelalabad, and this is taken na a definite indication that the roads. are now safer. It is reported that Amanullah has agreed to abolish conscription, and to lift the ban on the entry of foreign' mullahs

Russian Pilots.

The part played by Russians in the Afghan situation is shown by the report of the death of two... Russian pilots, and from wounds received while bombing the rebels and the other killed when an Afghan plane crashed at Kabul and was burn to ashes. The observer, also a Russian, was injured.

UNEMPLOYMENT RETURNS.

TRAITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Jan, 8th. The Ministry of Labour a nounces that the number of unem

December ployed on

31st 1,320,700.

This.. wae 248,578 more than on December 17th.

WIS

Compared with a year ago, the increase was 184,397.

States, who has made more than one year, as Parliament has entered Telegrams in Brief.

SHANGHAI, Jan. 9th.. The outrage was well planned. At yesterday's session of the The robbers were armed with auto- Disbandment Conference at Nan. matica, while, two carried Thorap king, several reports and resoldred more were moving on the knots for the last twelve boura and information concerning which is

son automatic rifes. Four bandits boarded the locomotive and threat. tions were read and discussed ened the engine driver and fireman, Reports on the numerical étrength, while two cut the Shanghai-Nan armaments and expenses of main king telegraphs and telephone wire. The bandits made off northwards tenance of the respective army and it is believed that they crossed groups (that is, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd over the Yangtsze. river. to evade and 4th Army Groups, the Man- pursuit.

churian Army and the Navy) were also read.

~MANCHURIA'S RAILWAYS.

Fah To Fat Pac).

SHANGHAI, Jan. 9th-

Mr. Yu.Tan Chet, representative

TARIFF TREATIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, JUD. 8th.

of the Society for the Restoration The Central Political. Council

British,

WITHDRAWAL OF US.

MARINES.

own initative.

Since the end of August nearly ten thousand people had been moved by means of the exchanges and with a few exceptions were settling down to other work.

SPANISH PETROLEUM

MONOPOLY.

SHELL INSTALLATIONS BOUGHT.

(THROUGH REUTER': 10EXCT.)

MADRID, Jan. 9th.

A contract has been signed under which all the Shell group's getro leum installations in Spain will be taken over by a Spanish petroleum monopoly against payment £110,000.

MR. A. H. F. EDWARDES

SUCCESSOR.

NEW INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS.

{THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Jan. 9th.

of

FRENCH CHEMICAL COMPANY.

CLAIM TO IMMUNITY

REJECTED; Par.

AMERICAN COURT'S

DECISION.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New York, Jan. stb. After protracted legal argument in the American courts, a decision

months.

demand for the reform of the the fifth and last year of its allott- autocratic control of the Army.ed span, is now the subject of

general interest. General Booth's Supporter.

The new Register, with its addi-

The White Star Line announces General Bramwell Booth's daughtion of some five million women to that its headquarters will be re- er, Commissioner Catherine Booth, the electorate, comes into force on moved from Liverpool to London. is his leading protagonist...... May 1st, and it is anticipated that. The change is merely executive and The nunt and now were the prin-Parliament will be dissolved as will take place during the next few cipal figures at the Council meeting, soon after that date as possible. being given out by means of official communiques.

One of these communiques states that the preliminary proceedings were conducted by Commissioner E. J. Higgins, the Chief of Staff, and that the Council, had elected Commissioner Hay of New Zealand as its President.

A message has been sent to General Booth by the High Council expressing love and sympathy. The General is remaining at Bouth wold, a small fishing village on the coast of Suffolk, where he has been staying ever since he was taken ill.

Proceedings Open,

The proceedings opened with a unfavourable to the French Govern- byma and prayer, and after the ment has been given in the Federal choice for President of the gather Court in connection with the im- ing had fallen on Commissioner portant action instituted by the Hay, an adjournment was taken for Department of Justice in 1927 the consideration of resolutions agminat French and German which are to be presented. chemical concerns: ́·

Commissioner Catherine Booth,

>

of Manchurian Railway Rights, has ratified six new tariff treaties, French, German, petitioned the Nanking Govern the ment yesterday morning to take up Dutch, Norwegian, and BSwedish, the problem of Manchurian rail while three others, the Danish, ways with Japan. According to his Spanish and Portuguese have been statement, the aim of the Japanese referred to the foreign relations Government is to seize every poe committee for examination. sible opportunity to gain the right

It was alleged by the American. the General's daughter, with some Government that these firms had of the other delegate, left Bunbury of railway construction in Man- churia. He urges that it is high

been formed for the sole purpose Court for a small villa some little time that the Central Government

of gaining control of the distribu- distance away to confer privately tion and the price of potash. should face a warning to her and

on the problems before the High at the same time take effective (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

When the case was first brought Council. steps to raise funds for the im-

up, nearly two years ago, the When the Council reassembled, mediate construction of. intended

TIENTSIX, Jan. 9th.

French Government intervened on the same strict precautions were lines, like the line between Hsinhúa The first batch of 430 United and Hailin, which is now needed States Marines to be withdrawn that the Administrative Yuan yes pany concerned was largely owned should enter the place of the meet- to protect the interests of the rail- from Tientsin entrained for Tangku terday afternoon decided to accept by the French Republic, and that ing... Grays in Kirin and "Heilmngkinng at noon, where they will embark on the resignation of Mr. A. H. F. was, therefore, immune from What happened afterwards is not All secret trenties formerly conclud- the transport Henderson, After Edwards as Inspector-General of | legál proceedings

yet known, in the absence of any The Federal Court has now re

official announcement. ed between the defunct Peking their disembarkation at Shanghai the Maritime Customs

The Council in the evening ad- Government and "Japan, in which the transport will return to Tientsin M. F. W. Maze, Commissioner injected the claim of the French considerable concessions were made to pick up the remaining 800 and Shanghai, has been appointed Government in this respect and has journed until to-morrow. In the to the latter, should be declared will then proceed to Guam and the Inspector-General in place of Mr. decided that the case, as originally meantime, the delegates are not null and void.

instituted, must proceed.

allowed to leave Sunbury Court.

United Stated..

The Budget has to be passed, and,

if the exigencies of other Parlia The latest monthly statement mentary business permit, it is hoped issued by Mr. Parker Gilbert, the Government circles that the Agent General for Reparations, Dissolution may take place in the shows that out of 922,000,000 gold latter part of May. Friday, May marks paid by Germany under the s 24th, is actually spoken of as a Dawes Scheme for the year ended suitable date.

December 31st, the British Em-: pire received 164,000,000, "Franço 384,000,000, the United States 27,000,000 and Japan 3,000,000. The total transfers were: 120,000,0000 marks. leaving a cash balance of 202,000,000 marks,

If this date were chosen, the General Election could taken place on June 13th.

DUTCH RUBBER SCHEMES.

CIRCUMVENTING BRITISH

MONOPOLY.

ALLIANCE WITH 'AMERICĂ..

(THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY.)

The anti-muggling confermce between the United States · and Canada opened at Ottawa, today. America is represented by Admiral' Ballard, who stated that the United, States aims principally at securing Canadian assent to withhold clear- aner of liquor laden vessels bound for American ports....

LONDON, Jan. 8th, Heer K. M. Kloppenburg is plan-

The record price of 8800,000 wing to pay a visit to the United States shortly in an attempt to paid yesterday for a seat on the secure support for the formation of New York Stock Exchange. In is an American-Dutch rubber trust interesting to note regarding the influenza epidemic in Americs that company.

The aim of this company should no fewer than fifty page-boys attach the mission prove successful, willed to the Stock Exchange have been be to make the American consumer smitten with the disease. Desperate and the Dutch producer indepen measures have been adopted to check dent of the

The death-roll in the voleznic I will be recalled that Heer eruptions at Calbuco and Fayehue, revalorisation proposal to the revapenbure kush year subtitted in Chile, is expected to be about British and Dutch Colonial Offices thirty. The disturbance is now sub-

siding, and the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

Á ́message from Nanking states the ground that the French com- taken to ensure that no outsider poly. British rubber mono- Lita further spread.

Edwardes.

The new more follows the refusal of the Governor-General to parti- Lcipate in the scheme outlined,

The death is announced by cable from New York of Mr. Benjamin.. Newton Duke, the millionaire to bacco manufacturer,