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COMMUNIST PLOTS IN HUNAN.

LU. TI PING'S ACTIVITIES EXPOSED.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

SEIZED.

(Fab Tes Fat Pao).

SHANGHAI, Feb. 20t12

·HUGE POLITICAL

SENSATION.

FRENCH AND “BELGIAN"

ALLIANCES.

"FANTASTIC FORGERY."

`(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, Feb. 25th.

All European capitals have been In a detailed report to the Nan-greatly excited by the sensational king Government on General Lu disclosure of the alleged secret

Ti Ping's recent intrigue against

military alliance between France ly stated that the terms of the The Quai D'Orsay to-day oficial

so-called

Franco-Belgian Treaty published in the Utrecht Schdag blad were entirely apocryphal. in Brussels has informed the Bel.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs

Denials by Both Sides.

A semi-official. stätement from

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1929.

EVACUATION FROM

KABUL.

PERSONAL CONGRATULA. TIONS FROM THE KING.

FINE ACHIEVEMENT BY R.A.F.

www.

(THRQUON REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Feb. 25th.

SEASON'S FIRST LEVEE

HOPES OF REDUCED AMERICA'S BIGGEST Telegrams in Brief.

TAXATION.

PRINCE DEPUTISES FOR THE LITTLE FROSPECT THIS YEAR,

KING,

SNOW PREVENTS STATE PROCESSION.

[THROUGH' RIUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 26th.

A fall of snow has disappointed the Prince of Wales proceed in

state from Buckingham Palace to the King in holding the first Levee St. James Palace to deputing for of the season.

INCREASE IN CIVIL ESTIMATES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 26th. Hopes that the next Budget will been somewhat dashed by the issue provide reductions in taxation bave

of

BANK.

CONSOLIDATION OF LARGE

CONCERNS..

SECOND ONLY TO BIG

·FIVE.

It is announced from Lambeth Palace that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Coamo Lang, who has been suffering from pleurisy, hna now reached the convalescent stage. A friend has placed his house near Bognor at the Primate's disposal. It is expected that Dr. Lang will leave for the South Coast: early in March.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE. Į

New York, Feb. 20th.

Earl Winterton, Under-Secretary The formation of the biggest for India, stated in the House of The departure of Sir Franci. Landoners, who were hoping to see of the civil estimates and estimates bank in the United States and the Bombay was now and had been for

amounting to vret £308,000,000, or nounced through the consolidation days normal.

Commons that the situation in the Revenue Department sixth biggest in the world is an-

Rating Relief scheme will account and the National Bank of Com the Peping Legation, Quarter police, £13,000,000 over last year, The of the Guaranty Trust Company In connection with the strike of The combined resources special police and soldiery main- will exceed $3,000,000,000 as pared with the $1,900,000,000 of the night long, and the situation is now! com-tained a vigil round the Quarter all National City Bank, hitherto the normal. largest in America. The new Bank's capitalization pill be $70,000,000, and the Bank is only exceeded in size by the "Big Five" in England.

Humphrya, the British Minister, other foreign Legations from Kabul, and inembers of the British and is described in authoritative circles mination of events." in London the "logical cul- It is notable, that the Afghans themselves assisted in the depar- hard surface for the British R.A.F. ture, treading the snow to make a

it away later to enable the great machines to take off again.

Bad weather compelled the can- ellation of the state procession, and the Prince of Wales, instead of driving in the silver and gold State eqach escorted by Life

York House

the Hankow Government, General and Belgium. Li Taung Jon points out that General Lu was alleged to have countenanced Communist activities in spite of the Central Govern ment's instructions for their sop pression. Recently a number of important Communistic documents were discovered in Hunan, whichgian Cabinet at a special meeting pointed to the fact that the Chinese that the text of the alleged Treas aeroplanes to land, and shovelling Guards, arranged to walk from Communist Party had received in is a fantastic forgery, structions from the Third Interna- tionale to establish a headquarters in Hunan. According to one of the Paris says that both French and documenta it was also alleged that Belgian authoritative circies form Tan Teo Yuen, division com- mander, wae in close connection ally deny that there has been a with, the Communists. All the secret Franco Belgian

military above proots agreed with a recent treaty concluded. report received by the Hankow The only agreement reached mind that there is a very serious Government that the Communists between the two countries on prospect of chaos when the snows would carry out a coup d'état military matters was against the Huran Governmens Staff Conreation drawn up about the time of the plenary signed in 1920, which has been Nothing but the greatest admira. session of the Third Kuomintang Nations, and published and disable rescue work effected by the registered with the League of tion is expressed for the remark- National Delegate Conference. General Lu had committed other cussed in the Parliaments of both irregularities in connection with provincial finances and military service.

Pleading Innocenes.

countries.

occasion for the Legation to be It is pointed out that there is no maintained as there can be no diplomatic business to transact in the absence of a stable Govern ment, while it has to be borne in

General melt.

nd

A semi-official Belgian statement regarding the Dutch paper's allega- tions of a secret military alliance between France and Belgium ways

King's Congratulations.

Royal Air Force. The total of the persons brought away successfully from Kabul now exceeds 580, the task being accomplished in flights.

85

cuation were forced to fly at as The aeroplanes engaged in the Average height of 12,000 feet in the depth of a very severe winter in extremely hilly country.

The whole tasks woreover, was accomplished without a the

casualty.

General Lu Ti Ping has arrived that the only agreement reached is at Krukiang from the Bunan bor the Franco-Belgian Military Con- der. He despatched a telegram to Nanking yesterday pleading his invention, deposited with the League nocence, and inquiring whether the of Nations, which reistes solely to Hankow military authorities had the eventuality of unprovoked Ger. received instructions from the Cen-

man aggression. tral Government to carry out this movement against him.

WATCHING THE ISSUE.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

YANKING, Feb. Soth. Chiang Kai Shek arrived bere this morning. The Hunan situation is the chief topic of discussion in political circles, and with Chiang's arrival the Government is carefully watched regarding official action in the Hunan issue.

SUMMONED TO NANKING.

(Wah Tez Tat Poo).

SHANGHAI, Feb. 96th: Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has telegraphed to Marebals Li Taai Hein, Feng Yu Hiiang and General Yen Hai Shan requesting them to proceed to Nanking at an early date to assist in the administration of general political and military

affairs.

HUGE ODDS AGAINST LIU.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The statement condemns nction of the Dutch newspaper in seeking to compromise Belgo.Dutch relations by publishing these alleged

revelations"

Dutch Enquiries. The Ministers representing the Netherlands at Brussels and at Paris have been instructed to ask the Belgian and French Govern- ments respectively whether the alleged text of the Franco-Belginn military agreement is authentic..

The text of the alleged secret military alliance between Belgium sad France has been widely re-

printed in Germany and has caused the greatest sensation in the Press. The Socialist and the extreme Nationalist papers are virulent in their attacks, describing the doca ment as a

volent violation of the League of

outrageous and male Nations Convenant, and of the Locarno Treaty."

The Nationalist papers are jubi lant over the latest proof of the complete futility of Dr. Strese mann's policy of conciliation."

single

Sir Samuel Hoare, the Secretary for Air, has received a message per sonally signed by His Majesty the King at Bogor, stating: "I heartily congratulate the RA.F. on their "great feat in rescuing so many men, women and children from Kabul in spite of the many difficulties both in the air and on the ground."-

German's Remaining.

The German Minister, who has been unwell for some days, was evacuated in a British seroplane on Sunday, while another British aero- plane

Saturday took from Peshawar to Kabul Baron Von

on

the

Consul-General

Colder Weather,

midness, Aretic conditions have After a few days of comparative been renewed in Britain, and heavy snowfalls were general The change is dre, according to weather ex- perts, to a persistent anticyclone over Scandinavia and Russia, and still colder weather is forecasted.

KING'S GOOD DAY.

(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

RUGBY, Feb. 25th, It was officially announced at Bognor that HM the King passed a good day on Monday.

A chilly east wind blew through King from sitting at the open win out the day and this prevented the dow

However, His Majesty sat up for some time in a chair and talked with both Princess Mary, who paid him a visit, and Princess Helena Victoria:

MIDNIGHT ATTACK ON DEMPSEY.

SHOT FIRED INTO BEDROOM,

MYSTERIOUS ASSAILANT

ESCAPES.

'[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]'

NEW Youx, Feb. 25th. A strange midnight episode in the course of which

s shot was fired into the bedroom of Jack Dempsey, the former heavyweight champion of the world, in a sup posed attempt on Dempsey's life, st. is reported from Miami Beach, Florida, where he is spending a holiday.

Plessen, Bombay, who now becomes Chargé d'Affaires at Kabul.

The decision of the German Legal

tion to stay is regarded as strange but in authoritative circles it is pointed out that the Germans were offered full facilities for evacuation, but were apparently unable to complete their arrangements before the departure of the last fight of the British aeroplanes.

Violation of Neutrality. Before the French and Belgian In any event, it is pointed out: denials of the authenticity of the Germany is on Treaty relations with document, which has been publish the Soviet Government, and the PEPING, Feb. 28th. ed freely in the other papers, the Soviet has means for the evacua It is reported that 15,000 troops entire Dutch Press vigorously detion of people to the North. in the vicinity of Weihaiwei have claimed "against this callous inten- declared for Chang Tsung Chang. tion of violating the neutrality of It is considered that, despite the Holland" and recommended the brilliant successes of Liu Chen Government to exercise the utmort Nien, he must, auccumb to superior watchfulness, urging that every numbers. It is estimated that there possible step should be taken to are at least 40,000 troops against elucidate the altuation. him,

TSINAN INCIDENT.

(Wah Tu Tat Fao)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 26th.

יו

REDUCED ARMY

ESTIMATES.

DETAILS OF ECONOJIES.

The Nanking Government will [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] appoint a special commission to consider Sino-Japanese problems

Rucay, Feb. 25th. · and to formulate a final policy The Army Estimates for the towards Japan. The Nanking Gov- forthcoming financial year. total "ernment intends to publish the full 240,545,000, this representing a re

details of the recent Sino-Japanese duction on the present financial negotiations and appeal to the year of £305,000, world for fair judgment on the Triand incident and other problems that are related to it.

The decreases include $293,000 in Army pay, £133,000 for supplies, road transport and · renounts. £199,000 for works, lands and buildings, and £295,000 for miscel- laneous ervices.

Increases include £141,000 for general atores, and £158,000 for retired pay and other non-effective charges for officers.

In an explanatory statement, Sir Laming Worthington, Evans, the Secretary for War, shows that the Army Estimates have been con- they totalled £62,300,000.

Strict Neutrality..

As an indication of the strict neutrality which the British Gov ernment are maintaining towards, Afghan Affairs, arrangements have

been made for the British consular representatives in Jellalabad and Kandahar also to withdraw to Peshawar, whither they are pro- ceeding by train and motor-car."

By a curious coincidence, the departure of the British Minister from Kabul to-day coincides with the seventh anniversary of the date on which the British Legation crossed the. Afghan border,

REPARATIONS PROBLEMS.

GERMAN PAYMENTS IN KIND.

BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.J

RUGBY, Feb. 25th. The Experts Committee on Re parations in Paris to-day received

..

for £15,500,000.

Reductions include nearly £300,000 for Dominion services, and £175,000 for Colonial and Middle East her vices.

estimates

Health and Labour Estimates.. The increasing cost of social legislation is revealed by the joint

an increase of 2,417,000, of which of the Ministries of Health and Labour of £78,036,000, housing grant account for £400,000, unemployment for £283,000, old age. pensions for £1,300,000, and emigra tion for £43,000.

TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS

WRECKED.

"COLLISION WITH GOODS TRAIN.

[THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

HARBIN, Feb. 26th. News has just been received of Railway, though fortunately the train smash on the trans-Siberia casualties do not appear to have been serious

It seems that the mishap occur red on Sunday evening, the "Mos cow express (on its way to Moscow) crashed into a stationary, goods train lying in the station ht Horhonte.

Several

passengers received minor hurts, but there were no serious casualties.

The express was wrecked and the

merce.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY ZBW. ON 350 METRES,

1.48 p.m.-Weather report 8.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.-Demon- stration programme.

7.48 p.m.-Evening weather re port

6 p.m.Evening programme (Victor and H.M.V. records).

10.10 p.m-News bulletin. 10.30 p.m.-Oloes down.

Capt. Dobbie, c Owen Hughes,

b Parker

L/C. Miles, e Fincher, b Wales Comdr. Baker, a and b Parker Lt-Comdr. Abelson, not out

Extras

Passengers travelled by special Bonnar

train from Hortonte to Manchuli Wales in order to catch their connection. Reid

YESTERDAY'S CRICKET.

VOLUNTEERS. UNITED

SERVICES.

Dempsey bad a very narrow match between the Hong Kong The two-day friendly cricket escape, the bullet going just wide Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, sad of him as he jumped out of bed.

the United Services on the Hong The boxer was occupying the Kong Cricket Club ground result same bedroom as the well-knowned in a win for the Volunteers by boxing, promoter, Floyd Fitzsim 21 runa, The Volunteers in their

ons, in the house of a friend on

second innings put up a big score the sea-front.

of 242 runs for 6 wickets declared. On Monday, the Volunteers, who first only made ·57, 'to which Haywood contributed 15. »Mott and -- Miles for the Services: took a wickets for 4 runs, and. 3 for 1, respectively. ́

The men had, it is stated, just retired for the night when Demp-batted sey saw the outline of a figure at the window.

"What do you want 1" called out Fitzsimmons.

The intruder replied: "Turn on the lights."

The Services in reply made only a score of 83 runs, Mid. Parkhurst Wales took 6 wickets for 20, and being top scorer with 14. runs.

and at the same time the intruder Dempsey leapt out of his bed, fired one shot in his direction with Reid 3 for 20. a revolver and then fled..

The bullet went just wide of Dempsey, lodging in the wall at a point about eighteen inches from the floor. The assailant escaped.

·RACING. MOTORIST'S MISFORTUNES.

TWO PLANE CRASHES IN ONE, DAY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY;}

CAPETOWN, Feb. 25th. ̈ ̈ Captain Malcolm Campbell, the famous racing motorist, who was slightly injured this morning in an aeroplane accident, the machine hitting a tree, was involved in yet another aviation mishap this even ing.

YESTERDAY'S. PLAY.

The batemen on both sides show- ed marked improvement yesterday and there were very high scores.. O. Moor made a brilliant 75, H. V. Parker 69 (not out), and G.. E. R. Divett 29,..........

The Serviors also batted very consistently, Mid Parkhurst again. being top scorer with 48 | runa. Lance Corp. Miles made a useful 30 and Lt. Col. Lightfoot played well for his 27,

57 83

The last wicket fell only a few mutes before time,

The Score: Volunteers 1st innings ...... United Services 1st innings.

Volunteers-2nd Innings. W. Haywood, e Weir, b Dobbie

Captain Campbell arrived at the O Maitland Aerodrome in his own

Meer, and b Mott

Owen. Hughes, e Mott, E. C. Fincher, Ibw, b Mott ..

Miles E J. E. Mitchell, st. Abelson,

Lightfoot

CHINESE PROTEST - IN SOUTH AFRICA. DEPUTATION TO CAPETOWN,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY."}

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 25th. The Chinese Consul-General has communicated with the Minister

examine and report on the system minimised the mishap but retired grievances, particularly as regards restrictions due to the fact that No money provision is made in of payments in kind from Germany, to bed in his hotel, where stitches

in order to determine whether these were put in his nose and lip, which A. Reid, cand b Weir the Chinese are included in the the Estimates for the excess cost category of coloured persons.*** of additional troops in China, but should be completely or gradually had been badly cat in the accident. D. Wales, not out

or whether other. at Calvinis earlier in the day. A deputation of Chinese, headed a Supplementary Estimate states superseded,

He is reported to be suffering by the Consul General, is shortly that an additional £115,000 is re- methods of compensation for them

from slight shock. visiting Capetown in order to quired, bringing the total to date should be found. make representations to the Mipisto £4,115,000. ter on the subject...

a report of the Sub-Committee on Moth machine, piloted by the well. the procedure to be applied regard-known Bouth African politician, ing that section of German an- | Major Miller. quitics transferable under con As the machine landed, a gust

of wind overturned it, causing J. L Bonnar, lbw, Miles ditions.

It has been decided that a second damage.

H. V. Parker, not out

of the Interior, outlining Chinese tinuously reduced since 1920, when Sub-Committee shall be formed to The famous motorist laughingly G. E. R. Divett, e Singleton, b..

FORD WIRELESS STATIONS, LICENSES AND PERMITS

REFUSED,

́LINKING WORKS AND ÷ PLANTATIONS.

Provision is made for an estab- | ~-~-~-~- lishment of 180,500," or 3,000 fewer than in 1928, when there were in systematic examination of all estab

Tichments cluded for constitutional reasons The conversion of the Eleventh 1,000 Judian troops employed by Hussare at Home into an armour- the Air Ministry in the Middloed, Car Regiment has been com- East, which are now, to be with pleted, and similar reorganisation of the Twelfth Royal Lancers, in

drawn.

Mechanised Forces,

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.

Mott

EXETRA

བའ° ཌ ༢༠8 8*

Total for 9 wkta.. declared 242

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

overs runs wite.

Dobbie

8

Baker Mott

33

10: .39

16 48

9 20

Lightfoot Thorpe

5 21

5

On February 25th H.M.8. Corn Bower arrived at Weihaiwel from Miles Shanghai and H.M.8. Foxglove feft Weihaiwei for Hong Kong.

Weir

Egypt will be accomplished during HM.S. MOTH TOWED TO Singleton A further decrease of 1,500 in the year." [KEDTER'S AMERICAN REEVICE) the establishment is due to the There will

United Services-2nd Innings be no Army

HONG KONG smaller number of additional | manoeuvres this year, but' divi-

Capt. Evers, c Divett, b Wales 18 WASHINGTON, Feb. Seth, troops employed in China, the dis sional training will be carried out Successfully refloated after hav-Bdm. Mott, b Wales i The Federal Radio Commission bandment of the West African Rein Aldershot and in the Southern ing been aground in the West Sub-Lieut. Bingleton, e Owen has refused the Ford Company's giment, and the reduction of the Commands, culminating in exer- River, near Wuchow, for a week, Hughes, b Reid application for construction permits Bierra Leone garrison, the mechanicises to test the experimental In-HMS. Moth was towed down to Mid Parkhurst, c. Parker, and commercial licenses -/ paix sation of another Field Brigade offantry Brigades in the light of the Hong Kong by H.M. Tarantula, Bonnar radio stations, through with it the Royal Artillery, the abolition lessons learned from the expert- yesterday morning. Temporary re. Capt., Weir, a Zimmern, b Reid was desired to establish communfen- of the horse transport companies mental' Armoured Force, pairs were effected on the West Capt. Thorpe, c.Owen Hughes, tion between their plant at Dear of the Royal Army Service Corps, There will be a series of exercises River and it in expected that b. Parker born, near Detroit, and their sub and economics resulting from a without troops for the investiga H.M.B. Moth will go into dock Lt. Col. Lightfoot, b Wales -- 27 ber plantations in Brazil,

(Continued on nezi Column), tion of problems of mechanisation. I here.

(Continued on next Column).

Parker"

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

overs runs

Twenty persons are reported to have been killed and over a hundred injured in the course of a cyclone which struck the little centre of Duncan, Mississippi. Duncan is a place of only 600 inhabitants,

Charlie Chaplin is suffering from acuta ptomaine poisoning.

ENGLISH TEAM IN JAMAICA.

--7-WICKET DEFEAT OF VISITORS. O'CONNOR IN FORM. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

KINGSTON, Feb. 96th.

All Jamaica have beaten J. 17 Cohn's team of English cricketers 30 at Kingston by 7 wickets Cahn's 171 team won the toss and collected 2817 ruas, Iddon scoring 79 and 18 Hylton taking 5 wickets for 24. r

195

In reply Jamaica put together 503 runs, Nunes (112), Holt (128), Headley (57) and Barrow (61) being the top scorers. O'Conner took & wkts.wickets for 96.

9 38 I 99 58.. 4

12 20

8.5. 44

3

Owen Hughes

3 13

کس

In the second innings the English team made 336, O'Connor scoring 83, Peach 75, and Nicholas 63 not qut. Jamaica hit off the necERSITY – 51 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

When Sleep

will not

come

NE

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