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THE JAPANESE NAVY.

RECENT PROGRAMMES.

MODIFIED..

SACRIFICES UNDER WASHINGTON AGREEMENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Torvo, Feb. 28th."

is a recent discussion in the Diet on the subject of naval construe

tion after 1931, it was recalled that,

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1929. SERIOUS STATE OF OPPONENTS FED TO COST OF BRITISH AUSTRALIAN MINERS

ARMY.

GO BACK.

CHEFOO.

COUNTRY RAVAGED BY SOLDIERS.

BUSINESS PARALYSED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CHEroo, March lat.

SHARKS.

SURPRISING ALLEGATION,

CUBAN PRESIDENT'S METHOD.

(MEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

STEADY REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE.

BIG COSTS OF OTHER NATIONS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 28th.'

NEW YORK, March 1st. American missionaries at Tenging three prominent professional An interesting comparison be The arrest of eight men, includ chow, Hwanghsien and Laichow aro

men of Harana, in connection with tween British military expenditure remaining at their stations as they an alleged insurrectionary plot and that of other countries WRA

COAL SHORTAGE AVERTED,

REJECTED WAGE CUTS.

(THROUGH 22UYER'S AGENCY.]

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SYDNEY, March 1st. The conference of mining unions

the northern colliery owns ex has rejected all proposals involving a wage, cut. The notices posted by pired to day, and 11,000, miners in the directly affected mines which

FRANCO-BELGIAN ALLIANCE.

ALLEGED. MINUTES

PUBLISHED,

BRITISH CO-OPERATION.. ASSUMED.

(THROUGĖ REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE NEW YEAR HONOURS.

TWO LOCAL AWARDS.

MANY WOMEN RECIPIENTS.

【BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

Ruaer, Feb. 28th.

The New Year Honours List, delayed by reason of the illness of His Majesty has now been issued. Paorages,

libes the full text of the minutes

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 29th.

of the alleged Franco-Belgian milithe

The Utrecht Dagblad to-day puk

tary conference held in Brussels

it their duty to relieve 7th and Septem- in the years immediately preceding suffering of the people by means of Machado has provoked the resort Evans, the Secretary of State for tinuing work. There is no fear of ber 19th, 1927.

the Washington Conference, ex-hospital work. They report that penditure on the armed forces of the countryside in the above dis the country accounted for nearly tricts has been ravaged by the troops of both sides. Many villages 50 per cent. of the national budget, have been burnt and there has been naval construction alone costing much looting, and the people are more than Y.970,000,000 a year.

suffering terribly.

Chang Tsung Chang in his inter- Thanks to the Washington Agree view gave little information to the ment, Japan was able to make a American Consul beyond assuring drastic cut in this terrible drain on him of the protection of foreigners her ânancial resources and, al-It is apparent that he is desirous though the fiscal year 1929-3, which to buy over Liu Chen Nien, but the followed too close on the heels of latter is as yet sitting tight. Both sides are consolidating their posi-

General Liu

the Conference to enable any rev tions and are endeavouring to ob sion to be effected, still called for tain the assistance of the more na much as 1.295,989,000 for navaless independent factions, such as construction, the annual outlay on this score since then has averaged Colonel Sze Djung Cheng's 5.000 only 1.88,000,000 ar thereabouts, troops at Laiyang. despite the new programmes in- stituted in the meantime. These programmes, if we include those merely revised and also the 1820-9 preliminary portion of the auxiliary replacement programme, are four

Costs

Chen Nien is still awaiting the ar rival of substantial assistance from Nanking.

It is considered that the Nanking Government should take the op portunity immediately

offer material assistance to Liu Chen

Lung.

to

in number. How the cost of theseen to clinch his loyalty and pre- four has been, and is still being. spread out may best be shown by vent Chang Tsung Chang from ob- the following table of approximate taining a stronger footing in Shan The strictest martial law prevails in Chefoo. Merchants are vers ncaay and business is almost at standstill owing to the paralysis of upcountry transport caused by 36,905,575 72,000,000 the commandeering of carts, mules: 75,000,000 And motors by the military.

1923-24 ...

Revised Auxiliary **8-8." Ships. Y.69,262,199 Y.30,010,

37,816,000

39,000,000

33,191.425

8,000,000

69,237,930

1924-23

1925-20

1926-27

1927-28

1928-00

1929-30 ...

1930-21

1933-32

Auxiliary Replacement. Preliminary.

Main.

1993-24

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

1, 8,000,000

1927-28

1928-29

*1929-10

1930-31

-1831-32

H.M.S. Cornflower is relieving H.MS. Magnolia today.

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·LIU'S. "CONFIDENCE.

from Mr. Seigle, founder of the War, when he introduced the Army Cuban Nationalist Party, that the Estimates totalling £40,543,000, in Party was merely aiming to curtail the House of Commons. The sum President Machado's system of represents à decrease of £305,000 on wholesale assassination by the the figures for last year.

means of feeding his political op- ponents to the man-eating sharks in Havana harbour,"

Mr. Seigle alleges that President Machado's only reply to a recently authenticated case when a man's arm was found inside a shark was to prohibit further shark fishing in the harbour,

HUNAN DISCUSSIONS AT NANKING.

an early coal shortage in Sydney.

WELL-KNOWN RUNNER

ENGAGED.

D. G. A. LOWE'S DANISH FIANCEE.

(THLOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) .

Sir Laming Worthington-Evans declared that Britain alone among the nations of the world had cur- tailed military expenditure. He also referred at considerable length to the mechanisation of the Army, saying that enormous strides had

LONDON, March 1st. been made. He anticipated even

The athlete, Douglas Lowe, has greater progress owing to the sure become engaged to a Danish lady, foundations already laid.

Miss Kareen Thamsen, daughter of Comparing British expenditure the late surgeon, Mr. Thamsen of with that of other countries, the Copenhagen. D. G. A. Lowe was Secretary for War said "that the called to the bar last year. reduction in the effective vote in the life-time of the present Conser-MEXICAN BANDITS KILLED. vative Government was eleven per cent. It had diminished from over £3,250,000 to £32,330,000,

Increased Oosts of Other Powers.

During the same period, the Meanwhile on Thursday Tsai United States hind increased compar Yuan Pei sent a lengthy telegram able expenditure from £31,000,000 account of the Government mea 1923/29. Italy had increased her to General Li Tsung Jen giving an in 1925/26 to £58,000,000 sterling in sures in dealing with the Husan expenditure from about eighteen situation, and urging the General millions sterling, to twenty-eight to come to the capital and open millions sterling and Germany had negotiations for the settlement of increased hers from about twenty the problem.

millions to twenty-five millions for the same years in each case.

SHANGHAI, March 1st. Marahal Chiang Kai She has ex. pressed his desire for an interview with Ho Yew Cho to discuss the situation in Hunan.

GENERAL LU'S TROOPS.

SHANGHAI, March lat. General La Ti Ping states that the troops under his command have been centralised at Wantsal and the Kiangsi authorities are main taining them. General Chu Pei Teh | bas decided to return to Kiängsi in the near future, and has promised to take charge of these troops. The situation is now quiet.

WUHAN TROUBLLE AVERTED.

(THROUGH LEUTER'S. AGENCY.}

HANKOW, Feb. 28th. The anti-Communist activities of the Political Council have started afresh in the Wuhan area, and nine men arrested and alleged to have

ASSASSINS OF AMERICAN ENGINEERS.

[REUTER'S MERICAN SERVICE?

zasaminated

two

MEXICO CITY, March 1st. bandits which

Ten members of the gang of American mining engineers have been killed, in a battle with Federal troops.

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The minutes are dated September 20th, 1997, and are signed by Generil Debeney, representing France, and General Galet, repre- senting Belgium

They conclude; "Seen and app- proved by the Ministry of National Defence. C. H. de Brocqueville," and are certified as agreed by Colonel Michem.

The minutes purport to be

"inter- pretations of the two countries of the Military by the General Staffs Convention of 1920, and the mort significant feature of the alleged operation of British troops per text is the "assumption of the co- mitting serious diversion of the Dutch in Limburg."

Colonel Michem (Belgium) pro- pond, according to these published minutes, that the British contingent should be strongly motorised" with numerous cavalry, to whom he assigns the task of the necessary diversion in the North of the Dutch province of Limburg."

Purely Mythical. The German Minister at Brussels visited M. Hymans and asked for an explanation of the alleged The murdered men were Mr. J. Franco-Belgian treaty. M. Hymans (M. Underwood and Mr. C. assured him of purely mythical

Caisthorpe, both of whom were en-character of the "revelations." ex-gaged in engineering work at the

Bustos Mines.

The Mines were raided by a band of about thirty armed bandits, who surprised the two Americans in their quartersa and kidnapped them.

France had increased her penditure from £34,000,000 in 1925 to about £88,000,000 in 1929.

The Soviet Socialist Government of Russia had more than doubled their expenditure but ita military budget included the Navy and the Air Force and he could not The warning was given, and therefore make a close comparison. military police immediately went Belgium, Switzerland and Japancut in chase of the bandita. · ·After all showed some increase and we a long pursuit they overtook their were the only nation which had quarry, and a fight took place be continually reduced its expenditure tween members of the bandit gang on its army.

and the troops.

Five of the kid nappers were abot dead after which the gang dispersed. ·

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The bodies of the two engineers were found stabbed to death near the scene of the fight.

being TIMBER-WORKERS FINED.

Mechanisation, Referring to mechanisation the Minister said that now each cavalry regiment had a mechanised machine gun squadron. In addition, all |- cavalry regiments were converted into armoured car. re- wheeled armoured cars of the latest giments and some twenty-two six- pattern had been purchased as part. of the equipment of one regiment.. In infantry, there was an in-

(THROUGH XEUŢER'S AGENCY.]

Feb. 28th. NANKING, In addition to the despatch of a large quantity of ammunition and 10.000.000 Y, 4,795,000 financial assistance to General Lia 8,000,000 11,896,000 Chen Nien, it is announced that 68.000.000 Marshal Chiang Kai Shek is 21- 58,000,000 ranging to reinforce the Nationalist - 65.837,000 | troops in the Chefoo district. Fourteen Capital Ships Cancelled. "Naval wireless messages state that since General Liu repulsed The first of these four pro-the enemy on February 23rd, the grammes requires little explanation.general situation has remained un- Japan had planned to maintain per changed: manently a capital fleet of eight General Li is reported to be battleships and eight battle-cruisers (the famous "8-8" Programme), consolidating his position and mov. all of modern type; but as a reing further supplies, to the front, been guilty of Communist pro-creased number of machine guns

which is some thirteen to fifteen. pandising were executed to-day. miles west of Chefoo.

Further executions are expected It is authoritatively reported that Genera! Ho Chien arrived at Changsha yesterday to take up the office of Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government-and

This year also they were com- this is taken to signify that the mencing the mechanisation of the Nanking Government has approved light artillery. Two brigades of of the deposition of General Lu Tield artillery had been equipped Ping,

with radio telephony and four more Possibilities of an extension of

sult of the Washington Conference she agreed to cancel fourteen of her new capital ships. The curtailed programme was therefore rounded off by the appropriations as shown above.

Additional, however, to these great ships, provision has also been made for the construction of a large number of ancillary craft," these forming as integral a part of the

8-8 programme

The General is said to be await-later.

orders from Nanking and ap-.. pears to be confident that he can hold his position.

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DETERMINED MEASURES

"ÁT. TIENTSIN.

SHANGHAI, March 1st. as did the A raid was made upon an or

ENCOURAGING A STRIKE.

(THROUGH ZEUTRE'S AGENCY.]

MELBOURNE, March 1st. The Arbitration Court has fined so that each battalion had one com- the Timber Workers' Union the pany of sixteen guns of which maximum penalty of £1,000 for en- twelve were manned in peace, -| couraging a strike despite the Arbi-

In three battalions, those com-tration Court's award, panite had mechanised transport and he hoped to be able to equip three more this year.

9 cruisers, 37 destroyers, and by the Bureau of Public Safety a aubmarines were to be buildt; but Tientsin on the evening of Feb. these numbers were, in consequence 7th Five men were taken captive of the agreement reached at Wash-including the Directing Commander, ington, cut down to 9 cruisers, 24 Taai Hung Fan, and

& divisional destroyers and submarines, the commander. A quantity of am appropriations for, their construc munition and banners were also tion being spread out, as shown, to seized. It is armed that Tsai, had 1929 (originally to 1928, but ex earlier instigated the troops to tended by one year on account of mutiny on the morning of Egh. 28th. the earthquake).

After being arrested, be was taken to, the headquarters of the gen- darmerie and executed in the even ing. A search for the rest of the conspirators is being made,

Dreadnoughts," Under this plan,ganization of Chang Tsung Chang the trouble have, therefore, beer would be so. equipped this year.

WIE

Auxiliary Ships.

The sacrifice entailed by this cut

•undoubtedly considerable, though not perhaps so great as these figures would indicate; for although the contemplated liary vessels were reduced in anm ber to B, their total tonnage was reduced but little, as most of the ships retained Jos construction were redesigned on a larger scale.

Replacement Programme.

On the same evening Chu Yu Chi auxi was also arrested in Tientsin on the grounds that he was connected with the Anfu and Chibli-Shantung Parties.

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averted for the present.

KIANGSU AND CHEKIANG MEMBERS.

('(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

NANKINO, Feb. 28th. The Central Executive Council of the Kuomintang to-day selected the members of the Kiangsu and Che kiang Provincial Branches of the Kuomintang Party,

The majority of those appointed are well-known Conservatives.

"

In the Royal Tank Corps a modern type of tank had replaced the old war-time tank. Enormous strides had been made in the modernisation of the Army during the lifetime of the present govern

ment..

Troops in China. Speaking on the Supplementary Estimate of £115,000 for the extra cost of the troops acting as the Cooper, the Under-Secretary, said Shanghai Defence Force, Mr. Duff the health of the troops had con- siderably improved, but it was not entirely satisfactory.

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET.

POSITION FUNDAMENTALLY

SOUND.

PROBLEM OF THE SALT REVENUE,

(THROUGH REUTER'S "LGENCY,}"

U.S. CONSUMPTION OF POTASH."

FRANCO-GERMAN TRUST BROKEN UP.

(REUTER'A AMERICAN SERVICE]

New Tonx, Feb. 28th. After litigation extending over a period of two years, the Federal authorities have succeeded in break ing up the alleged Franco-German Potash Trust..

The Federal Court to-day signed a deeree enjoining the Deutsches Kalisyadkat and the Societe Cani merciale Des Potasser D'Alsace from combining in the United. Sates to violate the Anti-Trust lawe

Ninety per cent of the million tons of potash used in the United States every year is imported from France and Germany.

SCOTS GUARDS REACH SOUTHAMPTON.

KING'S MESSAGE OF WEL- COME.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE

RUGBY, Feb, 28th.

The Second Battalion Scots Guards from Shanghai, disembark ed at Southampton today and were given a rousing reception.

The first message to greet them came from His Majesty the King, who is Commander-in-Chief of the regiment.

It/was as follows:-

following: Peerages have been conferred on

Sir Jesse Boos, Bart., of the woll- known firm of chemists, for services in the promotion of education. Born in 1860, the new Peer was knighted in 1908 and made Baronet seven years later.

Urban Buttleston Rogers Brough- D, Esq., in consideration of the public, political and philanthropic Urban Hanlon Broughton, whose services of his father, the late election to the peerage would have.

last. Urban Hanlon Broughton was but for his death on January 30th been recommended to His Majesty

was engaged for many years in D well-known British engineer and engineering, mining and railway ing President of several big com work in the United. States, becom

panies.

Sir Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, K.C.M.G., President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is also Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Leeds; and Consulting Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary. He aerved in

European War He has won many international and was mentioned in despatches. honours in his profession and is the author of numerous medical works.

the

Baronetcies...

Ninc recipients of: baronetcies: include :-

Mr. Friedrich Eckstein, chairinan. of the Sudan Plantations Syndicate, for his services in the Sudan. He is a partner in the firm of Werner, Beit & Company.

Mr. William Horne, the chairman. of the Prudential Assurance Com pany.

Mr. Alexander Park Lyle, the chairman of the Lyle Shipping Company, for services in connection with the Scottish War Memorial.

Mr. W. K. Morris, the chairman of Morris Motors, Limited, who has done so much to advanes British motor-car manufacturing.

There are thirty Knighthoods conferred, mostly for philosophical and public services. They include Mr. Alliott 7. Roe, for distinguish.. ed services to British aviation,

appointed & Privy Councillor."

The Earl of Staphope has been

Companions of Honour. Four names have been added to the Companions of Honour 33 follow

Lady Florence Elisabeth Bar- rétt, C.B.E., the Dean of the London (R.F.H.) School of Medi- cine for Women,

Misa Lilian Mary Baylis, Hon. M.A., Oxford, the Lesson and Man age of the Old Vic Theatre, which position she has held since 1898.

The Rev. John Charles Carlile, C.B.E, D.D., Minister of Folkstone Baptist Church and editor of the Baptist Times,

blind composer, who was born in Frederick Delius, the well-known

Bradford, Yorkshire, and left Eng- land at the age of 21 for Florida to

wish to be the first to welcome you

As your Colonel-in-Chief, I become an orange planter. After home and to rejoice that you are studied for two years at the Con two years, he went to Leipzig and once more with your families and

servatoire. He has since resided in friends.":

(Continued on previous Column.)

G.O.M.G

Telegrams in Brief.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 28th. for the coming financial year shows The Indian Government's Budget that there will be a surplus of 30 lakhs on the estimate for 1928;

Sir George Schuster, who to-day introduced the Budget in the Legis

The following reply was sent:" lative Assembly, stated that he had Second Battalion Scots Guards next year, the difference being Chief for bis gracious message of budgetted for mainly due to a fortuitious factor, welcome and rejoice at the prospect deficit of 90 laks respectfully thank their Colonel in-

namely, the unequal distribution of His Majesty's early return to of the salt revenue between the last health. Shanghai was not an ideal place two budgetary periods. for the stationing of troops. The Government had considerably re-mended by the Finance Minister is orchestral works and songs.

The only new taxation recom- France. He has written numerous ment has been reached, to have It is announced that an agree- PARTY BUILDINGS.

duced their number and might

an increase of motor-spirit dues

effect for a period of three years, possibly in the future reduce still from 4 annas to 8 annas per gallon. further. The situation had im- The proceeds of this additional

between the Anglo-American oil (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. proved almost out of recognition.

Among those appointed Knights combine and the Russian Oil Pro Discipline among the troops in Development Fund

taxation will be devoted to the Road Grand Cross of the Order of St. ducts Company. Under this agree

Michael and St. George are: China had been admirable. There NANKING, March ist.

ment, the Russian Oil Products Army expenditure" remains the The State Council this morning had been a remarkable absence of same.

Brigadier-General discussed the proposal of Chiang had also got on very well with the poses, said Sir George Schuster, Colonies since 1925.

Sir Samuel Company will be given an equal Eighteen crores of rupees Herbert Wilson, K.C.B., Permanent share in the British market with Kai Shek for the Rotation

regrettable incidents. They will be required for various pur- Under-Secretary of State for the other companies. The agreement $3,000,000 bonds for construction of troops of other nations.

also provides for the supply of Government and Party buildings. practically without discussion, 143 in India before raising a sterling Ambassador in Turkey, since 1926.

who added that the Government

The Right Hon. Sir George Rus large quantities of Soviet kerosene, The matter was referred to the voting for and 60 against.

The Estimate was agreed upon would borrow as far as possible sell Clerk, P.C., E.C.M.G., British crude oil and petrol to companies. Executive Yuan for consideration.

entering the combine which is led by the Royal Dutch-Shell group.

MARSHAL LI'S RETURN.

(THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.]

of

SHANGHAI, March 1st. Marshal Lissi Hain and Dr. Actually, Chu Chao Hein are expected to leave for Nanking from Canton on March 5th.

any

THE KING.

BASKING IN STRONG BUNSHINE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 1st.

loan.

The following have been

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He condemned any idea of alter-pointed. Knights Commander of The Anglo American power. ing the value of 1/63. rupee, con the Order of St. Michael and St. petroleum cluding that it was his firm convic tion that India's financial position was fundamentally sound.

George:

Sir Ronald Storrs, C.M.G., Gover nor of Cyprus since 1926.

Mr. Howard-William Keanard, C.M.G., C.V.O., Minister to Jugo Slavia since 1925.

Mr. Robert Hyde Greg, Minister at Bucharest.

companies have An- nounced that the price of petrol will be increased by nine farthings per gallon.

It is learned from Atlanta, Georgia, that eight persons have been killed and Äfteen injured "in" the explosion of a compressed air tank at Stone Mountain, where the buge Confederato Civil War Memorial is being carved

allows for the construction of four By means of this auxiliary ship 10,000-ton cruisers, 18 destroyers, programme the balance of the submarines, 2 gunboats, one aircraft Japanese fleet was adjusted to meet carrier, and one mine-lager by the the requirements of national-de-end of the fiscal year 1931-32 at a fence, as hitherto the proportion of total estimated cost of Y.237,309,000, ancillary craft to capital ships had as against the original demand for been unduly smali.

The so-called four cruisers, 20 destroyers, & sub- replacement programme drawn-up marines, 3 gunboats, and ive subsequently was intended to main special service ships by 1930-31 at tain the balance thus achieved, by cost of 7.320,000,000. replacing all suxiliary vessels Ba The total estimated expenditure soon as they attain their age limit. on auxiliary ship construction be Plans for this réplacement pro tween the fiscal years 1923-4 (when gramme began to take definite the Agreements reached at. Wash- shape in 1925 and called for a furington first made their effect shown) ther expenditure of Y.320,000,000 and 1931-9 is therefore, according to

LEAGUE SURPRISED. The Finance Department, however, the original estimates already declared that under the financial quoted, 1.666,277,802.

[THROUGH REUTZE'S AGENCY.] circumstances of the time it was however, these estimates sppear Impossible to find the amount de to have been about Y.20,000,000, too

GENEVA, Feb. 28th. manded. A Cabinet crisis there small, as, according to figures just

ed for several hours at the open the League Secretariat at the news Mach surprise, is expressed. at. upon arose, and the Ministry was obtained by Reuter's from the

window of his bedroom in strong from Nanking to the effect that only enved from a serious split by Japanese Navy Department, the

It is revealed that over the personal intervention of the total airendy spent (1923-9) is

The following have been ap 816,000,000 gold was spent during Mr. Sun: Fo the Nationalist pointed Knighte Grand Cross of the the United States Presidential Premier between the beads of the Y431,388,465, and a

More Ray Treatment. Minister of Railways, has proposed Order of the Bath: further two departments concerned. By Y.244.657,670-is to be spent during

It was officially stated at Bognor China's withdrawal from the

which the Campaign,of "Admiral Sir Osmond de Brock, publicas share is G.80,000,000 and

·Be the compromise thereby effected, the next three-year period ending H.M.S. Kent, flying the flag of had passed a quiet day. The sam

on Thursday evening that the King League of Nations. provision was made for the con April 1st, 1932, thus bringing it to the

It is stated here that no indica. Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth the Democrats, 87,000,000

The struction of four destroyers during Y676,653,135 in all..

China Station, will leave Hong afternoon and there was very little part of the Nationalist Govern K.C.B., Adjutant General to the do not include the expenditure of

Commander-in-Chief of the again shone brilliantly during the tion of any such intention on the Command since 1926.

figures, are given by the Senate In General Sir Walter Braithwaite,vestigating Committee, and they the three-year period 1026-29 at å What further construction will be Kong for Shanghai on Tuesday, wird total cost of 1.26,000,000, and a carried out after that date will March 12th.

ment of China has been received. at year later the major part of the depend entirely on the outcome of HMS. Bruce and four other able to sit at the open window for tarist, or the Chinese delegates.

Consequently His Majesty was Geneva either by the League Secre Forces aince 1927.

the District, County and City or- General Sir John Stuart Macken-ganisation, programme originally planned was the Arms Conference due to meet destroyers of the Eighth Destroyer some hours. Dr. Woods travelled sanctioned. Including the four in 1831 for, possibly earlier) to con Flotilla will leave Hong Kong on from London to Craigwell House the Deputy Secretary of the League, cer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern much better. His Japanese valst

It is pointed out that M. Avenol, zie Shea, KCB, the General Of.

Charlie Chaplin in reported to be destroyers sanctioned in 1928, this sider the extension and revision of the same day for a cruise to the and applied luminous ray treatment in now touring Chins and that his Command, India.

(Continued on next Column). the Washington Treaty.

told enquitors that his "masterőimi coast ports.

to His Majesty in the afternoon. tour is proceeding normally.

(Continued on page 10)... sleeping peacefully."

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL: VESSELS.

The King after a good night tose after breakfast and sat fully dress-

eunshine.

Order of the Bath. (MILITARY DIVISION.)