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AIR TRANSPORT IN U.S.A.

THREE HUGE MERGERS,

WORLD'S GREATEST PORT" CONTEMPLATED.

{BRUTER'A AMERICAY SERVICE).

NEW YORK, March 6th. Sensational developments in air

THE REVOLT IN

MEXICO.

SANGUINARY STRUGGĻE

PREDICTED.

CONFLICTING CLAIMS.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 7th, 1929.

INTERNATIONAL SPORT.

NEW LONDON CLUB TO OPEN.

"FOR FRIENDSHIP."

(BRITISH WIKILIAN SERVICE]

BRITISH TRADE

PROSPECTS.

HOME RAILWAY PLANS.

MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S L.M.S. TO SEEK ADDITIONAL

FORECAST.

REVENUE: FIGURES.

Busy, March eth. There is to be established in Lon

(BRITIAK WIRKLASS SERVICE]

RUGBY, March 6th. The Rt. Hon Mr. Winston

POWERS.

"UP-TO-DATE TRANSPORT.

[HROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]-

STANDARD OIL

AFFAIRS.

THE ROCKEFELLER- STEWART BATTLE,

Carciso, March 6th (U.P.). Stockholders of the Standard Oil (REDTKE'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

Company of Indiana to-morrow will LONDON, March 6th. decide a question of ethics between MEXICO CITY, March 5th.

The shareholders of the London, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who con transportation yesterday reminded Government and the Revolutionist, don during the spring, an Interna Churchill, Chancellor of the Ex authorized the Board to seek Parthe Corporation, and Col. Robert.

It is becoming obvious that the

Midland and Scottish Railway have trols 62 per cent of the stock of

have settled down to

tional Sportsmen's Club, with head chequer, yesterday received deliamentary powers to use aircraft W. Stewart, Chairman of the a life and death struggle for supremacy.

quarters in Grosvenor House, Parkputation from the Association of for the conveyance of passengers Board of Directors of the Company. Fighting is reported in the States / Lane. The club owes its inception British Chambers of Commerce. It and merchandise to and from aero. to à recent public remark of the is customary for the Chancellor to dromes in Great Britain, in dis Prince of Wales that "best friend receive such a deputation shortly ship, whether individual or inter before the preparation of the national, is that made on the field Budget, so as to enable the repre of sport." Information will be sap-sentatives of comfort to place plied as. to various forms of sport their views before him on financial prevailing in the several countries. questions,

'ment.

older members in Wall Street of the early days of railway develop

announcement of [of Coahuila, Sonors, and Sinaloa.

The Rebels claim to have cap tured Monterrey, together with 600 Federal troops. The Government, on the other hand, state that the entire rebel garrison of Orizaba, 500 strong, have surrendered.

Following sa the formation of a $35,000,000 aviation holding company to acquire a number of large aviation con- cerns, which will be promoted by an important group of bankers, beaded by the Lehman Brothers and Harrimans, came news of a merger in preparation of four giant air companies in the Middle West with a capital of over $30,000,000.

SHANGHAI COUNCIL

ELECTION

The members of the deputation It is anticipated that the club will also exercise a powerful in-expressed its gratitude to the

for fluence in promoting international | Government its De-rating friendships, apart from its sporting Scheme, which they believed would be a great assistance to progress. They also advocated the" introdue. tion of penny postage.

It was afterwards reported that JAPANESE CANDIDATES HEAD side. Its membership will be re-

a third company, namely, the New

York Air Terminals, had purchased a thousand aCTES of New Jerary swamp-land in the vicinity of New York, which site is destined to be. come the world's greatest air port.

NEW NANKING RADIO.

RAPIDLY APPROACHING

COMPLETION.

(Wah Tu Fat Poof

SHANGRAI, March 6th. The principal apparatus of the Washington-Nanking Radio is being installed at Shanghai. The work will be completed within ten days.

The speeches at the 3rd National Kuomintang Delegate Conference will be. broadesated from Nanking -on March 15th. At Shanghai nă amplifier has been installed so as to transmit to Canton indirectly.

It is expected that within a month Washington will be heard in Can. ton.

LI TSUNG JEN AND THE HUNAN TROUBLE.

(Wah Te Fat Pac),

THE LIST.

FIVE BRITISH RETURNED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] .....

SHANGHAI, March 5th. Palling for the Shanghai Muni- cipal Council elections took place to-day, the result being declared in the evening as follows:- Mr. K. Fukushima Mr. T. Funatsu.. 1,158 Mr. H. E; Arnhold (British)...

Brid.-Gen. E. B. Macnaghten

(British)...

Mr. C. H. French (American) Mr. G. W. Sheppard (British) Mr. A. D. Bell (British)

Mr. V. G. Lyman (American) Mr. P. W Massey (British) ...

+F

ANCIENT BRITAIN."

1,168

500

857 790

stricted to those who are already members of leading clubs in their own countries.

ir

A temporary committee has been appointed upon which are repre sented Great Britain, France,

tine, Belgium, Chile and the British United States, Spain, Italy, Argen. Domitions,

HUGE HAUL OF DRUGS.

INTERNATIONAL RING SUSPECTED.

(BIUTER'S (MERICAN SERVICE?

NEW YORK, March 5th. The New York authorities to 713 day seized no less than G.$1,000,000 713 worth of drugs, including morphine, 67% heroin, and opium," consigned to 651 Kentucky, California, Missouri and

BURIED TOWN FOUND BY AIRMEN.

STRIKING PHOTOGRAPHS.

(ELITIST WIRELESS SERVICE.)

Rüony, March ́5th. Flying at a height of 2,400 feet, men of the Royal Air Force have taken remarkable photographs of Roman town buried underneath fields near Norwich. This Roman town was known as Caistor and thereabouts ved 20,000 Romans in the heyday of the Roman power in

SHANGHAI, March 8th. In an interview, General Li Taung Jen said that the Hunan affair should be settled by the Central Government, and that there will be no dissatisfaction if the Central Government dissolves the Branch Political Council of Wuhan "There is no truth in the rumour of the mobilization of the Hupeh | Britain.

," he added. troops,"

FENG NOT LEAVING CHINA. [THRÖCⱭY REUTER'S AGENCY.)

PEPING, March 6th. Marebal Feng Yu Hsiang has telegraphed to his representative, in Peping formally denying reports that he is leaving China.

MARSHAL LI'S 'DEPARTURE.

According to the Wah Taa Tat Pao, Marahal Li Tai Hain, will leave Hong Kong to morrow,

the .... Antenor.

JAPANESE MEMBER

MURDERED.

POLITICAL ENMITY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

OD

Toxxo, March 5th.··

A proletarian member of the Diet, Mr. Senji Yamamoto, was assassinated this evening by a re- who actionary named Kuroda, afterward surrendered himself to the Police, stating that his motive was a protest against the alleged radical activities of Mr. Yama moto, who was a member of the Extreme Left.

WORLD. COURT,

AMERICAN FORMULA. SUB- MITTED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, March 5th.

It has been observed that only. stunted crops grow there. Photo- graphs from a height show that the ruins lie only just beneath the sur face and take the definite form of buildings and roads. Two of the outlines caught by the camera re- semble temples. Caistor and its environs straggle over about 1,000 acres but it is believed that by the aid of photographs archeologists will be able to go straight to the Consequently, heart of the town. excavations will begin shortly.

Queen Boadices ruled the people who were conquered at Caistor by Romans, and it is thought that one line of research máy vield the story of her fight against the Romans.'

SENSATIONAL RAID IN

DUBLIN.

FORTY ARRESTS MADE.

MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL GANG?

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 5th.

A considerable sensation Was caused in Dublin this afternoon when it became known that the Dublin Police under special orders had carried out a series of raids all over the city in the course of the night, and had taken into cus tody at least forty young men.

The raids were carried out with the utmost secrecy, all the houses visited being taken by surprise.

It is learned that fifteen of the mon arrested have since been re- leased, having apparently satisfied the authorities,

No information has been giveć by the police beyond à simple state- ment that the arrests were made on suspicion.

Texas.

Four men have been arrested in

tricts tapped by the company's

trains,

The fight between Rockafeller and Stewart for voting proxiss has been raging for two months, and has attracted the attention of the inan Other railway companies are pro- cial world." It is regarded as the biggest business battle in a genera- moting similar Bills,

tion. There are 8,231,540 shares in the company. It is estimated that only about 90 per cent, of these shares will be voted.

{

NEW HOME FOR THE LEAGUE.

· A £1,000,000' CONTRACT.

"[THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.}

GENEVA, March 5th.

The Secretary-General of the League has signed the million start

Rockefeller opened the fight by asking all shareholders in the company to vote against the re- election of Col. Stewart "as "Chair- man of the Board. The fight is an outgrowth of Col. Stewart's testi

PRES. HOOVER'S CABINET.

CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.

MEXICAN SITUATION

EXAMINED.

[ZEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

WAAHINGTON, March 3th. The Senate has confirmed Presi dont Hoover's Cabinet:--

Secretary of State, Col. H. L Stimson.

Treasury, Mr. A, W. Melloë. Interior, Dr. W. L. Wilbur. Commerce, Mr. R. P. Lamont, War, Mr. J. Q, Good. Attorney-General, Mr., W Mitchell

Postmaster-General, Mr.

Brown.

Navy, Mr. C. F. Adams. Labour, Mr. J. J. Davis Agriculture, Mr. A. M. Hyde." "Objections to Mr. Mellon. Although the Senate expressed its unanimous approval of Mr. Hoover'. Cabinet, it sanctioned the Democrat resolution, demanding an investigation of Mr. Mellon's right to continue in office on the ground that he had violated the old

Referring ling contract for the construction of mony before the Senate Oil Inves Statute forbidding the Secretary of

an Assembly Hall, how Secretariat offices, and a new library in the

Ariana Park.

Mr. Churchill, in reply, undertook to give careful consideration to the representations made. to the general outlook regarding

started the calendar year in Janu- revenue, he remarked that they

ary,with, as usual, a very heavy deficit of over £130,000,000, due to the fact that expenditure flows out evenly over the whole year, but the great bulk of revenue come! in the last quarter. That deficit had already been reduced by £100,000.000, and was now only just COMMITTEE'S FINDING. over £30,000,000, with over three weeks of the financial year still to

Architects are submitting plane this month and a special committee of five has been appointed by the Assembly.

go,

connection with the seizure. They Broadly speaking, he had a feel- are suspected to be agents of aning that things would not go so international drug ring.

LANCASHIRE OWNERS

COMBINE.

AN INDEPENDENT SCHEME.

{THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY.}

LONDON, March 5th. The owners of a number of in- dependent mills controlling three million spindles have, signified their willingness to form an amalgama tion distinct from other projected or accomplished schemes.

badly for Great Britain in the spheres of trade and industry in the next year or two as they had done in the past, provided that no vicleat dislocation and disturbance "occurred in its affairs.

THE KING STILL

IMPROVING:

LONG TALK WITH AN "OFFICIAL.

(BRITISH WIRELESS- SERVICE)

"Not Gone Very Far."

REGay, March 8th. A later message says that the Manchester Guardian states that good night, the weather is still too Although the King passed another three companies in the Rochdale cold to permit of his heing taken to district have been valued for the the grounds of Craigweil Houre, purpose of the cotton mills amaland this morning, owing to the gamation, but negotiations have Dot cold wind, the, windows of his room proceeded very far.

were not opened.

"THE FORGED TREATY.

DUTCH MINISTER SEES NO

DANGER."

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HAGUE, March 5th.

Official's Visit,

An earlier message stated that Sir Frederick Ponsonby, Keeper of the Privy Purse, had visited Craig weil House at the King's command and submitted some papers to His Majesty. He also had a long talk with the King.

TRIP.

In the Second Chamber the DUTCH QUEEN MOTHER'S Prime Minister, referring to the forged treaty, said that after Amsterdam learning that the Hetalgemeen Handelsblad had de-. clined an offer for publication, he and the Foreign Minister exceed

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON. March 6th. The Dutch Queen-Mother Emma the purpose of paying a visit to London for the exhibition of Dutch art.

-MARKING OF RUBBER MERCHANDISE.

{TEROUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 5th. The Standing Committee under the Merchandise Marks Act are're ported to have found that the ap plicants have not made out a case to require rubber manufactures to bear indication of their origin nt time of importation, but have made out a case for a “salo order ” 45 regards many of the goods.

The Committee, therefore, recom. mend an Order in Council for marking when exposed for sale in the United Kingdom sheet rubber, hose tubing, tennis and golf balls and similar articles, but toys will be excluded from the Order

tigation Committee, and it results from Rockefeller's complaint that

Col. Stewart failed to keep a promise to resign his post.

Because last minute changes in proxies can be made there has been no positive indication as to which way the tide of battle will go. Great blocks of stock in the Standard Oil Company of Indiana are held by wealthy men and big interests that are expected to follow Rocksfeller's lead.

Battle of Gianta, What has come to be called the

the Treasury to engage in business and commerce.

President's First Task,

The Mexican trouble has provided Mr. Heayer with his first important administrative tasic as President. He examined the latest reports on red with Mr. Kellogg.

the matter, and afterwards

Later, he announced the reten- tion of the present embargo on the shipment of arms to Mexico, except where specially licenced.

-MINERS' LEADERS VISIT. PREMIER.

SWEEPING PROPOSALS.

• (THROUGH REUTER'A AGENCY.]

Rockefeller-Stewart war is unique. A THREE-HOUR CONFERENCE. The company hovers near the billion dollar mark in its size. The fight, however, is not for supremacy be tween two giants of finance but a fight, according to the Rockefeller interests, between right and wrong. Rockefeller's battle, if successful, will drive from office one of the ablest, most aggressive and most successful administrators that a great business ever had. The son of the oil king is attempting to unseat a man who made million aires by the hundreds.

LONDON, March 5th. The full Executive Committee of the Miners Federation waited on Mr. Baldwin, the Premier, at 10, Downing Street this morning for the purpose of urging upon the Government immediate and definite action to deal with the unemploy ment in the coalfields.

intention of asking the Premier to The deputation: announced their

Rockefeller has most of his make arrangements for the com- strength in the East and on the plete reorganisation of the indus- Pacific Coast. Col. Stewart may try their proposals towards this NEW JAPANESE WARSHIPS. Middle West, in the directorate of

expect to find his strength in the end being most sweeping,

The Proposals. the Company and among the 18,000 employee-stockholders of the Stan- dard Oil Company of Indiana..

POWERFULLY ARMED AIR- CRAFT CARRIERS.

"

The "national control of the coal- fielde is the first step suggested by the deputation, after which they" ask for the ropeal of the Eight Hours Act, the superannuation of

with a view to the reabsorption of all mine workers at the age of 60, the scientific utilisation of coal- the anemployed miners, legislative

restriction of adult labour from out-

The Teapot Dome Scandal. The cause of the fight goes back The outstanding events of 1928 in the Japanese Navy were the com Oil Committee of Col. Stewart's to the investigation by the Senate pletion of the large aircraft connection with the Continental carriera Akagi and Kaga, the Trading Company, which was or former of 28,100 tons and 28.5ganized to handla transactions de- knots, the latter of 28,000 tons and veloping from Harry F. Sinclair's side, and the emigration of the 23 knots. Both were laid down as lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil surplus unemployed miners under capital ships, their conversion reserves. Col. Stewart once ap-

proper conditions. being "due to the Washington peared before the Senate Com lasted for three hours, after which The interview with Mr. Baldwin Treaty.

mittee, but later refused to testify it was officially stated that a joint The Akagi, which closely re further, sembles H.M.8. Furious, measures "He was indicated for contempt for report of the proceedings will be 7831t. between perpendiculars and refusing to testify, and then was

issued as soon as possible.

It is learned that the miners' extrame breadth of 92ft. indicted for perjury for having said,

leaders are disappointed, saying carrier thé very power-in his first examination, that he had ful armament of ten sin, and six received none of the Continental that they have been promised teen

nothing. 4.7in... guns, the heavy Company's booda. He was acquit weapons being mounted on the ted on both charges. Both juries broadside in turrets or casemates. signed statements that they intend.

hag

She

ingly regretted to hear that has engaged a special steamer for The Kaga is 715ft, long, with aed their verdicts to be complete Telegrams in Brief

Utrecht paper had decided to publish it. Both, however, were Government Convinced that the were unable to interfere and the only thing possible was to invite information from the French and Belgian Governments.

The steamer will leave Rotterdam at seven o'clock in the evening, Her Majesty will catch a train from Gravesend to London in the morn The British Government spon- ing, and return from London at taneously offered information soli-six o'clock the same evening, spend. ing the whole day at the Exhibition cited from the others.

The Dutch Government were con- vinced that no danger from any other nation threatened Holland. He hoped the people would reject any lingering suspicion."

REPARATIONS,

AGREEMENT DEPENDS ON

EXPERTS.

vindications.

beam of 100ft., and has the same armament as Akagi. Each ship In his earlier testimony before can accommodate about sixty air the Benate Committee Col. Stewart admitted he received $759,000 from craft.

The German firm of Siemens has. timental Trading the shortlived and mysterious Con-been awarded the first, prízo in the Company of big international contest for pro- Canada which sold for $3,080,000jects for the construction of a new in Liberty bonds, a portion of which | harbour for Barcelona. Sixty pro- went to the Secretary of the Interior jects coming from all parts of the Fall at the time the Teapot Dome world had been submitted to the arrangements were made.

jury. Later Col. Stewart was unable to

10,000-ton cruisers in 1024, her first "Although Japan began building ship of this type the Nachi, was only completed in October, 1928. The Myoko, launched April 16th, 1927, is running her trials; the Haguro and the Ashigars went afost respectively on March 24th

All four recollect the details of the transac and. May 2nd, 1028, ships are identical:-Length be tion. He insisted he never intended

perpendiculars, 830 feet; to profit personally: breadth, 57ft, draught, 10hit

tween

standard displacement, 10,000 tons; geared turbines of 120,000 8.H.P.

The Ambassadors Conference at Paris has acceded to the German Government's request to permit detachments of the Reichswehr to Resignation Demanded and

operate in the demilitarized Rhine-- Refused.

fand-zone should thaw cause in- Rockefeller, while asserting strong | undations!

are installed for a maximum speed belief in Col. Stewart's integrity,"

A number of distinguished Eug

THE "PRINCE OF WALES.

SIR AUSTEN'S VIEWS.

{BRITISH WIERLESS · SERVICE] SEES SWEDE WIN ICE

of 33 knots; the main armament of urged him to give full testimony lish politicians including Lord CHAMPIONSHIP.

RUGBY, March 5th."

ten Bin guns is mounted in twin to the Committee. He obtained Robert Cecil and Lord Reading, The opinion that no conclusion turrets on the centre line, three from Col. Stewart a promise to [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

former Viceroy of India, have could be reached on questions either forward and two aft. There are fraign if he should request it, Mr. Elihu Root has drawn up a

of the evacuation of the Rhineland also four 47in. A.A. guns and When Cot Stewart was indicted, alteration of British policy in East issued a manifesto against any formula replacing the United

Ruazy, March 5th.

Rockefeller requested the resigna Africa can Stater Afth reservation to ad It is noteworthy, however, that The Prince of Wales witnessed disarmancat until the Repara- twelve torpedo tubes.

Two seaplanes are carried. These tion. He repeated his request that Hilton Young commission.

on the basis of the tions Experts had finished "their" herence to the Permanent Court of Mr. Cosgrave, President of the the conclusion of the world's figure labours in Paris, was put forward are the most strongly armed and Col. Stewart make good on his "Justice.

Free State, in the course of a skating championship on ice this by Sir Austen Chamberlain to Press elaborately equipped cruisers at promise. Since the head of the The committee preparing for the Mr. Root proposes to "create speech yesterday, referred to the afternoon.

representatives at Geneva,”

present float. The arrangement Standard Oil Company of Indiana coming annual meeting at Freiburg machinery to consider specific casca existence in Dublin of a body of The championship was won by He considered the question of the of the turrets, massive bridgework, failed to do so, Hockefeller launch of German Catholics has decided to to determine whether the United criminals who were intent upon Gillis Grafstron (Sweden), Carl evacuation of the Rhineland was and three sharply raking funneled his campaign to oust Col. invite His Holiness the Pope to States really has an interest in any murdering those who exercised Schafer (Vienna) being second, connected with the questions now the first two trunked together-Stewart. Thus began the battle it the city in the coming sum- question to be submitted to the their rights of citizenship, for in Ludwig Wreda (Vienna) third, and being dealt with by the Experts give the ships an extraordinary ap for proxies

mer on the occasion of the Oatholie Court for their advisory opinion. stance, jurora.

J. F. Page (England) fourthine Committes in Paris and he couldpearance. They are credited with Rockefeller appealed to the stock. meeting. It is believed that His If the signatories of the World The Government, Mr. Cosgrave The championship, which was not see how any agreement could be triple halls and extensive armour holders to decide the issue. In his Holiness will accept the invitation. Court and the United States are said, was determined to protect the instituted in 1896, had not been reached until the cxperts had pretection, but it is difficult to be counter-reply Col. Stewart said The Ministry of Labour figures. unable to agree whether the Court lives and property of its citizens, previously held in England since finished their work. Everybody lieve that so many features could that he had promised to resign if for registered unemployed abo should be consulted, Mr. Root sug- and it is thought possible that the 1924, when it was held at Manches had the question of evacuation inbe worked into a hull of 10,000 the stockholders naked for his re-theme were on February 25th, on gests that the United States forth action of the authorities last night ter and on that occasion Grafitron mind but the Experts Committee tons. Four more cruisers of this signation, and not if Rockefeller, increase of 60,000 compared with the with resign from the Court,

is the sequel to that statement* was also the winner.

must finish their labours first. class are under constructio

as an individual, asked for it. week previously