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WORLD NAVAL

SUPREMACY. -

THE UNITED STATES' GAIN.

HELPED BY THE WASHINGTON

TREATY.

OIL PRODUCTION

SCHEMES.

A REVOLUTION IN METHODS.

HUGE CAPACITY.

[KKUTEK'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

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New YoRx, May 17. The Shell Petroleum Corporation is joining a group of franciers in erecting the largest oil cracking unit in the industry.

London.-Concurrent with reports of America's willingness to resume conversations on naval disarma- ments with Great Britain, and the resumption of work by the Prepara- tory Disarmament Commission in Geneva, Mr. Hector C. Bywater, the weil-informed naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writes show-

The new plant, which is expect ing that the United States gaipeded to revolutionise petrol, produc- and did not lose world naval supretion, will be built at Wood River, mney at the Washington Conference Hlinois, and will have a capacity in 1921.

of 120,000 gallons.

He plainly points out that if the Washington Conference had not been held, the United States would have ranked a poor third on the seas of the world. He quotes official statistics to show that Great Britain, on the eve of the Washing- ton meeting was preparing to launch a shipbuilding programme that would soon have made her far more powerful than the United States.

The Battleship Controversy,

Harding. "When President

writes Mr. Bywater, issued his invitations in April, 1921, the United States hid in hand four battleships of 3,800 tons, armed with eight 16in. guns; six, battle ships of 43,200 tons with twelve 18in. guns; and six battle cruisers of 43,500 tone with eight 16in. guns All these ships had been designed in 1916 and although their plans had been subsequently modified they did not incorporate the full lessons of the war, judged by the post- Jutland standard.'

The expert then gives the stand- ing strength of Japan at the same date, adding that Japan had authorised and was preparing to bulid eight battleships and eight cruisera which stone would have eclipsed the American.

Turning to Great Britain, Mr. Bywater states that on March of 1921, Parliament had voted credit "Super for laying down four. Hoods,' which would.. have been vastly superior to the American cruisers at all points. Each boat would have displaced 48,000 tons and would have been 4,800 tons heavier than the American ships, besides carrying nine 16in. guns.

The following year the British Admiralty would have followed with four more battleships of 48,500 tons carrying mine 18in. guns.

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FIGHTING POSTPONED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

PEPINO, May 17.

The Kuaminghun are reported to have destroyed part of the tunnel at Wushengkwan on the Horan Hupeh border, also "the railway bridge at Changteho in Honau,

It is generally thought here that fighting is inevitable although it is believed that Chiang will not take the offensive until the situation near Canton improves.

Sun Yat Sen's funers may also cause a postponement.

The Kuominchun are massed at Tasochow, and also along the Peping-Hankow Railway between Chengchow and the Hapeh border,

A Premature Report.

HANKOW, May 17. Reports that fighting has broken out on the Hupeh-Honan border are premature. Nationalist troops are all on this side of Ewangshui, and there is no sign that hostilities have commenced.

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HUNAN'S ADVANCE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, May 17. " General Ho Chies wires that the Kwangsi troops are in fight south- wards to Liuchow, which is the next objective of the Hunan forces.

MADAME SUN YAT SEN., Terrlie Armaments.

(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOT.] Compared with these monsters,' continues the Telegraph correspon-

NARKING, May 17. dent, and their terrião armament A Kuo Min report is that owing the American ships then building to official business Chiang Kai Shek would have cut a poor figure, and any postpone or even Abandon his would indeed have been rendered trip to Peping. Madame Chiang obsolete even before launching. Kai Shek will go north shortly to Having puce begun the rejoin her sister, Madame Sun Yat plenishment of our battle fleet with Sen, at Peping, post-Jutland units, it is reasonable to assume that we should have con-

SIR MILES LAMESON. tinued the process of a one Power standard. By the time the United

STHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] States had completed her sixteen ships we should, in all probability,

SHANGHAI, May 17. have bad an equal number build-

Sir Miles Lampson arrived here on order. Concurrently, ing or Japan, in the Pacific would have this afternoon from Peping.

been creating a new battle feet more formidable in aggregate ton- nage and armament than that of the United States.

In view of these revelations, which are based on official informa tion, the claim that the United States sacrificed naval supremacy at the Washington Conference fails to the ground and with it the whole cuse on which post-confererce big- navy propaganda has been built.

"Had the conference not taken place it is extremely probable that by now the British Navy would bave been easily first in capitai ahip-power, Japan second, and the United States Bone-too-close third."

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GRENADIER GUARDS

PARADE.

BRILLIANT SPECTACLE,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

Ruoiy, May 16. The Grenadier Guards, or the Hors. Guards Parade, were in spected by the Duke of York this morning.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929.

LADIES OPEN GOLF.

MISS WETHERED'S GREAT WIN,

A FINE RECOVERY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AÖKNUY.]

ST. ANDREWS, May 17.

In fine weather, before 3,000 spectators, many of whom were American golfers including Hor- ton Smith and Robert Harlow, Hagen's manager, Miss Glenna Collet?' won the first two holes, Miss Wethered taking three patts at both holes. Mias Wathered took the third tinking a 2-yard putt thebirdie " three. The fourth

was halved," :

Miss Collett won the Efth, and the sixth was halved. Miss Wether ed missed a ft. putt at the seventh, becoming three down. Miss Collett won the eighth, holding a 30-yarder for two, and also won the ninth, Miss Wethered missing a yard putt. Miss Collett's score of 34 for the Arst nine is described as greatest achievement of all times by a woman on the old course at. St. Andrews.

the

At the end of the morning round of 18 holes, Miss Collett was up on Miss Wethered

The next four were divided. After bad play through the green Miss Wethered holed a yard putt for five at the long fourteenth, winning to the accompaniment of cheers. The fifteenth was halved.

Miss Wethered won the sixteenth and the .next was halved. Mies Collett's second shot at the eigh teenth hit a hollow and finished 20 yards from the hole. She was six yards short with her first pult, Miss Wethered winning.

ST. ANDREWS, Later.

Miss Joyce Wethered (Worples- den) beat Miss Glenna Collett. (U.S.A.) in the Final over 30 holes by 3 up and I to play.

1,000 GUINEAS CONTEST.

MOORTOWN, May 17. Results of gates played to-day

were:

Davies best Duncan, 1 up. Turnesa (U.S.A.) beat Taylor, 5

and-4.

Jelly beat Compstom at the 21st. Chas Whitcomba beat Diegel

(U.S.A.), and 1, "

Duncan's Defeat. Duncan lost the first, and squared the filth, where Davies was trapped in the bushes. Davies became one. up again at the seventh, through his opponent being bunkered. The remaining holes were all halved, `

SIR ARTHUR FLETCHER'S

APPOINTMENT.

GOVERNOR OF FIJI.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 16. Sir Arthur Murchison Fletcher, has been appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific.

[Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher, K.C.M.G., C.B.E., C.M.G., who is at present Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, was Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong for many He came to Hong Kong in years. 1801 as a Civil Service cadet and gradually worked his way through various departments.

Bir Arthur

All three battalions of Grenadiers were on parade, one battalion came is the son of Dr. Fletcher of High- from the Tower of London and the gate, London, and was born in In 1915 he narried Miss other battalions from Chelsea Bar-1878. racks.and Brompton Barracks. Dorothy Rogers-Harrison, daughter The Duke of Connaught, wearing of Licut-Col. Rogera-Harrison, SUN YAT SEN'S FUNERAL. the uniform of the Grenadiers, of 1.M.8.]

whom he had been Colonel for 25 the years, arrived along with Prince of Wales, who was in "the uniform of the Welch Guards

MAUSOLEUM IN PURPLE MOUNTAINS.

In the window of the archway sat the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Princess Boyal.

Two hundred policemen, who had worn the uniform of the regiment; stood draw upon the Duke's lefty their blue uniforms contrasting vividly with the scarlet of the

POSED EMPIRE

CONFERENCE.

QUESTIONS OF STATUS.

(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.].

LONDON, May 18.

[British United Press)

Nanking. The remains of Dr. Sun Yat Sen "founder of the Chinese Republic," will be interred in & magnificent mausoleum on the Purple Mountain on the outskirts of Nanking on June 1. The mauso- leum Tras been completed after soldiers. months of work and is a magnificent On the Duke's right were drawn Chinese structure, approached by aap lines of civilians, who had been broad avenue of steps and terraces. in the Grenadiers.

Dr. Sum died in Peping on March The Duke rode along the ranks 12, 1925, and his remains were tem- porarily interred in the Western

These include the question of Hills outside the old capital.

defining the status of the various Madame Sun Yat Sen will accom. The Duke of Connaught took the Governor-General aa representa pany the body

its journey by salute once more at the gateway of tives of His Majesty the King and rail Madame Sun is a member of Clarence House, his home, while the the extra-territoriality of Domi- the famous Soong family and in band played

nions legislation affecting mer Peping will groet her younger sister Half-an-hour later the first bat chant shipping. vho is the wife of President Chiangtalion were marching back through President Chiang and high off the city to the Tower of London cials of the Government will accom They exercised their ancient pany the bods to Nanking. The privilege of marching through the cofin will be transported in a city with fixed bayonets; and from special railway coach over the Tien the balcony of the Mansion House tsin-Pukow Railway line.

the Lord-Mayor took their salute.

It is learned that the first prac tical step in preparing for the next Imperial Conference has been taken by the summoning of Empire representatives to meet in London in October to consider legal, ques- tions regarding the operation of who Dominions, legislation. inspecting the battalions, marched in colutum of companies past the saluting base.

Mr. Mackenzie King, the Cana dian Premier, will be the only Dominions Premier who can pos sibly attend this gathering, which will be an inter-departmental com- mitten as proposed by the last Imperial Conference.

GRAF ZEPPELIN RETURNS.

A MECHANICAL BREAK. DOWN.

PASSENGERS CONSULTED.

(REUTER'S AMERIČAN SERVICE]

New YORK, May 16.

The Graf Zeppelin which early

THE CLEVELAND FIRE.

DUE TO SPONTANEOUS

COMBUSTION.

AN INVESTIGATION.

(REUTER'S AMÉRICAN SERVICE]

... CLEVELAND, May 16. The hospital fire is officially attri this afternoon passed over" Barcebuted to spontaneous combustion loda, wirelessed this evening: Two among the celluloid X-ray plates in motore braken, bending back."

Much disappointment is felt through the postponement of the visit, for, which elaborate arrange ments had been made at Lakehurst, to which hundreds of marines and

the basement storeroom, due to over-heating, as the result of a leaking strumpipe.

The building still reeks of poison gar,

The gas, acting on the bload of

CIVIL SERVANTS AT HOME.

PREMIER'S SPIRITED

DEFENCE

MISREPRESENTATION:”.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.)

Losban, May. 18. Mr. Baldwin addressed a meeting of electors of the City of London this afternoon. Within the general area of the City of London, he said, was unrivalled financial power and responsibility. It had not been built up on new policies but pri- marily on old....

Referring to the safeguarding of industries, Mr. Baldwin said it

special police had been despatched yesterday night's victims is would normally be applied alter

to cope with the enormous crowds expected

Commander Eckener decided to return at 6.33 in the evening after conferring with the passengers.

The Graf Zeppelin has wirelessed stating that she is eight miles south of the Rhone Delta, travellias

lowly against a strong wind

Limping Home.

BERLIN, May 17.

A Graf Zeppelin passenger has wirelesed that owing to a head wind and the breakdown of the two engines, the airship is only flying 20 miles per hour. It is hoped to reach Friedrichshafen to-night.

THE K.-C.R.

EARLY RESUMPTION OF SERVICE

The Daily Press is informed that the bridge at Shektan, ont the Kowloon Canton Railway, has now been put in a temporary state of repair. Accordingly, a slow through train to Canton was due to leave the Kowloon terminal at 9.15 this morning. under instructions to proceed "dead slow" over the repaired bridge.

If the test is satisfactory, the through express service will be «nesumed as soon as practicable,

It is understood that a repair gang from the Kowloon Ter- minal have been at work on the bridge for the last day or two in conjunction with the Canton engineers and crew.

PEA-RIFLE EXPLODES. ¡

sible for the additional deatha hourly.

So far 125 have died. The most stringent investigation is proceeding

CANADA'S ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS.

RELATIONS WITH AMERICA, JAPAN, AND FRANCE.

EMPIRE UNITY:

appreciation of specific industry and after impartia inquiry, Iron and steel would be treated erectly like any other industry. It would have to make out its case before the Tribunal. He had pledged himself to impose ne icod duties.

** Liberals Attacked.

[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Fashionably dressed women mingled with top-hatted business and industrial magnates at a meet- ing of the City of London electors, addressed by Mr. Baldwin.

Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime

The Premier, at the outset,, re- Minister of Canada, in an article

plied to the Opposition attack re on Canada's Legations abroad. ap- pearing in the Canadian Nation, ganding the issue of the White the oficial organ of the Canadian Paper" and mentioned that the clubs of Canada,

sales had already exceeded the details the gradual growth of Canada's par-Dost of production. He charged the ticipation in foreign relations and Liberals with acting unconstitution the establishment of the Dominion's ally and being guilty of misrepre- After referring to the establish sentation when they amerted that civil servants were unable to find a ment of the Canadian Legations at Washington, Paris, and Tokyo as flaw in Mr. Lloyd George's scheme. the logical sequel to Canada's grow The Government forbors publish ing relationships with these cousing the civil servants' criticisms of tries, which necessitate direct re the achems, as this would have prescatation and speedy consulta been unconstitutional, and did the tion, the Premier notes that in all

cases where British and Imperial only possible thing to stop tarther interests are concerned there is con- misrepresentation and to protect sultation with the British Ambas civil servants sadors and the representatives öf the other. parts of the Empire....

Country's Rapid Growth

Comrades!

Sir Austen Chamberlain, at Bir-

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Telegrams in Brief.

It is announced that the General Mators Corporation has purchased 400,000 shares in the common stock. of the Fokker Aircraft Company of America. This represent 40 per ecat of the interest in the Fokker,

concern.

The German Minister of Finance. announces, that at present" only 300,000,000 marks of the big loan will be offered for public subscrip- tion. It will be issued at 99 with interest at seven per cent. It will not be redeemable for five years after which ten per cent of the total will be repayed annually.

Ex-President Pangales of Greece, and ex-Ministers Vogopoulon and General Nider have been arrested on a charge of speculating in. foreign exchanges, and with con cluding disadvantageous contracta during their administration three years ago.

In the Louisiana Senate Court

ed of Governor Long on charges the impeachment has been abandon- of misuse of state funds, bribery, etc., owing to Long's political sup- porters inducing a sufficient num- bor of citizens to sign a statement declaring that they will vote for his acquittal regardless of the evidence, as they believe the charges have been brought in violation of the Constitution.

Mr. Henry English Fulford, ex- Consul General in Tientsin, has been found in his bedroom in Melbourne, shot dead. He bad lately boen in ill-health

Mr. L. Stimson, Secretary of State in Washington, has announe- ed that no officer of the Federal Reserve Board, or any other off- cials, will be permitted to serve in the International Bank planned by the conference of Reparations Ex- the United States Government perts in Paris. He declares that views with sympathy and interest the work of the experts, but did not wish to have any American official directly or indirectly con- nected with the collection of Ger man reparations.

Another suspected case of plague isolated workmen at the Osaka has been discovered among the inwerks, where plague-infected" steamers are being repaired. The authorities have decided to fumi- gate all incoming vessels from Bombay,

It is announced that the Dulce of Gloucester will cancel his visit to Oraka, and proceed to Gifn direct from Kobe on Tuesday afternoon.

BOY "KIDNAPPED " BY HIS MOTHER.

He concludes as follows:- Whe-mingham, said that Mr. Baldwin' ther we like it or not, our country had invited him to continue to be. cannot escape a rapid growth in Foreign Secretary in the her international relations, nor Parlament and he proposed to do TAXICAB RIDE FROM SCHOOF. can we escape those special respon- sibilities and obligations, as well, as opportunities, which arise out of Canada's geographical position in the British Commonwealth of Nations.

LABOUR PARTY, AND

WOMEN.

DIVORCE PETITION.

A boy who, it was alleged, was taken away from school in a taxi- eab by his mother after she left

**The United States is our nearest neighbour, our only neigh MR. MACDONALD'S REPLY TO her husband, was concerned in

DEPUTATION.

case heard at York Police Court, when Mr. Harold Newsham applied under the Guardianship of Infants Act for the custody of his son Peter, aged seven, from his mother, Mrs. Chrissie Newsham, giving London address.

bour on the simtiment of "North America. France is our nearest neighbour, our oldest neighbour, an the continent of Europe. Japan is

A deputation from the General BOY WOUNDED.

our nearest neighbour on the con tinent of Asia. Ws hold immediate Election Campaign Committee of relations, and relations ever in the National Union of Societies for Forbes-When William Shirving creasing in importance, with each Equal Citizenship waited on Mr. "This is Good-bye." ton, a 15-year-old boy, accidentally of these countries. shot himself in the thigh with a position is that of centre of a sort

"On the world scale our country's MacDonald at the House of Com

mens and placed before him the father and mother lived together..

Mr. W. H. Spink said that the pea-rifle some miles out of town, of world amphitheatre. Surround points the societies.wished to see at Balmoral Terrace, York, until his young mate, Darby Holden,d as we are on three sides by great acluded in the Labour Party's June, when Mrs. Newsham went carried him half a mile to the main Powers, our frontiers are complete General Election programme.

Mr. MacDonald informed the deaway, leaving a note in which the ly exposed. L. friendship and

putation that the Labour Party road, where both were picked up goodwill more than in aught else stood for equality and for the in- by a car, and taken to hospital.

lies our security.

spiring conception that in citiden- ship it should be forgotten that These three countries in baru there were men and that there were

The boys were out rabbiting, and the gun exploded when they were getting through a fence. The bul- let was extracted, and Shirvington is progressing favourably.

Holden is of small build, and showed admirable courage in carry" ing the other boy such a distance.

BEAN IN THROAT.

Friendly Relations,

have relations with Great Britain, women. The trouble had always with possibilities and consequences been the difference of views among far more vast than those arising the women theinsolves difference out of her relations with any other not so much of fundamentala as a of the nations of the world. Pro- difference in opinion as to how cer- blems of the Atlantic and problemos tain desirable aims were to be of the Pacific and all that lie be reached. He agreed that: altera tween are bound up in that retions in the law were desirable, so lationship.

that a British woman who married an alien should not automatically lose her nationality.

More Women Folies.

wrote

This is good-bye.. I cannot stay any longer. Do not try to find me, and please do not think me as bad as people make me out.

"Love" and cars for little Peter. I think it best to leave him be; hind. Get someone to share! your love and home far more: worthy of it than I am.

Mr. Spink explained that" the child remained with his father until the mother took him away from school, since when Mr. Newsham bad not seen him. Mr. Newsham was presenting a divorce petition, and the father's home was, in hin

the child.

submission," the proper place for

Mra. Newham contended that than seventy years of age, was not qualified to look after the child.

“This of itself ie an all-sufficient reason why Canada should seek to inform herself at first hand and CAUSES CHILD'S DEATH.

keep informed on what is transpir

In principle he agreed with the Lithgow A hean got caught ining in each of these countries, and the throat of the little daughter of why she, to the extent of her power, deputation that married persons Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Quince and should at all times see that the should be separately, ustused and Mr. Newsham's mother, at more: fiiendliest of relations should be separately taxed for income-tax, caused her death by choking.

The child was leaving her home maintained between these countries and that each should have the right

and the British Empire, m.

to their own abatements. The with

Mrs. # companion when

To do our part in maintaining Labour Party agreed that the rais Quince recalled her.

the unity of the British Common- ing of the legal age of marriage in Disappointed at not being per mitted to leave the premises, the wealth of Nations and to further to Great Britain, which now standa at the utmost of our ability friendly 12 for girls and 14 for boys, was child, who had the bean in her relations between the British Em desirable, mouth, began to cry While she was sobbing the intake of her pire and the rest of the world, and Mr. MacDonald also agreed that in particular the three Great Pow the appointment of more women breath caused the bean to lodge in

ers which I bave mentioned this police was necessary, and agreed her throat and she died almost

it seems to me, is Canada's role in with the proposal of the right of instantly.

international afairs.”

women Peers to sit in the House of Lords.

INDIANS IN CANADA.

INFANT'S STRANGE DIET PINS, NEEDLES," AND BUTTONS.

With regard to equal pay and opportunities for men and women in the Civil Service, and against

The Beach decided that the father was the proper person to Mrs. Newsham was granted lea look after the child..

to appeal,

RAZOR ATTACK.

MAN CHARGED.

George Prestit Earl, blacksmith

years of age, was charged at Sydney with having maliciously in- acted grievous bodily harm on

the dismissal of women on «IDAT- ringe, he said: "We have said that wo are in favour of the principle of equal payment and opportuni Peter Crough. anties, and we stand by it.

Dr. Rabindranath Tagore, who is representing India at the National Education Conference, has given s message urging Indians domiciled in Canada to bring up their child Wellington (N.Z). — When rea in accordance with the customs eight-month old baby was operated The Labour Party was opposed tor, said that defendant was found on at Wanganui after swallowing to the dismissal of women solely struggling on the floor of a room: of Candle and to make them button, 23 pins, needles, safety pins, on the ground of marriage. He with Crough. It was alleged that Canadian citizens,

Dr. Tagore noted that Indians in Canada were now able to bring out their own womenfolk. He urged the importance of Indians adopting. local customs and conforming to the requirements of Canadian citizenship.

Bergeant Napper, police prosecu

and buttons were found in its agreed with the need for the peace-blood-stained razor was taken The child is making a ful settlement of international dis out of defendant's hand, and

pon potes, and said that on this ques Crough had to be taken to hos stomach. good recovery.

It has been ascertained that antica he thought the Labour Party'spital, where even stitches were

· Defendant was remanded, bal older child fed this strange mixed record would give the deputation inserted in his head.

being fixed in one surety for £100.. diet to the baby when no one was all the assurances which they watching,

sought.