PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
BOTH SIDES TAKE UP POSITIONS,
STRATEGIC MOVEMENTS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Very little activity is noticeable locally, and owing to the ceasor ship, news from Honan is meet
dificult to obtain.
The Wuhan troope are all dis posed along the Han River and the Peking-Hankow Railway, and await only Nanking's order to advance.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929..
RICE PRODUCTION LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROBLEMS.
IMPORTANCE OF CHINA.
PACIFIC CONGRESS'S CONCLUSIONS.
(THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY,]'
HANDOENG, May 92. The agricultural section of the Fourth Pacific Congress to-day dis cussed the movements of the rice market, which, it concluded, largely depended
upon production in China,
It was proposed that the irriga-
IN AMERICA,
SCOPE OF COMMISSION'S POWERS.
THE CAUSES OF CRIME.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
WASHINGTON, May 9. President Hoover has invited the members of the newly-appointed Law Enforcement Commission, in cluding ex-Attorney-General George Wickersham, and Miss Ada Com- stock, to assemble at a White House luncheon on May 28..
It is pointed out that the forth
FIRST ELECTION
CASUALTY.
"A CERTAIN LIVELINESS."
LABOUR, LEADER'S CONFIDENCE.
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 50.
The 5gures for 512 constituencies for the new register of electors, fer which returns have been received, total :-
...... 13,167,631 11,808,995
Women Mon With the election campaign now in full swing a "certain liveliness"
HARBOUR WORK IN VAN LEAR BLACK'S Telegrams in Brief.
SINGAPORE.
REPORT OF SHIPPING COMMITTEE.
GRÅDUAL CHANGES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 21
NEXT FLIGHT,
“ANOTHER LONG HOP.
CROYDON, ΤΟ ΤΟΚΥΟ
AND BACK.
[THKOOCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
A series of shareholders meetings, ae being held in Lancashire next week for the various mis interest ed to approve or otherwise the pro pesed merger of the Egyptian spin- ing mille. Fourteen companies, controlling over 3,000,000 spindles are concerned, and the Boards of Directors of these companies hate already agreed provisionally to the terms of the proposed merger.
The U.S. Federal Advisory Conn cil has recommended that the LONDON, May 9,
Van Lene Black loaves Croydon on
The American millionaire Mr.ing to do so to increase the redis- Reserve Board permit Banks desir-
a flight to Tokyo on May 31,
count rate to six per cent. India and Bangkok, returning via Russia,
vid
After investigating the desir ability of improving and develop ing Singapore Harbour the Im perial Shipping Committee has published several of its conclusions, It considers that at present it is inadvisable
The aeroplane, which was used to undertake any scheme involving a material is now in the final stages of over on Black's recent trip to the Cape,
vessels.
dent in the South of France, which concluded the Cape fight.
tion problem should be speciali goming inquiry will not be confined is developing in the constituencies. crease in wharfage for ocean-going haul at Amsterdam, after an acei.
It is learned that Feng has apstudied, and discussed at the next pointed his different route com.
congress, manders, the: Sun Liang, Cheng
Co-operation of the Pacific coun-
to the question of Prohibition, but will have a much broader scope. The *Commission, which represents avery
Two writs for alleged slander have been served on Alfred Short, "Labour candidate at Wednesbury,
No change should at present be made for coaling arrangements
commands eat Fonan and along tries in manuring questions should section of the country, will hold by the Corservrtive and Workers until experience shows the effect on the Lunghai Railway with his base be sought, and an international extended hearings at Washington candidates, Messrs. Rubin and Gee, the demand for bunker coal, of oil
at Kaifeng; Ha Fu Chu oorananda
south Hoan and along the Peking-soils should be established,
classification system of tropical, Hunkow Railway, with a base at
The Congress appointed a 'com- Chengchow; while Shih Yu, San commands the forces north of mithee to study rice diseases and
Chengchow,
Additionally the Kuominchua
parasites.
Generals Sung Chih Yuan and Liu RECOGNITION OF NANKING Yu Feng have positioned their arinics along the eastern border of, Shons with a base at Yulin, form- ing a threat against Shansi.
Fong Again Denounced.
NANKINO, May 20
JAPAN TO SEND AN AMBASSADOR.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.],
TOKYO, May
Tan Yen Kai, Hu Han Min, Wang Chung Hui, Tai Chi Tao,
It is learned that the Govern- and Caen Kuo Fu have jointly ment proposed to Nanking that issued +
manifesto condemning Mr. Yoshizawa should present his Feng Yu Helang'e subordinates for credentials to Marshal Chiang Kai issuing impudent circular tele Shek on May 29 on the occasion of grams and uttering alarming words, the removal of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's like lunatics." They conclude "We body, but consent has not yet been hereby solemnly pledge ourselves received. that we will follow the leadership of Chiang Kai Shek to attain the wishes of our late party leader in uprooting and exterminating all malefactors in the party and the Government, and also in enforcing discipline,"
PLANS OF CAMPAIGN.
RIVAL LEADERS' REPORTED INTENTIONS,
(Wah Tor Fat Pan.)
SHANGHAI, May 92. According to the military schemes devised by Fang Yu Hsiang, his troops will postpone the campaign with Chiang Rai Shek's forces, and will deal first with Yen Hai Shon.. Chiang's scheme in that his troops
It is reported that Dr. Wang would prefer the presentation to be postponed till later.
Mr. Yoshizawa is scheduled to eave Tokyo on Friday.
and other cities, "in an effort to determine the basic causes of the spread of crime,
All the members are lawyera except Miss Comstock.
MISSING AUSTRALIAN FLYERS.
ANOTHER THEORY
וי
DISCOUNTED.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SYDNEY, May 21. Sir Keith Smith has received a message from cepang that the Moir-Owen 'plane, when sighted on May 18, was dying north-north-east.
He is al opinion that the machine had turned back and was trying to reach Atamboewa.
respectively.
Bombardimenis) Rubin is now in. Wolverhampton Hospital suffering from concussion as the result of a brick thrown at him at an open-air meeting.
fuel and pulverized coal.
Immediate steps should be taken to ascertain the cast of completely removing the Tembaga Shoal and Reef to a minimum depth of 33 feet. If the cost is excessive the northern As King's Norton (Birmingham) half should he dredged to 33 feet. where the Austin Motor Works are
The northern half of the Macan- situated, Sir Herbert Austin said der Shoal should be dredged 33 feet, recently that if the McKenna Safe-if the cost of complete removal be guarding Duties were replaced by excessive. the new Parliament the Austin
Consideration should also he given. Motor Works might have to close on
o improving the approach lights". account of foreign competition.
The Labour candidate, Mr. Den-constructed at present:
No additional dry docks should be
aison, to-day caused a sensation by issuing a statement "that if the Austin or any other works closed in consequence of the return of a would take control of the works. Labour Government, the latter
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** CHARLEY'S AUNT" IN BERLIN.
A "PERFECT LADY."
The new Berlin production of fact that some enterprising mana. "Charley's Aunt," because of the
A New Election Issue.
LONDON, May 22. The Dennison-Sir Herbert Aus The Dutch authorities are being tin controversy has been taken up asked to search Timor.
cagerly by the Conservative papers, which see ia"Mr. Dennison's state- ment a new menace of Nationalis-ger remembered that not only nuts tion, as Mr. Dennison declared he come from Brazil but tangos as the Labour Party.
Atamboewa Unlikely.
BATAVIA, May 29. The Resident at Koepang confirme The presentation of credentials the view of the authorities that is taken as indicating the forradoir, and Owen did not, land at recognition of Nanking though the:
Atamboewa, Foreign Offeo intimates that this is not neceasurily, so.
FENG AND SOVIET RUSSIA.
A RUMOURED ALLIANCE." (Nam Chung Pao).
It is reported from Hankow that the fact that Feng Yu Hsiang has formed an Russia has been confirmed. This alliance with Soviet
was however opposed by his right- who decided to resign from the hand man, General Han Fu Chu,
TURKEY BUZZARDS AS CITY SCAVENGERS! MANILA'S SANITARY
PROBLEMS.
in
GOLD IN MANILA.
TWENTY VEINS OF "PAY DIRT."
[British United Press.)
Maria, F.-Expectation that El Dorado has been found near Manila is developing with discovery of gold on the headwaters of the Angat river, 30 miles from this city. The roaring waters of the Angat ziver have out Ipo gulch through the mountains and there it is that the gold strike has been made.
The cre assays indicate that there are at least twenty veins of
"pay dirt." Engineers are con-
fident that the new strike in the richest and biggest ever found in the Philippines. The gold already discovered will pay expenses of developing the mine and it is ex- pected to pay dividende as well.
The engineer who made the dis covery, George Cumbing, says the very boulders in the Angat river are gold, nesaying from 7 to 810 profit.
The
Council has endorsed the Board's action to restrain the use of Federal Reserve credit in speculation, bus nevertheless declares that the amount of the country's credit ab-
lowered. loans has not been substantially sorbed in, speculative maturity
A Moslem named Ilam Din has been sentenced to death for the murder of Raj Pal, the noted In- diam publicist.
PITFALLS FOR YOUNG ACTORS.
EXPECTED. TO LEAD TOO SOON.
Mr. Fred Terry, the actor, who was the guest at the ladies' night dinner at the Press Club, London, recently, made a plea for the young
actor,
I am pretty well through with acting cow." he said, and added of the younger members in his pre- that he liked now to judge the work fussion. "They are finding them- selves, I think, under the most ad- verse circumstances. No touring company of any note is left into which they can go and learn the A.B.C. of their art, though there are a few actor-managers left who can teach and help them with their knowledge of acting."
was speaking officially on behalf of i well, is the most brilliant rejuvena- a ton, well above the minimum for play the juvenile lead in a com-
Sir Herbert Austin interviewed tion of the elderly witnessed here, last night declared:-"Of course we even during a season which has would not close without a struggle,
Mr. Terry said that instead of crawling slowly to the top of the ladder, as an actor used to in the old days, the young actor was how expected to run at once.. No Foundation. "And, believe me," he id, "some of them get very quickly. I heard only the other day of a pupil of a dramatic school who was engaged direct from that school to
pany at £10 a week. Well, good" Stragely, there has been no gold leading parts nowadays with no luck to him, I say. They all do rush to Ipo gulch. The bonanza ground work or foundation to but if and when we shut down it Been Falstaff in modern attire.
has already been covered by clains build upon. There are many more will be because business is ruined. Two birds have been killed by one of the discovering engineers, duly candidate to ask electors to believe likes jazz as an accompaniment to keepers, clerks and so on of the It is too nonsensical for the Labour stone. The younger generation filed with the Government, and the pitfalls for him to face than I had
to face in my young days." labourers, school teachers, saloon that his party propose going round
Sunday Opening." the country buying up ruined its comedies, and it was therefore town at calmly by, some of them natural that one of the best discrediting the newspaper reports orchestras of the Berlin dance-halla of the town and not making any effort to find new gold or file should be dressed as Charley's counter-claims. fellow students and plays gay tunes in' his
rooms. The prevailing dances makes it almost as natural passion for negro melodies and.
that Charley's college servant should have a black face. The
motor-car businesses."
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is expect ed to refer to the subject at Bir- mingham 'to-night.
[British United Press]
sanitary problems resulting.
Manila is beset with a variety of
Labour Confidence. charges and counter-charges that
LONDON, May 21. city is in danger of epidemics,ing at Burnley to-day, said he had Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, speak especially dysentery.
just travelled 1,400 miles in Boot
ways and mears of getting rid of
Fly swarms have caused great land, carrying the message of the concern and much discussion as to Labour movement.
He added: "You will see wonder-
are to bold Honac and Shantung. Chairmanship of the Hoosh Provin- them. Health authorities, real and ful things, as the result of this absurdly reactionary rules of col- He will urge Yen and Chang Hayeh dal Government. Feng has order imaginary, have suggested many election. One thing I am sure of is leges make it quite plausible Liang to join the Nanking troopsed the funds which were devoted methods, ranging from importation the return of a Labour Govern- that to attack Feng. They will carry Kansu, to he used to purchase food for relief purposes in Shensi and out the campaign in three stages.stuffs.for his troops.
The first period will be the capture of the Tientain Pukow and Lunghai Railways, the second the extermina tion of Feng's troops in Honan and the third the unification of Shensi and Kansu.
GENERAL ATTACK ON FENG.
CHIANG'S NEW ORDERS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
DR. SUN YAT "SEN'S
RE-BURIAL, - PREPARATIONS FOR HIS
REMOVAL.
[THEOUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPING, May 9d.
city's garbage to flooding of dry of turkey buzzards to consume the river bede to drown the algae. Even possibility of using airplanes to spray jungle growths with pene trating solutions of Paría Green has been suggested.
The hot season fuir to be of making it necessary for health off cials to devise definite means to cope with insect breeding instead of waiting calmly for the tropical rains to come and wash away the quitoes. Newspapers are being de- breeding places of fiys and mos- luged with suggestions, serious and allegedly humorous, for ridding the
this year bids unusual duration,
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's remains was dressed to-day in funeral clothes, and placed in a coffin ready for the journey to the Mausoleum." Sun Fo, the brothers Soong and a
Madame Sur accompanied by Mr. city of insect pests,
Medical College superintended the TWO SECTS IN HARMONY. doctor from the Peking Union
operation.
The doctor opened the lacquered
SHANGHAI, May 22, Marshal Chiang Kai Shek bes instructed the Telegraph Adminis tration to stop messages between Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang and his nien in Shanghai. He has also pro- hibited
the publication of his wood coffin in which Dr, Sun has opponent's telegrams and uni been for some time, and re- Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, it is embalmed the body, after which it was dressed in a blue satin long reported, has issued orders to the divisional commanders in Shantung, own, a black silk jacket, white silk stockings, gloves, "and black › Anbui, Hupeh, and Kiangsu to pre satin boots, and then placed in
pare for a general attack against Marshal Feng's forces.
new bronze coffin
featoes,
-
Chinese military circles
Atria
Those present alterwards held a family memorial service at which
LAWS PREVENT HASTY MARRIAGES.
A
[British United Press.]
Manila. Efforts of the Philip- pines Government to regalate mar ringe in Mindanao and Sulu, where the major part of the population success. Every hadji who performs is Mohammedan, are meeting with
ment.
North Ireland Election. Polling will take place for the North of Ireland Parliament to morrow. Already 16 Unionists and sia. Nationalists have been returned upopposed There are 61 candid. ates for the remaining 30 seats,
namely:-
two
normal "young ladies should require a chaperon, when visiting a young man's rooms.
Women in Male Attire, So far, so good-the terrific tempo and general whirl of the
AMERICA'S SEX CENSOR- SHIP.
·PAMPHLET FOR CHILDREN CONDEMNED.
Mr. Terry said that another pit- fall which the young actor would soon meet was the Sunday opening of theatres. Though he himself was a convert to the opening of theatres on Sunday, there was the danger of greedy managers wanting them to work more than six days a week. This should be made impossible, and it should also be made impos sible for an actor to work for an- other manager on his day of his
test.
Givng his reasons for advocating
· WOMAN SENTENCED,
the opening of theatres on Sun- days, Mr. Terry said:-" Sunday American Liberals are shocked by and woman. Why compel them to is the tree day of the young man the outcome of the court trial of Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett who describe as dramatic tripe': At go to the kinema and see what I was found guilty by a Federal the theatre they could hear that jury in Brooklyn of sending obscene wonderful thing, the human voice, literature through the malls.
telling with heart, and soul a story Mrs. Dennett is the author of a
of interest, instead of listening to play does the rest, and fourteen highly praised and widely used that dreadful fiend of torture,
pamphlet giving in dignified lan megaphone plus and fifteen-year-olds rock withguage the elemenetary facts of sex Chicago voice, as they do now at a Cockney or laughter. But Berlin, in spite of for children. She is faced with a the Talkies. 27
It is about as much all the propaganda expended by possible sentence of five years' im like the human voice as jazz is like the City Fathers on the technical prisormment or a fine of £1,000 or
music." wonders of its exhibitions and the both. artistic treasures of its museums, attracts more tourists by of its nocturnal gaieties than by its workaday life,
Unionists.......................... Independent Unioniste.. 10 Socialists
Nationalists
Liberale. Local Optionists Independents
8
5
3
Town Tenants........... There are two women candidates namely, one official Unionists and one Local Optionist-
Thirteen contests are being held at Belfast, where excitement is high. The Unionist's clear majority in the last Parliament was 18.
AN EDISON ANNIVERSARY.
FIFTY YEARS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
New York, May 11. On the 30th anniversary of the
Mrs. Deanett, a well-known social. reason worker, is the mother of two grown- up sons, and originally wrote the pamphlet eleven years ago for their medical magazine and reprinted in instruction. It was printed in a pamphlet form at the request of the editor.
A Quick Trial."
It has the endorsement of scores
Associations.
that General Yen Hai Shan has Madame Sun was very affected and wedding ceremonies is being regis perfection of the incandescent lamp trousers, yct one or two Berlin going facts, and refused to let any
declared bie neutrality.
FENG'S PARTISANS ARRESTED.
broke down.
CINEMA NEWS.""
"WHEN A MAN LOVES "*
TO-DAY AT QUEEN'S.
According to a well known film critic," When A Man Loves," John Barrymore's spectacular fim which comes to the Queen's Theatre to-day would be, even without its story and the thrilling action, & great picture because of its pic- torial beauty.
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The gigantic settings are perfect and to the last detail. The com tumes of a very decorative period have been faithfully copied.
“When A Man Loves" has ita getting in the gay Paris of Louis when love was the chief occupa- tion of the fow and dire poverty the lot of the many.
Never has Barrymore essayed a story of more power than this one and Dolores Costello, the heroine of "The Sen Beast," has arisen to even greater dramatic heights.
tractions are the number of young Chief among these midnight at women who love to dea male attire and the scores of young men who masquerade in the evening clothes the other sex has scorned. The game of guessing who is who, and which is which, is quite a popular of leading physicians, clergymen one in many establishments.
and sociologists, and many thou "Charley's Aunt," as played by aands of copies have been distribut young, popular, and extremely cd by the Young Men's and Young clever actor and cabaret artist, Women's Christian Curt Bois, is a lesson to the malé It has even been used in the muni- in feminine wiles, and a lessen to cipal school system of Bronxville, the young ladies as to how a real afashionable suburb of New York. "he-man behaves himself when he The Federal judge, Warren. B. is untrammelled by conventions, Burrows, from New England, whe He is magnificent in Oxford presided, ruled out all the fore tered and marriages within the by Thomas Edison, an interational critics have described his Donns of the distinguished educators and municipal precincts of Moroland celebration is being planned., are to be registered in the future,
Lucia, using the English words for physicians who were waiting to Until the Government became in including
A committee has been organized, something no other nation has protestify take their stand or permit tansted marriages were conducted honorary chairman,
President Hoover as duced in quite the same perfection, the jury to hear endorsements of by self-appointed hadjis and minis- Ford, automobile king; Mr. Charles
Mr. Henry as a "perfect lady."
Mrs. Dennett's work by prominent ters. It had been impossible for Schwab, president of the Carnegie blue silk dress with deep decollété sisted of the reading of the pam She wears a silver beaddress, a authors. The trial virtually con judges sitting cares which ques Steel Corporation; Mr. Andrew W. tioned the legality of marriages to Mellon, Secretary of Treasury; Mr. underwear and stockings seen to Brooklyn married men, all of whom at the back, the most delightful of phlet aloud to a jury of elderly. render fair, decisions because of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., oil
Last month, Mr. Orlando Thomas An incident which occurred dur- uncertainty of daten OG which nate; Mr. James W. Gerned the full when she dances and her had been chosen because they had Kinsey, of East Grinstead, the ing the voyage of the ... Yuen hadjia had performed the
handbag matches her jewellery. never read any of the works of oldest Metropolitan Police pen- are diplomat and lawyers Mr. John Her wiles when everybody, save HL Mencken or Havelock Ellis, sioner, reached his 100th birthday The local military yesterday raid. Kong was reported by the master
Sang from Singapore to Hong monies.
Davis, pathologist, and others.~ Travellers returning from
those who know, falls in love with a test applied by the prosecuting He joined the Mounted Police the The ed the Peping Municipal offices, on the arrival of the vessel in port. Mora provinces recently
inauguration of the golden her are a storehouse of cleverly attorney." report jubilee of light will be held at copied tricks. But when circum- and arrested five Ruominchun of It appears from the report made that a spirit of harmony sow pre: Atlantic City on May 31, to be fal stances are too much for her, and World is correct, when it says that century. When Queen Alexandra It seems clear that the New York been a pensioner for over half a Force seventy years ago and has cials, and also seized radio ciphy Captain L, H. Hutching that vails between the Christians and lowed by light festivals throughout she does not know what the meat with which it was suspected a woman passenger named Ip Ling, Mohammedans of Sulu and Min- the United States until the climax fect lady would do to escape too mitted to circulate then there is no with King Edward he was detailed perif Mrs. Dennett's work is not per landed in England for her marriage they were communicating with 30 years of age, jumped overboard danao, The new marriage lang on October 21, the date when in ardent a wooer, she takes a flying hope of putting any plain, honest for special duty. Mr. Kinsey Feng Yu Heiang.
shortly after midnight when the prevent hasly weddings by requir. 1879 Edison from his laboratories leap over the nearest tea-table; statement of the facts of sex before hopes to be present at Hyde Park vessel was on the high sena. « ing that baans be published ten in Menlo Park announced the per- when everybody in the house is young people in Ameried. The case for the police centenary celebrations
Lifo-belta were thrown, the ship days before a wedding ceremony, fection of the lamp on a commer-spell-bound by her Brazilian dane ill be the subject of an appeal to this year Mr. Kinsey was bom iTESANA was turned about, and hout Nelly practical tease, marig posg, à privato pull at 4 out-sized a higher court, whose decision will Suffolk, one of a family of twenty- lowered, but there was no trace of hadjis make haphazard marriages. sible the development of electric pipe restores the farcical atmos he awaited with the greatest in-one, and stands over six feet in
a profitable profession.
light and power industry.
phere."
terest.
height.
A 'RAID IN PEPING."
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPINO, May 22, Tang Seng Chi has left for Nan- king in response to a aummons from Chiang Kai Shok.
Last night & telegram was re crived from Nanking dismissing Họ Chi Kung who in still to refuge in the Legation Quarter, from his post as Mayor.
WOMAN'S SUICIDE ON THE HIGH SEAS,
REPORT BY CAPTAIN OF
YUEN SANG...
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