NEW SINO-BRITISH TREATY.
SIR MILES LAMPSON'S
ERRAND...
COMMERCIAL ISSUES.
[TERBUGH REDTSE'S AGENOT.]
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RELIGIOUS FEUD ENDED.
PEACE RESTORED IN
MEXICO.
PRISONERS RELEASED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
Mexico City, June 22.
NANKING, June 9. "Dr. C. T. Wang and Sir Miles President Portes Gal announces conference this the settlement of the Roman Cathe Lampson held morning and discussed * Sino-he religious controversy, which has British Commercial Treaty, Wei torn Mexico into bitter factions. hai-wei, and other issues.
They will sabmit reports to their respective Governments for instruc.
tions.
Sir Miles Lampson is leaving on Thursday.
Sir Miles Lampson called On Marshal Chiang Kai Shek yester day evening, when he handed over a message from Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald expressing the hope that friendship between Great Britain further
and China would strengthened?
be
▲ Shanghal Report. (Wah Tez Yat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, June 23, Nanking reports, are that to agreement was reached on Friday between Dr. C., T. Wang and the British Minister, Sir Miles Lampson over the renditioni of Weihaiwei to China, as the. former refused to take back Wei- haiwei conditionally. Both Dr. Wang and Sir Miles Lampson proceeded in the evening to Shanghai, where they will resume the negotiations.
KEEPING WATCH ON
RUSSIA.
EASTERN PROVINCES
DECISIONS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
MUKDEN, June 29.
An important conference of the
The settlement provides that the hierarchy may appoint priests, who must register in accordance with the constitution. Religious instruc tion, while constitutionally
pro hibited in schools, may be carried
'
on in the churches.
Nearly one hundred women pri. soners incarcerated, in the lalands of Lastres and Marias for violations of religione laws will be released. The "order does not include Mother Superior Conceptions who is serving a sentence of twenty years as the "intellectual" author of the assas sination of General Obregon.
ALSATIAN AUTONOMIST
FREED.
A LONG TRIAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
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BESANÇON, June 93. Crics of "Vive la France and
«Vive le Jury" alteranted with
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1929.
FURTHER SHOCKS IN JAPAN WELCOMES
REDUCTIONS.
NEW ZEALAND.
LANCASHIRE MILL TROUBLES.
AN AMBASSADOR CRITICIZED.
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE,
HOPES FOR FRIENDLY AGREEMENT,
"A DANGEROUS MOVE."
:
EMPLOYERS UNDER FIRE.
COMMUNICATIONS CUT OFF.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE NAVAL QUESTION.
(THOUGH RICTER'S AGENCY.]
Toxyo, June 22. During the past three days most of the leading vernacular news. papers have published editorial
WELLINGTON, June 3. Further earthquake -shocks of varying intensity occurred last night. Westport was shaken by the severest and longest shock since the comment on General 'Dawes's "pro main disturbances on June. 17. posals, which are accorded a un
Shocks were also felt at Murartmous welcomei
(THROUGH SETTER'S AGENCY.]
Telegrams in Brief
The Olympia, London, is to be
WASHINGTON STORM IN A transformed by means of a large
TEL CUP.
** HIGHLY · UNUSUAL.”.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN BERPICK]
1,
WASHINGTON, June 1. "Highly unusual" is the official
Esme Howard, the British Ambas comment on a visit paid by Sir
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new building, to be used to house the London section of the British Industries Fair, which will take place simultaneously in London and Birmingham aext February,
The Cabinet in Berlin has 15- resolution animously adopted a that the Government is prepared to accept Mr. D. Owen Young's Re- parations Pino as a basia” for a conference of Governments and Experts and as a corollary for a simultaneous, and definite liquida-- tion of unsettled questions arising. out of the world war.
MANCHESTER, June 21. “A dangerous move" is the des-
Guardian to the development in cription applied by the Manchester
Lancashire. It declares, that both | sador, to Senator Borab, which has
The body of General Bramwell spiders and manufacturers have caused much comment in the Press Booth, former Chief of the Salva- chison, Takaka and Wellington, but Whilst no one doubts the sincerity given notice to terminate their because it is believed that they diation Army, lay in state at Clapton, there was no additional damage.
agreements. The former will fix a cussed pavál disarmament and London, and thousands of mour
ners, including many who had come date at the beginning of August on closer British-American' relations. from other countries, field past. which the proposed reductions will It is customary for the repre- General Higgins, the recently op come into force.
sentative of a foreign Government service for officers of the London pointed Chief, conducted a special who is desirous to communicate District. The body will be buried with a member of the Congress on to-day.
of Japan welcoming the prospect of Communications to Karamea re-a further reduction in naval arma main cut off, and the town is rufer-ments and expenditure, the most ing from an outbreak of diptheria significant feature of the Japanese A supply of serum was sent by air. reaction toward General Dawes's Two mining prospectors are be proposal is the entire absence of hoved to have been overwhelmed by any suggestion that Great Britain landslide rinar Karamen. Motor and Americs are planning a rap- lorries are distributing water at prochement which might affect Westport, where the mains are Japan adversely. fractured.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
PROSPECT OF AN
"AGREEMENT.
$1
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June 23, The Observer's diplomatic cor- respondent says that negotiations have started through the German Embassy in London and the Nor
wegian Legation in Moscow, which
respectively represepe Russian and cheers from Alsations in court, British interests. in questions affect when the jury acquitted. Doctoring Britain and Russia, with a view Phillippe Roor, the Alsatian auton-to the restoration and subsequent regularisation of direct relations omist, on a chare of conspiracy between the two countries. against the State after a fortnight's trial."
:
Roos was sentenced to 15 years, in his absence, at the great auton. omist trial Colmar last year. He lenders in the Three Eastern Pro-surrendered at Strasbourg in vinces has been sitting since June; 15. Among those in attendance are November, and was granted a new General Chang Heuch Liang, Gen trial, but, owing to the state of eral Chang To Hsiang and General public feeling in Alsace, the case Wan Fu Lin and Chang Ching Husi of Harbin.
was removed to Besancon on the application of the Government.
It is stated reliably that among the matters discussed were:-
Re-organisation of the National Army in Manchuria;
Concentration of troops along the boundary between Kirin pro- vince and Mongolia;
The attitude towards Russia (in view of the previous unconfrmed report that Soviet Russia, in retaliation for the Harbin raid, had massed troops along the frontier):
The adoption of methods for the taking over of the Chinese Eastern Railway..
It is stated that the conference decided to station four infantry divisioni, two cavalry divisions and artillery along the Mongolian bor. der, presumably as a precautionary measure against any possible Rus gian action.
CHIANG KAI SHEK GOES NORTH.
CONFLICTING STORIES. (THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.]
MONEY FOR FENG'S
TROOPS.
(Wah Ter Fat Pro.)
SHANGHAI, June '23. Feng Yu Hsiang arrived at Yuncheng on Friday afternoon,
Hsiung Shih Hai has arrived in Shanzi with Central Govern- ment funds. 83,000,000' will be paid to the Kominchun, as arrears of wages, and $200,000 to Feng Yu Haisng for travelling expenses.
BOMBS DISCOVERED IN HANKOW.
(Wah Ter Fa! Pao.)
SHANGHAI, June 23. Over eight bundred bombs were discovered by the Wuhan authori- ties at. Hankow and five suspects It is learned that were arrested.
NANKING, June 23. Chiang Kai Shek, with his wife, and the Ministers of Interior and ladustry, left this evening for the Narth. The party crossed the river hy guaboat and upon arriving at these bombs were owned by Hu
DEATH OF POPULAR NOVELIST.
ELLEN THORNEYCROFT FOWLER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ..
LONDON, June 23, The death is aanqunced of the Hon, Ellen Thornycroft Fowler,
[Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (Mr.
A
| A. L. Felkin) was the elder daugh- ter of Viscount Wolverhampton. An authoress with a big reputation, her first popular success wELS Double Thread." published in 1809. This was followed by The Far- ringdons and other widely-read works, In 1903 she married Mr. A. L. Felkin," M.A., F.R.S.L. and they collaborated in the authorship of several novels.].
HENRY FORD'S NARROW
ESCAPE.
EXPLOSION ON A LINER.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
The absence of any such CX- pression of fear is particularly noteworthy when one recalls the suspicions freely voiced after the abrogation of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance until the three-Power con- ference at Geneva showed how un- founded these suspicions were.
Dificulties Ahead.
Instead of voicing such fears the vernacular newspapers now welcome the prospect of more friendly rela tions gith Britain and America, as they realise that further progress the two countries are composed a dianrmament is impossible till
their differences,
The manufacturers merely given notice to end the agreement and apply for a reduction.
Earlier Hews.
LONDON, June 21. The Manchester Spinning Em- ployers have given the operatives ä month's notice of a wages reduction. The weaving employers are ex- pected to follow suit.
FRANCE'S LEVIATHAN.
REPLY TO GERMAN CHALLENGE.
."
WHITE STAR ACTIVITIES.
[United Prezs.] Paris.-A new ocean giant to sail under the French tricolor is now being planned as an addition to Line, which will thus bring France the passenger flest of the French into the running in the maritime Whilst emphasising Japan's earn-race which is developing between
Britain and Germany. est desire to co-operate in the cause et world peace, however, the papers While fire recently crippled the German liner Europa, the Germans are rapidly completing. her sister-ship, the Bremen, with which they hope to carry off the speed riband of the Atlantic from the Cunard. The Mauretania' bas held the record for nearly twenty
THE SHARE MARKET.
IN to-morrow's issue of the DAILY PRESS will appear a special article on the Hong Kong Share Market. The arti- cle deals with past and present.. conditions, and includes an in
teresting suggestion for dealing with the difficulties now being.. experienced,
do not attempt to minimise the difficulties in the way of finding u "yard stick" satisfactory to all-con-
cerned.
Dawes and Gibson to Confer.
Mr. Hugh Gibson (U.S. Minister to Belgium) is going to London next week confer with General Dawes on the question of dis- armament.
new
years.
As a reply to the German chal- lenge, the British White Star Line and Cunard companies are report. ed to be building two vessels which will have a tonnage of about 70,000 apiece and will far outclass the Present ocean monsters, Leviathan, Majestic and Berengaria
Trans-Atlantic Fight.
public affairs to arrange such ex- Subscriptions for the new Govern- changes through the State Department of India Rupee Loco amount- ment; and Sir Esme Howard's fed at the end of the first day to alleged disregard of this rule haa, 231,700.000 rupees." it is reported, displeased White House, éspecially as Senator Borah 13 at present persona non grata at White House owing to his bitter opposition in the Senate to Pre- sident Hoover on the farm relief and tariff issues.
Lord Justice Sankey (the new Lord. A barony has bears conferred on Chanceller) who will be known as Baron. Sankey of Moreton (Glouces ter).
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Their Majesties are returning to London on July 1 to enable them to attend the Thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey on July 7..
Britain's latest and most modern submarine, the Parthian, has been launched at Chatham.
EtorDa In a Tia Cup. The storm in a tea cup subsided, however, when Mr. H. L. Stimson, Secretary of State, informed the
The National Bank of Argentina has decided to carmark $40,000,000 Press that no question of diploma-gold to the United States in ad- tie propriety was involved; adding dition to the $10,000,000 it has that Sir Esme Howard had called aiready decided to ship for deposit, on him (Mr. Stimson) to-day toness of the peso.
in connection with the recent weak-
deny a newspaper report that he had discussed the freedom of the seas with Senator Borah.
The Real Reason."
NEW YORK, June 21. According to the New Fork
BAKER SUES CHINESE.
AWARDED £1660 DAMAGES.
In the Supreme Court at Sydney,
Times, Sir Esme Howard and Senator Borah had a talk limited in" civil "jurisdiction, before Mr.
hibition, a subject in which both Wilson Edwards, formerly master te a friendly discussion of Pro-Justice James, a claim involving £3,000 was made by Arthur James are interested.
NAVAL OFFICERS' UNIFORM.
FULL DRESS" TO BE
OBTAINED.
of commander's rank and above
(with certain exceptions) shall be required to provide themselves with full dress uniform.
Plaintiff also sued Ah War for certain slanderous statements al- eged to have been made against him to several persona. Plaintiff alleged that in various business.
of the action taken by the Junee transactions at Junee his credit had been assaulted by defendant because Council
baker of Junee, against Thomas Ah War, a Chinese, "of Jance, skin buyer. The plaintiff claimed that An War leased him bakery premises, in Egar-street, Junee, for five years. During the heavy rains of Febru Ary the building was flooded out, and the water rose to a height of 3ft. 8in. The municipal health. It is to keep abreast of this
inspector inspected the building, and ordered certain work to be growing rivalry and to maintain
done. Part of the work was catried their hard-won place in the fight After being partly in abeyance out, but finally the council served for trans-Atlantic traffic that the
for 15 years, the wearing of full closing orders on Ah War and French are building this new super dress uniform by navel officers is Edwards had to vacate the pre- ship, which will be greater than the luxury Ile-de-France launched
to be re-established, but not for mises, whereby he lost the benefit of those below the rank of commander.his agreement of his lease and the little more than a year ago.
A new order states that it has been bakery business, "and was forced to The plane are already far ad decided, with the King's approval, procure another business elsewhere. vanced, it is understood, since work that from July 1, 1830, all officers. WASHINGTON, June 21.
has already been begun at St. Nazaire on a new dock big enough ty.berth the latest leviathan, while the shipbuilding company, Perhoet, in the same port are preparing the
The exceptions will include com- yard ready to start building.
According to present reports, the years' seniority on July 1, 1830; manders who have more than four vessel will be nearly nine hundred
and noc-executive officers of com feet in length, which falls short of
mander's rank who are within five the 1,000 feet which, it is declared,
years of retirement on that date; while the French super-liner will of commander. will characterise the British ships,
as well as all officers below the rank For these three exceed 60,000 tons, thus gutrivalling classes, full dress will continue to any of the existing giants which optional, except at State balls. ply between New York and the The wearing of full dress parts of Europe. She will be uniform was suspended during the electically driven throughout.
War. In August, 1910, it was de A comparison with France's pre-cided that it should be worn only of action respecting the breaches at his Majesty's Levées at home, of covenant, and on fifth, sixth, and and that on all other occasions of seventh counts, with regard to ceremony for which full dress was slanderous utterances, while, by the prescribed in the regulations No. 3 direction of his Honour, a verdict dress (frock cont with epaulettes) was returned for the defendant, Alr War, on the accond and third count, dealing with trespass. On their first finding the jury awarded Edwards £1 damages, and on the second granted him 21,530.
The immediate object of Mr. Hugh Gibson's visit to General Lawes, according to the Herald- Tribune correspondent in Washing- ton, is to bring about the fresh convening of the Preparatory Dis- armament Commission. They will also probably attempt to convene a conference of the naval Powers dur-
NEW YORK, June 2 Mr. Henry Ford, his son Edsel, and the latter's wife and two chil dren had a narrow, escape aboard the Berengaria in the explosion of a bottle of flashlight power belang-|ing the present year. ing to pressmen.
Three men, wo women passengers and, two photographers were scri- ously injured and taken to hospital. Mr. Ford was very calm.
INDIAN FLOODS.
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Pukow, they immediately departed Chung Tu, the leader of the ex-SERIOUS DAMAGE TO JUTE by armoured train.
Chiang Kai Shek is probably Wuhan rebels.
going to Shaasi and subsequently
to Peping.
resignation.
GRAVE SINO-RUSSIAN-
SITUATION.
CROPS...
(THROUGH REUTER'S 'JOZNCY,}"
DACCA, June 21, The jute crops are seriously affected in East Bengal as the result of the foods.
The padi and jute crops are destroyed in many places, notably around Vikrampur.
Grim details have been received All standing crops are damaged, and corpses and carcases are flow. ing down the Amarpur area.
The Deputy Commissioner has forbidden the export of rice from Sonamgaaj, in Assam........
CABINET'S LONG SITTING.
THE KING'S SPEECH.
[ZRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Lospos, June 21. The Cabinet had a prolonged meeting..to-day, sitting for three hours in the morning and reassem- bling his afternoon.
It is understood that much of the time was occupied in considering the preliminary draft of the King's Speech for the opening of Parlín- ment on July 2
The Speech will indicate the Government policy on current ques- tions and legislation projected int the forthcoming session, but its complete before the end of next week.
was to be worn ja lieu, ·
sent giant, the Ile-de-France gives a good idea of the stride which the new vessel will represent for French shipbuilders, since the Ile-de-France has a displacement of 12,000 tons and a length of about 750 feet.
The now dock will be more than
On April 20, 1923, fall dress was a thousand feet in length and it ordered to be re-established under will thus be possible to berth any conditions similar to those which of the world's biggest ships. The obtained before the War, that is, dock will be named the "Joubert " it was to be worn on State, ocea in honour of the President of the sions, when receiving the King, the St. Nazaire Chamber of Commerce
Queen, or other Crowned Hends, largely thanks to whose industry and at ceremonics or entertain- and initiative France has made such
ments when the senior officer pre- rapid progress recently in the mazi-sent considered it desirable to do time passenger trade with the social honour to the occasion. But!
officers not in possession of full Cuited States and South America.
dress have been allowed to wear No. 3 dress, except at State balls, It is this concession which, by the new order, will terminate next
£15,000.
PENAL SERVITUDE FOR MAN SAGED 82,
year.
According to reports this after- noon Feng Yu Hsiang has definitely arrived in Shansi. Yen "Hsi Shan telegraphed the National Govern- (Nan Chung Kuo,) ment to-day resigning his posts,
According to a telegram address- including membership of the State Council and Central Executive ed to the Central Government by Committee, stating he is desirous Chang Hsuch Liang, the Chinese of going abroad. It is believed the Consulate at Moscow was sealed Government will not accept the up by Russian troops on Thursday from five of the affected divisions. fual draft is not expected to be ROBBED POOR PEOPLE OF where full dress is obligatory.
and two of the staff including
WOR Chang
Huan, the vice Consul, arrested. Artillery has been brought to the Chinese border, and the situation is very grave.
YEN HSI SHAN'S POST. 2.
(Wa Taz Yat Pao.)
SHANOHAI, June 23. SHAKAMAÏ, June 22.
The Central Government has Reliable reports received here indicate that, far from thinking of issued a maadate appointing Yen going abroad, Feng Yu Hong is Hai Shan as Pacification Commis- very busy in the west of Hunan sioner of the North-Western Pro- provinct, and that he is at present vinces and also supervisor of mili making a heavy concentration of tary rehabilitation, troops at points between Tungkwan
FENG STILL ON THE FENCE.
PREPARING FOR WAR? (THROUGH BEUTER'S AGERCY.]
and Loyang, namely, at Tungkwan
Shenchow, Hancheng and Binan.
Sun Liang Cheng.
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A TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.
POOR CHILDREN IN NEW YORK.
AN £800,000 GIFT. :
[“ D.P." Special Service.] Mr. August Heckscher, & philan- SPANISH AVIATORS' BID." thropist who has made a large fortune out of real estate operations (TOROUGH REUTER'S 4OZNOY.] and some years ago established the Heckscher Foundation for children, MADRID, June 21.
has announced the gift of 84,000,000 Major Franco, Capt. Gallarza, (E800,000) for the benefit of children and Capt. Buisaldez, who are in the congested areas of New York. already well-known for long-die-
The gilt is made to the Heckscher tance daring flights, have started Foundation, whose trustees will ad
heard the Axing boat Numancinministeriet the fund will be for New York at the Azor deve te activities carried on LLATZE. in the Foundation building, but to A message, from Horta states that | the "establishræent of decentralized
landed very the Numancią
st San playgrounds, summer campe, do Miguel.
urseries, id dental clinics
TROUBLE IN SHANTUNG. (Nam Chung Pao), Troops under Lin Chen Nion in The Kuo Min news agency state Chetsg and Sun Ten Ting's forces: that General Sun Liang Cheng is at Maping are making was prepara
A clash is expected making overtures to turn over totions.
shortly. the National Government.
Ford Alness, in the High Court at Edinburgh recently, passed sentence of live, years' penal ser- vitude on William Nelson (69), of Glasgow, for having embezzled over £15,000 which he had collected na renta
It was stated on Nelson's behalf
T
-NEWFOUNDLAND SENSA-
TION.
GOVERNMENT INDICTED.
On plaintiff's complaint it was alleged that defendant had said he would spend £1,000 to ruin- plaintiff, whose interests had in specific cases been prejudiced by de- fendant's conduct.
•
The case lasted three days The jury found for the plaintiff Ed- wards on the fires and fourth counts
FACTORY OF MANY COLOURS.
RAINBOW HUES FOR MACHINERY.
A rainbow factory is in course of erection at Wolverhampton. It will not manufacture rainbows, but will look like one.
The walls of the factory, instead of being white-washed in the usual way, will be of many colours, rang- ing from a delicate cream to browns and restful dark greens. The ma chinery, instead of being of glenin- A profound sensation has been ing black and silver, will be paint- caused throughout Newfoundland ed in blue, red, white, pink, green,- by charge of fraudulent conversion grey-and yellow. against the Government, of which Even the pipes for conveying. that he found himself in the dock Sir Richard Squires is Premier in water or for containing electric more through folly than from any the Assembly by an Opposition cables will be painted in conscious criminal intent. He had member, Mr. Puddieter. The Pre- | colours, been defrauded of £18,000 by a per-mier's supporters in the House were
The workers, too, will not be son with whom he had had business astonished when Sir Richard allow clothed in the customary factory transactions, But for that his ed the remarks to pase without uniform, but will wear overalls of affairs would not have been protest. involved Mr Puddister declared that in an artistic combination of varied
Lord Alness said the fact that the 1991 the Government took liquor ateis sort of Joseph's to accused had been defrauded was no from the Liquor Controller & De-A local firm or Paint and varnish reason why he should proceed to partment, sold it to a chemist, and manufacturers are building the defraud a great many innocent used the each proceeds to pay the factory as an experiment in the people.
election expenses of a by-election. asthetic side of factory life,
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