A SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
DELEGATES MEET AT
MANCHULI..
THE PRELIMINARIES.
[TUROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.7
NANKING, July 31. The Art Sino-Russian prelimia.
ary conference met yesterday after. at Manchuli, the Consul General at Harbin, M. Melnikov,
Boon
representing the Soviet and the Chinese Commissioner for Foreign Affairs at Harbin, Teai Yun Hsiang, acting for China.
It is understood they discussed the questions of time and place for
a formal Sino-Russian" Conference.
SOVIET PLANE COMES TO. GRIEF.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PERING, July 31. Chinese reports from Suifenho Russian aeroplane report that a Sying over the city was forced down hy engine trouble in Chinese terri tary.
The five Russian and one "Chinese occupants were made pri
soner by the Chinese troops
Reports from Tabeiho state that Russians seized the Chinese steam er Shenyang on July 7 and took it to Blagoveschensk.
RUSSIAN BANK SEIZED IN HARBIN,
CHINA'S LATEST MOVE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Moscow; July 30
It is announced here that the Chinese authorities at Harbin bave seized control of the (Soviet) Far Eastern Bank and ordered the Bank's officials to hand over the keys.
Instructions have been cabled, it, ir learned here, by M. Piatakov (Chairman of the State Bank), to the Chairman of the Far Eastern Bank in Harbin, to liquidate the Far Eastern Bank's activities.
SINO-SWEDISH TREATIES:
(Wah Tas Fat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, July 31. The Swedish Chargé d'Affaires has notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Sweden je ready to revise the Sino-Swedish treaties, and that the newly-appointed Swedish Minister to China will present to the National Govern ment the credentials of Sweden in September, when the treaties will be revised.
ANOTHER NEWSPAPER
BANNED."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPING, July 31. The French-owned Journal de Pekin has been refused mail facili- ties from this morning, upon orders from Nanking.
LI TSAI HSIN TO" BE
RELEASED."
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, July 31. The Central Political Council this morning decided to restore Marshal Li Tsui Iain'e freedom,
RUSSIAN FACTIONS DO BATTLE?
AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
Tokyo, July 30. The South Manchuria Railway office has received a report that over 100, were killed and wounded clash whatween “Red and White / Russians at Iman, north of Vladivostock on July 28.
The report, however, cannot be confirmed in any other quarter.
COMMUNISM IN SHANGHAI.
RAIDS BY FRENCH POLICE.
DEEP-LAID PLOTS LAID BARE.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.)
SHANORA. July 30.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929.
As the outcome of a series of well-organised raids this week, the Police of the French Concession, Shanghai, have arrested 300 suspect- rd Chinese Communists, of which number 55 have been detained, in cluding 11 notorious leaders.
The French Police also seized a
incite violence.
The
quantity of ammunition and a ton | of Communist literature mexit to Police alse came into possession of detailed plans of the sectional Communist organisation operating in the French Concession area. to cause disturbances on August 1.
These plans include the holding ot a procession along Nanking- road, one of the principal thoroughfares of the International Settlement. Shanghai, in an en- deavour to create an international insident.
The Police of the International Settlement have also been very busy in connection with eventualities
arising out of the Communist meeting planned for August 1.....
The Chinese authorities of the
POLITICAL TRUCE
IN
FRANCE.
BIG TASK BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT.
DEFENCE OF "RIGHTS."
(THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, July 31.
M. Briand in the Chamber, and
1. Barthou in the Senate, read Ministerial declaration which ap poals for a three months' party truce to enable the Government to defend the rights and interests of France at the forthcoming Hague
Conference.
"Such a defence constitutes our real raison d'etre, and in our sole programme" (it stated). “We need all your confidence to help us face the heaviest responsibilities which have weighed upon any Government since the end of the war."
NEW ZEALAND AND THE SINGAPORE BASE.
VITAILY INTERESTED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
WELLINGTON, N.Z., July 31, In the House of Representatives
to-day Sir Joseph Ward, replying to a question said that New Zealand had already contributed £250,000
SCOUTS' JAMBOREE | SEAMEN RETURN TO H.M.S. DEVONSHIRE.
"VESTRIS" UNFIT FOR SEA."
OPENS.
THE FOLD...
BOARD OF TRADE'S FINDING,
50,000 BOYS GATHER AT BIRKENHEAD,
UNION REJOINS T.U.C.
"
LAST YEAR'S BREACH HEALED.
CREW EXONERATED.
[THROUGH RITTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 31.
The Board of Trade enquiry into
the lose of the E.s. Vestris has given its judgment that the vessel was in an unsafe condition when leaving Hoboken, and unfit to encounter the perils of the sea,
HUGE CROWDS PRESENT..
[THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
Loxbox, July 31." Fifty thousand Boy Scouts repre.
senting 42 nations and 32 parts of the British Empire, gave a big yell of welcome when the Duke of Con naught arrived at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, to open the, Interna tional Jamboree to-day.
[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
Lostos, July 30, The Seamen's Union is returning
to the Trades' Union Congress.
Under the guidance of the late Mr. Havelock Wilson, its founder the Union took up an entirely non- political attitude and was expelled from the Congress last year because it supported the formation of non- political unions in the mining areas.
As a result of a dispute with the Transport and General Workers' Union stoppages recently occurred at several ports.
The Board also enumerated the following contributory causes of the The weather was cold sad chilly disaster:-Loading the vessel be- rain fell beavily. Crowds arrived yond the loadline; the condition of by ferry boats, motor-coaches, and the ship; the insufficient margin of private cars, and some even by ait. stability and of buoyancy reserve; from early morning, and settled and the heavy weather, which round the great arena, where from caused a list.
the Royal Box the Duke of Con- It declares that the half-doors caught in the afternoon gave the on the upper deck were not water-signal for the show to begin.
The Duke had previously lunched tight; but finds that the lifeboats were in a seaworthy condition, and privately in the camp with the the arrangements for-manning and Chief Scout, Sir Robert BaderTO launching them were efficient,
Further, the Veetris was efficient Powell. ly officered sad manned.
THE AMERICAN OIL WAR.
'INDEPENDENT OWNERS'
ULTIMATUM.
["D.P." Special Service.]
WASHINGTON, July 20. Independent oil producere "to-day
SEATTLE-TOKYO FLIGHT.
ATTEMPT ON PACIFIC PLANNED.
"D.F." Special Service.]
SEATTLE, July 31. Mr. Robert Wark to-day announc-
FLYING BOATS FOR MAIL SERVICE
REPLACE CROSS-CHANNEL
LINERS.
[United Press.]
Paris, July S.-A grent fleet of giant seaplanes to replace the pre- Ben; cross-Channel air finers and the construction of air ports on the Seine and Thaines are suggested by the Belgian nirman, Capt. Willy Coppens. His suggestion follows the disaster to the London-Paris- Basle air giant, City of Ottawa,
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ACCIDENT.
HOW THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED,
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
THROUGH RZUYER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 30. The Admiralty states that it has ascertained that the disastrous ex- plosion aboard F.M.S. "Devon- shire" is attributed to hangfire"! at short duration in a gun in an eight inch turret,
The gunner controlling the breech mechanism, owing to the simul- taneous discharge of other guns, momentarily thought his gun bad also fired and the reloading opera-. tion started.
It is probable the mistake would
bave been immediately discovered,
but that before it could be recti- fed, the charge exploded and blew out the partially unlocked breech block with great force.
The explosion also ignited the cordite charges waiting In the con- tainers to be loaded for the next
round.
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Y.M.C.A. BACHELORS.
AND THE WIVES THEY
SEEK!'
NO RUSH OF APPLICANTS?
".
Washington, July 25.-Less "neck- in the English Channel recently ing, snoking and drinking, and.
ing one American.
Chinese parts of Greater Shanghai towards the cost of the Singapore notified the Senate Finance Comed a projected non-stop flight from with the loss of seven lives, includ-more prudence and modesty are the
| have proclaimed regulations for the suppression of Communist agita- tion.
INDIAN JUTE STRIKE.
WOMAN LEADER HELD 1
(THROCAH MEDTER'S AGENCY.]
www.
CALCUTTA, July 30. The dangerous possibilities of the jute mills trike is shown by strong pickets, wearing red badges and parading the streets trying to persuade the workers of other mills to join in the strike.
Base.
fuelling at Dutch Harbour..
mittee that unless oil is given a The Government attached the protective tariff, they will demand Seattle to Tokyo, stopping for re- a full and exhaustive investiga greatest importance to the base, tion of bocks of the corporations and were no willing to reconsider and sub-corporations now control the "contribution payable by Newling the petroleum industry, in
America."
Zealand towards its cost.
NAVAL HONOURS.
ADMIRAL TYRWHITT MADE G.C.B.
(THROUGH LECTER'S AGENCY.]
Lospos, July 30, The Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath has been awarded to Admiral Sir Reginald Yorke Tyr
The plane will carry two pilets, and will be of the Curtis Robin The warming of the indepen- type, with a Challenger motor-in deats" declared that interests op- fact, a duplicate of the St. Louis posing the tariff are identical with Robin." those controlling the American raar- ket, to the extent of dictation in
The flight is expected to start
the fixing of prices of crude and within six weeks.-United Press. refined oil, and also in the operong of foreign felds, producing foreign
Willy Coppens, a bero of the war on the Western Front. has been long an advocate of floats for planes crossing any considerable expanse of water carrying heavy loads of passengere. Although the English Channel is only 1 miles RCTOSS at the shortest points, Coppana contends that the quarter hour or thereabouts required for a heavy commercial plane to cross is too long for the machine to be away from land.
Thousands of crossings may be
crude oil by employing foreign BRIGHT LIGHTS OF PARIS. made in safety, but the time comes
labour.
Those interests are importing foreign products into the United States in competition with a domes tic market dominated by them- selves, it was said.
The police are active. There is a persistent rumour that a woman Labour leader has been whitt, K.C.B., D.S.O., in recogni-United Press.
arrested.
SOVIET PLANE VISITS
LONDON."
FIRST SINCE THE WAR.
THROUGH RECTER'E ADENCY.]
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LONDON, July 30. The triple engined Soviet arco-
tion of his services as Commander. in-Chief of the China Station.
Admiral Sir Osmund de Beauvoir Brock has been promoted Admiral of the Fleet,"
Captains A. Carpenter, V.C., (of Zeebrugge (ame) and K.G.R. Dewar (of Royal Oak" court-martial fame) have been promoted Rear- Admirals, and retire
plane, Wings of the Soviets", with SOVIET'S NEW "COLONY.' nine passengers, is touring the European capitals. She has arriv ed at Croydon.
This is the first Russian machine to visit Britain since the war.
LANCASHIRE COTTON
DISPUTE.
COURTAULD'S INVOLVED.
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]),
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FRANZ JOSEF LAND
ANNEXED.
(THROBOK RECTER'S ADENCY.] -
1)
Moscow, July 30. Acting upon Government orders the Soviet Arctic Expedition has hcisted the Soviet flag over Franz
Josef Land as a token of the in- Corporation of these islands in the Soviet Union.""
(Franz Josef Land is an archi- pelago in the Arctic Ocean, to the LONDON, July 30. north of Nova Zemble. It was It is feared that the Lancashire discovered in 1673, by an Austrian expedition, and named after their cotton trade dispute will seriously Emperor, Franz Josef According affect some of the thousands of to one of the Gazetteers the islands operatives employed by Cour- extend to a distance as yet under-
termined."] tauld's, the great artificial silk con-
cern.
FLIGHT.
A substantial percentage of END OF ST. LOUIS ROBIN'S Courtauld's output is normally absorbed by the Lancashire mills.
Three of Courtauld's silk fac- turies have temporarily closed down.
SUSPENSION RUMOURS'
H.M.S.
DENIED.
EXETER TO BE COMPLETED.,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON July 30
[REUTZE'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]
NEW YORK, July 20 The St. Louis Robin landed at 7.38.
.
پراید
The St. Louit Robin, piloted by Bale Jackson and Forest O'Brien started at Culver City at 7.17 a.m. on July 13.
SUICIDES IN U.S. HIGHEST NUMBER ON. RECORD.
["D.P." Special Service.]
ATTRACT YOUTHS FROM
KURAL DISTRICTS.
Paris, July 15.-The bright lights
when something happens, maybe not big enough to cause an accident on land, and the giant plunges into the waves with its cargo of human life.
For the Future,
improvements. desired of the Modern Miss by Y.1.0.A. bachelors here, according to answers received to a questionnaire distributed re- cently by association officials.
Division of opinion was sharp on marrying a girl with a past," it was revealed. Fifteen were against having a girl disclose any, mi: take she had made before marriage," while 11 thought everything should be told. Many indicated if they knew of the girl's past they would go through with the cermeony pro- Soma vided he had reformed. said they would rather she told about the "mistake else.
than someone
Give 'Em Lookal Nearly all favoured beauty, hold- jag if she was not naturally so en- dowed, she should make the most of her look."
"Under present prices and poli-
"I have crossed the Channel by cies we do not face competition,
Only one dissented from the but rather extermination and exin Paris are proving such an at- air 130 times in a machine without. tinction," the statement coneluded. traction to farm-hands and milk floats and always considered it a opinion a woman's love was essen- maids that the French parliament risk the Belgian are declares. "tial to man's happiness, while all concluded long ago that a catas-but three, believed children "neces- has been. called upon to stop the trophe was necessary to call atten- sary to domestic bliss. The number serious depopulation of the rural tion to the danger. The catastrophe of children per family varied, the districts. It is estimated that near-has happened, after others esas majority, however, declared two or
8,000,000 youths of have deserted terrible and I now believe it right three to be sufficient.
to stress the lesson and urge the Ideas on family finances differed the cows, and chickens since 1946.
A resolution tending to lessen constructors of transport, air liners greatly. Seventeen said their wives this exodus from the agricultural to study floating airplanes or arm could handle all the cash, li opposed "allowances," and regions has just been presented to phibians and encourage transport such action, favoured placing
Chambe: of Deputies by companies to employ them in pre- their wives on New Yor, July 18.--The suicide the
ference for the mixed air lines, five thought a "30-50" agreement rate in the United States for the Maurice Dormann year of 1028 was the highest on rc- Blanc. After a long statistical sur- that is to say where flight over both practical" cord since 1916, according to a re vey showing that the farming continents and sea are involved."
Consalted on the scheme, airplane port of Frederick L. Hoffman, population, which in 1830 was over
manufacturers themselves declare consulting statistician of the Pru-75 per cent. of that the whole coun dential Insurance Company. The try, has now diminished to less than Aying boats would certainly both be rate in 1016 for 100 cities was eigh 50 per cent., the resolution suggests safer and more convenient. They
Swearing by the fair sex was teen per hundred thousand people, that the attractions of the cities he could land on the Seine rear the tabooed by all. But one reflected whereas the rate for 1925 17.5 per rande available as well to the rustic Place de La Concorde and the that if he loved a girl enough,
Chamber of Deputics and, torre-nothing could stop him. 100,000 in a survey of ainety-six gentry of France.
spendingly, on the Thames near the The information, was sought by " cities.
Houses of Parliament in London: the Y.M.C.A. officials in connection At both terminals, this would enable with its study of the ideals of the
saving of three quarters of au youth of today. hour auto journey from city to air- field.
and
Prosper
In connection with this resolution The report indicates that the rate it is pointed out that the stories of for 1928 has not reached the maxi lew auccessful country lads and mum figures prevailing in other girls who have come to Paris have years, particularly 1008 when the stimulated thousands of others to rate rose to 21.5. The tendency at do likewise often with disastrous present is for a higher rate.. and tragic results. The craving of
In view of general favourable girls to become a second Mistin industrial and business, conditions suetts and boys to be another this increase for the past year is Maurice Chevalier is among the difficult to understand," says the causes for this constant flow of But what is true of the youth to Paris and other large report, country in general is not necessari French cities. ly true in certain sections, or in particular elements of the popula tion, which may be seriously affect ed by industrial or financial de pressions."
Unwholesome Living, Dr. Hoffman points out that there are reasons for beliefing that the life of to-day, in many respects, is unwholesome in quarters which fnd it difficult to maintain a good standard of living without anxiety and toil.
An Easier Life.
for the abandonment of the coun- "In resume, the principal causes try," reads the resolution, are as follows: Meagre gains from agri cultural efforts, the attraction of political offices, the appeal of old age, pensions and the hope of an easier and more agreeable life in the city."
Among the remedies suggested to meet this situation are the electrifi cation of the principal farming re- Of the 158 cities studied in pre- gions of France, the installation of paring the report, 88 were found modern water-works; the extension to have increased suicide rates over of facilities for borrowing money those in 1927. San Diego, San by young farmers who wish to im- Francisco and Beattle, three of the prove their condition, and better leading cities of the. Pacific Coast, educational means for the children had larger percentages of suicides of the country. The resolution also per 100,000 than any other Ameri- provides for the establishment of a national office "of study in the can cities.
Ministry of Agriculture. This office would devote special attention to economic and social conditions of
"It is very difficult," says the report, "to draw definite conclu- sions from the available data as regards possible local causative the farmers: factors. Regardless of an immense The resolution then points out 420 Hours in the Air.
literature on suicide as yet na in detail that it is necessary to offer LATER.
lucid explanation has been forth to the rural folk all the conveni- The St. Louis Robin's achieve coming."
ences, of urban life. Telephone ment of 420 hours 21 minutes in The survey says that it believes communications should be improv the air beat the previous record by that approximately 15,000 personsed. A campaign to give the farm- days. The plane covered a dis- died of suicide in the country lasters the opportunities of culture is tance equivalent to circling the year, and that probably 35 or 40 also envisaged and is expected to thousand more attempted suicide. include the ending of theatrical Over 10,000 cheering spectators The report lays many cases of sui- troupes into the agricultural re- gions. These dramatic companies watched the descent. The airmen cide to high living, moti pictures, would give the plays of Moliers as were afterwards medically examin; and the maintainance of dispropor ed and pronounced very fit. They tionate social and economic posi- well as the latest hits in the Paris
show-housez-United Press. tions-United Press. share a $34,000 bonus.
The Admiralty denies the Press report to the effect that the con- struction of the cruiser Exeter "globe at the Great Circle has been susperded, and points out that the "Exeter" was laid down in the 1927 programme whereas the two suspended cruisers belong to
the 1928 programme....
The type of giant flying boat now used in the regular daily service between Southampton and the Chan- nel falands is favoured for the service.
Coppens' suggestion is not like ly to bear fruit for some time, however, since both French and Bri tish air lines have put in construc planes with wheels and the cost of tion entire new fleets of luxury superseding these and their existing fleets of air giants would run into many millions of dollars.
THRILLS IN A POLICE MOTOR CHASE.
'HEAD-ON' COLLISION WITH
"SUSPECTS' CAR.
An exciting scene, in which a motor-car containing five men was stated to have been driven straight into a police car, was described at North London Police Court when five men were remand ed on charges of being suspected persons loitering with intent to commit a felony and having in their possession housebreaking im plements by night,
They were:
The wife should not work after marriage, so stated a majority of the grooms-to-be, but many argued a few years of work after the honey- moon was O.E."
DetectiveSergeant Law, Scot- land-yard, said that at 4.35 a.m. he was patrelling in a police car, accompanied by Detective Sergeant. McPhersou in another pelice car.
We are Police Officers."* Prince was followed by Sergeant McPherson and other detectives in a police car and presently Prince returned driving a car, in which be picked up the other four med. They went together to a shop fur- ther up the road.
I then saw that the car was driving rapidly towards ra," added Sergeant Law. "I shouted We are police officers, and displayed the police sign on the front of the
car.
"Prince then drove the car straight into my cat, smashing the front of it and buckling one of the front wheels. The impact threw us to the side of the road. The men's ear swerved to the pavement and Prince then drove the car into a head-on collision with, the other po- lice car.
The two cars remained locked.. and the five men jumped out and
ran
away, They were arrested after a Beree struggle."
Sergeant Law showed the magi- strate a parcel post mailbag and a Albert Paine, aged thirty-four. small wooden safe carrier which, a carman, of no fixed home-
he said, he found in a lock-up gar- George Price, aged thirty-eight, age at Stocke Newington to which
labourer, of New North-rond,Prince had been followed. Hoxton; William Baldock, aged thirty-two, pianoforte furnisher,
Flanie of Allerton-treet, N.; Lawrence, aged twenty-nine, N labourer of Dorchester-street: and William Prince, aged twenty nix, a labourer, of no fixed home (Continued on next Colums.)
Prince I put it to you that there were only four men in the car You Arrested me on the pas ment, did you not?
Sergeant Law: I arrested you when you jumped out of the car.
Price said that he did not go anywhere near the car.
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