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CHINESE TROOPS GROW TRUCULENT.

HOURLY FEAR OF HOSTILITIES..

SOVIET DEFENDS THE "INVASION."

RUSSIAN PRISONERS' PRIVATIONS.

[THROUGH BEUTTE'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO, August 20. Manchuli is fearing an outbreak of hostilities any moment. Chineso and Russian merchants have already withdrawn, and Japanese mer. chants are prepared to follow their

"In order to spare the people

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929.

POLICE LOCKED UP!

AMAZING AFFAIR IN

TIENTSIN,

CHINESE STRATEGY.

[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SCHNEIDER TROPHY PROSPECTS.

PROMISE OF TERRIFIC SPEEDS.

AMERICA TO RACE,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

TIENTSIN, August 20.

Rugby, Aug. 20. Extraordinary scenes were wit- The Gloster Napier Six is expect. chronic and devastating disturbances neased to-day at the premises of the ed to prove the fastest of the China is unwavering in her deter Elbrook carpet factory, an Ameri-machines which will compete fer mination to rid the country of Comeau concern situated in the British Great Britain in the Schneider munist activitios.

trophy race. A speed of 400 miles an hour is predicted for the machine.

Defensive Measures.

concession.

Following a threatened strike as example; but this is due to business. Dr. Wang confirmed, that the a result of some dismissale last depression rather than to appiches-National Government has ordered week, the management decided to sion, that a. Sino-Russian clash is Chang Hazeh Liang to send 60,000 close down. the factory, but the imminent.

men to the front for defensive pur-move was forestalled when workers, Harbin reports say that late last poses in view of the threatening armed with iron bars and bricks, night an engineer was seriously offensive attitude" of and raida by barricaded themselves in. Not, con- -hurt and two others slightly in Soviet troops across the border, tent with this, they locked in 1 jured, when the locomotive of adding that the Government is foreign and 4 Chinese municipal train from Harbin was blown up ready to despatch further reinforce-police, who had gone to the scene near Tapinlin.

ments if and when necessary, the to avert a possible disturbance chief object being to maintain peace when the management was to pay and order and prevent Soviet troops off the workers. pillaging Chinese towns.

The explosion, which was said to have been due to a bomb on the railway track, an a' fuse was found nearby, is attributed to some Soviet malcontent.

Ominous Signs,

LATER.

The position was very ugly, in view of the threatening attitude of the workers, but following visit of the British and American Consuls appeals were made to the

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Her trial trip will be made, in secres when the aerodrome is closed to everyone not officially connected with the practices for the race.

340 Miles An Hour,

HEROES OF THE HOUR.

JAPAN'S INTEREST IN ZEPPELIN.

TO LEAVE TO-MORROW.

(THROUGH NEUTEL'S AORNEY-];

Torro, Aug. 20. Public interest continues to be

GIANT LINER ON FIRE.

SERIOUS DAMAGE TO

THE PARIS."

DEPARTURE HELD UP.

[TEROCON REUTER'1 AGENCY.]

HAVRE, Aug. 20. seriously damaged 34,000 too Trans-Atlantic liver

Fire

the

"Paris," which was anchored in the harbour.

rivetted upon the Zeppelin's flight. The work of refuelling and re gassing, which commenced almost as 8000 as the giant airship was Her departure for New York has been postponed indefinitely and the hangared last night is expected to be completed to-morrow.

mails for New York will be for. The Zeppelin, weather permit-warded by the next boat. ting, is expected to set off on the third leg of its epoch-making flight early on Thursday morning.

Meantime, the officers and crew are being lionised and entertained, the Emperor himself presenting

Reuter saya that according to the newspapers a speed of 340 miles an hour is believed to have been atsiver cups, emblazoned with the tained by the super-marine Rolls crest of the Imperial Chrysan- Comdr. Eckener and Royee British Schneider Trophy themum to seaplane, down by Flying Officer eleven of his suborbínates, through Waghorn, yesterday at Calshot?" the Minister of Communications.

An American Entry,

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 10. America has definitely decided to compete for the Schneider trophy,

The number of Chinese troops on Friday, the Chinese Minister in an / Chinese authorities, & representative and the Naval Academy announces

the border and the railway is in- creasing, and they are assuming a Tore, truculent attitude, compared with the passivity hitherto main

tained.

It is noteworthy that the Chinese authorities, through the medium of "radio and newspapers, are circulat- ing reports detrimental to the Soviet, alleging that Soviet troops are guilty of incendiarism, looting and invasion of the border.

Troops From Pukow.

MORDEN, August 10 The National Government's Chief of Staff, General Ho Chen Chun, to-day interviewed General Chang Hsuch Liang and informed him that the National Government was muy ing up important forces from Pukow,

that Lieut. Alford Williams (Mer- cury racer) is going to England to participate in the race.

Soviet Allegation Dealed.

TOKYO, August 20. Declaring that the Soviet have be- came increasingly aggressive since interview with the Chief of the of whom entered the factory dis Asiatic Bureau emphasised that the guised as a workman, assuring the workers that their terms would be Chinese troops had no intention of

considered by the management.

Williams is backed by private retaliating, though they were pre-

The workman" induced them to individuals. The Navy Depart- pared to act if the Soviet attempts

open the factory and continue work-ment is officially not concerned. to invade Chinese territory...

Williams' friends predict that he Referring to the Soviet allegationing, and incidentally to release the that China had broken her promise police, who had been imprisoned will attain a speed of 400 miles an to restore Soviet officials on the almost five hours.

Chinese Eastern Railway, the Minis.

ter asserted that the Chinese Gov. ernment never committed them- selves to any such pledge.

Kuominchun Want a Fight,

SHANGHAI, August 20. According to the Kuo Min Agency the leading Kuominchun generals

hour.

APPOINTMENTS IN NANKING.

MR. YOSHIZAWA SAYS

.** GOOD-BYE.**

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

NANKING, August 20. Chu Shou Kwan has been appoint- are urging the National Governmented Vice-Minister for War, and and concentrating them inside the to declare war against Russia and Chang Huci Chan, China's Lind- Great Wall. The troops could be placed under the orders of General they offer to lead their units as bergh." Chief of the Aviation Chang Hauch Liang for use in Men-advance forces of the National Bureau. charia if necessary.

With reference to the Soviet's denial of invasion of Chinese tar ritory, it is noteworthy that the in- habitants of Manchuli and Hailar are taking refuge in Harbin,

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Heavy Fighting.

Two hundred Soviet troops crOSS- ed the Amur and raided, kooted, and burned the villages in Wuyun- hsien, Northern Heilungkinng, while Eastern front Russian the

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cavalry from Nikolsk_nttempted to capture the city of Tungninghsien, resulting in violent fighting. The town was taken and retaken several

Army.

It is reported that Marshal Chiang! Kai Shek in due here to-morrow to inspect the troops in the Shanghai. Woosung area.

RUSSIAN INTERNEES-

ILL-TREATED?

"..

A POPULAR MINISTER.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEPING, August 20.

farewell to Peping, after six years This evening Mr. Yoshizawa bade

of work as Japanese Minister here.

During the few days he has been here since he came from Naaking,

TREBITSCH LINCOLN.

TURNS UP IN HOLLAND.

(Tunavon REUTER'S'AQENCT.]

LONDON, Aug. 20.

The outbreak started in a cabin and spread with great rapidity,

Firemen, wearing gas masks, fought the flames for hours amid thick smoke before these were sub- dued.

DAWES-MACDONALD CONFERENCE.

MESSAGE FROM U.S.

(THROUGH ELUTER'S JGENCY.)

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AMERICAN TARIFF BILL.

MANY CHANGES BY SENATE COMMITTEE.

SUGAR DUTY · LESS.

{KSUTKE'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 The House of Representatives' Tariff Bill, as revised by the Scanto.. Finance Committee, proposes about 360 changes, including a reduction of the Sugar duty as passed by the Representatives-though the rate will be higher than at present.

Changes also include the re. storation of the present 31 per cent, duty on raw wool, which, the House raised three cents per l.; also in- creased duties on wool wante, logs of fir, spruce, hemlook and cedar are placed on the free list.

The greatest number of reduc tions are in the chemical schedule,

BRIAND AND SNOWDEN TO MEET.

A FRIENDLY LUNCH.

{TEROUGE REUTER'S AGENCE.]

THE HAGUE, Aug. 20.

M. Briard and Mr. Snowden have

Efforts have been made for some time to bring the two together. The heads of the delegations to the Conference will also be present.

LONDON, Aug. 10. The whole essence of the con- versations is that they should be confidential," Reater was informed at Mr. MacDonald's residence at Loesiemouth, upon inquiring as to accepted an invitation to lunch with the progress of the Prime Minie-the Dutch Foreign Minister. ter's conversations with General Dawes

It is believed that a highly im. portant communication has been The Daily Express says that received from Washington,

Mr. Trebitach Lincoln, the

General MacDonald and Dawes talked for two hours.

·LATER, M.P., who arrived in Holland re- cently from China, has been cross- General Dawes has left Lossie- examined by the police at Ainster-mouth and is staying with ad American friend, named Harris, at dam,,who decided that he could not his shooting box in the neighbour- remain in Holland.

hood. He will return to Elgin on. He was sent on to Belgium where the 3rd instant to attend the con- ferment of the freedom of Elgin on he is now staying.

Mr. MacDonald.

former

QUEEN VISITS' ROSS INSTITUTE.

A SURPRISE TRIP.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Aug. 20. H.M. the Queen, who paid a

Both will speak at the ceremony.

Japan's Special Attaché.

TOKYO, Aug. 20. For the purpose of exchanging views with Mr. Matsudaira regard- ing Dearmament questions Captain Saburo Sato of the Naval Affairs Bureau has been ordered; to pro- cred to London.

SWISS 'PLANE MISSING.

NO REPORT RECEIVED IN

NEW YORK.

{REUTEZ'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)

New York, August 20. Until one o'clock this afternoon no report had been received of the "Young Switzerland" aeroplane, piloted by Herr Kaeser, who took off yesterday for America.

He was last reported passing over the Azores last night..

PANIC CAUSED AT

It is understood, Captain Sato AIR MECHANIC'S EXPLOIT. will explain the details of the re cent inter-departmental delibera and Navy Office, after which he will tions between the Foreign Office

tache" at the Embassy.

THE FIGHT AT JARAINOR the Minister has been the recipient surprise visit to the Ross Institute act as special "Disarmament At-

10,000 RUSSIAN'S SAID TO BE

* INVOLVED.

Kah Tez Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, August 20, Soviet troops attacked the Chi nese forces at Jarninor on August 18. The Chinese, in self-defence, returned the fire and a sharp fight ensued

MOSCOW'S ALLEGATIONS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO, August 20. A Harbin report say that the 39 times, eventually remaining in Chi-members of the Soviet Consulate Soviet cavalrymen concentrated Mukden is sending tanks, aero- staff gave up their hunger strike on the Chinese Eastern Railway, when the German Consul intervébed attempting to blow up the railway planes, and searchlights to the

and secured an assurance from the bridges, but were eventually driven fronta.

Chinese authorities that they would away. The casualties of the Chi- be given a formal trial within anese troops were 27 killed and 31

nese hands,

SOVIET STATES ITS CASE.

WHY "REDS" CROSSED THE

BORDER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Moscow, August 20.

week.

Are

wounded.

Return to the Charge.

emaciated, the hungck strike coming

All the Soviet prisoners

on top of three months' imprison- Over 10,000 Soviet troops again ment. Three have been sent to hos-attacked Jarainor, assisted by heavy pital..

artillery and machine-guns at &

reports

the

of countless expressions of goodwill, and regret at his departure, from and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Putney, was specially interested in all foreign, and Chinese comthework in connection

with munities. This evening the plat- form was crowded with hosts of friends waving farewell.

Counsellor Horinouchi is Charge d'Affaires pending the appointment of a new Minister.

WEATHER FORECASTING

CONFERENCE.

malaria.

She examined the mosquitoes through a miseroscope and met patients.

The Secretary states that Har Majesty was greatly impressed by what the Institute is doing in the Malay States.

BRITAIN'S NEW AIR "CHIEF.

SIK GEOFFREY SALMOND.

[TEKOVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LORD THOMSON'S PROPHECY

(THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, August 20. Moscow, August 20.a.m. on the 17th, but the Chinese British Empire to-day met at the Leading meteorologists" of the The official Tam Agency reports The Tass (official) news agency troops offered strong resistance.

LONDON, Aug, 19. Soviet Reinforcements were rushed from Air Ministry to discuss weather from that owing to frequent raids in Publishes Soviet territory by White Guards sources at Harbin alleging that Hailar, and finally routed

forecasting in ita bearing on the It is officially announced that and Chinese detachments organised

have been Russians. concentrating camps

Casualtiek on both sides were con- Empire generally, and aviation and Air Chief-Marshal Sir Geoffrey in Chinese territory, the Foreign formed there and are filled with Commissariat has sent a statement Soviet citizens who have been ar- siderable.

alto agriculture."

Salmond will succeed Sir Hugh to the German Embassy for sub. Fested brutally,

This Minister for Air, Lord Thom-Trenchard as Chief of the Air Staff mission to the Nanking and Mukden

son, presided, and hoped the con- on January 1, 1930, Governments.

ference would arrive at some com- The new Air Chief was formerly mon methods of communicating within the Royal Artillery, but was shipa He visualized the time when appointed G.8.0.2, R.F.C.H.Q at A few days ago the announcement airships and aeroplanies would be the outbreak of the war and has was made that a special Russian Far Eastern Army had been formed guided, like ships, by meteorolo- teen connected with the Royal Air and placed under the command gical stations.

The statement enumerates the alleged incidents, with a view to proving the falsity of Chinese re parte to the effect that Soviet troops have attacked Chinese forces. It specifics seven incidents between July 18 and August 18, of which the most serious was on August 10. when a Soviet horder detachment was attacked near the village of Cherninevo, Soviet troops being killed and 6 wounded.

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The statement also mentions to attacks on the warship" Boadbed. in the Sungary River, and adds that the Red Army's crossing of the border in the outcome of all these raids. However, the Soviet is, doing it utmost to prevent its troops crossing even at isolated pointa

It considers that the Chinese Goy erament must disarm the White Guards, and prevcat Chinese' raids, otherwise it holds the Chinese Gay ertiment responsible..

Herr Stobbe, the German Consul at Harbin has visited the camps. He stated, says Tass, that the pris oners were hall naked, and that the food is rotten and that many of the women prisonera are ill

Ill-Treatment Confirmed.

PEPING, August 20. A very reliable foreign report from Harbin yesterday, summing up the present situation in Manchuria, states that the frontier situation is

grave.

way.

GENERAL GALENS IN .COMMAND. IDENTICAL WITH BLEUCHER

:

GERMAN INSURANCE CO. FAILS.

TOTAL CAPITAL LOST.

(THROUGH ZEOTER'S AGENCY.]

of General Bleacher. In Shanghai The conference will sit in private Russian circles it is freely stated that General Bluecher is none other till September 2, and issue a daily "than General Galena who was chief communique. It goes on to say that small advisor to the Nationalist army dur- Russian raiding parties have clash- ing the march from Canton to ed with Chinese troops near Man. Hankow in 1928 and afterwards at chuli, Suifenho and Lahasusu,' on Hankow till the final breach of the Chinese soil. The total Chinese Nationalists with Moscow in the casualties so far are about 200 killed summer of 1997. and wounded. Minor cases of After leaving China, "Galens" sabotage continue along the rail went to Moscow where he remained some time. Then he was appointed dividual Chinese soldiers at Harbin apparently held until called again The report also states that in to Kharkov, which position he has are badly treating Russian and to the Far East. General Bluecher Japanese women, while it is reliably is said to be a grandson of the reported that the Chinese military famous Marshal who led the Prus- officials are trenting the Soviet sian army at Waterloo, prisoners and interned people cruel- ly. "NANKING, August 20.

Customs officials reaching Harbin Dr. C. T. Wang, Foreign Minister, speaking yesterday in connection from Taheiho report that Chinese with the Sino-Russian situation, troops are evacuating that ares, reiterated that the National Govern which is constantly pillaged by in training many of the newer of its subsidiaries, the Budwest ment will continue to maintain a Russian raiding parties. Messages form but conciliatory attitude in from Mukden state that reports con- defending Chinese territory and centrating there indicate that the National rights, adding that the main object of the Russian raida Communist activities conducted by across the border is to seize food the Soviet and their consequent stuffs. So far there is no confrma scourge in China are too well known tion of the "ten thousand invasion"

which is regarded as mythical to need reiteration.

China Still Firm,

Those who know "Galens" speak highly of his ability and personality. He knows every unit of the Chinese array and the ability of cach of its commanders. He was instrumental elements in the army.

BENLIK, August 20. The old-established "General la- surance Company of Frankfort," one of the two leading insurance companies in Germany, has ceased payment, allegedly resulting from speculative transactions in which the total capital of 25 million marks has been lost, and many million of marks in liabilities incurred. One

Deutsche Bank of Frankfort, has Among Russians, there was con- also closed its doors: siderable speculation as to whether Negotiations are proceeding with Galen's appointment will be a view to the Alliance Trust, the followed by some recognition for other leading insurance company, Comrade Borodin who is now Vice- and Berlin banks taking over tha

"General's life insurance busi Director, of the Tass News Agency

ness, so as to avert a panic.

in Moscow.

Force since.

In 1922, he was Director General of Supply and Research at the Air Ministry, and until recently was commanding the Royal Air Force in India.

Sir Hugh Trenchard has. been Chief of the Air Staff since 1918. His impending retirement was an nounced a few weeks ago.

FAMOUS BALLET MASTER DEAD.

SERGE DIAGHILEFF,

(THROUGH EKUTER'É AGENCY.]

MORE RAILWAY D ENTERPRISE.

NEW LOCOMOTIVES SHIPPED TO CHINA.

A MILLION FOR ROLLING STOCK.

AERODROME.

["D.P." Special · Bervice.] |-

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„London. An aviation exploit reminiscent of Charles Levine's amazing first-solo flight from Paris to London has just been performed by Royal Air Force mechanic, who without previous experience in piloting took up huge twin-engined boubing plane flew it for three hours and landed it safely. The machine was a particularly heavy and that required type siderable skill in handling.

The incident, which became one-day topic of conversation in British aviation circles happened at Worthy Down airdrome near Winchester. The impromptu pilot, of the machine was a 20-year-old mechanic, who certainly bad bad no official,training in flying, and it is doubted that he had ever even held the controls before while a machine was in flight.

GL

Safe Landing,

were

[REUTER'S PACIFIC SERVICE.]

Nanking The Ministry of Rail ways, officially announces that $1,000,000, out of d total of 81,000,000 of the Belgian Boxer Indemnity Fund, will be used for the purchase of new rolling stock for the Tientsin-Pukow, Railway. This purchase will include re staurant cars, mail and baggage vans and Erst and second clase coaches. The balance will be used

He simply stepped into the for the purchase of steel goods- wagons to be distributed among the machine as it stood on the airdrome in the early morning hours await- government railways,

Recently, through the Purchasing ing the regular pilot to take it up. Commission, the Ministry invited He started the engines and took tenders for the supply of ten off. "Mikado type locomotives for As soon as it was realized that untrained mechanic had dis the Tientsin Pukow Railway. The selection fell on the Baldwin appeared into the sky with the Locomotive Warks, whose agents giant bomber precautiona in China are Mesara. Anderson, taken to deal with a crash. The fire brigade was, called out; am- Meyer and Co., Ltd.

According to the locomotive com-bulantes stood by. But instead of Pany, the ten locomotives are be merely circling the airdrome and ing shipped to China by a specially landing, the mechanic held chartered steamer which is due to straight line away from the air arrive in China about the end of drome, and soon disappeared from effected at Tsingtao, where the planes were promptly sent out to September. The delivery is to be sight of the watchers. Other air- locomotives can be casily landed search for him and motor-cycles and switched on to the Tientsin- scoured the country-ride for the re- Pukow line.

mains of a crash. But he had com- Tenders for 9 locomotives of the pletely disappeared. "Pacifc

type, 100 steel goods- wagons, of 40 tons capacity, and 24 frames for passenger cars are now being invited in London by the British and Chinese Corpora- tion on behalf of the Ministry. The new rolling stock will be for the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai- Hangchow lines. The amount in- volved is approximately £1,600,000.

NEW CALCUTTA STRIKE.

A MISUNDERSTANDING.

[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.).

VENICE, Aug. 10. The death occurred to-day of Berge de Diaghileff, the director of the famous Russian Ballet. He bas been living at Monte Carlo and

CALCUTTA, Aug. 19. Venice for many years past, but he 45,000 operatives are involved in was at one time a Minister of the a fresh strike affecting seven jute Court at Petrograd, and Chan mills apparently as the result of misunderstanding regarding the cellor to the late Czar of Russia.

Famed for his magnificent terms of settlement, and Russian Ballet, he had written ex- conformity with which work was tensively on his art and the theatre. ' resumed to-day.

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Three hours later the machine reappeared, glided toward the whole airdrome held its breath, the mechanic made a very fair landing. As he stepped to the ground was arrested.-United Press.

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SAD SEQUEL TO A U.S. CLUB DINNER.

EIGHTEEN DOWN WITH PTOMAINE POISONING,

he

Los Angeles. Eight members of the American War Mothers Club and 10 guests are suffering from ptomaine poisoning following the monthly dinner of the club. They are all in critical condition.

It is believed that a moat lonf was infected. The dinner was pre- inpared by the mothers, themselves. so there ja considered no possibility of intentional poisoning.