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CHINA'S TURN ΤΟ "WARN."

"FUTILITY OF SOVIET

PROPAGANDA,”

ALL RUSSIA'S FAULT!

[TURODOH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

THE EXTRALITY ISSUE.

CHEERFUL PROMISES BY CHINA,

THE LATEST NOTE.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

THE HONG KONG " DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1929.

A HUNGER-STRIKE

FATALITY. N

NAVAL SETTLEMENT

NEARER.

INDIAN PRISONER DIES

MAJOR PRINCIPLES AGREED UPON.

OTHERS GIVE UP.

OPTIMISM GROWING.

IN GAOL.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LAHORE, September 13. Jatindranath Das, one of the ac cused in the conspiracy case, has died in gaol after sixty days' hunger strike.

(REUTES'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

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NEW YORK, Sept. 12 The Washington correspondent

1930.

COMMISSION ON SLAVERY.

ASSEMBLY EFFECTS A COMPROMISE,

A REPORT IN 1930.

(THOUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Sept. 13.

WARRINGTON, Sept. 19. It is learned that the State

GENEVA, Sept. 13 The Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang, has cabled Chiang Tso Ping at Department is in receipt of a Nota

of the New York Timer summarises promised on the British demand for The sixth committee has com- Geneva, instructions to notify the from the Foreign Minister of the

the latest British naval proposals revival of the Slavery Commission: Soviet, through the German For National Government of China, in

| as follows:-Great Britain requires } It has instructed the Secretariat eign Office, that the National reply to Mr. H. L. Stimson's des

Five other accused have abandon- 50 cruisers for defence "Police" exhaustively to examine the situa- Government will hold the Soviet patch on the subject of extraterried their hunger strike, and tele purposes. She proposes limiting tion, and report to the Assembly, of responsible for lose of lives and toriality.

graphed a request to the Govern herself to fifteen 10,000-ton vessels, damage to property za border die-

The Chinese Note ways that the ment to drop the Hunger Strike making up the balance of 340,000 tricte in Manchuria, suffered by Chinese Government would protect Bill now before the Assembly, detona with smaller vessels. Chinese in consequence of the American rights in the event of signed to enable judges to proceed United States will be limited to The Soviet troops' bombardments. the abandonment of extra-terri- with trials in the absence of eighteen 10,000 tons vessels, and

Also it is asked that they point torial privileges.

accused, when such absence was will make up the disparity with out to the Soviet the futility of

caused by their own action. smali cruisers. its propaganda concerning the alleged maltreatment of Soviet sub. jecte in China, inasmuch as the Powers' diplomatic representatives

themselves are eye-witnesses to the absolutely liberty and effective pro- rection enjoyed by Soviet subjects in China, since the beginning of the imbroglio.

It is stated that all Soviet sub- jects throughout China Proper have been, and still are, absolutely free, enjoying peace under the protec- tion of the National Government, except in Manchuria, where a nam- her of Soviet agitators and suspects have been taken into custody in order to prevent them upsetting peace, and order.

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Similar Reply to France.

NANKING, Sept. 13, China's rejoinder to the French reply to Chira's Extrality Note has been issued.

Though textually elightly differ- ent from the rejoinder to America the sentiments expressed therein are similar, China assuring France that she will protect French rights in the event of the abandonment of extra-territorial privileges..

LULL IN HANKOW

DISPUTE.

AMAZING DEMANDS BY COUNCIL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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HELP FOR WEAKER

STATES.

THE SCHEME EXPLAINED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, Sept. 12.

At the Disarmament Committee of the League of Nations to-day Sir Henry Strakosch, a member of the League Financial Committee, ex- plained the working of the scheme of financial assistance for states which were the victims of aggres- sion."

The correspondent states that the United States is not favourable to the proposal, preferring 10,000 tons vessels with a wide straming radius. The conferences continue at Washington, whence new instrue- tions are expected to be forwarded to General Dawes in London within 24 hours.

The Guna Question.

Viscount Cecil has reserved the right to press for a revival of the Commission if the Secretariat unable to make a

full enquiry,

DUTCH EAST INDIES

TRADE.

HOLLAND DROPS FREIGHT

RATES.

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12.

In view of Suggestions by the Association for Tea-cultivation in the Dutch East Indies, shipping laes tave decided to reduce tea freight prices from Guilders 37.50 Guilders.30 per cubic metre from

Java to Europe.

LONDON, Sept. 12. Following an interview of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald with General Dawes at 10, Downing-street" it is

The rates will be similarly re- oficially announced that Mr.duced from Sumatra to Europe. MacDonald will sail for America on September 28.

PROMOTION. -

"

TROUBLE IN COAL THOSE OBSOLETE"

INDUSTRY.

OWNERS REFUSE AN AGREEMENT,

COVERNMENT MAY ACT. (THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 12

wage.

TREATIES.

CHINA'S PUZZLING

"RESOLUTION.

AN AXE TO GRIND?

{THROUGH BELTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, Sept. 1 A somewhat complicated position has arisen in connection with Dr.

for

A serious situation is developing in the coal industry in consequence of the Mining Association's rejec tion of the Miners Federation re

such agreement of a seven hours day C. C. Wa's resolution. The agenda The men demand the inclusion in quent f a national agreement.

without loss of pay and a minimum, committee which is discussing it,

national agreement is impracticable the resolution

The employers contend that a

inclines to favour the ruling out of the present on economic grounds. The need for session.." a settlement is emphasised owing to the fact that existing district agree-

Objection has been raised on ac- meats operating in four of the

count of the resolution's very gen largest coalfields expire at the enderal character. The opponents of it of the year.

Mr. Rainsay MacDonald, in express the opinion that if the speech last week-end, urged the Chinese delegation has in view the owners to discuss the national so-called "unequal" treaties cen- agreement. The Federation yeater-cluded with China, this should have day decided to renew the request for

meeting with the owners. If re-been stated in the resolution. fused again the Government is like The discussion is continuing. ly to intervene.

HOME CRICKET. "ASHES WINNERS BADLY BEATEN.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AQKNUY.]

LONDON, Sept. 13.

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The Rest of England XL" to-day beat the M.C.O, Australian touring team of 1929 by an innings and 103 runs. The scores were:

Rest, 343 (Hearne 194). Tourists, 378 and 162.

It will be recalled that Dr. C. C. | Wu proposed the appointment of a

committee to consider the best, means of making more effective Article 10 of the League Cormant in regard to the revision of obsolete treaties.

Referred Back |

GENEVA, Sept. 13. The Agenda Committee has re- ferred Dr. Wu's resolution to the committee dealing with constitu- tional and legal questions..

HOW TWO FLIERS WERE MAROONED.

While ocial circles maintain SMEDLEY BUTLER UP FOR CHINESE AVIATORS FORCED LANDING. He said that financial aid would reserve regarding the nature of the le obtained by the borrowing Gov- conversations, it is understood that ernment in the international mar- the margin of difference between ket, but, in order to fortify the the British and American viewpoint borrowers' credit there would be

cr naval disarmament is now so associated with it the credit of all small that there is every prospect of the signatories to the convention, a final agreement. It is believed and that of a few financially power that the only outstanding point to ful countries as a kind of over-be settled concerns the question of riding guarantee.

NOMINATION INTRODUCED BEFORE THE SENATE.

["D.P." Special Service.]

Washington, September 4.-Nomi

of Brig. Gen. Smedies Butler for promotion to Major General was submitted to the Senate when it convened to-day. General Butler recently returned to the United States from service in North China.

On the other hand, practically all the Chinese nationals in Soviet Russia have been arrested and sub.

HANKOW, Sept. 12. jected to much suffering and mal- Hankow Municipality employees treatment, those corlized to Soviet have not reappeared at Messrs concentration

Sibara Butterfield and Swire's premises

nation in being treated in a similar mannerte-day, and it is understood that to Russian exiles during the Czarist explicit orders have been received from Nanking that no further steps regime.

must be taken until the Nanking Government's decision has been renched..

SOVIET SUPPLIES FROM

JAPAN?

(Wah Taz Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Sept. 13. Many orders have been placed in Vladivostock with Japanese mer. chants for large quantities of food: stuffs and coal, Upon arrival, these articles were transported to Chita,

Another telegram states that Soviet troops have been busy trans porting foodstuffs recently..

FENG'S FOREIGN TRIP STILL "ON.”

ONLY WAITING FOR YEN

HSI SHAN."

(THROTON REVIZU'S AGENCY,}

PEPINO, Sept. 13. Mr. Y. L. Tong, the Vice-Foreign Minister, has returned here after o trip to see Feng Yu Hsiang at Chintae,

Mr. Tong declares that Feng is now ready to go abroad, and je only waiting for Yen Hai Shan to completa arrangements for the Shansi disbandment so that he will be able to accompanying Feng.

NEW SINO-DANISH

TREATY."

(a TaFat Pan.)

There are no fresh developments in the Hankow Power and Light Co, case. It is now further reveal ed that the ultimatum demands complete supervision of the Com- pany's business with the avowed object' of ultimately seuring absolute control.

AMERICAN OIL ISSUE.

TWENTY-YEAR DEBENTURES.

(REUTER'S AMERİCAN SERVICE}

New York, Sept. 13. The Shell Union Oil Corporation is offering a 850,000,000 issue of 30-year 5 per cent. Sinking Fand Debentures, to finance its opéra- tions in the Eastern States.

The price is 100 dollars, with accrued interest,

TERRIFIC STORM AT TOULON.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The safeguard lay in the fact that the Council's decision must be un animous.,, The Council itself must. decide the amount of the loan. The obligations of the signatories were purely contingent on default by the borrowing Government and, in the ease of special guarantors, on de- fault of the ordinary guarantors | also.

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Viscount Cecil · said that the adoption of the convention, ipso facto, would operate as visional reduction of armaments throughout the world, and would be gicht positive towards

step security.

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three eight-inch gun cruisers.

U.S. to Welcome Premier.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Mr. Stimson said that the Note he sent General Dawes yesterday might have caused Mr. McDonald to be confident that there would be agreement" in regard to nava limitations.

tions of members of Frezident The Senate also received nomina Hoover's Farm Board.-United

I'ress,

DANGER OF RIFLES IN

WRONG HANDS.

INNOCENT MEN SHOT BY

HANKOW POLICE.

Intense satisfaction is felt at Mr. MacDonald corning to the United States. Reuter's correspondent at Washington learns that the British

Hankow, September -Follow proposal for a minimum total of a

ing on the incident reported a few 340,000 cruiser tonnage is not a days ago, when one of the artued Count Bernstorf (Germany) weltirely rejected, but a compromise police on duty in the Hankow City comed the draft of the Convention.

has been submitted by Mr. Hoover, shot dead a deaf man who did not It was financially satisfactory, but who is anxious to reduce the Ameri-stop when ordered to do so, the not politically. He said it would can cruiser programme to 303,000.

difficult to define an aggressor.

The difficulty may be surmounted They ought to find another solution, by the use of the yardstick," which will give the United States THE CONSPIRACY IN more 10,000 ton cruisers, and will allow the cruiser feet. to make up in gun superiority what it wou'd luck in actual tonnage displacement as compared with British craiser strength.

GERMANY.

FORTY ARRESTS MADE.

(THROUGH MACTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Sept. 12. Forty persons have been arrested in connection with the recent bomb outrages, and more are expected. The prompt action of the police is believed to have nipped in the bud big conspiracy against the Re- public.

The new

arrests include the

mother of Captain Herbert Volk.. who himself escaped into Holland.

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FRENCH MINISTERS

MEET.

DELEGATES' ACTION

APPROVED.

THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]

PARIA, Sept. 12.

The police bave asked the Dutch "The Council of Ministers has authorities to arrest him as he is fully approved of the action of the regarded as one of the ringleaders. French delegation at the League TouLoy, September 13. Two newspaper men, the editar o Nations Assembly at Geneva.

of the Schleswig Holsteiner and the Enormous damage was dore hereditor of the Tages Zeitung, named addressing the Council, explained 3. Cheroa, the Finance Minister, by a terrific storm yesterday. The Ubae and Ehlert respectively have the constitution of the committees wind smashed shop windows, tore been arrested at Itzehoe. Both are instituted under the Young Plan, down trees and telegraph poles, and prominent in Young Fascist circles. which will cater into operation ripped off roofs:

A great tidal wave swept the quays. The town is now littered with household debris. SHANGHAI, Sept. 13.

Scores of The. Danish Minister proceeded houses and farms were destroyed, to Nanking on Thursday evening to vineyards were destroyed, and roads, negotiate with Dr. C. T. Wang, the blocked. conclusion of a Siao-Danish com- mercial treaty.

CHANG TSUNG CHANG'S

TRIAL.

ESCAPES WITH LIGHT FINE.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO, Sept. 13, Chang Taung Chang, who shot Hsien Kai, the filth son of the Chinese Prince Kung on August 1 at Beppu, was to-day found guilty of accidental, homicide, and aned 300 yen.

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AUSTRALIAN GENERAL

ELECTION,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CANBERRA, September 13. It is officially announced that Polling Day for the General Election

will be October 12..

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SOVIET ENVOY LEAVES

FOR BRITAIN.

(THROUGH AZUTEN'S AGENCY.]

It appears that Chang Trung

Moscow, September 13. ', Chang shot Haien Kai under the The Soviet Government has ac belief that the latter was a would- cepted Britain's invitation, and is be dasasein. Only afterwards did sending a representative to London he discover his victim's identity. to carry on with discussions,

AIR RECORD AGAIN BEATEN. BRITISH FLYER'S SUCCESS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 12. Whilst attempting a new speed record at Spithead Squadron-Lead- cr Orlebar averaged approximately the same speed as on September 10. Flight Lieut. Stainforth renewed his attempt but descended pre- maturely due, it was understood, te a defective patrol system.

LATER.

It is now discovered, that Orlebar made a new speed record of 357.7 miles an hour at yesterday's speed trial, his fastest lap being 385.1 m.p.h.

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[Squadron-Lender Orlebar pre- viously returned an average speed of 355.8 miles per hour, beating the record of the Italian, Major de Bernhardi, by 37 miles an hour. Flight-Lieut. Stainforth refurned an average speed of 338.3 miles per hour.]

next week.

The Council dealt at length with the wheat policy, and decided to table a Bill creating a Wheat Office, for the purpose of safeguarding national production and preventing sudden fluctuations in price.

The reassembly. of Parliament has been fixed for October 22.

U.S. NAVAL SCANDAL.

NO "BIG NAVY" MEN ON

INQUIRY

[REOTEN'S. AMERICAN SERVICE).

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12,

It is announced that a special sub-committee of the Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate has been appointed to inquire into the ac tivities of Mr. William Shearer at the Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference of 1927.

Mr. Hale and Mr. Swanson, the Big Navy" lenders, are not in- cluded, the members of the sub- committee being:-Senators 8. H. Shortridge, J. T. Robinson and W. V. Allen.

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have been two instances when policemen have fired off their rifles unintentionally, to the injury of civilians. In each case the police men tas admitted to have had no training in the use of a rifle and to have been allowed to carry it load- ed, despite his ignorance.

One man, while examining the mechanism of his weapon, pulled the trigger and took a piece off the nose of a pedestrian. The other, playing with his gun, sent a bullet through a timber merchant named Yang who was resting outside bis house in the quiet of the evening.

The victim of the accident was taken to the hospital, but died of his injuries. The Chinese Press makes some outspoken comments on the conduct of the authorities in failing to drill their men befors sending them on duty.

SAN FRANCISCO OPIUM CASE.

DOCUMENTS STILL IN

AMERICA.

'NANKING, Sept. 8.

It is officially announced

at

the District Court of Nanking that

GENERAL'S AND COLONEL'S ADVENTURES,

EXPLOITS OF THE CANTONESE SQUADRON.

Shanghai, September 10-Two but they were ignorant farmers,

Squadron, the Punyu and the Nam aeroplance of the Cantonese Air who could neither read nor write. "They could not understand hai, piloted, respectively, by Gen. what we said, so I had to walk Chang Wai Cheung, Commander-in. on several miles until I came to Chief of the National Air Fleet, a small village, where there was and Col. Young Kuan Yu, a class one man who could read and write mate of Col. Charles Lindbergh in a little, though he was unfamiliar the Lincoln Aviation School, left with the Cantonese dialect. By. the Hungjao Aerodrome at 1 o'clock the use of the pen, I managed to yesterday afternoon for Nanking, make him understand what I accompanied by

Yunnanese

the

Chuan, director of the Yunnan Air which was handled by Col. Liu, Féi Service. There was present to witness the departure of

plane Chingma (Golden Horee), Incant. I asked him where we telegraph office and bis reply to were and where was the nearest large crowd the latter question was '80 li Then I asked him where we could

get something to eat and in a few minutes we were eating cold rice and plain cat- bage.

the three aeroplanes.

most interesting story of how he and his companion, Gen. Lim Fook-yin, were Tungyangshan Hills,

marooned Dear following a forced landing which Chekiang,

was caused through lack of fuel, was told to a representative of the Young Kuan-yu, of the Nam-boi, North-China Daily News by Col.

which arrived in Shanghai at noon on Sunday...

Left Amoy Together. Col. Young said that he and Gen. Chang Wei Chang left Amoy together, the latter having as his passenger Gen. Chen Ming-chu, Governor of Kuangtung, and he (Col. Young) carrying Gen. Lim, who is known to a host of friends as "Art" Lim.

After that I asked him who was the general commanding the district and where he could be. found and he told us, promising to send a man to inform the gener al of our predicament. I gave him a note to take.to the officer and he got someone to take it to a city some distance away for us. Then

set out to send the telegram to Shanghai, reporting on our acci- dent, I found that it really was 60 li away and it was actually 80 li back. As there were no easier means of communication, I had to walk the whole distance.

Riding a Mule.

"We followed the coast line for somewhere on the coast of

"The same evening, the general Chekiang," Col. Young said. came, riding on a mule. He was When we got out of this, I notic accompanied by a large party of ed that Gen. Chang was not in

soldiers and was very kind to us, sight. I circled around a bit in offering to let Art Lim and me ride the hope of picking him up but back to the city on his mule while apparently he had gone on with he walked alongside and to detail out us, so I thought I would try the seroplane. We could not let number of soldiers to look after to make for Shanghai. A couple

of minutes later, Art Lim called him do this but we naked him to out to me that we were running leave a few soldiers to protect the out of gasolene, our tank being. at plane and do us the favour of the bottom of the plane.

telegraphing to Shanghai or Ning- couple of landing go for fuel. This he promised to

do and then he left.

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trial of Mr. and Mrs. Kao Ying but I realized that it would be no date has yet been fixed for the places and could have landed then,

The fuel came along a few days. and Mr. Shen Yuan who were re- cently deported by the American made a forced landing after we to Shanghai. Seeing a couple of less injurious to the plane if I afterwards and we were able to dy Government, in connection with an had run out of fuel. Accordingly, aeroplanes at Lunghus, I took alleged attempt to smuggle opium 1 pushed forward and noticed an- Lunghua for the flying fold so I worth a million dollars into San other place which looked like a

landed but when I learned that Francisco.

better landing field. After circi- was not Hungjsc∙I took' of ing around again and waiting for again and reached the Hungjus the gasolene to run out, I made a

field a few minutes later. C forced landing. In doing this, the;

Immediately upon their arrival here the party was escorted to the premises of the local court where

It took. us 10 minutes to ly they are being detained. The Nam-hoi was not in least damaged. from Tungyangshan to the Hung- party. was not permitted to in- terview or to communicate with in Shanghai, I understand, that Young

There were feports, circulated 180 aerodrome,' concluded Col. visitors. It is stated that docu- both Art Lim and I were injured

The Nam-hoi was repaired in ments in connection with the but neither of us were hurt in the mediately upon its arrival at case are still in America.

lenst.

Hungjao and, she left for Nan The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has already instructed Dr.

king with the Punya, the Chung- shan and the Tungkuan being left: C. C. Wu, Chinese Minister, to

behind for repairs. America, to forward to Nanking the above documents. Upon the Arrival here and the completion of the examination of such docu- ments and a thorough investiga tion of the case by the court of cials, a date will be announced for the trial of the party,--Reuter's Pacific Bervice.

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The Inhabitants Alarmed. "After landing 1 inade thorough search but could find no In this connection, it is of in- inhabitants in the vicinity. There terest to note that the seaplane were a number of people about be- Kiang-lu (Crane) made a success- fore we landed and they had dis- ful fight to Nanking from the appeared when we came to the Naval Air Base át Kaochangming earth. They thought we were de and returned on the same after- vila. They had never seen an noon, this being the first time that aeroplane before. After a while,. a Chinese-made seaplane has own. they came from their hiding places such a long distance.