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AN EXPEDITION ABANDONED.

ACCUSATION FROM CHINA,

"CULTURAL OBJECTS."

IRKUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]

NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The American Museum of Naturai History has abandoned its expedi- tion to Central Asia this year, and also the expedition of 1930, subject to a settlement of the dispute with the Chinese Society for the Pre- servation of Cultural Objects, which accuses the expedition members of "stealing, China's priceless trea Bates,"

SO THIS IS HAWAII!

EARTHQUAKE AND ERUPTIONS!

[REUTER'S AMERICAN ERRVICE]

HAWAII, Sept. 23. An earthquake to-day rocked Hile, and ripped the main street apart, in two places. The Kona district, sixty miles from Hilo, has been almost continuously shaken

since September 23,

The Observatory reports fifty shocks in the last twenty-four hours. Two columns of lava are forcing their way to the surface, and will probably appear from the craters at Hualalai, and Mauns Loa.

STORM DAMAGE IN THE

BAHAMAS.

HURRICANE IN NASSAU,

(THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY.]

MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 28. A hurricane in Nassau is report ed to have resulted, in twenty deathe and severe damage at sea.

Driven by a 70-mile an hour gale, the ocean breached the sea wall in

Reveral places, Rooded the town and wrecked practically all the small vessels in the harbour."

The gale also tore the steamer Princess Montague from her moor. inga, and drove her on the rocks, with ten passengers and 23 of the crew abcard.

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Many houses were unroofed, while the Governor's residence churches were badly hit,

and

Crops were destroyed, and light ing and telephones put out of action,

LATER.

The hurricane apparently spent its force in the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida mainland escaped the major blow, but the extreme south- eet was badly damaged by the gabie.

JAPAN'S IDEAS ON DISARMAMENT.

NAVAL SCANDAL IN

AMERICA.

MORE WITNESSES TO BE CALLED.

SHEARER'S WORK.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 98. All, the American naval experts who attended the Geneva Confer ence of 1997 will be summoned be fore the Senate Committee which is enquiring into Shearer's activities.

This

a result of comes about as the sensational evidence of a jour. nalist, Mr. Drew Pearson, who alleged that the experts were con- stantly with Shearer, and openly hoped for the failure of the con- ference.

KING'S GOOD WISHES.

→ GOD-SPEED ** TO THE PREMIER

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{THROUGH REUTER'R AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 28. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, has sailed for the United States aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria. He was given an amazingly enthusiastic send off.

His Majesty the King last night addressed a Message to the Prime Minister as follows:

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1929.

"SURRENDER TO MOSCOW."

ANGLO-RUSSIAN TALKS CRITICISED,

AY

THE OPPOSITION VIEW

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept 25. "Surrender to Moscow is how

the editorials in the Times, the Daily Telegraph, and the Murning

Office communique as regarda nego-" Post, construe yesterday's Foreign

tiations with M. Dovgalevsky.

They emphasise that the Govera- ment has broken the pledge that Mr. Henderson gave to the House of Commons two months ago that there would be no resumption of relations without adequate safe. guards and guarantees regarding debts and propaganda.

The Daily Telegraph urges that the time has arrived for an unquali. fied Conservative opposition.

An Earlier Report.

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LONDON, Sept. 27, A two-hour's conversation tween Mr. Henderson and M. Dovgalevsky to-day, resulted in an agreement on the list of subjects to be settled by negotiation on the resumption of full diplomatic rela- tions, including an exchange of Ambassadors.

BARON TANAKA DEAD.

POLITICAL UPSET IN JARAN.

A DISTINGUISHED CAREER.

(THROCON RAUTER'S AGENCY.)

TOKYO, Sept. 9.

has died of heart disease..

The ex-Premier, Baron Tanaka,

Baron Tanaka's death occurred at 8 a.m. to-day, following a violent attack one hour previously.

he had

SOVIET IDEAS OF REFORM.

A NEW CALENDAR ADOPTED,

JUST LIKE UTOPIA!

'(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Moscow, Sept. 29. The Academy of Science har ap- proved the Soviet project for the reform of the calendar, providing for a five-day week, in accordance with the industrial reform pro-

The number of months in the year is unchanged, but each month is divided into six weeks.

Though there were no signs of illness when he retired last night,gramme. his heart has been weak for many years, for which reason given up smoking...

Although Mr. Ogawa and several of the lesser Tanaka regime officials are charged with oficial corruption, Tanake himself is believed to be more sinned against than sinning.

So far there is no hint that he personally is involved in the suc cession of scandals which are pow coming to light.

E.

A generous, simple-hearted sal dier Bad

courageous fighter, Tanaka's main weakness choice of undeserving friends, to whom he was intensely loyal.

WAY

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He was generally popular, even who were forced to admire his with his bitterest politiea! enemies,

courage in his refusal

to accept defent, even when the whole coun try was against him.

After a distinguished military

An agreement was practically reached between the British and Chinese Governments as regards the procedure for dealing with career, he entered politics in 1925, The King sent the following mes- claim for damages to British when he was elected President. of sage to the Prime Minister: "Oationals at Chinking in 1997.

the Seiyukai (then the opposition the ere of your journey I wish you Chinese and British commission. party), and was appointed to the God speed. It is a departure that era will be appointed to deal with Premiership two years later, will be surrounded with good the matter. wishes, for it is a contribution to thosa-happy relations between two great peoples which must be an article of, faith among all men of goodwill.”

Mr. MacDonald replied: "With my humble duty to Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for Your Ma. jesty's gracious and kindly thought journey which, indeed I trust, will in sending me good wishes for the

be a fruitful innovation."

The Premier also telegraphed thanking Mr. Mackenzie King for the arrangements made for his visit to Canada.

Way to Progress.

LONDON, LATER. "I am going off in the hope of being able to do something to nar- row the Atlantic," the Prime Minis. he received a wildly enthusiastic ter told Reuter at Waterloo where

send off by the 220 p.m., boat train to Southampton ....

A NOTE FROM MOSCOW.

PROTECTING RUSSIAN

LIVES."

(THPOOGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]

Moscow, Sept. 20. The Foreign Commissariat has handed the German Embassy A Note regarding the shooting On September 23, of three Soviet rail- waymen at Tsitsikar, with a re- quest to Germary to energetically protest to Nanking and Mukden,

The Note declares that the Soviet will not hesitate to take reprisals for the protection of lives of Rus- sians in China.

This position he held until a repercussion of the Chang Tro Lia incident in July last forced the Cabinet to resign,"

It is not yet, certain who will succeed to the presidency of the Seiyukai, but the" question of successor is particularly important of the present time, owing to "the probability of a general election early in 1930.

Baror Taanka's funeral will take place on October 3.

NAVY PROPAGANDA INVESTIGATION.

SHEARER'S CLAIM SAID TO BE ABSURD

[United Press.)

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LONDON ÄRT GALLERY RAID.

POLICE COURT DUEL OVER MR. LAWRENCE'S

PICTURES.

EXHIBITS HELD TO BE "OBSCENE."

BOOKS ORDERED TO BE DESTROYED.

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Mr. Hutchinson: It would cer tainly not be the intention of the private people who purchased them a works of art to publish or circulate them. I should imagine they would be purchased to adorn their houses.

Mr. Mead In that case they

"It is just as bad to exhibit the pictures might be returned to them fobscene pictures] in private Mr. Lawrence. The pictures were houses 08 in public place. neither indecent nor obscene in the It is rather WOTAC, because view of a number of persona pro- be discovered and put

A public place they could minent in the art world.

to, but a man could collect obscene obscene, what would be the object

stop

Mr. Mead: Assuming they were

pictures or books in order to cor- of preserving them excepting to ex-

hibit them privately or publicly. rupt people who visited him."'

This statement was made by Mr. Mead, the Marlborough

Street Magistrate, during the hearing of a summons against Mr. and Mrs. Five non-working days will be Philip Trotter, or Maddox Street, devoted to revolutionary holidays, to show cause why thirteen but cannot be counted in the pictures painted by Mr. D. H. Lawrence, the novelist and artist, and books containing reproductions would be exhibited in private of them, "should not be destroyed houses. It is just as bad to exhibit or further dealt with according to them in private houses as in a law."

public place. It is rather worse, The pictures were seized by the because in the public place they police at the Warren Galleries, could be discovered and put a stop Maddox Street: They had been to, but a man could collect obscene seen by thousands of people before pictures or books in order to cer- the raid.

rapt people who visited him.

months.

NEW STEAMER ON PACIFIC CRUISE.

SAN FRANCISCO PARTY ABOARD.

[United Presu.]

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.

Adjourned Size Die.

Mr. Hutchinson: Such a man made up of members of the San pictures was adjourned sine die,ing the censorship to apply it to

Bearing a happy tourist crowd

The summons in respect of the could be prosecuted. It is advanc Francisco Chamber of Commerce, on an undertaking being given by works of art in private bouses. the

new Matson-Hawaii service

Utterly. Immaterial.”

Mr. Mead: It is utterly im-

liner Malolo (Flying Fish) sailed Mr. and Mrs. Trotter that the thir from here, to-day direct for Yoko- teen pictures should not be exhibit. the Pacific cruise. hama on the beginning of a rounded in any shape or form or any material whether they are works of reproduction of them, that two art. That is a collateral question which had been sold be returned to which I have not to decide. The the purchasers and the others re-most splendidly painted picture in turned to Mr. Lawrence.

the universe might be obscene.

The Malole will touch all impor tant Pacific ports in the course of the voyage.

ALLEGED BOND FRAUD.

COMPANY DIRECTOR

REMANDED.

Albert Bennett Fey, aged thirty one, an American citizen, described as a company director, living at Stamford-hill, N., was remanded at Bow-street Police Court on a charge of fraudulently converting to his own use elven bearer bonds in the Societe Francaise des Petroles de Matapalska, which had been entrusted to him for safe custody.

The books were ordered to be destroyed, and the charge with re- ference to a book, "Ecce Home," was withdrawa.

Inspector Hester gave evidence of his two visits to the gallery and the seizure of the books and pic- tures..

Mr. Mead awarded five guineas

Mr. Muskett handed to Mr. Mead. costs against Mr. and Mrs. Trotter,

Mr. Muskett prosecuted for the large book containing printed police, Mr. St. John Hutchinson matter and coloured reproductions, appeared for Mr. and Mrs. Trotter, and drew his attention to a parti- and Mr. Ferey Robinson watched cular page. the proceedings for Mr. D. H. Laxed: Samo vulgar words I thought Mr. Mead scanned it and remark-

I BRW. ed matter was signed D. H. Law

Mr. Muskett said that the print-

rence.

men and

Many well-dressed women were in the public part of

the court.

rence.

Mr. St. John Hutchinson opened his cross-examination of Inspector Hester.

Mr. Muskett. opening the case, explained that the rooms where the pictures, had been exhibited "were Dr. E. L. Burgin, M.P.,, solici-occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Trotter, tor, who prosecuted, said that the who lived in the rooms above, and charge dealt with bearer warrants that some little time before the protica, and if he also knew that there

for a large sum lodged with Fey by Frenchman. Civil proceedings had been taken in the form of an application for an injunction against various banks and stock brokers who were holders of these bonda

It was afterwards found that some of the shares had been sold WASHINGTON, Bept, 23. on the market, and since the war- Mr. S. W. Wakeman, vice-presi- rant for Fey's arrest was granted Mr. MacDonald re-emphasised

dent of the Bethlehem Steel Cor other sales of a more extensive stay in Washington would lead to that be did not expect that his

LADY WAISTELL.

paration, was the chief witness to character had been traced There day before the Senate Naval Com would be further charges. ∙spectacular developments as the re-

(THROUGH RZUTEE'S AGENCY.} mittee's sub-committee investigat sult of the dontinued negotiations."

Detective Inspector Yandell said ing the big navy" propaganda that Fey surrendered to him at TIESTAIN, Sopt. 28. He pointed out that before any

activities of William E. Shearer. H.M.S. Petersfield has proceeded progress in naval disarmament was down the river, preparatory to

Scotland-yard. The warrant was In general Mr. Wakeman corro- possible, it was necessary that both picking up Lady Waistall at Tang-day of Mr. Q. L. Bardo, vice-predisposing of eleven bonds only,"

borated the testimony last Satur- understand.

read to him, and he said, "Yes, I Washington and London should deku, from where she will go to

I am charged with deadlock between them, which had vise a means of terminating the Japan.

sident of the New York Shipbuild- The value of the cleven bonds ing Co., concerning Mr. Shearer's arisen at Geneva in 1827. He very

was about £150, but the inspector services as 'observer" at the understood that between £15,000 Geneva disarmament conference, and £16,000 worth had been dis

He added that the builders also posed of employed Mr. Shearer in Taze "to.. BRIDE'S OMISSION OF PRO help the United States Shipping the bands stopped by the injune- Dr. Burgin said that apart from MISE TO OBEY.

Board with reference to the Mer- tion there were 5,150 which had not chant Marine."

been accounted for, of the value Mr. Shenzer's duties included of over £18,000. those of general press agent work and the making of some speeches, for all of which he was paid 87,500, according to Mr. Wakeman..

much wanted to see Mr. Hoover and COOLIDGE'S SON MARRIED. other American public men, as there was so much work, apart from the direction of naval disarmament, which a mutual understanding and to be done in co-operation, for confidence were essential.

Premier's Message.

LONDON, Sept 28.

United Press.]

PLAINVILLE, CONN., Sept. 3. With simple, eremonies, Amer Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, before's most important wedding since bis departure, sent a message to the Lindbergh nuptuels, is taking the Labour Party conference, which place here, to-day at 4 p.m. Enas opens at Brighton on Monday, em

Lern Standard Time. phasising that any Anglo-American

Miss Florence Trumbull, daugh- Agreement achieved will only beter of the Governor of Connecticut, preliminary to a larger agreement. is being married to John Coolidge, which must be reached, in confer son of the former President. Their ence with other naval Powers, and courtship took place during their later, in a preparatory commission school days, when John's father was at Geneva...

in the White House, and during their period of engagement the young man has been working as clerk in a railroad office

NEED FOR EXPANSION.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Toxxo, Sept. 23, - While the vernacular Press serts that Admiral Takarabe has already been selected

CHILD MARRIAGE IN head of the Japanese delegation to the Disar-i

INDIA'. mament Conference, officials affirm that, pending receipt of a formal

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] invitation, no decision will be. made, although it is admitted that

BIMLA, Sept. 28. Mr. Matsudaira will be the second

The Council of State has pass delegate if the conference is held in ed the Child Marriage. Bill men-

tioned on September 23 unaltered.

London..

In the meanime in well-informed circles it is averred that the Gov- ernment, through its Ambassadors in London and Washington, has expressed the belief to Great Bri- sain and America that other na tions will be forced to expand in- stead of reducing their fleets if the tentatively fixed Anglo-Ameri- ean cruiser parity is allowed to stand.

*** SHAWNEE!” CASE.

- CAPTAIN, ASKS FOR COMPENSATION.

The modern ideas of the bride developed when arrangements for the ceremony were being made, with the result that while Miss Trumbull is promising to "love, promise to obey, honour and comfort," she will not

Mr. Hutchinson said that he. wanted to ask the officer this ques-

ceedings were initiated the author. itics thought, having regard to the were eulogistic commenta. outery which appeared in the re-into it, I cannot regard either Press Mr. Mead: No, you cannot go putable Press, and owing to a large eulogy or Fress comment, number of complaints received by the Home Secretary and the Com-ceedings started by a private in Mr. Hutchinson: Were the pro missioner of Police, that the matter dividual of the authorities? required looking into in the inter- ests of public morality.

Mr. Mead (to Inspector Hestor): You need not answer that,

Mr. Hutchinson questioned the Magistrate's ruling, and Mr. Mead said: It is before me. It does not matter who startad it.

Found Four Books. Mr. Muskett said that he under- stood that Mr. D. H. Lawrence was permanently resident abroad, and had therefore no direct associations Personally with Britain.

Case for Defence. Mr. Hutchinson, addressing Mr. Inspector Heater visited the ex- Mead for the defence, said the casa hibition and, said Mr. Muskett, in addition to the thirteen pictures to Mr. and Mrs. Trotter and to was one of great seriousness both which he thought should be sub British art. Mr. and Mrs. Trotter mitted to the magistrates for ad- were highly respectable people, who judication whether they were ob had for same time been giving ex- scene which contained reproductions in young artists. They were not out or not, found four books hibitions, chiefly of the work of colour of all the twenty-five pictures to appeal to people not interested exhibited.

in modern British art, and many of Mr. Muskett said the inspector the artists whose works they ex- also found another book, Homo," by George Grosz, of which like Mt. Lawrence, who had begun Ecce hibited came from the working class, he thought there could be no ques-wark as a miner Mr. Lawrence tion that it was grossly obscene.

He referred to features of the Mr. Hutchinson, who proceeded-

is a very English Englishman," said

d,”

At his private residence in paintings as being "largely, gross- Shanghai inste week the weting Bri-1 and unnecessarily developed, Garetin, G.E. tigh, Consul-General,, Mr. C. F. and referred later to "this class of filthy production, as I call it." presented the O.B.E., to Mr. & W. Burkill and There could not be the least doubt, the M.B.H. to-rs. E. T. Byrne he said, that the "thirteen horrible on behalf of M. the King. The productions" and the productions ceremony was a formal one, last in the books satisfied the definition Mrs. J.. K. Brand, the married ing about five minutes, M. and of the legal word obscene.

Mr. Muskett mentioned that the

The caso seeks to establish quite a new form of censorship.

I have not been able to find any case in which serious paintings have been brought into a police court and a magistrate naked to decide whether they were obscene. We have had to wait until the year 1829, with a so-called ad- vanced Government in power, be fore that new form of censorship seems to have been set up in this country. It is quite unknown in in the New Year's Honours List,

any other country in the world. Jayed on account of the King's ill John Hutchinson. It stated that if idea of titillating indecent-minded the publication of which was de

Mr. Hutchinson said that these This letter was read by Mr. St. pictures were not painted with any ness. Mr Burkill has been con I wish to call your attention to nected with many prominent in pictures were destroyed it would people. They were the work of a the fact that as a result of my stitutions in Shanghai. activities during the Sixty-ninth born in the northern-port and went to the contractural rights of Mr. tures, and, to show that they were He was affect important legal questions as serious artist painting serious pic- Congress, eight 10,000 ton cruisers home in 1879, retarding in 1892. He and Mrs. Trotter hd Mr. Law. serious works he proposed to call are now under construction.

Further, owing to the failure & Sons and he is also chairman of high position in the art world, pot, Mr. Augustus John, Mr. Agnew, is chairman of Messrs. All, Burkill rence. The Warren Galleries held Sir William Orpen, Mr. Glyn Phil- of the Three-Power Naval Confer the Shanghai Race Club. Mrs. and the last thing Mr. and Mrs. and a number of art professors. ence at Geneva there are now before Byrne in chairman of the British Trotter would do would be to ex- the Seventieth Congress 71 ship Women's Association and is alcohibit pictures which were indecent said, was made to prevent pradish building: programmes which will chairman of the Administrative or obscene.

He quoted a judgment which, be cost $740,000,000.*

Committee of the British Forces,

Mr. and Mrs. Trotter had offered of works of writers such as Shake- people prosecuting the publication

Services to Shipping "Industry. Continuing his testimony before the Senate, sub-committee-ipvesti gating Mr. William E. Shearer's big my propaganda work Mr. S. W. Wakeman, vice president tion, this afternoon submitted to of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora the committee members a letter daughter and son-in-law of Mrs solicitors to Mr. and Mrs. Trotter from Mr, Shearer in which the Byrne, were present latter claimed a salary of G825,000 of Mr. Burkill and Mrs. Byrne ap-certain suggestions as to the dis- The names had written, him a letter making a year and also a bonus because ofpeared with that of Mr. C. Harpur, posal of the pictures.

services to the "shipping industry." Referring to private conversa tions with the shipbuilders, the let ter said:

·

An "Undertaking,

John is presenting Florence with a platinum wedding ring encrusted with 13 diamonds.

A later. report. says that in the presence of their parents and a few friends, Miss Florence Trumbull and John Coolidge, chil- "dren of governor land an ex- President' respectively, were marri- mer provided that he should re- in the interests of the soldiers have give offence. They were willing to or Blake, which might contain in- The letter said that his agree-Recreation Committee. Her efforts to remove any picture which might speare, Dryden, Fielding, Hogarth, ed here this afternoon,

A thousand or more person gath-the builders.

ceive part of the money made by been tireless and this mark of ap- undertake, if the pictures were re decencies but which were works of (REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE}" ered outside the church, however,

preciation from the Home Govern- turned, not to exhibit them in any art. There could not be one rule Homer Ferguson, president of It is understood that Japanese

and stood during the ceremony. the Newport News Shipbuilding Mrs. Byrne came to Shanghai them to persons who ked purchased rence simply because Dryden hap- mant comes as a fitting reward shape or form, but to return two of for Dryden and one rule for Law has intimated its earnest desire

OTTAWA, Sept. 28. Many motored to the town and Corporation, testified that he was about, five and a half years ago them privately and the others to pened to live a long time ago. Captain McLeod of the thelled a few arrived by zeroplane, with interested in the subject of disar from Dedham, that the two countries should agree rum-runner Shawnee," has reno hope of seeing the ceremony, but, mament because he had, lest a con father, the Ray. A. F. Russell, Was to lower the level sufficiently to quested the Canadian Government desiring to be on hand" on the tract for two cruisers and ons bat

England. Her the artist.

Mr. Muskett submitted the dret prevent such an undesirable out to seek complanation from the chance of getting a glimpse of thetleship as a result of the Wathing-

If they were destroyed it would terms of the undertaking by U- A cannon at Chelmsford. Mr. Har mean that Mr. Lawrence's crea- and Mrs. Trotter, and Mr. Mead United States

pur has left Shanghai on a visit to tive work could never be repro and Mr. Hutchinson agreed to ton Conference.

England.

daced. It was also suggested that them.

come.

party.