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TO FIGHT AGAINST “IRONSIDES."

30,000 TROOPS RUSHED TO CANTON,

A NEW CAMPAIGN.

{THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCY.]

ANGLO-RUSSIAN :

RELATIONS:

A CONFERENCE AT LEWES.

AGREEMENT REACHED.

(THROTON REUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, October 2. Mr. Arthur Henderson left the Brighton Conference to-day and

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929.

JAPAN'S "SACRED SHEARER & HEARST |

MIRROR."

IMPRESSIVE REMOVAL

CEREMONIES.

AN ANCIENT RITUAL.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NEWSPAPERS.

PAID TO IMPEDE. PACIFISM.

A STRICT ENQUIRY,

GAINS.

MR. HENDERSON AT EGYPTIAN CABINET

BRIGHTON.

WHAT LABOUR PARTY HAS DONE.

ANGLO-RUSSIAN HOPES.

RISE IN BANK RATE.

STERLING, EXCHANGE

CHEAPER BAR GOLD.

[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The Shearer enquiry has been ad-

' (TUROVÓR REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Oct. 2

In spite of the rise in the bank-

out at to-day's proceedings, except

"was exported from Great Britain he addressed the Labour Confer." from September 26 to September ence at Brighton. He reviewed the

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Government's international accom.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Oct. 9

A most enthusiastic reception was

ISE, Oct. 2. SUANORAL, Oct. 9. According to reliable Chinese re!

In the solemn, setting of a giant ports, Chang Fat Fui, with his Ironsider, has reached Sinhwa, and lengthily conferred with M. Dov. cryptomeria grove, to the plain journed indefinitely. Little camerale, nearly £2,000,000 net gold accorded to Mr. Henderson, when

galevsky, the Soviet Envoy, at Lewes tive wailing of ancient music, with in the afternoon. Mr. Henderson the darkness broken only by the afterwards announced that agree-dickering light of pine torches, the ment had been reached in regard to Sacred Mirror was transferred this the procedure to be followed on l'evening to the new Imperial shrine the resumption of full diplomatic ware it will remain undisturbed till relations.

there has been some fighting with Government troops, but it was not so serious as previously reported

in some quarters.

The Government has ordered the Hunan troope to concentrate at Packing and Yungehow, so as 'to prevent any further progress to- wards Kwangsi.

NANKING, Oct. 2. The National Government sending 20,000 troops to defend Canton against Kwangai and Chang Fat Fui.

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Chiang Kai Shek ordering Canton to attack Kwangsi immedi- ately, before the arrival of Chang Fat Fu's Ironsides."

NEW RUSSIAN ATTACKS.

AEROPLANES BUSY AGAIN.

[THHOUGH AKUTER'S AGENITY.]

MURDEN, Oct. 2.

that Shearer admitted that he went. to Geneva on behalf of shipowners "to get more business." He said that since the shipowners. sacked

Was

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Simultaneously there sharp gain in the sterling ex-

1949, when a similar ceremony while him, he had been paid £400 n change on New York, undoubtedly conferences. He also referred to: month by the Hearst Newspapers due to the fact that British money for a campaign against the World was being re-enlled home.

The Bank of England also, secur- Court, Pacifism, and international. ium. Hearst sacked him when the ed £000,000 bar gold from South Senate enquiry 'began.

Afrion at the cheap rate of £4-4-17

per ounce.

The agreement included an ex-

again take place. the change of ambassadors for

few hundred Though only, a settlement of questions outstanding

privileged spectators were permit between the two Governments.

There was also agreement in re-ed to witness the solemn proces gard to propaganda. Questions at sion of Shinto priests, and Court present outstanding include the ritualists each garbed in a Sowing commercial treaty and claims. The necessary document is now being prepared for signature before M. Dovgalevsky leaves for Paris on Friday.

The approval of Parliament is necessary before the agreement can "become operative.

Mr. Henderson Announced at Brighton that when the "English and Soviet Ambassadors were ex changed, the Soviet mission would come to London.

robe of archaic design, tens" of thousand of pilgrims from all parts of the country gathered in the neighbouring town during the past few days for the purpose of pray ing before the Shrine of the Sun Goddess, which is the Meccs of all good Japanese.

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Thirty-five warships also assen- tied in the neighbouring bay,

Symbol of Parity. Though the original Mirror which He believed that Anglo-Soviet re- lationship would then be catablished is here enshrined has a reputed on Batisfactory, permanent history of thousands of years, the

An official communique states that the Russian army has resumed activities, bombarding the Chinese basis. lines at Manchuli for many hours an October 1 and 9.

Acroplanes have appeared 300 kilometres from the frontier.

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NANKING, Oct. 2 Important developments are ex- pected shortly in the Sino-Russian situation. The Chief of Asiatic Affairs at the Foreign Office left this afternoon for Mukden to confer with Chang Hsuch Liang.

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ESCAPE" OF LI TSAI

HSIN.

LEAVES NANKING UNDER DISGUISE."

(Wah Tiz Yat Pao.).

NANKING, Oct. 2 Marshal Li Tsai Hein is reported

to have escaped from Nanking under disguise.

The Nanking authorities are in- vestigating the matter.

SUN, YAT SEN'S RE-BURIAL.

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SCOTCH CHURCHES.

UNION.

THE MEETING IN EDINBURGH

[TEROLGA REUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, Öct. 1.

ceremony of replacing the resting place, and removing the Mirror originated every twenty years; about 1,200 years ago. This even- ing's ceremony marks the 38th

removal.

While the ceremony was taking place at Ise, the emperor, as spiri- sual and temporal head of the uation, simultaneously performed

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RESIGNS.

NEW COMMISSIONER'S PROBLEM.

UNPOPULAR POLICY?

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Cairo, Oct, The Cabinet is resigning at noen to-day, following the recent can.. versations between the ex-Premier and Wafdist Leader, Nahns Pasha," and the High Commissioner, Sir

plishments in Palestine, Iraq. RusPercy Loraine, with which Nahas

had expressed his satisfaction, sin, and the Hague and Geneva

The newspapers" state that Sir Percy Lorsine and Nahas Pasha the Anglo-American Disarmament

have reached JL1 understanding discussions, which were paving the whereby the Wald will pronounce a way to a general world disarma-favourable verdict on the British ment conference, which he hoped!

treaty proposala. would open a new era of humanity. Mr. Henderson said that steps were being taken to prepare a draft Anglo-Iraq treaty on the lines

said, also, that he believed that after

Anglo-Russian diplomatic arer, which was produced at the

relatione had been renewed, an Senate enquiry, says that the docu- SINO-SOVIET DISCLAIMERS. | agreement would be reached, bring. ment is clumsy and absurd for-

ing the two countries closer to gether than they had been for many gery.

A Clumsy Forgery{ " Sir William Wiseman, who is alleged to have signed a Scotland Yard document referring to She MANTELL "SQUABBLE at the Anglo-Egyptian Trenty. He

In connection with the Shearer enquiry, the Senate has directed the Senate Judiciary Committee to enquire into the whole question of lobbying.

A Remarkable "Document."

WASHINGTON, Later.

It is now learned that the docu- ment whose authenticity Sir Wm. Wiseman denied in a telegram to the Chairman of the Enquiry is not n Scotland Yard document, but the alleged British "secret" "docu-

ment about which Shearer made so

much capital, as purporting to have been written to Mr. Lloyd George, describing how Sir William Wise- maz was progressing with the task

Government of re-converting the United States into a British colony by suberaing various distinguished Americans.

The Assemblies of the Church of the act of distant worship," fac-entrusted to him by the British Scotland and the United Freeing to sc and looking cbeisance Church of Scotland met at Edin in the progenetrix of Japan's un burgh separately for the last time broken line of sovereigns. prior to the union which is being |

The Mirror, of which a replica is consummated with elaborate cere kept permanently in the Imperial monies to-morrow. The Duke of Palace at Tokyo, except on the York, accompanied by the Duchess, occasion of an enthronement, when presided at the former.

it accompanies the Emperor" to At the United Free Assembly, Kyoto, is supposed to reflect the Dr. R. G. Drummond explained spirit of the Sun Goddess. that minority congregations

It is regarded as too sacred to

the

were not entering the Union, and be seen by human eyes, and hence had accepted £25,000 as a "acttle-

is always covered, not even ment of claims relating to pro-Emperor being permitted to gaze perty. It would take the name of

upon it. the United Free Church of Scat- land.

LATER.

The last new shrine is always an Every exact replica of the old. An Auspicious Opening. stage of construction, even to the selection and felling of timber, 18 The historic ceremonies at Edin-carried out with elaborate ritual, burgh, associated with the Scottish while the workers are specially Church Union, opened most aus selected, and undergo purifcation

rites, wearing special garments.

piciously,

As the members of the two

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COSTES' FLIGHT.

RESCUE MEASURES

TAKEN.

THE BILL OF COSTS.

(Wah T. Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Oct. 2. According to a report submitted to the Central Government by the the State Burial Committee of Affairs of Sun Yat Sen the Com-Assemblies began a joint march to .mittee has spent $200,515 while the St. Giles Cathedral from their expenses of those detailed to con-respective halls, a rainbow appear- vey the cellin from Peping to Nan-ed in the sky. The Duke of York, king amounted at $47,259,

as Lord High Commissioner of the re-united Church of Scotland, ad- dressing the great assembly, of His conveyed the assurance

[TRODON REUTER'S AGENCY.] Majesty's love for the Church of

Moscow, Oct. 1. Scotland. He said that the King was most disappointed his health The airu Costes is believed to prevented his making an eagerly have lost his way while flying over He flew northwards in contemplated visit on the occasion Siberi of such a significant event in the stend of eastwards from Novosi history of his beloved Scottish birsk and was seen by two people Sunday afternoon over Kirenak. on Supposed that he was compell ed, to land near Taiga. Rescue measures are being taken..

MORE MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED.

A PROTEST FROM BRITAIN.

[THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]

PIPING, Oct. 2.

It is officially stated that two British China Inland Missionaries people: were kidnapped in the south-west of Kweichow province on Septem bec

On September 10 troops engaged in the civil war carried off the Rev. Cecil Smith from Yungning, and on September 14 brigands captured the Rev, D. F. Pike at Sircheng, while he was travelling through south Kweichow to Yunnan.

The British authorities have made representation

the Kwelchow to and Nanking Governments.

SERIOUS ASSAULT IN PEPING.

BRITISH OFFICE MANAGER

ATTACKED."

(THROUGH NEUTER's agency.}

PEPING, Oct. 2.

A British subject Mr. B. C. Hale, manager of Thes. Cook & Son's Peping office, was this afternoon badly beaten up by ricksha pollers, who invaded his office in the Peking Hotel, and dragged him out into the street.

It appears that the trouble arose through one of Cock's guidea de- camping with money with which he should have paid the pullers for carrying a party of tourists.

Thereupon the ecolics revenged themselves upon the innocent Mr. Hale, who is suffering most from severe kicks upon the body.

He was finally rescued from about twenty coolies by the hotel man.

ager.

THE ARAB STRIKE ABANDONED.

[THROUGH BEUTER'A „AGENCY.].

LONDON, Oct. 1. The proposed Arab strike has been postponed, pending the vieit of a delegation of the Arab Execu- tive to the High Commissioner,

THE TIEHLING INCIDENT.

CHINA STANDS FAST.

(Wah The Fat Poo

SHANGHAI, Oct. 2. With regard to the Tiebling" incident, the Japanese authorities recently demanded $300,000 OK compensation for four wounded Japanese soldiers.

This, and other demands, werc absolutely refused by the Chinese authorities.

JAPAN'S MINISTER TÓ CHINA.

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MR. AND MRS. THOMAS. GUESTS OF THE KING AT SANDRINGHAM.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Oct. 1. The Lord Privy Scal" and Mrs. Thomas have been invited to spend a few days at Sandringham with His Majesty the King. They will arrive there on Friday.

It is understood that the King wishes to discuss with Mr. Thomas his Canadian tour..

THE QUESTION OF PROHIBITION..

TRANSFER OF THE EXECUTIVE1

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[REITER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY.

WIRELESS AND CABLES TRANSFERRED.

NO DIFFICULTIES.

(THROUGH LECTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Oct. 2.

A gigantic operation, one prob ably unprecedented in the history

af

international communications namely the transfer to the "Ima International Com perial and munications, Limited," of the over- Bear wireless cable services of the Post Office, the Pacific cableboard of the Eastern and Associated Tele. graph Companies, and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company was carried out without a hitch this week end.

Trafic on all routes was cleared

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NORTHERN PRESS COMMENTS. Sparn..

(Volted Presa.)

Shanghai Save me from my friends" is an adage which, in the view of the North-China Daily yes, China might uttter with

heart-felt carnestness in connection with such episodes as the recent Chinese Eastern Railway interview given to the Press by J. J. Mantell, American railway adviser to the National Government.

Not in many month has a state- ment caused the local Press.com ment that was aroused by this, granted in Mukden and received in Shanghai by mail after cabled re ceipt of tart comment from Moscow and a disclaimer from the Washing. ton, State Department.

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Sweeping Remarks, Subsequently came a copy of the North China Star, of Tientsin, which quoter Mantell as saying that bis rather sweeping derogatory remarks concerning the Russian management of the Chinese Eastern Raway were intended to imply perhaps mismanagement rather. than the amazing graft" tioned in the original article.

Next the Angasta, Soviet news agency, point out that Mantell had not gone to original sources but had derived his information from Boris Ostroumoff, former manager of the railway, who was ousted and in prisoned ut the beginning of the period of joint Sino-Russian control and who was a White Russian with such a history na to have scant rea- son to favour the Soviet manage- ment.

Angasta refers to doubtful re- cords compiled by the celebrated contrasted Mr. Ostroumoff as with a purchasable and fully detail- ed Chinese-compiled maes of busi- ness accounts and other statistica published by the C.E.R.'s Economic Bureau.

Commenting on the affair, the without difficulty, and International O. Daily News remarks that Communications, Limited, in nouncing the fact, express their Mantell, who has been engaged gratitude to the G.P.O, and the by China to act as an advisor on new organisation railway administration, has appar- staff of the

propa throughout the world on an achieve.ently set himself up as ment which is a happy augury for gandist and has done so badly by the future of the new. Imperial his principals that they have much public utility company, and for its cause for annoyance. For Mr. servicea

the public and the Mantell has obviously mis-stated his case, over-stated it in such a manner Empire.

that he has given the impression that nothing that comes out of Man- MOTHER KILLED BY JOY. churia is trustworthy."

SON'S FILM TRIUMPH

"BREAKS HER HEART. Berlin. My boy, I am so hap- Py-so proud"

A little pale-faced woman breath- ed these words as she lay on a hastily improvised couch in the hall of the Mozart Theatre here. They were her last. She died a second

Jater.

Frau Elsa Seckel was the mother of Max Mack, one of Germany's youngest and most successful film producers. She had come to the theatre to attend the first per formance of her son's new film, "Autobus No. 2."

Unfortunate situation. Pointing out that such a situa- tion is unfortunate for China at this time, when she must have an audienes among the Powers which will be sympathetically disposed toward her version, that British- owned daily reviews the facts of the Mantell episode and concludes that Mr. Mantell's statements did not hold water.

"The case of Mr. Manteil should he noted carefully by the Nacking When the Carnegie authorities. Foundation party of American news- papermen were here, they gained an unfortunate impression of China, not because the events in the coun- Every gesture of approval, every try were particularly awful at the onthurst of applause from the great moment, bat because those in charge DEPARTURE FROM KOBE. Mr. J. L. McNab, a San Fran-audience was music in the mother's of the arrangements from Peping to cisco lawyer, who is a neighbour ears. When at the end of the per- Shanghai were inexperienced and (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

and friend of President Hoover, formance Herr Mack was called

These accidente in publicity do has been appointed to study the loze the curtain tek was called be at times stupid. 'KOBE, Oct. 2.

changes necessary for the transfer tion of the house his old mother China infinitely more damage than was overcome, and collapsed. Her any unfavourite comment by un- Mr. Saburi, the new Minister to of prohibition enforcement from China, has left for Shanghai aboard the Treasury to the Department of joy at his triumph had broken har friendly newspapers and correspon-

depts." ! Justice, the Shanghai Maru,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.

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TIBET'S TWO BUDDHAS,

THE PANCHAN LAMA.

[United Press.) Peping-One of the two living Buddhas of Tibet, the Panchan Lain. who has been an exile from his own country for five years, is returning for a visit to Mukden, Peping, and Nanking. He has spent the past few years as guest of some of the lesser Living Buddhas of Mongolia.

The Panchan Lama's visit, to Nanking is viewed with some in- terest in the Chinese press, which points out that he has been pre- vented from returning to his own country by the Dalai Lama, who is alleged to be a close friend of Great

Britain.

Untrue Reports.

A number of Chinese papers have suggested recently that the British are busy extending their influence in Tibet through the Dalai Lama, and eventually will declare some sort of protectorate over Tibet, which has been traditionally a part of the Chinese Republic.

Recent foreign travellers in Tibet declare that is no reason to believe these Chinese reports are true. While it is agreed that the Dalai Lama is more friendly to Britain than to China, the travellers assert that there is no expectation in Tibet that the independent position of the country will be altered.

The Tibetana, the travellers de- clare, consider themselves an in- dependent nation, and do not ac knowledge that China has any juris- diction over the country. The Pan- chan Lama's views on this question at the present time are not known.

IDOLS DESTROYED.

TEMPLE USED AS A SCHOOL...

Hence, events promise to move more swiftly and smoothly after the bitterness engendered by Mak- nud Pasha's dissolution of "Parlia ment and suspension of the Cor

the recent crisis due to Mahmud's unsuccessful efforts te form Coalition Ministry.

The changed situation, due to the which British treaty proposals,

stitution in July last year; and also

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promptly accepted by the Liberals and other parties, are now accepted by the Wald party, though jealousies and intrigues prevent a formal adoption of them by the Mahmud regime.

"ged..

It is anticipated "that n tral" Cabinet will be formed to restore the normal constitutional position, after which a new Parlia ment will be elected, so as to pro-

nounge the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.

OFFICIAL VISIT TO MALTA.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RuaBy, Oct. 15 Mfr. T. Shaw, Secretary for Wer, and Mr. C. G. Ammon, Parliament- ary Secretary to the Admiralty, are to pay an official visit to Malta on October 12.

They will leave Malta on Octo- ber 16 for Gibraltar.

"FALLING ANGELS."""

"NEW, JAPANESE GRAND OPERA,

United Press.]

Tokyo.-A Japanese grand opera, entitled Falling Angels will be pro- duced for the first time in Japan when the one-act opera written by Dr. Shoyo Taubouchi, and composed by Kossak Yamada, one of Japan's leading composers, is staged at the Kaburi Theatre hero for 23 days in December. The opera will be placed among the ordinary Japanese Kabuki dramas on the same prq- gramma.

Elaborate preparations have already been made for this unique presentation of the first Japanese grand opera. Yamada has chosen the leading singers and a chorus of 100 voices for the production. Music will be furnished by the Japan Symphony Orchestra, of which Yamada is the head, and dancing will be by the troupe head- ed by Baku Ishil, a noted dancer, who two years ago toured the world and won considerable popularity.

[United Press.]

Peping. All of the idols in one of Peping's best-known temple (Tichshanasu) have been pulled down and destroyed by employees of the street-car compairy here, who have turned the temple into a school for their children.

This is believed to be the first instance of destruction of idols in

. Mr. Taneke Soki, a rising Peping, although there have been numerous instances of temple-wreck-soprano, has been aciccted for the ing in other cities, of China during leading role of the Seventh Angel, the past year.

a. character who is expected to The street-car workers decided to

appear naked. Jo Komori, bari- take over the tempic after the Kuo- tone, who received his training in mintang branch here had announced | France and returned to Japan only that religion was superstition, and last year, will portray an old man. the temples should be converted while the old man's son will be into schools. "

Composed 17 Years Agol The opera was composed 17 years ago by Mr. Yamada, while he was still a student at Berlin. His pre- vicus efforts to have it produced in Japan, Miled, due to the fact the public in general was not sufficient- y interested in grand opers to ivstily the production. "Since then" the musical taste of the Japanese has changed..

firm.

Workers Use Force.

played by Bize Terui, tenor, who alao received his vocal training in France.

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At first the employees, notified Ryoso Okada, tenor, who returned to Japan last year from vocal the abbot of the temple to evacuate,

A long dispute.studies in Italy will also, essay but he refused. followed, with the abbot remaining important role, while the roles of the other six angels will be taken Finally, the workers decided they by Miss Fumiko Yetanya, Miss must use force to get the temple. Kikud Kawara, Misa Michiko Dun, They entered the temple in a body, Miss Mukiko Miyakawa and other pulled down the idols, some of them noted singers, centuries old, and smashed them. Then they threw out the wreckage, and put up inscriptions stating that the building had been converted into a "memorial hall" for the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and would be used as a school.

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No real Japanese grand opera has been presented in Japan be- fore," Yamada told newspaper re- presentatives, those which haw. been produced before are either comic opera or operatta."

Yamada's latest opera oon-bai- four-act The Buddhist abbot has petition- tioft, Tojin Okichi,

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ed the Municipal Government, the Japanese opera, with the text writ- District Kuomintang, the Barenus tan by E. Percy Noel, is expected of Welfare and Safety, to restore to be produced at the Metropolitan his temple, but the workers remain Opera House, New York, in the fall in possession.

of 1930, it is said.