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PEACE MAY STILL PREVAIL.

NORTHERN FIGHTING DIES DOWN.

YEN TO MEDIATE.`·

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]

HANKOW, Oct. 95, Though the situation continues tense, there has been no further news of fighting, and yesterday

interviewer that there ix

OPIUM CASE TRIAL

OPENS.

HUGE SMUGGLING RING SUSPECTED.

KAO YINGS IN THE BOX.

[THROUGH BLUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Oct. es: What is believed to be an inter-

national drug smuggling ring oper

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929.

TEXTILE FIRM IN DIFFICULTIES.

BIG GERMAN HOUSE'S TROUBLES.

HEAVY LIABILITIES.

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ÍTULOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

BERLIN, October 25. The biggest continental woollen

blanket concern, the Gerbruder

ATTACK ON ITALIAN "DEBACLE" IN STOCK

PRINCE.

INDIGNATION IN ROME. SECOND ARREST IN BRUSSELS.

{THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.]

BROSSELS, Oct. 94. Di Rosa, who Ared the shot at Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, magistrate, said he did not regret interrogated by the examining

MARKETS.

NEW YORK SLUMP HITS CANADA.

WHEAT PRICES DOWN.

[BEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New York, Oct. 24. The Stock Exchange opened very weak this morning,

The sales. effected in the, first 'two'

Chang Chih Chun intimated to an ating on the China Coast, and Zooppritz, of Mergelstetten, Wart the act. He said he had vowed to 711,000 shares, as compared with

£300,000.

Crown Prince, or Mussolini, be- cause they had betrayed the Italian constitution.

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avery across the Pacific, to America, wastemberg, is financially embarraskill either the King of Italy, the possibility that hostilities will be revented when Kao Ying, exed, with liabilities approximating ceasing very soon, as the Govern- ment is trying its hardest to avoid Chinese Vice-Consul to San Fran further bloodshed, and is endea- cisco, his wife, and Suen Foon, ex- vouring to settle the question by Chanceller to the Chinese Con- peaceful and political methods..

sulate at San Francisco, were Supporting this statement comes neys from Taiyuan stating that brought up for trial in the Nanking Yea Hai Shan has formally agreed District Court to-day. to mediate, and he is accordingly returning to Taiyuan to open up negotiations.

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Liu Chib has left Siangyang, and is at present at Wangshui. It is atated he is proceeding northward to inspect the Kin-Han defences,

Kao Ying was called first, and dismissed after a few preliminary questions. Mrs. Kao Ying, who came next. was dressed in the height of Western fashion. She said

Wurttemberg banks are trying to avert the firm's bankruptcy, and to tide over the situation by an offer to the firm's creditors. Arrange- mente are being made to continue

under influential directions. the business, which is a century old,

Zeoppritz's assign their collapse to the unfavourable economic

He fired the first shot in the air to see if the weapon were in work ing order, but afterwards it jam med and he was unable to fire it..

Interrogated at the Palais, do Justice he is alleged to have con fessed that he intended to kill Prince Umberto, and said he was

hours of trading amounted to 6,368,000 shares during the whole of yesterday,

By half past one in the afternoon, sales showed an easy record over the in million shares which constituted

the old mark.

The extent of the overnight do elire in prices is illustrated by the not that the Radio Corporation stock which closed yesterday at 68 was sold this morning.at.45.

and possibly to participate in mili. the, baggage belonged to Chan Sen. situation, and depression in the Socialist member of the Second the afternoon, resulting from n

tary conferences at Hsüchow and Chengchow.

An Incredible Report. The vernacular papers briefly abate that Tang Seng Chi's troops have occupied Loyang, but this is inconceivable, unless some agree ment has been reached between the opposing forces, as all reports of fighting on the Langhai line so far indicate that the advantage lies with the Kusminchun side.

a Cantonese living in Shanghai, and was put aboard her steamer at Hong Kong by Chen Sen's agent,

one Wen Ya Hsien.

documents.

Paris.

A Fatalist.

Brussels, Oct. 93. Di Rosa, in a statement to-day, attempt on Crown Prince Umberto. said that nobody instigated the He did not think of escaping, being "quite ready to sacrifice his life." He expected to be killed on the spot.

textile industry in connection International and a law student in with Sklarck Brothers, prominent Berlin clothing manufacturers, and racehorse owners, who were recent- ls arrested on a charge of defraud- Upon arrival in San Francisco, ing the City of Berlin of £500,000 the trunks were to have been deby issuing worthless bills and forged livered to two persons. She named them, but repeatedly professed ignorance of their address and other particuaits. Mrs. Eno Ying's statements gave rise to the belief that the baggage was the property of a dope-running ring, which dealt in drugs and narcotics worth mil FREIGHT TRAFFIC HELD UP. lions. The trisi was adjourned

until to-morrow morning.

RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK

COMMANDEERED."

*(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 25.

The American Consul at Nauking, Mr. Adams, is watching the case in

It is learned that since the Kuo- the interests of the U.S. Govern. minchun trouble became neute, the

Com

National Government has comment. The normal accommodation mandeered 37 Chinese ships.

of the court is 100 but over 300 Owing to the military mandeering the rolling stock, were prezent, mostly very fashion. freight trains on the Tientsin-ably dressed women, giving the Pucow Railway have stopped run-affair an atmosphere of a social niog since Thursday.

event rather than a trial,

MORE RECRIMINATIONS.

'CHINA'S OPINION ON C.E.R.

DISPUTE...

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] //

NANKING, Oct. 25. The Foreign Ministry to-day issued a lengthy statement regard. ing the O.C.R. dispute, attributing the deadlock to a failure to reach A mutually acceptable basis for formal negotiations.

After dwelling on the Soviet's

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NEW FRENCH CABINET.

A RADICAL-SOCIALIST PREMIER?

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FARIS, October 25. M. Doumergue has entrusted to M. Daladier the task of forming a Cabinet..

alleged subversive activities in M. Daladier, who was a Minister China prior to the taking over of

the C.E.R., the statement charges in 1924-5-6, succeeded M. Herriot the Soviet with unprovoked acts of last year as president of the aggression.

Radioul-Socialist Party, and was

It concludes by stating that should re-elected at the Party Congress at a state of war eventuate from the

Rheims yesterday.

LATER.

It transpires that Di Rosa was LOOKING AFTER THE brought up in a Milan foundling institution, and never knew his parents. He escaped from Italy last year, to Paris.

SEAMEN.

FURTHER DECISIONS AT

GENEVA.

SHIPOWNERS TO PAY!

(THROUGH KEDTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, Oct. 24. The Maritime Conference by 65 votes to 16 adopted the report of the Committee, on the protection of seamen in case of sickness, in- cluding treatment for seamen in- jured aboard ship, providing for the liability of shipowners towards sick or injured seamen, in connec- tion with which all Governmenta will be consulted.

The conference by 48 votes to 17, upheld the right of repatriation of sick or injured seamen, which the ahipowners proposed to suppress, and adopted the report on sickness insurance, which consequently will be included in the agenda of the next conferepee.

IDEAS ON TROPICAL RESEARCH.

NOVEL PUBLICATION IN.

LONDON.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ruasy, Oct. 24. The first number appeared to-day of a magazine called Overseas Education, which will be published by the Oxford University Press for the Colonial Office.

A Further Arrest

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There was a siga of a rally in

reassuring statement by Morgan's.

LATER.

Sales "to-day approximated

14,000,000 shares which is a new

closed very unsettled. high record for the market, which

Similar weakness was shown on the cotton market. Prices fall to 17.80 before the decline was checked. Comidence Returning.

New York, Oct. 23.

distinctly more There, was

cheerful feeling at the close of trading on the stock market laat night, due to the impressiop that BRUSSELS, Oct. 24. Three of the Italians arrested on despite the Government and banks the occasion of the anti-Fascist disavowals, they are prepared to demonstration at the Italian Em-prevent an abyssmal collapse such bassy a week ago have now been

as would drag down the nation's remanded in custody. It is sacer- tained that a second Italian wasbusiness and industry. Luxury attempt on businesses are the most likely to

be affected by the shake-out. |||

At a conference of bankers re- presenting over £1,200,000,000, it that yesterday's

arrested after the Prince Umberto,

His name is Louis Di Pasquale of the Independance Belge, and be de clared that he was chosen by lot to fire on Prince Umberto.

A full report of yesterday's meeting of the Hong Kong De velopment, Bulkding and Savings Society," Ltd., appears on Page 10.

LATER."

Di Pasquale was released after close questioning at the Palice Station. He declared he was try ing to seize Prince Umberto's as sailant when he was arrested.

Still In Custody.

Bausazia, Oct. 93, It now appears that the report of the release of Di Pasquale" wai based on a misapprehension.

In reply to enquiries at the Italian Embassy, it was stated that to the best of their knowledge Di Pasquale was A genuine pro- Fascist, but in view of the evidene of a woman who saw Pasquale mak-

Soviet Government's" "incessant provocations," the responsibility

In his Presidential address he "for it must be borne by the Soviet. warned his audience that-economic forces in the New World are The Foreign Ministry has des- threatening to expropriate Europe. patched identical telegrams to all He stressed the necessity of forming signatories of the Kellogg Pact a sort of European Federation by It general aim is the encour- drawing attention to the alleged large scale economic agreements be-agement of educational researching signs to Di Rose, Pasquale has repeated Soviet incursions into tween competing industries. Such and experiment in tropical and been detained pending further in Manchuria, and maltreatment of Chinese prisoners in Russia,

The telegrams briefly outline the formal statement as to the C.ER.

NANKING OFFICIALS

DISMISSED.

(THROUGH 'REDTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Oct. 25. The State Council this morning dismissed Minister of Public Health Hanch Tu Pi, and appointed Mr. J. H. Liu as Acting Minister.

The Feng Ya Hsiang supporter, ~Mr. Y. L. Tong, Vice-Foreign Minis-

ter, was also dismissed.

DINNER FOR V.C.'S.

INDIAN HERO TO FLY TO LONDON.

[RITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

UGBY, Oct. 24. One of the twelve men of the Indian Army who are among the 350 holders of the Victoria Cross invited to a banquet over which the Prince of Wales will preside at the House of Lords on Novem ber 0, may fly to England.

a Union would only be reachable if the European States were absolutely. secure against War. Disarmament was consequently imperative.

M. Doladier went on to say "We are on the eve of a resumption of competition in land armaments, and the consceration of the Anglo-Saxon hegemony at sea.

M. Daladier will give M. Dou- mergue his answer by 3 o'clock to

morrow.

LAST ENGAGEMENT IN CANADA.

PREMIER'S RETURN HOME.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ruday, Oct. 24- Mr. Ramsay MacDonald arrived at Quebec this morning from Chicoutini. He has spent the last two days quietly in the interior of Quebec Province taking the oppor- tunity, however, of inspecting in- dustrial developments,

notably those in connection with newsprint and water-power.

He sails from Quebec tomorroW evening for Liverpool.

He is addressing the Quebec Canadian Club to-day, this ful filling his last public engagement in Canada. « z

DOCKERS WIN KARACHI STRIKE.

{THROVOM ZEUTER'S AGENCY.]

KARACHI, Oct. 25.

It is now too late to come by sea from India, and, the Imperial Air- ways, which conducts as air ser vico from India, has arranged that if a scat is available on the aeroplane leaving Karachi on Sun- day, it will be placed at the dis- The dockers strike has ended. posal of any one of the Indians Wages will be increased, and hours who desires to attend the dinner. *roduced.

subtropic areas.

Information and criticism of what is being considered and at-

quiries.

Finally Released!

LATER.

tempted will thereby be placed at The woman previously mentioned, the disposal of education author when confronted with Di Pasquale, ities, and those interested in edu-admitted she had mistaken his cation in those areas.

identity, so Di Pasquale has been

It is hoped this will stimulate released. inquiry and, at the same time, prevent time and money being wasted on the investigation of schemes that have been tried and found wanting, or regarding which full information is already avail

able.

The Pope's Regrets,

RONE, Oct, 24. The Pope has conveyed to King Victor Emmanuel his regret at the shameful attempt on. Prince Um- berto, and his congratulations on It is also hoped that the maga his escape. The newspapers write zine will be found useful in cer tain of the Dominions, India, and violent articles denouncing pervert the United States, in fact, in alle Italians abroad for besmirching parts of the world which are in Italy's name. terested in problems of tropical education, and that information from these countries, will be con- tributed to the journal, which will thus become the clearing house of ideas and information. "

AMERICAN WATERWAYS.

A GIGANTIC SCHEME.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

· General indignation is felt that an Italian attempted the life of the Crown Prince in Brussels. It is suggested that Italians abroad should be more effectively watched

PRESIDENTIAL “TRAIN

WRECKING."

NOT QUITE SO SERIOUS!

LOUISVILLE, KY., Oct. 24.

[REUTER'A' AMERICAN SERVICE.] The development of the rivers and lakes of America into a gigan. tic arterial waterway, a task three

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 24. times greater than the Panams Two negroes living close to Canal is promised by President Ho-Suider's Crossing have been arrest over as one of the greatest objec ed in connection with the attempt tives of his administration, at an to wreck & pccial train in which President Hoover was travelling additional cost of £4,000,000 an qually, or half the cost of a battle. to Washington to a ship,

The £4,000,000 will be in addition to £2,000,000 for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence waterway," and £12,000,000 already being expended,

The negroes are reported to have confessed that they placed an automobile on the track in order to obtain money. for its destruction from the railway company.

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market situation was largely due 30 technical trading conditions, rather than fundamental causes, and many quotations were carried below justifiable levels.

A Historic Day. Yesterday will go down to his- tory alongside the day of the out- break of the Great War, which necessitated the closing of the ex- change for seventeen weeks. The midday rally was signalised in a dramatic

manner by brokerage. houses tossing margin accounts overboard wholesale, with rate and prices at their worst-United States: atcel being 190, compared with 219 a week ago when a number of the most powerful bankers got together. A few simple orders were given behind the scenes, and out of pandemonium quietly emerged the figure of Mr. Richard Whitney, a Morgan broker," who suddenly shouted 205 for 25,000 Steels,"

The bid had an electrifying effect, and changed the whole situation.

Ganadian Exchanges Suffer.

MONTREAL, Oct. 25. The stock market here collapsed to-day, values declining hundreds of millions of dollars. A short covering movement this afternoon caused a partial recovery.

In Winnipeg, hectic trading on the grain exchange resulted in a net fall of six cents on wheat prices,

largely owing to the debacle in the stock marketa Millions of bushels thrown on the market to cover. Wall Street reverses,

DANISH BANK FAILS.

SUICIDE" AS A RESULT.

(THROUGH REYTEE'S AGENCY.)

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 24, The Folkbanken, (the People's Bank), with a share capital of six million crowns, has provisionally suspended payment.

Harold Plum, the manager of one of two firms with which the Folk- banken has serious "commitments, on hearing the news took his own life, by shooting himself.

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR ARABS.

THE SAFED RIOTS.

[THEOVCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

JERUSALEM, Oct. 21,

Ten Arabs were sentenced to im-

TWILIGHT SLEEP FOR CRIMINALS.

MAKING WITNESSES

TRUTHFUL

SUCCESSFUL TRIALS IN

AMERICA,

A remarkable method of crime detection which, it is "stated, has been successfully tried in America,

mysteries. has been suggested in Great Britain as a means of avoiding unsolved

lamine and morphine is injected If a suitable mixture of scopo.

into a man or woman' a state of

truth. A

stupor is produced known as twi- light sleep. In this state, it is claimed, a guilty person cannot avoid speaking the simple question put to them pro- duces a reply which is correct even if the facts the reply reveals are „damaging...

In the United States, it is stated, that in one of the most striking cases a condemned man proved his under innocence by confession, partial anesthesia, of a highly dis creditable alibi and gained his free- dom. Previously he had refused to disclose the alibi.

Commenting on this, the Realist, the editorial board of which in- cludes scientists like Prof. Julian Huxley, Mr. J. B. S. Haldane, and Sir Richard Gregory, as well as a London magistrate, Mr. J. A. R. Cairns, states:-

It may well be that the claims made for the method are grossly

exaggerated. Nevertheless, they are sufficiently definite to warrant investigation. Prolonged cross examination mergea by impercept- ible stages into torture.

"Preferred by the Innocent."

Many innocent persons would prefer an hour under partial anes thesia to a day under cross-examina tion. It is possible that such an application of science to the detec tion of crime would be not only more efficient, but more humane, than our present methods."

ADVICE FOR INVESTORS,

READERS

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are reminded that inquiries relating to the share market are answer-, ed on page 10 every Tuesday by "Kufan." Letters should be sent to this office, and must be accompanied by writer's name, and address, not for publication. Letters should be addressed to "Enfan," care of the Editor.

A physician to whom the claims for the new examination by anesthetics" were referred by a reporter, stated that they had not been satisfactorily proved. "Somic- thing can be done by this method," he said, "but not all that its ad- vocates claim for it. It is true that

while in the state of twilight aleep people will answer questions the voluntarily. Certain control centres in the brain are put out of action,

and one is more likely to get a true reply, but other control cen- trea come into play if the subject bas something to conceal. In such cases, although, it is not possible to get the truth, it becomes clearly apparent if the subject is lying."

"I have never heard of such a

thing, said the secretary of the

Law Society. "Even if the drug did produce this result I doubt very much whether the result would be useful in the present state of Eng lish law. I should certainly have grave doubts as to its effectiveness.

Dangers of the Method, "Whatever they may think about it in America, the idea of giving a man drugs to make him condemn himself would not be welcome here. If it were used to produce evidence from unwilling witnesses, is a judge and jury to assume a man guilty on the evidence of a drugged wit- hess? What about the freedom of a witnessi

"The proposal savours too much of going back to the methods of the Middle Ages ever to be popular here."

Ex-Chic! Constable Wensley, who has just retired from Scotland Yard, was also startled by the novelty of the proposal. "The danger is that if it were successful the method would be tried on too many people,'' he and I had not heard about it being tried in America. Surely it would be difficult to get a jury. to convict on evidence produced in this way. In fact, I do not think such evidence would be accepted at all in an English "court.

prisonment for life at Haifa to day, on being found guilty of par- ticipation in the serious disorders

The first question defending at Safed recently, in the course of

counsel would ask would be War which many Jews were slain.

Three Arabs found guilty of the witness compos mentia?" and

murder during the Safed riotz the answer would have to be nega. were last week sentenced to death. tive. One might as well cell gan The Commission of Enquiry, insane person as a witness, Before headed by Sir Walter Shaw, such a method could be of any prac which is to enquire into the tical use in this country the law, cause of the recent disorders, fax as I understand it, would have to arrived at Jeruzalem.

be altered.”

Telegrams in Brief.

The Foreign Secretary has ap- pointed Mr. H. W. Malkin, C.B., CM.G., to be Legal Advisor to the Foreign Office, in succossion to Sir Cecil Hurst, who has been elected

Judge of the Permanent Court, of International Justice at The Hague.

Charles General

Dawes, the American Ambassador in London, has been appointed a fourth_mem- ber of the American delegation to the Naval Disarmament Conference to be held in London in January next.

The death has occurred at Amster dam of the historian Dr. Blok, whọ instructed Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana,

There is still no news of Diteman the American cowboy sirman, who left Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on Tuesday, in an attempt to fly in a light aeroplane to London. The only hope now entertained for the airman is that he may have been picked up by a steamer not pro- vided with wireless

There is still some anxiety for the health of 'M. Clemenceau, the veteran French statesman. It is learned that he spent a very restles, night and the doctors say that it is essential to keep him very quiet.

PROFESSOR MURDERED.

DISGRUNTLED STUDENT'S

MAD ACT.

(THROUGH LEUTEH'S AGENCY.)

:

LIEGS, Oct. 24. Professor Bertrand of Liege University was assassinated this morning by a Russian student nam- ed Gorin, a native of Odessa.

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The assassin's explanation was that M. Bertrand, as "chairman of committee which distributed funds for the relief of Russian students, had not assisted him,

KWANGTUNG MATCHES.

A PROTECTIVE TARIFT SOUGHT.

According to the Canton Gazette the native match-manufacturers have petitioned the Department of Commerce and other offices of the National Governhent asking for a protective tariff,

In the petition, auggestions are made asking the Government to catablish special offices to levy ape- cial taxes on foreign-made matches. and to re-classify the necessary chemicals for' match manufactur- ing.

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Our contemporary states: The match-manufacturing industry started in China over ten years ago and enjoyed flourishing period especially during the World War. But now only a few brands can sell in the market and makers in this provinco are suffering from a depression which they say has had no equal during the past.

It is now reported that the Match Manufacturers' Association has de cided to stop manufacturing al- together as the native match trade is entirely forced to the wall by the davasion of Swedish matches.

The native match-manufacturers, complain that they are great- ly hampered by the difficulty in obtaining licenses to import the necessary chemicals as the Govern- ment classifies such materials as- explosives or dangerous goods

Furthermore, the Swedish mat ches can sell at half the price of native matches and their market has been greatly extended even in the interior provinces. For these reasons a protective tariff is sought.

METALS GET TIRED.

A CAUSE OF FAILURE.

Engineers of course are familiar with the factor of fatigue in mic tale which is the cause of failure. in many metal parts. To the lay- man it will probably come surprise that metals get tired. Not having the sense of hearing, iron, steel, etc., are spared one of the commonest sources, weariness. in human beings. However, fati gue is a factor for which engineers must allow in making their col culations...

It is fatigue that cause a truck which has been carrying a two ton overload for days on end to snap an axle after it is on the way home empty.

It is fatigue that snaps a propeller shaft on a motor bus which has been carrying twenty passengers more than it is suppos ed to bold. It is fatigue which causes a steel bridge to collapse for no apparent reason.

The chemists say that fatigue

atarts when one of the crystals in the metal is broken by local stresses.

The breaking spreads to other crystals and soon the metal part faile

Technicians have been trying for years, to find a method of relieving. fatigue in metals.