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KUOMINTANG MEAN COMMUNIST RIOTS

BUSINESS!

CHIANG KAI SHEK AT HANKOW.

A GENERAL OFFENSIVE.

[THOUGH **UTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Oct. 28. Chiang Kai Shek left for Han-. kow this afternoon, by the gunboat Yunsul He was given a rousing send off by a large gathering of Government officials.

Immediately upon his arrival at Hankow the

generat

offensive against the Kuominchun will come mence, Ho Ying Ching is at pre- seat in Nanking. but is expected to leave shortly for Honan to direct operations on the Langhai front. The Nationalist Government has issued a mandate appointing Yen Hai Shan Vice-Gecoralissimo of the

Chinese Forces.

It is not announced who will act as Chairman of the Government during Chiang Kai Stck's absence; but it is believed that Chao Tai Weo, President of the

Control Yuan, and Yen Hai Shan's repre-

IN LONDON.

U.S: TRIAL CAUSES TROUBLE.

A SAVAGE FIGHT.

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LONDON, Oct. 27.

Wild scenes between 'Police and Communists and fierce hand to hand fighting were witnessed out- side the American Embassy, whi- ther a procession of hundreds of Communists marched to present the Ambassador with a resolution protesting at the persecution of militant workers in the United States, particularly the textile workers at Gastonia

The procession was the outcome of a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, at which speakers inflamed the crowds by relating that a murder of Sacco and Vanzetti is even ghastlier crime than the legal

about to be perpetrated America. Sixteen Gastonis textile workers are in imminent danger of the electric chair."

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929.

ANOTHER AIR MAIL

DISASTER.

FATAL STORM IN GULF OF GENOA,

A TRAGIC AFFAIR.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY"]

SOLVING PACIFIC PROBLEMS.

BIG CONFERENCE OPENS

"IN JAPAN,

CIVILIZATION'S TREND.

{THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.}..

MUSSOLINI IN GOOD

· FORM.

DRAMATIC SPEECH IN ROME.

FASCISTS' BIG DAY.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Krem, Oct. 26. The Third Biennial Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations

Roxr, Oct. 27. was opened this morning, with Dr. Nitobe in the chair. The confer- Fascist revolution " was celebrat- The seventh anniversary of the ence is being attended by over 500

families. anded to-day: throughout Italy. delegates, their guests, assembled from countries. bordering the Pacific.

Dr. Nitobe, in his opening adress, The official statement says that pointed out the importance of the the sea was heavy, being Pacific Ocean as a new centre of by a gale at nearly 70 miles an beur. A wireless S.0.5. was sent out," and later it was learned that the flying boat

LONDON, Oct. 27. The Imperial Airways announces that the Indian Air Mail plane of Genea yesterday." Four of the passengers and three members of the crew are dead.

was wrecked in a storm in the Gulf

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Mussolini, on horseback, and uniformed as a corporal of militia, reviewed the Blackshirts" in Rome, and subsequently addressed civilization. He compared the In-

buge and enthusiastic, crowd." stitute with the League of Nations, where he worked for many years.

Be referred to "cowardly and City of

Congratulatory messages were perfidious voices, a few of whom Rome, had alighted safely and was received from Mr. Hamaguchi, taken in tow by the steamship President Hoover, Mr. Mackenzie they had been wrong not to put Famiglia. After 90 minutes the King, and others and were read before a firing squad in October tow ropes parted, but the firing out Viscount Hailsham, who fol- 1929" (Crics of "Death to the boat rode the storm well. The lowed the Chairman, spoke on be. Emigres "), but the Fascist revolu Faigia steamed into Spezzia, and her captain returned aboard a deshall of all the delegates.

The message from Mr. Hamagu.tion still had the courage to put

bullets into traitors, to troyer, but was then unable to

Italy chi, welcoming the delegates, said locate the flying boat.

(Cheers). that in Japan the two main currents Aircraft, tugs and destroyers un-

The occasion marked the opening intermingling and reactions one

G.B.S. ON WOMEN

"AND" NUDISM.

SEX APPEAL HAS

VANISHED."

- Wonian has taken a large step towards nudism, and sex appeal has vanished. Bring back clothes and; it would be increased."

This was one of Mr. George Bernard Shaw's declarations, when he spoke on the need for expert opinion in sexual reform," at "the international congress of the World League for Sexual Reform, held at the Wigmore Hall,

THE NEW FASHIONS.

PROTEST AGAINST LONG SKIRTS.

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New York, Oct. 18.—Despite the prevailing cold weather yesterday throughout the Eastern States, about 10,000 girls declared war against the now long-skirted, high-'. waisted and corseted fashion which the dressnuskers, fashion leaders, and stores

trying to dictate.

The war was started by the girls belonging to the Y.W.C.A. in New tion-wide campaign which they say Jarrey. which is conducting a na- is for preserving the independence, freedom and

individuality of Thousands of wo modern girls men's organizations and clubs everywhere are joining in the cam- paign.

Miss MacCoon, director of health education at the Y.W.C.A. of New Jersey, anys:--

"The voluptuous woman of the nineteenth century," said Mr. Shaw, was a masterpiece of sex appeal from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet. Everything about her, except cheeks and nose, was a' "Our girls had been shopping and guilty secret." The essence of nine-care back indignant and empty- teenth century clowning was to show handed. In every store they visited her legs wearing a white stocking they were told they should wear knee, and the house shrieked decided that the new long skirt is

these old-fashioned garments. with laughter.

Victorian Age: "Modern, women will probably be shocked by pictures of these Victorian ladies with every contour Victorian age was sa exceedingly ...immoral age affected with the dis-

We

neither efficient or healthful. We cannot work or play in these out- of-date garments, and moreover they are inconvenient in subways and buses We won't wear any- jobs, health, or individuality."—

sentative in Nanking, will be aping Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and successfully joined in the search of civilizations mect, and their of 10,000 public works in Italy, the emphasised and upholstered. The thing which will interfere with our

LATER.

pointed to the post.

Ho Ying Ching to-day stated that

A resolution was adopted, vilify- President Hoover and demanding the release of political prisoners in Great Britain, America, India, and

the Nationalist forces are commenclsewhere. ing an offensive to-day on л fronts, with Losang as the immedi ute objective.

Chiang Kai Shek, before his "departure, declared that he expect ed to complete operations within one month. The delay in ordering the offensive was due to the plan of drawing the Kuominchun from their base. No Ying Ching is leaving this evening for Honan, and it is stated that Tan Yen Kai will act as Chairman of the Govern.

The procession was disappointed by the refusal to be allowed to pre sent the resolution to the Embassy. and attempted to rush a cordon of mounted police, but the latter dis- persed the disturbers after a fight of half an hour.

The Beginning of Things. The Gastonia affair relates to the protracted trial of sixteen striking textile workers at Gastonia, in North Carolina, in connection with

At daybreak the body of the plot, Captain L. 8. Birt, was washed up at Viareggio.

'Plane Lost.

The change of wind during the night made conditions even more difficult, hence grave fears were entertained for the safety of the boat.

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The six other occupants of the plane were Flight Engineer F. T. Pembroke, Wireless Operator S. J. Stone, and Messrs. Turney, Robin son, Ritchie, and Miss Bromford (passengers).

with another may be witnessed. cost of which amounted to four

They are proceeding peacefully milliards of Ere. and harmoniously, only seldom Patriking «a: discordant note..

The text of Dr. Nitobe's address

at this Conference will be found on page

and 2 of this issue.]

MR. HAMAGUCHI AND ALIEN

CONTACT.

[United Press.]

Kroto. Oct. 28.

THE KAILAN MINES.

CINEMA PICTURES TO BE

SHOWN.

ease of exhibitionism. There was a tendency for women to do some- ankles, but even the most desperate thing dreadful just to show their

did not dare to show their knees.

"In England the unpopularity of nudiam as practised in Australia and elsewhere, is because people still cling to sex appeal."

Osaka Mainichi.

THE RUBBER POOL.

DUTCH GROWERS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC.

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ARMASTERDAM, Oct. 27. Writing in the Telegraaf a Dutch rubber grower says that the Dutch are ready to pool about 8,000 tons of rubber under the Dutch rubber growers' scheme, so that the re- ed pool of 45,000 would have to be pooled by British growers.

mont during the absence of Chiang the murder of the Police Chief, of Rome, was a Customs officer ated by Yuko Hamaguchi, is pledged activities of the Kailan Mining Ad-on, "that in a world congress of maining 37,000 tons of the propos

Kai Shek.

Mr. Aderholt, when visiting strike headquarters.

Charges against nine of the ac- KUOMINCHUN IN RETREAT.cused were subsequently dropped. The remaining seven were found guilty, and liable to execution.

(Fah Tez Fat Pao.)

According to a Hankow telegram, the Kacminchun at Hsinxa, Shenas, Shingchib, Iyang and Loning are retreating in the direction of Tung. kwan in great confusion, since they learned that Yen Hai Shan's troops were preparing to cut off their

retreat.

Those who retreated from Hel shihkvan have destroyed the rail- way bridge at Loho.

ATTEMPT ON JAPANESE

PREMIER?

A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Tóxro, Oct. 23.

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What appears like an attempt on the Premier's Efe was made this afternoon, when a with a to the SIX AIRPLANES SENT TO | drawn dagger sprang on

footboard of a motor car, which SHANSI.

was learing the Premier's resi- dence.

SKILL OF CHINESE PILOTS PRAISED.

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The assailant, who was thrown off when the chauffeur servod, was promptly arrested. He is op- parently weak-minded, but a police failed examination has either to confirm or refute the belief that he mistook the car for the Premier's.

for

Six Moth.airplanes have been de livered at Taiyuanfu for the Shansi Rovemment by Captain W. E. F Jones, head of the aviation depart. ment of Arnhold & Co., Ltd. Cap- tain Jones was a flying instructor and aeronautical advisor to the Chinese government from 1921 to 1023, and lived in Peiping during that time. There have been 20 Moth plane sold in China. All are in daily operation in the hands of Chinese pilots who handle them with exceptional skill, performing aerial evolutions such as loops, spins and rolls, according to Cap of tain Jones, The Moth is a bi-plane Prince von Buelow. of small dimensions manufactured

DEATH OF PRINCE VON BUELOW.

by the d'Havilland Aircraft, Lon- don. It has a wing span of 30 feet, and an approximate. length from propeller to tail of £5 feet. It is fitted with a 100 horas power D.H. cooled engine. A specialty is its folding wings. When the wings nię folded back the plane can be housed in a garage, as its width is then only 9 feet, 10 inches. An out standing feature of the engine is the fact that it burns ordinary mo- for gasoline and will run at the rate of 20 miles to the gallon. It has a full speed of 105 miles per hour and a cruising speed of 85 miles per hour at 1,500 revolutions per minute.

SENTENCE ON EX-C.E.R. OFFICIALS.

COMMUNISM CHARGES.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HARBIN, Oct. 27. Yesterday sentence was passed on the engineer-Zateplínsky, who, prior to the conflict, was in charge of the railway telegraphs and also

(THROUGH REGTELL'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Oct. 25. The death has occurred, in Rome, the ex-German Chancellor,

DEATH PENALTY FOR

CORRUPTION.

RUSSIAN TRADERS' FATE.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Riba, Oct. 27, The Soviet Court at Astrakhan has passed sentence of death of fourteen officials, traders. and others after a trial lasting two. months en charges of corruption.. A hundred and eight others were co-prisoners.

All were found guilty, and sen tenced to various terms of impri- scament ranging from one to ten years hard labour."

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BRITAIN'S NEW AIRSHIP.

(BRITISH WIRELESS RERVICE)

Brony, Oct. 27.

Turney, a passenger in the City The Minseito Government, head. Croydon Aerodrome, and was re-to" curtail our armaments, the turning from a holiday in Naples.

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The destroyer Sella has picked up another body from the wrecked air mail. It has not been identi fied, but is believed to be one of the passengers.

So far no trace of the air liner has been found.

[Mr. R. Vaughan, Fowler writes: "I feel that the appalling disaster of the City of Rome, in service on.

Prime Minister informed the Third

Biennial Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at its opening sessions here to-day.

Throughout his message the Prime

Minister stressed the desire of Japan for peace and world brother- hood. He said :-

"It is my high privilege to wel- come you to Japan in the name of the Japanese Government, and I secount it such because, personally I appreciate the work of your In- stitute to the full and pray for a happy result to your labours.

Contrasts in Culture. ***

matter for

the Indian Air Mail, will come as a great shock to many people. The reports appearing are so lack. ing in technical details that is is impossible to judge the exact cause

"I understand that you are about of the accident. In view of this, L feel that the general public read to discuss among other matters the ing the reports which will obviously questions of the contact of alica and what better be published during the coures of civilizations; the next two or three days should forum could you find than Japan, where the two principal streams of consider them in a very conserva- tive frame of mind. It is reported our modern civilization converge, that concern is felt for the Eng- and where one can watch the re land-India service. It is not the action of one upon the other, gener general custom of the British pub-ally peaceful, in rare cases, jarring, fie or British enterprise to give up To what extent and by what because of early difficulties. I feel methods, a satisfactory synthesis confident that if the public will can be made of these systems of only remember the past four years' culture is indeed a work of Imperial Airways, the ab- grave discussion, affording a prob. solute success that their services lem, in the solution of which the have obtained during this period, Institute can properly play a lead- and the high standard of safetying part. In al Japan në more and efficiency, they will then realise fitting placé could be found as the that these accidents, three in all stage for your debates than Kyoto, during this year admittedly, do not which is a classic centre of Japan go to prove that aerial travel is ese civilization and culture. In any more dangerous than surface this haunt of ancient peace your transport. The time at my disdeliberations cannot but be per- posal does not permit me to look meated by a feeling of amity and up records of train disasters, but kindness; so that we may be sure I have in mind two serious acei-that even the discussion of con dents that occurred' recently within troversial questions, which it may the space of one week-end, each be impossible altogether to avoid, of which was more serious frem will be accompanied with no danger the point of view of lost of life of developing heat or acrimony, and than the three aerial disasters this that a general good understanding year."]

do all such subjects will be the outcome.

TARIFF "HOLIDAY."

AN IMPORTANT MEETING.

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national

Mr. Shaw observed that every one . In addition to their usual pro- gramme, the management of the was a sexual reformer, even the Star Theatre have arranged to ex- Pope. bibit a short film illustrating the. "The consequence is," he went ministration. The film is entitled sexual reform all kinds of people "The Kailan Mines," and is de would be brought together, and the signed to give a general impression Pope might find himself agreeing of the five colleries of the Adminis on nine points out of ten with Dr. tration.

Marie Stopes,

First, a survey is made of the well-built miners' quarters, the schools at which free education is given to their children, and the ex- tensive and well-equipped hospitals which are at the disposal of the whole community.

"As a playwright I am an expert on sex appeal, and an important function of the theatre in society is to educate people in matters of sex, but no one calls in playwrights as experts in these matters.

in the form of a tour round a col appeal by two entirely different

Mining operations are reviewed

"Two sets of people cultivate sax liery. The first scenes are those of methods; one set to minimise sex arrival at Linsi yard, with the appeal by the maximum of clothes, empty railway-cars being drawn to and the other to maximate sex to the pit-head; next comes the appeal by the minimum of clothes. lamp-bouse, with the safety-lamps As an expert, I say that they are hanging in their racks; the miners both hopelessly wrong. The only at the change of shift, ascending to method of creating sex appeal is and descending from the overhead

by clothes." platform from which start the cages or hoists used for descending into the mine. Next come scenes taken. in the interior of the mine, the first being the main mule road leading to the working face. Then at the face itself are shown the miners hewing the coal and loading it into tubs, which are drawn back in mule trains to the pit bottom, and on arrival there the tabs being pushed into cages and hoisted to the sur- face; here, in passing, is shown a small section of the underground stables for the accomodation of the mules.

tubs are soon passing to the tip- Returning to the suface the full plers" and being emptied on to the coal-screens and picking-belts be low, where a large staff of small boys are picking by band the stone from the lump, the clean coal drop ping by chute into the railway-cars waiting below. Next there are shown the multiple auxiliary shop and installations for the service of the mines.

THE CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN ELECTION.

SLUMP IN COMMUNIST STOCK:

(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOV.]

PRAGUE, Oct. 28 The outstanding feature of the resulta so far, in the Parliamentary elections in Czecho-Slovakis are the heavy increase in the Social Demo- crats and "Agrarians votes, and the big losses of the Communists.

Among the defeated Deputies is Professor Bela Tuka, whom the Slovak People's Party put up in his old constituency, as his sentence is not operative until his appeal is decided.

Finally are shown some scenes from the Hospice, an institution

[Professor Bela Tuka was recent provided for the aged, widowa, by found guilty of maintaining an arphans and disabled of the local espionage bureau on behalf of ity Here the younger folk" are Hungary," and sentenced to 15 to support themselves later. in life, caused a sensation, and there was seen learning trades to enable them years' imprisonment. The case with the aged and crippled doing serious friction at the trial between such work as they are capable of police and the professor's adber performing for the common good.ents.]

National Armaments. "In the Pacific area the ever- increasing intensity of human acti- vity has unrivalled opportunities for elevating civilization to a still higher plane than it has yet attain. ed. My Government is, on its part pledged to curtail our armaments so far as may be con. sistent with the safety of the realm, and to cultivate the most amicable PRIME MINISTER'S RETURN relations between Japan and the rest of the world; thus playing our part in furthering universal peace and the welfare of mankind.”

RUGBY, Oct. 27. The British Government has in- formed the Secretariat of the League of Nations that in view of the importance of the conference to be held at Geneva, in February on the subject of a tariff holiday, Mr. William Graham, Fresident of the Board of Trade, will hend the Bri-ured the delegates that the work tish delegation.

Mr. Graham, interviewed last night, said the whole object of the conference was to reduce the pro- posals for a tariff trucs to practical form, and it was felt that better

In ecncluding Mr. Hamaguchi as-

of the Institute "commands the fullest sympathy of my Govern- ment.

HOME.

DISARMAMENT SPEECH

SHORTLY.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Oct. 27," The Prime Minister Mr. Ramsay MadDonald, who is on his way home on board the Duchess of

chance of success was asured by the LIFE-GIVING SERUM. York, is due to reach Liverpool on

personal attendance of the Minis-

ter.

Mr. Grabam added he was op- timistic as to the result of the Con-

It was definitely stated yesterdayference.. that Britain's second giant airship, the R100, which has been built at Howden, Yorkshire, will leave her shed for trials at the Cardington.

on the engineer Lebodeff, previously mooring tower within the next

in charge of the telephone system. Both were sentenced to four years'

jail on a charge of assisting Com-

munhitic propaganda.

Yesterday at 8 a.m. a section of the Taigane-Chalanor goods train was exploded by "a mine placed beneath the rails.

Two Waggons

were damaged, and one'

seriously injured. rd was About 25 Soviet terrorists were arrested recently for being in plicated in the mining of the track, damaging the railway property, and murder.

month.

$6

ON SHOW."

BRITISH WIRELEAS, SERVICE);

ROGY, Oct. 27. The Supermarine Rolls Royce 80, in which Fying Officer Waghora

WAGES IN LANCASHIRE.

ANOTHER CRISIS LIKELY.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S " AGENOT.],

LONDON, Oct. 27. Another wages crisis in the Lancashire cotton trado appears immanent, as a result of the General Council of the Wearers Amalgamation unanimously voting

REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT.

PARIS, Oct. 20. Mr. Jean Fainlave, son of War Minister Faialeve, who specializes, in producing scientific films, has succeeded in photographing "an us- usual operation on a dog, which, although all blood was removed from its body, was restored to life by the use of a nerum, perfected by exports of the Pasteur Institute at Hanoi, Indo-Chins.

One minute after the animal, was made bloodless, the serum was injected into the dog, which after. watde ran about and ate food. This serum may eventually replace blood, transfusion. Doctors recently suc- cessfully used the serum on the replacing two quarts of blood which nichi.

won the Schneider Trophy last in favour of applying to the victim of an automobile accident, September, has been placed on pub-ployers' organisations for axis in

lic exhibition in the Science wages of 2/0 for each pound the patient had lost-Osaka Mai Museum at South Kensington. ·earned

Friday. He will be welcomed en arrival by some of his Cabinet col leaguea,

A public demonstration of wel. come is being planned by the Liver- pool Labour Party.

The Prime Minister's most im- portant public engagement after arrival in London will be the Lord Mayor's banquet at the London Guildhall on November 5.

The newspapers anticipate that in his speech on this occasion special reference will be made to his visit to the United States and Canada and to the Five-Power Con- ference naval disarmament which is to take place in London in January:

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The Secretary of State for War, Mr. Tom Shaw, and the Parliamen tary Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. C. J. Ammon, landed at Fly. mouth yesterday from the cruiser Cumberland on completion of their. visit to Malta and Gibraltar,

Purveyors of

Dutch growers are inclined to consider the scheme a failure.

The newspapers report that the British Rabber Growers Associn- tion intends to formulate a new restriction scheme, regardless of the Dutch proposals.

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SHANGHAI KIDNAPPERS

EXECUTED.

A YEAR-OLD. CRIME RECALLED.

Three convicted kidnappers were executed on the Lunghun ground last week. Two were concerned in the kidnapping of a boy on Novem- ber 17, 1928. Thern were 18 others arrested in connection with this outrage but 15 were released and the other sentenced to imprison- ment for life.

The other man who was executed to-day was found guilty of kidnap- ing a boy at Hangchow and hold. ing him for ransom within the Bet- tlement on February 1 last. There were 12 accused in this case and 10 were released. The other aceg- plice was executed a week ago.

NEW FRENCH CABINET. ALL-ROUND RETRENCHMENT

PROMISED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Oct. 27. The Socialist Group in the French Parliament held a meeting to-day, and decided, by thirty-six votes to twelve, to cp-operate with M. Daladier, who has been asked to form a Government,

It is understood that M. Daladier promised them an equal share in the principal Cabinet portfolios.

It is stated in the Lobbies of the

propose a policy of all-round re- Chamber that M. Daladier will

trenchment, including a reduction of Francs 600,000,000 in the Mili» tury Estimates,

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