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THE

RENDITION OF SEVERE TEST FOR CHINKIANG.

CHINA TO SETTLE ALL CLAIMS.

COMMISSION APPOINTED.

(THROUGH KITTER'S AGENCY.)

SHANGHA, Nov. 13."

"For settlement of outstanding

THE R101.

11

DESIGNERS' FAITH JUSTIFIED,

EXPERTS PLEASED.

faRITISH WIRELES SERVICE]

RUGBY, Nov. 13. The airship R101. which with-

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929.

U.S. PROHIBITION

SCANDAL.

OFFICER SENTENCED- TO 50 YEARS,

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

[REVITE'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

Chandler, Okla., Nov. 13. Jeff Harris described 48

An

TWO AMBASSADORS APPOINTED.

FOR WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW.

IMPENDING CHANGES."

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

COAL INDUSTRY IMPASSE.

OWNERS' DETERMINED

ATTITUDE,

PREMIER INTERVENES.

[BRITISH WIELLESS SERVICE.]

RESCUED FROM THE SEA.

DRAMATIC INCIDENT IN THE CHANNEL.

THE WAR OF THE EDITORS.

EXCITING TIMES IN

NEW YORK.....

**SANCTUM "*

LIFEBOAT CALLED OUT.

EDITORIAL

WRECKED.

(BRITISH WIRELESS AFRVICZ]

RUBY. Nov. 19. One of the most dramatic inci-

[United Fress.]

New York.-A miniature Chinese war, starting in the columns of two . rival Chinese newspapers, embrac

RUGBY, Nov. 13.

Rugar. Nov. 19. The King has approved the ap

The coal industry negotiatione claims of British subjects for losses stood with complete success winds" unofficial Prohibition enforcement pointment of Sir Ronald Lindsay, assumed a new phase today, when, dents of last night's storm was the sustained in Chinking in 1927, the of hurricane force while moored at officer," was to-day convicted of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Arst time, the Premier took rescue of the crew of the Italing Chinese Government agreed to the masthead, at Cardington on manslaughter in the first degree of for Foreign Affairs, to be Am- part in them. This morning he steamer Nimbo which was drivening, a battlefield in which em ruc- place $88,000 at the disposal of Monday, had a more severe test Oscar Lowery, and sentenced to bassador Extraordinary and Pleni. and members of the Cabinet Coal ashore in the Channel near Brightor's office was wrecked, and the

Committee met representatives of ton.. two Commissioners, who with early yesterday morning, when the 30 years' imprisonment. No liquor potentiary at Washington in succes-

the coal owners and this afternoon examine the clainis, and distribute wind suddenly veered 135 degrees in was found on Lowery's premises,sion to Sir Esme Howard, wtio is

and the Judge said that Harris's retiring early next year... the amounts, any balance "remain about 'one minute. ing after the settlement to be re-

deed was inexcusable. He disagreed:

ment.

ernment,

The great ship, which is over TOU

turnable to the Chinese Govern-feet long, and offers a side surface of nearly one nere, had to meet a The two Commissioners are Mr. side force which swung it round "G. A. Combe, one of His Majesty' over a third of a circle within a Consul-Generals in China (at Ning very short period of time. This is po), appointed by the British Gov. regarded by experts as the most and Mr. T. F. Ta critical manoeuvre likely to be ex- Superintendent of Customs, and perienced, except possibly violent ex-Commissioner for Foreign Affairs up and down currents, when the at Chiakiang, appointed by the question of gas pressures and lift National Government,

become involved; and the fact that the R101 met these abnormal con- ditions without in any way exceed- ing the designers' calculations as to lead factor is considered highly satisfactory.

MIHSIEN RE-TAKEN.

KUOMINCHUN TROOPS

"GO OVER."

[THROUGH AIUTER'S AGENCY.]

HANKOW, Nov. 13.

The wind had been blowing up to 67 miles per hour in gusts, but. when it changed suddenly froni southwest to north the average force was approximately 33 miles per

hour.

The next flight of the R01 is to It is officially reported that he on Saturday, when members of Mihsien has been retaken by Na- both Houses of Parliament will tionalist troops and this has been make a 5-hour fight.

confirmed by independent sources. "It appears that the Kuominchun defenders were formerly under the command of the ex-Feng supporter Liu Chen, Hus, who has now gone ever to the Government. and Liu's forces were persuaded to turn over to the Government side. The Na- tional armies are now pushing to Tengfeng, where further severo fighting is expected.

CHINA'S FOOD SUPPLY.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE..

APPOINTED.

AFTER MANY YEARS,

OLD FOES NOW "SIDE BY SIDE.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE)

Rugay, Nov. 13.

A German ex-naval capitain and n former officer of the British Navy, who met on board a U-boat in 1017, and agreed that war is rotten" will appear together at a meeting in support of the League of Nations Unio next Monday at Reading. They Are Commander Norman Lewis and Captain Ernst Has- hngen.

Nanking. The problem of provid-

Commander Lewis' decoy ship wa ing adequate food supplies through- out the country is becoming a seri torpedoed by'a U-boat commanded ous one in view of many areas laid by Captain. Hashagen. He was waste by drought and flood and the picked up by the submarine and kept on board for nineteen days, increasing number of refugees.

The Central Political Council has and treated with courtesy and kind decided upon the organization of &ness. When the submarine reached Special Committee to study the Heligoland the two officers shook question and devise remedies. hands, before Commander Lewia

The Committee will include was handed over as a prisoner. among others President Tan Yen They will meet again for the first Kai of the Executive Yuen, Sun Fo, time since then, when Captain Minister of Railways, Wang Peb Hashagen-reaches Londen en Fri- Chun, Minister of Communications,' day. Commander Lewis will enter Yi Pei Chi, Minister of Agriculture tain him and introduce him to and Mining and T. V. Soong, Naval Officers at Pangbourne Nava! Minister of Finance. A number of College. the country's local leaders who are acquainted with conditions in each particulas province will also be in- vited to aeeist the Committee.-- Kuo Min.

GENERAL SMUTS' VISIT TO AMERICA.

A FULL PROGRAMME.

(THROUGH ALUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 13. General Smuts sails for America on December 24, returning to Eng land on January 11. He will be the guest of the League of Nations

FRIENDSHIP AMONGST

CHURCHES

DUKE OF YORK'S TRIBUTE.

[BRITIER WIRELESS SERVICE)]

Rony, Nov. 12.

The Duke of York, the King's e- cand son, to-day addressed a meeting of the World Alliance for promoting international friendship through- out the churches. The meeting was held at Number 10, Downing Street, and Miss Iabbel MacDonald presided."

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Association, and will address Lord Davidson (ex-Archbishop) and number of meetings, the most im Lord Parmoor were present. portant being in New York on Janu

The Duke paid a tribute to the ary 8, in connection with the cele work of the Alliance. He said bration of the tenth birthday of the that whether or not peace or war League of Nations. Twenty-five in future was to be, the means of

organisatione arc co

settling disputes must depened on operating in this function..

also visit the way in which the youth of the

world is educated.

antional

General Smuts will Washington.

AIR LINES DISPUTE.

HOLLAND ALLEGES BRITISH "JEALOUSY."

The

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HAGUE, Nov. 12. accusation that British authorities in England and India, actuated by jealousy, are placing difficulties in the way of the Hol- Jand East Indies air service was made by the Liberal, Knottenbelt, in a debate on foreign affairs in the second chamber.

with the jury's action in reducing the charge from one of murder. Jeff Harris is not related to James Harris, who was Lowery's brother- in-law, and who was shot with him when his farm was raided in July

last.

The evidence showed that James Harris and Lowery did not know Jeff Harris an officer, and naturally resented his intrusion.

wns

Tho King has also approved the

appointment of Sir Hamond Grey recently appointed Ambassador Ex- traordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rio de Janeiro, to which post he did rot proceed, to be Ambassador. Ex traordinary and Plenipotentiary at

Distress gignals were sent up and they received members of the the Newhaven motor lifeboat put

Miners' Executive.

The chief difficulty confronting

in.. wages.

out.

Because of the heavy sea the life-

subsequent arrest and hearing of the other editor's wife, holds the interest of New York's Chinatown.

Events leading up to the "wor.

Ming in Paris last November, fol-

childhood in China and two years lowing a romance running back to

the Government is the contention boat could not get neat the ship of the editors" date back to the of owners that it would be impos-and a rocket apparatus was brought marriage of Chen Po and Li Chi sible for the hours to be reduced into tre. without a commensurate reduction but a second put the line over the from eight to seven and half

The Brat shot was unsuccessful

ship'e wireless aerial, and it was Another difficulty is created by made fast to the rigging. The Foreign Secretary has ap- pointed Sir Robert Tansittart, the insistence of, the miners on a The crew clambered up the rig principal private secretary to the national wages agreement. Ownersging and que by one twerty of them Prime Minister, and an Under-state that they will under no cir were taken ashore in a breeches Secretary of State in the Foreign Cumstances depart from the pre buoy.

Moscow.

rent practice of district agreements. The Premier and the Cabinet

Office, to be Permanent Under-

The Captain and nine members TEDIOUS DEBATE IN THE Secretary of State for Foreign Coal Committee are making streau of the crew refused to leave the Affairs in succession to Sir Ronaldous efforts to overcome there diff-ship and stayed on board working Lindsay.

culties,

at the pumpe.

HOUSE.

OBSTRUCTIVE METHODS.

(MIROCON REUTER'S ADENCY.)

LONDON, November 13. The House of Commons only tosa

Sir Ronald Lindsay, who entered the diplomatic service in 1809, among many foreign appointments bas served for two terms in Wash ington, once before the war and once after, when he was for a time Courtellor of Embassy and Charge d'Affaires.

nt 8.20 this morning, after debat tinople, he was promoted Ambas In 1995, while serving at Constan- ing the Widows' Pensions Bill in

sador, afterwards proceeding in the Committee since 4 p.m. yesterday.

The closure was frequently ap-remained from 1926 until last year, sime capacity to Berlin, where he plied, but the Conservative Oppo-when he became Permanent Under sition, which is aiming at delaying the Government programme for the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Session, was given a lot of rope cessfully in many countries before Sir Esmond Ovey had served suc- connection with their obstructive being appointed Minister to Mexico ou the resumption of diplomatic re- lations four years ago. Last August appointed Ambassader

methods.

Up to now only twenty-four lines of the Bill, embracing less than half of the first clause have been

carried. The Bill has already been

27 hours in committee.

Ultimately & compromise was reached, the Opposition offering to conclude with the Bill on November

18, instead of November 20, as they had proposed.

16

th

ne

WAS

a Rio, and was preparing to leave for that city when last week in structions regarding his appoint- ment to Moscow reached him. He sneaks Russian well.

foreign posts in Paris, Teheran, Cairo, and dlsewhere, and has been

Sir Robert Vansittart has held

head of the American Department in the Foreign Office. Ho WAS NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED. private secretary to "the late Lord Curzon, and afterwards to Mr Baldwin, during his Premiership,

**

BRITISH SCIENTISTS

HONOURED.

THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12. The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to Thomas Maan, the German author.

The Nobel Prize for Physics of 1028 has been awarded to Professor

and to Mr. MacDonald when the later became Prime Minister. He

accompanied Mr. MacDonald on his recent tour to the United States and Canada.

Mr. Edmund Monsen, H.B.M... Minister to Colombia since 1925, succeeds Sir Edmond Ovey a5 British Minister to Mexico.

O. W. Richardson, Director of Phy- DEATH OF FRAU ZOUBKOFF. sics Research, King's College, Lon-

don, for the discovery of the law governing the motion of electrons emanating from hot bodies.

The Physics prize for 1929 was awarded to the Duc de Broglie of Paris, for the discovery of undulat- ing electrons.

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1929, is divided between Arthur Hurden, Professor in the Biochemi. cal Department, London Univers ity, and Professor Von Euler, of Stockholm.

THE MEERUT TRIAL.

SOVIET ATTACKED.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.)

MEERUT, Nov. 19.

رہو

examined, declared that he was not

SISTER OF THE EX-KAISER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BONN, Nov. 13. The death is announced of Frau Zoulkoff, sister of the ex-Kuiser. LATER,

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Only the nurses were with- Frau Zoubkoff when she died. Her las words were spoken to her brother- in-law, the Grand Duke of Hesse, in English, which she always used when possible.

It is understood that they dis-

cussed with the coal owners to-day This afternoon, however, wireless the question of setting up a Nation-reports of more bad weather in the at Board for the mining industry Channel, led to the order to aban- as an alternative to a national agreement.

đón ship, and the remainder of It is suggested that the National the crew, with the Captain, were Board would be comparahie with existing for the railways which it the National Wages Board already brought ashore by means of the working very satisfactorily.

lifeline.

BRITAIN'S WORKERS.

of companionship at the University of Sorbonne, France.

The first of this year Chen Fo and his bride came to New York and he took over control of The Chinete Nationalist Daily News, Within a few months Chen Po began having trouble with a rival paper, The Chinese Journal, edited by Thomas P. Chan.

Chen began charging in the columns of the Daily News, which officially represents the Nationalist party in New York, that the other newspaper was imbued with Com- munistic teachings and "sensition. alism like the New York tabloida " This led to editorial charges and counter-charges in each paper and it seems that the Journal, once

tribuun, to which appeals could be It would be in the nature of a made in the event of the owners proposing a reduction of wages in DOUBTFUL" IMPROVEMENT." took occasion to call Mrs. Chen a tion of hours. any district consequent on a reduc

Government Anxiety. Reuter's lobby correspondent understands that no pregries was made.

were

dew wife."

A Stab That Get Home. Then came a Communistie meet- ing outside the Chinese Consulate, broken up by the followers of the Daily News, who for their trouble approximately found that the Journal described

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

RUGBY, Nov. 12. The Ministry of Labour states The owners declined to agree to that it is estimated that on October a jalat conference with the miners, 21 there and apparently will adhere to their contention that reduced wages must 10,229,300 insured persons aged them as leaders of the Com- Government accompany reduced hours. The from 16 to 64 years in employment munistic mob." Naturally, their

meeting with thela Great Britain. This was 48,700 Miners' executive (which submitted less than the month before, but blood imiled at this insult to their the Government proposals to the 200,100 more than the year before. Nationalistic principles. More districts for decision, but mean

On November 4. there

trouble followed, were while are endeavouring to obtait 1,252,000 unemployed. This was improvements therein) was adjourn 17,612

more than ed till to-morrow.

the week before, but 97,778 less than the year before.

The Government take a serious

view of the situation, as they are

anxious to introduce a 'Bill based on the proposals which, in amended form, have a reasonable prospect of aceting "with accept. ance by the industry.

GEOLOGISTS' PARTY NOW SAFE."

AEROPLANE FORCED DOWN ON OPEN WATER.“

Montreal.-Details of the sensa tional adventures of the McAlpine party of eight "fying geologists" further telegrams. were revealed through receipt of

H

CONAN DOYLE AND SLATER.

LEGAL ACTION. TO RECOVER £300 ADVANCE.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is taking

legal action to recover from Osear Sliter £300 which he advanced to- wards the expenses of the append which resulted in Slater's receiving £0,000 compensation from the Gov | ernment.

One evening Mr. Chan was pre- paring the, mid-week issue of his tri-weekly Journal. While he and his staff were work, a party of eight men, led by Mrs. Chen, marcbed into the editorial sanctum. Chan says the intruders seized and roughly handled him, his deska were overturned, papers scattered- and typewriters thrown upon the foor. Damage was so great that he was unable to get out that issue of his paper, he claimed.

The next development was the arrest cf. Mrs. Chen on a warrant charging felonious assault upon the person of Mr. Chan.

Mr. Chen, who is 21 and a

student at Columbia University. denied that she was a member of the raiding party when arraigned before the magistrate, Mr. Edward J. Walsh, in Tombs Court, She said she had gone to Boston a few. days before to visit friends and, in- cidentally, to write a few dispot- ches for Chinese newspapers about. the tong war that was in progress. at that time.

"It is a équalid ending' to what might have been a very fine story," aid Sir Arthur to a Press repre- sentative. "I never wish to rue or The party was forced down upon hear of the fellow again. open water off Melbourne Island "Before we could start the appeźl and reached shore safely. Follow and got the lawyers to take the ing this crae a long and painfulnessary preliminary steps, some- Her sister, the Grand Duchess, period of 65 days of steady walk-body had to guarantor £1,000, visited the hospital where the Prining over frozen wastes devold of "I appealed to the Jewish com- cess died and was reconciled to be supplies of any sort.

munity, who came forward hand early in the week, after a separa At last the group reached the somely and subscribed £700. tien caused by the marriage with Hudson Bay Co.'s post at Cam. There was therefore, a balance of tiele in which she was called a "dew

Zoubkoff two years ago.

bridge Bay.

[The marriage of Zoubkoff, whe

It is not yet known whether Mr. Horton, the Deputy Inspec-bay been described as the impover return to civilization by the party

ished scion of a Russian noble will be possible before spring. tor General of Police, who was the last of 320 prosecution witnesses in family, to Princens. Victoria created

"Several acroplanes are still en- the Meerut conspiracy trial, cross world-wide sensation, especially gaged in the hunt which started in view of the fact that the Prin months ago. The Canadian Gov. charging the Soviet Government was a good many years his erament has not thus far been able

senior.

Zoubknoff, at the time of as such with being a member of

to notify them that the party is The contemplation of the horrors the conspiracy, but he was convinc his marriage, was penniless. On sate of the last war to the generationed that every member of the Soviet November 2 it was reported that he had been served with divorce now growing up was rather the same as older people might look upon the Crimean War.

It was not the horrors of the past but a right understanding of the problems which faced na that would achieve the result which we so ardently desired.

BAD DAY ON WALL STREET.

...

Government is a member of the

Russian Communist Party, bound by its decrees and by those of the Communist Internationale. There fore, the Soviet Government must be pledged to overthrow the Gov- ernment of His Majesty the King.

TROUBLE IN THE COTTON INDUSTRY.

EMPLOYERS HOLD OUT. GRAIN FUTURES DOWN,

{THROUGH BEUTER'S · AGENCY.] · (EKUTER'S' AMERICAN SERVICE.)

LONDON, NOV. 19. He said that the Dutch services

New Yonx, Nev. 12, The Cotton Spinners and Mann- were working well while the Bri- To-day was another bad day in facturers' Association and the tish services overmas were still do- Wall Street, affecting all classes of Federation of Master Cotton Spin- fective, and suggested that the Im- securities. Hundred of stockaners' Associations have refused the perial Air Services from Australia struck now low levels. Bimultane weavers' application for an increase were impossible without the coously, cotton alamped heavily and in wages of half a crown in the operation of the Dutch Indies, wheat fell five cents. In Winnipeg An application of the principle there was a sensational fall in of reciprocity might usefully affect grain futures, and wheat closed six the British Government's attitude, - conta a bushel down,

pound and 7/6d. weekly per loom payment in the ease of operators minding fewer than the normal four looms each.

papers on behalf of his wife and that the proceedings would begin at Bonn on November 22.1

BRITISH OFFER NOT WANTED.

Significance of Insult. However, Chan's wife did admit. going to Chan's office a few days. before the alleged raid to protest." against the publication of the ar-

£200, of which I should properly wife." She explained the disgrace have been muleted if Slater had of the epithet as follows:

"Dew only exists in early morn- lost his case. I took that risk, and ing. When the sun comes out it. I should not have begrudged the

conseq screeS,

.

Libel Buit.

"I laboured unceasingly for eighteen years in this cause, and to save him. This personal expense at my own capense published a book I would never have dreams of ask- ing him to recoup, but the law CX- penses are questionably his affair, not mine.

and evaporates

After hearing the explanation the magistrate could not very well blame Mrs. Chen for taking offence, and since he could not find suffi- cient evidence to substantiate the charges against her, dismissed the

CUBE.

Thus caded the war of the Chin- ese editora, At least, it ended tem- But observers say they porarily. expect to see it. break out afresh almost any day now.

vanishes. Dew, " "But he won his case, and receive therefore, in Chinese common sense, means changeableness, unreliable- ed £0,000 from the Government

In Chi- "I resent very much now that I ness and temporariness.

nese slang as well as literature, to should have to lose this £300. All

call a woman a dew wife means the " the lawyers have been paid, and I say to Slater that this £300 is not

is a woman who became one's wife How They Were Found. Winnipeg, Nov. 5.-A modern-my debt, but his. The ungrateful just temporarily." man will not pay. minded Eskimo with a radio in his ice-built igloo played a large part in the salvation of the McApline

aeroplane scientist

party, it was disclosed today.

Had it not been for this man the party would probably have frozen to death, the experts agree.

Members of the party landed in the midst of frigid wastes after their aeroplane was forced down on the water. For days the eight men huddled around "fires under the crudest sort of shelter, with ALLAMARA, Nov. 12.

winter's severity increasing, The United Provinces Congress Menwhile an Eskimo whose name Committee, under the chairmanship has not been learned, a trader miles of Pandit Nehru, who is president-away, tuned in on the radio each elect of the Lahore Session of the night in order to hear stations 'n All India Congress, passed a resolu- the United States. tion that the British Government's offer to India in the light of the Parliamentary explanation WAS totally inadequate, and advises the All-India Congress Executive to continue the preparations for a national struggle in 1930.

INDIAN CONGRESS STILL'

DEFIANT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

"Of course, the prople who really: ought to pay this money are the Scots lawyers, and in particular the Scottish Office, which made the mistake. We obtained our verdict

Alekhine retained the world's eventually on the facts which were juhoff by sleven games to five, nine chess championship against Bogul- under their noses all the time.

"But since they refused to pay being drawn. the costs, it is Slader's affair."

Slater was sentenced to death in Curacao, has retired at his own Fruytier, Governor of He heard a radio broadcast which 19 for the murder of Miss Marion request. anounced that the McAlpine party Gilchrist in Glasgow. The sentence by the Government for his services

He was officially thanked" was lost. Bo he promptly donned was commuted to penal servitude

at the Island on July 7. his heaviest clothing and went out for life, and he was released after on the search, eventually finding serving eighteen years in prison. the expedition and leading it back His appeal was heard last year," to the trading post. —United Press. * and his conviction set aside.

De

Prince George is confined to his room with a chill and has cancelled. all immediate engagements,