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WOMEN LEAVING

NANKING.

FOREIGN NATIONALS

EVACUATED,

BROUGHT TO SHANGHAL

(TUHOUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

SHANOHAL. Dec. 9. Seventy-five British and American women and children, who were evacuated from Nanking last night, arrived in Shanghai this afternoon. Another batch are coming from Nanking tomorrow.

A Nanking message says that the Second and Ninth Divisions have arrived from Hankow, and loyal Government troops are defending the Capital.

It is anderstood that Tang Seng Chi's troops have entered Sinyang chow, and are continuing their advance to Hankow without opposition.

." SITUATION EASIER."

A COMPROMISE PREDICTED.

(THROUOR BRUTIK's Adenot.]

IRONSIDE FLANKING

MOVEMENT.

MENACE TO CANTON FROM "NORTH EAST.

NEW DEFENCE LINE PREPARED.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY,

AMERICAN

TRADE DEADLY HAVOC OF

RECOVERY.

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE

INCREASING.

RETAIL SALES UP.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

THE GALE.

CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISOLATED.

MANY SHIPS ASHORE.

FORITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Dec. 8.

According to a message from a well Authenticated source great

WASHINTON, Dec. 8. apprehension has been aroused in

Reports to the United States Canton by the startling develop. ments in Central China. It is be. Chamber of Commerce-show that the lieved that the Nanking regime is retail trade in the United States is about to fall, following the defecimproving, owing to holiday buy-terday, was renewed with severity tion of Shih Yu San, Han Fu Chuing, cold weather, and increased Tang Seng Chi and other leading personalities. These events cannot fail to react upon the situation in the South.

The main body of the "Iron- sides has eroaned the. Canton Hankow Railway at Yuen Tam" and Ngan Chan Au in the northern sector and is now reported to he concentrating in Chung Fa, Fa Yuen."Tseng Shing and other points to the north-east of Cantén. Whils the main body is thus executing a

The loyalty of Chinese Volunteers in Chinese territory Bround Shang hi is doubtful, and their comman-bik flanking movement, one brigade der has been removed from his post is advancing along the Canton

Hankow Railway towards. Canton, These troops are now reported to the at Lok Tung station, some 20 miles north of Canton. General Chen Tani Tong's men have once more shortened their line having withdrawn to Sun Kai where strong HANKOW. Déc. D.

deferres are being prepared against Rumours prevalent over the week-the." Ironsides." The situation in end to the effect that Tang Seng the weet sector in the vicinity of Chile men are advancing on Wuhan Samshui is stationary. The oppos. to be groundless, and the ing forces are still holding their local situation contínues to be reenective positiona, absolutely quiet. Troops are lining the Kin Han Railway northward as far as Sinyangehow. They have reiterated their loyalty to the Gov- ernment, and therefore any serious move by Tang against Wuhan seems unlikely.

Well-informed Chinese sources do rct anticipate further fighting in Honan, and it is believed that the present misunderstanding will be settled by compromise.

prove

Traffic on the Kin Han in still held up, and it is reported that, the line is severed on two or three places.

Up-River Reports.

Latest news from Ichang indicates that the rebels were driven 20 miles. from the city by Geverament troops, and the situation has eased consi- derably.

So far as can be ascertained, Joreigners are net in danger, through during this eritical period the women and children have re mained on board steamers in cate evзquation was necessary,

The Hand of Yen Ha! Shan.

PEPING. Dec. 9. Taiyuanfu is at present silent. but it is stated that Yen Hsi Shan will shortly issue statement re- garding the situation.

confidence in the business outlook.

November sales of, retail dry goods stores are reported ahead of those of last year, while collections of outstanding accounts are slightly better.

The exceptionally violent gale, which struck Southern England on Friday night and continued yes to-day, and the forecast indicates à continuation of stormy weather.

Reports of ship' wrecks and dis- nsters at sta during yesterday's gale continue to come to hand.

The crew of the small French steamer Ornais, of Trouville, which went ashore at Penzance, probab

DECEMBER 10, 1929.

SHANGHAI COURT RENDITION.

CONFERENCE FORMALLY

OPENED.

DR. WANG'S HOPES.'

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

NANKING, Dec. 9. The Shanghai Provisional Court Conference opened at Nanking this morning. Britain, America, France Brazil, Netherlands and Norway Dr. C. T. Wang, in his opening being represented. speech, hoped for a happy and speedy conclusion of the conference. Mr. Aal replied on behalf of the Powers delegates.

SHANGHAI PHONE COMPANIES.,

OFFERS TO BUY. OR FINANCE.

THREE INTERESTS IN THE FIELD.

MANY PROBLEMS AWAITING. SOLUTION STILL.

Offers from three concerns to present company and also for fur- buy the Shanghai Mutual Telether development,

phune Company, or to finance it, have been made, with the object of bringing order out of the chaos that at present reigns in the Shanghai telephone system. far no official statement as to these offers has been made by the telephone company.

These three concerns

So

LONG-DISTANCE WIRELESS by owe their lives to the daring ex. C.E.R. TROUBLE REPORTED Telephones, Ltd., ers are Ericsson

TELEPHONE.

EFFECTIVE, BUT COSTLY. [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, Dec. 0. The first business talk between a passenger in a liner and a business man ashore was successfully carried out to-day when Sir Thomas Lip- ton, who was returning to England aboard the Leviathan, which was three days out, communicated with the advertising expert Mr. William Rankin, who was seated in his hotel in Atlantic City.

conversation The

was very audible. It cost 87/6d. for every three minutes.

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ploit of a young man named Luity. The high scas and dangerous rocks prevented the lifeboat from approaching Ornais, and the bur ricane rendered hopeless attempts. to save the crew by rocket ap paratus

Laity dashed into the sen and gained a rock, froin which he was able to pass a rope to the Ornais, While so engaged one of the crew was washed overboard but Laity rescued him. All the crew were

saved.

SETTLED.

NANKING'S TERMS AGREED UPON,

(Wah Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9. The Central Government has wired Chang Hsuch Liang authoriz ing him to dispatch Tsai Yun Sheng as China's plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Soviet Govern- ment upon the C.E.R. issue.

LATEN.

Breeches Buoy Rescue.

The Sino-Soviet issue has been Temporary repairs to her rudder estled in accordance with the having been effected the Blue Star views of the Central Government." liner Andalucia, bound from Lon-It is understood that China will don to South America with appoint Lu Yung Huan as directro was able to dispense of the railway. Apart from this Passengers, with the assistance of an Admir one change the status quo will be alty tug which was despatched from restored.

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General Chen Tani Tong's men are holding their new positions with tenacity but the nearness of the enemy is causing grave anxiety LONDON BANK'S AFFAIRS. Plymouth in answer to her carlier

Among the civil population who feat that the defending army may he driven hack upon Canton.

MARTIAL LAW AND 10 P.M. CURFEW.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}

CANTON, Dec. 9. Martial law in Canton is still rigidly enforced. No one is allowed in the streets after 10 o'clock. Those who are away fron houses at "curfew hour" have to stay where they are. During the first

few nights of this restriction many people found themselves much in- convenienced, but Canton appears to

have become accustomed to these restrictions. All the cinema housce close at about 9 o'clock and no opera houses are deing business even in the day "time.

All the big business is at a standstill. Two foreign supervised schools in Sai Tauen have moved their students to Bak Hok Tung, across Shameen, where it is con- This general ner- It is understood that he does not sidered safer. approve of Tang Seng Chi'a pre-vousness is again reflected in the preferring, & national conference parations for war against Nanking: marked depreciation of the Central for settling the present difficulties.

Local vernaculars th-day print the text of what is claimed to be a rcular telegram by Wang Ching Wei, which is a viclent denuncia- tion of Chiang Kai Shek..

UNEASINESS AT ICHANG.

REBELS AGAIN IN ACTION.

NAVAL WIRELEAS.[

Bank of China notes, their quota- tion for to-day being only about 59 or 60 per cent.

All the newspapers in Canton are compelled to keep silent about the war which adds to the general anxiety.

HONG KONG PAPERS BANNED.

(FROM OUR OWS CORRESPONDENT. Į

A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Dec. 9.

messages.

The crew of the barge Mystery. of Harwich, which broke away from her moorings in Dover Har- bour and was driven ashore, were saved by the breeches buoy.

Lifeboats from Newhaven suc- It is officially stated at it isceeded in taking off the crew of now anticipated that a large pro

the fourmasted Norwegian harque portion of the £227,000 worth of bills of exchange nccepted by Mogen Koch, which Messra. Horstman and C, will be duly honoured at maturity by the drawers.

It is further stated that the Horstman Company possesses many assets of considerable value, which are expected to enable the payment of a considerable dividend.

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S

HEADQUARTERS..

PALATIAL WEST-END

MANSION.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

ReGay, Dec. 2. Sunderland House, one of the most palatial mansions in the West End of London, has been acquired by the Soviet Government as the official residence of Sokolnikoff, the recently appointed Ambassador to Great Britain, who is expected in London this week.

ashore near Eastbourne.

was driven

"

Many Ships In Distress. Reports from Brest this evening stated that several vessels are in imminent danger off the Brittany coast. Signals asking for assistance were received late in the afternoon by several wireless stations, on the South coast of Ireland and Eng- land from vessels which had become unmanageable in the storm, and several others reported themselves in temporary difficulties.

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Art Treasures Endangered. The progress of the Italian stea- mer "Leonardo da Vinci" which is now believed to be in the Bay of Biscay with her £14,000,000 cargo of art treasures being brought to Britain for next month's exhibi- tion of Italian art in London, is Leing watched with some anxiety owing to the heavy gales.

When she arrives in London she will be piloted to her berth, where Lady Chamberlain, Chairman of As the King will be in residence the Exhibition Committee, with Fir at Buckingham Palace during the

Austen Chamberlain and others, next ten days it is probable that Sokolnikoff will present his credea including probably Mr. Arthur tials there early next week, possib- Henderson, Foreign Secretary, will extend greetings to Signor Wodig- ly simultaneously with the pre

Commissioner-General for sentation of his credentials by Siriani, Esmond Ovey, the new British Am Italy to the exhibition, who is 01 bassador in Moscow, to the Soviet board. Government.

Further fighting has taken place

CANTON, "Dec, 0.- elose to Ichang between the rebel

Sir E. Ovey was to have left Lon- The Canton authorities have forces and a large army loyal to

don en route to Moscow yesterday, newspapers The loyal banned all. Chinese Chiang Kai Shek.

but the cancellation of the Chan- No exceptions troops are reported to have met from Hong Kong.

for such net steamer services, owing to the were made, not

1 postpope- with success, and after a battle which continued during the night liberal papers as the Tai Kwong storm, necessitated of Saturday and Sunday morning, P, Chun Wan Po and the Wah, ment. the rebels retreated about five at Po, all of which had en- miles.

The Government troops have now been "reinforced and it is thought that the situation in the immediate vicinity of Ichang will soon be up. der control.

even

joyed a free and wide eirculation in Canton. The Government edict came into effect yesterday, Sunday, and the big packages of Hong Kong Sunday papers, which arrived in Canton by train ne usual, were all seized and confiscated

As a precautionary measure, however, foreign women and chiletation. dren are still being kept ready for Kic withdrawal.

The Canton situation is quiet.

RAILWAY REPAIRED

AND RE-CUT.

REBELS ACTIVE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9. The Shanghai-Nanking Railway, which was cut in three places by the rebels, has been restored by railway gangs under supervision of foreign engineers.

at

the

No warning had been

But today, Monday, not a single copy of a Hong Kong Chinese papers came up by train. Evident ly the news dealery were taking no riske. Scorce of news boys as usual crowded the station when the morning express came in. These boys have of late been doing un- the business usually brisk streets, but to-day they had to turn their faces homeward and shout: "No Hong Kong paper, no more money for us!"

on

SERIOUS FIRE IN HOLLAND.

FAMOUS HOTEL DESTROYED.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MIDDELBURG, HOLLAND, Dec. 8. A very serious fire to-day destroy ed eight buildings in the centre of the town, including the famous Grand Hotel at Verseput, and several old houses formerly belong ing to the airstocracy.

A high wind for long time rendered use- less the efforts of the fire brigades summoned from the neighbouring towns to aid the local fire fighters.

The fames cut off the electric light of the town, which was plung- ed in darkness. The fire was final- No restrictions have been placedly controlled after raging for seven upon the British newspapers. But hours. each parcel is opened and closely examined to make sure that no hidden

The rebels' forces, which are es Chinese newspapers are timated variously from 2,000 to therein.

10,000 have left southward by a

line of trains running spasmodical-

ly to-day.

H.M.S. Suffolk left for Nan-in Nanking got through safely, but

n freight train from Nanking was king this morning, but it is, un- derstood that it has not yet been overturned at four o'clock this

deemed necessary to take foreign residents in Nanking aboard.

LATER.

morning,

Shanghai Disturbances.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9.

TOC H BIRTHDAY

FESTIVAL.

GERMAN DELEGATES

OVATED.

[THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Dec. 8.

The Birthday festival of Toc H. concluded by thousands attending The Shanghai-Nanking railway. Some firing was heard in the the special church services: A re was again cut during the night be vicinity of Shanghai on Saturday presentative from Germany receiv tween Anting and Hwangtu. Rails night. It appears that small gangsed a remarkable reception at the are being pulled up from the bridge of soldiers and hooligans attempted Peoples Palace in the East End, 24 or 25 miles from, Shanghai, to loot Nantao suburb and seize the where the audience stood silently

Parting - Enteng tar breezed that thinnery of the the Provisional Court Conference ment was suppressed without dif- of those, of what was once the other

ide, who passed op:” (Continued at foot of next column).ficulty.

thousands

Bay of Biscay Rescue,

Rugay, Dec. 0. The British Royal Mail liner laze, bound for Brazil, rescued the crew of the 5,000 tons Italian steamer Casmora, in the Bay of Biscay, and the German steamship Hansa took off the Casmona's captain. The Arlanza lost a boat during the rescue operations, but nensualties occurred. The Cas mona was abandoned-in a sinking condition.

Two naval seamen were washed averboard and drowned while the destroyer Walpole was proceeding yesterday from Portsmouth Chatham

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The White Star liner Homeric, arriving at Southampton from New York yesterday, twenty hours late, reported experiencing one of the roughest crossings she had ever had. Windows were broken on the pro menade deck, sixty feet above the waterline, by terrific waves.

Channel Islands Isolated. Reuter states that the Air Minis- try predicts further gales, but it has been possible to resume the Cross-Channel services, although the passages are very rough. The port of Folkestone is still closed, and the Channel Islands have been isolated from the sea since Thursday.

Padstow and Clovelly lifeboats were out all night long trying to help the distressed vessel Britannic. The captain of the Clovelly life- boat, with 25 years' service, said it was his worst experience. They were tossed about the Channel for five hours before reaching their station.

:

Dry Dock Smashed!

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 8. An 11,000 tons drydock being con- veyed by tugs from Hamburg to Rotterdam was caught by the ten pest near the Tale of Workchelling and broken in TWO-

(Continued on next Column.)

One of the chief claims for the Ericsson system was the small amount of space which it occupied and its cheap building and opera- tion costs power consumption be ing" very low., As spare for ma chinery is a vital problem with the S.M.T. Co. at present, Capt, Cas sel was most emphatic on this He showed a diagram of

peint

.

London, who supplied the equipa European exchange which had ment for Shanghai's original been converted from another auto matic system to Ericsson, from manual equipment and for the pre- Bent Eastern automatic exchange: which it could be seen that the The Cable, Telephone and General Ericsson took up less than half the Trust, Ltd.,

who represent the space of the other. Strower system as used by the According to the Strowger repre- British Post Office; and the Inter-sentatives the establishment of national Telephone & Telegraph a telephone equipment factory is Co. This latter is a holding com- only a commercial possibility when diaries, one of which, the Interna. Their Liverpool factory lost money pany which operates several subsi-a large number of lines are needed.

while tional Standard Electric Corpora steadily

manufacturing tion, a manufacturing group, has 40,000 telephones a year, but when for one of its subsidiaries the China this went up to 190,000 they were Electric Co., who supplied the definitely established. Rotary System automatic equip ment now used in the Central Dis- trict and are building equipment for two further Rotary automatic exchanges ordered some months ago

All three concerns were in- terviewed by a representative of the NC. Daily News, and while the China Electric Co., would say practically nothing, the Strowger representatives said a little and the Ericsson representative a good deal. Both the Strowger and Ericsson concerns disagreed with many points in the Anson report.

Shanghai at the moment has three different systems of telephones working together. Central automa

East tie is of the Rotary type. automatic is of the Ericsson type. Manual machines are of the Erics son magneto type. in which one has to turn a handle in order to ring up exchange. Both the Rotary are machine and the Ericsson driven, while the Strowger, order a suspension of two years, anded for the Chinese areas of Shang

hai, is entirely different. Kalman Gelman was acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

ULLMANN ROBBERY

SENTENCES.

BAGDANOFF GETS" SIX

YEARS.

Shanghai, Dec. 4-What has be come known as the "Ullmann reb hers case" came to an end in the Provisional Court when Judge Wong and the Senior Consul's De puty, Mr. A. G. Herbert, passed eentence on three accused.

A. Bagdanoff was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, Beris Stepanoff to one year in gaol with

A protest was entered by Mr. R. T. Bryan, police advocate, who im- mediately filed notice of appeal in the case of Gelman, and the ac cüred was ordered to be detained until the case could come before the appeal court."

Bagdanoff had confessed, at

previous bearing to have been the one who instigated the robbery, and who broke his way through two three-feet thick brick walls, to get at the valuables in the store of

Messrs Tillmann & Co.

The jewels aggregated Romic 840,000 in Value and Stepanoff was the one who had looked Bagdanoff in the narrow compartment under the stairs of the building next door- and who had supplied him with food during the time hetween Saturday and Monday when the

robbery was committed.

When arrested he confessed" to having heen given the jewels, which be buried under a tree, and to which he led the police after he was taken into custody.

Gelman in turn was charged with having been a member of the gang. though he played a very minor part in the Ullmann robbery.

The accused were represented by Dr. Wilhelm and Mr. Luchich N.-C. Daily News.

RUSSIAN BUDGET.

[TRIOTGA REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Moscow, Dec. 8. The Central Executive Committee has approved the Budzet Estimates of 11,600 million roubles, which is 200 million more than the original. Estimates.

Two seaplanes at Brest capsized on the roadstead, one pilot being drowned. The Italian cargo stebra er Chieri, 5,334 tons, has been sunk. The erew took refuge on rafts, and six were saved.

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Still Pouring With, Hain.

LONDON, Dec. 9. Squally westerly winds and pour ing rain ushered in the fifth day of the great storm. The first boat on the oross-Channel service for three. days, the Maid of Orleans, left Folkestone this morning in the teeth of a 60 mile-an-hour gale, Fervices have now becas resumed. from Dover.

Royal Train Delayed. For the first titne in history the Royal Train arrived in London late. People waiting over an hour in the pouring rain cheered Their Majestics, whore journey from San- dringham was delayed by a head wind and floods,

They were necompanied by the Danish Majestics, who spent the week-end at Sandringham, together with the Norwegian monarchs B-The-Cuart with return" dringham for Christmas.

Low Cost System.

Capt. Carl Cnesel, of Ericsson Telephones, said that he proposed a new company to take over the Mutual Telephone Co.. and that with his system the reorganization cost of Ts, 8,000,000 mentioned in, Section 11 of the Anson Report would be almost halved. The new company would be capitalized suffi ciently for the purchase of the

DEATH OF SIR CHARLES MONRO.

LATE GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rugay, Dec. 8. General Sir Charles Monro, who retired recently from the post of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cibraltar died yesterday at the age of eo.

He saw service as Commander: in-Chief at the Dardanelles in 1915 and also as Commander-in-Chief in India from 1916 to 1920. He had also held commands in Ireland, on the North West Frontier, and in South Africa

Purveyors of

The Strowger System. When interviewed, Messrs. 0. 0. Rattey, a director of The Cable, Telephone & General. Trust, and Harry S. Janes, of the Automatic Electric Co., said that the Stronger system could be installed at con- siderably smaller cost than the pre- sent estimate, including the "speci- a" instruments for intercommuni cation between different avstems during the period of transition to Strowger equipment. complete, Communication from one exchange to another needed a "repenter" in any case, they said, and they saw no reason why it should be very expensive in the case of "repeat- ing" from one system to another.

At any rate; the sooner the work was started, the better. With an estimated 60.000 lines in Shanghai in 10 years' time, work on & de-. I finite scheme would have to he started soon, as otherwise nobody would even consider taking over the system in its muddled "condi- tion if it grow much bigger.

China Electric..

Mr. Miller of the China Electric Co.. would say nothing as to his plans, nor would Company's Mr. Rhame, Mr. Miller insisted on the costliness of special intercom- munienting instruments for work between exchanges, and with re- gard to East Exchange said that it was in the wrong position and, therefore, expensive to operate.

IMPASSE IN AUSTRIA.

REFORM BILL TROUBLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCY.]

VIENNA, Dec. 8. When the Constitutional Reform Bill came up for its third reading in the National Council, no com- promise was reached regarding its provisions and the Government could not, therefore, secure the ne cessary two-thirds majority.

The Bill was temporarily drop- ped.

It is expected that the. Federal Council will approve the Bill on Tuesday.

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