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WANG CHING WEI "EXPELLED."

JAPANESE COTTON

IMPORTANT DECISION IN NANKING.

CLEARING THE AIR.

(TRXOTOR BRUTEN'S AQENOT.).

The

NANKING, Dec-19. The Central Executive Com mittee this morning decided to expel Wang Ching Wei from the party and order his arrest. decision" is to be submitted to the Control Yunn for confirmation.

This action is regarded as of great importance, disposing once and for all of rumours of a possible compromise between the Left Wing and the National Government,

Everything is quiet in the city, and there is no fighting in Pukow, It is believed the Government is planning to hold the positions, and concentrate on a drive against Tanz Seng Chi from Hankow,

BRITISH WOMEN SAFE.

QUESTION IN COMMONS. (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY,}

LONDON, December 11.

YARN.

PRODUCTION TO BE CURTAILED.

AN UNPOPULAR MOVE.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S 'ÄDENCY.}

OSAKA, Dec. 19.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1929.

TROUBLES OF THE

R.M.S.P.

EFFECTS OF RECENT CRITICISM.

FINANCE MATTERS.

(THROUGH EXTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Dec. 11.

The Directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company have ze

"SWEET

AUBURN"

AGAIN.

ANOTHER RIOT OF CONVICTS,

A PITCHED BATTLE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

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AUBURN, N.Y.,. Dec. 11. A serious riat has broken out in

The General Committee of the Japanese Cotton' Spinners' Associa tion decided to-day to curtail pro. duction of cotton yarn, and appoint.solved not to pay half yearly divi.victs are reported to be in com-

Cur

ed a special committee to recom- mend the extent and method of curtailment, by January 15. tailment is considered necessary because of increased production of yarns in recent months, and declin-

ing prices.

Newspaper are vigorously criti. eising the action of the spinners, because they consider the curtail ment will artificially increase the price.

ARMS FOR CHINÄ.

BIG HAUL AT KIEL (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY."Į

BERLIN, Der. 11. Four merchants and two "ex- officer, are on trial in camera at Kiel on a charge of attempting, to smuggle 9,000,000 rounds of am- munition into China in violation of the law prohibiting the export of

war material.

In the House of Commons Mr. Arthur Henderson said he had no information regarding the situation in China in addition to that out lined in his reply of Monday,

The cases of ammunition, which except that the majority of tho British and American women and

stores, which were to scrapped, were children of Nanking, arrived in came from the old Reichswehr Shanghai safely on Monday.

placed, aboard a stemmer at Kiel, marked "machinery."

Sir Kingsley Wood asked if the presence of British forces had had

a salutary effect and if the position was 'improving.

Mr. Henderson said that he had no evidence on which to base such a conclusion. He added that a note from the Commander on Monday said that things were much quieter.

NORTHERNERS AND WANG

CHING WEI.

The plot was discovered owing to the case breaking and revealing its

contents.

dends. on Preference stocks or an The interim on ordinary stock. notification adds that Lord Kyl- sant, the Chairman, informed the Directors that the attacks made on the Company, and the publicity they had received, had resulted an a heavy fall in the market value of shares and debentures.

The auditors, Mesars. Price Water- house and Company, have been in- structed to examine the position, and have now reported that the profits of the group in 1928, after payment of debenture and other interest, exceeded £3.400,000. The results of 1929 are expected to be very similar,

Auburn State Prison. The con- plete control, holding the Governor as hostage. Police, firemea and troops are rushing to the scene.

LATER. Three convicts and one warder

wounded. The outbreak is one of have been killed and one warder the most desperate for many years. A gang of long term convicts mutinied and shot the head keeper and seized the Governor and even warders as hostages, whom they threatened to shoot dend if they were not granted the freedom of the prison.

EGYPT POLICY ATTACKED.

LORD LLOYD'S SEVERE CRITICISM.

A GOVERNMENT DEFEAT.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Reasy, Dec. .' The Government was defeated,

to-day, in the House of Lords by motion by Lord Salisbury, regret forty-eix votes to thirteen, on a ting the precipitation with which the Government launched a policy in Egypt and the risk it entailed to the security of Imperial communications.

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The fenture of the debate was a contribution by Lord Lloyd, the former High Commissioner in Egypt, who condemned the policy of the Government in handing over British and foreign interests to an immature Egyptian political sya

tera.

THE SINGAPORE BASE.

WHAT "SLOWING DOWN " INVOLVES.

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"MORE QUESTIONS.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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LONDON, Dec. 11. The Singapore Base was again the subject of questions in the House of Commons to-day.

Answering some of them, Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, said the new "floating dock at the Singapore Base had aiready been utilised, and it was not proposed to move it to somo other port during the period cover. ed by the decision to slow down work.

Mr. Alexander added that the decision to suspend work on the Base did not involve any transfer, n the personnel directly controlled discharge or disbandment in so far Lord Thomson, for the" Govern by the Admiralty was concerned. ment, declared that Britain had No notice of the suspension had made proposals regarding the pro-been given to the contractors, but Telephone wires have been cut, tection of foreigners, and if Egyp- the Admiralty was communicating

were not fulfilled it was incumbent ing down. so it is impossible to communicate an obligations in this direction with them with regard to the slow- upon Britain to see that the regula- with the outside world, but oven. tually hundreds of State troopers, tions were properly carried out. He police, and National Guardsmen, pointed out that aggressive inter, equipped with the full panoply of vention of foreign Powers was war, were brought up and quelled ruled out by the British undertak the outbreak after four hours de-ing, in the Treaty, to defend the

country against such an event.

Reference is made to the ample provision in respect of deprecia- tion, also the reserves, which ex- ceed £7,000,000. A trade facilities lean of £2,550,000 to the R.M.S.P.sperate fighting.

which the Meat Transports.. R.M.S.P. have guaranteed, is re payable in the aqtuma of 1930, and, as public attacks have at present rendered the issue impracticable, application is to be made for an extension of the period of repay.

ment.

Suspension of dividends, mean-

while, has been decided in order to conserve cash resources. There has recently been a very severe fall in R.M.S.P.stocks.

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ex-Kuominchus Generals (Shih Yo San and Han Fu Chu, etc.) in carrying on their campaign against BRITISH EXPORTS DOWN. Nanking. General Tang is estab- lishing his headquarters at HRU- cheng, Honan, with his main forces at Hsucheng and Yincheng in pre- paration for the invasion of Hüpeh.

General Chen Tiao Yaen, the military leader of Shantung, and General Ho Chien, of Hunan. though they have declared their loyalty to the Nanking Government, have apparently been acting inde pentiently of Nankie Yuen has established relations with General Shih Yiu San, the chairman of the Anhui Provincial Government, who is against Nanking. According to the latest report from Hsuchow the railway service between Tainan (the capital of Shantung), Pengfu and

General Chen

USED. BUT DISBELIEVED." In Government eireles, the view is taken that, although all insur Kents claim that they are neting on behalf of Mr. Wang Ching Wei, on hot to all certain that the Northern generals are offering more, than lip homage to the Reorganisa- tionist leader. Their view is that whereas, in the South, Mr. Wang's influence is paramount, in the North, the military men are willing Bow to utilize his influence as an excuse for a feudal revolt, only to overthrow him when the occasion arises. The Government view, so far as could be learned in Shang hai, is that the northern militarists

General Ho Chien's attitude in have moved so far from Kuomin tang influences arid ideology that still doubtful, but he appears to be they will not support my Kuomin-marking time until the result of the tang lender, surely not a Reorgani Kwangtung war is known.

zationist.

Hu Han Min and" O. T. Wang Attacked.'

suchow (hoth eities in Anhui) is being maintained as usual but General Chen is still in co-operation with General Shih,

SOVIET RAIDS CONTINUE.

FURTHER BOMBING OF MANCHULL

BOARD OF TRADE.

FIGURES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Dec. 11. The Board of Trade returns for November show that the imports amounted to £108,218,000, an in- with November of last year, and crease of £1,386,000 as compared exports to £63,125,000, a decrease of £12.000 as compared with the same period last year.

COAL MINES BILL.

THE FIRST READING.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY,}

LONDON, Dec. 11. The House of Commons to-day formally adopted the first reading of the Coal Mines Bill, introduced by Mr. William Graham, the Pre- eident of the Board of Trade, which is to "provide for regulating and facilitating production, supply and Fale of coal by the coal-owners; for the temporary amendment of See tion Three of the Coal Mines Act of 1909; for the constitution and fune tions of a Coal Mines National In-

dustrial Board; and matters nected with these purposes.'

Familiar Conditions,

LONDON, Dec. 12.

This is the second outbreak at Auburn in six months. In the course of the mutiny last July four warders were shot and two convicts killed.

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Machine Guns Used!

New York, Dec. 12. It is unofficially estimated that twelve are dead in the prison mutiny, six of whom were killed by machine guns.

An Amazing Story.

LATER.

A grim Fattle between troops in full war equipment and the con- victs has ended, the troope killing the seven ringleaders in the south block before the remainder of the mutineers (four of whom were shot early in the fight) were rounded up and returned to the cells, and the revolt quelled.

Britain to the Rescue,

The decision to suspend work on tho Base, said Mr. Alexander, did not involve the closing down t anti-malaria measures in the neigh hourhand of the Base.

Air Forces,

Mr. T. Shaw, Minister for War. in reply to questions, stated that the War Office had followed the Government's policy of slowing He said that British policy down and suspending work on the that Bas. No new orders had been country from bankruptcy and had given, and work had been retarded in Egypt had retrieved restored order and prosperity. The or suspended where possible. Sudan had been rescued from a hopeless relapse into barbariam.

Within a month of coming into office the present Government had, in appearance at least, made a radical change in the line of the policy hitherto adopted.

Lord Lloyd, formerly High Com- missioner in Egypt, suggested that the draft treaty involved grave and

serious changes in policy.

Military Aspects.

He criticised the military aspects of the draft treaty, particularly the provision wherely British troops were to be moved out of Cairo and Alexandria, to the desert, east of longitude 32

Governor Jennings, who survived almost certain death. in an inter- He was confident that the only view in hospital to-day, eaid that place from which the canal could the matineers, believing they might economically and adequately de bargain for their freedom, put him- fended was from Cairo or a place self and seven other warder host within striking distance of it. ages in front of them, and slowly British troops had for some great hall, years ceased to be an army of oc- advanced into the

when suddenly, with astonishing cupation, but they were a guarantee bravery a State trooper stepped of safety. Never once during his into full range of their guns and four years of office had a British threw a as bomb." More follow-soldier been used to maintain order. ed.

He also criticised the removal of

In the ensuing melee the Gaver effective European control of the nor escaped, after receiving a Police Force and the withdrawal of severe blow on the head.

British judges in the Courts of Justice.

The main body of convicts num- hering 1,560, have been passive, but restless, awaiting developmente. All have now returned to their cells.

LABOUR VICTORY IN

VICTORIA.

NO-CONFIDENCE VOTË,

(THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Lord Parmoor's Reply. Lord Parmoor, replying on be- half of the Government, said the return of Egyptian troops to the Sudan had the full approval of the Government. It would make no al- teration whatever in the Sudan set

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Telegrams in Brief.

A conference of lodge delegates at Newcastle, N.S.W., has decided. to recommend all sections of the ruining. industry to extend the real dispute beyond the borders of New South Wales.

The British Rhineland occupation. has ended. The Union Jacks on the British General Headquarters I were hauled down, and local repre- scatatives of the German Govern- ment took over control.

The Constitutional Reform Bill

al Council, has come into force. as approved by the Austrian Feder President Miklas has requested the old Government undor Herr Scho ber, to remain in office. The Presi dent, under the new Constitution, assumes the supredio command of the Federal Army.

The

Further alterations in the Ap- stralian tariff, are announced by the new Labour Treasurer. changes involve increased duties on certain classes of electrical goods, and on fur hats, oils, paints, chica. ware and motor accessories. duty of ninepence per pound has been imposed upon wool-tops, which hitherto have beca duty free.

THE OPTIONAL CLAUSE.

REASONS FOR BRITAIN'S SIGNING.

A WHITE PAPER."

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Dec. 11.

A

A White Paper" is issued set. ting forth the considerations which led the British Government to sign the optional clause of the Statute of the Permanent Court of Inter- national Justice, and dealing with, the fears expressed in some quarters" La to the consequences of that signa-

Mr. F. Montague, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Air Minis

In a closely reasoned memoran try stated that so far £270,000 had ture. been spent on the Air Base at Sin- gapore. He added that £300,000 for dum, the Government maintains the completion of the facilities was that, as regards disputes of justi- being provided, and this would fiable character, the signature of serve not only for local defence, but the Optional Clause is a logical for the maintenance of British air sequence of acceptance of the Fact communications in the Far East of Peace, since the legal renuncia- and for shore trade and the repairtion of war, to he made effective, and equipment of air units allocat- should be accompanied by definite ed to the naval forces in these act, providing machinery for the

peaceful settlement of disputes. waters

The strength of the Air Forces

By signing the Optional Clause the to be normally maintained at Sia-British Government haped both to gapore, as at present contempleted, give the world a proof of their con said Mr Montague, would be ono Adence in the Peace Pact as earnest squadron of land machines and one of their desire to secur, a peacefu! squadron of Bying-boats, excluding settlement of justifiable disputes in might occasionally be disembarked and also to do what lay in their any feet of the air arm units which which they might become involved, there. He added that no change power to stimulate other nations to had been made as a result of the do the same.

decision to suspend work on the Naval Base.

BRITAIN'S WONDER

LOCOMOTIVE.

A UNIQUE DESIGN,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Runay, Dec. 12. The largest and most powerful tocomotive in Britain, constructed

The memorandum refers to the discussions regarding the Optional Clause which took place between the different Governments in the British Empire which concluded at Geneva, when Great Britain, the Dominions and India decided to sign the clause.

In conclusion, the memorandum says that the question sometimes asked as to the safety of trusting British interests to a Permanent Court should really be transposed into the question ns to the wisdom of leaving British interests with- by the London and North-Eastern out any safeguard except war, Railway, is now ready for trinis. which Great Britain had under- It is of unique design, the bailer taken not to wage. As long as we maintain our oc being constructed to the extreme The British Government maintain cupation of troops at Cairo," con-limit of railway gauge, leaving no that the whole source of interna- tinued Lord Parmour. "so long will it be impossible to make any nd room for the chimney to project tional development for many years above it. The chimney therefore has been in the direction of the sub- vance in giving Egypt the indepen has been sunk within the casing.stitution of arbitration for war, and dence the desires.

international court of unchallenged and so arranged as to throw the they rejoice in the existence of, an smoke clear of the driver.

tlement.

The main attack of the Reorgani. zationists, aside from their opposi tion to General Chiang Kai Shek, in on Mr. Hu Han in and Dr. C. T. Wang. They attacked Mr.

(THROUGH EXOTER'S AGENCY.]

MELBOURNE, Dec, 11. Ha Han Min as a Fascist, whose

"We want to find a system which, political idens tend towards a die-

SHANGHAI, December 12.

At the first sitting of the Par

at the same time, will establish the

The locomotive has a boiler pres- competence and impartiality to tatorship of an individual, which

A message from Harbin states

coliament of the State of Victoria arriving

since the General Election, a La independence of Egypt, and secure Russian refugees General Chiang has so far resisted that

the separate interests of Great sure of 450 lbs per square inch, which disputes, at any rate of which is the highest ever used for a justifiable character. can be refer- hour motion of no-confidence in the Britain' The Government was go-British locomotife. The pressure red. Such reform they regard as although not sufficiently to satisfy them; and they blame Dr. C. T. there from Manchali declare that

Nationalist Ministry was adopted

ing to preserve the policy indicated hitherto used has bear between 200 an essential part of the effort to Wang for the disgrace and humilia on December 7 Russian aeroplanes bombed Munchuli, one bomb strik-

and 250 pounds, and the increase implement the undertakings of the tion of the Chinese Eastern Railing a Japanese hotel situate along. The text, as issued, of the Gov-by thirty votes to eleven.

The Premier, Sir William Mein Lord Milner's report as long as The ernment's Coal Mines Bill, does Pherson, in consequence, has ten-

they were in power.

necessitates the use of a boiler of Penée Pact, and to use the early way affair, which they believe side the Japanese Consulate.

Vital Points.

a water tube type which has never years of peace in creating effective hoted proprietor was killed by the not differ materially from the prodered his resignation. arranged without consulting his

safeguards against war before its posals submitted to the owners and

in the past been applied to colleagues in the Government."

The Governor of the State has

realities have been forgotten. explosion.

They were determined to meet as

¡ccomotive. In attacking H Hac Min, Tan It is reliably stated that Red miners by the Government in Yen Kai and C. T. Wang more troops now occupy Charomte, 15 September last, except that it asked the Labour leader, Mr. Ho fairly and large-heartedly as pos sible, the vital points on which violently than they do General iles east of Hailar, the furthest establishes o national board (simi- gan,, to form-a Ministry.

Egyptians insisted in order that Federal Government Beaten, Chiang Kai Shek, the Reorganiza-point get reached by Soviet laadlar to the Railway National Wages

they might have, in Lord Milner's tionists are still leaving some way forces.

Board) to meet the miners' demand

CANBERRA, Dec. 19. words, real national independence. open for a political settlement be-

The report adds that the Barga for some safeguard in the event of

The Government was defeated to He was instructed that unless pro- tween General Chiang and them-area, both north and south of the district proposals to reduce wages.

day in the Senate, which adopted vision was made for the removal selves. In Kuomintang circles here railway, is now under Mongol and

by 17 votes to the Opposition of the occupation of British troous it is believed that only in such a Soviet influence. The Cheka is very

amendment to the Commonwealth a Cairo-of course, at the same. settlement is there any, hope of busy, there, searching for Rassiann

Banking Bill, whereby the clause time making alternative occupation saving the party from complete who have been carrying on "White"

relating to the ban on gold export- which gave added security for all eclipse by northern militariam.propaganda across the border,

ing should be enforced only until the interests involved-no further N. Daily News.

December 30, 1030.

progress could be made.

CHIANG'S ENEMIES

BANK RATE DOWN AGAIN.

QUICK REDUCTIONS. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

An Investigation. Heuter's Tokyo correspondent has received an announcement from Harbin to the effect that for the WAVERING.

purpose of ascertaining the situa

LONDON, Dec. 12. tion to the west of the Khingan

The Bank of England discount WILL: CANTON'S VICTORY

Mountains, especially the condition rate has been reduced to 5 per DECIDE THEM↑

of the non-Chinese residents, from cent. The rate was reduced from whom no reliable news has beca to 5 per cent, on November 21 [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

received for a month, an inter-

last, national train, carrying the Ameri- BHANGHAI, December 19 The Northern situation remains can, British, Japanese, French and gloomy, says a wire from a reliable German Consula is scheduled to Chinese source, and though Marshalicave Harbin for Manchuli on the Chiang Kai Shek is still confident

13th instant.

Mr. Tai Yun Sheng left Pogra- that he can suppress the anti-nichyana fer Habarovsk at four Nanking elements," the latter, how-o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. ever, continue to increase in num

ber.

FIRST STOP, BROADWAY!

LOFTY NEW YORK AIR TERMINAL.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

LONDON, 'BUS FATALITY.

FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Dec. 11.- Five persons were killed and twenty injured in a collision be tween a tram-car and an omnibus at Enfeld to-day.

The clash was terrific and both and vehicles

overturned were wrecked. ...The collision is attributed to the In the Commons,

'bus having swerved to avoid a A Communistic demonstration in

cyclist. New Tonk, Dec. 12. LONDON, December 11 the French, Concession here, was

In order that airship passengers Questioned in the House of Com. supposed to have been staged by disloyal Nanking troops in the mons to-day, Mr. Arthur Hender may in future be able to land in Bon said he had received no official the heart of the city, instead of at Native City.

They were promptly suppressed reports of raids by Chinese troops Lakehurst landing ground, 75 miles away, an 86-storey skyscraper i but the situation round Shanghai is or aircraft over Soviet territory

According to his information, being erected on the site of the old In Central Chlan, mach dependentestange allynned in Waldorf Astoria Hotel on General Tang Seng Obi, who is Chalainor, Soviet gunboats raided it will be surmounted by a married determined to co-operato with the Fuchin, and Soviet aircraft bombing mast 200 feet high, and will act

as a Transatlantic airship' terminus. in the 'bus. (Continued on next Column.}

ed Pokotu..

The tram-car, after swaying, turned turtle as a result of the terrific crash. The passengers were imprisoned amid piles of broken glas, bus which was a single

Some were severely cut The decker, had the whole of its side All those killed. were, passengers

Dealing with the doubts expressed a to the effect regarding Egypt, of the signing of the Optional Clause, Lord Parmoor said the draft treaty could not be signed by Egypt until she had become a mem- ber of the League of Nations, and if and when she became a member,. the texts and reservations of the treaty would have to be considered.

An Impossible Policy.

The views adhered to by the Gov- erament were those which starting from the report by Lord Milner's Commission, aimed at effecting R settlement between Britain and Egypt.

The substance of the Milner Re- port had been adhered to.

He did not believe it possible to follow the policy that Lord Lloyd had suggested."

Earl Grey (Liberal)' said the policy Lord Lloyd was advancing. was entirely inconsistent with the Declaration of 1922. It was a most

warded at the policedores go back to anything like the Cromer Regime in Egypt,

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