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YEN HSI SHAN "DOES HIS STUFF."

TROOPS SENT TO HONAN,

DOMINION STATUS IN INDIA.

COMMITTEE DRAWS UP

PROGRAMME.

BACKING HIS WORDS.

DEBATABLE DEMANDS.

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PERING, Dec, 24.

Yen Hai Shan appears to be fol- lowing up his recent words with During the past three actions. days Shansi troops have beca pou-| ing South from the province. Large numbers are now massed on the north bank of the Yellow River, cross over from where, they will and occupy Chengchow, to take

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1929.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 23. The conference between the

Viceroy. Lord Irwin, and the Indian Nationalist leaders this afternoon, broke down on the main question of Dominion status.

LONDON, Dec. 23.

THE NIGERIAN RIOTS.

EXPLANATION · FROM OFFICIALS.

WOMEN IN THE VAN.

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LONDON, Dec. 93.

In the House of Commons st

question time Dr. Drummond Shiels dealing with the recent dis- turbances in Southern Nigeria

stated that a mob of women arm-

CHINA'S PIRACY EVIL.

· BRITISH GOVERNMENT

VIEW.

HENDERSON ON HIS METTLE

BRILLIANT DEFENCE OF POLICY.

NAVY DOING ALL THEY CAN.

AFFAIRS IN EGYPT,

[BRITISH WIXELESS SERVICE]

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LONDON, Dec. 23.

Mr. Henderson speaking on the

that H.M. Government had in ne question of banditry in China, said

way contributed to the ransom money paid to bandita by British subjects in China in the last three

RUGBY, Dec. 23.

CHINA'S

VIEWS ON EXTRALITY.

MR. HENDERSON VERY- CAUTIOUS,

WHAT SHOULD HE DO?"

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Chineso abolish

ཙཾ ཙ

Telegrams in Brief.

The Argentinian Government has accepted an offer from Messrs. loan for Baring Brothers of a £5,000,000, available on January 1, 1030.

Mr. Edge, the American Ambas- " sador to Paris, an ex-newsboy: cabled inviting all néwsboys in At- lantic City to be, his guests at his annual New Year's dinner to his former comrades.

M. Le Brix has cabled to Paris that he and Roesi had to jump from their 'plane with a parachute owing mountain near Moulmein to bad weather. They landed on à Rosai

was slightly hurt, but La Brix land- ed safely. The 'place and maile were destroyed.

LONDON, Dec. 23. Sir Austen Chamberlain, who was Mr. Henderson in the Commons Foreign Secretary in the late Gov-to-day, said that he has received Commons the question of the Gov Government intended to erament, raised in the House of no intimation that the

érnment's Egyptian policy. He said extra-territoriality on January 1, that though there was no direct but the Chinese Foreign Minister change in the situation in regard to had referred to it as a possibility MR. SNOWDEN AND NEXT Sudan as a result of the now pro-in conversing with a representative Mr. Alexander, First Lord of the posals, there was a contingent at Nanking of His Majesty's

allow an Egyptian Minister at Peping. that everything possible was being battalion in certain circumstances Mr. Henderson declined to Answer A platoon of troops under Lieut. done by His Majesty's Navy to preto return to Sudan. He regarded a question as to what steps he vent piratical outrages on British that as a dangerous and retrograde would take if the Chinese Govern- merchantmen in China...

step.

ment abolished extrality,

ed with sticks, arrived at Opobo on The Indian Central Committee December 16 and cut off the Dis- under the chairmanship of Sir Frict Officer and 19 police from the Chettur Sankaran Nair formed Inst

years.

part in the campaign against Tang year, from the Indian Legislature reet of the town, leaving the Euro-Admiralty, said he was satisfed promise to

Seng Chi, who is being penned between Hauchang and Yencheng on the Kishan Railway. Tang Seng Chi is etriving to draw out his men, and retreat to Shensi.

Taiyuaníu messages declare that Shansi troops are entering Henan "for the suppression of the Re- organisationists."

'HAN FU CHU OCCUPIES CHENGCHOW.

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SHANGHAI, Dec. 23.

It is reported in the Chinese Press that Han Fu Chu is in occupation of Chengchow.

The situation at Shanghai is quiet.

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RUMANIA AND, THE CER.

A RUSSIAN REBUFF.

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to work in co-operation with the Simon Commission, has issued a ̈ report laying down India's" mini- mum demands.

British Government aima.

defenceless. peans

R. M. Hill arrived, and the mob was pushed back by troops.

After giving over ten warnings, There are firstly, an explicit' de-

and as attempts were being made claration that full. Dominion status'

to snatch rifles from the troops, for India is the goal at which the and the district officer being attack Secondly, an immediate substaned Lieut. Hill ordered the troops tial step towards that goal by con- ferring upon the provinces a liberal measure of autonomy, and making the Government of India respon sible to the Legislature.

Finally, the Government of India Act must be amended to enable

Dominion status to be achieved without further enquiries, statutory commissions, etc.

to fre.

Nineteen women and one' man

were killed and tea women died of wounds. Eight women were pushed in the river by the rush of the mob and drowned.

Officers on the spot were satis- fied that the opening of fire was the only possible course open to save life and property.

Chief Jaja states that the plan was drawn up on the assumption that the women would not be fired on.

The women were to rush the officials, and the men would then

The committee believes that this may be the last opportunity for the British Government to acquire the support of all the saner and more responsible elements of Indian opinion. It winds up in the hope that a combination of ideas without the factories. the Statutory Commission the In- dian Central Committee may found solution of the grave and "most intricate problema."

Moscow, Dec. 24.

"

Further Demands.

The Committee details recom. , Herbette, the French Ambas-meadations for provincial auto- eador, visited M. Litvinoff in order nomy, and the allocation of the to hand him the communication of respective functions of Governors

and Governor-Generals, the Rumanian Government in con- nection with the action of Mr.

Stimson in reminding Moscow and Nanking of their Kellogg Pact! obligations.

•

It requires that the present elec torate be doubled immediately, and

the whole adult population compul- sorily enfranchised by 1961.

The only other casualties were at Abako, where the police were com pelled to fire on a frenzied mob. Six women were killed.

European ladies were aseaulted in the riots at Aba on the Imo lliver.

As regards, methods being adopt-

The time had not come, if ever it ed to prevent such outrages he should come, when we could divest painted out that pirates travelled in ourselves of any part of our reapon- any ship disguised as passengere, sibility for the Government of and the responsibility for dealing Sudan, and share again the respon- with, this form of piracy rested sibility for it with Egyptian peo- primarily on the shipping comple. panies, and the civil authorities

ashore,

His Majesty's Navy assisted in suppression of piracy by patrolling the vicinity of well-known banes, such as Bias Bay, in order to inter- cept pirated ships before they were brought in and abandoned.

con-

A Piracy Committee, ander the Governor of Hong Kong, was study. (ing the queetion, and was

stantly urging upon the Chinese anthorities the necessity of using every means in their power to locate, and round up the pirates in the villages...

The only additional expenditure on the Navy, due to piracy, was the cost of fuel expended in special patrols,

Egyptian ag to the and was one Egyptian battalion to the Sudan. PS to agres to the return of one

Playing Safe.

The Government, Mr. Henderson added were most unwilling to agree If an Egyptian battalion were to anything which might in the

slightest degree create danger, how sent back to the Sudan, would it ever remote, of the recurrence of the be made perfectly clear that its deplorable events of 1994. They continuance there depended solely felt, however, that the conclusion of upon the decision of the British new atmosphere, and ensure that a Treaty would create an entirely Government, and that if there relations between the two countries would be any repetition of offences were inspired by the spirit of which led to its withdrawal it would genuine co-operation. Mr. Hender. son also pointed out that Para be the prerogative of the British graph Six of the present proposals, Government, uncontrolled by refer as distinct from the Sarwat Treaty, ence to any other authority, whe-imposed a definite treaty of obliga ther in Geneva oras. The Hague, charge of its responsibilities for tion on Egypt to ensure a due dis- to order and enforce its with-lives and property of foreigners in drawal 1°

Referring to Clause. Five of the of the contracting parties should un new proposals, providing that each dertake, not to conclude political agreements prejudicial to the in- terests of the other, Sir Austen Chamberlain said it was ridiculous tu say that the foreign policy of British Empire was to be governed by the interests and circumstances of the Kingdom of Egypt.

The general situation is now well ANGLO-SOVIET RELATIONS. the British Government and the in hand.

FRANCE AND NAVAL

"CONFERENCE.

A VERY FORMIDABLE

DELEGATION.

DIPLOMATIC POSTS RE-ESTABLISHED.

Trade announces that on the re-

Egypt.

He believed that this proposal was

bad, been conceived he believed it adequate, and if the Treaty was observed in the spirit in which it would be effective.

BUDGET.

NOT INCLINED TO GIVE PROPHECIES.

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LONDON, Dec. 23.

In view of "removing any in- dustrial uncertainty regarding the procedurs in the event of the silk, augar, McKenna 'and safeguarding duties being repealed in the next Budget," Mr. Philip Snowden to- day made a statement that he de- clined to anticipate the Budget but said that if the silk and sugar duties were repealed some scheme of rebates would be devised to meet the position of holders of duty- paid stocks

guarding duties, the drawbacks on Regarding the McKenna safe- duty-paid exports would continue to be paid. The Chancellor said that he bad already stated that various safeguarding duties would not be renewed, after the period for which they were imposed.

MR. STIMSON BACKS YOUNG PLAN. SUPPORT FROM GERMANY.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Mr. Stimson, in the course of his daily tak to newspapermen, ex- of the opposition to the Young pressed gratification at the defeat

Plan.'

strongly that the Young Plan would Germany, he said, still felt

prove beneficial to a general stabi.. Europe had also expressed its

economic conditions..

pleasure at the settlement of Sino- Russian difficulties.

Valus of Agreements, "We proceeded on the lines," meat can be of permanent value un- said Mr. Henderson "that no agree less credit is given to the Egptians for a desire to operate ou agree ment in the spirit in which its pro- Te hoped the Foreign Secretary visions have been conceived. Ir-lisation of would reconsider the clause based ritating restrictions calculated to (ZAKOUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.]

as it was on a mutuality which did arouse suspicions, and which wound Also, it recommends the abolition

not exist in fact. It was proposed national susceptibilities, have been of communal electorates, except in

LONDON, Dec. 23.

that British troops should leave removed. The purpor, so far as 3, Litvinoff refused to accept the the cases of Europeans, Anglo-

The Department of Overseas Cairo and Alexandria. And they the British Government is concern Indians, and the depressed classes.

the right to go back at once if livesed, is the establishment of a firm It also alludes to the widespread

sumption of diplomatic relations of foreigners in Cairo or Alexan- and lasting friendship with the belief that the British Army will be

with the Soviet Union it has been drin or elsewhere were threatened! Egptian people, by removal of those maintained as a weapon to keep India in subjection, and therefore nominated the following delegatescil and diplomatic posts which the consent of the Government to past have been the cause of so much to-day decided to re-establish the commer-He viewed with profound anxiety sources of suspicions which in the recommends as an experiment" to the Naval Conference in Lon-terminated on the suspension of the removal of those troops.

damage to the interests of both that provincial governments be don.

people. granted the right to raise a local army to maintain internal security. Regarding the Central Govern- ment, the Committee proposes that all subjects except for the defence of India, and foreign relations, should be transferred to the control of Ministers responsible to the Legislature,

communication, and declared that as the Sino-Russian dispute was almost completely settled, all state ments about joining Mr.. Stimson's action were aimless, and could only be considered as a hostile demon- stration,

C.ER. QUESTION.

ANOTHER DATE QUOTED !

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MURDEN, Dec. 93. It is learned from a Russian source that, the Habarovsk confer 'ence has concluded.

It has been decided to hold a formal conference at Moscow on January 23.

GERMAN ARMS FOR CHINA.

PERTINENT QUESTION IN

COMMONS.

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LONDON, Dec, 23.

In the House of Commons at

question time when Mr. Arthur

Henderson stated that evasion of the prohibition of German export of war materiais had been hitherto insufficiently important to justify attention of the League Council being drawn to them, Sir Frederick Hall asked whether it was propos ed to say that the exportation of Bixteen railway truck loads of munitions to China was insufficient to justify intervention.

Mr. Henderson promised to con- sider enquiry if Sir Frederick Hall would provide him with the infor- mation.

Without the Governor-General's sanction the Legislature should be incompetent to deal with public debt, public revenues, and religious affairs, British defence forces and foreign" relations.

It recommends that the. Indian Office transfer to the Government] of India powers to raise loana, to recruit services; and adds that the Secretary of State should be assist ed by two Indian under-secretaries, at least one of whom should sit in Parliament.

Finally, a military college, and a Supreme Court should be establish ed in India.

Delhi Outrage.

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PARIS. Dec. 23. meeting

Cabinet

relations in 1027.

M. Tardieu, M. Briand. M. Commercial secretaries of the Leygues, and M. Pietri (all Cabinet first and third grade will be station Ministers), M. Fleuriau (Ambased at Moscow. The former will be sador to London).

Mr. G. P. Paton, now Consul at

Constanza, Roumania,,

Bry,

Mr. Henderson Talks, Mr. Henderson replying, said his policy was the same as Sir Austen's had been when he wae Foreign

defence of the Canal.

Under the

The Government, he said, be leved it must regard the de dence of 1922 as having made claration of Egyptian indepen.

OSCAR CHU CHIN "ASCHE.

FORTUNE-MAKING PLAY REVELATION.

"I must have drawn well, over £200,000 in royalítics from 'Chu,*"* writes Mr. Oscar Asche in "Oscar Asche, His Life, by Himself."

Chu' made a fortune. Some kept And every one connected with it. I didn't."

This marvellous production, "Chu Chin Chow run at His Majesty's Theatre from August 31, 1918, to July 22, 1821-a total of It becaine a 2,3 performances, part of Londen, and a part of Mr.

The assistant delegates will be Tamaui, Formosa, and the latter Secretary. His proposals contain- M, Massigli, Hend of the French Mr. S. Simmonds, Vice-Consulated one modification as contrasted

clean sweep of interference Services to the League of Nations,

in the internal administration of with the proposals in the Chamber- M. Moysset, Professor of the It is anticipated they will take up

lain-Sarwat Treaty. This concern Egypt. Such interference, in his School of Naval Wariar, and the their duties in January or Febru-ed the location of troops for the judgment, could only be maintain- Prime Minister's Chef du Cabinet.

ed by force. A policy of force was Chamberlain Sarwat proposals the hardly worth one moment's dis British Government was not pre-

cussion. It was a policy for which pared to withdraw troops from the to-day, no Government would make itself responsible, and no Parlia interior to the banks of the Suez

His book is extraordinarily "well ment in this country would sup done, and reflects a man who loves Canal for a period of ten years. Knowing that the Egyptians did Post. He believed that if the pre-life sad lives it passionately, who scuit proposals resulted in a Treaty takes hard knocks and gives them, not like to have British troops in they would open a happier chapter and who worships his profession. occupation of their capital, the

'The Cabinet also decided that the delegation would have the assist- ance of any special advisers whom

Chamber the

Senate might aclcet.

achieve the full destiny of India among the Dominions of the Em- pire."

He trusted that the qualities of unity of design and beauty, join- ed to vigour in execution may, ever be reflected in the work of those who labour here in the service of India."

LATEX.

ANTI-FASCIST PLOTS.

ITALO-BELGIAN UNION KOT

LIKED

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Brussela, Dec. 23.

for

An anti-Fascist plot to assassin- ate members of the Belgian Royal Family is reported to have been unearthed by the Italian police.

According to the Independence Belge the Belgian Premier and two of his colleagues recently re One arrest is reported in connec-jecived letters threatening them tion with the bomb outrage near with death if the King of the years from the coming of into New Delhi.

Belgians consented to Princess Marie, Jess marrying the Italian Crown Prince.

The paper also says that an af on the lives of the Belgian Royalties when visiting Italy for

ned to be made in Milan..

The Official Account,

New Delhi, Dec. 24. The official account of yesterday's

Asche.

days with Benson and Tree to the crash of The Good Old Days" at. the Gaiety, which involved him in bankruptcy.

present Government did not con- in Anglo-Egyptian relations. It sider it right to continue occupation

was his firm conviction that such It is packed with "amusing ance... ten years, and decided to 2 Treaty, by obtaining for Great dates", which definitely do amuse, terminate it when proper arrange, Britain the friendship and support and with genuine interest, from Bis meutz had been made for troops to of Egypt especially in times of boyhood in Australia, through his be located near the Canal and difficulty and danger-would ensure located there for the purpose of

the security of British imperial ensuring the defence of that vital communications far more effectively than occupation enforced in the artery of British imperial com-

Mr. Asche describes how this munications.

teeth of the apposition of Egptian This would take from three to five people,

play succumbed to a combination He believed that through its new-of insufficient capital to carry it,

Government, operation of any treaty that might would reciprocate the spirit of Alexandra's death, and chiefly-

ly elected

Egypt over the gloom caused by Queen result from these negotiations, be friendship and faith which had been cause the Government had deter

to an organised attack by a section mined that the Egyption Covern reposed in them in recent months of the first-night audience. Ono ment should satisfy our military by representatives of "this nation." critic who gave the show a good notice, Hannen Swafer, wondered authorities as to the accommodation

who had paid these Interrup- and amenities necessary for the Mr. Widiaton Churchill expressed ters... and only the other day that by the time the operation be- Treaty in its present form, and the gang of wreckers were. One of came practicable the best part of withdrawal of troops from Cairo them confessed the whole affair," ten years would have gone.

was likely to lead to bloodshed in The Government believed it was Egypt and a dangerous situation in

"Absurd Salaries. impossible to keep a military force the Mediterranean. permanently in the capital of a Sir Herbert Samuel thought it country, we desired to recognise as most desirable that a draft Treaty an independent sovereignity. It be carried out in the interests was still more difficult to defend of the British Empire as well as such a position if maintenance of Egypt. a force was advocated, not as a means of protecting the Canal, but of preserving internal order in the country.

Points in the Debate,

LONDON, Dec. 23. Replying to Mr. Baldwin and Sir John Simon regarding the New Delhi outrage, Capt. Wedgwood Boan read a message from the Viceroy to the King which said, "I regret I have to inform Your Majesty that an attempt was made conference between the Viceroy and this morning to wreck my train by the Indian Nationalist leaders says the Royal wedding has been plan comfort of our troops. He thought the opinion that acceptance of the I discovered who the organised xploding a bomb under it, as we that the discussion was limited to were approaching Delhi, Luckily the function of the proposed con- no harm was done, and few of us ference in London. It was stated realised what had occurred. I hope on behalf of the Congress Party. Your Majesty therefore will not be that His Majesty's Government disturbed by exaggerated reports, should announce that the purpose Sentiments of the House voicing of the conference was to draft a profound thank that Lord and scheme for Dominion Status, but Lady Irvin and the staff provi- the Viceroy pointed out that it was dentially escaped from injury from impossible to pre-judge the action and passed. the dastardly outrage were voiced, of the Conference, or to restrict

the liberty of Parliament.

Viceroy's Hopes.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 23.

AMERICAN PROGRESS.

Mr. Asche attacks the modern DESIRE TO COMBINE PRO-

theatre from all sides-the build- ings themselves, the absurd salaries GRESSIVE METHODS

paid to "stars," the incapacity of WITH STABILITY.

the managers, and the "playgoer," as distinct from the "theatre goer," Washington, Dec. 16.—In a nation- It is unofficially stated that wide radio broadcast which was

Secretary, declared that the rate of not to think, and who has no love- Mr. Hugh Dalton, Foreign-under- who wants to be entertained and Gandhi and Motilal Nehru insisted also carried throughout England by

removal of troops from Cairo and for the art of the theatre. that Dominion Status. should im- Many local residents mistook the mediately be granted, but Sir Tei Julius H. Barnes, newly appointed a rebroadcast arrangement, Mr.

Alexandria would depend primarily He thus compares the cinema and sound of the bomb explosion for Sapru and Mr. Jinnah thought that head of the federal wheat commis question had been the subject of Egyptian authorities created the and the talkia is at present in the With regard to the Sudan, that upon the speed with which the the typical theatre:-"The cinema BODY FOUND AT WAGLAN. gun fired in honour of the auch a grant should be urged and

Viceroy's return, hence when Lord argued at the conference.

sion, declared to-day that the pro- prolonged and anxious-considers required amenities in the Canal same position as a well-lighted, grees of America can be halted only tion. From the notes which accom- Zone. He trusted that the Nation beautifully decorated and appoint and Lady Irwin arrived at the new

Arrests in Lahore. Viceregal House, the municipality

for brief spaces if at all.

panied the Government's proposals alists had enough commonsense to ed restaurant, where rather in- There is an earnest desire in it would be seen that the Govern- know that Mr. Churchill was now ferior food is served on good china were, unaware of the outrage, and

LONDON, Dec, 24. presented their address.

There have been seven arrests here America, as a result of the recentment were prepared to examine out of office, and that Egypt had to with spotless napery, glass, and Lord Irwin, replying; dealt with in connection with the attempt to speculative wave and subsequent yapathetically, the proposals for deal with different men, propound plate by polite waitert. and all An echo of the recent Lee Cheong the fact that the centre of Imperial assassinate the Viceroy. This was crash, to learn incthods of progress the return to Sudan of an Egyptian ing new principles.

at cheap pricea. 10 --* disaster in which all but two sur- rule had returned to Delhi. He after a house to house search. The combined with stability, according withdrawal of troops from Cairo. tion" that the Treaty would enable dated eating house., cold and battalion simultaneously will the He refuted the " panic saggee- The theatre is as a rather dilapi vivara lost their lives, was the paid tribute to the architects, Sir arrested persons include the brother to. Mr. Barnes. The United States Viewing the position from the view foreign armies to invade Egypt, draughty, where tuod of the best of Jatin Dranathdea who recently no wishes to contribute something points of different interest, the and pointed out that Egypt would quality is served on chipped, greasy died in prison from hungeretriking, helpful to other nations.

ECHO OF LEE CHEONG,

DISASTER.

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finding of a dead body by fisher Edwin Lutyens and Mr. Herbert falka at Waglan yesterday. Baker, whose work at New Delhi Lata laat night, a police launch formed a worthy setting for the FANIAL WWWagian là bring clothes bank it the body into port. A close look- | would be under providence to

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two workers connected with the The broadcast was made as result Sudan Governor-General had ex- Nationalist Congrsson of specia-ragsert the Priced him li atrunaly in favour some prisoners who are active mer-Pres from the London Dailywior of Ango bers of the League of Youth. mess-United Press.

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be protected by the League Coven- crockery, cutlery and. the

"The TeDALA was adjourned.- Reuter...

Now which would you patro- nise ......