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YEN HSI SHAN'S POLICY.

PLAYING A CRAFTY GAME?

STILL A MYSTERY,

[PJOK A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,]

CRUSHING OUT KWANGSI..

THE HONG KONG DAILY "PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1929.

ADVANCE UPON NANNING.

EARLY CAPITULATION EXPECTED,

[raou our own CORRESPONDENT.]

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SHANGHAI, Dec. 30.

CANTON, Dec. 30.

It appears that Marshal Yen Hai

It is reported that both Li Chung

Tang Seng Chi whom he regards of the present Kwangsi rebelion, as an ally of the Left Wing of the have fled to Annam. The Yunnan-49 Kuomintang. Marshal Yea has re-ese troops under General Yun Lung. peatedly stated his belief, that in are now approaching Nanning, and order to achieve the unification of the fall of that city is expected Chinn all party affairs of the Kuo- shortly., amintong should be settled by that.

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VIEWS ON INDIA'S STATUS.

THE ROUND.TABLE CONFERENCE.

DIVERGENT OPINIONS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

Laxonz, Dec. 29.

ANOTHER GALE AT

HOME.

RIVER DEE BURSTS ITS...

BANKS.

RESCUES AT SEA.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Dec. 30.

NOCTURNAL RITES IN JUNGLE.

CEREMONY AT F.M.S. VILLAGE.

BEHEADED ROOSTER AND COLOURED CLOTH.

[PHOM THE STRAITS TIMES."]

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A secret society meeting in the jun- Yet another severe gale, with gle at Changi led to the appearance

DUTCH EAST INDIES Telegrams in Brief.

AGITATION.

"

AUTHORITIES. PREVENT

PROPAGANDA,

DOCUMENTS" SEIZED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BATAVIA, Dec. 30. Owing to the receipt of evidence

and

The

flottilia lender, H.M.S. Bruce, flying the flag of Vice-Ad- miral Sir A.K. Waistell, has left Shanghai for Hong Kong.

Professor Bartel, the Premier from June 1028, to June 1929, has farmed a new Cabinet in Poland which includes Marshal Pilsudski as Secretary for War. M. Zaleski will net ns Foreign Minister.

The well-known German lawn tennis player, H. Moldenhauer, was killed, his artist friend seri- ously injured, and two other

After a debate lasting ten hours, Shan has decided to crush General Jen and Pai Chung Hsi, leaders the Subject Committee of the In- gusts reaching a velocity of 63 miles of eleven Chinese before the Dis- that the "Association of National friends slightly injured, in a col- dian National Congress adopted an hour, swept the British Isles,trict Judge, Mr. C. H. G. Clarke. Gandhi's resolution defining Swaraj Northern France and the North The accused were charged with late of Indonesia" intended to lision between a motor-car and a

complete independence for Sea during the week-end. The attending a meeting of the Sin Giorganise trouble in the New Year, tramear in Berlin. Tudia. An amendment by Chandra wind moderated to-day but unset Hin secret society. The first man Bose proposing the complete sever-led conditions are likely to re- ance of British connection and the main.

pleaded guilty, but all the others wholesale raids throughout the the United States in 1929 exceeds. the authorities have carried out The amount of tonnage built in claimed to be tried. Mr. C. setting up of a paralle government Tremendous seas were running in da Silva appeared for the eleventh Dutch East Indies, including the last year's by over 20 per cent, was rejected by 131 voles to 89. the English Channel and the straits Accused. Chief Court Inspectorative political entres of Ban according to an article in the

The Subjects Committee is en-

of Dover, and lifeboat igusted with the task of formulat were kept standing by in case of Crown.

crews Meredith conducted the case for the docs, Semarang, and Sourabaya. Marine Engineering and Shipping Quantities of documents were Age. Future prospects, based on ing resolutions for the Plenary emergency. After battling all night

seized and exmined without re. the fact that the volume of business Meeting and Gandhi's resolution against the gale, the captain, his

sult. Many natives have been de on hand in the shipyards exceeds will thus now go before the Full wife and child and crew of 8 of the

tained,

several prominent that already delivered, and the fact Congress

German motor ship Hermine, which

agitators arrested..

that plans and specifications are be- ran aground on a sandbank about

It has been proved that Bandoeng ing prepared for 51 vessels, are miles off Margate, were rescued

the chief centre of propaganda, more encouraging than at any time yesterday by the. Margate Motor Lifeboat. The crew were in state

but Government action has appar since the war." ently cut this off at the source cued. The Hermine refloated and of complete exhaustion when res

The situation is quiet. drifted away, but was located and anchored by steam tugs

Considerable damage was done by storm on the land. Successive rains caused a recurrence of flooding in This left the Nationalist leaders many districts but the lower Thames independence as their goal. with no alternative but to declare levels were not appreciably higher. In the Oxford district however, Replying to those who contend-large stretches of water cover the ed that the resolution left the door low-lying meadows. In cast and north Yorkshire thousands of acres open, Gandhi gave an assurance that he would not hereafter accept

are covered with water which is Dominion Status, but however the

six feet deep. In North Wales a round-table conference to discuss 5ght might be continued, its end, banks near Corwen yesterday morn

many roads are again impassable.

When the River Dee burst its

In the course of a speech before the Committee, Gandhi said that Lord Irwin, Viceroy, at the con- ference with the five Indian Na- tionalist leaders on Monday last, made it clear that he would not ac-

the cept

Nehru Report ότι Dominion Status before December

K.-C.-R. Service, It is learned here that the express service between Canton and Kow. loon on the Canten-Kowloon Rail- way will be resumed on January 1.31, 1929. The danged bridges at Shek Ha and Sha Tsoon have been tem- porarily repaired. Running trials are being made to-day.

General Chen Ming Shu is contem body and national affairs decided | plating making a trip to Wuchow by the people. Hense his sugges in the course of the next day or tion of a national convention. Mar-30 for a conference with General shal Yea has decided to send a Chen Tsai Tong in regard to the part of the Shansi army to Honan affairs of Kwangsi. against General Tang and to mobi- lise an army of 150,000, men for a Reneral attack on. Honan, The Kuominchun Army is also said to he on the move from Tungkwan towards western Honan with the object of joining forces with the Shansi troope against General Tang. If this campaign is brought to a successful" issue, however, the relations between Nanking and Marshals Yen Hst Shan and Feng Yu Hsiang who is reputed to be his ally will not be improved, for it looks as if Yen's campdig against Tang is really a pretext for extending his influence down the Yangtze Valley. Should he euc ceed in this he will be in a stronger position, from a strategic point of view, than Chiang Kai Shek,

It is significant, perhaps, that Shih Yu San, Han Fu Chu and others who have recently rebelled

These, it is understood, are only temporarily two bridges are being repaired at arrangements. The

a cost of over 820,000. The work

will be completed probably by the end" of February. The destruction of the two bridges and the conse quent paralysis of train service has meant a heavy loss to the Railway, and repairs are

urgency.

&

matter.

AMERICAN PROFESSOR IN

of

Open Doors.

He expressed the opinion that the country had awakened and grined immensely in strength

at

if achieved. must be a peace caning farmers lost many cattle and would always he open. ference and the door for that.

sheep despite all attempts at rescue. The storm carried away the aerial of the British Broadcasting Cor Chelmsford. Other stations worked poration short-wave station

normally, but the mishap at Chelms ford necessitated the abandonment of the arrangement for broadcasting for American listeners of the Arch bishop of Canterbury's sermon, de livered last night at Canterbury Cathedral.

against Nanking are not included LECTURE BY DR. MARTIN. through the creed of non-violerice. in the list of "rebela" recently issued by Chiang Kai Shek. It is reported that the Generalissimo is attempting to buy their loyalty in view of the possible downfall of Tang Seng Chi, which would so much strengthen the position of Marshal Yen.

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CANTON.

of

the

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Dec. 30. An instructive lecture on The BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND Denunciation of War

was given this morning, Monday, in the audi- EXTRALITY.

torium of Sun Yat Sen University before a very large audience of students and members faculty by Dr. Charles E. Martin, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, University of Washington. Dr. Martin arrived in Canton yes terday and is staying at Lingnan University in the home of Prof. and Mrs. Clinton X. Laird. He is here to deliver a series of lectures.

ATTITUDE UNCHANGED.

{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Recay, Dec. 20.

The Nanking Government has issued a mandate, declaring the abolition of extra-territorial rights in China as from January 1. This would mean if the Powers assented, that nationals of Great Britain, France, Japan, United States and other powers would be subject to the Chinese civil and criminal courts, instead of to the courts established

by these Powers.

These rights in the case of Great Britain date from 1842-

Referring to Chandra Bose's amendment, Gandhi said that the Legislative Councils, local bodies, the Law Courts and the schools ought to be boycotted, but he was not advising all this at present, nor the establishment of a parallel government, as he wished to proceed step by step.

What Liberals Think.

MADRAS, Dec, 29. The Hon, Sir Phiroze Sethna, a Member of the Council of State of the Government of India, presid ing at the conference of the Na tional Liberal Federation, said that if Dominion Status granted without undue delay, there would be no political or ethical Justification for India to seek to sever British connection

WAB

The Liberals could not support & general policy of the non-payment

Dr. Martin is an international figure and a noted writer, heing of taxes. the author of " Policy of the United

Such a policy would plunge the states as Regards Intervention," country into the evils of open con- "An Outline of the Americanflict with the Government, which, Government." "The Polition of in sheer self-defence, would be Peace," and "Foundations of an

quite justified in taking every ne Ordered World,”

cessary measure to suppress such a general movement of civil disobedi

During recent years the Powers have revealed a readiness to accede

"The Principles of World Poli- to the national aspirations of the

ties" and "The Unity of Civilizante. Chinese. The memorandum of Sir Martin will speak upon in the

tion "

are the topies that Dr... Austen Chamberlain three years ago

Canton Y.M.C.A. at 7.30 on Thurs was an indication of this desire.

day and Friday.

But it has been obvious that the full surrender of extra-territorial rights could only be gradual.

An wide memoire which the British Government recently hand- ed to the Chinese Minister in Lan- doh expressed British willingness, in conjunction with other interested Powers, to discuss the question of the removal of these rights, but with the above provise.

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FURTHER SUCCESS OF CANTON TROOPS.

BELLS IN HYDE PARK. NOVELTY FOR THE PUBLIC.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ruany, Dec. 30. New Zealand, where they will be Before shipment to Wellington, hung as a war memorial, an excep- has been cast in London, has been tionally fine carillon of bells, which placed in Hyde Park, and daily recitals are to be given upon them by famous ringera

Experts state that the bells re- present one of the finest examples of the bell-founders craft ever produced.

RUM-RUNNERS SEIZED.

U.S. COASTGUARDS ON THE JOB.

fTHROUGH REUTER': AGENCY.]

"A Grave Blunder "

ference announced by the British Referring to the round-table con-

NEWPORT, R., Dec. 30. Three of the crew of the Black Government as planned to take

Duck, a steamer laden with liquor, place soon after the presentation of the Report of the Simon Com xounded in

ware shot dead, and the fourth an encounter with a mission, to which representatives of coastguard cutter near the mouth all classes of political thought in of Naragansett Bay. As a result India would be invited, Sir the Black Duck was eeized and Phiroze Setbna declared that India towed to New London. would comniita grave blunder if They rejected Britain's offer.

SERIOUS TROUBLE IN SAMOA.

CONSTABLE BEATEN TO DEATH.

FALL OF MONGKIANG AND

From New London, it is learned PINGLOK.

that a 100-ton vessel, the Florelmar, If, however, the question of the believed to be British was seized, immediate establishment of full re-affame, off Montauk Point by a According to It is understood the attitude of

the vernacular the British Government remains Press, the Canton-Nanking forces or National, or of the immediate £20,000 is reported to have been sponsible Government, Provincial coastguard cutter. Liquor valued unchanged, it being still prepared in the northern sector in Kwangsi, to discuss the question of extra-have captured Pinglok, and the attainment of Dominion Status, aboard.

were excluded from the purview. territoriality with the other inter-00th and 61st Canton Divisions in

It is alleged that the crew had set of the Conference, it would serve ested Powers.

the southern sector, have taken

fire to the ship, and escaped in the Mangkiang which lies between Sun-

no good purpose and the Liberals fog. chow and Tenghsien.

would have to refuse to have any THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.> Following their capture of Hothing to do with it. -

haien and Papu, the troops com- "Down the Union Jack!" UNITED STATES AND manded by Chu Shao Liang took

LAHORE, Dec. 30. FRENCH VIEWPOINT.

Pinglok from the Kwangs Iron- aides" coalition, without encoun-

The spirit pervading the all-India (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

tering much resistance. The de delegates' reception of Jawahar Congress is illustrated by the fenders" retreated in the direction Lal Nehru in his presidential ad- PARIS, Dec. 29.

of Kweilin and the victors, pursued

dress, at the conclusion of which M. Tardieu yesterday lunched the capturing two battalions. with Senator Walter Edge, the new troops have also moved against Flag. Down, Down, with the The 19th Division of the Hunan they chorused "Up, Up, the Nation United States Ambassador to Paris. Kwcilia. Kweichow: troops under

Union Jack." According to Le Matin, they dis- Ma Kuang Hsiang are to attack

It is feared that the Left Wing cussed questions likely to arise at

delegates in the plenary session of the Naval Conference in London.

Luchow. Le Matin declares that the United 29th without fighting and the Mongkiang was captured on the

the Congress to-morrow will reverse the decision on Gandhi's resolution, States Government was not Kwangsi, troops, retreated towards together surprised at the French Sunchow. The plan of the. Canton

as the majority of the delegates are extremists. viewpoint, and does not intend to preas very strongly for the abolition troops in this sector, is to caputre ried by 115 votes to 111 an amend attempt. by the police to arrest The Subjects Committee also car- The rioting was a result of an Sunchow before the New Year and of submarines, and adds that the then attack Nanning. The Yunnan ment deleting words appreciating several people who were participat- Italian claim of parity with France does not appear to have met with Provincial Government has also the Viceroy's services. The Gandhi ing in a procession in honour of the very favourable reception, as dispatched forces to attack the party demanded a poll, whereupon return of Mr. A. G. Smythe from other powers opine it is more angst troops in Poset and Lung by 157 votes to 134. There will be

the amendment was again carried. deportation. logical to fix naval strength in ne- cordance with individual require

menta.

French Naval Programme.""

PARIS, Dec. 30. The Senate has approved the naval construction programme, as proposed last month.

chow

are reported to have lost two thirds The Kwangsi-"Ironsides" armies of their men since the beginning of the campaign, and over 18,000 rifles, forty-three picces of artillery and 130 machine-guns have been taken.

ference, of which M. Jaspar ie Chairman.

further recount..

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(THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

WELLINGTON, Dec. 20.

A white constable and two mem- bers of the Samoan Mau, or native party, were killed, and two con- stables and thirty Man supporters injured at Apia, on Saturday, in the most serious disturbance in Samoa since New Zealand assumed the mandate there.

The white constable, an Irishman, was beaten to death. Police rein- Gandhi's resolution, which in-forcements armed with revolvers cludes the boycott of Legislative rescued the other policemen. Councils, omits municipalities, and

LATER

Sub-inspector Ah Long stated that he received certain informa tion and communicated by tele- phone with Mr. B. F. Oakeshott, A.8.P. The same morning at 4. o'clock he led a party of detectives and constables to the fourth mile, Changi Road. At about 5.30 the motor buses he was expecting com- menced to arrive and he held them. up and took into custody the pas sengers. The buses arrived at in tervals of about five minutes. In the first there were four, men-the first four accused. All of them had mud marks on their left knees, as if they had been kneeling. The second bus had another four mea. three of whom End similar marks on their left knees. Out of five persons in the third bus two had marks on their left knees and the fourth bus contained the last two accused, who also had similar

marka.

to

Police Taken to Scena. All the accused, together with thirteen other Chinese, were taken the Geylang Police Station, where the thirteen were subsequent- ly discharged. Accompanied by Mr. Oakeshott and the first neensed witness went to a spot off the 5th

le Changi Road about a mile in-,

Structure of Branches.

side.

The first accused told witness that he had been attending an initiation

ceremony and could point out the place. Proceeding to the apot, witness saw that the ground for about ten yards square had been recently trampled and was of clay. He found a branch structure, sweets and biscuits, and D white rooster whose head had been recently cut off. There were niso pieces of coloured paper and paper flags with characters of the old them. When he went to the house pointed out a bag which was be- woman the accused hind a picture. The bag was found to contain a quantity of acters on them. coloured papers with Chinese "char-

blood from the

punctures.

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Witness also examined the hands of the accused and on the tip of the middle finger of the left hand of the first five he found fresh pin prick marks and, by pressure, drew sixth accused had no such mark, The but from the punctures on the fin- gers of the seventh, eight end ninth witness was able to draw blood. The last two accused had pin prick marks on their fingers, but he could draw no blood.

JAPANESE COAL-MINE

DISASTER.

31 WORKERS TRAPPED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO, Dec. 30. Fifty-one people were trapped as the result of an explosion at the Mitsuis coal mine, in Fukuoka Prefecture, this afternoon.

Forty-four have been recovered so far. Two are dead and the others seriously injured.

FLYERS' FUNERAL.

FULL HONOURS TO BE ACCORDED."

MISSING NORWEGIAN

AIRMAN. "

AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH.

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.)

11.

OSLO, Dec. 29, 4 Sixteen whalers operating in Antarctic waters have spent the Inst three days in a fruiticas search for Leil Leir, a Norwegian airman, who took off from the whaler Koames and has not returned. Grave fears are entertained for the airman who has been missing for four days.

times amid the drifting ice with After scouring a vast area several

out result, most of the whalers bave now given up the search, but the Kosmos and her whale-boats con- tinue their queat. It is felt certain that the airman could not have passed outside the area which has been covered.

The Kosmos has been in wireless" communication with the camp of Commander Byrd, the American [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.].

explorer, who has several planes with him, but the opinion is ex- RUGBY, Dec. 29.

pressed that. Commander Byrd's The Air Ministry announces that participation in the search would *- it had been proposed to have a joint involve too funeral, with full Royal Air Force planes are not adapted for the great a risk as his ceremonial Squadron-Leader Jones Williams and Flight-Lieut. while landing on ice-floes would be ригровс of alighting on the sea, Jenkins, who lost their lives in far too dangerous. Tunis while attempting to break the world's long-distance flying record.

for

deferred to the wishes of the re- The Air Council bas, however,

Williams, who desire that, he should latives of Squadron-Leader Jones be buried in the family burial ground at Hashocks, in Sussex.

In view of this decision it has now been arranged that Flight- Lieut. Jenkins will be buried in the Royal Air Force ground at Ipswich Cemetery, where the officers of the Royal Air Force stationed at the aeroplane and armament experi- Heath, to which deceased officer mental establishment at Martlesham

belonged, are normally interred.

ceremony when the bodies of the There will, accordingly, be no two gallant officers arrive at South- ampton.

PRINCE'S SHOOTING TRIP.

AN EARLY RESUMPTION.

[BRITISH WIRELERS SERVICE.}

RUGBY, Dec. 29. The Prince of Wales will leave England on Friday next for South Africa in order to finish the pro- gramme he had arranged for last year, which was interrupted by the

companied by Colonel Piers Leigh grave illness of the King.

His Royal Highness will be ac

Union Castle steamer, Kenilworth. direct to South Africa by the and Captain Aird, and will travel

Castle.

If the relatives "agree, the two He will land at Capetown' and officers will be buried with Air stay in the Union probably about a the Air Force Commands and the overland to East Africa for the big Force honours. The Air Council, fortnight before making his way

presented, and bearer and firingly private character and no oficial units concerned will be officially re- game shooting. parties will be provided by the

The expedition will be of a strict- Service.

engagements of any kind will be made during the trip.

How long the Prince will remain in East Africa has not been decided

Expert Evidence of Initiations.

tion ceremonies was given by Mr. Expert evidence regarding initia S. E. King, who said that he had been attached to the Chinese Pro- tectorate for the last eight years. At a secret society initiation cere- arch of swords set up and the mony it was necessary to have an initiates had to go through this.. made arch.

On the explicit understanding and details of his arrangements Nowadays this arch Was that the father of the second necus-have been, left to be settled after of simple things like ed. bamboo

the 35-year-old youth, would his arrival. and branches. Once through the arch, the initiates came

give him a good thrashing when he It is anticipated that the Prince got home, the youth was bound will be back in England some time. to a place where" was set up an al- over for six months in a surety in April, though this cannot be tar which was generally a box, with of 250.

definitely stated.. covering, representing the altar cloth with characters on it. Dur- ing the ceremony a white rooster was decapitated and the blood mix- ed with the blood of the initiates and wine. Flags, were set up on the altar, these being of five differ- "ent colours representing five former patriots of the society. The white and red strips of cloth were tied round the heads of the initiates, The pieces of coloured paper, were a sort of scroll with verses written out to the initiates. The big piece on them, and these verses were read

of black paper represented the me martyr. All the exhibits found at morial stone to the first triad

Changi were identified by Mr. King as relating to a triad speiety

A Repentant Sinner,”

raceting.

On being asked if he had any thing to say, the first accused said that he had been asked to go for a walk but had nothing to do with the initiation ceremony,

His Honour: That is why you pleaded guilty and also showed the police where these things were 1- Mr. Oakeshott took me there,

His Honour: Mr. Oakeshott ap- pears to be a thought reader. I throught you were repentant.sin-

is acclaimed by those, holding the The complete casually list in the view that an independence creed is Samoa rioting is one policeman not inconsistent with capture of killed and six injured, besides 8 the municipalities where the Oath Samoans killed and 12 injured. of Allegiance is administered. The Hague Meeting.

The Samoan deaths include Chief Gandhi actuated the idea to de-Tamasese, who served a term of im- LATEE.

ner. Apparently you are not, velop a boycott programme gradu-prisonment in New Zealand for The Belgian Premier, M. Jaspar, It is stated from Berlin hat. Dr.

His Honour discharged the sixth has arrived in Paris and conferred Schacht is not going to The Hague boycott the Law Courts was reject members of the Mau participated the others, who were sentenced to ally. Similarly, an amendment to failing to pay taxes. Two thousand and eleventh accused but convicted. "with M. Tardica in regard to the ith the German delegation, but ed narrowly, preparations for The Hague Con- may be called on to attend the Cornocordingly preparing to canvass started, and 300 joined in the nment ach

Both sections are in the parade at which the rioting three months' rigorous imprison- {Continued-at-foot-of-next-column)ri ference if necessary

(Continued on next Column).

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