Li
UNITED STATES NAVAL DELEGATES AT PLYMOUTH.
HOPES AND EARNEST ENDEAVOUR EOR SUCCESS.
PLEASURE AT KING'S PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCE OPENING,
LONDON'S 1,000 CONFERENCE GUESTS.
London, January 17.“ The George Washington with the American Naval Delegation aboard anchored in Plymouth sound this morning two miles from the spot from where the ancestors of 'some of the delegates sailed, with the Mayflower Pilgrims. Mr. Stimson, interviewed by Router, said that they had had a comfortable voyage and "we are coming full of hopes and with earnest endeavour to try and make the Con- ference a success.
Mr. Stimson declined to discuss questions which may arise at the Conference, and expressed the happiness felt by the Delegates and their countrymen that the King had suficiently recovered from his Ulness to be able to addess the opening session of the Confer
ence.
THE BATTLESHIP PROBLEM.
(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
Reony, Jan. 17. Mr. Stimson, Secretary of State, Mr. Adams Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Morrow United States Am- bassador in Mexico and Senators Robinson and Reed, United States delegates to the Naval Conference reached Plymouth this morning and were welcomed at the quayside
Japanese Officials Dispel Rumours.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930.
LONDON, Jan. 16, Japanese official quarters in London describe as "exaggerated and untrue" the reports from Tokyo in regard to the alleged dissatisfaction of the general Japanese delegates with the pro-
by General Dawes, the American Kress of the Anglo-Japanese couver. Ambassador to Britain who is him-sations.
self one of the delegates. The Mayer and other civic dignitories of Ply- mouth and Admiral Sir Hubert Brand, the Port C. in C., were also present.
Before the delegates entraided there WLA a short exchange of greetings during which Mr. Stim- son said that he and his colleagues had come full of high hopes, and earnest endeavour to make the Conference a success. All Delegates expressed keen satisfaction that the King was now sufficiently. well to humour the delegations by address ing them at Tuesday's opening sitting.
Staff of Nearly 100, Accompanying the American D legates were a staff of nearly 100 experts, secretaries and typists, and, it is estimated that including special Press correspondents, ap proximately 1,000 people are coin- ing to London from different parts of the World in connection with the Conference proceedings.
It is declared that it was under- toad from the beginning that there would be differences of view which must be approached in a spirit of accommodation
and sympathy.
Both these qualities, have been clearly manifested during the con- versations, the whole object ot which was to clear the ground be- tere the conference.
Japan and Capital Ships,
Tokyo, Jan. 37. Japan's interest in the, Naval Conference is evidenced by the fact that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's statement to the Press on Wednes day was cabled verbatim to Tokyo, where it was carefully studied by the Foreign Office,
Mr. MacDonald's proposal for the eventual abolition of capital ships is judged to be particularly significant.
The official spokesman of the Foreign Office anid that while general Japanese opinion was hard. ly ready to accept the idea, it was rousing a sympathetic response in a wide and influential circle.
He stated that Japan was agree able to an extension of the capital
hip "holiday" until 1930, and "if within that period American and British opinion approved of capital ship abolition, the Japanese people' would probably be ready to follow their lead."
The Italian and French Delegation. Members of the Italian Delega. tion arrive to-day and to-morrow; and French Dielegnies to-morrow and Sunday. All will have arrived by Monday when, in the afternoon, the chief delegates will meet at No.
It was pointed out that Japan's 19, Downing Street, to decided de tails of procedure and other pre-capital ship fleet cost a larger pro- portion of her national income than that of any other Power; hence the strong conservative feeling against scrapping ships for which the na- tion had sweated to pay.
liminaries.
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The King's Plans.
Opening Session to be Broadcast. At Tuesday's Plenary Session which will be broadcast from all British Broadcasting Company's stations, including the Short Wave
Losbos, Jan. 16. Empire Station 5S.W., and will
There is to be no State pageantry be relayed in about a dozen coun- tries. The King's opening address about the King's journey from will be fallowed by the speech of Buckingham Palace to the House the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay of Lords on Tuesday to declare the MacDonald. The chief delegates of Naval Conference open. other Powers will then speak in His Majesty will drive in a clos alphabetical order, Mr. Stimsoned motor car and wear morning representing America, following dress, Mr. MacDonald.
He will travel to London from Sandringham on Monday, arriving at Buckingham Palace at about midday. In the afternoon
he will receive the heads of the dif ferent naval delegations. This re- cention will be in the nature of a private greeting to enable His Ma jesty to make the acquaintance of the delegates and to wish them suc tess in their Inbours.
San-
The King will return to dringham on Tuesday afternoon after a. stay of 24 hours in Lon- don.
AN. AUTUMN RESOLUTION.
LIKINS TO GO ON OCTOBER 10,
NANKING'S SOLEMN DECREE.
(THROUGH ABUYER'S" AGENCY.]
NANTINO, Jan. 17. The Government has mandated, beginning October 10, this year, that all likin and similar irregular forms of taxation all over the country be abolished.
DOLLAR SYSTEM WANTED.
Wah Ti Tat Pao)."
GENERAL SMUTS" ADVICE TO U.S.
DANGERS OF ADOLESCENCE.
SHOULD ACCEPT WORLD RESPONSIBILITY.
(THROUGH RECTER'S JUENOT.]
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17,
"DRY" AMERICA.
THE. TENTH ANNIVERSARY.
TEN CENT. DRINKS COST A DOLLAR!
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.
A great national stock-taking on General Smuts who is leaving for the effecte, advantages and disad- England to-day has given Ameri-vantages of Prohibition was carried out in Congress to-day, the tenth cans some valuable parting advice.
Admitting that America is anniversary of "Dry America." young country, possessing amazing World Power he warned the coun- try that it is still in a state of adolescence, and adolescents had a tendency to employ power mischier- usly. General Smuts believed that the country would gain in wisdom and it had slready shown iteelf
"Greatness of strength in a nation," General Smuts declared, "only excite envy and malice in other nations unless it is mellowed by kindness madt gracious by bene
SHANGHAI, Jan. 17. The Shanghai office of the Minis-libern, minded. try of Labour and Commerce called. a conference with various commer- cial and social organizations to dis cuss the financial crisis."
The following resolations were passed and forwarded to the Ministry :-
1.The tacl system be abolished and replaced by the dollar system on July 1, 1930. 2.མ4]! exorbitant taxes be
abolished and export duties. be reduced.
be
3.Improvements in China's
transport system MILIAT taken in hand. 4.--Chinese manufactures must be
developed. 5.--Assistance in the improvement
of Chinese goods must be given.
יי
PROPAGANDA AGAINST
EXTRALITY.
X
(Fah Tas Fat Pao.)
SHANGHAI, Jan. 17, / The Municipal Kuomintang Head. quarters 15 arranging
ESOL ..
meeting on the eth as part of
the propaganda movement for the abolition of extrality.
Mr.
JAPAN AND CHINA.
A DIPLOMATIC CALL.
(Fah Tez Fat Pao.)
NANSING, Jan. 17.
d'Affaires, called on Dr. C. T Yada, Japanese Chargé Wang, the Foreign Minister, on Thursday, urging for the early settlement of all outstanding Sino- Japanese questions and the revision of the Sino-Japanese Treaty. He
·later called upon Mr. T. V. Soong, the Finance Minister.
The Americans wil; also probably agree to the elimination of possibly three battleships by each country
The United States is not likely to agree to Reale down the size, of battleships to 25,000 tons as naval experts consider that 30,000 tons is the minimum size for efficiency, hụt would gladly go as low as Britain. in regard to cruisers. The United States also desires to reduce the numbers of destroyers and sub marines.
volence."
General Smuts closed with a plea for America to accept its respon one of the World
sibilities as Powere,
CHINESE EASTERN
RAILWAY..
DETAILS OF SINO-RUSSIAN. AGREEMENT,
Debates were heard in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and both concluded with resolutions in favour of the repeal of Eighteenth Amendment. These notions were referred to committees.
the
The conflicting points of view were epitomised by Senator and Mr. Oliver in the House of Repre sentatives.
ita
The former proclaimed that "Prohibition is continuing triumphant tread." while Mr. Oliver declared that Prohibition had merely transferred drinking trous the "bar-room to the, boa--
doir."
The New York Leader sarcastic ally remarks that the anniversary of the enforcement of Prohibition is being celebrated with the most genuine enthusiasm and gratitude in 35,000 New York "apenk-ensies," where a small whisky and soda is
(Wah Tei Yat Paò.)
being retailed at a dollar instead of Muxbay, Jan. 17.
ten cents as in former daya. In an interview with Pressmed
Chief Prohibition. Commissioner Mr. Taal Yun Sheng, China's delo- gate to the Sino-Russian preliminDoran has issued a statement to ary conference, said that the agree the effect that the big bootleggers ment concluded between him and the Russian delegato consists of
are largely eliminated, while the the following ten articles:-
amall ones are being rounded up.
President Hoover's Attitude,
(1) The status quo of the Chi- nese Extern Railway should be restored.
(2) The Chinese and Soviet citizens under detention shall be
released.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. President. Hoover is to send the report of his Law Enforcement Commission to Congress on Mon; day, it was learned at the White Con-House to-day.
(3) Both parties shall respect each other's sovereign rights. (4) Chinese and Soviet sulates shall be reopened,
(5) Chinese and Soviet business institutions shall be reopened."
(6) The orders issued by the Railway Bureau on and after July 11 last year shall be executed.
(7) A formal Sino-Soviet Coo- ference shall be held at Moscow on January 25.
and Chinese workers engaged in their place.
Following presentation of this. report, the President will feel him self in position to den with any matters which, Congress may choose to bring up.
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"RED'
DEN
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RAIDED IN WANCHAI.
-TWO ARRESTS, HUNDREDS OF BOOKS CONFISCATED.
Shortly after 10.30 p.m. last night a party of detectives headed by a European officer ralded the top floor of No. 2, Percival Street, with the result that two Chinens were arrested and some hundreds of books confiscated. The books are belleved to be seditious propaganda.
Upon enquiry, we were informed that the Police have not had the books translated, but they have a pretty good idea of their contents. It is believed that considerable importance is attached to the affair by the authorities.
The men arrested were detained for the night at No. 1 Police Station. They were well-dressed and appeared to be about 30 years of age. It is believed that one of them is the "master" and the other a cook-boy,
THE BRITON'S TABLE.
INCREASED EMPIRE
SUPPLIES.
[BRITISH WIRE.798 HERVICE.)
war and
AIRSHIP R.100 TRIED OUT.
FORTY-MILE WIND EASILY WEATHERED."
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Reacy, Jan. 17. RrGey, Jan. 16.
The nirship R.100 which left Striking facts and figures about Cardington soon after nine o'clock Britain's food supplies are contain-yesterday morning with 88 persons ed inn Blue Book issued to-day on board was moored at Cardington. Dealing with changes between pre-mast late last night after a flight of
post-war supplies the nearly thirteen and a half hours. Ministry of Agriculture adopts for During the early part of the purposes of comparison the years fight speed trials were carried out 1905 to 1300 and 1921 to 1997 respec which were quite successful, an tively as representing periods for estimated speed of 81.5 miles per which accurate statistics are most hour being attained. readily available.
For the greater part of the day the ship The most notable fact emerging few at a height of 2,000 feet above from the analysis is the extent to thick fog and low clouds which which, Dominion supplies of food generally obscured the ground. have increased. There has been Positions were obtained by wireless substantial increase in receipts of telegraphy when required. The main purpose of the flight was_to wheat from British countries, and
run the ship at full speed in order despite the diminution in the con- tribution from home-grown wheat, to test slope. An experimental the proportion of the total supply system of attachment has been derived from Empire sources in adopted which, it is hoped, may post-war period exceeds per have as much as four tons in weight cent., as compared with 50 per cent. in future ships. in the pre-war period.
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Post-war whent and four supplies
High Winds Dafod. High winds were encountered from Canada are three times their pre-war volume. Empire barley during the fight but the speed at consignments to Britain have multi-tained was the highest yet recorded plied four times.
by the airship. She returned in darkness to Cardington against a wind of forty miles an hour and although low clouds permitted only momentary glimpses of the ground the operation of locking her home on the masthead occupied only 22. minutes.
There are heavy decreases in im ports from foreign countries, but foreign consignments of meat to Britain have increased.
!
INDIAN INDEPENDENCE.
GANDHI'S LATEST SCHEME.
THEOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.}
The President said to-day that
HITCH AT THE HAGUE. his plan does not provide for any interest in parliamentary great (8) The Chinese staff of the Rail procedure, and that his single de-
YOUNG PLAN PROTEST. way ahall be the same "in number sire is to expedite legislation on as that of the Russian eta law enforcement matters, particu (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.) "White" Russians eball be dislarly with reference to prohibition.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 17. charged from the railway, eervice Presentation of the report is ex-
of Yugo. The representatives pected to spur the "drys" in Con- gress to immediate activity on be. Slavia, Roumania and Czechoslova half of more stringent prohibition kia have refused to sign the Young enforcement laws, together with re- Plan anices an agreement is reach.
ARMEDABAD, Jan. 34. organization of prohibition enforce-ed with Hungary. There is still no ment agencies,
indication if such an agreement is Writing in Toung India, Gandhi in sight.
urges
that Independence Day, which falls on the 26th instant, be observed by the holding of simul taneous meetings in all cities and villages throughout the country.
(A) Both Chinese and Russian troops shall be withdrawn simul
taneously.
(10) The terms of the Agreement shall be effective on the day the agreement is signed.
Mr. Tani added that the Agree ment had been signed by him and THE FOOCHOW TROUBLE. Mr. Simanoveky, the Soviet dele. gate.
MUKDEN AND NANKING.
SUGGESTED POINTS OF DIS CUSSION WITH RUSSIA.
(Wah Tx Yat Pas.)
should
LOYALISTS REPORT TO
NANKING,
(Tah Ts: Yat Pao.)
NANKING, Jan: 17. Admiral Yang Shu Chwang, the Chairman of the Fukien Provincial Government, Generals. Chang Ching. Liu Ho Ting and Chin Han Chang have telegraphed to the Central Government a report of the recent
It appears that Washington is
NANRING, Jan. 11. suffering under some slight mis- apprehension about the suggestion For the abolition of battleships,
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs not from official has telegraphed Marshal Chang rau d'etat in Focchow, and de- comes which sources, but from a group of Labour Hauch Linng urging that Mo Tehclaring that they are not connected M.P.R.
Hui, China's plenipotentiary to the with it.
Conference Mr. Rarasay MacDonald will Sino-Russian
The Central Government bas tele- make
graphed Lu Haing Pang to hold & proposal extending the visit Nanking.
The Ministry will give instruc himself, responsible for the exfety Washington holiday" and will also advocate lower tonnage and tions to Mr. Mo personally to make of the detained members of the Pro- lower gun-calibre when replace amendments to the agreeunt sign-vincial Government and the Pro-
ed between Tsai Yun Sheng and the vincial Kuomintang, ment becomes essential.
Russian delegate and to discuss the questions of the redemption of the Chinese Enstern Railway, the navigation rights on the Sungeri, Sino-Russian Commercial relations,
Future of Battleships. Considerable attention which in Britain at least is highly favour- able is given to the proposal, na which the British Government hope to secure agreement, for prolong ing the life of existing battleships until the next revision of Naval Armaments in five or six years' time. They desire also to secure agreement nt once that when that time comes, new battleships built to replace those which will thus be out of date-if it is still thought neces sary to replace them-should be of smaller tonnage and gunpower. A proposal much to the same effecting a petition signed by twelve up the "hig aavy" activities of was made by the late Conservative million American women urging Government at the Geneva Confer- early reduction of armaments and ence and met with hopeful recep- A similar petition signed by 180,000 tion. Lord Bridgeman estimated Japanese women will be presented that if it had been adopted it would to the London Naval Conference have meant the saving of about carly, in February. fifty millions sterling'in the period of replacement.
Monster Petition From Women,
WAS.INGTON." Jan. 16.
A brown leather book contain-
U.S. BIG NAVY PARTY.
MORE SHEARER /REVELATIONS."
'{EKUTER'S 'AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. As the Senate once more brought William B. Shearer," propagandist extraordinary, William Maloney of. New York was the first witness to day.
BRITISH TIN COMBINE.
the guarantee of the Soviet GovBIGGEST FACTOR IN EMPIRE ernment not to carry on Communist propaganda in China, the question
of damages, the reopening of the Chinese and Russian legations, etc. Mr. Mais expected at Mukden on the 18th.
YEN HSI SHAN AND THE KUOMINCHUN,
MORE TROOP MOVEMENTS.
(Wah Tu Yat Pao).
HANKOW, Jan. 17.
INDUSTRY.
(гHROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]
LONDON, Jan. 18. At an extraordinary meeting held | to-day of the London Tin Syndicate, was unanimously agreed to accept the financial scheme neces- sitated by the recent amalgamation of the Tin Selection Trust. Etd., the London Malayan Tin Trust, the Anglo-Bauchi Tin-Dredging, Com pany, and the Monga Nigerian Tin Mines, Ltd.
The hearing centred around the famous document which Mr. Shearer had used as an argument America and Battleships.
concerning the danger in which (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
Americz stood from foreign in- "The Times! gives its Benediction,
vasion if the Navy were not kept
Mr. John Howeson, who presided The London Times says, "No
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. doubt the reductions advocated can Britain's suggestion that battle- up to fullest possible strength. Yen Hsi Shan is dispatching six over the meeting, said that after This document, utilized by Mr. divisions of his troops to deal the merger of the companies, the hardly be as sweeping as both econ- ships' be abolished has somewhat omists and an important section surprised oficial circles here, and Shearer in all seriousness in his with the Kucminchuh." Two of London Tin Syndicate, would con- cf. naval opinion would like to see it is believed that in view of the efforts to collect money for his big-theae divisions are at Chengchow trol directly or indirectly an output of over twenty them. The British Government are attitude of Japan and the United navy enterprises, later proved to while the rest are massed on the annual rightly sensitive to the danger of States, who favour retaining battle- have been written by one William north bank of the Yellow River. thousand tons of tin oxide. They bringing forward too drastic. pro ships, the suggestion will be re- Wiseman. for purposes quite dif. They will force the Kuominchun to would also become by far the
retreat to Tungkwan,
largest individual factor" in thè posals which might wreck, all jected like the proposal of Britain ferent.
But after and the United States to abolish chance of agreement.
Mr. Maloney said that the article
The Kuominchun troops at Tung- Empire tin-mining industry. was written as a entire and was
kwan are under Chi Hung Chang It was proposed, he said, to re- long years, during which through submarines. unrestricted competition the site Nevertheless, the United States published in 1919 for the first time, and Chang Ling Wen. The reet of name the Company, the London Tin and cost of overy class of warship will most probably agree to increas- far from being a. sudden discovery the Kuominchun forces are at Sian Mining Corporation, Ltd.
a capitel of fu, the capital of Shensi. These It would have havaated continuously unwarding the age limit of battleshing and as Mr. Shearer had maintained in an agreement to reverse the process to making the first replacement untilayug as proofreaded bars. Biser () 900 000
Britain's evil intentions toward the Liang Cheng, Lu Chung Lin dad issued capital of £2,125,000 or the would be a very welcome achieve date 1936,
Liu Yu Fen respectively..
existing individual companies. United States.
ment.
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(Continued on next Column.)
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EUROPE-INDO-CHINA FLIGHT.
(THROUGH RECTER'A LGENCY.}
ISTRES, Jan. 17 Colonel Weiss and Commandant Girier took off and set couree to wards Tunis this morning en-route for Indo-China by easy stages.
BRITAIN'S LIVING COST LOWER!.
ONLY PER CENT. ABOVE PRE-WAR.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
REGer, Jan. 17. A slight fall in the coet of living is recorded in the monthly return of the Ministry of Labour, which states that on January 1, the aver age level of commodities was ap- proximately sixty-eix per above that of July 1914. The cor- responding figure for one month ago and one year ago was sixty seven per cent.
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cent.
GERMANY'S VIPER PRESS.
"RED" PAPER SUPPRESSED FOR A DAY.
[THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.ļ
BERLI, Jan. 17.
10-
He suggests, these meetings make the declaration, which was proved by the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress on, the 2nd instant, that Puran Swaraj " ("Complete Indepen- dence is now the polley of the' Congress.
The religious may begin the day by ablutions, and then there should be some constructive work, such as serving the Untouchables," or. helping to achieve Hindu-Moslem reunion, or Prohibition work.
· Gandhi adds that in order to en- able the Central Office to gauge the strength of the movement, it is essential that organisers send in alsolutely accurate accounts of the day's doings in each town and village.
BAD NEWS FOR LIPTON.
LADY SIMON THREATENS
BOYCOTT OF CEYLON TEA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, Jan, 14. Lady Simon, authoress of the much-discussed book on slavery, aa- nounced to-day that she proposes
The police have confiscated the to start on a crusade in Grent whole of to-day's issue of the Com-Britain with the object of stopping munist newspaper Rote Fahne on people from buying Ceylon, tea if the ground that it contained arti-slavery is allowed to continue in cles calculated to provoke criminal the island. acte, high treason and class hatred, Sir John Simon, the famous Libere! Lady Simon, who is the wife of
TITANIA AND L BOATS.
SAFE ARRIVAL AT SHEERNESS.
atatesman, informed a meeting of the Junior Liberal. Club in London that there were from four to six million alaves in the world.
Sales were carried on in the open. market, said Lady Simon, not in one country, but in nineteen differ- ent countries.
The Naval Intelligence Officer
"Before we preach to other peo informs us that H.M.S. Titania
ple however, we must clean-up aur and Made To Tu Can U ARE and 13 arrived at Sheerness on January 16 from China.
Ceylou," concluded Lady Simon.
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