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SUBMARINE'S DAY OVER.

NAVAL EXPERT'S VIEWS,

FRENCH PREMIER UNWELL.

(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 18.

ULTIMATUM TO VICEROY.

GANDHI AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

A CRITICAL SITUATION,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUA

AHMEDABAD, Feb. 17. M. Tardieu, the French Premier, The Congress Working Committee the principal French delegate has authorised disciplinary action to the London Naval Conference, against Congressmen who have not has contracted influenza and resigned from the Legislature in laryngitis had his return to Lon- accordance with the Congress deci- don from Paris has been postponed, sion, or those who seek re-election

after resignation. BRITISH WIELLEES SERVICE] Slow Progress.

RUGBY, Feb. 18.

Mr. Arthur Henderson, the For-

Plans Maturing.

AHMEDABAD, Feb. 16.

THE KWANGSI CAMPAIGN.

GOOD WORK BY CANTONESE. 'PLANES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

CANTON, Feb. 17. Latest telegraphic advices receiv ed from Kwangsi state that the Cantonese nave launched an offen- sive against the Ironsides" and the Kwangsi troops along the Pak Lau sector in the Southern part of the Province. After two days of continuous fighting, the "Ironsides"

COMING STRUGGLE IN NORTH."

18, 1930..

THE FUTURE OF SILVER.

DUKE'S DAUGHTER TO WED.

OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT BY FIANCE DIPLOMAT AT HOLY

CHINESE BANKER.`

KUOMINCHUN FORCES CONSOLIDATË.

BOTH SIDES MARKING TIME.

GOLD STANDARD UNLIKELY IN NEAR FUTURE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

outside Taiyuanfu: The

PEPING, Feb. 17... Reliable sources hare declare that'

Chionan Feng Yu Hsiang is still taun, handership of the Kuominchan is at present vested in Lu Chung Lin, who appears to be active in the region of Tungkuan,

While there has been up to date Do declaration from the Kuomin-

tonese forces are pursuing the advantage of the present situation, and contemplate advancing on Hankow.

were defeated and driven back to wards Kweibsien. The message added that over s thound pri- Boucre and large quantities of war

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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SHANGHAI, Feb. 17. Mr. Li Ming, the Chairman of the, Bank of China, in the course of a

low value of silver is duo entirely statement, says that the present to the change to a gold exchange

standard for Indo-China, combined with the "indiscriminate selling of suplas supplies for the Indian Treasury. Shanghai stocks of silver

constitutes reserves against back notes in circulation.

SEE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ROME, Feb. 17. The engagement of Signor Musso- lini's elder daughter, Edda, who is twenty-one, to Count Ciano, aged twenty-seven, secretary to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, has thrilled the country generally.

Signorina Edda is passionately devoted to her father, whom she sports. She is an excellent dancer greatly resembles, and is fond of all and speaks French and English fluently. She visited India two

years ago.

BRITISH PRISONS:

NUMBER TO BE REDUCED.

* [EXITION WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rooar, February 17. The Home Secretary, Mr. R Clynes, with concurrence of the Prison Commissioner, has decided to make a substantial reduction in the number of British prisons

The Daily Herald says that the half empty prisons are to be vacat- ed and their occupants aro being sent to other jails, and the unwant- ed premises being sold thus bring- ing the number of British prisons to the lowest figures in modern histo

eign Secretary, in the course of a finite plans are crystallising, at supplies were captured. The Can-chun forces, they seem busy taking are not too large because the bulk tions. The wedding is expected to ing. to considerably that more of

speech at Birkenhead yesterday, re- ferred to the proceedings at the Naval Conference, stating that the delegates were now deep in details and directly confronted with the dificulties that had to be solved.

Decisions would naturally "come slowly. There has been some pub lic disappointment at the slowness of progress up to date, but such in- cidents were connected with every international conference..

The abolition of the submarine had been discussed and it was found that whereas at the Washing ton Conference nine years ago, Bri- tain alone favoured its abolition, other nations had now moved to- wards that viewpoint.

A Powerful Impetus.

If events proved that the Con- ference was unable to come to such an agreement, at least the move- ment for the stringent limitation. eventual of submarines and the abolition of such craft would have received a powerful impetus.

for the

It is reliably reported that de

Gandhi's headquarters launching of a passive resistance campaign throughout India. It is being framed as a result of the announcement of the Congress Executive authorising Gandhi to start civil disobedience as and when he desires.

The plans will be ready for put ting into operation at the expira- tion of an ultimatum which Gandhi is now preparing for presentation to Lord Irwin, the Viceroy.

The firet battle is likely to be on the question of the alt monopoly. Gandhi's agents, including a daugh ter of the late Admiral Sir Edmund Slade, are reported to be leaving for the salt mines and factories.

TARIFF TRUCE - CONFERENCE.

"FAIRLY SATISFACTORY ISSUE EXPECTED."

[TEZOUCH RESTEE'S AGENCY.), GENEVA, Feb. 17. At the opening of the Tariff Truce Conference, the League of Nations' Chairman, Count Moltke, emphasis- ed the importance of discussions to the economic reconstruction of Europe and the world...

The same might safely be said of the monster capital ships, which now constituted so great a part of the burden of aaval armaments The British Government, in declar- ing plainly that it desired an all-

A fairly satisfactory issue" of round reduction of capitalships, the Conference, which will last two had been inspired by the hope that or three weeks, is expected. The in the near future, it might be British delegate who made 1 come possible to abolish them alto-statement correcting the misappre- gether.

lensions that the Conference was Vastly Over-rated.

to "bargain" about tariffs, on the contrary the state discussions were solely concerned with the fixing of a tarifi boliday to pave the way later for negotiations for the re moval of trade barriers.

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The Naval Correspondent of the Observer to-day discusses the fu- ture of the submarine, maintaining that as a naval weapon, the sub- marine is vastly over-rated.

He points out that as a result of research, a number of secret anti- submarine devices have been deve loped since the War, which have the effect of reducing the craft al- most to impotence, except in the attacking matter of

commerce, which apparently the Conference intends to prohibit...

Neither on the surface nor below, says the Observer' correspondent, can a submarine move in the vicin- ity of warships without being de- tected and located with almost un- canny accuracy.

Is contends that from a purely tilitarian point of view all navies would benefit by the abolition of the submarine. Its day is prac tically over and the money spent on maintaining under-water fotil- las might well be devoted to more useful craft, or better till, kept in the taxpayer's pocket.

Not Concerned With Germany's Programme, [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 17.

A most important meeting in con- pection with the Naval Conference, which took place to-day, is that of the Heads of the British, American and Japanese delegations discussing Japan's capital ships ratio.

question of

It is authoritatively emphasised the Conference is now very deeply engaged with the figures, and immediately anyone produces definite large figures, this directly and immediately affects the ratios, hence it is hopeless to expect any great progress at pre- sent, but an enormous amount of work is being done behind the scenes despite an apparent slowing up. No nation has yet modified its demands.

enemy.

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The Canton aeroplanes have bre doing effective work for the past few days on account of the cloar weather.

The writer went to the Aviation Department at Taushatan yesterday, and in an interview with an airman there, was told that terrific damage had been afflicted on the enemy in Kwangsi and Southern Kwangtang from the air.

LI TSAI HSIN IN HONG KONG? (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}"

SHANGHAI, Feb. 17: According to Chinese reports, which have hitherto been uncon- frmed, the Government recently sent Marshal Li Tesi Hain from Nanking to Canton to handle the situation in the South. Marshal Li

Trai Hsin is reported to be in Hong

Kong.

U.S. MINISTER'S MOVEMENTS.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PEPING, February 17. 'Mr. Nelson Johnson to-day can

celled his social engagements, It is learned that he is leaving for Nanking by Wednesday's train.

The reason for bis hurried depar ture is unknown, the legation stat ing that it is a routine matter.

ELECTION FIGHTSTM

POLICEMAN AND POLLING

AGENT KILLED. ·

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SOFI, Feb. 17. The elections of the Communal Councils were marked by disorders in the rural districte. Altogether ve persons were killed including a gendarme and two polling agents.

The Prime Minister states he is pleased with the results giving the Government candidates 1 huge majority.

MILL OWNER'S HOUSE BOMBED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MARION, N. Carolina, Feb. 17.

:

Considerable Progress.

A bomb destroyed the handsome (UNITION WIRELESS SERVICE]}

The British spokesman to-day boine of Mr. R. W. Baldwin, Pre- Ruony, Feb. 17.. said the question of a Mediter.sident of the Marion Manufactur- Although, by to-morrow, the Naval rancan Locarne had not been forming Company, whose cotton mill is Conference will have lasted a month ally raised at the Conference, as the centre of a bitter mine week definite results will lie somewhere such a political question would strike which was recently settled

restarted because ahead and continued patients is re necessitate the attendance of the but

Trade quired. The general impression Mediterranean conatal Powers, and Unionists alleged the owners were

victimising ex-strike lenders.

in Conference circles is that, as furthermore, the Conference was In the course of an affray 3 many of the diverse problems before cot concerned with Germany's pro the Conference are closely related,gramme which was a matter for

mission.

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it is not be expected that agree the preparatory disarmament com- ments can be announced na piece: acal, and that these will come all together towards the end of the proceedings.

strikers were, killed and 1 fatally wounded, all belonged to the United Textile Workers, n Rival organisation the Communist National Union.

to

NEW AIR RECORDS.

BRILLIANT FRENCH

France's Stand Retards Progress.

LONDON, February 17....... Considerable progress. has been

The Press Association learns that made with the preliminary work rigid French insistence on the high and now that experts have produced figures, cabled on February 14, is scheme which is a compromise seriously embarrassing the situa between category and global tion and is retarding progress theories of thoso effecting naval compelling other powers to recon- limitation. The heads of Delegations sider their whole position. It in- are now engaged in an obviously stances the fact of the reduction intricate test of fitting into this of the British cruiser programme framework actual tonnage figures to 5fty, based on assumptions which Meanwhile, other aspects of the evidently may not be realised, for general problem are receiving at while not implying it is necessary tention either from experts, nr for Britain to raise her figures shetance, endurance and speed with, a ertainly must seriously reconsider ton load. They remained in the air for 15 hours, one minute, and the whole subject.

covered 9,034 miles.

told

Way

This dis-

heads of Delegations, or both.

To-day Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Stimson and Mr. Wakatsuki, with

A" Disclaimer. ..' other members of British, American

The British spokesman and Japanese Delegations, are to diecues Japanese tonnage figures foreign. Pressmen that the British The Italian delegation is expected Government is in no to produce a statement early this sociated with any British news- week and then each of the five pow. paper or news agency. ers at the Conference will have subclaimer is due to the resentful com- mitted a memorandum on its policy. ments made by the French Press the attitudo certain London In a broadcast" speech, relayed on to America from London yesterday, newspapers have taken towards Senator Reed, ons of the American France, notably that of the Daily Herald's leader declaring that M. delegates, said that the whole Con- Tardieu's memorandum is a heavy ference is moving as rapidly as por blow at the prospects and very con- aible, working long hours every day and often far into the night. When ception of the Conference. results begin to come they will coma

PARIS, Feb. 17. 'fast.

(Continued on sezt Oolumn.)

ACHIEVEMENT...

(TILOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

PARIS, Feb. 17. The airmen, Costes and Codos, beat the world's records for dis

COOK'S APPEAL TO LLOYD GEORGE.

[BATTISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

RUGBY, February 17.

Minor Honan leaders like Wang Ching Yu, Wai Yu Son and others have sent representatives to Eai teng placing their forces under the control of Hap Fu Chu and Liu Chen Hua, who are also reported to be against Nanking.

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No fighting has yet occurred as more than twenty miles separate the Government troops from the rebels on the Lunghai Railway.

MARSHAL YEN MORE CONCILIATORY.

[FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 17. While expressing dissatisfaction at Marshal Chiang Kai Shek's policy of achieving unification by force of arms, Marshal Yea Hsi Shan seems not very determined to resort to war with Nanking. Mar shal Yen is fundamentally on ad vocate of peace and would rather prefer seeking every possible means to avert armed conflict.

reliable

Mr. Ming anticipates the increas ing need of silver in China. A gold standard for China is impossible in the near future. If and when it is introduced, ne gold coins are com templated; therefore China must continue to be a large bayer of silver for coinage purposes.

THE RED WAR ON RELIGION. RECENT STATEMENTS

DOUBTED.

(BRITISH WIRELEAS BENYICK]

Ruaux, Feb. 17. The Latvian Archbishop Pommers, who was long a resident in Russia, and spent many years there during

the

Soviet regime, doubts the genuineness of the alleged answers by Metropolitan Sergius, the head of the Patriarchal Orthodox Church to the Soviet Press questionnaire.

Archbishop Pommers anys that in the time of Arebbishop Tikons, the Bolsheviks frequently ascribed to him opinions of which he had no knowledge, and which he was never in a position to deny.

The Soviet even went to the lengths of forging false instructions to the clergy,

The tragedy of the situation was It is reported from sources that, since he was warned heightened by the impossibility of by the Nanking lendere, Marshal the clergy to refute whatever might Yen has become reconciliatory; in-be attributed to them. fuenced, perhaps, by a number of his leading subordinates who are insisting that a more 'éonservative policy should be adopted.

The number now in use in half that which were considered neces- sary at the beginning of the present century, but Mr. Clynes, in an Her Bancé has travelled widely in interview, says The fact, has Brazil and China, and has been a been confronting the Prison Com- journalist and book reviewer. His missioners and myself, that the father is Minister of Communica-| population of our prisons is declin- take place very soon,

these places are becoming unneces- sary. The result will he that a number of them will be sold of. We are able to get rid of prisons partly because we have fewer wrong doers and partly because we keep people out of such places unless it is ab- solutely necessary."

ATTEMPT ON SPEED RECORD.

*SILVER BULLËT "

DESCRIBED.

[BRITISH WINKLESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Feb. 16.

Mr. Edward Shortt, a former Home Secretary, commenting on the re- port said, "The country was be- coming more law abiding, and the law was increasingly disinclined to send people to prison for small things, or when they were likely to benefit more from discipline and

Within recent

years

Mr. Kaye Don, the famous ra ing motorist, will leave London for Daytona, Florida, next week, to guidance, beat the existing world speed retwenty-four prisons have gone out cord of 231 miles an hour, held by of use." Sir Henry Segrave.

Kaye Don to-day expressed him- self is extremely satisfied with his car, the Silver Bullet, which was specially constructed for him at the Sunbeam Works, Wolverhamp

ton.

Soma of the details of the con- struction have at last been dis-

closed, and there is general agree ment that it has been remarkably well designed.

Some of its features are

An air brake, resembling a aeroplane rudder, with which the car will be slowed down before the ordinary brakes are-applied, thus reducing skid danger. An ice-tank through which the water will pass

to

prevent overbeating. Two twelve-cylinder engines, capable of running at the remarkable rate of four thousand revolutions a minute.

Each engine weighs less than 1,000 lba, yet each develops 2,000 h.p., an engineering achievement never be fore equalled.

Kaye Don says that the bench tests show that the car can do over 275 milca an hour, but he expects hour to lose about 25 miles da travelling, and will be satisfied with 240 or 250 miles an hour at Daytona.

THE INDUSTRIAL FAIR.

SOME ENTERPRISING TROOP MOVEMENTS.

FEATURES. (THROUGH LECTERʻB AGENCY.]

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] PEPING. Feb. 17.

LONDON, Feb. 18. The 37th Division of the Shansi

The British

TENNIS INNOVATION. Industries Fair, troops was rushed to Tehchow from Saiyuan on February 14, while the which opens to-morrow at Olympio, Castle Bromwich,

AMATEURS AND PROFES- SIONALS. 2nd Division is moving from Shih-London, and

size

This since its inception. of the Yollow. River. The main chiachwang towards the North bank Birmingham, has grown steadily in more it is larger and

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] massed ** the Peping-Hankow comprehensive than ever, before, and is by far the largest trade.ex

NEW YORK, Feb. 16. body of the Shansi troope will be year

The American Lawn Tennis As- Railway line

hibition in the world.

For the first time, the London ex-sociation has "sanctioned the first hibition is to be held in the special- opentournament to include amat y-equipped Olympia, which offers eurs and professionals, contingent greater comfort and accommodation upon the International Federa than did the White City used in

tion's agreement. previous years. Here the place of honour in the main hall is given to a huge exhibit of the Empire Marketing Board, which displays not only products of the Home Country but of the Dominions, In-ngenda. dia and the Colonies.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 17. From Japanese semi-oficial re- ports war preparations are progress ing throughout North China, Shanei and other Northern forces Are mobilised and are moving South against Chiang Kai Shek. It also assert that fighting occurred on February 15 near Kweiteh on the Lunghai Railway.

CANTON REMAINS CALM.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Feb. 17. Official circles in Canton are

over the reported in still calm peading clash between Yen Shih Shan and Chiang Kai Shek in the

North. There is no doubt but that Canton continues to remain loyal to Nanking, and the local military leaders are trying hard to bring the campaign in Kwangsi to a close. Large quantities of arms and sup- plies were rushed to Wuchow yes. terday. Canton is to day in re ceipt of a cablegram from the Nan- king Marshal, urging it to clear out the Kwangai insurgente without delay.

While the Government is at least outwardly showing no anxiety over events in the North, the merchants in Canton are already apprehensive, An indication of this is seen in the sudden slump of the value of the Central Bank of China noter.” A

few days ago they were quoted at R& per cent or more, but to-day they are worth only 73 cents to the paper dollar, showing a decrease of 15 per cent. in value. Litéle or co buying is going on. as the general belief in that further. decline is likely,

AIRMAN'S DEATH,

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The Secretary of Miners'- Federa A Naval aviation lieutenant, W. tion, Mr. A, J. Cook, in a speech G. Masser, was killed at Guanta yesterday made a strong appeal to namo when his 'plane was launched s Lloyd George to withdraw the from a new type of catapult from Liberal opposition to part one of the deck of the battleship Nevada

Hitherto compressed air has been used in catapults for launching planes, it is understood the new catapult was worked by gunpowder,

the Rond Mines Bill, now before Parliment. The Government have M. Tardion is apparently im-stated that they will resist opposi- proved.

Ition to this part of the measure.

Olympia is otherwise devoted to "light industries," such as clothing and a textile display which offers goods to suit everybody, from the bathing belle to the Arctic explorer, pottery and glass, photographic equipment, sports goods, and scores of other products.

At Birmingham, where the heavy section of the Fair is being held, the exhibitors have increased un til there are eight miles of shap windows and four miles of gang- ways with stands on either side, all arranged in sections to facilitate inspection of goods in which visi- tors have a special interest.

The hardware and brass foundry acctions have in particular develop ed this year.

The whole Fair, illustrates the immense scope of British industry as well as the vigorous commercial enterprise now being displayed by it.

- UNEMPLOYED RIOT IN

CLEVELAND. POLICE FIGHT WITH PRO- CESSION DEMANDING

BELIEF.

[United Press.)

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb., 11-A' crowd of 3,000 unemployed men and women marched upon the Cleveland City Hall to-day and de- manded relief,

Police who strove to halt the procession clashed with the crowd and, using fire-hose nnd their clubs, caused injuries and considerable bloodshed. The clash occurred in- side the City Hall corridors.

Firemen assisted and finally the police drew their revolvers, where- upon the crowd dispersed.

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“COOKING PLANT"

EXPLODES.

TWO KILLED, SEVERAL

INJURED.

(THEOUGH BEUTER'S AGENCT-)-

READING, Pennsylvania,

February 17. Two people were killed and soven injured by the explosion of an and "alcohol cooking plant " illicit still which blow to pieces a large three-storied building. Both the killed were passers-by.

ANOTHER ROUND ·UP IN CHICAGO. NO LEADERS YET ARRESTED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

CHICAGO, February 17.

A wholesale police round up brought in another 1,124 suspected criminals, which now makes a total of 4,100 suspects arrested, moet suspects were subsequently released, none of the well known criminal leaders were arrested.

PROHIBITION LAW'S NEW

PHASE.

POWER TO CUT OFF SUPPLIES OF VIOLATORS.

[United Press.).

Chicago, February 11-The in- The Federation is meeting in dictment, at Springfield, of the Paris on March 16, when the mat Corn Products Co. and Fleisch- ter, which has been the subject of mann's Yeast on charges of violat much discussion in Europe of late, ing the national prohibition law is will be among the items ont thebased, it was learned hero to-day;

en allegations that these two.com panies supplied yeast and corn sugar to illicit distillers of whiskey.

The American tennis official rank inga have also been issued for pub lication to-day.

William T. Tilden ranks as No. 1 among the men for the tenth year in succession, and Mrs. Wills Miss Helen, Moody (formerly Wills) is ranked as No. 1 among

the women players.

The 'case, which does not involve any definitely named individuals but is against the two companice, is intended to provide a test to deter- mine whether it is possible to sup- press prohibition violators by cut ting off their supplies.

CARR'S CLUB CHEESE BISCUITS

These piquant little savoury biscuits with their layer of delicately favoured chesso "Azo a craze with KIL

They are wonderfully appatizing, and

though imitated... by other Biscuit

“Houses' thors is mone on the markel- like CAER'S,

Made only by

CARR'S

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