NAVAL CONFERENCE
NO BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT BEFORE 1936.
PRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
GERMAN PLANE
CRASH.
PILOT AND MECHANIC KILLED.
BURSTS INTO FLAMES OVER SURREY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 7
Rroat, April 6. As was anticipated, the London Naval Conference has undergone no change during the week-end. Many of the delegates attended the England. Scotland football match
A German aeroplane of the yesterday afternoon, and at its cons clusion the Prime Minister motor Junker type, laden with mails. which departed from Croydon be ed to Chequers where he spent a quiet day to-day, ab important in-fore dawn en route to Berlin, burst terviews having been arranged, into Lames over Limpsfeld, Surrey The pilot, Wessel, and the Moss of the other delegates spent
mechanic, Commert, who were the the day out of London,
sole occupants were killed.
3. Briand, as already stated, left yesterday afternoon for Paris to consult with his Government, and he is not expected to return until Tuesday. Pending his return it is unlikely that any important change in the situation will take place as the political questions which have heen the subject of conversations between "France and Britain form the chief obstacle to further ad-
vance.
Fear of Formula.
No fewer than nine questions, are, down for answer in the House of Commons to-morrow bearing on the political aspect of the conference and the interpretation of Article 18 of the League Covenant.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1930.
GANDHI STILL -DEFIANT.
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS DESTROY APPARATUS,
MANUFACTURE OF SALT
CONTINUES.
[TEROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.Į
RAILWAY DISASTER IN JAPAN.
BURNING CARS CAUSE FOREST FIRE,
SEVENTEEN PERSONS
KILLED.
IN THE NORTH.
CHIANG'S PLANS,
MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST REBELS TO
START SOON.
{THROUGH REUTER'S „AGENCY.}
to-morrow
OT
Naxxrso, April 7. Chiang Kai Shek announeed this morning that he was leaving for the front, either Wednesday, with the object of re- were killed and seven seriously-in-organising the Government troops. jured in a railway accident near Cita Kyushu.
{TRAOUGH, KETTER'S AGENCY:)
Tokyo, April 7 CALCUTTA, April 6.
The Minister of Railways has Thirty-four civil resisters manu- factured un-refined salt at Manis-announced that seventeen persons hathan on the edge of a salt lake. The Police kept the crowds which gathered to watch the proceedings half a mile from the short.
It is oficially attributed to dyna.
A quantity of salt was distribut-mite, which it is believed was some.
how mixed with the engine's coal.
The aeroplane was engaged in aned to the journalists present, in experimental early morning goods service which had only been in operation for two nights. "
MUTINY AT INFANTRY BASE.
cluding Reuter's representative, in its unrefined state. The salt look ed much like sand but had a salty
taste.
The Accident occurred on Sunday afternoon when reports indicated it was of minor serioniness, it was
Rather than directing his opera- tions against the rebels his destins tion will be Hankow or up the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, but it is not yet definite to which part, he will go.
Chiang Kui Shek has declared that a friendly ally and the Gover-
ment will shortly start military operations against the rebels. It is believed this is in reference to
Later in the day small quantities not known, in Tokyo until to-day. Manchuria.
of refined contraband salt were sold in Calcutta д
fancy. prices. Amounts which normally sold for
RINGLEADERS HOLD OUT FOR one rupee fetebed up to twenty-five
THREE DAYS.
[TAROGH. REUTER'S AGENCY.) AGENCY,}
PARIS, April 6. An official report has now been published regarding the mutiny at the disciplinary infiatry base at the the Island of Oleron, off Rochefort, ou March 20, news of which was ob-hushed up at the time.
They display the fear that formula interpreting Britain's ligations under existing pacts and covenants might imply
B
new
rupees.
י
Although the salt appears to be a good substitute for the commer cial article it is doubtful, whether it is strictly edible.
Utensils Destroyed.
CONTAI (Bengali, April 6. Twenty-nine Nationalists broke the salt law at Pichbani, six miles from Contai. Exeise officinis, how- tavern, barrierer, destroyed the salt when it was
The report states that the muti- neers assembled in
guarantee to France, It has; how.caded the doors, smashed the furni- manufactured and when the pre-
ture and sang barrack-room ditties ever, been repeatedly stated by the in which the officers were insulted. The officers gave the order that Prime Minister that the Govern ment, while willing to define and bloodshed must be avoided and they had the tavern surrounded. They explain the extent of Britain's un-
then invited the recalcitraats to dertakings, is not prepared to insurrender. Most of them did so, but the ringleaders held out for crease her commitments.
three days.
All the dead passengers appear to have survived for several hours before succumbing to their injuries.
The explosion wrecked the en- gine, and several passenger cars which became ignited started a forest fire which burned all night long..
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THE FLYING MILLIONAIRE.
ARRIVES AT TOKYO.
THROCGE REUTER'S AULNCY.}
Tokyo, April 1. Mr. Van Lear Black arrived here
paration was resumed they smashed to-day. the vessels in which sea water was No arrests were being boiled.
made. -
All Quiet in Upper India.
NEW DELHI, April 6. There is no evidence that civil
Some of the ringleaders were ex- Naval inen who had previously disobedience is making much hend- been involved in a mutiny at Calvi.
The report denies that the revolt way in Upper India. Some pro- was due to lack of food or over-cessions and public meetings have. work.
STEEL AND BULLET PROOF
The berrer, which emphasises that" if any practical or far-reach ing agreement on Naval, reduction is to be achieved France must be a party to it, says, "If it be found possible to gratify France by the reinstatement of existing obliga- tions whether embodied in the Covenant or in the Locarno letter to Germany, and thereby after all to induce France to agree to the serious business of Naval disarma- ment, it is clearly the duty of Bri tish diplomacy to explore such a avenue. That is the deliberate viewTu of the British delegation."
CAR FOR WARLORD. GEN. CHIANG'S ORDER.
PLACED IN C. S.
the
been held at isolated stations and there has been some confiscation of contraband salt, but no distur. bances have heen reported..
17.
The Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, who prolonged his stay here to deal with possible civil dis obedience developments, left to-day Peping, March 25.-According to a visit to the north-west frontier. Lefore leaving for Simla on April despatch reproduced in Kung Pao to-day from the issue of the New York Times for March
Gandhi's Son Refuses Bail. 28, General Chiang Kai Shek plac
SURAT, April 8. ed an order sometime ago with an
The arrest of Ram Das Gandhi, American motor car firm for a steel, and bullet-proof car costing 50.000. the son of the Mahatma, and four volunteers, followed the Haikwun tuels, or 8110,000 Mex. other The car is described as the most ex-breaking of the salt laws by three Bail was offered to all those ar pensive auto. in the United States. hundred volunteers at Bhimrad. In the rear of the vehicle are two seats for bodyguards who can carry machine-guns." The stepping-boards are much larger than those on other cars and have room for eight armed bodyguards.
rested by the Magistrate but they refused to accept it.
Definite" Agreement Reached. Mr. Hugh Gibson, American Am bassador to Belgium and one of the American delegiles to the Naval Conference, delivered a radio ad- dress to the United States this afternoon. He said that during the past week a definite agreement has been reached between the Unit.
-Chief Lieutenant Fined. ed States, Great Britain and Japan. It meant that from the
BOMBY, April 0. dects. of the three Powers nine bat-
Masilal Kothari, one of the chief tleships were to be scrapped "with-
will be delivered by the Americanlieutenants of Gandhi, was fined 500 out replacement.. Under the terms of this arrangement the Japanese firm in Shanghai in April. It will rupees, with the alternative of six battleship fleet would consist of be recalled in this connection that werks' simple imprisonment. nine battleships. The reduction of the late Marshal Chang Two Lin the combined battleship fleets of the had a similar car and that he used three countries would, therefore, it while in Peping, equal in numbers the third largest battleship feet in the world."..
. Under the terms of the Washing ton Treaty, the United States, Great Britain and Japan were committed to the laying down of 28 battleships between now and 1936. Under the arrangement of last week not one battleship would be laid down during the next six
years,
A Three-Power Treaty.
A great achievement of this con- ference was that it had arrived at a basis for limiting all kinds of vessels in the three largest Beets. Cruiser, destroyer and submarine tonnage
under this limitation would be far below the lowest limit which was discussed at Geneva in 1027:
The results attained so far were beyond reasonable expectation. There was good reason to hope that a Five Power agreement might be signed before the conference con- cluded.
If the full measure of the agree ment could not be had at this ses sion, a Three Power agreement would be made on a basis which it the. would welcome as parties other two Powere when their dif culties had been solved.
Mr. Hearst's Latest Dig. [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICK]
NEW YORK, April 8.. That the British Dominions are responsible for "asserting the American doctrine of no more for eign entanglements" in the course of the proceedings at the London Naval Conference is the Hearst newspapers' latest dig at Mr. Mac- Donald. All splash the foregoing conclusion in the course of their leading articles.
(Continued on next Column.)
The despatch adds that the car
New Suggestions, [THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENCY,]
TOKYO, April 7. The Nichi Nicki publishes a re- port from London that the Japanese members of the Experta Committee are attempting to stipulate that the 18,000 tons destroyer allotment be interchangeable and the same tonnage for submarines under the replacement scheme be included in the Japanese reservations.
Passing Trains Stoned,
Bouy, April 8.. Groups of Great Indian Penin eula Railway strikers, carrying red flags, walked on to the line with a view to holding up the trains They also stoned passing trains.
Up to the present nineteen strik ers have been arrested. Of these six have been sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment each. Three policemen were injured this Rorning in a fight with strikers as Thana.
BONY, April 7. Khan Dalakar has been sentenced to three months' rigorous imprison- ment
Diat to Prevent Dysentry.
THE MURDER OF MR.
SCARLETT..
BRITISH LEGATION
PROTESTS.
[THOUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]· "
PEPING, April 7. The British Legation has pro- tested to Nanking and Mukden against the murder of Mr. Scarlett by bandits. Chang Hsueh Liang has repied expressing the deepest concern and promising to do his utmost to apprehend the criminals.
MISS GEMMELL RELEASED.
'* [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
HANKOW, April 7.
YEN EXPELLED FROM THE KUOMINTANG.
【THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, April 7. The Central Executive Committee held a meeting this morning and expelled Yen Hai Shan from the Kuomintang.
YOUNG GENERAL STILL "SITS ON THE FENCE.""
PROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
SHANGHAI April 7. Although Marshal Yen Hsi Shua and Marshal Chiang Kai Shek have declared war
on each other no actual fighting of any importance "has taken pince at the front.
The situation in Shantung, where skirmishes have occurred in the last few days between the Shan- tung troops under General Chea Tiao Yuan and the Shansi invaders, appears still to be developing. General Chen Tino Tuan's support of the Nanking Government is un- shaken in all appearances, but a large number of his troops have gone over to the Shansi side. Worst of all the Naoking Govern ment has not send any reinforce ments to help General Chen and on the contrary has withdrawn the Central Government troops, from Tsiran, the capital of. Shantung, to Yenchow, to the South of Shantung where Central Government troops
are putting up stronger defence.
the
Anti-Nanking Elements.
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“REDS" MENACE SHIUKWAN.
OVER 6,000 IN BANDIT- COMMUNIST ARMY.
According to a Capton report, the Chu-Mo Reds, who captured Namhung, Chihing.. and Yanfa in Northern Kwangtung last week, are now threatening the important town of Shiukwan, the terminus of the Canton-Hankow Railway. Many bandita have joined the rabble and with these new allies, the Reds are more than six thousand strong. It is reliably reported that the Reds took Kailang, about 100 i froin Shinkwan, city, on the 6th inst., and they are now fighting with..Canton troops.
Reinforce-
ACROSS U.S. BY AERIAL TRAIN.
GLIDER TOWED BY AEROPLANE.
[REUTER'S AMERIČAN SERVICE]
NEW YORK, April 7. Captain Frank Hawkes has con- pleted his flight, which is unique in the history of aviation,
Ile has flown to the Atlantic from the Pacific in a glider towed The tow-ropa by an aeroplane. was cut when 3,000 feet above Va Cortland Park and Ilawkes made
a perfect landing up to scheduled. time.
There are in Shinkwan over four thousand regular troops and two thousand local militia. ments are being seat to Shiukwan WIFE BURIES WRONG MAN. from Cantos.
NANKING TROOPS BEATEN IN KWANGSI.
A vernacular report from Wuchow says that no serious fighting has taken place on the upper renches
were
ASKS FOR ARREST OF REAL HUSBAND,
A woman who asked the Maryle- of the West River. The Nanking bone magistrate recently for a war- troops under Major-General Morant for her husband's arrest under Ping Wen suffered a reverse lately. a maintenance order was said to They were moving from Pingnam'
as her towards Tai Wong Kong when they have buried another man
attacked by the Kwangsi husband and drawn death benefit troops. After fighting which lasted
from an insurance company. several hours, the Nanking troops were driven back and over a thou- Warrant Officer Chary said" the
obtained wand of them were reported to have been taken prisoners, and they also order against her husband in 1917. lost many rifles and large quantIn 1992 he disappeared, and two ties of military supplies.
a description They fell back on Pingaam with years later she saw the Kwangsi troops in pursuit. of a man found dead on the rail- The latter were subsequently re. led by Cantonese troops under Chiang Kwong Noi,
..
CEMETERIES FOR CANTON.
The Canton Municipailty has started to lay out three public cemeteries on Au-Min-Kong. Lung Suen-Kong and Ma-On Shan Hills. The survey, work has been com pleted.
Woman
A
maintenance
way. She went to the mortuary, where she stated the body wes that of her missing husband. She took the body away and buried it, and received death benefit.
Ten months inter the inquest was reopened, and the body was identi- fed by another woman and handed over to her.
Yea, it was
not my husband after all, interjected the woman, "so now I want a warrant for his arrest."
Mr. Bingley (the magistrate): A Marsha! Yen assumed the com-warrant for a dead man! You are to identify the mandership of the anti-Nanking a funny woma expedition, he called his army wrong man as your husband, bury and draw the insurance the Army of the Chinese Repub him, lic" and this is indicative of the money. How about the insurance fact that he has no wish to muddle company?
The woman replied that the in- any longer in the party affairs of the Kuomintang as in the case of surance company knew all about the Kwangs generals whose anti- it, and added, "Why should my Nanking army is called "the Army husband refuse us his address 1 " for the Salvation of the Kuomin tang."
General
Mr. Bingley Address! That is" in the other world according to you. I cannot issue a warrant for a dead man, you know.
The anti-Nancing elements are
of The continuation by no means in complete harmony. Some leaders of the Saishan Clique Chang Hsuch Liang's hands-off and the Re-Organizationists have policy also causes Marshal Yen no
The woman (indignantly); Nothing arranged a compromise by estab- less anxiety. According to Mukden
Very well, A telegram has been received 4 lishing a secretariat of the Kuo- official circles, this Manchurian is going to be done.
women won't bring children into now at Pinghsiang, reporting that narty affairs. However Marshal his mind not to support either side the world and the birthrate will go Changsha, from Mr. Glazier, who is mintang to handle the political and ruler is reported to have made up Miss Gemmell has been released by Yen Hs Shan and Marshal Feng at this early stage of the Nanking down another ten thousand, the bandits who recently captured Yu Heiany do not pay much atten. Shansi war until its progress has know what you men are: you all her. No details have so far beention to such a proposal. When proved to be favourable for him to stick up for each other. You will
take action.
not catch, me getting married again. received.
HISTORIC TITHE BARNS. SAVED FROM SHIPMENT TO
AMERICA...
A group of historic tithe barns "near. Tonbridge has been saved for England by the timely intervention of Mrs. Rath Knowles, the organi ser of the Honourable Company of Friendly Adventurers Movement. They adjoin and originally formed part of Ramshurst Manor, built. by Roland, friend and frequently host to the Black Prince. stand in 100 acres of land, and are very fine examples of the craft of the fourteenth-century shipbuil. ders, who used to work inland dur ing slack periods in their regular trade.
They
The largest of the barns is 250 feet long. Mrs. Knowles, who owne Ramshurst Manor, noticed work- men preparing to dismantle the barns, and on inquiry found that they were to be shipped to America for sale. She arranged the pur chases before the work proceeded
JALAPUR, April 7. Gandhi has prescribed a more further. rigorous diet for his volunteers to prevent dysentary.
It.is also reported that the naval experta raised the question of re- placing the Furutaka class with 10,000 ton cruisers in the event of any being sunk or otherwise de
"America will not be entirely de stroyed during the period that the
prived of interest in the barns. proposed agreement is operative
Mrs. Knowles has decided to use These reporis are confirmed in off-
Gandhi's Day of Silence,
them for the accommodation of 4,000 cial quarters, but, whether they are:
DANDI, April 7.
American children visiting Eng accepted or rejected, they are not
Two of Gandhi's volunteers were land in 1931 in connection with her. considered to present a serious ob stacle in the way of an agreement | slightly wounded and one arrested friendly adventurers' "
during a scuffle with the police on ment... Four of them will be fitted ւր as dormitories with "sailors' the beach at Aat, when the volun- teers refused to hand over con-bunks, while the fifth will be utilis traband salt.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.
TO BE USED AS BASE FOR SEAPLANES.
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A written speech by Gandhi, who in observing his usual Mordey silence, was read out saying he was (BRITISH WIRELESS,SERVICK"]
going to Aat to-morrow to collect salt and extorting villagers to do Ruger, April 6. Pembroke Dockyard has been likewise clad in loincloths, as taken from the Admiralty by the they were not able to afford to Air Ministry, to be used as a base bave their clothes torn. He also for flying boats and scaplanes. The urged them not to surrender the principal stations for these craftsalt even though the police broke at present are Felixstowe, Calshot their hands.
Bam's Brother Takes Üharge. and Lee-on-Solent.
SURAT, April 7. Manilal, another of Gandhi's sons, has taken over the charge of til a few years ago, when being the volunteers led by his brother, WIL Ram Das Gandhi, who was arrested listed as redundant and it closed for reasons of economy, yesterday.
Pembroke Dockyard, which owed
its foundation to Lord Nelson, was regularly used by the Navy 11 building and repairing yard un-
move.
ed as an entertainment-room. It possesses an Elizabethan stage (with two flooT).
Arrangements are being made for a cricket and a baseball pitch and a practice golf course. The Ameri- can and English children will thus be able to learn each others nation- al games. Ramshurst Manor was used by Henry VIII. as a shooting- box. William Penn lived there be- fore crossing the Atlantic.
The "earthbound " spirit of Anee Saxeby, who lived here, in 1720 is reputed to pay periodic visite to the old mansion. It is re lated that the lady devoted so much time and money to the house and grounds that her children and hus band were neglected.
(Ountinued on next Column.)
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