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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1930.
DUCHESS CREATES AMAZING CATHOLIC AUSTRALIANS OUT LABOUR DAY PASSES DEVELOPMENTS IN RICE SHORTAGE IN MUTINOUS BRIGADE
NEW RECORD.
WELCOME AT CROYDON
1,000 MILES IN TWENTY DAYS,
(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.
LONDON, April 30.
The Duchess of Bedford, in her Fokker aeroplant, piloted by Cap- tain Barnard, landed at Croydon at 5,30 this afternoon.
EDICT.
QUIETLY.
CANTON.
TO WIN.
THE NORTH.
.
IL
CHURCH INTERFERES IN POLITICS.
WORCESTERSHIRE EASILY DISMISSED.
FEW ARRESTS.
ORDERLY DEMONSTRATIONS,
SALT REVENUE TO BE RETAINED.
POSITION BECOMES
SERIOUS.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BAN ON CONSTITUTIONALISTS WOODFULL'S GOOD BATTING.
【THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MALTA, May 1.
An amazing situation has beea created by the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards the general election campaign by an Arch Priest and a Parish Priest who have announced that by an order of the Archbishop to all mem hers of Churches throughout Malta stating that whoever votes for the Prime Minister, Lord Strickland, or any of his supporters (members of the Constitutional Party) commits En mortal sin.
She left Lympne on the morning of April 10 and has thus accom- plished the flight to Capetown and hack,' u 'distance of 19,000 miles, in 20 days. Had her machine not been forced down in Bulgaria, owing to blocked oil-pipe, the journey would have been complet ed yesterday evening" in 19) days. Nevertheless, the "Duchess and
The Bishop of Gozo recently her pilos have created a brilliant made a similar edict by forbidding approach new record. They have done the constitutionalists double journey in 10 dying days. Easter Communion or receive ab- A day was spent at Capetown. solution and forbidding citizens to meetings Moreover, in the single journey from England to Capetown in or race-meetings organised for the occasion of the opening of the Con- days they have beaten by a
big
stitutional Club. inargin a previous record made by Lieutenant Murdoch, of the South African Air Force.
A large crowd had gathered at Croydon Aerodrome to welcome
the aviators, including Sir Sefton Braneker, Director of Civil Avia.l
Lieutenant-Commander tion, and Perin.
NO LABOUR-LIBERAL ALLIANCE.
DUTY TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT.
(THAGUDE, REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 30.
Mr. Ramsay Muir, writing in the
to
attend constitutionalist
Members of the Constitutional Party demand a suspension of the elections. There is great unrest in Gozo and the police have been reinforced. It is understood that "the Government is making repre
sentations to the Pope.
SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.
WORK ON MAIN CONTRACT PROCEEDING.
[TOROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 30. In the House of Commons
to-
the battleship docking and repair plant at the Singapore Base.
Glasgow Evening News, gives the day Commander Kenworthy asked- first authoritative statement regard-whether work was proceeding on ing the alleged Liberal-Labour pact, and denies the existence of any Lib Lul allience, but says that when Free Trade becomes seriously threa- tened, the relationship between the partis supporting Free Trade naturally tends to become more favourable.
The liberals throughout consider edit their duty, to support the King's Government, however con- stituted, until it does something ebntrary to Liberal principles,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, April 30. The cricket sensor opened in glorious sunshine Before five thousand spectators on the Wor- ester County Cricket ground, the Australians opened their first class
tour.
The wicket was on the soft side, and Worcester on winning the tosa
were confronted with Australia's
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on
TOKYO, May 1. Over 30,000
participated Japanese labour observances May Day. They were generally orderly despite hundreds of arrests and temporary detentious.""
BANK OF CHINA AS CUSTODIANS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
JOINS KWANGSI.
KWANGTUNG BORDER NOW MENACED.
POLITICAL INSPIRATION FOR MOVEMENT,
CANTON, May 1. Considerable anxiety is being felt The brigade of General Chin Han throughout Kwangtung over the Ting's troops. which recently PEPING, May 1." present rice shortage. Reports commutinied on the Kiangsi border, is The Bank of China in Tientsin ing to hand from the ouflying dis-reported to have joined forces with has been appointed custodian of tricts state that the poorer people the Kwangsi rebels and now threat- en to attack the borders of Kwang-
the Customs and Salt Revenues
are already experiencing the pizeh.
A clash at Kawasaki, a suburb which the Shansites are retaining. Many of them are being compelled tung. The Caston military authori
of Tokyo, in which two policemen were wounded was the most serious disorder.
In Tokyo 15.000 who..paraded
PEPING, May 1. to subsist on potatoes and other
ties are taking precautions." The Peking Leader states that native products in place of the ex-'
According to A Chinese report from to-day no salt revenue will pensive rice. Ever, the poorest from Amoy, General Chin ordered be transferred from the districts grade of rice that has been thought bis troops at Tingchew, on the best bowling and failed hadly, be- through the Capital were closely controlled by the Northerners to theo of as unfit for human consumption Fukien border, to return to Kiang- Nanking National Government is being eaten. These rice wastes. When the soldiers arrived at hours and shephered by 6,500 police, while at while the Tientsin Customs, above have been used almost exclusively Shuichin, on the eastern border of ing dismissed in two forty minutes for 131 runs.
Osaka, the industrial centre of the
C. V. Grimitt, turning the ball Empire, was witnessed a parade of the original 3 per cent. on which for the fermentation of wine and Kiangsi, a brigado of the troops
cleverly secured 4 wickets for 38 runs and A. Fairfax took 4 wickets
for 36 runs,
30,000, and there were smaller de monstrations in other cities.
Large groups of women paraded 1,300 strong in Osaka and 1,000 strong in Tokyo,
At the close of play, the Austra-
Features of the Tokyo parade lians had scored 180 runs for one were the colourful banners and red Wicket, W. M. Woodfull, the cap-flags, the singing of choruses of tain, and Don Bradman are still labour songs in spite of the pre- sence of the police, who marched undefeated with 95 and 75 runs re-
in groups between the demonstra spectively, to their credit.
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Australia (1 wkt.)' ***... 199 Worcester
BANK RATE.
131
[THROUGH PEUTER'S AGENCY.] '
LONDON, May I. The Bank of England discount is three per cent.
APPEAL "TO VICEROY.
GOVERNMENT MUST UPHOLD THE LAW.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SIMLA, April 30. The correspondence between the Viceroy and Mahomed Ali has been'
Mr. A. V. Alexander replied that work was proceeding on the main contract dated September, 1625, in-published. cluding the provision of the gray ing dock, but that all additional work had been stopped for the time being.
He added that it would not be economie to interfere or to make any changes at prese immediate whole question would be The Party confusion at Westly considered in consultation with Fulham bye-election was further the Dominions. în evidence by the announcement that Prof. Ramsay Muir. President of the official Liberal organisation, would address a Liberal meeting at which he would appeal to his hear ers to support the Labour candidate at the general election: he will pre side over a Conservative meeting which the former Liberal Minister, Mr. C. A. McCurdy, will address.
COLONIAL OFFICERS...
COMMITTEE'S IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
[THAPUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Losos, April 30. An extension of the system for the temporary attachment of Colonial service officers to the Colonial Office is among the recommendations of a Governmental Committee investi gating the method of Colonial ap- pointments.
Effect of Treaty on Cruisers.
RUGBY, April 30. Mr. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated in the House of Commons that the effect of the London Naval Treaty in regard to cruiser. strength was as follows:
tors.
foreign loans and indemnities are secured, will also be retained.
The Leader estimates that the
involved amounts revenue
to
the feeding of pigs. People of under Colonel Chow mutinied and wealth everywhere in the Province fed back to Tingchow, the latter are reported to be hording up rice carrying away with him the vice- 82,000,000 monthly as regards salt in,huge quantities for fear of a rice commander of the brigade és a and $1,000,000 as regards the Cus-famine. But this buying up has captive and the sum of $100,000.
resulted only in a further increase in "the prices, and the superior grade is being quoted to-day at about five and a half catties to the dollar.
toms.
The journal declares that this action is likely to have a decisive effect on other parts of the country, Besides 200 precautionary arrests which will now understand that early in the morning about a hun-Marshal Yen Shi Shan is irrevo- dred were arrested in Tokyo during cably committed to the establish- the day.
Extra police were maintained in ment of a new Government. public buildings throughout the
Way.
All Police Mobilised.
SHANGHAI, May 1. All police are mobilised, special police and volunteers are standing by, and the authorities have taken the most stringent precautions with the result that Labour Day is pass- ing off quietly, except for a minor demonstration in Nanking, Road when seven arrests were made.
PEPING, May 1. Labour Day has so far passed off very quietly with no signs of de- monstrations or disturbances.
Hunger-Marchers...
LONDON, May 1. Hunger-marchers, including contingent of women from Lanca shire, who have been, tramping to London from unemployment areas joined in the usual. Red" May Day march to Hyde Park,
SYDNEY, May 1 The police broke up a small de- monstration and seven arrests were made."
War Veterans First.
NEW YORK, May 1. 18,300 police are on duty as the Reds expect-n---100,000-sym-
MORE BANDIT OUTRAGES.
TWO PRIESTS TAKEN CAPTIVE,
[THROUGH REUTEr's agency.]
SHANGHAI, May: 1.
It is learned that bandits captur. ed Taihu, in South-West Anhui, on April 27, and took the Spanish priest, Father Herrera, prisoner. Father Herrera has since beer rescued by troops and has arrived in Anking...
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The special rice market, a semi- Government undertaking, organized a couple of days ago to relieve the situation, is expected to be opened next Monday in Canton. Here rice will be sold to the poor below cost price. People of means everywhere are being approached and urged to
Recently, the brigade held 11 public mass meeting, at which they explained to the people the rerion of their mutiny. They said that'
they had severed connection with "the Nanking Government in view. of the illegality of the Third All- China Congress of the Kuomintang and insisted on the reorganisation of the Nationalist Government yin Nanking. A circular declaration was issued, in which they had hit-
de their duty to stave off the interly denounced Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, whom they charged with pending rice famine. The Commit- tee has its headquarters in Yatack usurping the power of the Kucin Road. It is leaving no stone un-
tang, wantonly murdering numer-. turned, in its efforts to secure
sufficient supply of this staple com
辽
ous youths under the pretext of
from the Communist
modity to relieve the situation. Anpurging the members of the Kno- investigation just completed by the mintang Committee revealed that there are Party, fawning on "foreign in only 90,000 sacks of rice left in the perialists," squeezing public market in Canton. This is con sidered serious for a city the size of Canton.
It is reported that a big shipment of rice has been purchased from The bandits are also reported to Annam and is on its way to Cantoa. have captured the neighbouring The shipment aggregates more than town of Hwoshan on April 28, and 20,000 sacks and is coming here in to have taken the Spanish priests, this consignment the stringency of five vessels. Upon the arrival of Fathers Hidalgo and Avito," prison-the rice market will be partially
Their whereabouts are at present unknown.
relieved.
em.
The latter appeals to the Viceroy not to permit the situa- tion to become worse by the arrest of Gandhi, and says that the Gov. ernment has sufficiently demonstrat. ed its strength, and hopes that con- siderations of prestige will pre-pathisers to attend a meeting at YEN AND FENG TO MEET. vent neither the Government nor Union Square this afternoon. "The Gandhi retracing their steps and meeting will be allowed on condi- establishing peace and freedom. tion that it is held & full hour after Lord Irving's Secretary, in his the celebration arranged by 10,000 ply recognises the spirit of good-war veterans and patriotic bodies. will prompting Mahomed Ali's let- ter, bat draws attention to the fact that some Indian leaders, instead. of accepting the hand of friend- ship proffered by His Majesty's Government to form a round table
A PRICELESS JEWEL COLLECTION.
Great Britain would not con.. struct the two eight-inch ten thous conference, rejected (the way to DANCER OPENS SUPER-SHOP. and ton cruisers of the 1928 pro-reason in favour of destructive me- gramme and the one eight-inch ten thousand ton cruiser of the 1929 programme.
The United States, which enter ed the Conferenc with a projected programme of 23 eight-inch ten thousand ton cruisers, would nut complete more than fifteen of this type before 1938, retaining only the option to have three more under construction not to be completed before 1936, 1937 and 1938 respec- (tively.
thods."
The reply concludes that the Government's desire for concilia- tion remains, but while the law is defied the Government must resist
Subversion.
[UNITED PRESS, ]
RAPID DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.
́(THROUGH REUTER'S "AGENCY"]"
• LABOUR DAY PASSES QUIETLY IN CANTON. [now our own' CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, May 1 May Day passed quietly in Can- PETING, May 1. ton, there being no disturbances of Yen Hsi Shan arrived at Shih-any kind. All the union workers chiachuang early this morning. enjoyed their holiday by celebrating Feng Yu Hsiang is also en route in their union headquarters, to Shihchiachuang where they ex-large number of the shops, includ pected to meet to-day, after which ing the tea houses, in Canton had developments are expected to be to close for the day, owing to the much more rapid than during the refusal of their employees to work. past two months.
Business will be resumed as usual to-morrow.
RACING INNOVATION,
ARABS TO RACE WITH THOROUGHBREDS.
[UNITED PRESS.]
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funds, etc.
It is understood that there is a political motive behind the mutiny. Chow, the leader of the mutineers. is reported to have been appointed by the Kwangsi rebels Commander. of the 6th Route Army of the Party and the Salvation of the. Forces for the Protection of the Country. It is also reported that they have been instructed to harass the borders of Northern Kwang- tung. The Canton military authori ties, have
wired the troops in Northern Kwangtung to take pre cautionary measures.
IN SEARCH OF £12,000,000. CAPT. M. CAMPBELL'S TREASURE HUNT,
Captain Malcolm Campbell, the racing motorist, is fitting out an expedition for the Cocos Islands in
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hunt for pirate gold and jewels worth, he believes, about £12,000,000.
"I have already had one shot at discovering this treasure trove," Captain Campbell said, "and this time our chances of success will be greater.
"The new expedition will be bet- ter found in every way and my associates in the venture are very hopeful, as they know that I am not altogether working in the dark.
A bobby can develop into a busi- ness, as Miss Jenny Dolly, one of the famous Dolly Sisters, has die covered. Miss Dolly, who has oDe
C.E.R. CONFERENCE. (The Moslem leader, Mohamed of the finest and largest private Ali, who was Gandhi's right-hand collections of precious jewels in
CHINA'S CHIEF DELEGATE man in the earlier non-co-operation Europe, is opening a super-shop on
LEAVES FOR MOSCOW: movements, has vehemently denoune the Champs Elysées where she will ea. Gandhi's civil disobedience make a specialty of rare, antique movement.
jewellery.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) Presiding over a huge Moslem Miss Dolly's private collection of Japan would remain at her pre-reeting. Mohamed Ali described ancient jewellery is a magnificent
HARDIN, May 1. sent figure of twelve eight-inch ten
a desperate as that of any oriental princess in Mo Teh Hui, China's chief dele: The unusual spectacle of Arab. "I have certain definite informa thousand ton cruisers and would civil disobedience ag
attempt to impose the domination past centuries. She owns, exclu- gate to the long-deferred Sino horses competing against thorough- tion, to go upon which justifies our not engage on fresh construction as of caste-ridden Hindus over Mo-sively, special type of Arabian Soviet C.E.R. Conference, left Har-breds is likely to be seen on the faith previously anticipated.
hamedans.
earring made of enamel-work on bin for Moscow this morning accom- gold, and adorned with pearla and panied by a suite of twenty."
She has also very old, rubies. Italian earrings of seed-pearls and gold filigree, which seem almost too dainty to be made of anything so solid as metal and stone:
The Committee also advocates improved facilities for study, both As it regarded six-inch gun crui- The meeting passed a resolution at Home, and overseas, and says sers, the Naval Treaty only allow- that in the selection of Governors ed, generally speaking, for replace-ging the Moslems not to join the prior consideration" should be given
Civil disobedience movement.]. to high officers in the Colonial acr- vices.
The Committee also advises that free passages on leave should be granted to officers and their families by the Colonial Governments.
BRITISH SUBJECTS IN
CHINA...
THREE MURDERED BY BANDITS IN NINE
MONTHS..
ments, except that in the case of the United States a special pro- gramme was made for carrying out long postponed cruiser construction.
AMERICA AND NAVAL
TREATY.
SENATOR" ADVOCATES BIG BUILDING PLAN.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, April 30. Senator tobimon, one of the United States signatories to the (THROUGH BEETER'S AGENCY.]
London Naval Fact, stated fo-day LONDON, April 20. that he thought it would be "whole- At question time in the House some" for the United States to of Commons to-day, Mr. Hender-build up to the programme contem-
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AUSTRIAN LOAN
ARRANGED."
POST OFFICE AND RAILWAY
DEVELOPMENT.
UNPROHIBITED CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA.
THE FINGER PRINT QUESTION.
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English racetracks in the near 'When you talk treasure trove in future. Twenty of these Arabian these sceptical days people are apt steeds were recently registered un- to smile indulgently, and to think der Rules of Racing, by their owner, you are joking. But I believe im Lady Wentworth, a noted horse this treasure in the Cocos Island, woman, who is a great "grand-and in many other treasure trove daughter of Lord Bryan. She is the stories.
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Her antique necklace and brace-
largest breeder of Arab harees in The great difficulty is that of lets are fit for museums, and now
England. Her stud in the county locating the spot. In a yacht the experience Miss Dolly has ac-
of Sussex shelters some of the most now being built we expect to get valuable and certainly many of away in the late autumn of this quired in the selection of personal jewels will be used in the selection
handsomest quadrupeds in the year. We shall carry special ele THROUGH HLUTER'S AGENCE.] of jewels for her shop. In the
world. The collection is enormousetrical apparatus for locating gold. famous collection of modern jewel--
ly valuable One beautiful arch, This will save us an infinite amount (THRODOH REDTER'S AGENCY.]
SYDNEY, May 1. lery, Miss Dolly has three million
The Chinese Consul-Generai has necked, almost white, animal with of trouble. When I was lost in the dollars worth of pearls. These PARIS, April 30.
sent a Note to the Federal Govern the finest and purest Arabian blood Cocos in 1925 we did a certain "pearls are
all large, perfectly ment of Australia urging the discon- in his veins is valued by his owner i amount of dynamiting, but without Herr Schober, the Austrian Chan-matched, creamy in colour and
at more than £10,000.
turning up any treasure, cellor, is now in Paria en route to string in long ropes. Many of
tinuance of taking finger-prints of
According to past records, it' "In 1925 we had to work against London. He announced that everythem have pear-shaped diamond
the unprohibited Chinese, This
would appear that the Arab is in- time to bring the yacht, back to thing has been arranged for the clasps. Miss Dolls possesses ten practice. was instituted in order to triox to the thoroughbred for England by a certain date Wo launching of the Austrian Loan modernistically designed diamond identify the prohibited immigrants, racetrack purposes, although of were unlucky, too, in smashing a within the next two months. The bracelets, many inches wide and The note says that the practice is
course practically all racehorses are propeller when in the Caribbean issue will be in the hands of J.P. Morgan & Co. and the amount will heavily incrusted with the price- embarrassing the Nationalist Gov- descendants of the Arab stock. The "Sea. From one cause and another causes pure Arab possesses extraordinary we had to abandon our hunt for lees atones. A cognac-diamond ring crament of China as it hundred million
popular demand for reciprocity. It stamina, and some remarkable re the £12,000,000 treasure, which was this dazzling collection.
But the apex of splendour is a indiscriminate right of search of the been made by the best of them. Ex of Lima in 1820. exclusively to Post Office and rail- way development.
163 karat carved emerald, set in prohibited immigrants which is not periments in crossing the Arah The point is that I am sure the diamonds and sapphires.. The applied to other Nationalities. stallion with the thoroughbred treasure is still there!** Maharajah of Indore covets this The Note suggests the pardoning mare, or an Arab mare, with a good of a few prohibited immigrants who thoroughbred stallion, have proved BRITAIN AND MALAYA.com for his 2lection but Mie man in austrand tag vet Panty Hitleruchsay, into the po hard t
Y understandably...enquebis [THODOX, REUTER'S AGENOT.] fond of it too, and has no intention Batitution of rigid system of of parting from it. On the whole registration at the Consulate. The Miss Dolly says she prefers antique Note contends that the ban on the It is officially announced that an jewellery and the rarely coloured entry of wives of the unprohibited agreement was signed on April 28 stones and delicate workmanship Chinese leads to immorality and defining friendly relations between which are found in old ornaments, nggosts allowing the young rela Britain and the State of Perlis into the greater brilliances of modern tives to replace the aged Chinese
jewellery. the Malay Peninsula.
not exceed &
son said that bandits in China had plated' in the Pact, and added that dollars. The loan will be devoted is one of the special features of appeals also for limitation of the cords extending to several days have hidden by pirates after the sack
captured thirteen British subjects the expenditure involved amounted
in the past nine months and had to one hundred million dollars murdered three of these. In this year.
connexión His Majesty's repre- The Democratic leader said the sentative in China and de theatre su bild more abies at
rongest reprecations to the abandon her perition as Chinese authorities, but the latter power. The United States had con had not yet apparently brought the structed few ships sincs the war offenders to justice..
and most of the ships were old. Mr. Henderson pointed out that the outrages were mostly committed in "remote places where the Chin ese Government at present does not exercise any effective authority."
He believed that the people, of the United States were in accord with the Treaty, the arrangements of which were "ae near parity as could he possibly ascertained.'
LONDON, April 30,
who return to China.
Plain
geny iron che ama silla Thorn
In 1884 The English Jockey Clab tow, is shortly to be married introduced a race for Arah horses, to Miss Beatrice Colling his house- which was won by Admiral Tryon's keeper. who is 30 years his junior. Asil, but in 1885 this animal, Asil, Mr. Will Thorne, who is 72, has been married three times, and has was beaten by 20 lengths by a mo derate thoroughbred over a three two sons and six daughters. His mile track at Newmarket.
third wife died in 1926.
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