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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1930.

DISORDER IN CAIRO. RIOTING IN KOREA. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. FINANCE QUESTION LISBON PLOTTERS.

MOBS DISPERSED. BY TROOPS AND POLICE.

ITEROUGH RACTER'S AGENCY.]

CAIRO, July 91.

One demonstrator was killed and wounded and conveyed to hos- pital this morning.

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PEASANTS SEIZE TOWN OFFICE.

{TEROUGH REUTEE's agency-] !

TOKYO, July 31.

INTERVIEW WITH GANDHI POSTPONED.

IN AUSTRALIA.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

CONFERENCE RESULTS IN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.)

A message from Tansen, in the province of Kankyonando, Korea,

BOMBAY, July 21. Owing to a bereavement in Mr. Jayakar's family, the visit of Sir

TIN PRODUCTION. STEVENSON SCHEME

TWELVE DEPORTED TO ASSENTS TO RESTRICTION

PROPOSALS. THE AZORES.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

[THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY.]

LISBON, July 21.

LONDON, July 91. "SYDNEY, July 21.

A Government communiqué The Tin Producers' Association A private conference between Sir Otto Niemeyer, who arrived in states that 12 persons, including announce that, hitherto assents have

with being implicated in the recent conspiracy to overthrow the Gov ernment, have been deported to the Azores.

operating in British, territory and Siam to the restriction proposals.

The demonstrations were dis- states that lour. Koran peasants| Tej Sapru and Mr. Jayakar to Australia to confer with the Com-three journalists, who were charged | been received from 94 companies. persed by armed police supported were killed and 25 wounded and by Egyptian troops,

nine Japanese policemen wounded in serious rioting that took place last evening following the arrest of peasants for alleged violation of the Forestry Laws,

The disorders occurred in, spite of the Wald leaders deciding to aban- don an attempt to force an entry to the Chamber to await the King's reply to a petition for at extraordinary session..

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A mob numbering 2,000 armed

Many shops closed their doors. The police guarded the main with clubs and bamboo spears roads and steel-helmeted Egyptian soldiers were posted in the neigh

bourhood of the Parliament build- ings.

The police, using their firearms, easily dispersed, minor demonstra tions this morning, including a crowd which barricaded a street near the Abdin Palace, using lamp. poste, etc., and setting fire to escaping gas

Demonstrations at Port Said. Many demonstrations occurred" at Port Said, and the troops were obliged to fire on a crowd attempt- ing to breakthrough a military cordon between the native and European quarters.

It is not yet known whether there were any casualties.

PORT SAID, July 21. Twenty rioters and 16 police were injured in the rioting which took place here this morning.

The police have the situation

well in hand.

TOLL OF THE TYPHOON."

EASTERN KOREA SUFFERS MORE THAN JAPAN

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) "

Toxxo, July 20. The typhoon apparently exacted an even greater toll in Eastern Korea than in Japan, according to fragmentary details reaching Seoul. Fifty-eight are known to be dead and 33 missing ashore, while the crews of 2 fishing vessels, exceed.}.' ing 500, are unaccounted for.

The typhoon caused great havoc at the south-east coast towns, the seas attaining tidal wave propor- tions.

VICE-GOVERNOR OF

PHILIPPINES.

MR. NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT NOMINATED.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, July 20. President Hoover has nominated Mr. Nicholas Roosevelt for the Vice-Governorship of the Philip- pine Islands

WORLD'S POULTRY

CONGRESS.

TO BE OPENED TOMORROW AT CRYSTAL PALACE.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, July 0. Many countries will be repré- sented at the fourth World's Poul try Congress, which begins at the Crystal Palace, London, on Tues- day....

Many famous breeds will be re- presented among the 7,000 birds on.

show.

seized the town office and the police station, upon which the police, after being reinforced, fired on the mob, which was dispersed.

NANKING'S COMING OFFENSIVE.

CANTON REINFORCEMENTS INSPIRE CONFIDENCE.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, July 21. Ten divisions of troops are short- ly being sent to reinforce the Government forces on the Lunghai and Tientsin-Pakow Railway fronts, to, which the 60th and 61st Divi- sion from Kwangtung, which

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monwealth Government on the Fees this afternoon for the pur-financial situation in Australia, and pose of seeing Mahatma Gandhi the leaders of the Commonwealth trading banks, New South Wales has been postponed:

Treasury, and members of the Federal Loan "Council, resulted in a tentative agreement, which is sub- ject to the approval of the Federal Loan Council, providing for the mobilisation of exchanges.

YEN HSI SHAN AT TIENTSIN.

SHANSI ARMY PREPARING

FOR DEFENCE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

PEIPING, July 21. Interviewed by Chinese Press-

The Governments of Australia

will have the first call on all avail able funds in the hands of the banks in London, and the adminis- tration of such funds will be in the hands of the Australian Loan Coun cí.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY.

KNUCKLEDUSTERS "AT MEETINGS BANNED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, July 20 The general election campaigo

Most of the assents relate to a

ASIATIC PLANTERS FAVOUR ACTION BY GOVERNMENT.

*[THRACUH, REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]

SINGAPORE, July 20. The Asiatic Planters' Association has passed a resolution in favour of requesting the Government to

legislate to provide for the restric- tion of rubber production by the periodical stoppage of tapping or by the reintroduction of the two months suspension, but some Stevenson Scheme, such legislation of the co-operating companies have not to be enforced until similar intimated that they are closing legislation is effected in the Dutch down for three months or longer.

A few of the companies are un- able to close down entirely, and these are applying to their local committees for special considera-

tion.

men on his arrival at Tientsin this OL IN NEW SOUTH which is now proceeding threatens EXPRESS DISASTER

morning, Yen Hsi Shan stated that

he had not received definite news

WALES.

to be the most bitter in living

memory.

Clashes are occurring daily be

regarding the arrival of Wang MINIMUM OUTPUT OF ONE tween partisans of the extremist

Ching Wei.

HUNDRED TONS DAILY.

(THROUGH RELTER'S AGENCY.

SYDNEY, July 20.

of

Foreign telegrams from Japan state that Wang Ching Wei sailed from Nagasaki yesterday, and ia due to arrive at Tientsin to-morrow, Military Conference at Tsinantu.

The Boards of Directors Yen Hai Shan is en route to North Broken Hill, Broken Hill Teinaafu for a military conference, South, the Zine Corporation and which is interpreted here as in-Electrolytic Zine Companies have dicating that the Shansi Army is issued a joint statement announc preparing for a stiff defence against ing the purchase of an oil reäning She's threatened plant option of over 11,000 acres of Chiang Kai offensive on the Tientsin-Pukow oil shale lands at Newnes, New front:

South Wales.

There is no confrmation of A minimum output of 100 tons of Nanking's claim to the occupation crude oil daily is "contemplated. of Taian, but it has been definitely established that the Southerners

rived yesterday, are being dea patched to-day to participate in the Government's coming offensive.

The 3rd Model Division ar- rived from Hankow a few days ago and immediately went on to Pengpu in order to nip in the bud the threat from Pochow

Several more divisions are ex-have succeeded in pushing on & pected here in the near future from considerable distance north of Ten- Hunan and Szechuan.

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chow.

There has been fairly serious fighting around Tawenkow.

"

The Kuominchun are showing sigas of increased activity on the

As the Kwangsi forces and the "Ironsides" have been driven out! of Hunan,, Ho Ying Ching will shortly take up the command of the the Government forces Peiping-Hankow. Railway front.

The arrival of the Cantonese Lunghai front. divisions, who are well-equipped and believed to be good fighters, has inspired considerable" fidence in Government circles.

"The recapture of Pochow is claim- coned by the Northerners...

(Wah Ter Fat Pao.) Wang Uking Wei Interviewed."

NAGASAKI, July 21. Accompanied by his secretary and several others, Mr. Wang Ching. Wei arrived bere at 3 p.m.. on Saturday.

Interviewed by Pressmen, he said. that the object of the formation of a new government at Peiping is to turn the present despotic rule into a democratic government. He has thoroughly arrived at an under- standing with both Yen Hai Shan and Feng Yu Hsiang.

AIR RACE ROUND EUROPE.

BRITISH ENTRANT LEADS AT FIRST STAGE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S'AGENCY.]

BERLIN, July 20.- Bixty airmen started from Tem- pelhof Aerodrome to-day on the international air race round Europe.

The course

many.

covers, 4,700 miles

HEAT WAVE IN AMERICA.

PRAYERS FOR RAIN AND

RELIEF

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

NEW YORK, July 20. With the temperature ranging from 98 in New York to 107 in Washington, churchgoers yesterday prayed for rain and relief from the terrific heat which has been respo sible for at least 24 deaths and is now threatening the crops and herds.

ANTI-FASCIST AVIATOR'S

ESCAPADE.

BASSANESI TO BE ARRESTED FOR FLYING OVER FORTRESS.

Berne, July 14. The Swiss Press of all shades rejects with in dignation Italy's changes that the

preserve its neutrality and correct-

groups, particularly the Communists and National Socialists.

The Prussian Government is ahortly issuing decree prohibit- ing the taking of knuckledusters, daggers and other weapons to poh- tical meetings -

COCAINE SMUGGLING FROM FAR EAST.

DISTRIBUTING CENTRE IN

CHINA

IN AMERICA.

OVER ONE HUNDRED PASSENGERS INJURED,

TREUTER'S AMERICAN BEVICE.]

ELIZABETH (N.J.), July 20. Over 100 people were injured, some doubtless fatally, when the Pennsylvania express, going at full speed, struck an abandoned motor

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East Indies and Ceylon,

The Association also recommends that the Government, in conjunc tion with the Governments of the Dutch East Indies and Ceylon, should refuse to alienate land for rubber cultivation for a period of

years.

3,000 MILES IN 30 MINUTES.

FROM GERMANY TO U.S.A. 'BY ROCKET..

NEW EXPERIMENTS.

Further details of the attempt to fire a rocket to the moon, some particulars of which have already been published, are now revealed..

The attempt is to be made this.

car on the line. The locomotive summer from the town of Horst," overturned and two carriages on the shores of the Baltic. plunged over the embankment. A third hung precariously on the edge of the bridge above the street. Fire broke out on the wrecked train and impeded the rescuers in their efforts to extricate the hys

FINANCIER KILLED IN

This will be the first practical. experiment to realise the dream of Professor Hermann Oherth, who is one of the protagonists of the idea that earth dwellers will be able to explore the moon, On this occa sion he is rot hopeful that his rocket will reach the moon, but he believes that it will at least, reach an altitude of thirty miles from

"COURT.

“AMAZING INCIDENT AT LOS❘ the earth.

ANGELES,

[UNITED PRESS.Į

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In an effort to check the smuggl-terical women and children. ing of cocaine into India and Bur ma the Government of India will shortly send a commission of in- quiry composed of three experts up- der the leadership of Mr. J. Stat. tery of the Indian Police Service to investigate the sources of origin of the drug, which are believed to be in Japan and China. The com mission will visit Japan, where the drug is said to be manufactured, and China, which is said to be theed Mr. Motley H. Flint, well known financier, na the latter was stepping from the witness stand is constructed of steel, and dis chief distributing centre.

in the Superior Court here to-day about seven feet in height and during the hearing of a bank suit about twelve inches in girth. A

Questioned by the authorities, Keaton said that he had lost parachute is part of this rocket's. money in the great Julian Petro equipment, and this will be releas leum Co. crash and that he helded automatically when the force of

From this, Professor Oberth: loper, he will be able to contruct a rocket that will bridge the gulf Los Angeles, July 14Mr. of space, something like 240,000 Frank Keaton, who is believed by miles, which separates the moon police to be insane, shot and kill from the earth.

At a meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the Indian Legislative Assembly recently it was stated that the smuggling of this drug into India and Burma was becoming a serious problem. It' was not possible to estimate its extent even approximately, but there was no doubt that it was en- ormous.

The chief receiving centre for India appears to have been Cal- cutta, where the Customs Depart. ment, seized 448 lb. of the drug. Last year the number of haul was

Chang Hsuch Liang, continued Mr. Wang, will be invited to parti-through Belgium, France and Eng- cipate in the formation of the new land and thence to Paris, Spain, government.

Mr. Wang adds that the revolu- Switzerland, Austria, Czecho-Slova tionary elements of the Nankingkia, Poland and so back to Ger- Swiss Government had failed to exceptionally large, the quantities régime will also proceed to Pei- ping to join the new government.

SEVERE FIGHTING ON LUNGHAI FRONT. (Wah Tez Tat Pao.)

The race, which lasts 12 days, is probably the world's most gruelling test of seroplane endurance."

There are seven British entries, namely, Lady Bailey, Miss Spooner, Captain Broad, Lord Carberry, Mr.

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Mr. Flint responsible.

MR. ELIHU ROOT AND COMMUNISTS.

the

This rocket, which is to be fired,

At one time president of the the original explosion that sent Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the rocket off from the earth has Mr. Flint has more recently been been expended, and Professor executive vice-president of Pacine Southwest Trust & Savings Oberth hopes, by this means, to Bank and director of the First Na-save the huge shell from dashing tionel Bank and the B. H. Dyne to pieces when it returns to earth.

Propelling power for the rocket Corp. He, was unmarried.

will be given by a special gas mix- tare, in which hydrogen plays a great part. The explosion of this: gas, Professor Cherth believes, will give the rocket aspeed at the start of 4,000 yards a second, When the rocket descends by its parachute a red light will be New York, July 14-Mr. Elihu shown, so that ita course can be Root, famous international lawyer followed by observers and also and former Secretary of State, allow people to stand out of the sent a letter to-day to the Con-way as it reaches earth. gressional committeo of investiga- tion of communist prépaganda, suggesting, the creation of a fede?

paganda.

He said that the reason for this ent dissemination of such pro

[UNITED PRES8.]

papers also say that the import Mr. Slattery has for some time ance attached to the case by the been engaged in preparing a real police force empowered to pre Italian authorities, leads to the conclusion that they are rather port on the traffic in India and afraid of the anti-Fascist move recently the results of bis investi

ness of behaviour in connection seized ranging from 68 to 83 lb. with the leaflet air-raid on the Since it is estimated that only ten city of Milan. The Berner Bund points out that it was an Italian per cent. of the illicit traffic was flyer and a French plane that were detected, an approximate idea of concerned in the matter and that its extent can be obtained. „ H. J. Andrews, Mr. A. S. Butler the Swiss authorities had in no

To Follow Up Inquiries, and Mr. 8. A. Thornwise failed to do their duty. The

There ara 27 control points, in SHANGHAI, July 21. Severe fighting is raging on the cluding two in England at Heston Hounslow and Bristol Points are Lunghai Railway line.

A general offensive was again awarded for the actual flying speed over the course after deducting the launched on the Kuominchun, which resisted the assault with machine time spent at control points, while ment abroad finding a fertile soilgations were submitted to the Gov-attitude wig his belief that an 4 form of adapting rockets to mili- reliability also enters largely into for its propaganda within Italy.erament, He fully corroborated sault is being made, "backed by the guns. and bombs..

The Narking forces finally gained consideration when judging the Moanwhile it in semi-officially an- the suspicion that the sources of resources of a great Empire, and nounced that the Government bas

Government." The engines of the machines were ordered the arrest of Bassants who supply were China and Japan, the seeking to overthrow our form of

former being merely a distributing

Mr. Root made no specific men ground and inflicted very heavy casualties on the enemy.

The right wing of the Ruomin-sealed at the start and the import is still lying in the Andermatt hos centre, while most of the drug was

tion of the U.S.R. It was, how manufactured in Japan chun, under the command of Shih ent-parts must not be changed.pital on the charge of having over Yu San, simultaneously counter. Replacement of the under-carriage down the fortified St. Gotthard

means thisqualification, hence the none. However, it is believed that It was suggested to the Govern" ever, plain from the context of his attacked the Government forces at

collected by Mr. Slattery would his mind. Minchuan, but were repulsed. necessity on the part of the com- the procedure will and can ment of India that the material letter that Soviet Russia was in

justify a special effort to follow up A regiment of rebels were dis-petitors to avoid forced landings.

Thunderstorms and Fog Intervane.

LONDON, July 21. Owing to thunderstorms and fog all the competitors in the round Europe air race are being held up at Calais and Rheims-

Captain Broad was the first aviator to reach Calais.

armed. MAN KA

Koucheng was captured by the

victors.:

COMMUNIST CHIEFS

MURDER.

FOUR ANNAMITES

ONDEMN

{THEOUGH"

This is the first occasion on which the great international gathering Angchang held in England, and the Ministry of Agriculture is ensuring its success,

PARIS, July 20, The delegates are attending a Government reception to morrow Amessage from Saigon states night, and there will be a Garden that four Aunamites have been Party at Windsor Castle when the sentenced to death and four sea Congress follows in ten days' time.tenced to 30. years' penal servitude A tour round the British Isles for murdering the chief of's Com has been stranged for the dele-manist "cell" to which they be

longed. gates.

winner.

[ERITISH WIRALISA SERVICE]"

Ruder, July 90. Tha cealalaska the flight which began in bad weather, were

mansigt Kaurale first Calais. Bris tol and London, Add

Mr. Butler, flying a Gipsy Moth, was the first competitor to reach Brunswick, his time for the stage being 50 minutes.

Mesars, Broad, Butler, and Thorn all reached Calais, but the weather is extremely bad and the Channel will not be crossed tonight.

the

merely a formality as he can prove that he took the course over St. Gotthard in a heavy fog and merely by mistake.

ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS IN

WARSAW.

These experiments have been going on for months, the first practical use of rockets being applied to motor-cars, in which some success- America and France had been con- ducting experiments; those in ful trials were made. Scientists in

France having lately taken tho tary purposes, either for carrying gages, which were to be dropped bombe or other explosives, or lethal among the enemy. Aeroplanea have also been propelled by rockete, one

Developments in this method of machine in October, last year,

progression are being directed to covering a distance of six miles

the provision of a rocket air mail service to cross the Atlantic, the belief having been expressed that only thirty minutes would be taken for such a projectile to cover the distance of more than 3,000 miles from Germany to the United States

to their probable sources in Japan the channels through which the drug pasand. They accepted the Italian Press Still Angry, suggestion and steps are being Rome, July 14 The Italian taken to meet the cost of this in-

DISORDERLY DEMONSTRA. Press continues to use very sharp-vestigation, which is estimated at

TION BEFORE LEGATION language in condemning the Swiss 40,000 rapses.

Special metal has been used in authorities for fostering intrigues Mr. Blattery's visit will be in

Warsaw July 14-Anti-German the construction of the rocket, so. against Fascist Italy. In a threa. accordance with the strong opinion teaing article the semi-official expressed at the League of Nations riots took place to-day in front of as to eliminate the risk of fusion Popolo a'lalia says that the incid- Opium Advisory Committee in fav. the German Legation the police when the explosion takes place, and ent might entail serious consequ our of closer collaboration between having to make several charges on also to guard against the heat chces Part 3 role strethepatice of the various countries the demonstrators who were only generated by friction as the pro- had been arrested. The demonstraThere appear to be three periods of anti-Fascist crime but the Swiss with the object of combating the disperard are useful slide pastough the sit Chnton TRAIN to the seront hot, luaffic jatha Tananers

a protest against the festivitiesing, stopping, and when actually. of trouble. This is no mere intern- representative to that, body made Lion when goitia a dongengkeh knoxia Starting &--Swiss affair but affects us im- personal ruggestion to the same mediately. Friendship with Swit effect. Ha also suggested visits of held by the population of Ermland travelling von Opel, who created zerland is a fine and sympathetic police officers of one country to and the Masurian districts in com a lot of interest some time ago by thing, but if it runs against our other countries probably affected memoration of the tenth annivers attacking the speed, record in a Interests we shall have to reving the so as to enable the facts to beary of the plebiscite when these rocket car, recently lost his life

and secure closer cooperation. ties decided to remain German. conditions of, cur pact of friend ascertained, with greater precision district, by overwhelming majori when several rockets caught fire too

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