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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, "THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930.

NANKING'S BIG OFFENSIVE.

LAMBETH CONFER-

ENCE.

HOOVER SIGNS TREATY.

TO START ON FRIDAY MORNING.

(THROUGH, RYUTER'S AGENCY.}

NANKING, July 23.

It is reliably reported that the Government have decided to start

SHANGHAI DEATH PACT?

THEIR MAJESTIES RECEIVE DEFENCE OF THE UNITED PRISONER SENTENCED TO

BISHOPS.

(THROUGH RENTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, July 23, Their Majesties King George and Queen Mary received the delegates a big offensive on the Tientsin-to the Lambeth Conference at Buck Pukow Railway front on Friday ingham Palace. morning, and then driving towards Trinianiu.

Chiang Kai Shek has arrived at Hsucbowlu, and he is directing operations.

POCHOW CAPTURED.

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

His Majesty, after shaking hands with each delegate, in the course of a speech, referred to the growth and development of the Anglican Communion. He said he was most happy to learn that the delegates' appeal ten years ago for a new endeavour to heal the rents in the fabric of the Church had not been fruitless.

NANKING, July 23. The Government received a mas- AMERICAN CENSUS. sage from Chiang Kai Shek to-day stating that the Government troops captured Puchow yesterday morn- ing.

now

The Northerners, under Sun Tier Ying, who have been holding out more than two months, are retreating westward towards Luyi, and the Government troops are advancing towards Honan.

Chiang Kai Shek reports severe fighting on both the Lunghai and the Peiping Hankow Railway fronts during the past ten days..

The Northerners are rushing their entire force into the fighting line for a "last offensive,"

INCREASE OF OVER SEVEN-

TEEN MILLION.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN "SEVICE]

NEW YORK, July 23. According to an estimate based on the preliminary census returns for 41 States, the population of the United States is nearly 123,000,000, being an increase of 17.246,000 during the past decade.

STATES SECURED.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE),

WASHINGTON, July 22.

President Hoover signed the Naval Treaty this afternoon and said that when other Governments had ratified it the Treaty would translate an emotion deep in the hearts of millions into the practical fact of government and interna

It would renew tional relations.

the faith of the world in the moral forces of goodwill and patient negotiation, as opposed to the blind forces of suspicion and competitive armament.

It would secure, added the Presi- dent, the full defence of the United States.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE} British Consideration.

Rcony, July 20. Consent to the ratification of the London Naval Treaty was given by the United States Senate yesterday by 38 votes to 4, and the Prime Minister, in the House of Com- mens, stated to-day that in view of this and other circumstances, it was advisable to proceed at once with the second reading of the Bill to give effect to the Treaty here, rather than allow it to remain over until the Autumn.

The present session of Parliament

Three divisions of the Kuomin- AIR CRASH IN KENT. is due to close at the end of the chun troops attempted but unsuc- cessfully to Break through the Government forces surrounding Pochow.

Other Kuqminchun troops on the Peiping-Hankow Railway front were repulsed with severe losses, and they are

retreating to places north of Hsuchang.

now

WANG CHING WEI AT

PEIPING...

[TEROOGH REUTRE'S AGENCY.1.

PEIPING, July 23. " Wang Ching Wei arrived here

this evening.

He was greeted by the leading police, military and Kuomintang officials,

DR. KOO OUT OF POLITICS, (Wah Taz Fat Pau.)

HARDIN, July 23. Dr. Wellington Koo, the former Minister of Foreig Affairs of the Peking Government, arrived here yesterday.

In an interview with Pressmen, De Koo flatly denied the report that he is connected with the forma- tion of the proposed now, govern- ment at Peiping. He said that he has no intention to re-enter poli- tics.

ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN - FLIERS.

NO TRACE OF HOOK. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RANGOON, July 2

QUESTION IN HOUSE OF

COMMONS...

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE?

RUGBY, July 9, The air disaster which occurred yesterday at Meopham, Kent, when six persons were killed, was the subject of a question in Parlia men't to-day.

Mr. Montague, in reply, said it was difficult within the compass

month but the Prime Minister anticipates that consideration of the Bill on the second reading will, be brief,

JAPAN'S RATIFICATION

ASSURED.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

J

TWO YEARS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, July 23.

The wealthy grocer's son who was charged with having induced a dancing girl employed at the Black Cat Cabaret to take poison a moonlight joy-ride to after Woosung, and then threatened to shoot her. if she refused to marry him, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment,

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Prisoner heard the sentence with evident emotion, leaning heavily

the dock rails

The Court ordered his detention in custody pending an appeal.

ROUND EUROPE

AIR RACE.

GERMAN MECHANIC KILLED

(THROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, July 2 The mechanic of the German aero plane piloted by Von Oertzen in the air

round Europe met

race

He sprang

with a terrible dhath at Heston control point to-day. out of the machine with the inten- tion of recording the arrival of the

plane when he was struck on the

head by the propeller and fatally injured.

Meanwhile, the leaders in the ract are now between Paris and Spain.

."

Mr. Alan Butler, Mr. S. A. Thorn and the Frenchman, Pinat, arrived at Pau in the Pyrenees during the forendon."

Miss Spooner and Lady Bailey left Paris in the morning.

Many other competitors who de- layed yesterday are still completing Tokyo, July 23.

the English portion of the reuse. The Under-Secretary for Air, Mr.

A Spaniard and a Pole have After long inactivity regarding F. Montague, was asked to state'

officially retired while another the London Naval Treaty, Japan's what control the Air Ministry, ex-

LATER. crcised over passenger-carrying air- ratification processes resumed fune Spaniard is reported missing. craft, whether such machines weretioning to-day partially as the

The Spaniard who was formerly subject to her pretioaseresult of the American ratification reported missing in the air race how often such inspections were made and if he was satisfied that and partially because the naval has now been located at Calais. the regulations were carried out in seniors' long-drawn out dispute where he spent the" day. such a manner as to reduce ac-

over the Treaty have ended in a Fifty-four of the sixty machines cidents to a minimum.

compromise.

which started from Berlin have now Following a meeting of the Cabi-passed the Heston control point. of Parliament to summarise the net this afternoon, Mr. Hamaguchi Mr. Alan Butler arrived at Madrid very elaborate regulation, prescrib-proceeds to-morrow to the Hayama in the afternoon. All the other six ed by the Air Ministry in order

is British competitors arrived at Pay to ensure the safety of passenger. Palace, where the Emperor carrying aircraft. Briefly, the Air spending the summer, to formally during the course of the afternoon. Ministry required such aircraft to present the treaty for his sover- be inspected within twenty-four eign's approval. After this, it is hours of each flight, the inspection expected that the Fast will be sub- being undertaken by a competent ground engineer who was required mitted immediately to the Privy to provide a certificate in writing. Council, whose function is to ad- The inspection covered not only vise the Emperor whether to accept the machine but also the engine or engines. The person in charge "of or reject it. the aircraft had to satisfy himself

Although the Council's delibera.

to be

that the various requirements had tions will probably require several been met.

Whilst he was not in a position weeks, especially since the naval to make any definite statement in seniors' compromise formula is un- regard to the machine that crash-friendly to the Treaty, its ultimate ed, until the investigation of the

is believed ratifiention Air Ministry into the accident was complete, he was in general satia- Assured. No trace of Hook, who togetherfied that the regulations were most with a companion called Matthews strictly applied, and everything crashed while attempting a flight possible was done by those respon- from England to Australia, has bible for the air service to reduce Leen found. It seems impossible the risk of accident to a minimum. that he has survived in view of the He took the opportunity on be appalling weather, conditions, but half of the Air Ministry, Card searches are being continued.

Thomson, and himself of convey Matthews took the news of the ing to the relatives of those who plight of Hook to a place where had lost their lives an expression help could be obtained after they of profound sympathy in their had wandered for days in the bereavement, and he was sure the jungle. When the spot at which House would wish to be associated Hook was left was reached last with it... week by search parties, no trace of

the airman could be found, but it

was rumoured that Hook was being ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE cared for by natives at a near-by- village.

Private Rescue Party Departs. RANGOON, July 22.

A private rescue expedition or ganized by the Rangoon Gazette and, substantially financed by a London newspaper left last night to search for the missing airman Hook...

KINGSFORD-SMITH'S NEXT FLIGHT.

[REUTEL'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, July 21. Maton Kingsford Smich accom panied by Captain Baul and Mr. John Stannage, two of his com- trans-Atlantic. panions on the flight are leaving for. Europo to-night.TA

next

RIOTING IN EGYPT.

REINFORCEMENTS AT PORT

SAID.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

the town.

EARTHQUAKE IN

· ITALY.

STRONG UNDULATORY

SHOCK.

[TEROEGE REUTER'S ADENCY.]

ROME, July 29.

Hitherto 19 are reported to have beer killed and 10 injured in an earthquake in Southera Italy.

Deaths and Damage.

Roue, July 23,

A strong undulatory rarthquake shock was felt at one o'clock in the morning at Naples and through- out Catania.

BRIDGE COLLAPSE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

IN RHINELAND.

FRIGHTFUL" SEQUEL TO CELEBRATIONS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

COBLENZ, July. 92. There was a frightful sequel to the Rhineland evacuation celebra- tions when an enormous crowd was crossing over a pontoon bridge on the way home after a frdwork display given in honour of Presi- dent Hindenburg's visit.

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The bridge collapsed and people were thrown into the river. A part of the Palace at Naples In the darkness many struck the collapsed, two being killed and falling bridgework and scores five injured as the result of falling perished.

masonry.

So far 24 bodies have been

The fifth floor of another build-recovered. ing collapsed, when a child" and five persons were injured.

Hitherto, 10 have been reported killed 4 Balili, and six killed in! the Atillu district.

Death-roll One Hundred and Fifty.

LATER. The death-roll from the earth- quake is now over 150 and many injured, including 100 dead and hundreds injured at Melfi.

PARLIAMENT OF

EGYPT.

PETITION FOR EXTRA

"SESSION REFUSED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

ALEXANDRIA, July 23

It is reliably learned that King Fuad has refused to grant the Waid petition to call an extraordinary session of Parliament.

3.

THE FEDERATION OF

EUROPE.

LATER.

The dead include six schoolgirls and a teacher.

There was a terrible panic when the bridge collapsed, the screams of the struggling victims fighting madly with each other for life were beard far and wide..

· Many, were killed outright by the heavy beams, and others were push- ed under water and drowned ́by the overturned pontoon.

Only those near the banks of the riser escaped.

The Chief of Police has ordered the abandonment of all festivities at Coblenz:

BERLIN, July 3.

In consequence of the tragedy at Coolenz, President Hindenburg has abandoned his proposed visit to Treves and Aix-la-Chapelle.

President Hindenburg is remain- ing at Cobleng in order to attend the mourning service for the vic. tims.

GANDHI INTERVIEWED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

Poosa. July 23.

Mr. Jayakar and Sir Tej. Szpru” had a four-hour interview with Mahatma Gandhi in the Yeroda Gacl.

Both subsequently declined to be interviewed, but Sir Tej

Sapru's demeanour indicated that the conversations had proved moet satisfactory. He subsequently saw the Congress leader, Mrs. Naidu, who is in the same gnol, and he will again interview Gandhi to- morrow.

FAREWELL BANQUET TO

· PARLIAMENTARIANS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S JOENCY.)

LONDON, July 2 The International Parliamentary Conference closed to-day with a Government farewell baqquet at which the Lord Chancellor pre-

sided.

Six hundred guests were present.

WHITE

QUEEN" OF CHINATOWN.

FORTUNE MADE BY EMIGRANT

GIRL.

CHINESE HUSBAND

DISINHERITED.

Thirty years ago a beautiful white girl wandered into New York's Chinatown and met there n young Chinese with £2,000.

She loved him, married him, and

SCHOOL "RAGGING." made £100,000 out of his capital

NEW BOY ON HIS "WEL-

COME" TO DURHAM.

GERMAN REPLY WELCOMING BENCH DISMISS SUMMONSES.

THE FRENCH INITIATIVE.

The treatment a 15-year-old boy Berlin, July 15.-The text was is alleged to have received from

out of

From that moment" followed 1 succession of taunts and assaults Boys in the house greated him with cries of "Chelk," "Rotter" and other insulting names.

Before Prayers:

but now he has had to go to court, to recover £1,800; for she left only Ecco to him, and the rest to her white relationE.

She speculated successfully real estate, and rapidly made a fortune for her husband, while she

adopted the customs and religion. of his race.

Annie Chu Sui Joved Chinese mysticism. Chinese doctors bound her feet, and priests of Confucius. conducted services for her.

Reverted to Typo,

Chu Sui gave her ten rings set with large diamonds, which she worė on her fingers and thumbs, arousing the admiration of China town and earning the name of "Diamond Ten."

She became as much an Oriental as any white woman can--but on her death-bed she reverted to type.

After her death it was found that

all the property she had acquired

was in her own name.

Annie Gilmartin was an obscure

Fork, but when she died six' girl emigrant when she came to New

months ago she was known as New York's Chinatown Queen." She married Cha Sui, the young Published here to-day of Germany's other boys hit Durham Grammar Chinese, as soon as she arrived in reply to M, Briand's Pan-Euro- School led to five lads being "sum-America, and at once showed a pean memorandum. As anticipat. moned for assault. Two issued genius for finance. -- ed, it welcomes France's initiative cross summonser though, announcing some import Mr. J. R. Nicholson, solicitor, ant reservations regarding M. said the case was brought with re- Briand's proposals and agrees to luctune, because it involved the participate in a special conference name and prestige of one of the during or after the September finest public schools.

John Deas, son of Mr. Charlton meeting of the League of Nations Council. The document's salient Deas, curator of Sunderland passages are as follows:~,

| Libraries, Museum and Art Gal- The French Government stresses lery, went as a new boy to Dur- the necessity to start the attack. He was unpacking his

ham School on May 2.-

trunk on the problem from the political when a boy put his head into the side, thereafter passing to the room

and, using had language economic problems. The Gelman asked: "What are you doing here Government agrees to this so far We will soon have you

this, that it is also persuaded that PORT SAID, July 22. Europe's present lamentable condi- Further rioting occurred beretion is to a large degree due to this afternoon when a mob at the present political constitution tempted to set fire to the municipal of the European continent.

It included two large buildings in stables in the native quarter of

Equality for All.

Chinatown, £80,000 deposited in One night he and some fags were eight banks, and jewels worth It assumes that its views regard- Naval Formula Approved. The police opened fire withing the direction wherein the solu der when somebody told a story Her waiting for prayers in the corri- £8,000.

will bequeathed all her No progress had been made for the result that one ricter was tion of these problems must be of how certain boys had stuck a fortune to her sister, Mrs. Kitty Bought are sufficiently known and dart into a cow.. The other boys Murray, of Queen's Borough, New several weeks of the naval seniors killed and eight wounded. -

Egyptian troop reinforcements therefore need only remind of the laughed, but Deas did not, as the York, with the exception of £800, obscure bickering over the terms of their advice to the Emperor con are now arriving at Fort Said questions of security, disarmament, story was repulsive. "Deas is a which she left to her husband. cerning the Treaty's effects on the where the trouble is entirely cen-national minorities and the dery good boy, and does not laugh," he national defences.

Was told, lopment of certain articles of the

In the dormitory that night a The dispute ended this morning,

Covenant of the League of Nations, boy bit him in the back, another when the naval members of the

[BRITISH WIEELESS,,SERVICE] One thing it desires to stress: all tripped him up, and all the boys Supreme War Council, including

in the dormitory except the prefect Foreigners Sale,"

attempts to improve Europe's punched him with their firsts and Admiral Prince Fushimi, Admiral

political situation will depend on kicked him. Rugay, July 22. Togo, Admiral Okada, Admiral.

Bad language was used and one No further disturbances are re-the application of the principles Taniguchi, and Admiral Kato, met ported from Egypt to-day. The of full equality for all, equal se lad said: "You are the good boy at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur curity for all and a peaceful settle who won't laugh at a story. " and approved] a fórmula which is Henderson,_said in the House ofment-of-the-nations-natural-need. The following night his bed was recognition of his original inve halfway between Admiral Togo's Commons that official information

went to show that the situation of living. Where circumstances pulled to pieces and the mattress put in the alleyway between the and Admiral Kato's extreme op wng well in handy and the Egyptian exist that disturb these conditions, beds with the legs of other beds position and Admiral Takarabe's Government had themselves in effective means must be found to on it. The other boys kicked and Thomas A. Edison told interview-

belaboured him when he tried to desire for unconditional ratica dicated that there was no need for alter them.

ers at Port Myers, Florido, recently get the mattress away,

that he would urge. President Hoo After three weeks he returnedyer to seek election for a second to the school and was told by the term. He said, The United States ment." The Note further states flogged. Nevertheless he was again big business organization in opera- that the desirable co-operation in attacked and kicked, name the economic field must not be made

For the defence it was urged tion to-day," but he added he did not blame the President. The vast dependent on the creation of ad that Deas had not gone to the size of the business, he said, was ditional security since on the con- school in a proper spirit with the responsible. Regarding the recent trary an economic understanding idea of roughing it at first, but big drop in crudo rubber, prices, he would contribute to heighten the was rather superior. His father said, "They are selling crude rub- feeling of security,

had told the headmaster he was

ber below the cost of production. Uther suggestioné“ -Mats perfectly batmed that when you pooping for pertain to the economic side, the been done. It would be unfair to Labour in the rubber, countries necessity to co-operate with the punish the boys I second time gott only arπ Tay Aked League of Nations, the desirabilityIt was a harmless rag and had if he favoured high wagon for of avoiding any appearance of op been grossly exaggerated

labour, Mr. Edison, who works 14 position to any other states or Several of the lads denied as hours a day and enjoys it, said: continents and elasticity in ap- sault, and one said that Deas kept. Certainly, why not give the prosch so as not to exclude such up "a lefty patronising spirit," labourer a good wage as long as The Magistrates dismissed all the the business he works for is making countries as the Soviet Union or Turkey or to alienate European cases and expressed the view that money. Henry Ford's idea in that countries-

should a Europea they

never.". hayo been i particular case is right, · 1. agree

with him there.” tereste.

brought,

tion,

fined to the native quarter.

单

Chu Sul and her other white re- lations brought an action in the courts, in the middle of which Mrs. Murray was found dead in her bath- room, with a bottle of poison beside her.

The dispute over the will has now been settled, and the white rela tions of Annie Gilmartin Chu 'Sui receive all of her fortune except £1,800, which goes to Chu Suit ment of £2,000,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruany, July 22. It is announced that, by permis sign of the King, the forthcoming Indian Round Table Conference

special protective measures for for- It would be vain to attempt build will be held in St. Jame' Palace.

It will be recalled that the recent Although not published, it is eigners. His Majesty's Governing up a new Europe on a basis London Naval Conference, which understood that the formula de tent, ha added, were fully alive. which would be incapable of stand was attended by the five principal clares that the Treaty imposes to the obligations of this country ing the strain of vigorous develop headmaster that the boys had been Government is the most ineficient

under the declaration of 1922 to Naval Powers and reached an agreemitations which will znake ensure the protection of foreign ment on the limitation of naval armaments, embodied in the London Japan's defences defective, but lives and interests in Egypt. Naval Treaty, was held in St. which are partially remediable by James' Palace.

various expedients like strengthen- ing the air forces. However, since the Treaty's term of limitation is

ANNA Cysoce pikan basatified uikkariak.

OIL MAGNATE'S GIFT TO great danger, although at the next

UKITAIN

(THROUGH RESTER'S AGENDY.]

LONDON, July 22, Major Kingsford-Smith's

According to the Daily Herald enterprise will be a solo flight from the American philanthropist and England to Australia in a Sport oil magnate, Mr. Edward Harkness, plane equipped with a Gypsy enis arranging a gift of £2,000,000 to gine in an attempt to beat Hinkler's endow social and educational work

in Britain. -15 days' journey.

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TORRENTIAL STORM IN NEW YORK

Vera Dantercoso Jet

ES'S AMERICAS MERVILY) atand firm in demanding a 70 per cent ratio in all categories.

New York, July, 22. Although the formula is consider- The yearnings of New York resi- ed to be a political setback for dents were gratified this afternoon, the Government, it is not believeda torrential rainstorm falling in that it will cause a Ministerial the parched metropolitan area in crisis nor prevent matification, which at least 20 deaths yesterday

were attributed to the heat. although, Admirai. Takarahe may

"A", simikarmányf be compelled to resign, after raft- fiction of the Treaty.

dropped dead in the street.