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NANKING: DRIVE. TO TECHOW.

STATE OF UNREST AT TIENTSİN INCREASING.

"[THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, August 24.

MILLION DOLLARS "A CITY:

CHIANG KAI SHEK'S. ALLURING OFFER.

[THEOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, August 24. The Kuo Mia News Agency pub. It is officially learned from Hs- ishes a message from Tainan stat showfu, that Chiang Kai Shek has ing that the fall of the Yellow offered the first Government unit River during the last few days to capture Loyang or Chengchew greatly facilitated the transfer of $1,000,000 for each, city, additional Goverment troops to North Shantung for a drive to Teshow.

Reports indicate that the state of unrest prevailing in Tientsin due to the mpid advance of the Government troops is increasing.

It is stated that only one-third of the Shansi effectives have sur- vived the recent". Government vic- tories, and Yep Hsi Shan is re- ported to have decided to aban- don Tientsin and retreat to Shansi, and that Feng Yu Hsiang is pre- paring to withdraw to Tuogkwan, on the. Honan-Shansi border."

CAPTIVE MISSIONARY

LADIES.

FATE OF MISSES NETTLETON AND HARRISON.

{THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENOT.)

PEIFING, August 23.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1930.

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.

NANKING ACCEPTS

INVITATION.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE CHINA" WAR SITUATION.

RIVAL CLAIMS DISCOUNTED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.]

ALPINE TRAGEDY.

BETROTHED" COUPLE ·

KILLED INSTANTLY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH THRONE'S - POLAND'S CABINET

FOURTH : HEIR.

HOME SECRETARY'S DESCRIPTION,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.J

LONDON, August be "She is a fine, chubby-faced little girl," commented Mr. J. R. Clynes, the Home Secretary, who was among the first to see the new

PEIPING, August 99. Foreign reports state that the Nanking forces have not yet ad vanced northward of Taimanfu, thus giving the Shansi troops more than a week to reinforce and Conference, which is reorganise their forces northward. Winchester College), were killed fourth heir to the Thrane.

NANKING, August 24. It is learned that the Nationalist Government has accepted League of Nations' invitation send a delegate to the Naval Dis.

armament

the

to

scheduled to meet at Geneva in October.

of the Yellow River.

Rival chims of victories on the

EXPLORER ANDREE'S BODY"The Navy Ministry has recom. Lungbai front are discounted in

FOUND.

ARCTIC MYSTERY SOLVED.

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Osto, August A 33 years' mystery of the Arctic has been solved by the finding at White Island, between Spitzbergen and Franz Josephland, of the body of the Swedish explorer and bal loogist, Salmon August Andree, by a Norwegian scientific expedition on August 6, also a second body in Both the remains of the camp. wore in a good state of preserva-

tion.

mended Admiral Teeng Yi Ting as China's delegate.

CALCUTTA EUROPEANS AND "INDIA.

COMPLETE EQUALITY IN

TRADING STATUS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}

reliable foreign quarters, where``jt is believed that the ground is too waterlogged for heavy fighting at present

NORTHERN SITUATION.

MUKDEN WARLORD STILL AT

PEITAIHO.

Chang Hsueh Liang's attitude with regard to the Northern cam-

Benxa, August 1. The 23-year-old Mr. Vincent O'Conner, jun., classics master at Eton, and his fancée, Miss Mary Irving (the 19-year-old daughter of Mr. R. L. G. Irving, Master of while climbing Point de Leveque with a party of mountaineers from Arolka.

The party had reached the sum- mit and were descending, the girl's father leading. O'Connor, appar- ently, slipped, dragging down his fiancée, when the rope brake.

The betrothed couple, who had only been engaged a week, fell into a 1,500 crevasse, and are believed to have been instantly killed, death-roll this year to 102, the This brings up the total Alpine

highest for many years.

Their Majesties are going to Bal- moral this evening thence to Glamis Castle.

London's "Three Cheers,!!

A joyous peal of belis was rung at Westminster Abbey, and several streats in London were beflagged.

Crowds in Hyde Park sprang to their feet and stood, the men bare-

41 guns hended, while the Royal Salute of was fired by the Royal Horse Artillery.

"Three cheers for the Duchess " spontaneously rang citas the

POLICE FIRE ON GERMAN boom of the last gun reverberated.

RIOTERS.

CALCUTTA, August 20 paign is as obscure as ever, accord- "At the adjourned meeting of the ing to "Chinese telegraphic mes- local branch of the European Assages. On, account of the inter- sociation to-day, an overwhelming ruption of the Peiping-Mukden have been one of the grimmest majority passed the following re- railway service, caused by"the re-six injured at a meeting of the

cent floods, he is still staying at "It is essential that seditious Peitaiho, where, during the past propaganda and unconstitutional few days, he has entertained. Wa

The discovery reveals what must fights for life ever known by solution:- humans trapped in the Polar waster.

Lost at the North Pole..." Andree left Danes' Island, Spitz bergen, on July, 1967, in a balloon with two companions, intending to peared, and several expeditions were sent in search of the missing, balloonists.

[THRÖUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, August 23. Three persons were killed. and National Socialists at "Bunzlau, Silesia.

The police, in trying to disperse the crowd attacked and injured a policeman with a stone.

The police then opened fire.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] World-wide Rejoicing...

RUGBY, August 9.

Empire poured into Glamis Castle Messages from all parts of the

to-day, congratulating the Duke

of the Princess.

RESIGNS.

PILSUDSKI RETURNS TO

FAVOUR.

· [THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY,]

Wansew August 23. The Cabinet has resigned, Pre- mier Slawek declaring that they were unable to carry on.

The President has asked General" Pilsudski to form a Government.

IMPERIAL SHIPPING

COMMITTEE.

HONG KONG HARBOUR › DEVELOPMENT.

(KHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]

London, August 29 A White Paper issued reviewing the work of the past four years by the Imperial Shipping Committee. shows that much work has been done by means of informal cenfer ences, mostly for the settlement of minor disputes.."

The Committee sirine 1926 de- voted more time to the survey of

that it should only intervene in facilities, expressing the opinion

disputes when the mutual efforts

agitation should be dealt with firm-Teh. Chen, Fang Pang Jen and the mob, turned on a fire hose, but and Duchess of York on the birth of the disputants had failed.

Meanwhile, ly once and for all. measures in regard to political ad-

A combination of force and gentley to the North Pole. He disap-vancement should be postponed "'; persuasion is still being employed in the attempt to rescue Miss Nettle ton and Miss Harrison,"

The Fukien military authorities. claim that local troops from Changan, with this object, at- tacked 3,000 Communist bandits and defeated them after a sanguin ary fight in the vicinity of Singtsun and broke up the Communist head- quarters there.

Hence the authorities are hopeful for a speedy release of the ladies, but foreign authorities are some- what sceptical.

The Consul, Mr. Martin, is still at Kienning, attempting their re- lease by negotiations,

The camp was situated 200 yards from the shore, and bore many evidences that the balloonists had lived for some time after their forced landing.)

Andree's body was coated with ice and fully dressed. His diary was in his pocket. Near a bost, in which were vestiges of the remains of the third balloonist, the equip ment found included a sledge," a book, of observations, and instru-" ments. All these will be brought to Norway.

Logbook Entries, Is is believed that as a result of the troops' attacks, the Reds, have The Captain of the Norwegian been split up into smaller bands. sealer Bratvaag, on which are the It may thus be more difficult to Norwegian scientists who discoveÏ- trace the whereabouts of the cap-ed the bodies of Andree and his tivos.

comrade, believes that the solution of the mystery is due to the heavy rain melting the ice under which the bodies were buried, as only a fortnight previously the crew of another Norwegian sealer went ashore at the same neighbourhood and found nothing.

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COMMUNISTS ARRESTED

AT NANKING,

Wah Te Tat Pao)

NANKING, August 24. Acting

upon information, the amilitary authorities again raided a Communist organization last even ing, when 130 alleged Communists were arrested at the Law School and a large quantity of Communist literature was seized.

Later, 72 arrests were made at the Central University.

Martial-law has been declared.

LOÁN SECURED ON SALT REVENUES.

(Wah Taz Fat Poo.)

SHANGRAI, August 24. Mr. T. V. Soong, Finace Minis ter, arrived here yesterday to con- "clude a $3,000,000 loan with, the banking bodies on the security of the salt revenues.

It is expected that the loan will be concluded satisfactorily.

DISTURBANCES IN INDO-

CHINA.

FATAL CONFLICTS WITH

POLICE.

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.).

PARIS, August 3, The Governor-General of Indo China reports that two demonstra- tors were killed and several wound- ed in conflicts with the police in the courte of two demonstmtions in the

provinces on August 2 in celebra tion of the anniversary of the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti,

SOVIET ARMY IN › HEILUNGKIANG.

'MISCHIEVOUS, FABRICA-

TIONS."

[THROUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]

It is officially stated that the rumours of the alleged penetration by regiment of the Red Army into Heilungkinng Province North Manchuria, and mass fight of Soviet citizens into Chinese Turkes

Andree's diary and logbook were coated with ice, and it was impos- sible to open then properly, but one of the last pages of the logbook contains the entry "18/7/1997, 53 degrees north, 32 east," indicating that the expedition reached a more northerly latitude" than was gener- ally supposed..

The skeleton of a Polar bear found in the camp was presumably killed for food.

The Norwegian expedition before leaving built a cairn to mark the site of the tragedy.

LORD BIRKENHEAD OUT OF DANGER.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGEVOT.]

LONDON, August 23. It is announced that Lord Birken- head is now out of immediate danger, and that no further balle

tins will be issued for the present.

As the result of his illaess, Lord Birkenhead's heart is "in an ex- hausted condition, necessitating a complete rest for many weeks.

ISLANDER DISASTER.; BODY OF COMMODORE WASHED ASHORE,

(BEITISH WIRELLAS. SERVICE Į

Rogey, August 9. at Lanlivet Bay has been identified The body cast up on the beach

as that of Commodore King, M.P., the ex-Minister who perished in the wreak of the yacht Islander.

Another body, believed to be that of Commander Searle, one of his companions, has been recovered. near Looe,

THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] Verdict of Accidental Death,

London, August 23. A verdict of accidental death by drowning, with a rider expressing the opinion that there was laxity in placing the coastguard watches.. was returned at the inquest held Altun, Cornwally on Cons

and approving of the recommends tions of the Simon Commission, subject to such modifications, where necessary, as would better ensure strong Government and justice to all sections of the com- munity, the preservation of per- sonal rights, and complete equality in the trading status between British and Indian subjects of the Crown in India."

A message of August 20 stated:- The European community forscok their normal political apathy to-day. and packed the New Empire Thea tre to discuss some conflicting resolutions, the first of which had considerable support, advocating the repeal of the Government of India Act of 1919, and a reversion to a modified form of the Morley-Minto reforms of 1809. The second was an official resolution generally ap proving of the Simon Report."

The speeches revealed a sharp division, and a show of hands ap parently rejected the second re- solution, but the theatre was re- quired for a performance and as there was no time to take the count the meeting adjourned to August

QUICK WAY OF DEALING WITH INDIAN RIOTERS.

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Calcutta, August 22. Bengal Legislative Council has passed an Amendment Bill to the Bengal Criminal, Law, empowering the Executive to arrest and order detention without triad.

Chang Chun, Chiang Kai Shek's delegates, at a series of banquets.

Some of Chang's right-hand" men, including Dr. Wellington Koo, Tang Er Huo, Sun Chuad Fang and Lo Wen Kan, insist that he should take advantage of the Chiang-Yen war to extend his power.

The military situation on the various fronts remains unchanged, Fighting is raging across the Yellow River at Lokow to the north of Tsinan.

FI

Over 10,000 of the Shansi troops, who were captured during the fall of Tsinan are being disarmed.

AMERICAN BAR.

ELECTION OF NEW PRESIDENT.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN HYRVICE.]

CHICAGO, August 22. Mr. Joseph Marvel, of Wilming too, Delaware, was to-day elected President of the American Bar Association,

AUSTRALIA'S TREASURER.

THEODORE NOT WANTED.

Yen. Hsi Shaa, in an interview, with Pressmen, said that he will fight against Chiang Kai Shek to the last." He has instructed the Kuaminehun forces or the Lunghai and Peiping-Hankow Railways to rush reinforcements to assist on the Tentsin-Pakow, Railway.

Chiang Kai Shek arrived at Tsinan on Saturday by aeroplane to direct military operations. He has decided to appoint Han Fa Chu, whose troops are garrisoning Tsinan, Govertop of Shantung.

NEW ALLIANCE IN THE NORTH.

SUN CHUAN FANG AND CHANG HSUE LIANG.

Dairen, August 27.-General. Sun Chuan Fang, who is advocating, an alliance between Marshal Chang Hsuch Liang and the Northern CALCUTTA'S NEW MAYOR.alition group in some form or uther, left here this morning for Tientsin on board the Japanese str. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

Kanan Maru.

CALCUTTA, August 22. The Hindu candidate, Subhas Chandra Bose, has been elected Mayor of Calcutta, defeating, the Moslem candidate."

LONDON NAVAL. TREATY.

JAPANESE MINISTERS"

.:

The present trip is said to have been the result of informal negotia tions betweca General San, and the leaders of the so-called enlarged. committee in Peiping, whereby General Sun will be included in the nembership of this committen" as | Mukden's representative.

General Sun Chuan Fang elated to have secured the under standing of Marshal Chang Hsuch EXPLANATIONS,

Liang in regard to his proposed Participation, in the Northum coali: tion in the informal capacity, there 【THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

by to act as a sort of liaison officer between Mukden and Peiping. TOKYO, August 23,

Prior to proceeding to Peiping A two-hour session of the Privy General Sun is expected to break Council's examination committee heard Mr. Hamaguchi, Baron Shide-bis trip at Tientsin and to pay a

visit to Peitaiho to hara," and Admiral Takarabe ex-

see "Concral Obang. plain the London Naval Treaty.

TROOPS MUTINY IN HAINAN.

{THROUGH SZUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, August 29. It is understood that the Com- monwealth Government has de- cided to reiees the recommendation that Mr. Theodore resume his post of Fedeml Treasurer during MF. J. Ellin's absence.

[A message of August 20 stated: Mr. Graves, the President of the Australian Labour Party. Laga statement on behalf of the New South Wales Labourites, recom- mends that the Cabinet immediate- ly request Mr. Theodore to assume the post of Treasurer in Mr. Scul lin's absence. Mr. Scullin has been acting as Treasurer since Mr. Theodore resigned.

Mr. Graves says it is impera- tive that there should be a strong representative of Labour at the heim otherwise Mr. Scullin should not leave Australia at present. Mr. Graves asserts that the Queensland Government is delaying the case against Mr. Theodore, and is deny in the country the use of Mr. Theodore's services in a time of crisis.]

GERMAN INDUSTRIAL

MANIFESTO.

SUPPORTS REPUBLICAN

CONSITUTION.

In London a peal was rung on the bells of Westminster Abbey and the West End was gay with Union Jacks.

A Royal Salute of 41 güns was fired at the Tower of London,

The Committee, for the past four years, has reported on the barbours of Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, and Singapore, and also considered the development of Hong Kong har- bour.

The White Paper states that the A beacon on Hunters Hill, over- Committee invariably considered looking Glamis Castle, will be light-the question of development on a ed to-night and the employees of wider and more general viewpoint, the estate and villagers will give which was not always appreciated themselves up to merry making, such as has not been seen it an

in the first instance by local cient Glamis for centuries.

authorities.

King Delighted.

LONDON, August 23. Their Majesties, accompanied by Prince George, arrived at Aberdeen. this morning.

The Lord Provost, the City Magistrates and an unusually large. crowd were present at the station.

The King, wearing his Highland dress and kilt, smilingly accepted the Provost's congratulations. on the birth of a grand-daughter..

THROUGH NEOTER'S ADENCY.] Their Majesties Arrival at Balmoral,

LONDON, August :23. Their Majesties the King and Queen arrived at Balmoral.

GIANT AIR LINER CRASHES

OVER BOHEMIA:

TEN PEOPLE KILLED.

{THROUGH, HEUTER'S AGENCY.]

PRAGUE, August 22. Four persons were instantly kill. ed, six fatally injured, two seriously injured, and one slightly injured when a giant airliner cagaged on the Prague-Bratislava service crashed during a storm at Iglaif,

on the Bohemins border.

THE WHITE MAN'S PRESTIGE.

DANGER OF UNSUITABLE '

FILMS.

It thinks that the question of whether civil aviation shall be re- presented on the Committee might be considered at the next Imperial Conference.

NEW BRITISH MINISTER.

{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICZ.),

RUGBY, August 22, H.M. the King has approved the appointment of Mr. Robert Mit- ohell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at La Paz, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Monte video.

OBITUARY.

DUKE OF NORTHUMBER-

LAND.

[THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, August 23, The death has occurred of the

Duke of Northumberland.

Alan Ian Percy, the eighth. Duke of Northumberland, was born, on April 17, 1880, and as the eldest surviving son of the seventh Duke succeeded his father in 1919. His mocher was Lady Edith Campbell, daughter of the eighth Duke of Argyll. She died in 1913

Berlia, August 17.The Press

The eighth Duke of Northumber- land married in 1001 Lady Helen gives much prominence to a mani-"

Gordon-Lennox, C.B.E, youngest infesto issued by the German Federa

tion of Industries which is every Northern Nigeria, the Leeward Is Richmond, who survives him. They Sir Hesketh Bell, ex Governor of daughter of the seventh Duke of where regarded as

very im lands, and Mauritius addressing had four sons and two daughters. portant contribution to the pre- a meeting of the British Empire the heir being Earl Percy, who was the Liberal newspapers is inter Commons on July 28, said that im- seat, election campaign and by Film Institute at the House of born on July 15, 1912 preted as serious blow at the mense harm had been done by the was created in 1768, the holder of The Dukedom of Northumberland People's Party's and the National cinema among native races, notably the tile being also Earl of Socialist Party's hopes of support in the tropica Pictures displaying Northumberland, Baron Warkworth by the industrialiste.

The manifesto recommends to its the lowest forms of life among the (crested: 1749), Earl of Beverley affiliated bodies and ite individual white people were exhibited. There (created 1790) Lord Lovaine, Baron members to assist and vote for such were distasteful cabaret episodes, of Alnwick (created 1734), and Lord Lieutenant of Northumber- parties only which recognize the scenes of arson, rape, burglary and The title of Earl Percy (the und everything that horrified. The Republican constitution, and are furthermore bent on maintaining worst thing was the showing of family title, which is held by the

heir) was also created in 1700. white women in cabaret scenes. the system of private property and Nothing did more harm to the pre- in 1925, and C.B.F. and M.VO, in

-The late Duke was made:a÷K;Gate enterprise.

It is pointed out that this auto-stige of the white man in the tropics 1913, He was a Brov, Lient-Col matically bare the intransigent than the spread of living pictures of the Grenadier Guards, and as a nationaliste led by the well-known of the wrong sort. Movements of Captain in the same regiment he A mutiny among the troops is newspaper magnate, Herr Hugen- rovolt among natives could be trad served in the South African, War reported to have occurred on Hai berg, who works hard for overed from the day of the introduc. 1801-2 receiving the Queen's Medal man Island lately. Last week the throwing the Republican form of tion of the films.

with four clasps. He also took part magistrate's troops in the Lingshal government, not to mention the Natives would prefer films de. district role in revolt and detained National-Socialists whose, special scribing their own life Instruc the magistrate who, however, made brand of virulent autionalism is tional films and emedies would good his escape,

A company of laced with Socialist catchwords attract them and be quite harmless, (The most objectionable film enme the garrison troops also mutinied, specially intended for the masses. killed their commander and two Furthermore the memorandum from America, but there were some corporals, disarmed the village pleads for a strong and stable doubtful ones of English origin. SHINEASHINGTON, agaclachungterstands held up corta gecerement which will farsi a pleaded for A Atricter conant

Although the proceedings have not been published, it is under. stood that the Committee men re- ceived the explanations of the three Ministers quietly, and asked only a few questions.

The anticipated hostility failed to develop actively

NAVAL ECONOMY.

U.S.A. CONTEMPLATES

·CLOSING - YARDS.

[REUTER BAMERICAN BERVICE.]

COMMUNIST INFLUENCE

ALLEGED.

Searle, two of the victims of the the Navy, announces that it is re- It is understood that there is a habilitation, the administrative ra. A resolution was passed plodg Flander disaster.

commended closing the naval plante Communist motive behind the in- form and electoral reforms for ing it, supporters to co-operats The evidence showed that the at Alexandria, Virginia, South ident. Three Russians who were establishing a closer contact be with the Colonial Office to ensure coastguard watchhouse, whence the Charleston, West Virginia, and deported not long ago are reported tween the lectorate and the do the production and distribution of distress signals "bad been visible, entemplating recommending the to have returned secretly to the pubies than is possible under the films in the Colonier and Protes was not manned at the time of the closite of Charleston, South Care island and are suspected of being present system of proportional retorates for their moral, entertain

lina, Yard,

ing, and cultural values.

tan are mischievous fabrications." disaster.

responsible for the mutiny,

presentation,

in the campaign in the Boudan in 1008 when he received the Egyptian Medal with clasp. In the European War he served from 1914 to 176 and was mentioned in desmatches.. Other poste held by the late Duke during his lifetime were Hon. (1) e Leclare Lugineprasand the latter since 1929 His London residence was at Princes Gate, RW Estates belonging to the Dukedom include Albu Park Guildford, Altwick Castle, North- umberland, Svon House, Brentford, aad Kielder Castle, North Tyne