1930-09-20 — Page 9

CHANG DEMANDS AN ARMISTICE.

FENG YU HSIANG AND YEN HSI SHAN AGREEABLE.

AROVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Yen Hsi

SHANGHAI, Sept. 10, It is learned that Chang Hauch Liang wired to Chiang Kai Shek, Shan and Feng Yu Hsiang demanding an immediate armistice, the three leaders main taining the status quo and sending representatives to an agreed. place to discuss peace conditions, to which the leaders shall abide, fail- ing which Chang Hauch Liang will take punitive measures against a dissentient.

It is understood that Feng Yu Hsiang and Yen Ha Shan are agreeable to the above terms.

Manchurian troops entered Kwan- chow, in south-east Chibli, yester. day, the small Shansi garrison withdrawing in accordance with Yen

Hsi Shan's orders.

U.S.A. AND EXTRALITY IN CHINA.

PROPOSALS SIMILAR TO «

GREAT BRITAIN'S.

{REVIER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The State Department announces that negotiations "will be resumed with China with a view to the gradual relinquishment of extra- territoriality.

"LATER.

Extrality proposals will be dia- cussed on Df Wu's return from Geneva in October.

The American proposals are very similar to those recently submitted by Britain,

CHANG INTERVENES IN CIVIL WAR.

NORTHERNERS TO CEASE OPERATIONS.

(THROUGH RÄUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Sept. 19.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1930.

WANG CHING WEI'S SUGGESTIONS.

ADDRESSED TO CHANG,

HSUEH LIANG.

{THROUGE REUTER'A XÕENCY.]

COLLAPSE OF THE COALITION.

WANG CHING WEI

DEPARTS.

(THROUGH REUTRE'S ANINOY.]

PRIPING, Sept. 19. The Leftiest leader, Wang Ching Wei, the civil head of the Northern

PEIPINO, Sept. 19.. It is officially announced that Wang Ching Wei, in a circular Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang has telegram addressed to Chang Hauch Liang, other military leaders, public issued a circular telegram announc ing Manchuria's intervention in the bodies and newspapers, dechires Coalition, left this evening, mark civil war and ordering the North- that he has read Chang Hsueh ing the collapse of the Coalition. ercers to suspend operations im-Lang's circular, and he offers four

a peaceful suggestions, as follows:- mediately and await settlement of the political situation, otherwise Maceburia is prepared to take strong measures against the Northerners.

It is reported that Chang Hsuch Liang is sending 140,000 troops to Peking and Tientsin, of whom 40,000 left Mukden for Tientsin yesterday.

Yen Esi Shan Retires from Politics.

Marshal Yen. Hsi Shan issued a

401-

circular telegram yesterday nouncing his retirement from poli

tics.

Government Troops Near Loyang,

It is reported that the Govern- ment forces from the Peipiag-Han- kow Railway are at present 20 miles south of Loyang (Honanfu), an im- the Lunghai portant station Railway.

If Loyang is captured it will be most difficult for Marshal Fong, Yu Hsiang's troops to Shersi

on

retreat

to

MUKDEN WARLORD'S

THREAT.

MOBILISES TROOPS AGAINST NORTHERN COALITION,

Chinese cable advices corroborate

the report that Chang Hsueh Liang has mobilized against the northern coalition and that Yen Hi Shan CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN has decided to retire.

GREAT BRITAIN.

BENEFITS OF TROPICAL

MEDICINE STUDY,

I. The convocation of a People's Convention in accordance with Sun Yat Sen's wili.

II.-A legal National Congress ad the supreme organ of the party elected should be called.

BOMBAY COUNCIL

ELECTIONS.

RIOTING REDUCES POLLING

TO A FARCE.

İTHROUGH SECTER'S AGENOT.]

III.-Prior to the convocation of the People's Convetition the system of personal dictatorship must be

BOMBAY, Sept. 19. abolished and a democratic Govern- Shouting and jeering by the ment established.

the whole There must be Swarajists continued clean politica, open diplomacy, and afternoon.

The police, after repeated warn- public scrutiny of the national finances. A bill of rights must beings," charged with lathis several promulgated guaranteeing the times. rights of the people and regulating One hundred demonstrators were

the different injured and 350 arrested. the functions of Government organs, subject to ratification by the People's Conven-

tion.

IV-United action must be taken

to exterminate the Comraunista devastating dunno, Hupeh and the withdrawal Kinngsi owing to of the garrison forces from these provinces.

ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE

PRIME MINISTER WILL PRESIDE

(BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruday, Sept. 18.

On

YEN HSI SHAN TO

→ RESIGN.

MANCHURIAN. TROOPS TO TAKE OVER PEIPING.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

PEIPING, Sept. 19. In spite of official prevarications, it is believed that Yer Hsi Shan's resignation

published shortly.

will be

PLENARY SESSION OF C.E.C.

FIXED FOR CONCLUSION OF

MILITARY CAMPAIGN.

"[THEOUGH MRUTER'S AGENCY.]

GRAF ZEPPELIN OVER GENEVA.

ENGINES". ROAR DROWNS DELEGATES' VOICES.

(THROUGH BUTER'S AGENOT.]

NANKING, Sept. 19. ·

GENEVA, Sept. 19. The airship Graf Zeppelin paid a Wang Chung Hui, President of

surprise visit to Geneva this morn- the Judicial Yuan, has declareding and flew at a low altitude over that the fourth Plenary Session of the Secretariat buildings, in which

Manchurian troops are expected the Central Executive Council and three League Committees were sit- to arrive every minute and will the Supervisory Committee will be ting. peacefully take over Peiping withheld as soon as the military cam- The deafening roar of the engines. Yen. Hi Shan's tacit consent.

paign is concluded and Chiang Kai drowned the voice of the inter- Shek returns fo the capital.

preter in a Committee-room, and The agenda will include an im- the proceedings were suspended provement in the reorganisation of while the delegates, public und party affairs, as well as political Pressmen viewed the airship. reforms, appointment of new mem bers to the vacancies in the State Council, and the election, of WOMAN'S FLIGHT TO FAR new members to the Central Execu-

EAST. tive Council.

BUBONIC PLAGUE IN

MANCHURIA..

PROVINCE IN STATE OF TERROR.

Harbin, Sept. 14-Bubonic plague which broke out in the Tiaonan district, Manchuria, some time ago, has spread rapidly and there are now over 100 cases in Kaiting Pre-

facture.

Since the plague is spreading to- "wards Taitsibar along the Tiaonat- One of the four candidates for Tatsihar Railway, threatening the three seats announced his with Chinese Eastern Railway districts, drawal in order to avoid a clash

the Tianan-Tsitsihar Railway au between the police and the demon-thorities have established plague

strators.

Voting ceased automatically, and also the picketing,

At the conclusion of the polling the police released the women picketers, and detained 30 male

volunteers.

Only 1,300 polled out of an elec terate of 60,000.

prevention offices at Tsitsihar and Changchun and have dispatched medical practitioners to the various plague-infected districts.

If mat ters fail to improve the authorities may reject all freight on the Tsitsi far-Ticonan Railway in a few days. According to an announcement made by Dr. Park, representative of the League of Nations here, an "epidémio cycle " falla in 1930.

AMERICAN POLITICS. North Manchitia is now in the

[UNITED FREES.}

Although nothing has been decid- THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. ed "regarding the chairmanship of the Round Table Conference Indian Afairs, it is generally no- WILL REPUBLICANS HAVE sumed in London that the Prime

MAJORITY? By Chang' order, 90,000 Feng Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, tien troops at Shanbaikwaa have will preside at the plenary session, The nature of the task before the been organized into two armies Conference makes it obvious, under the respective commiads of however, that most of the work will Yu Hsueh Chung and Wang Shube done by Committees of delegates. Chang. These will be detailed to capture Tientsin and Peiping, Over thirty railway trains belonging to the Peiping-Mukden Railway have been detained for "the transporta- tion, of these troops.

<

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

RUGBY, Sept. 18, The report of the Health Or ganisation of the League of Nations was presented by Miss Sun Lawrence, Parliamentary Secretary circular telegram reiterating his Chang Hsueh Liang has issued a

to the British Health Ministry, to the Second Committee of the League support to the Central Government, at Geneva today and was unaniin which he states, inter alia, that

mously adopted.

Miss Lawrence particularly men- tioned the great progress made in 'children's health in Great Britain

by school hygiene, and the benefits of the study of tropical medicine..

LIMITATION OF OPIUM

the present civil war should come to an end in order to reconstruct the country and to relieve the suf ferings of the people. In conclu- sion, he urges the military com-

manders to obey the orders of the

Central Government.

Chang's Threat.

Washington, August 17-Under

It is expected that an announce new management, the Republican House of Parliament who will be task of holding both house of Con- ment regarding the members of the Party is now ready to begin the delegates at the Conference, and who will be selected from the three grees for President Hoover in the parliamentary parties, will be made autumn elections. within a few days.

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. "

PREPARATIONS NOW WELL

ADVANCED,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Rucar, Sept. 18. Preparations are will advance¿İ for the Imperial Conference, which begins on September 30,

Republican majorities in

grip of a great terror.

GERMAN FASCISTS

DEMONSTRATE. ·

! WALK OUT OF CITY COUNCIL

CHAMBER.

(THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCY.).

BERLIN, Sept. 18.

FRENCH BUDGET FOR

1931-32.

HUGE ." CUT " IN EXPENDĮ. TURE.

AGENCE HAVA8.]

PARIS, Sept. 18. The Ministers" Council has issued the Budget proposals for 1831-32.

The total amourt: is Frs. 30,100,000,000.

It is not proposed to impose nay further burdens on the tax-payers, and for the first time since 1926 there will even be a "cut" of Fra.. 300,000,000 in the expenditure, 'com- pared with the present Budget.

CRISIS THREATENED IN IRAQ.

MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS.

Baghdad, Sept. 14. Spirited, agitation is taking place in Iraq,

"

"DEPARTURE DATE AND ROUTE UNCERTAIN.

(THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.

LONDON, Sept. 18: The aviatrix, Mrs. Victor Bruce, interviewed by Reuter to-day, con- frmed the reports that she is departing upon a Far East fight.

The date of, her departure- and her route is completely uncertain, depending upon the results of the test of her machine, but it is miest unlikely that she will depart within a week.

Mrs. Bruce has chosen i Black-

fitted with burn Bluebeard, Gipsy Two engine.

R.101 READY FOR FLIGHT B

TO INDIA

PROPULSION-WITHOUT PETROL.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.}

Ruay, Sept. 18. Before very long, the British

while at the same time there are airship R-101 will be able to sail indications of a

grave political to India without taking any petrol crisis.

vith her.

The Minister of Finance at

스

Hitherto, she has had to carry As the Srst manifestation of Baghdad has resigned to support certain amount of motor spirit. their newly-acquired strength as a his belief that the Anglo-Iraq for the starting mechanism of her political party, the National Fascist Treaty was presented to the Iraq heavy oil engines. Recently, members of the City Council Cabinet, as in accomplished fact, however, so stisfactory have been marched out in a body from the while the Cabinet should have had the testa made with the compression Chamber as a protest against the free hand to examine the treaty ignition starting engine with which majority's refusal to

been equipped that act immeding a last resort after the conclusion" she has ately on

of the London negotiations and the similar models will eventally be National Socialist A motion, seconded by the German return of King Feisal to the coun- fitted to all five of her engines. Nationala, to dissolve the Council try reduce the salaries of the

FAMOUS HILL" SIXTY.

GIFT TO NATIONS OF THE EMPIRE.

This development is of obvious importance in removing the dan ger of fire, especially during flight.

COLUMBUS THE SON OF in hot climates."

A PIRATE.

// DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

MADE BY HIS FATHER.

The first atterance of the new Republican National Chairman, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio was a prediction that both House and Senate would be returned with safe November.

The Republican National Execu-and tive Committee accepted the ze heads of departments. signation of Mr. Claudiu: H. Hys-' ton as national chairman and im-

By a further adaptation, the The Dominion delegations will mediately installed Senator Fess in

Airship has just been fitted with begin to arrive within the next few his place. Mr. Robertlucas of

two new engines in which the re- days. They will be accommodated in various large hotels and a feet Louisville, was hamed executive

versing problem is surmounted. Chang has also addressed a tele cf cars will be placed at their dis- director to handle detail of party

Hitherto, one engine had to gram to Yea. Asi Shan asking him posal during the Conference.

new chairman management, the

Hamburg, Sept. 13.-Lively in reserved for taking the ship astern, On the eve of the opening, the to come to terms with the Nanking British Government will give a ban being required to divide his time

terest has been aroused here by and consequently 600 borss-power LEAGUE FIXES CONFERENCE Government, and to withdraw the quot in honour of the Imperial with his regular senatorial duties.

lecture given by Proremor Ullua, in forward drive was lost. This Shansi troops from Peiping and guests, at which the Prime Minis He adds that he will ter Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, will Tientsin.

director of the National Library is no longer the case, and while The site of the famous Hill of Peru, on the real descent of in future the vessel will be able eradicate those frustrating peace, preside, after which a reception, to

which 1,000 invitations will be the most dificult tasks the party Sixty, which has a special associa-Christopher Columbus."

to reverse if required, all her en- Yen takes this to mean that he issued, will be held..

has had in some, years. In sub- tion for practically every British. Professor Ullu claims to have gines will be at other times avail. should surrender Peiping and Tien-

Empire regiment which fought in discovered in Spanish archives doable and her speed will tsin to Manchuria.

the Great War, has been acquired cuments said to prove that Column.improve.

The R.101 has had a now, bay through the generosity of Mr. J. J. bus was not as generally believed Calder, and will shortly be trans- the son of a Canoese wool-merchant installed, increasing her lift to 166 ferred to the War Graven Commis- but the son of a Catalan privateer. tons. She is now the world'e sion as a gift to the nations of the ing captain. This bold privateer biggest airship. Empire.

MANUFACTURE.

DATE.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Sept. 18. The League Council to-day fixed the Conference on the limitation of the manufacture of opium for May 27 next..

It will be preceded by a Confer ence of the manufacturing States in London on October 27 and a meeting of the League's Opium Committee on January, 10.-

LEAGUE OF NATIONS BUDGET.

SLIGHT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.'

THROUGH REUTER RAUENCY.}...

GENEVA, Sept. 19. The Budget for the League of Nations for 1931 is estimated at Gold Francs 29,866,000, compared with Gold Francs 28,210,000 for the present year.

The total comprises: Secrétariat

Yen has also received a wire from

Transfer of leadership from Mr. Ruston to Senator Fess is one of

All the Premiers will dine with the King and Queen at Buckinghammitting his resignation, Mr. Huston read a statement in which he de- Palace in the following week.

clared he had been a victim of a campaign of whispering and per- his delegates at Mukden to the

secution, and that the party leaders effect that Chung Hsieh Ling will LONDON DOCKS OPEN TO had not stood by him under fire as it had in other cases. He failed to enforce his demands by military

pledge his allegiance to the ad- force.

ministration, and left himself free

VISITORS.

In view of the unfavourable posi-NOVEL TOURS ARRANGED IN to take a course that will insure

tion of the northern coalition, Yen Hai Shan has wired Peiping that he intends to retire. He has in- structed bis troops to be prepared to withdraw to Shansi. from the

Tientsin-Pakow Railway.

AID OF CHARITY,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SÉRVICE.]

RUGBY, Sept. 18. Next week the London docks,

ia the minds of Republicans of the country ray right to their continued esteem and.conference."

The New Chairman.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 18.

ELECTING A LEAGUE

MEMBER.

Seantor Fess, the new chairman, NIGHT SESSION PROBABLE. Wang Ching Wei is also said to where sightseers are normally not is a veteran Ohio regulu, one of have decided to retire and will go oncouraged, will be open to viel the last to abandon the draft

Geneva, Sept. 13.-M. Tritulescu to Japan in the near future.

tors, who, on payment of a fee in Collidge" movement two years ago the chairman of the League of aid of hospital and dock charities, keynoter in the 1998 National con will be taken on tour, round the vention and the centre of some Nations Assembly, to-day declared commercial heart of the Empire, hostility among progressives be-

The docks to be visited include cause he referred to them a few that he was firmly resolved to have the Victoria and Albert and King months ago as pecude Republi- the question of the election of a George V. group, which makes the cans” who deserved little con- new temporary member of the

covering 245 acres, with 12 miles lican leaders

CHINESE CUSTOMS

TARIFF.

TO BE PROMULGATED NEXT largest enclosed dock in the world, sideration at the hands of Repub-League's Council definitely mottled

*

MONTH.

on Tuesday next even if it was nec- cesary to hold for that purpose, an all-night scesion.

of quays where 500,000 tons of Senator Fés said he accepted the shipping may lie at one time; and chairmanship because he believed [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] where warehouses and refrigerat there was a great work to be done

ing plant have accommodation for in educating the public. NANKING, Sept. 18.3,500,000 Carcasos,

"While this in an off year and

The Siamese delegate to-day drew The official newspaper of Nan Visitors will also as Millwall during this time National commit the attention of the Assembly to the and Special League Organisations, king announces this morning that a Docks, where a week's supply of tees are not expected to be very problem of combating the snugge

Fcs 430,505,000; International new Customs Tariff is at present grain for London (24,000 tons) is active, world-wide depression which

under examination by the Legisla stored in one granary, and cleared affects our country is marked. Thising of opium. He congratulated tive. Yuan, and will be promulgated at the rate or 500 tons every hour. will necessitate campaign of the League on the results already Some 26 miles of river, 45 miles education that the public may be achieved in this direction and an on October 10,

of quayside, 700 acres of dockwale informed." he said. "I anticinate nounced that Siams was eager to and many ships in port, will be continued control of the Republican-operate with the League in this surveyed during the tours.

party in both House and Senate." respect to the utmost of her power.

Labour Office, G.Fes, 8,573,000 Perinament Court of International Justice, G.Fe 2.717,000; Buildings

Geneva, including the establish ment of a wireless station, G.Fes (-2,170,000.

The abolition of likin, originally axed, to take place on October 10, will probably be postponed."

thersby

bad, according to these documents, She e is expected to undergo fur- anticipated his son's dicovery when ther trials noit week, prior to her in company with Danish pirates departure for India at the end of

the month. he made a "voyage vid Ireland, Greenland, Labrador and New

{foundland down the North Ameri. Ja

can coast of Florida,

:

Christopher Columbus" know of

this discovery and based his own what he conceived to be a shorter plans thereon though choosing

and safer route.

NEW ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT:

RECOGNISED BY BRITAIN," U.S. AND HOLLAND,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.”

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 18. Britain, the United States and Holland have recognised the now Argentine Government,

SECRET WIRELESS

TELEPHONY.

INTERESTING EXPERIMENT

BY HOLLAND."

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT, I

THE HAGUE, Sept. 13, An interesting experiment te make wireless telephony secret is being carried out between Holland. and Dutch East Indies by means of La apparatus which transforms the spoken word into an unintelligible jumble, but automatically restores the correct sound in a specially constructed receiver.