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BOXER INDEMNITY 'FUND.'

ANGLO-CHINESE EXCHANGE

OF NOTES.

{TROVON NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Oct. 8, By an exchange of Notes between Dr. C. T. Wang and Bir Miles Laimpson it has been agreed that all payments of the British share of the Boxer Indemnity of 1901 will, subject to parliamentary path fication, be remitted by His Majesty's Government from December 1, 1992, to the control of the Chinese Government, which will apply the bulk of the funds thus remitted to the creation of an endowment to be subsequently de- voted to educational purposes. by. investing the said fonds in the re- habilitation and building of railways and other productive enterprises in China, such investments to be re-

garded as loans. bearing interest and providing for eventual amor- tization.

China to Purchase Railway Material In Britain.

The Chinese Government will appoint a Board of Trustees in China, including British members, And will place in the United King- dom all orders for materials pur chased from the remitted funds or from loans secured on such funds, while a purchasing commission will be established in London to make contracts for the supply and de- livery to China of machinery and material ordered by the Chinese Government.

The Commission will consist of

VICE-COMMANDER-

IN-CHIEF.

CHANG HSUEH LIANG ASSUMES OFFICE.

(TAŽOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

NASKINO, Oct. 9.

A message from Mukden states that it has been announced that Chang Hsuch Lang will formally assume office as Vice-Commander in-Chief of the National Army, Navy and Air Fomer on the oth inst

CHIANG KAI SHEK AT

CHENGCHOW.

DEVISING REHABILITATION

MEASURES.

[THROWON REUTER'S AGENCY.)-

SHANGHAI, Oct.. 8. Chiang Kai Sheki left Kaifeng for Chengchow this morning to inspect

the conditions there and to devise rehabilitation measures.

LOYANG SEEKING TO SURRENDER.

(TURODON REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SHANGHAI, Oct. · B. Loyang is still in the hands of the Kuominchun, but owing to the collapso of the insurgents in the Chengchow area the defenders of Loyang are seeking to surrender.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930.

MILITARY ACTION AGAINST AFRIDIS.

PENSIONERS SUMMONED FOR CONFERENCE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Bixta, Oct. 8: An official statement is expected to be issued shortly notifying that military operations are beginning against the Alridis

F.M.S. BUDGET ESTIMATES.

NEW TAXATION TO BE IMPOSED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

SINGAPORE, Oct. & The depression in the rabber and tiu industries, is reflected in the budgetary estimate of revenue for 1930 being $15,000,000 below the It is understood that the forces estimates, of which rubber account will be commanded by General Sired for $5,800,000 and tin $5,500,000.. Robert Cassels and Major-General

New taxation is being imposed J. F. Coleridge.

and borrowing powers are being sund of sought to raise the $20,000,000, to be expended on public works, and to relievo unam ployment.

Soveral hundred Afridi pensionera have reached Peshawar in response to the Government's summons for a

conference.

Others who wore en routs were intercepted and turned back by hostile tribesmen.

PANDITS MALAVIYA SENTENCED..

GUILTY OF CHARGE OF SEDITION,

NATIONAL HEROES'

RETURN.

INQUEST OPENED AT WESTMINSTER.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Oct. &

The inquest on the airship vic cims was formally opened at West- minster.

EARTHQUAKES IN GERMANY.

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INHABITANTS PANIC STRICKEN,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Oot. 8... Widespread earthquake, shocks were experienced in south Germany and in the Tyrol of East Switzer- land after midnight.

No evidence of identification was called, and the Coroner adjourned Three shocks, each of from five the proceedings until the completo ten seconds duration, in the tion of the forthcoming statutory course of ten minutes were felt.' tribunal's report.

In some districts people were LONDON, Oct. 7 thrown from their beds, windows The last journey of the R.101 were broken and furniture was victims began at Beauvais to-day overturned. in heavy rain, from which the dis. The inhabitants were tinguished mournors sheltered as atricken. they watched the entrainment of** the remains.

MR. LENOX SIMPSON-

UNCHANGED.

NOT YET ALLOWED TO SEE VISITORS.

ITHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

TIENTSIN, Oct. Be Mr. Lenox Simpson's condition remains unchanged.

He is quite conscious and ha. is taking liquid nourishment, though he is not yet allowed to see visitors,

ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE.

'.

panic GOVERNMENT AND' OPPOSI-

TION DELEGATION. LATER. The shock was felt particularly at

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] Munich and in the Bavarian Alpine

districts.

Thers were no casualties, and ne serious damage has been reported.

Troops filed slowly past the dead to the strains of the French tradi- tional slow march, and prayers were offered by the Bishop of Beau- vais and the Rev. Cardew, tho Pastor of the English Church in Survivor of R.101 in Grave Danger,

Paris, as the coffins were placed on

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

ECONOMIC QUESTIONS

· DISCUSSED.

(BRITISH WIRKLISS EERVICE.)

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RUGBY, Oct. 7. The plenary session of the Im-the rail waggons perial Conference, which begins

Two senior British Air Force [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

to-morrow, will be devoted to econofficers travelled with the train. omio questions with particular réfer-

Flaga in the towns en roule to CAWNPORE, Oct. 8.

ence to inter-Imperial, Trade. The Boulogne were flown at half-maat. The two pandits, father and son, Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H.

The train arrived at Boulogne at Krishnakant Malaviya and Madan-Thomas, will be the first speaker 4.25, and the bodies were immedi- mohan Malaviya, were each sex and after him the Canadian, Austraately transferred to the destroyers tenced to one year's rigorous iman, and New Zealand Premiers, Tempest and Tribune with every prisonment on the charge of sedi and other chief delegates will ex-mark of respect and honour,

press their views. Although the session will be in private, full sporches will be inued as soon as possible after delivery.

To-day the Conference proceed ings were mainly devoted to Com

tions.

RELIGION, AND ECONOMIC LIFE.

the Chinese Minister in London as THE FALL OF CHENGCHOW. AMERICAŃ SYSTEM OF FREE Chairman, a representative of the Chinese Ministry of Railways, and four Britishers.

Donation to Hong Kong University. The sum of £283,000 and a fur- ther sum of £200,000 will be set seide from the accumulated funds

pectively, to the Hong Kong Uni- veraity for the education of Chinese studenta, and a Universities in Chinn Committen in London for

inviting eminent Chinese to lecture in the United Kingdom and other wise for promoting Chinese and British relations.

FATAL. BLOW TO KUOMIN.

CHUN,

According to the Chinese Press, the fall of Chengchow has proved

UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.

(Raute's ambSICAN SERVICE.]

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.. Making his third important

mittee work. The General Econ-

omic Committee discussed the standardisation of invoices research, and & sub-conference dealt with technical questions, including wool

research,

The band of a French infantry regiment played the Last Post, the "Marseillaise," and "God Save the King," and detachments of French soldiers and British and French Marines rendered military bonours.

The naval and military civil authorities as well as the large crowd sympathetically watched the reverent embarkation of the bodies, while the band played funeral marches.

BEAUVAIS, Och. 7. A change, for the worse has taken place in the condition of Mr. A. Church, who was a rigger aboard the R.101 and who escaped with severe burna.

In the official account, it was stated that he trad been fairly seri- ously injured.

was stated at the hospital that his This evening at 11 o'clock, it condition was critical,

{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE:] French Sympathy.

Huany, Oct. 2. The victims of the R. 101 disaster begar, to-day their journey home wards. They will reach London in the small hours of the morning and will be taken to the Westminster

Arrival at Victoria Station. the special train arrived at Vie- Although it was 1.25 a.m. when toria Station the crowd, which began to collect hours before, had present. Service personnel stationed at war

swollen to an enormous size in spite of rain and cold, representing all classes and types to do homage to the airship victims.

cemeteries.

The Sankey Committes began's consideration of constitutional ques tions referred to it for report, in- eluding the question of the pro- posed Fampire tribunal and certain aspects of the nationality question,

The Committee on communica tions had a preliminary considers, | tion of their particular problems, now on deposit to be donated, rosa fatal blow to the anti-Nanking speech in two days, President which embrace broadcasting, cable, postal and news services, and the troops. Since the fall that city, Hoover, addressing a large au- connections between the Kuomin-dience at King's Mountain Battle further proposals for providing ad- War Graves Committee examined field, South Carolina, to-day, dealt chun and the Shansi forces have with the relations between religion ditional educational and medical been interrupted and those troops and the economic life of the com-facilities for the families of ex co-operating with the Kuominehunmunity.

In his opening, the President om the Lunghai Railway are now contrasted the American system of unable to setrent to Shanghai. The free universal education, the fall of Chengchow has also affected training of runners and striving to give them an equal stari," with the position of the Shanei troops socialism, bolshevism, anarchy and at Shihchischwang and they have despotism, which all meant the now decided to abandon the place, destruction of the driving force of

Nanking troops are now preasing equal opportunity," upon Loyang which is expected to fall in a few days. If it falls, the Knominchun will be unable to fall SHANGHAI, Oct. 8.

hack on Shensi. They are also un- It is officially learned from Kai- able to rotrent northward to South-faith. feng that four ranking Kuominchun Commanders, Chi Hung Chang, San's troops which have been in ern Hopei on account of Shih Yu Chang Tzu Chung, Chang Yinstructed by Chang Hauoh Liang to Hsiang and Ko Yun Lung, have check their advance in that direc declared their allegiance to the Central Government, the, severance of relations with Feng Yu Hoang and their acceptance of posts in the National Army."

KUOMINCHUN COMMANDERS JOIN NATIONAL ARMY. DECLARE ALLEGIANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

(THROUGH NAUYER'S AGENÓS.]

CHINA COMMAND APPOINTMENT.

NEW A,A, AND Q.M.G. COMING TO HONG KONG.

(THROUGH EKUIL'S'AGENCY.)

LONDON, Oct. 7. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Barter Cousens, D.8.0%, has been ap pointed Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master-General, in charge of the Administration in China.

The appointment takes effact, as from January 31 next.

Lt. Col. Cousens was.. Brigade Major R.A. 52nd Lowland Divi sion in 1915, became D.A.A. and Q.M.G. of this Division. in the following year, and was A.A. and Q.M.G. of the 75th Division a year later. During the war, he served in Palestine, Gallipoli and France..

TREASURY NOTE ISSUE.

Lion.

With the withdrawal of the Kuo- minchun, the Shansi troops are now left on their own, but Yen Hai Shan has decided to defend Shansi at all costs.

Lastest Chinese cable advices in- dicate that Chi Hung Chang, Chang Chih Chung and some other Kuominchan generals have issued eirculars affirming their loyalty to the Nanking Government.

The Shansi forces are leaving Shibchiachwang and the Man- churian forces are expected to take over the place immediately. Nearly all the shops in the city have closed their doors:

In view of their recent revarer, the Shansi force and the Kuo- ninchun have decided to remain on the defensive,

MURDERED LADY MISSIONARIES.

MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD IN LONDON.

(THROUGH BECTER'S AGENOT.]

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LONDON, Oct, -7. A Memorial Barvice for Miss Eleatior Harrison and Miss Edith Nettleton, of the Church Mission- ary Society, who were shot by Chinese bandits in Fukien last. week, having been prisoners in their hands for three months, is to be held at St. Bride's, Float Streat, on Friday.

The sermon will be by the Rev. W. Wilson Cash, D.S.Ö., O.B.E., General Secretary of the CMS.

INCREASED FROM FIFTY TO EIGHTY MILLIONS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.],

NAKINO, Oct., B The National Government has promulgated the revised regulations MRS. VICTOR BRUCE NOW governing the issue of the nine-

SAFE AT JASK. teenth year Customs duty and sebort-term Treasury Notes, at an issue price-of-06-bearing-interest

rodeemable by May, 1035.

They save tins been increased from the original $50,000,000 to

80,000,000,

THEOCON LEDIER'S, AUKNOT.]

1: Bussozalf; Oct. 7. Are Victor Bruce, for whom anxiety was folt yesterday, arrived at Jark to-day at 12.15 p.m.

He added: "It is significant that some of these systems deny roligion und neck to expel it. I cannot con- ceive of a wholesome social order or a sound economic system that does not have its roots in religious

engage the loyalties of mankind."

No blind materialism can long

REVOLUTION. IN BRAZIL. SIMILAR TO MOVEMENT IN ARGENTINA.

Probably never such a crowd has gathered at a London station before except on the occasion of the hur ried home-coming of HRH the Prince of Wales when His Majesty the King was ill.

their homes.

Moving Scones,

LONDON, Oct. 7.. The British Government will be represented by the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald), the Lord Chancellor (Lord Bankey), the Secretary for India (Mr. Wedg wood Benn), the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson) and the Dominions Secretary (Mr. J. H. !Thomas.)

Other Ministors will be invited to attend the meetings of the Con-

to the subject under discussion. ference, on Committees, according

Opposition Representatives.

The delegates nominated to re- present the Conservativo Party are Earl Pool, Sir Samuel Hoare, the Marquess of Zetland, and Major Oliver Stanley.

will be the Marquess of Reading, The Liberal Party representatives. the Marquess of Lothian, Sir Robert Mortuary. They will later be ro- Hamilton, M.P., and Mr. Isano. tral building in London, to lie in moved to an appropriate and cen- Foot, M.P. state prior to burial near Carding. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] ton, Bedfordshire, the place from which they set out on their last

Ruam, Oct. 7. It is announced that at the forth- journey, and where so many of coming Indian Round Government

the British At the memorial service to be will be represented by the Prime

sent the King and many other mem the Secretary for India, Captain held in St. Paul's Cathedral on Fri-Minister, Mr. Romsey MacDonald, day the Prince of Wales will repre- the Lord Chancellor Lord Sankey, bers of the Royal Family will be Wedgwood Bean, the Foreign Secre- tary, Mr. A. Henderson, and the Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H Thomas. On every stage of the journey

Other Ministers will be from Beauvais to Boulogne, where invited. to attend the meetings of they were placed aboard the British, the Conference on Committees, no destroyers Tempest and Tribune, cording to the subject under dis moving tributes were paid to the cussion. bodies of the dead airmen. Wreath Thesa nominated to represent the covered coffins were borne from Conservative Party are Lord Cecil Beauvais Town Hall to the gun. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Marquess of carriages which proceeded to the Zetland, and Major Oliver Stanley. The crowd lined the entrance,

station through mourning crowds, The Liberal Party representatives while a group of relatives and many people kneeling in prayer as will be the Marquess of Reading, the Marquess of Lothian, Sir Robert others, headed by the Prime Minis-the procession passed. ter, Miss Ishbel MacDonald, and 12 The buildings were draped with Hamilton, M.P., and Mr. Isaac blue-uniformed men with caps in- crepe and all the shops in town Foot, M.P. WHY BRITISH INDUSTRY

scribed "R101." who were mem-

were closed while aeroplanes circled, On consultation with the Secre- bers of the relief crew, waited on

overhead and a French battery fired tary for India, the Government of LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

the platform.

a salute of 101 guns,

India have arranged that the fol Slowly the long train pulled in-

The French Premier, M. Tardieu, lowing officials shall attend the (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] a train of darkness except for the the Air Minister. M. Laurent Eynae, Conference in a consultative capa lighted first coach, where threa of and many other distinguished, city-Sir Malcolm Hailey, Goy LONDON, Oct. 7.

the survivors, who were able to Frenchmen followed the procession, ernor of the United Provinces, Bir. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, adicave the hospital, were travelling.

in company with the British Am Charles Innes, Governor of Burma, dressing the Labour Party Con- Dend silence presided as 47 collins bassador, Lord-Tyrrell, the Seere and Sir A. C. MasWatters, Finance ference at Llandudno, replying to were placed on 24 Air Force tentory for India, Captain Wedgwood Secretary to the Government of critics inside and outside the ders, which slowly left the station

Beun, the Under-Secretary for Air, India. It is also announced that Party, said that the Government for the mortuary through the great Mr. F. Montague, Sir John Sal H.M. the King has accepted the had fulfilled the confidence repos- silent throng..

mond, Chief of Air Staff, and resignation of Sir Malcolm Hailey ed in it at the last election, both The bodies of the victims of the numerous other British officials and from the Governorship of the Unit R.101 disaster will lis in state in mourners, including three of the ed Provinces to enable him to be

available at the Conference, Westminster Hall on Friday,

The following day they will be.

present also the vacancy will be filled by Sir Goorgo carried in procession through the Mayor of Beauvain and a deputa- Bancroft Lambert, until Sir Mal- streets of London and entrained tion of citizens from the town, colm Hailey is free to return to for Bedford, whence the procession which provided so much practical India and resumo the Governor- will form up and march to Car- help.

"Mothers of Beauvais to Sorrowing dington.

The bodies will be interred in St.

Mothers of Britain."! Mary's Church-yard, Cardington,

LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE.

[ROULER'S AMERICAN EZEVICK.)

New YoRE, Oct. 7. A Brazilian rebel army, 80,000 by its foreign and domestic policy. He emphasised the worldwide strong, is reported to be marching

nature of unemployment, and said on São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

The Brazilian Deputy, Senhor that no nation working alone could Luzando, in the course of an inter-curs it. They had signed a tariff view at Buenos Aires, stated that truce at Genove with a view to in- the revolution in Brazil is similar itiating degotiations with other in its objects to the recent more industrial nations of the world about tariffs, and if the negotia tions were unsuccessful then Government would be free to take ather steps and bendyt

ment in Argention.

It is aimed principally at scour ing a secret ballot of elections and at overthrowing a despotism.

LATER.

The Prime Minister declared A message from Rio de Janeiro, that British industry had lost the officially authorised, aunounced that opportunities placed in its way by the revolutionary outbreak in the the Government, not because of the States of Pars and Parana have high taxation of wagon, but because been suppressed without bloodshed, business men were unable to adapt The feet and the garrison at themselves to conditions. Ho aug Rio de Janeiro remain loyal to the geted that Sir William Morris Tederal Government. “

should make the motto of his so

aty not "Government on business Lines," but "Business on busincas lines" if he wished to produce profitable results.

Parts of the fleet have been despatched to the Northern and Southern coasts....

survivors.

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One wreath on the gun-carriages came from The Mothers of Beau-

The French Air Minister, M., Laurent Eynad, will personally attend the memorial service in vais to the Borrowing Mothers of St. Paul's Cathedral on Friday, Britain"; others were from the whilst it is announced that H.R.H. French and British Servicos.

Near the station Flanders Pop- the Prince of Wales will represent pics had been strewn by children in HM the King..

the roadway,

Mishap to Destroyer.

As she was leaving Boulogne Harbour with a number of coffine and survivors, aboard, a mishap occurred to H.M.S. Tribune, re sulting in her propeller being dam

The coffins were transferred to Tempest, which brought the coffins to Dover. HM.S. Tribune, meanwhile, is limping to Portsmouth.

Mr. MacDonald continued by ged saying that the Government had decided that, its most Important. work was to put the population on the land. They had produced PERMISSION MUST FIRST BE schemes of organisation and would

TURKS OBSTRUCT- AIR ROUTE.

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produce legislation making provi sion for a thousand families, also for the better working of forests and small holdings attached foresta

to

THE HAGUE, Oct. 7.1 An amendment moved by Mr. The departure of a Royal Dutch Maxton, criticising the Govern air liner, from Sofia on her way to ment's failure to pursue a Social the Dutch East Indies has been deiat policy, pocially in regard to layed by the return of the Turkish unemployment, was overwhelming Government to sanction the transit ly dofeated. of Dutch 'planes generally,

The Turkish Government is neit Family Allowances.

ba obtájn." I ing that

LONDON, Oct. Bet

Purple Lined Carringes. Lost in a tempest in France the T. 101 vistiran were brought home together aboard H.M.S. Tempest.

Tho destroyer arrived at Dover at 1.30 p.m.

The rain was falling like a bena- diction.

The collins were lying on the deck in, long rows, covered with Union Jacke and wreaths from Trance.

Ench was born on the shoulders nirmen and holdists and

If the Turin pereist in their preference overwhelmingly defeated into sent attitude, Dutch planes will be the executive's recommendation to the special train and conveyed to instructed to fly vid Greece and refer the question of family allows London, Egypt to avoid Turkish territory: Pancen back for further examination.

Vontinued on neat Column.)

The coffing were removed to a special train, which drow out as the

ship.

OBITUARY.

The

ADMIRAL OF FLEET SIR W. MAY.

IHROUGH REUTEH'S AGENCY, }

LONDON, Oct. 7, The death bas occurred of AL

guns thundered and the bands play miral of the Flest Sir William May,

ed mournful music..

...

A silvo of guns was fired and, the French and British National An thems were played when the special train reached Boulogne.

In the presence of a great, silent crowd and of civil and military authorities, the coffins were carried to the waiting British destroyers,

At Dover and later at Victoris, when the special, train was due to Arrive in the early morning, sepse, sentatives of the Government and of the Services waited to receive the honoured dead. Long before they were due the crowds began silently to assemble

G.O.B., G.C.V.O., at the age of 91. ·

Ho

to entered the Royal Navy 1863, became Captain in 1987, and“ Rear-Admiral in 1001, and Admiral of the Floet in 1015. He was Com mander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, 1908-7, Second Ben Lord at the Admiralty, 1007-00, commanded the Home Fleet, 1000-11; and Com mander-in-Chief Plymouth, 1911-18. He retired from the Navy in 1010; after 30 years' service,

"MR. ALLAN PINKERTON.

Lord Tyrrell handed to the (REUTER'S AMERICAN EERVICE] French Frommler at Beauvais a

New York, Out, B communication sent on the King's instructions to the President of the Mr. Allan Pinkerton, head of the Council expressing His Majesty's famous detective Agency, died ar deep and personal gratitude and the result of being gassed and appreciation of the assistance which wounds received in the great war. The deceased served an General the Government of the Republio vais and Allouse havo rendered and of all arrangements made in con- nection with the terrible disaster.

of the Criminal Investigation Des partment of the Provost „Marshal' General's Department.