1930-12-10 — Page 9

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CHINA AIRWAYS CATASTROPHE,

'PLANE HITS A JUNK MAST AND CRASHES.

(THROUGH BEUter's acenot.]

SHANGHAI, Dec. 8.

General Hsiung Shi Hui, the Clarrison Commander of the Shanghai and Wooming Area, was leaving for Kiukiang by aéroplane this morning, for the purpose of joining Chiang Kai Shek in the campaign against the Kings Communist bandita, machine crnahed in taking off.

General Hsiung Shih Hui wàs taken to the Country Hospitál an. conscious.

when

the

It is believed he is suffering from concussion.

Two Pilots Killed.

LATER

In regard to the air crash at Shanghai, it transpires that the erash occurred near Lunghua, re- sulting in three, denths and fire persons being injured,

The nerapine, a Curtis amphi- Lian of the China Airways, was taking off from the river when it hit a junk mast.

The machine erashed into the river bank, and the American pilot, Paul Baer, aged 30, was killed.

The Chinese pilot, Tian, was alzo killed, as Was & passenger, Mrs. Andreeva,

Five Chinese passengers, includ- ing Hsiung Shih Hui, were ori ously injured.

This is the first fatal crash sinco the Chica Airways started operat- ⚫ing.

Airways Report of Disaster.

LATRE. A report by the China Airways states that the regular west-bound Nanking-Hankow zeroplano left Lunghun at 8.03 this morning and took off downstream in the umal

manner.

The aeroplane had risen about 50 feel above the water when the right wing hit and broke, off the most of a junk.

The right wing was torn off The amphibian, which was travel- ling at a speed of 90 miles an hour, tuined turtle and was, telescoped in the mud on the north bank of the Whangpoo,

The Air Staff at Lunghun, ap- palled at the suddennes of the cainstrophe, rushed to the rave and pulled out the pilote and

the passengera from wreck and fraught them by bont to Lunghua, and thence rushed them to hospital at Siccawei.

The pilots and Mrs.. Andreevs died after adanssion.

Hsiung Shit Hui sustained a Broken leg and arm nad a terrible sealy wound, but he is expected

to cover,

Hsiung Shih Hul's aides-de-camp, Ciptains Chen and Liu, are in a precarious condition.

No Delay in Mall Transport,

LATER.

The nails salvaged, from the

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CHINA'S MINISTER TO WASHINGTON.

It

DR. C. C. WU TO BE

REPLACED.

[minton RESTRI'A AGENOT.]

NANKING, Dec. 0 understood that Mr. Frank

Lee, Political Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, will shortly replace Dr. C. Wu as Chinese Minister 10 Washington.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930. -

DARING ROBBERY

AT CHEFOO.

CHINESE OFFICIALS CON- NIVANCE SUSPECTED,

(THROPOR MRUTKE'S AGENOT.)

Cueroo: Dec. 9.

A daring robbery was perpetrated here today when 200 armed men in plain clothes forcibly entered the Customs enclosure and held up the watchmen and 'a tidewsiter and

BRITAIN AGAIN VISITED BY FOG.

TRAFFIC DISLOCATED OVER THE WHOLE COUNTRY,

(THROUON REUTER'A AOKIOT.}

LONDON, Dec. 9.

For the second time within a

week a heavy fog line dislocated traffic throughout the country, but

PROFESSORS' SENTENCES.

REMARKABLE LENIENCY SHOWN BY EXECUTIVE.

(THROUGH NEUTEn's Agency.}'

Мовсом, Dec. 9.. The Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R. has commuted the death

CAPTAIN SHOT DEAD BY SEPOY.

USE

RESE

ASSASSIN COMMITS

DISTRIBUTION

SUICIDE.

[Tanovon NEUTER's agency;}

LAHORE, Dec, 0. Captais F. J. McClenaghan, ol the Eighth Punjabis, was shot dead on the parade ground by a Sepoy, who had run amok.

The Sepoy also shot an Indian

suicide.

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COUGH

'CAPITAL MARKET? :

[PRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

-RUGBY, Dec. 9. Considerable attention is being said in business circles both in Lon-. clon and New York to the hope expromed by the President of the. Board of Trade, Mr. William

Dr. 0. C. Wu is expected to take removed 50 enser of rifles which had especially in the south coast, Con- Namzin, Charnovky, Kalinnikov, sergeant and Anally committed Graham,

up the post of Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government.

arrived from Dairen on the sih inst,

The connivance of the local Chi

In the event of these changes,, itse ollicinls is suspected. is expected that Wang Chia Chen,

It is believed that the rifles aro permanen: Vice-31inister for Foreign being removed into the interior. Affairs, will succeed Mr. Frank Lee,

SITUATION IN INDIA

REVIEWED.

INTEREST CENTRED UPON CONFERENCE OUTCOME.

[URITISH WIRELESS-SERVICE]

| DISARMAMENT

don and its environs.

sentences of Professors

Larichev, and Fedator to ten years' imprisonmaont oach, and reduced the sentences on Sitnin, Oshkin, and Kuprianov to eight years' im-

The fog is patchy in the Channel, but is very thick at Southampton, Dover and in the Thames estuary.

His Majesty King George return-prisonment. ed to London from Sandringham COMMISSION│yesterday, intending to shoot at

ALL MENTION OF RUSSIA EXCLUDED FROM DRAFT.

(tutopai kentzE'S AGENCY.]

Windsor for the first time since his illness in 1878, but the log coin- pelled the cancellation of the shoot, There was a slight clearance of the atmosphere towards noon at Twickenham, which enabled rates to be opened for the Oxford- Cambridge rugger match, which it was earlier thought must be aba

'GENEVA, Dec. 9. A complaint against the "offen- Rive" clauss

WRR made by M.doned. Lunacharsky in alluding to the reservation that the adhesion of Esthonin, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Roamania to the draft Dis. armament Convertion was depen- dent upon Russia's adhesion.

M. Lanacharaky demanded the deletion of the clause.

RUGBY, Dec. 9. The Government of India's week ly review of the situation in India anys that hope alternates with anxiety as to the outcome of the Round Table Conference, but the feeling is growing that it represents a very important constructive effort meriding the good-will of all with

All mention of Russin was finally the interests of India at heart. excluded from the text, and tho

Regarding the events in India,mecting adopted the concluding: the review says:-In the United | part of the Committee's report Provinces agitation is more or less relating to chemical, ́arms and mis- moribund in the towns, and meet cellaneous provisions. ings and processions have lost-much of their previous attraction. In the

SCHNEIDER TROPHY

?

CONTEST.

the

COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE CONFER NEXT WEEK,

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

countryside the people are friendly, U.S. LABOUR SECRETARY. Air Council and the Schneider but anxious, as in most other pro- vinees, about the difficulties in all- ing their produce,

seems

In Bihar and Orissa the civil dis obedience movement

less popular, but several violent inci- dents have occurred.

Assam has reported an improve- ment in the political situation, in spite of attempts to continue the educational boyesit, upon which Congress opinion seems divided,

Clashes have occurred in Bombay and Karachi, and during the ter rorial outrages at Chandpur, in Bengal.

It is believed that the wrecking of the mail train in Burmo some weeks ago was the work of the

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SENATE CONFIRMS” APPOINT- MENT.

RUGBY, Dec. Nó conclusion was reached at yesterday's conference between the Trophy Committes of the loyal Aero Club, but the conference is to be resumed next week, and hopes are entertained in the air- craft industry that the Air Minis fry may reconsider its decision to take no share in next year's Schneider Trophy. WasHINGTON, Dec. D.

One of the Aero Clubs chief diff The Senate, without a discussion, culties would be dhe assembly and confirmed President Hoover's ap. training of a. team of civilian nointment of Mr. William Nickles pilots, whereas the Air Ministry Doak, a trade union official, ne has its high-speed flight in train- Secretary for Labour, in successioning. to Mr. James Davis.

[DRITION WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Bengal Revolutionary Party. and FORMER CHINA MISSIONARY several arrests have been made.

REGULATION OF MINERS* HOURS' CONVENTION.

MINISTER FOR MINES' TOUR OF EUROPE.

(MRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rvour. Dec. 0. The Minister for Hines, Mr. Shinwell, is continuing his efforts to ensure that the next Internn- tional Labour Conference in June shall put through a Convention to regulate mineral hours.

The three countries most con- cerned are Britain, Germany and Poland, and, as the Manchester Guardian points authe priar agreement between them Would practically ensure the conclusion of and effective Convention,

Mr. Shinwall has already sora the German Minister of Labour,

DEAD.

BODY FOUND AT FOOT OF WELSH CLIFFS.

(THROUGH REUTEN'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Dec. 8, A body found at the foot of the beep cliffs of Aberystwyth has identified as that of Mr. Thomas a former mission- Richards, aged 57, ary in South Africa and China.

Soviet Reply to Britain,

BRITISH OFFICER'S MURDER AT CALCUTTA,

INDIAN CONFESSES TO ANOTHER MURDER,

[TROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.).

CALCUTTA, Dev. §.

that "American and |British financial authorities will he able to arrive at agreement in will provide on a sound basis a the use of gold reserves, which

structure and so Great credit minister to the common recovery. That necessarily depends on the Central Banks, but the British Government is alive to the neceR- siting of the situation."

The Times City Editor discour ages the view that an event of im- portance is impending, and al- though tumours were current in New York yesterday, the Foderal Reserve Board remained silent. New York bankers are reported as

LONDON, Dec, 8. In the House of Commons, Mr. Arthur Henderson, during question. time, read the Russian reply to the It transpires that only one of representations in reference to the L-Col, Simpson's assailants has died, but one of the two who are anti-British accusations at the Mos.still alive, namely, Boac, is lying in cow conspiracy trial, stating:- a dangerous condition in hospital.

He is alleged to have confessed declaring that they saw to hope that he murdered Mr. F. J., Low-of any distribution of gold through the capital market until political

FIVE BENGALIS ARRESTED.

"Neither the examining author ties nor the Court are able to deman, privo the accused of the right to givo evidence or make confessions. The

Public Prosecutor, would naturally base his indictment upon these confessions, but the Court and the Public Prosecutor paid practically ao attention to the re ferences to Britain, nor did the Prosecutor dwell upon them in bls final speech; neither did the Gov emment anywhere express views in

that connection."

Sir Austen Chamberlain suggent- ad that it was incompatible with British interests and dignity to allow these matters to rest where they were.

Mr. Henderson said that he had only just received the anawer, and he required time to consider the

case.

MOUNT KAMET EXPEDITION W

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruany, Dec. 8. The Himalayan explorer, Mr. F. 8. Smythe, has completed a party of five for next year's expedition

to Mount Kamet, 400 miles west of Mount Everest, which is still uncon- quered. Kamet is 25,431 feet high. The party includes Mr. E..Ship- ton as one of three Britons.

HUGE AMERICAN BANK MERGER,

No Censorship on Soviet

Broadcast.

(THROUGH HEUTER'S. AGENCY.]

CALCUTTA, Dec. 8.

stable.

All three were dressed in Euro- conditions in Europe are more

The Times pean clothes.

points out that Armarion holds about one-half of the world's monetary gold stock, acquired in a perfectly legitimate way. "This will not be reduced un- Its her trade balance becomes ad.. As a sequel to the assassination verse, which would conged her to of Inspector-General Simpson, the export golf in payment, or she em- police this morning searched several

barks upon an active foreign lend- houses in Daeen and arrested Sveing policy, which would give bor Bengalis, including Probhatnag, a rowers the right to draw gold from America. Ameriat has in part graduate of the Pusa Agricultural College, and Kamatchva Mukherjee, student of the Dacea Medical School.

AMERICA'S NAVAL

PLANS.

ED

BATTLESHIP MODERNISA-

TION BILL PASSED.

(MEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] The Russian verbal reply to the

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. representations regarding the broad-

The Government's first year pro east, read by Mr. Henderson, denies

for naval construction that a breach of Soviet obligations gramme

involved, inasmuch as the under the London Naval Treaty, broadcast was sent out by the calling for expenditure of Trade Union wireless station, over 34,835,000, has been Inid before which the Soviet Government has the representatives of the Naval net established 11 censorship. Committee. Moreover, the broadcast "merely The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. act forth the Soviet viewpoint." C. F. Adams, provides therein for the construction of one 7,500-ton Nevertheless, "Mr. Henderson's/

cruiser carrying six-inch gune, to cost 816,603,000; one six-inch gun, to cost $20,780,000; four 1,100-ton flying deck cruiser of 10,000 tons, submarines, at 84,500,000 each; one seaplane carrier of 13,800 tons, at 827,650,000; 10 destroyers of 1,500 tons cach, each to coat 84,200,000; and one destroyer leader of 1,9 tons, to cost $5,000,000.

declaration as to the unsuitability of Buch broadcast messages will hence forth be impressed upon the Council of Tree Unions,"

[BATIDE WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruaax, Dec. 8. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, replying to a large number of question in the This programme excludes the in House of Commons to-day as to the tended modernisation of the battle- reply, received to the protest to the ships Mississippi, Idaho, and New BRITISH MUSEUM LOANS NEGOTIATIONS BREAK-DOWN, Soviet Government against the re-exied.

OVERSEAS.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

Reaux, Dec. 8. To enable the trustees of the British Museum and National Gal. lery to make loans of, articles in heir collections for exhibition over.

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[KEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New York, Dec. 9. The negotiations for a merger by four banks with resources totalling 81,000,000,000 have broken down.

largely increased her foreign lend. ings this year compared with last year, but this has made very little difference to her gold stock, which is nearly £30,000,000 higher than it was a year ago. Sho lent re latively litla to Europe,. probab- ly because there in a dearth of re lly good borrowers. Britain, be ing more adventurous in foreign finance and having more tested. interceta concerned in Jending ruoney abroad, has been leas care- ful, but that much of her leading has proved unwise. France, and not America, has been tho prin. cipal taker of gold in the world's market since the Spring of 1997, and she has ample gold reserves with which to undertake a larg foreign business if she desired. Eut, like America, France does not feel the necessary onfidence in. foreign borrowers.

Congress, and requested that the necessary funds be voted to enable the carrying out of the work) 101

The Senate afterwards, passed the $30,000,000 battleship modern- ination bill, submitted by Senator. Reed.

ew Dirigible Bass on West Coast, Mr. Adams advised the Com. mittoo that the Government intend to construct a" $5,000,000 naval dirigible base on the west const

Ono million dollars had boom.

flections on His Majesty's Govern- Mr. Adams emphasised that this requested for beginning the con. ment at the Moscow conspiracy modernisation was the most import-struction of the second of two trial, read the translation of the ant of all the proposals before giant airships, for which, contracts reply of the Soviet Commissar for i (Continued on nezi Column.) have already been accepted.

Foreign Affairs.

wrecked anmhibian were aont on by I and yesterday and today he is sens, a Bill has been introduced in ing banking concerns, the Bank of depositions and evidenc

another aeroplane within an hour of the catastrophe.

Captain Baer, who had only been in China a fortnight, had an ex- cellent war record, having beer a umber of the famous Lafayette Escadrille

Additional Death.

The reply says that the Soviet Government has not expressed its views on the references to the alleged participation of British A telegram from New York, dated circles in intervention plans which were made by the accused in their November 24, stared that four lend-

It claims that the Court could not Public of the the House of Lords by Lord Far the United States, the

moor, Lord President of the Coun. National Bank & Company, the deprive the accused of the right eil.

Manufacturers' Trust Company and to any evidence or confessions they considered neccesary, nor could the the International Trusi, were amalgamating with”,

of Public Prosecutor avoid basing the resources indictment upon them, and adds $1,000,000,000.

The Fresident of the combination that the Court devoted almost no was to be Mr. J. Herbert Case, attention to the matter. who is the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

meeting representatives Polish Government. His discus- sions with them have extended to the possibilities of an International Agreement on production.

Meanwhile, particular attention, it is stated, is being directed to the question of hours in British LMTR.

coalfields, and Mr. Shinwell is re Vin Ven' Lung, who was injured ported to be considering the ad- in the aeroplane crash, at Langhuavianbility of a joint discussion be- this morning, succumbed in hor-tween the owners and miners, to- pital, thus bringing the 'plane crash, reach a compromise, to bocomo death-roll to four."

effective when in July the miners' Eight Hours' Act lapses.

CHINESE MUTINY ON AMERICAN YACHT.

CREW ATTACK OWNER

-AND-CAPTAINA

[TRROVON REUTER'S AGENCY)

SINGAPORE, Doc, 8.

Mutiny broke out among the Chinese members of the crew of a private yacht lying hero, Shonan= doah the Third, aboard which were four Indies and the millionaire, Mr. Gibson Falmestock, the owner. The lattor intervened when he saw the Chinese rushing the Captain, whereupon the Chinese attacked him.

It is suggested that a reduction

CENSUS OF JAPAN.

ADDITIONS OF FORMOSA. SAGHALIEN AND KOREA.

(200000H HEUTER'S 'AGENCY.]

TOKYO, Dec. 9. The population of Korea, accord.

a day, instead of to a seven-hour 1, is 21,037,000, being an increase of of hours might be to 72. or 72 hoursing to the census taken on October day, which otherwise would be 1,850,000 since 1025. restored when the present Act The total for the whole Empire, lapses.

including Formosa and Sagħalien, is 90,404,000, being an increase of 0,042,000 during the past five years.

BRITAIN-AUSTRALIA LE FLIGHT

JOURNEY RESUMED BY FLIGHT LIEUT, HILLA”

[THNOUGH NEUTER'S AGENOT.]

BATAVIA, Dec, D.. Flight-Licut. Hill, who was en- gaged ou a solo flight from England to Australia in his own Hotli machine and niet with a mishap at

EARTHQUAKE IN FORMOSA.

HOUSES COMPLETELY

DESTROYED.

[Tumovou REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO; Dec. 9.

Anti-British Propagands,

The merger was to give the organ-

Asked if a reply had been receiv isation 140 branches in New Yorked to the representations to the City, with deposits of approximate Jy: G.$700,000,000, 100T13

Soviet Government respecting anti- British propaganda in the Moscow broadcast on Tuesday, December 2, Mr. Henderson said the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs.had

MEUSE VALLEY FOG made a verbal statement to the

MYSTERY.

UNCONTAMINATED FOG :

-HARMLESS.

[THROUGÙ BEUTER'S AGENCY.}

effect that he broadcast was from a station not under the control of the Soviet Government, but of the Central Council of Trade Unions..

The Soviet,Commissar added that at the time of the Central Council being given the right to broadcast, no messages of this naturs were contemplated, and in consideration British Foreign Becretary's of the declaration as to the undesirability. of such broadcasting in future, it would be impressed on the Central At the opening of the official Council of Trade Unions that no enquiry into the deathe resulting such messages should be transmit- from the fog, at which the Pro- ted. mier, M.Jaspar, Was present, Professor Noll, President of the Belgian Red Cross Society, em- phatically declared that an un.. contaminated: fog could not anyone.

BAUSBELA, Dec. 0.

Eventually however, the ship's Sourabaya on October 17, when he A War Office report states that: His statement aroused the liveliest olicors drove the crow below and gave up his collapsible best to four are dead and nine seriously interest, na supporting the rumours the ringleaders wore subsequently Major Kingsford-Smith, has resum-injured as the result of an earth that the deaths were due to charged at the Marine Court and od his flight to Australia. sentenced to a month's imprison- He had arrived at Bina from

Bourabaya. ment each

quake in Formon yesterday,

wara

poisonous fumes from the factories. Sixteen persons are slightly. In- Representatives of the Committec jured, and 57 houses are complete hadir destroyed wand un ana partially

wrecked.

OBITUARY.

FATHER RICARD..

[RéUTER'S AMERICAN, SERVICE:]

who visited Engis to study, the

SAN JOSE (Cal.), Dea, D., The death in anounced of Father matter on the sand remorted that

nquiry, had been most difficult að daromU SELLITE TIGACUT ME DRY Mrs. Hill is now awaiting hor The Tainan authorities are carry the fog had disappeared by the of the theory of the influence of

aunspots on the weather. husband in Australia. -

time they reached. Engis ing out relief measures.

to repatriate them to Bhanghai, sent to him from Australia. when they have served, their sen

tences

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