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HU HAN MIN RESIGNS.

CREATES SENSATION IN CHINESE CIRCLES.

(THADHON DRITER'S 'AGENOT.]

NANKING, March 2.

It is elually announced that Hu Hop Min has resigned, and that the Central Executive Committee has nocepted his resignation. Repercussions on Political Situation Expected.

LATER. The acceptance of Hu Han Min's resignation hns, enused a sensation amongst the Chinese, and it is ox- proted to have most important repercussions on the political situn- tion, as he heads a very important el of political members of the Kuomintang,

The split has been growing up at great length. between the civilian elements of the Kuomintang head- ed by Ha Han Min and the mili- | tary elements headed by Chiang Kad Shek...

The latter to-day publicly ex- pressed his disapproval of lut Han Min's attitude, charging him with insisting that the Government should carry out his own wishes as hend of the Government's legisla tive body and refusing to abide by the decision of the majority of Government lenders.

·DEVELOPMENT OF ·

HAICHOW.

PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT A

MODERN SHIPPING FORT.

(Chun Wan Yat Pao)

SHANGHAI, March 2. It is authoritatively stated by & spokesman of the Nanking Minis try of Railways that the latter is planning the development of ai cho, a seaport in north eastern Kiangau, into a modern shipping port.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931,

CHINA'S POLITICAL NATIONAL RALWAY CHINA'S EXTRALITY

TUTELAGE PERIOD.

NATIONAL CONVENTION'S "URGENT MEASURES.”

[TROBOIL REUTER'S AGENCY:]

SANKING, March 2

CONFERENCE.

VARIOUS LINES ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NAKKING, March 2

QUESTION.

SIR M. LAMPSON RESUMES NEGOTIATIONS.

(THROUGH-HELTER'S AGENCY.)

SANKING, March 2: Sir Miles Launson, British Minis. ter, called on the Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, this morning and the extra-territoriality

MISS TSZ HA ON ENGLISH GIRLS.

It is officially stated that the Mr. Sun Fo, Minister for Ruil- Standing Committos of the Cen-ways, opened the National Rail- tral Executive Committee this way Transportation Conference this morning decided to include among morning, which will discuss and resiuned the urgent measures to be discuss decide measures for the improve-negotiations. ed by the National Convention on ment of commercial transportation May, the question of the adoption on the Government railways, of the Provisional Constitution Mr. Sun Fo, inter alia, said that on the during the "political tutelage the various, milways are period," pending the pramilgation verge of bankruptcy, their total of a permanent Constitution for obligations amounting to more than

the constitutional period," con 81,000,000,000. sidering this to be in strict con formity with Sun Yat Sen's views. Hu Han Min, the noted. Chair man of the Legisintive Yuan, who is hokhing contrary views, tendered his resignation, which the Corn) mittec accepted.

Lin Sen, Vice-President of, the, Legislative Yuan, has been appoint. ed President and Shao Yann Chung Vice-President.

The communiqué adds that “Hu Han Mia will remain at Nanking to assist the Government."

AMERICAN TRADE WITH. RUSSIA.

PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES

DEMAND EMBARGO,

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, March 1. Fifty-two patriotic societiks have Jetter to President Hoover sent demanding an embarge on trade with Russia,

BRITAIN'S NAVAL DIPLOMACY.

"TRAVELLING CONFERENCE' A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, March 1. ME Arthur Henderson and Mr. A. Y. Alexander arrived here to day and proceeded immediately to the Quai d'Orsay, where they gave M. Briand an naoung of their *** conversations" in Rome,

LATER.

VICEROY GANDHI SABOTAGE TRIAL IN

* CONVERSATIONS:"

HOPEFUL ATMOSPHERE

· PREVAILS. ·

{THROUGH REXTER'S' AGENCY. J

BOMBAY, March-1

A moto hopeful atmosphere pre- vails, due to the long conference between the Viceroy and Gandhi, at the onelusion of which the lat. ter doclared that the conversation was not endod, and would be..re Bumed,"

con-

Negotiations Successful.

Feeling" of Optimism. Although suspenas regarding the After a three-hours' meeting beIrwin-Gandhi negotiations tween the British and French tinues, a feeling of optimism has Ministers at the Quai d'Orsay, it erept In. was announced that the' naval.

MOSCOW.

"FOURTEEN MENSHEVIKS

PLEAD GUILTY.

[runovan RECTER'A AGENOT.]

Moscow, Feb. 98.

Mr. Krylanke, the pitiless Public Prosecutor, whose exorable`ora- tory scared the death sentence in December for eight of the accused

*B

mass trial for whotage, renp. neared on the stage in the Trade Union Ilall today for the trial of the Mensheviks, 1

The reading of the indictment · lasted for four hours.

The neused pleaded guilty. Some of those sentenced to denti in December are appearing in the witness-box.

An earlier

message stated:- Fourteen members of the Socialist organization, theAll Union. Bureau of Central Committees of

HONG KONG UNDERGRADU.

The Congress Working Commit- ATE ÎN ENGLAND. negotiations had been successful.tee met to examino the revised draft

The terms among the British, of the Viceroy's proposals. : Miss Wong Taz Ha, a graduate.

is understood that Lord Mensheviks," will stand trial in of Hong Kong University, a jour-rench and Italian Ministers nego- aalist of three years' experienos in tinted in Paris and one will be Irwin's reply in regard to the encharged with counter-revolutionary the Supreme Court on March 1, the East, and a speaker of tuent, recommended by them for ratifinquiry into alleged police excesses a nativities, idianatic English has rogently!

arrived in England and contributedtion by their Govoramente. the following article in the Daily Express.

Entire Agreement,

Tez Ha means Purple Cloud, and A paval official communiqué Wong, this Chinese girl's surname, states that Mr. Henderson and Mr.. means "yellow." Her names, there-Alexander communicated fore, fully translated, are Purple Cloud Yellow.

M.

to Briand and M. Dumont the results of their "conversations" in Rome, after which Mr. Henderson and 31. jointly telegraphed to Brind Signor Grandi:-

We are happy to inform you that we find ounelves in entire the arrangement negotiated in Rome for the acttie-

"Why," a Daily Express repite sentative asked her, were you called Purple Cloud '1"

"Girls, in China," she replied, "are always given pretty mmes

those of flowers

and, well, was born in the early morning when the pale gold appears and the clouds turn purple. It is a agrement pretty time. You see?"

-LA message of February 23 stated:-The House of RepresentaI FIRE DESTROYS TROTSKY'S tives, by an overwhelming majority,

HOUSE.

WORKS OF GREAT HISTORICAL

VALUE LOST,

THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY. |

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 1. The house in which M. Trotsky is living on Prinkipo Island, a

resort on the sea of Marmora, was burned down early this morning.

M. Trotsky and his family hud. ded on their clothes said escaped,

a neighbouring. taking refuge in

Experts are invited to cagage in hotel, drafting a detailed nebeme, the A large part of M. Trotsky's principle item of which is the con-library and archieves were destroy, struction of a harbour similar ined, including a number of works of size to that of Tsingtao and capable great historical value, the loss of ol accommodating ocean-going which is considered to be irrepar liners. This harbour construction able, although in big hurried flight work is expected to cover a period M. Trotsky managed to save some of ten years.

correspondence between himself and Lenin, also the manuscript of the second volume of Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution, and other literary data.

Mr. Sun Fo, Railway Minister, is expected to inspect Haichow at an early date,

CHINA'S AERIAL TRANS- PORT SERVICES.

(Wak Tez Fat Pan)

SHANGHAI, March 2. The regular air transport servien between Hankow and Ichang is experted to commence on the 15th inst, hy, the China Avintian Com. pany, while the Shanghai-Canton air line is scheduled to be intro- dured shortly after March,

ÉENG YU HSIANG'S RETIREMENT.

(Wuh Ter Yat Pao)

ROYAL BANQUET MARRED

́ BY TRAGEDY.

TWELVE MILITARY BANDS-

MEN DROWNED.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE. T

passed the Kendall Hawley Bill strengthening the 1930 Tariff Act against convict-made goods enter- ing the United States. The Bill makes the prohibition effective on April 1. 131, instead of January 1, 1032, and applies the embargo against goods handled, transport- ed, loaded, or unlonded wholly or partly by convicts or forced labour, as well en against goods manufae- tured by such worker It also admits depositions from Coited States agents abroad in proving the employment of convict labour.)

INTERNATIONAL ARMY SOCCER.

·BRITISH ARMY BEAT THE. DELGIANS.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Brussels, March 1. Army defeat the Belgian Army by A crowd of 25,000 saw the British four goals to two in the interna tional аппу triangular Boccer tournament to-day.

The British Army have already defeated the French Army, and have thus won the tournament for this season.

The winners last year were the Belgian Army.

I

U.S. COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

SANTIAGO DE CHus, Mar. 1. Twelve military bandsmen, whe NIGHT WORK FOR CHILDREN played during the dinner to the

AND MINORS STOPPED. Prince of Wales at La Centinella yesterday evening were drowned

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] whilst crossing the lake to Valdivin, their barge having been rampied by another.

The Prince of Wales and Prince George at midnight hastened to the lake side to assist in the rescue and

left only when hope was abandon PEIPING, March 2. ed. They.telegraphed their deepest According to a report from Tai-sympathy to the President and the yuenfu, Feng Yu Hsiang, who is Colonel of the bandsmen's regi residing in Fenchow, Shansi, has ment.

declared that he had no intention

10 engage further in military activi.

tics and prefers loading a private BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR, life. He is reported to have con- veyed his wish through, an agent to the Nanking authorities for the grant of funds to enable him to go abrond.

WILLS BOON TO THE TREASURY.

"ANOTHER MILLION IN DEATH

DUTIES.

[JHROUGH, REUTER'S AGENOY.]

LONDON, March 1 Tobacco is supplying the Treasury with another $1,000,000 in death

duties.

The estate of Sir Verion Wills, director of the Imperial Tobacco Company, who died on February 1, has been provisionally sworn at

£2,100,000. */

liia wife and his eldest son are. the chief benèficiaride.

berbroers Wile, what died in 1929, left £10,000,000, of which the Treasury took £4,000,000. Since 1000 11 membord of the Wills family have died, leaving an aggregate of £10,000,000. RE

BUSINESS BEYOND EXHIBI "TORS" --EXPECTATIONS.

BRITISH WIRELEAS SERVICE)'

Rvour, Feb, 28.

CHARLOTTE (N.C.); Mar, 1. The Secretary of the American Cotton Manufacturing Association announces that 83 per cent. of the cotton textile

the industry in

United States has agreed to dis. continue night work for women and

minors.

FIJI HURRICANE CASUALTIES:

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY -PERISHED.-

“(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

SUVA, March 1

OT

Bhe then confessed that she was interested especially in Englishment relating to the limitation of girls. So the Daily Express invit naval armamente left outstanding ed her to put her impression on by the Treaty of London. record which she did as follows- It is not so easy a theme to say good or ill, to generalise, to form a montal picture or to discuss the girls of a nation who are constantly engaging our attention nowadays.

"We are ready to recommend this arrangement for the approval of our Governments and to other interested. Governmenta."

Details Available on Wednesday. Seldom is there anywhere in Lon-

On the request of the British don where girls are not sen. Walk delegation no denil, or figures of in the streets, sit down in restaur; the settlement will be announor ants and public rooms, visit thear the agreement must first be galleries and museumna,, ' go to

communicated to. Tokyo, Washing theatres and moving picture ion and the Dominions. But the palaces, listening to chamber music, details will be announced simul- working in offices, attending loctaneously in London, Washington, turm in college or carbing your living in factories, no matter what you do or where you be, either in omaisuses, underground tubes,, Or trim-onra, you always find yourself face to fear with English girls in this City at least,

Can you imagine how this would strike the mind of a Chine girl who comes from a land where young. within the four walls of the l girls are accustomed to remain

Your English girls are not just mere human beings, for, seeing them, you must notice them, you must be conscious of their po Ponce. They are attractive, smart- ly dressed, active, alert, walk with a swinging gait, and, if you observe them, you will find the majority of them always try to cultivate that artistovratio car. riage and apparent haughtiness, a trait, which is entirely antion | afiatic, and marka them out from girls of other countries..

particularly like to watch the younger lys of English girls, specially the sports girls and ofbee girls. In conversation with nation- fals of other countries and older womenfolk, I learn that they are not infrequently being qualified with unwelcome adjectives-brazen, ruugir, boisterous, vediement, and, above all, they are said to be losing their feminine charot by indulgence in port and in leading the life of a man scrabbling in the dust and such criticisms are unjust, heat of the market-place. I think

English Charm,

One day an English girl talked to me because she found it so amusing

Paris, Rome, and Tokyo later in the week, probably Wednesday,

M: Dumont, the French Minister of Maring in a atatement to the Fress said: Some modifications, however slight, are being contem-

the London Navn plated fin

Treaty,"

The British delegation Teave for London on Monday.

France's Superiority Over Italy.

PARIS, March 2.

A French Bget of $30,000 tons, namely, a superiority of 150,000 tons over Italy, is provided for under the new Naval Agreement, according to the Felo de Paris, which declares that France and Italy have this same number of 10,000-ton cruisers, while 70,00 tons are allotted to of submarines Franco,

are

of

Agreement Acceptable to United Statos, [RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, March 2 Well-informed circles. opinion that the Naval Agreement is neceptable to the United States, and they assume that the proposed changes of a minor character coin- pared with the London Agreement will not affect vitally the United States and Japan

Result Welcomed in Japanos4 Official Circles,

TOKYO, March 2

The report that the naval par- leys at Paris and Rome have result-

welcomed in Japanese official cir

that a Chinese girl from the Ensted in a Batisfactory agreement is Fould actually understand what she

says and to her, what she wants cles. to bear, The Clunebe"girl, on the average English girl understands her do be, in quite different from the one she sees You see, ther cpu- reption of the Chinese girl is out of date

But her friendliness, hence of affectation, wit, wense, cheerfulness, good nature, and politeness of win- The Olympia and Birmingham

It is officially announced that 160,-nen simply won my almiration. sections of the British Industries including tour Europeaus, perished Are all English girls like ber? T Fair closed last night, and buyers in the hurricane in the districts of wondered.***. at the Allied British Cotton Textile Lautoka, Bn and Sigatoku last Exhibition at Whico City up to week. Inet night were considerably ovoi. 200,000.

Bayers at Olympis last year numbered about” 155,000 (and the increased attendance is considered vory satisfactory.

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Oversen buyers came from 74 countries and represented lands us distant as Afghanistan, Fiji, Iraq and Nicaragus.

The countries most numerously. represented were in the following order: -Holland, Irish Free Stato. Germany, Denmark, Fennec, United States and India..

PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT

RESIGNS,

NAVY AVERTING A CIVIL WAR.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}.

LINA, Feb. 28.

•

- What strikes me most about your English girls is that they all are oluented, and many of them woll educated. They ard so independent They can leave their home and live in rowing of their own They can work liko, men nad with mon for their own living. They can vote They can help to administrate their on country. They on smoke in public. They can choose their hus Lands and about with mán.

Our Eastern girls are very much mbre domesticated. Many of them are now fighting, and influencing otbors to fight." for emancipation. The Government havo resigned. Perhaps they are copying the West? The business done in the face of The Navy issued a manifesto toho you see the influence of your the world but doncsian vint day stating that it would prevent sirle has spread oven to our most encouraging and beyond the the dispatch of Government troops country. expectations of the exhibitors, to the South against the rebels in If Miss Wang indeed comes from. One cheerful feature in their re-order to avoid a civil war, and Hong Kong how delightfully she s perts is the large number of now urged the President to band over pulling the leg of Express accounts opened by every section, the Government to the new Junta, Readers Ed. H.K.D.P.]

While unable to reveal the figures it is intimated that France will he allowed & considerably higher toa nage in submarines than Great Britain, Japan and America;-though- these tonnage figures apparently are merely tentative, pending the gulcome of the General Disarina ment Conference next year.

While Japan appears unlikely to protest against France being allow. ed a superiority in subauarics," alos observers consider that there probably will be a strong outery in certain sections of Japanese on the grounds that Japan's demands at the London Naval Conference for a higher submarine tonnage were overruled.

Inspired Figures from Japan,

LATER. According to a seemingly inspir- ed report appearing, in this after

vernacular papers the Franco-Italian parley has resulted in the following agreement :-

Submarines, France, 80,000 tons Italy 50.000 tons.

noon's

Eight-Inch Cruisers. In accori-

cruisers.

Destroyers, France, 330,000 tons; Italy, 120,000 tons.

(Continued on next Column.} -

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more conciliatory, and the Com- mitteo are favourably, impressed as-

a result of the convenationis,

Gandhi is again interviewing Lord Irwin this evening.

The "conversation is expected to last until midnight.

Outlook Improved.

LATER.

Tho "talk" hetween Lord Irwin and Gandhi are being resumed and. the outlook has improved, although the suspense continues..

It is understood that the Viceroy's reply to Gandhi as regards an en- quiry into the alleged police ex cesses is more conciliatory,

The Congresa executives is greatly impressed by the Viceroy's silt cerity.

con-

Capital Ships-France to struct two each of 25,000 tons to ships" Italy to build two of a offset Germany's "pocket battle smaller tonnage,

The fear is expressed that Grent Britain will consider, it necessary to increase her own submarine ton- nage to offset Fränce, in which ense it might be found necessary for Japan to exercise her right dor Article 21 of the London Treaty to do likewise.

"

[URITIBIL WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Feb. 28, Signor Mussolini last night at tended a dinner at the British Embassy in Rome in honour of The British Ministers condueting: the naval negotiations,

The Foreign Secntary, Mr. Hon-

dierson, and Il Duce afterwards had along conversation,

Discussions were resumed to-day between Mr. Henderson and Signor Grand, as well as between the aval experts, and it is expected that the British Ministers and their staff will leave Rome to-day.

The organisation is alleged to have aimed at the restoration of the capitalist régime by means of wrecking activities and foreign intervention.

The indictment states that the All-Union Bureau was organised in central economie institutions and n number of counter-revolutionary cells were financed by Mensheviks broad and the industrial party from" funds subsidised by the. Ger- man Social Demgeratic Party, the Second International, and the Paris Commercial Industrial Committee, All defendants are reported to have pleaded guilty.

MORE ALPINE DISASTERS.

SEVEN KILLED IN SÈRIES OF AVALANCHES,"

Munich, Feb. -Threo nvalanche disasters costing even lives are reported from various 4 parts of the Alpine districts. party of skiers was overtaken by

hvalanche while leaving the. Brandkopfattel. Fortunately other skiera were immediately at hand and rescued six out of the seven men buried.

Another (avilancha · thundering, down from the Pilcherkofel near Innsbruck buried five skiers f whom three were killed while ond man, succeeded in extricating him. elf and ode," "woman" with broken legs. Finally in South Tyrol, an avalanche swept over the hute of astmall Bottlement in the Sarnol Alps. Here five men were save. put of eight who disappeared over father, mother and five little child. a precipice. An entire family.

ren were buried under the snow but after hours of itremuous effort were extricated and revived, A

column of 20 men is still engaged

in rescue operations

Reports reaching here from the Austrian, Swiss and Bavarine Alps state that the snowfall of the past 48 hours was the heaviest in the past 40 years In addition to Zermatt, dozens of places in So far complete secrecy has been cluding Andermatt and Cortina nwaintained about the conversa- Dampeno are now completely cut t.ons, due to the delicacy, of their off from the world In Andermatt nature and the necessity of inform- company of Swiss infantry r ing and consulting the United servists in snowed up.. The School. States and Japanese Governments | Icnen railway ling sns partly cn' any developmenta.

destroyed by avalanches.

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