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HU HAN MIN'S RESIGNATION.
BEST CHINA NEWS FOR" TWENTY YEARS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LowDos, "Mar. 3. The Obserier sys that "if the resignation of Ha Han, Min from the Nanking Legislature means that Chiang Kai Shek and Chang Hauch Liang are now launched on a policy involving a federalist solution in China, it is the best news from China during the past 20 years, Exaggerated Reports for Political Furposes.
NANKING, Mar. 7.
HOPEI BANDIT SUPPRESSION.
OUTLAWS ATTEMPT TO DERAIL TRAINS..
Wah Tu Pai Pao.)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1931.
MUTINY OF TROOPS EMPRESS OF JAPAN'S BLAZING MOTOR-CAR
FOURTH DAUGHTER.[ MURDER MYSTERY,
IN SHANSI.
REPORTED THAT FENG IS BEHIND MOVEMENT.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
PEIPINO, Mar. 8. Reporta of the muting in Shansi. var
PEIPINO, MAR. 7. According to an official report, a large number of bandits have made their appearance around the south-
Some circles assert that the out ern Hopei section of the Peining- break is insignificant, but some Hankow Railway during the lanthanai Geaere are magnifying
PRAYERS FOR A SON UNANSWERED,
Itanoven reuTER'S AGENCY.}]
TOKYO, Mar, Z
At adon a long drawn shrick of a siren announced the birth of an Imperial infant.
It had been arranged beforehand that there would be one blast for
two days, making several attempts the occurrence and are declaring a daughter and two for a son.
it was due to the troops not being-When the giren sounded the
to derail trains running southward,
CONDEMNED MAN CON- FESSES HIS GUILT.
ĮTHROUGH SEUZER'S AGENCE, )
-- LONDON, Mar. 6- The News of the World statea that Alfred Arthur House, who is to be hanged on March 10, has confessed his guilt
GREAT OUTBREAK OF FIRE IN LONDON.
VALUABLE STOCKS OF TEA AND RUBBER DESTROYED.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mnr. 7.
BRITAIN'S ČIVIL ESTIMATES:
INCREASE OF EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION.
[BRITISH WIRELERA BERVICE,]
Ruger Mar. Civil estimatos issued today are for an aggregate expenditure of just over £387,600,000, or £317,000,000. exaluding the revenue departments, matos is £8,400,000, but the do The increase in the divil, pati areast on the revenue departments of £2,500,000: gives a net increASO
Seventy fire engines with 1,300 firemen from the fire brigades throughout London rushed to the docks this morning to fight one of the most sorious outbreaks of fire in London during recent years, which practically gutted a seven London telegram of February storey warehouse on Butler a 23 stated that the Court of Criminal Wharf, near the Tower Bridge. Appeal, consisting of Lord-Hewart,
Valuablo, stocks, of tea and Tube 25,800,000 Travers Humphreys, dismissed A strong cast wind fanned the Rouse's appeal after Sir Patrick flames, scattering showers of burn. Hastings, on behalf of the coming tes on the firefighters, who demned man, had urged that there were making tremendous efforts to could properly be convicted. He spreading to the other buildings in was no evidence upon which he prevent the conflagration from contended that Rouse had been the district, which is one of Lon. convicted on prejudice and grave don's fire danger zonda suspicion.
The biggest increase is in the
Government troops are being paid, hoping thus to obtain more whale of Tokyo ceased work and Sir Horace E.Avory and Sir bar wore destroyed. A Minister of Labour ostinate, which
rushed to the bandit-infested dis tricts to deal with the desperadoen, Severe Sighting occurred in the vicinity of Churastien yesterday.
It is officially stated that the
As the bandits are greatly out. wild reports of Hu Han Min's ill
numbered by the Government grosa
exaggerations,
now being sur.. troops, they are sprend for clever political pur-rounded. posca,"
no85 are
It is also pointed out that the nilmenta from which he is suffering
have affected bim for years.
(THROUGH-REUTRI'A AGENCY.]
PEIPINO, Mar, 8..
funds from Nanking or Mukden.
Other reports declare that the mutiny is serious and that Feng Yu Hsiang is behind it.
Hitheria there has been no co firmuation of the latter statement.
BRITISH EMPIRE TRADE EXHIBITION.
Jistened expectantly
Three times previously during the past six years, when the birth of an Imperial child was expected, similar arrangements were made to indicate the sex.
Intenso excitement prevailed to day after the first bingt, but the second never followed and there was obvious disappointment that
Reliable Chinese and foreign re: ROYAL AMBASSADORS AMAZED prayers for a son and heir to the
The report that Hu Han Minisports confirm that robois numbering'
on hunger strike in repudiated.
It is stated that he is weak, but
his condition is not serious. `.'
He will be returning to Nanking in two or three days, the statement ndda.
20,000 apparently occupy the area
from Binyangchów to Kwangshui."
Trains from Peiping are not rug- ning further than Chumatien,
Tho first loyal troops sent against Hu Han Min-Returns to His Own the rebels were insufficient, and are reported to have been defeated in severo fighting.
Home,
NARKING, Mar. 9.
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AT SIZE OF BUILDINGS.
FREDTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
BUENOS AIRES, "Mar", 0,'|| Wearing light grey suite and straw hats, and riding in rather bumpy motor trucks, the Prince of Wales and Prince George spent an hour and a half to-day touring the British Empire, Trade Exhibition.
It is now said they are going on Both express pleasure at the at
Hu Han Min returned to his own; home this "afternoon from Tong-near Kwengshui.... shan.
(Wah Ter Yat Pau.).
„No Statement of Gondition. Allowed to be Published.
NANKING, Mar. 8.
Hu Han Min's,condition is räther
improved, but he still has no ap petite and merely drinks a cup or two of milk a day.
The Nanking Government has issued an order that no stato- mant concerning Hu Han Min's condition is allowed to be publish- ed unless it is censored by the authority.
MOSCOW MENSHEVIKS* ^
TRIAL.
DEATH SENTENCE DEMANDED BY KRYLENKO.
{THROVAN BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
Moscow, March 8. M. Krylenko demanded the death sentence for Ave of the ac cused and varying terms of im prisonment for the remaining nino Mensheviks,
Their crimes were striving to wards restoration of capitalisin and cooperation with the counter-ne- voltionary júdustrial party in preparation for intervention and betrayal of the interrats of the proletariat
EMPIRE SUGAR CROPS DAMAGED.
REPORTS FROM MAURITIUS
AND FIJI.
[CRITIAN WIDELESS SERVICE]
Rosy, March 6. The Governor of Mauritius has triegraphed the following message te Lord Passfield, the Secretary
of State for the Colonies:-
"I regret to inform you that a tius on March 5. It is feared that sovers cylons passed over Maari
there has been widespread damage to buildings and a very heavy loss of the sugar crop..
it causal ver report whether there has been much loss of life.. Very high winda prevail. The telephone and telegraph wires have been rut. Communications, by road are, vory difficult."
vanced stage of the preparations for the opening, which is to take place on the 14th instant. *
The Prince of Wales was' atmazed.
at the size and extent of the build
ing and at the transformation effected on the site since his pre- vious visit.
He especially admired the Pavi- lion, the exterior of which is a
model of St. James's Palace.
throne romain unanswered,"
FRANCO-ITALIAN-NAVAL AGREEMENT.
HIGH INTERNATIONAL POLICY
CAUSES DELAY.
(THEOUGH REUTZR'S AGENCY.].
PARIS, Mar. 8. 3. Briand has informed the Cabi
net that for reasons of high-inter
national policy the details of the Franco-Italian Naval Agreement cannot be published for some days. Parmanant European Peace,
MR. PHILIP SNOWDEN STRICKEN.
· EMINENT BURGEON CALLED IN CONSULTATION,
(THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mar. 6. It is reported to-day that Mr. Snowden, who has been ill for some time, is suffering from influenza,
The fire-fighting towers swayed perilously in the wind, the gas maaked fremen hanging on for dear life as they directed their hoses into the blaze.
The clouds of smoke were so dense that they were to be 8000 seven miles away,
A large crane fixed into the
wall. of the wharf crashed into the river front.
A group of firemen narrowly escaped death, 5
Besides using the frofloats in the river the firemen commandoered at steamer auchured nearby, frora whose masts they directed streams of water on the flamea,
His doctors have now called ́in' the eminent consulting surgeon, SirSTORM John Thomson-Walker,"
Buffering from Internal
uttering
Infammation,
Laspos, Mar. 7. A bulletin issued states that Mr. P. Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is suffering from cystitis a form of internal inflammation), following a recent attack of in-
Auenza
Mr. Snowder will be confined to his room for some weeks.
LONDON, Mar. 7. The olleinla were most delighted
Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord at this recognition, as some people had unkindly compared it to Hump-of the Admiralty, speaking at Lowestoft, expressed the opinion Lon Court.
An attractive feature of the Govthat the Franco-Italian Agreement, ernment Pavilion in a huge many of besides stepping competition, which the world in relief, with the seas would have padangered the hopes represented by real water, on which for the real success of the Geneva little ships gaily said.
Conference to be held in 1832,
It seems doubtful if Mr. Snow An instructive display is afforded also meant that in any out den will be able to present his
I by varlegated illumination show standing political question be Budget in the House of Commons. ing the location and extent of Embreen France and Italy there will next month. pire products, much me golding he brought to beard spirit of
rana in the Canadian Government orientation of the European Power Hall, whilst a big moving pano will secure such a change in the There is also a huge Blachinery reconciliation and goodwill" which
Pavilion shows the main cities und as will help as (as we over ex- pected to be helped a year ago) typical national landscapes
towards the establishment of per
The weather is the hottest experi-
enced for 30 years.
Unbearable Heat Conditions in Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES, Mar, 7. fr Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince George arrived in the midst of a heat wave which has been responsible for six The Governor of Fiji in a tele.deaths in Buenos Aires during 24. gram to the Secretary for the
Sir Arthur Fletcher's Report..
hours
| Colonies says that the latter's mess- The humidity makes the, heat
ago of sympathy 'has been greatly almost unbearable,” appreciated.
The Governor returned yesterday from a tour along the North Coust and asportained that the deaths number 130, including four who are believed to be Australians,
A Moscow telegram dated Feb, 20, stated that the reading of the In- diotment against the accused last ed four hours in the Trade Union Hail, and that the 14 mem bers of the Soudalist organisation, Damage to Government property the All Union Bureau of Central is considerable Roads and bridges Committee of Menshevike," would have suffered. In four districts the stand trial in the Supreme Court water supplies are interrupted: at Moscow on March 1, charged Great damage has been done to with counter-revolutionary activi-private property and to the Fijian ties. The organisation is alleged and Indian crops and many Fijian. to have nimed at the restoration of ❘ and Indian houses have been com- the capitalist regime by means of pletely destroyed. "wrecking" activities and foreign Roliet supplies have been made. intervention. The indictment stated available at all centres. The Coloni. that the All-Union Bureau was oral. Sugar Refining Company auffer ganised in central economic institued considerable loss. - tions and a number of counter- revolutionary cells wer? „nanced by Mensheviks abroad and the In- dustrial Party from funds aub- sidised by the German Social. De- mocratic Party, the Second Inter- national, and the Paris Commer cial Industrial Committee, All-de- fendants are reported to have ploaded guilty,
CANTON SITUATION
UNCERTAIN.
SITUATION IN SZECHUAŃ.
Military and Civil Aeroplanes Reviewed,
RHITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]-
Rcooy, Mar. 7:
The Prince of Wales and Prince George to-day reviewed the mili lary and civil neroplanes of Argen- tina at El-Palomar Aerodrome, near Buenos Aires, and lunched with the aviators,
The Princes played polo in the
alternoon.
MALAYA RUBBER OUTLOOK
LORD PASSFIELD CONSULTS
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI...
(THROUGH REUTER'S JOEJOY.)
LONDON, March 6.
manent European peace.
SCOTTISH AMALGAMATED SILKS, LTD.
EIGHT ACCUSED, ADMITTED TO BAIL
and Lecturer on Urology at King's famous surgeon, is Sentor Urologist Sir John Thomson Walker, the
College Hospital, and also Surgeon to St. Peter's Hospital. published tuany treatises on medi. He has
ent and surgical problems..
CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S
LEADERSHIP.
ST. GEORGE'S BYE ELECTION
·CANDIDATES" VIEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON; Mar. 6. Mr. Duff Cooper, the official Con- sorvative candidate in the bye-elec
SWEEPS SOUTH OF
ENGLAND.
COLDEST WEATHER FOR MANY YEARS." [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE
is £7,750,000 higher than for last year, while the chief decrease is in the beet sugar subsidy, which in over £2,000,000, reduced from £6,000,000 to just
Other increases are £3,200,000 ou education and £1,000,000 each old-ngo pensions and widowa' and orphans' pensions.
With the estimates was issued the vote an account for £152,700,000.
ARMY AND AIR ESTIMATES.
IMPORTANT: REDUCTIONS
REVEALED.
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
RuoBy, March 6. The Estimates of the Army and Air Force for 1031 were to-day.
published.
Both show important reductions under individual hoads, while the Army Estimates ne a whole are £570,000 less than last year. They total £39,830,000.000006 PA
Savings on Army Supplies In the Army the principal say Ruany, Mar. 7, The most severe storm of this part, pay, and clothing, made pos
ings aro on supplies, road trans." winter awept the South Coast lastsible largely by the fall in prices night.
and the cost of living, g The sea washed right over the zea wall at a number of places, causing extensive flooding,
The wind, which reached a velo- city of 70 miles an hour, was we companied by exceptionally high tides.
Increase in Air Estimates.
The Air. Estimates show a net tal of £18,100,000, which is an increase of a quarter of a million over the previous year. The in- The Channel services were delay. Crease is stated to be due to special.. ed and shipping encountered, the appropriations in aid, including stormiest and coldest weather for necessary funds for the British on
drifts being four feet desp. although the strength of the force Yorkshire and Durham to-day, the stantially lower than six years ago,
Any years
try to the Schneider Hase, but the There were heavy snowfalls in to total for the year is av
Sheep are buried under the drifts achievement is only possible by the Ena incrossed in the interval, This And now ploughs are busy clearing exercise of the most rigid economy, the country roads.
Severe cold with high winds is expected over the greater part of Great Britain during the week-end and more snow in places."
INTER-SERVICES RUGBY TOURNAMENT.
NAVY WINS CHAMPIONSHIP (THROUGH REUTER 8-AGENCY.]
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] LONDON, March 8. The following eight of the busi
LONDON, Mar. 7 1.089 men un remand in Glasgow tion at St. George's, Westminster, Inter-Services tournament, the At Twickenham, in the rugby in connection with alleged frau said to-day dulent scheince of Scottish - Amali "I am a whole-hearted apporter Navy beat the Army by six points gamated Silks, Limited, have been of Mr. Baldwin as leader of our to milita admitted to bail in sums ranging Party, but the issue is not so anuch The Navy thus win the Inter from £1,000 to £10,000-Duncan who is leader but whether the leader Services championship. Wilkie, Fred Tomlinson, Joseph is to be dictated to by the Press,”? ' Johnstone::Seton Veitch Coats,
Sir Ernest Petter, the Indopen- George Stanley Coate, Alexander dent Conservative, who will be Mr. Rennie, George Todd, and John Juff Cooper's only opponent in the Morison Rockland,''
bye-election, states in his election [A telegram dated February 18 address that he believes that the in connection with the affair, which continuance of Mr. Baldwin (se used a sensation in Glasgow stat Conservative lender with be fraught od that 13 well-known North of with great mischief to the party and, England And Westhof :: Scot | to the nation. land business"; men ? were, form us ally - remanded in custody at the Glasgow Sheriff's Court, on
that date. They were charged LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL with fraud and false pretences
(Wah Fiz Pat Pan.)
In the House of Commons ntarising from the Crown investiga- ILANKOW, Mar. & According to a report from question time, invited to investition of the affairs of the Scottish Chungking, the situation in Sze-
gats the rubber industry in Amalgamated Silk Ltd The amount involved is said to be. chuan is more clarified, and Gen. Jaya and other British Depen £438,000, James Sutherland (one dencies with a view to devising a eral Liu Sheng, has been officially scheme for betterment, Dr. Shiels of the men), who is an octogen: appointed as Rehabilitation Camid that Lord Passfield had con £10,000, owing to ill-health,]
arian, was granted bail in a sum of missioner of the province..
sulted the High Commisioner for
On accepting the appointment, the Malay States on the subject General Liu Sheng declared that and regretted that the Government
NANKING ORDERS GUNBOAT he is consulting with the leg Szechuanese generals with a view to carrying out a military reorgan ization and disbandment plan,
CONCENTRATION.
(Fah TM Fat Pao,)
CANTON, Mar. 8. Following Hu Han Mins resigna. tion, the situation in Canton has become rather uncertain..
4
Though the high authorities of the Canton Government remain reticent, military movements are on the increase. a.
General Chen Taai Tong is order. ing additional forces to move to the North River from their respective garrison quarters,
FIRE DAMAGES FAMOUS PAGODA.
VALUABLE CARVED IMAGES DESTROYED.
{THROUGH NEUYER'S AGENCY.},
HANGOON, March 0: The famous Shwo Dagon Pagoda, Buddhist Meanwhile,, Admiral Chen-Chak, one of the greaboot under direct orders from the Nan shrines, was seriously damaged by king Government, is summoning fire, which destroyed several cost- more than ten river gunboats toy taraunge (carved structure with. concentrate in the Canton harbour images to which offerings are This is interpreted in an officialmado) valued at everal lakhs of sistinent to he no more than com- supões. pletion patrolling service in tho The Pagoda was founded in the
sixth century B.C. "East, West and South Rivers
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could not see its way to initiate a CHINA MERCHANTS scheme, but if the producers of all the countries concerned could
agree to a schoms which provided
practical planning, of aggregate production in correspondence with
STEAMER ASHORE.
the world demand, Lord Passfield HSIN CHANG WRECKED ON was prepared to give careful con- sideration to it
OBITUARY.
REV. F. A. STEVEN.
"{REUTER'S AMBUICAN "BENVIOR.]
OTTAWA Arch 6.
The death occurred hero to day of the Reverend F. A. Staven, of Macclesfield, Cheshire
SADDLE ISLANDS.
[THROUGH REUTER 6'AGENCY.]
Sasquat, Mar. 7. During stormy weather last night the China Merchants" steamer Hain Chang went ashore on Saddle Islands at the mouth of Hangchow Boy
ELECTIONS.
MUNICIPAL REFORMERS INCREASE SEATS,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mar. 0. The final results of the County Council elootions are as follow:÷
Municipal Reformers Labourites.
Liberals may
33
Before the election the figures
WOYD
Ofunicipal Reforms Labourites
RECORD ALTITUDE
FLYING.
THIRTY THOUSAND FEET. OVER MANILATTAN.
DEUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE, ) ►
JKuber City, March--7: Miss Ruth Nichols' altimeter re
Some of the crew were taken off by the steamer wong Sang, and the others are reported to becorded 30,000 feet in the course of marooned on the islands,
a-flight-over Manhattan Island, thereby topping Miss Eleanor Smith's provions women's altitude record of 27,418 feet
The Rev. Steven was formerly There were no passengers on the Director of the China Inland board
· Mision.
The ship in breaking up.
3 Colon
THE NEW
SPALDING MULTIDOT
Olvil Aviation:
Aviation is £470,00 is stated The net Estimates for Civil
that the Government attaches great importanos to the extension of the Indian service to Australia,and is, ready to contribute to its cost.
The Air Minister, reviewing tho policy of the Estimates, refers to the Government's earnest hope that the forthcoming Disarmament Con ference will bring about a general reduction in air armaments the rapid development of which the world over it views with profound serious disparity between the Royal disquiet and remove the present. Air Force and the air services of on which in recent years has shown foreign Powers, the expenditure
4 marked growth;
-LASTS TILL IT'S LOST.
KRO-FLITE
CAUSES A SENSATION THE ADVANTAGES OF THE MULTIDOT EASIER TO HIT because the dol indicate more accurately the part of the ball: which should be alrucki" -
GOLD BALL
EASIER TO FIND because the dols are brightly contrialad: with the ball and surroundings. EASIER TO IDENTIFY bacasa. ifs that only ballettify, the scientifically placed don
DOT OR PLAIN MARKING
„G, SPALDING & BROS. (British) Lad, Export Dept. 7A Cheapside, London, ECa
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