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LADY MISSIONARIES CHINA'S EXPORT

MURDERED.

GRUESOME CRIME AT

YUNNANFU.

"ÉTKRQUSH" REUTER'Ĥ AGEKOY.]

PEIPINO, MAT. 18.

A foreign official message from Yuhanxfu, dated the 10th insi, states that two American mission

ry ladies were murdered there during the previous night.

The names of the victims are not given

LATER.

TARIFF SCHEDULE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931..

NANKING-PEIPING

AIR MAIL SERVICE.

FINANCE MINISTER'S DAILY TIME-TABLE AND

REVISION MEMORANDUM:

[TUNOVOH REUTER'B'ADENCY.]

NANKING, Mar. 16. Mr. T. V. Stong. Finance Minis ter, submitted to the Central Poli. tical Council a memorandum pro posing revision of the Export Tariff Schedule.

He suggests that the old export tarif rates collected ad valorem shall remain at 7.3 per cent., but The crime is not believed to be the export duties collected necord connected with the political trouing to quantity shall be increased bies in Yunnan, whore the situn from three to five por cont. is still cantured,

Four of the recalcitrant Generals failed to agree regarding the con- stitution of the Government, so they are requesting General Lung Yun to return and take up his post as Chairman,

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The memorandum points out that a deficit of $143,000,000 is expected for the current fiscal year, and urgent menstres, are necessary, to meet the financial stringency.

Mr. Soong goes on to say that the existing export schedule was

Mundars Committed by Discharged promulgated 70 years ago, and is

Servants.

L'ATERL It is learned that the murdered missionaries at Yunnanfu are Mrs. Miller and Mrs. White,

Both ladies were killed during the night by discharged servants, who fractured their skulls with hatchets apparently while asleep.

The bushands of the ladies were absent at Talifu.

Mrs. White's two children were not injured.

Hitherto no arrests have been made.

Victims Husbands Absent.

SHANGHAI, Mar. 18. The Seventh Day Adventists here received, a wire from Yunnanfu stating that Mrs. White and Mrs. Miller were found murdered in bed on Monday morning.

One of the ladies was dead and the other lady passed away in Yun- manfu Hospital shortly afterwards. Mr. White's two children were prosent, but were not harmed.

Bath women's husbands are at present at Talifu, 200 miles and a ten days' journey from Yunnaafu.. The wire does not mention the cane of the murders nor the per petrators:

EXTRA-TERRITORIALITY IN CHINA.

SINO-DUTCH NEGOTIATIONS.

(Wah Tr Yat Pao.)

NANKING, Mar. 18. The Dutch Minister opened nego- tiations with Dr. C. T. Wang, the Nauking Foreign Minister, on the extra-territoriality problem to-day.

The Dutch Minister expressed the attitude of the Dutch Government, that it was prepared to surrender extra-territoriality in China if other Powers take the lend.

Dr. Wang regarded this state. ment as satisfactory.

SINO-SOVIET, CONFERENCE.

(Wah Tax Yat Pao.)

unsuitable for present conditions.

He declares that, the ginereide, which is very small, will not have an adverse effect on the trade and industry of China.

NAPIER ENGINE INVENTOR'S

ESTATE.

HUGE BEQUEST TO CANCER RESEARCH

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} ́

LONDON, Mar. 49.

The falling in recently of several millionaire estates has relieved the

pessimism as regards the fulling off in death duties, the latest, which |

Was

mast

unexpected, being

£1,943,000 left by Mr. Montague Stanley Napier, ex-chairman of Napier & Son, Limited, motorcar and aeroplane engine makers,..

The death duties from the estate inuunt Le £750,000.

Large sums were bequeathed on his death to his widow, to his children and to a brother.

FARES.

'(Tugován nevren's agency,]

NANKING, Mar. 18. The Nanking-Peiping air MAN and passenger service is to be in augurated on April 1.

Daily fights will be made by Stinson 'planes from both terminals with ten minute stops at lisuchow, Tainan and Tientsin,

The planes will take off from Nanking at 8.30 am., and from Peining at 8 am. The trip will

FATHER FILIA RELEASED.

EIGHT FOREIGN FATHERS IN CAPTIVITY.

(THROVON REUTER'S AGENOT.)

·PRIPING, Mar., 18.

PARIS-TOKYO FLIGHT.

FRENCH AVIATORS REACH HUNGJAO AERODROME,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

„Bokonat, Mar. 16. The aviators Burtin and Moenche

The Apostolic Delegation have. received a telegram from Monsignor Balconi' stating that Father Filia | at 3 p.m. has been released.

The telegram is dated Nanchong (Shena), March 8.

The Delegation states that this leaves four Catholic missionaries in the hands of bandits or, Reds, aamely, Fathers Tierney, Hidalgo, take seven hours.

Avito, and Vonarx. No mention is The fare hos tentatively "béen | modò of tho Italian fixed at $150 for the single trip and $25 for the round trip.

The fare between Tientsin and Peiping will be 816 and 227 for the single and round trip, respectively

SOVIET COUNSELLOR'S

ASSAILANT.

CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED. MURDER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TORYO, Mar. 18." Nobukatsu Sato, who shot Lad wounded M. Paul dangerously Anikeieff, the Soviet Counsellor at Tokyo on the 36th inst, was form- ally indicted to-day and charged with attempted murder and sent to prison.

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NEW YORK CELEBRATES

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

TRADITIONAL MARCH UP

FIFTH AVENUE,

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, Mar. 17, Twenty thousand Irishmen celebrated St. Patrick's Day with traditional march up Fifth $10,000 and properties at Dieppe Avenue, several notable politicians, and household effects at Cannes to including Governor Roosevelt, of Norah Mary Fryer, to whom the New York State, and Mr. Jimmy residue is bequeathed upon trust Walker, Mayor of New York, being for life, and £3,000 each is left tosented in stands along the route. two lady secretaries.

A modern note was given to the

''AIRSHIP" R.101

DISASTER.

REPORT NOT YET COMPLETE.

(THROUGH REVTEI'S ADENCY.]

NAVAL EXPERTS". CONFERENCE.

JAPANESE REQUE

POSTPONEMENT

'{tinovon næuinn'a admior;]'

LONDON, Mar. 18

It is understood that Japan-has intimated that she is unable to participate in the meeting of the

LONDON, Mar. 19. It is officially stated that the arrived at the Hungjao aerodrome report on the R.101 disaster is not

yet complete.

Mr. Montague stated in the naval experts to be held in Lon House of Cimmons yesterday, in dos on the 10th inst., but is oon- reply, to a question about the aidering the advisability of a. Daily Herald publication of A

pointing an observer who will be forecast, that no copy of the report empowered to offer suggestions.......... had yet reached the Air Ministry.

They will probably remain two or three days before taking off for Јорла.

WRECK OF SEALER

VIKING.

Fathors CAPTAIN BLOWN FROM THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED

leasaro and Loopoldo, who were captured at Lichow, (Hunan) Inst Noyember, concerning whom' no nows of their release has been received here.

A message from Nelson and Tvedt dated March M states that

their health is good, and that they are still held by the handits in

Anhui.

BOMB OUTRAGE AT BELGRADE.

GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS BADLY WRECKED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BELGRADE, Mar. 17. The War Office, the Finance Ministry, the Military Academy and the Officers! Home were all

BRIDGE.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

ST. Joux's (Newfoundland),

March 17: Captain Kenn and 117 survivors from the Viking landed on Horse stand after many hours of suffer. ing on the iceЛloes.

Capt. Kean said that he was blown from the bridge by the ex- plosion and injured by falling on the ioo.

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Tho' cinema director, Mr. Friessel, and the explorer, Ser geant, are among the missing.

Capt. Kean estimates that the dend number about 25. Three Men Miraculously Alive,"

LATER When hope was abandoned of

badly wrecked in the terrific, ex-rescuing any of the three members plosions of this morning's bomb of the American film party aboard outrage.

the Viking, the relief ship Sagona There is reason to believe that signalled that she had found the there were more than four separate Rostonian, Henry Sergeant, with bomba placed on each of the Goy-two other men miraculously alive ernment buildings mentioned, all in the shattered sealer's store, of them apparently being timed to

which was the centre of the at- plosion. explode simultaneously,

Some of them were wrapped in sacking and placed in the dust- bing close to the buildings, and some were placed among building material.

Thirty-four Missing.

WOMEN'S BILL.

It is understood that Baron Matsudaira has approached Mr. A. Henderson with a request to post-. pone the meeting pending further consideration of the points in volved, but Mr, Henderson was unable to comply.

Japan's main hesitancy regard. ON LEAGUE COUNCIL'S NEXT ing the Fracoo-Italian agreement

AGENDA.

(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

appears to be the question of capi tal ship tonnago exceeding the amount permitted by the Washing- ton Trosty, If these figures are formally agreed to, it would neces-" sitate the ratification of a revised treaty, which is considered highly undesirable owing to the difficul- ties involved in Diet's approval.

obtaining the

LATER It is learned that Japan has decid-

Reony, Mar. 17. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, and the Under- Secretary of the Home Department this afternoon received a "depută- tion of women members of Parlia-ed to instruct Mr. Kuriyama, Coun. ment from all parties, who asked the Government to facilitate the passage of the Nationality of Mar- ried Women's Bill.

The Foreign Secretary said :-- **The

Government fully sym- pathises with the principle that women should not be required to change their nationality on mar. riage without their consent."

He pointed out that the Lengue Council last January decided that the whole question of nationality of married women should be placed on the agenda of the next Assem bly meeting, and expressed the hope that international agreement an the question would be reached, If substantial progress was nut made at Geneva, he suggested that the women's organisations should, after the Assembly meeting, request the Government to introduce legis.

LATER. An official tally proves that 34lation. are missing from the Viking, in- It is disclosed that the officer | cluding the filmi director, Mr. previously reported as killed is Frissell, the cameraman 'Penrod not dead.

and a 12-year-old stowaway.

Ho was, however, very seriously wounded whilst making gallant attempt to remove a bomb from outside the Officers' Homo.

One civilian and a soldier, were

ale wounded by the explosions, and this represents the total casualty list.

The remainder is to be devoted celebration by the arrival at ibe the explosions occurred in the early!

to cancer research, whether in the United Kingdom or abroad,

It is estimated that this sum will eventually amount to £700,000.

starting point in an auto-giro of Mr. John F. Curry, the Tammany Hall leader.

The agendas and order papers at the New York State Senate House and Assembly were printed in

The late Mr. Napier designed the engines for the Gloucester-Napier green. Reaplane used in the Schneider Trophy race.

BRITAIN'S NATIONAL

EXPENDITURE. COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND

ON REDUCTIONS. NANKING, Mar. 18.

[URITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] The Nanking Government has eceived a report from Me Toh Hus,

Rucny, Mar. 17. the Chinose delegate to the Sino-

Mr. Rainsay MacDonald, in the Squiet Conference, stating that M. Karakhan has notified him of the House of Commons to-day, an- nounced the constitution of the Soviet Government's intention to resume the session of the. Confer-independent committee set up in ence at Moscow at an earlier date accordance with a Liberal resolu

tion with the following terais of -probably in April-it China

reference:

agrees.

o Toh Hui suggests that he is prepared to proceed to Moscow.

"To make recommendations to

Greetings to Hong Kong Socisty,

The Hong Kong St. Patrick's Society has received messages of greeting from Lord Abercorn, the Governor of North Ireland, and Mr. James MeNeill, the Governor General of the Irish Free State.

PRESIDENT HOOVER'S

TRAVELS. SIGNIFICANCE OF ENGAGING

WARSHIPS,

(REUTER'E AMERICAN SERVICE]

Mexico CITY, Mar. 17. "Why does President Hoover the Chancellor of the Exechequer travel in warships when visiting for effecting forthwith all possible foreign countries" asks the nawn- roductions in national expenditure paper Excelsior, referring to the on supply servicce, having regard Fresident's forthcoming visit to Rico in the battleship especially to the present prospeo Porto

Arizona. Live position of revenue."

The Prime Minister said that the "Is it," the journal. further Government had consulted the queries, because it maken the other two parties, who concurred voyage more significant "

It is recalled that President in his suggestion that the com. mittee consist of a chairman and Hoover visited South Americn two The scheme for establishing Kuo-six members, two being suggested years ago aboard a warship. mintang Party branches in Many ench party.

churia

KUOMINTANG IN MANCHURIA.

(Chun Wan Yat Pap;}

MURDEN, Mar. 18.

is progressing, and the

When questions of policy in- Central Kuomintang Headquartersvolved in expenditure were under

at Nanking is expected soun to discussion, these would remain for announce the names of the exec the exclusive consideration of the tive committee members of various Cabinet, but the Committee would party branches in the Three Pro review and indicate the effect of vinces.

particular policies upon expendi.

SILVER QUESTION IN

CHINA..

1.8 SENATORS TO "INVESTIGATE,

[REUTEN'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

ture.

SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST

LAWS.

DISSOLUTION OF NUT AND RIVET COMBINE, ORDENED.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE].

New Yonx, Mar. 17.

The absence of heavier casualties is accounted for by the fact that

offices were occupied." hours of the morning before the

SPANISH MILITARY

REBELLION.

COURT-MARTIAL IMPOSES HEAVY SENTENCES;

{THROUGH XEUTER'S AOENCY.]

MADRIN, Mar. 17. The private court-martin at Huesen of 81 officers and men, mostly belonging to the cavalry involved in the Jaen rising in December, concluded to-day.

It is revealed by high authority that Captain Sedileg was sontenced- to death, several other, officers bo, in sent to prison for life, and others to shorter terms of impri- sonment.

An impressive necount was given during the trial of how officers were imprisoned in a dungoon. They wore powerless to control their subordinates whose seditious shouts they could hoar outside,

RUBBER CONFERENCE IN

LONDON.·• mat

FRANCO-BELGO-DUTCH

PRODUCERS ATTEND.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] >

AMSTERDAM, Mar 17.

It is stated that the Dutch Hub- ber Committea, interviewed the Colonia! Miniefor to-day and-loaven for London on Friday to, resume, the conference in which French and Belgian producers are expoot- ed to participate.

The dissolution of the Bolt, Nut UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREAT

The chairman will be Sir George May, the prominent Actuary, Former Secretary of the Prudentini Assurance Company, and a Direc tor of the British Overseas Bank.

The six members will be Lord tion has been ordered by Federal Plender, the famous Past President Judge Coleman, on the ground that.

Accountants, who has assisted in lawa

and Rivet Manufacturers' Associn.

BRITAIN.

Aethe Institute of Chartered it violated the Sherman anti-Trust NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED.

States.

Government inquiries on many The Association controls 95 per WASHINGTON, Mar, 17. opensions: Sir Mark Jenkinson; cont of the industry in the United Senator Oddie of Nevada, and director of Vickery, Ltd, and a Senator, Vandenberg, of Michigan, rosting expert; Sir Thomas Roy ars shortly leaving for China to den, bank, railway, steamship com

pany' and insurance study the silver question."

company Novada and Michigan are the director: Mr. Ashley Cooper, Mr. two principal silver producing Charles Nathan, and Mr. Arthur

Pugh, Statco

The President of the Association afterwards stated that the members propose to form a new Association which will conform to the law..

He says he has the Governmer's permission.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

LONDON, Mar. 17.

It is disclosed by the Ministry of Labour to-day that the unem. ployed in Great Britain now-total nearly 2,802,000, which is a rooord since official, returns have been compiled.

TEA RESTRICTION

ABANDONED.

"GRAVE CRISIS" AMONGST | CHANCELLOR ASKED TO TAX

LIBERALS.

FOREIGN PRODUCT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Mar. 17. In the House of Commons at

CLEAVAGE ON ESSENTIAL LIBERAL LEGISLATION.

(THIRDUOW NEXTEN'S AGENCY.]

question time, Mr. Oswald Lewis LONDON, Mar 17,

(Con.. Colchester) asked whether The question whether the Liber

the Chancellor of the Exeheqiser's als will cease to bo a Party or become two groups rests upon the attention had been led to the lape of Mr. Lloyd George and fact that the proposed scheme for Sir John Simon at octing the restriction of the Indin, Cey- which is to be held today when the

lon, and Java tea crops in 1931 had been abandoned, in consequence Parliamentary Liberal Party will diecta "the grave crisis" arising of which tea-planters in India and from the dissentient Liberals' op- Ceylon would be facing competi position to Clause 4 of the Election from the Dutch Ehet Indies, toral Reform, seeking to abolish and whether he would consider giv University representation, which ing some preference to tea grown in the British Empire by means of was defeated in the House of Com

a lax on foreign ten. mons on Monday.

An analysis of the division list. shows that 10

Liberals voted against the Government on Mon- day, 23 ware alisent and 19 sup- ported the measure,

"This denoted a clavage on eksen- tial Liberal legislation, which has impelled Sir Archibald Sinclair to tender his resignation as Chief Whip.

Viscount Groy, in a speech last night, favoured the retention of larly on account of its oversous the Government in office, particu- policy. He stated that as regards Indis, for example, they had not only adopted the right policy, but had handled that policy very well, white all Liberals could support thoir general policy in foreign

affairs."

PRIME MINISTER RATES ·

LABOUR MEMBERS.

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OPPORTUNITY TO REVERSE UNIVERSITY YOTE.

"[Tenovon Revier's Adiyor.]

LONDON, Mar, 17.

The House of Commone is to be given an opportunity of reversing its decision against the abolition

Mr. Pethick Lawrence, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, replied in the affirmative to the first part. of the question, and, as regards the second, he said he could not anticipate the Budget-statement:- Mr. Lewis asked if the Govern- ment would receive representations from the many important interests concerned.

Mr. Pethick Lawrence asked for natico of the question.

Replying to Mr. Graham White, denbtless the Government would Mr. Pethick Lawrence said that

tako into account the fact that

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sellor of the Japanese Embassy at Paris, who is an authority on international law and jurispudence, to proceed to London to attend the conference of naval experts on March 10 empowered to make sug gestions.

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This decision apparently was due to the fact that America had agreed. to appoint a representative,

SWITZERLAND GOES GOLD.

NEW FIDUCIARY -LAW,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]

BERNE, Mar. 18, Switzerland is reverting to the gold standard.

New gold and silver coins will be minted.

The Nutional Council unanimous- ly passed a new Aduciary law,

BIG ORDERS AT TRADE FAIR.

TEN MILES OF SILK FABRIC,

Thousands of products of the skill. and ingenuity. of British customers. were spread before the buyers of the world when the British Indus- tries Fair opened in London and Tarmingham.

The attendance at the White City and Olympia was record,. 0,000 home buyers and 250 from oversens being present.

There was no more interested visitor than the Queen' who during her tour of the exhibition at tho White City spent over `an

hour watching a mannequin parade,

She saw evening dresses, tennis frocks, golfing Buite, morning gowns, beach suits and walking dresses and they were all made of cutton: The Queen chatted with a number of the girls and naked that samples of materials should he sent to the Palner,

"There is going to be a revival

in the Ihnenshire cotton trade,””

Mr, H. P. Curtis, an authority on the industry, said.

"During the morning £30,000 or £40,000 worth of orders wore book-

ed.

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Cheaper than Liren,

Lancashire is also using its cot- tou for making, articles usually made from linon.

when previously Britain had There are tableclothe and sor proference on British tea, one reviettes, bed linen," and even sult was to divert Dutch ten to double damasks in 100 per cent. celton at about a third of the Australian and other markets to the detriment of British planters cost of linen. in Ceylon.

BRITON'S REMARKABLE

At Olympia the Fair has largo exhibit of toys, chemicals, sto- tionery, furniture, leather goods, faney and metal” gooda.“ „Hers are. some of the novelties that were on exhibition.

A mchine that prints and issues

FEAT IN THE AIR. PHOT IMPRESSES ARGENTINE | bus ticketa.

AIRMEN,

thera.

{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Mar. 17. Several Argentine airreen, wit nessed a remarkable display near of University representation dur- London by G. 8. Staniland, the ing the Report Stage of the Repre-well known British pilot, in a new scntation of the People Bill.

Fay Firefly machine which is Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in a probably the fastest fighting aero-

amentary Labour Party, indicated speech meeting of the Parli plane in the world. that the Government would adopt this procedure.

He severely commented upon the Labrentechem of Labour members from the House, which contributed to the defeat of the Government, pointing out that the Government could not carry on without the loyal support of the rank and file of the Labour Party.'.

Flowers made from goose fea

Walking sticks with flashlights in the handles.

For the artificial silk exhibition the Royal Albert Hall was trans- formed into a great emporium long the aisles of which buyers mingled with representatives of bi British firme.

Instead of the rather harsh ma- terials that were the first producte

Staniland swooned almost to the of the artificial silk industry some ground at 390 miles an hour and range includes ainons, satins and six or seven years ago, the new then, turning his machine sharply, silk voiles, the draping qualities of climbed 20,000 feet in ten minutes. which can be said to equal those

The Argentine aviator Captain of the real silk fabrics, Castex, also tested the machine, During the exhibition a contract and although it was a strange craft was placed with the Manchester to him he top swooped and stunted | firm of–Mesara. - H. Vos, Ltd.. for with it after a few minutes ten miles of British artißeinl silk:: The Firefly has 600 horsepower fabric. Previously the purchasers. Rolls Royce motors.

had bought on the Continent.: