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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 1931.

PARTY BEFORE COUNTRY AT

GENERAL ELECTION?

PREMIER TO CONTEST SEAHAM

DIVISION.

"NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY FORMED.

LONDON, October 5.

first decision taken by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in the gan week was to visit Mr. Lloyd George, who is con

at his country estate, Churt, in Surrey, Premier accordingly proceeded by road after breakfast. explanation given of his viuit is that, having seen repre

of all parties in an endeavour to secure a National cat appeal on the broadest possible basis, he find still to Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party.

ARIFFS STILL STUMBLING BLOCK:

ROUGH REUTER'S (AGENCY)]-

LONDON, Oct. B...

The most momentous week in the Story of the present crisis open

with the return of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald last night, after

week-end in the country,

The stake at issue is the very existence of the historic Liberal Party, which is being compelled by force of events to take an early. decision, which will probably mean * split or even disruption with the Party (possibly 35 from the 58 Government. The majority of the Members of Parlament) will follow Sir John Simon, calling themselves "National Liberals " and contest. | lug the election on behalf of the National Government The new organisation is being formed as soon as possible, while the chief organiser has already been appoint.. yod.

**National Labour Wing,"

(A«" National Labour” wing will Iso he formed, and Mr. Ramsay: JacDonald may himself contest eaham Harbour, division, thus belled, following the decision of le Murton Miners Lodge : and. ranch Labour Party (which is Millated to the Seaham Labour arly) to nominate him as a candle inte. Meanwhile he is striving nxiously to maintain the Liberal Party Intact In the Government, lesiring that the Government shall ppeal to the Country on a Nation." instead of a Party basis. He Is pot willing to be too closely ident! Bed with the Conservatives

What he would like best would be to lead a broad central 670s, but the Conservative insistance on Their Tarif and Empire develop ment policy is making this unlikely. A Barrier of Bilence.

¿LATER

of

An impenetrable barrier silence has been erected regarding Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's, visit:to Mr. Lloyd George.

•STEO

Mr. Hint declared that Labour's ex-deaders had become the spear hond of attacks on unemployed and he denounced. tlio Government's scaronies" s a violation of the principle of equality of neriate, and declared that the primary object of which had not been achieved, since the pound had not been saved: He predicted the cost of living would soon rise.

The riots in Glasgow were re- called by appeal by Mr, David Kirkwood, M.P. to the Conference back a paragraph in its report to instruct the executive to take endorsing the finding of the Scot tish Executive, that Mr. McGovern, M.P," is not a fit and proper person to represent the Labour Party."

The reference back was defeated by a large majority.

NEW DEVELOPMENT

IN MANCHURIA.

RELATIONS BROKEN OFF WITH CHANG HSUEH LIANG

AFRIDI MENACE ON ONLY A MILITARY POINT

NW FRONTIER.

GOVERNMENT BLOCKADE

NOW LIFTED,

ITHROUGH REUTEL AGENCY.}

PEREAWAB, Oct. 4.

The lockade of the Afridi tribes. men, which has been maintained for twelve months, ever since their serious incursions into the Pesha war District, has been raised by the Government of the North-West Frontier Province.

A

The decision is the result of the "unconditional acceptance by the Afridi chieftains of the Govern- ment's terms, namely, Government occupation of the plains adjoining the Peshawar District and for feiture of the tribal allowance for the period in which the tribesmen. refused to accept the terms imposed.

PENINSULA HOTEL.--

REOPENING OF THE ROSE ROOM,

Among the parties at the success- fal reopening of the Ross Room at the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday night, Mr. T. B. Wilson entertained Mr. and Mrs. Dollar, Mr. and Mrs D. M. Bigger, Mr. and Mr. La Fevre, Mr. and Mrs F. Courtney, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. P. M. Board- wall Mr. B. K Carpenter ME. OU PF James and Mr. D D Me Kay, Col. F. E. Gowan bad at his table Col, and Mrs. Larmour, Col Cousens, Col and Mrs. Russell,

ROYALIST RIOTS IN Mra Robinson and Miss Cousens,

MADRID.

COUNTRY BEGINNING TO SWING AGAINST GOVT.

THROUGH REUTER 6 ADENOY]

Mr. F. Reck with Miss Hahn, Miss Tiemai, Messrs. Afras and Winter- feld: Cupt and Mrs. Moir with Mr. and Mr. Grantham, Mr and Mrs Dook, Capt Reary and Mrs. Bourne a very brilliant young party was entertained by Miss Mad Lenn Leech and at other tables" were noted Miss Gerrard, Mise Hay Edo, Mrs. Haygood, Mra Griffith," Mrs. Portholho, Mrs. Landau, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Moody, Mrs Sullivan, MADRID, Oct. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Spear, Mrs. Lane, For the first time since King Mra. Treibler, Mr Botelho and Alfonso's voluntary retirement friends Dr. Cogan, Gen, Cohen, Mr.. from Spain and the establishment and Mrs. Bacci, Mr. and Mrs. of a Republican Government under Betts, Mr. and Mrs. Simonetta, Mr. Señor Zamora, a definite clash be-H. A. Keller, Mrs. Holste, Mr. tween Monarchists and Republicans Ferguson, Comdr. Docksty. Comdr. ocurred in the streets of Madrid Stevenson and many many more.. last night. Mr. A. G. Piovanell Manager

The trouble occurred between supporters of Señor Jose Primo de Rivers son of the ex-Dictator, who is a candidate for Parliament.. and adherents of Señor Manuel Cossio, the Republican-Socialist Coalition candidate.

Death to Republic."

Folly of Tarifis.

The rival parties came into col Public control of banking, a den lision and shouts of "Death to the

Republic," and Vivo Rivera ger of dictatorship and the "folly from the Monarchists punctuated of tariffa were themes in the press the tray, in which two young and dential address of Mr. Stanley Hirst, Chairman of the National Republicans were injured. Executive Labour Party, at the three Monarchists were arrested opening of the Party's Conference by the police. at Scarborough to-day.

A PANIC AMONG HINDUS.

SERIOUS SITUATION IN KASHMIR

de Rivera Defeated,

LATER.

of the Hotel, was responsible for the excellent organisation - and was complimented by everyone.

GOLDEN CALF IF BAAL.

MYSTERY TEMPLE OF THE

DESERT, Adanna

A mysterious underground temple in Syria containing a golden idol of Baal, is described in Twixt Hell and Allah" (86. 6d. net: Sampson Low) written, in colla boration with Mr. R. Kenneth Macaulay, by Francia A. Water. house, as the story of the French Foreign Legion, which he joined in 1022 for fun.” She

"A véritable Mothuselah among The result of the election which Arabs" sent a small Arab boy as caused the disturbance has been gaido to the auther and two of his declared, Cossio winning by seeur. companions, into the deserto ing 35,000 as againat 98,000 castHere they found a hole some for young de Rivers.

OF VIEW!

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,

SHANGHAI, Oct. 6.

A message from Mukden stafen that Japanese Military:: Authorities; in Manchuria, hava decided to break off relations: with Chang Hsuch Liang, owing to the insincere settles tudassthe, maintainaTM towards Japan," but a high ofcini, when latervlowed By Ranter at Tokyo, emphasised: that, this; merely reflected, the Military view;

EX EMPEROR'S STATEMENT.

(Fth Tee Yat Pao.),

ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING

SALL JAPANESE NATIONALS

LEAVE CITY,

HUGE DEMONSTRATION AT CANTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, Oot. 3.

PEACE IN CHINA

UNLIKELY.

CHIANG REFUSES TO RESIGN

(From Our Own Correspondentų)

"Canton, Oct, 0. The political situation in Canton appears to be changing for the worso, notwithstanding the ardent efforts of a large number of poli ticians and men of, infinonce to

bring about harmony Chiang Kai Shek in a further telegram to Can. aton has stated that he is not will ling to resign at present in com plance with the suggestions of the local authorities

The intense anti-Japanese feeling in Canton consequent upon, the recent deplorable happenings Manchuria, reached a climax to day when the people of every walk of life staged a huge and organized demonstration on the East Parade Ground this morning at 11 o dock, followed by a parade through the principal thoroughfares of the city, The number of people taking part in the demonstration was estimated,

Mr. Wang Ching Wei, in an inter view with the Press representa tives to-day, stated that if the negotiations for peace should end in a deadlock, Chiang Koi Shek would be to blame. The demands of Canton were very moderatë,

The recalling of General Chen Ming Shu and other members of the Nanking delegation from Hong Kong just before their departure for Shanghai last Saturday night was, your correspondent was in at over 200,000. Every Government formed, in connection with the organ, anhool, labour union, merchnaging situation, ou chant guld, and other public or ganization was amply represented Every inch of the spacious East Parade Ground was occupied. In fact hundreds of demonstrators could not get in for want of space, PRIPING, Oct 3, and had to remain on the streets With a view to dispelling rumours hundreds of yards away.

A peace conference representing * The seething masses of humanity unified China should be convened concerning restoration to his

bent upon revenge of the alleged in Shanghai on October 20, and secondary, throna «in Manchuria, | horrors enacted by the Japaness in the 10th Route Army, under Gen- the ex-Manchu Emperor of China, Manchurin, the shouting of patrio oral Chen Ming Shu, was to leave maden statement in Tientsin to tie slogans, the waving of flags and Kiangst for Nanking, after which banners in defiance of the Japan the Canton" plenitentiary delegates day to the effect that he is moving ese, the burning rations of the to the proposed peace conference shortly from the Settlement in Tien- leaders, and the awe-insping.cntia Shanghai would leave for the tain to his residence at Peiping.Japanese cartoons depicting the North. All this, according to Mr. sarit of the occasion was a specta Wang. the Nanking delegation He does not intend to proceed to cle seen for the first time in the here has agreed uponation Manchuria The ex Emperor said history of Canton that he does not entertain the slight est desire of entering politics.

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5:05. p.m., Batted:

The anti-cyclone remains cen tral to the north, of Tokyo, There appears to be a typhoon about 400 miles NE of Manila, moving west, and the typhoon may be forming to the S.E. of Guam, haraka

Local Forecast — N.E, winds, fresh fog to doudy

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

The following typhoon warn, ings have been, received by the American Consulate General, from the Manila Observatory 5 - "Manila, Oct. 5, 6.25 2.11. Typhoon in about 127deg. Long. "E, 17deg. Lat. N., direction

unknowa.

Manila,,- Oct, B, ‹ 1 pœ- Cyclone or typhoon south-cast of. Guam, developing.

BANK OF

JAPAN.

DISCOUNT RATE INCREASED

FROM TO-DAY:

ÏTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY: 7:

Tokyo, Oct. 3. The Bank of Japan from to-mor row is raising the discount rate from 5.11 to 5.64 per cent.

PLAYERS BEATEN,

ft. in diameter leading down- BRITISH TENNIS The fact that the ex-Dictator's wards, into which they followed son got so many is considered to the boy.

"For a moment I saw nothing, Srinagar, Sopt-Aserious indicate that the pedulum, has situation is developing in the State begun to swing against the Govern and then I saw two green lumin- of Kashmir, in northwest India,ment as the name of the formerous slits like the eyes of some, ghast. owing to the growing severity of Dictator could hardly have beeny monster. There stood before the conflicts between the military mentioned in Madrid a few months us the most, monstrous effigy that and police forces and defient Mos- ago,

Icras.

The trouble started, here yester- day when a Moslem, crowd mobbed some military pickets Fighting ensued with casualties on both sides, four Moslems being killed and over 90 men of the Government

officials,

SOLE SURVIVOR OF WRECK

Ener

ever beggared imagination.

LANCASHIRE TRADE

HOPEFULyon

A

EXCITING MATCH IN?"

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

REUTER'S AHELICAN SERVICE

March Through City,

Unless Chiang is, willing to resign nt once, it is not likely that the situation will improve.

Chen Satisfied 1-** (Chun Wan Fat Pao.)

After the gathering the demon- strators marched through the prin- cipel muzicos of the city, four

Canton, Oct. 5. abreast, in perfect order. Hand After a final discussion with the bille stating the nature and signi Canton leaders regarding peace ficance of the day were freely dis terms, General Chen Ming Shu, a tributed to the populace gathered Nanking delegate, again left for on either side of the road. The Hong Kong this afternoon by the parade was led by General Lam express train. He will not leave Shi Tsing, Commander of the for the North until Wednesday, Canton Gendarmerie. The retinue In an interview with Pressmen, was so long that it required no lesas General Chen Ming Shu said that than two hours to pass one point, the peace discussions had been Several detachments of stroops, satisfactorily concluded. The peace carrying rifler with bayonets fixed, prospect was hopeful, and Press also participated in the demonstra-reports alleging otherwise were, he tion.pended said, merely guess work.

The day was declared a general holiday for all Government organs,

ROUND THE WORLD

FLYERS.

MR. AND MRS. DAY ARRIVE AT HONG KONG

Mr. and Mrs, Day of the United States, who are on a flying trip round the world, arrived at Kai Took late yesterday afternoon. Kwang Chow Wan in hours, They trinde the journey from and on Sunday they flow from Hanoi in 5 hours.

Ma nad Mrs Day started their. journey from Londen in a machine of Mr. Day's own construction.

Mr. Day was formerly a maNU«, facturer of aeroplanes on n yery

age scale in the United States, and is an intimate friend of Mestre, Pangborne and Herndon, who are! now flying the Pacific

Mr. and Mrs. Day wore received yesterday by Flight-Lieut. Moss Cliath and the Oil Companies and representatives of the Flying

It is hoped that a reception in their honour will be anged by the Fying Club either to-day or tomorrowlands de

They expect to leave for Shang- hai on Thursday

TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT.

AVIATORS FLY OVER FALSE PASS.

(THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY..

ADA BANDSEATTLE, Oct. 17 Hugh Herndon and Clyde Fange born, who set out early this morn ing on the hazardous journey from Japan" to "America, non-stop, were heard at 10.55 am flying over False Pass in the Alentian Islands,; | nccording to a naval wireless mes-

sage

The airmen were not, however, sighted, owing to the prevalence of a heavy log.

"KINGSFORD-SMITH': STILL

HELD UP.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ATHENI, After consulting a ne

TV SOONG TO RESIGN? ist, Kingsford-Smith pos

(Wah Tee Tat Pao.)

STANODAY, Oct,

There is a persistent rumour in political circles that - Mr. T. V Boong, Nanking Financial Minister, intends to resign.

departure for Rome row morning..

MYSTERY MAN IN AN AEROPLANE.

schools, factories and shops in the city, No business was done, and every store without exception, save the tea shope, was closed. In front of every shop and over every public ||building, and hause 1 the Chinese national flag was hoisted at half- mast. The demonstrator had a strip of black cloth around their Ho is said to be acoused by some left arm bearing the characters, sections of the Nanking Governanc "Kong" Tat Chu Ktrol, zoeaningmont of misdemeanour in the past “to resist Japan to save the and his resignation, is believed to: country. SNAGA VA

Practically all the Japanese busi nesses located in Canton proper are closed, and Japanese trade is at a standstill. The patients in the Pok Or Hospital, a Japanese enterprise on the Second South Band, walked out en blor yesterday. All the Chinese in the employ of the Hos pital alio quit their work. The old Japanese consulate on Wai Fook Bond is also losed-and- barred. It is believed that there: are now ne Japanese nationala In Canton, all having left either for Shameen or Hong Kong.

ACTION, BY PIECE-GOODS MERCHANTS;

(Wah Tes Tat Pao),

be inevitable

BIG COMMUNICATION SCHEME.

AMERICAN CORPORATION LINES TO BE CO- ORDINATED.

his

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO CAUSE DISASTER.

Berlin, August 30.-Passongers iny the regular Lufthansa aeroplane flying between Munich- and Berlin while in mid-air over Nuremberg were alarmed by an explosion which occurred in the cloak-room- The controller on board opened" the cloak-room door and found a man in the act of setting light to a bottle with some mysterious liquid; in it. The first explosion had sp parently failed.

The controller overpowered the New York, Sept. 23-An elabo-an and removed the bottle rate scheme of co-operation chaa been arranged between the Western Union Telegraphe and the Radio Corporation of America whereby their cable, telegraph and radio services will be co-ordinated all over the world,

wireless mesenge was immedi ately sent to Furth, the next land- ing stage, to call the police, and on landing the man was arrested

Hitherto the police have failed to obtain from him an explanation The bottle has been sent to the This scheme follows the lead taken ohémico-technical institute of the in Britain a few years ago when | Reich for examination. -E various radio, telegraph and cable interests combined in one tremen- doua company known as Imperist and International Communications, Ltd.

CANTOM, Oct. 8. Perhaps for the first time Can- ton dealers in foreign goods, parti cularly piece-goods, have volun

arily joined a Japanese boycott | si and bound themselves not to order Kong p Japanese goods and night. One poster humbly, request

The Canton Piece-Goods Guided the Chinese Government to passed a resolution last Saturday declare war" on Japan

ALL QUIET AT SWATOW,

(From Orr Orn Correspondent,)

BORDER PROVINCE

PROPOSAL.

MOVE WHICH WOULD MAKE BELGIUM TRI-LINGUAL

STATE

question

of students and teachers, all wear The manifesto suggests that the ing * mourning bands (Japanese | two districts be no longer adminis- doth, to be sure 1) including the trated, separately, but that they bo armed policemen specially turned incorporated with the Belgian out to maintain order. As soon: B frontier province" where German the Japanese Consulate had wind id widely spoken and that

demand was be recognised as official, lan

ction, of in the new homogeneous

by If this, proposal were roars) day Belgiura, would become

of the demons tent

Towering above our heads on, a

in favour of an organized cessation On Monday, the 28th, a big anti- rough stone dais stood, this beast,

as "regards : | orders for Japanese Japanese demonstration was, to Brussels, Sept. 27, two long forelegs supporting a

goods. It was also decided that have been staged here, but owing of the German-speaki grotesque body surmounted by n

Fred-toi hideous head in which scintillated:

any Japanese goods now held in to representations by the Japanese, of Eupen and - Malmedy, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.

stock by any member of the guild Consular authorities it was aban Belgium under the Treaty of Ver- two large grown stones for the eyes. The beast was graven in After fighting their way through should be registered with the guild doned. However, the Chinese con- sailles, bar antered in new phase to the funds of the Pacific Coast 50 to stable the guild to check the tented themselves with a big meet with the publication to-day of u solid gold and we stood dumb in forces injured, including some high CHINESE SAILOR PICKED UP wonder, wet with the sweat of Lawn Tenma Tournament, Engportation of Japanese goods from ing at Kwong Tien Thestre as manifesto sigand by a number of be which were present members of the prominent politicians and publi fright, gazing garing at the Gotland's Davis Cup stalwarts, Fred on OS VAL den Call of Basl

Perry and G. P. Hugher, Merchante-dealing

Kuomintang "party and thousande, cista, p Ennie prevailed. among the AFTER DRIFTING TWO DAYS.

Lained defeat in the decisive gods and sundries are expected Hindus today owing to fears of

w to take similar metion: matoker to day, B repetition of yesterday's-jriola."

Fred Perry who reached the Moslem mobs armed with swords Shanghai, September 28-After.

men's inals was again bertan by and axos care openly defying the being adrift two days in the sen

the new American star, Ellsworth authorities. In addition to carry before being picked up by the

Vines, ing these weapons they are erect Colebee, Maru on Sunday, the only

SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF iny barricades on the roads and survivor, a Chinese, of the salvage

BUSINESS AT MANCHESTER: taking other war-like measures ship Toyo Maru arrived in Shanghai

yesterday

24 STRÁCcording to the survivor a story, Nineteen Bhot, Dead...

the Toyo Mara Jeft Shanghas two London, Septed ber 20. The large There was a serious riot at weeks ago to salvage a French volume of business transacted on Anantag to day, when a body ratenmer, but on her return sho ran the Manchester Royal Exchange Moslems attacked military pickets, into a typhoon and was hunk. The during the week has led to the be- who were overwhelmed, used their row consisted of five Chinese and lief that the Lancashire cotton rifles to defend their lives. The ten Japanese, and of those all but trade is on the eve of a revival riotors quickly dispersed, leaving the Chiness and ons Japanese were "A" marked change of tone su also 19 of their number; dead,

drowned, The Chinese had a life reported from other industrial' cen- Panic also prevails among the belt and for two days the two tres, whose staple trades depend Bandu residents at Khanyarmuks) "men were tossed about until the largely on their export bus

provemen la, where the Moslems are adopting Japanese finally sank with exhaus the same tactics (as their fellows in Brinagar Thore top, they are orbo ting barricadea on the streets and "openly defying the polios..

tion. The Chinese managed to keep tomary at this afloat and was, picked up by the has so far bosa vor Celebes Mam at 1.30 a.m..on Baturare few cont

fod of t

It was one of the most thrilling encounters ever securin the United. States Perry putting up a terrifio battle in the second set which created record for first-class tennis, by going to forty games 1

Porry and Hughes later lost the dopbies Boal to Stoeffen and Byd- ney Wood

Results

The results were: Haworth Vines (ELS, A

Perry:(Britain), 63

Stoefen Wood (USA) beat hat and Ghs Pr Hughes (Britain

made for prop Sept. 30, Japanese liver: Bwałow does not lag behind other, the local authoritien.

kina in ate anger ogainat--the - Consulate places the J

though, so far, not picket of Chinese soldiers and hau- | Elamálsh unpleasant incident has occurred.mly the 28th passed off Posters, pramphlets and cartoons No shops dealing

dan as the thr fully, officing languages, respo apanese three district elements

Buch

by the hundreds are evident every, goods, have so far been searched or lace whare, all denouncing the Japanese interfered with though

tion i na Manchupa.- chants had already.

nited front goods prior ta, drastic

and pro- being prot

A good ma

going treat

Hospital