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FATAL CRASH.

FAMOUS SPANISH AVIATOR KILLED.

Madrid, July 19. Major Löriga, who last year New from Madrid to the Philippines, was killed at the aerodrome here to-day owing to crashing in a little French 40-horse-power aeroplane, in which he was carrying out trial flight.

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JULY 20, 1927.

CORRESPONDENCE.

WEDNESDAY,

CHINA'S PEACE PARLEY.

PRINCIPAL TERMS AGREED UPON.

CHOPPED NOTES.

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]

Shanghai, July 19.) General Nan Kwai-ching, the Shans! delegate, who arrived at Peking a few days ago and is a allow me a little space in your prominent figure in the peace valuable paper for the publication movement, was entertained by of the following?

Marshal Chang Tso-lin at a bar- quet, in the course of which he

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CANTON NOTES.

POSTAL WORKERS TO AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES,

Canton, July 19.

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The Postal Workers' Union will held a meeting to-day for discus- Sir-Will you be so kind as tosion of the matter of the unpaid bonus. They now have a grie vance against the Postal Commis- sioner as well as against the gov-1 ernment, as it is said the commis- Five years ago the compradore sioner was instructed to pay them The machine was recently flown from Paris to Madrid by the spoke on behalf of General Yen of the Mercantile Bank of Indiase of the $5 per month demanded French aviator Magnard-Reuter. Shi-shan, who is said to be desirin accepting foreign notes from though he failed to do so. The ous of Marshal Chang Tao-lin's the native banka and money Government is sanding police to Young Naval Officer Killed.

immediate adoption of the Kuo-changers compelled them to chop the point of assembly. It

their notes. This was only, so thought the presence of the latter Lieutenant R. F. G. Salmond, mintang principles. K.N., attached to the R.A.F. at General Yang Yu-ting, the Feng-

compradore of the Hongkong and serve to prevent the declaration the training base, Leuchars, was tien Chief of Staff, expressed his with that bank. After a year the will exert a moral suncion and fatally injured in an aeroplane wish that General Yen Shi-shan Shanghai Bark did the same; and of a strike.

Similar action was taken upon crash at Dundee on June 22. He should shoulder the responsibility before two years elapsed all other was flying a Fairey 3D machine of mediating between Peking foreign banks followed suit. Last the meeting of the Machine Work- de-ers' Union a couple of evenings General Yang is year the Chinese banks also very low over Perth-road and eye and Nanking. witnesses had their attention of the opinion that the reconcil-manded the chopping of foreign age which was held for the pur- pase of working out the details of specially attracted by a consider-iation can be effected if both sides able nolsa of back firing. Short put the anti-Communist question

General It is obvious that the native a strike. A strike among these ly afterwards the machine nose ahead of everything. dived and crashed into a garden. Yang also believed that the out-banks and money-changers at first workers would result in the city's other public utilities being cut Lieutenant Salmond received standing political issues can be gave way to what they considered electric lights, water supply and medical attention from a doctor settled by calling a Nationalist a small matter, which gradually off, so it was felt that sending of a who was visiting a patient in a nursing home immediately adjoin- ing. He was extricated with difficulty, parts of the machine having to be sawn away. He died in the Royal Infirmary shortly after admission, his skull and left leg being fractured.

Mr. Salmond was 24 years of age, and was shortly to go on service on the China station.

AIR VENTURES. Double Crossing of the Atlantic.

Conference.

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notes.

spread and in time became a

The Fenetlen leaders then took deplorable evil. It goes without detachment of police to the scene

crowd was warranted. up the peace

terma with the saying that they have suffered to make arrests and disperse the Shansi representative and the fol-from, and have long been wishing year the Bank of Taiwan was lowing four were generally agreed to get rid of it. In March this

upon:

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British Boycott, Plans for the institution of a 1. That an Armlstice on the uddenly closed for three weeks. Shantung front should be immedi-Before that the native banks and new British boycott were under ately declared and that the south-money-changers sold over $100,000 discussion to-day. A society has cen armies should retreat from worth of notce of the Taiwan been formed but nothing definite Bank, all chopped. During the has been given out as yet upon the the Shantung front to Hauchow. three weeks when the Bank of subject. The principal grievance 2. Prior to the overthrow of Taiwan was closed it was very of the society is failure on the the Communists In Hankow, hard to predict the future of these part of the British to remove the Chang Tso-lin should retuin hla notes.

The native banks and ban on the Seamen's Union. In title as Tayuanshu or Generalis-money-changers were in a etate Hongkong,

The Overseas Society held of great anxiety, as they were told Three attempts are to be made 3. The Fengtien and Nanking by men from the banks that the meeting to-day to discuss the abro within the next few weeks to fly armies should co-operate with sources of these notes would be gation of the commercial treaty traced according to the chops on with Holland. It is asserted that from Europe to America and back, each other against Communism.

Fortunately the Bank of this action will be taken due tö Two of these attempts are to be

4. After the reconciliation, the them! made by British afrmen with Bri-Fengtien Party should adopt the Taiwan soon opened again; other-the fact that the Chinese people tish-engined machines and one by Kuomintang principles when wise the responsibility of the in the East Indies are alleged to a German.

Kuomintang branches should be native banks and money-changers he subjected to treatment by The candidates for these flights, established in the northern pro- would be terrible to think of. It the Dutch.

was this happening that made which, if accomplished, will set up vinces.

them realize their danger. It was new flying records are:

this happening that called them to Lieut.-Colonel

F. F. Minchin,

don and the Continent.

Fengtien Still Doubts.

un-

FRENCH FINANCE.

JUNE KEVENUE RETURNS SHOW INCREASE.

Paris, July 19. Revenue returns for June total

D.S.O., and Captain R. H. Mein- Yesterday afternoon, General ask for the abolition of this tosh, two pilots of. Imperial Air-Yang Yu-ting had another con- reasonable chopping of notes, ways, who are daily employed on ference with General Nan Kwal-

As to protection against for- Cross-Channel trips, between Lon-ching on the Peace terms. It isgeries, the argument of the com- reported that the arrangements

question. In every trade there between Nanking and Peking ar pradores is simply begging the Quite true. But we progressing rapidly.

ig dunger. General Feng Yu-hsiang is must not put on others' shoulders still in Loyang. He is reported to responsibilities which properly led approximately 2,803,000,000 have wired to Hankow again ask-belong to ourselves. The money- Ing the authorities there to become changer's business is to see that reconciled with Nanking and to the notes he receives are

Feng forged. But it is the business of oust the Russian Reds. promises to protect the Russians compradores of the banks that returning by way of Chengchow, they should see what they acc ́st to Shanai and Mongolia.

are not false.-Yours, etc.,

Their machine will be a Fokker monoplane with a British 450-h.p. Eristol Jupiter engine..

Colonel Minchin and Captain McIntosh have themselves provid- ed 22,000 towards the venture, and If the rest of the required money can be raised in time they hope to leave at the beginning of Au- gust, when weather conditions should be at their best.

"We do not think that there is anything in the project beyond a question of airplane reliability," said Captain McIntosh to a Daily "We shall Press representative. take turns as pilots, and will try to beat the long distance record on the return journey from New

York."

Mr. C. T. Wang is leaving Nan- king for the North.. He is believed to be the delegate of General Feng Yu-hsiang to the Pence Parley,

A MONEY-CHANGER.

UNIQUE DREDGER.

no

979,000,000 francs as compared france, showing an increase of with June of last year and 92,400,- 000 francs as compared with the" budget provisions.

The revenue returne for the first six months totalled 17,941,000,000 showing an increase of 4,449,000, 000 compared with last year and 741,000,000 compared with the budget provisions-Haias.

Despite the peace overtures how- ever, the Fengtierites are busily erecting defence lines in southern Chihli, with Chingting as the fore-NEW ARRIVAL FOR NETHER-KAWASAKI DOCKYARD.

front and Pacting as the second The flight will probably start line. General Han Lin-chun is in from Cranwell, so that the heavily-Paoting directing defence works, laden machine will be able to use the runway specially prepared for the R.A.F. attempt to fly to India. The machine will make a detour from Cranwell to pass over Lon- don at the beginning of its long journey.

the

Capt. Courtney. Captain F. T. Courtney, famous test and racing pilot will make the attempt in a Dornier all metal flying boat with two Napier "Lion" engines,,

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LANDS HARBOUR WORKS.

The Hankow, a sea-going hop-NAVY TAKES OVER CONTROL. There is still no Sghting on the Shantung front so far but the Na-per-cutter-suction dredger, arrived two from Belawan and Macao on Satur

Tokyo, July 19, tionalists claim that their

day last and is at prosent berthed

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at the Cosmopolitan Dock.

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Fengpino Improves.

Shanghai, Later. According to Japanese reports from Peking, the peace terras now under discussion in Peking have been generally agreed upon, which will mean that Chiang Kai-shek, Chang Teo-lin and Yen Shishan to combine together against Feng His proposed route is from Cal-Yu-hsiang and the Hankow Com- shott; on Southampton, Water, to munists. New York, stopping at Valencia, Ireland, and Newfoundland, for two or three hours for refuelling. The return flight will probably be made with only one stop at Newfoundland.

Capt. Udet, Captain Ernst Udct, is a German pilot who had a distinguished career in the war. His plana are to start from Hamburg and fly to America by the northern route,

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