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POUNDED 1981

五拜禮 骏三十月一英港香

NO. 22,373

TOWARDS PEACE. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR

IN BRUSSELS.

LABOUR AND CAPITAL CONFER.

IMPORTANT PARLEY OPENS IN LONDON.

MUTUAL GOODWILL.

London, Jan. 12. The epoch-making conference between a representative group of employers and the General

YOUTHS TOTALLY WRECK

SOVIET EXHIBITION.

SMASHED BEYOND HOPE.

WAR ACTIVITY.

FENGTIEN FORCES

PREPARING.

Chuan-fang is at Tientsin

13 PER ANNUM

FRIDAY, JANUARY. 13, "1928. BAT DINGLE COPY 10 CENTE

AMERICA'S HUGE NAVY CANTON TRADE."

PROJECTS.

PROGRAMME ALREADY OUT- LINED ONLY A PART.

OUTLOOK RATHER

UNPROMISING.

To collect all debts from their

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CANTON BANKNOTE

CASE.

FORMER OFFICIALS AGAIN REMANDED.

DECISION TO-MORROW?

GHASTLY SCENE.

SHANGHAIS “SIDNEY

STREET."

GRAPHIC STORY OF GRIM ALL NIGHT SIEGE.

A further remand- was ordered this morning when the case in which Wong Chang-chu, former OVERWHELMING ODDS.

Council of the Trade Union smashed to, smithereens at the to the front, while General Chu programme involving the expendi-munity, but this, year, partly due charged with being in unlawful/Police and soldiers held out for

Copril,, with the abject of pro moting Industrial peace, opened to-day at Burlington Tonse in private,

Before the

Conference, the Council of the TU.C. had a three hours' discussion on policy, when Mr. A. J. Cook hilterly opposed; the Conference.

windows..

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posters,

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to

Later.

that a

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NEW ANTI-FOREIGN MOVE..

TWO BIG FAILURES REPORTED INTEREST OF OTHER POWERS Peking, Jan, 12.

Latest reports from Canton Brussels, Jan. 12.

The fighting in south-western

Washington, Jan. 12. show that the city has not yet re- A party of fifty, youths, armed

but i ap-

In the House of Representatives, covered from its sufferings as a with clubs invaded and totally Shantung continues. wrecked, the Soviet Russia Exhibi- pears to be only on a small scale. before the Naval Committee, Mr. result of the recent "Ironside and

"Red" upheavals.

Finance, Commissioner. In the

The most amazing episode in the The general lull in the North is ex-

"Ironsides" regime at Canton, tion organised by the Beigo-emplified by the absence of leaders Curtis D. Wilbur disclosed that

annals of Shanghai crime, lazt and Choy Shid-am, General Russian League of International

from the war zone. General Sun the Navy Department has drafted customers at this period of the Manager of the General Bank Friday's "Sidney Street" affair,

and a comprehensive 20-year building year has always been the rule during the

when an armed outlaw besieged by Relations to-day.

same period, are A large bust of Lea Was there is no news of his returning programme, of which the five-year among the Chinese commercial com-

sixteen hours against all the re outset. the youths making this Yu-pu is likely to remain in Pekture of G.$725,000,000 is only a

sources of, military warfare except to the restricted volume of trade Possession of a sum of $100,000. their first mark. Afterwards theying for several days.

part-Reider's American Service. conducted at present and partly. When the proceedings again of course artillery, is graphically destroyed the busts of other pro- It is reported that, the Fongtien

due to the tightness of silver and came up before Mr. R. E. Lindsell described in the full story to hand Huge Battleship Outlay.

the banknote troubles, business at the Central. Police Court, after to-day. minent Communists, slashed paint-party is negotiating with General

The man was trapped on Friday, and financial men in Canton hold being remanded" from Tuesday, tings beyond recognition, smashed Tang Seng-chi with the obicet of every particle of furniture and the assisting him to stake a "come

In the course of his address to the view that few of the shops or the number of legal luminaries and the grim siege continued ". back in Hunan, and it is report the Navy Committee, Mr. Wilbur hongs will be able to collect even interested in the case was added through the dark hours until early to by the inclusion of counsel. on Saturday morning when Sergt. The documents; pamphlets, pro-ed in Péking that the Ilunanese said that the programme already thirty per cent. of their debts.

Business men further say that Besides Mr. M. K. Lo, who is ap Menzies of the Reserve squad,. It is understood that one bigpagandist

books and have advanced to within 50 miles given in detail would be spread Untion, with a membership of statistics, which were prominently from Hankow under General Ho over ten years but that a much few, if any, of the leading, busi-pearing for the defence, and Mr. showing extreme bravery, mounted bigger programme providing for nesses in Canton will be able to R. A. Wadeson, of Messrs. a fire escape and emptied his re- Chien: 300,000, challenred the Council's | featured, were literally torn

Reports of peace negotiations the replacement of battleships

Mits grenades, tear gas bomba, right to accept. The employers' shreds.

with Shansi continue to be pub-would be introduced as soon as accumulate much profit for the Deacons, who had been previously volver into the man. invitation, but the Council decid- Throughout the confusion the

considerable number of Government-which is undertak- and concentrated rifle and machine- ed to proceed with its policy and riotous crowd were yelling "Dowshed in the press, but it is stated that was possible under the Wash-car now closing. It is feared instructed by the present Canton

that the Fenstien forces are pre-ington Treaty,

The annual cast of battleship re-shops will be closed down after ing this prosecution-there were gun fire failed to silence the out- consuli, the Unions later if negea with the Sovieta"

paring for L large campaign sary-Reuter.

had failed to surrender on demand Some may not re-open at all, while Shenton, also of Messrs. Deucons; against Shangt after the New Year placement would be G. 168.000,00), the Chinese New Year festivities. also present the Hon. Mr. W. F. L. law, a kidnapper, and after he Protest Against Lies.

G.$3,000,000,000,-** if peace is not conchado. They aggregating

it will take the majority some time and Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Counsel, at 11.25 p.m. on Friday, operations When things had quietened are sending reinforcements, to Kenter's American Service.

le re-finance and re-organise their who now announced that he was were suspended until daylight. businesses. ex-Tatung-fu with that object.→ down somewhat, the youths

instructed by the Canton Govern. The following account of the sub sequent proceedings is from the plained that they belonged to the Reufer.

Public confidence in the Central ment. League of Nutional Youth and that;

| N. C. D. News, and one cannot Mr. T. H. King (Director of withhold a form of admiration for one according to the raid was a protest against "the

report Criminal Intelligence, represent the bandit's courage. lies distributed by the organisers

a good number of teahouses anding the Police authorities) In

Outlaw's End. restaurants have had to suspend reply to his Worship stated:-- of the Exhibition giving a, false

In determined fashion, opera- business temporarily for the reaI ask your Worship to grant 4tions recommenced at 8.6 am, on iden of present Russia and a re-

BIG CARNEGIE GRANTS. volting picture of life in Tsarist

son that they would rather do no further remand of 24 hours in Saturday. A fire escape. Was Russia."

Cape Town, Jan, 12. business than be forced by their order to enable me to reconsider placed at the window of the attic South Africa is about to receive customers to accept Central Bank the position to-morrow morning and Sergt. Menzies of the Reserve windfall. from the Carnegie Cor-notes owing to continued fluctua Yesterday, or rather late last squad mounted it with a view to ly associating himself with Mar-

poration of New York, as the re-tion. Some of the restaurants and night, we received a requisition determining whether the man was. hal Feng Yu-hainng, who mean-sult of a recent tour by its repre- teahouses which are still open from the Governor of Canton, and dead. As his head appeared in have had to double their charge to other witnesses who have arrived. view, the bandit raised himself while is reported to be deliberate-sentatives in Suth Africa. ly fanning anti-foreign feeling

The Corporation has decided to customers who produce. Central But, so far, we have been unable from his crouching position under- among the Chinese troops...

Another general (Sang Chung. offer the 'proper South African nu-Bank notes in payment of their to go into it, and it is neith the window sill and fired wu) is said to be concerned in the thorities a five-year programme of bills. intrigue and foreign observers are grants in aid of certain acientific watching for further develop-and other projects involving a

anxiety total expenditure of £100,000.

F

Later.

Important Problems,

The industrial peace conference sat for three hours.

SRVA

A joint official statement that on the motlen of Mr. Ben Turner, who is the Chairman af the TU.C., Sir Alfred Mond was 'elected" to, preside.

Sir Alfred explained that the employers were present in their Individual capacity and that the conference was to consider general Hines of policy. He reviewed the problems to be examined, includ

in the better organisation of

The Police are conducting an inquiry into the affair-Router.

industry by means of amalgama THE LATE MR. THOMAS

tions, the introduction of new methods, the transference or pen- sioning of displaced workers, the improvement of the security and status of the worker who should be given an interest in the busi- ness. He added that they could not expect to create heaven an earth, but if they could give Britain freedom from industrial disputes they wand place the country, which had always been a leader in these matters, in the forefront.

Labour's Co-Operation,

It was agreed that Sir Alfred Mond and Mr. Ben Turner should preside at the meetings alternate Jy--Kruter.

HARDY.

TO BE. BURIED AT WESTMINSTER.

London, Jan. 12." The late Mr. Thomas Hardy will be laid to rest in Westminster) Abbey on Monday-Renters

Royal Sympathy.

London, Jan. 12.

NORTHERN INTRIGUE.

Feng Yu-Hsiang Stirring Anti- Foreign Feeling.

Shanghai, Jan. 12. It is rumoured that General Chang Chung-chang is now active

seme

with iments Naval Wireless,

NORTHERN AGENTS IN

- SHANGHAL

Causing Anxiety lo Nationalists,

Shanghai, Jan. 12.

WINDFALL FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

Bark notes is still very doubtful

and

our hope that something, will be at the police officer. The latter done within the next twenty-four immediately emptied his pistol at Poor People Hit.

hours, when it will be possible to the man, who was seen to collapse During the recent troubles, reconsider the matter and decide but before he finally gave himself The programme includes grants many of the poor people pawned definitely on the line of action to to death against overwhelming of £2,000 per year for five years their clothes and other belongings, be taken. I would add that the odds, he fired his last shot, which for scientific and other researches, but now they find most of the original remand of three days was whistled past the officer on the fire £4,000 for research into the "poor pawnshops shut. Even when they requested, because, being in police escape. At this moment it was White" problem, £1,500 to assist discover one doing business, they custody, that was the extreme not known whether he had suc- libraries, and £18,000 for exchange seldom get more than twenty per limit of remand in police custody. cumbed and more Mills grenades of visits between South African cont. of the value of the property Had I known that they would be were hurled into the room but able to find bail, I would have nothing more was heard from the and American leaders of science, pawned." social work and education,

Despite the fact that the Chinese asked your Worship to fix a longer besieged man. Later, the door of Funds will also be granted to New Year festivities are approach-remand.

the room was smashed in and the East Africa for education anding, the usual centres of trade are

man was found huddled up between the window and the door leading nursing.--Reuter-

to the next attic.

KING OF AFGHANIS-

TAN'S TOUR...

HONOURED BY THE POPE. Rome, Jun. 12. For the first time in history, a king of Afghanistan has passed the threshold of the Vatican, King Amanuallah having at half-hou: audience with His Holiness the Pope.

,

His Worship: I imagine you

It is understand that the ques-| Northern, agents, believed to be Mr. Iten Turner emphasized the then is being considered or offer-directed by Marshal Sun Chuan importance of finding a just anding a burial in Westminister Abe

fang. are showing increased

very quiet. The people suffered lasting solution of industrial pro- bey for the remains of the late activity in the native city, and

so much during the "Red" insur- have no objection, Mr. Lo?

Mr. Lo No, your Worship. blers and of putting the country Thomas Hardy. The late novelist, causing increasing anxiety to the

reetion and so many of their

Terrible Injuries. however, had always expressed Nationalist Government,

His on the highway of prosperity.

Worship:-Defendants houses were gutted by incendiary

An examinaton of his body Sir Alfred Mend announce desire to be interred at Stinsford, The Military Council at Nanking,

fires that they are now busying therefore stand remanded until 10 showed that no less than eighteen that the employers hat appoint near Dortheater, which, under the in tight of recent happenings, is re-

themselves with matters of a moren.m. to-morrow. Bail as before: bullets had entered at different el a Committee of seven, with name of Millstork, is the scene of ported to have refused the resigna-

serious nature than the spending [Bail, which was fixed to corres- himself a Chairman, to facilitate his great Wessex novels,

tion of General Pei Ching-hsi as

of money in New Year shopping at pond to the amount of the sum in points: a piece of flesh as large as atoacup had been blown off his Scores of telegrams from cele-Defence Commander of the Shang- the work, and Mr. Turner then in-

the bazaars.

respect of which defendants are calf, and his face was a mass of timate that the T.U.C. would brities in English and European hai-Woosung area,

charged, was split up into

two Recent Failures. →':

wounds, caused no doubt, by. appoint a similar Committee.

equal amounts of $50,000, after splinters from the Mills bombs. A iterature: have been received to-Incidentally, Gen. Hsiung Shih- ay at Max Gate, Hardy's home at wel has been appointed to the

Though business conditions in considerable urging by Mr. M. K. bullet had penetrated his right reheater, expressing admiration post for the time being but he has

the city are somewhat depressing, Lo at the previous hearing. For eye, another had entered his of the dead writer's genius am declined the appointment pending

the police have succeeded in pre- the defendants it was stated that temple. The sight was distressing, Pondolence with Mrs. Hardy. instructions from Gen."Pei Chung

serving peace and order, and few, they were merely acting as ser his body being a mass of wounds One of the first was addressed hai.

cases of robbery and theft are re-vants, in the transfer of the and, in order to stop the flow of Hsiung has 3 residence in the London, Jau. 12.. by, the King to Mrs. Hardy and

Contrary to the usual custom ho ported. Corps of armed police money, for a regime which is said blood, the man had torn down the Settlement and did not kneel and did not kiss the police still patrol the various dis- to be opposed to the present Gov-curtains covering the window and Great interest is displayed in ran the "Queen and Fare grieved International

erniment of General Li Chai-sum, had used these to staunch” the.“ the first meeting to-day of the to hear of the sad less you have should he finally agree to take up Pope's hand but merely bowed tricts.

A big china-ware shop in the from which the present requisition rush of blood. joint conference on co-operation sustained by the death of your the appointment. radical changes deeply. in industry, the ground work for distinguished husband-a loss that ne civil and military oflices are The Pope presented him with Shin Kee district, announced against

two defendants which has been most carefully will be shared by all his country anticipated.

an autographed photograph in a bankruptcy two days ago, with emanates.) The present holders of these silver frame, and conferred upon liabilities of $300,000 while a Employing interests men in whose literature his "name" prepared. will be represented by a group of will live permanently. We offer posts are said to be loyal adherents him the Order of the Golden Spur peace-goods firm also closed down to Pei Ching-hai's pariy.-Naval

The King of Italy has conferred on the same day. The latter is leading industrialists.. who have

Wirelcus.

the Collar of the Order of said to be owing debts to other associated themselves with Sir you our deep sympathy in your

sorrow."-British Wireless. Alfred Mond, and the trade unions

Annunciata, which is the highest business hongs to the extent of Italian Order upon King Amanual- [ $200,000. will be represented by the General Council of the Trades Union Con-

lah.who has conferred the highest. Afghan Order on the Crown gress.

Prince and Signor Mussolini, Reuter.

Great Interesi.

The area of exploration is the "entire field of industrial' re- organization and industrial rela- tions." The Conference is large- ly the outcome of a widespread feeling, which found expression in a letter from the employers to the Trades Union Congress and which noted: "We believe that the com- mon interests which bind us are mero powerful than the apparent- ly divergent interests which seem to separate."

EXIT THE LANCE.

AN OBSOLETE WEAPON OF

WARFARE,

Landon, Jan. 12.

NANKING CONFERENCE.

Kuomintang Officials Arrive.

Shanghai, Jan. 13. Mrs. Liao Chung-kai and four other C.E.C. Members arrived at Nanking at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Immediately on their arrival, they paid a visit to Mar- An Army Order states that ithal Chiang Kai-shek and, gave a has been decided in abolish the detailed report of the recent lance as a weapon of war. Canton situation.

Henceforth, the lance will not As regards the 4th Kuomintang be carried on the field during Conference, Mrs. Liao promised training bat will be retained by that they would attend, since they This approach was sympathetic- the dancer regiments. for cere were welcomed by Marshal Chiang ally received and it is believed monial purposes only. Training-Nam Chung Pao. that to-day's conference will lay in the handling and use of this down, lines in which the intricate weapon, other than for ceremonial problems facing industry can be i jointly explored. On the eve of purposes, will be discontinued

forthwith.-Britiah Wirelesa.

this meeting a manifesto tof good- will signed by 109 of the largest the country, 72 employers in

PRESIDENT.

DIPLOMATIC TRIP.

CC. Wu's European Mission. Shanghai, Jan. 12. Mr. C. C. Wu has intimated thati

ተኃ

ZEPPELIN NEARLY

New Officials.

Canton, Jan, 13., General Feng Cho-man, who re- turned to Canton from Swntow on Wednesday, is shortly to resume his office as Finance Commissioner of Kwangtung.

the

JAPAN'S FOREIGN

TRADE.

COMPLETED FIGURES FOR 1927..

The state of the room was al- most indescribable; he lay in a corner in a pool of blood, the floor was an inch deep in plaster dust, the walls were penetrated by hun" dreds of bullets and the floor was in splinters. Not a square foot was intact. He must have spent the night in agonies, as patches of blood mixed with the plaster dust: showed where he had moved from spot to spot in order to evade the many bullets which were poured in. A water tank above the attic had been penetrated and the drip of the water added an cerle note Mr. Lam Wen-kal, the present

to the scene which confronted those who gained admíttanée. aeting Finance Commissioner, is

after the man had been killed. PROBABLY LEAVING FOR NEW Preparing to hand over the office

to the new Commissioner.

Splintered wood, empty cartridge: YORK IN MAY.

General Feng was last night-en- It is added that in connexion cases, and empty tear-gas bombs tertained by Generals Li Chai-sum with the figures for Japan proper, surrounded the body and it is Berlin, Jan 12.. Working night and day on the and Wang Shao-hung at a banquet which were issued curlier, the nothing short of miraculous, how in the Kwai Yuen, formerly the totals are:-Exports Yen.2,046.8 the mon managed to evade a death- Zeppelin designed for the Trans-residence of Mr. Wang Ching-wei million: Imports Yen.2,356.8 mil. dealing bullet or bomb fragment. atlantic passenger airship service, but now the residence of General llon-an adverse balance of 292 Right Hand Smashed." the LZ127, German engineers have Wang. made wonderful strides. It is

Mr. Wang Lang-shan, Manager now anticipated that the finishing of the Central Bank, yesterday touches will see her ready for

READY.

Tokyo, Jan. 12. The Finance Department's figures for foreign trade last year show:.

Formosa Exports Yen.44,500, 00, imports Yen.65,500-700.

Korea. Exports Yen.28,000,000, Imports Yen.113,900,000.

million-Reuter.

When found, the man's right hand was almost blown to pieces. Ap parently a bullet had struck the

GERMAN STEEL PRICES fleshy part of the hand, passed

SOARING.

through the trigger guard and then taken off the top of the man'as middle finger. He thon, shot with his left hand and his pistol was

service at the beginning of May. announced that resumption of The 12127 will proceed to New cashing the Government notes can- previously announced. The Mari- he is going to Europe on February York directly, her trials have been not be effected to-day, as was 1. vin India, Egypt and Turkey for completed, and will then go to ager declared that all the cashing EFFECT OF SHORTER HOURS found close to his left side with the purpose of making "general Buenos Aires, hoping afterwards depots will be able to resume on observation." after which he plans to continue round the world in the 20th inst YOUNG BANKER'S RISE to visit North, Central and South two or three stages.― Reuter.

Labour Members of Parlament | FROM MESSENGER TO and 13 trade union secretaries is Issued by the Industrial Christian Fellowship. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in a separate mes- sage, prays that to-day's delibera- tions may be guided to a wise con- clusion:

The Conference will be private but a joint official statement will be issued afterwards. It is being preceded by a special meeting of Trades Tinion Coun.-British Wirelcas..

New York, Jan. 12:

America.

Although Mr."Wu states he is

Mr. Robert Clarkson, aged 35, leaving for a rest and "general has been élected President of the study it is believed the tour is a Chase National Bank.

effort by the Nanking Government Clarkson began his career as a to establish diplomatic relations messenger boy in a brokerage with nations all over the world House. Reuter's American Service. wherever possible. Router.

TO-DAY.

-Dollar on demand

g-up.

2/-11/16.. 5.58 p.m.

On a charge of refusing to accept. the Central Bank notes, the office of the Kwangtung Water Works Company was raided by order of General Tang Yin-wah, the Police Chief, yesterday afternoon. The chief clerk was arrested and all the other employees of the Water Company fled-Nam Chung Peo.

AND MORE PAY.

the butt almost wrenched offib.

All police officers engaged Im Dusseldorf, Jan. 12. í

mediately in the ling of fire wore' Owing to the Introduction of the bullet-proof vests and it is entis eight-hour day and the increased factory to note that there was no ages now being paid, the German loss of life amongst the police, Steel Trust has increased the although Sub-Inspr. Watson was prices of raw steel from 8 to

Bunfortunate in sustaining a wound marks per tons for home consump-in the right ankle, tion-Reuter,

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