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THE WEST RIVER MINED.

CLOSED TO STEAMERS ABOVE SAMSHUI.

WUCHOW WELCOMING THE KWANGSI FORCES.

CANTON CONFIDENT.

Wuchow, Nov. 20.

The evacuation of Wuchow by thei Cantonese troops. was completed: yesterday, and a deputation of the clty leaders have proceeded to in- form the Kwangsi troops of the fact, and to request them to take aver the city Immediately,

As it now appears that there are plenty of armed police in Wuchów, th defencelessness of the city as previously reported is not apparent.

It is expected that the Kwangai- ites under General Liu Woon-yim will occupy Wuchow to-day or to morrow Naval Wireless.

River Mined.

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Canton, Noy. 20.

A circular message issued through the Bureau for Foreign Affairs to the foreign consuls here informs them that the West River will be closed to all traffic as from Thursday, 21st November...

No vessels will be allowed to pass up further than Sam Shui as mines have been laid in the river, and highly charged electric net- ting has been stretched below the surface. This is believed to have been done in the neighbourhood of Shluhing, though of course the exact position is unknown.

H.M.S. Tarantula ·and, H.M.3. Seamew are remaining in Wychow to safeguard foreign interests; it Is also reported that the U.S.S. Mindanao Is proceeding to Wu- 'chow.

Officials Confident.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929.

HIS EXCELLEN CY'S NEW POST.

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His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi, K.O.M.G., whose appoint- ment as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commla. sioner of the Federated Malay States is announced to-day.

AMERICA'S NAVAL DELEGATION.

FULL LIST OF MEMBERS DISCLOSED.

Washington, Nov. 20.

Canton official circles maintain an attitude of entire confidence and openly state that the troops the American delegation to the of General Lui Woon-yim will be suppressed within two weeks.

Hilary Jones has withdrawn from The story that Rear-Admiral

London Five-Power Naval Con- ference is definitely disposed of by the publication to-day of the com Both General Chan Chai-tong. plated delegation, which consists the Military Governor of Kwan as follows:

tung and the Commander-in-Chief Mr. H. Stimson, Secretary of of the Canton Garrison, and Ad-State,

miral Chan Chak, the Commander- Mr. C. Adams, Secretary of the in-Chief of the Kwangtung Pro- Navy, vincial Fleet, are at present in Canton.

Canton Doubtful.

The general opinion of the populace, however, appears to be that Canton will fall to the com- bined attack of General Chang Fat- kwai and his Ironsides from the North River and General Lul Wooh-yim from the West River.

General Dawes, Ambassador in London,

Mr. Dwight Morrow, Ambas sador in Mexico,

Mr. Hugh Gibson, Ambassador in [Brussels,

Senator J. T. Robinson, Senator David Reed, Admiral Pratt, Rear-Admiral Hilary Jones. The two naval officers accom- pany the delegation as Naval

The mining of the West River advisers.-Reuters American Ser- is, of course, to prevent the troops vice.

of General Lui Woon-yim.coming down the river by junks, after he has reached Wuchow-Our Own Correspondent.

BOMB OUTRAGE.

CHAN MING-SHU SAID TO BE WOUNDED,

TERRIBLE. FISHING

TRAGEDY.

FOURTEEN LIVES BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOST.

AID FOR FISHING INDUSTRY.

LIBERAL MOTION ACCEPTED IN THE HOUSE.

SCHEMES OUTLINED.

London, Nov. 20. Sir Robert Hamilton the Liberal member for the Orkney Islands, introduced A motion into the House of Commons calling for im- mediate action by the Government o assist the fishing industry, which, he said, had been going through a very bad time,

The motion proposed that the Government should relieve flehirg harbours of their excessive financial burdena," provide a system of harbour development, secure, an international agreement regarding fishing grounds in the North Sea and elsewhere which are subject of dispute, and generally to establish the industry on a sound basis.

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Sir Robert suggested the grant of loans to fishermen, on easy terms, to enable them to replace. their gear.

SPANISH ARTILLERY

DISAFFECTED,

UNDESIRABLE ELEMENT TO BE ELIMINATED.

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Mr. Buxton, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, accept- cd the motion, and said action was already being taken in the direc- tlons indicated. An Inquiry as to where further action was needed was about to be conducted by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry. Mr. Buxton also men- What is believed to be a terrible tioned, that about £75,000 yearly flahing tragedy occurred off Lap was being spent on research. Sap Mei, in Chinese territory, at British Wireless. Canton, Nov. 20, about 11 p.m. on October 17th, the Communists threw a bomb in police having received a report that Wing Hon Road North, near the a fishing junk capsized in a sudden office of the Canton Governiment squall, and that fourteen' Chinese, Treasury, last night about 10 including women and children, are o'clock, causing great excitement believed to have lost their lives.

Wah Cheung, a foki on the junk, among the residents in the vicinity.

and three others were rescued by Not far from the Canton Trea- a passing steamer and taken to sury is a well known hotel, the Macao," whence they have been sent Tuet Tung, and it was on a piece to Hongkong, but there is no news of ground near this hotel that the as to the fate of the other fourteen In view of the latent disaffec- bomb exploded. The officials at people who were in the boat at the tion in the artillery It is understood the Treasury at the time were time. Melbourne, Austraila, by a day startled, while

that the Government fa taking and-night relay system," in not

panic prevalled among hundreds of theatre-goers of some of them having been pick reorganise the artillery with

Although there is a possibility steps if not to dissolve at least to more than seven and a half days at the China Theatre opposite to ed up by passing river craft, the view to eliminating the disaffected

Long sections of the Empire air the Yuet Tung Hotel. NIGHT FLIGHTS ON NEW, operated by night..........

line, indeed, will be regularly

worst fears are entertained. Ac elemente with which military The shop-keepers lost no time in cording to the report of Wah juntas are operating. EMPIRE ROUTE.

Wireless Direction.

putting up their shutters, be- Cheung, the squall came up with H.M. the King has consented to Nut long ago night-flying to a lieving that it was a local uprising terrifying suddences, which left the any measures the Dictator wishes Following the recent nanounce-commercial time-table would have of the Communists. Hundreds of crew with no possible chance of mont of Sir Eric Geddes, at the been considered a troublesome and gendarmes and police arrived on keeping the Junk under control. Annual meeting of Imperial Air-risky business. But no such view the scene, and found that apart from ways, that the Empire air-mail is taken to-day. The adoption of the damage done to the empty route is to be continued through to the multi-engined system in trans-ground near the hotel no one was Kustralia, every effort is now be-port aeroplanes implies that, to wounded. Ing made to hasten the inaugura-fall intents and purposes, the risk f tion of further sections castward of a forced landing is eliminated. Road North, Kwang Tai Road and from India.

By means of automatic wire- The first extension to be put less beacons, arranged at suitable Wei Of Tung Road, were searched. POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS FOR fite operation will be a line con- points, a pilot can be kept ac. The police later in the night found curately upon a night course. For another bomb on Tal Fing Nam

TO AUSTRALIA IN · 72 DAYS,

nacting Karachi with Calcutta.

Australia.

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Pedestrians passing Wing Hon

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BRITAIN AND IMAM OF YEMAN.

TREATY,

Madrid, Nov. 20:

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to take and it is believed that the latter has the situation wall in hand...

The Dictator will probably use conciliatory means "rather than apply punitive measures. An or der has been issued allowing Bons of large familles dismissed from military academies on political

be re-admitted. grounds to Reuter.

DOCTOR RELEASED.

RESULT OF APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL.

London, Nov. 20. Doctor Benjamin Knowles, whose

Then giant flying-boats-far guiding airmen inte aerodromes, Road. larger than any employed hitherto science now provides great "neon"

London, Nov. 20. will carry on the service to lights, throwing an intense reddish A Canton correspondent; Replying to a question regarding Bangoon and Singapore; after bear, which can be seen miles writing late yesterday afternoon, the state of the negotiations with which the Imperial airline will away. "Pillars of iro" those afr. In an addition to a report of the the Imam of Yeman, Mr. W. Luun, estabilah connoxions, at Port Dar-way lighthouses are called.

above incident sent earlier in the Parliamentary Under Secretary of win, with the airway system of The present record fight be day, states:

State, said a communication was re- The Civil head, General Chan through an unofficial channels and cently received from the Imam A Lime schedule has just been that of Cape. Kingsford-Smalth, Ming-shu, was wounded by the the British Resident ataden, who conviction for the murder of his worked out which shows that it in the Southern Cress, accomplish bomb explosion near the Treasury had been authorleed to inform him wife by a Judge sitting without a should be possible for urgent mails ed from Australia in 12 days 21 last night.: to be air-borne from London to hours 18 minutes.

of the conditions under which jury at Kumnai In Ashanti was Datails are lacking thus far, but Great Britain was prepared to re-quashed by a Judical Committee of one suspect, a woman, has been some negotiations with him with the Privy Council yesterday. was view to the conclusion of a treaty, released from Maidstone Prison arrested.

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