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HỌNGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1925.
BIG WILL MYSTERY.
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DOLLARS INVOLVED,
GREAT
«SEQUEL IN COURT TO-DAY.
Secret Kept For Twenty Years.
After twenty years of secrecy as to the whereabouts of the will
WINTER of a Hongkong millionaire a grandson of the deceased has caused to
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be put in hand proceedings which resulted in the appeurance this morning before the Chief Justice of the two sons and other interested persons...
The amount of money pon-posed so as to be able to invoke cerned in the will was ap-the blessing of my ancestors." proximately a million dollars, this!
A reserve is ordered to be kept having been amassed by, the for the observance of ancestral deceased (Chan Afong) in the worship and another for the an- course of his dealings as a sugar nual payment to the widows of planter in the Hawaiian Islands. the ancestral village of $200.
The proceedings which opened Cross-examination of witnesses this morning were, in accordance as to their knowledge of the with an order made by Mr. whereabouts of the will in the Justice H. H. J. Gompertz, who long interval that elapsed before when he had heard evidence in it was made public is still Chambers ordered that the sur- continuing, viving sons of the deceased and others should be called to give evidence before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Cowper' Gollan, as to their knowledge of the where- abouts of the will during the lengthy period that has elapsed since the death of Chan Afang.
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., ap- peared with Mr. Elsley Zeitlyn for Chan Wing-on, the grandson, and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin for the several witnesses called for examination.
The soliciters who respectively instructed counsel were Mr. G. K Hall Brutton and Messrs. Lo & Lo. Counsel for the defence asked for a restriction of any roving commission for examination of witnesses that opposing counsel might think they had and His Lordship made it clear that there must be no questions concerned with the position of the whole estate but merely dealing with the knowledge which witnesses might' have of the whereabouts of the will:
Mr. Potter said he thought some kind of opening statement should be made and he was. allowed to detail some of the main events concerned with the case. At the time of Chan Afong's death in 1906 there were surviving him two song by his Chinese kit fuat and one by his Hawaiian concubine. These were Chan Lung, Chan King-lue and Chan Chik-lue, respectively. Chan King-lue had since died.
ALLIED DEBTS.
COMPROMISE BETWEEN BRITAIN, & S.
FAR-REACHING EFFECT.
America Now In Reparations Pool
(Reuter's Service.)
Paris, January 11.
It is learned that the details of the agreement of the nice Con ference published from a French source are mainly accurate as regards broad principles, but any figures of the amounts payable by the different Powers are mere guesses, inasmuch as important factors, such as the total German deliveries in kind during the occupation of the Ruhr are sub- ject to revaluation by the Repara- tions Commission..
It has been agreed that Belgium. will receive the full eight per cent. of reparations during the first Dawes year, and possibly the second, if necessary, in order to
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PIRATES TERRORISED.
HONGKONG EUROPEAN'S EXPLOIT.
́A VILLAGE SAVED.
Successful Ruse Scares Robbers.
Were it not for the promptitude and courage of a prominent European resident and his son, a Hongkong village might have been entirely ransacked last night.
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the Edwin Clapp shoe. It is one of the Dairy Farm Co.'s in charge of the telephone, Mr.
comfortable, it retains its abape Arnold, accompanied by his son, properties.
through hard usage and re proceeded to the village.
From some distance off, Mr.peated aoling. Its appearanço Arnold heard shouts and cries. He learned that a pirate horde of ten strong had entered the vil lage and were terrorising the in- habitants. Little could be seen in the confusion and darkness.. As both Mr. Arnold, sen., and Mr. Arnold, jun., were armed with rifles and revolvers, they decided to fire into the air, over the heads of the gang.
Not far from the village, along Jubilee Road, from which a bridle path leads down into Telegraph Bay, is the residence of Mr. John Arnold, secretary to the Hong-
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Mr. G. Whitmore, director of communications for the Marconi Company, and Mr. D. G. Ward, radio engineer, are shown watching the transmission from London to New York of the first pictures ever sent over the ocean by wireless. The photograph was “ taken at the Radio House. Wilson Street, Finsbury Square, London.
No letters of administration, had ever been taken out in con- nection with the will of the de- consed which itself had never been produced," said Mr. Potter, nor any documents of testamen- tary character during the whole of the period that had elapsed until a few days before the com-RELEASE OF mencement of these proceedings
when a document had been handed in which was claimed to
be the original will.
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AN EGYPTIAN CASE:
"
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PROMINENT
ZAGLULIST.
(Reuter's Service.)
Their ruse proved immediately successful as the gang decamped.j forthwith and peace was restored. In her report to the Police, a married woman, gave the number of robbers as six. She lived at an un-numbered house, detached from the village.
Her version is that she was standing at the door when the whole gang accosted her and re quested accommodation for the night.
Upon her refusing, the mis- creants produced a revolver and a dagger.
Three rushed past her! into the house while the other three surrounded her with their weapons..
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In the meantime, her sister and brother-in-law had escaped. "It was their action which resulted in a general alarm for the whole vil- lage and word reaching Mr. Arnold's house up the hillside..
It is also stated that the rob- bers fled when they realised their position but they had partially accomplished their purpose as they managed to get hold of $35 in cash.
WINES AND SPIRITS.
SOVIET TO ESTABLISH A MONOPOLY.
PRICE OF PETROLEUM.
(Reuter's Service.)
Moscow, January 11,
extinguish her priority, Other-occupation of Shantung. wise Belgium will receive during "Le Journal" says that the the second year 4% per cent., plus United States apparently accepted the residuum of two milliards gold the principle of a five years" The Sovlet Government is côn- marks priority conceded her, moratorium in regard to her debts.sidering a Bill to establish a wine which has not yet been paid. . The "Petit Journal" expresses and spirit monopoly.
The sum of 160 million gold [the opinion that a suggestion that | The Naphtha Syndicate an- marka will be debited against the France and Italy will surrender anounces, according to the Rosta The applicant in this саве
Dawes annuities for the costs of small percentage of their percent- Agency, that during the past (Chan Wing-on) was the son of
CAIRO, January. II. Abdel Rahman has been releas the Franco-Belgian armies of ages of German payments, with economic year, the Soviet export- the eldest son of the deceased and ed on the ground of lack of evid- occupation. This will defray the a view, to the extinction of the ed 712,000 tons of petroleum com- he had been told at various times
cost of the difference between the debt, will probably, form the basis pared with 210,000 in the year by his deceased uncle Chan King-
[A Cairo message of Novam maintenance of the troops in of discussion, anyhow with 1922-3. An article in the Pravda lue that Chan Afong had left, aber 27 stated:-Dramatic arrests Germany and at home.
Britain.
by M. Lemov, President of the will and that he (Chan Wing-on) had benefited by it. He had in British military
were carried out by the As regards the British-Ameri The "Matin" says that if Bri-Syndicate, asserts that the ex- authorities at can agreement, the Army"costs tuin agrees to take the Balfour ports this year will total 1,124,000 fact been given $40,000 which sight time. Prominent Zaglu will be spread over twenty years. Note as the basis of settlement, tons, and that the price will be was said to be the amount left to lists were surprised whilst from the date of the Wadsworth the French debt will be compara- reduced by, twenty per cent. him but no will had been pro- abed and removed to an unknown agreement in May, 1928; whilst tively easy. duced at the time. The appli-destination. These are Nakrashi, the payment of reparations will
Smaller Powers. cant had been led to take pro-ex-Under-Secretary for the In- be extended over the whole period The Committee of experts, en- ceedings in the conviction that his terior; Abdel Rahman Fahmy, of the Dawes aqunities in the trusted with the task of preparing
CAUCASUS COLD. uncles whom he had repeatedly who was imprisoned in 1921 in form of a fixed percentage, begin the ground-work for the Financial asked to, had no intention of dis- connection with a conspiracy case ning from the extinction of Conference in the morning, heard BLIZZARDS AND TIDAL closing the will.
and subsequently released when Belgian priority.
statements from the Finance
WAVES. The translation" of the docu- Zagiul Pasha took office; and
The British have not accepted Ministers of amallar Powers, such ment which was alleged to be the William Makra Mobeld, a promio- the American
figure
ofas Roumania and Serbia, who did RAVAGES BY WOLVES: will was read in court and under ent Coptie Waftd-ite, who was this the amount left to the grand recently in London with Zagiul.] $350,000,000 for the American not participate in the preparation
reparations, and the compromise of the preliminary report and (Reuter's Service.) agreement provides for an annual wished to protest against certain percentage, the capital: value of points in the report concerning
Moscow, January 11. GERMAN CABINET.
this to be less than the American 'them.
and Fifty deaths from exposure are The validity of this document
DR. LUTHER'S TASK NOT
figure,
The Committee also heard reported. from Trans-Caucasia, America will receive no interest Baron Ishii as regards Shantung, where unusually severe weather COMPLETED. will not be argued at this hear."
except on the arrears between and the Brazilian Ambassador as continues with blizzards and tidal ing, counsel being restricted to
May, 1928, and the commencement regards German properties aequea waves. Tens of thousands of cross-examination of material
(Reuter e Service.)
of payments to America under the trated in Brazil.
cattle have perished witnesses: It was stated by the
Dawes plan.
All questions were settled to the Packs of wolves, wild boars, and executor of the deceased brother
Berlin, January 11. The Finance (Chan King-lue) that the docu-
The British attach the greatest satisfaction of the respective other animals have been driven Minister, Dr.
from the mountains by hunger importance to this Agreement, parties.. ment was found in his (Chan Luther, whom President Ebert which brings América officially Italy's Position.
and are ravaging the Lowlands." invited to form a Ministry, has into the reparation popl Kinglue's) safe.
Paris, January 11 The wording of this alleged will not yet succeeded to secure the is in parts (to the European support of the Centre Party the American percentage of Ger- who received In Germany, especi- FRANCE AND THE SOVIET.
According to two newspapers. It is announced here that Italy, mind, at any rate) extremely which is necessary to enable him.
to rely on a majority in the the Dawes scheme, will be effec than her quota of ten per cent. "Danny's="Anui paymakta. under ally by deliveries in kind; "more quaint
"It is my earnest hope," it Reichstag, but conversation with tive on the extinction of the Bel- under the Spa percentages, runs, that the whole household them and with other parties are gian priority.
son was the amount he had re- -ceived. According to this, also, the three sons of the deceased were to get $150,000 each.
will conduct themselves amicably, continuing..
towards one another and that they
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NEW AMBASSADOR 'AT: MOSCOW,
(Reuter's Service.)
qwes the reparations, account Japan's Demand.
|400,000,000 gold markan Commenting on yesterday's This surplus will be paid into will have their meals together." Paris, January 10-M. Descamps, meeting of the Allied Conference, the reparations account in ten the French airman, has made best the "Petit Parisian says that yearly instalments from Septem- speed records for 100 and 200 Japan demanded 82,000,000 gold ber, 1926, by a proportionate re M Jean Herbette, has arrived kilometres for an aeroplone with a marks repayment of her duction of the Italian abare, of the here to assume the position of o dof 500 kilas-Havas.
expenser in connection with the annuities under the Dawes scheme, French Ambassador.
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