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HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1927,
No. 25,549
LATEST OUTRAGE.
FOREIGNER AND HIS SON MURDERED.
EUROPEAN LADY MISSING.
YUNNAN SOLDIERS' ATROCIOUS CRIME.
and has not been heard of since.
FLOOD PERILS.
The Worst In America's History.
PRICE, $3.00
MAY DAY.
Passes Off Quietly Everywhere.
LABOUR AND CHINA..
London, May 1.
WOES
Beaten With Walking Stick.
QUESTION OF A MARRIAGE.
N. LAZARUS
Only European Optician stabinked Over Forty Years
-Ralph A. Cooper, M.A.0.A. Registered Optometrist. (Canada),
An Indian named Katah Singh Road, was charged with assaulting living at, No. 31, Wongnelchong a Chinese girl with a walking stick.
on Saturday.
:
Since
WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION.
leans, May 1 The huic lowering of the
All reports received up to now waters of the Mississippi here as show that May Day passed off Another terrible outrage in China has to be recorded with news a result of the cutting of the quietly everywhere. Lo hand of a savage attack on a party of missionaries in Yunnan by materialised.
levee at Foydras has not yet London's demonstration took the
He pleaded "not guilty" and sid The level of the usual form of procession of thou-he merely pushed her. a gang of unpaid soldiers who brutally murdered a foreign mission-water this morning was high as Hyde Park where a resolution was said she had lived, in defendant's
sands from the Embankment to
The girl who gavo her age as 18. ery and his son and severely wounded his wife. A European lady ever
The engineers attribute this to segure the withdrawal of the Bri- After her father's death her mother adopted pledging the gathering to house since she was five years old. who was also a member of the party escaped with one of the children the continued rise in the river, tish troops from China, Mr. A. J.married the defendant and for six
also to high tides in the Gulf of Cook, in a speech, declared that Mexico preventing the water"legal or illegal there will be an-years she was treated as a daughter, The "Kinwo" was hit by three normally.
flowing to the sea, as freely as other general-strike," and asked the
When she was eleven, complainant's shells but there were fortunately
audience to repeat his new slogan: mother died and defendant married They declare the water is "Clear out the Blues" (the Con-her aunt the same year. no casualties and no material bound to go down if enough dyna-servatives) and "Bakiwin must go." that time defendant had treated her darnage.
mite is used to blow up the levees, Simultaneously Hyde Park was as a mui teai. The fire was replied to by the They have already used 4,000 lbs. the scene of a meeting of 10.000
Magistrate: Why should your guns from the "Kiawo" which re of dynamite and are prepared to persons organised by the anti-aunt treat you as a mui taai?-It ports having hit the parapet of use another 4,000 lbs. if neces- Socialist unions in their "Hands off was no use her treating me other Yunnanfu (Yunnan). April 15. the gun emplacement. It is be-gary.
Britain" campaign, which was ad-wise if defendant wouldn't recog- The Rev. Mr. Slichter (of theeved that some of the guns were The town of ksburg is in MP's and adopted a
dressed by a dozen Conservative pise me as his daughter. China Inland Mission) and one of thus put out of action,
the greatest dang
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Is always beating me. Wireless,
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Eastern Arkansas and Wanhsien last year, where she sweeping away everything in its took part in the very heavy fight- path.-Reuter's American Ser- ing
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| his two children have been brutal- ly murdered by Chinese soldiers in this province.
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Mrs. Slichter was stabbed, an- other lady of the same mission (Miss Craig) escaped and Roman Catholic priest who accom. panied the party was fired at but not injured.
The party of four adults and two children left Shih-Tsung, on their way to Yunnanfu, with an escort of 110 soldiers provided by the local authorities.
When only a short distance out. they were attacked by a gang of 250 soldiers who have not been
paid, but who wore uniforms. The
escort fled.
Stabbed With Bayonels. The attackers surrodnded the group of missionarics and opened fire.
Mr. Slichter was wounded. Still carrying one of his children, he was knocked down by a soldier who struck him with a rifle. The soldier then bayoneted both the child and father in one stroke.
Mrs. Slichter was stabbed several times in the breast. Miss Craig escaped with the other child and has not since been heard of, The Roman Catholic priest was fired at. He put up his hands but the attackers continued to fire and they all missed.
Hiding for Two Days.. In the conclusion, the priest escaped behind a wall, whence he fran to the neighbouring hills,
It is probable that the rounds fired at H.M.S. "Teal" and the Kinwo" were from Southern bal- teries.]
vice.
Hundreds in Danger,
ed with the least possible delay.
Risked a Benting. Five Thousand persona attended meeting in the Albert Hall in the that on the occasion previous, to Aaked why he bent her, she said evening, when Mr. Cook was the the one complained of she was bea- chief speaker.
ten because she went to play with A resolution was passed calling the neighbour's children. on the Labour leaders to take steps, Coming to Saturday's assault, including a general strike, to bring complainant said she went to the: about the dissolution of the Govern-neighbour's at 6 pm. ment. Reuter
New Orlephs, May-1
Magistrate: In spite of the fact It is reported that the Missie--
Trades Union Bill.
that he had beaten you for the sippi. embankment has burst at
Rugby, May 1.
same thing before?-I was asked May Day demonstrations of pro- over to teach the children knitting. Position at Hankow.
four points at Perish, Concordia, test against the Trades Unions Bill Louisiana, an esite Natchez were favoured with the weather beating?-1 did not think he would' You were willing to risk another Hankow, May 1.
on the Ming made their appearance to-day, ed the
Danners and pamphlets have hundreds
The lives of and attracted large, crowds.
beat me. Most of the demonstrations took ho disregard the form of a procession followed neighbour brought her back to the Proceeding, complainant sald the danger.- taking the form of a greeting to Reuter's .
by open air meetings at which op house and implored defendant not ice. sailors of all nations and an ap-
position to the measure was regis to beat her but he took no notice. $200 peal that they should not allow
tered. They passed off without any She was given about 20 strokes themselves to be used to thwart
Huntoward incident. the efforts of the Chinese for "liberation."
With the arrival here to-day of Japanese gunboats and evacuated Japanese communities, there are no longer Japanese gunboats or Japanese nationals in districts on the Yangtse above Hankow-Bri- tish Naval Wireless.'
Gunfire Continues.
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Nanking, May 1.
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staryIn a speech delivered last night with a walking stick all over the durese in Manchester, Lord Birkenhead arms, legs and body and then made cople, declared that the Government were to kneel down for over an hour. A U.S. tanker has left here for said this is the worst flood in the prepared at all costs Chenglin for the purpose of history of America. It has ruin-through the Bill, which comes up ing night.
to carry
She went to the police the follow- evacuating oil stores.
ed 200,000, inundated 600,000,000 Commons to-morrow.
for second reading in the House of acres of land and caused damage)
. Defendant Admits. Defendant: Is it not a fact that amounting to $200,000,000.
He added that it was unlikely for the past three months you al that in any of its principal points it ways came home late at night, well still be removed from the levees in its passage through Parliament. away later than 9 p.m.
Thousands of refugees must would undergo much modification after 11 o'clock?--No. I was never and other temporary refugees. -British Wireless Service.
Coastguards with motor boats
Earlier Messages. have arrived by train from the
go about with bad boys?-I never Rugby, April 30. Atlantic Coast to help rescue Industrial Alliance proposal
Replying to
the
National went with them, those stranded in the Mississippi suspend Delta. Other constguards are en-Trade Unions Bill, the Prime you were in love with him and A Japanese hulk which was training from the Great Lakes to Minister being moved two miles up river explore the backwaters of the the arrangements made, he can was on your wife's suggestion. yesterday was subject to a few Arkansas and other rivers, not entertain the suggestion. He She said she wanted to see how he rifle shots from Pukow but no Reuter's American Service. direct attempt at
hapes the alliance, will recognize was like. interference
Earlier Messages,
that the Government have no other At this stage accused said he. New Orleans, May 1.
motive in Introducing it than to had pleaded "not guilty" because The gunfire between the North- Despite the flood of yellow water dent in the interests of the whole he thought the charge related to Back along the road which they erners at Lion Hill continued the levee at Poydras, the level of ed by the events of last year. It He admitted heating the complain- erners at Pukow and the South-pouring through the three gaps of community with the situation creat-Sunday, when he only pushed her. Thad set out on, Mrs. Slichter was yesterday, two hundred rounds/the water here this morning was is not intended to prejudice the lant on Saturday. taken to their starting point at being fired by the Northerners lowered only one tenth of a foot. activity of trade unions, and he No, a cane. Shih-Taung and attended to, but and twenty by the Southerners-tioned two more tons of dynamite, found, on examination, to have any caused with a walking stick.
well-being or curtail any legitimate Magistrate: With a big stick?! no word has come through as to British Naval Wireless.
Engineers have therefore requíal- does not think that the Bill will be her condition.
Nonsense, those marka were which they are exploding at various such effect. He believes that when Shih-Tsung is about three days' Northern army holds Pukow, on
[General Chang Tsung-chang's points' along the levee--Reuter, journey from Yunnanfu (the the north, bank of the Yangtse, Meanwhile, the main flood in the that they will not hamper Govern heard a lot of remarks passed about
the proposals of the Bill are more
"Angry & Ashamed." Clinging to Trees,
Proceeding, defendant said he capital of the province) and in facing Nanking, which is in the vicinity of Vicksburg is inundating ment for industrial peace.-British the girl's behaviour with boys.
clearly understood, it will be found
came home on Saturday night and the district where brigands re-possession of the Nationalists, new, Territory in Arkansas, Missis- Wireless Service. cently burned up $6,000 worth of who also hold the A.P.C. oll.
waterway.sippi and Upper Louisiana. There Cross-river firing has been re- are now thirty towns more or less ported for the best part of a fort- under water. Victims of the flood night.]
continue to be taken off from roofs, of houses. Steamers
$1,000 CLAIM. rescued seventy refugees, isolated by the break of the levee at Dorna, Mis- souri. It is reported that many refugees are clinging to trees in the Mississipi delta.Router's Ameri-
where he waited for two days in an attempt to trace the others of the party,
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Removing Oil Stores.
Kiukiang, May 1. The situation is, unchanged. The evacuation of oll stores continues without interference British Naval Wireless.
About Yunnan. [Note: Yunnan is the province in the south-west corner of China, adjoining Indo-China, Burma and Tibet. Communications with the outer world are maintained by n railway (under French super- vision) through Indo-China; and niso by the overland route, follow ing the hilly country along the upper course of the West River, The former tuchun, Tang Chi-yao was "independent" for years. He was overthrown by two subordin- ates, General Lung Yun and Gen-situation-British Naval Wirsing Niagara-like rech
cral Hu Yo-yu. The latter wishes less.
for an understanding with the
Kuomintang, while the former pre-
fera Yunnan to stand by itself. "Unpaid" soldiers referred to in
ACTION NEEDED.
the report are probably those of Mr. Putman Weale States His
the type found after each political .or military crisis, becoming bandits and retaining their uní- forma and equipments until their services are sold to, the highest bidder.-Ed., "China Mail."]
YANGTSE DANGERS.
More Firing on British
Ships.
Shanghai, May 1
Views.
can Service.
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of
He was very angry and nshamed and beat her. "I have no objec- tion to her marrying, but I want her to marry a good man."
Defendant's Chinese wife said the girl always walked out with JUDGMENT FOR LAI YUEN gested eloping with her. The girl bad boys, some of whom had sug BANK...
[had often said she wanted to go out and work, but witness adviged The Lai Yuen Bank of 62 Wing her to wait and she would get a Lok Street, successfully claimed good husband for her. The girl
had done.
Wuhu Quiet.
Only a Trickle,
In the Summary Court this morning would not listen to good advice and Wuhu, May 1
New Orleans, April 30.
for $1,000, against the Wing Fung on four or five times stayed away There is no change in the
The expectations of onlookers of rm, of 115 Connaught Road, and from home for a whole night. She Tat Wo, Ma Yuk-chuen and Kwong had to be traced and brought water through an enormous break Keang-chee, parties to an agree-back. were disappointed as at first only ment by which $2,000 was borrow- The Magistrate remarked that it three
small fissures
led from the Bank.
pretty clear the girl was disobo- appeared through which the water trickled. The cinim was for the balance dient, but defendant had no earthly The engineers completed the task of principle owing under a promis-excuse for beating her the way be by exploding two more charges of sory note. dynamite in two channels where the Mr. F. X. Remedios, for the plain-
Neighbours' Opinion first explosion was least effective. tiffa, indicated that Mr. O'Donog
Reuter's American Service.
hue, who had previously represent-neighbours thought so highly of Sub-Inspector James said the Cabinet Views Film
ed defendants, had no further in-the girl that they permitted her to structiona... Washington, April 30. Mr. Putman Weale, who return President Coolidg and the The manager of the plaintiff mix with their children, and were ed to-day from a two months' trip Cabinet put aside affairs of state Bank proved the claim, stating that in fact willing to adopt her. The up the Yangtse, mostly at Han- for a few minutes yesterday and $2,000 was lent on October 13, 1926 Inspector suggested that the root kow, says that ships leaving for looked at a aim of the Mississippi and that, in consequence of a solf-of all the trouble was that the de- Shanghal continue to be loaded floods thrown on the wall of the citor's letter, the defendants paid fendant wanted to marry the girl with fleeing Chinese Cabinet room. Reuter
$1,000 on account in January, the to an Indian and she refused. Every man, woman and child
Dofendant` was fined. 300 or four Towns, Evacuated:
following year. Nothing had been who can is clearing out from Na
Memphis, April 80.received eince the issue of the pre to the Secretary for Chinese weeks' Jail. The girl was referred. The swollen Arkansas River has sent writ.
Shanghai, May 1.
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