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HANKOW REDS' PLIGHT.
French Visitors Leave. London,
GRADUALLY BEING ENCIRCLED. assemblage on the platform of
"Peking or burst” represents the position of the Reds in Hankow who are gradually being encircled. They have only one avenue of escape left in the event of defeat, and if this is closed they will be prevented from taking flight into Mongolia. Meanwhile, the panic in the city is still growing, and Chinese are besieging the ship- ping offices, offering almost any price for passages to. Shanghai.
BRITAIN'S BUDGET.
Parsed by the House of Commons.
School Explosion Care- fully Planned.
WIFE KILLED WITH AXE.
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COMMONS DEBATE NEXT WEEK.
London, May 19.
London, May 19.
of
SCENES AT THE STATION.
Rugby, May 19.
Bath, Michigan, May 19, There was a distinguished The total deathroll in the school Sir William Joyson-Hicks, Home explosion is forty-three and many Secretary told Mr. T. Johnston Victoria Station to say farewell to were injured.
(Labour) in the House of Commons President Doumergue and · M. Investigations show that the that the Government did not, pro- Briand, French Foreign Minister, explosion was the result of a care-pose to compensate Arcos Limited in respect of the damage ONLY ONE AVENUE, OF ESCAPE LEFT when they returned to France fully planned revenge by a mad done to safes und other
this morning.
farmer whose first act was to kill property in the course of The King was present with the his sick wife with an axe, where the raid on Arcos House. A mazis Prince of Wales, Prince George after he carried her to the farm trate was fully empowered to direct and the Duke of Connaught. building which he blew up before the issue of a search warrant af- tish Foreign Secretary, had a last Reuter's American Service
Sir Austen Chamberlain, Bri-going to the schoolhouse-fecting any firm in Britain if he was satisfled that an offence had been committed.--Reuter. [Yesterday's cables stated:- At least thirty-five children were A Statement on Tuesday. killed when the north wing of a four storey school building was Sir William Joyson-Hicks, Home completely destroyed by an explo-Commons' to await the promised
Secretary, asked the House sion of dynamite. The school statement on the Arcos House raid principal, one teacher und two until May 24, the Government ¡passers-by were also killed: had not yet been able to complete Moves Against Reds.
Shortly prior to the explosion at its examination of the information the school a form house and harn, obtained by the police or to deter- Shao Tao-yen's troops, which are under Yang Sen, landed from
Andrew Kehoe, were blown up belonging to the school treasurer, mine the conséquences thereof.
Reuter. the commandeered Portuguese
and burned. Kehoe's body was
Debate Next Weck. steamer about seventy miles be- low Chenglin. They are the
found in front of the school build-
Rugby, May 10. same as were engaged with Red conversation with M. Briand, cellar of the school a huge quan- the Home Secretary whether he ing. The police discovered in a In the House of Commons, Mr. troops from Wuchang yesterday, while the President talked with tity of dynamite. Local officials could now make a full statement Arthur Henderson (Labour) asked some 15 miles away.
the King,
The President's leave-taking Kehoe, who was believed to have of the Argos Company and the Rus- and police hold the opinion that regarding the rald on the premises of the King was most cordial. He been in financial difficulties, was sian Trude Delegation and the re- was obviously delighted with the mentally unbalanced and caused sult, if any, of the search.
the explosion by firing with a rifle into
a box of explosives, plied that the information which Reuter's American Service.
police na result of the search of Arcos Building was of such a na- ture that it had not yet been pop- sible for the Government to com-
PERILOUS POSITION.
Only One Road Open For Escape.
Hankow, May 20.
"Peking or burst" sums up the situation from the viewpoint of
|
to Chinking and Nanking.-Bri- tish Naval Wireless.
the Communist. "Government, for Hankow is gradually being en- circled: by General Chiang Kai-
Clash Expected. shek, from the South and the Part of the 15th Hupeh army Eust, General Yang Sen and at Hanyang have declared them Marshal Wu Pei-fu on the West,sehies anti-Red and a clash is ex- and Marshal Chang Tso-lin on the pected between them and part of North. That is, at all points ex- the 8th Hunanese Army which is cept the North-West.
believed to be Red, and is also at This dangerous situation ren-Hanyang. dors the advance of the latter in the direction of Chengchow in- perative.
A Strategic City, Chengchow is an importanc junction leading in one direction Feking and in the other to Shensi, and the city must be held by the Communists if the latters' forces, in the event of defeat, are to escape to Mongolia, the path towards which lies through Shen- Įsi.
Changsha, the capital of Hunan,
continues to be interrupted.
Panic continues locally among the Chinese who are thronging the shipping offices on the water- front and offering almost any price for passages to Shanghai Reuter.
A claimed victory by the South- orners on the Honan front, nguinst the Fengtien troops, has yet to be confirmed.
There is considerable troop movement locally and the "Reds" are reported to be standing by to retire to kilometre 10.-British Naval Wireless.
A Dash to Hankow.
Kiukiang, May 18. Three thousand troops of the 6th Army have arrived from the direction of Nanchang and cross- ed to the North Bank.
About 20,000 troops are report-
Luchow Taken.
Wuhu, May 18.
Advance from Pukow.
Nanking, May 18. With the retreat of the North- erners, normal river trffic has re-
London, May 19, The House of Commons, by 287 second reading of the Finance to 110 votes, has passed the
Bill-Reuter.
PRESIDENT BOUMERGUE/
Sir William Joynson-Hicks-re-
had come into the possession of the
$400,000 MORTGAGE, plete their examination or to deter
WERE "INFANTS" INTERESTS PREJUDICED?
CONCLUDING ARGUMENT,
mine the consequences of it. Hẹ would therefore respectfully ask the House to await hic promised statement on Tuesday next.
Mr. Arthur Henderson asked that next Wednesday might be given for a debate on the whole question, Mr. || Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minis- The $400,000 mortgage case in as on Wednesday the Foreign Secre- ter, offered to give next Thursday, Which Loo Kwong-lam and Lootary had an important engagement. Kwong-hin sue for its annulment
This WAH
on the ground that they were in- Wireless Service.
fants at the time of its execution
Is drawing to a conclusion at the
accepted. British
not only official
Red Spears Active. Hankow leaders claim to have captured Siping, a hundred miles
Diplomatic Privileges. South of Chengchow, on the 14th, ad between Kichow and Wuyeoh, great reception which has been Supreme Court, Mr. F. C. Jenkin,
Rugby, May 19. but the advance further North is hurrying towards Hankow. The accorded to him everywhere dur- for the mortgagees, addressing the the status, of the head of the Rus- Replying to a question regarding meeting with considerable oppo- exact units and their purpose ing his three days stay in Lon-Court this morning.
Counsel dealt with the question Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, sition, whilst the Red Spears have not been ascertained.-Bri-don,
sian Trade Delegation, Sir Austen provincial guerillas are worry-tish Naval Wireless.
"At Dover naval, military and of prejudice and said that, nssum stated: "Some confusion had arisen ing the rear guards and interfer-
civic representatives gave the void, a Court which was consider-pliangin, the predecessor of M: Ing that the contract was wholly owing to the fact that M. Khlo ing with communications. South- ward of Hankow, the railway to
party a send off, and the Pre- ing whether or not it would refuse, Khinchuk, was The Southerners have captured sident's steamer was escorted relief to an infant plaintiff in the agent under the Trade Agreement Luchow and 2,000 troops have across the Channel by a British two circumstances before His Lord- but was also commercial counsellor crossed to the North Bank from Destroyer Flotilla.-British Wire-ship in this case-because the in- to the Soviet Mission. It was only Wuhu.-British Naval Wireless.
loss Service.
fant was guilty of fraud or be in his latter capacity that he was Earlier Messages.
cause he had acquired the money entitled to diplomatic privileges. London, May 19. for the purpose
of acquiring The official agent is only entitled to M. Doumergue has returned to property which was mortgaged and the privileges provided for in the Paris. According to a Foreign had adopted the property--the Trade Agreement. Commercial at- Office communique M. Briand and Court would not even consider taches to diplomatic missions inj The Southerners have advanced sir Austen Chamberlain held a whether the contract into which he London are, of course, entitled to 20 miles from Pukow-British long conversation, in the course of entered and raised money was to
diplomatic privileges." British Wireless Service. which they examined various his prejudice or not.
[A sensation was caused in Lon- Counsel submitted that if fraud don-by-the action of the police in international problems. The con- Chinkiang, May 18. versation was a most friendly one could be put upon terms of plac-Soviet organisations, including the was established, then the plaintiff raiding Arcos House where several The Consulate, which has been and showed a complete agreeing the mortgagees where they Russian Trade Delegation, have occupied by troops, was visited ment of outlook. They were able were before. The terms the plain- their offices. The raid came as a yesterday by the Consul and to recognise Martial law was declared in Senior Naval Officer and found to solidity of the entente cordiale sent case in the relief they were efforts were made to burn papers once again the ts could be put upon in the pre-complete surprise. None the less Hankow yesterday and reports in-be in a filthy and untidy condition. and the necessity of strengthen-seeking should be that they make and the keys of sonic of the safes dicate that considerable panic Considerable looting has taken ing the entente as the surest good the money advanced with in were taken away.] and nervousness prevail among place.
|foundation of peace in Europe.terest. the Chinese population owing to
Reuter. advance towards the city of the anti-Communist armies.-British Wireless Service.
HANKOW PANIC.
Martial Law In The Reds' Stronghold.
Rugby, May 19.
sumed.
Naval Wireless.
Looting at Consulate,
There was gunfire across the river yesterday from the South- erners but there was no reply from the North Bank-British Naval Wireless.
TROOPS IN CHINA.
Healthier Summer Quarters Suggested.
DAIRY FINED.
MILK NOT MIXED IN THE BOTTLES.
Mr. Justice Wood remarked that
if he made that order and released the two plaintifs from two-sixtha
WEATHER FORECAST.
S.E. winds, moderate; general- of the mortgage, that would not ly overcast, some rain, is the fore- restore the defendant to his proper east for the twenty-four hours position because at present he could sell the property.
If two ending at noon to-morrow.. sixths were withdrawn from the
Meteorological observations at contract, then the security was re- a.m. to-day: barometer, 29.87; duced to an undivided two-thirds. temperature, 75; humidity, 96; The security would be reduced out wind N. (force 2).
Chiang's Levy Opposed.
Shanghai, May 18. Many prominent Chinese mer- chants in Shanghai, both within and without the settlement, are now in danger of arrest for re- fusal to pay General Chiang Kai-
The proprietor of the Wong shek (who arrived here with his
Ho Dalry, No. 7, Morrison Hill of all proportion. Who was going bodyguard and staff this morn-
Road, was fined $25 by Mr. R..E. to buy an undivided share?
Counsel, in the course of fur- ing) the large contribution order- Replying to Sir Walter De Lindsell for selling milk which ed, amounting in some cases to Frece (Conservative), Sir L. was 90 per cent. short in fat. The ther legal argument, held that is ness declined to call their conduct! $500,000. Feeling is said to be Worthington Evans, Secretary for Government Analyst's certificate Lordship could not find that this dishonest if the other people knew,
contract was clearly prejudicini to but preferred the word ""greedy." strongly against General Chiang War, said the situation in China showed that the sample of milk the benefit of the infants.
Mr. Potter: You realise that if Kai-shek on account of these mea- had not yet become sufficiently analysed by him contained 2.78
It is true that all the surviving stable to enable a decision to be per cent. of fat instead of the
beneficiarles. under the Deed of Flagship's Challenge. taken as regards any reduction in usual 3 per cent..
aures,
on Wusung and His Majesty's
ships and Merchantmen have
London, May 19.
Earlier Evidence.
Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs. Hast- Trust are of age, that they are on- The Northern Flagship has the strength of the Shanghai De- Mr. D'Douoghue was for the Ings, Dennys and Bowley, was call-titled as a matter of right to the |issued a challenge to the South- fence Force.. The question of defence, and the case turned oned for the defence yesterday after-distribution of their share of this
ern Naval Force to come out and transferring sections of the force the point that the milk, which noon and said that he had no rea-property forthwith-Yes.
And therefore, if these people fight a battle in the Fairway. It to more healthy adjacent stations was taken from a half filled vat, son for doubting Sung'a honesty would appear. that the South in the coming summer had not would naturally contain a small when Sung told him that Loo were of full age and Sung knew it, Naval vessels are concentrating been overlooked.—Reuter, per cent. less fat in the bottle, as Kwong-hin was of age. As far as he was really getting '$82,000 for witnoas. could remember, Sung was nothing at all, because they would cream had the tendency to rise to a perfectly satisfactory servant and all get what they were entitled to the top, so that the Arst few had not at any time to witness's under the Trust? He did not do bottles would have to be more knowlodge been guilty of suppres very much. creamy.
sion or misrepresentation. Legally he did nothing?—Well, M. Lindzell held that if the Witness was examined' as to the he showed them the ropes, and did milk were properly mixed each commission which Sung had ob a great deal of work before the time a bottle was filled the pertained out of the deal and admit-action was commenced. In the House of Commons, same. A conviction was recorded w
centage of cream must be the ted that it was "rather high." · Wit- plying to Colonel H Day (Laon the dairy assistant's admission bour, Lt. Col. C. M. Headlam, on that he had not mixed the milk behalf of the Admiralty, said that properly.
been warned,
Not much damage was done to the Wusung forts by the bomb- 'ardment' at 10 a.m. by Northern Chinese cruisers who themselves were unhurt by the returning fire." Shots at "Argus" Plane. One of the "Argus aircraft was fired on in the course of the Interchange of shots, but no dam- age was done.
The commandeering of ateam launches, and boats continues for the purpose of conveying troops
NAVAL FORCES.
China Strength Over Thirteen-
Thousand..
London, May 19.
the total naval personnel station- In imposing the fine Mr. Lind- ed on the. China Station was sell said that there was no ques- approximately 18,500.-Reuter tion of water having been added
(Continued on Page 19,) to the milk.
TO-DAYS DOLLAR.
Mr. Potter: For which he receive [ed $32,000. Doesn't 'It come to the fact that he got them nothing else except what they were entitled to under the Trust? founded
Witness replied he could not give an opinion at the moment. 3
Mr Potter: Well, you may take
The closing rate of the dollar. it: from me? You on demand, to-day was 1/11-15/16]
The case was adjourned.
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