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No. 25,725 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1927.
INTERPORT CRICKET.
MALAYA v. SHANGHAI,
ANOTHER DRAMATIC COLLAPSE.
Shanghai Dismisses the Whole Team for Only 77.
"SOUTHERNERS” TOO ENTERPRISING AGAINST CLASS BOWLING.
IN THE NORTH
Nationalists In
Hupeh.
YOCHOW NOW TAKEN.
Remnants Of Hankow Army Retreating.
SOVIET MONEY
To Pay For Shanghai Strikers.
eac
UNQUALIFIED STATEMENT.
$1,000 For Each Strike Set In Motion.
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
CANTON COUP.
Ironsides Sorely Perturbed.
BANKNOTE CRISIS.
Kongmoon Division Loyal To
- Li Chai-rum. §.
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IRENE" PIRACY CASE.
FINAL SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL.
COURT JURISDICTION.
Judge Decides Against Mr. Alabaster.
dresses of counsel for the defence and the summing up of His Lord- ship, Şir H. C. Golian, Chief Justice.
How the punitive expedition
Shang, Yesterday.
Now that they have secured LEGAL COMPETENCE TO DEAL WITH FIRACY WITH VIOLENCE. sent by the Nanking Nationalist At the Provisional Court, in the control of Canton city, the Iron-
The trial of the seven pirates charged with complicity in the Government against Hankow is course of the trial of beven agita, sides are sorely perturbed over the With the disposal of Shanghai by Hong Kong, interest to-day now taking over control of a wide tors who were charged by the Set- lack of confidence in the bank-
area is described in an overnighttlement Police with mtimidation in notes issued by the Central Bank piracy of the s.s. "Irene" on October 19-20 is drawing to its final. centred on the meeting of Malaya and Shanghai.
Malaya, a reputedly strong batting side, had no right to make cable' to the "Kung Sheung Yat citing strikes, counsel for the Chin- which is essentially a Nationalist stages and this afternoon will see its conclusion after the final ad-
Po."
authorities said that latter Government institution.
The four Chinese Chambers of Hupeh province will be held by wanted the accused for similar of-
Commerce have taken measures troops under General Li Tsung-fenses in Chinese territory. jen, the most renowned fighter He read a communication from to sustain the paper currency,
Rumours were circulated that Up to the time of writing, Malaya's supposedly weak bowling of the Kwangsi military clique, the Shanghai Defence Commission
other members of which zuled er, making an unqualified statement some of the liquid funds were re- has not done so badly.
Canton till last week's coup that the Soviet Consul-General in moved by the Kwangsi military against them.
Shanghai was paying accused a clique but this seems hardly pos- thousand dollars for anch strike sible as the pro-Li Chai-sum offi-
cials were caught by surprise. they set in motion.
such a poor score as 77. They were too enterprising against first class howling and fielding-and paid the penalty..
BOWLERS IN FORM.
Malaya-1st innings.
Lt. H. C. Harker-Taylor,
1.b.w., b Rawsthorné
Capt. C. I. Congdon, e Oller-
dessen, b Isaacs
1
Shanghai-1st innings.
D. W. Leach, st. Jordan, b
Richards
P. Madar, 1.b.w., b Richards 3 J. A. Quayle, Whitley, b
1
Total (for 3 wkts.)
Hunan is to be the hunting ground of General Cheng Chien who was in charge in Nanking when the notorious outrages were perpetrated.
Defeated Hordes Go South. Yochow, a large city about 130 21 miles south-west of Hankow, has 13 been taken, continues the cable, by the 2nd Nationalist Army 5 which attacked Hankow from the 31 West (up-river).
Remnants of the defeated Han- are still numerous. 12 kow Army
These are retreating further into
NEW DRAFTS.
85
R. L. L. Braddell, c & b Oller-
dessen
Richards ...
10
L. F. Stokes, not out
J. W. Blelloch, e Stokes, b
Ollerdessen
31
Capt. E. I. M. Barrett, not out
Extras
3
N. J. A. Foster,. c Leach, b
Isaacs
Capt. F. O'N. Ford, hit
wicket, b Isaacs
5
N. H. P. Whitley, run out
A. B. Jordan, b Isaacs..
Dr. J. M. A. Lowson,
at,
Barnes, b Ollerdessen
H. G. L. Richards, b Ollerdes-
sen...
R. B. Lewis, not out.
J
Extras
Total
3
0
2
77
Fall of wickets:-1 for 4, 2 for 8, 3 for 32, 4 for 57, 5 for 57, 6 for 62, 7 for 68, 8 for 74, 3 for 74, 10 for 77.
Bowling Analysis.
0. M. R. W. 14 4 28 4
Івалса Rawsthorne Ollerdessen
5
1 23
9
1 29
1 4
H. W. Allison, C. E. Ollerdes- sen, T. L. Rawsthorne, J. A. Isaacs, E. G. Barnes, J. T. Hegarty to bat.
Fall of wickets-1 for 31, 2 for 43, 3 for 71:
SHANGHAI LEADS.
2.45 p.m. Score in Match With Malaya.
At 2.45 p.m., Shanghai had made 125 runs for five wickets. Stokes made 49, Barrett 7. Rawsthorne 7 not out and Hegarty 9 not out. Extras 15.
Disaster overtook Malaya early, thorne made one two get up the two opening batsmen being rather, quickly off the pitch. back in the pavilion before three Bielloch was doing more than overs had been completed. But Braddall but, they backed each the Malayan bats did not go to other up well. exceessive points to play them- selves in; they dealt with each ball on its merita, keeping the -straight but to the good 'uns and hitting with vigour the ones which were loose.
Leave Southampton For
Far East.
London, Yesterday. The transport "Dorchester" left Southampton this afternoon with 65 officers and 1,326 other for ranks, comprising drafts stations on the Far East, includ- ing 105 each for the Scots Guards and the Coldstream Guards for Shanghai-Reuter.
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Accused were sentenced to fifteen}" months' imprisonment, which they| will be handed over to the Chinese authoritice if still wanted.-Router."
GILES'S FLIGHT.
HONOLULU TO NEW ZEALAND.
A START AT LAST.
San Francisco Yesterday. Captain Giles, in the Hess Bluebird, a single-passenger aoroplane, has started on a flight to Honolulu and New Zealand Reuter's American fee
Object of FERE.
San Francico; later. Twenty ships have been asked to keep. a sharp lookout for Giles.
A Detroit business man, Mr. W. H. Rosewarne, a New Zealander, is financing, the flight, which is in tended to promote the interests of aviation in Australia and New Zealand. Reuter's American Ser-
Forced Leading.
Projected Measures.
At any rate, notes are not being accepted everywhere in Canton this week and they are now be low par.
The Chambers of Commerce, in joint session, resolved to instruct members to accept at face value all notes of over $1. The Bank is to be asked to open small ste tions for cashing notes of $1 and less. such a step to be a con- venience for the poor classes and
DRIZZLE OR MIST.
Not So Good For Cricket Interport.
The weather report issued by the Royal Observatory this fore noon stated:-
The Japanese depression passing into the Pacific.
,
is
The anticyclone is central over N. China.
The typhoon is about 300 miles east of N. Luzon moving E.N.E.
Fresh monsoon may be expect- ed along the S.E. coast of China and over the N. China Sea.
Forecast:-N.E. winds, fresh; cloudy; some drizzle or miat.
At this morning's hearing, the Chief Justice held against Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C. (counsel for defence), on the point of law regarding the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Court to try Chinese subjects for alleged piracy with violence, committed on a Chinese
ship in Chinese territorial waters,
TO FINISH TO-DAY,
This morning's proceedings His Lordship: You might have were devoted to the hearing of taken the same point as you now argument by Mr. Alabaster re raise.
Counsel admitted this but
garding the question of the in-stated that he had relied on the dictment and the jurisdiction of other point in view of the circum- the Court.
stances of the case. He thought he could show His Lordship that the point he now raised had been argued..
it
Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy is con- ducting the case for the Crown, and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., is Reverting to Kwok Ah-hing's defending the prisoners, with Mr. case, counsel said that it was held Leo d'Almada e Castro further reby the Privy Council that the pri presenting the fourth prisoner. soner could not be extradited to Mr. C. A. S. Russ is watching the China, even assuming that China case on behalf of the owners of had municipal law dealing with the Irene."
piracy, because the only muni- Mr. Alabaster, at the resumpcipal law applying to him was tion of the Court this morning, the municipal law of France. But said:
was also held that, as the The submission I have to make offence had taken place on the is that this Court has no jurisdic-high seas, it was justiciable any- tion to try these prisoners on the where and the Council held that first count of the indictment. I prisoner should have been tried distinguish between the two with piracy jurk uti in Hong counts and for the purposes of Kong.
Cree of Forol this argument I admit that there is jurisdiction on the second Having established his case re- count. The first count is a statu- garding the counts of the indict
ment being tearate offences, con- Minued counsel, he would turn to the question of Jurisdiction. The Ordinance on which the Grown re- et was the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, that if any per- son within any Colony should be charged with the commission of here followed certain acts in- cluding piracy-committed on the ses, they could be brought to trial
officers could exercise the same discretion as they could, other-
Hunan (towards the Kwangtung|vice. border).
Later Claims. Shanghai, Yesterday, General Ho Ying-ching of the 1st Nationalist Army claims the capture of Mengchen, Tatien, and Tungshanpu by Nanking forces. The last-named is 20 miles from November 11 stated:--Owing to those who refuse the notes. Suchow in the most northerly part of Anhui-Renter.
New York, Yesterday, Giles made a forced landing near San Simon, California,..
He has returned to the coast country folk. Then a petition istory offence which is piracy by after covering 500 miles. Reuter's to be sent to the Government municipal law and the penalty for American Service..
asking it to deal sternly with all which is death where the piracy Is accompanied by certain acta endangering life.
Convention Prospects. Although prospects of a Na. tionalist convention at Shanghai have dwindled considerably, four With the score at 32, Ollerdes- well-known men in the Party are sen was put on to bowl in place of still striving to bring about an Rawsthorne. His first ball understanding. Braddell hit straight back to him Each has his own personal in- and the bowler brought off a terests to serve. smart one-handed catch with his General Li Chai-sum, Comman- Mr. Foster won the toss and feet two feet from the ground-der-in-Chief at Canton until the elected to bat on a wicket off three wickets down for 32 runs. Ironsides stepped in last week, is which one hoped for the best. Shanghai then failed to accept reported to be in negotiation in The sun was not nearly as strong two difficult chances. Foster (the Shanghai with several people. He as_yesterday.
Malaya captain) drove the first is dependent on the Kwangsi mill- Isaacs opened the bowling from ball he faced high above mid-off. tary clique for help to re-estab- the Law Courts end and Raws-Running from cover-point. lish him in Canton but his friends thorne followed from the other. Stokes sprang and got his right commands are too far away.
Harker-Taylor and Congdon hand to the ball, which was tra- went in first for Malaya.
velling fast away from him-a
1
In his first over Rawsthorne feat in itself-but failed to hold appealed confidently for leg-be- the catch. fore against Harker-Taylor and
Peculiar Incident. there was no doubt that the bats- Then Blelloch, who had got his man had stepped across a straight eye in, hit one past Captain ball-one wicket for 4 runs. Barrett at short leg and the ball Braddell sent Rawsthorne to barely touched the Shanghai the leg boundary. Then Congdon skipper's hand. was dismissed by a catch by A three by Foster and another Ollerdessen at second slip off leg boundary by Blelloch made Isaacs's bowling-two wickets Shanghai 40 up in just under 45 for 8 runs.
minutes. Then a couple of short singles were smartly run by the batsmen,two of them being short and daring.
[Note: There was a banknote crisis a short while ago.]
A San Francisco message. of storms extending several hundred
International Law. miles to sea, Captain Frederick A.
Kongmoon Values,
The second count has no Statute Giles, the Austrailan aviator, to-day
Premium on Hong Kong bank- beside it besides the Colonial postponed the start of his flight to New Zealand, scheduled for 9.30 notes at Kongmoon city on Mon- Courts of Admiralty Act and is a.m. to-morrow. Weather reports day, says the "China Mail cor- piracy juri gentium (by the law showed that head winds prevailed respondent, rose from 30 per cent. of nations.) On the author, for 1,100 miles from the mainland, to 32 per cent., following the un-ities I cite, piracy juri- génm any Colony and that the law or for approximately half of the sasiness on account of the Iron- tium is justiciable anywhere and distance to Honolulu, the filer's first objective. Giles said that he sides coup at Canton. would confer with the weather man on Saturday night, and make the fight when conditions warranted.]
GERMAN FLIER.
SEAPLANK'S DEPARTURE 'FROM HORTA."
KONGMOON CITY,
13th Division Against the Ironsides?
the penalty is three years' hard labour..
His Lordship: For piracy jur! gentium, three years hard labour?
ติ
Counsel then gave his author-
wise.
It would probably be contended by the Crown, stated counsel, that the words "any person" was not limited. He, however, would contend
it meant
or
eign ship.
that
оп
Mr. Alabaster: Yes. Original- ly, the punishment was death but any person "subject to our Muni- [From Our Own Correspondent.]
it was then reduced to transporta- cipal law," ie., any. British sub- Pakkai, Kongmoon, Monday.tion for not less than fifteen On Saturday
ject all revenue years or three years' hard labour, board a British ship or any
any person bureaus such as those in charge and, transportation not being ap- person found within British ter of likin, the 21 per cent. Cus- plicable to this Colony, we are left ritory. It did not, he would con- Mr. Wang's Pet Theory.
toms surtax, the kerosine special with three years' hard labour as tend, cover a foreigner on a for- FORCED TO RETURN. Accordingly, Li Chal-sum hopes
tax, etc., were seized by the 13th the penalty. that a compromise will be arrived
division which is composed of Horta, Yesterday. at with Mr. Wang Ching-wei,
"Remarkable" Position. The German; Herr Junker, in troops loyat "to: General Li Chai- leader of the Leftists, whereby he
His Lordship: A rather re can come to an understanding seaplane D1230, left for Harbour eum and General Wong Shiu-ities...
His Lordship: The point is Grace at 5.25 o'clock, this after hung of Kwangsi, the latter of
markable position arises, if that with the Ironsides,
Mr. Wang Ching-wei is nego neon, with the Viennese, actress, whom was deposed by the Iron- this. In "Stephen's Digest" it is be so, viz., that if an offence is a stated that piracy by the law of more serious one, this Court has tiating because it is only by such Madame Dillenz, 48 passenger sides last week,
nations is liable to the same pun- The 18th, division acts as gar ishment as for statutory piracy no jurisdiction but if it is a leas a convention that he can make Reuter.
Towed Back.
rison of Kongmoon city and the himself the head of the National-
Horta, later.
jurisdiction. It comes to this— ist Party-his pet obsession.
The D1280 is returning, being Sze Yap districts. Major-Gen- in the body of any English serious offence, the Court has Chiang Kai-shek's Desires. towed back: Apparently its heavy eral Chan Cheung-po is in charge county,
Counsel submitted that this re- that the same, facts going to con- stitute piracy, if there is no General Chiang Kai-shek is weight prevented it continuing the in the absence in Japan of Lt.. ferred to A previous Act.
General Chui King-tong who is a negotiating because he wants to flight-Reuter.
supporter of the Kwangel military Stephen's Digest" referred to the get back to politics and is willing
Act of 1827, whereas the author regime.
ity he cited referred to a later Act
TO CRUISE 3000 MILES OR MORE.
violence, we have jurisdiction. I, on the other hand, you have the same piracy with circumstances of aggravation such as the use of violence, the piracy being exactly the same, the Court has no jurisdiction.
Batsmen Run Well. In the short space that they were together, the Malaya open-
to operate with the Leftists (al-SECRET SEAPLANE.
Holding on to the City. ing pair showed perfect under- One of Ollerdessen's deliveries though he does not like them) in
Units of this detachment in re- standing in running between the to Foster hit the bateman's hat, order to secure their backing to
mote districts, such as Shuntak, His Lordship: I see the point. sticke. Both batsmen were in- his foot rolled up against the balance the power of Nanking..
Counsel then continued that it have withdrawn to streng- clined to be enterprising and wicket but failed to dislodge the General Tan Yen-kai of the
then Barnes, the Nanking Government is negotiat POSSIBLE PACIFIC ATTEMPT,
the defences of Kong-was also clear, as he submitted,
Counsel: I did not put it in Congdon got through failing to bails whereupon
moon. It now appears distinctly different
that piracy juri gentium was a
offence to that way. get proper hold of that delivery of veteran Shanghai stumper, held a ing because he is a friend of
that the division intenda to
His Lordship: That is the re- Isaacs's (left-hander) on the off. long and close inspection of the Chiang Kai-shek and because he
New York, Yesterday. Next man in was Blelloch who wicket!
believes that the rival factions of
According to the New York Bun, hold its' ground against the Iron- those offences which had been showed a very good eye and was Blelloch opened his shoulders the Party can only be re-united the Navy is secretly building a sides who covet the territory for created by statute so akin to sult.
are calle particularly strong on the leg and the 50 went up in the same by auch a conference.
seaplane for cruising at a radius itself and for the road to the piracy that they were called Counsel continued that piracy could be accompanied with viol- aide, getting Rawsthorne away to number of minutes, his contribu [Note: According to these of 3,000 miles or more, with which south-western peninsula of piracy in statute.
Counsel then referred to Kwok ence or not, but Parliament had the boundary with comparative tion then being just under 30. claims, the Nanking, advance has an attempt will be made in 1928 to Kwangtung.de
1. More Wickets Fall made further material progress] fly across the Pacific and possibly (Notes A local vernacular Ah-hing's case which was a said, "we will create a statutory H.M.S, "Vindictive. 2: round the world. Reuter's Ameri- paper says that Major-General charge against a Chinese of pir offence making a certain form of
can Service.
ordinary piracy not so. If a pri Chan Cheung-po is in negotiation acy with violence on a French piracy punishable with death but After driving Ollerdessen into
Shanghai, Yesterday.
with the Ironsides but this differs steamer. H.M.S. Vindictive" returned
soner was in our jurisdiction at the country for two consecutive
A Previous Ruling, from the above report.] twos. Blelloch paid the penalty as last evening-Reuter."
His Lordship: This Court has, the time of the offence he could be tried with the same serious the next ball went into the hands [Note: The "Vindictive" left
you know, already held it has offence. But here, the Crown of Stokes at cover-point--four Shanghai for Nanking with de
jurisdiction, the judgment being had included the two offences in wickets for 57 runs.
tachments of the Bedfordshire
by Mr. Justice Wood
ease
Malaya had 10 up after 17 minutes' play and
up in 25 minutes.
Isaacs was bowling at his best but Rawsthorne was not quite so dangerous as yesterday and was probably feeling the effects of yes terday's overtime.
With nice forcing strokes, Blelloch sent Rawsthorne past third man and then between point and cover, giving Malaya 80 runs in as many minutes
a
Two Difficult Chances,
As compared with the local match, there were very few spec tators at this time.
The wicket was not lending much assistance to the bowlers yet but both Isaacs and Raws-
Blelloch contributed 81, with a and Hertfordshire Regt....... to re- fair number of boundary shots lieve the Marines - stationed but was not seen to particular ad- there.] vantage in scoring strokes on the Ho Chien To Evacuate. off aide,
Hankow, Yesterday,
The next wicket fell without ad Chu Pei-teh and an emissary? dition to the total, Foster giving Feng Yu-hsiang havo procent Leach (standing back at mid-off) to Nanking
a rather easy catch of Isaacs's Ho Chien's troops are amep bowling-five wickets for 167 ing to evacuate the Chen are runs. Foster made 11 and looked Nationalist troops ar capable of many more. A
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trating at Xining, Brish Wireless
'DO NO GOOD.”
COOLIDGE AND HIS SUPPORTERS.""
PETITIONS OPPOSED. A
NORTH RIVER.
Now Clear of Kwangal Troops
Counsel intimated that he was the same indictment. He (coun In that case and the point he took sel) admitted that the Court had Intelligence reaching Canton is was different from that he was jurisdiction on the second count, Washington, Yesterday: Hearing than one of his sup- that the main strength of the taking now. The point he took but not on the first because it was porters intended to start an end- Kwangslarmy numbering in the other case was that, the a special statutory offence. lage chain of Litions to him urg- several thousand strong former whole offence having been com- His Lordship: So that you read ing his renonton for the Pre 19 at Shiukwan on the Northmitted off the beach of a small into the words "any person, any sidney: Mrologs strongly ex- River, has evacuated the town island by fishing boats, had taken person amenable to the Court? pressed with that ng much peti- and marched westwards back to place in foreign territorial waters Courel Yes any person tions be circulated a they would Kwangs with the result that the in a place where "no big shipa go" amenable to the English Criminal
my and that the Admiralty had no law do no goodReuters American
Jurisdiction.
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