SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928.
BRITISH NAVY.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAMME.
CABINET'S REVIEW.
LINEBARGER AGAIN.
BAN ON WAR.
CHINESE ASSESSOR FOR U.S. COURT.
FRANCE ADHERES TO DEFINITION.
CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON.
REPLY DESPATCHED,
THE CHINA MAIL,
TRACES OF GANG.
SHANGHAI AHRESTS OF
SUSPECT."
PIRACY SEQUEL.
Shadows Before.
COMING EVENTS"ANKOUNEED IN THE "MAIL.”
To-day-Queen's Theatre: "The 18th Juror."
To-day-World's Theatre; "The Desort's Toll."
Decalver."
To-day-Star Theatre; "The Gay
Globe Trotters in "Incidents.""
To-day--Star Theatre; The
Chinese New Years Eve Carnival.
To-day-Repulse Boy Hotel;
January 22-24-Queen's Theatre; "Out All Night," ̈·
"The Bat."
January 22-World Theatre;
Rugby, Yesterday,
Bays the "North China Daily
Paris, Yesterday.
Shanghai, Jan. 14. M. Briand's reply to Mr. Kellogg News":-
Good work on the park of Inspec- The following official announce
The
is being dispatched to-night. following remarkable
It tor William C. Woodfield and the ment is made: "The Cabinet has document reached us yesterday in explains the reasons or adhering Shanghal river police has resulted now completed its review of the the mail. Attached to it was of aggression" and emphasises the Chinese pirates who held up: the to the specific definition of "wars in traces being found of the three new construction programme for card of "Paul Myron Linebarger, dificulties confronting Mr. Kellogg the years 1927-8 and 1928-9. It Attorney and Counsellor at Law" If the latter only draws up the foreign launch Eungchang in the has decided that, in addition toon which was penned the follow-part after preliminary conversa Whangpoo river on December 20, the deletion, already announced, ing requeat, "Dear Mr. Editor: Itions with certain ather powers, M. off the French Bund, and stole of two of the three cruisers be-should be pleased to know what Briand admits the logic of such $2,500, as exclusively reported by longing to financial year 1927-8 you think of the enclosure. procedure but suggests that the "The Shanghai Times."
January 22-23-Star Theatre; the programme as set forth in the Editorial comment develops practical effect will be to protract
"The Winning of Barbara Worth." White Paper of July 27, 1925,
Co-operation between the River January Thank igsuos.
28- World you, P.M.L" the whole affair.-Reutor.
Theatre; shall be further modified by omit With
police and the Nantap police has "The Bat," 5.1 and 9.15; "The fing one of the three cruisers - delctions, insextion of which in FRAUDS BY GERMAN, the pirates. The gold watch stolen 2.50 and 7.15.
the exception of certain
had the happy result of tracking True Love," Chinese Drama, 12, tended to be begun in the man- our advertising columns may be cial year 1928-9. Three cruisers obtained on payment of the usual
from Mr. J. C. Smith, of the China in all have, therefore, been reduc- rates, the document is produced
Printing and Finishing Company, ed from the full programme. The textually as received
has been recovered and the man on by us, type of the two cruisers to be be though we have discarded the
Whose person it was found has been gun at the end of financial year headlines that Paul Myron Line-
arrested. 1928-9 is not yet finally settled.
barger supplied us with, and
CHEQUE BOOK OPERATOR SENT TO JAIL,
A SHANGHAI CASE,
Shanghai, Jan. 12.
to
supposed to
Sing Song, 7.80 p.m.
January 24-Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.;
"Volcano" 5.15 and 9.15 "The January 24-26-World Theatre; True Love," Chinese Drama, " 12, 2.80 and 7.15.
January 24-25-Star Theatrē;; "Fine Manners,"
Whist Drive, 7.90 p.m.
January 25 Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.;
"We're In The Navy Now."
January 25-Queen's Theatre;
May Institute, 5.80 p.m.
January 26-Musicale at Helena
January 26 Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.; Impromptu Dance, 7.80 p.m.
January 26-28-World Theatre; "The Gold Rush."
January 26-28-Queen's Theatre; "The College."
January 26-28-Star Theatre; January 27-Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.; Concert and Dance, 7.30 p.m.
It may be recalled that the Bri-written some which we venture to
Four of the foreigners en the tish Naval programme for the consider more appropriate to the petrated by a
A series of cheque frauds per to Pootung polles station yesterday launch were requested to go over current year 1927-8 provided for occasion. Editorial comment that Schmidt over the Christmas Holi- one of the pirates, and a revolver German named Hafternoon and identified the man as three cruisers-one" "A" class Mr. Lincbarger asks for is brief: cruiser of 10,000 tons, and twoWe are not surprised at this or days during which he victimised all found on him bore close resembl "B" class cruisers of 8,000 tons anything else that Mr. Linebarger ner of tradespeople, business ance to the one used by him when each. In March last year the may choose to do along lines that establishments and others who be- he and two other herded the for- First Lord of the Admiralty an- he has already laid down for leved in the power of nounced that, in view of the forth himself. But we are very con- book, rosulted in his appearance in launch preparatory
a chaque eigners into the amall cabin of the coming Geneva Disarmament siderably amused.
the Provisional Court yesterday then.
robbing Conference between Britain, United States, and Japan, no
The communication follows:- charged with fraud in counts num-
Washington, D.C., Dec. 28.
bering over twenty and also cul-
Gang May Be Taken. orders would be given out until
A sweeping change that will minating in his being sent to pri- "It is reported that the man has late last year. The Geneva con- take the breath away from many son for two years and six months disclosed the identity of the other"The Wedding Song." ference broke up without reaching foreigners in China is now being after the evidence of the police, two men and immediate arrests are an agreement, the main difficulty argued in the Senate and House of bank witnesses and victimised local expected. There are being the application of the prin- Representative circles, by former traders had been heard by Judge be soven men in the gang, but only ciple of parity of cruiser forces. Judge Paul Linebarger, for years Liang and Deputy Meinhardt. three of them took part in the But when toward the close of last closely identified with Dr. Sun.
Schmidt was
arrested after his sensational attack on the launch. year the time came for a decision
"My proposed amendment will little spree with the cheque book The piracy took place on Decem- to be taken on the ordering of the undoubtedly surprise that small and never attempted to deny that ber 30 when three Chinese, all authorised new ships, the British group of foreigners in China, he had signed the cheques nor that armed with revolvera, appeared on Government announced that in-whose slogan is: Everything for he had received the goods for the launch "Lungchong" at 2.30 stead of building one 10,000 ton us and nothing for the Chinese," which he and two 8,000 ton cruisers in the declared Judge Linebarger. "The National City Bank's cheque form. minutes after the launch had left a signed p.m., off the French Bund, 15 year 1927-8, only one 8,000 ton great majority of foreigners, how- Rather, he held that he had been Nanking Road jetty taking nine cruiser would be proceeded with. ever, will welcome, as a matter unfortunate in that the money he foreigners to various points at Now only two of the three cruis-of justice, my proposal to have a expected to ers for which provision was made Chinese Assessor sit with the signed had not been lodged. in the $2,500 booty, including the pay roll cover the amounts Pootung. The pirates collected In 1928-9 are to be laid down-United States Judge for China in bank. He had been intended British Wireless Service,
to for the Chinese staff of the China all civil and criminal matters deposit the amount when it came Handkerchief and Hemming Com- wherein the complainant, prose-to hand but, unfortunately, it had cuting witness or other person falled to materialise. having a material interest may be Chinese."
10,000 Tons Each?
London, Yesterday. From an official statement of the Cabinet's naval plans it trans- pires that the type of the two cruisers to be laid down in 1928 has not been definitely fixed. This is taken to mean that possibly they be the 10,000 instead of the 8,000 ton type-Reuter.
CINEMA NOTES.
NEXT WEEK'S FILMS AT THE QUEEN'S.
tendered
Tale of a Deposit. Schmidt set out on his tour after he had procured a book of
"Impromptu Concert, 7.80 p.m.
January 28-Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.; January 29-Queen's Theatre; "The Irresistible Lover."
January 29 Cheer O' Y.M.C.A.; Musical Evening, 7.30 p.m.
January 29-30-Star Theatre; "The Desert's Toll"
January 29-81-World Theatre;; Way Down East." Theatre; "Ben Hur."
January 20-February 4-Queen's
January 31-February 1-Star Theatre; "The Taxi Dancer."
February 25 Craigengower Cricket Club's annual Bachelors' Dance. pany, which was being taken across
Sports. the river in the charge of two for-
To-day-China New Year meet- eigners, Mesars. F. W. Cochraneing (Fanling Hunt), Kwanti Race and S. Murphine.
Course.
January 28-American lawn ten- nfs tourney (mixed doubles) for members of the Ladies' Recreation Club at L.R.C.
Land Sale.
“NATURALIZED.”
INCREASE IN FRANCE LAST YEAR.
What's Good for the Goose...
"What's good for the foreign
After robbing the foreigners on goose ought to be good for the cheque forms from the National board, the pirates compelled the Chinese gander. For years, we City Bank of New York with offices crew to take the launch to Pootues, have compelled the Chinese to ac-in Shanghai. In order to get this where they sprang ashore and cept our foreign Assessors. Are cheque book without first having escaped police pursuit. they then not entitled to their own any deposit in the bank the accused Assessors? Justice like a new went to one of the officials and: shoe may, pinch at first, but after stated that he wished to deposit. a while it will be as comfortable Tle. 2,500. After making this an- as an old shoe.
nouncement he went over to the Will Help Foreigners.
Chinese shroff and had a talk with "This Chinese Assessor amend him. Returning to
the foreign ment to our United States Court official he asked for a cheque book for China organic law will bring and the latter, being under the THREE BIG COMEDIES.
about a better understanding be- impression that the money men-
Parla, Yesterday. tween foreigners and Chinese. tioned had been deposited, issued 84,000 foreigners became natur- According to "Le Petit Journal", Special advertisements in to With such an amendment it will be the book. As in all cases
where alised day's lasue announce three first casier for Americans to make con- new depositors are accepted by a against 45,000 in the previous year. French citizens in 1027 rate comedies for the Queen's tracts with Chinese capitalists. bank of standing, a guarantor was-Reuter. Theatre during the Chinese New This legislation will take away necessary but the accused Was Year holidays. The first of these the coercion that at times hangs armed with this guarantee and pictures · la Reginald Denny' like a cloud over Chinese contracts everything was plain soiling for
pital new farce, "Out All Night," with foreigners. It will give the him once he had obtained the The Directors of the Hong Kong which will be screened from to Chinese his day in Court, and cheque book.
Land Investment & Agency morrow to Tuesday;, the second show him that after all the for-
The book was issued to him ox Co., Ltd., have declared a final This the rollicking war comedy, "We're igner wants to abide by a justice December 23 and from that time dividend of $2 per share.
that both parties can understand. onward cheques were scattered with the interim. dividend of $2 in the Navy Now" with Wallace We can make ourselves invaluable broadcast in all parts of the city already paid, makes $4 in all for Beery and Raymond Hatton, which to the Chinese by showing them Tailors, cafe proprietors, boarding will be screened on
the year 1927. Wednesday that our method of justice is house keepers, and numerous places and the third is Buster Keaton's good; good not only to us, but to of business gave of their goods to Intest United Artists picture, Chinese as well. "College."
"Orit
"OUT ALL NIGHT."
Entering Wedge Against Extraterritoriality7
"Of those few who complain that this amendment will prove an entering wedge against the privi-
this cheque book owner and their tale of woe after they found they had been duped was long and pitiful.
. Bank At Fault, -Twelve of them appeared in the All Night" presents leges of foreign treaties, let me Court yesterday Reginald Denny in the role of a ask: Who is to answer this? Is against the accused and explained ag witnesses wealthy young man, who meets, it the people at home who pay for how they had appeared at the bank woos and marries the girl of his the gunships and foreign troops, after accepting the cheques and heart all in one evening. There or is it the foreigner in China, had been unable to cash in. after numerous comical situations who benefits (as he thinks) by
WORLD AND STAR.
are as follows:
The accused informed the Court
HENRY MILLÊN TAI KA
January 20-Sale by Publie Aue- tion of Crown Land at New Kow- loon, P.W.D. Offices,.8 p.m.
Meetings. January 25-General meeting of Hong Kong Philharmonic Society, Cathedral Hall, 5.80 p.m.
Miscellaneous.. January 22-Opening date. of Photographic & Art Exhibition at Nacao.
January 24-Annual ceremony Chamber of Commerce, 3 p.m. at the H.K. Chinese. General
Andrew's Society hold annual Burns January 25-Hong Kong St.
Dinner.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received instructions from Mrs. G. A. v. Hughes to sell by Public Auc tion on MONDAY, the 30th January, 1928; Commencing at 2.45 p.m.
at her residence, No. 7 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon.
The Whole of Her VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE Comprising:
Chesterfield Couch and Armi- chairs, Tables, Curtains, Oil Paint- ings, Pleturés, Hatstand, Fire- acreens, Ornaments, etc.
Extension Dining Table, Teak Sideboard with Bevelled Mirror, Dinner Waggon, Glassware, Crock- ery, etc.
Tenk Bedstead, Brass Mounted Twin Bedsteads, Double and Single Teak Wardrobes. with Bevelled Mirrors, Dressing Tables with Bevelled Mirrors, Oscillating Table Fan, etc., etc. ··
Pantry and Kitchen Requisites.
Also
One Fine Carpet.
One Cottage Piano by "Harnung & Moller."
One "Silvertone. Talking Ma- chine.
And
A Quantity of Blackwoodware. On View on Day of Sale from 10 am.
Terms: Cash on delivery,
are caused when an attempt is them? We forget that the people that he had been expecting money made to keep the marriage a secret at home are paying our armed to be placed to his credit at the daring an occan voyage. Denny's protection' bills in China. Shall bank to the extent of Tls. 2,500 and own inimitable sense of comedy we gainsay their right to do as had been gigging cheques on the as- value is predominant throughout, they think just? and the climax is thrilling and un- "Proposed Amendment to Act sumption that this money was al- usual. The leading feminine role of June 30, 1906, creating the ready there to cover the amounts.
The Court sentenced the accused is played by Marlon Nixon, popular United States Court for China: and talented young actress, who is
"On the first day of the Fif to three months' imprisonment on: once more appearing with Denny, teenth Year of the Chinese Re- each of the charges brought against public, the President shall de him but instead of making the signate and invite a native born sentences wholly concurrent, a son. citizen of China, to sit as an tence of two years and six months Assessor with the United States was imposed. The Court, in pass- Judge for China, in all matters Ing sentence, said that the bank The programmes at the other both civil and criminal wherein was at fault in not ascertaining local cinemas during the holidays the complainant, prosecuting wit- definitely that the accused had ness or other person having a deposited the money and for issuing World Theatre:-To-morrow at material interest may be Chin the cheque book without arst mak- all performances, the great mys.£80. The Chinese citizen so de- ing sure that there was a deposit tery drama, "The Bat"; Monday at signated shall be qualified in The man who went guarantee for 5.15 and 9.20, "The Bat," and at American and Chinese scholar- the accused was also to blame, sald 12, 2.30 and 7.15, the Chinese
ship.
the court, for having done so since drama "True Love" Tuesday and The United States Judge for be admitted that he did not know Wednesday at 5.15 and 9.20, Bebe China shall certify to the number the nocused to any great extent Daniels in a drama of Martinique, shall have sat with him, and the of days the said Chinese Assessor "Volcano," and at 12, 2.80 and said Assessor shall be paid B 7.15, "True Love: Thursday to Saturday at all performances, funda, of the United States Court ther or not Congress will pass per diem honorarium, from the declared Judge Linebarger, whe Charles Chaplin in his greatest for China which estimate for this amendment. It is difficult comedy, "The Gold Rush.";
each day shall be the same as that always to get through any sort of Star Theatre-To-morrow and received by the United States legislation. I intend, however to Monday, Ronald Colman and Vilma Judge for China, and grave give ample opportunity to any opbringing with him thousands of testimonials from people who took Banky in a story of the open, The President at his sole position, so that views contrary to his herb treatment during his residence in America. There he has The Winning of Barbara Worth pleasure may at any time with mine may be fully heard. The proyed the curing powers of the Chinese Herbe to be more effective Tuesday and Wednesday, Gloria draw the invitation to so serve as first session of the seventieth than other methods.
Dr. Peter Reinhold, Minister of Finance of Germany under Chan- collor Luther.
LAMMERT BROS, Auctioneers
Hong Kong, 2186 January, 1928,
CHINESE HERBALIST FROM AMERICA.
Starts Herb Institution in Hong Kong.
OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN U.S.A. VI
Mr. Yee Foo Lun has just come to Hong Kong from America
Swanson in the comedy of a chorus Chinese Assessor and shall ap- Congress will be a long one, and, He is now occupying a suite of rooms in No. 62, Queen's Road wirl who plunges Into the social point another Chinese citizen, although thus far I have has no Central (1st floor), Just over Edward Dispensary. Here he expects swirl, Fine Manners: Thursday likewise qualified, to serve with- opposition, undoubtedly some will te Saturday, Leatrice Joy in a story of term and at the pleasure of appear, which I will welcome be to be ready to receive patients soon. The actual date will be an- of the underworld and the tropica, the President.
cause both sides and all interests nounced in this paper later onan "The Wedding Song.
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