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No. 25,795 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928.
CHINA PROPER.
A NATIONALIST PROPOSAL.
'PRACTICAL PARTITION."
Party's Suggestion To Avert Open Split.
DIVISION OF POWER THE REAL ISSUE.
Practical if not political partition of the greater part of China Proper is suggested as the basis of a projected understanding which, the sponsors hope, will be the means of averting an open split in the Nationalist Party.
RECORD DAMAGES? BETWEEN TWO TRAMS
$8,000,000 Allotted American.
THE DUKE ESTATE.
Dispute Over Aluminium Exploitation Deal.
Fire Brigade Engine Wedged.
FIREMEN INJURED.
Engine Then Mounts Pavement Outside Hotel.
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
MORE TRAFFIC.
"Star" Ferry Co.'s Big Profits.
*Your Eyes Are Safe With Us"
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A FORGED WILL.
Son Admits Guilt At Sessions.
LENIENT SENTENCE.
Jadge Influenced By Youth And New Resolation.
THE HOUGHTON CASE.
Magistrate's Considered
Judgment.
SUMMONSES DISMISSED.
"Threat That Comes Very Near To Blackmail.”
BONUS VOTED FOR DIRECTORS.
Chairman Speaks On Alterations And Improvements. Newark, Yesterday. The busiest centre of the elty Gross earnings from traffic on A Chinese youth of eighteen was
At the Central Magistracy this Probably the largest damages at the busiest time of the day-the "Star" ferry boats between sentenced to nine months' imprison- morning, Mr. R. E. Lindsel! dis ever allotted to an individual the Des Voeux Road, Chater Road Hong Kong and Kowloon were upment at the Criminal Sessions this missed the two summonses against plaintiff were awarded George D. and Pedder Street junction at 9 $86,810.40 in 1927, said the chair-morning for perjury Haskell, a New England manufac-a.m.--was to-day the scene of an man of the company at the annual obtaining of money by forged docu- Law Society (represented by Mr. and the C. M. Houghton brought by the turer, whom the jury directed to accident which might have had meeting to-day. Net profit last ments. be paid $8,000,000 from the estate far more serious consequences if year increased by $70,774.04.
D. H. Blake) alleging that he had
tobacco king.
the Pedder Street junction had D. G. M. Bernard, referred in his leniency of the sentence was due to Evidence was given that Duke not providentially been clear at review to the alterations and im- the youth of the prisoner and to Hq Worship read his conaldered
Considered Judgment. promised to back Haskell in ex- the time
provements effected. ploiting huge aluminium proper-
One of the Fire Brigade engines
His Lordship having taken con- Judgment as follows: The 30th annual meeting of the aideration of the facts so strongly The form of the Section on which ties in Canada, but then sold out to an ing drill back to the Fire Station in the board room of Messrs. Jar- Leo d'Almada, Jnr.) an
the United States and was returning from early morn-"Star" Ferry Co., Ltd., was held urged by prisoner's counsel (Mr. this charge is based-Section 27 of "aluminium trust."
along Cliater Road when, at the dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Sup- prisoner having been led away by No. 1
to the the Legal Practitioners' Ordinance, $15,000,000, but sued for $45,000,- wedged in between two tram cars, Messrs. C. Gordon Mackie, A. H. a resolution to amend his ways.
Haskel claimed damages of junction of the three roads, it got porting the chairman
of 1871 was apparently were others and, as to his having formed derived from Section. 18 of Ordin- 000 under the Federal anti-trust No. 18 going East and No. 63 go- Compton (directors) and F. H.
ance 13 of 1868, now long defunct, pro-law authorising triple damages ing West.
Crapnell (secretary).
There were five counts on which which made operative in the Colony On spiracy and restraint of trade.
for losses resulting from con-
the prisoner were arraigned, these most of the provisions of 6 & 7 Shareholders Apparently the fire engine driv-Messrs.. J. T. Bagram, Frank ceipts issued by the Ki Fung Yuk made it an offence to act as a soli- present were relating to larceny of deposit re Viet C78. Section 2, of that Act Counsel for Haskell will now er considered he was able to pass Austin, J. M. Alves, W. S. Bailey; firm, the uttering of a forged docu- citor without being enrolled and
between the two tram-cars and on C. M. Manners, C. E. Terry, ment, the demanding of money, by although fore the cars closed up, either an- Mackenzie, C. F. Lee and R. V. and, lastly, te perjury (on two minating in the Solicitora and to the left of Des Voeux Road be- A. H. M. da Silva, J. Hyde, D. virtue of probate of a forged will superceded by later ticipating a slowing up of the ears
of James B. Duke, the late the pavement on the Hotel side of The chairman, the Hon. Mr. Chief Justice) stated that the solfeltor.
His Lordship (Sir H. C. Gollan, on two different dates acted as a
One or two groups are working for a solution of the troubles in the Nationalist camp: The only real issue fs-division of power. It is hoped to settle all differences by marking out the various provinces for each group in the Party and then concentrating on another ad- vance against the Peking Government.
The Kwangsi military leaders now holding the two Kwang vinces are, according to the plan, to have their scope enlarged. the other hand, the Nanking faction is to carry on with the War.
"KWANG" SITUATION.
1.-Canton Government: Gen crals Lí Chai-sum and Wong Shiu hung, and General Chen Ming-chu who has just joined them, to have control of Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow and Yunnan provinces.
TWO CAMPAIGNS.
Wu-Han Nationalist Armles Engaged.
move the court to increase the
award to $24,000,000 under this law.-Reuter's American Ser- vice.
RUBBER COMMITTEE AND THE INDUSTRY.
Harris.
the Act was entirely
statutes cul-
Attorneys' Act of 1874 (87 & 38
counts),
Prisoner pleaded guilty on
all
Vict C68) the original words of
counts.
or judging he had room to pass.
Chairman's Address. Passing in front of tram-car The basis of understanding pro- sees the Nationalist drive at a PREMIER EXPLAINS. caught by the latter and forced on by the secretary. The report, ac- No. 18, the fire engine was The convening notice was read
our 1871 Ordinance "practices or posed by mediators in the Nu- standstill while the Northern,
to tram-car No. 63, doing con- counts and auditors' report for for the Crown, indicated that one the Hong Kong Law to-day. The Mr. H. S. Fitzroy, prosecuting acts as a Solicitor still remain în tionalist Party is, briefly, as foi forces apparently are gaining
siderable damage to the front of 1927 were taken as read. ground, is the reason for Chiang lows:
the two tram-cars and damaging chairman then read his address as to an affidavit sworn before Mr, abstituted the new
The of the charges of perjury referred Home act, of 1874, however, aub- Kai-shek's trip. He will confer
offence of· with the front line commanders "EVERY CONSIDERATION." escape ladder and running board
the mudguards, hose box, fire follows:- with the object of re-organising
C. D. Melbourne under which pri- wilfully and falsely pretending to The year under review shows oner swore that his father had died be a solicitor for that of acting as of the fire engine. the military plans.
an increase over the previous and that prior to his death he had such without authority, and it was, London, Yesterday, - In the House of Commons, in
Two Injured,
year in gross earnings from traffic executed a will leaving prisoner as for that offence that the prossen- of $86,310,40 and in nett profit of the sole executor. reply to questions, Mr. Baldwin
Two of the firemen received in- $70,774.04, which I trust you will
tions in the cases quoted by Mr. said that before any announce-juries us the result of the dual consider satisfactory,
Other charges referred to the Blake were undertaken. ment was made the Colonial Office collision, one being thrown viol-transferring $50,000 to reserve, receipts for sums of money, espe-clearly fraudulent and deliberate After stealing of certain documents and The essence of that offence is The Ironsides, who have
was confidentially informed by been expelled from Kwangtung
the Advisory Committee on the
$20,000 to accident fund and cially one for $600 and one for $450, misrepresentation, and it is there $1,484.86 to special repairs fund, The father of prisoner had depotere difficult to deduce principle. by Generals Li Chai-sum and Yangtze River, in the south-east the Government had decided to Hostilities along the upper Stevenson restriction scheme that:
there remains a balance of Wong Shio-hung, to be sent to
$322,487.15,
which includes sited the money in the El Fung of law from the home cases that Nanking for service at the of Hupeh province, are reported examine the scheme.. Neither the
Yuk wine shop in Bonham Strand, will fit the present one, the more $81,225.71 brought forward from West. In October last, the father so because different Magistrates at front.
Advisory Committee nor the in-
last account. In both cases, one side of the dustry could properly have been fighting forces is
consulted at that stage, but a full furnished by Nationalist troops of the Wu-Han "pportunity would be given to re- faction, which is friendly with the submit, their views to the com- presentatives of the industry' to Canton. Government and is op mittee. posed to the Nationalist central Government at Nanking.
Nanking Assignment. 2-Wu-Han faction: General Pei Chung-hsi (a friend of Can- ton) and General Cheng Chien, with one or two other Generals now supporting them to have control of Hunan and Hupeh pro- vinces,
3.--Nanking Government: Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, with the goodwill (or actual support) of the two groups (mentioned above) which now oppose him, to push on with the campaign against the Peking Government, and to sever all connection with Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the Leftists, Pinks and Reds.
from two areas.
Attack on Hunarese.
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"FINER._LATER.”
N.E. winds, fresh, overcast, at first, finer Inter, is the official weather forecast until noon to morrow,INE
The anticyclone: la stationary over N.E. China. Fresh monsoon may be expected along the S.E. Coast of China and over the Chind Sex:
connected
Law In different ways.
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With this view, I regret that I
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It is proposed to pay a dividend went away until the end of Decem. home seem to have interpreted the of $2 per share and a bonus of ber $1.50 per share,
$1,500 Involved. absorbing
Could Not Agrée. $280,000, and carry forward
The facts, however, of the 1924 The sums of money involved in, $42,437.15. I trust shareholders the charges, indicated counsel, Case of the Law Society v. Leat will approve of these appropria-amounted
approximated, so far as one can He added it was not usual for
to $1,500. The papers judge from the report, very closely the Cabinet to give details of
tions.
with this money were to those of this case, and they the From Ichang, 370 miles above Cabinet committees' procedure
Experiment on New Ferry. taken from the box in which they London stipendiary found in favour Hankow, some of the Nationalists and emphasised the last thing the
The $1,484.86 placed to the had been left by, the father. Onof the defence. have begun operations against the Government wished to do was
special repairs fund is the amount November 13, one of the papers for adventurer, General Yang Sen of anything likely to cause stress to ently to the ground but fortunate.ture on repairs to Ice House Street the money
required to balance the expendi-$500 was presented at the wine shop, there may have been no falsely pre- Mr. Blake submits that though. Szechuan, says B British Naval the rubber industry.
was paid, and later wireless report. Fighting is ex-
ly clear of the three vehicles. The Pier; as these are now complete, another was presented and was also tending to be a solicitor pected above Ichang.
When they had to form opinion fire engine, not being able to clear this account is closed. The total paid together with interest. In conduct on the 18th and 19th and on the report of the committee the tram-car sufficiently to take cust
case, yet the defendant's letters and of the work they would give every considera- the bend into Des Voeux Road, amounted
on the pier accordance with the custom of the 20 January amount to acting as a to $103,069.68, of wineshop, the receipts were dea- Near Shasi, 287 miles above try.
tlon to the position of the indus-mounted the pavement outside which $28.124 has been dealt troyed. Apparently, cheques were
Folicitor. Hankow, the 2nd Army of the Mr, E. T. C. Campbell suggested Hotel (through the extreme arch
the demolished portion of the old with as capital expenditure. feaued for these papers but they cannot agree. Wu-Han Nationalists (under that a sudden change in arrange on the Des Voeux Road side of the sold during the year at a profit of Kong Bank without proof of the Defendant admittedly sent two
Three of the older vessels were could not be cashed at the Hong 'Presumed Side-Issues.
General Lu Ti-ping) has com- ment might cost the Treasury a corner) but was pulled up in time $21,000 over the book value. menced operations against the
letters which contain the same sort Presumably, the "Christian 85th Hunanese Army under Gen-
father's death so on December 1 great deal of money.
to avoid a crash into the wall.
We now General" and Generat Yen Hsi- eral Ho Chien. The Humanese liar with the point, which would Mr. Baldwin said he was fami-
have four of the prisoner went to Messrs, Woo and language as solicitors. use, and shan of Shansi province will still were ousted from Hankow by be watched. Reuter.
The Fire Brigade ambulance modern boats and two old ones. Nash and indicated that he wished one of which includes a treat of be treated as allies in the North, the Wu-Han Nationalists and now
was quickly brought to the scene structed and will be put into ser-estate of his father whom he repre- very near to blackmail, if not to Another new one is being con- to take out probate in respect of the criminal proceedings that comes and the two injured men were vice in May next. A wider gang-sented as dead. and the proposed division of ter- support Chiang Kai-shek and OPIUM CONVENTION. taken to the Government Civil
criminal intimidation, but it does ritory does not concern them. Nanking. Fighting has begun 50
way is being tried in this new: Kiangsi province will remain also miles below Shasi, at a point on
Hospital, Both sustained injuries boat to enable passengers to get and, as it appeared that everything criminal proceedings and the threat The ordinary steps were taken not need jolicitor to start semi-independent, under General which the Hunanese retired when
LEAGUE MEMBERS NOT YET to the head, the fireman who was on and off more quickly. If it is a was in order and that the docu- does not necessarily imply that de- thrown to the ground being aeri- success the question of altering ments were properly excented, pro-¡fendant intended to Institute such Chu Pei-teh. Fukien, Chekiang, first forced out of Hankow.
ously hurt and the other suffering the others will be considered. Kiangsu and Anhui provinces to Admiral Chen of the National- be ruled by partisans of Chiang ists Navy is giving material asIn the House of Commons, reply shock.
London, Yesterday. Both were also affected by the chiefly from cuts and bruises.
bate was granted and the next step proceedings on his own; and fur- Oil or Conl? Kai-shek.
sistance to the 2nd Army and is
was to apply to the Bank for pay thermore, as pointed out In Fleet- Careful comparisons have been ment. Locker. Such a solution might be ac- sending two gunboats from Yong to questions Comdr.
The father then arrived wood's case, legal phraseology is ceptable to Canton, if not to Nan-chow to attack the Hunanese.
made of the cost of oil, which back and the whole affair was open not the exclusive possession of Lampson said the Geneva Oplum
Brunt of Collision. king:
some of the launches have beened up.. In the meantime, indicated solicitors. Moreover, each letter at It will tend to ensure Gunboat Asked For.
Convention of 1925 had not yet! Although the woodwork in burning, with coal, and as the lat- counsel, the prisoner had gone to the head and foot bore the printed peace in Nationalist China for a
teen enforced because three out of front of both tram-cars was torn ter has worked out cheaper all Mr. Melbourne at the Supreme words "South China Trade Protec few months at least and the bandits have been causing much of the council of the League were the brunt of the collision, neither coal.
Another message says that the seven ratifications by members away, tram-car No. 58 receiving the boats have been put on to Court and taken two distinct oaths tion Association," and that of the situation in South China should trouble in the neighbourhood of still benefit because the possibility of Shast.
lacking, The Government the drivers nor passengers receiv-
in regard to afidavits put in in 18th January is headed by the The 35th
The repairs and alterations to war will become more remote.
Chinese name of, and is signed by Hunanese was doing its best to encourage, the ed injuries necessitating their re- Ice House Street pier, which I re-support of the forged will. Army, presumably prior to the other countries to ratify-Reuter..moval. All were jerked forward ferred to at our last meeting, have prisoner was taken by him to the Association. There is no hint fr On the return of the father, the defendant as accountant of, the What Is Being Done Now, beginning of hostilities, asked the
slightly by the collision, sustain-been completed and I think it will police station and charged, in reply either letter that the writer is act Meanwhile, Chiang Kai-shek is king to send a gunboat up the Nationalist Government at Nan-
ing a slight shock. The driver of be generally agreed that the new to which he stated "The money is ing gua solicitor, and as regards taking the active command into Yangtsze to help in suppressing Japanese influence and is deceiv-received a few cuts from the provement.
tram-car No. 63 is stated to have arrangements are a great im my father's.. I took the money to the interview between defendant his hands. His best lieutenant, General Ho Ying-ching, is report the bandits. If a gunboat is sent, ing the people of the republic, broken glass of his car.
Bonus to Shareholders.
do some business for my living be-and Fang Chow on January 19, however, it may be used by the Therefore, he emphasised, such ed by the "Kung Sheung Yat Fo" Hunanese in the war with the Wu- an undesired influence should be the quickly gathering crowds at convening this meeting reference
thought it is possible that black- The noise of the colllaion and You will observe in the notice cause I am an unemployed man." to have been relieved of his com-
mailing threats were used by de- mand and appointed chief of staff.
Han Nationalists.
swept away from the central attracted many others to the spot is made to the resolution passed
fendant I cannot find any evidence tivity.-Toho.
in the witnesses' statements to The broken. fronts of the two by shareholders, present at our
show that he acted or claimed to |tram-care, the damaged fire en last meeting, to increase the direc-
set as a solicitor. gine on the pavement and the tors' remuneration from $1,000 to addition to the annual remunera- Acting or practising as a collet- freman had fallen were the ob was referred to the Company's directors, as proposed at the pre- of setting up in business with come blood on the ground where the $2,000 per annum. The matter tion of $1,000, to the company's tor in my view conveys the idea jects of considerable attention solicitors, who advised that as vious annual meeting, to date sort of advertisement of qualifica and speculation.
the proposal constituted "special from Jan. 1, 1928 proposed by tion to do the work of a solicitor Colombo, Yesterday. The fire engine was eventually business, shareholders should Mr. J. M. Alves, seconded by Mr. in the way of giving legal advice, General Chien Ta-chun, his for week at Changsha, General Cheng lets have decided to cancel their was able to go back to the station This has now been done and re-
The Chinese Nationalist tour extricated from the pavement and receive notice of the resolution. W. S. Bailey.
drawing legal documents, etc., for mer supporter at Canton, who Chien pointed out the fact that Ceylon programme and continue without help and the two trans quires confirmation. took his army into Fukien over- some members of the central com-
Confirmation of appointment of rain. Done land, le reported as about to em-mittees at Nanking are actually the voyage to Europe. No reason were also able to move on. Some I now beg to propose that the Messrs. A. H. Compton, T. G. -"Law-'of BlackmaiL 20 bark with his army for Shanghai communicating with Communists. for the change has been given thing of a traffic block existed, report and accounts as presenten directors-proposed by Mr. appear to be world wide, and to fad Weall and C. Gordon Mackie as Trade Protection. Associations to join Chiang Kai-shek.
Reuter, A-Friend of Peking.” * [Note: Dr. C. C. Wu (ex. how
however, for considerable time. be adopted. When this has been Bagram, seconded by Mr. Man- an employee of auch an Association "Reorganising Plana."
He denounced. Generalissimo Foreign Minister), Mr. Hu Han
Pena Later.
sparkle seconded, I shall be pleased to USA answer any questions to the best er
guilty of an offence who Chiang Kai-shek, in the same ad- min (a former head of the There were seven firemen on of my ability which shareholders Re-election of the Hon. Mr. dusning letter threatening Chiang Kai-shek left Nanking dress, saying that Chiang Kai- Kwangtung Government) and Mr. the fire engine at the time. The may desire to ask.
Times," Other Business. for Hauchowfu on Feb. 9, saya the shek had appointed many of his Sun Fo (ex-Finance Minister) are engine is known as Fire Escape
D. G. M. Bernard, the retiring stitute proceedings, whereas li director proposed by Mr. Frank uses the words “fnstruct a Nationalist troops at the front. the Government, in order to were paid $80,000 each by the Na Jured is Chat Tin, who is suffer
Austin, seconded by Mr. W. Hyde, to Institute proceedings. He was accompanied by his staff establish his influence, that he is tionalist Government for their ing from head wounds and intern- No question was put and the pro- Brown, A.Ç.A, as auditor for the would be to my mind an
Mr. A. H. Compton seconded Re-election of Mr. C. Bernard admittedly cou and bodyguards. `-end (0)
expanding his armies by means of travels. At Singapore, an alleged al injuries. The other Kong posal was adopted imanimously current year proposed by Mr. Where unlawful thre Chinese newspapers in Shang foreign loans, and that he la Cantonese Communist is stated to wing is a foreman in the Brigad Other business transacted by the C. E. Terry, conded by Mr, the law of blackman bal report that the debacle which secretly connected with Marshal have confessed to trying to kill His cute were superficial and he meeting comprised:WA. H. M. da Silv
abould be apparently has been reached In Chang Tso-lin of the Peking Gov- them. None of the party was has subsequently,
sufficient to protect the public. the north. Kiangsu sector, which ernment through the medium of wounded.
been cir Confirmation of payment
nt of Dividend warrants can be ap- The summonses. mun be charged fr
yearly sum of $1,000 as bonus, in ipiled for to-morrow.
Changes affecting several army What a General Says.
corps and divisions are made, the One of the Wu-Han Nationalist result--if correctly reported-in- leaders, General Cheng Chien, is dicating that Chiang Kai-shek is quoted below:- not satisfied with being the figure- head and that he will attempt to
Hankow, Feb. 8. In an address made before the
meeting during communication
lay down the law to a large num-public who had gathered at a
ber of armed men,
THE WU PARTY. Ceylon Tour Cancelled: Europe
Instead,
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