FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1928.
PARTY “PLANKS.” Republican Party Get- ting Ready.
NEW PROGRAMME.
"Anti-War Treaty Proposals," *War Debts' Cancellation," Etc.
Kansas City, Yesterday. The Republican Party vention Как adopted its gramme whercon to the presidential election paign. The programme'a features are:—
Con-
THE “SUN PO” CASE,
HEARING CONCLUDED AFTER
'A LATE SITTING,
JUDGMENT RESERVED.
THE CHINA MAIL,
should be done with the paper, and "AT YUNNANFU. ? in the instructions he received then, nothing was mentioned about the
boycott.
HOW KING'S BIRTHDAY WAS OBSERVED.
In re-examination by Mr M. Ka Lo, for the defence, the witness said that the practice of submitting something for censorship after SINO-BRITISH FRIENDSHIP. it had gone. lato print was quite common.
Yunnanfu, June 7.
"QUALITY STREET.”
ANOTHER NANNIE PLAY FILMED.
QUEEN'S PROGRAMME.
Quality Street," another_of› Sir The Magistrate remarked that
James Barrie's plays to be trans that was A damaging admission.
H.M. the King's Birthday ferred to the screen, was, shown to Mr. Lo said that they were only falling on a Sunday, the celebra- capacity houses at the Queen's concerned with the issues of May tions here were held on the Mon- Theatre yesterday.
Sitting until 5 p.m., yesterday, Licut.-Col. F. Eavos, D.S.O., con-. cluded the hearing, at the Central Magistracy, and reserved his judg- ment until Wednesday, of the case In which both the printers and 9 and 10. If the Assistant At-day, June 4, commencing with a The usually debonair Conrad pro-publishers of the Hong Kong “Son
torney General wanted to take reception at the British Consul-Nagel has the principal role of the fight Po" were summoned, at the in-action in regard to the other in-ate, at which a very representa doctor of a quiet English village cam-stance of the Secretariat for Chin- stances, he (Mr. Lo) was
quite main ese Affairs, for publishing on May ready to meet Mr. Fitzroy,
9 and 10, respectively, articles In answer to his Worship the which had not been censored.
witness said that he did not con-
Enforcement of Mr. Kellogg's Anti-War Treaty proposals.
Continued opposition to the the cancellation of foreign debts. j
Maintenance of the Navy to the full ratio of the Washington Convention for all classes of ships.
Re-affirmation of the Party's bellef in the protective tariff,
The endorsement of President Coolidge's Latin-American policy. The maintenance of an Ameri-
can-built, owned and operated
merchant marine.
hibition,
The shadow of the recent oil scandals is seen in the insist--
The articles were alleged by the prosecution, which was conducted hy' 'Mr. S. Fitzroy, assistant Attorney General, to be calculated to induce persons to refrain from dealing with the Japanese.
Mr. Leung Chan, Editor and Publisher of the "Sun Po" again weyt into the witness box yesterday afternoon, when his cross-examina- tion was resumed by Mr. Fitzroy.
The witness sold that he did not see the proof marked "Exhibit when it returned from the Censor.
alder the advocating of a boy- cott an important matter. He also said that he did not think the words "All our brethren, rise in a body," etc., were of a violent
character.
Mr. Fitzroy, In His address at the close of the evidence for the defonce, dealt with the evidence given by the Censors, and suggested that the documents which left the Censor's office on the nights of May
tive company assembled.
during the time of the Napoleonic The guests included Generalware. Playing opposite him in the Lung Yin, chief of the Director- feminine role is Marion Davies as
Phoebe Throssel.
ate.
Practically all the foreign com- The failure on the part of the munity was present, including doctor to propose to. Phoebe before the missionaries, but the ladies he goes away to the war, leads to did not attend this ceremony, a many amusing incidents on his re reception having been arranged turn to find his sweetheart looking for them in the afternoon.
like an "old maid" in the cap and spectacles of a school marm.
The Consul-General, Mr. G. A Combe, addressed the assembled guests as follows:-
"Your Excellency, Gentlemen, am glad to see so many pre- sent to-day, in honour of the
REVUE ARTISTES. Prior to the picture programme at the 9.20 performance last night, Eleanere Ninon and Leo Mantin, famous revuo artistes, provided a
8 and 9 had been tampered with. anniversary of His Majesty's delightful half an hour's enter-
1" }
Mr. Lo, in a lengthy speech Birthday, and thank all for com- tainment. Their clover dancing. Sale of the Shipping Board He stated, however, that had he which lasted over an hour, contend-ing, especially in such doubtful and the beautiful gowns worn by Miss Ninan were very much appre Fleet to private owners.
seen the proof he would have allowed that the regulations under which weather.
"I must first congratulate the clated by the audience. Rigorous enforcement of Pro-ed to be printed that portion which
the charges were brought were was not initialled by the Censor. ultra vires. He asked his Worship Directorate on having got rid of Witness also said that it was by his to look at
the preamble of the all their enemies-the Kweichow order that the uninitialled nara Ordinance and drew attention to troops, Generals Hu and Chang,
and Tang San." It is now left: paragraph substituted.
deal with the brigands who in- fest the countryside. We parti- short work of them, so that trade cularly hope that it will make
may return to normal conditions. return to up-country atations. and missionaries be enabled to
ence of the appointment of of graph was taken out and another the words "On occasion of emer with a clear field and is free to
cials whose integrity is unques- tionable.-Reuter.
What The Farmers Demand.
Kanaan City, Yesterday. The most formidable obstacle to the efforts of the Republicans to compose a suitable programme for the Presidential election campaign Hes in the demands of the farmers, who are disgruntled at President Coolidge's action in vetoing the Farm Retief Bill.
gency or public danger." He said
that that was the only occasion on
the Emergency
"Objectionable" Paragraph.
which 'the Governor-in-Council. Counsel then produced the issue could and should make regulations. of the paper in which the article
Mr. Lo then read Clausė 2 of appeared with the alteration in
Regulations of dicated, and the witness said that 1922, which stated "On any acca- the paragraph which Counsel char-sion which the Governor-in-Coun acterised as "objectionable"
waecil may consider to be an occasion actually as published, and that its of emergency ar publie danger, he publication was by his order which
may make any regulations what- was given on the evening of May 8. seevor which he may consider de-
sirable in the public interest."
Mr. Fitzroy explained to the The farmers demand a lowering Court that that was the paragraph of the tariffs on farm necessaries.
which the witness ordered to be The Convention yesterday was substituted for the article submit- enlivened by a number of demon-ted to the Censor in Exhibit C. strators attired in overalls and bec-hive straw hats, who deavoured forcibly to enter the hall and present the former's claim to the Convention.
CR-
The police restrained them with difficulty, after drawing their trun- cheons.
'The Vice-Presidency. A New York message says now that Mr. Hoover's nomination
as
Republican candidate seems a fore gone conclusion, interest is boing centred in the Vice-Presideney. in which connection besides General Dawes, Mr. Houghton (Ambus sador to London) is frequently mentioned.
It is possible that Mr. Hoover's followers will support Mr. Hough ten in order to conciliate the New York delegation, of which Mr. Houghton is a member.
A Hoover "Landslide."
Kansas City. Yesterday. There are indications of a land- alide in favour of "Mr. Hoover, owing to the New York Delega tion casting its whole ninety votes for him.
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Replying to further questions by Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Leung anid that it was previous to the return of the proof that he gave the order for the substitution of the paragraph. That was some time after 10 p.m. It was a common occurrence on his paper for this sort of order for sub- atitution of paragraphs to be given before the return of proofs from the Censor.
Mr., Fitzroy's "Wit."
"The anti-British strikes and boycotts which characterised cer- tain other parts of China during Yunnan, where the strong arm the last few years never reached
of the Government kept them down.
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Mr. Lo pointed out that this was a sort of “blank cheque" given to
"And now an era of close fel- the Executive, and must be
con-lowship has set in between China strued strictly. The construction
and Great Britain, Illustrated by was that the power to make these the recent establishment of direct regulations should only be exer- wireless communication between cised during occasione of emer-Yunnanfu and Hong Kong. This new tie is bound to strengthen Rency or public danger.
the friendship between our two Mr. Lo also dealt fully with the countries, and conduce to the ad- evidence and the charges, and re-vancement of trade and pros ferring to Mr. Fitzroy's suggestion perity. that certain documents were tam-ever."
May such ties, last for
the British ladies providing the pored with after they had left the When the speech had been refreshments. Censor's offee, Mr. Lo asked why, translated into Chinese, the Con- The soiree held at the Yunnan- heard the Censor state in evidence fraud he should do it so foolishly H.M. King George V, which was the foreign community and was a The witness said that he had If a person wanted to commit a sul-General proposed the toast to fu Club was attended by most of that when Exhibit C was submitted that Mr. Fitzroy would be enabled drunk with enthusiasm, the band great success. to him the paragraph in question to pass "witty observations" about striking up "God save the King."
The Club was tastefully decor- was not in it, also that the proofs it. If it was n fraud, it was a most were submitted with blank spaces. stupid fraud. He asked his Wor-freshments, the guests departed. of flowers and a bountiful supper After partaking of lavish re- ated with flags and a profusion With regard to this latter point. ship to dismiss the summons. the witness said that the spaces would be crossed out. He declared, direct conflict of evidence in this however, that it was impossible case and the matter of considerable that blank spaces occurred in Importance, I propose to give a Exhibit C.
decision at a later date.
Meeting of Editors. Questioned about the meeting of |-- Editors, the witness said that it. was on May 9 or 10 that he attend- ed at the Censor's office. He had heard Mr. Lau Kam-chak,, the, prin- cipal Censor say that the meeting was on the Gih, 7th or 8th, but he (witness) denied that it was as early as that.
other
His platform committee have now included a plank pledging his aid to the farmers, but omitting any
Asked if he would accept May 8, mention of the equalisation fee, for (the common date mentioned by which further consideration is both Mr.. Lau and himself), as, the promised. The farmers, however, date on which the meeting took are not satisfied and threaten to place, the witness. replied that he revive the matter. [
could not say for certain that it Senator
Borah's prohibition was on May 8. It might have been plank is adopted unchanged, des- the 9th. The witness also allowed pite protests from the New York that the meeting might have taken delegates and others desirous of place before the article complained repealing the eighteenth amend of was published. On the
hand, it might have been after. ment.--Ruter's American Service.
Witness denied in answer to a Farmers Lose. Following the reading of the pro-mentioned about not publishing further question that anything was gramme against Mr. Hoover the articles about a Japanese boycott farm leaders under the lead of He did Senator Lafollette put up a vigor about
not hear anything sald ous losing battle for more favour- Mr. Lau did say was not to publish able treatment. The farmers con- anything violent against Japan. ference hall was swept by emo- He (witness) could not say what tional waves of 'cbnflicting senti- reason Mr. Lau had for Inventing. all ha was concerned
a Japanese boycott. What
ment, in which wherein the farin- that story, ers sounded a repeated warning as about was that no mention of boy- to what might happen in the mid-cott was made to him. Standing as dle west at the November elections the witness was, a little away from If farm relief was not granted.. Mr. Lau, he was able to gather the. Senator Borah vigorously sup-gist of what he said, but if he had ported Mr. Hoover's stand. The mentioned the boycott, the witness convention rejected the minority would have heard it. He added farm relief programme and adopt that he was the last man to arrive ed by 817 to 267 the official plat- at the S.C.A. form-Reuter,
SUNYA."
GLORIA SWANSON AT THE
WORLD THEATRE.
"The Love of Sunya," featuring Gloria Swanson in the chief role, the attraction at the World Theatre until Saturday,
.
Mr. Fitzroy Is it the case that you arrived after this meeting had taken placo? Yes.
So you were not there at the moeting. You arrived after, the meeting had taken place?-Yes, I arrived later.
An Interview. Replying to another question,. the witness said that he subse quently had an interview with someone, whom he could not recogn- The story portrays a young lady lue. It might have been Mr. Lau- surrounded by openings, to be a The interview was as regard what
famous aingor. In Paris, or marry a man she does not love and in
so doing, extract her family from
financial difficulties, or marry the ing a famous singer or marrying man she loves,
* | against, love, sky- Through the help of a crystal The picture le cleverly taken, globe, the heroine sees what the and though rather without action; future holds in store for her if she it has its good points. It is quite became a singer or even marry the up to the standard of pictures that. man she does not love. What she feature Gloria Swanson in the lead- saw was sufficient proof not to go ing role. The cast la big, and in- to the extremity of either becom-clude many well-known-stars. G
His Worship: As there is
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