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WANG AND YADA NOT PLIGHT OF RUSSIAN CITY NEAR SHANGHAI MARSHAL LI LEAVING GIGANTIC LINKING UP TERRIBLE CRUELTY IN THE ROYAL TOUR IN
FINISHED
· BONDHOLDERS
82 HOURS' TALK
PROSPECT OF SINO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT
NEW COMMITTEE
THE "MAJOR” POINTS CLEARED
Nanking, To-day,
SACKED
JAILBIRDS LET OUT INTERNATIONAL BODY TO PRO-GARRISON WIPED OUT BY 1,000
BANDITS VIDE SUITABLE MACHINERY
OPEN DISCUSSIONS
London, Yesterday.
ORGY ENDS IN BLAZE OF FIRE
Shanghai, Yesterday.
It was generally expected that The newly-formed International Liyang, a city 60 miles west of some agreement would be reached Committee for the Protection of Wusih (the latter being a well- last evening at the conclusion of Russian bondholders which deal ox- Yesterday's proceedings in the con-clusively with the Russian Govern-known four centre near Shanghai), ference between Dr. C. T. Wang ment and Municipal obligations, is reported to have been sacked by (Chinese Foreign Minister) and held ila inaugural meeting under a thousand bandits on the evening Mr. S. Yada (Japanese Consul Gen- the chairmanship of Lord Revel of Oct. 21. eral in Shanghai). Yesterday's stoke. talk lasted 8 hours.
The Associations represented de-
The bandite pillaged shops and Although Dr. Wang and - Mr.'cided to stand four-square in con-houses. They released jallbirds Yada reached some understanding nection with any debt settlements and set the city afire with díaas- on major points and in view of the with the Russian Government and
trous results. great importance of the problems to provide, suitable machinery, to discussed, they both belleve that open discussions with Russia at a another aitting is necessary. suitable time-Reuter. Therefore, they are meeting again
to-day.
It is stated that the Hankow and
THE NAVY PACT
. ON DOCUMENT -
MIXED RECEPTION
Nanking Incidents (as between TRENCHANT PRESS COMMENT China and Japan) have been prac-i tically settled, and that settlement: of the Tainan Incident is also probable on the understanding that an investigation committee be ap- pointed to find out who started the trouble in Tsinan.
Highly. Hopeful
London, Yesterday. The Foreign Office methods In connection with the Naval Limita-
The delegates had almoat come tion Pact and little appreciation in
to TI
Treaties between China and Japan.
The police and soldiers in the city put up strong resistance but, being outnumbered, they were wiped out. -Reuter..
U.S. SHIPPING
FIRST LOAN FROM CONSTRUC- TION FUNDS
Washington, Yesterday.
The first loan from the Govern-
ment's quarter of a milliard dol-
NANKING?
BACK IN A FEW DAYS SIGNIFICANCE OF GEN. WONG'S
ANNOUNCEMENT SAREE
SCHEME
AIR AND RAIL
SERVICE BETWEEN USA. AND WEST INDIES
the
ALSO EXTENSION DEVELOPMENTS IN CANTON
New York, Yesterday. (From Our Political Correspondent.)
A through Air and Railway The fact that General Wong Shiu-hung (Huang Char-halong) Passenger Service between has actually attended a meeting of United States and the West Indies the Kwangtung branch of the Na is to be inaugurated on January 10 tionallat Political Council is taken
as the first step in the gigantic scheme of linking up North, Central and South America.
General Wong Shin-hung,
head of the Kwangsl Govern-
ment.
NICARAGUA
AGERS KILLED
WHAT INSURGENTS DID TO PREVENT VOTING
US. OFFICIAL REPORT
EAST AFRICA
UNLUCKY EVENT
GENERAL TROTTER SUFFERS FROM HEART. TROUBLE
PRINCE'S SOLICITUDE
London, Yesterday.
Washington, Yesterday. Allegations of terrible atrocities General Trotter, groom-in-wait- by the followers of the Nicaraguaning to the Prince of Wales, and who Insurgent, General Sandino, are was accompanying the Prince on made, by Brigadier General Frank his tour in East Africa, has had McCoy, the American sicer super to leave the Prince owing to acute vising the Nicaraguan elections.
heart trouble.
The report to the State Depart · General Trotter had a sudden' ment alleges that a band of Insur-attack and collapsed in the river gents killed the villagers of San boat "Langard while the party Trains will run daily from New Marcos on the night of October 1 were crossing Lake · Albert. York to Miami, and from adopting revolting cruelty with The Prince wired a message to whence in aeroplanes to Havana; view to terrorising the inhabitants; be sent in the quickest possible way thence other aeroplanes will pro-and prevent them from voting in to Government House at Entebbe, the November elections-Reuter's and to Kampala for medical sup- ceed to Santiago de Cuba, Haiti, American Service. Santo Domingo and San Juan,
His proposed later to extend the system from Central and South America to Tucsons in Arizona Reiter's American Service.
UNEMPLOYED
THE BRITISH FIGURES STILL INCREASING
London, Yesterday.
'98 GOLD RUSH
MEETING OF 7 SURVIVORS
plies.
· Fortunately, an Indian telegraph- ist was working on the talegraph line close by and the Prince order.. AT ed him to tap the wire and get a
message through without delay.
The message was delivered sut- cessfully and a relief party was Im- mediately organised at Kampala.
Everything which might be re- inquired, including a surgeon, phy- stefan and nurses was packed into They had been invited to see cars and rushed off on the 200 miles "The Trail of '98" at the Tivoll. Journey to Butlaba, the nearest
THE TIVOLI STORIES OF DARING ·
Seven men who took part in famous gold rush to Klondike '98 met in London recently.
the
The
The weekly unemployment re- and after the show.they exchang-point to the Royal party, which understanding regarding the Conservative press, and much lar Ship Construction Funds has]
[been made by the Shipping Board
turn again shows a slight increase.ed stories over drinks and elgare. could be reached by road. Dr. C. T. Wang, interviewed by lively criticism from the opposition to the Export Steamship Corpora
Hundreds of men perished in the distance was covered in just over The total number of the unemploy-greatest and the most tragic trek six hours, which was a record for Reuter, stated that prospects of an The "Morning. Post" thinks that tion of New York. It amounts to
ed is 1,821,000 being 1,494 more for gold of the century; and these the journey. early understanding and settle the charge of "secret diplomacy" three quarters of the cost of build-in Canton to indicate that import than a week ago, and 249,904 more
seven are a handful of the survi-
When the relief party, reached ment of outstanding Sino-Japanese against Britain and France is ex-
ant developments are pending, very than there were a year ago. vors. issues are highly hopeful, although ploded, but the "Daily Mall" coming four combination passenger likely pointing to the early return
the Royal camp they found the was eighteen years of age, Prince sitting with General Trotter much will depend on the attitude plains of the Becrecy of the cargo vessels to operate between from Nanking of Marshal Li Chal-tish Wireless Service.
and a rancher in Vancouver, when of the Japanese Imperial Govern-methods employed, and considers it New York and the Mediterranean sum,
the news of the gold strike in and that the immediate danger the point had been passed: The Prince In great mlafortune that an agrez-
Alaska
flashed Was
had watched over the patient dur- world," sald Captain E. R.
Ing the night. Murphy.
ment..
If an agreement is reached to- ment which might, with happier ports.-Reuter's American Servicc. morrow, plenipotentiary delegates management; have done so much will shortly be appointed to enter good, should have put the clock of into formal negotiations for the disarmament.so far back. settlement of all outstanding issues! between China and Japan--Reuter.
SMUGGLING $1
U.S. NOVELIST
DIES SUDDENLY ÁT A LUNCHEON
The "Daily Express". considers the Foreign Office's "naive misun- derstanding of all outside opinion and psychology was hardly sur
New York, Yesterday. passed by Germany in the days of
The novelist, George Barr HEAVY FINE FOR BREACH OF the war," while the "Daily. Tele-)
PRISON REGULATIONS graph credits the Foreign Office McCutcheon died, while lunching with being animated by good in-with the Dutch Treaty Club.-Reu-
Jail without permission.
EX-U.S. SENATOR
DEATH ANNOUNCED OF MR. CHARLES TOWNE
A Chinese woman, named Man tentions. On the other hand the iter. Kwal-tal, was this morning charged, "Dally Herald" has described the before Major C. Willson, O.B.E., pact as a "Himalayan blunder." with smuggling $1 into the Victoria The "Daily News" says that the general impression remains that She pleaded guilty" and claimed Britain has seriously endangered that she was Ignorant of local prison Locarno by committing herself regulations, having only recently subtly but decisively to the French])
New York, Yesterday. come from the country. Accused interests.
The death is announced of Mr. added that she was under the im-)
The "Daily Chronicle" is at a Charles Towne, formerly, a United pression that, like the prisons in Chinese territory, things were sold loss to understand how Britain and States Senator and ence prominent France selected terma which were in the oll industry.-Reuter's to prisoners inside the jail.
Major Willson said that was hard-known beforehand to be atterly re- American Service.
ly an excuse, as the regulations were pugnant and unacceptable to the posted up in large characters inside United States. It asks if the con-
the jail for all to see.
FROM PERSIA
cession to France about conscrip- tlon must be regarded as irrevoc- did you ever see a woman from the able.
123 STUDENTS FOR FRENCH UNIVERSITIES
Accused: I can't read.
Where
country who understands letters?! The "Times" finds the white Mr. J. W. Franka, Superintendent paper "a decidedly prosaic docu- of Prisons, who prosecuted, said, ment" and an "anticlimax," but
Paris, Yesterday.
128 Persian students have arrived
the fact that the accused had con- suggests that as there is no devia-to attend classes at the French cealed the $1 bill Inside the cover tion whatever in principle from the universities. Havas,
of a thermos flask ahowed that she fixed course of British policy, there
was not so Innocent as she pretend-was no reason to suppose that the ed to be.
compromise
would- necessarily
REUTER'S MAN
IN SHANGHAI
Asked by the Magistrate why she prove inacceptable to America, OBTAINS DECREE ABSOLUTE did not take the money in on her On the other hand France and Bri-| person, the accused replied: "I did tain should have been more care- not want anyone to know about it!" ful to prevent a misunderstanding. Mr. Herbert George Monde, local .-(Laughter).
The "Manchester Guardian" says manager of Reuter's Commercial
His Lordship Imposed a fine ofthat the all Important question is and Financial Service, according to $25 and ordered the $1 to be con- whether the British Government is advices from Shanghai, obtained a fiscated.
committed by the compromise. decree déolute in regard to the suit The journal considers that it is a between himself and his wife, scrap of paper, which should be Natalia Mende, respondent. dropped in the English Channel as decree absolute was pronounced by swiftly as possible.
Judge G. W. King in H.B.M. Court
BANISHEES
کمر
STATE WHY THEY RETURNED TO THE COLONY
The
In Paris the "absolute good on Friday last. faith," "rigorous logic" and "parity At the same time. Judge King Before Mr. W. Schofield, at the of intention" of the British and granted a decree absolute to Willia Kowloon Magistracy this morning. French Governments la acclaimed Hill Kimberley, petitioner, against two Chinese were charged with re by the Right Wing newspapers, Madeline Hill Kimberley, respon turning to the Colony before the while the Socialist organ, "Oeuvre," dent. expiration of their banishment sen-considers that despite some clums! tence of 10 years. Though both ness on the part of Britain the Teesdale, Newman and McDonald defendants were charged with a negotiations were quite correct. appeared for the petitioner in each
similar offence, the cases were heard separately.
In the first case defendant, à
Mr. C. G. Keen, of Mesars.
case. The Communist organ "Human-
ite" daclares that the publication
is a "striking indictment of im- GAMBLING CHARGE
coolle, 80 years of age, said that) perialism."-Reuter.
he had been arrested in Macao by,
the authorities and "banished to
Hong Kong." He had been placed,
againgt his will, on the .s."Wing| Tientsin, Yesterday. The squad-
-Bri-
Marshal Li has been absent from
BELGIAN ROYALTY
MAKING A TRIP TO THE
NO CHANGE
· DUTCH EAST INDIES
Rotterdam, Yesterday. N. E. winds,"modefäte, fine,TM is the forecast until noon to-morrow.
According to present arrange An area of moderately highments, Prince Leopold, the Crown pressure extends from the lower Prince of Belgium, and his wife, will embark Yangisze valley to N. Japan. Princess Astrid, Presaure is relatively low be at Marseilles on November 23 for tween the Visayas and the Lad-the Dutch East Indies aboard the
8.8. "Insulinde."-Reuter.
rones,
The typhoon appears to be situated more than 800 miles E.S.E. of Manila, moving W. Fresh monsoon will continue along the S. E. coast of China and over the N. China Sea.
A cyclone or typhoon E..of. Southern Luzon, direction un- known, was reported from Manila this morning.
DISCHARGED
SERIOUS ALLEGATION AGAINST TWO CHINESE
across
I was a miner in Kimberley,
General. Trotter was, however,
and nineteen at the time," anía comeldered too. Il to continue the Mr. F. Roberts.'
Journey and was sent back slowly
"I was about 25, and a shipping to Entebbe British Wireless Sur- clerk in Liverpool, interpolated vics. Mr. W. H. Chisholm.
I was 22, and a working car- penter, when I heard of the gold find," said Mr. R. J. Ballard.
"It was
STREET THEFT
MYSTERY OF A STOLEN
FOUNTAIN PEN.
"I was a student, in my early twenties, of Christ Church College, Oxford, only recently up from
For snatching a fountain peu Cheltenham," added Captain Victor from the breast pocket of Mr. Talbot
F. H. Jewell, in Cochrane-street, a One by one they recalled indivi-Chinese youth was this morning dual experiences, and some. of them produced faded documents sentenced by Major C. Willson, the notices of location of "placer O.B.E, to 48 hours detention and
12 strokes of the birch. Two Chinese who were charged claims."
Mr. Jewell, who is a visitor from "The thing I best remember was with receiving and harbouring a 16-
when I went snow blind," said Shanghai, staying at the St. year-old girl who had recently ar
six Francis Hotel, said that he and his rived from the country, were dis- Captain Murphy, charged by Mr. R. E. Lindsell yes-weeks before I recovered my sight. wife were looking at the shops in Afterwards I staked a claim on Cochrane-street when he suddenly Canton for much longer than was terday. originally expected. And it will be Mr. R. A. D. Forrest of the the big Salmon River, and was do- beard a 'click and, looking at his recalled that much exception, was Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, ing well until I was flooded out breast pocket, he found that his pen had gone. He seized the at- taken to premature announce-prosecuting, withdrew the charge and lost everything."
"I fought my way through the cused who happened to, he nearest ment In a Hong Kong paper to the against one of the defendants as he effect that General Wong Shiu-had been considering the advis White Pass and up the Skagway to him, but released him when he hung had gone down, from Wuchow ability of having him as a witness River with my handful of carpen falled to find the pen. However, (port of Kwangs) to take charge in the case against the other man. ter's tools," said Mr. Ballard, "and witness decided to watch the ac- Cheung Yee-mut, the girl in ques-knowing nothing about gold-min-cused and, when the latter dodg tion, stated that she left her native ing worked as a carpenter for à ed into an alleyway, witness de- I was there in '98, and cided that he must be the culprit. village of Hau San, in the Heung-time.
Marshal LA Chal-s of the Kwangtung: Government.
shan dietrich, in order to seek for stayed there the summer of '99, Accordingly he again seized the employment in Hong Kong. This and then
came back before the youth and handed him over to a she did without her parents' con- winter drove in again, as it was constable.
plain there was no gold to be got without machinery."
seat.
The second defendant was then discharged, as there was no evid ence against him.
COLLISION
Mrs. Jewell said that when she looked round on hearing the click, Nature's Fortress
she, saw the accused quickly cross Captain Talbot, taking up the his arms. Then Mr. Jewell seized story, said there were vast de-him but no trace of the pen could posits of gold locked up in Na- be found. ture's fortress in the Klondike...a
area.
MEAN THEFT
6 MONTHS FOR STEALING A BABY'S BANGLE
MOTOR 'BUS BOWLS OVER TWO fortress of Impenetrable ice guard-
RICSHAS
ed by avalanche, flood, and storm, but it would never be won by When a motor 'bus and two ric man. Men of all ages, and event shas colilded yesterday afternoon in women, perished in the famous Salisbury-road, Kowloon, two Portu-trek. They went on and on until guese passengers, a man and a few of them got to the gold For the theft of a rattan bangle woman, were slightly injured.",
They found the ground bound over in gold, a Chipewe was The bus, which belonged to the frozen to a great depth. Some this morning, at the Kowloon China Motor Bus Co., was proceed-men, it is true, made a fortune. Magistracy, sentence to 6 months” ing towards the Star Ferry when it Thousands came back or stayed imprisonment, collided with a ricsha.
there for ever.
po po Evidence by an ohi woman, was Caught by the projection of the "Owing to our fortune being at to the effect that defendant was back step-board of the bus, the low. obb, I decided to join the sitting next to bar on the pavement riceba had its mudguard almost merry throng. That was Christ-of Boundary Street. She had ber ripped off and, in turning over to mas, 1897. My companions from grandson, a baby on her back, and one side, bowled over a second rie Vancouver op the Slagway were the child had two bangles on its sha which was travelling abreast of a Corsican count, Count Poraldi, arm.
veka, and Mr. Fox, of Philadelphia. "As defendant was making off, The damage done to both ricshas Peraldi and I sat over his corpse she noticed one of the bangles was was estimated at about 35. The for days to prevent it being eaten missing. She cried out and de- coolies were slightly injured. by wild dogs, until we could get rendant ran away. He was later It back to Vancouver. I then caught by a constable, and the
in Canton, when, in fact General N
On" and thus he arrived in the ron of Japanese military planes W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magis. Wong had not arrived in Canton Mr. G. T. May, hon, treasurer of started back again, this time with bangle was recovered.
Colony,
then.
three horses, but they had to, be destroyed. I myself went snow blind, but was cured by Esquimaux
FOUR CHINESE BEFORE THE COURT
Four Chinese appeared before Mr.
the HK.F.A, returned from Home stationed at Tientsin since May tracy this morning, in answer to a The Magistrate said that he left this morning for Tsina The charge of keeping a gambling
This time General Wong has not leave to-day. would allow the police time to lo- American squadron
in the native manner by putting a souvenir. But there was no 'gold accompanied house at No. 579 Shanghal-street, only arrived but has also gone to quire into defendant's statements. them to the outskirts of the dis Yaumati" and also with "publish the branch-Political Courel the William Corbett, aged 28, and tea poultices over the eyes. Affer to be got there without machinery, The case was accordingly, adjourn- tricts.—Router.
ing certain lottery announcements highest civil authority in Canton, John Squires, aged 24, said to be a tremendous effort I got to Day and the machinery has not yet" ed for 48 hours.
of the Po Pai Lottery, on Oct. 5, the affairs of which had been members of an expart gang of son City via Lake Le Barge, Lake been created which can blast a In the second case, defendant NarkingYesterday
led in mystery owing to motor bandits, were at the Old Bennett, and Caribon Crossing, to way into that fortress Maribal: Mr., Hin-abing Ló, who appeared related a similar tale. He had been Chiang Kai-shek will leaye on a for all the defendants,* entered changes and depa
General Bailey sentenced to three years the head of the Yakon River and lon deported for "being unemployed. tour of Inspection of the various plea of "gality" for the third de- Wong is quoted as having said that penal sarvitude and 18 months The Captain: paused in hisg
Well, he said I came back? This case was also adjourned to reorganised armies on November 1 fendant, NY Marshal Ll should be leaving the hard labour, res Allow the pollos to make further He will dret proceed to Talan in The rest pleaded, "not guilty." North in a few days on his way "smash and grab
Shantung-Reuter.
| Case,procesóing, Inquiries,
back to Canton.
mouth Jeweller a sho
pocket off mu
gold
The others smoked and staped