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tween Chinese and French terri tory. Their sufferings during the march were terrible. Sleeping at
HARBIN NOTES.
Sungari Navigation
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AMOR NEGLECTEN,
THE CHINA
Harbin, April 13. Yesterday morning the whistle of steamers could be heard from carly hours and before midday several passenger boats left for places up and down the river. Merchants despatched many goods to lower river towns but at present no steamer is being sent to the Amur as there has been nothing rettled regarding navigation of that river. If the Chinese and Soviet could come to an agreement reparding interchange of naviga- tion rights on the Amor and Sunpari there would be a
con siderable increase in Harbin, trade.
Italian Opera - Singers. For the first time in Harbin
history several Italian opera
artistes ate in the town. They are the leading stars of Mr. Curpi's company which has been
touring the Far East and are on their way home vin Siberia. To- morrow they will give a grand con- cert at the Railway Club theatre and it is possible that they will also sing in one or two operas, the smaller parts being taken by local
talent.
new
New Soviet Consul-General. On Tuesday morning the Soviet Consul-General to Mukden,
MCBRIDE CASE.
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BRENNER CASE.
Summons on Commander Heavy Sentences Upon
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Hankow, April 15." Although twelve weeks have now gone by since the McBride cap occurred it would appear that the affair at remains on the carpet, as far as the Chinese are concerned, as a testing point to prove that ex- trality has been abolished where it pertains to British subjects. It will be remembered that the incident took place on January 23 and that Paymaster Commander McBride was released by the Chinese police
The Ave accused in the ease- officials in return for a letter writ- Niknovalidze (41), Korolieff (32), ich by H. B. M. Consul-general, Mr. | Alchan (34), Chihvaria (46) and Giles, guaranteeing that the Com-Shornik (19)—were summoned be- asander would appear before any fore Judge Kong Chin-chang. After enquiry as a witness.
they had repeated their hutner, Since that time the case, where nationalities, addresses and ages, the publle have been concerned, has | the Judge read the sentences decided slipped into oblivion but the fact upon. The following is a transln- that the remains of the deceased liction of the sentences inflicted
upon the accused :- coffined but still unburied gives ont- ward evidence that the affair con- "Kiknovelidze, Korolieff, Alehan tinues to be held open by the Chi-and Chihvaria, who were working nese. What has been going on be hind the scenes is hard to gleam but from what stray bits of information one can be picked up there is every transferred from here to Nanking to
reason to believe that the case was
be settled between the higher an thorities of each nation. A short while ago there was a persistent
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"Shornik, who attempted to gain sentenced to five years' imprison- money by threats with failure, is
French Co-operation with; night on dirty straw, very much. Mr. Znamensky, is due to arrive leport that the powers-that-be had every $3 is allowed. Remission of
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sentence is allowed at the rate of one day's • imprisonment for every wo days of the period which elapsed between the date of his arrest and the date of the sentence, or of $3 of the fine for every one day of the same period."
alive, and subsisting on a few and will probably stay here several
satisfactorily arranged matters sticks of sugar cane begged days before going on. It is report-
themselves whereby the en route, the lady members of ed that he has powers from the validity of the present status of the party particularly felt the Moscow Government to settle
extrality was recognised while it Shanghi, April 14. exigencies of the only road to life. number of important questions, only needed the completion of the The statement made in yester- At Langson the party was re-including the details of the Sino- necessary arrangements for the day's Kug Wen despatch from veived by the Resident and treat Soviet Conference. Mr. Znamensky deceased to be placed under the and Canton that French troops fromed with great kindness. They has much
After the delivery of the sentences to mark the closing of the affair.. Indo-China had "incidentally" co-found the French authorities de- Eastern Affairs.
But Nanking does not appear to all the accused were silent, save| operated with the 8th division termined to close the frontier once Mr. Chang Ku-chong Resigns.
Hankow for instead of placing Chihvarin who, in a loud voice, made under General Kiang Chun-hsi in
for all and to prevent any kind:
the case in the limbo of the past the protests. The Judge, however, cuti communication driving the Communists out of of
between Very quickly the dis- procurator of the Chinese District him short, and said that if he was Lungchow has caused a mild Kuangsi and Tonkin. No hint of turbances caused by the students Court has since issued a summons
not satisfied with the sentence in- furre in local French circles. reprisal was then or has since a week ago, there was an urgent on Commander McBride to appear ficted upon him he could make an The statement is considered to be been made by the French authori. telegram to the Chief of the De- before him na defendant in appeal to the Hopei High Court. propaganda in its warst form.ties. The report of their conjuns partment of Education, Mr.. Changa charge brought against It is understood that if all of the The possibility of French troops tion with the 8th division in an Ko-cheng, to come immediately to him by the relatives of the prisoners make no demand for an, joining hands with one Chinese attack upon the city where these Mukden, and within a couple of deceased. It is needless to state appeal to the High Court within ten army against another is emphati-survivors experienced so Much days Harbin received news that he that no heed was given same by daye from the delivery of the judg cally refuted.
cruelty is, at this late date, ob was not returning to his post. Commander McBride. Such a step, ment they must serve their sen-
Mr. Chang Ko-cheng was appoint a nothing but directly against the tences.-P. & T. Times. ed to his post exactly Feventeen status of extrality which definitely months ago and at once commenc-nys down that any foreign subject ed a very strong anti-Soviet cam
ign, taking much more interest in politice than in education. It was he who directed the raid on the Soviel Consulate and who took over the Manchurin Research Society, the Central Library and the Meteorological Station, as well as many other institutions where Shanghai, April 15.
the Russians formerly predominat- According to official reports the e. He was educated at the Rail- This action by the French was pirate gangs which had been way Commercial School in Harbin, described as a reprisal for the operating around the shores of the therefore speaking Russian very destruction of the French con-
Taihu Lake and becoming more
well, and as he at one time resided sulate and the arrest and deten- daring lately when they invaded into imbued with the ideas of the old with the Horvath family, he was tion of M. Cadet,, the consul, by Kunshan, Wuhsien and Wukiang, Monarchist Party, hating every. communists on February 19. M. sien, have been completely dis- thing connected with the Soviet Cadet was then kept in confine pursed as the result of a joint ment for two days before being campaign by the Kiangsu and Government. escorted to Langson in company Aahuci troops. Their leader Mao without missionaries, two of Flen-Jung was wounded in whom were women.
engagement with the
PIRATE GANGS.
It was reported that the French viously unfounded.-N. C. Daily authorities had despatched a mili-News. tary force 300 strong, composed i mostly of Annamites, and five) military aeroplanes, to besiege the city. These troops were said to have started an offensive on March 25, in conjunction with General Liang's forces, which re- sulted in the killing of hundreds of communists and the subsequent execution of five Russian and a number of native agitators out- side the East Gate of the city.
The remark that the French troops co-operated "incidentally rather than intentionally" in this: attack on Lungchow was inter. preted as meaning that an inde- pendent French punitive expe- dition from Indo-China fell in with General Liang's troops and promptly took service under his flag:
French Activities Distorted. Interviewed by a representative of the North-China Daily News, M. E. Koechlin, Consul-General for France, said that the report was obviously ridiculous and far. fetched. "It is absurd to say that unit of French troops would in- cidentally or otherwise aid a Chinese army, however pressing
Reported Government Successes.
an
enjoying the privilege is to be tried by his own Court. The point is one on which no sane foreign official can compromise, alteration being only obtainable through recognised nege- tiation. The case therefore has gone right back to where started.-C. C. Post.
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Mno is said to have escaped to strongly objected to the return of Shanghai with his two concubines the Central Library and the while the majority of the minor Meteorological Station to ieaders have either been killed or Railway authorities when captured.
Soviet members returned,
but A blockade has been enforced on Mukden gave orders for him to the Taihu Lake and a cleansing do so. Lately there has been campaign to uproot the haunts of very much grumbling on the part the lawless gangs has been started of the Chinese local schools, the commander, Hu Chu-yu.—A.N.A.", under the auspices of Brigadier teachers not having been paid their salaries and the scholars not being satisfied with regulations which interfered with their rights, all this resulting in the demon- stralions which took place a short time ago.
the necessity," M. Koechlin said: "Such aid could be an act of war. The only instance in which French troops might cross the boundary of Indo-China is in con- nection with the affairs of the Yunnan Railway, which they guard from attack by special ar- rangement. This report is ob viously propaganda, and I shall send it to the Governor of Indo- China as an example of how French activities are distorted and used for propaganda purposes."
It will be remembered that, on February 19, after the destruc- tion of the French consulate and
Over-indulgence in sweets spells the arrest of the consul, the and adults alike. In the case of a disordered stomach in children French mission at Lungchow was children this may be speedily coun- set afire and the houses of the four teracted by Baby's Own Tablets English missionaries thoroughly an absolutely harmless yet super looted. Thirty orphans in thelatively efficient remedy
Children And Sweets.
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led away, and the missionaries the very young.
themselves imprisoned in the
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AWorkman's Council" serl
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executing the prisoners. Scaffold
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ing was erected, ostensibly with not only remedy infantile Indiges the object of hanging them. tion, constipation and colfe, but Baner counsel, however, prevailed, they promptly check diarrhoea, 10- end they were subsequently hand-dace feverishness, allay teething ed over to a military escort to take pains, rolleve croup and colds, them over the frontier to Langson, expel worms of chemists every in Indo-China,
where, or 60 cents the vial, post free from Dr. Williams Mealcine Co, 60, Klangse Road, Shangha
The four captives were forced to walk the long distance ber
Mr. Chang Ko-cheng seldom, if ever, paid a visit to any of the schools, leaving all the work to his inspectors and consequently many of the schools are in bad repair, though this may be owing to want of funds. He has built a very magnificent house for himself on the outskirts of the town, said to be the finest of any of those owned by Chinese members of the local administration, the inside fittings being of the richest style. It is not yet known who will succeed him but it is hoped that the new:
Commission" of
As a result Japanese leaders are going to do something about it.
Members of the Seikatsu Kalzen Kenkyu Kwai, Research Society for the Betterment of Social Customą, have appointed a committee to make recommendations for the simplifica- tion of the present customary claborate ceremonials at formal wed-
inge.
Debis amounting to thousands of dollars frequently are incurred by Japanese in Hawali in order to stage weddings fitting to their social status.
The move has received sanction in the highest circles, Including the approval of Consul' and Madame. Sukeyuki Akamatsu-United Press.
Chief of the Deparment of Educa- tion will be selected from an educational and not a political alde. At present there is no one in the Department, who can speak English well, and yet this is one of the most important languages in the worldP. & T. Times.
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Tientsin, April 25, Mrs. Hadley, who has been ar rested by the police of the First Special Area in connection with the case in which a Russian news- paper vendor is alleged to have been stabbed to death in a house in the First, Special Area, was handed over to the British authori- ties at Tientsin yesterday after- noon."
She will be brought before H.B.M. Consular Court at 10,80 this morning.-P. & T. Times.
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