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INDIA AND POLICEMEN FOUND IN
COTTON
TEXTILE TRADE
ENDANGERED.
OPIUM DIVAN.
Three to Be Dealt With Departmentally?
BAIL ESTREATED.
were
Three Shantung policemen and a BOYCOTT EFFECT Chinese district watchman
arrested in an opium diyan at 14. Hing Heung Lane, during a raid carried out by revenue officers last night on the first floor. Others were also taken into custody.
When the case was mentioned before Mr. Schofield in the Central Magistraey this morning, it Wa stated that the principal offender was absent and his bail of $700
DEPUTATION FROM LANCASHIRE.
Rugby, Yesterday.
Lord Peel, opening the debate in
the House of Lords on India, invit- ed the Government to indicate the personnel and scope of the resum- ed meeting of the Round Table Con- ference. If Gandhi was to be the
geneous. of
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, APRIL
30, 1931.
ATTACK ON ATTEMPT TO REDUCE WAGES.
Reducing Purchasing Power of Nation.
1
CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
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Tho TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 11%d.
Local Branch. Pedder Bldg. Tel. 24554.
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
OUTRAGE IN YAUMATI.
EGYPTIAN EXPRESS CASE AGAINST MRS. BOMB
TRAGEDY.
Passengers Trapped in 'Blazing Coaches.
EUROPEAN INJURED.
Caird Yesterday.
JENG SHEE. Alleged Embezzlement of Gold $25,000.
EXTRADITION SOUGHT.
יי
·Chinese Accountant Blown to Pieces.
POLITICAL MOTIVE?
Dates were fixed at the Central One of the most daring bomb Atlantic City, Yesterday. A vigorous attack on the at- Fortong, feople were burned Police Court this morning by Mr. outrages ever known in the Colony, tempts to reduce the workers to dentar fat injured by W. Schofield for hearing the docu- resulting in the death of a Chin- in which ese man was perpetrated in Kow wager was made by Mr. Robert jumping from the train and 41 nents read in the case Lamont Secretary of Commerce, were injured in consequence of Mrs. Jeng Shee is charged with loon's most crowded district at
80 great the alleged embezzlement of Gold 9.50 last night.
was Cairo-Alexandria express in opening the session of the the
from California, and the force of the explosion that the United States Chamber of Com-catching fire. Ten children were $25,000
among the victims, all of whom against whom the Crown is seck- detonation was heard in the Yau- merce.
mati Police Station, nearly a quarter were natives, except one injured ing extradition. Mr. Lamont pointed out that Frenchwoman.
Mr. F. H. Loseby appeared for of a mile away.
The scene of the outrage Was The driver was unaware that the defence, whilst Chief Detective the most prosperous period of the United States' history coincided the train was alight and had tra- Inspector Reynolds represented the the Peking Hotel in Pakhoi Street, with higher wages and shorter velled for several miles before & Crown.
and was only about 30 yards from His Worship said that it was Nathan Road. A European ger ather smoker of the drug, who ab-hours. Ho declared that the un-signalman warned him. Reuter.
stated at a previous hearing that geant and a Chinese constable who sented himself, had his bait of $3 employment of millions of work- ers during the past year had re-
a representative of the U.S.A. Gov-were in the vicinity hurried to the estreated.
duced the Nation's purchasing
ernment was due in Hong Kong scene, but on arrival found the on May 2. power by thousands of millions of dollars, and if the incomes of those still employed were reduced by only 10 per cent. the loss of consuming power would amount. to several more thousands of mil- lions of dollars.
was accordingly eatreated.
Youth Cautioned.
An-
sole representative of Congress, it Revenue Officer Ward said that was to be nuted that from recent the divan was on the first and A youth was em- meetings at Karachi it did not ap- second foers. pear that the
of Congress played to collect money from con- views were either unanimous or homo- sumers on the first floor and obtain He urged the importance the opium from the master on the
especially safeguards
for floar above, The youth, who was cautioned Minorities, and expressed anxiety charged in Court, was at the present state of communal Lord Reading said that the "sub- stance of the safeguards and re- servations stated by him to the It was intimated by Mr. Ward district Committee which had been accepted that the policemen and
relations.
by the Magistrate, whilst an elder- ly Chinese who admitted a charge of having smoked the drug was fined $2.
TOLL OF 'QUAKE.
by the Government and pronounced watchman will probably be dealt
with departmentally. for by the Prime Minister, were part and parcel of the whole ques- tion of responsibility at the centre. Referring to the Cawnpore ma98- neres, he asked what steps, were to be taken to prevent a recurrence of such incidents, and dealing with the recent warnings of Sir Geoffrey de'Munt, Governor of the Punjab,
OVER 1,000 PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED.
Moscow, Yesterday. At least 392 persons were kill-
about the spread of disorder, heed and 800, injured by the earth- appealed to the Government to give quake in the Caucasus. The dis-
Mr. Lamont was sceptical of the efficacy of Government ex- penditure as a cure for unemploy- ment, saying that though the ex- penditure of $1,000,000,000 in a year would be helpful, it could not materially affect the situa tin. Reuter's American Ser vice.
K.C.C. DEBENTURES.
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR:
FILING.
DELAYED SCHEME.
The Chief Justice, Sir Joseph H.
the Viceroy the fullest assurance of tricts of Gerussy and Sisiana suf- Kemp, this morning, granted an ap their support in any measures he fered very severely, and the plication made by
Mr. Leo
- might wish to take. In doing so majority of the villages. In the d'Almada jun, on behalf of the they would have the support of both region of Zangezur were destroy-Kowloon Cricket Club, for an ex- political parties and the country as ed. Many cattle perished. The tension of seven days from date in Soviet has assigned 2,000,000 which to file with the Registrar roubles for the relief of sufferere. particulars of a Debenture issue --Reuter.
£5,000 at $10 each).
A whole.
More Representation?
Lord Snell, Under Secretary for India, said that the Government
Earlier Cable.
It was explained by counsel that the Over a hundred people are re- the resolution authorising' proposed to invite the Indian deported to have been killed and in-issue was passed at an extraordin legates to London to resume the fured in an earthquake in three ary general meeting of members on work of the Federal Structure Com-districts of the Soviet Republic of August 22, 1930. Nothing further ittee and the Government haped Nakhichevan, in Tran-Caucasia. was done in the matter of registra- that the committee deliberations
uartet Several villages were complete-tion, through inadvertence. would make progress here during y destroyed, and in others more the attention of the President was the aumaier. The Indian repre- than half the houses were wrecked. officially called to the matter. sentation on the committeo was to The Trans-Caucasian Government' There had been some difficulty at be the same, but the Government is taking vigorous measures for one time with regard to the build- was considering whether it would the relief of the sufferers.-Reu-ing scheme, and it looked as if the not be desirable to add to it the re-ter. presentatives of certain interesta
not
directly represented on -original committee.
the
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India. The open preaching of A definite statement as to the boycott of British goods as personnel could not be made until political weapon had ceased. Lord Willingdon had had time to consider the matter.
Regarding the political situation,!
matter would be shelved and the money returned to the debenture
MARTIAL LAW
Barbed Wire Barricades In *Shameen.
Shanghat, To-day, The China Fess has made great to-do ofer the cable from Hong Kong to the effect that Chen Chi-tang has petitioned, the Central Government commending the immediate elease of Hu Han-min and Ex. Chai-sum.
The China 'ress Hong Kong correspondent states that Chen Ming shu arrived in Hong Kong rom Canton on Tuesday evening.
The China Hess Canton that correspondent States "In view of rumours of the unauthorisel mobilisa- tion of Kwangtung pro- vincial tidios." Consular authorities 2 Shameen are making all parations for the declaration of martial law In Shoween. The old barbed wire Harricades are again in evidence.—Reuter,"÷
FURTHER DEFAULT OF N.S. WALES.
Payment to Be Met by the Commonwealth.
£204,000 DUE.
Canberra, Yesterday.
A further New South Wales
Escort Due Herc.
C.D.1. Reynolds replied that they had had nothing official about it, but he had read in the newspapers that Inspector Gannon (the escort) was due here on board the Pre- sident Harrison on May 2.
assailants gone.
ACADEMY HOAX
PICTURES PAINTED
ON PHOTOGRAPHS.
INEXPLICABLE
ARTIST REFUSES TO
EXPLAIN.
London, Yesterday, The incomprehensible action of a well-known artist in submitting As original works for hanging in the annual Royal Academy Exhi- bition what were really painted- over photographs, has created a great sensation.
Engaged in Conversation.
The incident is all the more The victim who was sitting in extraordinary in view of the fact Royal the lobby of the hotel together that the artist, whom a with five of the hotel fokis and Academy communique describes two other Chinese males, all of as "an Englishman of Inter- whom were injured, was the ac- national repute," was a candidate Mr. Loseby asked for dates to countant. He was seated on for election as an Associate Mem- be fixed for the hearing, and sub-settee near the door, and, it is stat- | ber. mitted that if the documents pro-ed, two Chinese males stopped in
An official statement says "The duced were in order the fugitive the doorway, one of whom engag-discovery was made at one of the could be sent back without any ed the accountant in conversation, question, but if the documents while the other, who stood in two meetings called last week and were not in proper order there the rear, took the pin from the attended by Academicians and Associates to choose addition- might be some legal argument. bomb and threw it into the room.
Sir William The bomb fell at the feet of a Associates, man who was acated at the side Llewellyn, the President, then
His Worship fixed the afternoon of Tuesday for the hearing, and remanded accused till then.
EXPULSION ORDER FOR AMERICANS.
Seven Thousand Told to Leave Mexico.
NOT REGISTERED,
of the accountant, and who had a asked the gathering to view one miraculous
from being of three pictures submitted for escape blown to pieces. The explosion the annual Exhibition, which broke several windows and mirrors opens on May 4, by an aspiring and most of the furniture Was Associate.
damaged by flying splinters. One "On examination.. they found splinter flew across the room, took that it was an enlarged photo. a leg off the table, passed through graph painted over thickly with a brass cuspidor and lodged in the oil paint. The artist's candida- wall. Where the bomb fell on the ture was immediately withdrawn floor there is scarcely any damnd his pictures returned." nge, only one or two tiles being cracked..
El Paso, Texas, Yesterday. Seven thousand Americans are Lights Undamaged,'' shortly to be expelled from!
None of the lights in the room Mexico, according to the Texas Herald Post, as the Mexican Gov- Was damaged, in spite of the fact ernment has discovered that they that the explosion took place al- are living in Mexico without most immediately under a chan- authority, having outstayed their delier. The clock on the wall also six months' visas without regis-remained untouched. tering themselves ns permanent residents.-Reuter.
NAVAL STRENGTH.
DATA BEING STUDIED BY UNITED STATES.
default is announced by Mr.
RECENT NEGOTIATIONS. Lang, who has informed Mr. J. Scullin that £88,000 due to New York by May 29 of a 4 per
Washington, Yesterday. cent. loan, and £118,000 due in Mr. H. L. Stimson is carefully London by April 30 on a five per studying data regarding
the
The statement adds that there was no question of Sir William Llewellyn vetoing the artist's election as an evening paper ar serted) as there had been no élec tion..
Artist's Suspicionit
Later.
The name of the dead man is Sir William Llewellyn, in an Liu Wan-sang, age 32; and the in- interview, said that during the jured are P. C. Lea, Manager and election last week an Academi- part owner of the Hotel (40), Ip cian mentioned the suspicion that Ling-shao (18) cook, Chung Yam- hin (49) licensee of the hotel, Liu the works of the artist concern-
ed had a photographic base. Kam (58) money changer of 55.
He did not say anything until Austin Road, Fung Yan (29) re- after the election. The artist siding 53, Yee Chow Street, Man Lal-fong (39) residing at 171. Tung Tsol Street, and Chan Muk- on (16) foki.
Ex-Military Officer.
polled an insufficient number of
votes at the election, after which Sir William Llewellyn.requested members of the Council to view one of the three suspected pic-
hung.
cent. loan, will not be paid. Naval negotiations recently con- The name of one of the want-tures, all of which were already
which had been entrusted to the and the Punjab was less antisfac-and there was an immediate obligawealth is meeting all payments. [
Earlier News.
holders. Later, it was decided to go on with the work, and the pre sent application was put forward with that point in mind.
His Lordship was of opinion while there was a definite Improve-that the reason for not applying in
With the difference in ex-ducted in London, Paris and ed men in connection with the case
It was discovered that they ment in the Bombay Presidency, October last was not a good one. The Government's plans con-i templated bringing the problems the position in the United Provinces The debentures had been issued change these amounts are really Rome, Reuter's American Ser-is given as Young Kwan-yee, aged consisted of sensitive films on
The Common-vice.
about 40 years, and stated to be much greater.
canvas with the pictures painted an ex-military officer, formerly on
on top. The oil paint was so London, Yesterday.. the staff of General Chan Kwing- -Reuter.
That the situation as regards ming. This man formerly resided light on the one which first at- naval agreement has not advanced moved from the premises about a the proposed British-Franco-Italian at a house in Jordan Road, but tracted notice that the photo-
graph was apparent.
The artist was afforded an im- since that of a few weeks ago, is month ago. His description, ac mediate opportunity of explana course. He would take note of any |
shown by a statement of Mr. Hen- cording to Police circular, is that
tion but did not avail himself of ex-direction' His Lordship cared to
derson at question time in the he is of medium height and stout the offer.-Reuter. assembled in the make.
the build, and was dressed in Euro- House of Commons, that The order for extension was Australian Airways to British Government is still awalt pean-styled clothing. House of Commons to-day and The plans
He wore a sketched out in the Committee's received a deputation from Lan- granted.
Ing replies from the French and felt hat, and was a native of Wal- two reports had left much of that cashire regarding India and the
Italian Governments to the British chow. field unexplored.
statement with reference to recent "The second man is stated to be French counter proposals.
an. unknown Chinese, dressed in dark Chinese-styled clothing.
Federal Structure Committee under tory.-Eritish Wireless Service.
tion to register. further discussion. The specific
London, Yesterday. Mr. d'Almada said that the mat- Sixty Conservative Peers and ter had been discussed with the heads of inquiry referred to the committee when it sat in London Members of the House of Com-Registrar, and his clients thought NEW AIR MAIL ROUTE were intended broadly to cover the mons, including Lord Peel, Sir they were now adopting the proper whole field of the constitution and Samuel powers of the Federal or Central Chamberlain, Government of the type contemplat- Ministers,. ed by the Government.
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Hoare, Mr. Naville
cotton trade.
and other
The Government hoped that A letter from Mr. Stanley further session would enable it, if Baldwin was read in which he said at all that the "Conservative Party not to complete the work, events to make specific progress to must judge how far it is possible:
The Gov to achieve the federal idea with wards its completion. ernment had no definite information out surrendering any essential are clearly as to the reception of individual safeguards which rulers not present at the London stated and which we consider Conference towards the scheme fundamental to any future settle- ment. The Party intends to usel
of Federation."
Hindus and Moslems,
SCHNEIDER TROPHY.
ITALY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
TO. INDIA.
Link Up Services.
FIVE DAYS' DELIVERY.
Sydney, Yesterday.
Later.
RAIN LATER.
It is announced that the Aus- A suggestion that foreign Goy. The motive for this dastardly tralian National Airways con-ernments, notably Italy are steal crime is stated to be revenge upon trolled by Wing Commander ing a march on Britain by secur- the manager of the hotel, Li Ping- DELAY IN DELIVERY. Kingsford-Smith propose to es- ing large foreign orders for des- chuen (P. C. Lee) over the matter tablish an Australia-Calcutta troyers and other light warships, of a distress warrant issued by the Rugby, Yesterday. mail route to link up with the by advertising the high speeds Official Receiver at the Supreme Signor Balbo, the Italian Air service across India. It is be- which their craft have attained, Court, Hong Kong. its fullest influence to support Minister, speaking in the Italian lieved that it will be possible to was made at question time in the British traders, and insist that Chamber, stated that it is doubt deliver mails to Calcutta from Commons. The situation between Hindus any settlement
Mr. Alexander, however, was re- of the Inful if Italy, would participate this Port Darwin in five days.
luctant to believe that speed was and Moslems was a matter inherent dian situation should have the year in the Schnelder Trophy con- Reuter
the determining factor in the Departure for Singapore. ly delicate and the solution of which fundamental provision of pro- test owing to the delay in delivery
Batavia, To-day. award of warship contracts, or was primarily for Indians them-hibiting unfair discrimination of seaplanes and engines by the
All that the Government against Britiah. trade.”.
constructors. If, however, pros Kingsford-Smith's Southern that the ability of Britlah de could do was to reiterate what Merabers of the deputation askpects held even a slight chance of Cross left for Singapore at 8 am.signers to produce any desirable was placed in the forefront ed the Conservative Party's as Buocess, Italy would participate.-Reuter. of the Prime Minister's declaration, sistance on the ground that the Twelve high speed pilots were.com that the new constitution muat British and Indian Governments pletely trained and could be ready. contain euch guarantees as had failed to protect the cotton at a moment's notice-British quired by the minorities to protect Industry."
Wireless Service. :-
seives.
BRITISH BUDGET.
RESOLUTIONS AGREED TO BY HOUSE
speed was in doubt, either here or Earlier News,
abroad. He pointed out that all Batavia, Yesterday, the new vessels of the British Kingsford Smith's plane, the Navy had carried out their trials, Southern Cross, with the air mail including full power, to show for England, arrived here at 210 their capacity to fulfil the cond p.m-Reutertions of their dealgn-Reuter,
London, Yesterday,
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SIAMESE VISIT.
their political fiberties and rights. Mr. Demetriadi. (of the Indian K That was one of the basic conditions section of the Manchester Cham- on which not only the Government ber of Commerce), describing but all partles of the Conference the boycott of British goods in took their stand,
India, declared that unless the Time much too short since Government dealt both with the Lord irwin conversations with boycott and the import duty, the Gandhi to form any competent British taxtile trade with India Opinion of
effect of the agree would certainly end movements, and he Mr. Chamberlain and Bir ment on tra
hink that this Samuel Hoare Bassured the depus
regarded tation of the Conservatives' sym
had pathy and support The deputad agre the Belget resolutions, Bad weather on the Continent visition President Hoover at tion later iberal politician and the debate on the Budget has das compelled Captain Stack to White House to-day, Reuter's
Another attempt to demonstrata, the feasibility of speeding up the Imperial air mail services is being made by Captain Neville Stack, ac companied by Mr. J. R. Chaplin
Whey left Lympne at daybreak to-day, in an effort to fly to Aus tralla and back in twenty-one days. The House of Commons has kentimeter Later:
DEBATE ENDED
London Yesterday
return to Lympne, h
KING AND QUEEN VISIT PRESIDENT HOOVER.
Washington, Yesterday, Their Majesties the King and Sism paid an official
* American Service.
The Royal Observatory's- weather report to-day states:
The Northern depresalon has deepened and moved to the North-east of Tokyo.
The Indo-Ching depression. has deepened slightly.
A feeble anticyclone shown over the Lower Yangtze Valley.
Forecast: S. E. or E. winds
moderate; generally cloudy; some rain later.
Rainfall. Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed" at 10 am." to-day. Rainfall since January 1 12.88 inches against an aver age of 1141 Inches surplus 1.37 inches, NAM
Temperature.
The temperature at certain
(Continued at foot of preceeding
"Culprit Explains.
London, To-day. The name of the artist con- cerned in the Royal Academy sensation is given in the news- papers as Reginald G. Eves, a well-known portrait painter.
interview, The artist, in an ernlained that he used photo- graphs in order to save time be- cause he developed severe neuri- tis in the right hand and fear- ed he would be unable to com- plete the pictures, which were" ririnted last year for the exhi- bition of his work in London. He did not know then that this method was contrary to the rules of the Royal Academy. He did not intend to deceive the Coun- cil of the Royal Academy.-Reu- ter,
Mr. George Bronson Rea, pub lisher of the Far Eastern, Review, loft Shanghai on April 21 by the Shanghat Maru,
specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was :--
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