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STEAMERS SLAVERY FIRED ON.
CHINA
European Engineer Hit in Ankle.
CAPTAINS MYSTIFIED,
Three river steamers were last
evening fired on with rifles from shore at different points be tween Sunwai and Pak Fa Tau. in he West River, whilas on the way down to Bet Kong, and ar officer of one of the ships, was wounded.
The ships. Were the s.s. Tai Lec (Capt. Rousfeld), the s.s. Yuet On (Capt. Rosiefsky), and the s.s. Wing On (Capt. Mution). The “Tai ̄Lee ̄and the Wing On fly the British flag and the Yuct On Chinese.
All threz vessels left Kong- moon at about the same time yesterday-eiarvoon, the Tai Le and Yuet On practically together at about 3.10 p.m., and the Wing!
·ISHED.
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931.
IN BOMBS HURLED AT CHINA
MOTION BY HOUSE
OF LORDS.
"CALL IT PIRACY "
WAYS OF DEALING
WITH THE EVIL.
London, Yesterday.. It is estimated that there are 5,000,000, people in a state of servitude at present, in
T. V. SOONG.
Minister's Narrow Escape.
FOUR PERSONS WOUNDED.
Shanghai, Yesterday. The Minister of Finance, Mr. T. V. Soong, and the Japanese Minister, Mr. Shigemitsu, arrived here from Nanking by night express this morning and were entering their motor cars at the station exit when two borba were thrown-and-a number of shots fired.
are
At present no details China, Abyssinia, Liberia, and available, except that it is known Arabia, declared Earl Buxton that four persons were wounded. in moving a resolution agreed No arrests were made. It is be by the House of Lords, urging lieved that the attack was alm -further definite steps to bring ed at Mr. Soong, who had a very about the extinction of all narrow escape. forms of slavery.
Earl Buxton said that if the
On about two minutes Inter. League of Nations would agree They proceeded down river in the following order: Tai Lee, Yuct On, and Wing On...
Nine Shots.
Assailante Escape.
Shanghai, To-day. to the British Government's pro- posal to declare slave trade to side International territory, was -The station which is just out- be piracy, there would be no long-crowded. The Ministers had er any slave trade."
just emerged when the bombs were thrown and shots fired by Chinese attired in black.
He suggested the establish -The Tai Lee was a faster shipment of a permanent bureau at And soon left the others behind. Geneva to deal with the question Nine shots were understood to have of slavery.
Mr. Soong immediately with- drew to the railway offices after being nearly shot.
Mr. Shigemitsu proceeded in a motor car, being also unhurt.
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During the excitement which
been directed at her but no hits The Archbishop of Canterbury, ivere registered and she got through] Lord Lugard and Lord Parmour safely.
supported the suggestion. Lord According to the Chief Officer of Parmoor said that slavery in the Yuel On, the second ship in the China must be dealt with by followed the would-be assassins line, when his vessel got to a nar- International. action, and em-escaped. row point on the river called San phasised the Government's de- Man Sing Hei, which is near to Salsire to put the mui tani system in Lan, she. was suddenly fired on Hong Kong at an end.-Reuter. from shore, the snipers being, under
cover.
Past Chief's Head.,
Altogether
Another Report.
Two Theories.
were
There are two theories regarri- ing the objective of the attack. que is thet it was the Japanese Minister and
the attackers
Communists, whose object was to create diplomatic incident in the hope that it would result in serious trouble, and possibly war with
a
Rugby, Yesterday. The House of Lords to-day about fire shota unanimously passed a resolution were directed at the Yuct On which, while recognising the ac
The Chief Officer was
at that tion already taken by the League time on the bridge with the pilot of Nations regarding slavery, re- and the first shot came through the corded the opinion that further Japan. middle window of the bridge and steps of a definite nature for the It will be recalled that it was! whistled past the Chief abolition of slave owning, trad- a similar objective which actuat- Diflicer's head not more than ing and raiding were an urgent ed Communists who were respon- an Inch away. He imme- International duty. A motionsible for the Nanking outrage in diately ducked and took cover was proposed by Lord Buxton, 1927. In that case the aim was behind the iron plating in front of who expressed the view that if war between China and one or
The pilot did likewise slave trading the bridge.
were declared more foreign Powers. The bulie that missed the Chlef piracy it would soon disappear. The theory which is mostly Officer went over the starboard He advocated the creation of an held, however, is that Mr. Soong side of the ship into the water. information office under
A second shot came through the League.
the was the objective and his at-
tackers who, of course, port side of the ship und ` the Second Engineer, Mr. Lionel Paine, The Archbishop of Canterbury hired, were acting on behalf of called out that he had been hit. and Lord Lugard supported the. It is known that the break
the Cantonese. Mr. Paine was not on duty at the motion, in accepting which for between Canton and Nanking is time and was sitting on a rattan the Government Lord Parmoor chair on the port side of the ship referred to co-operation in the hurting the former far
than the latter. with his left leg crossed over his Red Sea between the British, right.
two others missed. Then the ship got out of the danger zone.
.
were
more
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BRITISH LION IS
ANGRY.
MISSING BRITON
FULL PRESSURE TO
BE MADE.
Little Girl Thrown Underneath.
DRIVER SUMMONED.
NEW PLAN TO AID GERMANY.
Abdul Kardar, a chnuffeur em- NATION'S PLIGHT
Bowes-
ployed by Mr. A. M. Smith, appeared before Mr. Scho- field in the Central Police Court MINISTERS AGREE ON this morning charged with negli gent driving, and also with hav- MANY POINTS. ing failed to report an accident within reasonable time, on July 11, last..
SOVIET DEBTS TO BRITAIN.
Little Progress Made with Proposals.
DISAPPOINTING ISSUE.
Answering House of Com-
Rugby, Yesterday.
London, Yesterday. Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day in Traffic-Inspector C. F. Alexan- regard to the disappearance of
er prosecuted. 'Mr. F. C. E. Mr. John Thorburn, Dr. Hugh Rendall defended, and ten- Dalton stated that Sir Miles dered a plea of not guilty. Lampson understood that the The Crown's case was that on Chinese. Government's. Com-the day in question Miss M. L. mission of enquiry had report- Parry, governess to Mr. J. F. ed on the matter, but he had Wright's children, living at not yet received the text of the 292, The Peak, had returned report.
home from Repulse Bay in Sir Miles Lampson had made Mr. Bowes-Smith's car, with her strong representation to the two young charges, Michael and Chinese authorities, express- Elizabeth. The car had first!
stage of exchange of informa- ing with the full approval of dropped Mr. Bowes-Smith's nurse
Probably the process to be tion and explanation. the Foreign
Secretary his and child at Magazine Gap, and suggested will be for the Banks
then proceeded to Mr. Wright's themselves to undertake the im-formed Lord Goschen that he The Foreign Secretary has in- residence.
mediate work The
of supporting proposes to take an early oppor- car, driven by Kardar, credits, thereby assisting Gertunity to represent to the Soviet stopped at the junction of Stubbs many to restore confidance. Poз- Ambassador the necessity of put- Road and Gough Hill Road. Miss sibly later the Bank of Inter-ling forward practical proposals Parry, on getting out, began to national Settlements will estab. if the negotiations are to be walk toward the house, and look fish
a Committee to consider brought to a successful conclu- ing round noticed that the car various points. that
sion. British Wireless Service. was proceeding uphill. Sudden-
Causes of Crisis, ly, the car reversed gear, and Washington, Yesterday. working on successive Bugges- went down Gough Hill Road strik- Some of the causes of Ger- tions of possible aid to Germany ing Miss Parry in the back, caus-many's plight are indicated in and there has been an entire ab- ing her to fall and graze her right the figures published by the sence of acrimonious issues be- leg rather badly.
United States Commerce Depart tween the countries. The feeling However, it was fortunate that ment, showing that Germany has been very good. The situa little Elizabeth, who was thrown had an unfavourable trade bal- tion is difficult, but there are ele- underneath the car, was unhurt. ance of $1,500,000,000 for the ments of hope in it and I am very Michael managed to keep clear. seven years ended December 31, hopeful-to-day." Miss Parry spoke to Kardar, who 1980, in which time she had to
After a prolonged session the without replying, drove away.
pay $2,450,000,000 in Repara Committee of Finance Ministers, Miss Parry corroborated the tions. In order to meet this ex- which met at the Foreign Office, Inspector's statement.
penditure she was compelled to issued a communique to-night borrow $3,835,000,000 Reuter's, which stated that they had reach American Service.
the Anglo-Russian Committees mons' question on the work of
dealing with debts, the Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that Lord Goschen, Chair- London, Yesterday,
man of the Committee, has re- It is understood that the
ported the present state of these report of the Finance Ministers Secretary, who is greatly dis- negotiations, to the Foreign to be submitted at the Plenary appointed to find that-so-little- -aession-on-July-23-indicates ̄¤ ̈ large measure of agreement
progress has been made. and recommends inter alia, a
The Soviet delegates do not. renewal of the £25,000,000 yet appear to have submitted any credit which the Relchsbank is proposal for settlement or even due to meet on August 16 for a
to have indicated what cate-. period of 90 days, and the are prepared to allow as ranking gories and types of claims they methods which will prevent a for settlement and on what con- withdrawal of foreign credits ditions. The work has therefore from Germany generally and not yet progressed beyond the the, Reichsbank particularly.
COLONY'S TRADE.
The Statistical Branch of the Imports and Exports Department reports imports of merchandise into the Colony for the second quarter of 1991 amounted to a value of $180.2 millions, an increase of $48.9 millions as compared with the cor- responding period of 1930 and $49.8 millions more than in the second quarter of 1925. Exports were declared to a value of $132.6 millions, representing an increase of $26.7 miliona as compared * with the corresponding quar- ter of 1980 and an increase of $5.5 millions as compared with the same quarter in .1925.
gotten.
Cross-examined, witness sald that she did not hear the car re versing, and she did not notice if there was any driving mirror on the car or not. When the acci- dent happened, Elizabeth scream- ed. and subsequently had a very
r.
1
ed agreement on the terms of Technical Questions.
the report to be submitted for London, Yesterday, the approval of the Plenary Con- The London International Conference to-morrow, British statement of the Finance Minis- ference to-day considered a Wireless Service.
Earlier Newa
New York, Yesterday.
grave disappointment at their bad night. faflure to throw any light on After defendant had given histers Committee, which dealt The conviction is gaining Thorburn's disappearance and teatimony, in the course, of which with the question of supporting warning them that further he said that the reason for not re- Germany by credits, including ground in Wall Street that the delay would confirm the susporting the accident was that in the main question of keeping German crisis will inevitably lead to the reopening of the entire picion that they were deliber-his opinion there had not been an short-term credits lent by for-
eign countries ately procrastinating in. the accident.
in Germany, question of war debts and repara- At least some scaling down belief that the case would hel The Magistrate: "It is quite After a fairly intensive distions.
of payments is expected. hushed up and eventually for clear that whatever blow received cussion.it was decideded to refer The Herald Tribune says that
by Miss Parry could only have been certain technical questions to the a slight one. I don't see why it Finance Ministers Committee, Mr. Hoover's proposal to maintain Especially is Canton badly off The bullet came quite low Italian and French Navies in for funds. Recently its "Gov- gested that
Sir Austen Chamberlain aug- was necessary
for defendant to their views thereon to be con- the existing, German credits has and, making a hole through the preventing the export of slaves ernment" strongly urged Nan- should, bear in mind the bearing Three yards would
the Government back so far down Gough Hill Lond. sidered by the main conference not awakened any feeling of re-
sponsiveness
York have been to-morrow.-Reuter.
among New canvas at the ship's side, lodged in to Arabia. /
king to agree to its receiving a of this case on the extrality nego-enough.
bankera, who have counter-proposed Mr. Paine's right ankle. A third
Defendant in backing Spirit of Co-operation. Lord Cecil urged the appoint-larger share of the Customs re-tiations.
that all that can be done for Ger- bullet fell harmlessly on deck and ment of a permanent Commission venue.
down must have approached very
Rugby, Yesterday. to assist the League's efforts in
Sir H. Cayzer (Conservative) closely to the complainant, and Canton's purpose was to float urged that the Government in- never made a noise until he put his ment which was the 'outcome of The bankers fear that even if The brief and concise docu- many from outside is to scale down
or cancel the reparations payments. · · the matter. The difficulty was a loan based on the Customs. sist on the immediate appoint-brakes on. the fear of all countries of inter- Mr. Soong determinedly and suc-ment of a British representative tinct mistake.
There he made a dis- yesterday's five-hour discussion credits to Germany be continued, ference with their own affairs, cessfully opposed any such con- for any further inquiry in the clutch pedal was disengaged.
He admits that his by the Committee of Finance another crisis will be precipitated
Of Ministers was to-day under dis- The Yuet On arrived in Hong clear was not intended.-British
which, it was important to make cession to a "rebel Government." matter.
course I can't accept the statement cussion at the Plenary Session of Informed Chinese point out Kong at 10.15 p.m. and Mr. Paine Wireless Service.
Seven-Power Dr. Dalton replied that obvi-made by Miss Parry that she was the
Conference, was taken to the Government Civil
why Canton should Hospital where, it was learned, the
hate Mr. Chinese Government appointing a wheel.”
still confidential but it dealt with The erection of stcel on the new Soong. bullet was extracted from his ankle addition to the Royal Connaught
Rugby, Yesterday.. 1 British
His Worship added that it was the methods whereby the imme- The Corner Stone.
representative and this morning.
After this, morning's session of His condition is Hotel has just been completed, The
Mr. Arthur clear that the defendant stopped at diate task before the Conference, the conference, the following com- It has also to be remembered Henderson took a very grave the
emphasised that understood to be favourable for brick work is now proceeding. This that Mr. Soong with Marshal view
moment Mies Parry was namely, the restoration of con- complete recovery.
of the structure when completed will sup- Chiang Kai-shek is the corner Sir Miles Lampson, with his good record, he would make the fine position, could best be achieved held a further meeting in the
matter and knocked down, and in view of his flence in Germany's financial munique was issued Heard Three "Pops.". ply an additional 150 rooms, to- stone of the present Nanking ad- full approval, was going to con-only $25. On the charge of fail- The document provided the the Wing On, which followed the facilities, and is promised for the purse strings his influence exercise pressure on the Chinese would give the benefit of the doubt the plenary sitting which was of restoring confidence in the As the holder of tinue to do everything possible to ing to report the accident, he starting point, for discussion in Foreign Office at 10 am, and gave Yuet On, his ship was fired on as completion by August 1.
would ultimately be greater until the matter had been clear-to defendant, as it was possible described as particularly notable than Chiang Kai-shek's. His re- mioval would be a tremendoused up-Reuter,
A little further on, as the Yuet On was passing Pak Fa Tau an- other shot was fired.
at the expiry of the continuation period, when there would be a scramble
that this one of several reasons ously they could not insist on the struck in the middle of the back by The terms of this statement are American Service.
to liquidate.—Router's
According to Captain Mutton of gethor with auditorium and other ministration.
sho was passing Suawuf. This was
at about 5.45 p.m. and the ship was
going slow as had always been its ting rooms, as Captain Mutton puts blow to Nanking - and probably habit when passing villages on the It, to be flooded.
No Redress.
river. He heard three "popa" but no bullets came near the ship and The Chief Officer of the Yuet On at the time he thought they were was also sure that his ship could, erackers. Now that he had heard not have given offence to the vil of the firing on the preceding ships lagers. His skipper and the rest he was inclined to believe that the of the officers, he said, had always "pops" he had heard were rifle, bean very cautious when passing shots. As far as his ship, was con- villages because they realised that cerned he failed to understand why being under the Chinese flag their she should be fired at bocaqso she ship could not get any redress in
bring down the Government. Reuter.
EUGENE CHEN."
Secret Mission to Japan.
Tokyo, Yesterday. Mr. Eugene Chen, the Foreign
FAIR.
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states: Pressure gradients are shal- low over the whole arca.
The depression over 8.W. Japan is filling up, ter
Forecaat S,W, or variable.
Rainfall
"The International Conference
further consideration to the method
that he might not have understood for the spirit of co-operation dis- stability of the German financial
to report the accident.
SHELL DROPPED
MANHOLE.
played by all the delegates. position, by concerted international Without touching on any political cooperation on the basis of the aspects of the situation the Con-statement prezented by the com- IN ference at one stage exchanged mittee of Finance Ministers.
views upon the fundamental Progress was made, and certain causes of the financial crisis, but technical questions were referred to it was agreed that as speed was consider them this afternoon, and the Finance Ministers, who will such an important factor at the present time, the conference report to the main conference to- should devote its energies to the morrow morning."-S. primary task of restoring ctance of dealing frst with the
The Times recognises the impor
Strikers. Sever 1,500 Phone Lines in Spain.
fidence in German finances.
The American State Secretary, urgent problem of stemming the.
outflow of credit from Germany,
was proceeding quietly along, case of a brush with the villag-Minister of the Canton National winds; moderate to light;, fair. STERN ACTION TO BE TAKEN Mr. H. L. Stimson, and several but nake whether the rare company
being very careful not to give ers such as happened yesterday. Government, and his wife and Mr. offence because he knew that vil Other ships could appeal to the Llu Chi-wan, formerly the Mayor lagers obfacted to the wash created Navy for protection, but they had of Nanking and Superintendent of by ships moving fastig
no protection whatever..
the Shanghai Customs, arrived at Objection Explained. It was possible that some vessel Nagasaki, this morning on board
ན ནི མ། ཞེནཎྞེ ན This objection was not an un-or other which had passed, earlier the Kitano Maru and will proceed reasonable one when it is realized or may be even the day before, to Tokyo-Router that the villages are situated on had created wash which the vil-
ground which is not more than a lagers had considered unnecessary, Cut and polished semi-precious foot above water, and are protect and not being able to get at the stones mined in Manitoba are at- ed only by mud banks only offender, they had lain In walt tracting considerable attention. couple of feet high and a heavy for the rext batch of ships to pass They include the Manitoba sun- wash might break the banks and and let them have (whether stone, the Manitoba moonstone, the flood the villages. Also, in some, they offended, or not.... In other Manitob spots along the river huts were word
he fanoce built on plies and when the water the ins of
In the
©was hi
"Amerio were pulsar
And the
had to pay for Manitoba,
pe have pron
den beryl and the beryl. Experts
these stones to be ything of the kind
they have ever seen and state that a few shades darker dfamous
the the same stor
Chief En- would
and of
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jed at 10a.m.( to-day, HIL
Total-Kincs · January 1–45.08. Inchos against an average of 47.95 inches deficit 2.02 inches.
Temperature. The temperature at certals. specified centres this morning Ant. 6 o'clock was —
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Madrid, Yesterday,
other statesmen made a contri- bution of a constructive character of representative talent now as- The Government is determines which underwent general discus-embled in London is going to die- once and for all to crush syndi-sion and after a sitting lasting perse after having only roached, at calist disturbances, which are for three hours, during which the best, a temporary, alleviation of a daily becoming worse, threaten- general feeling was that useful fundamental malady. It recalls the ing the stability of the Republic.progress had been made, it was passage in Mr. MacDonald's open- The principal ringleaders in decided to refer certain technical ing statement, which attributed to Madrid and Seville have been ar- questions to the Committee of the conference the purpose not only. rested and their headquarters Finance Ministers who will re-to meet the requirements of the closed down
port thereon to the main Confer-present criefs but to begin anew, at A decree which is being issued ence to-morrow morning.
a tima of candid and mutual effort, lays « down 'severe pehalties for Optimistic View,
to pacify the disturbed mind of strikes unlesa 10 days' notice, is Mr. Stimson, in a Prces Inter-Europe." given.
view to-day, took an optimistic The Times adde. Who can ball: Meanwhile, strikers at Bar-view of the Conference. proceed-wal occur to talk over fundamental
when, if at all, another such chabca: celona - created an earthquake | inga. "We are making real pro- effect in the centre of the town gress, he said and I am not difficulties which are really familiar, by dropping A high explosive at all hopeless that we may to everyone. The opportunity shell down a manh Bovering Anish up to-morrow The minds now and here."
(Continued on Page 7.)
of the delegate: seem to be