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SENSATIONAL ESCAPE RIOTS IN SAD TRAGEDY AT BRITAIN'S FLORA FORT BLOWS
OF TWO PRISONERS ··
VICTORIA JAIL WALLS EASILY
SCALED
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
EYEWITNESS GIVES
CHASE
"A very cleverly" planned and most daring-breakaway from Victoria Jall was committed in broad daylight this morning by two prisoners, Lo Luk-cheung and Mak Kwai.
GERMANY
POLICE FIRED
ON.
“RED SNIPERS"
NEW MILITANT BODY.
areas.
SEA
Chief Engineer of, Benarty,
WASHED OVERBOARD.
Tragedy stalked the achooner Benarty during her trip from Dai- ren to Hong Kong, and took the life of the Chief Engineer of the
WAR ARMS
AN IMPORTANT ·
STATEMENT.
DISARMAMENT
TO BE SOON PUBLISHED.
THIS
A
UP
MORNING'S DISASTROUS AFFAIR IN MACAOMBA
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
SHIP SHAKEN FROM STEM TO STERN
-Reports-reached Hong-Kong this morning of a disastrous ex- League of Nations as a prelimin-plosion in Macao at an early hour to-day, of the World Disarmament Con- ary to the meeting, next February ference has been received by the League Secretary at Geneva.
The Benarty left Dairen for Hong Kong on August 6, and ran into a violent typhoon when be Berlin, Yesterday.
Rugby, Yesterday. This Considerable tension prevails is no doubt the same typhoon that Government, giving details of the
tween Foochow and Ampy.
The statement, by the British in the city to-night and extra caused the grounding of the 5.8 personnel and material of British forces of police are being drafted Wai Shing near Amoy, when she Naval, Military and Air Forces, in to prevent a renewal of last was badly-holed-in-four-places-asked for by the Council of the night's Floting. Police lorries and in danger of sinking.
the disturbed are patrolling
-The Benarty weathered the storm well enough to keep hersalf Communists fired on the Police out of disaster, but, during the in Berlin, also in Magdeburg. height of the storm, when every Lueneberg and Itzehoe where, al-hand on board had to turn to death together, 12 persons were wound claimed the Chief Engineer,
A Hugh Breaker. It is understood that he was off Aachen, and neighbouring towns, duty at the time, but was making revealed a new militant body, the "Red Snipers" Association, directed against the Nazis and Police. Fifty, includ- ing a Communist Reichstag De- puty and two Town Councillors nre said to belong to the organisa- tion. They have been arrested. -Reuter.
House to house searches in
An interesting feature of the escape is that Lo Luk-cheung, who is serving out a sentence of five years hard labour for armed robbery in 1928, made a sensational attempt to escape on the after-ed and 60 arrested. noon of October 10, last year. He was, however, arrested the fol- lowing day by a detective in Belchers Street. At that time, another five-year termer, Chan Yee, also escaped, but he was captured by Bandsman C. Deeks of the Somerset Light Infantry, who was among the first to see the escape being attempted on the Chancery Lane side of the Jail,
SMART
DASH FOR FREEDOM
This morning's escape was other was only half way down. made over the newly constructed When he had made up his mind wall in Chancery Lane, near, its to give chase, the prisoners had
already started running. intersection with the Old Bailey. The two convicts appear to have evaded the vigilant arm of the law, obtained a rope, gained their liberty.
and thus
Eye-Witness's Story.
"It was raining at the time, and there were only two or three persons about," said Mr. Lo.
CAR'S 105 MILES
AN HOUR.
New Speed, Record in Britain.
VISCOUNT'S ACHIEVEMENT.
NANKING PEACE OFFERS.
Only Possible If Chiang Resigns.
Canton, To-day. Regarding "Nanking peace offers, the Central Press learns - to-day that peace is only pos- sible when Marshal Chiang Kai-shek resign--Central Press.
It is expected that copies of the statement will be 'translated and ready for transmission to the Governments participating in the Governments participating in and that it will be published on the following day.
The document occupies 100 foolscap pages.-British Wireless Service.
AMERICAN
COTTON
CROP.
Proposal to Destroy One-Third,
OVER PRODUCTION,
The most reliable information to hand is that the disaster oc curred in one of the forts, and the number of killed and injured was stated to be seven, apparently all Portuguese soldiers,
From the same source of information it was learned that the fort involved in the explosion was the Flora Fort, which is below the Lighthouse, where gunpowder is kept.
S.S. CHUEN CHOW?
were
REPORT
Inquiries made on board the 8.8. ¡eral was inclined; to dismiss the Chuen Chow, which arrived from ramour that the explosion was in Macao soon after 11 o'clock this the lower, or Bara Fort. This fort, morning, confirmed the report that he said, was obsolete, and, as far an explosion had occurred in the as he knew, no gunpowder was kept Portuguese Colony at about 5.40 there. The fort had not been in this morning.
use for some years, and was only Terrific Explosion.
one of the old-time places of inter The explosion, our representa- est in Macao, lable at any time.to tive was informed, was terrific and be torn down to make room for followed by a huge colunm of thick houses in the course of develop- his way to the engine room to take
black smoke" which rose" high Into ment. the air, but no flames could be The only two gunpowder maga Fleet of Foot Prisoners.
charge in the emergency, when a Continuing, his narrative, Mr.
scen from where the ship was, at zines in the Portuguese Colony Washington, Yesterday. huge breaker overwhelmed the ship
The destruction of one-third of her wharf in the inner port.. and washed him, overboard. He the present cotton crop has been Both ran in a westerly direc-Lo said, that as he was wearing
at the Flora Fort and on Shaken from Stem to Stern. Rugby, Yesterday. tion, one along Staunton Street, a thick raincoat he found it very
Colowan Island, which must have sunk immediately in the suggested by the Federal Farm
ls near Ho chased and the other through Hollywood hard to run fast.
Driving a special car, which he raging sea, because he was not Board to the Governors of four-that the Chuen Chow was shaken plosion had occurred in Macao So terrific was the explosion Macão. If, as indicated, the ex- Road. Both were wearing dark after one of the men. This man has designed after experiments in seen again.
from stem to stern and every one proper, then he was inclined to the blue trousers at the time of the was, according to Mr. Lo, rather his workshop at his country state
The Benarty, which is under the teen cotton producing States... "Naturally," in Northumberland, Viscount Rid command of Captain J. P. Drum.
If the States concur, Govern-on board awakened. tall and strong.
belief that it was in the Flora escape.
No Definite Information. “ Fort. remarked Mr. Lo, laughingly, ley, at Brooklands to-day, covered mond, was so badly knocked about ment will withhold from the mar- "he ran very fast, in fact faster, the flying kilometre at a speed of by the typhoon that she had to put holdings of cotton.
At the time the ship left Macao, ket for another year its present
Of course, he was basing his ag- at 8 a.m., it was not possible to sumption on the information that than I could, because he was out 105.42 miles hour and the flying into the Kowloon Dock for repairs
mile at 104.66 miles hour which, following her arrival in Hong The scheme means a reduction had occurred, it being variously was not prepared to dismiss the
What It Means... to gain his freedor"
get definite information as to what it was-a-gunpowder-explosion,-and--- Mr. Lo said that whilst they when confirmed by the Royal Auto-Kong harbour at 6.30 pm, yester of the total supply of cotton by stated that the explosion was in a possibility that the explosion was were running, both prisoners, mobile Club, will break the records day, who had the upper part of their for the Baby Care' Class establish- She carried no passengers,
at least 4,000,000. bales, and the fort and in a Chinese fire cracker in the Arsenal, which occupies n Mr. Lo said that at five minutes bodies bare, took off and cast aside ed on Saturday by Mr. Leon Cash-
withholding from this year's factory. The most persistent portion of the waterfront facing market of 3,000,000 more.
rumour at the time of the Chuen the inner harbour. A small quan- to nine o'clock he left his home their khaki trousers, but he no-man in an Austin Seven.
The scheme will become effée-Chow's sailing was that the explo-tity of gunpowder, torpedoes, etc., tive if ten of the largest produc- ston had occurred in the lower are stored here. tion States accept, Reuter's fort, which would be the Bara American Service.
Fort.
ls at a loss to understand how an Consul General Interviewed. explosion could have occurred so When seen by a China Mail re early in the morning. It would be presentative at noon to-day, the more conceivable had it occurred Portuguese Consul-General (Sen- during the day time, and might be hor A. Luiz Cerveira de Albuquer-attributable to the effect of the que e Castro) stated that he had heat which had been experienced yet no information from Macao. there during the past few days. He had heard reports of the dis- Cable Says Flora Fort. aster soon after coming to his
Later. office in the morning, and had sent According to a local Portuguese a cable to Macao at 9.80 a.m. ask- gentleman, who had received a ing for Information, but no reply short cable from Macao relating to his cable had come through yet. to the explosion, it la definitely. In a discussion of the meagre stated to have occurred at the details available, the Consul-Gen- Flora Fort, below Gula,
An eye-witness of the affair, Mr. Y. P. Lo, Business Manager of the Bank of China, related a dramatic story to a Mail. report er, who called at his office this morning.
in Shelley Street to go to busi- ticed that they then revealed a Viscount Ridley's car is fitted ness. Coming down Old Bailey, pair of dark blue trousers. This
and on nearing Chancery Lane, goes to show that the escape he noticed two Chinese men climb-must have been pre-arranged. ing down the wall by means of a Finding it difficult to keep up, rope, which appeared to be of two, Mr. Lo said that he gave up the inches thickness.
At the time, chase, and on returning, went to Mr. Lo was under the impression the Central Police Station where that they were merely workmen, he made a report. but on coming to within fifteen
with a 750 C. C. engine.-British
Wireless Service.
GERMAN CREDITS. Protocol to be Signed on Friday.
Viscount Ridley is the son-in-law of Sir Edwin Lutyens-Reuter.
[Leon Cushman drove a super- charged Austin Seven at Brook lands on Saturday. August 8, at that
Rugby, Yesterday. A message from Basle states preliminary conversations following speeds: Flying Kilo-have taken place between Bankers' Mak Kwai was serving sen-metre at 102 and 2/8 miles per representatives and the Committee yards of them, he saw that their tence of eight years' hard labour hour, and the Flying Mile at 100 of Experts set up by the Inter trousers were khaki in colous for armed robbery. and that they also bore red ar- After the robbers had made and 676 miles per hour.]
rown. From this Mr. Lo con- good their escape, Inspector cluded, that they were prisoners. Booker found two pairs of khaki When he first saw them, one man] trousers, one in Old Bailey and was already down, whilst the the other in Chancery Lane..
POSSIBLE FUSES THIEF.
Assaults Policeman Doing His Duty,
INCRIMINATING CHISEL
Charged at the Kowloon Magis-
NOTORIOUS YANKEE GANGSTER.
Four Years for Jack Diamond.
APPEAL LODGED.
New York, Yesterday
BERLIN EXPRESS DISASTER. Innocent Man Arrested
and. Released.
POLICE FAUX PAS,
Berlin, Yesterday.. Acting on the information of a | shopkeeper, who identified the wire found on the scene of the wreckage of the Basle-Berlin ex- press, the Police, this morning,
Officer as the suspected pur- chaser.
tracy this morning an; unemployed Jack Diamond has been sen-arrested an alleged "Irish Ex- Chinese, Chan Tak, pleaded not tenced to four years' imprison guilty to having possession of a ment and fined $11,000 for violat- chisel, fit for an unlawful purpose, ing the Prohibition Law.
at Homentin, and to unlawfully Bail has been fixed at $15,000 assaulting and willfully obstructing pending hearing of the appeal. P.C. D262, while in execution of Reuter's American Service. his duty. M
The man subsequently proved his innocence and was released. Reuter. Wak
LLOYD GEORGE.
Exceptionally Good Recovery,
national Bank with A view to aignature on Friday of the protocol which would stabilise for three monthe' short-term credits to Ger- many of about £125,000,000.-Bri- tiah, Wireless Service.
OVERCAST AND RAINY,
The Royal Observatory's re- port lesued this morning at 10.28 states:
A somewhat deep depression is shown to the North of the Paracels, .
Preasure is relatively high. over Japan..
Forecast:-E. winds, moder ate; generally overcast, rainy.
Rainfall..
"Rainfall for 24 hours end- ∙ed at 10 am, to-day, 2.10 Inch.
Total since January 1-52.63 – inches: against an average of 58.18 inches déficit 5,55 inches.
Open Temperature,
The temperature at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was :-
Hong Không
P.C. D262 said that he saw the Inspector Fallon suggested that accused acting in a suspicious man- the man was-Implicated in the theft. ner in Waterloo Road. On getting of fuses from the China Light & no satisfactory explanation, the Power Company transformer. constable searched him and found a boxes, and that the ebisal was, for chisel tied above the knee. The the purpose of forcing the boxes chisel fell to the ground and during open.", This suggestion is support- | |___Mr. Lloyd George has made so a struggle for possession of "the ed by the fact that the man was exceptionally a good recovery Instrument, accused struck the con- loitering near a transformer box, that it is now hoped to move him atable several times. Another con-Six weeke' hard labour was im- | into the country within a forte Chefoo stable arrived on the scene to assist posed on each charge
night, and no further bulletins
In the arrest.
LOCAL
London, Yesterday.
will be issued. Reuter.
Macao...... Prates, laland *. Manile Foochow
Shangha
79 81
CHILIAN CABINET'S SUGGESTION.
Suspension of All Debts.
PROTECT GOLD.
New York, Yesterday.
A message from Santiago, Chile, etates that the recommen- dation that the partial mora- torium proclaimed for the middle of July to protect the gold exchange standard should be completed by the suspension of service and foreign debts, is made by the Chilean Cabinet to the Congress..
The Cabinet recommends, in viaw of the shortage of funds, a discontinuance of the payment of interest on foreign debts, amounting to $18,000,000, for the balanes of the present year. It also suggests the suspension of payment of interest on the in- ternal debt and short-term notes. Reuter's American Service.
MR. EUGENE CHEN.
Leaving Tokyo for Canton,
Mark Tokyo, Yesterday: Mr. Eugene Chen states that he is leaving Tokyo to-morrow, and will shortly be returning to Canton, but he does not desire his sailing date divulged-Reuter,
OIL CONTROL IN AMERICA.
Bill to Cope with Overproduction,
QUOTA SCHEME:
Austin, Yesterday:
Senhor de Albuquerque e Castro
COLLISION WITH LAMP
POST
European Sustains Several Cuts.
CAR DAMAGED.
Whilst driving his car along The Texas State Legislature has Hollywood Road at two o'clock this passed an Oil Conservation Bill to morning, Mr. C. J. Endert, of the deal with present, overproduction.
The bill lays down a compulsory with a lamp standard
Netherlands China, Bank, collided, at the quota system for production by junction of Pattinger Street... various pools. Also outlines
The car was damaged, whilst Mr.
penalties for those opposing the orders of the Conservation Commis BlogReuter
#FOUND ADRIFT.
Small Dinghy & Four Anchors.
Endert received several cuts in his face from the glass of the broken wind screen.
at Kowloon, a small dinghy and four anchora, which he found" adrift near the Waterloo Road pler In the Yaumati anchorage,
The anchors had the appearance of having been stolen, and were Kwok Lan, master of a cargo probably left there to be retriev funk, has handed over to the Police ed later