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THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST
No. 28,940
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1935. PRICE $3.00 Per Month
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ADMINISTRATOR'S HEROIC DEATH ON ABYSSINIAN FRONTIER
CUT TO PIECES IN HAND.TO.HAND BATTLE
STARTLING
ALLEGATIONS
IN COURT
Accused Denounces
Chief Witness As
Swindler
ALLEGED ATTACK ON HOTEL PROPRIETOR
Startling allegations were read out in the Supreme Court against| the chief witness Ma Tan Nam, a well-known business, man, and owner of the Empress Hotel, who is charging Ho Lam Sang, Pun Fong, and Kwan Yu, alias Kwan Ng, with assault and intent to: rob.
The first accused, Ho Lam Saing, stated that Ma was a swindler and a menace to the public. He said that 20 years ago
of the
"Dutch" Schultz, one
public enemfea ranking America, won his freedom from
AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED BUT RETREAT SCORNED
OUTNUMBERED TROOPS HOLD GROUND FOR TWO HOURS HIGHEST RECOGNITION
Faris cables received to-day bring a thrilling story of the heroic death of a young French Ad- ofministrator, who, like so many of the young men in our own Colonial service, had the sole rule and responsibility of a huge tract of wild country, inhabited and flanked by turbulent sparsely neighbours, on his hands.
Albany, NY. guol for the holidays when an obliging friend posted $75,000 in Liberty bonds as ball. He is seen leaving to enjoy the
Yuletide.
U. S. ENTRY
his grandfather had opened TO WORLD
A
gambling business with witness
in Macao and had been the vic- COURT
tim of a swindle.
His worship said that accused
would not be allowed to make such NOW VIRTUALLY
statements unless he were willing
to prove them by asking the wit-
ness questions.
The case came up before the
CERTAIN
Washington, To-day.
of the Hon. Chief Justice Mr. A, D, A. The participation Macgregor, in the Supreme Court United States in the Hague Court The Assistant At of International Justice is now this morning, torney-General, Mr. J. A. Fraser considered virtually certain, fol- was for the Crown,
lowing the acceptance by the
The jury empanelled comprised Senate leaders of reservations Messrs. B. G. Butler (föreman), providing that participation does Wang Tat, David L. Allen, Horst rot entangle the nation in the Neitmeyer, A. A. Olaes, Yung Hok interval politics of another coun- Ming, and Oscar W. May.
try and does not mean the relin-|
MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER quishment of America's exclusive Mr. Fraser said, that Ma Tan right to deal with purely domes- Nam was returning to his home at tic matters. Reuter. No. 40 High Street on November
16, 1934, at his usual time, which RAILWAY AGREEMENT was about midnight. He got out
of his car and proceeded to climb
IN BRITAIN
the stairs to his house, When he reached the first landing he saw a Satisfactory Conclusion man, dressed in European clothes standing there. He asked him what he meant by standing there,
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EXPENDITURE UP, REVENUE DOWN
Income Tax Revenue Increase
While on an inspection-tour of his district, with a small guard of askaris, he was attacked by a horde of some 800 tribesmen from across the border. Fighting until his ammunition was exhausted, he scorced retreat and fell, cut to pieces by the enemy's cutlasses in a hand-to-hand encounter.
HIS GRATEFUL COUNTRY HAS NOT BEEN SLOW. TO RECOGNISE HIS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION, AND HAS GIVEN HIM, POSTHUMOUSLY, THE MIGHTIEST HONOUR POSSIBLE, A CITATION IN NATIONAL ORDERS AND THE CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR.
CHAMBER
OF PRINCES
OPENING
Viceroy Holly Denies Baseless Allegations
MAHARAJAH'S SUPPORT
London, To-day.
The Viceroy of India, Lord Wil- lingdon, when opening the session
on
París, To-day.
M. Bernard, who was aged 25, died heroically at the head of his 'small troops." He held his ground for two hours, with 105, Issas tribesmen, who kept 800 ferce
Assaimaras at bay until their am- munition, was exhausted and then, acorning retreat. M. Bernard fell in a hand-to-hand encounter, with
10 cutlass wounds in the head. Reuter.
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A later cable states that M. Bernard was going to the help of Assaimara the Issas against the raiders when he was attacked. - The whole of his force was massacred.
The Minister for the Colonies,
No Diplomatic Action By France
♫
а
An earlier message states that the Somali incident is officially
This photograph. was taken shortly after the explosion, of a bomb in the garden of the Argentine Ministry in Havana. The house, which belonged to the former Secretary of State Ferrara, of Cuba; was occupied by the Mis ister of Argentine, Horacio Car- rillo, at the time of the blast. In this case no one was injured. Terrorism, is increasing in Cuba, and hardly a day goes by with- out some act of violence.
ANGLO-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS
Warm Appreciation For Britain's Support
London, to-day. The Austrian Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Dr. Schusch nigg and Herr Berger Walde-
negg, intend to pay a visit to. London next month. Although the date has not yet been fixed, the visit will probably take place on about February 20. It is understood that the Ministers desire to express appreciation of the friendly relations existing between Britain and Austria.-- British Wireless Service.
CHINESE CAPTAINS'
CERTIFICATES
Hong Kong Refuses Recognition
CANTON REPRESENTATIVE
TO NEGOTIATE-
From Oar. Own Correspondent)
CONNALLY OIL
BILL PASSED BY
THE SENATE
Sequel To Supreme
Court's Decision
CONGRESS WILL NOW CONTROL PRODUCTION:
Washington, To-day The United States Senate has passed the Connally Oil Control Bill, which will now go to the House of Repre sentatives.
The bill is a sequel to the Su-
preme Court's decision that the
section of the National Recovery! Administration's act empowering President Roosevelt to provent the
shipments of oil is unconstliu-
tional.
KWEICHOW
TROOPS ON
THE RETREAT
GENERAL HOU SAID
UNDER ARREST
OFFICIAL DENIAL OF SCARE REPORTS
From Our Own Correspondent]
Canton, Yesterday.. The widely reported detention of Lieut-General Hou Chih-tan, a dl vialon commander of the Kweichow troops, was stated last night by a local representative of the Kwel chow Government as Inaccurate. That General Wang Chin-lich, Chairman of the Kwelchow Provin vial Government, has escaped from Kwelyang is also branded as aroundless.
Besides commanding a Kwei- chow. division, Genoraf Hou ie Second-in-Command of the 25th Kweichow Army, and is one the most trusted lieutenants of Chair- man Wang Chia-lich. Hou's divi- sion is stationed in Northern Kwel chow, but is outnumbered by su-
perior Communist forces, so that it was obliged to give up Tsun ›YI, Tung Tau and other towns.
**: DESERTION, CHARGE
It is reported that General Hon was detained at Chung King by order of the Central Authorities, and that the charges against him are that he left his post without leave and that his troops retreated be- fore the advance of the enemy. General Hou Justifed his retreat on the ground that his division of 9,000 men were in danger of being encircled by a Communist force, of 30,000
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BURNING TANKER
OUT OF DANGER
Third Engineer Dies From Injuries
London, To-day
The bill empowers Congress to control production, instead of the President, and it will prevent an A message received yesterday by Inter-State transportation of oil the Glasgow owners of the British produced in excess of the quotas tanker "Valverda," which was on assigned to those States-Reuter. fire in the Atlantic, stated that the fire was then confined to the re- |frigerator, and that the vessel, was“
in no immediate danger.
COAL PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
Third Engineer Taylor has suc cumbed to, his injuries, but all the
Canton, Yesterday. Britain's 1934 Output Up others are safe-British Wireless
Nearly 14,000,000 Tons
Service
of the Chamber of Princess in New Delhi yesterday, described as en humously awarded the cross of
proposed that M. Bernard be post- tirely and utterly baseless the al-Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. legations which had been made to The Government "elted H. Bernard London. To-day. the effect that he and his officers in national orders," paying
glowing tribute to his heroism. A satisfactory conclusion was
Reuter. but the man, instead of answering reached yesterday to the discus- had brought pressure to bear
sions between the representatives the Princes in order to coerce them of the leading railway companies into federation against their will. and the railwaymen's unions
The Viceroy said it was only na jupon the reorganisation of the existing machinery of concilia-tural that the Princes should post- tion and negotiation. Proposals pone their final decision on the Re- were unanimously agreed upon forms Bill until they had had an
regarded as a battle between two The Chinese newspapers state and they will be recommended to
opportunity to study the measure tribes, of which the Isses live on this morning that the Ministry of both sides for adoption.
The agreement, which con.and the various draft instruments, the French side of the frontier Foreign Affairs in Nanking has in-
London, to-day instrumenta, and in and the Assainaras on the Abysstructed Dr. Kan Chich-how. In- The Secretary for Mines, Mr. cerns 400.000 railway workers, acccasion deals with all questions arising structions....
sinlan, who are constantly fightspector General of Foreign Affairs Ernest Brown, speaking at Eding- out of the conditions of the ser Lord Willingdon's repudiation of ling each other.
here, to negotiate with the Heng burgh yesterday, said that coal trade London, To-day.vice and makea of mutual inter- the allegations was strongly support- A high authority suggests that Exchequer returns show that or est to the staff and managemented by the Maharajak of Bikanir.M. Bernard, the Administrator, Kong Government for the re- prospects had taken a turn for the rather imprudently went to the cognition of passengers' licenses better. Provisional figures for 1984 dinary revenue collected up to outside the actual service. British Wireless Service.
for Chinese steamers and cert! showed that the total British out- scene of hostilities to see what January 19 totalled £485,311,377, British Wireless Service...
ficates granted by the Ministry of put, was 220,954,000 tons, as com- was happening. Afte
the Hong pared with 207,112,000 in 1988. door at 11.30 pm last night Mrs (Continued on Page 12)
Communication with Kong mariners.
The improvement was due to home Cheng Fung Kam, a widow of Dr. Kan, It is said, has com-industrial demands and trade agree. Leng Pel Village, Sheung Shui ments with foreign powers. Other district; found herself.confronted municated with the Hong Kong agreements, he said, would follow with three men armed with revol- Government in regard to the mat British Wireless Service.
vers and carrying electric torches: ter and is expecting && reply.
When she told them, she had no The question arose over the ar- pointment of Chinese captains 'for the four new vessels which the China Merchante" Steam Navigi-
EXCHEQUER RETURNS
as compared with £491,874,170 in
the corresponding period of the NEW POWER PLANT
last financial year. Including. :)
self-balancing revenue, the res
pective totals were £548,744,377. and £554,569,170,
FOR CANTON
Installation Contract : For Siemens & Co.
$2,800,000 EXPENDITURE
BRITISH AGENT"
BANNED
Nanking Film Censors Offer No Reason
Ordinary expenditure to date la £563,409, as compared with £559,- 638,624 in the corresponding per-
Shanghai, To-day. iod of last year, and, with self- balancing expenditure, totals were
It is reported from Nanking £626,624,449 and $619,652,924, res-
Canton, To-day that the film censors have decid- The faint weekly memorial ser-ed to ban the picture "British pectively szimp
Although the flat rate of income vice was held at the hall of the Agent, now showing to packed tax was reduced in the last budget, Southwest Political Council yester- houses in Shanghai, which was the revenue collected from this day. Mayor Liu Chi-wen officlated previously approved, for a reason Kource to date is $108,866,000, and made a speech, stressing the that is not stated which is nearly £5,000,000 larger Importance of achieving a uni
than last year.
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YAUMATI SCHOOL SPORTS
MEETING ON FRIDAY
formity of electro-motive force in this city
In the first part of his speech. Mayor Liu laid particular stress on the development of the Electric Power Station since the gove ment took over control two
The eighth annual sports meeting ago. He said that mar
of the Yaumati School will be held have been made and
next Friday on the School
st Kings Park, commencing
Mrs.?. Charles /Mys
consented to, distrib
large
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Router.
WEATHER FORECAST
NEW CABINET FOR BULGARIA
General Zlatey At The Helm
Sofia, to-day.
on Company ordered from Eng land. The Company plans to place King Boris has approved the these vessels on the Canton-Shang- formation of a new cabinet with run, vis Hong Kong. The Hong General Zlatay as Prime Minister Kong authorities, aquire the
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and Minister of War. The change- over is due to internal policy Reuter.
US. GUNBOAT ARRIVES
The anticyclo continues to in- - ev
to
The US gunboat Isobel rived here at 9 am today fro
CANTON-NANKING MOVE.
UNITED KINGDOM
MEAT IMPORTS
ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY,
Village Widow's Rude Awakening
Awakened by the forcing of her
money they spent half-an-hour ransacking the house.
In her report to the Police, Mrs. Cheng stated that she was robbed
in Chinese 20-cent pieces,
Preliminary Talks Ator
Dominions Office
quantity of jewellery valued at $37, a single-barrelled shotgun, No. 18982, and 15 rounds of ammuni- ondon, To-day. tion, valued at $74. A meeting took e at the Dominions Office yest daye, bed tween. United Kingdon Inisters
and, representatives of the Govern? ments of the Dominions and, South- jern Rhodesia.
em-A preliminary discu
garding meat
place
ted Kingdom
March
No arrests have been made.
EUROPEAN LADY DRIVER KNOCKS DOWN BOY
G.Joseph,
Доск
that
an 8-year-
|Idre: Shatin. The boy
ed for hand injuries at the Dispensary
Stubbs