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ACCUSED MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
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COUNCIL MEETINGS IN LONDON,
LONDON, July 7th,
JOTA, 1923
CRIMINAL SESSIONS. [BEFORE THE CATES JUSTICE (SIR WILLIAM
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There is much activity at St. James
A RETURNED BANISHEE. Palace on the occasion of a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations. A small crowd watched the arrival of the
Shek Tak, alins Leung Yan, was"indict- LONDON, July 17th. Councillors, including Tang Tsai Fou Led having broken an order of banishment Duin and Sullivan, the murderers of (China) and Viscount Ishii (Japan)
The morning session is private for thede in 1910. Prisoner said he did not Field-Marshal Wilson have been sendisenssing of the agenda, and reports intend to stay here; he was just passing will be discussed at a public meeting in through. This was taken as a ples of not senced to death. Losos, July 17th
the afternoon." It was originally intend" ed that the meeting be an extraordinary guilty. It is officially announced that the Free
session to deal only with the Palestine French Mandates for Syria will be 2 mitted for approval.
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**THE WOMAN TEMPTED
ME.
EVE" TO THE POLICE
WOUNDED MANS GREAT,
FIGHT.
"ADÁM” SHOULD HAVE REPORTED | DEFIES FOUR ARMED ROBBERS AND
QUAINT STORY OF A LOVE-SICK GIRL.
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ARRESTS ONE.
A somewhat unusual feature of an armed robbery, which occurred near the
The saying that the course of tran lave never rung smoothly" was illustrated railway bridge. Honghom, early yester by a story told at the Magistracy, yesterday morning, was the plucky light pat day afternoon, of a young Chinese girl's of the robbery. Although stabbed in the up by a contractor who was the victim infatuation for a man several years her back and arms by the robbers, the con senior. Apparently she left her home and tractor managed to hold on to one nf loved. He, after trying, more or less the man was held safe. firmly, to persuade her to return to her Mr. H. K. Holmes, Crown Solicitor, parents, decided to accept whas fate had prosecuted.
bestowed upon him and took the girl into his house.
State forces have captured" Baltinglass | GRAND JURY RETURNS A TRUE Mandate, but the Belgian, British and Messrs. A.-E. Glover, G. 3. W. Dorkins, came to Hongkong to seek the man she the rubbers until assistance arrived and
(Co. Wicklow). Tullow (Co., Carlow), and Newtownbarry (Co. Wexford).
of
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[Counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wes- ford are eastern counties. south Thablin...
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NTERN MEASURES BY FREE STATE LONDON, July 17th."
Beuter's correspondent at Dublin states
BILL.
LONDON, July 17th.
The Grand Fary at the Old Bailey has
found a true bill against Reginald Dunn'
TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
LATER. The Cound of the League of Nations in the afternoon adopted #report on the
various protective measures.'
and Joseph O'Sullivan, charged with the traffe in women and children, advocating
murder of the late Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
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PREFER DEATH TO CAPTURE.
BERLIN, July 17th.
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The Secretary General read a report on the deportations of women and child- ren from Turkey and Asia Minor and
decided to appoint a Commission to deal with the reclunation of the victims in | cooperation with the Alfed High Goms
missioners in Constantinople.
The following jury was empanelled: F. X. Soares, J. B. Ross, H. H. Pethwick,
-4 Crofton and A. Nissin.
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tenert to three years imprisonment.
Prisoner was found guilty and was sen
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i Lai pleaded not guilty to an indict ment of robbery.
Mr. Holmes, in outlining the case, said THE Chinese delegate presented the robbery was committed at 5, Landale Teport on the expenses of the Permane Court of International Justice, recon Street on June 5th. The ringing of mending that those be paid out of libell was heard and when the amab weat general" budget of the League" The Council adopted the report on the allo- to the door she saw a man's arm come ention of expenses and decided to refer through a small trap door and push back the matter to the various Goverments,
The agenda also inclides the "A" and the bolts. Five men then came into the Mandates proposed by Japan re-rocu, Iour carrying revolvers, the other garding the famine in Russia and the being armed with both revolver and knife. opium traffic.
The Council decided to request the The two women were gagged and the place Governments of the United States and was ransacked. The prisoner was alleged Gemiany to nominate delegates to the
it is believed that big events are impend-1DR." RATHENAU'S SUSPECTED ing in the South and West. The Govern ment is preparing stern measures against the beart of the Irregulars' resistance- namely, the line from Limerick to Water! ford, where heavy fighting is expected, The Government is convinced that once the revolt in this part of the country has been crushed the foundations of a true democratic government in Ireland will be laid. The impairment of the moral of the Republicans elsewhere is" indicated hy the fact that since the commencement of fighting the Nationals have made pris CONFERMENT OF HONOURS, Advisory Committee for the suppression to be one of the men concerned and when oners of nearly two thousand Irregulars, with small loss of life.
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UN. COAL STRIKE. ÓWŃŁKS ACCEPT ARBITRATION.
WASHINGTON, July 17th.
A delegation of Bituminous coglowners has informed President Barding that a majority of owners have accepted the President's arbitration proposals.
Fresident Harding is understood to) have told the delegation to go home and begin the operation of mines mediately.
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MORE FATAL FIGHTING.
WHEELING (W. Vieg.. July 17th.
The action of the strikers in firing part of the Richland colliery led to fighting.
Dr. Rathenau's suspected murderers, Fischer and Kern, whom the polier, with motors and dogs, have been hanting throughout Germany, were tracked yes terday to Saaleck Castle, near Badkoesen.B Saxory. They hot themselves before they could be captured.
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of trulli in women and children Manerested was wearing a ring which had Harris, President of the Committeen identified by the woman as part of stated that international organisations combating the traße, informed him that the property which was stolen. the situation in these countries, especially Germany, was such as to cause serivas apprehension of a recrudescence of the traffic.
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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES.
LONDON, July 15th. A long controversy on the conferment of bonotry was ventilated in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. where motions standing in the name of a large and influential section of parlia- mentarians were debated. The Premieri announced the appointment of a Royal Commission to assist Prime Ministers in recommending honours. The Govern- THE UNIAL SOVIET PROPOSITION. ment decided to make the voting a ques- tim of confidence, but the motion in the House of Commons was talked out aud that in the House of Lords withdrawn.
"COUNTY CRICKET, WOOLLEY'S ALL-ROUND
HAGUE CONFERENCE
RESUMPTION,
THE HAGUE July 17th.
After evidence had been taken the pri soner was found guilty and sentenced to six years imprisonment with bard labour
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In a charge of robbery against Lau Tak, the Crown Solicitor said that the woman and her husband, who owned the shop M. Litvinof, how sent a letter to the President of the Conference declaring which the robbery occurred, haul left that agreement is still possible if the now the Colony and it was impossible to serve Russians abandóa their attitude" on
private, property and confine themselves to indicating, the countries which are prepared to economically assist Russia,
We proposes to hold sittings of the presidents of the non-fussian sub-com- missions and the inembers of the Russian commission to consider possibility of
negotiationa BRITISH VIEWPOINT MAINTAINED.
in which ten were killer, including the an inaings and 78 runs. Woolley captures a basis rarer the pan of
Sheriff and several of his agunts..
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The battle ended with a charge headed ly the Sheriff, at which the strikers fled. The Sheriff's son, who was with the force defending the mine when his father fell, has been sworn in ay Sheriff and has taken charge of the situation. Many woandel are arriving at the hospitals.
GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA.
WASISOTO, July 17th. »
PERFORMANCE,
LONDON, July 7th. At Maidstone, Kent beat Warwick by
ing eleven wickets for 81 besides scoring At Northampton, the home team heat Worcester, by an innings and 200 runs. At Southampton, Hants beat Gloucester by nine wickets.
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At Cardiff, Somerset beat Glamorgan by nine wickets. In the winners' second innings Rippon scored 109 not out.
DAVIS CUP COMPETITION. SPANISH-AMERICAN STRUGGLE.
It is understood that specific pro-
LONDON, July 17th. * paganda to end the coal and railway Britain has conceded Spain a walk-over strikes was discussed at a White House in the Davis Cup Competition in order to conference between President Harding, give Spain a chance of going to America, Governor Sproul and other officials of the as Britain, if she beat Spain, would be Blade of Pennsylvania."
Government eireles believe that the unable to raise a representative team to
send to America, Administration is planning to direct the opening of the mines within forty-eight hours, under protection of the Federal troops.
3t is reported that President Harding As considering paying a royalty on eval mined to meet the emergency, and if an Szulcient number of miners present themselves, he proposes to call for volunteers to man the nines.
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FRENCH AEROPLANE
DISASTER.
WICTIMS NATIVES OF MIDLANDS.
PARIS, July 17th.
The four men killed in the aeroplano rash," mentioned in yesterday's cables, were all Englishmen, antives of the Mid- lands
The disaster is the topic of the moment in the Press, which is discussing the possible cause, and means for preventing
* recurrence of the disaster.
ANOTHER FRENCH AEROPLANE .CRASH.
Another aeroplane, with four passengers, trasbod nepr Strasbourg yesterday. Two of the passengers were injured.
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SILK TRADE PROTECTION, REFUSED BY BOARD OF TRADE."
LONDON, July 17th.
LATER.
The Sub-Cominitters on Private Pro- perty, Debts and Credits discussed the situation created by M. Litvinoff's letter.
It is semi-oficial, learned that it has been decided that the Sub-Committees suspended work, except the Private Pri-| perty_Sub-Committee, which will re-meet the Russians to-morrow in order to discuss the possibility of finding a basis for the continuation of negotiations. The British delegation has not altered its viewpoint.
BRITISH DELEGATES MAY RETUEN HOME.
LONDON, July 17th
there with process. He therefore applied For the admission of their depositions without whicb, he could act proceed with the cast,
The Chief Justice said there was no affirmative evidence that the people had Uft the Colday. He could not admit the Fidener of neighbours; that would be creating a dangerous precedent to read depositions on statements by neighbouTS that the witacusca had gone."
The prisoner was discharged and the absent witness's bond was forfeited. ⠀
In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George announced that unless the dead-to lock at The Hague was dissipated at the rleventh hour the British delegates would return this week.
NEWS.
In the House of Commons, replying to questions Mr. Baldwin said the appli- FAR EASTERN cation of the silk trade for protection under the Safeguarding of Industries Act had been refused by the Board of Trade because the trade was unable to pat forward a prima facie case.
He
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added that he would consider receiving a EDUCATIONAL ALLOCATIONS « OF deputation-on-the-subject,
CANADIAN-AMERICAN
RELATIONS,
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
DISCUSSED.
OTTAWA, July 17th. The Premier, Mr. King, who has re-
·BOXER~~INDEMNITY-
BUGGESTION BY CHAIRMAN OF SINO-BRITISH TRADE ASSN.
LONDON, July 17th.. Mr. Douglas H. Macartney, Chairman of the Sino-British Trade Association, has sent letters to the press, requesting give an opinion regarding the allocation all interested in the welfare of China to of the Boxer Indemnity to the encourage ment of Chinese students, declaring that the Government has been approached on this matter and pointing out that the University at. Amoy, is establishing a British section, and it would be useful LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL'S plant and gifts were dousted for this
turned from Washington, says that in addition to the Rush-Bagot agreement, the problems of fisheries, the great waterways, Canadian representation at Washington, and reciprocal treatment of income taxation were discussed, but not trade matters.
ригрове.
(ALFORE THE PUISNE JUDGE (MR. J. R. "YOOD.)}.
WHEN LETHAL WEAPONS MAY BE USED.
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The contractor was returning home to Hunghow from Yaumati. Near the rail way bridge four men stopped his ricksha,
saulted the rieksta puller who, on re
The robbers lease, took to him heels. said they were policemen and that they wished in search him. The contractor said he was quite prepared to be searched :
The parents then sought out the girl, dragged her away from her new home, to
they lodged a complaint against the man at the nearest Police Station, but refusel. the Secretariat of Chinese Affairs where
The Assistant Secretary." for Chinese Affairs (Mr. A. E. Wood) tried to arrange hit out of the ricksha and "roughly to be searched there. The man dragged
a marriage between the two, but the handled him and stole his gold watch and parents refused to allow this. Finally, $1.70 in money. Just as the men were pre- it was decided to bring the case to Court paring to move off, the contractor seized. and a charge was preferred against the the man' who stole the witch and "velled. man of harbouring or receiving an an- for assistance. The other three set upen married girl under 21 years of age, with him stabbing him several times on the out the consent of her parents.
back nd arms. Hearing the sound of ap- proaching footsteps the three men made arms of the contractor. off, leaving their confederate still in the A watchman from the Kowloon-Canton Railway came on the scene and between their they succeeded in arresting the man. The gold watch was found in his possession.
-The evidence for the prosecution was
conflicting and in a measure bore out the defendant's statement.
The Magistrate said, after hearing the evidence, that it was perfectly clear the girl was to blame for a lot of the trouble. She did not want to go back with her parents.
The defendant said the mother was pre- pared to Gnance the marriage. "A go between" first approached him. When be asked the girl why she came down to Hongkong she said she wanted to marry him. Floadvised her to go back to Canton. Sho replied "If you attempt to send me back to Canton I will jump into the harbour." He then asked her if ber mother knew she had come to Canton and she replied, "Yes." She even said she was prepared to work in the factory if she could be allowed to stay with him.
The Magistrate: Do you want to marry this girl?
Defendant: If the mother is willing to part with her I will.
believe the defendant and that the girl "The Magistrate said he was inclined to had tempted him. At the same time, the defendant had committed a breach of the
İsw.
Mr. Wood agreed that the man had been tempted, but it was his duty-no matter how great the temptation was to have reported the presence, of the girl to the Police.
DUMPED EARTH. NOT REMOVED, FOUR WEEKS
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A small mound of earth dumped in Kowloon is eansing considerable trouble at the Magistracy. Ou no less than four separate occasions, covering four weeks, the case has been mentioned a period of
in Court, and yesterday there was another adjournment. Besides taking up the time of a busy Magistrate, a Police Inspector and several witnesses, three solicitors have been engaged in the case.
A month or so ago a coolic was charged by the Kowloon police with having dump- ing earth in a public street. When the case was called the coolic did not appear and the Magistrate estreated the bail of $10. Arising out of the case & watchman was charged by the coolie's master with named Lai Yuk, of No. 2, Moody Road, receiving 20 by false pretences in that uc, without authority, gave permission, on receipt of 90, from the coolie's mastery for the earth to be dumped there."
When this case
came up for hearing three weeks ngo, Mr. 31. K. Lo appeared for the defendant watchman and under took on behalf of his client to have the The Magistrato suggested a remand for nuisance removed within a week. This a week in order that a settlement might was not done, for Mr. Lo handed over the be arranged out of Court, but Mr. Wood
ense to Mr. A. E. Hall, end, at the next said that was hopeless as they had tried bearing of the case-a week later-Mr. all in their power to reach a satisfactory Hall said he would not have the earth settlement out of Court. He despaired removed. The Blagistrate again pat the of arranging a proper marriage owing, to case back. Yesterday Mr. Hall did not the attitude of the parents. He had a duty to the Chinese public to ask for a conviction. He suggested that a convic tiou be registered and that the defendant be bound over.
A quarrel on the .8. ffonam, which resulted in the death of a fish dealer, led Sui Kwong being indicted for mans- laughter, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The jury were Messrs. H. J. Specer, he was guilty of an offence under the The Magistrate told the defendant that Brown, W. H. Brown, M.. C. Vernon, O. Ordinance. At the same time he believed Chan, J. Moore, S. L. O'Hoy.
there was a great deal of truth in what The Attorney-General (the Hon. Mr. the defendant had said. Continuing, the J. H. Kemp, K.C.), prosecuted and Mr.by this girl, I quite believe, but your Magisrate said, "That you were tempted
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appear for the defendant.
Mr. Lee, of Messrs. Lee & Russ, put in asked for a further adjournment. an appearance for the complainant and
The Magistrato: This case I am getting rather tired of it. Have adjourned for three consecutive weeks. has been
you got your evidence rendy Mr. Lee?
Mr. Let: No.
would be dropped?
The Magistrate: Why not? Mr. Lee: I presumed that the case
been done. I will put the case over for The Magistrater At any rate it has not
one more week; if nothing-is-done-by-the- I will throw it out.
The case was put back. In the mean. time the earth still awaits removal.
MOTOR OFFENCES.
Magistracy, yesterday, included
This week's traffic offences heard at the
two/ cnsea of speeding in Nathan Road, Kow loon. The defendants were Mr. H. W. Chancy of Messrs. Palmer & Turner and Mr. G. T. Padgett of the Hongkong Electric Company.
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Both defendants were summoned for
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C. G. Alabaster, instructed by Mesars duty was to have taken her to the police, G. K. Hall Brutton & Co., defended.
directly she came from Canton. I quite The Puisne Judge, in his samming up, you, but the faw must be upheld.
admit it was an awkward position for dealt with the question when, in the eyes maximum penalty for such an offence is The
of the law, the use of a weapon was justi. two years; however, I shall take a much fied. Mr. Alabaster had said the law was less serious view of this case from the that the use of a weapon in self-defenes facts placed before me. You were arrest- was justified, but counsel made thated on July 4th and you will be sentenced point rather broadly. Any violence in to three weeks' imprisonment. However, self-defence was justified, which could be this will date back to the time of your shown to be necessary, but a man was not arrest. You will remain in prison for one against a man who was armed with a dealt with more reverely. justified in using a weapon in his defence more week and, remember, should you light cane or who was unarmed. Where
commit this offence again you will be the ferocity of the attack was such that the use of a lethal weapon, then the law 4 man could not defend his life without Justified him in using such a weapon.
Oace the Crown had shown that a fatal A Fruitless attempt to deceive the driving motor cycles in Nathan Road in injury was inflicted by the prisoner Police was carried out by two Chinese reckless and dangerous manner on burden of proof was transferred to him women was arrested in Connaught Road
women on Monday evening. One of the July 9th.
In answer to the summons Mr. Chaney the man's death. If the jury believed the of a bag, containing about 80 catties of he would like to have a definition of to show he was excused in law of causing West on suspicion of being in possession anid that before he made any statement prisoner's statement that the deceased rice. The constable who effected the reckless driving." If a man had a man tried to strangle him, or his state-arrest marched the woman to the Police foot on the brake and a hand on the The Pan Pacife Union has transmitted ment that the knife was within the reach Station, where he found that the bag of throttle and complete control of the B.M. the King opened the London through the State Department an in-of both men and the prisoner was just rice had diminished considerably in size: machine it could scarcely be called reck- County Council's new hall south of vitation to the governments of Pacific able to seize it first, these were points in he was puzzled for the moment but on Icas driving. The economic expert whom Dr. Nansen Westminster Bridge. The building was lands to appoint delegates to the Pathe prisoner's favour, if the jury be-looking on the floor of the charge room sent to the Ukraine has returned with interrupted by the war and will finally Pacific Commercial Conference in Eono- reports of the appalling situation at cost £4,000,000, it is expected to mark lulu, October 5th to November 8th.loved him. Points against the prisoner larger and larger from a stream which Sergt. Baker said whilst on patrol in
he noticed a little pile-of-rice which grew Kielf, Kharkoff, and Odessa, which are the beginning of the reconstruction and The delegates from the two America's were that he did not appeal for aid to trickled out of the bag. He traced the Nathan Road, he saw two motor-cycles, flooded with famine refugees who 70 beautification of the south bank of the will sail from San Francisco on October friends who were near and that the dead trail of rice down through several Nos. 320 and 100, dashing along the road crowding the railway stations and are Thames.
18th. The delegaten from, the Philippines, man was stabbed from behind. without food owing to the lack of muni-
Jaya, Siam, China, Japan and Biberik
streets to the spot where the defendant at a speed which he estimated at not lesa. The jury returned a verdict of "guilty," was arrested. pal resources.
BRITISH DEBT TO U.S.A. will sail from Yokohama on October with a recommendation to leniency on the covered that when the constable's back to the drivers to stop, but they did not it was afterwards dis- than 23 miles per hour, Witness shouted Bodies are collected daily, some half- zaten by rats or the starving population. NEGOTIATIONS FOR FUNDING."
The chief topics to be discussed at the was the aggressor.
ground that they considered the deceased was turned a woman friend had come on do so. The rich agricultural country between
the scene and slit open the bag with a conference are "Significant Pan Pacific
Mr. Chaney said that the machines were Odessa and Poltava is now uncultivated.
LONDON, July 17th..
The Judgo, in passing sentence of knife in the hope that when her friend going up an incline and on this account Commercial Problems," "Dommanieation twelve months' imprisonment with hard arrived at the Station, there would be the engines were accelerated. The noise Houses have been abandoned after the In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd and Transportation. Development and labour, said he had taken into account when the bag was, seighed it was found made by the two machines would probably peasants have cuten the thatch off the George announced that a special British Conservation of Natural stress, that the deceased was the stronger man,
no rice-left to prove illegal possession. zools. Some cities have lost 25 per cent. delegations would arrive at Washington Finance and Investments," "Inter- of their population." Cannibalism is so carly in September in connection with nation Belations in the Pacific Area that he was the aggressor, and that the that no less than 60 catties, hat trickled cause the Sergeant to think that the speed common that the authorities have ceased negotiations for funding the British debt and Arbitration of Commercial Mis-prisoner had hitherto borne a good
away into a long trail
was greater than it actually was. to prosecuto.
Ito the United States.
understandings."
At the Magistracy the woman was fined. The Magistrate found the case proved character.
for illegal possession.
and fined both defendants 15,
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FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
CANNIBALISM PREVALENT.
Geneva, July 17th.
NEW HALL OPENED BY HIS MAJESTY". THE -
KING.
Losnow, July 17th.
THE PAN PACIFIC COMMERCIAL CONFERENCE IN HONOLULU,
#49th.
In the evidenes for the prosecution