CABLES.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH HELTER'S AUKACY.} RAILWAY STRIKE" IN NEW ZEALAND.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2380,. 1921
BARLIER CABLES. MAHSUDS CAPTURED.
OPERATION BY FRONTIER CON/
ESTABULARY,
PASHAWAR, April 21st. The frontier constabulary have been | exceptionally successful in an operation at Deahan against Mahud vaulers, who recently kidnapped a number of flindus and ambushed the police. “
HOLIDAY MAKERS STRANDED.
WELLINGTON, April 21st; Hailwaymen throughout the Dominion struck for Jugher wages, The whole sere
An entire gang of eleven Mahsuds, a standstill. Thousands of including four gotorious outlaws, respon vien is at Easter holiday makers are stranded far sible for a'number of rakis, has been imp- Trun their logies, motor car being prestured, with rises and Mills hand grenades
and other weapons. One of the constaba lary was killed and two villagers were wounded.
-ed into serrier instead of trains
EMPIRE EXHIBITION. ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROYAL
OPENING,
Lospos, April 21st.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN ENGLAND.
PANIC IN A COUNTRY CHURCH,
LONDON, April 21st.
The excitement which was created" in parts of England recently by earth tre- mors, was intensified during the week. end by an earthquake in Derbyshire and
The splendid, weather of the past for Bay has helped forward immensely the day and night efforts deian Army of work- sers in their final spurt to bring the British Empir Exhibition into a state of practi Bal completion in time for the opening day. The fui-hing touches are auw being | Notts. Punca in many velons. It is estimatesi that the great slow will be ninety-five per toent, ready when His Majesty the King
accompanied by the Queen, arrive, ik stupe from Windsor of April 23rd : today).
The procedings in conniction with the opening ceremony will begin at 10.30 п.m. with a performance by the massed bands of the Brigade of Guards and by mased -choirs, Guards of honour will be farmish- ed by the Royal Navy, Arury and Air Forces Representatives of the Domin- ions and Colonies will he posted at the corner of the Royal dais,
BROADCASTING THE KINGS
- SPEECH.
LATER. The unsical programme will last for an hou, until the arrival of their Majes- tion, who will he wlecuted by H.R.H. the
'There was a
very alarming incident during divine service in the Parish church of Tibshelf. The congregation felt a great hup, and the building rocked, and many worshippers rushed out..
Elsewhere chimneys were thrown down, and violent tremors were accompanied by rumbling,
POINCARE AND EXPERTS.
LETTER TO THE REPARATIONS COMMITTEE.
PARIS, April 21st.
M. Poincare has communicated to the Reparations Committee the French Gov- ernment's attitude na regards the experts'
reports.
He says the Government approves the
EARLIER CABLES.
STRIKE WAVE IN RUSSIA.
R10A, April 21st.
The Socialist leaders Foodardghi and Tseretalli, in, speeches, declared the strike: wave was gaining volume all over Busia although the Government's, suppressive and terrorist mensurés hitherto have pre-
vented serious outbreaks..
THE AKALI AGITATION. SIKH LEADERS ARRESTEN.
Lanon April ist.. A trumber of prominant Sikh leaders in the Punjab have been atrested in con nection with the Akali agitation, under the Criminal Law Amendment Agt, in cluding the President, Secretary and Manager of district Sikh Shrine Com
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mittees.
TILDEN RESIGNS FROM US.
DAVIS CUP TEAMS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 21st. MA W. T. Tilden announces his resigna- tion from insinbership of the American Davis Cup and Olympic lawn tenis
teams.
LATER.
ARMS SEIZURE ON THE
"PAUL LECAT,"
A HARBOUR. CHASE AND ITS
SEQUEL."
THE SHANGHAI PERJURY CHARGE.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER COM- MITTED FOR TRIAL
One of the largest hauls of arms and When proceedings in the Rowarth case ammunition in Hongkong Harbour has were resumed at H.M. Police Court, been made on the French Mail liner, Paul Shanghai, on the 17th inst.. the Magia Lect. The police, in conjunction with trate (fr. G. W. King) announced that the officers of the vessel, sind no fewer he had decided to Iranio two "charges than 29, revolvers and pearly 100,000) against the accused, Mrs. Judith Rowarth rounds of ammunition.
and Mrs. Margaret Davis.
These charges. were that, at the
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FLIGHT TO CANTÓN. PORTUGUESE AVIATORS ARRIVE AT BELIOPOLIS.
Cano, April 21st,
The Portuguese airinen who are flying
As a sequel to the wiztire, four, Chiness were detained by the police. These were Supreme Court. trial, Mrs. Rowarth welosed on bail of $30 each and yesterday knowingly, and falsely swore that she te Canton have arrived at Heliopolis, two of them appeared at the Marine never saw Pakbar Singh on May 4th, The project of a Portuguese flight to Court before out. Commander Conway and that she know nothing of the assault. Hake on a charge of dumping rubbish into the harbour without permission of Further, that she conspired with the Mano was reported in i enable dated April the Harbour Master. Two of the four and of struct, the course of law and justice |
second accused, her daughter, to defeat | sad. } did not put in an appearance and their by preventing the anah, Wong Foo-mci. [ar oOURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN.") bail was estreated.
fron giving evidence at the preliminary inquiry and also at the trial in the Supreme Courts
Evidence was given by Manuel Rosa Beltran, who stated that he was on board the vessel at 5 ping on the previous day with his agent. A sampan was at the gangway and he saw the wound defend ant receiving bags through a part-bole into the ampau bout five bags had een passed into the sampan when the master of the sampa notierd that they were being observed He quickly left the ship and tried to get away. A steam launch in the vicinity was hailed and the agent for the linee gave" chase. "During number of the case the witness saw a bag being thrown into the boat. shinpan "was brought back to the ship.
The
Later the defendants were handed over to the police and the charges preferred against them.
Tilden's resignation is due to his desire
Two of the in detained were, those who not to embarrass the Selection Comwere believed to have been engaged in mittees in view of the last of his amateur passing bags from the ship on to the sam-
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BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT.
MACLAREN MAKES FOR BUSHIRE
BAGDAD, April 21st. Squadron Leader MacLaren left this morning to route to Bushire.
He was scorted by three Air Force machines.
BOMBAY, April ist. MacLaren, has arrived at Bushire.
TURKISH CONSTITUTION.
PASSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 21st. The Turkish Assembly has passed the
The first defendant told the Court the sampan, did not belong to him and that he was engaged for 50 cents by the wond the excuse that he knew nothing about defendant. The second defendant made
the matter. He merely went out to the ship to look for cane friends,
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $23 each with the alternative of one month's itsprisonment.
THE WARFARE IN KWANGTUNG.
INDUSTRIAL MISSION RETURNS.
Saasu April 21st. Chang-Chien, jun.. with the. Industrial
V Mr. Davis was also charged, in the same terms with conspirzey, and fur ther with knowingly and falsely swearing that Mrs Rowarth did not go out of her Mission, returned to Shanghat yesterday. house before 8.20 p.m. on the night the assault,took place.
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OF CHINA'S CURRENCY.
Upon receiving the usual enution, Mrs. DEPRECIATION Rowarth at first said she did not wish to manke any statement but would calf two witnesses, Mrs Davis said: "I think I ought to say something, your Worship.”
THE JOURNEY TO MACA Mrs. Rowarth, afterwards deciding to give evidence, went into the witness-box and, in answer to Mr. S. H. Lewis, stated that on the day of the assult she went to her daughter's house between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon and remained there until after dinner, when she went to the show, afterwards going home with her husband. When she left Shanghai she went to Macao with her daughter.
the Superintendent of Police there said Why did you leave Macaul-Because that I was wanted at Hongkong, so of
course I wenÉ,
You are charged with conspiring with your daughter to keep an amah, alleged to be a material witness, from giving evi dence in the courts. Do you know any thing about that-No.
Do you know the amph who gave evi- dence yesterday I didn't see her before
Do you know anything about anybody The following items are taken from the going to a particular house where this girl
said she was living ?-No.
Cuutos Guzette: —
Do you know anything about the alleged attack on the Indian who has given evidence -No. I do not know anything about it.
Mr. ET. Maitland (cross-examining)
Prines of Wales as President of the Exhi plan as fully as the other Allied Govern- entire Constitution Charter and Budget chow during rain-storm. After, on You delt Shanghai, on March 2nd -No.
bition.
His Majesty's reply will delivered before an audirce of 150.000 people in the Stadium, whom is will reach by means of microphole, while elaborate broadens
peats, and invites a commission to and adjourn to-morrow for à six formulaté suggestions with regard to the recess..
carrying out of same. He expresses the view that a pumber of preliminary mea- sures must lie executed before the pre- sent pledges in the Ruhr enn be ex ing arrangements have been made to trunchanged for others. Such changes must mit the King's speech throughout the soul he dependent on a previous inter-allied try. A Grief religions ceremony will fol agreement ou sanctions, in the event of low, after which n Royal Salute of twenty a German default. one guns will be fired. The Union Jack will be flown over the dais and the Dom- inion and Coleniat dags on their respec- tiva buildings.
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EARLIER CABLES. PREMIER TALKS "ABOUT HIS GOVERNMENT.
**TERRIBLY OVERBURDENED."
RUSSIA WANTS ENGLISH MONEY.
ZINOVIEFF'S "NOTHING DOING."
Moscow, April 21st. Trotzky, in an intervig, declared that Russia was
a reliable debtor. They wanted to get money from England, but there was 10 question "of "saving Russia, which could dispense with such aid if necessary. "We want to establish better relations with capitalistic coun- tries, but why should they require us to tease being Communists when we don't demand that they cease to be Bourgeois?"
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THE MEMEL SETTLEMENT.
AN ENGAGEMENT AT WARCROW, News from the headquarters of General Lia Chen Wan, just received, aumances an engagement with the troops that sallied forth from the west, gate of Wa hour's battle the besiegers drove the enemy troops back to the fortress. O one hundred were rounded up and dis- armed. The Yunianese forces from Tam Kung Temple and Fu Tno Hill ente to assist in the juttle.
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AVIATION KORPS FOR WAICHOW OPÉRATIONS,
The Aviation Squadron ly now readiness for operations against Way
You left quickly on the night of March and 7-1 went away on the 2nd or 3rd.
On the day the amah was arrested What day 1
On the Sunday-We left on à Monday, On the day the papers came unt with heading Rowarth Trial Echo "?—I did not see the papers.
BANKERS' CONFERENCE IN.
PEKING.
PEKING April 17th. Thirty delegates are attending the fifth annual conference of national bankers at Peking. The conference will last for a week.
Among the questions discussed rester- day were: (1) an appeal to the varions. bankers associations to co-operate in masters concerning unification of the cur
of dollars and taels as monetary unity system and simultaneous, adoption. in financial cirelga; (2) practical means. to hasten the establishment of the pro posed Shanghai Mit; and (3), a petition
to the Government requesting measures to prevent various Government" mints
from breaking the regulations governing the minting of coins, particularly, as re- gartly fineness,
The Shanghai delegates brought up the third question, in connection with which attention was drawn to the Anhui Mint, whịch, it was alleged, was producing in- ferior evins and distributing them in the The Shanghai Lower Yangtze region. delegates prod aced a copy of nir assay of three coins which the Hongkong and Shanghai Bark had submitted to the assayer, Mr. Franklin, the test of whiel was 296.5, whereas the lowest standard
WAN 9870,
As regards the Shanghai Ming, thes delegates expressed the opinion that its establishment was very important, not only because it would. mean a great deal to financial markets, but further delay chased and which was stored at Shang- might ruin the amchinery already pur-
bat.
The Diplomatic Correspondent of The chow. Flying from Fei Ngo Ling, Avia What were you doing with your daughship between proper minting and the
herzer writes:-
tor fun n the 10th made a tour of inspection of the Walchow defences. The west gate was found to be poorly
The eastern andaouther guarded.
hombr
The draft convention for the regulation of the fort of Memel has been adopted by the League of Nations and accepted by the Lithuanian representative, Mr. Galates were heavily guarded by about two
thousand troops.
Much alarm was fele vanauskas. The draft convention, thus accepted by Great Britain, France, Italy. these troops as the aeroplane hovered above their heads.. Wire ncts were Japas, and Lithuania, but not get accept noticed above the roofs of the various ed by Poland, represents one of the gates to League's greatest triumph. The problem
serve us protection against of Semel which in the vitiated" atmos phere of the Ambassadors Conference, has fed solution for four years, has been solved by the eague of Nations at the first attempt. It is hoped that Poland, who has reserved her signature, wil do the right thing without much further delay, although it will not matter, except to Poland, whether Mr. Skirmunt signs or not.
The problem before the League was to give effect to the principle of free transit through Lithuania and through Myme), while safeguarding Lithuanian sovereignty over Memel. Paland is the chief hinter- and State concerned, and the Ambay-
sadors Conference tailed mainly because
ATTACKING KEILIN.
that the forces of Shen Tung Ying, under News emanating from Wuchow reports the conimand of Luk Wan Ko, attacked Kweilin from three directions on the 13th Lak Yung ting's General, Han Teoi-fung. finding the odds too great, made a hasty retreat after a feeble resistnace.
ter at Macao-Just looking round.
You were put on board a boat for Hongkong 7-Yes.
And your passage was paid-I don't know. "You didn't pay it 7-No, I did not.
And you had us option but to come back I didn't refuse.
You had no aption 1--They said 1 waa wanted. Why should I not come i
A KERIES OF DEXIALS.
"The delegates saw the close relation-
Shanghai Mint on the one band, and simultaneous adoption of dollars and taels on the other.
Other discussions included establish ment of credit and clearing-houses, um fention of accounting terms and compila tion of a national bankers' directors:
"As many subjects were referred to special committees no definite decisions were reached.—Reuter.
PEKING, April 21st The" National Bankers' Conference,
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In answer to further questions, witness which terminates to-morrow, resolved to before, although she visited her daugh toms to stop further transportation E said she had never seeu the mahac the Government to instruct the Cas- ter's house every day, and she could not inferior coins from places where they are explain how the girl came to know the being minted. family, She did not know the amah had been in Mrs. Davis's service, did not passed, such as requesting banks not to Several other preventive measures werd know how many servants her daughter had, and she had never been to any house by bullion ned not to sell coins for the to pay money for the amah. She could guilty mints not explain the amah's story, por that of the Chinese landlady who said that "an old woman came to her house and pail
money. rent for the amah and give her rice Why should they come forward and tell How should the amah know Paktar Singh if you did not take her to his house I don't know..
She has told the same story as Pakhar
The Conference resolved to organise a Singh -I don't know.
Even to the detail of carrying a lan-Chinese National Bondholders Associa
tion, consisting of the representatives of tern - don't know anything.
Chambers of Cammerer and Stock Ex- the Bankers Associations, Banking Guild, changes A communiqué, however, does not state the purpose of this association.
Loxtos, April 21st. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald attended the Independent Labong Party Conference at
ALL IN THE ARMY: Work, and had a rousing Preeption.
PEKING REPORTS A SHORTAGE Replying to a resolution assuring him of
OF LABOURERS.' bearty support, he said the Labour (lov,
The Soviet would try to avoid hostili-Poll pretensions wery, acceptio fully has been made in Chinese sources over
Comment, n Peking news agency ways, ernment was doing its best. He could
the decrease in the unskilled labour pot nasure them that it would always do ties with Rumania, provided Bessarabia by the Ambassadors, that a draft conven. tion was drawn up, which made a fares what they wanted. The Government had he, given an opportunity for self-deter- of Lithuanian' sovereignty. This was a supply in the Capital In most lines. this story if it is not true 1-I don't knowing Croup taking up this loan are to be
such for example as, masons, labourers, the more intolerable for Lithuania, bricksba coolies and farm hands, there has cane Poland wi in possession of arisen a great scarcity. The daily pay Lithuania's capital, and therefore wanted has consequently risen from 20 to 60 to usurp a share in the control of Memel, coppers plus a food allowance, such as should enable. her to export freely commodities which vaanated from the stolen Lithuanian territory.
been justified in what it had dore. It mination
might have made mistakes, it might not Zinovieff in a speech declared that if bave the true faith, of the Empire, but the demands of the British bankers re- a great thing they had got to do was to presented England's minimum, there was impress public opinion not only in Britain nothing doing. Russia would make great but in the whole world that the Labour concessions for a loan, but not so as to Government was a practical thing and be held in thrall. good thing.
QUEENSTOWN MURDERS.
TWO MEN DETAINED AT CORK..
LONDON, April 21st. Two men have been detained in mili.
HOW MUCH LONGER 1, The Cabinet was terribly overburdened, but he had received every assistance from the well-informed staff at the Foreign Office. He did not know how loog Letary custody in Cork, for alleged con-
The farmers anticipate this same diffi culty even though they are faced with paying $30 per year instead of 890 for The Convention has not yet been made farm labour. It is pointed out that there public, but it is understood that it creates have been no factories ner charitable Harbour Board, whose duty shall be to institutions established to cause this sud- apply to Memel, the principles of the den shortage, and consequently the re- Barcelona Conference
recommendations eruiting of the militarists is looked upan about international ports. It is in this a possible answer, although no de decision that the success of the League finite figures have been procured to bear achievement chiefly resides, and in which out, such an-assumption. the League has departed furthest from the work of the Ambassadors Conference. It will be three months to-morrow since the League Commission was formed to go into the question. Its success in so short is chiefly due to the conciliatoriness of Lithuania and the sincerity and deter mination of Mr. Norman Davies.
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Their stories. are precisely the same Yes, but I was not there.
How could both be mistaken I don't know.
Why did you so suddenly decide to leave Shanghai for Magno in the night time Beenuse my daughter said she was ready to go, and she had wanted to go before.
You had been continually packing and unpacking in readiness to go for several months-No.
You had been in readiness to bolt from Shanghai-No
Farbar Singh, Hassan Ali and the
A decision was reached on Saturday that the Bankers' Association co-operating with the Native Bankers' Builds shoul underwrite a further loan for $3,000,00 for the completion of the Shanghai Mint.
The Conference asserts that the Bank- given full power to manage everything in connection with the Mint, including the appointment of a director.
The Chinese accounting terms having been standardised, the Conference suggest that they should be put in use at the be ginning of text July-Daily Bulletin.
And no one knew where you were gone Yes.
would be in-office and did not care vor plicity in the recent Queenstown outrage a time is a source of gratification, a formerly one of Admiral Stark's ships in amah kave all been lying when they said the morning of the 3rd No I met my "
much so long as he did good work. They were helping the world to a new frame of mind and getting the people to see that different viewpoint might be to their benefit. So long as they did that, thes were perfectly willing to continue.
LL.P. AND DISARMAMENT.
LONDON, April 21st.
The Independent Labour Party Con- ference has adopted a watered down! resolution on disarmament policy, the Minister, Mr. F. W. Jowett, First Com- missioner of Works, carrying the meeting in pointing out that the Labour Govern- ment wack to out of office it. Britain alone declved in favour of disarmamcat
[The episode referred to is the recent shooting of British soldiers at Queens town by unknown men who escaped in a motor-car.]
INTER-ARMY FOOTBALL. BRITISH BEAT FRENCH TEAM.
Pants, April 21st.
In Inter-Army Rugby, the British Army defeated the French Army by 21 points
to 17.
B.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
LONDON, April 21st. H.R.H, the Prince of Wales returned to London this evening from Le Touquet.
BISHOP'S SYMPATHY FOR THE DOUKERS.
Hongkong or bust" is the headline given in a Manila paper to an article
Your mother left her house on the night- relating to 1 ship called the Dimede,
of the 2nd and you were away early di which he brought Russian refugees to the you went with Pakhar Singh 1-I never mother on board at II p.m. on the arch Philippine. The ship, it appears, was went. It was not me, I don't know how I was already on board, because I wor purchased, sometime ago by a Chinese they all made that mistake. I cannot "sick. firm in Hoogkong and dispatched to this explain.
| February 25th, at a No: 4 him, for the Diomede struck a typhoon | mei, or about taking money and rico to wis amounced that this was the cas
In answer to the Magistrate, witness port. She only got as far as Cape Mr. Davis next gave evidence, repeat said she did not know where her own Bolinao when engine room troables forceding her story that Mrs. Howarth went to amah, Ab Mei-(they were all known by her to turn back to Manila. Again, she set her house shortly after 2 o'clock on the this name) was at the present time, sail after minor repairs had been made, afternoon of May 4th and remained there "I have lived among the dockers" in and once again she was forced to return, until the time of going to the theatre The case was adjourned until the after South London for six or seven reams," Captaine Olsen, a veteran of the Army, after dinner. said the Bishop of Woolwich, speaking on transport service, swore that held make mother was there during this time. She but when the proceedings were rerniard She was quite sure her noon, it being understood that Mr. Rowarth wished to call another witness. held by the it this time sure the fates were against know nothing about the amah, Wong Foo-no further evidence was called, and Ke Industrial Christian Dockland
Banctuary on
Situation in off the coast of Formosa. Only the sear her in Chaonfoong Food They have had a terrible manship of her skipper sayed her, from time, and the way they have borne it has foundering, and with an exhausted supply heen simply magniferat," he declared, of coal she managed to limp into Curri. To see them day after day crowding the man and therice once more to Manila. The deck gates literally fighting to get in is ship is a small one, with a net tonnage of tragic. No class in the industrial world only 210, and while the hull and boilers has,auffered more from casual labour than
are sound, her tubes are rotten. At pre these dockers. They have borne is for sent she is having new inbes fitted and wars; they have held conferences to see how Captain Dicen declares that be'll bring body. they could better their position, and yet her safe and sound into the British port the Government has done nothing to this time or something will happen,
Mr. Maitland, cross-examining witness, suggested that Mrs. Davis left Shanghai without even letting her husband know,
and this witness denied. left never bolted.
Counsel: You borrowed his money and
Borrowed I did take some money out of his 197. I never said a word to any
(Oontinued at foot af sem rolumn.)
for the defence.
The Magistasta then said he had che cided there was a case for consideration
jury, and accused would accordingly be committed for trial
Mr. Lewis made application for bail, hút this was opposed by the prosecutious- and refused by the Magistrate, accuse being remanded in custody.-N-0% Daily
News.