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CABLES.
LATEST CARIES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY). 'REBUILDING BRITISH FLEET. HEAVY BURDES TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF COUNTRY,
Losnoy, August 10th.
The Commander-in-Chief at Ports south has is an extract from an Admiralty official letter, stating that the
THE DONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 1925
EARLIER CABLES, FIGHTING IN SYRIA.
PAPERS CHANGING VIEWS ON SERIOUS OUTLOOK.
Panis, August 9th. Some of the newspapers now declare that the reports of the Dense rising are exaggerated. They admit that French troops suffered a somewhat serious reverse in the Sueida district, but are of opinion that the hes have been magnified. - The
FAR EASTERN
NEWS.
CABLE
{THROUGH XECTER'S AGENCY.)
SITUATION IN, NORTI,
SHANGHAI WHARF
COOLIES
AGAIN ON STRIKE.
CHUNGKING AUTHORITIES INDICTED.
SHANORAL, August 10th. The coolies, engaged in work on the
"MISSION SCHOOLS,
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PAKING, August 10th. Considerable interest and importance attaches to the various Missionary Con- " ferences to be held at summer resorts, near Shanghai and elsewhere, this mouth to discuss the future of Mission Schools
KORNILOFF DIES..
NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN BANDIT STRANGLED.
The Harbin correspondent of the N Daily "Yer in a message to his paper on July 5th, wrote: ~~
The arst foreigner, to be executed in
THIEF'S MIXED BAG. DAGGER, COCOA, AND SCHOOL. BOOKS.
A recent emergency measure which enables two magistrates to sit together in special cases was resorted to yester- when day, at the Kowloon Magistracy,
in "China, in view of the widespread China since the Canton factory days in Wong Ching, an unemployed Chinese of
movement, among students not to return lo such institutions owing to nation- alistic and anti-Foreign agitation.
It is understood that some missionaries
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the early eighteenth century, when an Tung Tum. was charged before Messrs. American citizen inffered the last penalty E. W. Hamilton and R. A. D. Forreas of the law at the hands of Chines with unlawful possession of a dagger
rebuilding of the host is seriously report of the evacuation of southernwharves here, have again gove on strike. favour opening next term, hoping that executioners, has been strangled in the Defendant was arrested in Shanghai
burdening the financial resourers of the
antry.
The Admiralty must scrutinise very severely every detail of expenditure and extribute its utmost to the restoration of the country's economic position..
The Admiralty trusts that both officers
will do their men
#toons. to
minimise any reduction in ficiency that may erisme" and cheerfully accept any accompanying - inconveniener and is cumfurt..
RUSSIA AND GERMANY. SECRET ADDENDUM TO TREATY OF RAPALLO IS ALLEGED.;
Pais. August 19th,
„The Bertin, correspondent of beef Parisien learns that the Russo-German Conference, held in Berlin recently, drow up an adlendum to the Treaty of Kapallo.
The term of the addendum are being kept secret, "but it is believed that they determine the lines of future Russo- Ciermon collaboration, in the event. of Kiermany entering the League of Nations or siguing a guarantee puck.
SHIPPING MISHAPS,
EWO C.P.R. LINERS MEET WITH MINOR ACCIDENTS,
Qorac, August 10th. Two Canadian Pacific Railway liners met with mishaps at the week-end.
TIENTSIN MILL STRIKE
A good number of pupils will return. Hauran' is described as a Aagrant error,
Others, however, feel that those re" and the report of the capture of tanks is
TIENTSIN, Angust 10th.
turning will probably be subjected to discredited, as it is stated that French
The Peking and Tirniäîn Times states considerable annoyance and persecution troops in Syria have not been provided
It is declared that the that the workers nt Paocheng Mill, out by studiuits of non-Mission Colleges; with them. Druses do not possess sufficient arma-side Tientsin, struck work on. Saturday and possibly forced to leave...
and other mills ceased work on SundayMany missionaries, therefore, alvo- meat to make war against the French.
It is reported that trouble arose over cate the closing of the schools for 3 The Archbishop of Anurah, now. at
the fining of two men for being late, months, a year, or more; others sug- though the authorities state that the geat the handing over of the schools to workers are demanding an increase of the Chinese for a period of our to three years so as to give the native Christian teachers an opportunity of conducting thein.
Marilles, told Le datin that Jubeldrug is not so important as it appeared. He thought there was no reason for alarut.
TROUBLE PURELY LOCAL
PARIS, August 9th,
wages.
The Chinese Police acted promptly; and there were practically no disturb- auces beyond the early breaking of windows.
The student delegates played a pro- minent part "nuretings of workers, last
M. Painlevé has received a telegram from Syrin to the effect that Jeheldruse Ofein! quarters declare that is quiet. the trouble is purely local, and the Beirut correspondent, of Le Tempe telegraphs that there is no question of the despatch of a regular expedition against the evening.
The French already possess Druses.
put adequate forces in the Leyant to down the revolt and the casualties are The much below the figures given. French Staft at Beirut are confident of their, ability to deal with the situation.
STRONG BRITISH PROTEST.-
He was sentenced Street on August ind...... Chinese gaol here.
The condemned was Ivan Kornilaff, the to four years' hard labour,
Defendant, had aise to face a second notorious Russian bandit who had been
charge of having broken into a shop in The found guilty of several murders, judgment of death was carried out in the Argyle Street on the same day when ha local prison here at 4 p.m. to-day. As stole two tins of cocoa and a handbag at Newgate, when that prison was the containing a number of school books. In this case Mr. b. W. Hamiltor alone adjudicated. A sentenes of six montha' hard labour was imposed, bath sentences to run concurrently:
British Metropolitan place of execution, the criminal was executed in "shed" enclosed by matchboarding. The same spot will in future be used for executing those condemned to die here.
A CAREER OF CRIME.
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RECIPROCAL JUMP.
day night.
INCIDENT.
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The constable alleged that defendană deliberately knocked him into the gutter:
The exploits of Korniloff have beenCOURT STORY OF HAIPHONG ROAD The problem not only concerns educa
numerous; he was a ruthlesa, robber who
At the Kowloon Magistracy yester tion: for there are numerous cases of made free use of his revolver. He was
E. W. Hamilton, Chines withdrawing from the Mission
either born in Harbin or came here when day. "before Mr. Churches and
forming Independent
very young, his father being employed by Eusebio Esteban, a Filipino bank clerk, The question, Churches of their own. therefore, also arises whether to bandthe Chinese Railway for many years. He was charged with assaulting an Indian over the Churches to native Christians. entered the Railway Commercial School constable in Haiphong Road on Satur Many missionaries are of opinion that, and completed his education at Moscow in view of the feeling of bitterness and
University. He began his criminal hostility prevailing, the present is not &
career whilst at the University and on account of his not having funds to con propitious time for such action.
tinue his studies he began rohbing his fellow students. He was accordingly ex PARIS, August 10th.
hellid from the University. On return General Sarrail has telegraphed to M.
MANILA, August 10th. ing to Harbia her committed his first Painlevé that fighting in Syria is practi- cally confined to attacks on two Frenching a Memorandum summarising the
A dynamite warehouse it Fort Mc-robbery at Choorin's, the universal pro. punitive columas. The first was over detailed report from the British Consil Kinley, near Manila, was blown up to-
viders here. Gaining access to the build- whelmed by the Druses and lost one,
The Note mentions the receipt of the day. There were twelve explosions The second
There were no casualties but the daming by making a hole through the roof hundred of its 100 men. withdrew, after losing its ammunition. Waichizopu's Note of July 7th, quoting
age to property is considerable. Sueida has not fallen and is still occupied telegrams from the Szechuan Provin- cause of the explosion has not been assez. he proceeded to break open the safe of
OFFICAL ACCOUNT,
y the French.
PELING, August 10th Following two previous communica tions, Mr. C. M. Palairet (British Chargé d'Affaires), on August 7th, sent a farther Note to the Waichinapu with regard to the bayoneting of a Chinese at Chungking last month, alsa forward-
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
WAREHOUSE AT FORT MCKINLEY
tained.
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eial Authorities, but questions the accu- racy of these accounts and expresses sur- prise that reports, which are a completa contradiction of the facts, should in LORD this, as in other cases, be accepted as
LATEST CABLES. GENERAL SARRAIL'S REPORT. PARIS, August 10th. General Sarrail's Jrspatch, regarding the fighting in Syria was read to a party. of pressthen by Ma Painlevé, late last evening. It stated that the Druse attack genuine. on the French troops originated in dis sions among members of the family
The British Note claims that the
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Defendant said that the night was dark and be did not see the constable until ha bad collided with him. The constablo fell bus on rising be reciprocated by jumping upon defendant who was then taken to the police station.
"Inspector Cashman told his Worship that on arriving at the station defend
He was discharged.
ant was quite sober.
STUDENT CHARGED.
the offer which was on the top floor, but was disturbed whilst at work and EXPENSIVE ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY made good his escape by climbing over
SHYLOCK'S CLAIM. DARLING'S QUESTIONS TO routs.
A WITNESS,
Korniloff was sentenced to death for There is as famous case, not beard' in the murder of a court policeman whom this country in which a person nained he killed whilst escaping from Court and Shylock was the plaintiff and one named
WITH $47.
A Chinese student of Queen's College. was charged at the Kowloon Magistracy.
cess of the amount allowed under a yesterday, with exporting money in ex-
order.... recent emergency
Defendant was arrested on a train
of the aggressor. Some of them wanted action of the commander of the British Antonio the defendant. You may have the murder of two secret police age which was going to Shum Chun, and had
The Montrose (16,402 tons) hound for Liverpool, with 350 passengers aboard, struck an unknows obstruction in the channel. The rudder" was dam- The aged and a tank started leaking. Vessel returned to port; her passengers French Governor; others, favouring and cargo are being transferred to an independence, clameured for a Native gunboat, in landing four sailors, under overnor. As the agitation grew more a Petty Officer, who dispersed the mob other, outgoing steamer,
fively, smail calamitis were sent an in-
One immed-after wounding one Chinese in the The AH Metajowa (14.120 tons)spire reject and order. grounded at Three Rivers, Three tanks iately entered, Jebeldrase and was enye stomach and slightly injuring three are leaking and the vessel has proceeded loped and "sobmerged by the flood of to Montreal,
A NEW ZEALAND WELCOME. AMERICAN FLEET "RECEIVED WELL AT DUNEDIN.
aggressors,
heard of it. What do you think should He appealed to the Peking Senate who have been done in that case 7"
in notes and $40 in silver in his
possession. His Worship ordered the confiscation of gir and imposed a fine of
$95.
MARINE COURT CASES.
The question was addressed by Lord quashed the sentence and ordered a new Darting, when presiding over the Joint trial. The Court passed the same sentence Committer af the House of Lords and House of Commons on the Moneylenders upon re-trial and Kornilof again appeat- Bills, to witness-Mr. Barry Cohen, ed. Till his last hours he was convinced The troops fought most others, was taken in view of the im-solicitor, of Salisbury House, City of that the sentence would be commuted.
AL the Marine Court yesterday, London--who replied: The case is not Some while back the Court here were told
Kwok Muk, master of the motor boat,. in the law reports, my Lord." (Laugh-
that he was to undergo no further ex- ter.)
Whampoa 4, pleaded guilty to a breach amination and that he should be execut-of the conditions of his motor-boat licence by allowing the impal to ba j'ed without delay.
under way, without a certificated cos wain and engineer on board.
valiantly, but were crushed by numbers.minent danger threatening the lives of Sixty managed to escape the massacre.
A large column commanded by British subjects; and because of the General Michaud, #M sent to exact failure of the Chinese Authorities to reparation. This action of General
take the requisite action. Michaud's ecluniu was followed by a convoy of mulé and camel transport, "DUNEDIN, N.Z., August 10th..
protected by Malagasy and Syrian A portion of the American Flert ar- rived at dawn inlay, 21 hours before Tivailleurs, who fled in the face of they were expected. They caught the violent Druse attack. The convoy was city unawares. Nevertheless the wel-captured and the officer if command of cone was most cordial. Crowds quickly the convoy was wounded and committed tirned out and cheered the vessels as they suicide. The infantry column was thus xteamed up the channel to the wharves, deprived of ammunition, but was able
to retire fighting. where numbers of children had assein- Bled,
A party of Luiversity girls created enthusiasm among the visiting sailors by singing the Star-Spangled Bannes. Au the ships had berthed before noon.
EARLIER CABLES:
CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO. MARSHAL HETAIS IN BEPORT ON HIS MISSION.
M. Painlevé added that he was unable to state time, losses of General Michaud's coluna, as General Sarrail's "despatch was unfinished,
Le Journal, commenting on the above, Anys that the despatch throws an expect ed light on the Jeteldruse incidenta, their causes and effects," and demands a fall and impartial enquiry.
"EARLIER CABLES, [REUTER'S AMER:CAN SERVICE WILL OF MR. BRYAN,
his CHARITABLE BEQUEST FOR BOYS'
ACADEMY.
While commending the praiseworthy efforts of two Chinese officers, General Wang Ling Chi and Captain Lei, to avert trouble and protect the British re- sidents. Mr. Palkiret protests most strong ly against the disgraceful conduct of the Chungking Authorities as a whole, who, with the exception of the officers "named, were guilty of wilful neglect of duty and more or less open encourage ment of the rioters'
INSTANCES OF SABOTAGE.
PERINO, August 10th. Two-thirds of the British Legation employees are still on strike, though few of the office staff and servants re- turned this morning.
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PARTH, August 10th The horizon is clearing," Enyk Marshal Petai in the report on mission to Morocco, which M. Painlevé
The lighting was yesterday linked up has just issued. Marshal Petain describes
JAM, August" 9th. with the Legation quarter supply and the events since the first Riff attack and
The will of the late Mr. Williams little inconvenience, was caused. Speaks of the strong, skiljut, bold well- equipped, mobile and frugal Riffs and Jennings Bryan has lees Aled for probate.
Some instances of sabotage were dis Djelulas against which only the remark-It disposes of an estate valued, approxi- ahle tenacity and devction of the French mately, at half a million dollars. Eighty covered, including dange to the pump troops held Fez and the Taza Road toper cent goes to the willow and family, Algeria. Marshal Petain emphasises that and the remainder to various churches. providing houses in the Legation with the interior of Morocco is still loyal to The bequests include one of $50,000 to
artesian water. France, and that a combined netion is establish an academy for boys under the how being prepared to drive out the supervision of some evangelical church. - enemy and re-establish French authority.
K.K.K. PARADE. MONSTER GATHERING HELD IN WASHINGTON.
PUY-DE-DOME.
WASHINGTON, August Bib. PARIS, August sil
The Ku Klux Klan held a monster
The British and other foreigners ar The Socialist Congress being held at parade to-day. The police estimated Puy-de-Dome, after hearing the explanu that there were thirty thousand marchers, daily growing more indignant at the tions by M. Varenne, Deputy..of the including many women. Department, has passed' #
resolution were unmasked owing to a local ordinance seeming indifference, of the Chinese condemning his acceptance of office, and forbidding masks. A great crowd watched Authorities with regard to the strike cover chip to those between the the nude men particularly when fat which, it is felt, they could have ended Governorship of Indo-China and mer applauded some particularly colourful
promptly if they had desired. bership of the Socialist party.
spectacle. There were no disorders.
SOCIALIST CENSORED."
ACTION BY CONGRESS...
HELD AT
نوار
The marchers
Mr. Palairet is interviewing the Chief Executive, His Excellency Tuan Chi Jui, with regard to the strike this after noon. Legation officials are optimistic that the interview will result in ending the strike.
Lord Darling: But you are not now concerned with the law reports.
Witness: We are not supposed to read anything else." (Laughter.)
Lord Darling: Well, what would you have done in that case?
Witness: Well, I should have allowed. that case to be reopened, giving the judge power to reconsider the whole case and, if need be, fix the amount of the Lord Darling: You know that in that award. (Laughter.) case the money, the capital. and beary
bearing. interest were tendered half through the
Witness: I remember the case, but it! is not in the law reports. (Renewed laughter.) But still I think the Court should have inquired into the trans, action, referred it to a judge in Cham bere, or a tribunal, and the tribunal should have prescribed a fair rate of in- terest. There would have been no reason then for the young lady's eloquence.
Loud laughter.)
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THE COLONY'S WATER. The water' return for the month of July shows that the storage on Island was 2,097,000.000 gallons, and the consumption
gallons, 202,000,000 against respective figures of 2,117,000,000 gallons and 207,009,000 gallons for the same period last year.
In Kowloon, the storage was 122,000,000 gallons and the consumption, 68,000,000 gallons, us against 552,500,000 gallong and 75,000,000 gallons respectively in July, 1924.
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He was fined $10, with ten days' hard Jabour in default.
SUDDEN ORDER FOR EXECUTION. Only to-day was the governer" of the
Cheung Tai Shing, master of the.. prison in which Korniloff has been
motor-boat 's Ping, and Kwong So, lodged informed by the Public Prose-master of the motor-bout Balla Walla
cuter and the clerk of the Court that No. 2, were each faed 810, with the alternative of ten days' hard labour, for the execution was to be carried out, A special patrol of police were detailed allowing their motor boats to be under way without certificated engineers on
as executioners.
board.
Sixteen cargo boat mistresses ant Korniloff, who had been in irons, was
masters were each fined 63, with three days' hard labour in default, for moor- ing their boats inshore at a distance of led out from his cell pinioned.
He did not know that he was pinges than 100 yards from low water marks
to his doom. He became excited and remonstrated with his gaolers, hut as- suredly the thought of being executed never entered into his mind until in the
HEAT DEATHS IN RED SEA.
prison courtyard, the Public Prosecutor VICTIMS ON THE PAUL LECAT”
AND JERVIS BAY read the sentence. Korniloff who sud-
The effect
denly became paly, was asked if he had- "On arrival of the Commonwealth Lincr any last request to make. He muttered Jervis Bay in Colombo on July 21st it. was ascertained that intense, beat was something incomprehensible about an appeal to the Central Government, to experienced in the Red Sea. which the Public Prosecutor replied that on the passengers was severe and many the sentence could not be altered and that of the lady passengers were in state of collapec, The hospital on board was it would be carried out forthwith.
The policemen were then ordered to overcrowded in consequence, and it was proceed with the execution. Like most not until the vessel, was within a few famous "eriminals he was game to the miles of Colombo that conditions
proved. Most of the lady passengers last and offered no resistance.
One of the policemen forced him to the remained on board during the vessel's in Columbia and they were still ground and another placed a rope round stay his neck, to the ends of which was attach suffering from the effects of the heat.
da stick. The remaining policemen One death occurred on board the vessel began to twist the sticks A few moments as a result of the heat, n young lad of more and Korniloff was dead.
fifteen years being the victim. His tem
He The whole procedure only lasted A few perature, before he died, was 110°. minutes. The pricat and the prison died before the vessel left the Red Sea In a telegram addressed to the Soviet doctor. Dr. Baron Budberg, only arrived and was buried a few hours later at sea. The intense heat was also felt on board. War and Navy People's Commissary, after the execution was over. Korniloff's General Hau Shu Cheng conveyed his body was camnined by Dr. Budberg who the French mail steamer Paul Lecat, thanks for the military homage rendered wrote out a death certificate which was which arrived in Colombo on July 21st to him while in Bussia recently and ex-confirmed by the Prosecutor. After the from Marseilles, and one death occurred, pressed his best wishes for the, further hody had heen. lying in the compound the victim being a Frenchman, a member progress of the Red Army. -General Hau for several hours it was taken inside the of the engine room, crew. The death will be remembered as "Little Hau, prim the toy the of the criminal, it will outbred two days, miter the ship left of Shanghai notoriety, who passed claim the corpse of the criminal, it will Djibouti. The remains were buried at.
be buried by the prison, authorities. through Hongkong last year.
The Government Analyst's, reports how that the quality of the water is satisfactory.
sea.